This is what the DormCam looks like at 3 in the morning when I have a C++ assignment due at 8. That's the back of my head at the bottom, lit up blue by my monitor. The white lights along the ceiling are our Christmas lights from freshman year. They went back up the first night, right after the computer. They're the only light in the room that doesn't wake Joel up.

Joel is asleep up in the loft. You can't really see him. You'll have to trust me. His computer's on too, over on the right, running his screen saver all night, which is a waste of electricity, which I will not be bringing up with him since I'm the one awake at 3 a.m. with a camera on.

For the record: I finished at 6:40, slept for about an hour, and turned it in at 7:51. It compiled. It even worked. I'm starting the next one early. I say that every time.