The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

tempus fugit

Month: January, 2009

silver and blue

I have exactly 30 minutes to finish this post. I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to try and regiment my time so that I have more time for writing, but it seems like it’s the only way it’s going to get done. I need a more healthy nighttime routine than surfing Reddit until [...]

nonstop action!

I’m so exhausted. I just wasted most of my time tonight writing an e-mail to a relative who seems to care 10 times more about converting me to young-earth creationism than anything else. Got back from Burlingame today at about three o’clock in the afternoon. I was so unprepared for the last trip that I [...]

far away trains passing by

I’m on the train coming back from Burlingame…I had to get up at 5 a.m. to catch the 6:30 a.m. BART train to get to the 8 a.m. Amtrak train to get to the 10 a.m. RT train to get to work before eleven. The Amtrak train is packed…they are one car short or something…I [...]

Sex on wheelz

I’ve been experimenting with some interesting javascript libraries tonight, including one called MooWheel, with which I’ve created something interesting. You’ll need Firefox 3 or the latest version of Opera to see it. I haven’t tested IE, but I’d suggest version 8. Still in Burlingame, been here since Friday. I had a nice visit with Taylor [...]

when you find a heart could you let me know

So it’s Thursday. I’m leaving tonight, and I will be spending the night in San Francisco. I just can’t believe that I’m going to be seeing my mom and my awesome Grandma Jean in less than 24 hours. Okay, maybe it’s a little more than 24 hours… but that’s what it feels like. My uncle [...]