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...
14 years ago
19 June 2009
Finally, we're getting out of Santee and not staying in a hotel for the night! Camping this weekend is gonna be a blast and I think the last time I went I was a sophomore in high school. This is a good time to post a blog as all electronics and other forms of communication, including cell phones and laptops, will be shut down for the weekend. Just the guys, beer, and nature.
Otherwise, work has been entertaining and my search for a new pad continues. Finding the right place requires time, and I'm still happily caught up in summer activities to properly devote enough to really find one I like. But I'm close...
Right now I'm just enjoying going to weekly baseball games and working on stuff at home with the bros. I've been torrenting like mad to get parallels on my laptop and run windows and OSX simultaneously. I kinda want to experiment with Windows 7, and I got a new copy of Sims 3 to try out. Also, iLife and iWork have new '09 editions that I want. Once I have a professional looking website for myself, I can start building a new resume and hit the job market again.
13 June 2009
When was the last time I blogged? I've been putting it off and I like to think it's because I'm so busy I don't have the time to recap everything going on...sure, let's go with that.
School officially feels over after ending 3 weeks ago and I like it. Everything worked out as planned; it wasn't my best semester in college (probably my worst) but my solid GPA going into it and superior ability to improvise effort made sure that all the classes were passed and that I even managed to learn a thing or two along the way. I think I already talked about this, but I get a free summer and then I only have two classes in Fall. I'm actually looking forward to it because two other ladies from Santee will be heading west as well : ) Also, congratulations to Eli for graduating UCSD and Justyn for a successful first semester. Let's have a great summer!
So far, times have been good. Despite this June gloom, which makes it feel like we've been living in the Astrodome for two weeks, it's finally starting to feel like summer vacation. I've just been working, hanging out with people and actually starting to work out consistently again. There's a lot to improve on, both physically and mentally, but I'm enjoying the challenge and have to remember to not be impatient. The hunt for a new place to live has at least started, although it's tough to find that perfect one. Initially I was set on moving out ASAP, but I've kind of settled into the Santee slacker lifestyle again so I'm taking my time. I'm hoping we decide on Pravada, which is nice and out of the house but close enough to maintain said lifestyle somewhat.
What else..Desiree is moving to New York for the summer, baseball on Sundays is the highlight of my week, and we're going to Anaheim to see the Padres play the Angels tomorrow. Times are good.
26 May 2009
For that weekend series when the San Diego is in LA against the Angels, I think we should drive up for the day and go the game on Saturday night. Then we can grab dinner after at you know where. To anyone who is interested, we'll buy tickets Thursday night at poker.
22 May 2009
I would say this weekend officially kicks off my first ''summer vacation'' in a couple years!
After my lone final last week and my five this week, I'm finally done with this semester and school for Spring. I knew it would feel good to be finished regardless of the outcome, but to be honest I've been worried the past month about some of my grades. I don't mind barely passing the classes I don't care about, but I was at risk of affecting my GPA too much or even having to repeat IDS 396 W, and that would have REALLY messed up my plans for the rest of 2009. Right before my last final last night, I got word that some of the final grades were already posted on webportal, and I was debating whether to check them and risk hearing the seemingly inevitable news. However, something told me to go ahead and check, and sure enough I did fine on all my finals and projects, enough to keep my grade steady. What a relief! So as scheduled, I only have two more classes to take during Fall, which I already checked and they're available during the evenings. It has me wishing I had actually walked this semester, but maybe I'll just wait. It's not really a big deal to me anyway, but I should do it for my mom if nothing else.
It sounds like there's a ton of plans cooking up for summer so it'll be nice to be free for all of it. And I want to start by having a fantastic memorial day weekend. I really want to have a good barbeque, we don't do that nearly enough anymore and we used to have some pretty epic ones.
20 May 2009
Besides the many casual home games at Petco throughout the summer, I went ahead and made a list of all the big games and trips we should be aware of:
San Diego @ LA of Anaheim
Friday, June 12 - 7:05 PM
Saturday, June 13 - 6:05 PM
Sunday, June 14 12:35 PM
*Definitely going to at least one...maybe hotel trip, Saturday night and Sunday day game?
Seattle @ San Diego
Tuesday, June 16 - 7:05 PM
Wednesday, June 17 - 7:05 PM
Thursday, June 18 - 12:35 PM
*Nice weekday interleague game
San Diego @ Seattle
Tuesday, June 23 - 7:10 PM
Wednesday, June 24 - 7:10 PM
Thursday, June 25 - 1:40 PM
*Probably a longshot, unless we make another Seattle vacation out of it
Los Angeles @ San Diego
Friday, July 3 - 7:05 PM
Saturday, July 4 - 4:05 PM
Sunday, July 5 - 1:05 PM
*July 4th weekend vs. the Dodgers, sweet
San Diego @ San Francisco
Thursday, July 9 - 7:15 PM
Friday, July 10 - 7:15 PM
Saturday, July 11 - 6:05 PM
Sunday, July 12 - 1:05 PM
*San Francisco trip, and last series before the All Star break
San Diego @ Los Angeles
Friday, September 4 - 7:10 PM
Saturday, September 5 - 7:10 PM
Sunday, September 6 - TBD
*Last weekend series in LA
Also, for a weekend baseball roadtrip, San Francisco and Oakland are in town together only once, while Los Angeles and LA of Anaheim are in town twice:
Friday, July 31 - Sunday, August 2
Philadelphia @ San Francisco
Friday, July 31 - 7:15 PM
Saturday, August 1 - 6:05 PM
Sunday, August 2 - 1:05 PM
Toronto @ Oakland
Friday, July 31 - 7:05 PM
Saturday, August 1 - 6:05 PM
Sunday, August 2 - 1:05 PM
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Friday, July 24 - Sunday, July 26
Florida @ Los Angeles
Friday, July 24 - 7:10 PM
Saturday, July 25 - 7:10 PM
Sunday, July 26 - 1:10 PM
Minnesota @ LA of Anaheim
Friday, July 24 - 7:05 PM
Saturday, July 25 - 1:10 PM
Sunday, July 26 - TBD
Friday, August 7 - Sunday, August 9
Atlanta @ Los Angeles
Friday, August 7 - 7:10 PM
Saturday, August 8 - 7:10 PM
Sunday, August 9 - 1:10 PM
Texas @ LA of Anaheim
Friday, August 7 - 7:05 PM
Saturday, August 8 - 1:10 PM
Sunday, August 9 - TBD
Everybody can choose their faves and we can plan accordingly!
19 May 2009
I thought practice on Saturday sounded good and was really enjoyable, probably due to the fact that we haven't done it in a while. Even though it seems like we've lost a step, I'm excited to get back into it once school is over, and I want to keep writing stuff so we have new material to play.
I also think we should have our own place to practice during the summer. I say we throw all our money into it and have a fat studio with everything we've ever wanted. We should make a point to record everything in us before it slips away: indie stuff, hardcore, Jetlag, pop punk, whatever. That's living. I want new guitars!
AND, even though I feel like I'm more productive on my own, once songs are pretty much complete we should bring Eli in to play guitar 2 and add more depth.
15 May 2009
I just had my wisdom teeth removed this morning. The bottom two were always a bit irritating, but they ended up taking out all four, which I wasn't expecting.
The whole procedure really wasn't bad at all, despite all the speculation built up from others' experiences and stories. I was under the whole time (well mostly). I don't think he gave me much of anything during the procedure because I woke up twice; the first time he game a little more anesthesia, second time toward the end he just said "fuck it" and finished up. I can remember opening my eyes, seeing strange colors, and trying to speak, probably to tell him I was awake. It was hard because there was so much shit in my mouth and I was hopped up. Also, the numbness in my lips and chin went away in about 2 hours, while others said they were numb for 14!
Anyway, it went by really quickly and to make up for the lack of drugs during the thing, he hooked me up with some Oxycodone, the stronger, bigger brother of Hydrocodone (Vicodin). Everything I needed for post surgery enjoyment was in one spot in Santee: Sav-On filled my drugs, Lucky had my hot and sour soup, and Best Buy provided 21st Century Breakdown limited edition. I promptly went home, popped a couple and blasted my first listen. Also Flo brought me ice cream, thank you! : )
I don't take the whole image seriously with Green Day's rock opera trend. But there are some good songs and I enjoyed it. They do know how to record an album, they're veterans now.
13 May 2009
Three things that get me hyphy:
1. Going to Stone with my mom and then talking about death on the drive back home...weird.
2. Playing baseball for 4 hours and then going to the beach, in 62 degree cloudy weather, to swim in the water.
3. Doing a shot of Hennessy with a pincher bug in it (I assume) and Grey Goose with Martin.
My first final is today, followed by 5 next week. AND, the Fall 2009 schedule has been posted with the two classes I need, both after 5 PM. I'm going to have a free summer and travel to India I suppose.
08 May 2009
I see everyone is blogging again so I guess I better keep up.
This semester is REALLY winding down now with only one week left of "classes" and the next week begins finals. I say "classes" because I'm not quite sure which ones are holding meetings and which ones aren't; the ones I actually went to the last few weeks pretty much already wrapped up. Even so, there's not much left except finals anyway so I'm just going to hit them hard and finish this up as quick as I can.
The last two weeks were really a load but provided a finale to most of the courses. I finished two big semester presentations, one last week and one this week. Those cost the majority of my free-time all semester, so I gasped as I finally came up for air when they were over. AND I did pretty well on them; the MGT 405 basically crowned me king of bullshit because everybody knows that class is a joke, unless for some reason you major in management, but I clinched our grade by nailing all the stupid questions they threw at us. The other more useful and relevant presentation went well last night, and I'm just glad it's all over. With the 50 or so page report of our work at designing an information system, at least I have something pretty to bring into interviews now.
After arriving home tired but satisfied, it would have been perfect to top off the week seeing Star Trek with everyone but I had to finish this last SQL project. Man, that shit is a bitch. And it just goes to show how this class is run and how outdated it really is by his instructions on turning it in: "Please turn in before noon on Friday (when there are no classes) and slide it under my office door". So I had spend lunch driving out there just to turn it in. But, again, I'm just glad it's over and I hope I did enough to keep my grade up. I really slacked in that class toward the end.
In a couple hours it will be weekend time though! I'm going to swim after work (finally : /) and then take my entire extended family to Stone tonight for my mom's late but important 50th birthday. I'm down to make it a double tomorrow too. Can't wait to go with Martin, and glad to see your first blog since who knows when!!
28 April 2009
Yeah, it really was a weekend dominated by baseball. I hadn't really realized it until Chris said so. Friday was our first Padre game of the year and the only win of the homestand, so I'm glad we went that night instead of Saturday, which would have meant no 99 or sweet disco party! That was seriously the best night I've had in a long time, and the party wasn't bad either.
As I find myself trudging through the semester, it looks like there's only two weeks left before finals. I can't wait for this to end and summer to begin, and I can't believe my 36 unit barrage of classes in two semesters is coming to an end. Honestly, it's been the most work I've ever had to handle, but it's been been the best time of my life. All the memories made it whiz by; I can remember my first day after Bumbershoot like it was yesterday. AND after two full years here, I've officially taken more units at State than I did at SFSU. I guess this is home again... : )
So projects, presentations, and final exams pretty much fill the first three quarters of May, but I'm going to burn through it and hit summer with a bang. Sorry I missed basketball yesterday, but I had to be at school to finish up some final projects. Three weeks from now, I promise I'll be a basketball machine! All I want to do this summer is work out, travel, and start life after college. Yes, technically I have two more classes left, but who's counting. If they had offered them this semester, I gladly would have taken them, but I can't control that and I'm not going to let it ruin my "graduation". The bulk of the work is done and I don't care about walking or throwing caps in the air or any of that GradFest bullshit. I'm educated, I have high school diploma part two, time to move on.
20 April 2009
Definitely hating life right now. I'm so sick of school, and so disappointed in myself for not caring anymore. 33% of my skin is dry and itchy, and there's so much grey hair on my head that I'm gonna look like Eli soon. No, not Loi, Eli II.
I can't seem to do anything right anymore. Just confusion, that's all...
15 April 2009
For one night's work, I'm pretty satisfied with what I got done on this project. I'm sitting in class right now, about to turn it it and it seems like everyone was in the same boat...they keep talking about ''Question 11". "Damn, that shit was hard!" Wish I had gotten to it :/
14 April 2009
I'm hoping this senioritis is at its worse right now, because it's pretty bad and I know as the semester winds up there will be potential for much more harmful damage.
I just turned in my second VB project, which came out OK but I just completed it about an hour ago and put about 2 total hours of work into it. Currently, I might be around a low B in the class with one more project left. I think I'll need a good grade on the final too.
09 April 2009
06 April 2009
*SIGH*
Spring break is over and the grind must continue on. I do feel pretty relaxed and refreshed, but I really need to get myself back into the swing of things mentally. I've put off a lot of work and I know it's going to bite me in the ass with long nights and tired eyes. So while everyone else is on THEIR spring break (excluding Justyn and Eli of course), I hope to get caught up with everything and finish the final stretch with authority. As Dr. Cheeks would say, "I'm a little behind..."
01 April 2009
I think because of spring break, I've put off this weekend blog until now. But it definitely was a weekend, and especially Saturday, worth writing late about.
In preparation for Saturday, we didn't do very much on Friday night. Actually, I don't even remember what we did.
Saturday though, we all woke up early (for a Saturday) to play some badminton at Balboa. For some reason, the activity center was closed and it surprised everyone who showed up, not just us. Anyway, I prefer the sunshine anyway so it was nice to hit the cocks around for a while right outside, even got in a good catch. While Garrett and Kim broke away to go watch Lucas get his new tattoo, the rest went to Spaghetti Factory for lunch downtown. Despite to-go drama, it was a good lunch followed by a car nap and Blick trip. No Saturday afternoon during the months of March-September would be complete without a swim, which I was surprised I still had time for with all the things we had already done. I guess that's the beauty of waking up at a decent hour. But the pool was great, and once dry and slightly more tan, I found I had to choose between Darick's dinner at BJ's or Stone. Yeah, tough choice. Luckily, but not surprisingly, Justyn was still down to go and finish the Vertical Epic trio with the '08. This was literally a "cool" Stone trip; we brought two coolers of ice, filled 5 total 2-liters and a baby 1-liter and brought them all back ice-cold. It made the beer taste so much better. Ryder was sweet that night too. Played a game of Vert Ep pong, fireside chats, got to chip some lip, then bailed for some Yellow Shack. We weren't done yet though. The night owls (Justyn, Martin, Flo, Everett) got in some Hot Shots for the first time in ages.
We spent Sunday looking at animals at the zoo, then bypassed a nap to read at Barnes and Noble before dinner at Domo.
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.
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