A wish for peace I’m starting out this journal with a piece I wrote last week, Septemer 12, the day after the tragedy. Not all journal entries will be long like this, but it seems appropriate to post this here. Feel free to comment. As many of us have, I have been spending time talking with friends and co-workers about yesterday’s tragedy. My thoughts and feelings echo those I have heard from others, so I know my experience is not an isolated one, but it is not a pleasant one either, as one would expect during such a time. ...

Diet and Exercise Monday- worked out on treadmill, Krispy Kreme, Cuisineer Tuesday- no exercise, lunch at cafeteria, dinner steak/salad/veggies Learn Java Monday- worked on JDK Spend time with friends Monday- saw Corrii, Darren, Josh Other goals Learn Japanese Write stories Roleplay Practice typing drills Plan next vacation

Some things I would like to do with my free time Exercise Learn Japanese Learn Java Write stories Roleplay Spend time with friends Practice typing drills Plan next vacation Goals for coming year Lose weight, get down to 200 Eat at home more, eat out less Observations I wrote myself back in May of this year expressing a desire to spend time on these same things (Exercise, Learn Japanese, Write stories, Roleplay). But, I have been pretty consistently spending time on other things besides this. I have a tendency to spend time watching lame TV shows, or watching my work email when I’m at home, and other things I don’t need or particularly want to do. I’m not sure how to turn this around, other than setting some goals for things I want to do and get started on them. ...

May 26, 2000 I feel like I didn’t really get much done today, other than for my status report. I wanted to work on documentation, but I kept finding other little things to do instead. I managed to corner Daryl and Steve Novell to talk to them about the Kana mail server. I also helped Greg Notch on the Solaris Fetch Project. It was a productive day, but I didn’t do the one thing I had intended to do. ...