it's been a busy day at work for me. i was stuck doing some of this audio codec verification, but luckily, i had a guy who was familiar with the stuff come help me, and we found some issues with the testbench, so i'm back on my feet for a little bit. as i grow older and more experienced, i've become unafraid to ask for help. before, like in college and before, i was very independent; i always did stuff on my own (screw the study sessions and office hours!), but now, i've come to realize that it's not a sign of weakness to ask for assistance. and in fact, it makes life easier, so why not do it?
i tried jack in the box's southwestern scramble for breakfast today. it was only ok. they claim that they use cholula hot sauce (which i *love*), but i couldn't detect even the faintest existence of it. bummer. the main ingredient in this scramble is eggs (duh, it's called a "scramble"), which is ok, but frankly, i expected more. i won't be getting it again, especially at $3.02. there are better things to eat for breakfast.
so i think tonight is mariah carey night on _american idol_. i'm not looking forward to it. i hate mariah carey. she may have a nice body, but i think she's got a nasty face. and there was some comment that she said that just made me despise her. i think it was something like, "i'm jealous of those starving africans because they're so skinny." yeah! can you believe that? this may be the last chance i see kristy lee cook, so i'm going to ogle her all that i can before she gets voted off.
i don't know exactly where yul's palo alto red mango (opening next month) is going to be. i think i heard him say it's going to be near the apple store. oh, and one of the other locations is going to be santana row. anyways, i'm very excited. this is the original korean frozen yogurt shop that launched pinkberry and all the others, right? *giddy* and they'll have mochi!
the NFL schedules came out today. my cowboys' schedule looks decent. they don't play the patriots, chargers, or the colts, so they look like they might be able to pull off a decent record. they do play the 49ers, so nelson and i can have a trash-talkfest during that game. the game is in dallas, so we can't go, but i'm fine with that because i'd actually prefer to watch it on tv than go to a live game. i like having instant replay, bathroom breaks, and not having to face the horrendous traffic coming back.
ah, football. zz wrote a facebook message to me saying something like my "basketball obsession" was one of my faults/vices, but man, she has no idea how crazy i am about my cowboys. but football season is so far away; i have a long way to go before i'll get really excited about it.
man, i am beat today. last night, i woke up every hour until 4am, which means i didn't get restorative sleep until then. i'm not sure why that happened, but it just translates to me feeling exhausted. i couldn't get up this morning, so i rolled into work today (after getting breakfast) at 11:15am. my boss was in my neighbor's cube talking some serious emergency stuff, so i felt really bad coming in so late. i better start showing up earlier for the next few days.
oh, regarding ":)me"'s comment, i am a red sox fan. :) down with the yankees!
last night, i watched the end to _return of the jedi_ on tv. i wanted to see which version of anakin skywalker they used in the final scene (you know, when luke sees the dead spirits of anakin, obiwon and yoda). this was the re-done movie, so they used hayden christensen as anakin. i thought that was lame. shouldn't they have used the final (i.e. old) incarnations of the jedi's, meaning what they looked like when they died? dumb. silly george lucas.
anyways, i credit _star wars_ for saving my life. literally. when i was suicidal, one main reasons why i didn't off myself right then and there was because i wanted to see how episode III would turn out. really, honestly! i wanted to see how anakin became evil, how the empire was formed, how the jedi were killed off, etc. so i really owe _the revenge of the sith_ my life. that and antidepressants.
so i was at tap ex the other night, and i saw an ad for tila tequila's _a shot at love 2_. the volume was turned down, so i couldn't hear why they were doing it. what happened with tila and bobby? did they break up or something? man, not again!
ok, i'm going to do some research on tila now. take it easy.