Today is the second day of my shell account on this server. After
thinking about the advantages of this account, I have decided to send a
donation of $36 to the server to get arpa membership. Hopefully the mail
will get all the way to Washington because I did not put a return address.
If the mail cannot be delivered, I will have to fill out forms to get the
mail from the lost mail pile in some building. I hope my donation helps
this organization and grants me a rewarding experience with the unix
enviornment.

        School begins in two days and I still have not finished my summer
homework. I still have about 60 pages of a textbook to go, a couple of
pages of math, and some lenghty essays to read. I am planning to pull an
all nighter today and tomorrow to finish these things as soon as I finish 
writing this journal entry.

	In School, I signed up to be in an advanced program called APEX. 
This stands for Advanced Placement EXperience. After one year in this 
program, I learned a lot and improved my time management skills to the 
extreme. This year I have been assigned an incoming APEX'er to mentor. 
He has only replied to one e-mail that I have sent him and appears not to 
care much about the APEX program. He is not alone in his thinking. Many of 
my friends regard to the APEX program as torture. They say that the 
program is just a bunch of busy work and destroys your social life. While 
the second is partially true, I find the APEX program reward because it 
teaches you how to operate under excesive stress and manage your time 
wisely. I hope this year will be more rewarding then the previous!

NOTE: I sound too optimistic, right?

Sincerely,
Stas D.