Friday, July 25, 2003
Brennen replies, in his usual wonderfully thoughtful way, and I think I agree with him on pretty much all counts. On the other hand, this is a very personal subject, and by that I mean not that it’s taboo, but that each person approaches it differently and has his or her own internalized version of it. It’s so internal that I ultimately can’t generalize about everyone’s experiences. Though I don’t want […]
July 24, 2003
A persuasive argument for President Bush’s eventual militarism of the U.S.: “This country has become too much of a fashisiom, it’s sad really.” (From a rambling comment to the messageboard on UFO Dreams) One of the disadvantages of writing all my journal entries in advance is that, if I respond to a current event, it’s at least a day old by the time I post my response. Thus with this journal entry from Brennen. He writes: Decided the other day […]
July 23, 2003
I’ve rewritten the library, and begun updating it again. You’ll find a mini-review of Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun, among other things. My vision for the library is to turn it into a celebration of the beauty and wonder and weirdness of books. I want it to celebrate my bibliophiliac nature. 1:00 p.m. The Photo of the Week. A good opportunity for me to broaden my mind. Okay, this week I’m catching up on all the journal entries I meant […]
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Ack! Sorry for the lack of updates; I broke the backend to this site over the weekend, and only just now got it fixed. Arg. On the other hand, the update to the website is going well. I’ve updated my bio and given my writing sub-site a good facelift. I’m really enjoying this opportunity to give this entire website a thorough facelift and rewrite.
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Note the new navigation images in the upper-left corner of the page. This is part of a(nother) significant re-design of my personal website. More changes are intended. I know, I know; the navigation images are rather annoying. And it looks like Mystery Meat Navigation (though it’s not; the icons [hopefully] make it clear which image is for what). That’s just part of the redesign. I acknowledge that it’s not necessarily as usable as it […]
July 18, 2003
Heh. And here’s something from a really rather interesting article by John C. Dvorak about the appeal and ubiquity of online porn: Here are the top ways to obtain porn on the Internet: 1. Stand Still2. Get an AOL or Hotmail account and look in your e-mail.3. Click on any spam solicitation He makes an interesting point: An article will get more hits if it merely mentions porn in the title. I mean, nobody expects […]
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
A few nights ago, I spent a sleepless few hours in bed thinking over my desire to quit my current job and start writing. As I struggled, I came to a decision. At work, the current project will be done in about a month and a half. If I leave now, their documentation will be screwed. I don’t want to do that to the folks here. I could, but I don’t want to. So, I decided that I would work hard to finish the documentation […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
I’ve had a very interesting life lately. Things are going well; my spiritual life is improving dramatically, I can at least recognize the routine my life is supposed to be in now, in my spare time I do things that I have great joy doing, I have a good job, and though I live in Moria, just outside the door is an absolutely beautiful garden that’s been in full glorious bloom for the past several weeks. I’m […]
Monday, July 14, 2003
A couple nights ago, I finished one of those small pleasures in life that becomes greater as it becomes less frequent: I finished reading a sci-fi novel. Some people read trashy romance novels. Others watch bad kung-fu films. Me, I love actiony sci-fi thrillers. The kind set in an inventive future, where lots of things have changed, and the protagonist is suddenly being pursued by killer robots. Which exactly describes […]
Friday, July 11, 2003
Since I couldn’t go to sleep Tuesday night, I spent some time working on Seeing Things Invisible. I’ve established most of the characters’ personalities, but they’ve had no goals. Characters must have goals to push the plot forward. So, last night, I worked out what each of these characters are striving for. That gives me a good basis for what the characters are going to do next. I also established […]