It is 5:24am, I haven't slept all night. So I made some updates on the blog formatting tool. It now supports XML-ISO date formats in a <date> tag contained within the <entry> tags. This also fixed the string sorting problem...
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March 04, 2003
It has come to my attention that some readers of this journal have become fearful of my disposition on life, seeing me as crying out like a trapped animal. My journal entries, admittedly, have a dark tone, but it should be clear that such is case when I feel the need for expression...
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March 06, 2003
I have seen great things this week. I gave a at the 14th annual Oklahoma State University Graduate Research Symposium. It was fun and tremendously exciting - mostly because I feel that it went well. I would like to thank Dr...
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March 07, 2003
I got an email from my mom this morning saying that Dad may have had a heart attack. I was very worried, the EKG and blood work came back negative and I feel relieved. The question is what was it? An Anxiety attack or a panic attack?? Dad, I'll be thinking about you...
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March 08, 2003
Cool!!! I wrote a script to ftp my blog entries onto my remotely hosted web site. You will probably begin to see more regular updates. Cheers.
P.S. Happy Woman's Day Maryna!!
March 09, 2003
The weather has been absolutely beautiful the last two days. I feel like spring is around the corner, and this brings a youthful optimism to my heart. Today, I read a journal article "SRIRAM: A scalable resilient autonomic mesh" printed in the IBM systems journal...
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March 11, 2003
Today was the best day that I have had in a while...so I am making a cheerful, positive entry in my blog...enjoy.
Today was not a great day at work, I am still struggling with the firewall project there. It has become the bane of my existence, in the most proverbial way...
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March 14, 2003
I came home from work today completely frustrated with the world. Granted, I'm mediocre at my job, it is not a reason to disrespect me as a person. Everyone deserves a basic level of human respect. I am not afforded this respect by my employers...
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March 16, 2003
Life will not surprise me, if when I awake in the morning that the United States is at war with Iraq. The deadline was set for the 17th, that is tomorrow. I am not worried. I am not particularly for going to war with any nation...
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March 17, 2003
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March 19, 2003
As I sleep tonight, my country is at war with Iraq. Anticipation troubled my sleep last night, perhaps tonight rest will come as less of a struggle.
March 20, 2003
The bombing in Iraq continues. Today I am thoroughly exhausted and frustrated. I have been battling the firewall upgrade at work so much that I have forgotten what it is like to complete a task.
Today, I purchased a book on Carbon programming...
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March 23, 2003
To those without understanding
I envy those to who life seamlessly flows;
to those whose circumstance lend ease of travel
from thought invoked inspiration,
through trivial tribulation,
and onward to completion.
As for the rest of us, on with the struggle...
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March 24, 2003
Laundry
I did laundry tonight. After starting my loads, I briefly surveyed the crowd. The obese Hispanic women gossip frenziedly...
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March 25, 2003
There were reports of heavy fighting today in Iraq, the good news is that it appears as though some of the Iraqi population has begun to revolt against Sadam's ruling party. Hopefully this will help and not hinder the war efforts...
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March 30, 2003
Two Giraffe and a Papasan!!
What a great couple of days! I took the last few days off from my extra-curricular activities to rest, relax, and reflect on topics of varying nature. My best friend from high school, Brian Wunderlick, came to town on Wednesday night. We had a blast catching up, playing pool...
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March 31, 2003
Dispirited Esprit
I had far too many desperate and depressing thoughts today. Mostly these leeching thoughts were the results of comments maid to me by my coworkers. First Greg Brooks, in reference to my desktop machine blue screening , says "Great, just what I need from you, lower productivity"...
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