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January 31, 2002
Ok I promise today will be the last day I use the question mark header. First, you’ve all heard of the satellite that’s going to fall. They’re still kind of sketchy on where it’s actually going to fall. In fact, they’ve only narrowed it down to about one-third of the globe. That’s like saying I will throw a dart at you (while you close your eyes) and i can only tell you that it’s either going to hit your torso or your crotch. I’m glad their screening process for hiring eggheads is so inferior that even stupid people get equal opportunities. Isn’t there some physics equation(s) that can calculate trajectories, velocities, and all that good stuff?
Secondly, there is no second.
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January 30, 2002
Whoops. My point of a competent coworker getting the job is because - first, the position was open to us… but if no one applied, someone external would get it. I prefer anyone in our group over anyone from outside. Then, I would prefer a competent person in the group over a less competent person. Turns out both worked out for the better. That’s all.
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Hehe, I’m using the same header as the last update so that if one of you loads my page and doesn’t pay attention, it’ll look like I haven’t updated yet. And if my devious plan works, that person(s) will be forever caught in my web of lies and will think I haven’t updated since Jan 20. Muhahaha. That my friends, is why people say Commerce people are evil ~ we come up with devilish delights such as that.
I need time to study, keep up with classes, assignments, projects, group cases, midterms, slave labour, digging mountains, and maybe running around the world. I wasted 3 hours on sunday at the volleyball games we were supposed to play (we defaulted the first but it wasn’t our fault and then the other team defulated the second game). I even went an hour earlier in the foot of snow and parked miles away (in the parkade) so that I wouldn’t have to dig my car out afterwards.
On a happier note, a competent coworker has been ‘promoted’ to a position slightly higher than mine. It’s almost the same job except you get a desk and way more administrative things. I didn’t bother applying since school is rapidly draining my life out of the vessels that protect it so.
And I played Starcraft with Andrew and Jesse a few nights ago. I of course didn’t know what I was doing and I didn’t help at all, but maybe if I practice a lot I can get a lot better! Oh yeah… the no-time dealy again. Curses.
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January 22, 2002
How did my update give me an air of superiority over others? Maybe my sentence didn’t come out the way I wanted. Never have I had an air of superiority. Contrary to that, I’m feeling rather … how do you call it… worthless right now. So instead of adding to my problems right now, don’t read too deep into my updates. There’s a lot more I want to say, but it’s gonna sound way too angry right now.
Fine I’ll Update Part II
January 21, 2002
Our two volleyball games were fun but as expected, we got whupped back into the stone age. Our first set wasn’t too bad, 25-21 but then lost 25-18. Our next game’s (back to back) results were 25-15, and 25-1X. Our team was thrown together quite haphazardly and we haven’t all played together before so we have to work out a lot of jinxes before we can win. I’m confident that we will win at least one game. Then I got a haircut.
Fine I’ll Update
It’s just that there isn’t anything to update about and I am the busiest I’ve ever been. For the past too many days, I’ve been going to school too early and coming home too late. If it’s not work, it’s some project, or that final that just wouldn’t go away, or some other garbage. I like this hectic schedule though, keeps me on my toes. It’s bizarre, even though I’m 10x busier than last term, I’m exercising more.
I didn’t update because… what’s there to update about… Dennis has a monkey fetish, Justin has the advanced webpage, Jesse has a monitor, David has still not finished his reinstall of windows, Andrew missed Benny’s birthday party yesterday (which was pretty fun), Michelle thinks I’m hung up on talking about Japan, and uh… Sunny is still celebrating Independence Day.
I joined the Intramurals Volleyball league with some friends and some ELI students. Last term, the ELI students were in the novice league and whupped every team and took first place. It wasn’t very fair because only people with no arms join the novice league. I never saw a game but a coworker who did said that they were smacking down hard on the wussiest of teams - he said it was pretty cruel. Anyways, so I wanted to play this term. They put me as captain because it was just easier for me to contact with the Intramurals office and them. 2 days ago, I was reading the rules and stuff again and I noticed that we were in Competitive League AA. We all agreed to play in the Competitive League at A level… but someone registered us at the AA level. That means the team is going to get punished for being so cruel to those handicapped teams last term. I think they call it poetic justice.
Now find a broom and shove it.
Is Robot Frank dead?
January 13, 2002
Robot Frank’s webpage has been down for about a month now and I’m really worried about his well-being. I remember the last thing I read on the webpage was that they were switching hosts or not being affiliated to whatever anymore but now I get an error message… It would be a sad day if the internet lost its most beloved robot (SCREW YOU AIBO). Today I played volleyball in the UBC Accounting Club V-Ball Tourney. I was thinking that for firms that didn’t interview me (essentially all of them), I’d make it my thing to bean each person to the most of my abilities. Damn was I surprised to hear that the teams are actually very competitive and some of their people were ex-varsity players and whatnot. I guess that makes sense. Not all of their recruits are commerce people. There are some arts people (therefore they’re in varsity volleyball). Anyways, our team, made up of execs, lost each and every game. I blame it on our suckiness. All in all, I had a fun time because it was, afterall, volleyball, one of my favourite activities requiring work. I busted my leg though.
That’s cool
January 12, 2002
I’m an idiot. I just found out that my Gameboy Advance can play old Gameboy and Gameboy Color cartridges. Here I was saying that GBA games are expensive and now 2 libraries of cheaper games exist. Actually, I haven’t played with the GBA since Japan but I think I will since I have damn 3 hour breaks on Fridays. Damn them to hell.
Corrected
Whoops. Here’s the links to the crazy website
This is taking it too far
January 11, 2002
Ok I love Dragonball z and all, it’s a great CARTOON. It’s a great story of struggle, good v evil, and beating the crap out of people. But it’s still a cartoon… right? Maybe not, because someone made a website on how to use those ki attacks. Beware! Now millions of websurfers have access to instructions on how to REALLY do a kamehameha. I’m serious, this guy even wants to charge $4 for his super techniques. He (probably a he) really thinks this stuff is true. Or maybe it’s a big parody webpage, but there’s nothing to indicate so.
Doh The Last Update Is Not That Updated
The update below was written yesterday afternoon, but I couldn’t post it because Blogger was down. As I forgot to post it at night, I just woke up now and went to Dennis’ page and saw that he updated. Doh, so now my update doesn’t hold. Actually, change the first phrase to “Seeing how Nobody except me and Dennis is updating as usual…”
Happy 16 Months Honey! That’s 1.33 years. That’s 5 seasons. That’s 4 equal parts of 4 months together. Ok there are too many ways of saying it, but it all just says I love her so much. Good luck on your tests honey. And Dennis is right. If you’re able to fart and belch and make all sorts of disgusting things in front of your guy or girl, you know you have a connection with that person. Some people, even though you love them dearly, will never be able to take a fart from you without making sickened faces. Dump those people.
I’ve been waking up at 2:40am everynight and thinking it’s morning already. Then I turn and see the time and think, “Woohoo, I can sleep a lot more until I need to wake up.” It’s been that way everynight now. I’ve been having long dreams everynight too, most of them include some sort of scene where I’m hunted or running from something. It’s a sign that I should stop playing quake with Dennis.
I have an easy day today so I will make it hard for myself by getting ready in 1 minute. Bye.
Jerry Takes Initiative - gets big raise too
January 10, 2002
Seeing how nobody is updating as usual, I’ll spearhead the whole Update Your Damn Page campaign. It’s better than working in those stupid company United Way campaigns.
I am feeling very good about myself today because since my return from the merry land of non-differentiated R’s and L’s, I’ve accomplished about 85% of my To Do List which piled into the 20’s (it usually never gets past 10). I’ve even caught up with, and kept up with, all my classes. That’s a milestone! Into the second week and I’m STILL caught up! Woohoo. All my classes have webpages which is weird. Usually some old crank instructor doesn’t know the difference between a web page and a wet blanket. Even more weird is that I only bought 1 measly $100 book instead of the usual $500 total. Thanks to Andrew for the Access book (it’s quite beat up for some reason).
I was negatively rich after my trip so I wanted to work extra hours to make up for the lavish living. I thought I would have to kiss serious ass for grunt chores like washing the work elephant and giraffe or tiling the mausoleum, but luckily, 2 new programs started and I’ve been instantly swamped with work (including tiling the mausoleum). This just means that my day will be super productive.
I’m getting about 6 hours of sleep a day now and accomplishing probably 14 hours of productive work but by the later hours, it really kicks in. This is only the third day too. How do some people manage to do this for months on end? Drugs perhaps. It’ll ease down a little by shifting productive hours into sleeping hours soon. YES!
I love Eri, pass it on.
Ugh Ugh
January 08, 2002
Finally, the time and concentration to write a full update. Today I manage to go to work at 7am and then managed to go to the two classes scheduled for today. Then I managed to complete 4 of the 5 things to do I had written down. Today was very productive.
Being back in Vancouver feels weird but also normal at the same time. I’m rather sick of answering, “how was Japan?” I know that people mean well but after answering it a hundred times today, it just gets sickening. I will just say that Japan is a very different place with very different lifestyles and that all that we hear and see about Japan in Canada does nothing to show what it really is about. I loved many things and hated many things. I loved how close people are compared to us. I hated how many more homeless people there are. I loved how work and home are easily melded together. I hated how I couldn’t communicate with people.
All in all, I loved my trip to Japan because I got to be with Eri. Regardless of whether or not I liked the country or not, I still would have loved my trip because of her. Fortunately, I enjoyed the country too.
I’m basically flat broke now which means I’ll have to squeeze in extra hours to pay bills and buy coffee. I’ve given a lot of extensive consideration about the possibility of me going to Japan for long term. I’ll have to learn the language first (at least to a basic communicative level, which I feel isn’t too hard). I might teach for a year too. The pay is pretty good. Although I don’t want to teach, I think a year would give me some experience in that country. Then I would look for a real job. Companies hire native English speakers left and right. Here, my English means shit to a company and my marks do nothing to separate me from the rest. There, my English is an asset.
Speaking of which, I’m supposed to be writing a report for an English class right now. I always update in the middle of homework, I attribute that to my laziness. Boo. My classes seem to suck and I know I don’t care about any of this stuff anymore. I think I’ll just become a famous rockstar and live the high life in Vegas.
Begone scoundrel.
To Dennis: woohoo, we finally got both webcams working and it’s so much fun. I so wanted to post a picture of Eri’s just-woke-up look. Thanks for starting it.
Ugh
January 07, 2002
I got back yesterday morning. The whole day seemed blurry and dizzying. Now I have to go to work I think. I’m still tired. Bye.
