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october 2003

october 29 2003 10:09 est staying at my parents' house in kalamazoo is playing games with my head. I need to get back to california before the 40-degree weather and the constant drizzling rain sap all of my strength from me. on another note, i can't understand why more people aren't all bent out of shape about the diebold fiasco. i mean, they've only admitted that their systems are fraudulent and illegal, in their own words-- and these systems are still being used for open elections. make sure to see this page to read up on what it's all about.

october 25 2003 18:07 pdt this morning, the call i've been dreading for months came from sleepy. her mother has passed away. she was a kind and generous woman. i'm flying to kalamazoo tonight to be with them. i wish there was something more to say.

october 20 2003 23:00 pdt for the first time in a long time, there's a new TV show that i've been sucked into. i'm embarrased to say that it's csi:miami. i don't know how i still respect myself in the morning. on a totally unrelated note, i think i'm coming down with something because my sinuses are congested and my forehead hurts from the pressure, and i have a sore throat to boot. like i said yesterday, i blame peoplesoft.

october 16 2003 12:19 pdt oh the excitement of a 19th floor fire drill. it was 32 degrees f in truckee, ca last night, which is cold enough to start making snow. soon, soon it will be time to get out the boards and the gear and start getting ready. i *gasp* want a new jacket this year... too bad i don't still work for TNF so i don't have the inside track on all the cool stuff.

october 15 2003 9:37 pdt i should do this every day. wake up early, make some phone calls, drink some coffee, and THEN go to work. I think the cat is happier too. (left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot...)

october 11 2003 11:47 pdt still fighting the good fight. must pay off credit card bills BEFORE buying a new phone. after this last week i'm so happy to just sit home and do nothing today, it's unbelievable. the time change messes me up more than i want to admit. it's not the waking up early that bothers me, it's that i need to go to bed early also if i want to get even six hours of sleep. and it always seems the same- dallas, 2 am, still awake, and knowing i need to be awake again in four and a half hours becuase there is work to do. honestly i can't reccomend it to anyone.

october 10 2003 08:16 pdt must... resist... urge... to... buy... expensive... toys.

october 9 2003 08:21 pdt the cat welcomed me home today by walking on my face to wake me up. i feel right at home again. only thursday and it definitely feels like it should be the weekend already.

october 8 2003 23:11 pdt back from dall-ASS. never again will be way too soon. lessons learned: next time, i'll figure out who made the suggestion that i don't agree with, and chastize them in public, then kick them off the team.

october 4 2003 15:25 pdt t-minus 22.5 hours and counting. finally i have a clear picture of what i need to know. not sure if i have enough time to develop an understanding of what that picture represents. yes, people are making noise and fighting about it, but it may be too little, too late: i wish i had known most of this some time ago.

october 3 2003 14:19 pdt coming into the final stretch now. i guess this is as ready as we're going to get. i feel calm. i feel prepared. i wish that it was alredy over with.

october 2 2003 19:25 pdt *sigh* i hate being right all the time, especially when i have some cynical, depressing vision into how things will go, and i end up being right about that. the day got better for a few hours afterwards, and then it just got worse again. i should have stayed in bed.

october 1 2003 22:13 pdt nine am is really way too early to do anything. eight is just uncivilized. i have to get up at six tomorrow in order to be in the office by eight, and i don't care how important or life-altering the news is... it can't be more useful to me than another two hours of sleep would be, and i'm sure that if i missed it i would find out about it later anyway.

october 1 2003 15:28 pdt i weep for every passing moment. if i could only save this time in a box under the kitchen sink to take out and play with later, when it's snowing in truckee.

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