Monday, July 9, 2001
Saalon: While I sat on the plane coming back from Boston, I realized that I didn’t bring the tripod for the camcorder. I’ll ship it to you soon. I stayed home from work today, taking care of whatever’s made me sick. Fortunately, my symptoms are waning, so I should be able to return to work tomorrow. Meanwhile, I didn’t watch any anime. Amazed? I am too. I did catch most of The Greatest Show on Earth […]
Sunday, July 8, 2001
I had hoped to spend some time this weekend going over Wine with Saalon, but it didn’t happen. It was my fault for not mentiong it while I was there, and since I didn’t wake up until 10:00, after watching Armitage III we only really had time for a meal before Saalon and LWQ dropped me off at Logan Airport. It turns out we could have […]
Saturday, July 7, 2001
I did manage to make it up to Saalon’s. It was a tire this time. Everything went smoothly — driving, parking, waiting, boarding — until we actually sat down on the tiny little plane at 7:00. The captain’s voice echoed over the intercom, telling us that there was a problem with a tire, and we’d have to wait a little while. We waited patiently, then about ten minutes later, […]
Friday, July 6, 2001
I’ll be flying up to meet with Saalon and LWQuestie tonight, provided that all goes well. The last time I attempted this, it didn’t exactly go well, but I can do no more than wait and hope that nothing goes wrong. Meanwhile, work has been alternatively stressful and boring. I got a phone call from my boss this morning, informing me that context-sensitive help was […]
Thursday, July 5, 2001
Well, my day at work pretty much sucked. It wasn’t due to anybody or anything; it was just the sheer amount of annoying last-minute work that I had to do today. I found myself hand-editing screenshots pixel-by-pixel at 5:45. Ugh. So, I came home and pretty much crashed. I tried to watch my Project A-Ko: Uncivil Wars DVD except that it won’t play properly, so I ended up watching an episode of Bubblegum […]
Wednesday, July 4, 2001 — Independence Day (USA)
I managed to drag myself out of bed at 6:30 this morning to trek down to the “fun run” in Great Falls. We were joined by over a hundred other T-shirt-clad folks, from well-muscled profesional runners to Baby Boomers to 8-year-olds who were just doing it for the fun. Dad and I both ran, and we ended up coming in nearer the front of the pack than the rear. We also pushed ourselves too hard, so that […]
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
:sigh: I wrote a lovely article about Usenet as my diary entry this morning, and forgot to save it. I don’t even know if I want to recreate it now. I commented on a quote from Brennen‘s diary entry from Thursday: Usenet. An all consuming mass into which my time and attention hurtle as into the event horizon of some textual black hole. And I just lurk. How does anyone actually participate actively and do *anything* […]
Monday, July 2, 2001
I watched all 57 minutes of Spring and Chaos last night, and as a result I paced the floor of my bedroom until 3:00 a.m. as my mind digested what I’d seen. Spring and Chaos is quite hard to define. It’s about Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s greatest poets. He lived an exuberant but out-of-the-way life, and his poetry and writings received very little attention until after his death. Spring and Chaos isn’t exactly […]
Sunday, July 1, 2001
Nene Romanova from Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 Woohoo! I won this cel of Nene from Bubblegum Crisis 2040 today!
Saturday, June 30, 2001
I met up with my “Coffee and Classics” book club this morning, where we went out to Starbuck’s and talked about The Pilgrim’s Progress. Suzie had gone to see A.I. the night before, and so we talked about some of the issues that the movie raises. Me, I’m glad that the movie is raising those issues. I’m glad the Spielburg is making films that people want to go see, and from […]