i have some very good news. my ECO from hell looks like it's working! *huzzah* the preliminary version passed a test, and now, a modified version (new spec) looks like it's working as well. FUCKING BRILLIANT!!! (i'm talking about me, of course :) at first, it wasn't working, but i actually found a bug in the c-model instead, hehe. anyways, if this thing passes tonight, i'm going to be jumping up and down with joy.
i had an interesting dream between alarm clock snoozes this morning. basically, i had a bento lunch box where every object of food inside it signified all the types of evil out there. i guess it was sort of like pandora's box. but while i was away from it doing something, it opened on its own, and the food got away from me. i vaguely remember picking up a blackish spicy pepper, and that was the wicked witch of the east. weird, i know.
i've got a busy july and august coming up. july will be alan/ting's bachelor(ette) parties in vegas, and then my trip to taiwan. after i come back, the next weekend will be greg's wedding, and then, two weeks later, alan's wedding. that's a lot of stuff! of course, there is work as well, and the month of july will be the big push to tape out our next rev of one of our chips. man, i can't believe 2007 is almost half over. i haven't followed up on one of my new year's resolutions yet, either. gotta remind myself to do it soon, preferably before june's over.
so it looks like jay might wind up as a facial plastic surgeon in beverly hills. that's crazy. i wonder how many more times my salary he's going to make. it's going to be bank! i called him on his birthday this past sunday. he's got a big board exam coming up this weekend, and then it's full speed for planning alan's bachelor party. to tell you the truth, i'm not really looking forward to the stripper part of it. i think lap dances have grown old (and expensive). that is, unless the girl is really cute. i still remember that cute asian girl from sapphire, shannon. she made good conversation, too. it's always a bit weird talking to strippers because they act all sexy, and then they talk and it's like they're just normal people. it's a weird juxtaposition. but yeah, what i'm looking forward to the most in vegas is hanging out with my college buddies.
remember when i said i was down to 9 cigarettes a day? well, it's back up to around 10. i've been so stressed at work that i smoke one extra on my drive home from work. it's like a nice present for myself after i leave the office. i think now that the ECO is done, i'll be able to bring myself back to 9 soon.
my bowling gang friends are so tech savvy. like, they build file servers, download tv shows and stream them over their wireless networks to their tv's, stuff like that. i don't know how to do any of that. hell, i am probably the only one of my friends who still uses a VCR. haha! for my birthday last year, alan and ting bought me four blank tapes. who knew that stores still sell them?
sometimes i wonder what my ex's think about the fact that i have naked pictures of them. i mean, they're *somewhere* in my bedroom stashed in a box in the closet, and it's not like i look at them anymore, but should the fact that they exist on this planet cause them worry? i mean, the weight loss girl has naked prints of me, but that really doesn't register in my mind. i trust her, i guess, that she's not going to publish them to the world. and likewise, i'm going to keep my pictures of my ex's private as well.
ok. it's 6pm. time to go check up on my test.