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i had an epiphany today. it was one of the good kinds that makes me feel
warm and happy for the rest of the day, because i have finally discovered a
little piece of Truth. the setting of my little drama was the computer lab; i
was working on my computer science project and generally enjoying myself.
that i enjoy working in the computer lab so much worries me a little; yes,
it's good for my grades, but it's sort of sick that i don't mind those
occasional times when I find myself working in excess of eight hours straight
in the lab on a weekend. i walked out to get something caffinated from the
drink machine and noticed that there were two people asleep on the sofas.
and then i realized that all i ever wanted from a university was a computer
lab that people spent entire days without ever once leaving, a lab that was
not only worked in but slept in. for years i'd read books about hackers at
universities, both those who were creating the future and those who were bent
on breaking into the present, and the thing that always enthralled me was the
idea of a computer lab community: a place revolving around the cutting edge,
a place with a few regulars who seemed to never leave, a place where people
only stopped coding to sleep and even then didn't leave. and maybe that is,
in itself, sick too; but i don't care, because i realized today that i'd
found that for which i never realized i was always looking.
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