A Conversaton with Elizabeth
1998
New Address

I sent the email below on the 19th but I got an email from her saying to use a different email address so I resent the message below.

From:         larry.m.mixson@bvs.com (LARRY M. MIXSON)
To:           Elizabeth
Date:         Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:21
Subject:      Re: new address

I didn't know if you got this at the previous email address so here is a repeat to your new address also.

es, I would like to continue to write. It should prove to be interesting. I also have sent many an email to various persons but never an ongoing relationship. I also am glad you located me. As I said I tried to locate you but was unable to.

I agree that being "grossly unhappy" at work would not be worth it and best to get out as soon as possible. I typically have not been "grossly" unhappy but more like very dissatisfied. Like my current job, I get paid very well, come in to work 4-6 hours a day, browse the web, read trade journals, eat lunch with the guys and go home. Great bunch of guys who I like a lot. It has been this way for eight months. Occasionally I may have an hour or two of some menial work to do. This was great the first month after working a lot the first year, but now is a total bore. I need more of a challenge so the job change. I found it interesting about your work at the Crisis Center. My wife also did that for several years and now does it for a job. I am more like you in that giving information and solutions is more my style where Julie really likes to listen to their problems and help them. I find Jung and existential psychology interesting in a Millennium kind of way. If you have seen the TV show Millennium you might want to catch it some time, it's full of deep psychological overtones. I, myself, am more of a cognitive -behavioralist. It fits better with my training in logic and computers. To me the brain is much like a computer and undesirable behaviors can be unprogrammed and desired (almost said good) behaviors can be programmed. Although this works for me I can see that the minds of many of the clients my wife works with are not organized or stable enough for this approach.

X-Files, YES! I also have not missed an episode. I tend to like the sci-fi aspect and the government conspiracy aspects. The one season they got off on a lot of the macabre and horror I did not care much for. I had the same problem with Gibson's Neuromancer, I started it but did not finish it. I felt that I should read it as he is the supposed originator of many of the cyber space concepts. I recently picked up a copy of Gibson's "Inference Engine" but have not started it. I hope it is more readable. You might enjoy Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash". It is in the same genre and is a great story.

I also have lost track of many of the people I once knew in Florida. I'm not good at maintaining long distance relationships, out of sight out of mind I do keep up with the family. In fact I was just down in Gainesville last week. My parents, both retired for about 6 years, decided to sell their house after living there for 41 years. S felt I had to see it once last time. My brother is a dissatisfied postman in Gainesville and I have one sister that lives in Gainesville and one that lives in Lawerence Kansas. I typically try to make it to the family reunion each year in Florida, there is often 40 to 50 relatives that show up. This year it is in June. My uncle bought Magnesia Springs outside of Gainesville and it is going to be there.
Look forward to future discussions. Larry

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