Author: chuma

…whatever the means, time is still critical
so don’t clock this work, take it for what it’s worth…
Rascalz – Clockwork

Lip and mouth feeling a lot better this evening. I made a follow-up appointment for Monday, but things are great right now.

I’ve been playing PSX quite a bit now. I don’t think I’ve gotten excessive: it’s not as if you can’t pry me off the thing, but Final Fantasy 8 is just such a great game. There are parts of it that I dislike: the actual game/character system itsenf took a lot of getting used to, especially the junctioning, but I learned most of it now (and there are built-in tutorials). Yesterday afternoon though I got sucked in when I promised Sandy I would spend some time with her. I didn’t even realize that I was doing it. She got a bit mad at me with good reason, but we patched things up.

Today I made a point of going to the-flower-shop-that-is-never-open and buying her a boquet of flowers. Nice flower shop: too bad they close at 4:30 every day, which is silly.

My lip is feeling somewhat better now, thanks to moderm medicine. I talked to my TA about my lack of involvment in my group’s design doc, and he seemed symphatetic and we’ll work things out.

If Mozilla crashes on me one more time I’m going to hit something. MozillaZine, give me updates!

Last night Sandy and I put up some of her Beanie Babies and Buddies for sale on eBay. In case anyone who reads this is interested in there, here it is.

I’m feeling in much better spirits today than I was yesterday, which is good. It’s sad that I can’t kiss Sandy though because of my stupid mouth. We did have fun today anyways though (and I WON!)

I want to feel better. What happens? My tonsils swell up and I get this ugly thing on my lip. Fucking bloody hell. Excuse me for being a bit sensitive, but when I don’t look good then I don’t feel good, and right now I have to hide my lip from the world. The doctor actually gave me some anti-viral medication though, so it should go away soon.

Weekend long. Finishing assignment now. Have long lab this evening. Can’t think right now. I need some major stress relief. Nic, I’m so there at the Pennywhistle this Friday.

It’s nice to see that the Mozilla guys have a sense of humour.

I spent most of the day just being with Sandy. I’m so proud of her. She really is taking this very well. This morning I drove her to her morning class but instead she went and talked to all of her profs about what happened and they were all supportive, which was nice. Then we went to the mall because she wasnted to use her Music World gift certificate, but we ended up just walking around a lot and not buying much. In the afternoon we cleaned the house just about from top to bottom: it looks great now. I love the feeling of clean things. After dinner we went to Bowlarama and played a few games of 10 pin with Emily (I didn’t win any games, dammit).

I finally got a good photo of Sandy that she will let me put on my photos page, so here it is.

No reason for the title, just the title of the Moby track I’m listening to right now.

Well, I didn’t have that group meeting tonight after all, so I decided I’d do some stress-relief exercises with my thumbs, that is, playing PSX. Unfortunately it was not to be, as Sandy got some bad news from her mother: her cousin had died earlier today, when he was struck by a car in Toronto. I was cooking while she was on the phone, and then I looked over at her and there was a look of sheer terror on her face, so I moved the frying pan off of the burner and went to her. From the look on her face I immediately thought the worst: that someone in her immediate family had died, or maybe her adopted grandmother. (Later she told me that she thought the same thing at the same time). I didn’t know what it actually was for several seconds, while I was holding her, and a million awful things raced through my head as I tried to guess what it was that had happened.

Sandy didn’t go to her night class and I just went out briefly to buy some garbage bags and put some gas in the car. I’m having a hard time understanding because this has just never happened to me before. All I seem to do is just be there for her.

And I was going to quote some Guster here, but I can’t remember what I wanted to quote. Dammit. Tomorrow I’m not going in: I’m staying here and working on my group design document.

My two midterm this week are done. Yesterday’s Operating Systems was not bad. Today’s Intro to Microcomputers was dead easy for me. If I don’t get at least an 80 on that one then there’s something wrong somewhere.

But hell isn’t over yet! I have a group meeting at 10pm tonight where we will be writing the better part of a 60+ page design document. And this weekend I have an assignment and a lab to complete.

But today after my class I’m going to relax with some Final Fantasy VIII. I deserve it.

I’m currently re-doing everything with style sheets, so if things look weird just be patient and reload.

I just ordered up a DNS switchover, so things might be wonky for a few days, but hopefully not. I should have fixed the MX record as well.

Song: Futurama Theme Remix

Oh yeah, Futurama. I haven’t been watching this season, but I intend to start again.

I had a relaxing week. It was really good staying with Sandy’s family. I wished that I was in Toronto at times, but OTOH it was nice to be forced to do nothing. Being bored can be good.

I’m forming this strange bond with Sandy’s brother. Sandy said he really really likes me and that he doesn’t usually open up to people like he’s been opening up to me. On wednesday night we drove around together to pick up Sandy’s PlayStation and assorted other things, and talked as equals. I suspect that he doesn’t have a lot of people up there that understand him, or are willing to listen. I hope he gets into college.

This week I have to help write a design doc, and I have two mid-terms. Tonight, though, I’m going to keep on relaxing. Those PlayStation controllers need some breaking in.