Thoughts from October 5, 1998 to June 4, 1999

October 5, 1998

Truth in advertising

Note from the future here. The above three words are all I have of this Thoughts paper. I can only speculate what I would have said after them. Knowing me from back in 1998 as I do, I can guess I would have said something about how advertising is never based on the truth. Perhaps, I would have used the word “oxymoron” or talked about the irony of expecting advertising to be truthful. Actually, I was probably about to make a fart joke but was interrupted.

May 7, 1999

Well, it’s another

Future here. I don’t know what’s going on with these three-word Thoughts papers. I must have been saying, “Well, it’s another three-word entry here,” but I didn’t want to exceed the three-word maximum. In my mind, I’m thinking there was a full page of witty happenings from my life, but now I only have three of the words left. If you’re reading these in chronological order, move on to the next date. It’s bound to have over three words.

June 4, 1999

I’m getting used to the idea that my dreams are fading. I don’t like it, but I’m learning to live with it. It’s 5:20 PM on a Friday. I get off at 6:00 PM and I really have nothing to do. Interruption from beyond the page – I’m trying to type and there is a computer fan scraping against the inside of the computer. It’s been on and off all day, making a noise that really grates on my nerves. I’m not a big fan of repetitious noises anyway, but when it’s 5:20 PM on a Friday and my nerves are shot … Interruption from beyond the page again – Okay, the noise stopped. I’m on my way to being calm. I’m not there yet. It will be a moment or two. Interruption from beyond for the last time – It started again. I hate computers.

Back to my life – I love Patti, we will not have kids, and I’m going to look into getting a master’s degree in Animation. Patti and I are still painting my parents’ house. We’re tiring of it. We need some serious time off, but we don’t see any of that in our future. My computer is down right now. Did I mention I bought a new computer? I’m waiting for a book with a code I need to reload Windows 98. At the very least, I backed everything up before I began messing with it this time. I’m trying to use my Animation Master 99 program in the meantime, but it’s not quite working like it should. Hopefully, when I get things working back to normal, it will work again. Otherwise, I’m going to turn off the computer one last time and go live in the mountains (not necessarily in a house) with my 30 cats, never dealing with another computer for the rest of my life. It may seem extreme, but, in actuality, it is.