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Stardate: Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Happy Belated New Year

I realize that I am running a bit behind on this, but for some reason the new year has been kicking my butt rather hard. Yesterday, for the first time in the new year, I was able to post a bit of feelings to that other blog JOSSOLALIA. Today, I figured it was time to fill everyone in on what has been happening with me this year.

Well, I've been working like a dog, which goes without saying. Also, for the first time in about 2 years, I was sick for the first time last week. Had a nasty case of the stomach flu. I was reminded just how bad it is to be sick. To be honest, of all the illnesses I could have, the stomach flu is usually the worst because it is the one illness when I can't eat (which is one of my all time favorite pasttimes.) The severity of the illness (in this regard) is evidenced by the fact that I did not eat for 48 straight hours. When I did resume eating, it was mostly Jell-O (which I do like) and soup. I needed solids in the worst way, but was in no mood to have any.

Getting back to new years, I spend the actual night at home, with my brother, watching the ball drop. This was terribly anti-climactic since, as that I work for a News Channel, I would see the ball drop ad nauseum the following day.

On the plus side of the New Year, I went out on a limb and bought a new computer. This is another in a long line of things that is working against my ultimate goal of moving out of my parents house, but I've come to the conclusion that that is not going to happen until I get at least another raise. THAT is not going to happen for at least another four months, and so I'm content to wait for now. Although, I do have to admit that that is going to get harder as time progresses because I am simply running out of space in my room. The fact that my new computer will be the first DESKTOP computer I have had in over 10 years doesn't help either.

I am hoping that with the included digital camcorder, 1 GB of RAM and 200 GB hard drive with DVD-R, I might be able to get some video editing done (which I have wanted to do for a long time.) The system is actually pretty sweet. Too much for me to get into right now, although I may post the stats at a later time.

I finally finished my HAL 9000 model, thanks to the help of my brother and my uncle (for completing work on the LCD and power supply.) It's a cool model of the HAL 9000 faceplate. When hung properly, it looks like HAL is in control of my room. Ah, the geekiness continues.

Past that, I've had sporadic contact with my suicidally on-again/off-again ex-girlfriend (the suicide is on-again/off-again.) She's settled down a bit, which is good, and has calmed down regarding her boundlessly low self esteem. *sigh* Ain't she justwonderful?

As for the rest of my life, I have been absolutely exhausted and am ready to relax as much as possible. If possible. We'll see how that works. I'll keep everyone appraised and just try to catch up with my friends and pray they don't hate me for not being as communicative as I should be.

Here's a hopin'
:: J 8:36 AM [+] ::
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