i had one of those today while coding. i was working on integrating this OD block into my stuff, and then i had a brilliant eureka! moment during a smoking break. i came up with a massive simplification in the microarchitecture. instead of adding three fifo's, a mux, and two banks of shift registers, all i needed to add was just one fifo. amazing, huh? i ran it by the project lead and the OD designer, and after some discussion, we decided to go with my idea. i am the fucking man!
still, though, i have a lot of coding to do. today, i instantiated all of the blocks (just that one fifo and the OD block, but i had to remove all the work i had previously done), and then, i have to change the pipeline control (which is the hardest part, very tricky), modify an arbiter, and add some new programmable registers. if i pulled an all-nighter today, i would be able to finish all of it, but then again, who needs me to work that hard? nah, i'll just space it out over a few days.
man, R sprained his ankle pretty badly today during basketball. i didn't see him go down, but at one point, he said that he was in such pain that he almost passed out. i helped him to his car, and he couldn't put any weight on his right foot. he was cursing with every step, and he had cold sweats as well. poor guy. basketball is a vicious sport. and for the 3rd time in like five or six outings, i got scratched by someone's fingernails to the point of bleeding. god damnit!
shit. i want to watch team USA basketball tomorrow during their olympics warmup against canada, but they're playing at 5pm pacific time (on espn). i probably can't get out of work that early. rats. i have high hopes for this team, and i think we have what it takes to win the gold this time around. during the last olympics, i was in italy, and i actually got some free time to watch some of the games. this time, i'll be working, but i hope my company will have a tv on in the cafeteria or something so we can stop by and catch some of the action throughout the day. (they did that for the world cup a few years ago.)
for those people who have written me on facebook, i'm sorry that i haven't responded. i've do read my messages, but i'm just slow at writing back. and for those readers who have been lurking, look me up! poke me or something! :) yes, i'm over 200 friends now, but i'll be more than happy to add some more acquaintances.
i've been drinking a lot of liquids at work. today, so far, i've had two bottles of water, two dr peppers, a small can of orange juice, two bottles of gatorade, and one can of V8. not bad, eh? i've been peeing a lot, too, and now my urine is crystal clear. cool. remember my nightmare of getting kidneystones. and plus, since i'm taking medication, i need to make sure that i dissolve those pills thoroughly.
my mom wants to live with me again in a month or so. ugh. and i just talked to her an hour ago, and she wants to do a thorough house cleaning. i better make sure i hide the porn in a very secure spot. i'm thinking about stashing it in the garage somewhere. man. this is making me very nervous. i am getting flashbacks of how uncomfortable it was when i realized she found my porn the last time, and i really don't want to go through that all over again. *shivers*
i got a haircut yesterday, and after i took a shower, i decided to q-tip my ears. it must have loosened up the earwax, because afterwards, while i was eating my subway sandwich downstairs, a chunk of it just dislodged and fell out on my sandwich wrapping paper. awesome. i love playing with my earwax; it's like silly putty, only it smells really funky, and i can't get enough of the scent. fun fun fun!
some of my coworkers are really shy, it seems. when they go take leak, even if there is a urinal open, they go into a stall, lock the door, and then pee. i mean, at the office, we have little walls between the urinals, so it's not like you can look over and see the other guy's schlong. so what's the hangup? *ponder*
so the bowling gang's leaving for tahoe tomorrow. sigh. i wish i could go with them. however, one thing i won't miss is sleeping in a tent with a bunch of other people. i love my current sleeping arrangement: alone, naked, and with my cool (temperature-wise) blankets and pillows. when i went camping with them last year, to make sure i had the least amount of disturbance, i conked myself out with xanax before hitting the sack, and i snagged the left-most spot in the tent; i sleep facing the left, so that meant that i didn't have to face anyone while i was slumbering. it was fine, but i definitely had some worries that i wouldn't be able to get some comfortable sleep.
i am hoping for mark and comfort to get voted off tonight on _sytycd_. assuming they go, the top 6 will get very tough. i think all of them are very good, and it will be sad to see any of them leave. but i do think that of the remaining dancers, the best of the boys is will, and the best of the girls is katee. like i said, only those two could have pulled off that pas de deux from last week. last night's show, with exception of the foxtrot by mark and comfort, was really top-notch. i enjoyed every dance number immensely.
ok. time to wrap this one up and wait for dinner here at the office. maybe i'll respond to some facebook messages now.