man, i am an indian food-flavored gas manufacturing machine. all i had was one plate, but i keep burping it up! yup, i had indian food for lunch. i met up with ex-coworkers back from the vivace networks days. it was really good to see them: rahul, adam and phuong (sp?).
of the four companies i've worked for, vivace networks had the highest concentration of smart people, some i would even call brilliant. and we had a lot of funding then (in the earlier days), so it was great working there. we no limit of CPU's to use, we had golf tournaments, we had great dinners every night, etc. it was a good time.
but of course, as money dwindled down and the dot com crash continued, things got pretty bad. i got laid off from there, and eventually, almost the entire ASIC team got laid off. it was pretty brutal. but anyways, i have fond memories of some of my coworkers, and it was great seeing them today.
today's the first weekday that i'm meeting friends for both lunch *and* dinner. yup, i'm meeting alan (at boston market again) for dinner at 6. i hope this wednesday dinner thing becomes a trend, because i like hanging out with alan. and maybe afterwards, i'll go to jamba juice and try their matcha smoothie.
the other night, it was sort of hot back at my place, so i decided to lounge naked. now, i've lounged around naked a lot at my old place, but that was because there were blinds/curtains over all the windows. but at my current place, the big bay window in the kitchen has no cover, so i've been more reluctant to walk around downstairs without clothes on.
so i was sitting on the futon watching tv with nothing but my socks on, and it felt different from what i had remembered it to be. i wasn't more comfortable (i guess the futon wasn't cool to the touch), and i found myself distracted by my long pubes; i kept on playing with them. anyways, in the end, i decided that i wouldn't do any more naked lounging downstairs in the living room.
anyways, yeah. lounging sans clothing is better when there's a girl there to be naked with. i miss it. :(
this weekend is my friend jan's highly-anticipated wedding reception. the problem it, it's in oakland, and i am petrified of driving there. i'm not sure why, but maybe it's because i'm afraid to get caught in some gang-related crossfire. or maybe someone will steal my car. in any case, i've been looking for rides to and from the reception. i hope it works out.
man, these indian food burps just won't go away! and during some of them, i can actually the food rising up from my stomach through my esophagus and almost out my mouth. ick.
i don't know why i've been to mouth-gassy lately. yesterday, it was korean food, and today, it's indian. maybe i should eat something less-odiferous? we'll see. it's also strange that i only have the burps after lunch, not dinner. *ponder*
ok, that's it for today. toodles!