man, my runny nose just won't quit. the left and right sides of my nostrils are red and peeling because i'm wiping my nose so much. it ain't pretty, let me tell you. does the body *ever* stop producing boogers? you've gotta figure that at some point, it's gonna run out of booger material, right?
i'm still burping up the tempura that i had for lunch. i favorite (besides the shrimp, of course) is the broccoli tempura. i mean, i like broccoli in general, but there's something about rolling it in batter and deep-frying it that makes it extra good. J and i went to midori today for lunch; it's pretty mediocre food, but their lunch bento boxes have a lot of food, and it's reasonably priced ($8.95).
so i gotta hand it to florida for winning the men's basketball championship last night. last year's champs' starting five all decided to return to make a run this year, and they never wavered in their focus, and they won it all again. pretty damn impressive. i was rooting for ohio state to win, and greg oden had a good game, but in the end, florida was just too much and too good. congrats to them, and i wonder if the the gators (four of the starting five are juniors) will return to try for a three-peat, a feat that only ucla has accomplished back in the 60's and 70's.
so some of the 2nd floor engineers are moving up to the 3rd floor, where i work. to me, that doesn't mean much, but one concern that i have is the overpopulation in the bathroom. what if i have to take an emergency dump, and all three stalls are taken? i might accidentally shit in my pants! i've had that almost happen to me once, and i had to rush to the elevator and take a dump on the 2nd floor. now, there are over a dozen more people on this floor, and that might produce an overflow of people in the crappers.
so the dreaded has happened. baseball is back. ick. last night, after _sportscenter_, i had to suffer through my first _baseball tonight_ on espn. how boring. all this talk about pitchers, flyouts, double plays, etc. there are only two things that interest me this season: barry bonds breaking the home run record and how pitcher daisuke matsuzaka does. that second one is more of a novelty act, simply because the boston red sox paid so much to acquire this japanese pitcher. the rest? *snorefest*
so i bought some more stock today. i got some shares of AMD, which fell to its 52-week low yesterday. i know the company's not doing so well, but i'm going to hold on to this and see where it goes. i'm not a trader, more of a buy and hold kind of guy, so i don't mind keeping this stock for a few years. for example, i bought sony stock when it fell crazily to $25 a while back, and i held it for a few years and sold it for $50. i like doubling my money. although, i did the same thing with akamai (bought in at $17, sold at $35), but it went all the way at $50 after i sold it. drat. i know, i'm greedy. :P
i think i'm in a comfort zone as far as my friends go. i'm comfortable with the bowling gang, as well as with alan and ting. and while that's all fine and dandy, i need to make more of an effort to maintain my relationships with other friends, friends that i don't see as much. i'm lazy by nature (as you readers are well aware of), so i tend to fall in a rut in many ways in my life. for example, i haven't seen hr girl in over a year and a half. why? because she lives in the city. stuff like that. i mean, don't get me wrong, i love hanging out with the bowling gang and alan/ting and stuff, but i feel like my bond with other friends is wilting, and i definitely need to get out there and strengthen my relationships.
ok. time for a smoke. and damn, i really need to get over this booger problem.