An experiment...

Okay, I used to keep a paper diary. One with a small brass lock on the outside (which could be easily picked, but that's beside the point). I lost interest because I felt bad when I was busy and missed a day, and many entries were forced, basically expired to-do lists.

On the other hand, I seem to have no problem ruminating or posting to Usenet groups, including personal details. But I worry that Usenet really doesn't need the wasted bandwidth concomitant with my posting lots of personal accounts... a beauty of this approach is that the only folks downloading content would be those actually interested. Less waste.

Friends on mine (on alt.polyamory) use this means to make details of their lives available to their friends. But I'm not going to put anyone on my friends list until I'm certain that this won't announce my presence... I'd rather lurk for awhile, until I've decided whether this medium works for me.

Wandering all over the place

I really, really need to focus on a report on Mars drilling automation that is due to JPL in 2 weeks. And they still haven't given me the mission specs, which keep evolving... or whether it will be on the lander or rover. Colleagues are pressing me for the details, which I don't have.

And the IAF started today in Toulouse, and I'm not there (pout). Silly of me... there's too much to do here anyway. At least I got to see a friend's birthday party and introduce Pat around... I'm psyched that she's coming out of seclusion, even if she's still too shy to say much. :-)

And my ongoing distraction is trying to explain to a dear friend just why we can't continue our relationship, in terms she can grasp. Thankfully she's out of town for now, or I'd get no work done at all...