Hey, I just came back from Q and V's place. They had me over for dinner today, after many postonements over the past few weeks because of various things. Anyway, I had a great time. It was just a nice dinner gathering for us 3. They made dinner and I brought the wine. I had heard stories of their cooking prowess but I was pleasantly surprised. Q is definately spoiled=)
I had a good time. They're good people Q and V, and I'm proud to know them. I can only hope I find someone as compatible with me as they are with each other. Like peas in a pod they are. Topics wafted over spanking, to artistic endeavors, to marriage, to crap hollywood movies. It was just a nice, relaxing time with some good people, and I enjoyed myself immensely. Just the thing to kick start my reintroduction to social behavior again. I'd been in a sort of self imposed hermit stage for the past 2 months and I think I'm slowly coming out of it. Its a good thing, since I'm on a 2 week break from work. Now, its nice and relaxing to sit here blogging, with Cartoon Network on at 12:46am, with no responsibilities for tomorrow, except maybe test trying some recipes for Christmas dinner that my bro and I are cooking for the folks on Christmas Eve. We'll see how my ideas for the scallops sitting in my fridge work out.
Anyways, just dropping a line. Take care.
12/22/2004 01:40:12 AM
Monday, October 25, 2004
This post has been brought to you by the letter J, E, and the letter R.
Things are at work are nice and slow, a welcome change to a few months ago. I find myself getting in around 10 and leaving around 5, which is great. I can now stop off and pick up an "old fashioned" donut for myself after work, and have a latte at Starbucks a few blocks down from my place while I catch up with friends on the phone or read the paper. Then I can head home, either have take out or make myself a quick dinner, take a shower, watch a little tele, practice guitar, chat...its really quite wonderful.
I'm fortunate to have things to constantly look forward to. You know, little "spices of life". Be it a trip down to San Diego to visit friends and family and watch my first movie with, or a bonfire on the 6th of November. Or a friend moving up to the bay area soon. Little blips on the radar that is life, that shakes up the routine, spices things up a bit. Its nice to have something to look forward to.
I would say I'm not the same person I was 4 months ago. Its quite a bit to go into, but I'm liking the changes that I've made, and I'm glad to report I've been sticking with it quite well. Its always good to have evidence that it is possible to change. Although sometimes hard, it can be done, and doesn't that make your outlook on things just a little bit sunnier?
Don't laugh, but I saw Kate and Leopold last night. I didn't mean to, really. I was just channel surfing, waiting through the commercial break from Futurama when I came upon TBS. Lo and behold, Kate and Leopold was on. Now, I'd heard of this movie when it came out, and the premise was/is utterly rediculous. A duke from the 18th century passes through time to modern day NY, to fall in love with Meg Ryan, the forever hapless, slightly bumbling, but always appealling every-girl(but not). So I start watching. Merely to pass the time, mind you, till Futurama came back on. But soon, I was hooked. I kept watching. Now it was over to Futurama when Kate and Leopold was on commercial break. Pretty soon, TBS had its claws in me, and I was a one-channel man for the rest of the movie. I guess I could intellectualize why I stayed and watched, but it wouldn't be a very good answer. You know, I think it was the romance and chemistry of the characters, and just the good, ol' fashioned entertainment value. So yeah, I watched Kate and Leopold. And yeah, its about a time travelling Duke/lover. And yeah, I really liked it. 10 lashes with a wet noodle next time you see me.
That should do for now. How are things going with you? I feel like we haven't talked in so long. Say "hi", because I can barely see you out there. All I hear are crickets.
10/25/2004 09:52:10 PM
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Last night I saw the Trashcan Sinatras at Slims and they were awsome=) When I go to concerts, its funny because my ears perk up significantly right before the first note comes out of the singer's mouth, to see if they sound anything like they do on the album, or if its all in the mixing. Needless to say, TCS was great.
Things have been pretty slow the last few months at work, so that means a lot of leisure time. I even have this week more or less off. I probably want to stop in for an hour or two everyday, but maybe just to grab lunch, check e-mail and play fooseball.
I think I should make use of the day and take a shower to start her off, lates.
10/06/2004 10:43:20 AM
Thursday, July 22, 2004
I've been plagued by the hiccups! I've had them off and on all day...going for lengths as long as 50 minutes of non-stop hiccuping! Ugh...its so annoying. At least I'm at home, where I can hiccup as long and loud as I want.
Strange factoid. You know how everyone's got a cure to hiccups, be it standing on your head, drinking water, or holding your breath? Well, you know the one about having someone scare it out of you? It works!! I've never had anyone try before, but today, as J and I walked toward the restaurant to have dinner, I told him about the annoying predicament I was in. We walked on, talking about this and that, when suddenly he pointed to the ground on my right and yelled "Oh MY GOD!!" Well, that just about startled the shit out of me, and lo and behold, my hiccups were gone. He walked on, a satisfied smirk on his face.
My hiccups began again promptly after leaving the restaurant. *hiccup*
FUCK!
7/22/2004 09:29:42 PM
Thursday, July 01, 2004
SPIDER MAN 2 KICKS ASSSSSS!!!!
7/01/2004 12:56:03 AM
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
saturday june 5th 04
I'm stuffed full of sushi and Asahi beer on a friday night at 12:34am. This week has been a bit of a downer, and I'm glad its over. I just haven't been at my most charming. Chemical imbalance or something. So I'm hoping that a nice, chill, stress free weekend will be just what I need.
Ger and Ryan were up for the Memorial Day Weekend and I had a good time with them. I especially enjoyed doing the tourist thing. A hell of a lot more than I thought I would at least. We took the trolley up Powell, all the way to the wharf. We had a banana split with kickass chocolate fudge at Ghirardelli Square. I thoroughly enjoyed just going out to the water front on a beautiful day like that. It was absolutely perfect, and dare I say, romantic in so much as a single dude can feel so.=)
After that experience, I'm just on the lookout to show new/visiting people around, so I can do more touristy things under the guise of "showing people around." Coincidentally, G tells me that she's got 2 "gal friends" coming from Singapore to study at my old school, and she'd like me and some of the others to show them around. Well, shit, "can do!"
"Wonder if they're cute..."=)
Remember how I said I was totally against buying dvds, because you'd watch them maybe once or twice. Well hell, I'm the worst offender. Over the last few months, I've bought a few dvds, and some are still in the plastic wrap. They're all movies that I've seen before and really enjoy, so I'm hoping that someday I'll just really have a jones for one of those movies, and thanks to my great forethought, it'll be sitting there right on my shelf, in the plastic no less! Yeah, its bullocks, but I've also decided to pick and choose my battles, so it looks like I lost this one...Dan>0, DVDs>1
Brenton Wood is awsome. I gave his compilation album very heavy rotation today at work and I'm totally feeling it. I'm listening to it right now in fact. So thanks to Ryan, for introducing me. Its just good old fashioned, very approachable, soul/pop music. Its just the type of music that I've been wanting to listen to. The kinda music you don't have to work at all to like. Sometimes you need some of those CDs in your collection.
Speaking of music, I've got an assload of new music to absorb.
6/15/2004 09:26:19 PM
Sunday, April 25, 2004
I'm listenin' to Ghetto Boys - Mind is Playing Tricks on Me cuz it makes me feel gizzzzanksta. Foo'....homey G. Word.
So I'm back. Actually, I got back Friday night around 3:30am. It was a really great road trip, also considering it was all completely unplanned. We arrived in Seattle without a plan or a place to stay. Its a good thing Jerome's got the gift of gab and was able to ask random people what was going on in town. This meant we'd never be bored, but by no means did it mean we wouldn't be tired. Arriving in Seattle after a good 15 hour drive from San Francisco (it tooks so long because the weather gods decided to bless us with constant rain, darkness, and one headlight), my first day in Seattle was spent as a walking zombie. We stopped off in Portland briefly before continuing on to Seattle, and I've gotta say that Portland is a wierd city. Walking around the downtown district, it seemed as if it had all been built at the same time, as everything had a very similar style to it. It was all new, with new metro trains coasting along clean streets, and clean walkways devoid of homeless people. The city was immaculate. And damn, it was a little unnerving. A city has got to have some dirt, some grit, and by jove, its gotta have a few homeless people to make it complete. It just felt a little Twilight Zoney.
Seattle was a nice looking city. It had a better spread of old world charm and new buildings. Cool brick buildings alongside new buildings as you got downtown. And did I mention that once we got north of SF, how green it was? Fuck, it was beautiful! So many trees. Not even so much shrubbery or grass as tall trees. It was great, although if it were a trade off between raining all the time(as I hear it does up in Seattle) and having not as many trees, I'd pick the latter. We were lucky though, in that once Seattle came into view, the rain stopped, until the moment when we got on the highway to begin our long trip back.
Now we stopped off in Vancouver for a day and night, and that city is damn gorgeous. Its right along the water, as well as being surrounded by a chill looking suburban area. The city itself was great too. It looked like it was just starting to become a metropolis, with new buildings sprouting here and there, with some not even completed yet. I could've sworn I was in America were it not for the fact that every time I paid for something in US dollars, I'd get Canadian money back. Oh, and yeah, the street signs are a little wonky. We figured it out soon enough though, but I mean a sign with a pair of headphones? what the hell is that??=) Roadsigns aside though, Vancouver is a city I wouldn't mind at all spending an extended period of time in.
Did I mention we went to see Bruce and Brandon Lee's grave? Yeah, I'll let Jerome tell you about that one. Twas cool.
Oh, and if you ever find yourself driving up to Seattle or Vancouver, before leaving California, stop off in Yreka. While on the 5, It appears 20 miles before the Oregon/Cali border on the Cali side. Its got the hippest downtown area this side of....well, the forest. The downtown hotspot was pretty much the local Denny's. So cool.
Strange factoid: In Oregon, its against the law to pump your own gas.
Like I said though, it was a good road trip and far better than staying home the entire week. After 2 days of chilling, I think I'll be fine to return to work tomorrow.
Just a quick overview of the recent days' events.
4/25/2004 07:35:38 PM
Monday, April 19, 2004
Heh. Reading my last entry a few weeks later, it makes me chuckle. Sounds like I'm about to rip someone's head off.
So I just found out last Wednesday that I have a mandatory vacation this week. I knew if I stayed home all week, I'd be relaxed, but at the end, I'd say to myself, "damn, you didn't accomplish a damn thing?" So I decided to just make a spur of the moment plan for a roadtrip. On thursday, with absolutely no plan, I called up Jerome and asked what he was up to. (Luckily) I knew he'd just lost his job, so he had some free time, and the rest is history. We're headin'up to Seattle, Hong Couver, and through Idaho. No one except Ryan understands why I wanna go to Idaho. Everyone else just laughs at me *cough* jeremy, danny *cough*
So right now, I'm just typing this as we're getting ready to head off from my place. Should be fun, I'll update along the way if I can.
Meanwhile, I'm gonna eat another honey walnut shrimp, and gather my things. Have a good nite.
4/19/2004 07:04:48 PM
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Man, fuck my landlord. That fuckin' cocksucker can suck a fat dick. I come home this morning, quite intoxicated, but able to maintain. I turn on the faucet in the kitchen to rinse the rice before cooking. So it is 2:50 in the morning, so they do hear me turning on the water downstairs in the garage where they live. Suck a fat dick fuckers...its totally my business if after a night of drunken debauchery I want a little something to eat before I go to sleep. Gaddamnit, I'm pissed because not 1 minute after turning on the faucet to rinse my rice do I hear someone pounding on the ceiling(my roof) beneath me. Like that is going to make me stop. I wish that fucker came up to ring the doorbell because I'd open the door and say, "what the fuck do you want, bitch?"
You cannot imagine the frustration of paying for your own house and room and board, to have your landlord call you because you turned on the faucet too late. That REALLY chaps my hide. Not only do my housemates and I pay rent, but after I got a job, I haven't been taking showers late, or really doing anything that may set them off down there. But lo and behold, tonight, when that happen, out came the banging on the ground.(a lot of you long time readers will remember the last time that happened 8 or so months ago) Perhaps I'm not thinking straight, but them doing that feels to me like an invasion of my privacy. When a man decides to take a bath or run the kitchen faucet to fix himself something to eat on a Saturday night and them getting all worked about it, really fuckin' pisses me off.
Ugh, it really chaps my hide man. After I heard the banging start on the ceiling/floor, I just turned on the faucet again to spite that fucker.
Ah well, I'll sleep it off, I don't think I'll have whatever I was cooking for dinner. I'll just take out my contacts and hit the hay instead.=T Those bastards put me in a bad mood...when tonight had been so carefree. I'd spent most of the night at Gordon Birsch.
Oh yeah, one of my housemates is moving out around april, so I've got to decide if I'll stay or move out soon...and although my other house mate wants to stay, after this fiasco, I'd like to move out. I just don't want the hassle of those fuckers downstairs getting on my case all the time. zoiks....
Forgive all the cursing and general negative attitudes...I'm just more or less, living at home. More later, take care, peace, and be nice to landlords that are nice to you.
2/22/2004 03:25:20 AM
Monday, February 16, 2004
Well, this one is for Nelz.
It was a good weekend...long and eventful. Thank goodness for dead presidents and the day which has been designated to celebrate them! On friday, we had a "pre-animation wrap" party at work. A bit of a tease as we all know there's a lot more yet to be done.
Wow, I'm rusty at this! Its not flowing as it once did...flowing or rambling. I use those two words interchangeably when it comes to this blog.
Saturday started way before dawn at 3:40, when Jeep came over to pick me up to go snowboarding for the day. I accidentally set my alarm for 2:50pm instead of am so I overslept and awoke to the sound of my housemate opening my bedroom door and saying, "your friend is at the front door." I lept out of bed, grabbed my stuff, and bolted out the door. Luckily, I barely had time to brush my teeth, but I could forget about taking that morning shower or shaving or combing the hair...basically, I looked like crap but my teeth were clean.=)
The drive to Northstar up near Reno was roughly 3 hours going 80mph and we arrived just as the day was starting. Now, I always had 2 memories of snowboarding from the previous 2 or 3 times I'd been...fun...and pain. As expected, I fell on my ass plenty of times, some were just the kind where you plop down on your rump, and others were the kind where you slide a good fifteen feet on your back down the slope. I do take pride in the fact that I never fell on my face. If you've ever snowboarded, you'll know what I mean when I say "you fall on your face and your back legs come up over your back with the snowboard dangling from it." There's just no way to look cool doing that.
The whole trip lasted from around 4 in the morning to roughly 2 at night the same day...all in all, it was a fun trip and although I wouldn't say I was addicted yet, I had fun.
Recently I've crossed the threshold of geekdom. I went where even Trekkies fear to tread. I started playing D&D. I'm not talking about RPG computer games or online games, I'm talking about "paper and pencil, sit around a table with your friends with a character sheet and the DM(dungeon master) and some junk food and creating an adventure" kind of D&D. I realize that there is no coming back from this...kind of like watching faces of death and wishing you could unwatch it, or sleeping with a man and afterwards, realizing you're straight(for all you fellas out there). There's just no coming back to the side of the socially accepted. But I really don't give a fuck=) I've always been interested in it, because it sounded like a powerful storytelling tool, only this time, the story was constantly evolving, limited by nothing but the imagination of those you played with. Think of it as a choose-your-own-adventure book on a boundless scale. Kinda cool huh? COME TO THE DARK SIDE!!
Today I hung out with Nghia. Just romped around Virgin Megastore and CompUSA to pick up some pieces for setting up my new computer. Oh, hadn't you heard? I got a new computer=) Very choice set up, I can't wait to set it up and be hip with it again. My current computer has been holding me back for so long from sampling the yummiest games and computery things out there, but with my new setup, I can do anything. Life is good.
Fuck, I'm all over the place tonight, but if you'll forgive the disarray, come back again. Maybe this'll be a regular thing. But then again, I won't insult your intelligence by telling you it will be=) Work early, so I'll see you later aligator.
2/16/2004 11:40:35 PM
Sunday, November 23, 2003
I just finished watching "Whale Rider" here at home. It was a profoundly beautiful movie...something to remind us of the potential in all things. Especially set in a world that is so foreign to my own, I hope that someday I'll be able to experience all these different things. Relating back to something I told Nelz today, I said, "I don't even know if I'll be working in animation 10 years from now. I hope I have the courage to follow my passions, be it painting, or film making or the peace core. I hope that I never give up on following my dreams because I'm too afraid of what-may-go-wrong."
I cleaned the room today. Something that has been needed for quite a long time, and now, as I'm about to turn in, I look around and feel a gentle sigh of satisfaction. I took all the clothes and pillows off of my small square coffee table and stool and set up a small tea drinking area, complete with a candle and a book Deda got me for my birthday, called Illusions (next on my list of books to read).
Yes, I've been reading quite a bit lately. Currently I'm reading a book called "the God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. Before that, "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk, before that "About a Boy", and before that "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. After Illusions, I already bought off of E-bay from some ol' coot in Illinois a 1972 print of the Dune Trilogy.
I went out to Amoeba today and had another round of splurging. The list goes like this:
Prince - The Rainbow Children Sade - Lovers Rock 2pac - Greatest Hits Dr. Dre - The Chronic The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
I've been in musical bliss for awhile now. A constant influx of great new music from friends and just these spur of the moment purchases. I'm loving it.
Strange thing, I've bought several DVDs that I just haven't gotten around to watching yet. Movies I've seen and really liked, but just haven't seen since I purchased them. Its a combination of me not really having time, or not being in the mood for a particular movie, or maybe just me being lazy about investing time, energy, and emotional response to a movie, but I know I'm not the only one. I think DVDs are a scam. There are very few dvds in this world that warrent being purchased. By purchasing a dvd, you're saying to yourself, "Y'know what, I need this movie. I'll watch it so much that it doesn't make sense to go and rent it every time I have a jones for it. It makes more sense to have it at my beckon call, sitting on my shelf, ready for when I want to watch it." Now think back to your dvd collection. How many of those dvds have you watched enough times to warrant buying it. Disregard the fact that you like the dvd cover, or the way it looks sitting there on your shelf, or the way people comment on them as they sit there on your shelf, or how it makes you look like a sensitive guy to girls when you have a copy of the English Patient on your dresser top. Be honest now...how many? 1? Perhaps 2? At the very most, 3 or 4....out of the 20? WAKE UP! (disclaimer: this does not mean Dan is completely immune to thoughts of "oh damn, I love this movie! I need to own it." It just means he is aware of it, and he'll hate himself more after he buys these dvds. Thank you)
See, thats the problem I have with purchasing dvds, but never with music. Music, to me, is something you can live your life to. You can listen at work, or on the way home. It can follow you anywhere and accompany you on your journey. It can elevate a feeling, or provide comfort. Thats why I never feel guilty about buying music.
Movies effect in a different way, and with the potential to be extremely powerful and to transport you away, they require a set amount of time and attention. Thats rare for me to come by nowadays. So when it does come about, I think renting movies is just right for me.
Kinda my argument for not getting a new computer right away as well. Whereas, if I had a new computer, it would probably be used mostly for games, which I just haven't the time for anymore...and if I do have time, I'd much rather(or know I should) be doing something else more worthwhile.
Thats not to say I don't need a new computer, cuz this one is crap.
Thats all for now. I'm going to bed. Because I'm quite freezing my kneecaps off sitting here typing this, when my warm bed is a body roll away, with the electric blanket turned on full. G'nite.
11/23/2003 11:26:31 PM
Sunday, October 05, 2003
I spent 135 dollars at Amoeba music and I didn't even blink twice about it. I fuckin' LOVE having income! It rawks...
I came in there with a list of cds I planned to buy, a game plan if you will, and I left with most of the cds I wanted, plus a few I didn't know I wanted till I wanted them...if that makes sense=) The list goes like this:
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life (to replace my worn out burned copy) Blackstreet - Another Level (to replace my worn out burned copy) Weezer - Blue album on a total recommendation from Ger Mos Def - We are hip hop (this one wasn't on the list, but when I saw this 4 disc-er, the Mos Def fan in me said "you're gettin' this you eejit!" And so it was) Nas - Illmatic (because its a classic, and I don't have it, nor have I really heard it) Joni Mitchell - Blue (because I fell in love with her delivery and lyrics) Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (not on the list either, but I heard it there and asked what they were playing and was enlightened)
I was surprised that I didn't find the Big Mountain album I wanted, but I have contacts in San Diego I'll be asking about that soon=) I also didn't pick up the new John Mayer, but I think Ger has me covered on that one.
So I'm in musical bliss with a bunch of new tunes.
Oh, and I got a candle. It smells real nice.
And I talked on the phone yesterday till 4:30am and had a great conversation with a familiar person.
And I'm going to sleep now, because sleep is good for me, and dailies are early tomorrow. Nite!
10/05/2003 11:11:25 PM
Sunday, September 21, 2003
The brother stopped by today. Earlier than anticipated. Imagine me in bed, 1:30pm on a saturday afternoon the phones are ringing in my dreams, then I realize its forreal. "Hey Daniel, I'm actually right in front of your place dude." We just catch a lazy lunch at Plutos and I can finally pay without hesitation on whether I have the fundage(Jobs are fucking great). Then we walked around Golden Gate park for a few hours with him taking pictures and watching people playing ultimate frisbee. It was a beautiful day to be out and around outside.
The night of unabashed debauchery was kind of put on hold tonight because of various reasons. J caught a fever, D just met this new girl (apparently really fly) and things are still really new...y'know, the time when every weekend counts=) So he couldn't make it, and other people just couldn't make it because they were out of town. Instead, it was N Dogg and D I went out with tonight.
It was just a chill night out. It was dinner at Osha with some Taiwanese friends of D. Afterwards, we went out to shoot some pool at GE, a semi-ghetto, popular pool hall with a bar. D is in the midst of a break up and its been really hard for him. Actually, thats part of the reason I wanted to go out tonight, just to get him out and about. We spent a good amount of time just outside smoking and talkin'.
Then it was off to IHop in Daly city for more shootin' the shit. I got a lot of good insight on things from him, as is pretty usual. Not only does he have 8 years on me age wise, but he's been through his share. I was dispensing advice and support, but I learned just as much. In fact, I was introduced to D's whole fish vs fishman approach to it all, and looking back on all my past flings and relationships, thats how its been. I see it pretty clearly now, and I've made a vow that the next girl I come across in "that way", I'm going to apply this mentality. It sounds like a game, and it is, but I think its too true. As you can see, I've become pretty jaded by the whole thing. I just want to be more in control of myself when I get involved.
Hopefully, next week will be the night of debauchery tonight was supposed to be=) But tonight was a good night man, I'll tell ya.
The folks are stopping by tomorrow. Mom is going to give me a hair cut and bring up some frozen goodies for when the schedule gets hectic and there's no time to cook supper. Ahh, I love my mom and pop.
And here I am at 5:42 in the morning, just getting home a little while ago. I think its time for bed, don't you?
9/21/2003 05:41:14 AM
Saturday, September 20, 2003
I just got back from watching Lost In Translation. Great movie. Understated greatness. Bill Murray is awsome, along with the costar actress, whom I feel like I've seen in other things and yet haven't. She just has one of those faces and voices. Its a thought provoking movie, with just a lot of appealing "real" humor sprinkled throughout.
The movie and just things tonight got me in a kinda meloncholic mood.=T "eh..." sums up how I'm feeling. I'm just going to sleep on it. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow. Ah, the plan is me and the boys are going out bar hopping/clubbing tomorrow, so you know there'll be some drunken debauchery. Good times...
9/20/2003 02:19:51 AM
Monday, September 15, 2003
Hey hey, how's it going. Well, the day started off with me sleeping in. Not too bad of a problem as things at work timewise are quite lax. Regardless, I hustled on and got ready. After the shower and the teeth brushing, I picked out a few choice sentimental CDs because thats how I felt from the moment I woke up. Popped them in the tune player and was out the door.
I've been thinking lately that I've lost track of who I wanted to become. Who I'd always strived to be. You can see it in my early entries. I can feel how it has become in my later entries. Its not exactly the way I want things to be with me as a person. The great thing is, I can change that, cuz well, its all up to me. Isn't that such a powerful thing? To create who you want to be merely by trying? So I made a promise to myself to get myself back on track. It felt good, like turning over a new leaf. Thats not to say I'll never veer off track again, but we're only human in that respect. The important thing is that you do something about it.
So with that in mind, I feel great. I wrote a list of things I needed to do today to start things out. Apologize to a friend, call an uncle, stuff like that. I've got my moral checklist up here in my noggin'.
Work, of course, is going well. Its great to come in everyday. Such a powerhouse of creativity, I feel like something I've done in the past must've really karmicly paid off..heh.
Thats it for tonight. I'm just going to chat for awhile longer, listen to some tunes and head to bed. Recently I switched from 7-6 1/2 hours of sleep to 8-7 1/2 hours and the change is really drastic in the way I'm feelin' throughout the day. Hmm...so this is how it happens that a vampire like myself becomes a day walker....
9/15/2003 10:33:15 PM
Sunday, September 14, 2003
She's just like the other one in so many ways. Flirty. New to the area, can party, a closet freak, a tease. I think if I tried, I could make something happen, although that would wreak some havok with my current circle of friends. I'm being blunt, and I guess its also because its 5:30 in the morning and I'm coming off of a good amount of liquor.
Tonight at the party, I was poking around her armor, checking out how she was, asking questions that hid what I was really looking to find out. I told her about myself. She's totally unstable...not in the mental sense=) But in the "stable thing" category. I'm proud of myself though, damn I am. I've gotten burned before not that long ago and I can say now that I've learned my lesson. Someone give me a cookie, because I didn't pull anything.
I'm feeling strange. In the personal category. Things are a little strange around the board. I've changed in the past year or more. I used to think WAY too much about stuff that was going on with friends and all that(I think women still mess me up though=), but now I let things kinda work themselves out. I used to actually think it was a good thing to do all that self examination, and aimless thought. Not that I'm not concerned now, or things don't worry me, but getting pissed at friends and all that happens...Its bound to with every good friend you have, and you either get over it, or you don't and thats it. If you do, then things are better, with a deeper understanding of each other and you go on from there. I'd equate it to a relationship, but I've never been in one that lasted very long at all=) Maybe its me, maybe its what I'm attracted to, and maybe its because all the good girls are taken...just like Joe said.
I've realized just within the past few months that I'm very selfish. That sucks.
Disney's Hercules makes me tear up...thats lame.
My entries nowadays don't really have any direction. Merely a hodgepodge(sp?) of thoughts and ideas.
Random things on my desk at the moment: a dead light bulb, stacks and stacks of music cds, unorganized, a mug with a goose on it( the housemate's), Centrum vitamins, the entire Mr. Bean series dvds, an old orange, half a mooncake my housemate gave me yesterday, a tall bong shaped cup? from Fat Tuesdays in Vegas, bottle of tobasco, bottle of Butter Pecan syrup, various pens, old telephone bill, half empty water bottle from tonight, a small blue towel, my tv and vcr, a roll of masking tape, an enfish mousepad, half a rock my dad got my brother and I(each with one half of this piece of fosil rock) with the intention that whenever we came together we could combine halves of the rock to form....a full rock, my web cam, an old reel, and a paper clip.
I'm going to bed. G'nite tvland.
9/14/2003 06:07:00 AM
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
People like to be around people that make them feel good about themselves. Keep that in mind, and I will too.
9/03/2003 10:16:28 PM
Monday, September 01, 2003
Well, I'm now a fulltime employee, working at the pinnacle of my field. I don't think I could've started my career off any better.
I called the folks around 10am, right after I found out, then my bro, and then the friends, and worked my way on down the list. That night, I had dinner with friends over at the Stinking Rose. At the end, they sang "happy success" to me...I have no idea a song like that even existed? But I'm glad for my friends and their support anyway.=)
I LOVE NEW MUSIC. Its like new blood coursing through my viens. I made a trip out to Amoeba records in Haight last night with J, after our weekly tennis session, and I picked up about 70 bones of music and a dvd. Now I'm listening to the fruits of my labor, and its lubly.
Problem with me is I just don't have the time to weed out all the shite from the good stuff out there. So finding new artists and new music to listen to is not really my forte. When I buy an album, I want to already know its good, or that someone out there who's opinion I trust, thinks it rocks. Then I haven't a concern about picking it up. Unfortunately very few grace that list of people for me, and at the forefront is Ger.=) Anyway, I'm happy with my new tunes.
Its great making everyone proud of your accomplishments. My mom called me yesterday and told me that she's so happy for me and that she dosen't have to worry about me anymore, and if you know anything about my mom, her number one hobby is to worry, so for her not to have to worry about me and just have peace of mind for awhile is great. Also, everyone in the family is excited. My grandma almost cried, haha. Grandma's are cute. And then of course all my friends are proud and happy for me. Its a great feeling.
Gotta buy more toys for the office. M and I are thinking about coming in some weekend soon and repainting the office.
I was really looking forward to a vacation after my internship to take a trip down south or wherever for a week or so, but it doesn't look like thats going to happen. If anything, I expect I can take that vacation after December.
Thats it for an update today. Perhaps more later.
9/01/2003 07:12:51 PM
Sunday, August 24, 2003
I just recieved my first of my 12 free "trial" issues of Maxim. I can now be hip and up to date with all things man. *grunt grunt*
I went into work today. Today I realized that weekends are NOT for work, no matter what. Its nice that there was almost no one around, but coming in on a Sunday, and looking out the window to witness the beautiful weather and sunshine out there, and me in here, it just wasn't right. I didn't even need to be there, I just wanted to work on some stuff that I was behind on. And well, this being the beginning of my last week at the internship, I wanted to make sure my piece was coming along at a good clip. Well, it would also help matters if I actually had a car, so I could come and go as I please, and not be at the mercy of public transportation. Then I wouldn't mind, on occassion, coming in to work for a few hours and going about my weekend business.
J and I played tennis for the first time in damn near 5 years or more yesterday. I knew it would be tough, and I knew I'd be sore, so its no surprise. The blisters on the hands were expected too. I hope we keep this up, I'd love to get back into it. And I can't wait till I have some cool man callouses on my hands. *giggle gig..ahem...grunt grunt*
I just wrote 2 e-mails that have been lingering for awhile over my head. One to G, and one to an old highschool friend I found via friendster. Its pretty damn trippy, that thar thing. Seeing what people from highschool are up to all these years later is a damn trip. Not to mention it makes me feel good about myself...nyehehe. =X
And no, I'm NOT "back"...I'm not. I just chose to take the option to blog today. Thats all....nothing more. No obligation. No responsibility.
But you are luring me on...oh yes you are...shake that thing...unh...
8/24/2003 11:27:56 PM
Saturday, August 23, 2003
I watched The Medallion last night...my god. MY GOD what a bad movie. I came in prepared to see Jackie kick some ass, take some names, and maybe attempt a semblance of a story inbetween. What I got was Jackie's old ass, minus make-up, climbing about 4 walls throughout the movie. That was extent of his phsyical stunts. Oh, and walking in front of a car and having it barely miss his leg. "Dude, Jackie's old man!" Okay, if thats the case, then STOP MAKING JACKIE CHAN movies! Attempt to act in a different kind of movie, or pick up something else....like knitting. They say it takes half the length of a relationship to get over it when you break up, so by that rationale, it would take me somewhere in the vicinity of 45 minutes to get over The Medallion, but I'm just now getting over it. I'm just salty because I wasted my time. I don't care about the money, it was the time...we could have been eating at hooters EARLIER...
That takes me to Hooters. It was my first time to the one in the city, but it was cool. Buffalo wings and clam chowder. A pitcher of Hef and Fosters. Good deal.
Have you ever seen a Takashi Miike movie? I watched Audition last week, and it was very different. Crazy. I liked it, thats for sure. Its just that there is some amazingly gruesome imagery in there, and I hear this movie was tame in comparison to his others. If you're up for a great movie thats something off a different branch, then I suggest picking it up and watching it...at night...with the lights off. Read nothing about it, just rent it and watch it. E-mail if you do...I'd like to hear your thoughts.
Hung out with Geri the other weekend, and that was fun. And yes, I'd be the first to dispute that Ger=).
I just got my toys in the mail today.=) My large, talking Spongebob and Jimmy the Idiot Boy giant doll. All to begin decorating my current(hmm?) or future office.
I'm going to play tennis for the first time in several years in about half an hour with J. I know I'll suck, but I'll pick it up again well if we continue this.
This doesn't mean I'm "back", I just felt the desire to blog today. I'm a man who is in love with the idea of options. So don't pressure me man! Don't keep me down!
But it is good to know you're still listening...=)
8/23/2003 04:36:29 PM
