Thursday, May 25, 2006
A cruel moment in time and circumstance...
While this isn’t a big deal or even a minor deal, what just happened to me was lame.
I had stopped drinking coffee at work for a couple of weeks now, and I decided I’d like a half cup to give me a nice jolt today. I’m here sipping slowly this hot brew and I realize my hands feel a little dry. I put a bit of lotion on and I’m ready for more of the brew.
My hand grabs the handle, and the handle sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiides in my hand, and the mug tips and spills a bit of the coffee.
Not cool.
Monday, May 22, 2006
This moment has been brought to you by Craigslist...
me: http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/about/best/phi/147264786.html
me: hahahahaha
KOO: lol
KOO: damn
KOO: that's a nice deal
me: LOL
KOO: pickup + dress + extra 500 cash
me: if it were a girl would you do that?
KOO: hell yah
KOO: anything for cash
me: lol oh man that'd be great
KOO: how long proms usually last?
me: plus you'd just bring your psp and ignore her MWAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
KOO: of course
me: proms usually like 8pm to 11 or midnight
KOO: let's say prom lasts about 3 hours
KOO: it's like getting paid 166 bucks an hour
me: yah thats tight
me: but fuckin weird
me: and i'm sure she'll want to dance
me: you better ask for half the money upfront
me: too bad you can't pass for a 17-19 year old girl
KOO: for sure
me: dude i have to blog this shit it's too funny
me: but you come off as an asshole
me: but its still hilarious
KOO: who cares
KOO: 500 wingwangs
KOO: plus upto 300 bucks on clothes
me: haha you can buy that tie for work
KOO: i'll freakin dance for 800 bucks in total value
KOO: lol
me: hahhaahahha oh man too good
me: hahahahaha
KOO: lol
KOO: damn
KOO: that's a nice deal
me: LOL
KOO: pickup + dress + extra 500 cash
me: if it were a girl would you do that?
KOO: hell yah
KOO: anything for cash
me: lol oh man that'd be great
KOO: how long proms usually last?
me: plus you'd just bring your psp and ignore her MWAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
KOO: of course
me: proms usually like 8pm to 11 or midnight
KOO: let's say prom lasts about 3 hours
KOO: it's like getting paid 166 bucks an hour
me: yah thats tight
me: but fuckin weird
me: and i'm sure she'll want to dance
me: you better ask for half the money upfront
me: too bad you can't pass for a 17-19 year old girl
KOO: for sure
me: dude i have to blog this shit it's too funny
me: but you come off as an asshole
me: but its still hilarious
KOO: who cares
KOO: 500 wingwangs
KOO: plus upto 300 bucks on clothes
me: haha you can buy that tie for work
KOO: i'll freakin dance for 800 bucks in total value
KOO: lol
me: hahhaahahha oh man too good
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Today I saw a license plate that said...
...I love cooking with wine -- Sometimes I put it in the food.
I'm in a bit of a rut with my daily work life, and Kate is eyes open about her future change of scenery. We love the life and the people in it, but with each new phase in life comes new people. Tony posted about how someone he knew died, and made a point that "you know you're getting older when those around you move on."
He was referencing death (maybe more?), but I'm putting my own spin on it, and I'm not sure if it's the best way to view things, but it does make things a little easier.
You graduate grade school, high school, and college, and you miss those people you used to be with. At each phase you enter a new subculture of thought, music, feelings, and principles.
Grade school you meet the people who become your first inner circle and those people are the first "friends" set -- quite important. You interact with (give or take) the same 30-40 people for about an 6-7 year period.
High school becomes to group of puberty and adolescence -- the opposite sex becomes interesting and things become "complicated." Poor souls -- you will know soon enough. A set of 100-300 people total, while a subgroup of 20 you actually know and talk to. Depends on how social you were. The multi-tiered relationships start, but college will show that much more. I left high school, saddened that a lot of people close to me would be far and we wouldn't hang out much, but I held on to the ideology that I would stay close to my closest friends, who are luckily going to local colleges.
Enter college, a huge network of multi-tiered relationships: acquiantences, classmates, fellow bros/sisters, people you met at some function/party, friend-of-a-friend, TAs, the local smart guy, stoner, nerd, dancer, dj, loner, hottie, asian, indian, arab, black, white, and every color/culture/style in between. As your network of people get so big, the level of relationships may dwindle and you realize that as people leave your life, you can't hold on to them so much. A group so large that a yearbook seems entirely pointless, where no one person could possibly know every other person, save for seeing them a couple times on campus.
I left college, saddened to leave, but I did not make that many friends. I knew a lot of people, each of which we shared only a small subset of school and life. These are people you added superfluously to your facebook/myspace/friendster, since you knew them/joined a club with them, but you don't really know them or would just go out and grab coffee with them. Don't get me wrong -- the people I've lived with were my core group of friends and I appreciate every thing we've had together. Viento people, Rockview, and Doreen (to an extent) -- you will be missed.
The point is that life gets more and more complicated and these relationships spread thin and thin. So thin, that when the next step of life comes along and splits you and your people -- it's easier to let that go.
Maybe it's because your lives didn't intertwine as much as they could have. Either you didn't have that much time, s/he didn't have that much time, or it's just that there isn't as much time left to do things (compared to grade school/high school).
Maybe it's because we all know the more important things in life we need to pursue -- family, love, education, work, experience. Seeing the world, getting out of california, living with a loved one, following up with graduate studies -- it would be selfish to want to stay away from their fate and their dreams. Now armed with knowledge and experience to get a job, they can actually puruse their dreams and make those kind of mistakes that sub-30s make.
The next stage of life. I guess I'm already there, working ho-hum 60 hours a week. Kate's moving there soon, and I'm so proud, and a weird combination of excitement and fear. Whatever happens, we'll work it out together, and it's nice to know that life still has lots and lots of surprises for me.
I'm in a bit of a rut with my daily work life, and Kate is eyes open about her future change of scenery. We love the life and the people in it, but with each new phase in life comes new people. Tony posted about how someone he knew died, and made a point that "you know you're getting older when those around you move on."
He was referencing death (maybe more?), but I'm putting my own spin on it, and I'm not sure if it's the best way to view things, but it does make things a little easier.
You graduate grade school, high school, and college, and you miss those people you used to be with. At each phase you enter a new subculture of thought, music, feelings, and principles.
Grade school you meet the people who become your first inner circle and those people are the first "friends" set -- quite important. You interact with (give or take) the same 30-40 people for about an 6-7 year period.
High school becomes to group of puberty and adolescence -- the opposite sex becomes interesting and things become "complicated." Poor souls -- you will know soon enough. A set of 100-300 people total, while a subgroup of 20 you actually know and talk to. Depends on how social you were. The multi-tiered relationships start, but college will show that much more. I left high school, saddened that a lot of people close to me would be far and we wouldn't hang out much, but I held on to the ideology that I would stay close to my closest friends, who are luckily going to local colleges.
Enter college, a huge network of multi-tiered relationships: acquiantences, classmates, fellow bros/sisters, people you met at some function/party, friend-of-a-friend, TAs, the local smart guy, stoner, nerd, dancer, dj, loner, hottie, asian, indian, arab, black, white, and every color/culture/style in between. As your network of people get so big, the level of relationships may dwindle and you realize that as people leave your life, you can't hold on to them so much. A group so large that a yearbook seems entirely pointless, where no one person could possibly know every other person, save for seeing them a couple times on campus.
I left college, saddened to leave, but I did not make that many friends. I knew a lot of people, each of which we shared only a small subset of school and life. These are people you added superfluously to your facebook/myspace/friendster, since you knew them/joined a club with them, but you don't really know them or would just go out and grab coffee with them. Don't get me wrong -- the people I've lived with were my core group of friends and I appreciate every thing we've had together. Viento people, Rockview, and Doreen (to an extent) -- you will be missed.
The point is that life gets more and more complicated and these relationships spread thin and thin. So thin, that when the next step of life comes along and splits you and your people -- it's easier to let that go.
Maybe it's because your lives didn't intertwine as much as they could have. Either you didn't have that much time, s/he didn't have that much time, or it's just that there isn't as much time left to do things (compared to grade school/high school).
Maybe it's because we all know the more important things in life we need to pursue -- family, love, education, work, experience. Seeing the world, getting out of california, living with a loved one, following up with graduate studies -- it would be selfish to want to stay away from their fate and their dreams. Now armed with knowledge and experience to get a job, they can actually puruse their dreams and make those kind of mistakes that sub-30s make.
The next stage of life. I guess I'm already there, working ho-hum 60 hours a week. Kate's moving there soon, and I'm so proud, and a weird combination of excitement and fear. Whatever happens, we'll work it out together, and it's nice to know that life still has lots and lots of surprises for me.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Today I went outside wearing...
...black socks w/slippers (fashion faux pas!), a UCLA t-shirt with holes, while my ipod graced my nintendo pajama's elastic band. I was super badass. You do not want to mess with me.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
haha hilarious AIM goodness
I'm talking to my cousin online who should be studying. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of showing him bash.org and now he's distracted. Luckily, I know he has dial-up internet...
me (7:07:27 PM): log off immediately
Cousin(7:07:28 PM): i guess i am
Cousin(7:07:31 PM): i cant
me (7:07:33 PM): or ill be forced to boot you off
me (7:07:36 PM): using my l33t skills
Cousin(7:07:49 PM): you can do that?
me (7:08:10 PM): yah
me (7:08:15 PM): one way = calling your house phone =P
Cousin(7:08:39 PM): NOOOOOO
Cousin(7:09:01 PM): let me tell bye to everyone im talkin to at least
me (7:09:07 PM): i'm not going to call you
me (7:09:13 PM): just thought it was funny
Cousin(7:09:20 PM): oh
Cousin(7:09:21 PM): good
This should be a commercial for highspeed broadband...
me (7:07:27 PM): log off immediately
Cousin(7:07:28 PM): i guess i am
Cousin(7:07:31 PM): i cant
me (7:07:33 PM): or ill be forced to boot you off
me (7:07:36 PM): using my l33t skills
Cousin(7:07:49 PM): you can do that?
me (7:08:10 PM): yah
me (7:08:15 PM): one way = calling your house phone =P
Cousin(7:08:39 PM): NOOOOOO
Cousin(7:09:01 PM): let me tell bye to everyone im talkin to at least
me (7:09:07 PM): i'm not going to call you
me (7:09:13 PM): just thought it was funny
Cousin(7:09:20 PM): oh
Cousin(7:09:21 PM): good
This should be a commercial for highspeed broadband...
