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Thursday, November 29, 2001

I got not one, but two mud code bases running on my home machine - SMAUG and ROM. So exciting, and so very cool. *Must try to keep it from distracting me from school*. And I went to the physical therapist and have gained 13 degrees of motion in my foot. All in all, great day:)
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 5:45 PM |

Monday, November 26, 2001

Why do men online act so ....repulsive? Here's my lamer of the week. I'm just sitting here minding my own business and this guy messages me, and here is the text of our conversation. (This is R-rated - you have been warned).
Do men walk up to people in the street and say things like this? What makes them think this approach would possibly work?
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 4:30 PM |

Saturday, November 24, 2001

Cool! I just found out that Cat, of Cat-a-Blog fame, is one again sponsoring the Holiday Hooligans!
Why not go check it out and join her?:)
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 8:25 PM |

I moved my foot today. Yay, me. I am sure to most people it doesn't sound like much, but it was the first time I'd moved my foot on my own since September. My physical therapist is going to be happy, and I know I am.
Oh, and I am leaning towards he likes me not. In case you were keeping score.
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 6:10 PM |

Friday, November 23, 2001

For some reason, 35 hit me a *lot* harder than 30. I went for many years *knowing* I didn't want kids. Now, I'm not so sure. I need a lot of alone time, but lately I've been thinking how nice it would be to have a child. I was reading a magazine article about adoption in my doctor's waiting room on Wednesday and almost started bawling. I've been looking at an adoption website and reading one woman's story of becoming a single adoptive mother. Interestingly, it seems that girls are hard to adopt - she says the overwhelming majority of adoptive parents seem to prefer girls. Perhaps they think they will be less trouble? It seems also that single parents get the kids no one else is willing to adopt - she says "Enter reality. In most cases, singles are offered the waiting kids that married couples don't apply for. Understandably, social workers prefer to give their waiting kids a mommy and a daddy whenever possible. But this sets up the strange situation whereby a single parent who, by definition, lacks the built-in help a married couple enjoys, is left to parent the most difficult and challenging children alone."
Egads. I'm not sure if I am ready for all that. But it is nice to know that it is an option.
I am bored! I should be studying, but I don't want to. Even after reminding myself I *really* want to make games - I still don't want to. Did get a little studying in javascript done today; unfortunately, that doesn't help with the C++.
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 8:01 PM |

Thursday, November 22, 2001

Pet peeve of the day: people who say "discrete" when they mean "discreet." Though I guess literacy is not a prerequisite when looking for a moist place to stick your weenie.
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 9:22 PM |

Thanksgiving! Despite having to work today (boo) I'm pretty damn happy. (Not like I am "working" a lot anyway - been here almost 6 hours and haven't taken a call yet.) This is my third Thanksgiving with my current employer, which means it has been 4 years since I spent Thanksgiving in the battered women's shelter. I've come a long way since then, I think. Although I still have a long way to go. My web friend Tina called me "a remarkable woman." I dunno about all that, but it made my week:).
My best friend left to go home for Thanksgiving yesterday. He won't be back til Sunday. He's had a lot of schoolwork to do and has been taking a week off from the mud, so I have too. I'm sure I will miss it soon, but right now I am kind of enjoying it. So far since starting the break I have: finished a C++ program, gotten my apartment cleaner (somewhat, anyway), registered my very first domain and just basically had time to do things other than mud 24/7. Not that playing with this blog is what I could call productive, but we all have to have a hobby, right?:).
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 6:35 PM |

Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Went to the doctor today. What else is new? Sometimes I feel really, really old, between all the doctors and physical therapists. They all keep talking about "patience." What is this "patience" thing they speak of? He is not thrilled with my insurance company, which still hasn't approved my brace. I walked through the flood waters last week in my walking cast and it got soaked and is now falling apart. Comments []

posted by Kelley Saveika on 5:50 PM |

Just for the record, I don't like playing he likes me/he likes me not. Heh.
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 12:19 AM |

Monday, November 19, 2001

Went to physical therapy today and got my very own home tens unit. Even better, I got a muscle spasm! I was so happy to have any sort of
muscle movement (voluntary would have been better of course, but I'll take what I can get).
Remind me not to stay up late drinking beer before physical therapy next time, heh.
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 11:22 PM |

Saturday, November 17, 2001

Roll Tide! Watched Alabama trounce Auburn today, 31-7, it was fantastic! Made me wish I had taped it! I do still get homesick watching though, even after this many years. Especially when they interview folks and they just sound so much like home:). It could be worse, though, I could be living somewhere cold!.
I was supposed to meet my friend Vanessa for coffee and C++ help, but I couldn't find the coffee house. Me and trying to find things in Austin after dark, even after 3 years, is not a good combo. Who the heck designed these roads, anyway?
I got registered for school next semester. Intro to Networking and Technical Writing, should give me a break and I can continue to mess with C on my own, but on my mud, not on silly checkbook balancing programs:). Speaking of which, I got my Rectangle class program turned in today, after only a few hours of pulling out my hair! I am now almost caught up, after starting the semester 3 weeks behind, yay!
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 7:19 PM |

Friday, November 16, 2001

Today was my second C++ test. Ick. I've had a headache ever since. Dunno why I just can't seem to get that stuff through my brain. No more distance learning for me, think I'll have to bite the bullet and take it in a classroom. Question is, do I want to make games that much? If I *do* want to make games that much, will I ever be hired anywhere anyway, even if I do learn it? Too many questions, not enough answers.
My best friend (who, through the wonders of the Internet, is a guy, living on the East Coast, more than 10 years younger than I am, that I've never met) is helping me a lot though. He rocks!
Oh, I got my new Millenium cookware today too, which I bought mostly because it was such a good deal - a $400 set of cookware for $100. Now all the Mirro and junk can go back to the battered women's shelter from whence it came, and maybe I'll cook more at home instead of going to Taco Cabana. Well, then again maybe not:).
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posted by Kelley Saveika on 8:41 PM |

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

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posted by Kelley Saveika on 9:01 PM |