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1/14 Jake's journal - This semester

 So, classes again.  Yeah, still taking them.  Mr. Housman says my only chance to get anywhere is to keep taking classes and hope I can get some university to decide to take me.  Almost certainly the U Jess is shooting for.  But there are four just on Ellie Island I can try for.  They won't even look at boys until they've got an associate degree, so I'm working toward that.  I've got a science class, an ag class that I might actually learn some things from, and a history class that I almost certainly won't. We're doing once-a-month in class, and my first day isn't for a couple weeks.  If you're closer to the main campus they expect you in class more, but for most of us it's remoting in.  Our vidi wall is absolutely brilliant for that.  I usually make the professor and board full size, then fill the rest of the background with some nice view from somewhere.  Today I did a grassy field on the mainland.  Seems like it was New Mexico or Brazi or somethin

1/17 Jake's Journal - Move? Full Moon - cause people are nuts

I don't get people some times.  I'm taking three classes this semester.  Ancient history (well, not really ancient), ag systems 207, and applied science.  So we're in applied science, talking about how the power distribution network works.  Prof. Fusman is teaching this course, and he says something like "most of our power comes from the rings, with the main ring collecting and the polar distribution ring transmitting to all of us" and some guy coughs, and then makes a complete ass of himself, saying there's only one ring, and we can't even see it.  Frank (Prof. Fusman, he tells us to call him Frank), just leans against his desk, waiting the guy out.  Then when the git is done, Frank just says, "we'll discuss that after class", turns off the guy's feed (at least we couldn't see or hear him anymore), and we keep going.   I've seen that guy in classes before - he isn't usually such a loudmouth, but he sure was today.  If I remem