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| Monday, April 11th, 2005 | | 3:08 am |
So I'm a crappy boyfriend and a crappy watcher, but apparently there is something I'm good at. I can cleave things in half with a katana. I hit with all the precision of a surgeon. I took a good philosophy course at Cal. Might've majored in it if I wasn't so big on being useful and giving back to the world. Nice to think that if I had, there'd be more people alive today. Anyway, something I remember from that class is "The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through many a bad night." Nietzsche quote. Thing about the .. it that's particularly bad is that it takes that away from you. In so far as you care about the people you know. I care about you guys. You're doing fine. You're good people. | | Monday, March 28th, 2005 | | 11:39 pm |
"The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught." (Lord Kelvin) I wonder how Monique measures up. I imagine, in her mind, she thinks that thanks to Discreet she'll never be caught. | | Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005 | | 11:21 pm |
Hey, Max, I found a shirt on the internet that you oughtta see. I don't know if you'll like it or not... It's definitely silly. http://www.rhymes-with-witch.com/storehex.htmlAlso, I saw somewhere a site that makes haikus from your LJ posts. Kinda neat. I have no idea where it's getting these, though. | | Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005 | | 9:18 pm |
Do you ever feel like you just want to skip ahead to the time when you're in your late 40s and wear tweed jackets with patches on the elbows and have already made all the really major mistakes you're going to? | | Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 | | 9:26 pm |
Well, that really sucked. On Friday we went out drinking in SF, and that helped a lot, but I think the stress in general maybe exacerbated some stuff. Anyway, sad worried times. Maybe I should take up Kendo or something. It'd be cool if I could do it with someone, but I don't know if asking Chip would be good right now. Maybe Max. Maybe once I've moved. | | Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 | | 4:03 pm |
I went to a MSF benefit sort of dinner party last night, sort of so my boss would have someone to go with... So it ended up that me and this girl were the only people under 40 there. Fortunately, she was pretty. Unfortunately, I really suck at talking to women. The evening ended in a huge mess. A mess of biblical porportions. I mean, it didn't have anything to do with me or her, really... I mean, kinda, but not really. Anyway. I don't know. It was kinda scary. I think maybe I'll just give up on the whole "dating" thing for a bit. | | Thursday, October 21st, 2004 | | 10:27 pm |
I don't usually get political, but this really has a direct impact on me... Bush is planning on a skills draft in 2005 to fill in the lack of medical personel and people with knowledge of other cultures... Please vote for Kerry. If I wanted to join the army I'd have joined the army. | | Wednesday, October 13th, 2004 | | 8:07 pm |
Another reason to hold off moving: Vampster is moving to new offices. I think they've settled on a place, but it was kinda strange. Now that I've been working with them for a bit, I think I might fit in with these guys pretty well, though. So that's really cool. | | Saturday, October 9th, 2004 | | 10:56 am |
I got a job! The people at Vampster.net hired me! No more ramen! Maybe they just felt bad for me because the Beast broke down in the parking lot. They did an interview with everyone, and then I left, and the damn thing wouldn't start... Just turn the key and nothing, but it wasn't the battery. So I was hoping they weren't watching, but maybe they were because about 5 minutes later my phone rings and they invite me back in, and then they offered me the job. Thank God... Anyway, so I'll probably be moving down to the South Bay if it pans out and they let me keep working there (it seems like a really cool company) but it won't be for awhile, since I have to give 30 days notice, so for now: hour-long commute. Whee! Totally worth it, though. I was beginning to get really worried. | | Thursday, September 16th, 2004 | | 2:37 pm |
The news is really depressing lately; maybe it's just that I've sent out so many resumes and not heard much back. I mean, in Africa I could live like a king on $20 a day... In Berkeley, not so much. Oh, well. I guess I could live on the street; I mean, lots of people do... (I'm kidding!) But the death of that girl and the 13-year-old Monday in the gang warfare in South Oakland... I want to help people out. It's sometimes hard to know when you're helping and when you're enabling, though. I guess "stopping warfare" is always going to be a good thing. When I find a magic genie it'll be one of my wishes. | | Monday, August 23rd, 2004 | | 2:37 pm |
I've got an interview this week with Ask Jeeves, who are in Emeryville, so that would be really cool. I'm not sure if I've got the background they're looking for, but they sounded interested over the phone... When I left the country, things were plush in EE/CS. What the hell did Bush do? The weekend was fun; out clubbing on Saturday, and then I joined Phil and Amy for fishing after church yesterday. I was missing Florida a bit, where I had a friend in high school with a boat... We'd go out on the Atlantic fishing. Pacific's definitely a different ocean. I like it a lot, too. I guess I should learn to surf. | | Friday, August 6th, 2004 | | 2:37 pm |
There's a cute girl at the coffee shop near where I live, but I think she's kindof unimpressed by the way my car took about three tries to start today... I think I'll call it the Beast. I had a dream a few nights back that I was swimming though the Berkeley campus when everyone else was walking, and I couldn't move fast enough to get to my classes, and so I came in in the middle of a Renaissance Spanish class and the professor mocked me... I was actually a kind of nice break, dream-wise. I think I'll see if I can find a computer job. It would leave me more well-rounded, and be a change of pace. I mean, what if I don't want to do medicine? What if I'm not cut out for it? Can't know unless I try something else, right? I've been looking, and it doesn't look like there's a lot out there, so wish me luck. | | Tuesday, July 13th, 2004 | | 3:09 pm |
Man, I get a LJ to keep people updated, and then never write in it... I guess mostly I've just been hanging out. I think about looking for jobs, but I don't do it very hard... I mean, it's so easy to procrastinate. And I don't really know what I'm going to do. 4th of July I went to Hans's place in the Berkeley hills. His house has a gorgeous view, but of course everything was foggy, so we mostly sat around with some beers. Still, it was pretty good. Saturday I was trying to find a gas station in Hayward (chose the wrong exit off 880) when my car just suddenly stopped running. I mean, while I was driving, just suddenly stalled out and died. And it wasn't out of gas, I keep a half a tank in there at least. I got it over to the side of the road, and I couldn't get it started again, so I had to get it towed. Today I heard back from the shop: fuel pump, $400. Man. | | Thursday, June 10th, 2004 | | 3:53 pm |
So livejournals are open to anyone now, so I signed up for this to keep you all in the loop now that I'm back... Big news is that I bought a car. Really good deal off craigslist, a '88 Honda Civic Wagon/4-door Hatchback thing. It's sortof bronze-colored, with a few bits of rust (someone dented the front corner and rear fender... I think it was in an accident once), but it runs fine. I haven't decided yet what to call it. |
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