this morning, i got out of bed at 8:30, but as usual, i didn't want to go to work that early, so i did something that i haven't done in a very long time: listen to some music on my iMac. it was really nice. music used to be a big part of my life, and i realized that i really missed it. so i just went through my iTunes library, picking out some songs that i liked, and i just grooved along while checking e-mail and websurfing. i'm actually looking forward to the roadtrip down to LA now, because i'll be bringing my iPod along. music galore!
yesterday, after finishing brunch at los gatos cafe, i felt the urge to take a dump, so i went to the bathroom and did the deed. when i looked down before flushing, i noticed that the little specks of turds were GREEN. eww. what makes the stuff green? *ponder* either way, i thought that was gross.
i just got a call from jessica a few minutes ago. we talked for 25 minutes. even though we had two long hiatuses in our relationship, she's one of my oldest friends. i've known her since she was like 12. we have one of those "brutally honest" friendships, where she calls me a dork and stuff like that. :) she came out to visit me a few octobers ago, and she might come to visit again! so that's good news.
so the manager at my company left today. *sniff* our last words were, "go stanford!" haha. i'm sure i'll think of him every time our alma mater is on tv, and i'll probably e-mail him whenever our basketball team plays in an exciting game, now that i know his personal e-mail. we had a farewell lunch for him at sneha, and i was really looking forward to eating indian food again. but like ting said, the food's not as good anymore. two of the dishes were really salty. ick. so i'm going to suggest going to shan next time; someone said that the food's really good there.
so i've noticed that football in 1080i isn't as good as football in 720p. i talked to the picture quality guru today, and he says it's true, because whenever there's a lot of motion, 1080i is downgraded to only 540 lines of resolution. but, if it's a relatively still picture, 1080i will look better. hm. he gave me a lot of technical jargon which i can't reproduce here, so i'll take his word for it.
my friend J's funny. ever since i wrote that taiwanese girls aren't that cute, he's been a little offended, so today he sent me a link to a taiwanese yahoo personal ad. and he's going to keep doing it until i am convinced that taiwanese girls are cute. ha! (i gave today's girl a 6.7/10.) but what i will demand from him is the number of ugly girls he has to look through until he finds a cute one, like a "signal to noise" ratio. :)
so there's even more of my friends getting married this year. by the time 2007 ends, there will be 12 of my friends who will have gotten married. NUTS. even though i'm only going to 6 weddings, i am planning on buying gifts for all of them. that's a lot of moolah!
one of female friends broke up with a guy, and now she's taken him back. is that ever a good idea? what makes you think a person's "improved?" i mean, do people really ever change, especially when they're older? i can understand if they were really young and immature, but what about at our age? hm. i am skeptical about this. i know, i am just looking out for her, but i don't want to see her think that this guy's turned over a new leaf, only to find out that he was just putting on an act.
*yawn* i had food coma today. indian food for lunch always does it to me. i took a 15-minute power nap today afterwards, and it really helped.
ok, time to wrap this up and finish my dr pepper.
friday night, nobody was available for dinner, so i grabbed a sourdough jack (so tasty when you're hungry) on the drive over to greg and cheryl's place and ate it in the car. a bunch of us went over there to eat their wedding cake. it was really sweet, though, and i couldn't finish the frosting and fondant. john brought over a tupperware container full of ice, so i had some whiskey (bushmills), but i didn't feel like drinking, so i just had one and stopped there.
saturday, i got up at SEVEN THIRTY. crazy. i watched some tv, and then grace picked me up, and the two of us headed up to foster city to watch mikeC participate in a dragon boat race event. in the middle, we grabbed some dim sum at mr. fong's down the street, and the two of us stuffed ourselves silly with 7 plates worth of food. mike's boat came in 2nd in one race and 3rd in the second race. we left around 2:30 or so. i really enjoyed talking to grace; as much as i love hanging out in a group, one-on-one conversations really are the best.
after i got home, i went to paul's place, and we went to fry's. paul bought three 750GB hard drives for his computer (damn, that's a lot of storage), and then we went back to his place and watched an episode of _survivorman_. les stroud is crazy. i'm really impressed that he has the know-how to survive by himself in such extreme places, though. i would probably die in one or two days.
after that, i met up with alan and ting at mercado for a quick in 'n out dinner, and then we watched the 5th _harry potter_ movie. the series has really gotten a lot darker and serious. i was disappointed that ron and hermione have become mere props, as the movie really focused on harry as main protagonist. but when hemione showed up on the screen, i really did my best to ogle her. :) she's cute!
so my plan now is to probably read the 6th and 7th books. i definitely want to read the last book, since i've heard it's really good and emotional. i want to find out for myself who dies and who survives.
sunday was much more unsatisfactory. five of us had a late brunch at los gatos cafe, which is probably my favorite brunch place now. i had a southwestern omelette with guacamole (instead of sour cream). yum. afterwards, we walked around for a bit, and then i got home around 3 and just crashed for about 2.5 hours. i watched some tv (the movie _dave_, which i really like), and for dinner, i grabbed a jack's spicy chicken and some mozzarella sticks. and i just spent the rest of the night chilling at home.
and that was it. i wish i had done more on sunday, but it was definitely relaxing to stay home and enjoying my new tv.