Holy cow. I hadn't realized it's been a week since I last posted to 
Gopher. Things have been busy lately, especially since I've been 
watching my one friend closely after he had a breakdown the other day. 
He's okay now; I've made sure of that. And he's coming home with me over 
Spring Break, which is even better. I can keep an eye on him, help him 
relax, and have a good time. It's all gucci.

I'm still waiting on a response from Dr. Pearigen on the Computer 
Science petition. I don't want to e-mail him and end up receiving a 
premature response, but I am getting a little worried since Major 
Declaration day is March 22nd, which is only 2 1/2 weeks away. If 
nothing else, I'll just declare in applied mathematics, but to be honest 
I'd really rather not. I also want my friend to be able to stay at 
Millsaps, which isn't going to happen without them gaining Computer 
Science. I'm really worried about that especially, since I don't want 
him to have to be off in some new environment where he has no support 
system and he's just a newcomer and an outsider. Other campus 
communities aren't like Millsaps', and I really worry for him. I want 
him to be able to stay here. It just requires Computer Science and 
convincing his benefactor. *Please* get it back Millsaps. It's 2018. Get 
with the program. For me, for him, and for future students coming to the 
school. It's a big deal and it needs to happen. I'm praying, I'm hoping. 
I need all the help I can get. //if anyone out there is rich, give money 
to Millsaps College to get them to start a Comp Sci dept//

In other news, I ended up installing an SSD in my Alienware 13, which 
I've barely used in over a year now because it would drag on and 
barely work at all. I replaced the SSHD with a 7200 rpm HDD at one 
point, but it made no difference. Rob gave me a Sandisk SSD a while 
back, and while the capacity on it is only 240gb, I decided finally to 
use it and make the laptop usable again. And thankfully it worked. The 
installation is clean, the drive is in perfect condition, and the disk 
usage stays at 0 unless there's *actually* something being done (by me). 
It's honestly great, and it means I can go back to using my gaming 
laptop without an issue. Maybe now I can finally finish Skyrim lol.

Also, again, I accept donations of any and all electronics, 
books, video games, stationary, etc, and my college mailbox is listed 
right here on Gopher. So if you want to make your junk my treasure, feel 
free! I'd love to have it.

Now then, it's time to prepare for my exams and for Spring Break. And 
probably sleep. Peace out, Super Dimension Fortress.