12 March 2002

I could not stay awake this morning. Well, obviously I eventually stayed awake, but it took entirely too long to get that way - and it took an act of will to lever myself upright. (Maybe that's why I'm never any good on a diet - I use up all my willpower just getting out of bed.)

Hmph. At least twice yesterday I thought to myself, "I should put that in my journal tomorrow." Do you think I can remember either incident now? Of course not.

I have some actual work to do at work this week! Huzzah! Not a lot, mind you - certainly not enough to keep me occupied the whole week - but that's all right. I still have my Thumb-Twiddling charge number.

I'm just glad to be able to do anything at this point... And better still, it involves writing code!

(Now, let's hope I remember how.)

Here. Go read this article. Isn't that cool? It will happen. I firmly believe that. I'm excited about it. I'd like to see it happen in my lifetime, even if I could never afford it... No, I don't want wings, not unless they'd work, and they wouldn't. But I think a tail would be neat.

I'm starting to look forward to our trip to the beach in a few weeks. Matt and I have rented a house and are going down with Colleen and Carl and Richard for the first week of April. (It was Colleen's idea in the first place, and she did all the research. Go, Colleen!)

It'll still be too cold to swim (yes, K.T., I hear you scoffing) but that's all right, because I don't really like swimming at the beach anyway. My intention for this trip is to spend my time: a) in the hot tub reading or talking with the others; b) on the deck reading or talking with the others; or c) asleep. Really. I'm not even going to take my computer with me, though I'll take a paper notebook for jotting things down. But the idea is to get away from computers, get away from life... Just kick back and relax and do nothing for one whole glorious week.

I know, I know, I do practically nothing here, but the idea of going somewhere else to do nothing... The break from routine is very appealing. Even if it does mean I won't get to Hall for a whole week.

I've done it again. I seem to have gotten set up to be talking to myself. Zoya wants to meet Dawn, and being the paranoid sort of fellow that he is, Dawn insisted that she come to the meeting alone. Not that it particularly matters; even if Zoya took Lisl with her, or Dawn took Bienca along with Dusk... it would still be me talking to myself; I'd just have an audience.

Having a session with yourself is embarrassing. It's much less embarrassing to have a session with someone else later and just mention the meeting that was never actually played out. Nevertheless, I've done sessions with myself a time or two, when the voices in my head wouldn't stop going around in circles, just to force them past the point at which they were stuck. I'm waiting to see if I'll have to do that with this meeting, or if I can just mention some impressions and information in later meetings.

--Liz