School blahs (and book foo)

Well, second day at school and am just at the beginning of my huge gap between my class ending at 11:30, and my class beginning at 7pm. At well, at least my 8:30 am class has a cute girl in it that I can use as justification for waking up and going on those difficult days. Granted, she's likely not aware of my existence nor ever will be, but that's not required for such a thing.
No such luck in my 10am class but by that time I'm already awake and at school anyway.

On to book foo...

Currently reading: Swan Songs, the complete Hooded Swan collection, by Brian Stableford.
Actually, it's something of a reread, as I read the individual books, but I bought a hardcover collecting them all before. The author wrote it in part to create a protagonist who's views on violence match his own, rather than the typical sci-fi protagonist... that it's wasteful, often futile, and almost inevitably makes things worse. So, the main character very rarely gets into physical conflict, but makes up for it in his abrasive and sarcastic personality.
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