Awesome. I look like a freakin' jackass in that picture. HAHA.

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.

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?

I'm not trying to make fun of names or anything but I was just wondering... How is "Dick" a shortened version of or nickname for "Richard"? I mean, I can see why you might call someone named "James" "Jimmy". But "Dick" for "Richard"? "Rich" makes more sense.

Also, a belated online congratulations to Elaine, Eileen, Kat and Jecelyn on their graduations. You go, girls.

Big ups and congratulations to Rich on his new employment status. Where's the celebration party?

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.

Ruuuu-ben.

Whoa.

I wasn't expecting to drink today. But then again, I wasn't expecting for SCU to give out beers at our Design Conference BBQ, and no way in hell did I think we'd win an award. Go figure.

And finally... the culmination of my four years at SCU is "finished". Our design conference presentation starts at 2:40PM. If you want to go watch, I think it's open to everyone. Room 602, Engineering Building. "Children's Learning Software" by James Hurley, Peter Nguyen, and Daniel Reyes.

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.

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.

I think I'm the only person who hasn't seen X2 yet. Wack.

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!"