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DB

12:42pm JST Tuesday 12 October 2004

This morning I worked a bit on the new backend for my website. This is the code that scans the directories and will write information into my MySQL DB so it can be sliced and diced.

So far I have the recursive part working, and it can identify files' extensions and modified dates.

Need to add a bit to remember the last time the update was run (so we don't parse files multiple times if they haven't been modified since the last run), and start pseudocoding the part that will write to the DB.

Oh oh, first I need to write the part that parses the files; that could take the longest time.

Louise

12:40am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

While I was doing Japanese homework, Louise was feeling pooey and put her head down on my desk to sleep a bit. I put my hand on her back to send her good energy. It was interesting to feel her relaxing as she fell further and further asleep.

Misato

12:36am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

Met with Misato after doing some homework at Gaba. I chowed and she had tea at Jonathon's and kinda had a lesson, though no money changed hands. Except that I paid for her tea.

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After the lesson, I got a call from my non-English-speaking Chinese teacher, and Misato tranlated for me. My teacher is pregnant and in danger of miscarriage so she has to relax at home. At the end of the phone call/translation, Misato goes, "are you okay?" which I assume must have meant [did you understand everything?], but sounded a lot like, "will you be okay if you can't study Chinese?" and I'm like, "I'm *fine*; she's the one that might miscarry." Yeouch.

Work

12:42am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

Work was crap except for a few cool students. One pretty cool cat who used the grammar to talk about the grammar he was using. Like me.

But my last student didn't show up so I got some shit done on my computer.

around the world by yacht

12:31am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

Just watched most of a documentary on the 14 year old dude who sailed around the world alone in 329 days. Now I'm just like damn, why even try my bike ride to Texas? It's too late; I'm 34 years old. Mofo was fourteen.

Talked to Dave some about cameras; I just need to ride to Akihabara and start looking at what's available.

12:46am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

This has got me in a pissy mood.

fuck off

1:45am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

Stephanie: u should be in bed.
Stephanie: i'm worried about you staying up so late.
Rob Nugen: You should be in bed, too.
Rob Nugen: You don't know how late I sleep in the morning.
Rob Nugen: Plus I'm in a bad mood so I'm allowed to stay up late.
Stephanie: why?
Stephanie: whats wrong guy?
Rob Nugen: I just watched a documentary about a little fuckin' 14 year
           old who sailed ALONE AROUND THE WORLD on a small ass yacht.
Rob Nugen: Now I'm like, fuckin' hell why even go on my little jaunt
           across china; there's no point.
Stephanie: whats wrong with you?
Stephanie: thats the sorriest excuse to ever go on a journey i've ever
           heard
Stephanie: no one can talk you out of that pathetic state of mind!
Stephanie: come now ROB.
Stephanie: off to work we go
-- Stephanie has signed off --

Fuck off, fuckin' Stephanie; you call that being a good listener? That's the fucking worst listening I've ever seen. Jesus if you use a single braincell you could see that I'm not fucking really meaning that; I'm just feeling a bit old right now, that's all. If you don't want to fucking listen then don't fucking offer. Fuck.

and *then* I get some message from Hitomi like,

i feel sad because I wasn't able to listen to your feel [sic] (feeling)

And I'm like, "fuck off, too, fucker, if I don't want to fucking talk then I don't want to fucking talk." I turned off my phone; fuck everyone.

Except janette or Suzanne or Wende or anyone in my I-group. They are good listeners.

janette

3:07am JST Wednesday 13 October 2004

I just talked to janette for 42 minutes and 42 seconds according to my phone. And 42 is the answer, so something is just right about our connection. Thank you, janette.

This was cool; she walked four dogs around the same time as I had the dream about her walking three dogs. And she doesn't really like dogs. Nice to be connected on various levels.