My old grade-school classmate, Ben, recently made contact with me. Since we haven't seen each other since I was 13, I sent him (albiet, 3 months later) a brief history of my life since high school. I enjoy seeing how much has happened in 10 years...

In late 1995 I departed Alaska to Seattle, chasing after my girlfriend in high school who had recently moved to Seattle. Naturally, we broke up after about two months but since I had used college as an excuse (to leave home) it was a good result.

We haven’t figured out Jerry’s sleeping schedule yet. The last few nights he has gone to bed about 11. We spent about 2 hours from the point when he first displayed sleepiness to actual sleep. We’re still physically holding him and bouncing (on the bouncey) for him to slip into sleep…

Eriko has been doing an amazing job recording Jerry’s life up to this point. She tracks his sleeping and eating habits, along with notes about big items for the day. It would be a cool task to translate those into English and post them on Jerry’s website.

I just spent a week in Moscow, Russia.

I don't like that a majority of the Moscovites smoke - it makes everything smell and all the restaurants bother my nose and eyes. I don't like that I can't understand very much - it can be very frustrating. I don't like how crowded the subways are and how pushy the people are. I don't like where the office is; it's a 30 minute commute and the compound is very tightly secured. I don't like the fact that the Internet connection to Seattle is slow and I have to use my laptop; my wrists hurt quickly. I don't like that Moscovites don't tend to smile. I don't like the coffee at the office. I didn't like how much free time I had during the day (too much). I don't like the way people drive - I get car-sick.

Jerry has two perfect little teeth protruding from his bottom gums. Wow!