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October 31, 2001
I hate Halloween. I don't need reasons... I just don't like it. The only thing good about is that kids get candy.
October 30, 2001
I am feeling about 90%, which is a grand improvement from yesterday.
Recap of my birthday: I woke of with a slight headache... but not too bad. So I took some drugs and off to work I went. I was not very hungry al day... I ate very little at 'my birthday lunch'. After lunch, I had a quick decline in health. I canned my plans for the evening... by the time I got home, I was burning up... sore to the touch. I was feeling pretty bad... and the headache was getting worse every second. Friday morning is when the puking began. I threw up everything and nothing. So I stayed in bed... or the bathroom... until Ong made me go to the doctor late Friday night. The doctor... actually... the doctor's evil nurse gave me a shot in the butt... and the ability to drink water was once again mine. Saturday, Gatorade and Chicken Noodle Soup were at the top of my favorites list... nothing can taste as good as that first spoonful of soup. Not feeling too hot, but trying to have a 'fun birthday', Ong and I went out Saturday night. I was still so out of it... all I can remember is that I had keep track of how long I stared at the table... cause I could have done it all night. Sunday, headache very very faint... and the stomache was getting back to normal... I slept until I don't know when. Sunday evening, I went to a hockey game... was feeling healthy just weak. I could have honestly slept through Monday and been happier, but I have bills to pay... and the brings me to today... where I still feel wiped out, but better than I have since Thursday.
October 29, 2001
I was feeling just well enough to get some things done... and I am proud to say that I got them all done. I think it is going to be at least a week before I get back in the swing of things. I can only hope sooner.
October 28, 2001
I am feeling better now, but I have been so sick. Nothing like an illness for a birthday gift, huh?
Thank you for all the e-mails. I will get back to you when I am felling 100%.
October 25, 2001
Happy Birthday to me! Woo woo!
October 24, 2001
Tomorrow... I shall be 23 years old. And while I would like to rant and rave about how I am not where I want to be... etc... getting old... etc. I am just grateful to be alive.
October 23, 2001
Lounge Punk eZine: Beta. I am releasing a beta version of LP's ezine for two reasons. First, it is going to be a while until the full version is released. Second, I want to test the desire with a smaller download. The file is almost 13MB in size... which is a lot smaller than the 'non-beta' version. This version will turn out looking like crap if you try to print it. The printable version will be released at the same time that the printed zine will be released. I am planning on only printing about 20-30 copies in color and another 20-30 in black and white. All copies will be numbered and signed... and the download will will be limited as well.
I hope you enjoy the beta version. I would love to get your feedback as well.
This week is insane. I just cannot have enough time. Run here... run there... and it feels like I am getting very little done as well.
R... u... nnnnnn... ing late.
October 22, 2001
http://www.vintagetype.com
Cool site that I found today... and I am so tired that I cannot even make a link. Good night.
Yawn. The beginning of another week. They are really starting to roll by quickly. I cannot decide if that is a good thing or not.
October 21, 2001
'Seize the time... make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.' - Surface Tension
I am considering entering the SXSW website competition. I just have to give it a little more thought.
Local music is a good thing. I really enjoyed getting out and seeing some of Orange County's local music talent. I saw five bands play tonight... and four of them were pretty good. I think that is pretty good odds. Maybe I should go to Vegas. Heh.
I have no idea how I am still awake... I am sure that I will make up for it by sleeping in tomorrow... or so I can only hope.
October 20, 2001
Wow... I just got finished babysitting 5 kids... all under the age of 6. I am so tired... I can barely stand... I am old. Eek.
The entire house is clean... and I like it.
October 19, 2001
I am waiting for a few files to copy... then I am hitting the sack. Kinda sad that it is Friday night and I am going to bed at 10... more like really sad. Oh well.
I suddenly don't feel like cleaning. Maybe in the morning.
Insane day at work... aka not fun. All I can say is that I am glad that I get paid by the hour and not by the job. I worked on the same job all day today... little changes all day. It was a pain. I think it is out of here, but I will not know for sure until Monday. The job has a second part that is going to be almost as painful as the first, but we shall see.
I think I am going to do the normal college student thing for a Saturday night... and clean the bathroom... and wash the towels. I am just so exciting. Next week I might be selling Avon if I keep this up. I am just tired of the dirty bathroom and the lack of towels... so it looks like I get to clean it up. Woo.
I was invited to a concert for Saturday night... and since it is in Fullerton, I think I just might go. Indie and emo music... sounds like a good time to me. And best of all it is free. Can't beat that, can ya?
I am also going to try to go to the beach this weekend. It has been to long since I have gone. Of course... if I do not go everyday, it has been too long.
Sigh.
Friday... I like it.
Most the action this morning is happening over at LP. This will be a common thing over the next few weeks. As you can see my project list is huge... and I would not have it any other way.
October 18, 2001
Made some update to my friends and my projects list.
I added Lucy, LM, and Reb to my friends list. They have all been around for a while... I just been to busy to add them to my list. These blogs will be hitting my design board soon as well.
I added The Mercury Project to my project list. This site will be under construction for some time I am sure. Check in on it often and follow along with the construction of the site. I am going to try to make it educational. Heh.
LoungePunk moved up in the projects list. I mainly was tired of having to search through the list for the link. However, there will be a lot of activity at LP in the near future. I am going to start moving all my projects and project related news over there... so people who care about design and development can read there... and people who care about Merc and his silly little life can read here. Made sense to me.
I had a redesign planned for this site, but I am no longer going to persue that. This site is going to stay looking like this for a long time. I like the way it looks and I would rather focus on sites that honestly need a redesign. This is just part of me gettting things in order.
It is alive! TMP has been started... now I just have a lot to do to it.
Good morning. Time to get to work again... not sure what I am going to do this morning... I will think about while I make my morning oatmeal (Note to self: Buy more oatmeal tonight.).
October 17, 2001
Time for bed. I am going to get up early and work on some stuff... must sleep first.
Well... a nice walk and a good dinner. I am feeling better... of course it is still not quiet around here... but I was not planning on getting anything done tonight anyway. I made a list of all the things that I need to do and then a list of all the things that I want to do. With that in perspective now... I am feeling so much less stressed. I honestly have a lot to do, but not that much to do. So... I am going to take it easy... stay on task... get the 'have-to' things done... then start on the rest later.
If I could think in this house... maybe I could get something done... so I am out of here... and where I am not sure.
Just in case you were looking.
Long day at work. I have been trying to output the same file for the past two days with no luck. I had tried everything... but... seconds before giving up for the day, I figured it out. I am so tired of looking at this job that I am not even happy about it.
Also today, I dropped a box on my still recovering finger... I thought I was going to scream. It is still a little sore, but doing better.
Took me an hour to get to work this morning. The traffic was insane... I had never seen it like that before. It was just bumper-to-bumper all the way. It honestly did not feel like it took an hour... so I did not even notice until I got to work... and was late. I was not the only one, so that saved my butt.
Good news for the day: I will be designing the 2002 Saleen Calendar. I am very excited about that. I love Saleen... so that adds more fun to the whole project.
Just about 15 minutes until I am off work... which means an hour of traffic... and then back to the WercShop to finish up all my projects.
Time is out... thank you for playing the Merc Morning Game. I got about 63% of project 1 completed... about 27% of project 2 completed... and project 3 was never even started. Hopefully, I will be able to work this evening.
Running out of time...
Making progress...
The sun is up... so... ready, set, go. I have a lot that I want to get done this morning... and little that I am going to get done.
October 16, 2001
Today was just weird at work... as well as sad. They fired a girl from the front desk. It was a shock to most everyone. I am still trying to find out the details of why.
Today, Ong had a root-canal (spelling?). Poor kiddo. I will be over at her place most the night... just hanging out and taking care of anything she needs.
This brings me back to the fact that I need a laptop. I could get a little work done over there, but instead all projects are on-hold for the evening. It is probably better that way. Heh.
I swear I set my alarm for 6... but it went off at 7... it doesn't really matter much; I don't have to leave the house until a little after 8... and be to work at 9.
I just like to have time in the morning to e-mail and design... it is my idea time. After thinking about things all night, I often have my best ideas in the morning. And speaking of projects...
My top projects are:
devNIC redesign
TMP design and coding
October 15, 2001
I am stupid. Why? Because I am not already asleep... humans need sleep. While ants on the other hand never sleep... hmm... to be an ant... ick. I think I would rather have to sleep.
We have lost our internet connection at the office. It is amazing how boring the day is without it. We also get a lot of work from the web, so there was a lot less to do as well. No one seems to know when we are to get it back either.
Sad that the best weekend I have had in a long, long time is over... but I am stilll smiling.
October 14, 2001
Ong's cooking is awesome. If I was her mother... I would be proud... and I would practice more. Daughter is catching up in the kitchen.
October 13, 2001
Saturdays just plain rock. Yes, they do.
October 12, 2001
I just made two important phone calls that I have been slacking on: Cancelled my old cell phone (and I am not getting a new one); and cancelled the account for my missing credit card. I am feeling less stress already... and less bills too.
Nice hot shower, warm sweater, oatmeal for breakfast, Dido in the stereo, slightly overcast, and I feel good.
Last night Wiz and I had a long conversation... often too long... and I feel more pressed to finish TMP before anything else. It is just something that I need right now. It is projects like this that make me want a laptop... I just need more time in a day... with a computer. Heh heh.
I think I have just lost my mind.
October 11, 2001
I am home.
While doing nothing last night, I converted 214 pictures... and burned them to a CD, cleaned my room, and left a box of doughnuts on the counter for ants to eat. When I do nothing, I do it right.
I think I would have to be in a coma to really be doing nothing... or at least sleeping. Most the time, I think it is a really good thing that I am always doing something... other times, I just want a break. But it seems to me that 'taking a break' means doing something other than what I am currently working on... so then I end up with 2 projects... and the next day 4 projects. I am so burried in projects right now that I shall never be bored.
I am not complaining. I really love all my projects... some more than others, but I love them all. And even on a bad day... it beats being bored.
October 10, 2001
Nearing nine... where does the day go? I am not sure that I really feel like working on anything tonight... like it matters. Eh.
Isuzu is my big client of the day... and a newsletter for Mack Trucks.
I finally got a copy of the invitation that I designed for NBC. It is so beautiful. The finished piece is far better than what I designed on the screen. As soon as I get my camera back, I will take some photographs. It was a full custom job... with silver ink... and an embossed silver seal... custom envelope. It just turned out so very cool. I am very proud.
Lounge Punk, I just don't know what to do with you.
October 09, 2001
Changed the intro to LP... as well as a new desktop. I have had this one done for a while... forgot that I had it. I think I have a few more done as well. Hopefully enough to last me until I get this ezine completed.
Thank you for the good comments on the rough design for TMP. I was not expecting such a response. It caught me wordless most the time.
I have been asked to help in redesigning devNIC. I am very honored. I think I am going to do it under the Lounge Punk label. Or maybe just another Merc original design. Time to start sketching (my favorite part... other than being done).
How late should I stay up tonight?
Squirt is the forgotten soda. You have really want one and then hunt it down to get one on the West Coast.
Maybe I am behind on the times, but I think it just bites that NetworkSolutions is now VeriSign. I suggest buying your domain names at devNIC. It is cheaper and the service is great... or if you would like to go with a name you know better, go Yahoo!.
As for hosting, I am really loving ThinkHost. They are one of the few hosts that support multiple domain names in one account. It is very nice to only have to log-in once and be able to check all my stats. I also support WI for hosting. And finally, Yahoo! is great for hosting.
I have stuff hosted in all three spots. I suggest doing that if you own more than 10 domains like I do. That way you do not have all your eggs in oone basket. Servers go down... it is just a fact. So I feel it is better to be on more than one server.
Oh... a large amount of my friends use DreamHost. I have not heard any complaint about the service, but I personally don't use them.
October 08, 2001
The official TMP Preview. This is a screen capture of what a website looks like before it goes to code. This site might be function within the next month or so. I do not have a lot of time to work on... as I have so many other projects. However, I am sliding in a few minutes to work on it when I can. I am confident that this shall be my favorite project of all time... assuming I give it the follow through that it requires.
Which Is Better?
Sunrise or Sunset? SunsetStolen from the Law.
Sweet or Sour? Sour
Old or New? New
Hot or cold? Cold
Coke or Pepsi? Coca-Cola
Soft or Hard? Soft
Yesterday or Tomorrow? Tomorrow
Red or Blue? Red
Fast or Slow? Fast
Blind or Deaf? Blind
Open or Closed? Closed
Bath or Shower? Shower
Black or White? Black
Ocean or Forest? Ocean
Dogs or Cats? Dogs
Day or Night? Night
Cremation or Burial? Pyramid
Even or Odd? Odd
City or Countryside? City
Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla
Sun or Rain? Rain
Pen or Pencil? Ink
Summer or Winter? Summer
Destiny or Choice? Destiny
Alone or Together? Together
Silver or Gold? Silver
Back to the Frog Cave! Last minute touch up on the pages for LP's ezine... and then we start taping it together.
Here is the new client that we are working on.... you know what this puts me in the mood for. Zoom.
I had a great weekend. There was a new load of fun around every corner. I may have spent a little too much money, but I get paid soon... and with the overtime that I have been putting in... I should be just fine.
I went to Downtown Disney on Saturday night. It is a very cool place to hang out... and it is free. Outdoor malls are cropping up all over the place and this is just another one... with Disney flare added. Disney should have biult this a long time ago... it is truely a great idea. I have not been to Knott's in a long time, but I recall that they had something like it... a shopping and dining area that you did not have to pay to get into.
Sunday, I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Very cool place... and amazingly beautiful. The beauty of the Ocean and its wildlife is breath-taking. I just wish that I would have had my camera... I guess I will just have to go back, huh? Heh heh.
I am hoping to get a lot down around the house tonight. It is starting to grow quite messy. I have a feeling that I am going to get sick of cleaning quickly and just start throwing things away... which may be a better idea anyway. You would not believe all the junk that one person can own. It is scary.
New project name: TMP. Logo design is finished. Site concept is still in the works... but should not be to hard. I also have a few web apps to program.
Lounge Punk is sitting still until it releases its first ezine. The pages are now finished... I just have to put it together. It will be a huge download... no lie. I am going to guess around 40mb. But that is just a guess. It may also contain more pages than originally thought. I am very proud of the way it has turned out... just gotta finish it up.
October 06, 2001
My biggest and most valued project is coming. It is coming soon.
October 05, 2001
"No news. But I'm working on new stuff. Be excited." -Ev.
October 04, 2001
This site is just plain ol'cute.
I just finished fixing the long ignored archives of Sol's site. I hate it when it takes me so long to get around to doing the simplest tasks. Seems like me list of things to do... is starting to mean...my not-to-do list. I need a new plan.
Cool clients for the day include Pixar, Disney, and Blizzard Entertainment. I am still tripping on some of the big name clients that I get to deal with.
I am tired, but happy. Bring on the day.
October 03, 2001
Time to go swimming... it has been over a month since I have been able to go. I am so happy.
Saleen and Billabong... two clients that I got to work with today. It is crazy to me to have such huge name clients.
It has been really busy around hear all day. None of the equipment including computer has been work as it should. It is hard to output stuff with your computer crashing every two seconds... or at least every 10 minutes. Right now I am waiting for the printer to be fixed so I can finish outputting stuff for Billabong.
October 02, 2001
The count down to my birthday has begun... 23 days to go... and 23 I shall be. It is scary how the years fly by... just plain crazy.
I have wasted the whole evening cooking and cleaning the kitchen. And by wasted, I mean... I would have rather been working on my list of projects. My finger is finally able to get wet, so doing the dish was a must. I also cooked enough food to last a few lunches (aka save money).
With it know being so late... I might just do a bunch of mindless surfing until I am too tired to life my head... at which point I shall go to bed. Hmm... and while I am surfing maybe I shall build my birthday wishlist.
October 01, 2001
'Take it one step at a time.' Thanks, LM.
And a huge special thanks to my Uncle Jeff. Food is the greatest gift to a starving student. Thank you.
Many, many projects. I wish there were a few more Mercs, so I could spend more time. Give each project the attention that it needs. I would love to take a full week and devote it to each item on my list... no work, no extra stuff, and no rush jobs. Just sit and focus on one task until it is completed... just near perfect and done propper.
I have a new goal in the back of my head... and I am going to keep it there until I finsh the projects currently on my "due yesterday" list. The general idea behind my new goal is sincere self-improvement. More details as I get more time.
Insert thoughts here.
Had a great weekend. Good food and good fun... and it was even relaxing. It was almost like having a vacation.
I feel charged and ready to hit my projects even harder. My list of projects grew larger while I was away... but no problem. I am ready.
Got to play with the brand new Mac OS 10.1 today. Very wicked. Very fast. I just cannot wait until it runs software. Nice OS, but it will not run any major applications. I guess that is what happens when you come out with something new.