I wish it weren't true, but I agree Dr. Z:
"I have a strange feeling we are watching the start of a terrible era in the Erickson-York regime."
Such a damn shame.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Sunday, December 14, 2003
Woo hoo! SPIDER-MAN 2 trailer! (Haha. I dunno if that trailer link is gonna work for you because it was a link sent to those on the Spider-Man fan group mailing list. Hahaha. But check it out anyway.)
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Monday, December 8, 2003
Dear the Alpha and the Omega, Allah, Yahweh, our Father who art in heaven, the Lord Almighty, Jesus H. Christ, Son of Man, Creator of heaven and earth, God:
PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE either:
1) For at least one 3-hour period (December 8, 2003, between 1 and 4 PM Pacific Standard Time), bless me with the knowledge to correctly identify the currents and voltages, amplitudes, proper transfer functions, gains, and other such oddities in BJTs, MOSFETs, diodes, operational amplifiers, and other such circuits so that I may pass the last class of my undergraduate career or
2) Speak with Prof. Krishnan's god and have her god tell her that I'm a good kid and should get a passing grade, despite whatever calculations might say. Have her god tell her that it's ok to give me a passing grade since I won't be using any of the stuff I "learned" in my future career and that no one will think of her any differently if she let Daniel Reyes pass her Electric Circuits 115 class. And Daniel Reyes won't tell anyone else if you pass him and not some other possibly more deserving junior who has another full year of classes to make up for a failed grade.
Please oh please oh please! Above all things, just help to ensure that I pass this class! Please!
Please!
I'm begging!
PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE either:
1) For at least one 3-hour period (December 8, 2003, between 1 and 4 PM Pacific Standard Time), bless me with the knowledge to correctly identify the currents and voltages, amplitudes, proper transfer functions, gains, and other such oddities in BJTs, MOSFETs, diodes, operational amplifiers, and other such circuits so that I may pass the last class of my undergraduate career or
2) Speak with Prof. Krishnan's god and have her god tell her that I'm a good kid and should get a passing grade, despite whatever calculations might say. Have her god tell her that it's ok to give me a passing grade since I won't be using any of the stuff I "learned" in my future career and that no one will think of her any differently if she let Daniel Reyes pass her Electric Circuits 115 class. And Daniel Reyes won't tell anyone else if you pass him and not some other possibly more deserving junior who has another full year of classes to make up for a failed grade.
Please oh please oh please! Above all things, just help to ensure that I pass this class! Please!
Please!
I'm begging!
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Heh. I ruined my franchise. I acquired 5 first round draft picks for one year's draft. However, at the same time, I was left with a lot of cap penalties and low available cap. First rounders are generally more expensive so I had to let some people go and make some other trades. I'm not happy with my team. Haha. Although, with the first overall draft pick, I acquired a pretty good wide receiver from San Jose St. Hahahaha. What are the chances of a first overall draft pick coming from San Jose St.?
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
I didn't blog about this earlier, but I can't not mention how kick ass of a gift tickets were to watch a concert headlining with Rooney. Watched it yesterday and must say it was awesome to go see a concert of a band I'm a big fan of. They rocked but I definitely must tip my hat to the Sounds of Sweden. They rocked, arguably, even more.
LOL. Mark your calendar's everyone:
April 2, 2004: Rich's Straight Debut
Fancy invitations, coming soon?
Hahaha! Dude. That would be so freakin' classic; everyone please convince him to have a botillion. And solo, money, and hula dances. Easy money.
April 2, 2004: Rich's Straight Debut
Fancy invitations, coming soon?
Hahaha! Dude. That would be so freakin' classic; everyone please convince him to have a botillion. And solo, money, and hula dances. Easy money.
Monday, November 24, 2003
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Is there anyone else out there as disappointed as I have been with the recent Smallville episodes? Don't get me wrong, I'm still a fan, but these last couple of episodes have been kindaweird and not as good as the first couple of ones. I dunno. They're kinda interesting but not as interesting as before.
And what's up with Lana only being in this one for like a minute? Haha. Not only that, but are we gonna be seeing even less of her now? Haha. Clark, man. That sucks that now she wants to start staying away from you. Hahaha. Sheesh. You might as well go to your Fortress of Solitude.
And what's up with Lana only being in this one for like a minute? Haha. Not only that, but are we gonna be seeing even less of her now? Haha. Clark, man. That sucks that now she wants to start staying away from you. Hahaha. Sheesh. You might as well go to your Fortress of Solitude.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
I thought this was funny last night during the Monday Night Football offensive introduction for the starters. You know how the starters all get to introduce themselves? You know... it goes like:
"Tim Rattay from Louisiana Tech."
And then they show he's the QB and then move onto other positional players, like...
"Terrell Owens..." then he pauses for a little while "... from another planet."
Hahaha. TO. As frustrating as some of your antics are, you're still one crazy cool mother f****r in my book.
"Tim Rattay from Louisiana Tech."
And then they show he's the QB and then move onto other positional players, like...
"Terrell Owens..." then he pauses for a little while "... from another planet."
Hahaha. TO. As frustrating as some of your antics are, you're still one crazy cool mother f****r in my book.
Monday, November 17, 2003
Heh. I never got to see it, and I remember Chris telling me about it, but have you guys seen the Matchup of the Millennium? I think a couple of years ago they wanted to see who the best NFL team of all time was. After some voting or something, they put together all of this old footage and did some interviews and made it real game-like and all and had the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970's "playing" at the San Francisco 49ers of the 1980's.
What's cool is they're talking about who's playing for the team and who's in the stands (they show former Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Frank Sinatra). Joe Montana is starting, throwing to Jerry Rice, John Taylor, and Dwight Clark. But Bill Walsh didn't rule out Steve Young to play in the game. Of course you gotta have Ronnie Lott, there's Roger Craig, Tom Rathman. The assistant coaching staff Bill Walsh assembled consists of Ray Rhodes, Dennis Green, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren.
I dunno. I think it's really cool.
What's cool is they're talking about who's playing for the team and who's in the stands (they show former Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Frank Sinatra). Joe Montana is starting, throwing to Jerry Rice, John Taylor, and Dwight Clark. But Bill Walsh didn't rule out Steve Young to play in the game. Of course you gotta have Ronnie Lott, there's Roger Craig, Tom Rathman. The assistant coaching staff Bill Walsh assembled consists of Ray Rhodes, Dennis Green, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren.
I dunno. I think it's really cool.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
I thought I'd take a cue from my brother and get in the holiday spirit by posting Jeng's 2004 Kick-Ass Christmas Wish List, giving you all ample time to forage through your couches and find some extra coin to spend on the Jengster.
Haha. I'm just kidding. Unless you have money to burn, I don't expect any of this stuff but I thought I'd just post it and perhaps if you were so inclined, y'all could post your's as well. I dunno. My "wishes" tend to be on the pricey side. I guess it starts off innocent enough but then gets pretty crazy. So here we go.
Jeng's 2004 Kick-Ass Wish List
- My freakin' Computer Engineering degree
- Snowboarding Gear
- Apple PowerBook G4 (15" SuperDrive)
- Apple Power Mac G5
- Apple HD Cinema Display (23")
- Some sort of large screen, flat panel display
- San Francisco 49er Season Tickets
- Bushnell Instant Replay binoculars to go with those tickets
- A private jet timeshare
- If not the above, any airline tickets to fly around the world will do (preferably redeemable before 2005)
- Porsche 911 Carrera
- Mercedes Benz 2004 SL600 Roadster
- 2004 Mini Cooper S (just for kicks)
- A house
- A winter vacation home
- Jessica Alba (or even Britney Spears)
- Laser Eye Surgery
- No questions asked, repayment unnecessary, business funding
- The winning Lottery ticket
Hmm... There's more but this list is getting long. I'll add some more later.
Haha. I'm just kidding. Unless you have money to burn, I don't expect any of this stuff but I thought I'd just post it and perhaps if you were so inclined, y'all could post your's as well. I dunno. My "wishes" tend to be on the pricey side. I guess it starts off innocent enough but then gets pretty crazy. So here we go.
Jeng's 2004 Kick-Ass Wish List
- My freakin' Computer Engineering degree
- Snowboarding Gear
- Apple PowerBook G4 (15" SuperDrive)
- Apple Power Mac G5
- Apple HD Cinema Display (23")
- Some sort of large screen, flat panel display
- San Francisco 49er Season Tickets
- Bushnell Instant Replay binoculars to go with those tickets
- A private jet timeshare
- If not the above, any airline tickets to fly around the world will do (preferably redeemable before 2005)
- Porsche 911 Carrera
- Mercedes Benz 2004 SL600 Roadster
- 2004 Mini Cooper S (just for kicks)
- A house
- A winter vacation home
- Jessica Alba (or even Britney Spears)
- Laser Eye Surgery
- No questions asked, repayment unnecessary, business funding
- The winning Lottery ticket
Hmm... There's more but this list is getting long. I'll add some more later.
Ok. I know I'm a bandwagon jumper to the Harry Potter ordeal, but in case you didn't know, the teaser trailer for Book 3 (The Prisoner of Azkaban) has been released. This turned out to be my favorite of the series so I'm kinda looking forward to this one. Haha. Riddikulus!
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Friday, November 14, 2003
When did you get your first cell phone? I guess they start 'em young nowadays, along with online addiction. Sheesh.
Today I got two IMs from two of my younger cousins who might actually read this blog. They're in junior high. One was supposed to be in silent reading time but, as he said, "I'm bored." The other was about to take a spelling test and told me she'd "brb" after it. Are they the only ones in their classes with cell phones? They say "no." That's ridiculous.
Today I got two IMs from two of my younger cousins who might actually read this blog. They're in junior high. One was supposed to be in silent reading time but, as he said, "I'm bored." The other was about to take a spelling test and told me she'd "brb" after it. Are they the only ones in their classes with cell phones? They say "no." That's ridiculous.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
Haha. Some of you may think this is a weird blog, but f**k it. Hahaha.
So this week has sort of been slowly turning into a bad week. Actually, Wednesday (yesterday) was the starting point for badness, I guess. I was making inexplicable mistakes left and right. Perhaps the worst of the mistakes is freakin' school. I used to be smart, honest to God.
Our professor, who by the way is a wench, returned our midterms on Wednesday. I knew I didn't do well but I swear I thought I did better than what she gave me. So I sent her emails and even went to go talk to her and then the shit hits the fan. It's utterly ridiculous. I studied pretty damn hard for that test. And for those of you who know me, you know I'm not a studier. In my other class, which I'm doing better in (I hope to God), my professor was slightly disappointed in the personal projects we were demo-ing for him. He told me to try again. It's understandable, but I'm having a tough time figuring it out. I just want to get through this damn quarter.
I don't understand what's wrong with me... It's tough to remain optimistic about the rest of the year. But I guess you gotta take the good with the bad, huh. On the bright side of things, I guess I have my health, somewhat. Haha. There's still an inkling of hope in that dreaded class with the wench of a professor. My other professor didn't have to but he gave me a second chance to fix that problem on my personal project and I'm confident (perhaps unjustifiably) that I can figure it out. At work I actually seem to be more on top of things because I'm getting projects that are more fulfilling (for lack of a better word).
All in all, this quarter has been a pretty humbling experience. Yet despite this, and it may sound arrogant, if I can get through this quarter, I am supremely confident in my potential to do great things. You'll all see. Hehe. And hopefully y'all will reap the benefits as well.
It's sort of like that line from No Doubt: "And when it's really bad, I guess it's not that bad."
So this week has sort of been slowly turning into a bad week. Actually, Wednesday (yesterday) was the starting point for badness, I guess. I was making inexplicable mistakes left and right. Perhaps the worst of the mistakes is freakin' school. I used to be smart, honest to God.
Our professor, who by the way is a wench, returned our midterms on Wednesday. I knew I didn't do well but I swear I thought I did better than what she gave me. So I sent her emails and even went to go talk to her and then the shit hits the fan. It's utterly ridiculous. I studied pretty damn hard for that test. And for those of you who know me, you know I'm not a studier. In my other class, which I'm doing better in (I hope to God), my professor was slightly disappointed in the personal projects we were demo-ing for him. He told me to try again. It's understandable, but I'm having a tough time figuring it out. I just want to get through this damn quarter.
I don't understand what's wrong with me... It's tough to remain optimistic about the rest of the year. But I guess you gotta take the good with the bad, huh. On the bright side of things, I guess I have my health, somewhat. Haha. There's still an inkling of hope in that dreaded class with the wench of a professor. My other professor didn't have to but he gave me a second chance to fix that problem on my personal project and I'm confident (perhaps unjustifiably) that I can figure it out. At work I actually seem to be more on top of things because I'm getting projects that are more fulfilling (for lack of a better word).
All in all, this quarter has been a pretty humbling experience. Yet despite this, and it may sound arrogant, if I can get through this quarter, I am supremely confident in my potential to do great things. You'll all see. Hehe. And hopefully y'all will reap the benefits as well.
It's sort of like that line from No Doubt: "And when it's really bad, I guess it's not that bad."
I use Evite. I'm sure many of you do as well. I'm also sure many of you use Friendster. So I just thought all you Friendster addicts out there might find it interesting that Evite plans to compete with Friendster. I guess it's actually not that interesting but I just thought I'd throw it out there. Ah well.
LOL. I've never really listened to the lyrics of "Macho Man" by the Village People. It's on the set of disco CD's I just got and I must say, the lyrics are pretty funny.
Body (Body)
Body... Wanna feel my body (Wanna feel my...).
Body... Such a thrill, my body (Such a thrill, my...)
Body... Wanna touch my body (Wanna touch my...)
Body... It's too much, my body (It's too much, my...)
Body... Check it out, my body (Check it out, my...)
Body... Don't you doubt my body (Don't you doubt my...)
Body... Talkin' bout my body (Talkin' bout my body)...
I've got to be a mucho, mucho macho!
Dig the hair on my chest! Yeah!
I said, dig my big thick moustache! Alright!
I've got to be a mucho, mucho, macho, macho man!
Big broad shoulders! Yeah!
Dig my muscles!
Talkin' 'bout a mucho, mucho, macho man!
LOL.
Body (Body)
Body... Wanna feel my body (Wanna feel my...).
Body... Such a thrill, my body (Such a thrill, my...)
Body... Wanna touch my body (Wanna touch my...)
Body... It's too much, my body (It's too much, my...)
Body... Check it out, my body (Check it out, my...)
Body... Don't you doubt my body (Don't you doubt my...)
Body... Talkin' bout my body (Talkin' bout my body)...
I've got to be a mucho, mucho macho!
Dig the hair on my chest! Yeah!
I said, dig my big thick moustache! Alright!
I've got to be a mucho, mucho, macho, macho man!
Big broad shoulders! Yeah!
Dig my muscles!
Talkin' 'bout a mucho, mucho, macho man!
LOL.
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Sunday, November 9, 2003
Hahaha. You guys are funny.
"KRA-KOW!!!" went the thunder and lightning.
"HOLY SHIT!!!" I woke up to the sounds of screaming. I opened my eyes to people running around the room in a frantic pace. I felt water on the carpet dampening my shirt.
In the midst of all the confusion I just kept thinking, "Holy crap! The room is flooding!!"
So I proceeded to close the door where the water was entering through. Wait. That didn't stop anything.
Oh. Someone just spilled water on the floor. Haha.
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Hahaha.
"Since when do they make cameras for left-handed people!?"
The audio for that scene is pretty funny.
"KRA-KOW!!!" went the thunder and lightning.
"HOLY SHIT!!!" I woke up to the sounds of screaming. I opened my eyes to people running around the room in a frantic pace. I felt water on the carpet dampening my shirt.
In the midst of all the confusion I just kept thinking, "Holy crap! The room is flooding!!"
So I proceeded to close the door where the water was entering through. Wait. That didn't stop anything.
Oh. Someone just spilled water on the floor. Haha.
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Hahaha.
"Since when do they make cameras for left-handed people!?"
The audio for that scene is pretty funny.
Friday, November 7, 2003
Thursday, November 6, 2003
LOL. It's like I'm asking for it or something. Dumbass.
Most of you who know me know that I'm not the cleanest guy around. My office's a mess, my unshaven face is a mess, my bathroom's a mess, my room's a mess, and more's a mess. My car's a mess, too. Today there was a mixup at work. Because of the mixup, I have to go and drop one of our heavy-ass servers off at our Santa Clara campus (I work in Menlo Park). To transport it I have to use my car. And I can't lift up this heavy-ass server by myself.
So I get one of my cooler coworkers to help me. He's one of the project managers and is arguably an important guy around these parts. I figured we'd put the server in my trunk so before we went out there, I went by myself and pushed a lot of stuff to the side, making it a little cleaner. But oh wait. There's another package that needs to go in there, too, that I forgot about. So when we get out there, he says we gotta put the back seat down and make more room and stuff. So he starts to help me out and begins moving stuff. I thought nothing of it.
"Don't worry about anything. I don't really care about this stuff. Just throw it to the side."
"What do you have these goggles for?"
"Oh, that? It was for my old chemistry class. Haha." I haven't cleaned the trunk of my car in awhile.
"What is this?"
"What's what?" I was moving stuff around and didn't see what he had picked up.
"This right here?"
"Oh. That's a..."
"Is this a [piece of paraphenalia]?" (Actual words have been replaced)
"Uhh. Nah-"
"It is!"
"It's not mine. It's my friend's."
Haha! This is the same coworker who probably mentioned to my boss I'm a bit laid back. Now he probably thinks he knows why. It's cool, though. After that he just said, "You should've just said it was for your chemistry class, too."
Most of you who know me know that I'm not the cleanest guy around. My office's a mess, my unshaven face is a mess, my bathroom's a mess, my room's a mess, and more's a mess. My car's a mess, too. Today there was a mixup at work. Because of the mixup, I have to go and drop one of our heavy-ass servers off at our Santa Clara campus (I work in Menlo Park). To transport it I have to use my car. And I can't lift up this heavy-ass server by myself.
So I get one of my cooler coworkers to help me. He's one of the project managers and is arguably an important guy around these parts. I figured we'd put the server in my trunk so before we went out there, I went by myself and pushed a lot of stuff to the side, making it a little cleaner. But oh wait. There's another package that needs to go in there, too, that I forgot about. So when we get out there, he says we gotta put the back seat down and make more room and stuff. So he starts to help me out and begins moving stuff. I thought nothing of it.
"Don't worry about anything. I don't really care about this stuff. Just throw it to the side."
"What do you have these goggles for?"
"Oh, that? It was for my old chemistry class. Haha." I haven't cleaned the trunk of my car in awhile.
"What is this?"
"What's what?" I was moving stuff around and didn't see what he had picked up.
"This right here?"
"Oh. That's a..."
"Is this a [piece of paraphenalia]?" (Actual words have been replaced)
"Uhh. Nah-"
"It is!"
"It's not mine. It's my friend's."
Haha! This is the same coworker who probably mentioned to my boss I'm a bit laid back. Now he probably thinks he knows why. It's cool, though. After that he just said, "You should've just said it was for your chemistry class, too."
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Haha. JayJay, another question you could ask is why does Michael Jackson look like that? Man. Before he went into the doctor's offices and had whatever plastic surgery done, do you think he asked the doctors to make him the scariest looking creature on earth?
Monday, November 3, 2003
Heh. In our computer labs at school, my login name is "dreyes" (obviously initial of first name concatenated with the last name). Everytime you make a printout, the first page that comes out of the printer is a page that has your user name printed on it. Heh. In one of my classes, another guy was making printouts. His last name is Eng. His first name starts with a "J". Haha. Whenever I see his printouts, I always think they're mine.
Sunday, November 2, 2003
Awesome. Freakin' freakin' awesome. Sheesh. But if not 8-1, we should at least be 5-4. Dammit. Great game though.
Football. Mother freakin' awesome.
Some fun things from the cheering section:
"LET'S GO NINERS!"
"WHOOOOOOOO!"
"DE-FENSE!"
The Mini-Wave. HAHA!
"LET'S GO GOLD RUSH!"
"YOU CAN DO IT!"
"COTTON CANDY!"
"NINERS!"
"HEY MISTER, DID YOU BRING A BAG OF CHIPS, TOO?"
- Division rivals coming in with a four game winning streak
- Substituting a 3-time Pro Bowl quarterback with an unproven backup into a huge game that could've killed any playoff hopes. Rattay, you're f****n' crazy! Audibles? Seriously. Audibles!? AUDIBLY AWESOME! Haha
- Battered offensive line giving awesome protection!
- Missing leading pass rusher and down to third string free safety against a respected offense; holding them to 10 points!
- Cedrick Wilson getting redemption on the first play of the game with a tone-setting TD kick off return
- Mike Rumph, previously picked on cornerback, getting an interception and making plays
- I gotta say man - defense, you are totally freakin' awesome! Haha
- And the receivers! Brandon Lloyd, future Pro Bowler. Tai Streets, solid playmaking crazy ass. Terrell Owens, next time, roll down your freakin' windows when you got crazy fans like us next to you! 20 Crabs!
- Making extra points!!! AND a field goal! Yeah, LaFleur! Yeah, Peterson! You guys are crazy!
- Going with friends. Freakin' awesome.
Football. Mother freakin' awesome.
Some fun things from the cheering section:
"LET'S GO NINERS!"
"WHOOOOOOOO!"
"DE-FENSE!"
The Mini-Wave. HAHA!
"LET'S GO GOLD RUSH!"
"YOU CAN DO IT!"
"COTTON CANDY!"
"NINERS!"
"HEY MISTER, DID YOU BRING A BAG OF CHIPS, TOO?"
Friday, October 31, 2003
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Haha. Jeff, he's just a kid man. Why do you want to make him cry?
Haha. Just kidding. That kid would probably piss me off, too. I haven't seen the commercial, though.
Haha. Just kidding. That kid would probably piss me off, too. I haven't seen the commercial, though.
Monday, October 27, 2003
Haha. Now it makes more sense... Hey, Mich. I got your text message (I think that was you now). Haha. Over the weekend I was trying to figure out who sent me the message to check out BourboCam and whose phone number had a 504 area code. I didn't get a chance to check it out but I was thinking "What the heck? My grandparents are on Bourbon Street and they want me to check them out on a web cam!? Uhhh..."
Hahaha. My grandparents just got back from New Orleans earlier today.
Hahaha. My grandparents just got back from New Orleans earlier today.
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Friday, October 17, 2003
Haha. JJ's return to blogging reminds me of this one time at work. I was going through blogs and was on his site when one of my older Chinese coworkers comes in and sees the web page.
"Uhhehe... uhwow... dangerous." Or something like that. Haha.
"Yeah. That's my friend JJ. He's a crazy mother f****r." Haha. Just kidding. I didn't say that.
"Uhhehe... uhwow... dangerous." Or something like that. Haha.
"Yeah. That's my friend JJ. He's a crazy mother f****r." Haha. Just kidding. I didn't say that.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
I'm at school right now and it sucks.
Earlier today I had a one-on-one meeting with my boss. That was funny. It was almost like a mini-lecture but not really a lecture. A little taste of what she said:
"... But yes, at times, you do seem a bit too laid back..."
Heh. I didn't know there was such a thing.
Earlier today I had a one-on-one meeting with my boss. That was funny. It was almost like a mini-lecture but not really a lecture. A little taste of what she said:
"... But yes, at times, you do seem a bit too laid back..."
Heh. I didn't know there was such a thing.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
"Be one of the Albino Twins, agents of Evil for the Matrix."
HAHA. One of you should be this for Halloween.
HAHA. One of you should be this for Halloween.
I should blog more. Otherwise, the server and all the costs that come with it is a waste. Speaking of the server: there's a virus on it. I don't believe it will affect any of the files on it but if you guys on this site start experiencing some weird stuff like, oh... I dunno... random pictures or blogs, I can't be held accountable. Jk. One of these days I plan to upgrade it but right now, there's not really a point. Don't fix what ain't broke, right?
This leads to another rant I'll go on. Just like I've probably tried to fix stuff that ain't broke recently, I gotta say that Niner management seems to have done the same and screwed up not their team but our team, right? Sure they own it and all that stuff, but as fans and paying ticket goers and all that, we should be given a say. So it's still early in the season, I know. But come on. I don't think a Mariucci-led team would be 2-3 right now. I'm probably wrong and don't know anything about football, but that's my opinion.
And not knowing about stuff leads to another rant... I know I don't know a lot and I've been stupid in many, many situations, but seriously, I gotta say that I continue to be pretty damn stupid in my electric circuits class. Can someone please take this class for me? I'll pay you for a passing grade. It doesn't even have to be that good of a grade, I just want to freakin' pass.
Ah well. Such is the life. Perhaps I'll blog again sometime soon.
This leads to another rant I'll go on. Just like I've probably tried to fix stuff that ain't broke recently, I gotta say that Niner management seems to have done the same and screwed up not their team but our team, right? Sure they own it and all that stuff, but as fans and paying ticket goers and all that, we should be given a say. So it's still early in the season, I know. But come on. I don't think a Mariucci-led team would be 2-3 right now. I'm probably wrong and don't know anything about football, but that's my opinion.
And not knowing about stuff leads to another rant... I know I don't know a lot and I've been stupid in many, many situations, but seriously, I gotta say that I continue to be pretty damn stupid in my electric circuits class. Can someone please take this class for me? I'll pay you for a passing grade. It doesn't even have to be that good of a grade, I just want to freakin' pass.
Ah well. Such is the life. Perhaps I'll blog again sometime soon.
Saturday, October 4, 2003
You know, this thinking about the future thing is kinda tough. There's a crap load of stuff I wanna do (and buy) but don't have the money. I want to go further my education but I don't think I have the grades (or the money). I want to just sit and relax but in terms of time and my professional aspirations, I probably can't afford to do that either. I really gotta get on top of things. Once December is done, I have no plans. Weird.
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Monday, September 22, 2003
School started today. It's freakin' hot. I'm waiting for my next class which starts at 5. I just realized that from here on out, I'm going to be missing the first half of Monday Night Football every week. The class I'm taking is from 5 to 7. A new quarter and nothing has changed. I still do not like school.
Monday, September 8, 2003
Go Niners!
In other football related stuff, I thought this was funny. Describing a friend...
"This is a man who was heading to his fantasy football draft last week and told his wife, "This day is the highlight of my year," when he just got married two months ago."
- Bill Simmons, Page 2
Haha. I don't know why, but I can imagine a number of our friends saying that. Maybe not all of them. Just a couple in particular.
Football rules.
In other football related stuff, I thought this was funny. Describing a friend...
"This is a man who was heading to his fantasy football draft last week and told his wife, "This day is the highlight of my year," when he just got married two months ago."
- Bill Simmons, Page 2
Haha. I don't know why, but I can imagine a number of our friends saying that. Maybe not all of them. Just a couple in particular.
Football rules.
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Are you ready for some football!?
HELL YES. Finally! After months of waiting and waiting and waiting, I can finally follow some semblance of a routine and watch football Sunday mornings. Isn't it such a damn good game? Goodness gracious. So today, the NFL season kicks off with the New York Jets at the Washington Redskins. I'll go with the upset and pick the Jets. Even though they lost Chad "Coulda been a Niner" Pennington, I think they can pull the win out. Maybe. I could go either way. The thing I'm bummed about is that I'll miss the Britney pre-game show.
In my daily readings, I found this kind of funny, regarding the Jake Plummer pick up by the Denver Broncos:
"...The second-funniest subplot of the season: The Broncos dumping Brian Griese for Jake Plummer. That's like trading syphillis for VD, isn't it?" - Bill Simmons, Page 2
The NFL... Gotta love it.
P.S. The above link is a cool article, too. It gives Top Gun quotes and relates them to this NFL season. Good stuff.
HELL YES. Finally! After months of waiting and waiting and waiting, I can finally follow some semblance of a routine and watch football Sunday mornings. Isn't it such a damn good game? Goodness gracious. So today, the NFL season kicks off with the New York Jets at the Washington Redskins. I'll go with the upset and pick the Jets. Even though they lost Chad "Coulda been a Niner" Pennington, I think they can pull the win out. Maybe. I could go either way. The thing I'm bummed about is that I'll miss the Britney pre-game show.
In my daily readings, I found this kind of funny, regarding the Jake Plummer pick up by the Denver Broncos:
"...The second-funniest subplot of the season: The Broncos dumping Brian Griese for Jake Plummer. That's like trading syphillis for VD, isn't it?" - Bill Simmons, Page 2
The NFL... Gotta love it.
P.S. The above link is a cool article, too. It gives Top Gun quotes and relates them to this NFL season. Good stuff.
Monday, September 1, 2003
Hmm. I don't know if any of you guys use the Google Toolbar but if you don't, I'd recommend getting it. I guess awhile ago they updated it but I never played around with the features. Among the cool features is a Pop-up Blocker and a BlogThis! button which I actually just pressed. It opens up a blogger window without having to go to the Blogger site, log in, etc. Cool stuff.
Friday, August 29, 2003
By the way, if you haven't already done so, sign up your number at the Do Not Call Registry. Basically it keeps telemarketers from making phone calls to you.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Hehe. I thought this was kinda cool. I guess my niece, Tia, had her first day of school yesterday. That's awesome but I guess I'm getting old.
Man. I remember going into kindergarten and just waiting outside, carrying my back pack and lunch pail. Hahahaha. I was really embarrassed of my lunch pail. I went to school with my cousin Diana and I guess I didn't have a lunch pail so she gave me an extra one she had... haha. I think it was a Strawberry Shortcake one or maybe My Little Pony or something. Man. Did I ever face the cover toward me at all times and open it up with the quickness. HAHA. Embarrassing!
Man. I remember going into kindergarten and just waiting outside, carrying my back pack and lunch pail. Hahahaha. I was really embarrassed of my lunch pail. I went to school with my cousin Diana and I guess I didn't have a lunch pail so she gave me an extra one she had... haha. I think it was a Strawberry Shortcake one or maybe My Little Pony or something. Man. Did I ever face the cover toward me at all times and open it up with the quickness. HAHA. Embarrassing!
I know I haven't said anything about Las Vegas. That doesn't mean it wasn't fun. I want to thank everyone for making it out and celebrating my cousin Chris' birthday. I also gotta say sorry to Chris for not drinking as heavily as I had hoped. I think the car ride killed me but it looks like everyone had fun, so that's totally freakin' awesome.
What have I been up to lately? Crying because my bank statement hurts.
I also finally watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Totally freakin' awesome.
Also, it looks like my DirecTV is running on East Coast time. Weak! I watched the last half hour of the show and then watched the beginning of the re-run. Britney is freakin' hot. Christina used to be cute. What happened to her? She really let herself go. Haha.
What have I been up to lately? Crying because my bank statement hurts.
I also finally watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Totally freakin' awesome.
Also, it looks like my DirecTV is running on East Coast time. Weak! I watched the last half hour of the show and then watched the beginning of the re-run. Britney is freakin' hot. Christina used to be cute. What happened to her? She really let herself go. Haha.
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Saturday, August 16, 2003
By the way, I'm enjoying the new Dashboard Confessional CD (A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar) as well as the new one from Fountains of Wayne (Welcome Interstate Managers). I'd recommend them both although the new Dashboard, in my opinion, doesn't live up to the older one. Supposedly its some sort of loyalty.
Although, for workout purposes, I've found that the All-American Rejects debut album is still quite good at keepin' my movin, keepin' me groovin'.
Although, for workout purposes, I've found that the All-American Rejects debut album is still quite good at keepin' my movin, keepin' me groovin'.
Haha. So I'm watching some of my old videos from my grad party. Man. Some good times. We really need more parties to document. Last summer was a good one.
Friday, August 8, 2003
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Friday, July 25, 2003
Sunday, July 20, 2003
What's goin' on y'all? So I just finished a book called The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I thought it was a pretty interesting read with perhaps even more interesting religious implications. Although the story itself is unrelated to The Matrix, the religious themes seem to have some ties with it. The beginning of the book starts off really well but the end is pretty anticlimactic. I'd recommend the book for the interesting religious stuff.
Oh yeah. The puzzles that guide the main characters are pretty cool, too. But some of the answers are a bit predicatable and when it takes the characters pages upon pages to realize it, it gets a bit tiresome. But still, not too bad.
Oh yeah. The puzzles that guide the main characters are pretty cool, too. But some of the answers are a bit predicatable and when it takes the characters pages upon pages to realize it, it gets a bit tiresome. But still, not too bad.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
I'll blog some more about recent happenings later. In the meantime, many thanks to Rich for letting me use his server to host this blogger. I don't think Blogger has any plans to allow active transfers so it'll take awhile before I change stuff up around here. I'm gonna need to install some new ftp server software. If you'd like to do it, let me know. You're more than welcome to.
Ok. Here's all my old posts that blogger didn't take:
Karaoke competition for shots is ridiculous. Aunts, uncles, and cousins singing "YMCA" and "Like a Virgin" is embarrassing.
risked absurdity at 1:19 AM ©
Did you guys notice I changed my website? I did it awhile ago but I thought I'd see if you guys remembered. I thought this one was kind of cool.
Oh, yeah. And did you guys see how fucking cool JJ's new webpage is? Sweet mother, that is awesome. And Eileen's too? It's pretty summery so that's cool very much. I'm especially impressed with the HTML work. Advanced yet simple. Beautiful.
risked absurdity at 5:35 AM ©
All I gotta say right now is finally I'm fucking 22 and a half years old, you know what I'm saying? And you are all really crazy, too. I can still upload this so I'm A-Okay. Right? Fucking awesome.
risked absurdity at 5:24 AM ©
Whatsup from Jersey, y'all. So we arrived here at 7AM. Got to the house at around 7:30AM. Had 2 shots (Hennessy and some 21 year old whiskey) and a beer. And then we ate breakfast. Even though it's pretty weak of me, I got a pretty good buzz goin'. Weird.
risked absurdity at 9:01 AM ©
Ok. So blogger still sucks @$$. I don't really wanna mess around with any of the server settings I have here. I don't envision this getting fixed until next weekend (July 12-13) or so, so sorry folks.
To make matters worse, our DSL service keeps dropping and requires a restart of our modem every so often. What that means is that the sites you see before you (hosted by riskingabsurdity) may be gone while the family and I are in New Jersey.
Nonetheless... if the server is able to stay online and the bloggers on riskingabsurdity know how to do their own html work, they can continue semi-blogging like I'm doing now.
In any case, I've still been able to put up a lot of videos. I know they're a bit late (they're from my graduation party) but hopefully you can still enjoy the embarrassment that some of us have experienced. If you go to the videos page, you'll see them all arranged in chronological order (just as if you were at the party) except for the last video. I thought it was a good video to end the series with.
risked absurdity at 3:54 PM ©
I haven't figured this crap out yet. I'm starting to think it's a combination of the ftp server and the router configuration I I have. One solution I'm looking at is changing the ftp server software I have and if that's what I need to do, this will take a little while longer. Sorry.
First, a message to blogger: don't fix what ain't broke.
Second, since blogger isn't working for our servers, just like Jeff is doing, I'm coding this myself. Hoorah.
And finally, I'm letting you know that I'm working on fixing the problem. I have my theories about the problem so if you want to know, you may continue reading. Otherwise, go back to downloading your porn instead.
I'm not sure if this is what the problem is, but I think it has to do with the way the Risking Absurdity server handles FTP requests. I believe blogger took it upon themselves to disable active transfers and make everything passive transfers. I do not think that passive transfers are allowed by the RA server. Either that, or the requests are not going through because of the firewall. So it's either 1) the RA server can't do passive transfers or 2) the requests can't go through the firewall. I think it's more likely that it's number 1.
So how am I gonna fix that? No clue. To handle the first problem, I tried working with some of the setting on the server and can't find any there. I'll continue looking. To handle the second problem, I changed the allowable port range and forwarded any requests for those ports to the server but that doesn't appear to work either. In fact, it drops all other computer connections.
Anyhow, if you have any idea of what to do, please feel free to voice your suggestions.
risked absurdity at 8:17 AM ©
Monday, July 7, 2003
Karaoke competition for shots is ridiculous. Aunts, uncles, and cousins singing "YMCA" and "Like a Virgin" is embarrassing.
risked absurdity at 1:19 AM ©
Saturday, July 5, 2003
Did you guys notice I changed my website? I did it awhile ago but I thought I'd see if you guys remembered. I thought this one was kind of cool.
Oh, yeah. And did you guys see how fucking cool JJ's new webpage is? Sweet mother, that is awesome. And Eileen's too? It's pretty summery so that's cool very much. I'm especially impressed with the HTML work. Advanced yet simple. Beautiful.
risked absurdity at 5:35 AM ©
All I gotta say right now is finally I'm fucking 22 and a half years old, you know what I'm saying? And you are all really crazy, too. I can still upload this so I'm A-Okay. Right? Fucking awesome.
risked absurdity at 5:24 AM ©
Friday, July 4, 2003
Whatsup from Jersey, y'all. So we arrived here at 7AM. Got to the house at around 7:30AM. Had 2 shots (Hennessy and some 21 year old whiskey) and a beer. And then we ate breakfast. Even though it's pretty weak of me, I got a pretty good buzz goin'. Weird.
risked absurdity at 9:01 AM ©
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Ok. So blogger still sucks @$$. I don't really wanna mess around with any of the server settings I have here. I don't envision this getting fixed until next weekend (July 12-13) or so, so sorry folks.
To make matters worse, our DSL service keeps dropping and requires a restart of our modem every so often. What that means is that the sites you see before you (hosted by riskingabsurdity) may be gone while the family and I are in New Jersey.
Nonetheless... if the server is able to stay online and the bloggers on riskingabsurdity know how to do their own html work, they can continue semi-blogging like I'm doing now.
In any case, I've still been able to put up a lot of videos. I know they're a bit late (they're from my graduation party) but hopefully you can still enjoy the embarrassment that some of us have experienced. If you go to the videos page, you'll see them all arranged in chronological order (just as if you were at the party) except for the last video. I thought it was a good video to end the series with.
risked absurdity at 3:54 PM ©
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
I haven't figured this crap out yet. I'm starting to think it's a combination of the ftp server and the router configuration I I have. One solution I'm looking at is changing the ftp server software I have and if that's what I need to do, this will take a little while longer. Sorry.
Monday, June 30, 2003
First, a message to blogger: don't fix what ain't broke.
Second, since blogger isn't working for our servers, just like Jeff is doing, I'm coding this myself. Hoorah.
And finally, I'm letting you know that I'm working on fixing the problem. I have my theories about the problem so if you want to know, you may continue reading. Otherwise, go back to downloading your porn instead.
I'm not sure if this is what the problem is, but I think it has to do with the way the Risking Absurdity server handles FTP requests. I believe blogger took it upon themselves to disable active transfers and make everything passive transfers. I do not think that passive transfers are allowed by the RA server. Either that, or the requests are not going through because of the firewall. So it's either 1) the RA server can't do passive transfers or 2) the requests can't go through the firewall. I think it's more likely that it's number 1.
So how am I gonna fix that? No clue. To handle the first problem, I tried working with some of the setting on the server and can't find any there. I'll continue looking. To handle the second problem, I changed the allowable port range and forwarded any requests for those ports to the server but that doesn't appear to work either. In fact, it drops all other computer connections.
Anyhow, if you have any idea of what to do, please feel free to voice your suggestions.
risked absurdity at 8:17 AM ©
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Not cool. So close, yet so far. Only about 20 pages from finishing, I see my cell phone glaring with an unwanted phone call. Haha. Should I answer or should I continue reading? I get pretty bad reception at home. Hmmm. The call confirms my fears. I lost. Just an hour before the call I was teetering on the edge of over-confidence. I thought I had this won and my opponent would have to eat her words. Weak.
Good job, Ei. You win. When's the rematch?
Good job, Ei. You win. When's the rematch?
Sunday, June 22, 2003
I'll say it now with great disappointment - I am pathetic; a f**kin' failure. Sorry, Bro, I owe you big time. I'll be sure to bring my game face and be on top of my game come this weekend. Sorry, dude. Such a f**ckin' disappointment. I'm nothing but a damn groupie.
But nonetheless, Happy Birthday, bro. Happy Birthday.
But nonetheless, Happy Birthday, bro. Happy Birthday.
Friday, June 20, 2003
Thursday, June 19, 2003
And on a Thursday, God said "Let there be punishment for Jeng." And there was punishment.
I don't know why I was punished. Perhaps it was just my penchant for good luck. After a fun night out in the town, I woke up with a slight hangover. A headache and a slowness caused by the intoxication of the night before. And so the fun had begun.
As I'm taking a shower, a stinging sensation burns on my chest. What the heck? When did I get that cut? It's not huge but it certainly puzzled me.
As I'm heading out of the house, I go to pick up my phone that I thought had been charging. Great. It wasn't charged. In fact, it was near dead. So I bring it along anyhow and head off to work.
As I'm driving down the street, I hear this "wubble wubble" never before heard in my car. Hmmm. I wonder what that could be... So I get out of my car and lo and behold, a flat tire. Great, I'm thinking. Time to put that spare tire to good use. I might as well call my coworkers and tell them I'm going to be late to a meeting that's already been postponed several times.
Oh wait. What's this? Oh yeah. My phone is dead.
I finally make it to work when a coworker inquires, "Stay out late last night? You look tired."
Yep. It was punishing.
I don't know why I was punished. Perhaps it was just my penchant for good luck. After a fun night out in the town, I woke up with a slight hangover. A headache and a slowness caused by the intoxication of the night before. And so the fun had begun.
As I'm taking a shower, a stinging sensation burns on my chest. What the heck? When did I get that cut? It's not huge but it certainly puzzled me.
As I'm heading out of the house, I go to pick up my phone that I thought had been charging. Great. It wasn't charged. In fact, it was near dead. So I bring it along anyhow and head off to work.
As I'm driving down the street, I hear this "wubble wubble" never before heard in my car. Hmmm. I wonder what that could be... So I get out of my car and lo and behold, a flat tire. Great, I'm thinking. Time to put that spare tire to good use. I might as well call my coworkers and tell them I'm going to be late to a meeting that's already been postponed several times.
Oh wait. What's this? Oh yeah. My phone is dead.
I finally make it to work when a coworker inquires, "Stay out late last night? You look tired."
Yep. It was punishing.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Monday, June 16, 2003
First, though it's a bit belated, many congratulations to my fellow SCU graduates, Cat and Joe, my Senior Design Project partners, Peter and James, and the rest of you fine people out there. Some more congratulations go out to my old school n*ggas Oliver and Thomas. Been a crazy four years but definitely worthwhile. Haha.
I gotta thank everyone for making it out to my grad party. I know there were plenty of other parties to go to but you were still able to swing over to mine, so many, many thanks. I feel a bit embarrassed for such an elaborate "graduation" party so if anything, it should've been a celebration for my parents. Judging from their remarks this morning, it seems as though they had fun, too. Ditto for my aunts and uncles. And that should answer any questions about my previous blog. Was I embarrassing? Very likely.
I'm gonna cut this blog short and end it with a pic. I plan on writing a more meaningful blog perhaps tomorrow, but we all know what happens when I plan things.
I gotta thank everyone for making it out to my grad party. I know there were plenty of other parties to go to but you were still able to swing over to mine, so many, many thanks. I feel a bit embarrassed for such an elaborate "graduation" party so if anything, it should've been a celebration for my parents. Judging from their remarks this morning, it seems as though they had fun, too. Ditto for my aunts and uncles. And that should answer any questions about my previous blog. Was I embarrassing? Very likely.
I'm gonna cut this blog short and end it with a pic. I plan on writing a more meaningful blog perhaps tomorrow, but we all know what happens when I plan things.
Sunday, June 15, 2003
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
A blog from around May or June 1999:
So I'm finally done with high school. Man, a crazy four years and now I'm off to college. Hopefully I'll be a better student there because after that, it's real life where, after a successful academic career (I'll shoot for magna cum laude maybe), I'll have a good job and make a lot of money. No way this economic boom will die down. I think I should invest my money in some stocks.
So I hear that a lot of the future frat boys from Bell are planning on having a keg party. Probably do some drugs. Those crazy guys. I don't undertsand the big hoopla with all that stuff. No way I need that in my life to have fun. Alcohol tastes nasty anyway, especially beer.
It kinda sucks that a couple of us are all going different places. I wonder where we'll all be in four years. Hmmm...
So I'm finally done with high school. Man, a crazy four years and now I'm off to college. Hopefully I'll be a better student there because after that, it's real life where, after a successful academic career (I'll shoot for magna cum laude maybe), I'll have a good job and make a lot of money. No way this economic boom will die down. I think I should invest my money in some stocks.
So I hear that a lot of the future frat boys from Bell are planning on having a keg party. Probably do some drugs. Those crazy guys. I don't undertsand the big hoopla with all that stuff. No way I need that in my life to have fun. Alcohol tastes nasty anyway, especially beer.
It kinda sucks that a couple of us are all going different places. I wonder where we'll all be in four years. Hmmm...
Friday, June 6, 2003
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Sunday, June 1, 2003
I know I had some blogs on another site, but this one only has archives since May of last year. So that means I've been blogging here for a year. I think that's weird.
Man. I'm bored and am really lookin' forward to this summer. I'm guessing the festivities aren't going to be as frequent as last summer, but I sure hope they come close to matching the fun.
I think it would be dope to plan a fat week-long trip of some sort to anywhere. Maybe rent an RV and head up to Seattle or something. Or maybe rent a house boat and some jet skis. Or maybe a camping trip. Or something. Anything. Please say you're down.
I think it would be dope to plan a fat week-long trip of some sort to anywhere. Maybe rent an RV and head up to Seattle or something. Or maybe rent a house boat and some jet skis. Or maybe a camping trip. Or something. Anything. Please say you're down.
Saturday, May 31, 2003
Friday, May 30, 2003
To blaze or not to blaze - the question set forth prior to our second experience of the Matrix.
We made a choice. Now we know why we made that choice. As we departed from the cinema, agents of the system decided to extend the long arm of the law unto our vehicle. The vehicle we rode in possessed lights that disobeyed the rules and controls of the system, ergo the agent saw it fit to deliver us a ticket. And ticket he did deliver. However, had we made a different decision - had we made another choice - I believe I would not be here blogging right now. I would not be in the position to warn you all about the system and the monotony felt by the agents. In absolute boredom, he ticketed us for having a light comprised of all the colors in the spectrum. The rules allow only one color for a turn signal. Make sure you have a yellow turn signal.
Too bad you can't get those wasted seconds you spent reading the above back in your life, huh. Haha. Sorry.
We made a choice. Now we know why we made that choice. As we departed from the cinema, agents of the system decided to extend the long arm of the law unto our vehicle. The vehicle we rode in possessed lights that disobeyed the rules and controls of the system, ergo the agent saw it fit to deliver us a ticket. And ticket he did deliver. However, had we made a different decision - had we made another choice - I believe I would not be here blogging right now. I would not be in the position to warn you all about the system and the monotony felt by the agents. In absolute boredom, he ticketed us for having a light comprised of all the colors in the spectrum. The rules allow only one color for a turn signal. Make sure you have a yellow turn signal.
Too bad you can't get those wasted seconds you spent reading the above back in your life, huh. Haha. Sorry.
After perusing through Jeff D's new picture updates, the beer hands just look pathetic. Actually. Scratch that. They look pathetic on me but on Jeff, there's a certain quality that makes you appreciate alcohol. Nonetheless, they weren't 40's. Whether or not that was a good thing, we'll never know... or will we?
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Also, a belated online congratulations to Elaine, Eileen, Kat and Jecelyn on their graduations. You go, girls.
Kinda weird. So I get a call from a company who says they're interested in having me come in for an interview.
"We have a position open for a Product Marketing Engineer that we'd like to interview you for," says the guy calling.
Interesting, I think to myself. HAHA. How the hell could I be considered for such a position?
"We actually found your resume on Monster about a month ago but are only now getting around to making calls," he continues.
Ahhh. Monster... Cool. Wait a minute... You're considering me for a real person job? (see any past blogs regarding school if you're curious about my stellar academic performance)
"So if possible, will you be able to come in for an interview next week? In the meantime, you can check out our website to see our products and all that stuff," he finishes.
"Sure. Next week sounds great," I say in my white-guy, howdy-doody, interview mode.
So it turns out, I have two resumes active on Monster. I thought I only had the one where it says I was a normal, regular old intern at Sun and Cisco. It just so happens that I also made an "enhanced" copy where I was a Product Marketing Intern and Technical Marketing Engineer Intern at those two places, respectively. I'm guessing they read the "enhanced" copy.
Since it's possibly a real job, I thought I'd check out the company, do some research on what I could potentially be selling. Lo and behold, my favorite subject comes back to haunt me! Circuit stuff! Well... to tell you the truth, I'm not sure if it's circuit stuff. But the abbreviations and such lead me to believe it is related. In my effort to do research on their product offerings, I've discovered I have no clue what they sell and what it's good for.
Wish me luck.
"We have a position open for a Product Marketing Engineer that we'd like to interview you for," says the guy calling.
Interesting, I think to myself. HAHA. How the hell could I be considered for such a position?
"We actually found your resume on Monster about a month ago but are only now getting around to making calls," he continues.
Ahhh. Monster... Cool. Wait a minute... You're considering me for a real person job? (see any past blogs regarding school if you're curious about my stellar academic performance)
"So if possible, will you be able to come in for an interview next week? In the meantime, you can check out our website to see our products and all that stuff," he finishes.
"Sure. Next week sounds great," I say in my white-guy, howdy-doody, interview mode.
So it turns out, I have two resumes active on Monster. I thought I only had the one where it says I was a normal, regular old intern at Sun and Cisco. It just so happens that I also made an "enhanced" copy where I was a Product Marketing Intern and Technical Marketing Engineer Intern at those two places, respectively. I'm guessing they read the "enhanced" copy.
Since it's possibly a real job, I thought I'd check out the company, do some research on what I could potentially be selling. Lo and behold, my favorite subject comes back to haunt me! Circuit stuff! Well... to tell you the truth, I'm not sure if it's circuit stuff. But the abbreviations and such lead me to believe it is related. In my effort to do research on their product offerings, I've discovered I have no clue what they sell and what it's good for.
Wish me luck.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Thursday, May 8, 2003
So I guess it's probably a bit egocentric, but I was thinking about stuff I've done in college and what kind of stuff I might be able to proudly leave behind. HAHA. And I really only thought of two things I guess (in terms of academics). First, there's our Senior Design Project, which I think despite all of its shortcomings is a pretty cool thing. Then there's the rather poorly written article I had done for one of our Ethics and Technology classes. I've blogged about it before. It's titled The Ethics of Biowarfare and for whatever reason was put up on this website. But then I got to thinking, you know what would be really funny?
What if someone were to cite my article as a resource.
And then I would laugh at that person and say "Haha. You dumbf*ck!! Don't you know who wrote that?"
That is some funny irony in my opinion. But if you were to do a search - on say "biowarfare ethics" haha - lo and behold, you get my article. Freaky.
What if someone were to cite my article as a resource.
And then I would laugh at that person and say "Haha. You dumbf*ck!! Don't you know who wrote that?"
That is some funny irony in my opinion. But if you were to do a search - on say "biowarfare ethics" haha - lo and behold, you get my article. Freaky.
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
More Geeky Talk with your host Jeng
The relationship I share with computers is a love/hate relationship. It's a conundrum of sorts - a paradox. On the one hand, it's my life and will be because of my chosen major. On the other hand, it's a reason why I don't have a life.
In any case...
Nevermind. My enthusiasm to blog about this has left. That last statement in the first paragraph did it. I was gonna go into a big blog about my senior design project and some problems and blah blah blah blah blah.
The relationship I share with computers is a love/hate relationship. It's a conundrum of sorts - a paradox. On the one hand, it's my life and will be because of my chosen major. On the other hand, it's a reason why I don't have a life.
In any case...
Nevermind. My enthusiasm to blog about this has left. That last statement in the first paragraph did it. I was gonna go into a big blog about my senior design project and some problems and blah blah blah blah blah.
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
Friday, May 2, 2003
Haha. Hey, Mich. Awesome story. While reading it I couldn't help but see the parallels with my experience - the missed phone calls, the rush, the worry you won't be able to take it, the thinking it's gonna be a waste of a good grade, the pajamas... Put simply, the fun.
And Jay Jay. Haha. Man. Looks like you tore a page out of my How-To-Be-Late-To-Something-Important book. I, too, have been late to stuff. Take for instance a final exam last year. Yep. Walking an hour late to that one gets you some good "What the f*ck?" looks. And then there's the midterm that I was late in finding out about. I had missed a couple of classes so as I'm walking into one that I thought I'd attend, I find that people have out their blue books and are ready to take a midterm. Great. Nonetheless, you see where it got me. While I did pass those classes (strangely enough, decent grades), I do not recommend following in these footsteps. And yes, that is correct. All you geniuses out there - I'm the jackass you love to hate.
Haha. I begin this blog with the necessary warning: I am a geek. Last night, like last night's internet connection, my ladder ranking dropped. It dropped about 1,000 spaces. My record was 8-8, now it's 8-9. Weak. I'm now ranked as only the 3,264th top geek. But I guess that's ok because according to my stats sheet, 76.5% of the games I play are against better ranked opponents. Yeah, I know. You're all thinking, "Dang, Jeng! You're really cool!"
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Jackpot. So earlier today I was running late to my 1:00 PM class and didn't have time to grab some breakfast. As I'm walking into class, a swarm of college students are hovering around a table. "What's this?" I'm thinking. It's some catered chinese food. Apparently, there was a presentation in the room before class started and our professor let us enjoy. It also stopped class for a good 5-10 minutes. Pretty cool.
Saturday, April 26, 2003
An email awhile ago from Mr. Ed of SoCal fame introduced a fun game that I'd like to try some time soon. Any takers?
Friday, April 25, 2003
So at least I'm not the only one who thought it was tough. I found this amusing - overheard outside of class following our midterm:
"So what did you think of the midterm? I had trouble with one through two."
"Dude. I had trouble with one through four."
"There was a number four?"
Yeah. It was a four question midterm. And I, too, had trouble with them.
"So what did you think of the midterm? I had trouble with one through two."
"Dude. I had trouble with one through four."
"There was a number four?"
Yeah. It was a four question midterm. And I, too, had trouble with them.
Thursday, April 24, 2003
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Hey y'all. I almost forgot that I had made the above navigation bar a while ago. It was around the time that the first Hulk trailer came out. The icons I used may not be legible but I figured I'd try to continue with the comic book theme for now. If you have suggestions for yours or another's icon, feel free to speak up. Also, if you prefer the old menu, let me know. I'll change it back.
Rose are red, violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Haha. Another thing I thought was amusing.
I'm at work. I am freakin' bored and so damn tired. I surprised myself by going to class today after a nerd night (LOL - what I'll look like pretty soon). I have a s#itload of work to do here but really don't want to do it. I have a midterm tomorrow. It's a class I have no clue about. I have a midterm on Friday, too. I kinda know stuff there which is another surprise, but a midterm is a midterm. Not stuff I look forward to.
Boredom.
Saturday is the NFL Draft. That should be cool. Now if we're able to have a Draft/LAN party, that would be really cool. Haha. What do you guys think? In my boredom I was thinking of different draft drinking games. Just thinking about them because starting at 12pm ET (aka 9am PT) is a sign of alcoholism (see Apr. 22 blog). Nonetheless, how about a shot for every running back taken? This appears to be a slim running back draft class so it wouldn't be too many shots. More shots you say? Perhaps a shot for every defensive player taken? A lot of draft boards have offensive players as the first three picks, so the drinking might be able to start as late as 10 am. HAHA. Oh man. This blog is getting long.
Boredom.
I got a call earlier today from a manger type person I'm working with from a different department. She knows that my contract ends in June with my current department, but she's been talking with my boss about extending it somehow, possibly with her department. She says I'd be working under the engineering side and says "which is probably more up your alley anyhow." I nearly choked after she said that. And mentally laughed at how my degree as a "computer engineer" has allowed me - perhaps forced me - to say "Yeah. That sounds like something I'd be interested in."
Boredom.
Haha. Another thing I thought was amusing.
I'm at work. I am freakin' bored and so damn tired. I surprised myself by going to class today after a nerd night (LOL - what I'll look like pretty soon). I have a s#itload of work to do here but really don't want to do it. I have a midterm tomorrow. It's a class I have no clue about. I have a midterm on Friday, too. I kinda know stuff there which is another surprise, but a midterm is a midterm. Not stuff I look forward to.
Boredom.
Saturday is the NFL Draft. That should be cool. Now if we're able to have a Draft/LAN party, that would be really cool. Haha. What do you guys think? In my boredom I was thinking of different draft drinking games. Just thinking about them because starting at 12pm ET (aka 9am PT) is a sign of alcoholism (see Apr. 22 blog). Nonetheless, how about a shot for every running back taken? This appears to be a slim running back draft class so it wouldn't be too many shots. More shots you say? Perhaps a shot for every defensive player taken? A lot of draft boards have offensive players as the first three picks, so the drinking might be able to start as late as 10 am. HAHA. Oh man. This blog is getting long.
Boredom.
I got a call earlier today from a manger type person I'm working with from a different department. She knows that my contract ends in June with my current department, but she's been talking with my boss about extending it somehow, possibly with her department. She says I'd be working under the engineering side and says "which is probably more up your alley anyhow." I nearly choked after she said that. And mentally laughed at how my degree as a "computer engineer" has allowed me - perhaps forced me - to say "Yeah. That sounds like something I'd be interested in."
Boredom.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
I know, I know. I'm a geek but I thought this little thing was interesting. Go to buddyzoo.com and submit your screen name and buddy list. Everything is kept private but it allows for this kind of six degrees of separation deal. I guess it's an approach to social network theory based on your AIM buddy list. After you do that, you can go back to your life not linked to the computer. Unfortunately, I don't have one.
Saturday, April 12, 2003
Friday, April 11, 2003
Interesting call I got earlier this morning. About a month ago I registered a domain name that came up during a fun dinner at Miyakes.
"Hi, Daniel. It says here you registered... uh... bongshelter.com. Is that right?"
"Yes. That's me."
"Well since it's not being hosted right now, we have some hosting options... blah blah blah"
Haha. Cool.
"Hi, Daniel. It says here you registered... uh... bongshelter.com. Is that right?"
"Yes. That's me."
"Well since it's not being hosted right now, we have some hosting options... blah blah blah"
Haha. Cool.
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
My sentiments exactly, Rich. No one - here especially - can say they know what's going on. I don't remember the exact wording of a recent discussion I had with a person against the war but he suggested that my views were from a skewed perspective. He said that it was out of arrogance or a feeling of superiority that we usurp Saddam; in essense, he asked, "Who's to say our way is better?" Maybe it's not better, but at least the Iraqis can now decide.
Sunday, April 6, 2003
Nothing much new around these parts. Still the same ol' same ol'. But nonetheless, it's some fun same ol' stuff. Kind of same 'ol.
So here's what happened yesterday. I had some family over for my cousin's baby shower. Also during this time, Rich was celebrating his 22nd birthday with some friends. I unfortunately had to decline the invitation to go. But I told Rich to call me up after dinner and all that, which he did and asked if they could all come over or if I wanted to meet them up somewhere. I told them they could all come over. In retrospect, that might've been a bad idea. But in a fun way I guess. Really embarrassing.
Family + Friends (all in one location) = an embarrassed Jeng.
So here's what happened yesterday. I had some family over for my cousin's baby shower. Also during this time, Rich was celebrating his 22nd birthday with some friends. I unfortunately had to decline the invitation to go. But I told Rich to call me up after dinner and all that, which he did and asked if they could all come over or if I wanted to meet them up somewhere. I told them they could all come over. In retrospect, that might've been a bad idea. But in a fun way I guess. Really embarrassing.
Family + Friends (all in one location) = an embarrassed Jeng.
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Monday, March 31, 2003
Before I get to the other stuff, I just gotta thank all the Socal peoples, especially Carmen, for their hospitality. I had a lot of fun and look forward to any future trips. In particular, trips involving football. Many, many, many thanks. And again, sorry for the glass I broke.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Just got back from NY and must send many thanks to Ei and her friends for her hospitality. I had a lot of fun. Some quick recaps:
* Friday we did some touristy stuff. Swung by Sea Port (?) which is like a shopping mall. Then we headed over to the site of the World Trade Center. It was a really crazy thing to see. I dunno how to explain it. It's such a somber site. After that, we took a walk toward the Statue of Liberty. There was a free ferry ride to Staten Island so we took that. It's not every day you get to go to Staten Island on a free ferry. We got a closer view of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry, so that was cool.
* Friday night (the 21st) we went to remote lounge which is a really cool place. Haha. And just because I think it's cool doesn't mean I'm a voyeur now. I got drunk.
* Saturday afternoon we caught Aida. It was a pretty cool show. We got really good seats for a good price. If you're in town, I'd recommend it.
* Saturday night we went to this one lounge called Parlay. Pretty small venue, really crowded, high male population... cool I guess. I drank pathetically but someone got drunk and it wasn't me. It was Ei.
* Sunday I went to church. God must've been surprised. It was at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Afterward I walked around Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue and all that stuff. Pretty cool.
* Sunday night my cousin-in-law picked me up and then headed over to a bar. This is the cousin-in-law who is really baller. After the bar we headed over to his favorite steak place where he paid for a fat-ass steak and lobster meal. Awesome. Then we went to their place in New Jersey where I saw my cousin and niece and nephews. Those kids have soooo much energy. And it was awesome they remembered me.
* He then took me to Atlantic City where I lost a lot of money. We were gonna stay at a hotel room up there but we were both awake so we just drove back to their place. Got home at 6:30am.
* Monday did some shopping, had some dinner.
* Tuesday did a little more shopping and hopped on an earlier flight than planned to home. I was stopped at every checkpoint by security. I was afraid I'd miss the flight but it was cool I guess. Better safe than sorry, even thought I knew they woudln't find anything.
All in all, fun times. Look forward to another good trip sometime soon. Actually, I'm looking forward to some football on Saturday.
* Friday we did some touristy stuff. Swung by Sea Port (?) which is like a shopping mall. Then we headed over to the site of the World Trade Center. It was a really crazy thing to see. I dunno how to explain it. It's such a somber site. After that, we took a walk toward the Statue of Liberty. There was a free ferry ride to Staten Island so we took that. It's not every day you get to go to Staten Island on a free ferry. We got a closer view of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry, so that was cool.
* Friday night (the 21st) we went to remote lounge which is a really cool place. Haha. And just because I think it's cool doesn't mean I'm a voyeur now. I got drunk.
* Saturday afternoon we caught Aida. It was a pretty cool show. We got really good seats for a good price. If you're in town, I'd recommend it.
* Saturday night we went to this one lounge called Parlay. Pretty small venue, really crowded, high male population... cool I guess. I drank pathetically but someone got drunk and it wasn't me. It was Ei.
* Sunday I went to church. God must've been surprised. It was at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Afterward I walked around Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue and all that stuff. Pretty cool.
* Sunday night my cousin-in-law picked me up and then headed over to a bar. This is the cousin-in-law who is really baller. After the bar we headed over to his favorite steak place where he paid for a fat-ass steak and lobster meal. Awesome. Then we went to their place in New Jersey where I saw my cousin and niece and nephews. Those kids have soooo much energy. And it was awesome they remembered me.
* He then took me to Atlantic City where I lost a lot of money. We were gonna stay at a hotel room up there but we were both awake so we just drove back to their place. Got home at 6:30am.
* Monday did some shopping, had some dinner.
* Tuesday did a little more shopping and hopped on an earlier flight than planned to home. I was stopped at every checkpoint by security. I was afraid I'd miss the flight but it was cool I guess. Better safe than sorry, even thought I knew they woudln't find anything.
All in all, fun times. Look forward to another good trip sometime soon. Actually, I'm looking forward to some football on Saturday.
Friday, March 21, 2003
HAHA! Jay Jay is right. His spring break was hecka embarrassing.
Cell Phone: *ring* *ring* You have reached the voice mail of [insert name here]. Please leave a message.
Jay Jay: [changing his voice] This is Jeremy. [hangs up phone]
HAHA! Awesome!
In any case, I'm blogging from NY right now. Very cool place. I find it strange to be able to walk around at 2 in the morning on the streets as if it were any other time of day, look for a place to grub, and actually be able to do it. I mean, maybe it's not too weird, but I don't live in a big city. I must seem like a big farm boy geek who has never been to the big city, but if I wanted to eat at 2 in San Jose, my choices are limited to driving through Jack in the Box or going to Denny's. Or I guess driving to Krispy Kreme or In n' Out, too. But those are treks usually saved for altered states of consciousness.
Anyhow, for those of you interested in all things NY, be sure to place your orders before I'm outta here. God bless America.
Cell Phone: *ring* *ring* You have reached the voice mail of [insert name here]. Please leave a message.
Jay Jay: [changing his voice] This is Jeremy. [hangs up phone]
HAHA! Awesome!
In any case, I'm blogging from NY right now. Very cool place. I find it strange to be able to walk around at 2 in the morning on the streets as if it were any other time of day, look for a place to grub, and actually be able to do it. I mean, maybe it's not too weird, but I don't live in a big city. I must seem like a big farm boy geek who has never been to the big city, but if I wanted to eat at 2 in San Jose, my choices are limited to driving through Jack in the Box or going to Denny's. Or I guess driving to Krispy Kreme or In n' Out, too. But those are treks usually saved for altered states of consciousness.
Anyhow, for those of you interested in all things NY, be sure to place your orders before I'm outta here. God bless America.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Ok. By no accounts am I condoning war. If given the choice between resolving an issue diplomatically but within a long period of time versus a quick war, I believe I'd back with the diplomatic approach. However, I'd like to say that I support our President and the decisions that the leaders of this country make. Granted, I am a student of the American school system and maybe perhaps I have been fed by the propaganda machine. But nonetheless, I strongly believe in the way our government works. And I don't mean to attack my friend Jeff and others who share his view of Bush as a cowboy, but I disagree with that point of view.
The thing is, none of us can know for sure all the details of this war. Maybe it is because the oil companies are big backers of George "Dubya". In my mind, that's not what it's about. It's easy to say that Bush is an idiot because the way he talks is not as charismatic or smooth as other leaders. It's easy to say that his presidency is a fluke because of Florida. But I think saying that is viewing the issue with a naive mind (no offense intended). Regardless of the number of votes, he gathered enough that he was in contention for the presidency. Being an idiot will not get you that many votes. Because of that, I truly believe that his decisions are based more than just on the finances of his campaign contributors. I don't think this is his way of showing the rest of the world what the US is capable of. The rest of the world already knows.
It's all in the details and trusting that the government is making the right decisions based on the details that WE don't know know. In my heart of hearts, I don't think that Bush, or any reasonable person, would send in 280,000 troops to risk their lives for their interests alone. And again, I don't know all the details, but if madmen like Hussein are allowed to continue with their own interests in mind, it's not something I would like to have to deal with on our side of the pond. I'm not saying that this will escalate or is even on the same level as the Holocaust, but as Eric had mentioned, if you can stop the Holocaust before it happened, wouldn't you?
The thing is, none of us can know for sure all the details of this war. Maybe it is because the oil companies are big backers of George "Dubya". In my mind, that's not what it's about. It's easy to say that Bush is an idiot because the way he talks is not as charismatic or smooth as other leaders. It's easy to say that his presidency is a fluke because of Florida. But I think saying that is viewing the issue with a naive mind (no offense intended). Regardless of the number of votes, he gathered enough that he was in contention for the presidency. Being an idiot will not get you that many votes. Because of that, I truly believe that his decisions are based more than just on the finances of his campaign contributors. I don't think this is his way of showing the rest of the world what the US is capable of. The rest of the world already knows.
It's all in the details and trusting that the government is making the right decisions based on the details that WE don't know know. In my heart of hearts, I don't think that Bush, or any reasonable person, would send in 280,000 troops to risk their lives for their interests alone. And again, I don't know all the details, but if madmen like Hussein are allowed to continue with their own interests in mind, it's not something I would like to have to deal with on our side of the pond. I'm not saying that this will escalate or is even on the same level as the Holocaust, but as Eric had mentioned, if you can stop the Holocaust before it happened, wouldn't you?
Monday, March 17, 2003
Ok folks. If you could, I'd appreciate if you helped me and my group out by testing some software we're developing. It's some educational software and we've put up an online version. We know there are a lot of bugs but if you could help us point out some more, that would be awesome. Be patient with the loading because we haven't implemented a loading phase thing. Also, the username and password is for a student right now. Use the name "Billy" and password "password" and keeping in mind that it's all case-sensitive. You can find the game at:
www.brutalhoney.com/fun
Please either email me or IM me at "risk absurdity" with your feedback. This software is geared toward first through third graders and if we're able to improve it enough, we could get an award at the design conference. Highly unlikely but a possibility with your help.
www.brutalhoney.com/fun
Please either email me or IM me at "risk absurdity" with your feedback. This software is geared toward first through third graders and if we're able to improve it enough, we could get an award at the design conference. Highly unlikely but a possibility with your help.
Monday, March 10, 2003
Friday, March 7, 2003
Anything you can do, I can do better.
There once were some guys from South Cali.
On them many scores we will tally.
They've whined they don't play enough.
Well too bad, ladies, that's tough.
Perhaps you'd prefer to iron your skirts
and wear your latest baby t-shirts.
Or how 'bout you wait and hear this idea?
Before my cleats say, "Goodbye, nice seein' ya!"
Hey, guys. Grow some balls!
You'll need practice to match all of our calls.
How 'bout you ladies play some sports?
Otherwise it's sure that you'll come up short.
That you're talking shit this early is awesome
but right now our smack talk is playing possum.
It's nice that you think it'll be fun
but you won't think that when you're unable to run
with your foot in your mouth
and NorCal Dominating down South
where I'll dance and say stuff like "I love me some me!"
You'll love it too but you're gonna hate me...You'll see!
There once were some guys from South Cali.
On them many scores we will tally.
They've whined they don't play enough.
Well too bad, ladies, that's tough.
Perhaps you'd prefer to iron your skirts
and wear your latest baby t-shirts.
Or how 'bout you wait and hear this idea?
Before my cleats say, "Goodbye, nice seein' ya!"
Hey, guys. Grow some balls!
You'll need practice to match all of our calls.
How 'bout you ladies play some sports?
Otherwise it's sure that you'll come up short.
That you're talking shit this early is awesome
but right now our smack talk is playing possum.
It's nice that you think it'll be fun
but you won't think that when you're unable to run
with your foot in your mouth
and NorCal Dominating down South
where I'll dance and say stuff like "I love me some me!"
You'll love it too but you're gonna hate me...You'll see!
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Sunday, March 2, 2003
Saturday, March 1, 2003
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
I'd like to apologize to angry. I thought he knew that the pitcher wasn't filled with water. Just bits of frozen water and vodka. I did not expect him to gulp it down. I thought he saw me make that mistake, although not as intense.
Monday, February 24, 2003
It's so good! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!
So just a quick recap of a fun weekend:
On Friday, I treated out the parents and bro to dinner and a movie. While my parents watched Daredevil, my bro and I watched Old School, as I mentioned earlier. Watch it.
On Saturday, we got to relive our glory days and parttake in liquid courage. Fun times. Although our tolerance has suffered from the alcohol hiatus, there was no real super embarrassing moments. And no one yakked... Scratch that... Only one real casualty. And what makes it better was that there was no hangover to nurse. In any case, it was fun to drink. It's so good! HAHA.
So just a quick recap of a fun weekend:
On Friday, I treated out the parents and bro to dinner and a movie. While my parents watched Daredevil, my bro and I watched Old School, as I mentioned earlier. Watch it.
On Saturday, we got to relive our glory days and parttake in liquid courage. Fun times. Although our tolerance has suffered from the alcohol hiatus, there was no real super embarrassing moments. And no one yakked... Scratch that... Only one real casualty. And what makes it better was that there was no hangover to nurse. In any case, it was fun to drink. It's so good! HAHA.
Saturday, February 22, 2003
If you're in need of some laughs, go do yourself a favor and watch Old School. Will Ferrell is comedy.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Holy sweet god damn.
I just drove the SL500 I mentioned earlier and sweet mother, if it ain't one of the nicest damn cars in the world, then you live in the wrong world. My aunt let me and my brother take it out for a spin so we drove around. And we looked for people. Haha. Unfortunately, no one was around to witness our ten to fifteen minutes of wealth. But man. Silver exterior, charcoal interior. As you raise the hard top in less than 20 seconds, the last sequence locks everything into place and you wouldn't even know that it was a convertible. Driving that car at 80 mph feels like you're going 40. My aunt started it with the card-key in her purse. She let my bro into the driver seat and when we got down the street, the computer complained "incorrect card key". Luckily my aunt also gave us a regular key just in case. A touch of the button raises the car a couple inches and lowers it. The seats hug you, and the seat warmers do their job. This car is damn beautiful. Oh man. Damn beautiful.
I just drove the SL500 I mentioned earlier and sweet mother, if it ain't one of the nicest damn cars in the world, then you live in the wrong world. My aunt let me and my brother take it out for a spin so we drove around. And we looked for people. Haha. Unfortunately, no one was around to witness our ten to fifteen minutes of wealth. But man. Silver exterior, charcoal interior. As you raise the hard top in less than 20 seconds, the last sequence locks everything into place and you wouldn't even know that it was a convertible. Driving that car at 80 mph feels like you're going 40. My aunt started it with the card-key in her purse. She let my bro into the driver seat and when we got down the street, the computer complained "incorrect card key". Luckily my aunt also gave us a regular key just in case. A touch of the button raises the car a couple inches and lowers it. The seats hug you, and the seat warmers do their job. This car is damn beautiful. Oh man. Damn beautiful.
An aunt of mine is over that we don't see very often so I'm not really all that close with her... but man, I wish she were my ninang or something. She just brought over her new car. That's right. Her new SL500 AKA my dream car (I actually want the AMG version but this one will do). Sweet damn it looks f'ing nice! If I were a car I'd want it to bear my children. I'd really like to ask to see inside, but I think my aunt is protective of her car. Plus I'm embarrassed. Perhaps I should offer her a trade. "Hey auntie, if you let me drive your car, I'll let you drive mine. Your's has keyless entry? When you open the doors of mine, a green light turns on."
In other scholastic news... I find this kind of weird. For my Ethics and Technology class that I took last year (Fall 2001), our professor had us put up all of our papers on his website (hence taking care of the technology aspect of the course). He told others of this course and for whatever reason, one website wanted to use my paper as a student-written work. I find this weird because firstly, my professor didn't grade this paper all too well. Secondly, I think he graded it fairly, meaning, it wasn't that great of a paper. And finally, there were many other papers that I'm sure were better. Maybe they were lazy and chose the first one. Or maybe my style of writing is similar to other works that are there. This might be possible because after looking through all the other student authors, I found that many of them were high school students. HAHA. And to top it off, they added a couple of things here and there like another conclusion. So in reality, it's not even all of my own work. In any case, it can be found at www.actionbioscience.org.
Goodness. When it rains it pours. More discouraging news on the academic front. You would think by now that school would want to get rid of me but it just seems like it wants me there a little longer. Nonetheless, I turned in my signed Petition to Graduate form to the registrar's office. It'll be okay pending the successful completion of this quarter and next...
Man. This f'ing sucks. De Anza doesn't even offer such a program. Is graduating this year not going to be happening? F**k F**k F**k. I was so ready to do it. Dammit! And the crazy thing is it's not really my grades that are holding me back from graduating. I mean, you might be able to say it was my grades that put me in this predicament (by the way, f**k you), but it's really just a scheduling conflict. F**kers! Ugh. This sucks.
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
How's this for shits and giggles? When I was registering for classes last quarter for this (Winter 2003) quarter, I was planning on taking a class called COEN 120 (Computer Engineering 120: Real-Time Systems). This, (un?)fortunately conflicted with my current nemesis ELEN 115 (Electrical Engineering 115: Electric Circuits I). So, still needing to take that class, I registered today and was hoping to enroll in the course. Lo and behold, it conflicts, yet again, with another course. Ironically (or perhaps not), it conflicts with ELEN 153 (Electrical Engineering 153: Integrated Circuit Design), the course that's supposed to follow ELEN 115.
MOTHER F***ER!!
What am I supposed to do now? MOTHER F***ER! As I had blogged a couple days ago, I originally wanted to take ELEN 115 with another professor who, even after I politely asked her several times if I could add the class, would not let me add. Had she let me add the class, I would not be in this predicament because I could've taken COEN 120. MOTHER F***ER!
What am I supposed to do now? I NEED TO GRADUATE! I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE SUMMER SCHOOL! So I emailed the Dean of Engineering and he said if I could find an equivalent-sounding course at another four-year university, I could take it there. MOTHER F***KER! He suggested SJSU, which would've been cool... if they weren't already a couple of weeks into their damn semester. SOOOO, if school wants to let up on its bitchiness, hopefully I'll be able to take the course at De Anza. I hope the Dean approves. He better. Dammit. I hate school.
MOTHER F***ER!!
What am I supposed to do now? MOTHER F***ER! As I had blogged a couple days ago, I originally wanted to take ELEN 115 with another professor who, even after I politely asked her several times if I could add the class, would not let me add. Had she let me add the class, I would not be in this predicament because I could've taken COEN 120. MOTHER F***ER!
What am I supposed to do now? I NEED TO GRADUATE! I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE SUMMER SCHOOL! So I emailed the Dean of Engineering and he said if I could find an equivalent-sounding course at another four-year university, I could take it there. MOTHER F***KER! He suggested SJSU, which would've been cool... if they weren't already a couple of weeks into their damn semester. SOOOO, if school wants to let up on its bitchiness, hopefully I'll be able to take the course at De Anza. I hope the Dean approves. He better. Dammit. I hate school.
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Nothing much new around these parts. Pretty good weekend, as extended weekends usually are. And now I'm back to the daily grind, hating school.
Speaking of the whore, today I had that class that I really, really hate. I show up about 25 minutes late (it's an hour and forty-five minute long class). I know, not good to show up late, but I show up and showing up is half the battle. In any case, I hoped that perhaps this time I wouldn't get called on. But I can never catch a break. I happened to sit about 2-3 persons away from the next question. Lucky me. And he knows I'm late and he loves to call on me, so Mr. Miyagi continues the torture, "Daniel. Can you help me out here?" Hey professor, I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. I WILL NOT KNOW THE ANSWER WHEN YOU ASK ME AGAIN NEXT CLASS. PLEASE ASK SOMEONE ELSE AND SPARE THE CLASS 5 MINUTES OF SILENCE WHILE I STARE AT THE BOARD "THINKING".
In other news, at work we got new badges. Still not as cool as the proximity ones we got at Cisco, but this badge is supposed to consolodate the five badges Sun employees carry. I never carried five badges so I don't really know what the hoopla is all about. What's cool though is they gave us those extendable badge holder thingies. For free! Oh happy day.
Speaking of the whore, today I had that class that I really, really hate. I show up about 25 minutes late (it's an hour and forty-five minute long class). I know, not good to show up late, but I show up and showing up is half the battle. In any case, I hoped that perhaps this time I wouldn't get called on. But I can never catch a break. I happened to sit about 2-3 persons away from the next question. Lucky me. And he knows I'm late and he loves to call on me, so Mr. Miyagi continues the torture, "Daniel. Can you help me out here?" Hey professor, I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. I WILL NOT KNOW THE ANSWER WHEN YOU ASK ME AGAIN NEXT CLASS. PLEASE ASK SOMEONE ELSE AND SPARE THE CLASS 5 MINUTES OF SILENCE WHILE I STARE AT THE BOARD "THINKING".
In other news, at work we got new badges. Still not as cool as the proximity ones we got at Cisco, but this badge is supposed to consolodate the five badges Sun employees carry. I never carried five badges so I don't really know what the hoopla is all about. What's cool though is they gave us those extendable badge holder thingies. For free! Oh happy day.
Friday, February 14, 2003
Well this is a sort of semi-relief. I was able to get my Petition to Graduate signed by the Dean of Engineering. So that means he had to look over all my grades and stuff. He's considered to be a real bitch of a man so when he signed it, I was surprised and glad that, pending successful completion of my next two quarters, I'll be graduating. Alleluia. Then it's free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty, free at last.
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Two all buff cannons, And1 sauce, lettuce, cheese... Happy Birthday to BigMac. Or Vin D (LOL) as all you moviegoers know him by. Or the Beast. Or...
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
I HATE SCHOOL. I respect and admire all you geniuses who study and all that stuff that gets you your good grades, but seriously, I hate school. Especially my Electric Circuits class. Gee-zus I hate that class. The following is a rant which you can skip reading.
I have no plans of using what I "learn" in this class any time in the future. Never. Never ever. Other classes I can see having some use for, but this class, I seriously doubt that I will have anything to do with it when my college career is over. And it can't be over soon enough. Sweet mother I wish I were done with this class already. Firstly, the professor I have was not my first choice for this class. I was unable to get the "good" professor when I registered. At first I thought he was cool. He looks like Mr. Miyagi. And he sure does explain things thoroughly, which is good. But even his practice midterm looks like it wants to kill us. I showed another person who's in the "good" professor's class and he said, "Your professor is a sneaky bitch." Apparently, my professor hides stuff so you have to analyze the question and all that stuff. Fun.
Secondly, I thought this only happened in grade school. Mr. Miyagi likes to call on everyone in class. He starts at some arbitrary point and circles the room. No matter what, I always get called on. Always. Damn it. ALWAYS. Some people get lucky and never get called on because class is over. I'm not lucky. Maybe three times already, class was almost over but lucky me, I get the last question. It doesn't matter where I sit, I get called on. And pretty much always, too, I don't know the answer. And then he gives this disappointed look or something and I'm thinking, you should know by now, professor, I am a dumbass. I think a classmate was being nice when he asked me "You ever notice how he asks the both of us the hardest questions?" This classmate doesn't always get his answer right, but he will on occassion. So what happens in a typical class?
"Daniel. What do you think?"
"... [thinking look]... uhm..."
"Daniel. Can you help me out here?"
"...[thinking "Damn it, professor! Why don't you help me out here!?"]..."
"What if we do this [explains some stuff]?"
"... [thinking harder] ... is it ..."
"How about this?"
"...[thinking "man. this sucks. move on to someone else already]..."
"Daniel?"
"...[thinking "if this chair weren't permanently attached to the ground, I think I'd throw it at you"]..."
"Ok. Anyone else know the answer?"
Fun. Always fun.
I have no plans of using what I "learn" in this class any time in the future. Never. Never ever. Other classes I can see having some use for, but this class, I seriously doubt that I will have anything to do with it when my college career is over. And it can't be over soon enough. Sweet mother I wish I were done with this class already. Firstly, the professor I have was not my first choice for this class. I was unable to get the "good" professor when I registered. At first I thought he was cool. He looks like Mr. Miyagi. And he sure does explain things thoroughly, which is good. But even his practice midterm looks like it wants to kill us. I showed another person who's in the "good" professor's class and he said, "Your professor is a sneaky bitch." Apparently, my professor hides stuff so you have to analyze the question and all that stuff. Fun.
Secondly, I thought this only happened in grade school. Mr. Miyagi likes to call on everyone in class. He starts at some arbitrary point and circles the room. No matter what, I always get called on. Always. Damn it. ALWAYS. Some people get lucky and never get called on because class is over. I'm not lucky. Maybe three times already, class was almost over but lucky me, I get the last question. It doesn't matter where I sit, I get called on. And pretty much always, too, I don't know the answer. And then he gives this disappointed look or something and I'm thinking, you should know by now, professor, I am a dumbass. I think a classmate was being nice when he asked me "You ever notice how he asks the both of us the hardest questions?" This classmate doesn't always get his answer right, but he will on occassion. So what happens in a typical class?
"Daniel. What do you think?"
"... [thinking look]... uhm..."
"Daniel. Can you help me out here?"
"...[thinking "Damn it, professor! Why don't you help me out here!?"]..."
"What if we do this [explains some stuff]?"
"... [thinking harder] ... is it ..."
"How about this?"
"...[thinking "man. this sucks. move on to someone else already]..."
"Daniel?"
"...[thinking "if this chair weren't permanently attached to the ground, I think I'd throw it at you"]..."
"Ok. Anyone else know the answer?"
Fun. Always fun.
So this is what we've been waiting for? Hmmm. It's a big surprise and I'm very skeptical, but Dennis Erickson appeals to me more than any of the other candidates they mentioned. He's different. After thinking about it, I would've accepted Mora Jr. for continuity's sake, but I'm glad they went in a different direction. What worries me is that Erickson is unproven at the professional level. He coached the Seattle Seahawks and went 31-33. And the Niners gave up Mooch for this? Oh well. Anyhow, go Niners. And Dr. York, if you're reading this, you're a stupid bitch who doesn't care about the team.
Saturday, February 8, 2003
I thought this was funny. If you haven't heard, Jennifer Lopez put down a $250,000 bet on the Super Bowl and won $400,000 plus her money back while in Las Vegas. I was just reading this supposed dialogue between her and Ben Affleck on ESPN. According to the article, the following was said:
BEN: Last night was awesome. My very first nightclub melee and a spectacular performance by world-famous illusionists Siegfried & Roy. Did you enjoy the show, baby?
J-LO: Yeah, honey. It was just like watching you and Matt together.
Hehe. That's funny.
BEN: Last night was awesome. My very first nightclub melee and a spectacular performance by world-famous illusionists Siegfried & Roy. Did you enjoy the show, baby?
J-LO: Yeah, honey. It was just like watching you and Matt together.
Hehe. That's funny.
Friday, February 7, 2003
Don't kill the messenger. Is that the saying? Anyhow. Sun is preparing for a huge product launch on Monday and I've been having to do some real work lately. We have this thing where you have to submit documents to a website (which I've been doing) and they need to get approved by some other group. I've been submitting a whole lot of these so the people responsible for getting them approved are a bit mad I guess. Just now, the manager for that group called me and got mad at me.
"Hi, Jeremy. I was just talking to one of the workers in my group and she was saying that you've been submitting a lot of documents lately. These should've been sumbitted days ago! (blah blah blah blah) Do you understand? Are there going to be anymore?"
"Uhhh. I'm just an intern."
"Hi, Jeremy. I was just talking to one of the workers in my group and she was saying that you've been submitting a lot of documents lately. These should've been sumbitted days ago! (blah blah blah blah) Do you understand? Are there going to be anymore?"
"Uhhh. I'm just an intern."
Thursday, February 6, 2003
Could the Gameboy finally have some competition? I thought this was kinda cool. Nokia is releasing a handheld gaming system called n-gage which has garnered some support from various game makers. Just what we need. Little kids running around with cell phones. But still kinda cool, in my opinion.
Monday, February 3, 2003
So I guess some of the unluckiness from last night spilled over to myself. Earlier today, the family and I were cleaning around the house just dusting, vaccuming and all that other fun stuff. I went to my room to continue the cleaning efforts when my dad comes in.
"Hey, Jeremy. What's this?" he asks.
"Hahahaha... uhhhhhh... I dunno... hahahah." I was waaaay too unprepared for that one. All I was thinking was, "Where in the f**k did that come from?... I've been looking for some."
So after holding a small baggie of good stuff in front of me, he hands it back saying that my mom found it in my drawer. "Not good, Jeremy. Not good," ended the interrogation.
In all, it wasn't too bad I guess. I got to keep it and learned that my mom and dad were not overly angry about it. In fact, my mom was rather embarrassing, in my opinion.
"Hey, Jeremy. What's this?" he asks.
"Hahahaha... uhhhhhh... I dunno... hahahah." I was waaaay too unprepared for that one. All I was thinking was, "Where in the f**k did that come from?... I've been looking for some."
So after holding a small baggie of good stuff in front of me, he hands it back saying that my mom found it in my drawer. "Not good, Jeremy. Not good," ended the interrogation.
In all, it wasn't too bad I guess. I got to keep it and learned that my mom and dad were not overly angry about it. In fact, my mom was rather embarrassing, in my opinion.
Sunday, February 2, 2003
Sometimes you just freakin' wish you had your damn camera with you. Finally had a little excitement around these parts. So earlier I played some basketball with the usual suspects. When that was done we headed over to Warren's place to drop him off and what did we just happen to run into? A house that had just been TP'ed.
"Aw man. I'm gonna have to clean this up tomorrow morning," laments Warren.
"Hey! There's people running over there!" I believe my brother points out.
So we follow. I reverse the car and start heading in their direction. They had just turned a corner so we were unsure of their where-abouts. After circling the neighborhood and in the middle of the street, we discuss matters with Warren.
"Oh well. I think I know who did it, too. I think they were girls," says War.
"They weren't girls! If they were they sure run like guys," Jeff disagrees.
After concluding that they couldn't have gotten very far, we decide to look around some more. With his eagle eyes, my brother's friend Shaun sees... what's that... a shoe? A shoe underneath a car!? We investigate...
And the rest ends up being wasted adrenaline. Being my calm and collected self, I, along with my savage counterparts, politely ask these guys to clean up the place otherwise there was gonna be a problem. So they did. Shit. I would've if standing behind the guy I was talking to was someone getting angry and appeared to be ready to smash things. Disappointing that nothing more exciting went down, but I guess them the breaks.
"Isn't this a fun Saturday night guys? 'Let's go TP a house. And afterward, let's clean it up.' " I say to them.
"Aw man. I'm gonna have to clean this up tomorrow morning," laments Warren.
"Hey! There's people running over there!" I believe my brother points out.
So we follow. I reverse the car and start heading in their direction. They had just turned a corner so we were unsure of their where-abouts. After circling the neighborhood and in the middle of the street, we discuss matters with Warren.
"Oh well. I think I know who did it, too. I think they were girls," says War.
"They weren't girls! If they were they sure run like guys," Jeff disagrees.
After concluding that they couldn't have gotten very far, we decide to look around some more. With his eagle eyes, my brother's friend Shaun sees... what's that... a shoe? A shoe underneath a car!? We investigate...
And the rest ends up being wasted adrenaline. Being my calm and collected self, I, along with my savage counterparts, politely ask these guys to clean up the place otherwise there was gonna be a problem. So they did. Shit. I would've if standing behind the guy I was talking to was someone getting angry and appeared to be ready to smash things. Disappointing that nothing more exciting went down, but I guess them the breaks.
"Isn't this a fun Saturday night guys? 'Let's go TP a house. And afterward, let's clean it up.' " I say to them.
Friday, January 31, 2003
Man. I'm pretty darn bored here at work. I have nothing to do. Slow work day. So I again looked at some of my old blogs. Some fun times out there. I read the blog about the cracker challenge and remembering the people that night and their confidence in their ability to carry out the challenge... man. Maybe I'm the only one who still laughs at that, but seriously, I think it's pretty damn funny.
"One minute? Man, that's hella time."
Chomp, chomp...
Chomp, chomp...
Chomp, chomp...
"(cough, cough) Agh (spit out dry wad of cracker)."
And then off to Jack-in-the-Box... then Krispy Kreme... then Carl's Jr. Holy Moley. Did we really go to Carl's Jr.?
Sigh.
I need some sort of party. Preferably soon.
"One minute? Man, that's hella time."
Chomp, chomp...
Chomp, chomp...
Chomp, chomp...
"(cough, cough) Agh (spit out dry wad of cracker)."
And then off to Jack-in-the-Box... then Krispy Kreme... then Carl's Jr. Holy Moley. Did we really go to Carl's Jr.?
Sigh.
I need some sort of party. Preferably soon.
Thursday, January 30, 2003
The longest paper I've probably ever written at SCU is 6 pages, but even that's lying because I probably made it 5.25 pages if the minimum was 6. And I think that's weird. In high school, I wrote the same amount but in college, it appears they like my concise BS and I guess the grades reflect that. I don't get how people can write so much. I always start running out of stuff near the end. (Or I start running out of time. You know me, the procrastinator. Finishing a paper 5 minutes before class). I feel like I just start repeating stuff.
Anyway, now I'm in the process of finishing up a near-30 page document for our senior design project. Granted, I haven't worked on all the stuff by myself and there are pictures, but still. It's nearly 30 pages. And yes, a lot of it looks like marketing hyperbole, but still. Nearly 30 pages. That's 5 times more than I've ever done.
I know, I know. All you graduate students and doctoral candidates and what not probably write 30 pages every so often or whatever (maybe I just have this false perception that they write a lot), but for me as an engineering student, that's a whole lot of tree.
And now I'm just dragging along this blog, huh.
Anyway, now I'm in the process of finishing up a near-30 page document for our senior design project. Granted, I haven't worked on all the stuff by myself and there are pictures, but still. It's nearly 30 pages. And yes, a lot of it looks like marketing hyperbole, but still. Nearly 30 pages. That's 5 times more than I've ever done.
I know, I know. All you graduate students and doctoral candidates and what not probably write 30 pages every so often or whatever (maybe I just have this false perception that they write a lot), but for me as an engineering student, that's a whole lot of tree.
And now I'm just dragging along this blog, huh.
I don't think I've mentioned this yet so I'm putting it out there. I don't know how many non-geeks keep up with beta stuff and what-not, but Google has always been pretty cool in releasing little tools even in beta form. Before they were big, they started off in beta which was pretty cool. They've recently introduced a service called Froogle and though I haven't used it yet, I figured that if it turns out to be half as good as Google is, it'll be pretty darn good. It helps you find products for sale.
I had almost forgotten how funny some of the stuff at The Onion is. In my boredom at a slow work day, I found this article, along with many others, amusing. Although I'm guessing SCU is more diverse, the article reminded me of the place I call hell.
I thought this was kinda funny. In a Tuesday Morning Quarterback article on ESPN.com, Easterbrook delivers exciting insider information about the Super Bowl. It turns out that on the field playing defensive back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was not Ronde Barber but in fact, his twin brother Tiki Barber of the New York Giants.
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Monday, January 27, 2003
While watching the Justin Timberlake video, Cry Me a River, on CMC, the following dialogue was exchanged between me and my brother:
Brother: What's the point of video taping him and that girl?
Me: To make Britney jealous.
Brother: It makes me jealous.
Oh.
LOL. I'm tearing up that's so funny! You're hecka gay, Broder!
Brother: What's the point of video taping him and that girl?
Me: To make Britney jealous.
Brother: It makes me jealous.
Oh.
LOL. I'm tearing up that's so funny! You're hecka gay, Broder!
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Building off of another's blog (cited), I, too, look forward to the story of Rich displayed in cinematic glory. I've been wondering why your online time has been cut down in recent weeks. It appears you've been shooting a movie in San Francisco. Please don't hurt me.
Saturday, January 25, 2003
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Monday, January 20, 2003
For whatever reason, I remembered this from elementary school P.E. class. It was probably second or third grade, possibly higher, and our P.E. coach was having us run laps around the field. There were no real pathways to follow, just the shape of the field. But he did notice that people were cutting the corners and offered this piece of advice: "Don't cut corners because if you cut corners now, you'll be cutting corners later on in life. And not in just running." How deep and profound. I thought at the time, "HAHA! Yeah right. I'm a smart kid. This is just running. I won't be cutting corners all the time."
That fucker was right. I now cut corners left and right.
And with that note, I leave for D&B's to procrastinate on a damn project and studying for a quiz. Damn you Coach McCrone and your prophetic statement.
That fucker was right. I now cut corners left and right.
And with that note, I leave for D&B's to procrastinate on a damn project and studying for a quiz. Damn you Coach McCrone and your prophetic statement.
Friday, January 17, 2003
I just remembered reading this from before the Niners lost to Tampa Bay and I thought it was funny: Skip Bayless of the San Jose Mercury News was writing about how the Niners can win the game. He mentioned that the Bucs recievers weren't all that good. In fact, even Mike Rumph (rookie out of Miami) could cover them. He said it was like playing against three JJ Stokes'. Hahaha.
On another note. One name that's popped up in the coaching search for the Niners is Lovie Smith, defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Lambs. NO! I don't want that guy! Come on, now. Sure, he's a pretty good coach but still. The principles, man. The principles. I learned my lesson in what happens when you choose a Lamb. Big no no.
On another note. One name that's popped up in the coaching search for the Niners is Lovie Smith, defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Lambs. NO! I don't want that guy! Come on, now. Sure, he's a pretty good coach but still. The principles, man. The principles. I learned my lesson in what happens when you choose a Lamb. Big no no.
Thursday, January 16, 2003
This probably doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things but I thought it was interesting. Mike Mularkey, the Steelers' current offensive coordinator who I think would be kind of cool as Niner head coach, was a draft pick as a tight end in the 1983 draft. Who drafted him? Bill Walsh of the 49ers, but Mularkey never played for the Niners. I don't know what happened. Perhaps he wasn't good enough.
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Whoa.
Mariucci, out of San Francisco? That's a big surprise to me, especially with the announcement so soon. I thought they'd at least try to work something out. This is how I feel about the subject, so many of you can stop reading now as it is not important.
Unlike many people, I liked Mooch and saw some justification for his calls. Sometimes. I do think he lacked the killer instinct and it's very unfortunate. As writer Skip Bayless put it, Mooch was Coach Kumbaya. And I miss the days of a more involved passing game, but at the same time I actually kind of liked the running game.
I would've liked to see Mooch stay because right now, I don't really see anyone else I'd rather have as coach. Mooch's record was pretty good. I don't think he gets enough credit for bringing the 49ers back from salary cap hell. What ultimately did him in, in my opinion, was his offensive philosophy and the fact that it wasn't Terry Donahue or John York that brought him into the organization. In fact, I think they just used him to rebuild the team so they could hire another coach who would win the big one and then take credit for it and win Executive of the Year. Shame on them.
So who's the next coach? If they made the announcement this early, there must be someone they have in mind. Mooch has to be considered one of the top ten, if not the top five, coaches in the league right now. He's a valuable commodity and I'm sure he'll be able to find a job soon, and all indications point to a job with the Jaguars. We could've gotten compensation in a trade or something. But I guess that's not happening now.
There's speculation that Dennis Green might become coach. You know what I say to that? POPPYCOCK! Don't bring in that guy! He had talent in Minnesota and couldn't bring them to the Super Bowl. Who cares if he has history here in the Bay Area? I don't think he matches.
Jim Mora, Jr., current defensive coordinator, is also thought to be an option. While I think he's cool and all, I'm not sure if he's ready for a head coaching job. Sure, we had a lot of injuries to the defense this year and he made some fine adjustments, but so did the Raiders. And I think they had a better defense. He'll be a head coach in the NFL eventually. I don't think now would be a good time. But then again, continuity with this young team would be really good. They're coming off two winning seasons are still a relatively young team. We can't have someone come in and tear all that down.
I'm guessing Greg Knapp, current offensive coordinator, might also get consideration. He seems like he has the same philosophy as Mooch, so I don't think he'd be a good fit.
One person who I think I would like to see get interviewed is Mike Mularkey, offensive coordinator of the Steelers. Sure, it might not be pure West Coast Offense, but nothing now really is. It's all variations. What I like about his offense though is that it's wide open. I think at times, it's aggressive too. We need agressiveness.
So yeah. Long blog. I missed class because of it. But it's the Niners! And this is gigantimungus news.
Mariucci, out of San Francisco? That's a big surprise to me, especially with the announcement so soon. I thought they'd at least try to work something out. This is how I feel about the subject, so many of you can stop reading now as it is not important.
Unlike many people, I liked Mooch and saw some justification for his calls. Sometimes. I do think he lacked the killer instinct and it's very unfortunate. As writer Skip Bayless put it, Mooch was Coach Kumbaya. And I miss the days of a more involved passing game, but at the same time I actually kind of liked the running game.
I would've liked to see Mooch stay because right now, I don't really see anyone else I'd rather have as coach. Mooch's record was pretty good. I don't think he gets enough credit for bringing the 49ers back from salary cap hell. What ultimately did him in, in my opinion, was his offensive philosophy and the fact that it wasn't Terry Donahue or John York that brought him into the organization. In fact, I think they just used him to rebuild the team so they could hire another coach who would win the big one and then take credit for it and win Executive of the Year. Shame on them.
So who's the next coach? If they made the announcement this early, there must be someone they have in mind. Mooch has to be considered one of the top ten, if not the top five, coaches in the league right now. He's a valuable commodity and I'm sure he'll be able to find a job soon, and all indications point to a job with the Jaguars. We could've gotten compensation in a trade or something. But I guess that's not happening now.
There's speculation that Dennis Green might become coach. You know what I say to that? POPPYCOCK! Don't bring in that guy! He had talent in Minnesota and couldn't bring them to the Super Bowl. Who cares if he has history here in the Bay Area? I don't think he matches.
Jim Mora, Jr., current defensive coordinator, is also thought to be an option. While I think he's cool and all, I'm not sure if he's ready for a head coaching job. Sure, we had a lot of injuries to the defense this year and he made some fine adjustments, but so did the Raiders. And I think they had a better defense. He'll be a head coach in the NFL eventually. I don't think now would be a good time. But then again, continuity with this young team would be really good. They're coming off two winning seasons are still a relatively young team. We can't have someone come in and tear all that down.
I'm guessing Greg Knapp, current offensive coordinator, might also get consideration. He seems like he has the same philosophy as Mooch, so I don't think he'd be a good fit.
One person who I think I would like to see get interviewed is Mike Mularkey, offensive coordinator of the Steelers. Sure, it might not be pure West Coast Offense, but nothing now really is. It's all variations. What I like about his offense though is that it's wide open. I think at times, it's aggressive too. We need agressiveness.
So yeah. Long blog. I missed class because of it. But it's the Niners! And this is gigantimungus news.
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Hey Rich. In regards to your post:
I'm not gonna go through all the degrees but I just thought it was worth a mention that Martin Lawrence was in Bad Boys with Will Smith. Will Smith was in the movie Six Degrees of Separation. According to the Internet, Kevin Bacon wasn't in that movie. Doesn't help much with the game that I don't complete it, but I just thought it was an interesting little tidbit.
I'm not gonna go through all the degrees but I just thought it was worth a mention that Martin Lawrence was in Bad Boys with Will Smith. Will Smith was in the movie Six Degrees of Separation. According to the Internet, Kevin Bacon wasn't in that movie. Doesn't help much with the game that I don't complete it, but I just thought it was an interesting little tidbit.
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