man, basketball was great today. i must have made like 75% of my shots, and a lot of them were on fast breaks, which was exhilarating. for some reason, our team chemistry today was good, and we had a lot of break opportunities, and i just hustled down the court full speed after a defensive rebound and caught a lot of long bomb passes. i was extra tired and hot and sweaty at the end of it, but it was a very satisfying feeling. (although, i have sort of a headache right now.)
it's been a busy day at work. i haven't done much web browsing or the usual facebooking that i normally do. it's cool. i actually enjoy working, despite my usual famous laziness. we're in crunch time for our current project, so i expected things to pick up a bit. that issue that i thought would be a headache to fix turned out to be pretty easy after i thought about it for a while at home last night; i came up with a simple solution, and i even did the coding changes before lunch, which is very rare.
so i tried the mcskillet burrito again this morning. (they didn't give me a free iced coffee, though.) i asked for some salsa at the drive thru window, and i got two packets of picante sauce. it helped the flavor. god, i love mcd's sausage, and they put a lot of it in the burrito. *drools* i think i'm going to get this pretty often for my bball day breakfasts.
no, i don't cook. back in college, my coterm (5th) year, i used to make myself omelets and quesadillas for lunch, but it wasn't very efficient. it took a long time to make, eat, and clean up, all for just one person. and even now, cooking for myself takes too much time. it's cheaper just to grab something quick at a local place. although, i do regret not having cooking skills; it's something i envy in some of my talented chef friends, like paul; he makes a mean steak and prime rib.
i'm anxiously waiting for the santa clara gombei to open up. gombei is my favorite restaurant (it's japanese home-style cooking). D and i stopped by earlier this week, and it's still under construction inside. the sign's up and everything, but from the look of the interior, it'll be quite a while before they open. i *heart* gombei! i hope the food's as good as the other two locations they currently have.
so i watched last night's new episode of _south park_. cartman gets HIV, and he gives it to kyle. so what is the deal with HIV and AIDS these days? it's not in the news anymore. is it still a serious death sentence (at least, in developed countries)? or are drug cocktails able to keep it under control and prolong the life of those afflicted with the disease? i find it amazing that magic johnson is still alive, something that figures prominently in the plot of last night's episode.
like i said, you don't hear much about HIV anymore. i don't even know anyone with it. i remember way back when, at a student gathering in school, when i was told something like, "look to your left and to your right. one of you three will die of AIDS." my, how times have changed.
i found a friend of mine on facebook who has 998 friends. ridiculous. how do you know that many people? seriously, i would not be able to remember that many faces and names. i guess some people are just social butterfies; this girl is really bouncy and peppy, so it doesn't surprise me that a girl like her would have that many friends. but still, the number boggles my mind. i wonder how big her wedding would be.
so i have a question to you working people out there. how big of a bonus did you get? i won't talk strict dollars, but i'll just say that i got around 8% of my salary. is that good? i guess 8% of my salary translates to one month's worth of pay. i guess that sounds ok, but i don't know if it's the standard amount or not. now if only my stock options weren't underwater...
so i don't know much about the spitzer (gov. of new york) resignation, but the only fact that i know of is that he solicited a high class call girl. i don't see what the big deal there is. so what if he paid for sex? who cares? i don't see why he has to resign from his position just because he got some nookie. ok, so he's married, so he has to own up to committing adultery, but bill clinton didn't have to give up his post as president for cheating on his wife. anyways.
i am shocked that kristy lee cook didn't get voted off last night. i was IM'ing mia about it, and i was thinking that maybe david hernandez got the boot instead because of the controversy about him being a gay stripper. hm. so that's two weeks where a gay male got voted off. is america that homophobic? i guess so. how disappointing. oh well, i'm ok with it because that means i get to ogle kristy for another week. i hear mariah carey week is coming up next? ugh. i hate her. didn't she make a comment years ago about how she envied starving people because they were so skinny? EGADS.
ok, it's almost 7pm, and i'm still at work. gonna putz around the office until dinner at southland at 7:30. stanford vs. arizona @ 8:30pm! go cardinal!