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on a more positive note, work and life and everything is great. talked to some old friends tonight. good to hear that the world is still there and that i am not loosing it quite as bad as i once thought.

of course, i cannot form a coherent thought. so sleep.

the article is an interesting read, although i think the inclusion of the pictures does something to delute the objectivity of the article. don't get me wrong, i love pictures that leave more to the imagination than the give away, but it starts to come off as a ploy to generate traffic for your site.

and of course i begin to wonder if the designers of the vibrating controller were really out for improving our gaming experience through bio-feedback, or if they were thinking that people would want to put their controllers in their pants...

something kept me up for a bit tonight. i hope that it (insomnia) does not decide that now is the time to stay for an extended visit...

EDIT: forgot to post the damn link...

i was intending to start work on my implicit surface modeler for the ps2, but got sidetracked with this stuff. well, there is always tomorrow, and if i finish up the web stuff this week, i can write the majority of the code for the modeler to work on the pc (so the rest of you can play with the shiney) before i do the port and optimizations for the ps2. it would be really nice to get some personal stuff done while off next week.

so instead of going to take care of my body, i stayed up a bit late to do more work here. you may or may not have noticed the continued progress on the web page with the main page sporting the hot new look that is going to be all the rage this winter. trust me on this one kids, i expect all of the web guru's out there to be knocking down my door to get their hands on my special design talents.

i cannot help but wonder if my lack of focus today is in part due to my anticipation about all of the upcoming trips that i have planned. i don't find my mind wandering per-se, as much as i find that i am having a difficult time focusing on the tasks at hand. of course, that may also have to do with the fact that i have reached a point where the changes that i am making are cosmetic on the back-end, as opposed to evident in the game. not to say that it is not work that needs to be done, but more that it needs to be done at some point later, not necessarily for this deadline. the excption to that being that if i do not do it now, it only means more work (in addition to the normal amount of craziness) later.

but for now, i trust myself to get some sleep and then get stuff done tomorrow. baring that, there is always friday, or the weekend before it all needs to be in and working. my love/hate relationship with pressure shown plain in that previous sentence...

ciole links to this article about a 100% successful HPV vaccine. this is a really good thing.

seattle has passed resolutions to extend the existing monorail "system" into a functional transportation system to supplement the already wonderful bus system in the city. i love the option of not having to drive. this is another good thing.

i did manage to sleep from 7:00pm until 4:00am on monday morning, just in time to catch my flight to austin. yesterday consisted mostly of sleep catching up and recovering. not too bad though considering. now i am relaxing and taking in the cold and rainy that is austin in the winter. according to my sister it was beautiful up until i decided to come into town. oh well, miami was beautiful enough to make up for in a couple of weeks over.

oh, and bob is a good friend.

my trip this week has left me with a lot to think about. for a long time i have been comfortable with my own mortalitly and with the idea that i may die young (not wishing for death, just being comfortable with death). my grandfather was diagnosed with parkenson's desease this week, which has given me cause to think about aging and mortality again. this time i cannot really do so from the comforts of youth. it is one thing to contemplate mortality in the comforts of youth, quite another to face them in someone who is doing his best not to loose anything from the quality of his life, despite his body's best efforts to fall apart.

tiburon has an office in austin. it is up in the hill country just a few minutes from the city of austin proper. i noticed on this trip to austin how much the hill country reminds me of seattle. in fact the pace of austin is incredibly reminicent of seattle in general. the people, the air, the hills and the winter. i could just as easily live there as i could in the pacific northwest.

the smokers lounge is an interesting place. so much more effective than the truth ads if you are trying to convince your impressionable child that smoking is not a glamorous or desireable practice. atlanta has a room with a wall of windows looking out onto the main walkway of the terminal. the glass of those windows looks to be the only thing that they clean, so as to make sure that anyone who wants to make a point to their children can point out the people. they can expain that those people's insides look just like the yellowed walls and ceiling visible through the perfectly clean glass.

and there is something about time off that brings about the clearity of mind to focus on work. i am looking forward to work after my time away. so much good stuff to do, so many things to learn. my brain itches to grow after just a bit of downtime. i wish that i was better about starting and following through on my personal projects since they would provide me an outlet for this kind of focus no matter what i am currently doing. i guess that for now, until i get started on a project, i will have to be content with my books and my music.