hey people. i *really* need to start coding my LTI block at work. we had a status meeting, and the project lead told me that i'm behind, and he's concerned. i am, too, to be honest. i'm about a week behind schedule, so i'm going to start coming in early to catch up. if worst comes to worst, i'm going to pull an all-nighter to make up for lost time. i'm a bit scared of this LTI block, because it's big and ugly and complicated. for those of you who followed me way back when, but do you remember the CFi block that i did back at V, and how i bought my north face sleeping bag and i worked until 4am one wednesday? hehe. i hope it doesn't come down to that.
i looked at a dating profile of this one asian girl, and she said that she only dates white guys. i was sort of pissed off about that. i mean, i think it's fine if an asian girl dates all types of races, and she winds up falling in love with a guy who happens to be white, but to come out and say that she excludes asian guys from the start? somehow that feels just wrong to me. i feel like writing her an e-mail, but then again, i shouldn't waste my time.
congrats to hr girl on the birth of her baby son! he's named "rocco." hehe. macho name, don't you think? she got to take him home on mother's day yesterday, so i can't think of a better mother's day present than that. i hope they're doing well. i miss hr girl; when she's ready, i want to go visit her up in the city.
re: famous ex. for those of you who know who she is, please don't say anything. i don't want to expose her. but if you want to know who she is, just e-mail me (mouse over the "dardi!" at the bottom of this entry). we will need to chat, and i will need to find you trustworthy.
i saw my psych today. he just noticed that i've had chronic diarrhea because of the side effects of my topamax medication. i asked him if it was bad, and he said that yes, it is not good to have it. (it's because your body isn't absorbing nutrients that it needs.) so, he suggested that i take probiotics to balance out the good bacteria in my GI system. ugh. i have to take MORE supplements? i'm already taking the herbal 4life stuff and fish oil that my mom is recommending, AND i'm on meds already. how much money do i have to spend per month on drugs and supplements? no wonder the health industry is making so much money.
so another unit in my complex just went up for sale. no, i'm not having buyer's remorse. but i did check it out over the weekend. it's stage beautifully, and it's an end unit, and it has a much bigger backyard. so it's no surprise that it's listed at a higher price than my new place listed at: $619K. however, i doubt that it'll sell at that price, though. we'll see.
when i step out of my place, and the other people in my complex drive or walk by, they've been stopping to talk to me. i guess they've recognized the fact that i'm not at my old place anymore. it's been nice getting to know the other owners. they've all commented that i got my place for a good deal, which makes me feel better about not trying to squeeze the price further down. the people in my complex are nice. however, i've noticed something: the white people tend to be more cordial, as compared to the asians. weird.
i slashed open my right pinkie toe last night. what's worse is that i could have prevented it. you see, my a/v receiver got moved by my friends, and they placed it partially blocking the entryway to my bathroom upstairs. i KNEW that, and i could have moved it out of the way, but i didn't. so last night, as i rushed in to take a shower, i chagged my toe on the sharp corner, and i sliced open my toe. it bled A LOT. while i was in the shower, a steady stream of blood flowed into the drain. :( today, it hurts to walk. i was going to start playing basketball tomorrow, but now, i'll have to delay my return. *RAAR*
amyM's back! she called me briefly yesterday (she shares 700 minutes with her family, so she couldn't talk long), but we IM'ed briefly today before i had to leave for lunch. i'm SO glad that we can chat again. she was in hong kong for a year for business school, so i pretty much lost contact with her for that time period. but now, we can talk again, so i'm very happy. i missed her. i'm thinking about flying out to new york to see her (among other friends in NYC). hopefully i'll get the chance after my project finishes up.
i am very grateful for having my friends. i'm thinking back to my move, and having *15* friends show up and willingly move my shit for 2 hours is just so heartwarming. some of them helped for only one hour, but anyways, that's somewhere around 25 or so manhours! to think if i had to do it all by myself! friends rock.
i don't like my voice. like i said, paul posted a video of the non-drinking girls doing a shot of tequila with mikeC for his birthday, and he tagged me. i'm not actually *in* the video, but you can hear me talking. i don't sound very good, as in my speaking voice sounds like i have a cold or something. you know how you hear yourself differently then others do? well, i heard myself as others do, and i HATE it. ugh. well, too bad, i guess; it's not like i can do anything about it.
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the new place doesn't feel new. since everything's in the exact same place, it's like i took my old place, lifted it, and plopped it 35 yards away. it hit me yesterday afternoon, when i woke up from my nap. i was lying there, looking out over my desk to my bookshelf, and the view was just so FAMILIAR. it was the exact same view that i had been accustomed to over the past 7 or so years. like i said, the only thing that's really different is the lack of light (since i'm in a middle unit now) and the tv area. i guess when i get my tv stand today and set it up, that part will look very different.
yes, i'm buying a $750 tv stand. it's a BDI deploy unit, with really cherry wood and clear tempered glass. it's pretty huge, and it weighs 130+ pounds. i really didn't want to spend that much money on a piece of furniture (it's by far the most expensive piece of furniture i've ever bought), but i'll just consider it to be a housewarming gift to myself. i'm picking it up with william (and his honda element for transport) today in an hour.
i was IM'ing amyM earlier today, and she mentioned something about ritalin. for me, haldol (one of my meds) is like ritalin. it dulls my brain down. i used to be so much more random, and this blog reflected that. remember when i first started blogging, and my posts would be short, numerous, and random? i liked that. but now, i can't, for the life of me, muster up that sort of format anymore. *sigh* but i've traded that type of mentality for one that's saner, and i'll take sanity gladly.
ok. time to do some microarchitecture work for my LTI block before i leave to meet up with will. _HIMYM_ tonight! (among other shows) stella? really?
friday night, i stopped by safeway to buy a bottle of 1800 tequila for mikeC's birthday party. but when i got to mike's place, i saw that mikeT had already bought a bottle of patron. oh well. i figured we'd be drinking the patron instead. grace was cooking up a storm, and throughout the night, she whipped up at least 6 dishes. she was fucking amazing.
in the next hour or so, a ton of people trickled in, and the party got in full gear. we ate to our heart's content, and we proceeded to get mike drunk (though not on much alcohol). i had 5 drinks myself: 3 whiskeys and two shots of effen vodka, which was actually surprisingly good, since i don't like vodka anymore. nelson raved about the effen. the best part was when all the non-drinking girls did a shot with mike; paul posted a video of it on facebook. it's hilarious!
anyways, i stayed until past midnight, and then geoff and i caravan'ed home; geoff was going to help me move the next day, so he didn't want to drive all the way back up to daly city and back, so he crashed at my place.
i fell asleep at 2am, and my alarm went off the next morning at 7:30am. why? to watch the _dollhouse_ season finale that i taped the night before, before i disconnected my vcr. geoff watched a bit of it with me. it was good. _dollhouse_ started off slowly, but it really built up steam, and it ended well, though not in a cliffhanger like i expected.
then, when 9:30am came, the big move started. first to come was mikeT. he and geoff started with my towering bookshelf. then, people trickled in, and the move built up momentum. all in all, FIFTEEN people came, and the move took just under 2 hours. i spent most of the time delegating and directing. i was shocked to see how dirty and filthy my carpet was after everything was gone. i vow to clean my new place much more often.
since it was mother's day weekend, most of the people left when we were finished. but 5 people remained, and i took them out to dusita for lunch. then, i went home and took a nap since i didn't get much sleep the night before. my first nap at the new place! (without tv, even)
then, i unpacked a little bit, and for dinner, i called up jeffrey. they were driving back down from their jaunt up in oakland (jack london square), and they stopped by to check out my new place. we went to cafe yulong off castro, which i had never been to before. i was a bit skeptical of the place at first, because *everybody* there was white, but to my surprise, the food there was very good. we ordered dumplings, eggplant with garlic sauce, mongolian beef, honey walnut shrimp, and spinach with mungbean thread noodles. all the dishes were tasty. i'd definitely go back there again.
after dinner, we walked along castro to digest, and then, i had to stop by verde to take an emergency dump. then, i went home, and without internet or cable tv, i got really bored. so i went into work to check my e-mail, twitter, and chat with friends. oh, and before dinner, i called up my mom to wish her a happy mother's day (it was sunday in taiwan).
to help me sleep, i attached the antenna on my tube tv and listened to SNL. the next morning, i got up at 8:50am to wait for the comcast guy to come install my internet and cable tv. my window was 9-11am, and he came at 10:40am. luckily, apparently because i was closer to the street, i was able to find googleWiFi at my place, so i was able to have at least a spotty internet connection.
after the cable guy did everything, i realized that i go the wrong cable box. i ordered the SD DVR instead of the HD one. shit. but anyways, i unplugged it and fed the cable directly to my TV so i could get the local HD channels. then, i called up D, and he came over to watch the lakers/rockets game. we shared a medium pizza chicago "great chicago fire" pizza. this one had a ton of peppers on it, and i paid for it in the form of a spicy dump later on that night.
after the game, he set off his second load of laundry in the dryer, and we went to anderson's tv in santa clara to check out my $750 tv stand. it was much larger than i expected, but after mulling it over a bit, i finally decided to get it. it wouldn't fit in D's car, so i put down a 20% deposit on it. i'll go pick it up with william today (with will's honda element). then, we went next door to bed bath and beyond to pick up alan's birthday gift.
then, we went to tartini for some yogurt, and headed home. i took a short nape, and then i did some errands: buying cigarettes, stopping by fry's to pick up a power grip/surge protector and some HDMI cables for my blu-ray player, and then to valley fair. unfortunately, i had no idea that the mall closed at *6pm* on a sunday, so it was closed. then, i went home and just hung out for a bit.
i called up comcast to order an HD DVR, and i was on hold for *30* minutes. damn. then, i had dinner at 10:20 with nelson at denny's. i was going to order a chicken fried steak, but settled on this prime rib sandwich instead. it was pretty tasty, albeit small.
and that was it. a pretty eventful weekend. but man, i gotta start doing some work. i've got three weeks to design two blocks, and i haven't started yet. i've been so preoccupied wtih the house. ok, enough procrastination!