03:53:20 Thursday August 19 2004
Yesterday was not a good day. It seems that the department and I are having a disagreement about what courses count toward my graduation.

Today I did quite a bit of work on Professor Xie's project before noon. Then I met with her at 13:30 and we discussed the next phase of updates.

After the meeting John and I drove back to Anderson for a quick visit. I picked up some stuff and fixed some computers. All is well with the family it seems.

This afternoon I found a television on the sidewalk. So between donated and scavenged parts I have pulled together a working AV system for about 40 USD. It is a complete hack, but it works, and as a graduate student with no money to spare that is all that matters.