What the Pho

I had dinner with some of the team today and passed by a restaurant named "What the Pho". I thought it was amusing.

If you didn't know, yesterday (Happy Birthday, Pa) I flew out to Seattle after dinner. Today I started on a new project with a company you may have heard about. In fact, three others (Thomas, JJ and Ei) are on various projects for the same company but I don't think they're here in Seattle. Not yet at least.

So I'll be flying out here doing the consulting thing for the next month or so. It's sorta interesting to be back on the plane with the Monday through Thursday schedule. I had gotten used to having a local gig. But at least this isn't in Ohio. I don't even know if they've heard of Pho in Akron.

Monkey Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo

Last night we got back from a trip down to San Diego. We went to the Zoo where we saw the monkey exhibit. It was pretty cool. Check it out.

One more thing

Oh, and Jeff, I miss you, too. There, I said it. Hahaha. Just jokin'.

As For Me, I Wish That I Were Anywhere

Haha! Sorry about that, Jeff. You know, I actually had two drafts in my Blogger posting list that I never finished - one from June-ish and another from a month ago. But rather than complete those mundane ones, I'm going to just write a new one and salt it with some angst and pepper it with some things that happened during my 4 months of absense. Hopefully this will satisfy the hunger of my two or three readers. Here we go... Let's see if I remember how to do this...

I don't like how the XBox 360 sounds like a jet engine when you turn it on. I don't like traffic and being on the road to my job for two hours of my day. It's a waste of time. I don't like how my new refrigerator had a slow leak that damaged my hardwood floor. It pains me to see it. I don't like Sears and how I was transferred to ten different departments and twenty different people before I spoke to a competent person about fixing the damage done to my floors by their faulty refrigerator. I don't like the lazy and unfriendly people at the front desk who fail to impress me every time I speak with them. When I write my monthly HOA check I wonder where that money goes to. I don't like how that last statement makes me feel old. The prospect of aging too quickly scares me. I don't like my rotund belly. But I'm too lazy to remedy that for now. Woe is me.

I do like the sound that my television set makes when I turn it on. I do like the fact that I have a local project to work and exciting opportunities coming up. I do like that Sears replaced my refrigerator rather quickly and it appears progress is being made on getting my floor repaired. I like the fact that I have enough money to actually pay my HOA fees and am fortunate enough to live in San Francisco. I like that sometimes, I don't mind my rotund belly because it's true, I'm bringing Sexyback. Haha. jk. Rock on.

...

Four months of time is a good amount to be away so my apologies to those who still check my blog. A quick monthly rundown of what I've been up to for those interested:

June - I moved into my place but still haven't gotten to know the city as I want to. Soon enough, hopefully.

July - My cousin got married. Pretty crazy stuff but awesome.

August - My family went on a trip to Asia without me. I had to take another brief trip to Ohio. They were jealous.

September - Thanks to Rich and Rob for setting up that Niner-Rams game. That was an awesome game and fun times. We need to do it again. Raider game?

That's it for now. I will try posting again before the new year.

Silicon Valley

I know I'm a geek and I'm a proud Silicon Valley geek at that. I found this article interesting but you may find it boring. Can there be another Silicon Valley?

That's a Wrap

Rather than leave here tomorrow night (Thursday as I've done for the past 2 months) I've extended my stay until Friday morning. It'll allow me another 5 to 6 hours to work on stuff before my travel to Ohio comes to an end. Next week I begin a new project back in the Bay, in Santa Clara. I'm technically not finished with this project so I'll be juggling the two for the first couple of weeks.

I never gave my assessment of Cleveland and probably won't now. However, when I first heard that I wasn't sticking around here for another project, I was surprisingly a little bummed. Not because Ohio's all that great of a place but because of the opportunity to learn and join the rest of the team here in their project. But now that I see the end in sight I'm really looking forward to getting back home. Hopefully the opportunity to learn will be just as good.

Anyway, I'm pooped so I'm gonna get back to watching television and eating my room service.

It's Here!

I get excited over the stupidest shit but it's here finally: Google Calendar. It's still in beta and I just signed up but if you have a Google account or gmail and want to share your calendar, let me know.