Across five Augusts
Mon Aug 06, 2007 18:58 (UTC -5)Change is good*, but the Change Contest is better. Make your guess by Saturday!
It’s August 6. I thought today sounded like an important date or something. Is it my birthday? No, I just had one of those. Is it my anniversary? That would be unlikely. It’s not even garbage day. I was stumped, so I did what any blogger would do and checked the archives. According to several old posts, today is my Dvorakaversary: I’ve been using the Dvorak keyboard for five years today. My fingers sure are thanking me right now. Using QWERTY really hurts my fingers after a while, but I never have problems with Dvorak. And now that I have a computer that is all mine and no one else’s, I don’t even have to have the QWERTY keymap loaded. It’s a little thing, but it means a lot to me.
Also, a year ago yesterday, a bunch of ducks showed up in the driveway.
I’ve been cleaning my room some more. What, you thought I was done? I’ve barely made a dent. (Okay, I’ve made a pretty big dent.) I can’t believe all the stuff I’ve come across: things I loved, things I thought I’d lost, things I don’t remember at all. Most of it, though, is junk, and I’m giving it away (or throwing it away). I realize that I’ve just said this, but it’s still true. Among the things I’ve found is a journal that I kept semi-regularly from 1999 to 2001. I guess it goes to show that I’ve always had a propensity to write in a semi-regular fashion. That journal is one of the few things I’m saving as I empty out my room before leaving for college.
Who needs spring cleaning, anyway? August cleaning is where it’s at. In August, I stand at the threshold of everything. It’s a time to start anew. I started blogging regularly in August 2003. Back then, I was concerned about starting high school. During this, my fifth August, things have come full circle, but in a much bigger way. I almost can’t believe I was so nervous about high school when college is looming like a giant thing that looms. I’m really in for a big change. Who knows what kind of person I’ll be next August? Hopefully one who’s working a kick-awesome job while pulling a 4.0 and being chased by da ladiez.
Read about Dead Sodas that you might remember from the past few decades.
In my last post, I mentioned a political quiz that would tell you which of the 2008 presidential candidates are most in line with your views. Now here’s a really bad way to decide who you should vote for: which operating system their campaign site’s server is running. But it is interesting to note that 69% of Democratic candidates’ sites are powered by Linux, while 70% of Republican candidates rely on Windows.
This is the first post I’ve written (partly) in a recliner. Thanks, laptop!
* For cliché purposes only
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