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IMPORTANT

That is, I will not

code in C

at that level - ie, user input/output. Instead I should use an app to create something. This is analogous to leaving assembler in which I created languages, to move on to using a language (C) to create applications. Now use apps in process of what I work on...So I wouldn't want to create an animation tool, but use one if I were interested. So try to find some tool I want to use for something. (turned out to be Excel!)

11:15 To bed

Thu Oct 22 '87

7:30 Get up. Breakfast at Windmill. WSJ.

9:15 Still somewhat bugged about not going to see Glen last night, so go see where he lives, his neighborhood, etc. Drove over via East Side of 405, noting "Executive Plaza," what a lovely name. Then drive down MacArthur and again it feels very boring, uninspiring. No good fast food places like Rax or Wendys, and no quaint places like Athens pizza, or even a Shakeys. Lots of expensive places like Chantaclair, and ho-hum stamparts: Coco's is big. Maybe it would just take me time to adjust, as after move to Seattle. Anyway, drive out University, noting conformity of style, with variations. Turtle Rock Pointe is very nice with pink + peach stucco, terracotta roof, roses. And there were some nice views, of hills and of the city of Newport. Not a grocery store to be seen. Just University Center, very suburban.