this message is dedicated to two exceptionally good friends - frank and paal (sorry but i don't know how to put the little ° above the a?).

today, after class, with no effort at all, i convinced frank and paal to get on a bus with me and mission out to the 'rent a computer' shop. once there, i typically rented a computer. and none of this little laptop business - this is a real computer, a computer complete with a big monitor and a big hard drive, and all the other bits and pieces that a computer comes with.

of course i had hoped, and fully anticipated, despite the fact that the bus didn't drop us off anywhere near the shop on the way there, that the bus taking us home, would appear as we walked out with my purchase. unfortunately this was not the case. try to picture the following. short me holding one end of the box with the hard drive, tall frank holding one end of the box with the monitor, and medium-sized paal in the middle, breaking the height difference, and holding the bulk of the load. just like the three bears.

i love you boys. thanks very much for helping me out!!