Sleepy. But...

Sleepy. But it's a good sleepy. Like the afterfeel of a hug lingering throughout the day. I've got some idea where the feelings are coming from and I'm allowing myself to indulge in it for the time being.I've still got a lot of things from my old group to wrap up, but it's nice to be working on something new. I've still got a lot of learning to do for Windows Java development -- I'm much more comfortable with unix -- but I'm supposed to be smart, right?Images of sugarplum Burning Men dance in my head. An experience of a lifetime? I think it just might be.

Sleepy. But...

Sleepy. But it's a good sleepy. Like the afterfeel of a hug lingering throughout the day. I've got some idea where the feelings are coming from and I'm allowing myself to indulge in it for the time being.I've still got a lot of things from my old group to wrap up, but it's nice to be working on something new. I've still got a lot of learning to do for Windows Java development -- I'm much more comfortable with unix -- but I'm supposed to be smart, right?Images of sugarplum Burning Men dance in my head. An experience of a lifetime? I think it just might be.

Cinnamon...

Cinnamon Altoids rock.

So tired...

So tired. But at least the crap I was working on is on someone else's shoulders now.

My...

My brain! My brain!

Sugar does...

Sugar does a body good.

There isn't en...

There isn't enough time.There isn't enough present.There is too much past and too much future.There is too much universe and too little me.

There isn't en...

There isn't enough time.There isn't enough present.There is too much past and too much future.There is too much universe and too little me.

There isn't en...

There isn't enough time.There isn't enough present.There is too much past and too much future.There is too much universe and too little me.

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Ick! I hate watermelon candy. All watermelon candy should be clearly marked!I must go scrape my tongue now.

When did this...

When did this strange, long earhairs thing start?I'm gonna crush every last bit of health out of my poor, wretched eyeballs if I keep pasting them to these livejournals. I must say, though, there is something so amazingly interesting about the fact that people can be so open and reveal so much about themselves without reservation. I need to get off this machine and just go to bed.

Just got...

Just got my handcrafted leather boots. They are kinda goofy looking, but I'm sure they were all the rage in medieval Europe ... or on Xena, maybe. Malcolm is a bit freaked out by them and I stomped around the house for a bit saying, "Cloppy shoes! Cloppy shoes!" He was not too pleased. And man, are they hot. Me feets be steamy.Cool link of the day.

Things are loo...

Things are looking up slightly this week.Never underestimate the boost in self-esteem that comes when someone recommends you to their manager for an open position.Mmm. Green gummy alligators.

This is just ...

This is just plain crazy ...School Cracks Down on 'Hugging Epidemic'

Doesn't it s...

Doesn't it seem likely that there is a core spirituality that transcends all religions?

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It's interesting that when things are bleakest, even the smallest decision seems significantly life-changing.

Coffee time.Fo...

Coffee time.For Jena, a page of coffee lingo. Although it does seem to speed things along sometimes, I'm still trying to get over the feeling of pretentiousness when I use the java jive, and you sometimes get a strange look from the coffee bar worker who just started yesterday.

Reading...

Reading some documentation for a project I'm working on. Man, this stuff is giving me a headache:When a breakpoint command turns on procedure tracing, a variable in the task information structure is set to tell it to turn on procedure tracing. Once procedure tracing is turned on, every time the running code hits any type of control transfer (not including OS calls, interrupts, or things like that) the low-level code calls the trace handler which figures out it is a branch trace and prints out any appropriate information. Note that when a branch trace occurs, the code currently expects the code to be at the destination of the branch, not the branch instruction.I'm sure it'll make perfect sense once all this sugar and caffeine kicks in.Is everyone hoping for the free taco?

Just te...

Just testing out the LiveJournal Windows app.

the loneliness of gifts

I find it strange that when you give someone a gift or do something nice for someone, there is sometimes a welling up of loneliness. Certainly, there are occasions when you find yourself giddy with euphoria and lovingness, especially when the effort is well-received, but it is not always so.Of late, even my most fervent efforts at stoicism seem to fall by the wayside if I even let myself feel the slightest emotion. If you turn up the volume to listen to the music, you sometimes find that a different instrument is playing than you thought, and lately it seems to be the sad, melancholy bassoon. And then your thoughts swirl around the feelings until you are numb from it. And you strive to swim back to the rocks of unfeeling that you had found so much comfort in. And you can't get anything done at work. And you don't sleep well at night.Kinda depressing, eh?Let's change the subject.Interesting links of the moment:A Wired article on digital paper.An interesting RealMedia interview on NPR's Fresh Air about rebels in Afghanistan. I wish Pakistan would stop supporting the Taliban. But then, I suppose the U.S. has been doing similar things all throughout its history.

empty box

Wouldn't you hate going over to someone's house, they say, "Make yourself at home."You sit down on the couch and look over in the corner where there is a cardboard boxlabeled "cool stuff about me". Of course, you walk over and peer inside ... but there'snothing in it?Looks like I'll be writing some journal entries shortly.

Hmm ...

Perhaps I should actually write something here someday.