This morning I had a    BLOODY NOSE   and had to drive to work with this piece of tissue in my nose.

Random Thought: OMNISLASH makes me a COMBO-WHORE.

Bored. Saturday night and I'm sitting here at my computer, a little tired from work, a little tired from the lack of sleep the night before, but still bored and wanting to do something. It's probably for the better that I stay in tonight, play a DoTA with the brothers and then go to bed after a snack.

Forgot to post yesterday because I was online with Kara and then by the time I got off it was like... lemme check... 1:17 in the morning, but then I decided to eat and watch Seinfeld and eat and watch DDR clips and then finally go to sleep close to 3 in the morning. I had stuff to post though, so here it is:

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No work today, slept in until mom woke me up so that we could fix her computer. All 3 of us went to CompUSA with Mom and we bought her a new harddrive and network cable with the help of Bryan Emerson (Anal Acrobat, lol) and his employee discount. Then we went to Mel's for lunch. Then I went and picked up the stuff we bought for Mom's comp, and I came home and began work on it. Time Saver #1 - the Maxtor harddrive's program helped me mirror everything on the old harddrive over to the new one and make it as a boot drive, saving me the trouble of using Partition Magic 7. It worked beautifully. Time Saver #2 - as it turns out, Windows XP installs everything that we needed to get DSL going for Mom, all we had to do was connect the network cable to the hub and she was on her way! Everthing went well for Mom's comp today, and she is online, fast harddrive, fast operating system, A-OKAY!

I also went and saw Dodgeball with Anthony tonight, that shit was fucking hilarious. It has got to be one of my favorite movies of all time, the humor was just perfect and not too cheezy (except for the final sudden death round which ended pretty dumb and the effects, well the Matrix had already ruined it.) I might buy the DVD when it comes out.

Then along came a phone call at 8:31... from none other than Ms. Woods. Yeah, she finally called back, after I've tried for the past 4 days. The conversation lasted for 41 MINUTES AND 43 SECONDS... you figure it out if it was a good day for me or not! Talked about... what we've been doing - she's going to summer school for art 4 days a week, she's working at an arts and crafts store. Talked about school and how the last quarter ended. Talked about hanging out with friends in town (or the lack thereof). She's basically playing tennis, working, and going to school. Talked about housing situations for the fall. Talked about moving back, and how she will be there in the beginning of September and how I will be back early too, so we will hang out. She's going to some wedding today for her cousin. In the end, when I called her on the fact that she's always late or forgets to call me or whatever, she said that "it took me so long to call but when I finally got time I called you, and I needed someone who could make me laugh." OMG, that made me smile so big... and I said back to her "yup, and I need someone to tell me about how messy her room is with bras and underwear and how her boobs keep getting bigger" and she cracked up. I'll call her again next week, hopefully get to talk to her again.
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So that was it for that. Today was just filled with work, I really wanted to hit on that girl with the "Love God" (direct translation)in Chinese tattooed on her neck that came in to the store, if only I had thought up my pickup line by then. Well, at least in the future I have it ready. I was waiting for her to walk back by but no... oh well. That was about it at work, and that I found out Ansel once tried to kill himself and escaped death 2 other times too. I almost decided to go to HomeTown Buffet with him but I was too full from Burger King about 2 hours ago and I didn't want to spend anymore money ($9 for the barbeque thingy they were having on Thursdays and Saturdays). That was pretty much the day... oh yeah, my paycheck came today ($217.98) was this first check, and I AM at $9 an hour, coolio. Oh and also my DDR 4th Mix marquee came too, it is clear and plastic, so I will probably frame this one too along with the 7th Mix one, and I will probably do the lighting to this one.

Stupid flame nades by Clan Noob... I don't understand their names and the lack of tags or whatever. They flamed us good though.

Word of the day:

AGNOSTIC

Pronunciation: ag-'näs-tik, &g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek agnOstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnOstos known, from gignOskein to know
: a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and prob. unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god

Is that me? Hmmm... although I feel that I am more of a Darwinist (believer of Darwinism) or some sort of evolution-ist. (Scratches head and thinks deeply...)

I'm tired, and I just lost about $2000 in poker chips. My stack is down to about 9 G's right now, as opposed to my 11 that existed at about 11:30 PM. Fuck them.

No work today, I watched stupid Saved By the Bell (Hawaii Special!) and it was retarded and 500% predictable. It was almost funny in the sense that we were making predictions as to what is going to happen to who and it would almost all turn out to be true. Stupid 90's television.

I did manage to finish setting up the internet for the brothers, but only after $59.99 + TAX for a new router from Comp USA. Fuck that guy who sold me the router for 5 bucks, that shit didn't give me anything but trouble and a headache for 2+ days and a lot of wasted time/effort... fucking asshole.

After that it was on-to Mom's stupid project... first step was to figure out what the hell she wanted to save on her hard drive. Then it was the biggest problem of the day, trying to get that shit off of the computer. At first we tried to use my external hard drive, of which didn't work (although it had in the past) and then my USB key drive didn't work because of fucking Windows 98, and finally tried to install the network card and use a crossover cable, but we didn't have the drivers to the damn card and I couldn't load it from ANY of the Windows CDs that we had. At about 9:30 I finally decided to take Mom's hard drive out and plug it into my computer to pull shit off of it, which worked. Then it was onto starting to install the OS, but we soon found out that both Chinese versions of Windows 2000 and Windows XP needed a fucking CD serial, thus we got stuck and tried looking up serials off the internet and from friends, but none of that shit worked. Finally we got a serial from Jeff, but I had already given up and shut down the comp by then. I'll work on it some more tomorrow, I at least now have the brothers off my back about the internet, just have Mom to worry about. I probably won't finish with her shit until Friday when I have another day off because I still gotta install all the drivers and programs and setup the internet for her too... speaking of which I need to find all the drivers CDs in the garage somewhere, PAIN IN THE FUCKING ASS.

Almost looking forward to work tomorrow to get away from this shit. I wonder what those charges on my credit card are... looks like someone spent about $60 or something with my card, I'll find out tomorrow. Travis redid their webpage and it looks all funky, and speaking of which I went to the bank today and got another ATM card finally... after them not sending me another one after the wallet-stolen-incident. I also put in an app for increase of credit limit, it probably got rejected. I'll have to call tomorrow to check.

A lot to write about. Where to start?

(Playing in background... Linkin Park "Breaking the Habit" music video)

Summer is here... meaning no more school (free mind with no academically related stuff whatsoever to worry about) and it also means the beginning of the $$$ making back at good ol' Leslie's Pool Supplies. Ansel is still the manager... Sandy and Monique are still around as well, Marky Mark is gone... too bad, "Oh Okayyyyyy" hahaha. Leroy is the new assistant manager, he's a real cool guy too... although he chews tobacco. Oh well, who am I to judge, it's not like it is worse than smoking cigarettes.

Yesterday (yeah I think it was yesterday) was a real trip down memory lane... it was a real nostalgic day. At work I first ran into Tim Eddy (who is working at Sportmart next door now) and then my 2nd grade teacher walks in the door... Mrs. Christensen... sheesh, I can't believe that I remembered her. If only she knew that this guy in the pool store used to be this 3 foot tall kid who was in her 2nd grade elementary school class, she would proably flip. Then Brian Foster's parents walked in with Kelly, sheesh I haven't seen her for 2 years I think, she's still the cute-yet bratty girl... whew, gotta stay away from that, too young!

Fucking DSL is pissing me off, I don't know why we're having so much trouble trying to get the router going. The DSL modem was a piece of cake to install, but the router is really giving me more trouble than what it's worth. Oh well, as of right now we can have 1 person on high speed. I still need to fix Mom's computer, I'll probably do it Wednesday on my day off.

(Playing in background... Hilary Duff "Come Clean" music video)

I called Darra today... as per the advice of dear Kara. She didn't pick up, but when I happened to pop online after I got home from work she was online, and we said our hellos. I asked why she didn't pick up and she said it was because she had left her phone in her car, and so I told her to get it and I would call her tonight. 9:30 and 10:35 I made the calls but she still didn't pick up. Oh well, maybe tomorrow. I dunno why I'm still barking up that tree anyways... I suppose just to talk to her because we're "friends" like Kara said. I do miss seeing her like last quarter. Yeah I'll probably cll her tomorrow... that's if she'll pick up her phone.

What else is going on. Rocky is snoring, too loud for me to sleep at night. I may have to kick him outside again... dumb dog. Work at 11 tomorrow... another full day. I need a day off. Maybe I need to read a book... Kara talked about some best seller one, something about Da Vinci's notebook or something? I'll have to check it out.

Urgh... last night here in Cal Poly's Cerro Vista Apartments... hope this sleep is good. Tomorrow I will be packing up my stuff and going home to my futon in the living room in VV. Just drank a cold one... Miller goes down so nice and smooth and easy!

Tomorrow I will also be going in to fail my first ever final... sad but true, a great F in which I hope the professor will curve the shit out of and I can end up with a D or some sort of C. That would just be awesome. Andrew and I pretty much ave the materials test down pat, thanks to Orling's dumbass who told us basically every damn calculation problem on the test. I hope I get an A in materials... and that fool of a teacher didn't have our midterms back again! Wow, I wonder what the hell I got on it and also Quiz #4 (probably like a 8 or something around there, maybe 7). We'll find out soon enough, cross your fingers, take a deep breath, and chew a piece of gum for me.

(Playing in background: Seinfeld Episode 78 - The Marine Biologist)

Arg... 2 more days left. First final tomorrow... am I ready? Will the 4th problem be parallel inductors or a power one? Will I be able to do the 3-phase circuit problem? Will the parallel/series circuit be a tricky one? We will find out in less than 9 hours. Busy busy day tomorrow... 1 test, 2 review sessions, and gotta study for 2 tests.

Done packing most of the stuff now... gotta remember to give back a few things to people and still gotta call the lady to make sure I can move all the stuff in on Thursday when Dad and William get here. (sigh) Better get to bed soon so I won't over-sleep tomorrow and be up in time.

Christ... the eyes are heavy now. Another day closer to summer. Been putting off all the REAL studying, and have only been working on the IME presentation (of which if I don't get an A in the class, I WILL BE PISSED OFF). That's it, just wanted to post... better than not posting at all for over a year right?

Oh yeah, Will got on the Kings' website for his caption. That's so sweet, and here is da link.

Sunday now... 4 more days left before summer is here. Summer = no academic related stuff at all whatsoever, just work. Back to Leslie's we go... making $$$ and dealing with fucked up pH water, broken Hayward cleaners, avoiding selling heaters and safety fencing, keeping a tab on the fridge, and waiting for days to be over to count out the register's money and go home. Ah the joy.

It was so funny... I sware I dreamt of J-Mar last night and what do you know, AJ posts something regarding Jeff making it big for himeself. Good stuff buddy, keep it up and make a name for yourself and our hometown! Link is here to The Reporter's story on Jeff.

(Playing in background... Linkin Park's "Breaking the Habit")

Yeah I'm playing that shit to death. Whatever, get used to it, they rule.

Yeah my mind has apparently gone on vacation, finally back after way over a YEAR. Dunno where to start, so we will start as if we have already been going, and if you need/want info regarding where things pick up... TOUGH. It is like sitting down in the middle of a TV show by yourself and don't have anyone to explain it to you.

What inspired me to write this blog tonight is because of Beth's web journal thing... something in one of the entries. Let's do it: (none of these are in order)

Seven Things I Love:
1. Bowling
2. Tina's Burritos
3. My family
4. My computer & computer speakers
5. My cat
6. Hanging out with friends
7. DDR

Seven Things I Hate:
1. Losing (in general)
2. Not having a g/f
3. Not having a car
4. Waking up early
5. Wasting time
6. Schoolwork
7. The Kings Losing

Seven People I Love:
1. Mom
2. Kara
3. Darra
4. My Brothers
5. Andrew/Chris/Joe/James/Mike/Darien/Dustin
6. AJ/Mike/Anthony/Aaron
7. Michelle/Mackie

Seven Things On My Desk:
1. My Computer
2. 3 pieces to my 5.1 surround speakers
3. Miller Genuine Draft can (empty)
4. Chumash Casino water bottle (empty)
5. Paper towel
6. Napkin
7. Kara's beanie bear

Seven Facts About Me:
1. I like blue/black/white/silver
2. I'm a hypocrite
3. I met Mike Shinoda
4. I lie/steal/cheat on occasions
5. I need a g/f
6. I'm a perfectionist
7. I have a black belt

Seven Things I Plan to do Before I Die:
1. Go down in history (good or bad)
2. Marry and have children (at least 1 daughter)
3. Get a good job that I love
4. Own my own dog
5. Get laser eye surgery and wear glasses with plastic frames
6. Make my parents proud (be a good son)
7. Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Seven Things I Can Do:
1. Dance (and play DDR)
2. Spin a pencil
3. Drink 3 beers in 85 seconds
4. Speak Chinese (Mandarin)
5. Be a leader/take charge
6. Dress well
7. Put on a façade/deceive people

Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. Get a g/f (ask a girl out)
2. Ice skate/roller blade
3. Drive stick shift
4. Buy alcohol (until October)
5. Stand to see a girl cry
6. Smoke/do drugs
7. A backflip (on the ground, but can into a pool)

Seven Songs People Should Listen To:
1. Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit
2. Linkin Park - In The End
3. Darude - Sandstorm
4. Ayla - Part 2
5. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
6. Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
7. N'Sync - Dirty Pop

Seven Things I Say A Lot:
1. Dude
2. I'd argue if I could
3. Fuck
4. Hella
5. Hecka
6. ....nooo (Dr. Tandon's accent)
7. Whatever