I guess I took a break from writing this week.

I had a lot of fun. I saw Persepolis, which was very good. I also did really well on my last algebra test…100%.

I’ve been getting expensive sandwiches at the co-op, but I feel a lot healthier, so that’s gotta be something right?

I’m working on the web site for my job, trying to increase our Google search results, submitting it to Web directories, working on search engine optimization. I wrote this big conditional PHP statement yesterday to make a dynamically changing sidebar, which was really awesome.

After that huge server crash we had last week visitors are starting to come back, and the last few days we’ve had some really encouraging numbers, which I’m pleased with.

I went on this web design binge last night and redesigned my media vault. I also redesigned cracked LCD, for the millionth time.

I love making splash pages, but for the tedium of actually designing an entire site, I often don’t have the attention span for it. Well, of course, unless I’m getting paid.

My mom has asked me to design a site for her, and I did come up with a preliminary design last night… I was going to sleep on it and see what I thought of it later. It’s really basic… I don’t like it. But I guess every web designer has to start somewhere. I really need to improve my Photoshop skills.

So… Zero and I officially “broke up” yesterday. He wanted me to give him some big overarching reason, but that wasn’t going to happen. I was just sick of all the bullshit.

So we ended up walking down to The Beat and looking at records for a few hours.

I hung out with Christen last week. We met at true love, and everyone we knew ended up showing up. It was rather strange. First it was Valerie and her roomate, then Annie and her boyfriend, and we all talked about our lives and such. I realized that I hadn’t seen them since I was dating Terry, so I got to recount that saga again.

After they left, Christen and I had a really good talk, and I realized more than ever how much I missed her. We’re going to hang out at Arden Fair today after I get out of class (just like old times).

I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that the Internet is alive. And these days, it seems to be filled with elements hostile to me. Strange, taciturn people instant message you…eerie, rambling emails from strangers… it’s like in Neuromancer, where the hard-core Internet jockeys could feel it when Wintermute became sentient.

Except ten times more tawdry. Like if Wintermute’s function was to be a Russian pornospam bot. You know that’s going to be the first computer that reaches sentience, by solving tougher and toucher CAPCHAS to post pornospam.

It’s 11:30. I should probably start my taxes.