I've always been pretty bad at being a traditional student, but I've also always been pretty good at figuring stuff out on my own. For example my senior year in high school I found myself in a Calculus class that assumed I had learned Trigonometry. I hadn't but rather than drop the class I learned trig in a week (instead of a semester). Over the ( Read more... )

Just got a text message from my aunt followed up by a call from my sister that my grandpa died. I went, and visited him yesterday. He hadn't been awake in days. His mind has been mostly gone for over a month though. The last time I talked to him when he made any sense was the family get together for my birthday in mid March. I've been slowly ( Read more... )

I'm moving. I've been wanting to move, and not just because I can't afford my current place ( Read more... )

I just read through a bunch of friends posts. Apparently while I wasn't paying attention not only did one person start a relationship they went on to get married, and have an incredibly cute baby boy. Another person seems to be a college professor now. A few of the people I have on my livejournal I still hang out with regularly, and so the news ( Read more... )

I've been slowly calming down. Had an emotional freakout. Perhaps brought on by talking to a man who said he has been homeless for the last 6 years. Such a different point of view on life. He didn't seem attached to stuff so much, but had had his backpack that he didn't like the color of for years. He was attached to a girl across an ocean. I ( Read more... )

Rather than unicycles, bike porn, and MMR I opted instead for happy hour with a friend who just lost their job, and watching the end of analog TV at "ON gallery". The FCC showed up thanks to me.

I've made other decisions like that in the last week. It's now been a whole year since I last saw Kathy.

Also randomly saw oven on the side of the road on ( Read more... )

Trying to learn technology at a crazy pace so that I can get get projects done that depend on such technology before deadlines ( Read more... )

Right now I am very sad. Dr. Williams, one of Catherine's grandpa's is dying. I don't know how long I have spent at his house, but I'm sure that it is over a month. I could easily find my way around in the dark. He was very kind to me. He also helped heal many people, and furthered the science of medicine in his long career. Although us ( Read more... )

I'm sure many of you already know that last week I lost my job again ( Read more... )

A few minutes ago I weighed in at 201 pounds. This number is 72 pounds less than when I started bike commuting. This is especially significant in that 70 pounds was my initial goal as I thought that would be when I was about fit. My fancy fat measuring scale says that I am not quite yet fit, so perhaps I have another 10 pounds to go, but I'm ( Read more... )