o0o Sunday August 16, 1998, 2:59 am o0o

So which resolution did you choose? The 800x600 one has begun to incorporate click-less navigation. I'll admit it can be annoying, but it's my newest toy. I've paid attention to the Java scripts I've been accumulating; I can edit, but I can't create, yet. So what do you think of what I've done with the opening logo? A bit tricky -- yes, annoying -- possibly. Really I just wanted to see if it could be done. I'll play with onload events next : D

Well, I talked to Dan today about the Netscape problem and he suggested using percentages with Netscape as it has a problem with exact pixels. So later today with a scalpel, a gallon of cherry coke, and my calculator I'm going to dissect the image the new layout is based on yet again and make a Netscape compatible version of this site. there will only be one Netscape version and it will be for 800x600.

I just know that as soon as I'm done the gray will begin to annoy me so much that I'll end up starting all over again.

Talking to Dan... He has a streaming video feed on his website that he calls [ugly boy streaming] and try as I might I've never been able to catch it when it was on, until tonight. So I'm watching as its updating and then it says, "hello (my ip number)" and of course I don't know my ip number off the top of my head so I'm sitting here watching it and asking myself, "me?" and while I'm trying to figure out how to verify that, the streaming video is encouraging me to send e-mail; I've never encountered anything quite like that. So we, Dan and I, end up communicating via e-mail and the video feed; it was a novel experience. I even watched as he viewed my site, *this* site. Now I know that some one has been here, but he viewed it in Netscape so it looked horrible :(

the on-line journal... What a fascinating medium this is. I've found it to be a relatively honest medium that appeals to the voyeur in everyone. I know that at least ten people trudge through my muddled thoughts on a near regular basis -- considering how often I update or don't as the case may be. It can act as a soap box, an ego booster, or just a platform to work things out, but it also provides a good look at how someone else thinks and views their world. nothing else can quite compare to this. some of the paper zines I've seen come close, but they fail to have the accessibility that this medium has.

Last night I dreamt that I was being pursued by some form of authority and had managed to elude them for sometime before I became caught in road blockade designed to catch several people including myself. It is a bright day and I'm walking along the road passed the cars and people lined up trying to slip away unnoticed, for some reason I was wearing a bright orange jacket which made slipping away hard. As I'm leaving Jaime, who I'd been with during most of the chase, asks, "why are you so worried?"

"I have to get away," I answer as I struggle out of the jacket.

Then she stops and says, "I didn't want to tell you this yet, but you've been dead since 10:30 this morning."

I stare at her and all the stress and worry goes away. She then leads me to this stream that we must cross. I'm hesitant at first, not wanting to get wet, but I find myself following her; the water goes up past my knees, yet it is a pleasant experience and when we're across I feel so peaceful and I recognize the place as Elysium. I'm at the edge of a forest; the trees tower above me and in the distance I can see the fields and everything is so green and peaceful. I then wake-up.

- I was born on the 35th anniversary of d-day.

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