truth is everywhere

my ‘free’ week has turned into a work week. it is the ‘final push’ for our latest release. of course, i have more than one release to work on…. i spent about 11 hours at work today and i’m not sure if i have anything exciting to talk about. i’m hoping to spend my remaining evening working on a little prolog, cleaning my room, and watching some Seinfeld.

i find that when i have one beer, i tend to want two. one glass of wine turns into two. it seems i have little self control when it comes to drinking. back in college it was much worse, so i must be making progress. whether that progress is due to my body’s natural lower tolerance or my own volition, i imagine it is a combination of both. i need to keep a closer eye on myself.

my professor decided not to give us any written assignment this week, just an exercise in prolog. although that will be challenging, i am much better at exercises where i can “generate & test.” otherwise known as solving by trial and error. it is both a lack of experience and impatience, i think. tomorrow a few guys from work might come over to watch game 3 of the world series. i bought some beer, just in case. on Wednesday i’m going to a UW recruiting event with Isilon. we’re looking for smart youngsters who wanna kick some bootie. in a similar note, i really hope Zack finds a good job.

i’m finding that my AI homework is a lot more difficult than i expected. it really reminds me how weak my brain has become from lack of exercise. i’m also very undisciplined, but ignoring that, i worked for several hours on one problem. i spent a long time perfecting a solution when i realized i had started with an incorrect premise. i went to go to sleep and then it dawned on me and i stayed up another 45 minutes to write down the correct starting condition. now i have to solve the problem all over again, but i think it will be correct this time. i still have three more to go after this one!

plagued by another night of restless sleep. i don’t recall it taking long to get to sleep, but for some reason i woke up around 3. i let Bailey in and couldn’t go back to sleep for quite a while. eventually, the sandman came but his potion was weak; i had a strange restless dream until my alarm clock brought me out of it. right now, i can’t think of anything worse than being woken up by an alarm clock. how unnatural!