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11/04/2002 Archived Entry: "So very, very much"

Lots going on, enough that point-forming it isn't all that bad an idea:

• First, bought an SMC Barricade Router/Firewall for hom here. Most things seem to be working EXCEPT DNS. For my original site Gadgeteer.net this was ok because my DNS records were also being held over at Paralynx Internet for that domain. Unfortunately this is not the case for Geekly.com, my yet-to-be-really-announced blog. If anyone knows why DNS fails even though portforwarding is set up for port 53 (UDP and TCP), please let me know.
  
• 11 days until I am married. Cool :)
  
• Yesterday, since Jen is going to be moving in with me I cleaned the crap out of my house. I pulled an amazingly amount of crap out of the carpet. I also poured nasty chemicals down the drain which caused me to get really ill.
  
• I found a link to the Voynich Manuscript on BoingBoing. Cryptography or glossolalia?
  
• I wrote a really nice poem for Jen on the way home. I made her cry apparently...but in a good way. Since I didn't see this happen, I didn't cry, but if I did, I would have.
  
• On the way home the other day on the Skytrain, a young black woman threw up on the floor and some people. The smell was incredible, obviously tainted by alcohol. She cried for a while, called a friend to pick her up at the other end, then laughed. I left the train just because of the smell. Not sure what that means.
  
• Because Canadian Immigration has so much power, I got a letter of Proof of Employment from my work to show that I can support Jen for the period where she will be unable to work. Without jumping through hoops for them they could turn Jen back at the border, even though we are married and (I think) quite obviously in love. Now obviously they have to be able to do this if they suspect a fake marriage, etc. But it does bother me that the burden of proof is on my side. I have to prove I am married, prove I love her, prove that she won't be a drain on the system.
  
• Cleaning up my apartment, I hired a friend of mine to help out. I paid him some cash, bought him lunch and gave him an old computer and a fishtank. The fishtank I was glad to get rid of, because all I ever did with it was kill animals. In that tank 6 Neon Tetras, and 4 Corys and a few hundred snails died. I hate killing things, even though I am an avowed meat-eater.
  
• Which reminds me...trying to cut down on the amount of Red Meat I eat. I feel a little...clogged...much too often. I'm hoping that more chicken and turkey and more veggies will help that. Plus drinking a lot more water than I normally do. I've gone a week where the only liquid I was drinking was a cup of tea in the morning and a glass of juice at night. It's no wonder my body is so screwed up.
  
• Called my Dad and he was a heck of a lot less drunk than usual. This is a good thing. He got my wedding invitation and found out that I am getting married in Alabama. He's not going to make it, and I can't decide whether to feel guilty or relieved.
  
• BoingBoing posted the X-Face I made for them.
  

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