Back To Basics?
September 27, 2003
Just a thought. I like my webpage but I think maybe it should look simpler. What do you think? Also, what do you think about more than one blog, this will be my day to day blog but what about another or more blogs that are dedicated to other things?
Proud
Wow for the first time ever, I bought something off Ebay!
I was scoping around for keyboards for my pda because I notice I do a lot of writing on it and the stupid graffiti system they have on it is ridiculously slow to use. I find myself writing a letter ahead of the display and most of the time, it reads my writing wrong and gives me an F instead of an E and a whole lot more stupid mistakes. I looked around the biggest gadget stores here but couldn’t find anything cool. I don’t like those fold-away keyboards because they require a flat surface to lay everything down. I wanted those clip on keyboards that you type with your thumbs. They’re not the best solution but will save me a lot of agony and backspace/deletes. Info on the net showed three flavours. The official Palm one was the most expensive (go figure) and I was going to buy one when I realize palmone.com does not send overseas and they were out of stock anyway. The next best things according to forums was one from Seiko. It was about half the cost.
I suddenly decided to go check out Ebay for no reason. I registered an account there two years ago but never bought or sold anything. I did a quick search and wow… $3.99 for the same keyboard. I bid and an hour later, I won!
So, I just bought a $30 item for $4.24 but the shipping will prop it up to about $25. Even after currency rates, I still win big time. I’m so proud!
Another reason to be proud.
Yesterday I bought a small bookcase. It’s about a foot high and a foot and a half wide. I’m not putting books in it but instead I need it to put this new clock I just bought and some other stuff. Right now I see my phone charger, Eri’s eye drops, some condoms, some magazines, the a/c remote, and some other crap. Before this, all that shit was just strewn across the floor.
Anyway I’m proud because I talked to the old lady who sold it entirely in Japanese and understood everything she asked of me. It wasn’t just a simple transaction too because this old lady liked to gab. We started to talk about the weather, the Hanshin Tigers, and how far away I lived (she was worried the bookcase would be too heavy - it only weights about 3 lbs or so). My unofficial goal since starting this language was that people would mistaken me as one of them, that is, I’m not an evil foreigner out to take their daughters and pillage their towns. At long last, it happened. The best thing though was that it cost me 750 yen. That’s like 8 bucks or something! A bargain in any country.
My next step is to get a haircut in complete Japanese. It’s not as easy as it sounds as the place I go to has 60+ y.o. men who speak very unclearly and gab as well. I feel so stupid everytime I get a haircut because I end up saying, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” often.
Check the cam for a snap! My futon is being washed so hence the barren room.
helllllllo??????
September 26, 2003
hey dude, there was an earthquake in japan today. freaked me and mom out until we heard it was some other place. but anyways, i freaken didnt have that quiz in comp app. today! The computers froze! but I’m screwed for next week, I have an assignment due on Monday, a presentation worth 20% on Tuesday, apparently no school for me on Wednesday, TWO quizzes in comp app. on Thursday, and a math exam on Friday!
Oh, i just love it…
btw, do u get to watch the FRIENDS premiere? it was good. very good.
blah blah blah
September 24, 2003
jerry is blah
Lost
September 22, 2003
Well the memory card that fucked on me did not have any data on it. I bought a card reader and plugged it in and it only contained the pictures that I took after the fuck up. There was a “Misc” directory which I thought was weird but it turned out to be empty. Strange thing though was that it recognized the card as only having 3mb of space when it’s a 8mb card. It was like the lost data was simply not recognizable as data. Anyway, any hope of recovering the pictures are all gone as I formated the card after that. Bright side? Now I have a nifty little card reader that reads CF, SM, SD, and MemoryStick. We did get a picture taken at the place by a photographer and the pictures came in the mail. That night view truly is beautiful. If I had a scanner, I’d put it up but sorry.
So it’s only been slightly more than a week since our Hokkaido trip but we’re already planning a small trip for November. We’ll probably go to a Japanese style hotel with a private hot spring bath in the room. Well also be visiting a theme park called, “Adventure World”. All the theme parks here have silly names like Excite World, Fun World, Good World, and things like that. Also, Eri’s dad will lend us his digital camera so hopefully I’ll get some better pictures.
What else? The weather suddenly became not hot. Today it was probably about 20 degrees and it was marvelous. The mornings were cool and crisp. It finally feels like home again after months of horrid humidity and stupid annoying cicadas.
Scourge
September 17, 2003
It’s 20 to 23:00 and I’m all set to go to bed when I decide to do a real update about the sorry state the world is in.
Let’s see, where to begin…
Opinions from old chocolate making Europe apparently do not matter to the current American administration. Iraq is this century’s Vietnam. The war on terror shifted from a hunt for Osama, to a hunt for the Taliban, to a hunt for weapons of mass destruction, to a hunt for Saddam, to what’s next? The UN has proven itself (again) to be nothing more than talking heads sent by their respective countries and are incapable of actually doing things in the world. The WTO hit one of its biggest setbacks with the cancellation of this round of meetings after pissed off developing countries couldn’t get rich first world countries to realize they’re assholes with the whole subsidized farm issue. Anti-Bushism is still considered Anti-Americanism to many (that is so not true). America is slowly beginning to wake up and smell its “president” and its new astronomic deficit. Iran is itching to be the next Iraq by resisting and then ok’ing inspections as Mr. Bush screams and speaks. All the while, the other “Axis” country, North Korea, has been trying to get everyone’s (America’s) attention with its more than aggressive stance and its publicly admitted nuclear ambitions. Japan wants to get back into the world theatre by modifying their constitution so that they can have a real army instead of this self defence label.
And that was just about politics. Now what about good ol mother earth?
The ozone hole above the chunk of ice called Antarctica is probably as big as America’s new deficit. Heat waves have claimed thousands across Europe. SARS is reappearing??? Maybe it’s time to cancel all life because of SARS. Hurricanes, tropical storms, cyclones, typhoons are occurring in record number and strength. Forest fires have ravaged our little wine making BC interior. That problem everyone was worried about, what did they call it? Oh yes, Global Warming, it looks like it’s finally here as a lot of people in distinguished scientific circles have made note of dramatic changes.
I blame all these problems squarely on dumb people. Dumb people have ruined it for everyone. Dumb people should not be voted into positions that affect a lot of other people. I just wonder will we ever know who’s really pulling the strings behind certain dumb people.
So, do you think the world in the past few years has taken a turn for the worse or do you think it’s normal, that nothing has happened that was very extraordinary?
Woohoo! I Found A Reason To Return!
Art Bell Returns to Radio as Weekend Host of Coast to Coast AM
I always knew he would return because each of his retirements have been externally forced. He will never truly cease until he REALLY wants to retire. Boy am I glad I suddenly visited the site a week ago. I wouldn’t have caught that show if I didn’t. If I didn’t catch that show, I wouldn’t have visited again and discover this piece of juicy news. Woohoos for all!
I feel bad for Barbara Simpson, whom Art will replace, but I never liked her anyway. She was so bland.
You’re all commanded to listen to the show and enjoy it. Your stereotype of the show will evaporate quickly as you discover ALL the interesting things they touch on.
Hokkaido Trip Breakdown
September 14, 2003
Day 1
Well our flight was uneventful. I threatened Eri that I would make kissy faces to the flight attendant (and thus embarass Eri). We got the best cheap seats available - the ones near the emergency exit that have lots more leg room.
We arrived in Hakodate around 2:30 and after checking in at the hotel, we went and had some shio ramen. Not bad. After that we went to this place that had some red-bricked warehouses. They must be old or had some big significance because they were touted as a big deal. There were some cool shops in them and we had some great food. Scallops were mega-huge.
Around dusk, we headed up Hakodate Mountain. The lift wasn’t very exciting as Grouse Mountain’s lift was 4 times higher and longer. The view of the city though was beautiful. This city is surrounded by water on two sides and you can see all of it on the mountain. The night view was breath-taking. Also, we caught the sun setting among some clouds and I’ve never seen a redder sky. The clouds glowed and some of the water was evaporating so the mist was an eerie red sight too. This was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. You can bet I took many pictures.
After some more seafood for dinner we returned to the hotel. I spotted a monitor and automatically darted for it as I was only able to read the first part of Dennis’ update on my phone. It wasn’t an internet kiosk. Instead it was a very cool, very techy digital picture printing and formatting booth. Seeing this was the first time I’ve seen one of these and seeing I had just taken some very beautiful pictures on the mountain I decided to try it out. Fatal mistake.
We were able to see our pictures but about 10 seconds in, an error occurred. This error fucked my 21 pictures so that I couldn’t view them on my camera anymore. I know the data is still there because the number of shots remaining was the same (if they were deleted, I would’ve seen “27″ left instead of “6″). I was terribly disappointed.
My only hope lies at home - I hope my computer will allow me to keep these pictures. If not, I’ll try a photo recovery place.
The weather way up here is so much better than in Osaka. It was a cool 25 degrees.
Day 2
We got up relatively early and walked around the fish market area. The thing with Hokkaido is that there doesn’t seem to be much but seafood. EVERYONE was selling crab, cantaloupe, sea urchin, big clams, and squid. I say everyone because EVERYONE was selling the same thing. It was ridiculous - imagine going to the next booth and having the guy try to offer you a sample and then harass you into buying the same stuff that the last guy just tried. I shook my head at the poor business model offered here. If anything, I’d set up a booth and sell bricks of cheese just to offer some alternative.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the things being sold here were fucking expensive. The crab was about fifty bucks for I would guess a 15 pound crab. The cantaloupe was sold in boxes of 4 or 5 for up to one hundred dollars. Yes - that’s 20-30 dollars for a cantaloupe. I have to admit though, the cantaloupe I sampled was really sweet and good.
After lunch we didn’t do much because Hakodate is a pretty small place. We bought some books and had some coffee and got on a train to Sapporo. Three hours later, there we were.
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido and it has all you expect in a big city. Having lived in a mega city for the past 11 months, I knew all there was to know in Sapporo so I think we were pretty bored here. We saw the same old shit everywhere. Only redeeming thing? The weather was bliss compared to Osaka. We were pretty tired after that long train ride so we walked briskly around downtown to see what there was to do.
We went to this Clock Tower house that was suggested in our guide book. Not only was it closed but it was just an old western style house that had some historical significance a long time ago. In English, this all meant, BORING.
After having some more coffee and this time, a donut, we went to a place called Otaru. It’s north of Sapporo and I suppose you can consider it to be like the New Westminster of Sapporo. It has this stupid river that was surrounded by lights. The place used to be some sort of warehouse area (again). Actually the buildings were pretty cool. Some were built like 1800 western style, some were asian style, and some even looked like medieval castles.
One shop was called, “Nani kore” which translates to, “What Is This?” It was a really cool antique shop that sold old American junk. There was a rack of really old comics where I quickly searched for keywords such as, “Issue 1″ and “Spiderman”. Sadly, this modest, old collection had a lot of junk. There was a really old X-Men comic where Archangel still had those white feathery wings.
For dinner we walked and walked and walked because each place we wanted to go to was either closed or all reserved up (put up a sign if you’re all reserved). We ended up going to a seafood restaurant that was very understaffed. We waited about thirty minutes and when we finally got our table, we noticed other empty tables were still not cleaned up. I think I saw 2 waitresses running around mad while the soccer team of chefs looked at them idly. Idiots.
The food proved to be very expensive and good. We had a seafood thing again but this time over a barbeque thing. They gave us pretty much 1 piece of all the fish and junk they had. I have to say, the clams in Hokkaido are deliciously awesome. They’re massive suckers too. We discovered one cool thing tonight though. If you heat salmon roe, they will explode! Ikura, as they’re called in Japanese, are those red, translucent eggs about the size of a pea. I’m not talking about the really small eggs you sprinkle on top of shit but the bigger ones that are squishy and liquidy. Well, on a whim, Eri threw one into the barbeque and about 5 seconds later, we heard a small Pop and up blew some ash. Cool! I excitedly exclaimed. I took another one and threw it in. Mine didn’t land on the coal, it landed on the wood that sat above it. Mine took longer to heat but mine went Boom. We were laughing our heads off as the other customers turned and looked at what we were doing. We blew up a few more but the best one was not in the coat nor on the wood but rather, on the metal grill. That sucker was loud! Now, an opportunist would see some sort of weapon to be had here. No one will ever question you if you bring a sack of salmon eggs onto an airplane and find some way to heat them up.
Day 3
Our last day in Sapporo, we wanted to do some touristy things but as we found our yesterday, this city kind of sucks. It’s like Osaka but smaller and less hot so whatever we want to do, it would be to a smaller scale here anyway.
We went and had really good ramen - Sapporo’s specialty is ramen. Then we went and bought some souvenirs for her family and coworkers. I bought a couple things but I’m weighing whether to give to friends or keep them all to myself. I bought some cantaloupe pocky (only available in Hokkaido), some chocolate covered strawberries, some sort of buttery cookie. All things had something Hokkaido about them, go figure.
We hit another book store and bought some more books. Looking at the pile now back home, we bought 2 English books for me, 5 manga for Eri, 2 English manga for me, and 1 English magazine. I also nabbed a couple free magazines from the hotel. I have never bought so much reading material in a span of 3 days before and that goes even for school.
Strangely enough, there was a typhoon heading up to Hokkaido today. It was the first typhoon that would hit Hokkaido in five years and it had to come on THIS day. I was a bit scared it would delay our flight and we would be forced to stay another day but at the airport our fears were alleviated. It only delayed a bunch of incoming flights.
So, we got home around 10pm on Saturday and the heat back here sucks. That’s all I have to say about that now.
Back Into The Foreign Country
September 13, 2003
Good evening all you crazy people. We got back around an hour ago and boy are we tired. The second we stepped out of the airport, we felt the 29 degrees that made me shudder in fear. You see, Hokkaido was a cool 18-24 degrees all three days and I loved it. Even the rain was cool and made me think of sweet Vancouver rain as it drenched my t-shirt with a lot of jibbery English on the back.
Our little trip was excellent. I am now sick of seafood and also sick of the pricey bills that were attached. There was a major heartbreak on the trip and I’ll tell you about it in the next update. Also today around 2pm, while strolling around in Sapporo, we saw a big crowd and naturally we ventured to see what was going on. Well as luck would have it, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was just about to make an appearance and a presentation. We saw the PM dressed in an ugly olive green suit while his compatriots were dressed in smart looking navy blue. He is definitely the most famous person I’ve seen live. I took a lot of pictures but I’ll only be able to see some (this is part of the heartbreak).
A couple of things -
A big DOMO ARIGATOU goes to Dennis for his most excellent updates here while I was out. He has definitely done the page proud and will have to drop in from time to time and write something (you have access now dude). While I was in Hokkaido, I could see my page on my phone but I was only able to read about two or three paragraphs before I get the ever happy, “The size of this page is not supported” warning. Screw Docomo. I had a strong feeling you’d be bringing back Dragon and I was dead on haha. One thing though, Wangmon was never a mascot - he was interviewed by Dragon in the Interviewing Pokemon section or something like that. And Dragon, we all know the mascot now on this page is the little Blogger icon that sits on the bottom left of this page. Anyway, thanks again Dennis!
One more thing -
“JVision to be a great haven for discussing some heavy issues which can affect the world”
I’ve been deviating a lot from this ever since coming to Japan and I feel part of this is because Japan, while a very developed first world country, is very detached and isolated from the rest of the world. I read English news daily but don’t feel the same sort of emotional attachment I did back in Vancouver. I should rant more I guess.
Alright, the woman is waiting for me to feed her, so, seeya.
Guest Update for the Guest Updater
I’m too lazy to write another guest update. But instead of leaving you folks hanging, I found some suitable writers to entertain you before Jerry gets back. So here you are, guest updates for the guest updater. I’m out to enjoy some sun.
Hello, readers of JVision. Hello… Jerry. You might recognize me. Then again, you might not. Because I sure don’t recognize this place. Everything has changed. For the worse, I might add. Jerry, your sense of decor has always been lacking. Blue? And what is this “spoken” nonsense? I sometimes wonder about you, Jerry.
Only sometimes. I don’t think much about you anymore, Jerry. Why should I? I bet you don’t even remember that I existed on JVision, way back in the version 1.x days. Back when I was mascot, we were buddies, and we ran rampant on the page. But then what happened? “One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more / And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.”
Cry me a river! I shed no tears for you. And this is my last hurrah. Since you never even gave me a chance to say my goodbyes on this page, and to my dear devotees. Shame on you Jerry! Shame on you! I’m out.
“So, Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave, oh”
Hello friends. You might remember me as Pokemon borne of Jerry’s feverish imagination. The name’s Wangmon. I don’t have as much of a grudge as the fellow above me, but I would like to express my disappointment at having been ditched as a recurring concept faster than the Pokemon craze could phase out. I felt I had plenty to offer, such as wang-related jokes, potty humour, and political insights. I’m sorry it never happened. Now I languish in my hole in the ground. That warm, moist hole where Wangmons reside. I’m perfectly happy, to be honest. But I thought I’d pull out for a minute or two to say hi and to impart a few words of wisdom:
Jerry, don’t adopt mascots again if you’re not going to keep us. We aren’t puppies. There is no SPCA for web mascots. We are thrown into the recycle bin of history. We aren’t even put down humanely. Our bits are erased, written over with the sweaty groins of Internet porn. Have a heart, Jerry. Don’t adopt any more mascots. They don’t deserve our fate.
Disconnection
September 12, 2003
I’m taking a course in ethics in computing science this term. It’s a mandatory course for all com sci majors, and I’ve saved it for my last (or next-to-last, depending on how well I do) semester. I think I should have taken this course earlier, it would have saved me a lot of trouble.
One article in particular got me thinking about how we live our lives. The article claimed that we as humans were so inclined to accept technology that we do so without debating its social implications. We just accept it because it’s new and we expect it to be needed. This is the wrong way for society to go, the article claimed.
What has the Internet done for us? I’ve had the creeping suspicion for years, but it never crystallized in my mind until I read the article. It has made us lazy to communicate on a basic human level. Yes, when the Internet first rolled around into mainstream acceptance, it was heralded as the information superhighway, and it would supposedly make communication easier. We’d be connected to everyone else more often and more intimately than with previous archaic methods of communication.
It backfired. What it has made us is complacent. When was the last time I called up a friend just to talk? Instead, I load up my favourite instant messaging service and wait for them to come online. When was the last time I wrote a letter to someone? I can’t even remember when. We live in the “now”, we don’t wait anymore. We need communication and response instantly. But you know what? For the past two years, I’ve actually loathed checking my email for the very reason that it’s too fast. It seemed that as soon as I had sent an email, its reply was already sitting in my mailbox. Did I really want to reply that fast? In the days of snail mail, we’d have at least two weeks before getting a reply; Time to collect and reflect on our thoughts.
Sure, electronic means of communications are great for our “global village”. I can talk to my best friends more often, even though they live halfway across the globe. But it has hurt my relationships with friends who live in my own country, and even in my own city. I didn’t bother calling anyone, and I loathed physical contact.
No more. I’ve been deprived of it for too long. This Internet, this instant communication, has ended up hurting my friendships and ultimately myself. It’s not the medium itself, but rather the reliance on the medium that is the problem. It should have never been more than a convenient tool, but it became a necessity. It’s time that changed. Turn off the computer and call a friend: It shouldn’t be that hard to do, but for some reason, it has become foreign to me. Perhaps it’s time to change that.
He Can’t Deliver
Yes, I make a big hoo-hah about guest updating and I don’t even write anything yet. I will. Later tonight. When I get back from bubble tea. Until then, why not visit some other blogs? Groovy. Jerry’s back in a few days anyway so I’d better try and write what I have planned before he’s back and sees what I’ve done.
I Am Your Lovely Guest Host, Damien Storm
September 11, 2003
Do you remember back when Art Bell was still the host of Coast to Coast AM, and you’d tune into his show one night hoping to hear his cryptic yet reassuring voice, only to find out that there was a guest host that week? The host was inferior in every sense to Art, but you still listened, because if Art thought he was good enough for the big show, then he was good enough for you. I’m that guest host, and welcome to JVision.
The name is Dennis, and some of you might know who I am already. If not, allow me to introduce myself. Jerry has been one of my best friends for who knows how long. We went to school together, played guitar together, played Doom and Quake together, the list goes on. My own site is handsomemonkey.com. For the duration of Jerry’s vacation to Hokkaido, he has left this site in my care. I will try to do him proud.
One thing I will focus on is to make sure JVision remains the same. Jerry’s vision. Jerry has his own style, his own wit, and I will do my best to present that here. I’ve always found JVision to be a great haven for discussing some heavy issues which can affect the world. At other times, it can have a light-hearted tone that makes us sit back and chuckle. It all depends on Jerry’s moods, I guess.
I’ve got a few days to work with this site, so let’s give Jerry something worthwhile to come back to. Into glory… we ride!
Hokkaido Haiku
Hokkaido, Japan
Is a cool island up north
Where we will go now
While we are gone
A Special Guest will update
So this page goes on
I must say sorry
For the page won’t be controlled
Sorry for the swears
We leave on Thursday
And enjoy seafood and beer
Be back Saturday
Welcome Special Guest
And of course, welcome Sister
Hope you write good blogs
Blast It Blogger!
September 07, 2003
Having an unexpected urge to blog, I click on my blogger shortcut only to see the all too annoying “The page cannot be displayed” white page. Not to be undone, here I am writing in notepad so that my flash of creativity will not be lost due to a technical problem.
So? What’s up? I just finished a six day week because of a shift swap for someone else. I got last Sunday off so I had to pay for it this week by working yesterday. One day weekends suck but the silver lining is that I only have a four day work week starting tomorrow. On Thursday, I’ll be holding hands with my girlfriend and boarding a plane to Hokkaido. To clear up any confusion, I work Sunday through Thursday. Right now she is sleeping and I am listening to Art Bell. I haven’t listened to the show since January (when Art retired). Unexpectedly, I decided to listen yesterday for no reason only to find Art Bell special-guesthosting the show for two days. That is synchronicity in its purest form. I missed Art Bell’s deep, comforting voice and his straight shooting, intellectual thinking. Anyway, I’m listening to the show as I am typing now. Yay.
Something that has been annoying as of late - a lot more people are using MSN Messenger now - my list is soon to overtake my ICQ list in terms of number of people. Unlike ICQ though, I can’t overwrite people’s names. I don’t give a shit what you call yourself, be it “Jerry” or “604_Sweetz_NSX_Gangsta_Pimp” - I’m just going to rename it to your full name. So, without this feature, I’m seeing a bunch of handles and messages that don’t mean anything to me and I’m wondering who the hell it is. I have to right click and try to recognize the email address. Now that’s annoying. I don’t mind if you write messages AFTER your name, like, “Matthew - I am feeling my aunt up right now”. At least I know it’s you.
I saw Animatrix yesterday and it was awesome. The CG chick in the first short was just hot. If she existed in real life… it’s like… damn yo. Damn fine piece of ass. Actually my favorites were the first two stories. The rest were all nice and all but the stories sort of sucked. The one placed in Japan was cool because the song they have at the crosswalk was exactly the same as the one they have in Osaka.
What else? A couple more people coming and going. I’m looking at ticket prices so I’ll probably be visiting Vancouver within six months. Yada yada yada.
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Jeez, Blogger was down all night. This update is actually a day old already.
September Blues
September 03, 2003
I never like the month of September for a variety of reasons.
When I was a kid, September brought about the beginning of elementary school. I hated elementary school because I never fitted in and I was shamed for my intellectual prowess.
When I was a teenager, September brought about the beginning of highschool. I hated highschool because I never fitted in and I was ashamed about my intellectual shortcomings.
When I was an adult, September brought about the beginning of university. I didn’t hate university but I didn’t like it either. At least I fitted in with more people and I learned what I was good at and what I wasn’t.
This year will be the first September that does not bring about the beginning of an education semester and I’m damn happy. Furthermore, while biking to work today, something very startling startled me… it was dead quiet. Remember my incessant bitching about the noise? Well, it looks like the cicadas have finally all died out and will leave me in peace to enjoy my sleep for a year. I thought there would be millions of dead cicada carcasses lying under trees but I haven’t noticed many. I almost felt sad that so many of those ugly critters died but then I remind myself of the horror they inflicted and my prejudice rages on.
Also in September is our anniversary. Next week will be three years! 3 Years!!! Looking back, I wonder how did we ever go through those 7 months of not seeing each other. My advice for any of you - webcam + mic + broadband. Saved me a lot on phonecards and was much more fun. So yay for us. Next week, we’re going to Hokkaido for a few days. I need a break from this job and this city and I haven’t done much quality time stuff with her. So, off we go! Wheeee!!
Morning
September 01, 2003
Pardon the lack of coherence today. I just woke up four minutes ago.
What would compel me to update right after I woke up? I don’t know, maybe I just wanted to see what my writing would be like in the quasi-conscious state I call Monday Morning. I also wanted to write because my updates have been sporadic at best lately. A combination of social obligations, Baldurs Gate, and lack of anything interesting to say I guess.
Well, it’s Monday Morning but unlike most people, today is not the first day of work for me, yesterday is. So really, Monday is my Tuesday which makes Thursdays my Fridays. Go figure that one.
It seems the whole world hath broken up. It’s very very strange but couples seem to get together at roughly the same time and split up roughly the same time. Funny thing though, the three people who have broken up recently that I’ve talked to all broke up for very rational, level-headed reasons. Kudos to them for straight thinking in a time of emotional bedlam. On a happier note, a couple friends who met at th ELI a few years ago are getting married now. Actually, they got married yesterday. Unfortunately, they didn’t invite to their wedding. Well, seeing how I haven’t seen them or talked to them in about three years, I don’t blame them.
So what else? I’m surprised, I’m not spilling deep secrets or insecurities at this point. I’m just scratching my eyes and XXXXX and trying to stop all the mucus from running. Oh gotta love Mondays.
