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4:12pm Friday 9 June 2000

An interesting set of thoughts floated through my head as I sat for over an hour watching Kevin dig through miles of SAS logs and code. I'll see if I can capture them here.

1. This sure is boring.

2. I could be working on my computer.

3. Well, I'm still getting paid.

4. Ya know, it's sick that we are sitting here staring at a meaningless computer, trying to make it do something that it isn't doing.

5. Ya know, it's even sicker that someone is paying us thousands of dollars to make this meaningless computer do meaningless tasks.

6. We could be outside, painting, riding unicycles, telling jokes, but for some reason people seem to not be as willing to pay mony for us to do that.

7. Money.. something that people give in exchange for something that seems important.

8. Somehow this society has lost track of what is important, but at the same time says, "do what you love; it's important to play a lot" and then we don't do it.

9. I should just quit my job and run around and be happy. That's what's important.

10. But what about my house? My legacy? My website? Are these things important? Am I doing good for the world by owning a house?

11. Probably not - we're just consuming electricity and throwing away stuff; it would be better for the world if we just died.

12. But we're not dead, so why are we here? How do we make the most of stuff while we are here? What are we supposed to be doing?

13. Is it possible that I can just be happy Right Here Right Now in each moment of my life?

14. Would that be the ultimate state of nirvana, to just be blissfully alive, doing whatever it is I am doing?

15. Seems like I would have to do something that I thought was the right thing to be doing.

I don't remember the rest.

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