drat. so i was working with jeremy (and kate) on planning this whole stanford gang reunion this weekend, and the two of us finally settled on a date this long weekend that worked, but it turns out that none of the other people can make it. and after this weekend, jeremy and kate's schedule is packed to the gills, so it seems it's never going to happen. *sigh* it seems like everyone (else) is so busy these days, with their wives and kids and lives and what not. at least there's jay and margaret's baby shower to look forward to; that'll be the one time this month that we'll get to see each other.
i got up at 9:10 today. i had a meeting at 10am, and usually, what happens is that i arrive at work at 9:59 or so, but today, i just couldn't sleep anymore. i mean, it was actually *uncomfortable* to lie in bed. !! i mean, wtf? when does that ever happen? i am a guy who LOVES to sleep! summer is doing strange things to me, that's for sure.
i brought a pear into the office today. i haven't eaten it yet, but i hope that i get off my ass and don't procrastinate eating that piece of fruit. so far, i am behind on my fruit eating, but luckily, the only thing that is going to spoil quickly is the one banana that i have left, and i hope to eat it tonight while watching _sytycd_.
i had mongolian bbq today. and since i got up early, i was starving by the time noon hit, so the meal was extra-fulfilling. but man, $15 for mongolian bbq (after tax and tip) means that i can't go there as often as i would like. the guy behind me caught me sniffing my uncooked noodles after i put them into my bowl. he was like, "huh?" and he asked what i was doing. i told him that the noodles have a wonderful aroma, so he took a whiff of his bowl of noodles, too. and he agreed with me. :)
one of my favorite pairs of boxers has three tears in it. they're my golf boxers; they're green, and they have prints of golf clubs all over. i wear them when i play golf (which i haven't done in many years) for good luck. unfortunately, they haven't brought me any luck, because i suck horribly at golf, haha. i guess i'll have to retire these boxers soon; i have three new pairs of banana republic boxers that i need to bust out. one of them features blue penguins on a red background. cute, huh?
last night, D, william and i grabbed ramen at maruichi and then headed over to my place to watch the season finale of _hell's kitchen_. the problem was, it wasn't really the season finale. it featured the showdown between the final two contestants, but it was only part one of a two episodes, and second of which will air next week. we didn't know that. ARGH. all this buildup for nothing. i have a feeling that jen, the bitch that she is, will screw over whoever picks her. she's got such a horrible attitude, i hate her. *RAAR*
my jawbone bluetooth headset is really complicated. there are so many functions! i guess when you only have two buttons that have to handle so much functionality, it has to get complex. the instruction manual folds out like an accordion. ugh. anyways, i test it out; i had D call me, and i went upstairs, and it sounded ok. of course, there isn't any noise in my place, so i couldn't tell if the "military-grade" "noise assassin" audio processing was any good. the earbud doesn't fit my ear that snugly, and when i tic, the headset flies off my head. :(
today's telepathic-testing evil thought of the day: "for such a skinny girl, you have a big ass." ha! no, honestly, though, i think it was just her loose jeans which made the girl's ass look bigger than it really was. and once again, i didn't get a response. are there any true telepaths out there? if there are, then one of these days, i'm gonna get my ass kicked.
tonight, a bunch of us taiko folk are going to send off susan and ray at the airport. they're flying out to vegas to get married, and we're heading them off at the pass at the check-in counter. i hope they get a good surprise. there is talk of someone getting susan a veil and ray a bowtie. there is also talk of party poppers, but 1) it could get messy, and 2) i'm not sure if explosives, however mild, are a good idea at an airport.
so i found a limitation in my block today. it supports 1920x1080p panels, but not 1920x1200p panels. shit. this means i have to fix it in our next chip. who the fuck decided that we would have to support this odd size? *RAAR* but it was a total coincidence that i found out the problem. i was thinking about it, and i just whimsically decided to multiply 1920 by 1200 and convert it into hexadecimal, and i noticed that it required 22 bits to represent. (my code uses only 21 bits to count the total number of pixels, and that's why it fails.) drat.
ok. i had better go. i need to pick up my drugs at safeway, and then it's off to the airport for the surprise send-off.