Looking back, I see that I've only been posting one or two journal entries a month. It's interesting that life is now so busy that I no longer seem to find the time to write about it! The truth is, it probably has more to do with time management issues than anything; there are now so many things I want to do, it's hard to find time for all of them.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with my journalling lately; the main reason is that so much is going on in my life right now, I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the changes. Things are happening so fast that I just don't have time to write it all down!
The last thing I wrote about was my d-thing.
My date. My date. My date. My first date ever. Ever.
It, um... well... er... I think I'd have to say it went pretty well.
So, today's kind of a big day.
I'm meeting someone for dinner tonight, and a social activity tomorrow. Sort of a D... no.
We're not using the d-word... it's a "just friends" kind of thing... but I think the d-word applies... it's just a d-word with no complicated expectations other than having fun spending time with someone special.
Which is probably a good thing, since this is my first real d-word sort of thing... ever. Ever.
53. Should the following be exterminated:
pants that create the muffin-top look on women:
It finally occurred to me to just Google for it... "muffin-top look"...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/330221p-281994c.html
I guess that will teach me to read my Glamour more often, huh?
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Jesus. Well, close enough.
2. Where was your first kiss?
I don't know yet...
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
Not that I can recall... unless you count that time that I was two years old and disassembled the vacuum cleaner. But, I mean, if they didn't want you to take it apart, why did they put screws in it?
DSL Line: remains up and functional. Built-in firewall appears to be configured appropriately now.
Server box: installed and ready to go, after some struggle to get the box patched... but needs server software.
Dual Boot Box: It should really be *duel* boot... XP put up quite a fight, but installed ok once I could get the installer disk to boot without crashing. The linux side... some struggle to get the box patched. Had to wipe and start over to get it to work. Sigh.
A quiet Saturday morning... (yawn)...
The DSL gal and her pals back at the home office did manage to get my upgraded DSL service back on the net, so I'm back in business net-wise.
After several false starts, my Fedora box is now patching itself; unfortunately I never did manage to convince it to use the updates I dowloaded and burned to DVD, so everything's downloading again. What-ever!
Well, the DSL *gal* finally showed up. She was really, really nice! And now... I don't have internet access at home. Sigh.
Wow. Now I've gone two months without a journal entry. Sigh.
Some of you may remember my "giving up" entry from several months ago?
It turns out that, having given up hope, there just isn't that much to say.
Back when I still had some hope, I could talk about all the hard work and interesting doctor visits and whatnot, and maybe sneak in a few bits about my hopes and fears for the future.
Well, it's Friday night, almost 11pm, still somewhat hotter than hell, and my air conditioning is still two weeks away, so I'm... baking.
I didn't mean to go three months without a journal entry. Honest, I didn't!
Last weekend was kind of eventful.
I decided that I needed more driving practice, and the best way to get it seemed to be to just drive! So, I got up early, before the traffic got busy, and drove north.
I ended up in San Juan Capistrano. The place where the swallows come back.
I had my minor surgery today. It took longer than I expected.
I chickened out and took the shuttle from the campus to the medical center. It just seemed easier that way.
I arrived twenty minutes early, as instructed. Found a bathroom... five minutes gone. Wander around like an idiot... five more minutes gone.
I've driven to and from work every day this week. So far, it's been fine; I haven't had any problems.
I think I'm settling on a standard way to get home; it's not wonderful, since there's more traffic than I would really like, but it's ok.
Intel CPUs are not defective, they just act that way. -- Henry Spencer
