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Ultimate Frisbee
Posted Aug 1, 1999
Yesterday I played in an ultimate frisbee tournament that marked the end of our season.
I hated it.
My team and I had to play 4 games that were approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes long with about 15 minutes rest between them. We also had to brave a humid 90-95 degrees Farenheit with very little shade. By the end of the third game I was already exhausted and dangerously dehydrated, so I had to sit down much of the fourth game.
In the end, I didn't have fun, and no one else seemed to be having much fun either.
For better or for worse, we did not advance to the final part of the tournament today. So I'll have a chance to recouperate for my move on Monday.
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Meeting people
Posted Jul 30, 1999
Today marks the first day I have ever really met someone on the internet. Usually when chatting and writing on the internet I hide behind my handle, more or less anonymous.
But here at h2g2 it's a little different. Because this is a site where posting your thoughts on the world and your own life is encouraged, people tend to come out of their shell and show themselves.
So I met someone today online.
Hello Monsy. I'm Joe. Pleased to meet you.
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Oh the agony
Posted Jul 29, 1999
Today I learned that h2g2 works better on Internet Explorer. So I have made the pact with Satan himself to allow me to have word wrap when I add a journal entry.
I thought Adams was a Mac guy. I would never have guessed this site would work better with Microsoft's Java.
I'm disapointed.
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Darkroom
Posted Jul 28, 1999
I work alone in a converted darkroom. This is not very good for my mental state.
I have to work in the dark too often, taking pictures with sensitive digital equipment (no need for developing anymore). The only light in the room is the screen I'm looking at now. It's very cold in here too. It must be 60 degrees Farenheit.
I sit here, and the coldness, darkness, and loneliness seeps into my thoughts. I think about cold, dark, and lonely things.
I miss my ex-girlfriend.
I'll never get into grad school.
I'll never find anyone to love.
I can't get work done here. My thoughts won't focus on a single useful thing.
No, this isn't rock bottom. I've been there and it almost killed me. But I seem to be getting closer. I feel like I'm sliding in again. I have to get a foothold.
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Posted Jul 23, 1999
Last night the space shuttle launched the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (AXAF as it used to be known).
Penn State had an important role in it's construction, so when I was given the chance to watch the shuttle launch with the entire department, I avoided it like the plague.
I mean what would happen if the shuttle failed, destroying 15 years of work of half the department? All of the X-ray Astronomers, who are usually stoic and reserved, would be crying. I don't mean the sniffle sniffle kind of crying either. I mean the holding each other, puddles of tears on the floor, boo-hoo type of crying. I didn't want to be a shoulder to cry on so I didn't go. It would have been bad enough just having to come in to work this morning. The silence would have been eerie.
Fortunately, it is up in orbit now, and even with a bunch of problems during the launch, everything is looking OK. That satellite has been cursed, and it still has it's own rockets to fire. It isn't out of the woods yet, but good news is good news, and everyone seems pretty happy here.
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