Happy Friday Guy

Oh wow! It looks like I'm in the paper today! That's great. Don't worry, all this attention won't go to my head.

It was another trouble-ridden day (no pun intended). I was able to get the scooter to propel me to campus, but by about the time I got to Scramble Light, I had blown my fuse. I did some repairs on the scooter last night, and they worked wonders on my speed on my way to campus. Apparently I was runnin on only half of my batteries power. I did some soldering and made some fresh connections, and we were back in business. Enough of that stuff.

I long for the days of spring again.

So I pushed myself to the TComm building again today, and did some repairs. The guys were almost floored.... they equated it to seeing Batman expose the tender guts of the Batmobile.... a sign of weakness. I assured them that it was a simple change of a fuse, and I was off, spreading joy again to the rest of the folks.

As I continued I blew the fuse again! WHAT IS WRONG?!?!?! I don't know, but I'm going to have to tear her apart again. Poor scooter. I had a whole pack of fuses with me, but the fell out of my belt. Speaking of my belt, its empty again. There aren't any good holidays around for cheap candy right now. Shoot!

I made a special visit today. After the regular rounds, I entered the CAP building. I think that building alone house more people that haven't seen me than any other building on campus. The special visit was a result of an interview I was to have with Laura. This was quite an adventure. I was immediately greeted by the cheery recluses. They certainly don't get out enough. :) Well I came to them this week. I couldn't chat too long though, I was on a mission to find Laura. I pushed my scooter down to the main atrium area there in the building and was sorry to find myself in the midst of a whole gaggle of finely dressed folks. Fortunately they were allowed to bring smiles to the occasion, and I felt quite productive there as well. I met Malcolm, apparently a highly respected member of the faculty there. He spoke highly of me, and encouraged me to show these folks, who knew nothing of my labors, a little of what I do every week. At first I mumbled in a sort of whispered voice "happy friday." He said that was not a true representation, and told me to do it for real. I said okay, shortly followed by a hearty, window rattling HAPPY FRIDAY (with the nearly mandatory "whoo" at the end) . He was satisfied and requested an encore performance any time. That probably won't happen, but we'll see. Maybe some day I will feel spunky and do it again.

I asked if he knew of Laura. I really wish I would have remember her last name. "I think it starts with a 'K'." That didn't help anyone. Noone knew of this Laura K. the member of Glue that was trying to interview me. Eventually after riding the S...L...O...W... elevator up and down twice, I gave up toting the scooter with me and ditched it in the lobby there. I finally met some helpful guys who had her cell phone number. Thank God. I was starting to run out of time. We had our little interview, and we got our picture taken together. I'm still working on being photogenic. She was a natural.

Another bonus of today was that by the time I was pushing myself back to the lair, it was nearly 1 o'clock. I think some new faces saw me, and were genuinely brightened. I like that. Keep on smiling!