05:43:02 Monday February 23 2004
For some reason I have been thoroughly uninspired to write for the past two days. On Friday I simply augered (yes it is a verb) into the bed after attending all of my meetings and squashing some bugs for Katy Professor Simonsen.

Saturday was a total waste. I suppose I will be more sane for it, but I can feel the hours slipping by this semester, because I need each and every one. Experience has shown that if I attempt to work straight through the weekend I will end up wasting one day anyway. I went out with the set {John, Wanke, Rick, Paul, Carrie} to meet Scott and his wife (who's name escapes me) at the cactus. We had dinner at Scotty's. That was quite enjoyable. I had a Mo'Fo' Cluck which is their spicy chicken sandwich thing. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this dish was spicy enough to kill a few thousand taste buds. I also discovered that someone has named a beer after me. It isn't half bad either!

After dinner we made it to the cactus. Everyone got plastered, save for myself. I was sober driver. You may not realize that being sober driver is the equivalent of running a day care for 150-200lb children. John got sick on the pavement before we even made it to the bar. Carrie was so drunk that she had to be physically placed back on a stool because she couldn't manage this feat by herself. Paul got all sentimental and wouldn't quit insisting that I watch after Carrie "If anything should ever happen to him". By the time the bar closed I had a killer headache from the babysitting and the smoke and the loud music.

I did get to meet Scott's wife which was interesting. It just makes me wonder how the two of them ever ended up together. It is not that she is too "good" for him or something like that. I just marvel at the fact that these two personality types decided to get together and raise children. Very strange

Today got off to a slow start. I spent most of the afternoon playing Metroid and doing laundry. Eventually I got off my duff, had dinner with John, and made it to the office to do some actual work. I got the larger portion of the ARP cache written for our 636 router. This project still promises to be a lot of fun.