Saturday, November 25, 2000
OK, I just got the weirdest spam I’ve ever received. The message is empty (it looks like their HTML-based newsreader messed up), but the subject says it all: Now you can advertise on hubcaps! And I called Dane Scott at BeOS Radio, and we did a little interview, where I talked about About.com and Focus on BeOS, as well as how I got started in the BeOS community. Cool. He says it should […]
Friday, November 24, 2000
OK, a lot to get through. Thanksgiving yesterday went well for me. My parents and I were alone this year, which resulted in a very relaxing holiday. We had a traditional meal (turkey, stuffing; you know the drill), and the traditional mountain range of leftovers. We spent today putting up the Christmas trees and Pianoville. Both of our trees are artificial, a situation which I personally find suboptimal, but it’s a heck of a lot cheaper […]
Thursday, November 23, 2000
Tried to get Mom and Dad to watch Gladiator tonight, but it was too bloody for Mom. We may try again later, fast-forwarding through some of the gladiatorial fights. A shame, really, ’cause we’re all loving the film. But then Mom’s been on a big “garbage in, garbage out” kick lately after reading a book on the subject. More later. The Presidential ballot recount‘s fun, ain’t it? I heard that […]
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
At Saalon’s insistence, I watched the last two episodes of Samurai X: Rurouni Kenshin (the OVA, not the TV show) tonight. It punched me in the emotional gut, while it never became preachy or cheap or melodramatic. Tears were fighting for escape from my eyes during the denoument (which is, arguably, the best part of the series). There was this moment where Kenshin just stares off into nothingness, and a number of emotions play […]
Friday, November 17, 2000
Work’s been stressful (not demoralizing; just a matter of 11-hour days and such), so I splurged today and bought The Fantasia Anthology, the next Battle Athletes Victory DVD, and the first Key: The Metal Idol, Photon, and Trigun DVDs, as well as the second of the two Samurai X: Rurouni Kenshin OAV DVDs. Expect reviews of same to appear on Points of View in relatively short order.
Monday, November 13, 2000
My trip to Saalon’s was a complete success. The first thing we did was watch the final DVD of Cowboy Bebop, the fantastic action/comedy anime series. It managed to wrap up both Faye’s and Spike’s past in respectful ways, and finished out Spike’s arc in the only way it could have, really. But man, I had to take a deep breath after the end there. It’s powerful stuff. Then I got to meet Lumox […]
Thursday, November 2, 2000 — My Birthday
It’s my birthday. No, really, don’t flood me with gifts. I don’t deserve it. I got a nice sweater and a gardening book from my aunt, and a Dilbert desk calendar from my sister. My parents are taking me out to Mr. Smith’s of Georgetown tonight, then giving me free reign in the bookstore, their treat. A dangerous move on their part. Saalon just called (I’m still planning to drive up to his place […]
Monday, October 30, 2000
A very good issue of Ex was just published. And this is fascinating.
Friday, October 27, 2000
Been getting quite a bit of writing done on Wine. Well, not a lot, but significant amounts every day. Which is always a good feeling. I managed to capture some video from my camcorder, and assemble a quickie presentation with it, so that part of things works nicely. Now I need to figure out how to resize a video (not resizing the play window; resizing the actual video data so it’s, say, […]
Wednesday, October 25, 2000
Not too much to report. Stopped by the Jacksons last night, for Pastor’s 90th birthday. I say this because one day I’ll be reading this diary, and will tear up when I see the name of Pastor Jackson. I ordered a four anime soundtrack CD’s yesterday; the first soundtrack CDs for Gundam Wing, Battle Athletes Victory, Tenchi in Tokyo (Sakuya’s theme is beautiful), and Cowboy Bebop (one word: Tank!). I also […]