howdy folks!
recently, i realized that after being single all these years, it would be a huge adjustment to have somebody constantly by my side once again. i think i would either get annoyed or bored, both of which are bad things. so i'm thinking that it would take someone pretty damn special to get me over that problem.
i think i've just gotten too independent. and lazy. the laziness factors into the mix because if i had a significant other, i'd have to make efforts for us to do stuff and not just sit at home watching football and other sports, you know? hm.
sigh. so it's another monday. do any of you get today off? or is MLK mainly for government and schools? *RAAR*
so the word is that alan is trying to get me playing _worlds of warcraft_. i am afraid to do it. well, for one, you have to pay a monthly fee to play the game online, and second, i used to heavily addicted to MUD. and i've always dreamed of playing a graphical MUD; many years ago, i bought _ultima online_ but never played it. so yeah, i think i'd spent too much time on the game and lose my life. (but then again, what life do i have now? *shrug*)
so yet another one of my college friends is expecting a child. i found out on saturday, and i was very happy for them. man. my college friends are popping kids out left and right! i am very behind, very very behind them.
have you ever taken a dump where it takes multiple squeezing sessions to get the turd out? today, i was on the crapper, and mid-turd, i stopped squeezing. it felt very uncomfortable. i guess my sphincter doesn't like it when it's stretched open with nothing going on. i need action!
one thing i need to get back into is investing. too much of my savings is languishing in low-interest accounts. but then again, i am very much afraid of losing all of my savings like i did in the dot bomb days. sigh. had i kept all of my stock money in cash, i'd probably have bought a house by now. *blech*
but yeah, it's important to get your money to work for you. maybe i need to speak with a financial advisor. where do i get one of those?
so who are you guys rooting for in the super bowl? i think i'm going to hop on the pittsburgh steelers band wagon. i like jerome bettis, and if he's going to retire after this season, he might as well do it with a bang. plus, it'd be quite an accomplishment for a #6 seed to win it all.
anyways, not much else to report. i'm going home in an hour. take it easy people!
hey people. how was your weekend?
friday night, cindy and i went to the stanford vs. cal men's basketball game. it was a good contest, and cal cut stanford's lead to 2 points in the 2nd half before we pulled away at the end. i was stressed out for most of the game, as i usually am when watching the cardinal play.
for the first time, we stayed until the game ended, and man, getting out of the parking lot was hell. it must have taken us half an hour to get onto el camino. sheesh.
then, saturday afternoon, cindy and i watched the redskins play the seahawks. cindy is a redskins fan, btw. we ordered a domino's pizza (sausage, mushroom, and jalepeno, which took an hour to arrive), and had a good time. after the game was over (the redskins lost), i took a little nap and met up with nelson for some pho for dinner. then we went back to his place and watched the new england patriots lose to the broncos.
sunday, i watched the last quarter or so of the colts/steelers game. damn, it was an exciting final 5 minutes or so. i was really rooting for the colts to win, but in the end, they came up short with a badly shanked field goal. poor peyton. i was sort of bummed out.
then, after starting to watch the carolina panthers/chicago bears game, i had to leave to pick up jay and margaret at the airport. what's even better is that alan and ting took the same flight! it was a joyous reunion for me with my best buds at oakland airport, and i was happy to see them again. for thanking me for picking them up, jay and margaret got me a roots t-shirt and a park city moose shotglass. :)
i went home, took a nap, and went to gombei for dinner. i organized a party of seven taiko alum (including rosh's wife joy), and it was good seeing everyone again. unfortunately, my tics started acting up again, and i got very quiet and didn't say much. sigh. i hate my tourette's.
anyways, that was it for the weekend. i'm bummed we didn't get MLK off; a short workweek would have been nice. :(