Ryan's Journal

You first must understand Boston weather. It is random. There is no apparent dependence on seasonal trends in the weather patterns (though Lawrence can correct me). It was beautiful last week. Today, it was not beautiful. It was particularly not beautiful to wear a suit: an undershirt, a button-down shirt, a tie, and a jacket. There are worse things - but they don't make it any less not beautiful. So understand why when I extend my congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Luke Chuang, it's drenched in sweat... Nonetheless - Congratulations! :) This is the first wedding where I've seen the officiator, bridge, and groom all dancing to the worship music during the ceremony. Now that was cool. "When I survey the wondrous cross // On which the Prince of Glory died // My richest gain I count but loss // And pour contempt on all my pride" - it's worth dancing to.

So Amy Lin, Grace Ng, Lydia, Joseph, Wenfy, Cornelia, Steve Chin (who I thought I'd never see again) and Sarah Kim (who, if you ever happen to read this by some odd happenstance - I'm very surprised you remembered my name, good to see you again ;) were there partying down, in addition to people I mentioned yesterday. By the way, I try to avoid using last names unless it's just too ambiguous. Except in Amy Lin's case, because her first name might as well be Amy Lin. It was a fun distraction from thesising. One of the highlights was attempting to swing dance with the aforementioned Amy. Go, Amy go...

On another note, hi Margaret :) Yes, I read your entry. Sorry today's isn't thought-provoking at all. I'm a little too dead at this hour to think myself. I hope you're doing well. I see you more in journalling than I do in real life. Funny how a journal becomes a communication device - aren't these things supposed to be private ventures?

On one final note - kerberos.authentica.com, who are you? I see Eric visiting every day from Qualcomm (well, at least I think esyu.qualcomm.com is him :), and others, but I haven't the foggiest who you might be. Do I know any Authentica employees? Does anybody who reads this know any Authentica employees I might know? The world may never know. Actually, I really hate it when movies have lines like those in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, when Sam asks Frodo why they're following Strider - "We have no other choice." Say what? Like you can't ditch the dirt-covered ranger and find a less shady guide? That just sounds nice, it's screen-candy because it sounds dire (and in the book he actually earns their trust). But it's not really true. I guess "the world may never know" is journal-candy. It might never know, but it won't care either. Oops. That was another final note. Does that make this a chord?