Wednesday, March 23, 2005
I just got my art gallery back online; it’s been non-functional for awhile. The site is still very basic, but you can at least browse my poor attempts at art.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Didn’t get much sleep last night—about six hours, and I never do well on less than eight—so I’ve been a little spacy all day. Awake, but unable to really concentrate on anything. Fortunately, I was able to complete a few things at work, and had dinner at my parents’ followed by a showing of Shanghai Knights, which I think is one of Jackie Chan’s better movies, and certainly one of the best of his later work. The photo […]
Monday, March 21, 2005
Spotted this last week, growing next to my front walkway: I planted that flower myself, last fall. Now I’m going to admit something that will probably alienate all fifteen of my readers: I really like to garden. Oddly, I don’t have the reasons that I typically read about; I don’t love the feel of soil in my hands. Soil’s dirty. It’s essentially dry mud. But I do love beautifying a space. I can take […]
Thursday, March 17, 2005 — St. Patrick’s Day
I tried something new tonight: I gave myself a couple of hours to goof off after I got home, expecting to get some things accomplished afterwards. I hoped that the rest would recharge me with enough energy to get me through a few hours’ worth of personal duties. It worked: I had no problems cleaning, paying bills, and finishing this week’s updates to Matrix Experiments Lain. Excellent! I goofed off by watching […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
I’m battling a mild bout of depression. As usual, it’s fueled by things that seem both reasonable and trivial. This morning, as part of my quest to get more energy, I went out for a short jog around the neighborhood and nearby park land. By “park land,” I mean small strips of land that has grass and trees on it. The “Brandon Park” nearby is a strip mall-sized rectangle of grass studded with a few lonely trees and a stream. […]
Monday, March 14, 2005
I’m almost finished writing a story that I want to present to my writing group tomorrow night. Unfortunately, the story refuses to finish itself. It’s an odd situation, in a way. I want to finish it, but I can’t make myself do it. It’s like Murray—my Muse—has stepped out of his smoke-filled little office and just won’t come back. What causes a writer to find himself unable to finish a story? I can certainly envision possible […]
Sunday, March 13, 2005
I am feeling better now. The symptoms are at about 50%, and my energy is back to about 90%. It helps that I walked this morning. I’ve been trying to find ways of increasing my energy. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find any websites that dealt with increased energy. There are plenty of health sites that deal with overall “wellness” and “fitness,” but I couldn’t find as much as a single page on “How to increase […]
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Still sick, but to quote Monty Python, “I’m getting better!” Which explains the journal blackout since Thursday. I actually have very little to report, too, since I’ve spent the past two days in bed, reading blogs and Newgrounds, and watching bits of anime. Which anime, you ask? Two, really: One episode of Legendz and one episode of Berserk. I have little interest in “fighting monsters” shows, but Legendz is […]
Thursday, March 10, 2005
I’m home sick today, so I’m cruising the blogosphere (I hate that term!) and finding various cool links. Here’s what Yahoo! looked like ten years ago. And Microsoft provides Key points for learning leetspeak. No, really, that’s the actual title. A government site warning about the dangers of rollovers in SUVs. Boring, right? The creators decided to create big, Bantha-like creatures called Esuvees and relate the safety issues of driving […]
March 9, 2005
In other news, here’s Raph Koster’s keynote speech at the 2005 Game Developers Conference, in which he posits that “fun” is a fundamental human response to learning patterns and necessary for human survival. Been watching a lot of anime lately. Hayao Miyazaki’s first original work was a little-known TV series named Future Boy Conan, a post-apocalyptic environmental adventure story. I’ve been watching the first few episodes, and it’s been […]