Pun totally intended :D

If you managed to stumble upon my previous blog post, you may be wondering how drunk I was exactly. Except you won't, because LASIK was one of the only words that managed to not be garbled in my blind fury.

Today, however, things are healing up nicely and my vision is beyond awesome. Like, as of less than twenty-four hours after operation I was seeing between 20/20 and 20/15 and it had yet to stop improving. Even with glasses I never had vision this sharp. Jeff and I went bowling last night and I was able to see every individual pin on nearly every lane in the alley (some 40 lanes); we went to Target and I could read all the aisle signs from the entrance. I'm still making small discoveries that just blow me away.

And it all began with a less than ten minute operation. Actually, it began with my boss mentioning and explaining it during one of our project meetings. I signed up for the free consult, made the arrangements, managed to get over my fear of having my eyes slit open, and here I am.

So, now I have super vision (which I will be paying for in monthly installments for the next several months), but totally worth it. I would do it all again in a heartbeat!

That aside, I shall be resuming the journal entries shortly. The last few weeks were made preparing to move apartments as my brother Jeff moved in, so we're recovering from that yet. Look forward to it!

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.