January 2001 Archives

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School has begun. The first few weeks are pretty hairy. All my teachers are still cool. I'm researching the Mercury programming language for my Programming Languages class. School is really really good. It is fun to see the same people in many of the classes. And around campus too. The same faces.

I think it's about time for koax.org here to have a facelift. It's a bit long in the tooth. Any recommendations for a particular style are very appreciated.

Money is gonna suck this month. I'm part-time at work, and I'm still paying WAY too much for this apartment.

Sigh. I'll keep ya posted.

Posted by Administrator on Jan 24, 2001

suicide - it's a suicide

I was told today that Jonathan Bayly killed himself Tuesday. I knew him. He was a good kid. We went to LaSalle together, we rode the same bus. We went fishing together.

It is a mystery to me why he did it. His family is so close to the American Ideal. I think he did fairly well in school. He wasn't a dumb kid. He was good with the laaadies.

I wish to hell I could make it to the funeral. This is so sad. WHY? WHY? WHY?

Why does anyone do it? I don't think he was depressed. He seemed like a pretty happy kid. If he was, I'm sure he could get the meds he needed. He had a lot of friends... Damn.

The Bayly family is a very afluent family in Melrose, NY. There will be zillions of people at the funeral. I wish I could make it.

Sigh. So sad.

Posted by Administrator on Jan 18, 2001

School's In

Second day of class today. My Adolescent Psychology teacher is a blast, my Logic teacher is wicked funny, and my Networking teacher is a winner too. It doesn't look like I'll have to be add/dropping this semester. Yay.

I went part time at work. It's sooo weird not getting up at 9 every morning. It feels creepy. I've been doing it for a year and now I'm not. The extra free time is nice though. I won't have too much once school really starts crankin. I think I'll probably make friends at school too. Nice buncha people.

Three day weekend! Woohoo! I'm gonna get ahead on a lot of the work. I'm really excited about school this semester. I'm paying for it too. I'm gonna make the most of it. And I need to get scholarships in a few semesters, so I'm gonna shoot as high as possible.

I bought Everquest the other day. Let me tell you: this game rocks. I played TeleArena back in the day. This is a worthy successor. It takes some getting used to, but after that it's highly addictive. Mmmm.. It's been a long time since I've played a computer game.

Crazy ass transition period I feel like I'm going through right now. It was shown to me that I am horribly self-centered. Yup. My girl told me that. And she's right. And I'm not too happy about it. Who has ever heard of a self-centered Psychologist? Bah! Anyway, it turns out that in relationships I consider myself first. I take care of my needs first. I don't require girls to make me feel complete. Or not miserable. This is obviously a bad way to think. When the other person doesn't think like that, that is. Sigh. Sigh.

School is good. I feel really good about school. I'm gonna get my learn on. Aww yeah. School has the added benefit of dragging me out of the proverbial social cave that I've been in for the past year. Yeah, that's a good thing.

I have been painting. I have made some good paintings. I am pleased. Now I just need a little box to put them in. And then my life will be complete. Yup.

Yup indeed.

Posted by Administrator on Jan 18, 2001