november 14, 2003 - 19:08 - still at work, clearly working
i have found no more apt a definition for 'cruel and unusual punishment'
than this:
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
jack: 'so, uh, tell me, what's your problem anyway?'
marla: 'oh, i have a clinically diagnosed case of hipp...AAAHH!'
damn. i'm at work too late again.
november 6, 2003 - 09:14 - making bi-polar look easy
may the gods of broken-bmw hate remind me of the uncompromising pain
associated with vintage autos, and protect me from temptation...
for a temptress such as this,
i have not stumbled across before: an alpina so original, so
pure, so very, very close.
yes, i guess it's a good thing i'm so mad at my own 2002 right now.
it is a good thing to want to storm the garage and teach the mechanic
how to use the phone by punching the numbers with his dirty sloping
forehead. a good thing to want to lash him to his tool bench
with used ignition wires until he finishes the damn job.
uh, um, guess mom was right. there is a positive side to
everything.
november 5, 2003 - 15:18 - what would renton do?
alternate supplier located, product request placed; jack can expect shipment
on the 7th. mmmm... the 7th. what a sunny, glorious day
that will be.
thus empowered, i just cheated time, and edited a
previous entry.
november 5, 2003 - 13:27 - panting for panther
panther queue now t+13 days. have lost all faith in ADC connection;
investigating other suppliers to acquire immediate fix.
no man can last forever...
november 3, 2003 - 17:01 - the junkie limbo
alright. panther, (os x.3), released on the 24th of october, and the install discs are
still not here..
have these sadistic project administrators no understanding of my deep,
(admittedly ill-placed), psychological need for this media?
(a controlled substance?) is this really any different
from a more conventional addiction?
after receiving beta releases on a bi-weekly basis as an ADC member, they finally release the damn
thing to the public, and leave me hanging, without install discs!
10 days now... surely you can be publicly stoned for such
treachery in less civilized countries.
please contact ADC. please tell them jack needs a fix.
please tell them 'give us it!' tell them...
november 1, 2003 - 03:27 - october symphony?
historically speaking, october could easily be considered to be my
favorite month. the color, the fall, an annual demonstration
of life's constant need for change. (desperately literal, my apologies).
still, the leaves have warning. days get shorter, the night
grows longer. each extended sunset in turn forshadows the ultimate
ending. with similar precision, the air gets colder; to the
leaves, the breeze whispers its own deadly promise in incrementally
more blatant and brazen ways.
where was my warning?
my october: a precious friend announces an engagement.
(first time somebody i've kissed has done this).
my first meeting with a lawyer. my first meeting with a mortgage
broker. a loved one is tested for indications of a truly
debilitating disorder. (nothing found: phew). finally,
a second friend announces wedding plans (am i really this old?)
if this is change, if this is 'growing up,' i'd like to go back to
chasing girls 'round the park with frogs. thank you.
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