Entries this day: Stuff no_regrets

Stuff

3:40pm CST Friday 1 March 2002

Dude just sent me a javascript clock which is pretty cool. I don't know who wrote it, but I'm quite impressed with its skillz. I altered the day of week names and month names and it handled the spacing with no problem. The source code is in the same directory.

Um, today I documented how to create and send emails for a project that I've been working on for a while. Documentation is part of helping me get out of here. In this specific case, it's so I can go to Europe in 2 weeks!

I sent a snail mail to Alexis in Japan today. I even copied her name in katakana on the front. (I don't know the katakana yet, but I'm close to knowing all the hiragana.)

Um, oh my spam free lycos account is apparently going to work well for me. My address is still thunderrabbit@cheerful.com, which sends emails to thunderrabbit@yahoo.com. I will eventually have thunderrabbit@cheerful.com send mail to thunderrabbit@lycos.com.

But first, I need to tell lycos from whom I am willing to receive emails. I cannot yet import my email address book from yahoo, so I have to enter names manually. Once basically everyone is able to send email to my lycos account, I'll switch thunderrabbit@cheerful.com to send email to lycos instead of yahoo.

If you want to be able to send me mail on my new spam free account email me at the cheerful address and let me know. I'll tell you when to try sending email to lycos.

I know it's a pain in the arse, but I believe it will be worth it once I no longer receive spam. Wow.

no regrets

6:11am Friday 1 March 2002

Last week Kim Sawyer invited me to write what I would have wanted with my
family members after they die if they died now.

Fred (brother) - to actually have talked to him about important stuff more -
relationships, spirituality, life plans and goals, how much I love him, etc.
To be able to hug him bigly when we see each other and when we part ways.
To hang out with him a bit more often.  As a joke to have surprisingly
dropped in on one of his classes at UT.

Ma (mom) - to have felt like she understands me and my motivations. To
explain that I don't want all the crap presents I get at Christmas each
year.  For her to listen to my stories and be interested and not confused
about what/why I do things.  For her to understand New Warrior.  For her to
quit asking me about dad and just call him up if she wants to know.

Dad (dad) - to have hung out a bit more often.  To be able to hang up the
phone precisely with him.  ("precisely" means not having to say, "well,
okay, I'll talk to you later, okay, have a nice day, okay thanks for
calling...okay, bye!")  Just say "bye" and be done with it.

Karen (Dad's fiance) - to not think she's trapping my dad in marriage.  To
not hate how she controls her daughter who is in college!  To respect her as
a person.  I judge that she is controlling my dad as well - stuff like
decorating the house -> moving all her shit in -> remodeling the
kitchen/dining area....

Jon (Ma's husband) - to get to some deeper level stories of his.  To
communicate with him a bit more.