Sure we all complain about how bad, generally, asian drivers are (i can't exactly defend my cultural hemisphere along those lines because we are, admittedly, pretty bad), and especially asian women drivers. BUT, there is a new subculture on the rise that threatens to surpass, by leagues, even the worst asian female driver on the road...and they are coming, or are already in, a neighborhood near you--if not already in your nieghborhood or on your block.
The Prius Driver
Yes, these gas-saving, tree-hugging, anti-large corporation, obama-voting contingent provide the next great nemesis to a peaceful day on the road. They are the ones that don't understand that when you merge, you merge every other car to make things go smoothly. They always insist on letting one other car in before then to screw up the system. They are the ones that drive in traffic with a 20 car length buffer between them and the car in front of them so that every car getting on the freeway gets to cut in front of the both of you. They are the ones that clog up the fast lane even during non-rush hour times because they think the carpool lane belongs to the people with the stupid yellow stickers on the bumper. They are the ones that only seem to understand the written rules of driving...like the guy who studies a sport, knows how the game is played, but never plays it...except Prius drivers play the driving game...and play it REALLY BAD.
I'm not sure exactly how to classify them because outside of driving a Prius, the individual drivers have many different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, preferences, and what not. The only thing they seem to have in common is lack of driving sense and an abhorrently ugly car. This is a strange phenomena that like minded road nusances find road havoc in similar vehicles, but as many things in life, the empirical data is undeniable, and like many things in life, it is truly quite irritating.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Mile High Club...
No, this isn't what you think...it's the blogging version and yes, I will keep it clean.
There’s only so much Spider Solitare you can play on one plane flight. And after you lose enough in a row and realize that you’re not even playing the hardest level, for an idiot like me that thinks in some ways he may have some intellectual capacity, it’s degrading. Two suits, match up the cards from highest to lowest, win cheesy firecrackers at the end. Simple…yet so freaking hard to win…so now I type because at least I can convince myself that talking to the wall (or typing to the wall) has some sort of redeeming value…of which I’m probably wrong.
I think I caught a cold. I take a 30 minute nap, wake up all warm and cozy, and have the sniffles. Thanks to my kindness, the kid I let sit next to me (that I now know has a cold) because his parents wanted to have him near them will either cost me $10 in Nyquil or a day of work. Kindness kills…and I’m not even all that kind…just kind at the wrong times…call it stupidly kind.
Movies in the plane are funny. People pay $5 to buy the (probably used) headset and watch a movie on a 10” overhead monitor 10 feet away. Where else would anyone do that? Then there’s always the guy that laughs like he’s Santa Claus delivering presents at the orphanage. Where he laughs and half the plane wakes up because no one was interested in watching “The Invention of Lying” in the first place. It’s like a bomb went off and I see people jolt up like they were just tasered as a practical joke.
On this flight I almost feel like I’m on a cruise ship. Average age of the people in my general vicinity is about 60…and that’s including me and the sick kid. If the sick kid and I weren’t here, everyone in the plane would probably be dead. Okay, that’s ridiculous, but I’m just saying...
I almost bought a new ukulele in Hawaii. I was totally jazzed to find a really nice one at Best Buy of all places, but it was over $700…pure koa wood =). If it were a voice it could even make Britney Spears sound like she could sing. The sound was so big and bold that I thought I was playing into a microphone. Beautiful instrument, not beautiful price…but I’ve got my eye on it. I’m not sure where this topic comes into play with the airline theme, but damn I wish I had a uke to play here on the plane…so there.
Damn, I type too fast (probably all of about 10 words a minute, but we haven’t landed yet and I’m out of things to say…sort of…because I’m never out of things to say)…blog getting too long, you’re falling asleep, I’m getting CTS…not a great combination no matter how you slice it. Anyway, your break time is probably up, so let’s call it a flight and reconvene at a later date…same plane time, same plane channel…shoot, that doesn’t sound at all enticing…
There’s only so much Spider Solitare you can play on one plane flight. And after you lose enough in a row and realize that you’re not even playing the hardest level, for an idiot like me that thinks in some ways he may have some intellectual capacity, it’s degrading. Two suits, match up the cards from highest to lowest, win cheesy firecrackers at the end. Simple…yet so freaking hard to win…so now I type because at least I can convince myself that talking to the wall (or typing to the wall) has some sort of redeeming value…of which I’m probably wrong.
I think I caught a cold. I take a 30 minute nap, wake up all warm and cozy, and have the sniffles. Thanks to my kindness, the kid I let sit next to me (that I now know has a cold) because his parents wanted to have him near them will either cost me $10 in Nyquil or a day of work. Kindness kills…and I’m not even all that kind…just kind at the wrong times…call it stupidly kind.
Movies in the plane are funny. People pay $5 to buy the (probably used) headset and watch a movie on a 10” overhead monitor 10 feet away. Where else would anyone do that? Then there’s always the guy that laughs like he’s Santa Claus delivering presents at the orphanage. Where he laughs and half the plane wakes up because no one was interested in watching “The Invention of Lying” in the first place. It’s like a bomb went off and I see people jolt up like they were just tasered as a practical joke.
On this flight I almost feel like I’m on a cruise ship. Average age of the people in my general vicinity is about 60…and that’s including me and the sick kid. If the sick kid and I weren’t here, everyone in the plane would probably be dead. Okay, that’s ridiculous, but I’m just saying...
I almost bought a new ukulele in Hawaii. I was totally jazzed to find a really nice one at Best Buy of all places, but it was over $700…pure koa wood =). If it were a voice it could even make Britney Spears sound like she could sing. The sound was so big and bold that I thought I was playing into a microphone. Beautiful instrument, not beautiful price…but I’ve got my eye on it. I’m not sure where this topic comes into play with the airline theme, but damn I wish I had a uke to play here on the plane…so there.
Damn, I type too fast (probably all of about 10 words a minute, but we haven’t landed yet and I’m out of things to say…sort of…because I’m never out of things to say)…blog getting too long, you’re falling asleep, I’m getting CTS…not a great combination no matter how you slice it. Anyway, your break time is probably up, so let’s call it a flight and reconvene at a later date…same plane time, same plane channel…shoot, that doesn’t sound at all enticing…
Monday, February 8, 2010
Superbowl Commercials...
This year's lineup was pretty impressive...at least for the first half of the game...a quick recap of the highlights for those that may have been caught up in the game instead of the real reason we all watch the superbowl...
Apparently Denny's is having a Free Grand Slam day this tuesday at all participating Denny's locations. I was not amused by their chicken adds after the first zillion Denny's commercials that flooded the second half of the game (i guess they were just too cheap to run an add in the first half). There were too many to post, so i won't waste anyone's time and i've made the executive decision to post none of them.
Lots of adds with men without pants. I'm not sure where the trend came from, but it was alarming and a little scary...this one was not particularly subtle...
Gotta love the efforts of this company trying to break into the male market...sorry guys, but from the boos we heard after their commercial (which was actually quite entertaining), they've long way to go before it becomes mainstream in male showers across the nation.
What was that weird add with Tim Tebow and his mom? Yeah, just like both of us thought...abortion...WTF? I had to do some research myself because i was confused about the point of his mom getting tackled by him in that commercial. But in the end the message was subtle...we don't want to talk to you about abortion during the superbowl, but log onto our website and read about our agenda on the pro choice/pro life debate.
Punch Buggy...damn, that's old school!
I would eat them with or without those commercials. Most of them were pretty lame...until the lamest of them all came out and i was rolling on the floor...enjoy!
The superbowl wouldn't be the same without a Betty White commercial
But the top ads had to go to this company for their Synthesizer work...
...their Lighthouse...
...and their LOST parody...
The commercials were actually a good complement to the game...the game was boring in the first half and the commercials were pretty awesome, but just as the commercials started to suck, the game got good...it's strange how things work out that way!
Apparently Denny's is having a Free Grand Slam day this tuesday at all participating Denny's locations. I was not amused by their chicken adds after the first zillion Denny's commercials that flooded the second half of the game (i guess they were just too cheap to run an add in the first half). There were too many to post, so i won't waste anyone's time and i've made the executive decision to post none of them.
Lots of adds with men without pants. I'm not sure where the trend came from, but it was alarming and a little scary...this one was not particularly subtle...
Gotta love the efforts of this company trying to break into the male market...sorry guys, but from the boos we heard after their commercial (which was actually quite entertaining), they've long way to go before it becomes mainstream in male showers across the nation.
What was that weird add with Tim Tebow and his mom? Yeah, just like both of us thought...abortion...WTF? I had to do some research myself because i was confused about the point of his mom getting tackled by him in that commercial. But in the end the message was subtle...we don't want to talk to you about abortion during the superbowl, but log onto our website and read about our agenda on the pro choice/pro life debate.
Punch Buggy...damn, that's old school!
I would eat them with or without those commercials. Most of them were pretty lame...until the lamest of them all came out and i was rolling on the floor...enjoy!
The superbowl wouldn't be the same without a Betty White commercial
But the top ads had to go to this company for their Synthesizer work...
...their Lighthouse...
...and their LOST parody...
The commercials were actually a good complement to the game...the game was boring in the first half and the commercials were pretty awesome, but just as the commercials started to suck, the game got good...it's strange how things work out that way!
Hawaii Trip Concludes...
And I have been thinking of the randomest things...like...
It would seriously suck to be the one cropped out of pictures...that would piss me off...but then again, if i was in a picture with someone that i didn't want to be seen with, i'd be even more upset, so then i guess i should just shut up...
What happened to my "I'd rather stick anchovies in my ears" anti-drug poster that was on the door of my closet in Hawaii?
My sister complained to me the other day that i don't take all my junk from my parents house (accumulated through high school) and move it to where i currently live. The obvious problem with that is that i live in California and my parents live in Hawaii. So i turned the question on her and asked her if SHE was moving all her junk out with her as she moves into her new apartment in Hawaii. She said "yes." GOOD. Stupid sister.
If i can help someone grow millions in wealth and save them millions in taxes, they don't give me the time of day, but the second i want to take them out to lunch, they are free for at least an hour or two.
My black Ecko Unlimited jeans my mom bought me had drawn two responses. In Hawaii people really like them and ask where i got them from. In California, people ask me if i'm Mexican. Seriously, what the hell kind of jeans could possibly illicit those two responses?
Good friends are hard to find...and i'm finding that maybe I've been a little too liberal about the term "good friends"...
After 15 years of not attending my Hawaii high school's carnival, i managed to not attend it again this year...shit...but i did have a friend nice enough to buy me a serving of Portuguese Bean Soup...which is a little bit of heaven on earth without going through the hell of finding parking at the carnival...THANKS!
I found out that a long time friend from high school just had her father pass away on Saturday. Life is too short to not experience every day to the fullest, and to take advantage of every hour we are on this earth...A.S. R.I.P.
It would seriously suck to be the one cropped out of pictures...that would piss me off...but then again, if i was in a picture with someone that i didn't want to be seen with, i'd be even more upset, so then i guess i should just shut up...
What happened to my "I'd rather stick anchovies in my ears" anti-drug poster that was on the door of my closet in Hawaii?
My sister complained to me the other day that i don't take all my junk from my parents house (accumulated through high school) and move it to where i currently live. The obvious problem with that is that i live in California and my parents live in Hawaii. So i turned the question on her and asked her if SHE was moving all her junk out with her as she moves into her new apartment in Hawaii. She said "yes." GOOD. Stupid sister.
If i can help someone grow millions in wealth and save them millions in taxes, they don't give me the time of day, but the second i want to take them out to lunch, they are free for at least an hour or two.
My black Ecko Unlimited jeans my mom bought me had drawn two responses. In Hawaii people really like them and ask where i got them from. In California, people ask me if i'm Mexican. Seriously, what the hell kind of jeans could possibly illicit those two responses?
Good friends are hard to find...and i'm finding that maybe I've been a little too liberal about the term "good friends"...
After 15 years of not attending my Hawaii high school's carnival, i managed to not attend it again this year...shit...but i did have a friend nice enough to buy me a serving of Portuguese Bean Soup...which is a little bit of heaven on earth without going through the hell of finding parking at the carnival...THANKS!
I found out that a long time friend from high school just had her father pass away on Saturday. Life is too short to not experience every day to the fullest, and to take advantage of every hour we are on this earth...A.S. R.I.P.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Food for Thought
A list of all the notable food i have eaten on this trip:
Monday:
Kuru Kuru Sushi: Ample amounts of Hamachi, Sake, Saba, and Spicy Tuna...the best sushi deal i have ever seen...i would eat here every day but the line is usually so long i'd starve...how ironic.
Grandma's House: Bulgogi, Kal Bi...best korean bbq ANYWHERE...but i am biased.
Tuesday:
Ryan's Grill: Pork Ribs, Lettuce Cups, Crab Dip with Focaccia, Raspberry Iced Tea...not bad for happy hour...everything half off!
Home: Leftover Bulgogi and Kal Bi...still the best korean bbq ANYWHERE.
Wednesday:
Home: One of the best Chicken Salad Sandwiches I have ever eaten...and it was only comprised of bread, chicken salad, and cheese...i must have been desparate.
Nico's: Seared Furikake Ahi with Garlic Aioli...this one seriously broke da mouth!
Coco Ichibanya: Stewed Chicken and Spinach Curry with Rice...not a great meal to eat at 10pm after the meeting, but it was soooooooooooooo ono!
Other than that, not much going on here in terms of food! :-P
Monday:
Kuru Kuru Sushi: Ample amounts of Hamachi, Sake, Saba, and Spicy Tuna...the best sushi deal i have ever seen...i would eat here every day but the line is usually so long i'd starve...how ironic.
Grandma's House: Bulgogi, Kal Bi...best korean bbq ANYWHERE...but i am biased.
Tuesday:
Ryan's Grill: Pork Ribs, Lettuce Cups, Crab Dip with Focaccia, Raspberry Iced Tea...not bad for happy hour...everything half off!
Home: Leftover Bulgogi and Kal Bi...still the best korean bbq ANYWHERE.
Wednesday:
Home: One of the best Chicken Salad Sandwiches I have ever eaten...and it was only comprised of bread, chicken salad, and cheese...i must have been desparate.
Nico's: Seared Furikake Ahi with Garlic Aioli...this one seriously broke da mouth!
Coco Ichibanya: Stewed Chicken and Spinach Curry with Rice...not a great meal to eat at 10pm after the meeting, but it was soooooooooooooo ono!
Other than that, not much going on here in terms of food! :-P
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
27 Hours Into Hawaii...
...And one thought...damn the food is bad for you here! I ordered a mixed plate at Queens BBQ and ended up with what probably amounted to 3 scoops of rice, 1 scoop of macaroni salad, two large ladels of chili, a hamburger patty, and an extra large piece of teriyaki beef. Seriously, just the thought of it made me a bit nauseous...then the reality...i ate part of it, took the rest home and filled up my brother AND sister with the leftovers...yowzers!!! I can't expect to survive here doing lunch and dinner appointments...i will arrive back in San Jose on a freight plane rather than your standard airplane...i will have to start doing coffee and tea instead...or maybe just water and iced tea...
Dave's Ice Cream has just been upgraded from the World's Best Ice Cream to the UNIVERSE'S Best Ice Cream. I'm sorry, but Bubbies ice cream just doesn't cut it...and at three small scoops costing just over $9...yes...NINE FREAKING DOLLARS...i'll stick with the better tasting, more economical Dave's Ice Cream...I don't like Rachel Ray, but she's got one word I'll use...DELISH!!!
3 more accounts went in today...that's three more families on their way OUT of financial failure. If people had common sense, i'd be wealthy beyond belief...but since (as my professor used to say) "common sense is the sense most commonly lacking," I will need to work for at least the next couple weeks before i retire :-P
Oh well...off to one more meal this week...Ryan's Grill in Ward Center...mmm...
One Last Thought...Isn't it weird when someone tells you that they wish people could think more for themselves on important matters, when you were thinking the exact same thing about them just a second ago?
Dave's Ice Cream has just been upgraded from the World's Best Ice Cream to the UNIVERSE'S Best Ice Cream. I'm sorry, but Bubbies ice cream just doesn't cut it...and at three small scoops costing just over $9...yes...NINE FREAKING DOLLARS...i'll stick with the better tasting, more economical Dave's Ice Cream...I don't like Rachel Ray, but she's got one word I'll use...DELISH!!!
3 more accounts went in today...that's three more families on their way OUT of financial failure. If people had common sense, i'd be wealthy beyond belief...but since (as my professor used to say) "common sense is the sense most commonly lacking," I will need to work for at least the next couple weeks before i retire :-P
Oh well...off to one more meal this week...Ryan's Grill in Ward Center...mmm...
One Last Thought...Isn't it weird when someone tells you that they wish people could think more for themselves on important matters, when you were thinking the exact same thing about them just a second ago?
Sunday, January 24, 2010
For Fun on a Sunday Night...
I never do these, but i hear mercury is in retrograde...whatever the heck that means...
1. Where were you 3 hours ago?
I was driving to an appointment that got cancelled...boo...
2. Who are you in love with?This is inappropriate for only question #2...sheesh
3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?No, but i would for the right price.
4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?Yes, there is this ugly pink clothes hanger here on my bed...now it is across the room, so no.
5. When is the last time you went to the mall?It's been weeks...
6. Are you wearing socks right now?I am not wearing socks...boxers and black socks are not sexy.
7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?Yes, it was bought for me by my grandfather...it's priceless...
8. When was the last time you drove out of town?This evening...drove all the way from Milpitas to Fremont :-P.
9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?No, but I have talked about movies in the last 5 days.
10. Are you hot?It's got to be about 62 degrees in here...i'm freezing.
11. What was the last thing you had to drink?I just had some crazy apple cider caramel concoction at Starbucks...it was like drinking sugar dissolved in sugar.
12. What are you wearing right now?Not the socks...
13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?I just let the rain do it. If not, i usually let the car wash take care of this...i'd like to think my time is worth more than the $12 i pay to have it washed.
14. Last food that you ate?I ate M&Ms earlier...and oreos...not the ideal snack, but neither was what you had earlier today.
15. Where were you last week at this time?What i wouldn't give to be where i was at this time last week...
16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?No clothes shopping for me last week...my company continually buys me clothes, so there's no need to buy any.
17. When is the last time you ran?I ran earlier today during my soccer game...it was freezing then too.
18. What's the last sporting event you watched?I watched a Kentucky basketball game on the internet the other day...not as exciting as watching it live, but i didn't have time to drive to Kentucky.
19. What is your favorite animal?Like dogs...but the non-smelly kind.
20. Your dream vacation?Tahiti...going there next year...any takers?
21. Last person's house you were in?My own, right now.
22. Worst injury you've ever had?I was playing soccer once in high school and i sprained my ankle. Then, the next week i went out and sprained my other ankle...yes two at the same time...it totally sucked.
23. Have you been in love?I think so...yes...i think so...
24. Do you miss anyone right now?Does it matter if you don't know if they miss you? Okay, that was cryptic...but i don't yet know if they even care, so the discussion is moot.
25. Last play you saw?August...this play is crazy awesome...the whole world should see this one...and yet no one has heard of it.
26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?A taser and handcuffs...
27. What are your plans for tonight?I have a serious cereal run going on later...
28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?I don't use MySpace...it probably would have been a message i sent about 5 years ago...
29. Next trip you are going to take?Hawaii in about 12 hours...Vegas in July...much more to come...and inbetween...
30. Ever go to camp?Yes...this one time...at band camp
31. Were you an honor roll student in school?Yes, Cum Laude from SCU
32. What do you want to know about the future?Nothing...life is too much fun to ruin the suspense...
33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?Nope...i don't need to impress myself...i've been trying to do it for the last 33 years and have yet to succeed :-P
34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?Isn't everyone?!?! See your doctor every year people!!!
35. Where is your best friend?I don't have a best friend, but i do have several friends i would die for.
36. How is your best friend?Did you read the answer above?
37. Do you have a tan?Yes, but it's fading...thank goodness for Hawaii tomorrow.
38. What are you listening to right now?"...I still...haven't found...what i'm looking for..."
39. Do you collect anything?Yes...cards, comics, women...oops...
40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?I would say, but i don't want them to talk bad about me.
41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?Thursday morning at 2am for talking on my cell phone...but i talked my way out of it (no pun intended).
42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?Yes, what the hell are you asking this question for?
43. What does your last text message say?i think it said something like "okay."
44. Do you like hot sauce?Yes, but not in public.
45. Last time you took a shower?Took one after soccer this afternoon...much needed.
46. Do you need to do laundry?I just did laundry this weekend.
47. What is your heritage?Half japanese, half korean, 4th generation from Hawaii.
48. Are you someone's best friend?Maybe...i don't ask...i just do my best to be a good friend.
49. Are you rich?This is a stupid question...so i'll say yes...but not yet.
50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?I think i was cleaning my room or something exciting like that...
The NOT Ego Blog
I told a friend i'd post about Ego and some of the non-freudian things that make it such an interesting topic, but i'm feeling a little modest today, so i'll skip it...
LOST AND FOUND
I LOST...
My freaking ear piece AGAIN!!! I am considering having it either surgically molded to my face, or maybe i'll buy one of those Hannibal Lector style masks so that i don't misplace it. Eh, for $20 a shot, i guess i'll just stick with the earpiece...but seriously, someone is making a killing off the the earpieces that i lose...that's TWO and counting...not many, but if a guy can break into my car and cause $3k in damages just to steal a $100 stereo (long story from a long time ago), someone will spend the time to ebay a gunky, waxy, used earpiece for $10...and worse...someone else will buy it...but i digress...what's new?
Weight! Yay for me. But only like a few pounds...and by the time i fully clothe myself, it's all back. I don't know how people stay a certain weight...seriously, my weight fluctuates on a daily basis...is this just the case for guys? Clothing not included, my weight can change up to 5 pounds in a week...but overall stays the same...kind of frustrating when i feel like a blimp, only to have my weight be the same at the end of the week as i started the week...weird.
A lot of boxes. Yay for me again. Finally shaving down all my crap to a manageable load of junk. I seriously hope i don't need some of that stuff i threw away...i am just waiting for the IRS to audit me for the tax year 1998...i know they can only go back 7 years, but seriously, they're the government, they do whatever the heck they want...and get away with it...i.e. the tax scam they call the 401(k)/403(b)...but again...i digress.
I FOUND...
An old commission check...sweet...only about $50 bucks...but then again, it will pay for my new ear piece. Actually, i found TWO old commission checks...the but other one is for $5.88...just enough to pay for the gas to go to the bank to deposit it.
That being a leader of an organization is more about putting up with people's shit than it is about leading...or is that just the way my ship of manure functions?
That the food at Krung Thai is just as good as it was when i used to eat it a long time ago...it's nice to know some things haven't changed!
That i do not have a trash can in my room. Are you telling me it's taken almost a month for me to figure this out? I am either retarded, or very self sustaining...where is all my trash going? I'm not sure, but if i could find it, i'm sure i'd find my earpiece...
LOST AND FOUND
I LOST...
My freaking ear piece AGAIN!!! I am considering having it either surgically molded to my face, or maybe i'll buy one of those Hannibal Lector style masks so that i don't misplace it. Eh, for $20 a shot, i guess i'll just stick with the earpiece...but seriously, someone is making a killing off the the earpieces that i lose...that's TWO and counting...not many, but if a guy can break into my car and cause $3k in damages just to steal a $100 stereo (long story from a long time ago), someone will spend the time to ebay a gunky, waxy, used earpiece for $10...and worse...someone else will buy it...but i digress...what's new?
Weight! Yay for me. But only like a few pounds...and by the time i fully clothe myself, it's all back. I don't know how people stay a certain weight...seriously, my weight fluctuates on a daily basis...is this just the case for guys? Clothing not included, my weight can change up to 5 pounds in a week...but overall stays the same...kind of frustrating when i feel like a blimp, only to have my weight be the same at the end of the week as i started the week...weird.
A lot of boxes. Yay for me again. Finally shaving down all my crap to a manageable load of junk. I seriously hope i don't need some of that stuff i threw away...i am just waiting for the IRS to audit me for the tax year 1998...i know they can only go back 7 years, but seriously, they're the government, they do whatever the heck they want...and get away with it...i.e. the tax scam they call the 401(k)/403(b)...but again...i digress.
I FOUND...
An old commission check...sweet...only about $50 bucks...but then again, it will pay for my new ear piece. Actually, i found TWO old commission checks...the but other one is for $5.88...just enough to pay for the gas to go to the bank to deposit it.
That being a leader of an organization is more about putting up with people's shit than it is about leading...or is that just the way my ship of manure functions?
That the food at Krung Thai is just as good as it was when i used to eat it a long time ago...it's nice to know some things haven't changed!
That i do not have a trash can in my room. Are you telling me it's taken almost a month for me to figure this out? I am either retarded, or very self sustaining...where is all my trash going? I'm not sure, but if i could find it, i'm sure i'd find my earpiece...
Friday, January 22, 2010
It's all in the mind...
Other's Minds
I had a traing associate complain to me that she was upset because a client of hers hadn't provided us a piece of information, and that it was preventing her from getting paid. I wanted to tell her that it wasn't the client that prevented her from getting paid, but rather it was her not going to work that was preventing her from getting paid...i wish people would stop pointing the finger at other people. Then she said that she'd be more motivated to work when she got the check under her belt (she is new and it would be her first check). I wanted to tell her that she would be more motivated to work if she just shut the cake-hole and went to work...but that wouldn't be nice...it would be true, but it wouldn't be nice.
I Hate Tax Time
Between now and the 15th of april...ugh...i have more receipts than toilet paper in my place right now...and i just bought a costco size toilet paper container...so that's a lot of paper no matter how you slice it...or unroll it. Speaking of taxes, i totally forgot to give someone a book i told them i'd give them called "Tax Free Retirement." If she is reading this, first, she should be working :-P, but second, i promise to get you the book when i get back from Hawaii...along with the postcard, flower lei, and coconut...not. In the meanwhile, there's still the movie "300" as well as "The Secret" to watch. For anyone that's confused about what i'm talking about, give it a try...read the book and watch the two movies...then you will be even more confused...but there is a link between the three...good luck in finding it.
I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone
I can also play that song on my ukulele...yay for me. Finally the weather is lightening up. A bad case of strep throat going around these days for some reason...i have managed to escape it, and once i'm in hawaii (if i can make it there safely), that becomes california's problem, not mine =). Speaking of hawaii, does anyone need anything? Not that any request placed with me will be fulfilled, but blogging by yourself is sometimes like talking to the wall...which is good sometimes, but can get a bit dry (no pun inteded, but you probably didn't get it anyway...you know...dry wall...yeah, not that funny O_o).
Wow...the day has seriously turned into a nice day...maybe i'll hit the driving range (again no pun intended on a very dry joke)...always a good way to relax, refocus, and reflect...ahh...weekend is almost here...off i go to sprint across the finish line instead of limping across it =)
Have a great weekend and i'll see you in hawaii...or should i say "YOU'LL see ME in hawaii" =)
ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHA!
I had a traing associate complain to me that she was upset because a client of hers hadn't provided us a piece of information, and that it was preventing her from getting paid. I wanted to tell her that it wasn't the client that prevented her from getting paid, but rather it was her not going to work that was preventing her from getting paid...i wish people would stop pointing the finger at other people. Then she said that she'd be more motivated to work when she got the check under her belt (she is new and it would be her first check). I wanted to tell her that she would be more motivated to work if she just shut the cake-hole and went to work...but that wouldn't be nice...it would be true, but it wouldn't be nice.
I Hate Tax Time
Between now and the 15th of april...ugh...i have more receipts than toilet paper in my place right now...and i just bought a costco size toilet paper container...so that's a lot of paper no matter how you slice it...or unroll it. Speaking of taxes, i totally forgot to give someone a book i told them i'd give them called "Tax Free Retirement." If she is reading this, first, she should be working :-P, but second, i promise to get you the book when i get back from Hawaii...along with the postcard, flower lei, and coconut...not. In the meanwhile, there's still the movie "300" as well as "The Secret" to watch. For anyone that's confused about what i'm talking about, give it a try...read the book and watch the two movies...then you will be even more confused...but there is a link between the three...good luck in finding it.
I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone
I can also play that song on my ukulele...yay for me. Finally the weather is lightening up. A bad case of strep throat going around these days for some reason...i have managed to escape it, and once i'm in hawaii (if i can make it there safely), that becomes california's problem, not mine =). Speaking of hawaii, does anyone need anything? Not that any request placed with me will be fulfilled, but blogging by yourself is sometimes like talking to the wall...which is good sometimes, but can get a bit dry (no pun inteded, but you probably didn't get it anyway...you know...dry wall...yeah, not that funny O_o).
Wow...the day has seriously turned into a nice day...maybe i'll hit the driving range (again no pun intended on a very dry joke)...always a good way to relax, refocus, and reflect...ahh...weekend is almost here...off i go to sprint across the finish line instead of limping across it =)
Have a great weekend and i'll see you in hawaii...or should i say "YOU'LL see ME in hawaii" =)
ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHA!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
My Apologies...
Yes...I admit that my last couple of blogs have really sucked. That is about to change...and in light of that, this one might just suck a whole lot more, but i will try to avoid that situation...wish me luck for the sake of not wasting your time...and of course not wasting my time to write this thing...
I cringe when clients tell me they are conservative, and that because of that, they choose to do nothing to change their already disasterous financial situation. There is a big difference between conservative and "i am going to screw myself over by not saving money." The latter of the two is the position most people take because they treat themselves and their future too lightly...after which they come back in a couple of years and request us to do the impossible. I am an educator, not a magician...when you see me pull a rabbit out of my hat, then you can ask me to do more complicated tricks like doing what we could barely do in five years, now doing it in two.
I feel like the author from Freakonomics. How does the missing cover on the trash bin relate to potentially increasing my ability to save the environment? I have given up on my box count in my room because, well, there just isn't enough room for all my crap. As a matter of fact, i have increased the number of boxes in my room by one so that i have one to throw stuff away in. The storms of the past couple of days have prevented me from throwing more junk away because the cap on the trash bin is missing and i don't want to throw all my junk paper into the trash without a cover...that would be a serious mess...but i guess that's how recycled paper mills run and i'd only be doing them a favor by speeding up the process, right?
I am heading to Hawaii in 4 days. Yes, i am getting the HECK out of California for a couple of weeks. Before you start thinking that i'm lucky to be in Hawaii for two weeks, let me tell you that HECK YES i'm lucky to be going to Hawaii. Our chairman will be in Hawaii for a couple of days and hopefully with his guidance and my boot up the team's rear end, we will make something happen there besides trade winds and sunny days...that wind and sun goes on when i'm not there...i don't need to waste my time to be there just for that...
One last thought...Where the heck did the word "dumbfounded" come from?
I cringe when clients tell me they are conservative, and that because of that, they choose to do nothing to change their already disasterous financial situation. There is a big difference between conservative and "i am going to screw myself over by not saving money." The latter of the two is the position most people take because they treat themselves and their future too lightly...after which they come back in a couple of years and request us to do the impossible. I am an educator, not a magician...when you see me pull a rabbit out of my hat, then you can ask me to do more complicated tricks like doing what we could barely do in five years, now doing it in two.
I feel like the author from Freakonomics. How does the missing cover on the trash bin relate to potentially increasing my ability to save the environment? I have given up on my box count in my room because, well, there just isn't enough room for all my crap. As a matter of fact, i have increased the number of boxes in my room by one so that i have one to throw stuff away in. The storms of the past couple of days have prevented me from throwing more junk away because the cap on the trash bin is missing and i don't want to throw all my junk paper into the trash without a cover...that would be a serious mess...but i guess that's how recycled paper mills run and i'd only be doing them a favor by speeding up the process, right?
I am heading to Hawaii in 4 days. Yes, i am getting the HECK out of California for a couple of weeks. Before you start thinking that i'm lucky to be in Hawaii for two weeks, let me tell you that HECK YES i'm lucky to be going to Hawaii. Our chairman will be in Hawaii for a couple of days and hopefully with his guidance and my boot up the team's rear end, we will make something happen there besides trade winds and sunny days...that wind and sun goes on when i'm not there...i don't need to waste my time to be there just for that...
One last thought...Where the heck did the word "dumbfounded" come from?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I Miss...
...Pho...haven't eaten that stuff in over a month...i think i'm going through withdrawals...to the point that i am not even sure how to spell withdrawals anymore...
...soccer during the week...my lazy ass is too...well...lazy to get up and run, so i just do some weird exercises called "man makers" instead...what the hell is a man maker and if i'm 33 and still not a man, well, screw it...
...having more space to store all my junk...but i now know that i need to work harder towards earning enough money to buy a house to store all my shit...
...the expectation of a return call...now all i can do is hope a call is returned...the giddy feeling is cool, but waiting for a call is not.
...my piano...call me weak sauce, but having that damn thing would sure make all my spare time pass a hell of a lot faster...even though i'd drive my housemates nuts...but heck, isn't that why i pay rent to them?
...not blogging because i had actions to do instead of posts to postulate on...
...soccer during the week...my lazy ass is too...well...lazy to get up and run, so i just do some weird exercises called "man makers" instead...what the hell is a man maker and if i'm 33 and still not a man, well, screw it...
...having more space to store all my junk...but i now know that i need to work harder towards earning enough money to buy a house to store all my shit...
...the expectation of a return call...now all i can do is hope a call is returned...the giddy feeling is cool, but waiting for a call is not.
...my piano...call me weak sauce, but having that damn thing would sure make all my spare time pass a hell of a lot faster...even though i'd drive my housemates nuts...but heck, isn't that why i pay rent to them?
...not blogging because i had actions to do instead of posts to postulate on...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Crappy Night..
So now i'm up to 9 boxes...
I saved the whole day to work and train one associate and all his appts cancelled yesterday so i ended up with squat...
Healing dinner turned into a big fight...should i have expected less?
No BBQ to eat last nite as planned...
Got home late, had to wake up early...
BUT...
Now I have dishes to eat on...
The rest of the team is moving...and trips to L.A. and Hawaii this month will stir the pot up a bit
One door closes another one opens...exciting!
Ended up eating homemade chili...even better than BBQ...yum!
Waking up early isn't so bad, as long as you have something in your life to wake up to (a great person, a great career, a hope, a dream, whatever...).
...and life goes on...lets make it a good one =)
I saved the whole day to work and train one associate and all his appts cancelled yesterday so i ended up with squat...
Healing dinner turned into a big fight...should i have expected less?
No BBQ to eat last nite as planned...
Got home late, had to wake up early...
BUT...
Now I have dishes to eat on...
The rest of the team is moving...and trips to L.A. and Hawaii this month will stir the pot up a bit
One door closes another one opens...exciting!
Ended up eating homemade chili...even better than BBQ...yum!
Waking up early isn't so bad, as long as you have something in your life to wake up to (a great person, a great career, a hope, a dream, whatever...).
...and life goes on...lets make it a good one =)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Countdown...
No, this is not a blog about the end of the world at the conclusion of the Mayan calendar, nor is it about the ever so vague predictions of Nostradamus, nor a prediction based upon the Chinese astrological calendar that predicted 2008, the year of the Golden Pig, would be one of the most financially prosperous in recent and distant memory...a year which we all wish we could forget for any of a zillion financial reasons/predicaments/situations/disasters.
This is about something much more pertinent and amazing. It is the countdown to me unpacking all my junk in my new place. I started with probably just over 15 boxes, of which i have managed to find discreet places for them or managed to unpack them completely...yay for me. The day started with the count at 8 boxes. After consolidating more work papers, somehow managing to throw an entire box of papers away, and re-arranging all my video game junk (which i consolidated into another box with other technology stuff), i am down to 5 freaking boxes. I also managed to consolidate a set of 6 plastic drawers into one small plastic mesh box, which i don't count, but what i consider a moral victory as well.
Now comes the hard part...you can only fold a piece of paper in half so many times, and i am reaching the manageable limit of consolidation before i need to start changing my moral convictions and prioities to find more crap to throw away. So what should i throw away? I have of course some stuff i can't throw away for legal reasons. But i also have stuff that is quite subjective...like old programs and stuff from graduations (undergrad and graduate), musicals i have attended, golf tournaments i have be to, random pictures that have no current pertinence, old files that may or may not become significant (most likely not), and of course, for anyone that knows me, my memorabilia stuff that i have managed to collect over time...including autographed cards, jersey cards (where there is a swatch of the actual player's jersey attached to the card), comics, magazines, bobble heads, and other things that any sensible woman would throw away in a heartbeat. But i am not sensible, and i am not a woman, so it makes things more complicated. What to throw out, what to save...you'd think that after leaving a 4 year relationship these kinds of decisions would be pretty simple to make in comparison, but then for some reason, they are not.
Obviously this post is going nowhere as of this point, but hang in there, because there is a point, and it's started getting me to think about what is really important. For example, i saved all the stuff i spend money on. If i got it for free, perhaps i didn't think so much of it...not that i threw it away, cause it may have fallen in one of the following categories, but there is always more significance to things that we work to obtain.
I have saved programs and small trinkets from events that i have attended that i can remember or have memories for. My ex "encouraged" me to throw away all the letters and such from past relationships while we were together. I am not sure if i am upset at this point, but life is about memories and having those memories discarded makes me wonder if i should have...not that i had even ever gone back to read them in the last 5-10 years, but, well, i just wonder if they are things that should just that easily discarded.
I saved all my video game systems that i have accumulated since moving to california. I got rid of my PS because i can use the games on my PS2...which i still have along with my Nintendo 64...which is a total piece of junk, but then i bought it and a few games, so my cheap-ass self won't let me throw it away yet...yet...but the day is coming...this is the next likely thing to go
I saved all the letters from family that i have received over the last 15 years living in California. Even little letters and scraps of paper where my family sent me some money or something and included a note with it. Call me crazy, but i will never throw those away. I'm not sure why i have such a strong conviction to keep them, but i'm sure in the future (especially the distant future) i will not regret saving these things.
I saved all the pictures that i have taken, and have even taken certain digital pictures (not nearly as many pictures that i have on digital media) and transferred them to actual albums that i can pull out at any time and look at. Seriously, having pictures on DVD isn't worth crap because how often do we really turn on the computer, find the DVD, load it up in the computer, and scroll through old photos? I don't think anything will ever replace an album that you can pick up and relive the past...even for just a few minutes.
In the end, to conclude, i still have 5 boxes of stuff that i'm trying to downsize...but maybe 5 boxes of stuff is okay for me to keep...any thoughts?
This is about something much more pertinent and amazing. It is the countdown to me unpacking all my junk in my new place. I started with probably just over 15 boxes, of which i have managed to find discreet places for them or managed to unpack them completely...yay for me. The day started with the count at 8 boxes. After consolidating more work papers, somehow managing to throw an entire box of papers away, and re-arranging all my video game junk (which i consolidated into another box with other technology stuff), i am down to 5 freaking boxes. I also managed to consolidate a set of 6 plastic drawers into one small plastic mesh box, which i don't count, but what i consider a moral victory as well.
Now comes the hard part...you can only fold a piece of paper in half so many times, and i am reaching the manageable limit of consolidation before i need to start changing my moral convictions and prioities to find more crap to throw away. So what should i throw away? I have of course some stuff i can't throw away for legal reasons. But i also have stuff that is quite subjective...like old programs and stuff from graduations (undergrad and graduate), musicals i have attended, golf tournaments i have be to, random pictures that have no current pertinence, old files that may or may not become significant (most likely not), and of course, for anyone that knows me, my memorabilia stuff that i have managed to collect over time...including autographed cards, jersey cards (where there is a swatch of the actual player's jersey attached to the card), comics, magazines, bobble heads, and other things that any sensible woman would throw away in a heartbeat. But i am not sensible, and i am not a woman, so it makes things more complicated. What to throw out, what to save...you'd think that after leaving a 4 year relationship these kinds of decisions would be pretty simple to make in comparison, but then for some reason, they are not.
Obviously this post is going nowhere as of this point, but hang in there, because there is a point, and it's started getting me to think about what is really important. For example, i saved all the stuff i spend money on. If i got it for free, perhaps i didn't think so much of it...not that i threw it away, cause it may have fallen in one of the following categories, but there is always more significance to things that we work to obtain.
I have saved programs and small trinkets from events that i have attended that i can remember or have memories for. My ex "encouraged" me to throw away all the letters and such from past relationships while we were together. I am not sure if i am upset at this point, but life is about memories and having those memories discarded makes me wonder if i should have...not that i had even ever gone back to read them in the last 5-10 years, but, well, i just wonder if they are things that should just that easily discarded.
I saved all my video game systems that i have accumulated since moving to california. I got rid of my PS because i can use the games on my PS2...which i still have along with my Nintendo 64...which is a total piece of junk, but then i bought it and a few games, so my cheap-ass self won't let me throw it away yet...yet...but the day is coming...this is the next likely thing to go
I saved all the letters from family that i have received over the last 15 years living in California. Even little letters and scraps of paper where my family sent me some money or something and included a note with it. Call me crazy, but i will never throw those away. I'm not sure why i have such a strong conviction to keep them, but i'm sure in the future (especially the distant future) i will not regret saving these things.
I saved all the pictures that i have taken, and have even taken certain digital pictures (not nearly as many pictures that i have on digital media) and transferred them to actual albums that i can pull out at any time and look at. Seriously, having pictures on DVD isn't worth crap because how often do we really turn on the computer, find the DVD, load it up in the computer, and scroll through old photos? I don't think anything will ever replace an album that you can pick up and relive the past...even for just a few minutes.
In the end, to conclude, i still have 5 boxes of stuff that i'm trying to downsize...but maybe 5 boxes of stuff is okay for me to keep...any thoughts?
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
I've realized in the last day or two that on a purely selfish level, life isn't about GETTING what you want...it's about ENDING UP with what you want. I've been getting everything I've wanted through life, yet still find dissatisfaction. On my defense, i don't get what i want because i was born with a silver spoon or because i just complain enough that people get sick of me and accommodate me. Actually, quite the contrary. People say i am fortunate or what not, but i don't see people doing much to get anywhere, so it doesn't surprise me that if i come a little earlier, stay a little later, work a little harder, and (figuratively) bleed a little more, that i should come out ahead. But over time, i still find myself relatively dissatisfied...what a paralyzing dilemma!
Something tells me I'm not going to figure this problem out in the scope of this blog entry, but sometimes i need to put things on paper to see what i'm thinking...and this one is quite a doozy. The other day i was frustrated because i couldn't find constructible cubes anywhere...i wish i hadn't found them...then i'd be trying to figure out where to get those instead of pondering my past, present, and future.
The funny thing is that there are so many easy solutions.
1) Take the stress out of business by going back to a job. Yeah, right. It took me 10 years to figure out that everything we do to prepare for our lives after 21 is useless because we're not in a position to determine our future beyond that. You can get good grades, whatever, but once you hit the corporate world, it's a doomed cycle. If you make too little, you are not worthy of much consideration and are expendable (money follows value...if you don't make much, you're just not that valuable in the eyes of our employers). If you make too much, they can always replace you with two people working at half the salary...how long can you work harder and smarter than two people? When you're time comes to put your head on the chopping block (i.e. restructuring, downsizing), just pray you're not 50, with 3 kids in college, a mortgage, credit card debt, and parents to care for...firing is the new retiring if you haven't heard.
2) Move back to Hawaii and slip into oblivion. Very tempting...take the red pill and go back to where I came from. In time, living back in hawaii, i'll probably forget everything about the cruel world. I can just live back in hawaii with all the rest of my struggling family and friends and struggle with them...but at least we'd have each other, right?
Shit, if those are the only two easy options, i'm seriously up a creek...hmm...
In the end, one thing always comes to mind...a quote I saw in my favorite book...and i'll end this blog with that proverb:
Something tells me I'm not going to figure this problem out in the scope of this blog entry, but sometimes i need to put things on paper to see what i'm thinking...and this one is quite a doozy. The other day i was frustrated because i couldn't find constructible cubes anywhere...i wish i hadn't found them...then i'd be trying to figure out where to get those instead of pondering my past, present, and future.
The funny thing is that there are so many easy solutions.
1) Take the stress out of business by going back to a job. Yeah, right. It took me 10 years to figure out that everything we do to prepare for our lives after 21 is useless because we're not in a position to determine our future beyond that. You can get good grades, whatever, but once you hit the corporate world, it's a doomed cycle. If you make too little, you are not worthy of much consideration and are expendable (money follows value...if you don't make much, you're just not that valuable in the eyes of our employers). If you make too much, they can always replace you with two people working at half the salary...how long can you work harder and smarter than two people? When you're time comes to put your head on the chopping block (i.e. restructuring, downsizing), just pray you're not 50, with 3 kids in college, a mortgage, credit card debt, and parents to care for...firing is the new retiring if you haven't heard.
2) Move back to Hawaii and slip into oblivion. Very tempting...take the red pill and go back to where I came from. In time, living back in hawaii, i'll probably forget everything about the cruel world. I can just live back in hawaii with all the rest of my struggling family and friends and struggle with them...but at least we'd have each other, right?
Shit, if those are the only two easy options, i'm seriously up a creek...hmm...
In the end, one thing always comes to mind...a quote I saw in my favorite book...and i'll end this blog with that proverb:
YOU'D BETTER BE RUNNING
Every morning,
a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster
than the fastest lion
or it will be killed.
Every morning,
a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun
the slowest gazelle
or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter
whether you are
a lion or a gazelle:
When the sun comes up,
you'd better be running!
--African Proverb
So i guess after all the blabber, i've sort of answered my own question...for now. I just need to get up and run. It doesn't really matter, but i need to make sure i run...and run fast...i hope you're up and running as well!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
I Don't Understand...
I don't understand why people that know so much are so humble and people that know nothing can't just shut the hell up...damn!
I don't understand how women in general can wax their legs, pluck their eyebrows, and chemical peel their faces, but still be afraid of a cockroach...and they haven't even seen the flying ones.
I don't understand how the mall can be so crowded with so many broke people...or did they just move the swap meet?
I don't understand why my room is so freaking cold...and i also don't understand why the heater my friend bought me can't heat my room.
I don't understand how I have accumulated so much $h!t in the past 16 years...or maybe my room is too small...but if so, why can't my new heater heat it!?!?!?
I don't understand why women are so difficult to understand...do they just insist on torturing us?
I don't understand how when you are young, you can't wait to get away from family, but then as you get older, you find that they're the only ones you can turn to sometimes...and they're still there for my dumbass!
I don't understand why, when facing the obvious thing to do, people cannot do the obvious...present company included.
I don't understand why all things happen for a reason...then all of a sudden everything that happens can't be explained.
I don't understand why I am misunderstood.
I don't understand how women in general can wax their legs, pluck their eyebrows, and chemical peel their faces, but still be afraid of a cockroach...and they haven't even seen the flying ones.
I don't understand how the mall can be so crowded with so many broke people...or did they just move the swap meet?
I don't understand why my room is so freaking cold...and i also don't understand why the heater my friend bought me can't heat my room.
I don't understand how I have accumulated so much $h!t in the past 16 years...or maybe my room is too small...but if so, why can't my new heater heat it!?!?!?
I don't understand why women are so difficult to understand...do they just insist on torturing us?
I don't understand how when you are young, you can't wait to get away from family, but then as you get older, you find that they're the only ones you can turn to sometimes...and they're still there for my dumbass!
I don't understand why, when facing the obvious thing to do, people cannot do the obvious...present company included.
I don't understand why all things happen for a reason...then all of a sudden everything that happens can't be explained.
I don't understand why I am misunderstood.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Random Sunday
I spent the whole day waiting for one phone call that never came...maybe tomorrow.
I've realized in the last couple of months that there's no more room in my life for complacency and mediocrity that I settled for in 2009. 2010 will be a year that will determine the trajectory of the rest of my life. That is scary as heck, but i'm excited like crazy!
I am so intrigued by the TV show House...yet I don't have a clue what they are saying.
I watched the movie Up In The Air. That was some depressing $h!t...but the girl was cute.
I have learned that even truth isn't black or white. As with everything else, it is made up of various shades of gray, and now i am throughly confused about what is truth and what is not.
It was really strange today going to Costco and buying laundry detergent, toilet paper, dryer sheets, bottled water and juice...it was like 16 years ago as i moved into the college dorm...very bittersweet...
2.5 pounds down, 12.5 left to go.
Living in a room with my own bathroom and all the crap i have accumulated the last 16 years in california...I give myself one night of sleep to feel sorry for myself...Everything changes tomorrow for me...i hope the same is on the docket for you tomorrow too.
I've realized in the last couple of months that there's no more room in my life for complacency and mediocrity that I settled for in 2009. 2010 will be a year that will determine the trajectory of the rest of my life. That is scary as heck, but i'm excited like crazy!
I am so intrigued by the TV show House...yet I don't have a clue what they are saying.
I watched the movie Up In The Air. That was some depressing $h!t...but the girl was cute.
I have learned that even truth isn't black or white. As with everything else, it is made up of various shades of gray, and now i am throughly confused about what is truth and what is not.
It was really strange today going to Costco and buying laundry detergent, toilet paper, dryer sheets, bottled water and juice...it was like 16 years ago as i moved into the college dorm...very bittersweet...
2.5 pounds down, 12.5 left to go.
Living in a room with my own bathroom and all the crap i have accumulated the last 16 years in california...I give myself one night of sleep to feel sorry for myself...Everything changes tomorrow for me...i hope the same is on the docket for you tomorrow too.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Saturday Evening Scribbles
Yes, I wrote the word "scribbles." Kind of an effeminate word, but hell (which is not a particularly effeminate word), it's my blog. More I guess of a mental scribbling, since, well, for one there is no pen involved, and two, I am too lazy to grab any paper upon which to apply my non-existent pen. Boy, I can feel this blog going downhill as I type...
MY NAME IS BRAD, AND I AM A GEMINI...I THINK...
Gotta love Astrology. It's the science of the cosmos, where the relation of Uranus and the relation of my anus somehow add up to an emotional breakthrough on a financial plane. It is the not-so-exact science of determining every single human's future based on 12 astrological signs. I am a Gemini--the Twins (born at the end of May)...but some say I am more like a Taurus--the Bull...so now i'm confused...because does that make me even more of a Gemini (two faced), or really a Taurus. Either way, usually both horoscopes are right to some degree, so i'll just take the more favorable one as my guide...that makes life easier...especially when I don't really believe in horoscopes anyway. So now this whole blog has seriously turned into a big mess of not-so-complex uncertainties, misinformation, misinterpretation, and inaccurate assumptions that control my life...so I guess that would make me more like a Gemini.
MORTON'S STEAKHOUSE
So I got an IM from a friend to go eat at Morton's in San Jose tonite. No, not a date...unless you want to call it a man date (kind of a mandate for a man date? okay, bad joke). This is not going anywhere fast...next topic...but I am looking forward to a good steak and good company...luckily i don't have to put out in the end...damn, i'm going to hell (hopefully heterosexual hell) for this blog.
TO TAKE US HOME
I'll close with this quote that I recite everyday:
"The way to avoid controversy: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing."--Elbert Hubbard
MY NAME IS BRAD, AND I AM A GEMINI...I THINK...
Gotta love Astrology. It's the science of the cosmos, where the relation of Uranus and the relation of my anus somehow add up to an emotional breakthrough on a financial plane. It is the not-so-exact science of determining every single human's future based on 12 astrological signs. I am a Gemini--the Twins (born at the end of May)...but some say I am more like a Taurus--the Bull...so now i'm confused...because does that make me even more of a Gemini (two faced), or really a Taurus. Either way, usually both horoscopes are right to some degree, so i'll just take the more favorable one as my guide...that makes life easier...especially when I don't really believe in horoscopes anyway. So now this whole blog has seriously turned into a big mess of not-so-complex uncertainties, misinformation, misinterpretation, and inaccurate assumptions that control my life...so I guess that would make me more like a Gemini.
MORTON'S STEAKHOUSE
So I got an IM from a friend to go eat at Morton's in San Jose tonite. No, not a date...unless you want to call it a man date (kind of a mandate for a man date? okay, bad joke). This is not going anywhere fast...next topic...but I am looking forward to a good steak and good company...luckily i don't have to put out in the end...damn, i'm going to hell (hopefully heterosexual hell) for this blog.
TO TAKE US HOME
I'll close with this quote that I recite everyday:
"The way to avoid controversy: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing."--Elbert Hubbard
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Everyone makes them, no one can ever seem to keep them. I saw one lady last nite on TV make a resolution to start gaining weight and start smoking. Good job lady...especially with her two kids right there with her...with role models like her, who needs Tiger Woods? Anyway, I digress...oh, yeah, the resolution thing...
1) Start smoking
Just joking...i just find that resolution to be so freaking retarded...but what do you expect? This is America...and people will do anything to get on TV...even pretend to put their kids in a balloon...but again, I digress...
So my REAL top 3:
1) Financial Stability. Some people make this a priority over 20 to 30 years. For me, this happens this year. Few people ever have the opportunity to control their lives, because few people ever WANT to take control of their lives once they find out how difficult it is. It's about time I take advantage of the opportunity I have in my hands and make a serious move...Stable $100k jobs are a thing of the past...much like Liz Taylor, the boogeyman, and...well...my past.
2) Physical Health. My doctor told me 3 years ago that I should lose 15 pounds. The easiest way would be to cut off my head and one arm. I am not so much for that option, but for those that know me, losing 15 pounds is quite a challenge...i just don't know if I have 15 pounds to lose...BMI (Body Mass Index) is such a tricky thing...it's like the English system of measurement, the traffic lights by my house, and car insurance rates...no one knows what the heck it's based off of, but everyone still seems to go along with it regardless of how inconvenient. I am not sure what I'm going to do with this one, but I will go with the flow, since this will inevitably be on everyone else's resolution list as well. In the end, I'm not so sure all doctors these days really care about patient health or take a look at a particular situation...I feel like they just generalize, cover their asses for malpractice suits with socially acceptable recommendations, and get the hell out...makes me want to beat the snot out of them sometimes (yes, THEM...since that doctor i have moved on to find even more equally incompetent doctors elsewhere in the bay area...yay for me).
3) Social Stability. Yes, even I need friends. As much as I'd love to bury my head in this blog, if all holds true to form, like anything created by Al Gore, it will probably go up in flames eventually. And if it does, I need a backup plan...like friends :-P. It's so ironic that in this information age, where facebook, friendster, myspace, and many other sites reconnect us to old friends, classmates, relatives, etc...that we can manage to allow our relationships to degrade to the point that we communicate LESS with them since they are now so seemingly accessible (at least their face shows up on my facebook site each time I log in)...or is it just me? On the other hand, I have learned that you don't need a lot of friends, but rather just a few close ones that you can "do or die" with, and who are willing to do the same with you...I am going to spend more time looking for those kinds of people because I feel like relationships with those people are what make life truly worth living.
So that's my top 3...and yeah, it's everyone's top three every year, but if I can do something different than what most people do...like actually put effort into sticking with these things, they're not things that take an insurmountable amount of time or resources. Sure, you've got to work on them every day, but such is anything in life...from a significant other to a job to anything that requires long term commitment, right?
In the end, it's really about (as mentioned a bit earlier) taking control of your life. And it doesn't start with quitting your job and buying a plane ticket around the world. It starts with small things that we can manage, that lead to bigger things we can manage, that eventually add up to being able to manage our lives without killing ourselves (or our doctors). I feel like 2010 will be a big year for most people because of the ecomonic times we just made it through (so much for the year of the Golden Pig in '08) and the resilience within most people. Some will or already have thrown in the towel, but where there's dispair, there's opportunity (anyone know of a good doctor? seriously!!!), and when times are tough, we find out the most about ourselves and what we are truly made of.
Everyone makes them, no one can ever seem to keep them. I saw one lady last nite on TV make a resolution to start gaining weight and start smoking. Good job lady...especially with her two kids right there with her...with role models like her, who needs Tiger Woods? Anyway, I digress...oh, yeah, the resolution thing...
1) Start smoking
Just joking...i just find that resolution to be so freaking retarded...but what do you expect? This is America...and people will do anything to get on TV...even pretend to put their kids in a balloon...but again, I digress...
So my REAL top 3:
1) Financial Stability. Some people make this a priority over 20 to 30 years. For me, this happens this year. Few people ever have the opportunity to control their lives, because few people ever WANT to take control of their lives once they find out how difficult it is. It's about time I take advantage of the opportunity I have in my hands and make a serious move...Stable $100k jobs are a thing of the past...much like Liz Taylor, the boogeyman, and...well...my past.
2) Physical Health. My doctor told me 3 years ago that I should lose 15 pounds. The easiest way would be to cut off my head and one arm. I am not so much for that option, but for those that know me, losing 15 pounds is quite a challenge...i just don't know if I have 15 pounds to lose...BMI (Body Mass Index) is such a tricky thing...it's like the English system of measurement, the traffic lights by my house, and car insurance rates...no one knows what the heck it's based off of, but everyone still seems to go along with it regardless of how inconvenient. I am not sure what I'm going to do with this one, but I will go with the flow, since this will inevitably be on everyone else's resolution list as well. In the end, I'm not so sure all doctors these days really care about patient health or take a look at a particular situation...I feel like they just generalize, cover their asses for malpractice suits with socially acceptable recommendations, and get the hell out...makes me want to beat the snot out of them sometimes (yes, THEM...since that doctor i have moved on to find even more equally incompetent doctors elsewhere in the bay area...yay for me).
3) Social Stability. Yes, even I need friends. As much as I'd love to bury my head in this blog, if all holds true to form, like anything created by Al Gore, it will probably go up in flames eventually. And if it does, I need a backup plan...like friends :-P. It's so ironic that in this information age, where facebook, friendster, myspace, and many other sites reconnect us to old friends, classmates, relatives, etc...that we can manage to allow our relationships to degrade to the point that we communicate LESS with them since they are now so seemingly accessible (at least their face shows up on my facebook site each time I log in)...or is it just me? On the other hand, I have learned that you don't need a lot of friends, but rather just a few close ones that you can "do or die" with, and who are willing to do the same with you...I am going to spend more time looking for those kinds of people because I feel like relationships with those people are what make life truly worth living.
So that's my top 3...and yeah, it's everyone's top three every year, but if I can do something different than what most people do...like actually put effort into sticking with these things, they're not things that take an insurmountable amount of time or resources. Sure, you've got to work on them every day, but such is anything in life...from a significant other to a job to anything that requires long term commitment, right?
In the end, it's really about (as mentioned a bit earlier) taking control of your life. And it doesn't start with quitting your job and buying a plane ticket around the world. It starts with small things that we can manage, that lead to bigger things we can manage, that eventually add up to being able to manage our lives without killing ourselves (or our doctors). I feel like 2010 will be a big year for most people because of the ecomonic times we just made it through (so much for the year of the Golden Pig in '08) and the resilience within most people. Some will or already have thrown in the towel, but where there's dispair, there's opportunity (anyone know of a good doctor? seriously!!!), and when times are tough, we find out the most about ourselves and what we are truly made of.
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