Today I finished reading “Maison Ikkoku Vol. 2” by Rumiko Takahashi
Read – Maison Ikkoku Vol. 1
Today I finished reading “Maison Ikkoku Vol. 1” by Rumiko Takahashi
Breakups are hard
Breaking up with your girlfriend lets you know who your friends are, and who just said they were your friend.
P.S. Yes, this is relevant to my life.
Read – The Talisman
Today I finished reading “The Talisman” by Walter Scott
Listening – See How We Are
This week I am listening to “See How We Are” by X
Read – Coriolanus
Today I finished reading “Coriolanus” by William Shakespeare
Read – Logic of Empire
Today I finished reading “Logic of Empire” by Robert A. Heinlein
Read – Leaves of Grass
Today I finished reading “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman
Listening – Songs About Fucking
This week I am listening to “Songs About Fucking” by Big Black
Studying – A level computer science
This month I am studying “A level computer science” and “Tang-Soo Do karate”
This is the 5th month (out of 6 months) of computer science and 18th month of karate.
And continuing my Tang-Soo Do karate classes six days a week, six hours a day for the 18th month.
Read – The First Four Years
Today I finished reading “The First Four Years” by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Read – The Merry Wives of Windsor
Today I finished reading “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by William Shakespeare
Read – Faust
Today I finished reading “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Read – The Horse and His Boy
Today I finished reading “The Horse and His Boy” by C.S. Lewis
Misunderstood what loyalty means
Most people are only loyal to the need of you, but are not actually loyal too you.
Listening – Happy?
This week I am listening to “Happy?” by Public Image Ltd.
Read – Poor Folk
Today I finished reading “Poor Folk” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Read – Little Dorrit
Today I finished reading “Little Dorrit” by Charles Dickens
Read – Time Out of Joint
Today I finished reading “Time Out of Joint” by Philip K. Dick
Listening – Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
This week I am listening to “Cleanse Fold and Manipulate” by Skinny Puppy
Read – Coventry
Today I finished reading “Coventry” by Robert A. Heinlein
Read – Paradise Regained
Today I finished reading “Paradise Regained” by John Milton
Read – The Complete Short Stories
Today I finished reading “The Complete Short Stories” by Ernest Hemingway
Listening – The Perfect Prescription
This week I am listening to “The Perfect Prescription” by Spacemen 3
Read – Peopleware
Today I finished reading “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams” by Tom DeMarco
Listening – The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
This week I am listening to “The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death” by The Housemartins
Studying – A level computer science
This month I am studying “A level computer science” and “Tang-Soo Do karate”
4th month of computer science and 17th month of karate
Continuing my (17th month) Tang-Soo Do karate classes six days a week, six hours a day.
Dance in to the light
Life has taught me that just because you cannot dance it does not by extension mean that you shouldn’t dance.
Just make sure you have an accepting audience.
Listening – Darklands
This week I am listening to “Darklands” by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Listening – Sign O the Times
This week I am listening to “Sign O the Times” by Prince
Read – The Masque of the Red Death
Today I finished reading “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
Read – Daisy Miller
Today I finished reading “Daisy Miller” by Henry James
Read – The Gilded Age
Today I finished reading “The Gilded Age” by Mark Twain
Listening – Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
This week I am listening to “Within the Realm of a Dying Sun” by Dead Can Dance
Read – From the Earth to the Moon
Today I finished reading “From the Earth to the Moon” by Jules Verne
Read – The Golden Apples of the Sun
Today I finished reading “The Golden Apples of the Sun” by Ray Bradbury
Read – Dragons of Winter Night
Today I finished reading “Dragons of Winter Night” by Margaret Weis
Read – The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Today I finished reading “The Autobiography of Mark Twain” by Mark Twain
Listening – Kick
This week I am listening to “Kick” by INXS
Read – Villette
Today I finished reading “Villette” by Charlotte Bronte
Read – Traveller Supplement 14: Space Stations
Today I finished reading “Traveller Supplement 14: Space Stations ” by Mongoose Publishing
Read – On Liberty
Today I finished reading “On Liberty” by John Stuart Mill
Author of my own story
I always make sure to do things by the book.
But I also make sure I am the author.
Listening – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
This week I am listening to “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me” by The Cure
Studying – Tang-Soo Do karate
This month I am studying “Tang-Soo Do karate”
This is my 16th month of practice
I am enjoying the new class schedule.
I never expected to build muscle but that is what I am doing.
Computer science A-level is on-hold due to the Christmas break.
Read – Democracy in America
Today I finished reading “Democracy in America ” by Alexis de Tocqueville
I figure if I am intending to work in America or Japan, I should at least study how each country’s respective government works and how the people are governed.
There may be a test on it later.
Update
So it’s August 19th, 1998, and I can conclusively say that I have not met one single person in all of my travels throughout the US who has ever read this book.
I am flabbergasted that the population of the United States does not understand how their government works or that there are more than two parties.
I am just stunned.
These are educated people.
And they just don’t seem to care!
Listening – Bend Sinister
This week I am listening to “Bend Sinister” by The Fall
Read – Garfield Tips the Scales
Today I finished reading “Garfield Tips the Scales” by Jim Davis
Listening – The Ghost of Cain
This week I am listening to “The Ghost of Cain” by New Model Army
Vagueness
I’m so vague you probably think this diary entry is about you.