While awake...

The first computer I ever used was a Commodore 64 and both of my cousins owned one. We used to programme simple commands and one of my cousins brought home cassette tapes with recorded games on them that sounded like odd beeps and scratchy sounds when played in a regular tape recorder. But when inserted in the game console these beeps turned into amazing games.

In the late '80s I took IT electives classes and learned how to print out cool looking banners on old-fashioned printers. I also learned the basics of word processing and how to play more computer games.

In the early '90s I learned how to email, chat and surf the internet. And I never looked back...

A few days ago I purchased a new iMac. It really is that much better than the previous one. Love it.

While awake...

• Accomplishments are best celebrated on the road home from work - beyond that they turn into dissapointments.
• Even if it gives you a kick - never tell a fellow grocery shopper which years are the best in the wine department!
• "Forgiveness happens when you let go of the hope of a better past." (Unknown)
• "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but
remember that what you now have was once among the things only
hoped for." (Epicurus)
• "Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork and picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art." (Tom Stoppard)
• "There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." (Steven Wright)

While awake...

About three times each year I swear I will move into the forest and live off of nature. Then, with much coffee & bagels, yogurt pretzels, strawberries, champagne, pasta, wine, baking a cake (but not for myself) and overall unpleasant behavior, I spend hours wrestling with the annoying beast in a very muddy glade right next to the forest... and when it's all over I am once again happy/resigned to return to the city once again. But damn is it annoying!