Wednesday, March 24, 2004
I’ve surprised myself by being rather alert today. Considering that I’ve spent a grand total of maybe four waking hours in my apartment over the past three days, I’m impressed with myself. I should be one of the walking dead right now. Work continues to go well, now that I’m not starting it off with more fun personal pursuits. Brief though they might be each […]
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
I’ve been going through quite a lot in the past couple of days. After an intense weekend, I had an immeasurably more intense Monday Group. Two of the folks in the group are having a really rough time right now. We ended up just talking about what we want and need from each other, as a small community, to support each other and build each other up. It was good, but powerful […]
Monday, March 22, 2004
I literally cannot write a long entry today; I had a wonderful but jam-packed-full weekend, and now it’s the end of the day at work and I really need to get home in time to pick up my materials and head out for Monday Group. Briefly: I had my 10,000th Day Party on Saturday, celebrating ten thousand days alive. I had a great time with about twenty friends, who all chatted and ate. We had glistening ham, a variety […]
Friday, March 19, 2004
Instead of a real update today, I’ll summarize a few things that happened to me yesterday. Which, now that I think about it, is a real update. Yesterday I had a post-post-post-post-post-op appointment at the Lasik Vision Institute, where they checked on my azure blue orbs (thank you, Jim Theis). But not until they’d made me wait for an hour. Oh well; the Highlander series was on the waiting room TV, and that’s […]
March 18, 2004
And just to show you what happens when anyone can self-publish: Strange Comes the Emissary. 1:36 p.m. I thought of a great subject for a journal entry yesterday. And today, of course, it’s gone. Had something to do with Gundam, though, I think. And yes, I remember that I wrote a pitifully short review of it yesterday. Hmm. Umm. I wrote some yesterday. That’s not news, except for the fact that I wrote 800 words in the past […]
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 — St. Patrick’s Day
I finished watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam series yesterday evening. It was quite a journey. I was frankly blown away at the mature storytelling in Gundam — and it’s not “mature” in the sense of blood and guts. Mobile Suit Gundam is about war, in all its folly and nobility. The other Gundam series are clearly doing their best to live up to the original Gundam, and I don’t think any of them have come […]
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
My eyes are continuing to improve, though it seems to be going slowly. On the other hand, what else should I expect? Immediate, perfect vision? I must learn more patience. I cleaned for most of last night, after figuring that a dusty apartment probably does my eyes no good. I enjoy cleaning, in a way; it’s a straightforward job that makes my environment more enjoyable. I wanted to finish watching Mobile Suit Gundam last […]
March 15, 2004
Seth Godin relates Janet Jackson’s appearance on Good Morning America to branding. This is why I like reading his blog: always on-topic. Mesa back. Well. That was an ordeal. I damaged my left eye last Wednesday, which prolonged my recovery by about a week and a half. My right eye is now about 20/30, but my left eye is still very blurry. But at least they’re both recovering; my eyesight […]
Friday, March 12, 2004
The Hacker’s Diet is not a joke, and my cursory scan makes it look quite sound. The frames-based version is much better than the non-frames version.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
My eye surgery went relatively well, but due to a minor eye condition, my eyes are much more delicate than the average person’s, and are healing much more slowly than most peoples’ eyes. Fortunately, I can stay at my parents for the duration. I’m frustrated, though. I was expecting to be able to drive the next day; I still can’t ee straight, and my eyes have occasional lances of pain. If I didn’t have my parents […]