From the “For the first time in my life, I am awake” Dept.

The above line is a famous quote from a neuropsychological case study of a retro-anterograde amnesiac known only as “H”.

“H” couldn’t remember his past (retrograde), nor can he encode new memories (anterograde). His life was eternally in the present. He could not remember his wife’s name or their 15-year marriage, but everytime he saw her he would shout out, “Why Hello!!” and all he could say is that he knew that he was in love with her.

He only had short-term working memory — about 7 seconds if he wasn’t concentrating.

He had this diary that he kept. In it was written the words:

For the first time in my life, I am awake.

It was written over and over again, thousands of entries, each one of them scratched out. When asked why they were scratched out, H would respond, “I didn’t write it.” When asked if it was his hand writing, he would say, “It looks like my hand writing, but it isn’t mine.”

From the “Should I be Afraid” Dept.

Jen had an interesting dream the other night. I saved the MSN conversation, and will upload it tomorrow. It’s kind of disturbing. Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock.

From the “XML Hacking and Flash Actionscript” Dept.

I think I may have solved the XML problem that I had been given. Late last night at about 1:00 am, I had this insight—for a brief moment I understood the problem. I wrote down some notes and will probably build the language tomorrow.

From the “trimming the fat” Dept.

I ran 5 KM today. My heart rate was in the 170 bpm range. I wasn’t running fast (8-9km an hour), but I’m getting stronger. Now I just need to keep the motivated and make sure I don’t get lazy with my both my cardio and strength training routine.

From the “Dad’s Gift” Dept.

Father’s Day is this weekend. I’ve been thinking about a gift and I would love to get my father a “Big Green Egg”. It’s a ceramic smoker, bbq, grill. It’s amazing. It has 1.5-inch ceramic walls and ways about 160 lbs. The VP at Humantech had one. I’ve wanted—I mean, my dad would really like it.

Who am I kidding. I want one.

The Big Green Egg

From the “Finally, after 8 years” Dept.

My brother Win started at OCAD in 1995 (he’s a year older than I). After 8 years of struggle, apathy, sheer ignorance, and luck, my brother will be receiving his bachelor’s degree in graphic design.

Congrats Bro.

It’s been an interesting tale for Win. I’m glad that he finally finished at an accedited university.

That’s all for now.

Tai