*yawn* hello people. it's friday!
i've got no plans for the weekend aside from the stanford men's basketball game against washington sunday night. washington is ranked in the top 25, so it will be a good test for us. go cardinal!
so i have a question for all you car folks. last night, i started my car. no problem there. but then, the car struggling to idle, and quickly died. what do you think the problme is? i had this issue with my car a few years ago, and the folks at the dealer said something about a "sticky valve" and "adjusting the idle speed."
it's amazing that we depend so much on things (i.e. cars, computers) just working, when they are such complicated things. i'm pretty stressed out now, because i don't know when my car will die again. it behaved nicely in the morning, but who knows about future starts? *pukes*
so last night was a big chinese new year's dinner. seven of the folks in the party kept talking about their trip to park city a few weeks ago, when they went to utah to ski. it was sort of lame, because the rest of us couldn't offer anything in terms of conversation, while the seven of them often cracked up in laughter in reminiscing.
i've decided that i don't like big crowds when it comes to social events. maybe 2-4 people is ok, but soon after that, the dynamic get all wonky. it's partially my fault since i'm no good at superficial conversation. oh well.
so i'm done with my coding. yay! now i just have to get it to compile and synthesize. at first, before i started work on my block, i found the task pretty daunting. but every day, i just chipped away at it, and now it's finally done. slow and steady wins the race!
so no football this weekend. man, this season why flew by. then again, the football season is short to begin with, with only 16 regular season games in 17 weeks. after the super bowl, i'm going to focus my attention on basketball, both in the professional and collegiate level. at this point, it looks like stanford will end up in the NIT, which will be really sad. hey, at least my mavericks seem to be doing well. go dirk nowitzki!
it was free lunch today at work, and they served indian food. it was so-so; my biggest complaint was that the chicken in the chicken tikka masala was too dry. but i did have a big helping of kheer (rice pudding). it wasn't too sweet, and it tasted like arroz con leche that i had in spain.
ah, spain. ah, italy. my europe trip a year and a half ago seems so distant in my memory. it was fun time, despite some problems i had with certain members of the group i went with. this year, i want to go to china, but that also means i should (out of obligation and desire) go to taiwan to see my parents. we'll see. i don't know if i have that many vacation days. i have a friend who moved from the states to china (beijing), and word is that he's having a blast.
i wish my life were a blast. sigh.
anyways, i haven't taken a dump today. i think i'm going to go to the bathroom and try to force one out. have a great weekend, folks!