| | I'm a sleepy junior at Wheaton College, computer science major, member of Workout, living at home, helping with Bird and Baby Theatre, and generally finding good people to be around.
I FOUND MY LAPTOP which pleased me greatly. Then I got Windows 7 at the $30 student price and it's been absolutely brilliant.
On my laptop was an old journal entry I'd been working on last spring, before I lost it. I'm gonna put it here...
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May 7, 2009
THE BEST DAY OFF EVER
Hey, journal. It's, uh, been awhile. A year or two. I'm not sure what I've done, exactly, but I did have a jolly time.
I'm in Reno, Nevada, with Paul Vandervoort. I found Paul online a couple months ago, and he agreed to let me into his shop for 2 weeks. This fellow is an piano/vocal virtuoso, somewhat in the Billy Joel pop flavor, who has spent much of his life in piano bars and band gigs. No one made the keyboard he wanted, though, so he decided to invent it himself. Thus, he is now the sole founder and CEO of Daskin Mfg. which currently consists of himself and (for now) one spacy intern. This keyboard's been in development since 1986; the plan is to release it this year.
I was welcomed into Reno with open arms and a delicious, spicy italian dinner. The morning found us in a splendid shop, chock-full of supplies and exciting gadgets. I could write pages about the project details; suffice it to say I'm learning a lot.
We spend every day at the office, but we arranged one day off, which has just ended, and is the subject of this whole entry.
In boundless generosity and true "work hard/play hard" spirit, Paul and Lisa scheduled our day off as--can you guess? That's right--A SKI TRIP, HOLY COW to Squaw Valley ski resort (home of the '60 winter olympics), which gave us an unforgettable day of brilliant late-season skiing, (complete with a hot-tub located OUTSIDE, ON TOP of the mountain) which we enjoyed with gusto.
Then to a upper-crust dinner overlooking lake Tahoe, where I ate--literally--the best beef of my life; a heavenly slow-roasted short-rib cut, in the richest sauce imaginable. Then up to the 19th floor of a casino overlooking the lake, in a very, very classy restaurant, for dessert. The best creme brulee I've ever tasted, in classic, orange, and chocolate flavors, with a dazzling apple dish and more....
I am sunburned and very very happy right now. Everything is going my way. In Paul and Lisa I have found two truly kind, good people. I really hope I can eventually get a bunch of his computer work done for him, and see that his piano is delivered on time. I also really hope that the day might someday come when I can obtain a keyboard like that. And I hope very much that this isn't the last I see of him.
In a broad sense, I don't know what to do; but for the moment I'm doing everything to try and narrow things down. I am really enjoying programming computers and writing software; I'm also floored with the prospect of learning piano if I have a decent keyboard to practice on.
I am very worried about my personality. I do so many things that I don't think are like me at all. I mean, case in point; it's not like me to worry about stuff, or be self-conscious, but here I am.
I am far more mechanical-thinking than before. My sane, organic, intuitive brain seems to have been amputated, and I miss it terribly. My brain is becoming more and more frightfully insane, rational in the very worst sense. Like "The Maniac" in Orthodoxy, I have lost everything but my reason. My Faith is beefy as ever, and the Vine keeps me whole and well-fed, but I speak only of my brain. I have awful difficulty making day-to-day judgements, or compromises, or any decisions in general. Now obviously, in such a state I should naturally enjoy talking to machines, but I'm not really sure that machines are the best people for me to talk to in this state. You know? I mean, does any of this make sense, or am I just nuts?
I remember being a really fabulous human being in freshman/sophomore year at WA. If anyone knows or guesses what made me so cool then, please let me know.
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END OF ENTRY
Huhh.... *looooong sigh of great weight*
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Today I ate an enormous delicious dinner at one of the 10 best-rated college cafeterias in the world.
My life is heaven.
Maybe next semester I'll run away to the woods and write software. We'll see.
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