September 2001

 4  We're still getting used to it, but I think it will be good for us.
 5  The scene in my mind was intensely visual, better drawn that written perhaps.
 6  Finally, I managed to scan a couple of sketches from my sketchbook.
 7  Desperation is the mother of creativity - and I am desperate not to become an Oracle programmer.
 10  Maybe I should lay in a stock of not just extra caffeine, but some chocolate for that quick sugar rush.
 11  And I'm sure that's all you really want to read about a fictional wedding.
 12  I started writing this yesterday, while I was still too numb to really absorb things.
 13  But as it turned out, I was grateful for the work that needed to be done. Even if I couldn't truly focus on it, it gave me - as it were - a distraction from the distractions.
 14  I spent about an hour arguing with my scanner last night, and finally convinced it to scan a couple of pictures from my sketchbook.
 17  Anyone with good recipes, please send them to me!
 18  I'm going to talk about it again now. Non-gamers... Sorry. Come back tomorrow.
 19  I went to bed a little before 10 last night - less than four hours after a two and a half hour nap, mind you.
 20  Once again, my apologies to the non-gamers out there... but I spent almost as long Halling yesterday as I spent at work, and I'm pretty sure none of you want to hear about the trials and tribulations of having to learn to write Oracle code.
 21  So I'm writing my journal entry, but I don't know when I'll be able to post it. My apologies to those of you who read early in the day.
 24  Wait... wait... Yup, it's a Monday all right.
 25  Cuteness aside, outward appearances aside - what fascinates me about babies is their potential, the vast unknown stretching in front of them.
 26  Yes, I'm going to be baby-crazy for a little while. Shut up and deal. Or go away and come back in about a week.
 27  And then... it played. I was so stunned, I couldn't even take my headphones off.
 28  I can not begin to tell you how happy I am that today is Friday. I just have to get through the next eight hours, and then I'm free for two days.

 
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