12:21 p.m. - 2008-01-04
Damn You, Diaryland! Damn You TO HELL!!!
If you read the last post, you may have found it somewhat anti-climactic, even obviously unfinished. This is because I paused in the middle, thought "I'll finish it later" and turned off the computer. Later, I turned the computer back on, finished the entry, hit the send or upload button or whatever, stared at a blank screen for twenty-eight minutes, and finally realized that what I had just written was lost forever. All thanks to technology. Kia posited that (this having been Jan 2) the Diaryland server was all full of people like me entering their holiday hangover reports, and this made me feel like quite a loser, just one more anonymous sheep or cow in a vast internet herd. It's similar to whenever we end up at a crowded restaurant: any illusion I had of my originality is shattered. A hard lesson, but a necessary one.
Anyway, the rest of the incomplete entry read "Bla bla bla, passage of time, bla bla bla bla, perspective, bla bla, description of mundane activity, bla bla, attempt at wit, bla bla bla bla, the end."
Also, here's wishing you a happy new year, Gentle Reader. Don't forget to add a day in February.
