man, i was tied up at work for like two hours doing this detective work. we had a mysterious problem where half of the tv was grey (black graphics), and the other half was black (black video), and there was no reason why that was happening. after a lot of dead-end brainstorming, i think i found out the problem. the dude had to leave, so we'll see if my theory holds up tomorrow morning.
i always underestimate how much shit comes out of my ass. today, i took a mini-dump at the office after my stomach started hurting. there were like two "little" squirts, but when i looked back afterwards, the little channel at the bottom of the toilet was filled up almost all the way. amazing!
i had an argentinian cigarette today. one of the other smokers offered me a marlboro light, and i was like, "uh... i already have one." but then, he showed me his pack, and it had some spanish on it. he told me that he just got back from a trip to brazil and argentina, so i tried it. it was very light, almost tasteless. it was like i was sucking on regular air. i wonder what kind of tobacco it was used and where it was made. anyways, i didn't feel satisfied, so my next smoking break came a lot sooner afterwards.
i booked my tickets to LA on southwest for next month. my boss gave me the green light to take thursday and friday off in mid june, so i can go to my brother's college graduation. hopefully, i'll be able to see some friends down there as well, but i'm not sure how much free time i'll have. my aunt is throwing a birthday party (she'll be turning 60), and my brother has two events for me to attend.
so i wrote an e-mail to one of my ex-coworkers the other day, and he told me that he had to explain to people why some of my old code had the word "WTF" in it. haha. luckily, i don't have code that says "shit" or stuff like that. i have, in the past, written code with words like "process_baby" or "happy_reg." and not to mention some gate-level stuff where i named the gates "katie_holmes_is_hot" and such. :) i guess you could call it a personal touch?
yes, i do watch porn, but i have no idea if other guys get hair on their scrotums. that's because pretty much all guys in porn shave their pubic regions. i have never seen a guy with a full-blown pubic thatch. so they probably shave their balls, too, if they get fuzzy down there. i checked last night in the shower, and yeah, i've got some really long pubes bursting out of my sack. they're funny-looking.
2, 2, 2, 1, 11, 22, 56. that's the number of flowers that have bloomed out of the plant outside my place. yes, i force myself to count each time there's a bloom. that last one (56) was a pain in the ass to count, because i miscounted a couple of times, and then i had to recount over and over again to make sure i got it right. and i do this every time i go out for a smoke. luckily, the flowers don't last very long; they shrivel up after like 2-3 days, and then i can relax and not worry about them for a while.
do you know people's shoes? i do. and because of that, during my mini-dump today at work, i think i took a shit next to my boss. i really didn't want to come out of the stall at the same time as him, so i hurried after i finished my business, washed my hands quickly, and left before he got done. *phew*
i think i have a frozen yogurt addiction. this is way worse than my obsession over boba a few years ago. over the past week, i've had froyo like six times. and i'm craving it now as i type this. hm. maybe i'll stop by mel's place on the way home. ugh. they say this stuff is good for you, but it's still calories, and not to mention all the carbs in the all-important mochi.
ah, i'm glad the weather has cooled down. i have three layers of blankets on my bed, and i had to go with two layers during the heat wave. last night, i still slept with two layers, and this morning, i felt cold. that's a good sign. i'm keeping my windows open now for the rest of summer. i like that slight breezy feeling at night (my head's just under the window), even though it means a noisier night. (i can hear the cars on the 85.)
how come some highways are prefaced by "the" and some aren't? like, i say "the 101," and i say "280." hm.
i am dreading the day my iMac dies. it took me three weeks of sitting in front of my computer to rip all of my 700+ cd's. i think adam told me that if i get a new iMac, file transfer of MP3 collections is fairly easy, but still, it's still a hassle. plus, i have my photos and other random files and such to carry over. i went to the apple store the other day, and computer are so cheap these days (relatively speaking, compared to how much i paid for my iMac).
ok. time to go home. it's game 7 between the hornets and spurs!
friday night, i met up some of the bowling gang for dinner at pizza chicago. surprisingly, leeya came, which was odd because she hates pizza. (the story goes, her parents own a pizza store, so she grew up eating too much pizza.) we got our usual (great chicago fire and the fridge), and buffalo wings for leeya. afterwards, we went to fry's and then back to paul's place to hang out.
we went to yogurtland at 10:50, ten minutes before closing, and the line was out the door. nuts. yogurtland has struck it big. i wonder if they'll charge more than 30 cents an ounce to make more money. one of the guys who ate with us (ed, i met him for the first time) got something nuts like 28 ounces, over $8! and he ate it all, too.
saturday, i left the house at 1pm and didn't get home until past midnight. great day. i started off with a late lunch at the peninsula creamery in downtown palo alto with paul, nelson, john and mikeC. ah, the chicken salad melt on toasted white, one of the greatest sandwiches ever. after lunch, we headed off to magnolia hi-fi, where paul spent a good chunk of time looking at speakers for his home theater system. i called up amyM and talked to her for a solid 20 minutes.
but the real reason why i suggested that place was... RED MANGO! yup. it opened that day, and yul was working there, too! yup. i said hi to him, and he recognized me, but he couldn't shake my hand because he was cutting up mangos. i got a medium regular (they only have two flavors, regular and green tea) with mochi for $4.95. the yogurt was good, a little thicker than pinkberry, but i must say, i think i like pinkberry better. still, i liked it, but i'm not sure if i'll drive all the way to downtown PA just for red mango.
after that, we went back to paul's place and watched _enchanted_. i fell asleep during the middle part, but i thought, from what i saw, that it was a cute movie. then, we went shopping. yup, shopping. i actually bought some stuff, too. i scored big with a nice shirt (light blue stripes with a white collar) that was on sale (originally $99) for $39 at club monaco, and then, i got a ben sherman brown/beige striped polo at macy's for 20% off. leeya went nuts buying stuff for paul.
we had dinner at the food court, but i wasn't hungry, so i just got a jamba juice (banana berry). the rest of them had mongolian bbq. (yes, i know i love mongolian bbq, but i don't like the stuff they have at the mall; they don't have chili paste.) then, we went back to paul's place and watched parts of _no country for old men_. i swear, nelson is obsessed with this movie.
sunday, i had a birthday dim sum outing for alan with the stanford crew. there was lots of talk about home buying and babies, so i didn't really say much during the conversation. still, it was a rare time when jack, jeremy, jay, alan and i were together, so i really appreciated it. we had a nice two-hour lunch.
then, i headed home and watched the second half of the celtics/cavaliers game. it was a very good contest, a legendary battle between paul pierce and lebron james, who both scored over 40 points for their respective teams. after that, i watched some of the _so you think you can dance_ season 3 marathon on MTV. it was nice seeing it again; it was like seeing old friends, especially dominic and the very HOT lauren gottlieb. oh, and amyM called me, and we talked for half an hour.
then, i headed off to grace's house, watched a bit of _the empire strikes back_, and we headed off to gombei santa clara for dinner. i got the curry udon, which was pretty bad. the curry wasn't thick enough, and the noodles were too thin. at least the spicy tuna rolls were semi-decent. after that, we went to breaktime for dessert.
i went home after that, and i flipped between the rebroadcast of _empire_ and this standup routine of carlos mencia. that dude is actually pretty funny. and then it was it.
overall, a pretty good weekend. and i just found out that next weekend is memorial day weekend! yay! i can't wait to have three days off.