trudges north, thanks to newly intialized variables – story at 11. Can’t talk, too busy doing http://icfpcontest.cse.ogi.edu/. Would stop in a heartbeat for my prodigious Eriko. ;P

Well, I have been fasting for the last two days. Tomorrow morning, I will finally eat! I am excited, to say the least. I will be having raisin bran and some eggs. Whew. Why do I fast? It is an excercise, a reminder, a change. Tomorrow, Alex and I will participate in a programming contest. So I need my energy. ;P

This is my second attempt at reading this book. For some reason, be it position or disposition, I was unable to really get into the novel the first time. This time, however, I am quite interested. In addition, where I typically assume the meaning of a word from context, I am working on my vocabulary and therefore looking up every unknown word in a dictionary. Fun! But not as fun as dancing with my fantastic Eriko.

Whew. That was a close call. I had received some comments requesting that more private portions of my diary were “hidden” from view. I complied by adding an X-Confidential flag to the individual diary entries (email messages, of course) and updating this diary page so as to exclude those messages. Isn’t software cool?

Not that she has been unemployed, but she does not enjoy her current job. Her new one will provide her with substantially more income, as well as a chance to use her English skills. She told me “in a couple of months I can pay off my debt and be your wife.” Yippeee! Of course, I am her patient man, so a couple months or a couple of years, I am yours, Eriko.

What an excellent movie. It was a little cheesy at parts, a little too much hollywood in others – but yours truely had tears streaming down quite a bit. I miss my magnificent Eriko.