Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
So, yeah, I'm done with school. I'm pretty glad…
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2002 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
So, yeah, I'm done with school. I'm pretty glad about it. I sat between Mike Carns and Jade for the Logic final, and finished among the first few in the room. I did rather well, and almost certainly got an A in the class overall. Whee!
I think freedom will/would feel more free when/if I don't have people, i.e., my mom and sister, asking what I'll be doing with my time. It's mine now! Not yours! Stop asking!
I am more excited about a new item that I own: a bike! Cosmic significance: at the Sober Grad Party my high school held for my graduating class, I won a huge man's bike as a door prize, but couldn't ride it, so my mom and I sold it and used the money to buy a minifridge for my dorm room. This one, I can actually ride, and I basically learned how to ride a bike today. I never did when I was younger.
Leonard and I helped his friend Kevin move (he's now a homeowner!), and he gave me two vests, but more importantly, a bike! He said, "You don't know how long I've been looking for a small woman to give this to." Great! This opens up so many possibilities for me!
tuneup: $20-$40 rear brake tightened rear brake pads replaced front tire or tube replaced U-lock: $10 cleaning: DIY Having an excuse not to get a car: priceless
As excited I am about the bike (which is rather more excited then I am about graduation), Zack is even more excited about eliminating spaghetti code -- permanently. For now.
