Ok ok ok...this is the 2nd time I am writing this. The first time I pressed the wrong button and lost everything. That did not make me happy. But I am writing again so that Jonathan can be happy that we are using this blogger for good. =D So here we go again.....
Everything is going ok. School is pretty boring. I have a couple tests coming up and surprise surprise, I've gotten sick again. I think I have a disease because whenever important tests, projects, finals, etc come up, I get really sick. But I realized something today...I am going to miss one aspect of SLO a lot. The past few days it was raining hard and it was all gloomy outside. But today it was a good day, the sun was shining and I had some time before my next class at 2, so I sat down in the business building on the lawn and just relaxed. There is no other place that I know of that can be more relaxing than that area. The grass is so green, the air is super clean, and the sun was just warm enough. That is what I will miss. I can go sit in a park in SJ, but it wouldn't be the same. The air isn't as clean, it's always noisy, maybe I haven't looked hard enough for my spot. I'm sure all of us have a certain place like this in our lives.
This leads into my next segment somewhat....I think I've finally decided which path I would like to go down in my career. I want to go into management of some sort. I want to be the one to make decisions and create strategies to keep organizations, companies, etc...profitable. I like the control and I think I have a systematic type of brain where I can be successful in that area. When I grow older, I will either open up a videogame store w/ Brendan and Andy - details on that later or I would like to pursue teaching. In what field? Not sure, marketing, management, some sort of business courses. But definitely at the college level and I was thinking of retiring in SLO. It would be perfect, small town, peaceful, the beach near by, etc. This is very down the line, but it was kind of fun thinking it up, now we'll see if I can live it out. Things will change on the way I'm sure, but it's nice to know that I have some sort of direction now. IBM is my first step, what's next?????
Sorry if this is all random, I'm trying to remember my thoughts from the first blog....I just came back from a comedian that I saw on campus. His name was Mitch Hedberg. He was freakin hilarious. He had so many jokes, but he tells them so fast it's hard to remember so of them. I could write examples here, but it's so much funnier in person with the way he says certain things. I would check him out if you get the chance. He's random, sarcastic, but funny. Andy, Kevin and I were laughing our asses off.
Ok, my weekend...it's almost depressing, but I had a good time. Here's what I did....NOTHING!!!!! I sat home all weekend and played videogames and watched movies. I feel like I'm not taking advantage of my senior year, but it was fun, I didn't spend any money and I didn't have any crazy hangovers. Win win! I also got to hang out w/ Kevin and we had a cool talk about life, careers, future, etc. We haven't done it in a while. But I was happy to hear that he chose to work at KPMG to be closer to his friends. I was touched that I was part of that decision. I'm really glad to have met him and because of him I am happy that I chose to go to Cal Poly. He makes my whole experience worth it because I gained a truly good friend out of it. Hopefully next year we'll be roommates trying to be all responsible and shit. =)
Well, I got a call from Natalie on Friday, 7am...god damn! But it was good because there was a power outage and I needed to wake up at 8. But for the phone call, it was really cool hearing from her. We pretty much just talked about how we were doing, pretty basic and simple, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I realized I still care a lot about her, so those feelings haven't changed, but I keep telling myself to move on. It's just hard because maybe at the time I didn't realize it or appreciate it, but I could really see myself being with her for a while. I just have to keep reminding myself, let it go. Don't grow up too fast, and let things happen. I can't force the issue on anything.
As for trying to move on...kind of a funny story...so this friend of Kristin's tells her that there are two girls in her class that think I'm cute. One, I knew about and actually has my number, but she's never called, so I don't think much into it. The other one, I thought was this girl that I totally thought was good looking, but never said anything to because she had a bf at the time. SOOO Kristin tells me this and she writes her friend an email saying that I think the latter girl is cute. It turns out that this other girl is not the one I was thinking of and even worse, I have no clue who it is. So someone might get word that I'm interested. Ooops! Not good. Hopefully Kristin's friend hasn't said anything yet, or I'm going to feel kind of dumb. Anyway...that's my most exciting adventure of the week.
Brendan, we are dominant at Socom. It's ridiculous. hehe If only stupid Andy would stop being mad at the game (he doesn't like the community of players because they're bitches) we could be a real force. Or if stupid Kevin would buy a PS2 and a TV. hehe
Alright, well I think I got most of what I wanted down on this stupid thing. I hope this keeps people satisfied for a couple weeks hehe. j/k. I'll write whenever I feel like there's something meaningful to be said. Jonathan, nice Icon for Brian. Props to you and Brendan for your arts skillz...I wish I was that talented at something. I hope mine looks just as good ...Hawaiian shirt remember~
You guys take care...and I will hopefully see all of you at Thanksgiving time (Steve, Brian...u guys coming home?) Peace y'all
Nov 12, 2002
Herro people! I bow down to Jon and his icon making abilities. I truly am impressed. For once I don't really have anything to say. Weird. I guess I can send out a message to Hapachan.
MONEY? NEW HOUSE? INVITATION? NADA.
With that out of the way I guess I'll tell everyone about my spider thing I was raving about in the past. Supposedly in Cambodia they like to catch tarantulas and deep fry them. They say it is the equivilant of potato chips in the US. Right...chips. Anyhoo they eat these god awful creatures because it makes the women more fertile. That means the chances of having little Cambos running around on dirt avenue are higher...which then means the boats fill up. Then we have even more FOBS thinking they are black. So that is just another reason why I hate spiders. They spawn the lowliest creatures of this planet. Whee. Not that I'm racist...all the time.
I don't think you are allowed to tell us that stuff Jon. I think if they call me I'm going to tell them about all the work you are doing. I know...when we all get real jobs let's not share anything with anyone. That will save a lot of time we have to set aside for conversation. Funny how this Manjumanajama character shows up after Jon got a job at Lockheed. I'd watch your back. Well I wouldn't watch over your back...but you should watch over your own back. Terrorists show up in the craziest places.
I cannot believe this blog is about nothing. Haha I bet you anything when Brian saw his logo he did those arrow moves. Freak. Haha. Mental Abstraction is giving me a headache. Did I mention flash is bullshit. Well time for bed. Socom kept me up. I hate it when it does that. I had some guy on my team by the clan name of PMS. I couldn't understand him because of his lisp. I felt bad because eventually I would give away his position by throwing a smoke gernade where he was hiding. That way the whole enemy team knew where he was. I'm funny.
Oh yeah Eecs. You could change the blog name if you want. Maybe you are the only one with anything going on in our friend's lives...so congrats. You just made everyone feel like a worthless pedazo de mierda. Here's a smoke gernade for ya. Make sure Manaj doesn't kill you too much. Haha. I'm funny. Wheee. =)
PS: When is the Dr. Mario tourney? Doo daru do doo.
MONEY? NEW HOUSE? INVITATION? NADA.
With that out of the way I guess I'll tell everyone about my spider thing I was raving about in the past. Supposedly in Cambodia they like to catch tarantulas and deep fry them. They say it is the equivilant of potato chips in the US. Right...chips. Anyhoo they eat these god awful creatures because it makes the women more fertile. That means the chances of having little Cambos running around on dirt avenue are higher...which then means the boats fill up. Then we have even more FOBS thinking they are black. So that is just another reason why I hate spiders. They spawn the lowliest creatures of this planet. Whee. Not that I'm racist...all the time.
I don't think you are allowed to tell us that stuff Jon. I think if they call me I'm going to tell them about all the work you are doing. I know...when we all get real jobs let's not share anything with anyone. That will save a lot of time we have to set aside for conversation. Funny how this Manjumanajama character shows up after Jon got a job at Lockheed. I'd watch your back. Well I wouldn't watch over your back...but you should watch over your own back. Terrorists show up in the craziest places.
I cannot believe this blog is about nothing. Haha I bet you anything when Brian saw his logo he did those arrow moves. Freak. Haha. Mental Abstraction is giving me a headache. Did I mention flash is bullshit. Well time for bed. Socom kept me up. I hate it when it does that. I had some guy on my team by the clan name of PMS. I couldn't understand him because of his lisp. I felt bad because eventually I would give away his position by throwing a smoke gernade where he was hiding. That way the whole enemy team knew where he was. I'm funny.
Oh yeah Eecs. You could change the blog name if you want. Maybe you are the only one with anything going on in our friend's lives...so congrats. You just made everyone feel like a worthless pedazo de mierda. Here's a smoke gernade for ya. Make sure Manaj doesn't kill you too much. Haha. I'm funny. Wheee. =)
PS: When is the Dr. Mario tourney? Doo daru do doo.
Nov 11, 2002
Ah, the score. Perhaps the least obvious of the undercover zings. I'm sure if you ask any of the other guys what it means they can tell you. Or maybe you can figure it out, but there's a distinct reason you'd have more trouble than the rest of us. And it's not your straw hat and overalls.
Ah, another great night of tennis. Actually I started to think maybe I didn't have class since there was very little traffic coming out of De Anza, and it is after all a holiday for non-Lockheed employees. I got to the courts and there were two people playing. Yup, no class. But I had already decided I would hit against the wall and practice serving in this situation. So I hit against the wall for a little while, then... ENTER MANAJ (sp?). "You wanna hit?" "Sure." Man, I have the best rallies with this guy. We run each other around the court and feed off one another's power and angles. After a while it felt like there was a little rock or something in my left shoe. It bugged me and I didn't want it to irritate to the point of blister, so I shook the shoe out. Then the same thing happened to my right shoe. Afterwards it still felt like something was in each shoe. I realized the truth when I noticed the squishy quality to the foreign objects. It was the flaps. What the hell is Jonathan talking about, there aren't any flaps on the inside of shoes! Not flaps of leather or rubber... flaps of ball-of-your-foot-flesh. I guess that'll happen when you're running around, starting and stopping, changing directions all the time. It was worth it.
Oh yeah, first day of work heheh. My dad went to his building in Sunnyvale, and off I went to the Palo Alto site. My manager Bill let me in and showed me around, introduced me to the others in our group. My cubicle is okay... the room is almost exactly like at Northrop Grumman. I want to clean my desk and other surfaces I'll have to touch... I'll bring some handiwipes or something tomorrow. The atmosphere seems pretty laid back, people are friendly and Bill's cool. He said there's no dress code, no set daily hours, I can decorate my cubicle however I want ("no naked girls though"), and I can eat/drink and listen to music in my cubicle. But company policy forbids use of Hotmail or AIM. I spent most of the day getting acquainted with my computer and trying to set straight the spelling of my name in the company database and my e-mail address. It's still almost all men, but there's one girl who's young and has been there a year. There's no gym, and the cafeteria is small. I had a decent lasagna/salad/bread lunch, but it was $7. In no small part due to the Sobe drink I decided to try--"Orange Cream"... sounded good, but it's like drinking melted sherbet. I'll probably start bringing lunch soon. There was one young looking girl in the cafeteria, but she was all by herself around the corner of a wall and I thought if someone sat there they probably want to be alone. I sat outside where the sun was shining but a gate made sure there was no view whatsoever. There isn't too much for me to do yet, as Bill repeatedly pointed out. I can tell he doesn't want me to get too bored--he gave me a bunch of stuff about the project and the type of work they're doing to read/browse through. Tomorrow's another day, so far so good.
Maybe I'll change the name of this blog to "The Eecs Bangs Diaries, featuring Brian"
Ah, another great night of tennis. Actually I started to think maybe I didn't have class since there was very little traffic coming out of De Anza, and it is after all a holiday for non-Lockheed employees. I got to the courts and there were two people playing. Yup, no class. But I had already decided I would hit against the wall and practice serving in this situation. So I hit against the wall for a little while, then... ENTER MANAJ (sp?). "You wanna hit?" "Sure." Man, I have the best rallies with this guy. We run each other around the court and feed off one another's power and angles. After a while it felt like there was a little rock or something in my left shoe. It bugged me and I didn't want it to irritate to the point of blister, so I shook the shoe out. Then the same thing happened to my right shoe. Afterwards it still felt like something was in each shoe. I realized the truth when I noticed the squishy quality to the foreign objects. It was the flaps. What the hell is Jonathan talking about, there aren't any flaps on the inside of shoes! Not flaps of leather or rubber... flaps of ball-of-your-foot-flesh. I guess that'll happen when you're running around, starting and stopping, changing directions all the time. It was worth it.
Oh yeah, first day of work heheh. My dad went to his building in Sunnyvale, and off I went to the Palo Alto site. My manager Bill let me in and showed me around, introduced me to the others in our group. My cubicle is okay... the room is almost exactly like at Northrop Grumman. I want to clean my desk and other surfaces I'll have to touch... I'll bring some handiwipes or something tomorrow. The atmosphere seems pretty laid back, people are friendly and Bill's cool. He said there's no dress code, no set daily hours, I can decorate my cubicle however I want ("no naked girls though"), and I can eat/drink and listen to music in my cubicle. But company policy forbids use of Hotmail or AIM. I spent most of the day getting acquainted with my computer and trying to set straight the spelling of my name in the company database and my e-mail address. It's still almost all men, but there's one girl who's young and has been there a year. There's no gym, and the cafeteria is small. I had a decent lasagna/salad/bread lunch, but it was $7. In no small part due to the Sobe drink I decided to try--"Orange Cream"... sounded good, but it's like drinking melted sherbet. I'll probably start bringing lunch soon. There was one young looking girl in the cafeteria, but she was all by herself around the corner of a wall and I thought if someone sat there they probably want to be alone. I sat outside where the sun was shining but a gate made sure there was no view whatsoever. There isn't too much for me to do yet, as Bill repeatedly pointed out. I can tell he doesn't want me to get too bored--he gave me a bunch of stuff about the project and the type of work they're doing to read/browse through. Tomorrow's another day, so far so good.
Maybe I'll change the name of this blog to "The Eecs Bangs Diaries, featuring Brian"
Nov 10, 2002
HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
I don't say this often... but when I look back on my work this time I smile. It took long enough, geez. Anyways, there's a contest involved: find all the inside jokes in Brian's icon and you win a date with him. If you're lucky he might take you to Sonoma Joe's!
In other news, I was eating some cookies'n'cream ice cream last night. I asked Reid if he wanted to finish the carton since there was about one serving left, but strangely he said no. I thought it was against my interests to do so since I'm trying to get in shape. But then I saw... "Premium Low Fat Ice Cream"... it was Healthy Choice, and the nutrition info showed that it's actually more good for you than bad--protein and calcium with really low fat content. Needless to say, I emptied that sucka. Healthy ice cream and chips'n'salsa... the world is becoming a wonderful place to live.
I finally really listened through the Boyz II Men "Full Circle" album. It's a big disappointment... I only kept two of the songs in my mp3s. I love "Oh Well"... I'd say it's one of their best songs ever (as B-man observed, it may have to do with timing heh). "The Color of Love" is okay, but typical Babyface style, nothing new or special. The rest of the songs I can do without. Too many of the songs are moving toward the modern fake R&B style--all beat and chorus, without true harmonies or slow melodies. This is like the last OutKast album... I didn't like it much, and maybe it's the end of my collections for both groups. Oh well, saves me money. There's still Dave... and who knows, maybe Michael will come up with another album or two. =)
I spent all my time Friday going through my savings plan investment options. It looks like after savings, benefits, and taxes... I'll be coming out with maybe half of my salary. Argh. Well, at least I'm not paying rent or car payments--yet. Speaking of which, I'm thinking next year I'll probably buy myself a car. So it should be fun to think about that and see what's available. You guys who know way more about cars than me can advise...
I don't say this often... but when I look back on my work this time I smile. It took long enough, geez. Anyways, there's a contest involved: find all the inside jokes in Brian's icon and you win a date with him. If you're lucky he might take you to Sonoma Joe's!
In other news, I was eating some cookies'n'cream ice cream last night. I asked Reid if he wanted to finish the carton since there was about one serving left, but strangely he said no. I thought it was against my interests to do so since I'm trying to get in shape. But then I saw... "Premium Low Fat Ice Cream"... it was Healthy Choice, and the nutrition info showed that it's actually more good for you than bad--protein and calcium with really low fat content. Needless to say, I emptied that sucka. Healthy ice cream and chips'n'salsa... the world is becoming a wonderful place to live.
I finally really listened through the Boyz II Men "Full Circle" album. It's a big disappointment... I only kept two of the songs in my mp3s. I love "Oh Well"... I'd say it's one of their best songs ever (as B-man observed, it may have to do with timing heh). "The Color of Love" is okay, but typical Babyface style, nothing new or special. The rest of the songs I can do without. Too many of the songs are moving toward the modern fake R&B style--all beat and chorus, without true harmonies or slow melodies. This is like the last OutKast album... I didn't like it much, and maybe it's the end of my collections for both groups. Oh well, saves me money. There's still Dave... and who knows, maybe Michael will come up with another album or two. =)
I spent all my time Friday going through my savings plan investment options. It looks like after savings, benefits, and taxes... I'll be coming out with maybe half of my salary. Argh. Well, at least I'm not paying rent or car payments--yet. Speaking of which, I'm thinking next year I'll probably buy myself a car. So it should be fun to think about that and see what's available. You guys who know way more about cars than me can advise...
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