Congratulations, Rich!

A second degree? You're crazy, man. Sorry I missed your grad party. You should've missed it and came down to play Madden. You'll need the practice. Haha.

Geeks, unite!

First off, many many thanks to JJ. Your hospitality was very much appreciated. Sorry you had to wake up early to drive my ass to the airport. Also, many thanks to Jeff and the other SoCal guys for a fun weekend.

So yesterday I got back from LA for my geek of a weekend. It started off with my arrival in SoCal on Wednesday night. After JJ picked me up we headed straight for the theater where his friends were waiting in line (along with the other people who brought tents and tables and stuff). Of course, we were watched Star Wars: Return of the Sith on opening night. The next day, we congregated with 70,000 other nerds at E3 and got to check out the Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Revolution. Crazy stuff. We didn't get enough so we met up again early the next day to check it out more thoroughly. Got to play Madden '06 at 60% completion. I would've liked to play it on the Xbox 360 but they didn't have that ready. The only game we got to play on the 360 was Need for Speed, I believe.

All in all, a really fun weekend. Again, many thanks to all the hosts down there. Oh, and it looks like Rich and Chris are gonna have some trouble with the next Madden.

Damn it...

I think I fried my motherboard.

Another one...

Haha. I thought this one was funny, too:

"Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?'"
--Pamela Anderson in TV Guide

Man... What if? Crazy.

(I'm reading this list of quotes from ESPN)

"Ice, Ice Baby," man...

Haha. I thought this was funny:

"As for music and my place in it, maybe things are changing a little bit. I know this: a good song is deeper than a tattoo. It'll remind you of the car you're driving and the girl you're going around with and the streets you're cruising. It's better than a photo album. A song is a tattoo that you never lose. 'Ice, Ice Baby,' man, you'll remember that when you're 90."
-- Vanilla Ice on his place in history

Congratulations, Mr. Sabangan

Big congratulations to a person I'd consider one of my best friends, JJ Sabangan. I'm way proud of you, bro, and I'm seriously sorry that we couldn't make it out for the festivities. I owe you big time and hopefully I'll be able to repay you soon. Have fun and enjoy it man.

Can I win the Lottery already?

Today I was scheduled to have an interview at around 1 PM. I was looking forward to it and did my research for the company and all that jazz. I didn't think I would even get this interview and there was a part of me that didn't think it was a legitmate shot. I just figured "Hey, at least I can work on my interview skills." Or so I thought. This morning the person I was supposed to interview with called and told me that he didn't want to waste my time because they already hired someone for the position. What the heck!? Why didn't you say something earlier!? Why did you even ask me to come in for an interview!? Geez!

So the lottery is $48,000,000. If I win, I'm going to offer this guy a huge pay raise for a new company I'll start. And then when he's all ready and excited for the interview I'll laugh at him and say "Just kidding." Or maybe not. That's mean.

Boxing, boxing...

Does anyone else watch The Contender? Am I doing no justice to the sweet science by watching it? I couldn't tell you who holds any boxing titles right now and I wouldn't be able to name you my favorite boxer. But it's a sport that I'm semi-interested in (while at SCU I considered joining the boxing club at one point). With Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard hosting, the show is a bit hokey at times but I think it's intersting following these boxers around. And while I know that the editing of the show has a lot to do with how you perceive the boxers, I think the editing done for the actual fights is pretty good because it gives you the good stuff. Sure it makes you question how real the fight was but if they could make boxing shows built off of some of the things in this show, I think boxing could have a good number of fans more.

In other news, my parents just bought a pretty phat pad in Roseville. We went to go check it out last Saturday and I really wish we were moving into this house somewhere closer in the Bay Area. It's definitely cool, though, because now we can save ourselves 2 hours on a trip to Tahoe by staying at this house. So for those of you interested in Tahoe trips, get ready cuz there's gonna be a good amount of boarding this coming winter.