I am sitting here, quite blong, but boluntarily so. For, you see, I have just gad LASIK compkleted on both of my terrible, terrible eyes. That measnt that I can't even b egin to have an idea of what it is that I am posteng (postiung). But, I wanted to say asmuch before the sleepuig pill knowcks me out so whenh I come to I can see just how bad this post atually is. I'm sure it is quite hilarious, but that is up to the will of the LASER Gods. Okay, I shall return later.

I have plans to feature certain things from my Minecraft server's world, but today you get this.

I've got a couple of short ones today. It seems that the newer these journal entries get, the more programming centric they become as I slowly lose myself to the abyss.

Hi. Long time since I last wrote an entry. I've come aways in QB. I have a program that will load .gif files in QB. I also have a program that will make gifs. gotta go bye!

I distinctly remember when I discovered the ability to load external graphics into my QBasic programs; it was something quite magical. Why I didn't go with Windows bitmaps as my format of choice, I don't know (super simple files to read), but what's interesting is that "program that will makes gifs" was none other than the original PSP - Paint Shop Pro. This was my first real interaction with a real graphics program and yet another piece of the puzzle that got me where I am today.

Eighth entry July 2, 2000 Good news. I OWN VBASIC!!! I also own ROGUE SQUADRON! And IT'S a girl!!!!! I also have a web page. Dan is going to mail me Turbo C++ with compiler. We have made a music album. We also have web again. [statement redacted] Leah e-mails me quite often. Well I have to go. Bye!

For my fourteenth birthday, my parents got me a (gimped) version of Visual Basic 6 that I had been eyeing at our local staples for months. I know for a fact that there's a picture of me cradling it with a dreamy look in my eyes hanging around somewhere (hint hint, mom). I also got a bitchin' shark pillow that year (which I appropriately named "Sharkey"). Sadly, Sharkey is no longer with us and spends his days chilling underneath a mountain of trash somewhere west of Bartlesville.

Another interesting bit: the "web" of which I refer to was Juno, a free provider that had the most annoying ad window thingy. But, hey. Free internet without all the restrictions that the AOL software brought to it (no internet for other programs).

It was a simpler time.

We're getting down to the bottom of this barrel I have unearthed, a fact I lament because it has made for very simple upkeep of this blog. I'm not sure I can go back to writing original content...

Fifth Entry Jan 30, 2000 Well VB5 is out of the question. The Damn software doesn't work. I've almost made it through Ando Prime on E1R (Episode I Racer). That's right I've been playing it. I've been listening to my CD player like crazy. We've had alot of snow lately. I made a fort for me and the other two (i.e. Jeff, Chris). We've had several fights over the last few days. The first one I annilated their for. Well gotta go. Tottles.

For the record, "tottles" was not a typo during transcribing.

Sixth Entry Feb 14, 2000 Well This is going to be a big entry. We figured out how to get Ep 1 Racer working. You have to have Sonic & Knuckles in the background. I'm going to make FF (first fantasy). It's going to be 3D. Anyways, the big news is mom's pregnant again. Tootles.

Poor Maggie (the aforementioned fetus). The announcement of her coming into being is overshadowed by the details of how we got around a particularly annoying issue in Episode I Racer. I guess by the time sibling number five rolls around, the whole idea just kind of lost its charm. That, and at the time of this writing Maggie could very well have been brother number five.

Also, why is it I abbreviated Episode I Racer that one time (and then bothered to spell it out later)? And why can I spell "tootles" correct one week, but not another? And what is Damn software?

The world may never know.