Yeah.
That would be nice.
Archive for April, 2006
Yeah.
That would be nice.
Yeah.
That would be nice.
Cool pics inside:
http://www.whitesharktrust.org/pages/mediaarticle/media25.html
So much to do.
I cleaned much of Saturday. My desk is two giant piles of paper, but organized. I have lots to go through.
My time is running out, but my energy is running out faster.
Better get some zzzz’s so I can make it through work tomorrow.
I mean if these are the worst things going on in my life, I have a pretty good life, but they still kind of suck:
-Rooben (our Roomba) seems to be on the fritz again… but it’s no longer under warranty.*
-My boss asked me if I would give up my work laptop to a new VP who is starting in two weeks. I really don’t NEED the laptop, seeing as I have my personal laptop and also a desktop at work. Plus I’m the only person who has a private black & white and color laser printer… but I’ve been using the laptop for over a year now and it sucks to have to give it up because no one wants to pay for a new one for the new VP.
-My desk is still a disaster area. And I’ve been trying to keep it under control, too. Yeesh.
*The good news is that I called iRobot about Rooben and customer service walked me through a manual reset, which seems to have fixed it for the time being… we’ll see…
Did you know there is such a thing as the California Sumo Association?
Did you also know that there is a US SUMO OPEN and it is happening in our fair City of Angels this weekend?
I got an email from Teebubble asking if I wanted to go (wish I could, but I can’t). But I was so fascinated by the site, I had to share.
2006 US SUMO OPEN
SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2006, 12:30 PM (doors open 11:30 AM)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Petree Hall (First Floor) go to LACC
The 6th Annual US Sumo Open competition features national and world champions from countries all over the world, including a team from Japan. Watch beautiful Japanese dance, listen to high-energy taiko drumming, and check out fashionable Japanese artwork and souvenirs in the event hall. Enjoy sushi, sake, and Japanese beer while you watch the action!
Special Guest:
Yokuzuna “Grand Champion” MUSASHIMARU
Photo by: Chuck Green
Zzzzzzzzzz.
What’s a blog again?
Who am I?
Where am I?
Eeeeeeeeee!
I have to do a stupid audio powerpoint recording and everytime I start to try to record, the cats outside the window start wailing.
I know they’re just trying to make kittens and all, but I really doubt that anyone wants to hear cats having sex in the background of my PowerPoint presentation.
(Thanks to Yoshi who went outside to chase them away. Yoshi has now been designated by the grumpy jozjozjoz as the Official Cat Cock Blocker�*.)
*Hmmm… funny, Yoshi doesn’t appreciate that moniker… can anyone think of something better?
This sucks.
Bruins meeting their match in Indianapolis
3 Fla 59 8:23
2 UCLA 43 2nd
A misfiring UCLA squad is struggling to get back in the game vs. Florida at the national championship/
Arrrgh.
Final: Florida 73, UCLA 57
As a member of the UCLA family, you are invited to join us at Pauley Pavilion this evening with a few thousand of your closest Bruin friends to watch the Bruins bash the Gators on the famous arena’s scoreboard video screen.
Pizza, hot dogs, and soft drinks are for sale. Admission is free. Please be sure to bring your Alumni Association membership card, which you should show at the gate.
Doors open at 5 p.m., tip-off shortly after 6 p.m. Limited to available seating, first come, first serve. To reduce traffic congestion, we ask that you enter the campus off Sunset Boulevard. Parking will be available in structures 4 and 7. Please enter Pauley Pavilion at Gate 1.
Go Bruins!
If I was anywhere near the westside, I would SO be there! (I’m just gonna watch the game from home.)
U!
C!
L!
A!
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Thanks to the Yoshi for taking my car into the dealership to see WTF is up with the dumbass check engine light which is on (again).
But I’m pissed off that it’s going to cost me $1600 to fix whatever the hell is wrong with my car.
So I’m going to have an attitude problem about it.
I hate taking the car to the dealer. I always feel like I’m getting ripped off. Then again, if I take it other places, I don’t feel assured that my car is actually getting fixed. I always feel like I am getting lied to and I hate that, too.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have an extra $1600 lying around to spend on my dumbass car. I can’t even afford the vacation I’m going to take two weeks from now, but I really need that. Besides, it’s already paid for.
It’s a good thing I didn’t take my car in any sooner because I would’ve said “no” to the trip if I had known how much this was going to cost me.
Every time I save up money so I can spend it on something nice, some stupid shit always comes up and I end up going into more debt.
Do I need my car to live in L.A.? Yes. Do I really have the money to afford this bullshit? No fucking way.
I hate not having enough money.
So courtesy of TiVo, I just finished watching the UCLA/LSU game. I still remember the last time the Bruins went this far in the NCAA tournament in the days of the O’Bannon brothers, Tyus Edney, and Toby Bailey. I was living in Westwood at the time and I still remember the excitement on Landfair, Gayley, Kelton and Veteran as everyone followed March Madness. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the feeling of the entire street shaking in the excitement of that 1995 championship game. (Though I thought about going down there, I wasn’t down in the Village during those riots after the game…)
I can’t believe how much time has passed since those days but watching the excitement of today’s game, I was instantly transported back to that exciting NCAA tournament and how proud I was then (and still am) to be a Bruin.
This Bruin team really earned my respect today with how hard they played. And I still can’t get over how talented Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (umbah-a-moo-teh) is. How is it possible that this guy is a freshman who has only been playing 5 years of organized basketball? Amazing.
I’ll be cheering him and the rest of the UCLA team on Monday night.
*does the 8 clap*
Bruins Batter Tigers 59-45, Claim Spot In Championship Game
April 1, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The UCLA defense had blocked his final shot and he had committed his final foul. Wearily, Glen Davis plopped down on the bench and shook his head.
Oh, Baby, can the Bruins play defense.
Throw some offense in there on the same night and not even LSU and its 6-foot-9, 310-pound star, the guy known as “Big Baby,” had a chance. The Bruins shut Davis down Saturday en route to a 59-45 victory over the Tigers that put them one win away from their 12th national title.
“They came out and punched us and we didn’t recover from it,” Davis said.
The last step in the quest to hang another banner at Pauley Pavilion comes Monday in the final against Florida, a 73-58 winner over George Mason in the first semifinal. [full story]
Photos courtesy: AP Photos-Michael Conroy, Darron Cummings
… that means I just have to stay up for less than half an hour longer to watch the sunrise.
Yes, I stayed up all night.
No, I did not go out or do anything fun.
Yes, I was working (not work-work, but work nonetheless)
No, I’m not as tired as I probably should be.
UPDATE @ 6:40am - OOOPS! That was my alarm going off loudly in the other room. It’s off now.
UPDATE @ 7:05am - Ok, so I was awake during sunrise, but I missed it. Since I overslept on Friday (oops!), if I stay up for 2 hours and 10 more minutes, I will have officially been up for 24 hours straight.
UPDATE @ 7:31am - I give up. I’m going to sleep now. I have a feeling I’m going to get yelled at later for not sleeping.
UPDATE @ 8:01am - So I lied. I didn’t really go to sleep because I’m still up.
UPDATE @ 11:49am - So I got about 3 hours of sleep and guess what? I’m totally messed up! I can’t write, complete a thought, or focus on anything! Woot! This will be a fun day!
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