I forgot to mention yesterday that I’m still fairly new to TeX and LaTeX. I’ve learned a lot in these last few days, and TeX is amazingly cool. Just wait till you see this primer. I really, really, really like TeX. Now I need to find (or produce) a good font (Garamondesque) for typesetting English stuff…

I realized today that I really am spending my time on the wrong things. Sure, they’re nice and fun and good, but I really need to be focusing on my mission and on Thai. Only a month to go. I’d better put together that Thai page to keep me focused.

My little brothers are playing Jedi Knight II on the computer next to me. Wow, 3D graphics sure have come a long way. I remember Nethack on the old DOS machines (it was for Netware if I recall correctly) and the primitive effects one could get on a 386. In fact, the whole 3D gaming thing started (I think) with Wolfenstein 3D. Too bad so many of those kinds of games are violent and graphic. I virtually never play computer games any more. Too many other things to do (like typesetting Old Icelandic primers).

Oh, one of my birthday presents was a $10 gift certificate at Borders, so today I stopped by there and bought Teach Yourself Sanskrit. I’ll teach myself Sanskrit after my mission.

Worked some more on the primer. I’m flying to California on Thursday to say goodbye to my grandparents (I won’t see them again until after my mission). I’ll be back Sunday afternoon.

I’ve been staying up till midnight each night working on the primer (the TeX version, that is). It’s almost done. I’m hoping to have it done by Thursday so I can print it out and proof it on the flight.