I left LiveJournal alone for a good while due to a number of other things coming up. I started up a financial blog, which is now dormant as my first attempt at full time trading winds down to close ( Read more... )

I promised an update on my life with my last journal entry, so here it is ( Read more... )

Was out at the pub last night, met a random local, who happened to be a script doctor, for movies. There were many interesting things to be learned from the encounter. On the subject of relationships, he independently suggested what I had started thinking a week or so ago regarding Iwona: that the relationship had been over for her a month or two ( Read more... )

Last post (wow, a long time ago!) I mentioned that I treasured every moment with Iwona. I did, and they were great! A week ago we broke up, and I'll give an energy flow overview of what happened (a la Celestine Prophecy - amazing amount of insight in that book, even if you have to think about how much to believe ( Read more... )

The week before last was a team building trip to Hamilton Island, mostly funded by Microsoft. Somehow I've been too busy to record it here in this journal until now ( Read more... )

I turned 25, had plans for a large party - a dream from the previous year. I'd realised these had been cut way down due to competing events, but the number who actually attended was a blow - 12 in total. It took me a while to figure out why I was so down over it - but then it became apparent that it was a blow to my ego. I have armoured my ego ( Read more... )

I thought I'd put this up here earlier... but I guess not. I think most of the people who read this already know ( Read more... )

What is the nature of addiction? I suppose I could have studied this question in Philosophy or Psychology ( Read more... )

What difference can a couple of hours make ( Read more... )

A high level of potential energy implies that the system, which may currently be stable, just needs to be pushed a little bit and it will come crashing into a state with lower potential energy ( Read more... )