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Friday, March 08, 2002

Friday Five

1. What makes you homesick? Pictures of Philadelphia, My sisters' voices, not being able to get good pizza.

2. Where is "home" for you? Is it where you are living now, or somewhere else (ie: Mom & Dad's house, particular state/city)? I am currently living in San Jose, but it does not feel like home. I still see the suburbs of Philadelphia as "back home." I feel that I am not sure where I should be.

3. What makes it home for you? People? Things? People and Places make it home. I feel a connection to knowing something about a place and understanding that place.

4. Where is the furthest you've been from home, miles-wise? 2800 miles. Before I moved out west I visited Seattle and Portland. When I was there I realized I could live in either city.

5. What are your plans for this weekend? I am going to a party on Saturday. It is a big Crawfish back. It will be a good time.

- Rich, 2:25 PM |

Thursday, March 07, 2002

Today

I cannot believe it is only Thursday. It feels like it should be Friday. I really wish I could sleep in tomorrow. Part of me wants to take a sick day. I know that I cannot do that. I want to save those days off for when I can do something better with them. If I do not use them for sick days, I can use them to go out of town.

I am just really tired right now. I cannot stay up writing. I have to go to bed. I wish I had not been so tired today. I wonder if I am doing something wrong?

- Rich, 10:17 PM |

Here is the problem

The less I live life, the less I have in write about.

The more I life live, the less time and drive I have to write.

How do I get around this?

- Rich, 12:11 AM |

Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Can I find this at Wal-mart

I would need to cook or at least drink more before I buy one of these.

I borrowed this idea from Meg at Not.So.Soft

- Rich, 10:56 PM |

Last Saturday

Saturday Night, for the second week in a row I went over Jason's house to play games. Jason had purchased some games from Cheapass Games. For weeks at work we talked about how we do not play enough games. When he told me to got the games, I was happy to play.

I ended up being at Jason's house until 4 AM Sunday morning. Two weeks ago I left at 2 AM. I had told Jason before that I am usually the last person to leave a gathering. The reason is because I spend so much time alone. I do not want to stop hanging out if I am going to be alone. That is why I am usually kicked out at the end of the night.

That night I felt really good driving home. It felt like I am putting together more friends in San Jose. I think that I have done something with friends almost every weekend this year. I want to keep it up.

In the book Microserfs the narrator world program while isolated from time to time. If he programmed for 16 hours it was a flight to Japan. If he programmed for a weekend, it would be a trip to the moon. (note: It took Apollo astronauts about 3 days to get to the moon) I have taken the turn of a trip to the moon as a weekend when I do not see anyone I know. I have not done it much this year. I want to try to stay away from it. I should work to hook things up my friends every weekend. It is something that I have not worked on in the past.

- Rich, 10:52 PM |

Tuesday Too

1.) Is there someone in your life who is or was your mentor? How did this person influence your life?
I am not a mentor person. I am more of a confidante person. I look for people to bounce ideas off of. I have a good idea of what's in my head, but telling someone is a good reality check.

2.) What do you consider one of the biggest problems facing you as an individual?
Knowing what directions my life is going. This seems to be the root of most of my problem. I cannot see my future, so I never plan for it. That lack of planning hurts when it comes to other things. After that, procrastination if my biggest problem.

3.) What's your favorite movie and why?
Casablanca - Rick could do whatever he wants. He could have the girl, he could leave town, he could turn both of them in to the bad guys. He does the right thing. It is an amazing movie that people love. Lots of people love it, but it could never be made again.

- Rich, 10:36 PM |

No one uses my beautiful comment boxes. Is there something else I need to do?

- Rich, 10:16 PM |

800.GONE

When I went Portland and the dot.com craze was just starting, I worked at 800.COM. It was an interesting place to work. It had that excitement that you see at start ups. When I first worked there they brought in Lunch and Dinner every night. I worked overtime almost everyday so I could get both meals. I worked with a great bunch of people.

Today I read on F---ed Company that 800.COM had gone out of business. If I read F---ed Company more often I would have known this was coming. Reading F---ed Company gets depressing after a little while. You know there are companies are at the bottom of that pile.

When I worked at 800.COM I was really caught up in the whole idea of the New Economy. I thought that company like 800.COM would really change the retail landscape. I liked the people I worked with, but it was clear that we were on the bottom of the ladder at 800.COM. After temping for 6 months I left. I felt the company had no loyalty to me. I wonder what would have happened if I had been hired as an employee.

I was not hired and I went on to San Jose later that year. I am still at the job I left Portland for. I think about how different my life would have been if I stayed in Portland. I still hear from a couple of my 800.COM Friends. It is not that often. It is still good to hear from them. I wonder they they think about all this.

Labels: 800.COM, dot.com bubble, f'ed company, Portland, San Jose

- Rich, 12:18 AM |

Monday, March 04, 2002

GWAR

Today I found out what GWAR stand for....God What an Awful Racket

We were talking about this at lunch today. Does anyone out there have a GWAR story?

- Rich, 5:59 PM |

Inverse Ego Surfing

I am happy my poor spelling skills are paying off. I am great for people that do not realize it is spelled "Hearst"

patty herst
"Patty Herst"
Patty Herst

raymond carver cathedral
Fake Bands
Karate monkey"

- Rich, 5:21 PM |

Marvel Universe

Today I received two different e-mails about comic books today.

Spanish scientists are using Marvel Comics to study Social Networks. This was sent to me byJeremy. He knows that I love viewing comic books and pop entertainment this way.

And on the lighter side I was sent a The Unh! Project. I did not only laugh out loud, I laughed to tears. It was a good day to get e-mail.

- Rich, 5:11 PM |

Wasting a Sunday

I spent all of Sunday in my bed. I spent most of Sunday naked. I slept for a lot of hours on Sunday. That does not include the hours before 5 am when I got home from Saturday night.

I did not write anything yesterday. I did not use my time well. I am not happy with the way I spent my time. I have to avoid wasting my time this way. It is not good for me.

How do you avoid wasting time?

- Rich, 4:25 PM |

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