Stan’s Dad: There are things in life other than money…

Chief Runs-With-Premise: Like what?

Stan’s Dad: Like…Slurpees and stuff.

When this whole war thing started, all the politicians kept saying things like, “Be prepared for a long war. This will not be quick or easy.” Well, it seems to me that it took, what?, 2 or 3 weeks? That doesn’t seem very long, at all. Is it just me?

Charles Gibson? Worst. Interviewer. Ever.

Sometimes a good day goes bad, and then sometimes it gets good again, and then it goes bad, and then there’s good things, and then it ends up that you don’t really know what’s going on anymore.

Buffy and Gilmore Girls are new tonight. At least I know I’ll enjoy an hour of television…

I didn’t think it was possible, but The Dixie Chicks have actually managed to make me dislike “Landslide” more than I already did.

I really hate traffic. It’s ridiculous to me that I live 10 minutes away from Princeton Day School and it took me almost a half hour to get here this morning.

I’m in kind of a foul mood right now. I don’t know why. Everything is annoying me. I hate it when this happens, and it happens rather often.

Self realization moment: I do not adjust the situation to fit myself. I adjust myself to fit the situation.

4/13/03 � 11:20 a.m. (Central)

I�m ready to go home, now. Sun and sand and nice scenery are all well and good, but I�m tired, it�s hot, I�m feeling less than perfect, and I just want to go home. We leave the hotel at 1:00, our flight is at 3:30. There did not appear to be any air conditioning in the Acapulco airport, so that should make me feel even worse, and then it�ll be past midnight by the time we get to Newark, and probably after 1 am by the time I get home. I have to be at school at 8:15 a.m. tomorrow morning, but at least I�ll be home.

4/13/03 � 7:03 a.m. (Central)

I�m not entirely certain what I ate, but something is disagreeing with me (and no, it�s not the water). I was lying here awake, since I couldn�t fall back asleep, and I was thinking about Ali and how much I miss her. I think that�s a very good sign. It�s going to make this summer tough, though. I�m kind of glad we�ll be leaving today�

4/12/03 � 8:22 p.m. (Central)

We just spent a long time with the clients out by the pool. As the sun started to go down, we noticed a lot of small birds flying about very quickly. That�s when it was pointed out to me that they were bats. Cool�

The only problem with being here working for Steve is that I have to be careful about what I talk about. I can�t really talk about the work that I do, or my company, because I�m here as Steve�s employee, and it wouldn�t be appropriate. It makes things a bit more difficult, but at the same time, I prefer being the freelancer. I like the flexibility and the freedom that it provides.