today, 8 of us old T (my first company) people got together for lunch. it was a reunion of sorts. it was fun, seeing old familiar faces for the first time in years. my first company has a special place in my heart, especially because it was a small startup. we had some good times working together, and i definitely have a lot of fond memories. the only downside of it was that we went to sweet tomatoes, one of my most hated places to eat, along with its twin sister, fresh choice. (i'm just not a salad guy.)
so i finally polished off the ECO from hell by writing the command list. it felt good getting that off my back. well, tomorrow it'll be official when i review the design with my boss and some other engineers. it turned out to be not so bad, thanks to the fact that we only did an incremental synopsys compile on the MC netlist. if we had done a full compile from scratch, then it would have been utterly impossible. but the incremental compile kept all of the gates i was looking for intact, so the ECO was actually pretty straightforward. thank fucking goodness!
three of my friends have daughters named kaitlyn (or a variant thereof). it's a popular name! that name still reminds me of the girl from _the OC_. speaking of that show, i miss it. i know that there was no way it could have remained good with the kids going to college (see _dawson's creek_), but still, for some reason, i got really attached to that show, and i miss getting my weekly dose.
i really need to cut my toenails. it looks like i have french tips now, that's how long the white parts are. my left big toe's nail is clipping the front of my shoes when i walk, and i better cut them tonight before i play basketball tomorrow and accidentally get them ripped off when i stub my toes against someone else's foot or something.
a lot of my friends have gotten lasik eye surgery. i've thought about it some, but just don't want anybody to fuck with my corneas. sure, not having to wear glasses would be nice, because then i would be able to wear cool shades during the summer. i spent $450 on a pair of prescription oakley juliet's, but i hardly wear them because i'd have to carry around a case for my regular glasses when i go indoors. hm.
so tonight's another two hours of _so you think you can dance_. currently, my favorites are lauren, hok and dominic. although, i don't think the last two have a chance at winning because they're breakers. until they prove to me otherwise, i just don't think they have the versatility that other dancers have.
i've had this hard zit on my right cheek for many months now. it's gotten a lot smaller, and it's not as discolored as it used to be, but still, it's bothering me that it just won't go away. i asked my dermatologist what to do about it, and she told me to leave it alone. ?! am i just supposed to live with it? wtf? *grumbles* maybe i'll give it a good squeeze tonight when i get home and see what comes out.
ok, i'm gonna wrap this up and head out. i'm giddy that i finished the ECO. i definitely overhyped it up, and now that i'm done with it, i'm just so happy that i was able to conquer it so quickly. *huzzah*