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Today marks the dawn of a new semester. In less than one hour, I will board a bus that will take me into Oakland, from whence I will walk along the border between Oakland and Squirrel Hill to meet that which is to be a great part of my life for the next three months. Today, I will begin two classes, and tomorrow, I will begin a third. They say taking three classes is absurd, and it certainly was absurd last autumn, but in order to remain a full-time student and retain my health insurance, this is what I must do. Wish me luck, as I embark on another grand adventure through the rigor of Carnegie Mellon University's graduate program in electrical and computer engineering.

In other news, the vegetarian dinner I cooked Saturday night turned out to be fantastic, and all on hand enjoyed it. It started with warm pita and dips, three of which were bought from the store and one of which I made. Then, it progressed to a plate of white asparagus wrapped in a delicately balanced cream-based mixture of bread crumbs, feta cheese, tomato, crushed red pepper, and Turkish aleppo pepper. The main course followed, which was pasta and a sauce made of a bunch of stuff, a large portion of which I can't remember. The sauce was cream-based and contained yellow and red bell peppers, aleppo pepper, tomato, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, herbs, spices, and some other things. I added boiled shrimp to three of the dishes, but the fourth had to remain vegetarian. As far as I could tell, everyone was impressed with dinner.

Now that I've made myself hungry by writing that, I'm going to head into town and see if I can find a pastry and a cup of coffee before class. I think I'll try Craig Street Coffee first.

Oh, by the way, I have made note of my new classes on my CMU ECE web page, if you're interested in what they are.