so my tv shipped today! i should be getting it next week sometime. fyi, i ordered a sony 40" bravia XBR2 LCD tv. it's our reference model here at the company, meaning we try to make our tv's look as good as that one. i'm pretty excited about it, although now i'm thinking about converting to digital cable so i can get all the HD channels. in the meantime, i'll probably borrow nelson's small HD antenna to see if i can at least get the over-the-air signals. HD football!
speaking of football, tonight is the cowboys/colts preseason game. so i'm going to leave in a bit to watch the first quarter or so. go cowboys! i have some mild expectations for this team this year, but we'll see how wade phillips does as our coach. i hear he's more easygoing, which the players like, but i do wonder what the lack of discipline will do for the players. and of course, TO is injured with back spasms.
i've been unreasonably happy lately. i feel like i'm on antidepressants or something. it's a good thing, i think. i remember back when i was on effexor (during my suicidal period), and that drug made me feel like i was in the clouds or something. i'm not quite *that* happy, but this week, i'm just grateful for having friends and family and stuff like that. and plus, i'm excited for greg and cheryl's wedding this weekend. i was thinking about bringing a bottle of bushmills whiskey, but greg told me they'll charge extra for that, so i guess i'll just spend money at the bar.
like i said, one of the managers is leaving the company. he's leaving for a better position, so i understand his career move. i'll definitely miss him, though. we talk sports a lot; for example, we've both been waiting for barry bonds to hit 756. the best time for us is during the stanford basketball season. but yeah, he's leaving, and it sucks to see a good friend go. he's been here ever since i joined back in 2003, so it's been four good years with him.
last night, my tv died almost completely. i got a picture for like 10 seconds, and then it flickered and went black. i actually *listened* to an episode of _scrubs_. it was like the dark days of radio! so for the football game tonight, i'm going to watch it on my dinky 13" tv in my bedroom.
i found a place to recycle my old broken tv. i was thinking about just throwing it in the dumpster, but i remembered that electronics have a lot of toxic chemicals in them. there's a place in los altos that accepts tv's, so maybe i'll get alan to help me take the tv in TING's volvo SUV. (ting made it very clear that the volvo is hers. :) i thought about fixing the tv, but i think it'll be too expensive. my coworker told me of this place, but the diagnostic evaluation already costs $75. ouch!
re: magnesium. damn, i keep forgetting to ask my psych about that. next time, i'll reread the article and print it out for him.
so i think lauren is gonna get voted off on _sytycd_. i actually called in last night to vote for her. thrice, even. even though i think she's hella cute, i don't like her hair. i'm not a fan of bangs that hang straight down. i hate that look. but, that rumba with dominic last week still makes me shudder. yowza! cool thing is, it's on youtube, so i can watch it over and over again.
ok, i'm off to watch the game. go cowboys!