Gosh darn, there is a lot to discuss as usual. I don't want to be a slave to my journal, so I'm trying not to feel guilty about my infrequent updating or the fact that I don't have time to write about everything I would like to. Since our network is down at work and I have nothing to do, I thought it would be a good time to spend some time on posting.

The trip to San Francisco was fun, though it could have been a lot better if I had money; since I've discovered E-Bay, I've spent $400 or so on rare Mariah Carey singles and remixes. A good investment in my opinion, but a bad time right now to invest since: (1) I just switched from a weekly pay schedule to a bi-monthly pay schedule; (2) I started school January 28th and have to date spent $400 on books and supplies with 2 more books waiting to be purchases; and (3) as always, Bills Bills Bills. But I had a nice time anyway; I met Peter, a 52 year-old British expatriate who's lived in San Francisco since 1983 or about that time. I didn't know he was 52, not that that would have mattered, but I had thought he was a lot younger. At about 5'6", he had an alternative look to him; rail-thin body, shaved head, raver-like clothes, a "goatee-less goatee" - meaning he had a bit of hair underneath his lower lip covering his mid-chin proximity, crudely refered to as a "pus*y/ball tickler". He was often approached for pharmaceutical needs though he wasn't a user. I met him at the Midnight Sun while a bit intoxicated and started making out with him - the silly things we do when imbibedwith the spirits. Anyway I spent the night with him cuddling, and onlycuddling, and the next day he acted as a tour guide and drove me around town. We went to an open house to view a property on the market (way too small and intrusive for the asking price - basically the view was what would be paid for) and went across the bay to see U.C. Berkeley's campus. What a beautiful institution! Pervasive were 19th Century edifices and the burgeoning bohemia characteristic of Berkeley. I'm pretty sure I will be transferring here in two years to continue my computer science degree, but one never knows, especially now that I'm employeed with a leading eCommerce company in San Diego.

On My Mind: I forgot how MLA specifies punctuation within/around quotation marks. I know that the British have all puncuation outside of the quotation, e.g. Robert stated, "There are five cows". But American MLA style is different; I used the following sentence earlier in this post which prompted this question: "...his mid-chin proximity, crudely refered to as a 'pus*y/ball tickler'." Here's a good example - there is a quote within my quote. Where would the period be placed? In the post, I placed the period outside the quotation marks; this would be logical since I wasn't originally quoting an entire sentence, but I think it should be within the quotation marks. I haven't bought the MLA book yet, but this is something I want to know for sure.

Ohhhhh, heteronyms!