i’m getting quite annoyed with my belly/weight. it is my own fault, as my horribly unhealthy lunch today shows. so i’m just going to get serious about eating less, eating better, and exercising more.

the more Eriko and I research our marriage, the more complicated it becomes! our current line of thought is we will get a marriage license in December so that we’ll have time for the green card application to process. i find out today whether the japanese class i signed up for received enough enrollment to proceed. i hope so. i don’t have the motivation/discipline to make time to study myself; i need to be pressured into it. =)

my co-worker, an experienced gentleman, introduced me to the idea of a lifestyle business. it is the type of business which preserves a desired lifestyle rather a growth-oriented one. i like the sound of that.

my final paper for the digital design course is in email. here’s hoping for a 4.0!

• modify pcal to generate weekly and daily calendars
  
• add a one-time pad cipher to gnupg
  
• write a LaTeX package for generating flowcharts
  

despite all the cahos and corruption, our system is truely fascinating. here’s a cool article and lots which link from it.