weird. i've been debugging this problem with one of my tests, and the C model is getting corrupted. one of the variables is going to a strange number, and every time i compile, it turns into a different random number. it seems like the memory is getting corrupted, and these kinds of problems are very tricky to debug. i've handed it over to someone else to debug.
so i'm nervous for stanford. we lost both games last week, and we have a tough arizona and an improving ASU left to play. luckily, these two games are at home, so we have a better shot at winning them. currently, ESPN's bracketology has us as a 9 seed and falling. i really hope we make the tournament this year. i don't think we'll go very far, but given that our main roster consists of freshmen and sophomores, we should be better next year with experience. go cardinal!
man, mondays are tough, especially knowing that this is a full 5-day workweek. my last two weeks have been 4-day workweeks, and they were nice. i'm still sort of looking back at my trip to LA two weekends ago; it was a good, relaxing trip. it's sort of tough knowing that my next long weekend is way out in may (memorial day). maybe one of these days i'll take a friday off and just relax, although no one will be around to play. but then again, john and grace aren't working, so maybe i could call them up and hang out with them.
i saw some pictures of me at geoff's wedding, and i'm starting to get concerned that i'm losing too much weight. my face has totally slimmed down, and i look a little gaunt. i'm sort of scared to show these pictures to my mom (who's been clamoring for some pictures of me), because she might be a little shocked. we'll see what she says. i showed some pictures of me during my chow yun-fat shoot to some people last night at tap-ex, and man, my face was really full back then. that was when i was approaching 200 pounds. fyi, i'm down to 155 lbs now.
strangest thing. the day that i proclaim that mischa barton is a bad actress, i have a dream about her in which i am dating her, and i'm trying to impress her. i mean, i don't really like her, and i don't think she's particularly attractive. but in the dream, i am in fond of her, and i vaguely remember something about sitting with her in a ferris wheel (just like in the OC). odd, huh?
i've been getting small cuts on the right side of my chin lately. it's because when i tic to the right, my chin goes right into the sharp teeth of the zipper on my sweatshirt. ouchie!
so, update on the c-model problem: it's been fixed! the bug was that the variable was declared within a function, so every time it was called, the variable was initialized to garbage. so the fix was to make it a global variable, so it kept its old value every time it was called (it's a delay line register, so it needs to know its old value from previous calls). and the test now passes. yippee!
i need a haircut. i'm getting really scruffy, and my sideburns are out of control. maybe i'll get one tomorrow. i need to prep for haircuts, i.e. wear an old t-shirt because hair gets all over the neck and shoulders. i think this time, i'll wear the t-shirt that i put on for geoff's paintball bachelor party.
the tail end of today's dump was a little spicy. i wonder if it was the indian food i ate last night. it felt a little acidic and sour. the meal also gave me a lot of gas last night. i was taking my nightly shower, and all of a sudden, i felt the urge to take a dump. so i got out, dried off, and sat on the toilet, sort of bummed out that i had just cleaned myself. i strained, but all that came out was a ton of gas. i was sort of relieved, but it would have been a shame to take a shit right after thoroughly cleaning my asshole.
ok, that's it for today. off for a cigarette!
friday night, i met up with barden and haruka at gombei for dinner. i wasn't very hungry, so i just had two order of sushi, a california roll and a spicy tuna roll, 16 pieces in all. and then it was off to dinkelspiel for the taiko concert. i wasn't impressed with the stanford taiko pieces, but the kenny endo taiko ensemble was very good. i especially liked the piece "spirit of rice."
then, there was "symmetrical soundscapes." this was a very fast, coordinated and difficult piece, played by kenny, hiroshi, joy and susan. i now have newfound respect for joy and susan for being able to pull it off. i know kenny and rosh have played it before, but man, seeing the two girls rip off the song was amazing! bravo!
saturday, i had lunch with the taikofolk at maruichi. and then it was off to spoons to watch the stanford/UCLA game with diana, a proud bruin alumni. it was a friendly rivalry between the two of us, with no trash talking or anything. stanford hung in there in the first half, only down 3 at halftime. but then, UCLA went on a 10-0 run in the second half, and put it away down the stretch. that's too bad. jen joined us later on for a bit, and we teased her about this "date" that she was going on that night. i mean, when a guy picks you up, pays for dinner and a musical, that's a date, right? hehe.
for the rest of the night, i tried calling up various people for dinner, but they were all occupied. the weird thing was that nelson said he was available, but when i finally called him up, he said that he couldn't wait and had eaten leftover pizza. hm. if he was hungry, he should have called me, right? so i found that to be a bit weird. oh well. so i just had a tv dinner (stouffer's tuna casserole, yum), and called it a night.
sunday, alan and ting picked me up, and we went to chuck e. cheese's in union city/fremont for anthony's 3 year old birthday party. there were lots of kids there, and it was good to see jack/amy and jeremy/kate with their kid, audrey. we played some skee ball, hung around a bit, and had some mediocre pizza. the place was PACKED with people. the big mouse chuck himself even made a special appearance himself and danced for anthony, who seemed to be a bit shy.
after that, i went home and watched like two hours of E!'s red carpet special for the oscars. lots of strapless dresses and cleavage. people were raving about penelope cruz's dress (i think it was her) and her long feather train, but i didn't like it. but i actually missed the oscars itself because i went out to dinner in downtown san jose with some of the bowling crowd. we went to tandoori oven, and i had this spicy lamb seek kabob, which looked like a huge turd (no surprise) wrapped with onions in naan. it was ok, but i couldn't finish it.
afterwards, we went to tapioca express in mountain view and hung out for a bit. i got my yogurt green tea with pearls (good), and watched a little bit of _van helsing_, which they were showing in the store. i didn't like the way kate beckinsale looked in that movie, and i wondered why the flying vampire girls didn't have nipples, even though they were naked.
all in all, it was a good weekend, but i wished saturday night were more eventful.