Saturday, November 10, 2001
Watched Shrek with my parents this evening (my second viewing). We all loved it, though how could you not? The DVD has tons and tons and tons of extras. The Swamp Karaoke Party — more singing by the entire cast — was particularly amusing.
Thursday, November 8, 2001
I nearly wrote that today’s work day was stifling and boring. It was, to begin with, but in the afternoon work got very interesting. I will no longer be maintaining Intersect Software’s online help. That job will be transferred to a colleague, while I begin to develop Intersect’s online training products. This will begin with an online tour through the product, which I will write, and which may get […]
Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Long day at the office. Had a DSP meeting, which took up pretty much all the rest of the night. Brennen was kind enough to help me install an Ethernet card in Methuselah and rebuild its kernel, so I could take it to work and try to get CrossPoint installed on it. The card still isn’t recognized when I boot up, though. And now, good night.
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Vote. I managed to drag myself out of bed early enough to get to Men’s Academy this morning, then voted (Republican), then went to work. Work was stressful, mainly because we had a bunch of potential customers bussed in. So we were all on our best behavior. My mind crashed when I got home. I watched TV most of the night. Managed to catch most of the Buffy musical episode, which was […]
Monday, November 5, 2001
This has been one of those days that’s been remarkable mainly due to its lack of remarkable events. In other words: I read some of John’s gospel, and read a bit about Ignatius Loyla and Blaise Pascal. I practiced drawing, and managed to draw a good head of hair for the first time. I may add features to the head and post it later. I watched some anime, as well: the final episode of Boogiepop Phantom‘s first disc, plus […]
Sunday, November 4, 2001
Arrrg, I hate getting behind schedule on this diary. After fixing a few bugs and adding several little features, I released Landscape 1.1.0 today. I feel good about myself. I’m doing something.
Saturday, November 3, 2001
It’s been a pleasantly productive day. Shortly after waking up, I helped Saalon put his new personal website together. Saalon.daemonsong.com is now alive and running cleanly. I hope Saalon will keep it going. I then took care of several chores: website tape backups, checking my post office box, mailing away my DVD of Spring and Chaos for replacement, mowing the front lawn, and paying my bills. After dinner and family […]
Friday, November 2, 2001 — My Birthday
I had a very quiet birthday; just me and my parents home alone. They gave me a USD $50 gift certificate to Border’s books, and Mom baked a chocolate cake. Pretty much the ideal birthday, by my standards. The anime music video overflow tapes from Otakon 2001 arrived today, so I watched some of them. Predictably, there are a lot of mediocre videos, but also a couple of gems.
Thursday, November 1, 2001
Been sick the past few days. Cold, laryngitis. Not fun. I’m recovering now; my body’s almost normal but my brain tires quickly. On Monday I received an e-mail from Gary Lionelli, composer for Hanna-Barbera. He’d discovered my anime music video Deathdance, which uses the theme song that he wrote for The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest. He congratulated me on the video, saying it was “really great.” It’s weird, […]
Sunday, October 28, 2001
Wow. Got a lot done today. Fixed a bunch of bugs in Landscape. Worked in the garden. Read some more of Bradbury’s latest, From the Dust Returned. Lit about twenty little candles in my garden, each in a little Halloween tin. Dutifully attended church, and AWANA, and Kairos. And now, tired, I go to bed.