Homecoming
(13-22 December 2001)
22 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-Well there's some remarkable
new light shed
on many a matter. So much to toast, so much to wonder about. But I
feel like I have
renewed perspective on things, most especially some of the people who've always
been closest to
me & who always will be. That's comforting, despite any possible
surprises, either
present or future.
-So I'm finally back, as far as the page is concerned.
I keep
writing on paper, but not converting. I blame the latest round on my deeply
unhospitable
basement. It got me sick about a week ago & I'm still wearing a
painter's mask down
here as I do computer stuff. The computer's gotta come back upstairs, but
that requires
internal stability with the designing of the new interior of the house. So
for now it's
a bit of sporadic spurts. But look, here's what I've been thinking since
getting
back!
-I admit, though, that I don't feel that bad about timing given that Kate
& Mesco have
been failing to update in quite a while. Also, I should note that
Kevin Grinberg is on the
bandwagon.
Does anyone have the link to Beth Mandel's webloggy thing? Methinks
that'd be
interesting, & perhaps somewhere more grounded than Crack's, but less grounded
than Kevin's.
Now I'm just rambling.
-But as I was rambling to things, I wanted to take
a brief
second to debunk Lisha's latest
personality
test. Here's a quote from its "dreamer/minstrel" assignment of
my
personality: "You can always see the 'Silver Lining' to every dark and
dreary
cloud. Look at the bright side is your motto and understanding why everything
happens
for the best is your goal. You are the positive optimist of the world who
provides the
hope for all humankind. There is nothing so terrible that you can not find
some good
within it." Now I'm all for being happier than I've ever been before,
but let's be
reasonable! This is nothing like me.
21 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-Am I the blue pyramid?
More on this
later, though perhaps not as much as earlier.
-The financial situation of the
debate team
is perpetually less friendly than the moment before. I don't like where this
is
headed.
-So far so good.
20 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-It seems Em now loves the
Frontier almost
as much as I do. She'll be back in a week...
-Finally got
that monkey off my back.
-"Lord of
the Rings"
would've been a lousy movie 10 years ago, but was well done in modern
technology.
19 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-My Dad's stopped wearing
contacts.
Ay, the insanity! I've never known him without contacts!
-Em,
unlike Lauren
(apparently) was duly impressed by old AA.
That website
is apparently revamped as well, under new non-Mac leadership.
-Freezbop's back
& it looks
like we've got a crew again.
18 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-Jake wants me to link
our project on this page. Even
though he's
stopped reading the page because of infinitely-squared. A long story, that I
may tell
later. But he'll be back. Also, the link's not working yet, but soon,
soon...
-Sweet sweet sickness. It's another system-clearing 24 hours,
mefears.
-Despite aforementioned illness, Indian food was pretty good. At
least the
experience, if not my attempts to eat. Looks like Em & my family get
along quite
well.
17 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-Jaaaake! & Mesco
& Lisha &
Fish all playing Trivial Pursuit with Em & I. Crazy. Once again,
Em & I
staged a fantastic comeback to win, though humor is what really carried the day.
& you
knew Lisha wasn't going to get any work done anyway.
16 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-When in doubt, just figure it
out at the
last minute. Sometimes that works.
-We're no more decisive at home than
at
school.
-Fish & Em cooking at my house is a tiny bit
surreal.
-Videotapes of the
Dickens Play '88 & Magic Theater '91 are VERY surreal. & could lead
to much
blackmail.
15 December 2001
[from
Albuquerque]
-Home. In so many
ways.
-"The
Majestic" is definitely worth seeing, even if all of us have gotten a wee bit
cynical when
watching films. An empty sneak preview bodes poorly for the beautiful new
downtown theater,
though.
14 December 2001
-So I'm done. Woo hoo.
-No iceskating
for us, but yet more bowling!
There's definitely folks I'll miss back here, but boy am I
looking forward to some quality
'Querque time. & to showing Em the city of my last 8+
years.
13 December 2001
-Just printed up 20 pages that will account
for over 50% of my semester
GPA. Kinda cuts it to the quick, doesn't it?
-I'm not
sure if I'm happier that in 6.5
hours, it'll all be over for the term, or in 2 solid days, it'll
all be over for being on this
coast this calendar year. Both are really really cool.
& I know I'm going to be
sailing when I get outta this final tonight. Which is my
first actual final exam in the
3-hour block in over 2 years, to the best of my recollection.
School is so close to being
behind me, & I really can't wait. But the idea of facing
a Frontier breakfast burrito
in 48 hours? Wow.
Introspection, My Worst
Friend* (Current)
Ye Olde Archive (Past)
Tell me this is not the end...*
*-lyrics from an as-yet unreleased song, "The Same Old
Frontiers",
by SWClayton.