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January 12, 2008
Just one of those mornings - but you know, I'm in Rome.
Rome can be rainy in the winter - and today is a frustrating, on and off again rain. But that's not the only reason I'm back at the internet cafe.
1. The DSL hasn't been hooked up at my apartment. Pray for me. I've called the landlord - he hasn't called back. I want a shower curtain, too. I might buy a spring for an expansion rod myself on that one.
2. I need to retrieve a password for my cell phone account. Long story. That could wait.
3. When I came down here earlier I brought a usb flash memory thingy with the pictures for uploading (since Flickr uploader on my laptop is still hating me and perhaps GustoLab in general). I walked off without it. There's nothing important on there, but I wanted that gb of memory back! Luckily, it was still in the usb slot. Maybe choosing a screen with a really inconvenient cpu (I had to reach way under the desk to put the usb flash memory thingy in and to retrieve it) wasn't such a bad idea after all?
But, here I am. I came out both times with my more serious camera, the one that takes pictures that are usable for teaching on the big screen. About every 15 minutes it stops raining and I think I'll take some pictures. Then it starts again - hard, usually. It's not a day to go do anything much outdoors, and I'm just not in the mood to preview the Vatican Museum on a weekend. Hit me, beat me, make me go sit in the Pantheon for an hour. Then maybe the Palazzo Altemps and the Ludovisi Sarcophagus.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 12, 2008 12:15 PM