The Jack Noodle Journal

That’s it for the school week! Woo Hoo! Now on to the work week! I am very happy that week 8 of the 2004 summer term wrapped up as tidy as it did. Now on to my final projects!

It got to 86 degrees today the news said. It seemed rather warm to me when I was walking to and from the office. The morning was cooler though. I was wearing a sweatshirt again and had to stow it in an overhead compartment once the afternoon came. Have you been noticing how dark the morning hours have been? People we are getting closer to fall! Oh yeah, and speaking of, today is the last day of August! Where the heck did August go? Oh well, good riddance to August anyway.

So I think a great idea came to me last night, early this morning. The greatness of it and the sense of it has faded a bit now that it is the evening time, but I think I am going to hold on to it and run with it. I need to write out my scheme on paper so I can get a better understanding of it. What is it you ask? Well, I think I have come up with the theme and motif for the October web redesign and the end of school portfolio day next year. I think it’s a pretty good idea. It seemed more cool in the morning hours than it does right now, but maybe it will be cool again tomorrow morning.

Have you been watching the Republican National Convention? Oh man. I was disappointed because I missed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech. Oh well it probably would have saddened and enraged me.

Hello, hello! Hey there what up? Monday is over my friends! Hooray for that. Oh Mondays. What are we going to do with them? Man, so this was week 8 for my 3 Monday classes. Next week Monday is labor day so I will have those 3 classes off and then the next week is week 10 and the term is over! You know it did go really fast despite all of my moaning and groaning. Today was a good day because I turned in some key projects and got geared up for the rest of the final projects. This term is going to finish off just fine.

Hey I saw today that our school E-mail newsletter has a link to my Europe photo pages. Allowing the student body to check out how our Budapest, Vienna and Prague trip went. That’s pretty cool I guess. I was asked and did allow the link of course. Now all the kids can sneak over here and dig in to the Noodle world though. Hopefully I don’t say anything too weird over here in the next few days.

Yes and speaking of that Europe trip, I have got to finish up my 10 page paper on it this next week. That’s a big paper for me and I also have a big Marketing paper due in 2 weeks. Besides those two there is my Cure Head on the Door flash web site project, and a tough for me, JavaScript, take home final.

I am getting kind of interested in the planning of my next 4 terms. I’m going to take some serious time to reflect and get back to attack mode for next term during this coming break. I have got to start getting down to business and stop just rolling with the punches. I did some research and inspiration hunting this evening while I was waiting for class to get started. I really have the desire to start doing some kick ass work now. I am totally going to stop screwing around.

Good evening again my fine feathered friends. How are you doing? Me? Why, I am doing dashingly. Thanks for asking. So yes, that wraps up another wondrous weekend. Alright, It wasn’t wondrous. It was just average actually as far as weekends go. I’m pretty sleepy right now and thinking about hitting the hay. I think I’ll go to bed now and get up early to answer my JavaScript questions from the book instead of trying to stay awake now to do them.

The Sun graced us with it’s presence again today. It was a nice day out for sure. I was wearing a long sleeve sweatshirt in the morning and had to lose it by mid-afternoon. I went and worked inside at the school for a few hours today so I wasn’t out in the Sunshine much. I saw it though.

Last night we went to the Wagner’s house to help them celebrate their 11th year wedding anniversary. It was a pretty fun party. There were lots of people there. Quite a few of them I didn’t know. It was good to visit with the kids that I did know. We didn’t stay too late.

Tomorrow is the start of week number 7 of the 2004 Summer Term. Almost there my friends, almost there. I will be quite happy when tomorrow finishes up. I am looking forward to being done with the project that we have to turn in tomorrow for Project Management. That class hasn’t been my favorite this term.

The closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympics are happening right now. Yee Haw! I didn’t see much of the Olympics this year. Are the Olympic games just not that exciting anymore or am I getting old? I guess the getting old thing doesn’t hold true because I might actually be more excited about them the older I get. I guess I really didn’t have the time or the energy to sit in front of the TV and get all worked up over the games this year. So tell me, were the 2000 Olympics on during September? I swear I remember being in Mexico on our honeymoon and the Olympics were playing in the bars and restaurants we were at. Maybe not?

Good evening my friends. How are you doing? Looks like the rain has stopped for a while now. It’s supposed to be back to sunshine filled summertime fun now for the next few days.

Well, I spent a long day today at school working on my final projects. It went okay I guess. I still can’t figure out why this stuff has been taking so long. I’m not sure if I will go in there tomorrow or not. Maybe I will. It seems to be easier to get stuff done there now days with all the dogs that have been running around here.

Did you guys catch the synchronized swimming last night? That’s a strange sport isn’t it? It looks really hard. That’s about all the Olympics I have seen this year. I was thinking it would be cool to write a murder mystery novel where a synchronized swim team were the sleuths that solved the case.

8:34 AM-
Hey there. I think I am going to keep an open journal entry here this morning and write to you all from the office. I’ll send myself this email and upload the entry when I get home. I’ll watch the clock click down here throughout the day. It would be cool to spend a whole day sometime this year where I write down every single thing that happened in a day. That would be pretty hard I bet. I have a hard enough time just writing out a paragraph at the end of the day.

I am listening to my tunes today on shuffle. I think that I am going to start compiling a sad rainy day mix. Something you can listen to on grey rainy days like today. You know what album I listened to yesterday again, Beck’s CD “Sea Change”. I think that might be his most recent. Oh my goodness it is so good. It’s very mellow. Beautiful stuff though.

9:18 AM-
See It would be hard to write all day long. Actually if something would have happen in the time since I last wrote then it might be kind of interesting. As it is though, I have pretty much stayed in the same spot and worked on some files at my computer. Actually I did get up from my seat to refill my coffee. Not very much is happening around this lame office today. We’re kind of working slow today because there isn’t any work in at the moment once we are done working on the files we have.

10:34 AM-
I should probably email what I have written down here now so that I don’t lose all of this typing.
I have a lot of school work to do this week. That’s pretty much what I have been thinking about this whole morning. It’s hard to be at work with so much school to be done. I have got to get going on finishing up several of these final projects. Have I mentioned yet today how happy I will be once this term is over?

11:29 AM-
I notice that I have quite a few good ideas while I am sitting here at work daydreaming.
I think once this school business is out of the way I am going to start working on some photography projects. I’ve been thinking about doing some weird experimental type photo things. Maybe for my portfolio day at the end of schooling, I will have quite a few photos up around my booth.

12:30 PM-
I am feeling kind of hungry. I don’t have any money for food though. I am listening to Boards of Canada now. They are one of my favorites. I was thinking about going in to do some work at school after the office but I’m not sure now. I’m feeling like I may be tired once my shift is over. I don’t know how I manage to get sleepy here. I’m not really doing the kind of work that is exhausting. I’m barely moving actually. Maybe I’m not getting enough oxygen.
I think I will call K and find out what is going on a the homestead right now. Maybe she will convince me to skip going in to school tonight.
I do have to go into school tomorrow morning for sure.

1:00 PM-
Clicking the day down like this makes it go really slow. I need to put together a list of things that I think are cool and that inspire me. I must get all of those things together and bathe in them everyday. I will have to put Aphex Twin on that list. I wonder what Richard D. James has been up to this year? Chris Cunningham will be on my favorite things list also. For the October Noodle web site remodel I am going to have a “These are a few of my favorite things” links section. That would make it very easy for me to just go to one page to click and stay updated.
I am looking forward to the October redesign. It’s hard to believe a year has already gone by since the last redesign. I should make tee-shirts to celebrate the event.
Whoops. I forgot to call K.

1:28 PM-
K wasn’t home. Someone brought some cookies in to the office. I grabbed two handfuls and poured some more coffee. There isn’t nearly enough free food at this place.

3:09 PM-
The day drags on. I’m getting sleepy now.

3:44 PM-
Feeling a bit more awake now. I went and looked out the window for a while. Looks like the rain has stopped for a bit. Hopefully it will stay dry long enough for me to walk to the MAX station. I am listening to Marilyn Manson “The Golden Age of Grotesque” right now. Remember how I listen to that over and over again earlier this year?
I think I’m feeling awake enough to head in to school after work. We’ll see how I feel in the next couple of hours. There’s a speaker there tonight giving a talking on web usability issues.

4:01 PM-
See that’s how I wish it worked everyday. I just sit here doing my work and other work offers come to me in my email box.

5:15 PM-
I guess I had better wrap it up. I should go out and check out the window to see if I am going to need a canoe to get to the bus station. All in all it was a pretty mellow day. That’s it for the work week! Bring on the weekend! It’s time to get serious about the homework now!

Hello all. Well, It was quite a wet one today. There were even flash floods around town believe it or not. Some how I managed to miss all of the really hard downpours walking to and from the office.

K has gone and done it. She has brought another kid into the house! Pebbles was there to greet me when I got home this evening. Pebbles is a Boston and Labrador mix. She seems pretty nice. I don’t really want another dog. We’re just watching Pebbles while her original parents are away on vacation. We’ll see. I’m not sure if I really have a say if Pebbles stays or goes. I wonder who named her Pebbles?

Holy moly. Well, good morning to you! Is it Tuesday already? How have you all been doing? Things have been pretty okay around here. Yes, I know there is a missing weekend to account for. I need to update the journal here with my handwritten entries. Yes, there are handwritten entries. Thank you so much for all of the concerned emails inquiring on my where abouts. We had an Oregon coast adventure over the weekend and I was only able to enter my posts into my handy notebook. We took a lot of pictures that I should try to get up here also.

One more class this morning and then week number 7 of the 2004 summer term is over. Only 2 more weeks left. Actually 3 more weeks, but labor day coming up wipes out 3 of my Monday classes. That is good because I am just barely hanging on here. No, that’s not true. I’m doing okay. I have some major homework to do this week and weekend. I am getting down to final project time. It will be oh so nice once this term is complete.

I’m heading in to the office this afternoon to work my short day. Hopefully it goes fast. It’s a little strange getting all worked up over school on Monday and Tuesday and then come into the office and sit for the rest of the week.

The rain has been coming down the last few days. This is Oregon baby! I’m glad I just glanced out the window and remembered to bring my coat today. Getting rained on the way to the office would have really bummed me out today.

I am sitting on the beach now as I write these words.
It is a very nice day out. It’s not too hot and it’s not too cold. The wind is blowing a bit. I am on the beach of Nehalem Bay.

I should be doing homework right now.

I should try to forget that for now and just relax.

Hey there look at this! I am writing another entry down on paper to be entered into the computer at a later date. I’m out camping right now.

Today was okay I guess. I was really annoyed for most of the day. I’m not exactly sure why, I just was. Do you guys ever have those kind of days? Days where you are just annoyed for no reason?

Well hello there once again my friends! So nice of you to come and see me today! I am feeling rather clammy and hot right now. I should open up more windows in this dump to cool the place off a bit. We had yet another warm summer day. It was very nice. I hope the rest of the weekend is this nice.

I drove my car to the office today! It was so strange. I think that was only the second time that I have driven in to the office at that location. I didn’t know how to drive there actually. The Bus and MAX route is a little bit different. I had to picture what the highway looked like from the MAX to guide me from the wheel. The traffic out to Beaverton is as bad as I remember it, but I did get to and from work quite a bit faster. The idea of saving time to use on another aspect of life was tempting but I don’t think I will become an auto commuter anytime soon due to that damn traffic.

I am listening to version 2 of my ultimate NIN mix disc “Dirty on the Inside”. I think I have come up with a near flawless line up. It is a tad bit different from the first Aryica mix so she’ll have to get the update. I added the sound track tunes “Burn” From Natural Born Killers and “Perfect Drug” From Lost highway. I think that was what the mix needed. No that wasn’t the only thing. A few minor tweaks. Oh yes and I added “Suck” from the little mini disc that came with Broken. No one understands my Nine Inch Nails fascination.

Do you think that David Lynch sits at home and listens to the sound track for Lost Highway? Does he still like “Perfect Drug”? Is Oliver Stone sitting at home right now listening to the Natural Born Killers sound track?

Gosh, making perfect mix discs is quite the consuming hobby. Especially while at work. I finished up the ultimate K mix and a mix CD for Little Seth today. They are both pretty good but K’s is a bit more solid.

I have got to go in to school tomorrow to plan out my fall schedule with my advisor. Yes that’s right, it’s fall schedule time again! After that business I am going to do some homework. I am hoping to leave for the coast sometime in the next couple of days. The ocean is calling.

I have got a shake up that I am thinking about inducing soon here. I had some thoughts today while sitting at my office computer. Getting sleep last night was good in helping me think some clear thoughts today. I’ve got some schemes brewing. The fact that I am allowing schemes to coagulate in the current Noodle climate is very cool for me in it’s own right. Nice work boy. KEEP IT UP! What? Who knows.