hey people. so my coworker michael left today. i shook his hand, and now he's gone. *sniff* he did a good job here. we weren't the best of friends or anything; he was quiet and mostly kept to himself. i'm sort of selfish, though, and the biggest impact this will have on me is that i will have to take over his systemC modelling work. ick. but yeah, a lot of people are leaving. there's that manager i have been talking about, and then two young guys are leaving within the next month of so, one of them being C, one of my lunch buddies (he's going to UCLA for a ph.d.).
so it looks like i'm not staying in the hapuna prince hotel for mikeT's wedding. i'm joining mikeC, paul, leeya, geoff, pak, and nelson in a condo. i think it's a better arrangement, since i'll have more people to hang out with (i think we're volcano hiking on friday), and it will certainly be easier on the wallet (no more $210 a night). so that'll be cool.
i overheard that one of the new guys (a verification manager) worked at texas instruments. my ears perked up because i worked at TI for 4 summers back when i was in college. so i went over and talked to him for a while, reminiscing about dallas and stuff. that's cool, finding common stuff about people. i need to work on my conversation skills, and one of them is finding a common ground with others and building on that.
i was browsing this one blog of a cute girl that i discovered way back when (leah), and i found out she's married. she's only 21! that's pretty young, isn't it? i often wonder if young marriages work out. i mean, she's in college still, and i often find that people change a lot when they're in school, and after graduating, they find out that they're different people and want different things. i mean, k2 and i went through college and beyond during our 4 years together, and our lifestyles sort of diverged, which contributed greatly to our breakup. of course, my worsening tourette's was a huge factor, too, as i became socially hermetic and simply didn't want to do anything.
i had dinner last night with geoff (among other people), and he seemed to become obsessed with finding RG's blog. the history of RG was that he was the guy who set up this meeting of bloggers, and that's where i met geoff, ben, and mikeT. and the ironic thing was that i became friends with all of them, except RG. that meeting pretty much changed my life in many (important) ways, so i am indebted to him, but for whatever reason, he's disappeared from the internet. odd.
so there was talk last night of a camping trip. i have only camped once, but i am tempted to try it out again. i have nothing against camping, but my big fear is having to take a dump out in the wilderness, especially with my diarrhea. yuck! so we'll see. this bowling gang is pretty outdoorsy, and i think it's cool that they are, so maybe it'll rub off on me. well, then again, alan and ting are outdoorsy too, but i've just never taken them up on their invites to go backpacking and stuff.
last night's cowboys/colts game was semi-promising. i mean, the cowboys' first-teamers had two long drives, but the problem was they couldn't score touchdowns and settled for two field goals. in the red zone, the colt's run D stiffened up, so i am a little concerned. but we'll see. luckily, the cowboys play in the relatively weak NFC, so i think they have a good chance to get in the playoffs, barring any serious injuries. *knocks on wood*
so this video guru is giving a presentation at 10am on monday. normally, i would skip it, but his subject matter is right smack dab in the middle of my work realm, so i think i need to go. i just hope my tv doesn't arrive in the middle of his talk. i gotta remind myself to put my phone on vibrate instead of turning if completely off. oh, and i definitely need to remind myself to turn off my phone during greg and cheryl's wedding. don't want to ruin the moment. *cringe*
what i'm looking forward to the most for their wedding is mikeT's speech. he's the officiant, and greg gave him full control over what he's going to say. it's gonna be good! haha. i really like the idea of having friends being officiants. it's a nice personal touch, rather than having some random priest or religious figure marrying the two people. if my future wife is ok with it, then that's what i'm going to do too.
ok, time to putz around a bit, and then i'm off to my massage. have a STUPENDOUS weekend folks!