On my wishlist
March 31, 2002
I have to buy Dragon: Story of Bruce Lee. It’s on right now and I forgot how good it was. Half of it is bullshit and hollywood-ized but it’s still a good movie. I have a friend who looks eerily like Jason Lee and he has the same family name. I wonder if there’s any relation. This movie is motivating me again. Tee hee!
I love days where I can do nothing because I usually do the most. I cleaned up the whole place and did a bit of rearranging. I even fixed the table that my computer lies on. It turns out more than half the screws holding it together were either loose or about to come loose. I figure in another month or so, the whole thing would collapse, destroying my computer in the process. It’s ok now. And now I’m doing pushups for the first time in month. Go go go!
Wow, this is a real twist
March 30, 2002
After a few days of trying to put together a peace deal, BAM! This is gonna be interesting how it goes. I love how Arafat was quoted as saying, “They want me under arrest or in exile or dead, but I am telling them, I prefer to be martyred”. If I were world dictator, I would make it so that religion and politics would never mix. Nothing good ever came out of that. Charged and strong point, but prove me wrong.
And Youthanasia came out in 1994. I did mean that I haven’t heard any of their new stuff released after 1994. But didn’t I hear this for the first time in 1995? The year I first started touching a guitar?
Check another one off
March 29, 2002
We finished off another school project today – this one was some stupid database thing that normally takes forever to do with a lot of frustration. This time we finished early but didn’t attempt the bonus stuff (which would only add 1.2% to our overall score anyway). There’s 4 more days of class before the finals roll about. Am I ever glad. I already wrote up a list of things to do when school is out, one of which is pick up martial arts again. I think I’m gonna learn something totally different from what I’m used to, I’m thinking of tae kwan do or maybe hapkido, both of which I do not know much of. And thanks to Dennis, I started listening to my old megadeth cd’s again. They rock! I can’t say I really know them because I haven’t heard any of their albums since 1994. That’s almost 10 years! Geez. Israel declares Arafat an “enemy” and on the news it just said that Israeli tanks have trashed Arafat’s gates and have opened fire. I can’t wait to be with Eri again and start a “new life” in Japan.
Daniel, this one’s for you
March 27, 2002
As per our battle for the title, Master of the Universe, I would like to say I am he. Proof. That’s right Dan.
Political Pressure is too much for mega businesses
Andersen CEO resigns “bowing to mounting pressure as a result of Anderson’s role in the Enron scandal.” What does this mean? It means this firm is done. Branches in the States are trying to merge with KPMG while I also read that the Hong Kong affiliates are trying to get into bed with PWC. The rats are abandoning ship. This means either everyone will continue joining the other big 4 or they’ll change their name again and try to pretend nothing happened.
Do not think that it was that one bad auditor that doomed this company, many of their clients are under suspicion while many legit people have ditched them in favor of other firms. This is before any class actions have been settled too. The 7th largest accounting firm in the world was brought under after settling a big big lawsuit back in the 80′s. Andersen is among the Big 5 so the impact in the “accounting world” will be humongous. I expect the SEC to come out with way more stringent rules soon.
That’s all. Thanks for not giving a rat’s ass.
Muhahaha
March 26, 2002
Jerry – 47820
Daniel – 45960
These are the current Bejeweled scores. Close Daniel, but not close enough. Have fun in Japan stewing in your own impatience as you know I will be in Vancouver getting an even higher score. Muhahaha.
Andrew’s dream is the first time in many months that all of us got together even though it was to watch dogs explode or something. That was fun, can’t wait to see you guys in the next dream or movie night or whatever. Dammit I didn’t get any gruesome dreams at all. I think blood and gore is so normalized to me. Maybe if I watch stuff like A Beautiful Mind then I’ll start having nightmares.
Why is it that a 75kb powerpoint file becomes >200kb when converted to go into my palm? I thought things would get compressed, not inflated. But showing powerpoint slideshows on a small handheld is cool. I think that’s my favourite use of all. And I just killed my Space Traders dude who had over 200,000 credits. I went on one of those stupid quests with the best ship, best weapons, best armor and got whupped by one of those alien ships. The game totally reminds me of the old bbs days (the game was inspired by ELITE or was it Planets?). I’m just looking for Sinned and Adonis so I can slit their throats at hotels or send ugly Violet to them.
And I’m out of things to say.
Resident Evil
March 24, 2002
I saw it today with Andrew, Pat, and Jesse. I didn’t think I would like it because history has taught us movies from video games usually suck royally. Examples: Supaer Mario Bros, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Duckhunt (ok maybe not Duckhunt since it won 2 Oscars). I was surprised that it turned out to be rather good. The whole movie was filled with suspense without any boring talk scenes. The sound track was superb, with deep heartbeat-like beats all the time. It followed the game environment pretty well in that everything in the movie could have happened during the game Resident Evil. No, the characters aren’t Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine, and Chris… Something. It ends with a possibility of a sequel – leading right up to the start of the Resident Evil 2 game.
The zombies were pretty well done but somewhat comical to me. I can’t explain it. Here they are eating up those special forces dudes and I was chuckling. It’s almost insanely sick hehe. My favourite thing was how well the doggies were done. Then there was that big giant thing that crawled on ceilings and had a long tongue. I think something similar is in the game but I can’t remember what they were called (Reapers??). Sorry fans, no Tyrant (but that would have been just supercool). And Milla Jovovich (sp?) is just plain hot. There’s something about a woman who can kick and punch that is such a turn on. So the movie is good.
I feel like updating
March 22, 2002
Last meal requests from the state of Texas. It’s quite interesting what deathrowers want to eat. Reading this made me question my eye-for-an-eye mentality. Anyways, a good read.
I’m sitting around not doing my accounting homework due tomorrow because the effort is just not worth the 2%. I’m exhausted from the day. I had that presenation dead early in the morning and we fucked up because the last two parts were big time rushed because the second part took up more than 10minutes (out of 15mins). Doh. Then I went to “work” and watched as people tried in futility to beat my Bejeweled high score. You monkeys never learn. You can’t beat me.
I will sleep lots to make up for the not lots of sleep from yesterday. Decode that and win.
Doh Day
March 21, 2002
Something tells me Dennis isn’t happy. I’m good at knowing these things. As for errors… I didn’t reed any errors in his update! I teach English good!
Maybe fate decided that yesterday was enough of a punishment and decided to give me a better day today because I was busy 9 to 9 but I’m still pretty happy right now. Firstly, I was worried about Eri all day because she didn’t message me yesterday before I slept which is highly unusual and when I woke up, I didn’t see any messages from her before she slept (damn time zones). I went to school thinking all sorts of bad things had happened but finally around 5ish, I got an email from her. Phew. I usually don’t worry about anyone.
I’m hooked on Bejeweled again, this time on my pda. It’s the best game. It’s mindless, can take forever to play, and addicting. I’m starting some sort of contest with Daniel to see who can get the highest score. So far, I’m whupping his sorry ass. That’s right punk, I know you’re reading this! I kicked your ass in Bejeweled. Muhaha.
I have a ‘formal’ presentation tomorrow and a free lunch. Yay for me.
Sushi
March 20, 2002
All this talk about Tama sushi has made me ponder this. Why do local Japanese restaurants name their sushi in such weird ways? For you have the standard stuff: there’s salmon in salmon rolls, there’s tuna in tuna rolls. Why did they name it Caterpillar roll? I don’t doubt that it tastes great, I’m just wondering about the name. What part of avocado and tempura (was it) that reminds them of caterpillars? … or … there are caterpillars in it. The same goes for Dynamite rolls. I’ve seen places call dynamite rolls tempura rolls which make sense, but then I see dynamite roll and asked the server dude what was it. And California roll? I think it was rumoured to have been created here too. BC roll, Alaska roll, Afghanistan roll (that one is made out of starving children), you don’t know what you’re getting when you order it.
WRONG!
Having a japanese girlfriend has its advantages. Uni is not eel. Uni is sea urchin. It’s that really disgusting orangey crap that’s highly expensive and stinky. Unagi is eel. Unagi is awesome. One of my favourites is unagi-don.
The reactor’s gonna blow
Today is one of the worst days in my life. Not because any single thing really bugged me, but just everything just got together and spanked me silly. I am stressed and about to blow a fuse. I’m glad no one sparked me off because I feel like wounding people right now.
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
March 19, 2002
Here. It took me awhile to find.
For the PDA people
I didn’t realize how annoying my webpage was in AvantGo. You have to turn off images or else my page looks so weird with pics flying all over the place. So for your convenience, here is the PDA version of my webpage. I guess only 2 or 3 people will use it but oh well. There are no archives because it’ll take too much room but there are more days of updates shown.
Snowing again?
As I kid I loved snow. Now I’m not a kid. I hate snow. I hate how you have to shovel it out of walkways. I hate how it makes every freaking driver out there slow to 9kph. I hate how my stupid light car fishtails if I pull anything. I hate how I freeze to the brim of cryogenic storage and then I realize I can’t find my gloves. I hate you snow.
I woke up today planning to go to my 10am class. I was way too sleepy. I decided to go to the second section at 11:30 instead (the teacher usually lets). Yay! Another 1.5hr of wonderful sleep. Now I have awaken, stared out the window, and decided to just avoid any rage today from snow by staying home.
It’s a big problem now with me. I’ve skipped so many classes this month that I’m afraid. I just hate school so much now. What’s the point? I’m not looking for jobs, competing out there, so school is just a joke to me. I just want to grad and get it over with. Fack! I can’t wait for the summer.
Life’s a bitch and then she dumps your sorry ass, taking your money and your youth. Thankfully I still have Eri.
Agh We Lost Again
March 18, 2002
Damn volleyball games. Our first game we defaulted because half the damn team didn’t show up. One girl was ridiculously late (she missed the bus she claims). I guess on Saturdays, they only run 1 bus around Vancouver. Our next game, we actually won our first set. Then as usual, we choked big time and lost the next two. Damn games. I really love volleyball, competitively and for fun, but if the team won’t give 100% (ie. not showing up), then it’s only up to me. And as one person, I can only do so much. So all in all, I blame everyone else. I was perfect. I don’t really think that of course.
Damn volleyball.
This is fun
March 17, 2002
I spent the whole day playing around with the Palm, uploading pictures, games, and all sorts of crap. I can’t believe there are so many sex guides for PDAs. Any programs you are using that is fun or cool or useful?
I forgot to put this up, but Dennis responded to my time machine question with a great answer:
Go back to the late 1800s and kill H. G. Wells while he was writing The Time
Machine so people wouldn’t be asking these questions. He wins!
Saturday Waste Finished
Alright, so the group thing wasn’t too bad, we were pretty productive. And then I did it. I went and bought a Palm m515. I guess it wasn’t really down to either the Palm or Sony because I looked at the Clie for 2 seconds, then looked at the Palm and asked the dude to get one for me. I even got the extended warranty dealie because I’ve heard too many horror stories of busted buttons, cracked screens, etc etc to take that chance. I’m waiting on the initial charge right now. Whenever I get a new cell phone, I never wait for the first charge and end up having a battery with half its theoretical life. So for this baby I’m gonna be patient. Right now I’m looking for software to plug in (no thanks, Kama Sutra not needed). I kinda want the Japan travel pack because it will come in handy when I go there. As for other accessories, I’m gonna get a carrying case and maybe a keyboard. And definitely a memory expansion.
I’m down seven hundred now doh but impulse buying is the only cure for gadgetitis.
Wasting A Saturday
9:30am Saturday and I am AWAKE! Not to save the world. Not to liberate slaves. Not to prevent nuclear disaster. For what? To do a stupid group project. Thank god there’s only 2 more weeks left. I’ve had it up to my neck with group projects and the like.
I’m debating whether to save money or buy that PDA I always wanted. I’m debating whether to get a Palm m515 or a Sony Clie 760 or whatever. Both have their good things but the Clie seems to be more liked and has a few extra features that could come in handy. But I’ve always liked how the Palm looks and when it comes down to it, it’s about the look, not function – otherwise I’d hire a hot secretary to do all the things a PDA can do (but then that would be for looks too right?). What I mean is, you can store phone numbers, appointments, and download that Kama Sutra thing for either (you dirty PDA owners know who you are). The Clie can be a remote control, play mp3, has a bigger screen/resolution. The Palm looks cool, supposedly has better color and brightness with the new m515, has more third party products (LIKE GPS!!! I NEED GPS). Anyway I’m still weighing the cost/benefit. It’s 700 bucks that could be used for tuition or something.
Congratulate me because I’m cigarette-free for almost 3 weeks now, past midterms and these stupid early morning group projects.
Mystery Solved
March 15, 2002
That ghost in Daniel’s picture has been solved. It’s a really mundane explanation (as expected) but it’s kind of funny how something so trivial can turn into an image of a face and fingers.
I’m too tired to write anything else except Happy Birthday Dennis and Justin. And Patricia too but she’ll never read this anyway. It took me a few moments to remember who some of those other people that Dennis wished happy bday were, then when I remembered them, I thought how could I have forgotten. Oh well. Like I’ll ever see them soon.
Here’s a question
March 13, 2002
I was just wondering after watching the ad for The Time Machine or whatever it’s called: What would you do if you were able to travel back in time? Or maybe forward in time? Let’s just say there are no weird side effects and it’s so easy for you to travel. Say, you have a magic rib bone that can’t be lost and will never lose this power. What would you do?
If I were to travel back in time, I think I would get the biggest loan I could and put it in stocks or options or currency that I know would make me money, then put it in an account in my name for me to open in the future. If I were to travel forward in time, I’d do the “Back To The Future II” bit and buy a sports almanac or a business almanac and go back to the present and make my money then.
This is purely for riches. Afterwards, I might go back to fulfill my spiritual needs such as seeing once and for all if Jesus was white (as portrayed by modern day churches) and if Buddha really taught everyone the sometimes strange dogma practiced today. Things like that. I’d go see where Atlantis actually was, see some famous battle here or there, and maybe pick up some collectibles for kicks. Then in the future, I’d see if we nuked the hell out of the planet yet. Oh yeah, I’d go and meet Bruce Lee too. I’d challenge him to a fight, get my ass kicked, and then come back and tell everyone that I got my ass kicked by Bruce Lee. I’m sure there aren’t many people alive today that can say that. What would you do?
Magical Links
This Laser Reflecting Game is fun. You use lasers, mirrors, prisms, and such to light some lightbulbs. I guess they invented some sort of laser-powered lightbulb. Oh well. It gets pretty hard in the later games. I forgot where I wrote my passwords so I have to start over again doh.
Usually, flash webpages make me sick because they bear no relevance to the actual webpage and just make it weird and confusing for users. I finally found a flash webpage that I love. It’s in japanese so my honey will have to translate for me. It’s some sort of arty thing where you interact with lights and sounds to make some pretty cool patterns and stuff. It’s art, people. It’s nice. Yeah.
What’s this? Back from the dead?
March 10, 2002
Maybe. I don’t know what to do with it yet.
Hahaha this is the best spam I’ve ever received
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM MRS. SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU
SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO (DRC). I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,
THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT
CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS
DUKE AND BASHER OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN
MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER
DISEASE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO
CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND’S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER
FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW
HEAD OF STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND’S
TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE
MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO
STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON
TAKING OVER (JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND’S
CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY
IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM THIRTY MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$30,000,000,00.) WITH A
SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE
SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM
KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (DUKE) WHO HAS THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE SAID FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND
NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT
EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH
THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY
THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU. IN
CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT TO ASSIST US , MY SON SHALL
PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS, TELL YOU
WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND
ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING REMUNERATION
FOR YOUR SERVICES.
FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION, THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE.
BEST REGARDS,
MRS M. SESE SEKO
So all you have to do is give your phone number and they will give you $30mil to safeguard for them or something. Let’s think about this. They know that someone will most definitely keep the 30 million and spend it, so they’re appealing to greed. Ok. I’m really tempted to give them a phone number just to see what kinds of ads will follow: sex sites? low mortgage rates? dvd burning programs? Who knows! I sure hope that spam will be illegal one day.
I Hate School Now
March 09, 2002
First, woohoo! Square is once again going to put those delicious Final Fantasy games on Nintendo, including the Gameboy Advanced. I will buy one when it comes out. Finally! A game worth getting.
Second, I am sick of school. I usually hate one class every term but now I hate all of them. My favourite this term has become the worst because the theory that my prof is using (which I believe he came up with himself) does not make sense to me. I don’t want to explain it because it’ll just piss me off more – it’s an economics equation that tells when a firm should export and when it would set up shop in the other country. His fundamental theory seems very illogical and flawed which makes all the rest of his lectures flawed because they are based on that fundamental equation. I really want to argue my point but the thing is, I haven’t collected a good enough argument to convince him that his research is garbage, nor do I want to do it in front of the class and make him embarrassed. And the other courses suck either because they are ridiculously difficult or they are extraordinarily boring.
Gone are the days of the “fun” elective. Actually come to think of it, gone are the days of school soon too.
A JVision Exclusive
March 07, 2002
My friend Daniel recently showed me a ghost picture that is just so cool. It’s probably not a real ghost, but hey, it’s just cool. I haven’t gotten him to tell me where they were headed or when the pic was taken, so that’s why I left those things blank. I scanned the picture for you guys to see and it’s located in the “Artistic” page (which must be renamed in the next design) or go directly to it here.
Cool huh?
A Cell Phone Gun
March 05, 2002
This is fucking cool and very scary at the same time. It’s something right out of James Bond. The next time someone’s phone rings, duck.
I was half studying and half watching The Hurricane (Denzel Washington). I remember watching it a long time ago but this time around I enjoyed it much more. It hit me at a deeper level. If you haven’t seen it, do it – you will not regret it. It’s the most powerful D. Washington movie that I have seen.
My honey is sending me some sort of surprise and this time I really can’t guess what it was. I managed to guess correctly last time because she started laughing right after I said it. I’m gonna get her something now that she will have no clue about. Maybe I’ll send her some of those Afroken rulers that Dennis is hoarding.
Can’t Update Enough Today
March 04, 2002
I was thinking to myself, as I take more advanced accounting stuff and learn more advanced topics, the more I realize that accounting is pure bullshit. What is accounting? Simply put, accounting is the classification of categories and records. That’s it, it should be as simple as that. However reality is that the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the American Financial Accounting Standards Board has created monster rules that numb the mind of business and create havoc in financial reporting.
The goal of using accounting in creating financial statements is to give a user (investor, creditor, government body, etc) a good picture of the company. It’s a great goal and without it, assymetric information would cause more risk involved with investments and business. Yet, to give a user a better understanding of a company, accounting uses the most complex rules and regulations to come up with numbers – many of these rules are quite arbitrary too. I’m sure if I argue this with any of my profs, they’ll scoff at me and tell me these rules are needed in today’s complex business transactions, many dealing with voluminous data or some other obscure reason. My feeling about this is that accounting has created these monster rules to keep the accounting profession alive. That is, to be able to do accounting, you must go through years of schooling to truly understand what the hell is going on. This means people who know the stuff can keep their jobs while people who want a piece of their pie must learn it first.
Let me give you a simple example. When a company buys out another company, something called Goodwill is sometimes created. Goodwill is, simply put, the amount you purchased the company for minus the worth of the company. It’s not a tangible thing but you will see it as a dollar amount in many balance sheets. Company A’s stock prices is at $100. The next day, the stock markets fell faster than a figure skater with a broken hip. A’s stock price is now $10. The company is still worth the same as it was yesterday, that is, it still sells the same stuff, still makes money, still has factories and machines and crap but now in the market, the company is now 10% of its original standing. So, a well-off company comes up and snaps up this company’s stock (it’s a big bargain). They pay $20 for a share. Under American accounting rules, the goodwill will be $20 – $100 = negative $80 (btw, goodwill usually is positive, negative goodwill is not badwill). However, in Canada, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants has arbitrarily decided that negative goodwill cannot exist- it must be zero or greater. The rationale behind this is that a company would sooner sell of all its assets at its worth instead of letting itself be taken over by another company and that managers would never sell for less than a company is worth. History has shown that in the face of a takeover, companies do not liquidate assets when price is less than worth – there’s simply a bargain available. Canada is the only country (I was told) that does this. This is just one of the many weird differences that Canada accounting principles differ.
This means if an American company sets up in Canada, they’ll either: have their accountant learn the Canadian system (not an easy feat in short time) or hire a local accountant – rationally, its cheaper and faster for the latter: thus preserving another job.
My vision of the future is that accounting cleans up and simplifies its complex rules and all countries adopt universal accounting practices – business would be so much easier. You might be thinking why would a guy in accounting bash accounting. Reason 1 – accounting was my second choice. Reason 2 – accounting is a tiny tiny part in general business – I look at the big picture instead. Reason 3 – I don’t understand any of this stuff so it makes me frustrated.
The Title of This Update Is Update Title
We played our first volleyball game since the “All Star Break” and lost both. One guy went back to Korea for good, one guy was sick, and another guy came to the gym and said he couldn’t play. I don’t mind that they didn’t come because they made sure I knew that they weren’t coming. Then one girl didn’t come because she said she was sick too… but she called another person this morning to say she was “sick” and wasn’t coming. I told them all to call ME if they couldn’t come. What sucks is that only 4 of us showed up and we need 5 to play. Anything less than 5 and it’s an automatic forfeit. I have given up on this team because not everyone is willing to commit. I am never joining another work team anymore unless I find really good people next time (we’re not good). We played one game for fun anyway and it was boring. Volleyball is so boring when it’s not competitive, it’s like batting around an old pepsi can for no reason. To hell with my team.
I updated the links, contact, and about me pages. Some minor tweaks really. Two people I don’t know have emailed me as a result of reading my updates. One is someone who asked me about something accounting and another is a guy with the same name as me. That’s cool. If I don’t know you and you’re reading this, I’d love to get email from you (I’m sad and desperate for attention). I also wanted to change the randomly changing pictures but I just realized my camera has been dead for a long time and I don’t know if I want to try to fix it or not. That really sucks.
I found my Mech4 cd’s and today Jeff grabbed them to… copy… them… so hopefully we’ll have a new multiplayer game. I finished Deus Ex yesternight. I haven’t tried all the endings but the two I tried are kind of shitty so I think I’m not gonna bother with it. The game is great, but once you know the whole storyline, it’s over. Replay value = 0. The same goes for System Shock 2. Actually, the replay values go back up to 9.5 when you leave the game in your storeroom for a few months and you forget everything anyway. Dennis should be finishing up his school stuff soon and so we can continue our system shock game.
I’m going out for dinner with Akito from Japan who’s been here a month but I haven’t had anytime to see him until now. Doh. He’s leaving in a couple of days too.
And my closing point for the day is that the way MSN Messenger and Outlook are interconnected really bugs me. Firstly, a contact on your MSN list will be automatically placed into your address book. That’s kind of convenient right? No because if they’re on your MSN list, they’ll probably already be in your address book but those two programs don’t recognize that they’re the same person and the end result is that there are double entries of the same person. I just spent a long while cleaning out my address book of people I don’t talk to, people I don’t know, and people who are on my list twice. Dammit.
And I forgot to mention
March 02, 2002
that I’m in the midst of not smoking again. It’s 4 days already. I even got past midterms without smoking. I fought and I fought I did. I figured, “If I can get through midterms without smoking, I can get through normal days without smoking”. And it’s true. Today, one of my korean friends who was leaving shoved into my hands a whole carton of cigarettes. That’s 20 packs of free cigarettes, or about $100 worth of cigarettes free. I took them, but then when he left, I gave it to another friend. I have never given up so many cigarettes before. And these were a certain korean brand of cigarette that I really like too. I’m proud of myself.
I think I’m really going to quit because I only had a couple of urges to smoke so far, all replaced with coffee. My eating habits are kind of screwed though, I haven’t eaten much in terms of breakfast or lunch lately, only dinner. I have been training my legs and my left arm because my back still hurts when I move my right arm. Soon. Soon I will attain my potential to break stuff again. I don’t know.
Dennis, finish your damn school stuff and get your ass in the Von Braun, those gaybots aren’t getting any more heterosexual you know, and someone’s gotta stop them.
Hi Folks. Here’s my prediction
The Dow closed up about 4~5% this week. I was waiting for this. I predict that next week, the markets will tumble 10%. Why? I’ll tell you later. If it’s true, I am a genius. If not, oh well, I’ll just be another one of those guys who make predictions, fail, and never be heard from again.
I’m in pain!!
March 01, 2002
I was working yesterday morning and then all of a sudden I feel a small pain in my back – the same kind of pain from an overworked muscle. I said, “Ow” and tried to just stretch it out. It got worse and worse all day and at night when I was writing my midterm, I couldn’t even reach down into my backpack to pull out another pen. Today it’s not as bad, but when I bend my head downward, a muscle stretching along the back also pulls and I feel that sharp pain again. It’s in my trapezius, on the right side of the back near the lower tip of the muscle. I think I pulled it a couple days ago but it suddenly became painful. I’ll need to stretch more before training.
