man, my throat hurts. i've been coughing a bit, and there's something down there. i hope i'm not getting sick. i don't get ill very often, but in the past few months, i've come down with something twice already.
so at work, i'm digging through this c model that i wrote back in 1998. it's not much code (only 400 lines), but it's complicated, and it'll take me a while to understand what i was doing back then. i've given myself this whole week to work on it, so i should be able to get it done. but man, i was a smart cookie back then. i'm so stupid now. :/
i'm happy there's new television to watch tonight. there are new episodes of _how i met your mother_ and _the class_ on CBS. and, i still have last week's taped episode of _the OC_ to catch up on. and the bonus is that i don't have a late dinner tonight (it's gonna be a cereal night), so i can get some good sleep. during the weekend, i've had to take xanax to help me fall asleep faster, for fear of lying in bed past midnight.
i have a dentist appointment tomorrow. i hate going to the dentist. it hurts! they don't use the metal hook that much anymore, which is good, because that stuff is really painful. i hope i don't have a cavity. i always feel guilty when they ask if i floss, because i never do. they make me feel like i've committed a crime or something.
so apparently, i missed a great stanford men's basketball game yesterday. we won by one point on a lawrence hill shot with less than a second left to go. to tell you the truth, i was going to skip paintballing to watch the game if cindy didn't have to go to a friend's baby shower. but she was occupied with that, so i didn't have anyone to watch the game with. oh well. my friend peter actually drove two hours from DC to virginia to watch the game live. that must have been pretty exciting.
on this very day, eleven years ago, k2 and i got together. it was sort of weird, because we actually hooked up earlier than that, before winter break. but the relationship was "defined" later. we didn't actually have a DTR talk, but it was made clear on january 8th that we were a couple. DTR's are weird; i've only had one of them. the reason why i say they're weird is because you shouldn't have to verbalize that you want to be together. it should be an unspoken understanding that neither of you should have to say out loud. i'm not sure if i'm being clear.
do most companies get MLK day off? i know a lot of academic institutions get it off, but my company doesn't offer it as a holiday. bummer.
i'm not a big fan of perms. one of my coworkers just got one, and it doesn't look very good. i like straight, dark hair. yum.
ok, it's almost time for my 5pm smoke. have a nice day folks!
so all three nights, i got out of dinner around 10pm.
friday night, i met up with paul, leeya, and mikeC at krung thai. the place was packed, and i was highly looking forward to some good thai food. unfortunately, the jun pad poo portion was very small, and the red duck curry was pretty paltry in terms of how much duck they gave us. and to top it all off, the rice was undercooked, so i was pretty disappointed with the meal.
saturday, nelson and i went to IHOP and got all you can eat pancakes. i didn't get any extra pancakes, but nelson tackled five of them. he looked pretty sick afterwards. :) afterwards, we watched part of the chiefs/colts game, and i went home after the third quarter to take a nap. then, i watched the cowboys/seahawks game. don't talk to me about it. the cowboys lost the game by one point on a botched field goal. poor romo. i don't think i'll get over the game for at least a week. motherfucker.
for dinner, nelson and i met up with grace, john, and mikeC at ringerhut for a later dinner. i got the tonkotsu ramen, and it was bad. i still haven't found a dish at ringerhut that i've liked, so i think i'll stop going there.
sunday was all about geoff's bachelor party. first, we went to bearcreek milpitas for some paintball action. i've been paintballing before, so i was very leery of playing because of the paint. i got shot in both biceps, and it hurt! i have a bruise to show for it when greg (who was very good) tagged me from 15 feet away. i only played like 5 games during our 3 hours in the field, but i didn't mind.
for dinner, we went to van's in san mateo. i got the chicken fried steak there, which was horrible. chili's is much better, and cheaper, too. after dinner, we watched geoff open some "adult" gifts that alvin and nelson picked out for him, and he was pretty embarrassed and shocked. haha.
all in all, it was a pretty good weekend. but the dallas loss is still resonating with me. plus, the mavericks lost on sunday night as well (to the lakers, by 3 points). at least the stanford men won in a thriller, although i didn't get to watch the game.