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By anders pearson 05 Jan 2001

just thought i’d let everyone know that i’m still alive. i’m still up in maine on “vacation” and shall continue to be for about another week.

maine is very cold.

other than that, there isn’t a lot to do here. i’m on an iBook on my parents’ kitchen table (the only available phone jack in the house is in the kitchen and i only have a 2m cable) working over a very slow dialup connection (the misery). but i guess that’s better than nothing.

other than sleeping, eating beaucoup mac+cheese, and drinking beer the highlights of my vacation have included:

getting contacts

having peripheral vision is something i haven’t experienced in over a decade. very neat. you really forget how much of a handicap glasses really are until you get rid of them. unfortunately, it’s taking me a while to get used to them. i apparently have superhuman blink reflexes. when i first got them, it took the eye doctor about 45 minutes of poking me in the eye and swearing to get them in. it was taking me an hour or so to get them in or out by myself until tasha let me in on the secret to getting them out quickly: just stick your finger in your eye and jab it around until they come out; surprisingly effective. now i just have to master getting them in.

new year’s eve

yet another spectacular party at Jere’s. got to see lots of friends who i haven’t seen in way too long (kara, zeb, anthony, matti, heather, tasha, nigel, elliot, jesse, etc), got to finally actually meet kim in person after having known her online for the last 3 years. and of course, we managed to consume enough alcohol to mortally wound a small herd of elephants. driving for six hours through “whiteout conditions” in the worst blizzard we’ve seen in a while was just icing on the cake.