Well, I went to the college bookstore to pick up my Python book yesterday. It turns out that the department had ordered those books, but that’s not what the professor actually wanted. So now there are two other books on order, Intro to Computer Science, and some intro Java book.
I’m kind of sad. I started reading up on Python and it’s pretty cool stuff. I wound up ordering the other Python book off Amazon anyway. I already know the basics of Java, and it’s close enough to AS2/3, that I foresee practically doing the course in my sleep. Oh well.