How is my Friday night spent? Oh, you know, just the usual trying to plan out how I’m going to beg to be let into a library tomorrow morning. I just found out I have three essays to be in at the beginning of September. All the libraries at local universities (and there’s a lot) are closed on weekends because it’s in between summer and fall terms. So tomorrow I have to call up Penn’s library to beg to be allowed access (because on weekends, it’s only open to students) so that I can read 3 books–because all the other ones they have are checked out. I found another library that’s open, but it only has one book that I need. I have a few books and an article I could use now, but not nearly what I need.
So I’m going to be working on that until September. It should be fairly easy–one 3000 word essay and two 1500 word essays. But I just hate it because I should have known in June, but the email got deleted along with all the spam e-mails I get on my school account every day. And if I had known, I wouldn’t need to rush around like I am now. UGHHHHHHH.
In other news, before all this happened, I had been working on the site. You may not notice it because it’s all backend stuff. By backend, I mean the scripts/software that runs this site. My mom is a computer programmer, and has some SQL books and I decided to pick one up and learn a bit about it. SQL isn’t exactly the same as MySQL, but I just learn from books so much better because it’s all on pages I can lay out and mark up. Going back to my school work, I always have to print articles & whatnot out, because that’s how I learn best. So yeah, the other day I went looking for a MySQL & PHP4 book, and went to MicroCenter, because PHP4 isn’t the newest version and they have the cheapest outdated books. I got a huge book that was exactly what I was looking for for $10, and also picked up something on XML security for $4.
But ANYWAY, I was working on stuff for when people join the site…now, there’s no real reason to join to be honest, except if you’re submitting a zine (if you join you can change your listing or submit a new one without it having to be approved). I have no expectations that this site will become the next facebook, but I feel bad when people do join because all that happens is that they can send private messages or be notified when new things are added. There are a few things I want to add that would make it more interactive, but there’s no use mentioning them now because I have no idea when they’d be ready.
Plugs: May, Naomi, Sheryl, Hpa, Jodie, Tricia, & Sam
