Chocolate Cake for Breakfast

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Stalked

I logged on to the actual my.ACU Web site a few days ago for the first time in a month or two. As it has several times during the past four years, it wanted me to confirm my mailing address that they have on record for me. This is nothing unusual; the school has had my home address in Tyler in its system for quite some time. Except, it didn't bring up my family's address in Tyler. ACU's system already had my address in Corpus Christi -- the address I have lived at for less than one month. At no time during the past month have I ever updated my records with ACU. There is no escaping this school. Not that I particularly want to cut off all contact with my alma mater, but it doesn't appear that that choice is even mine to begin with. Once you're on the list, there's no hiding.

Who knew ACU had a bigger network of information gathering intelligence than the CIA (too bad I don't have any friends who work for this agency to find out how this is possible ... )?