Goal of the Day.
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Goal of the day:
Become the best God damned PHP programmer ever.
First C, then C++, then Java, now JavaScript and PHP. I'm getting a little
overwhelmed, a...
12 years ago
24 March 2009
Japan took the World Baseball Classic last night against Korea 5-3, their second time out of two WBCs (2006). I was all set to come home, relax, and put off my homework to watch the match, but of course I forgot about our ghetto cable set-up that lacks ESPN. From what I followed on the cheesy play-by-play flash app, it was a great game. Korea tied it in the 9th, down 3-1, but ended up losing 5-3 on a two out, two RBI single by Ichiro Suzuki. I guess it's nice for him to taste victory, because that ninja sure as hell won't eat in his American hometown.
Also, just finished my last midterm and presentation. Even though I still have classes this week, I'm going into spring break mode.
23 March 2009
We did some new things this weekend with people who we don't see so often anymore, which made for good times.
Darick actually got in late Wednesday night, but with work and classes I didn't even see him until late Thursday night at poker. I guess he's a decent player too from what I heard so he's got me beat.
On Friday, the first day of spring and Eli's birthday, I went swimming after work for the first time since August. It's going to take a long time to get back to where I was before, and it completely wore me out. So it was nice to just chill at San Diego Brewing Company over some tasty beer. I think my buzz/fatigue contributed to me leaving without my wallet and lowering my spirits most of the night. However, we visited this Korean karaoke place where we could rent a room, bring our booze and sing all night. Tiffany was also in town and pretty much organized the whole thing, and it was actually pretty enjoyable. Once back on Ryder with Justyn off of work, we just sat around the table as Eli entertained us with his drunk talk. I don't think anyone really wanted to sleep either, because after Ryder we went to my house and recorded some clicks until 4:30 AM. That's how you spend a Friday night.
Of course I didn't wake until about 11:45 AM on Saturday, which I don't mind because I rarely get the opportunity these days. Luckily, the Brewing Company had found my wallet and saved it for me to come pick up. Quite a relief. And, it gave me the perfect excuse to spend money on clothes for Jessica's 21st. Before the party, however, the typical Saturday afternoon activities had to be completed: practice/lay down live tracks for all the songs we've practiced up to this point, and get the growlers filled with the '07 Vertical Epic from Stone. It was just Eli, Justyn, George and I, but it was a fun trip and I'm glad we sucked it up and got our hands on some of that stuff because it tasted great, much better than the '06. I actually decided to purchase a 1-liter for the weekends when I feel like staying cool. Once everybody got their act together, it was already 10:30 but we headed out to party with the North County punks. Topped off with some yellow shack, it was another fun 21st birthday celebration.
Sunday was relaxing, but we decided to go back to '07 again and do Sunday at Tokyo. Everyone agreed the food was great, and it was nice to go back there and find our picture on the wall.
WBC
It's been a while since I updated, and the championship game is actually going on right now between Korea and Japan. I'll post the outcome sometime this week.
Monday, March 16
Cuba 7 @ Mexico 4 (Mexico eliminated)
Venezuela 2 @ Puerto rico 0
Tuesday, March 17
Korea 4 @ Japan 1
USA 6 @ Puerto Rico 5 (Puerto Rico eliminated)
Wednesday, March 18
Japan 5 @ Cuba 0 (Cuba eliminated)
Venezuela 10 @ USA 6 (Venezuela top seed from Pool 2 for Semifinals)
Thursday, March 19
Japan 6 @ Korea 2 (Japan top seed from Pool 1 for Semifinals)
Semi-Finals
Saturday, March 21
Korea 10 @ Venezuela 2 (Venezuela eliminated)
Sunday, March 22
Japan 9 @ USA 4 (USA eliminated)
Final
Japan @ Korea 6:00 PM
16 March 2009
With my PDR meeting on Thursday and nothing to worry about school-wise, the weekend was pretty fun and relaxing. And actually, I don't recall it stinking very much, no matter how much I wanted it to. For that I am now grateful.
There really wasn't too much going on except hanging out at Ryder, both the Friday night routine and the Saturday night St. Patrick's celebration. That vertical epic was kinda meh. Everyone except Justyn and I bailed on Hot Shots. Practice got cut short Saturday afternoon. Alex got beat up. Actually this weekend was pretty shitty...
...BUT...The computer is, for the most part, ready to go (thanks Bellwick). And I found myself for most of the weekend just wanting to stop what I was doing and go home to write. Which I did. And THAT salvaged the weekend.
WBC
Saturday's Scores:
Venezuela 3 @ Netherlands 1
Puerto Rico 11 @ USA 1
Sunday's Scores:
Japan 6 @ Cuba 0
Korea 8 @ Mexico 2
USA 9 @ Netherlands 3 (Netherlands eliminated)
12 March 2009
Finally downloaded and imported some new music into the iTunes last night : ) Speaking of new music, see pic at the top. Fuuuuck yes, think and say what you will, that will MAKE this summer!
WBC
Yesterday's Scores:
Mexico 16 @ Australia 1 (Australia eliminated)
Venezuela 5 @ USA 3 (Venezuela top seed from Pool C for Round 2)
Puerto Rico 5 @ Netherlands 0 (Puerto Rico top seed from Pool D for Round 2)
Today's Games:
Mexico @ Cuba 7:00 PM
Here are the teams for Round 2:
Pool 1: Japan, Korea, Mexico, Cuba
Pool 2: Netherlands, Venezuela, USA, Puerto Rico
Right now, Cuba is leading Mexico 7-4 in the bottom of the 6th. The winner will be the top seed from Pool B for Round 2 and play Japan in Game 1 of Round 2 here at Petco.
Round 2 games begin Saturday.
11 March 2009
Eli and I were discussing some our future projects and business ventures. They include:
- A podcast starring Lucas and Eli, discussing random topics that become humorous simply because they are Rascons.
- A 2010 SuperBowl add for coke, which we will pitch. The idea: "Coke Me".
- *A massive brewery/restaurant/venue located in Santee as a town landmark. Everyone we know will have a role.*
Other ideas will follow.
WBC
Yesterday's Scores:
Cuba 5 @ Australia 4
Venezuela 10 @ Italy 1 (Italy eliminated)
Netherlands 2 @ Dominican Republic 1 (Dominican Republic eliminated)
Today's Games:
Netherlands @ Puerto Rico 5:30 PM
Venezuela @ USA 6:30 PM
Mexico @ Australia 8:00 PM
At this point, either Mexico or Australia will be the last team eliminated in Round 1. Everyone else not eliminated already will move on to Round 2. USA must win tonight against Venezuela to be top seed, but they advance regardless.
09 March 2009
So this weekend, although disappointing in some ways to others, was really fun thanks to some good luck.
Friday night, I took off to school right after work to get some work done on our semester ISD project. Kind of some drama involved with that, and we didn't get as much done as we would have liked, but at least I got out of there in time to make a 10:25 Watchmen showing. Bullet number one dodged; as I was about to get on the 125, Justyn calls me wondering when we may show up at Ricky's party. For some reason, I really wasn't feeling a movie at the time, with the sitting and staring (and sleeping), so I flipped a bitch and drove down Woodside for a sweet party with Martin and Justyn. Played some pong, drank some whiskey, and chipped some lip all in the backroads of Lakeside. And, as it turns out after meeting up with the crew on Ryder, Watchmen wasn't an Oscar winner. Sweet.
Saturday was great, starting with sleeping in until 8. Unfortunately, father son bonding replaced a Saturday morning jam, but family always takes priority, we all know that. So, played some catch with Flo at the park, rounded up Chris, Martin and Nate and went to our Balboa spots to look at art. Took a break at home to get some stuff done, then went to Saturday night Stone with Chris, Justyn, Eli and Tiffany. The Growlers were filled and transported downtown to Kate's condo, which actually was really sweet. I didn't really mean to drink as much as I did because I had to meet up at 8 AM the next morning at school, but my growler was empty when we left and got home around 3:30. Also, way disappointing that the Hot Shots at the condo didn't work out. I blame myself. BUT, the condo was way sweet and I can't wait to do it again.
Sunday after getting the school work out of the way and waking everyone up, the Zoo ended up being me, Flo and Lily. Garret joined up later, and it made for a very educational, entertaining afternoon of watching animal drama. Grabbed some dinner at Panda later, which was very relaxing. I like how we meet up there and basically close the place up with 20% off food. Finished the night getting some more work done, which ended up taking a lot longer than expected. Didn't get to sleep until 4:30, so I was pretty tired this morning. But, a pleasant Sunday night and great weekend lingered in me all day.
OK, I made a mistake on the pools. Game 6 doesn't eliminate a team, it just determines the top seed for pool 2. Both move on.
WBC
Today's Scores:
Korea 1 @ Japan 0 (Korea top seed from Pool A for Round 2)
Mexico 14 @ South Africa 3 (South Africa eliminated)
Italy 6 @ Canada 2 (Canada eliminated)
Puerto Rico 3 @ Netherlands 1
Tomorrow's Games
Italy @ Venezuela 5:00 PM
Dominican Republic @ Netherlands 6:30 PM
Cuba @ Australia 8:00 PM
Looks like Japan is coming to San Diego. And my prediction is against Cuba.
08 March 2009
Here's a little WBC post before my weekend recap. Probably do that sometime tomorrow during work.
I know I missed a lot yesterday because Pool A is already in the final Game 6. Taipei, China and Panama are out, and I guess there must be a 10 run rule in this tourney because both Korea and China lost by more than 10 and the game ended in 7 innings. Funny.
WBC
Friday's Scores:
China 4 @ Taipei 1 (Taipei eliminated)
Saturday's Scores:
Japan 14 @ Korea 2 (7 innings)
USA 6 @ Canada 5
Venezuela 7 @ Italy 0
Netherlands 3 @ Dominican Republic 2
Puerto Rico 7 @ Panama 0
Today's Scores:
Korea 14 @ China 0 (7 innings, China eliminated)
Cuba 8 @ South Africa 1
Dominican Republic 9 @ Panama 0 (Panama eliminated)
Australia 17 @ Mexico 7
USA 15 @ Venezuela 6
Tomorrow's Games:
Korea @ Japan 6:30 PM
Italy @ Canada 6:30 PM
Netherlands @ Puerto Rico 6:30 PM
Mexico @ South Africa 7:00 PM
Round 2 starts in San Diego, and there's 6 games total. Only two weekend games though, both on Sunday. I'm looking at that 1:00 PM game, the rest are all 8:00 PM weekday games except one at 6:00 PM. Leave comments if you're interested.
06 March 2009
It felt good to get back to Thursday nights: work, school, poker, etc. Good stuff, and actually it's almost the REAL weekend!
WBC
Today's Scores:
Taipei 0 @ Korea 9
Tonight's Game:
Taipei @ China 7:30 PM (Loser is eliminated)
Tomorrow's Games:
Japan @ Korea 2:00 AM
Netherlands @ Dominican Republic 8:00 AM
Canada @ USA 11:00 AM
Panama @ Puerto Rico 2:00 PM
Italy @ Venezuela 5:00 PM
05 March 2009
Pools for World Baseball Classic:
Pool A: China, Japan, Taipei, Korea
Pool B: South Africa, Cuba, Australia, Mexico
Pool C: Canada, USA, Italy, Venezuela
Pool D: Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico
Each pool has 6 games: Two teams play in Game 1, the other two play in Game 2. Game 3 is the losers of Game 1 and 2, Game 4 is the winners. Whoever wins game 4 goes on to Game 6, whoever wins Game 3 plays the loser of game 4 in Game 5. The loser of Game 3 is eliminated. The winner of Game 5 goes on to Game 6, the loser is eliminated. The winner of Game 6 is the pool winner. Simple.
I couldn't find a Google app with scores or schedules or anything, so I'll just do it myself. Today's post and all of the proceeding will look as follows:
WBC
Today's Scores:
China 0 @ Japan 4
Tomorrow's Games:
Taipei @ Korea 1:30 PM
All times are Pacific. Interesting note, looks like a lot of the WBC teams are playing spring training games against MLB teams right now.
02 March 2009
San Francisco was obviously a great escape, but it felt kind of ordinary. Even though I haven't been there since May I think, I just blended in like one of the locals and didn't get too much excitement outside of the partying. That's probably why I ended up doing my entire database modeling project while I was there...
Friday night I landed around 9 and made it to the house by 10. I guess they had been going since 6, so it was in full swing once I strolled in. It was actually one of the bigger parties but I still got in a sweet game of pong with this other guy from SD that went into triple overtime. That really was the highlight, and after it proceeded into some guys fighting over something stupid, others doing lines of Reel Big Fish CDs, and then a random stray dog entering the house. It had weird tumor thing on its neck, so no one liked it and they kept throwing it out. Kind of sad but necessary. Once it hit three or four, some of us were ready to crash and others weren't, so there was no way I was getting a couch upstairs. I was feeling kinda bummed when I remembered the couch downstairs in the garage. Success! That was, however, reason number one for sleeping with the rats.
Saturday morning I slept until about 11, got up, did my best to shower in the sink, and headed to school to start my project. Nice walk actually, I stopped on Ocean for my typical bag of fruit, chips, an Vietnamese sandwich. The library was totally under construction and shut down, and I didn't feel like walking to the temporary one they set up all the way over by the police station. Luckily the student center was open and I cracked open the project syllabus for the first time to get some good headway. I also napped a lot in those chairs that start comfortable and end up like bricks. They ended up kicking me out of there before closing, so my last option was Borders at Stonestown mall. Always crowded at Seattle's Best, but after a minute I scored a table and got a couple more hours of work in. I figured I had done enough for the day so I made the trek home in time for Saturday night beer pong, which usually starts around 3 or 4. One guy that I beat punched a hole in the drywall, another one kicked a chair into the window and just CRACKED it. He decided that wasn't good enough and ended up just kicking it in. Keep in mind this is on the top floor in the living room. After such a large bash on Friday, we just played at home for a few more hours and chilled before heading to another party in the Sunset. We left around 10:30 I think and had to take the 29, which stops running around 12:30. Therefore we got there, made the rounds for an hour or so, and then had to leave to catch it home. On the bus ride back, called up Red Sea, smoked and ate before calling it a night. Of course, with a broken window now and night time temperatures around 45 degrees, I wasn't going to sleep upstairs Saturday night either. Reason number two for sleeping with the rats...
I at least woke up a little earlier on Sunday morning, around 9, although I now knew I had caught some bad germs over the course of the last two days. I still needed to finish that project and I wanted to go downtown so I headed for the library on Powell. Closed. So I went to the Apple store (I now own a mighty mouse) and H&M, got lunch at Sam Wo and went to the Borders in Union Square where I pretty much finished the whole thing. Of course, when I got off BART at Balboa Park to walk 3 blocks back home, 4 guys followed me and might of done something had I not made it to the front steps just in time. Seriously 1 minute later I looked out and they had got some guy just walking out of his house. On that note, I took off for SFO and put some finishing touches on the project while waiting for my delayed flight. Finally, back in San Diego!
Honestly, it was a fun trip but it felt kind of unnecessary. And I definitely caught something gross there, and I've spent this week trying to rid it from my body. It's good to be home again.
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