08:17L 25 August 2004

Gave my notice yesterday. My boss was genuinely sad and I felt lousy dropping it on her via phone, but both she and her boss were traveling and I needed to start the clock on my 2 weeks notice. It's going to be a hectic time for a while but I'm starting to look forward to the change. I feel a big obligation to leave this place on good terms so I feel some pressure to make sure I'm contributing until that time. I have no doubt that once I'm gone anything that can be blamed on me will - we tend to speak ill of the dead often around here.

Last night I worked out while watching a show about a competition for "best ranger" from within the U.S. Army. Often I think that I should have joined the military when I was still young enough. I think I would have fit in there extremely well. I love the idea that you can push yourself harder and farther than you think you can. The feeling of being prepared for almost anything after completing some of this specialized military training would really appeal to me. I'm doing between 50-90 pushups now on the evenings when I work out in two or three sets. Rangers have to do somthing like 60 in two minutes. I might work towards that. I should add sit ups as well...

stuck in my head, green onions, by booker t and the mg's from some rock instrumental compilation I have - you know it from the end of american grafiti