News Junkie

I've been obsessed with news lately, and I'm not entirely sure why. It started soon after Ryuki was born, but I'm not exactly sure when. It hits me most often as I'm driving to and from work, though I have found myself watching CNN for hours on end as well.

I use to listen to music whenever I went anywhere, but lately I always tune in to news programs to find out what is happening in the world. Maybe it's a father thing, where I feel I have to learn what is happening in the world in order to protect my family. That sounds most likely, but it good have something to do with the elections coming up. Then again I've never really been interested in politics. Anyway, I suppose I've changed from what I used to be, and I don't mind being different. I would certainly rather be able to tell you what the latest developments in the Presidential race are than what the newest pop hit is. That said, I think most of the people I regularly associate with wouldn't be interested in all this new found knowledge I come by everyday as I listen and watch the news.

Anyway, maybe it's the effect of not having to work nights anymore. Mako and I use to do laundry for my Dad to supplement our income. When Ryuki was born, it became a practical impossibility to continue doing it with school and a new baby. So I can finally spend my evenings doing something productive like watching TV for hours on end.

There are some really interesting shows that have come on lately, my favorite being "Lost". It almost feels like it is going to become a Jurassic Park kind of adventure series, but I could be wrong. We'll see.

Freezing Fingers

I wasn't really sure what to write on, so I thought I would start with the fact that the cooler here where I work is really whacked. There are two set of cubicles, and on one side the temperature is perfect, but on my side it has to be close to sub zero temperatures. This is mostly felt in my fingers as I have to type to work, and it isn't really practical to wear gloves.

Despite this, I was actually able to accomplish alot today. I finished my grammar parser that I was worried was going nowhere. I had around 20 classes that were all supposed to something slightly different, but they were all dependent on each other so I couldn't do any testing untill I finished them all. So I just tried to program as well as possible and prayed that it would work at the end. It turned out ok and only required an hour or so of debugging.

I'm still working on getting more content for this site, as I have been told that not everyone in the world wants to read about my woes and life, but who has time with school, work, and a new baby. I am getting a better idea about what I want on here, and I may soon add a Japanese version that Mako will maintain. Until then, enjoy.

Need... Sleep... zzzzzz

Ryuki's has not been very accommodating lately. He sleeps great when we go somewhere, but about the time we put out the lights and decide to go to sleep, he decides that he doesn't want to sleep by himself in the dark. It's been a long week.

If we put him in bed with us, he sleeps like a rock. This is probably what we are going to do for the next little while, because at least this way we can get in some sleep, but we will need to get him sleeping by himself at some point.

Somehow I've managed to keep up with school. Most of my homework is done during class on the day it's due. The funny part is I'm getting 90% - 100% on them with minimal effort. I don't know if that means I'm just really naturally good at these subjects or that they are just really easy. I guess we'll find out when mid-terms come.

I put up a menu that doesn't do much right now, but look neat. Some of the items will actually link back to the authors pages at youngpup.net. It's a pretty good site, especially if your looking for nice scripts like the menu above. I think I'll leave it at that today, and get on to my cs236 homework of writing a grammar parser.

Things Calm Down

It's been a crazy couple of weeks. School seemed to be trying to kill me with all the homework, and work is mixing up our organization structure and the projects we are working on. But everything is pretty much set now, and I can return to sanity.

Ryuki's doing good, maybe too good. We use to worry about putting him to sleep in the other room, because he never really cried, just kinda wimpered and such. But now he lets us know when something is wrong, or when he just doesn't want to be left alone. It's gets tiring after awhile, especially at 4:00am, but there's no getting upset at him when he's sleeping, he just has the cutest face when he sleeps..., if only he would do it more.

Mako's parents pitched in and got us a sweet new camcorder. It's the Panasonic pv-gs200 for those of you who want to know, and is really great. It has 3 ccd's, SD card support and can also function as a web cam; these are just some of the many of my favorite features. To read a good review and see some prices check out dvspot as they were helpful in making a decision. I'll have to see if I can get some clips up, and I still need to get Ryuki's pictures up, but I'm at work right now, and that will have to wait till later.

I think I'm finally in control of my classes. It was scary at the start there, I thought I was way in over my head, but after a couple of homework assignments, and one of only a few 100% on a quiz in electronics, I think I might be able to make it through this semester. Now if only BYU's football team could get their game going. I don't think it's going to happen this year, but here's hoping.