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In imported on 22 January 2007

Today marked the start of my 6th semester here at CSU, Chico. I’m well into the Computer Science program, and thought I was moving up in the ranks, you know, the BMOC.

I went to the bookstore to complete the painful ritual known as “buying books” this afternoon. I’m used to the vicious cycle of buying a book for a hundred, two hundred, sometimes more dollars, then selling it back for 20% of what I bought it for and thinking that it’s a deal.

Not today. After picking up my books for Physics and Programming Languages, I looked up the book for my Operating Systems Programming class. I didn’t know how to feel.

You tell me:

Operating Systems

Seriously? No, really, I’m in a UNIVERSITY taking a THIRD YEAR LEVEL course!

wtf? I thought Littlefoot and The Land Before Time was cool as a kid, but that was over a decade ago (even if they are still coming out, with #13 slated for next month).

I bought my other books, but couldn’t bring myself to spend almost a hundred dollars on a book with that cover. If my teacher asks, I will buy it, of course, but shit. Look at it. Do I really think it’s got a cover that can grace my O’reilly filled bookcase?


10 Comments

Don’t worry the one closest to the front has a Gameboy Advanced. It’s all good

Posted by James on 22 January 2007 @ 8pm

you always more of a words rather than pictures kind of kid. btw, maui is ahhhhh. only thing missing are you and yore seesters.

Posted by mum on 22 January 2007 @ 8pm

HAHAHA! oh man, that’s priceless!

Posted by sheryl on 22 January 2007 @ 9pm

lmfao

maybe i was even more right about higher ed than i thought :P

Posted by Michael on 23 January 2007 @ 5am

Good ol Bash.org:

I fucking hate jehovahs witnesses
I saw 2 men in black suits knocking on my door so I microwaved my hard drive :\

Posted by Erik on 24 January 2007 @ 9am

^^ I just added a bash feed to my bloglines account. I think I’ve read every quote in the db there…

Posted by dave on 24 January 2007 @ 11am

I’d have bought it.

Posted by B on 26 January 2007 @ 4pm

a-hahahhhahhahahha! love the land before time analogy!

on a serious note, i wouldn’t be worried about adding this to your o’reilly collection. it’ll fit right in with the damn iguanas, birds, ant eaters, dogs, bees, and whatever else that fruit cake puts on his covers, shit.

Posted by aniit on 27 January 2007 @ 5pm

lol…that’s pretty funny

Posted by andrew on 31 January 2007 @ 7am

I wouldn’t buy it. And what the heck! Your paternal units are on MAUI without us! UNFAIR. What’s happened with the friend-email-network???

Posted by Uncle T on 1 February 2007 @ 5pm

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