...by "after work" I of course mean "after work four days from now." Ha ha ha.

Anyway, I failed a test, and learned that studying right before an exam is perhaps not so important as getting more than zero hours of sleep the night before the testing period. This theory was proven on my next exam, so Everything Is Fine now.

In other news, Andre Torrez is still a genius. He's like a modern renaissance man, except that he lives in a time that not even vaguely resembles a renaissance.

Local arts scene: I have a persuasive speech to give Monday morning. I had planned on doing it on American nuclear policy and how it's going to get us all killed. On Friday, however, I heard a bit of news that inspired me to change the topic. So instead I think I will get up and persuade everyone in the room to go see I Am The World Trade Center play. I mean, look at their damned touring schedule--they're hitting R.C. in between stints in Chicago and Seattle. IATWTC is going from Chicago to Seattle and making one stop -- in western South Dakota! This is an opportunity to catch some infectuously happy electropop music that those of us in Rapid City should not deign to miss. No, sir.

This is all for now.