Albirea wrote:
kevinjh wrote:
Does anyone work primarily with computers?
No, none in my family that I know of.
...Well, one of my cousins in China does IT... and that's all I can think of right now.
Perfect! Certainly disabling Norton for a few minutes will work, even if the computer is shared.
Albirea wrote:
kevinjh wrote:

Dubose, Dubose, O Ms. Dubose,
Ever very bellicose,
But will now be nice, new glucose....

Very nice! What's Dubose?
In To Kill a Mockingbird, required reading for freshmen at this school, there is an old lady (in the full sense of a lady despite her flaws in racism and short temper) who manages to die free of a painkiller addiction. An analogy, or maybe even homology can be drawn with caffeine..
Albirea wrote:
kevinjh wrote:
I can get away with that. Most people would disagree with regards to you-know-what becoming more severe, but all it means in the short run is a day of irritated eyes.
I get irritated eyes when I don't get enough sleep too. Which is why I don't wear contact lenses the day after staying up late. On those days, I have to take a long nap after I come back from school.
Something that helped on a few days (provided that there is enough time to sleep) seems to be waking up an hour early, becoming fully awake by walking around and possibly drinking some water before sleeping for another hour. Of course, non-lukewarm water around the eyes provides faster relief.
kevinjh wrote:
The friends I sit with at lunch are all male. And this school year I've been talking to them a lot. (People have labeled us as "nerds", and we're perfectly fine with that. Except the guy that said "We're not nerds! We're connoisseurs of knowledge!")
Plus, I went to two school dances with one of them.

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Connoisseurs of knowledge.. I like that!
Except in my case, I sit only with those that request it explicitly and directly, which happens an average of three times every semester. That is why I am loathe to calling anyone my friend as opposed to saying that I am the friend of the person, and it really does not help that I remember people mainly by their voices, diction, and behavior, which I like to say is a personal fault rather than a symptom of you-know-what.