03:19:26 Wednesday November 26 2003
I slept through class this morning. Once awake I attended numerous meetings. I was best pleased when Katy helped me track down a bug in her program. Now forward progress can continue.

When I returned home my house mate Matt had already left for his Thanksgiving in Iowa. Matt's girlfriend Sara stopped by to do some laundry this evening. I got the chance to sit down and talk with her a bit, which is something that had never really happened before. I don't really feel that I understand a person until I have had a chance to interact with them when no one else is around. I guess I am something of a scientist when it comes to interpersonal relations. I need to control all other factors and see how this person acts with just me around. Then I can begin to extrapolate how they might react to other people. This is likely why I am always uncomfortable in a group where there are many new people. I can't seem to tell if someone who is upset is upset at something I have done or at someone else. If there is only one or two new people I do all right by interpolating between what I know about most of the group and what I don't know about the new members. It is an inefficient and inelegant way of dealing with people, but it is what I know and it seems to have served me satisfactorily thus far.