In which Annie complains briefly about internet speed and mostly about first world problems

Well, I'm done with the semester. Good riddance! Not that next semester will be anymore fun...but this one is done! w00t!

I was feeling particularly good today after finding out that I had done better than expected grade-wise this semester.

As a result, I thought, "Annie, it's time to reward yourself!" I logged onto Steam (a game client that provides access to several quadrillion games) to check out the Holiday sales. Steam always has the BEST sales during the holiday season. New deals every day! Up to 75% off on some items!

Needless to say, I'm glad I already bought people gifts, because, post-Steam, I was not expecting to have anything remaining in my bank account.

So, in my excursion on Steam, I perused the large selection of now heavily discounted games.

And then I saw it. Mass Effect! The game I had wanted for such a very long time! 75% off! Only $4.99! I clicked on it. And, to my dismay, realized that the deal ended in 15 seconds. So I clicked BUY! Steam sent me to the PAY NOW screen...and the game was suddenly only 50% off. Still a piddling $10 for a great game, but I was slightly indignant. Why didn't Steam let me keep the $5 version?

Mind you, I'm not REALLY whining (THIS is WHINING), but I'm still slightly miffed.

No matter! I'm nothing if not resourceful and resilient! And modest. EVER so modest.

After buying this game, I went to my Steam library to select a game to play. Mass Effect had to finish downloading so I decided to play Magicka, a game my sister and her husband had bought me during the semester, which I had not have time to play yet.

Once it loaded, I was sure that I would have tons of magicky fun and goodness to alleviate the horrible pain of those extra $5 for Mass Effect. Alas, Magicka did not work, because the animation moved about half the speed of the voiceover.

I'm going to take this opportunity to complain most grievously about internet speed. I think I should blame my laptop's own capabilities for the slowness of Magicka, but I blame the internet for not downloading Mass Effect fast enough for me to play that instead. #firstworldproblems

However, my solution to all these problems? THIS and THIS

Angst, Angst, Angst

Welcome to the non-serious blog of a chemistry major who takes herself too seriously.  I can't promise this will be profound or totally awesome, but I can promise it will be geeky, full of internet memes, and absolutely hilarious.

Or it could be full of angst.  I've yet to decide the major content of this blog.

Many of you internet surfers may be asking, "Annie, why start a blog?  You can angst by writing bad emo poetry in a corner by yourself in some dark corridor."

Well, interested blog viewer, all of my friends are leaving me alone on campus next semester as they go off to wonderful adventures abroad (Angst meter: mild).  I'm not going abroad, because I am a chemistry major, meaning my soul belongs solely to my major and my ass belongs on campus in the chem. building until I graduate.

Since I'll be stuck on campus, I decided that I should report on my super exciting life to the general public so I can at least pretend that people in this world still care about what happens to me.  You love me, don't you, Internet?? (Angst meter: high)
---
We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog post for this important announcement from your friendly neighborhood camel:

Hilarious. Now, back to your regularly scheduled blog.
---
So here starts the chronicles of my life as I try to survive all by myself while my friends are abroad.

Hold on, it's gonna be a wild ride.