The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

tempus fugit

Month: December, 2006

Insomia and great music

I went to sleep really early tonight, and of course, I’m awake at 2 a.m. the only reason I woke up was that I was thirsty…and then of course I had to check the UPS site to see where my smartphone was and then there was an e-mail from an old friend that I was [...]

well,

Christmas didn’t turn out so bad after all. I got about $200 (the cost of my shiny new phone and then some), and a great present from Kelly and Chris. I was feeling really down until I played some Dance Dance Revolution on my computer, and it reminded me of all the fun times me [...]

3 3hirty a. meridian

I can’t sleep. I tried, but couldn’t. I bought Adrian a Christmas present online…listened to some Crossover…my wrists hurt and I want tomorrow to be over. I feel oily and revolting. I’ve been endlessly reading about my Dash. I can’t wait…it’ll arrive Wednesday. It’s the only thing that can pull me out of this kind [...]

How much do I fucking hate Christmas?

Let me count the ways. 1) The prospect of getting a car seems more and more unlikely as my dad is unwilling to pay the market value of any car. 2) My stupid drunken family members won’t leave and there’s nowhere I can go to escape them since I have no car. 3) Kelly isn’t [...]

Ghost of Christmas banality

I finally went through the incredibly tedious process of making my voice-recognition software work again. Long story short, I had upgraded to version eight, but was not able to go back to seven when the trial ran out. I feel pretty sick this morning… and I’m not quite sure why. I guess I should have [...]