i have finally figured out everything i need to know about women. woman=!man. not a single bit of woman is man. i could think about it all day and i would never get any closer to understanding anything about these crazy creatures!

company meeting starts in 7 minutes, kernel compile finishes in four hours, server upgrade commences in 24 hours, i see my girl in 9 days… numbers are sweet

I decided to drop two of my courses (computer science and mathematics) and add one (GRE study) – the other two will have to wait. ;P Ahh the penalties for not concentrating on school the first time around. Hopefully Zack won’t experience this.

Well, I made myself a rigorous self-study schedule plan thingie wingie but perhaps it is a bit too rigorous. I did it for three days in a row, but today I’m going to take a break. Maybe I’ll play the piano a little.. ;P

Something I am really poor at is giving a woman space. I’m not really sure why that is the case. I often see a lack of communication as something to address and I typically address it by trying harder to communicate (turning up the pressure) – but it really isn’t effective and is actually counter-productive. This is a real lesson in patience and understanding. I love this woman for how introspective I have become, but I’m not all that happy about what I learn.

This is probably not as exciting as it might seem, but I am currently typing this message from my bed – not because I have some new-fangled wireless laptop (I don’t) but because I have a 14" and a BSD box right by my bed. Connected to the net, of course, so I can work, play, read email, control the music emanating from the speakers across the room… as soon as I get the Japanese keyboard working that Kevin gave me, I will be able to write letters to Eriko from here.