Ok. So I know I'm not a film major and all that stuff and what not, and movies don't always have to have happy endings, etc, but I just watched Requiem For A Dream and I must say I was rather disappointed. After watching it, I read a couple of reviews and so many places give it great reviews. I found the movie pretty disturbing and depressing. However, the performances were really good. Maybe I'm not smart enough or whatever to appreciate the movie, but it's not really a movie I would recommend.

I'm considering taking a day trip up to Tahoe this Saturday for a snowboarding trip. Anyone interested?

So I got back from a Reno/Lake Tahoe gambling/snowboarding trip to help celebrate my cousin's birthday yesterday. It was a lot of fun hanging out with cousins and all that stuff. But I just gotta say that the Blackjack gods must hate me. Or I'm just an idiot and don't know when I should leave a table. In any case, I lost.



But in other news, other people in our party enjoyed good winnings. We weren't even checked into our hotel rooms yet when my mom hit a slot machine and won $1000. Another aunt won a couple hundred on slots, too. And so did another cousin of mine. But the big winner was another aunt on our last day there.



When I woke up I was told she won $1200. So I was like, "Whoa, cool. $1200 is a good amount. I wish I won that much money." Then later I'm told she didn't win $1200. She won $12,000. Now that's a pretty good amount, too. I should play slots more often. It turns out this is her second big winning off of slots in the last month or so. A couple weeks ago she won $4500. When I played the slots before we left, I won $3.50. Then I lost it trying to make it into more. Haha. Ah well. There's always next time I guess.

I find myself slowly cheering for the Atlanta Falcons. But I'm still a bigger Niner fan so they better not get Julian Peterson and Ahmed Plummer. I'm just not a John York fan. The should take him.

Ok, folks. I'd like 2004 to be the year of travel for me with the culmination being a 2 to 3 month trip in Europe... and then getting my own custom Samurai swords made in Japan. But in the meantime, I'd like to go do touristy stuff and just see other places. Anyone interested? I get Jan. 19 and Feb. 16 off so those are 3-day weekends for me. Any takers?

When I am utterly, filthy rich, I will donate money to Santa Clara University's engineering department - only on one condition, though. That they fire you, Shoba Krishnan, and condemn you to the seventh circle of hell with their holy Jesuit might.

I don't know if many of you know, but after last year's rather surprising turnout for our New Year's party, I thought it would be better to not invite as many people. This year, it was mostly a family party but we decided to change it up a little more than usual and made it a Disco/70's theme party. My dad even sprung for a hardwood dance floor to put over the carpet; we got the disco ball and assorted lights. And we, of course, dressed up in the appropriate attire. In keeping with the theme, I didn't really use a digital camera so I scanned a couple of the polaroids I took. Only two pictures, but I'll let you enjoy.