Harhar... $30/mo? That's a carton of smokes right there, chickie... D'ya know how much physics graduate students make these days?! After boozin' and smokin' and rent, there ain't much left.
I'll be out in a year though, and look out, I got my lil' shopping list made out for when I get me some cushy job at Lockheed or NASA or somethin'-- extended cab pickup (Ford or Dodge), Harley (standard 883), lots o' leather so I look real bad-ass on the Harley... And cable.
Microwave? That's low energy electromagnetic radiation, right?