October 26, 2003
One of my favorite things about the whole concept of diaries, journals, logs, etc. is the fact that eventually someone (usually the author) reads everything that has been written from some time that is many months or years after the time of the writing. This appeals to me because I always liked looking at the scrapbooks that my mom had made when I was growing up and seeing how different I was at different stages of my childhood. Likewise, I think it will be fun to look back after reading my journal and see how much I’ve grown (or at least changed.)
So, I decided to make a whole category called “me” and maybe even do a series of entries about my likes, dislikes, interests, traits, etc. For example — the first (second after this one) entry that I plan to do will be about foods that I like and dislike. I think this will be cool because my food tastes have already changed so much in the past few years. It might be fun to look back in a decade or more and see how I’ve changed. Also, it might be fun for others to comment and let me know how they are similar or different.
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October 24, 2003
Today was a busy day, but most of it was spent receiving and assembling Joy’s new scooter. I also went to class, of course, drove out to the edge of the county to return the tiller to the equipemt place, and then made it all the way home by 11AM — sharp. This is when the scooter was scheduled to arrive.
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October 23, 2003
Today was another huge day. I am beat so I just want to write one quick entry that will serve as a preview entry for the other, more specific ones that are in the works (my head.)
Also, I have to finish up my Noam Chomsky entry sometime soon — before anyone notices that it’s been two days.
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October 21, 2003
I went out to see Noam Chomsky speak tonight. I wasn’t sure if he was going to discuss Linguistics or Politics, but I presumed that his speech(?) would be more about politics than anything else. Still, I ventured just in case he mentioned some little something about Ling.
Hmmm… tired now. I’ll write more about his speech tomorrow.
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October 21, 2003
There’s no right answer when it comes to people. I’ve realized that today.
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October 20, 2003
I’ve recently had some successes with what would normally be considered small things like sleeping and other daily tasks. This is in no small part due to the help of my roommates and my girl friend… without their compliance I’d probably still be messing up the details of my life.
It occurred to me a several weeks ago that I need to start being faithful in these small things, so I have tried to be faithful — with success all around so far.
I’ve managed to sleep — at night — every night for the past week and a half.
I’ve managed to go to all of my Arabic classes for more than two weeks now.
I’ve gotten things around the house more and more “in order.”
I’ve taken care of the ‘issue(s)’ with Alachua County and the Florida DMV.
I’ve managed to run twice at least twice a week every week for the past few months.
I’ve nearly killed my to do list. The only items that remain are cleaning my room, tidying my bathroom and catching up on my Real Estate Analysis readings. (Aside: I don’t understand myself. I read and read for a few hours a day online, but when it comes to reading 30 pages twice a week I hit a wall.)
Pray for my attempt to finish those three things, and that I continue with this new attempt at paying attention to the small things.
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October 19, 2003
I’ve added some category function to the blog, but it still isn’t quite what I want it to be. I don’t know enough about coding these things to just go in and get everything the way I’d like it to be. So, I guess I’m just going to have to write out what I want on some paper for now, and stash it away for a day when I can put it all into action.
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October 16, 2003
I saw this article on MSNBC News. I copied it into the extended entry in case the link died. I’m really interested in this stuff, which is one of the main reasons I wanted to get into Linguistics (to figure out if I could help a machine learn a language). The approach that these guys at Duke took to getting this to work was pretty smart. Instead of trying to train the animal to use the machine they trained the machine to use the animal. Read the article and you’ll see what I mean.
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October 16, 2003
I’ve just accomplished three things that have been hanging over my head for two months now. I’m happy about this and feel like I should do something fun because I am so close to being totally caught up with my life, but I feel bored because…
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October 15, 2003
Me:I’d like to do something with __________, but that is kinda dangerous dream territory, y’know?
Me: It’s like… well, David went off the deep end this time.
T: yea
T: definately risky business
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