04:08:14 Saturday February 28 2004
Not a lot happened today: Made forward progress at work, Came home at a reasonable hour for once, Played Metroid, Cleaned the house, Talked with my roommate about stuff.

Since today was so uneventful let me fill you in on some things I have neglected to tell you about. I imported a greenish gamecube controller from Japan. I have been short one controller for some time, but I couldn't find a fourth that I was willing to buy. There are only three colors available in the states black, purple, and orange. And I am of the mind that you should be able to determine who has which controller just by glancing at the front of the console. So I needed a fourth color. I didn't pay anything extra for the controller (list price 24.99 USD) but I did pay 10 USD to ship it.

I finished Life After God earlier this week. Definitely not as good as Microserfs. Not a bad book by any measure, but it takes this arty path and tries to tell a story without much narrative. It is largely a series of "vignettes", for lack of a better word, that kinda form a story in the end. Mostly they consist of observations about everyday life and things. I have to say that this book is very powerful. I think everyone over 20 can identify with the melancholy caused by the emotional numbness that develops as we age. This book definitely makes you feel, but the feeling never goes anywhere. It also makes you think. I am still puzzling out the ending.

I also finished the first two trade paperbacks associated with Strangers In Paradise. It is good stuff, girly stuff, but good none the less.

The next book in the queue is Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan.

And in closing I want everyone to know that it smells like victory: