i have to reiterate, i HATE taking care of legacy code. it's confusing, it's difficult, and ultimately very aggravating. i think it's a sign that i'm not a good engineer, because, according to an ex-coworker of mine, a good engineer is very adept at understanding somebody else's work and changing it. oh well. *shrug*
so this is a short workweek for me. J is flying in on thursday, so i'm taking friday off. *huzzah* i'm definitely looking forward to this weekend, although i do wonder if the 24/7 exposure to J will cause some awkward silent moments. i mean, how long does it take to catch up? not 3 days, i don't think; there's gotta be points when we don't have anything to say to each other.
so yup, my smoking buddy T is definitely leaving this friday. i'm gonna miss is badly; we've grown to be decent friends, and while i am selfishly upset that he resigned, i know that he has to do what he has to do, you know? the worst thing is, i don't think i'm going to ever see him again after he leaves, since he's moving back to taiwan. *RAAR*
ever since the yankees and red sox lost in the ALDS's, i've completely lost interest in baseball. i mean, i'll watch it for like 2 minutes or so, just to check up on the scores, but i just don't really *care* about the teams. oh well. let baseball season pass me by... i'll perk up when the NBA starts up. fun fun! go mavericks!
so it looks like i'm going down to SLO (san luis obispo) to celebrate thanksgiving this year with emi and her family. i've been to maybe 3-4 thanksgivings at their place, and it's always a quaint time. i'm just not looking forward to the drive; it's about 200 miles exactly from my place to hers, so that means around a 3-hour drive one way. yuck.
one of the most prominent memories of my times at their place is when we were playing trivial pursuit. i think my team and i were mulling over the question, and it was pretty silent otherwise in their house. and suddenly, my stomach compresses, and i let out this HUGE FART that could not have been mistaken for anything else. i think my face went red, i was so embarrased. :)
when is daylight savings? is it this weekend?
i remember this seinfeld episode where george's parents were saying that people should always serve cake at dinner parties. i have never head of that, nor have i ever been offered cake at such an event. is this some sort of tradition that i don't know about, or is it an antiquated expectation? *ponder*
they served hash browns (the ones like mcdonald's serves) at lunch today. i thought that was odd.
anyways, that's it for today. i'm gonna look for T now. there's only a finite number of smoking breaks left for us to share. :(
i had a fairly good weekend. friday night, a few coworkers and i hit the faultline for appetizers and beer. i dunno, though; engineering humor is a bit below me sometimes, although i was slightly amused.
saturday, i grabbed some taco bell for lunch and met up with mallory for a movie. we watched _a history of violence_, which was just ok, though. the movie is fairly graphic in its violence, but i was more interested in the nudity that was advertised. but, alas, all i got to see was viggo mortenson's buttcrack and the wife's full frontal nudity, which lasted for about one second. i was sorely disappointed, but at least i got to see female pubes.
i stopped by stanford shopping center afterwards to pick up my watch, so i feel complete again. i was supposed to have dinner with some of the bowling gang, but three of them bailed out, which resulted in just me and nelson going to amarin thai on castro. i was a bit disappointed in their red duck curry, as there wasn't much duck in the dish. afterwards, we hit tea era for some roasted barley milk tea, as nelson talked about all the ways to make basketball a more enjoyable game. heh, he's funny.
sunday, i met up more bowling gang people for dim sum at dynasty in vallco. the food was a bit pricey ($16 for each of us), but it was good. i hadn't had dim sum in a while, so it was refreshing.
i went home, checked the scores (dallas beat nyg in overtime!!!), and took a nap. i met up with jay and margaret, who had just flown in from ohio from margaret's sister's wedding. we went to this hole in the wall korean place on el camino (i don't know the name of the restaurant) for some ox tail soup.
and that was it. all in all, a good weekend. too bad it's monday now. :(