today is the one year anniversay or 9/11. if the date was any other number configuration, it would just be a little harder to remember the day. anyway, nothing has happened yet. except one close call.

these idiots



dunno what these guys were thinking, but they must have been up to something. that's not normal behavior.



erik's sick at work today. for some reason he hasn't gone home yet. i don't know if its psychological, but i feel like my nasal passages are about to flare up.



i don't think we'll be able to do the usual lunch walk around campus today because we wasted lunch driving on miramar to get nguyen's face plate for his car stereo. yesterday, we walked to la jolla playhouse. i think i'll have to catch some shows one of these days. i hope there's a better rate for staffers.



not going to the gym goday. today is my rest day. i don't think i've had a rest day during the weekday for quite some time. probably since i started working out. so it will feel different, going home early. it gives me a chance to go to the market though, and buy some bananas and water. 2 things i need to go to the market for on a regular basis.



my blog is pretty boring today. today being the day that it is, i wish i can say something patriotic because i know that just last year, we lived though one of the most important events for recent US history. it was quite a reality check for some, when the biggest concern for some people, the day before the attacks, were what restaurant they were going to be eating at that weekend. we realized that the blanket of protection that we took for granted, was not much of a blanket at all. more like a giant sheet of false sense of security. rather than using a long range rocket fired from afar, which would never make it here, they easily solved the riddle on how to get the biggest rocket imaginable pointed straight into our most precious buildings without much effort. everyone knew that airline security was pretty much a joke back then but never considered doing too much about it because the airline industry was more focused on cutting back, rather than adding costs. we've learned a lot since then, and we're still learning now. i think there has been a permanent change for me, on how i view my own security. i find myself still enjoying the things i used to, to the full extent, but i'm just a little more cautious on the factors i can control. if it's something i can't control, like a nuke landing in the city i live in, i know not to spend a microsecond worrying about stuff. but if it's something i can control, i think i've mentally prepared myself. i'm ready to take action where action is due, physically and mentally.