• Finger Print Scanners track truancy — They say that this is for a college — clearly this isn't Dal where they don't care what you do as long as they get paid.

• Forget-me-not panties — This one seems a little suspect to me. Otherwise an interesting concept. Let's all get together and violate the privacy of those we love the most.

I'm sitting in the Chisel Lab at UVic right now and poaching some unprotected wireless. Of course, this is a research building, so odds are my packets are being harvested for nefarious uses. In any case, I'm able to get online and get my internet fix. The campus is quite beautiful — as you can see I found some of the bunnies. However I am going on a tour of the campus at 14:30 (18:30 ADT). The people I've met so far are great — I no longer have any apprehension about coming here for my Masters. Even the air smells sweeter, but that might have something to do with the huge amounts of flowers on campus.

So all told I am well. Breakfast was good once I figured out what the system was. I'm not sure how many people are staying on my floor, but I've only seen one other person since I checked in. The room is nice, and hopefully by tonight I'll have my Internet setup so I can upload some photos of it.

After the plane that was to take us from Montreal to Vancouver was delayed in arriving in Montreal it delayed us boarding the plane. Once we were boarded, they announced that the Cara employees in Montreal had walked off the job that afternoon and the managers were scrambling to get the meals ready for the flight. That delayed us about 20-25 minutes — which in turn meant our ground crew had disappeared to another flight. So all told I think our plane left an hour later than expected. Needless to say, there was much worry about connecting flights. I wasn't that concerned — figuring that we were carrying at least half of the flight to Victoria from Montreal. Fortunately the same lack of eastern wind that slowed down the arrival of the Montreal bound plane helped us arrive only 25 minutes behind schedule. Just enough time to sit in the gate area for Victoria as they announced pre-boarding. The last leg was pretty uneventful.

Now I'm sitting in my room — fully aware that it is after 5 AM at home and thinking that I should hit the sack. :) After all, breakfast is only available until 9:00.