Said the actress to the bishop

[outlier_lynn]

Stayed up last night very, very late. I was planning on getting a lot of work done. And I did, just not on the projects I had in mind. Cleaned up a lot of typos and bad English that comes included with PHP-nuke. Looking at the code, it seems clear it is scripting by committee. And, as usual, a committee not interested in documentation. I like a puzzle, but not when I am trying to get something done quickly.


Life continues to be really great.

It is very interesting to be in a new environment. The cast of Crazed Imaginations (I want to call it a company, though. Oh well, history and tradition wins and the company is a cast even if some people aren't playing a part) is slowing getting to know me. They probably think I'm a weird duck. I've spent several wonderful hours having AIM (I have resisted AIM since the beginning) conversations (I suppose I should start saying IMing) with lizetta, taintedimage, faerierie, soylentamanda (love Soylent Green) and the lonegunmen (Bish and Kevin) about the Web site: Crazed Imaginations. Over time, they will find out I really am a weird duck.

Working on the Balboa Theater Arts and Education Fund contacts tracking project. It's the first big project by Ngender Consulting. What a learning experience! A web/database interface program. I love tcl as a scripting tool. Can't wait to upgrade Apache so I can have mod-tcl.

It's sometimes interesting to talk to someone whose journal entries I have been reading. Some people write entries only when depressed or momentarily angry. Then I chat with them and discover just that. Their lives aren't completely horrible. That is a good thing! I'm getting the hang of lj, I think. I forget that people don't just datadump their entire way of being in here.

Plus, I have found, that the monotone of text can be very misleading. I have renewed respect for the fiction writers who can suck me into the story complete with a full set of passions for the characters and circumstances. Maybe writing is a lot more than a learned skill after all.

_greg has shown up. Work beckons. Well, work actually demands like a Bad Top.

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[shaktiqueen.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just went back over some of my recent journals to see if I was one of the monotonous ones. I decided I would read my journal if I wasn't me.
Kiss Greg for me and have fun today.

[firecat]

I'm constantly amazed at how differently people come across to me in different environments. I have several friends I love hanging out with one-on-one, but being with them in groups is like scraping my fingernails down a chalkboard. Some people are dull as dishwater on Usenet and fascinating on LiveJournal.

I think I'm starting to get it that I can't accurately gauge how someone feels about me by whether they respond to email in a timely manner. Now that I'm starting to use chat more, I'm going to need to go through the same thing for that medium.