Friday, June 2, 2000
My parents are away this weekend, going up for my cousin’s graduation. I would have gone, too, but somebody has to take care of the dogs…. The morning was spent by first driving up to a craft store and asking them to frame a Washu and Tenchi cel that I won on eBay (picture forthcoming), plus deposit some checks. Unfortunately, the craft store doesn’t open until 9:00 on Saturdays, and I got there at 8:30, so I walked […]
Thursday, June 1, 2000
Eeek. Been awhile, hasn’t it? I’ve watched the first four episodes of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. This thing is, in a word, amazing. I’ll post a full-scale review later on; suffice to say that it’s a wonderful, moving, exciting series. Those episodes just came out on DVD; if anime catches your eye at all, check out Eva. I also bought and watched a collection of direct-to-video episodes […]
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
OK, the web-based interface is back in business. I hate it when that happens. I spent all night last night on the phone with Saalon, chatting about Star Trek: Voyager and Babylon 5 and Tenchi Muyo! and short films and digital camcorders and all sorts of other cool stuff. I’ve been tempted to buy a Canon GL1 (check out the CNET review); it’s pricey at around USD $2,000, but it’s a professional-quality […]
Monday, May 22, 2000
And now the web-based interface to my diary is eating my updates. Lovely. Went to a graduation party last night for Erin Smith, a friend. After the main party we played Nurts (a multiplayer solitaire game), went out to see Keeping the Faith — which I liked quite a bit, incidentally — and went to Don Paulo’s for some Mexican food. After having surprising difficulty explaining that I wanted chicken in my tacos (“I’ll have chicken.” […]
Friday, May 19, 2000
Spent a bit of time last night in my garden, putting in a third post and hanging pots from same. I also dug out a few old stumps in the area that will be a pool, as soon as we run electricity out and I buy some extra pond liner. I even managed to yank the skin off of a blister I didn’t know I had. Hey, it’s a red badge of courage. I also — finally — e-mailed all of my Informant […]
Thursday, May 18, 2000
Hmmmm, only one week between updates. All righty then. The BeOS board game is progressing nicely in the design stages. It’s based on the rules for Combat Chess II, but modified a little bit. We’ll see how that progresses. I’ve been informed that I may have to work over the weekend. Ugh. And I just got my pond kit in the mail, and my Dad wanted me to help him stain the hosue. Lovely. […]
Wednesday, May 10, 2000
Here at the fountain’s sliding foot,Or at some fruit-tree‘s mossy root,Casting the body’s vest asideMy soul into the boughs does glide;There, like a bird, it sits and sings,Then whets and claps its silver wings,And, till prepared for longer flight,Waves in its plumes the various light.— Andrew Marvell, Thoughts in a Garden, from The Golden Treasury I’ve finally completed the majority of the gardening that I wanted to do, though of course, There Is Still Much To Do. I’ve […]
Monday, May 8, 2000
Two-week gap? What two-week gap? I don’t see…oh. Seriously, oops. For some reason I totally forgot about this page. Or, when I was remembering it, I didn’t actually bother to upate it (hi, Brennen!). I’ve been watching a lot of anime lately, for some reason. From Gundam Wing at midnight on Cartoon Network, to Macross Plus on DVD (volumes 1 and 2), to formulating ideas for an anime-style direct-to-video miniseries. (Yes, I know […]
Friday, April 21, 2000
And here I was, thinking I was updating this diary often. I’ve gone on a bit of a streamlining binge. I’m starting to cut a few things out of my life, including maintenance of the comp.sys.be.help FAQ, and Cool SF. Now I’m trying to find a few other things that I can get rid of. My DVD of Project A-Ko (check out this excellent website for summaries and such, particularly the FAQ and in-jokes) — the anime that’s a spoof […]
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Updated Cool SF. I went to the dump last night and got a load of mulch. In the rain. I actually enjoyed it; I was the only one there, I was able to enjoy the weather, and heck…what’s a little rain matter? When I got back to the house, I was amazed to see that my parents had already sanded and painted my French door. The door itself still needs one more coat of paint, but other than that, they did […]