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Feelin rather bruised
Audio, bonus (photo by phule, more)
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Mon,
Aug 13,
2007
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8:44:00 PM in personal / photo
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"Time flies when you're pretending to have fun"
I'm catching up on the final season (season five), I hope someday I can meet someone who enjoys this show as much as I do
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Sun,
Dec 3,
2006
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9:19:27 PM in personal / tv
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I'd like to think it's cuz I do not get to be creative in my job so this is one outlet.. okay that's just bs. I just can't help it, don't blame me
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Fri,
May 5,
2006
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10:30:59 AM in personal
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.. and I want all of you to know about it
Thanks for everyone for putting up with my whack restaurant picks, the presents (last minute and otherwise), dressing up for the event which was incredibly ...
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Sat,
Apr 29,
2006
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7:29:57 AM in food / personal / sanfrancisco / suck
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.. or this Monday sucks (more than usual)
I'll be home in 17 days, I really can't wait (reference)
More photos by Rod Graves
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Mon,
Mar 13,
2006
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11:31:42 AM in flickr / france / personal / travel
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..or a frightening verbalization of the biggest fear of my life
Gladwell [...] it's really risky to work hard, because then if you fail you can no longer say that you failed because you didn't work ...
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Mon,
Mar 6,
2006
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2:51:00 PM in personal
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Uploaded a crapload of 2004 pictures to Flickr, tons of fun
HMB
LA
Camp GG II
Hawaii
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Paris
NYC
Boston
Misc
NYE
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Tue,
Feb 28,
2006
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5:34:31 PM in flickr / personal / 2004
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Happy Chinese new year. From Wikipedia In the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, on a date between January 21 and February 21. This year it falls on January ...
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Sun,
Jan 29,
2006
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5:41:07 PM in personal
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Best present: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Thanks Gee
More presents on my Flickr set
Posted
Mon,
Dec 26,
2005
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10:57:58 AM in personal
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"I feel like one of those people who's so freaking miserable, they can't be around normal people. Like I'll infect the happy people. Like I'm some miserable disease[...]"
This is from Grey's Anatomy...
Posted
Mon,
Nov 28,
2005
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3:13:28 AM in personal / travel
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1) forget capitalization
2) or apostrophe
i.e. wasnt, wont, dont, cant, lets, whos, aint
3) or proper punctuation
question marks are for sissies
4) "in" instead of "ing"
i.e. gettin, goin, eatin, m...
Posted
Tue,
Nov 22,
2005
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9:23:13 AM in personal
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Extra lame indeed
I missed Depeche Mode @ the so frequently mispelled HP Pavilion (new album is so so but shoulda been a good show) and Arctic Monkeys @ Popscene (hype)
Posted
Mon,
Nov 21,
2005
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8:34:03 PM in personal
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Over 170 pictures, pretty bored
Shows - MMJ @ Fillmore, Corteo
Eat - Sino, Thirsty Bear
DVD - U2 Elevation Tour, Final Cut, Sky High
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Mon,
Nov 14,
2005
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11:14:55 PM in personal
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Karma like destiny or fate bullshit is really for the birds. It ain't real. If it was, by all account I've been a bad person and it's catching up to me
I'm gonna try to stop wallowing in self...
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Sun,
Nov 6,
2005
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5:33:31 PM in car / personal / suck
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Yea I did, I rule, this is a nice picture from the insect tag on Flickr
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Tue,
Oct 4,
2005
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7:20:23 PM in personal
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Obviously bored. Actually I had planned on shaving my head over the summer with my brother but it somehow didn't happen. I decided I would do it after my parents left, and Paul's wedding.. response is...
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Tue,
Aug 30,
2005
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9:59:37 PM in personal
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Boo, my sleeping pattern is out of whack
To this day, Seinfeld remains my favorite sitcom of all time.. it's showing it's age when my brother sees it on television and goes "oh here goes this show fr...
Posted
Thu,
Jul 28,
2005
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1:39:37 AM in personal / tv
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Because I'm always so bored, I decided I should give blade shaving a try. I do like the idea of a close shave. I've talked to Lil Gee about this recently and it seemed to work for him, so why not? My ...
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Tue,
Jul 26,
2005
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12:39:20 PM in personal
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I just smacked some fly-type flying insect with my bare hands! I should keep some chopsticks around so I can do that Mr Miyagi thing! Yo I rock either way
Image from the Karate Kid Web Site
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Fri,
Jul 22,
2005
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7:05:07 PM in personal
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Tried to do some kind of celebration for my friend Rene who's ballering out of control though she needs some skills shopping for sure. After roaming Valley Fair for hours and not so much to...
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Wed,
Jun 29,
2005
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3:40:08 AM in friend / personal
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After spending a hefty $11 on a hair cut, I went down to Hollywood Video where they actually still have the free birthday rental (go HV), picked up Jay-Z - Fade to Black dvd which I'm not even sure i...
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Sun,
May 1,
2005
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10:53:23 PM in personal / shopping
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Had the weirdest and vividest dream as of late. It was about me missing my flight to Japan and gettin jacked by ANA (All Nippon Airlines) at the gate.
I got to a non-descript airport really late, and...
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Wed,
Apr 20,
2005
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10:30:56 AM in personal
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Had a nasty cough for about 2 weeks now (the greatest gift from Jen and/or Cary), was gonna smack it down with cough drops and random pills from the medicine cabinet at work but it hasn't been that s...
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Thu,
Apr 14,
2005
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10:21:54 AM in personal / sick
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Woke up at 630a today, kinda scary, I ain't done that forever (though Lucy says I'm a robot cuz I'm on no sleep). I did have to get up early so maybe my subconscious is trippin out..
Group Lunch yo, ...
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Fri,
Apr 1,
2005
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7:34:02 AM in personal
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My cousin Felix from Canada is in town for the Fancy Food show in San Francisco (talk about work, he said on the last day, all the "exhibitors" give out free food cuz they don't really wanna bring it ...
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Sat,
Jan 22,
2005
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9:11:24 PM in art / personal / travel
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for a while now i've been scouring craigslist for a piano and i finally i took delivery of a 25-year-old wurlitzer today from an old couple in los altos (who knew some parts of that town were so close...
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Wed,
Jan 12,
2005
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10:19:39 PM in personal
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About that time of the year. I got some other categories in their own posts
Purchases
Best thing I bought all year was my Canon SD10 digital camera, it's a shame I lost it. Next is probably my Tivo ...
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Sun,
Jan 2,
2005
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2:48:37 PM in 2004 / personal / shopping / sports / travel / web
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a bit outta control friday, a sad recurring theme. we tried this "premium" abzolut vodka called level but i think we're stickin to grey goose. it looks like i lost my camera. dang we had some real goo...
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Sun,
Dec 19,
2004
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9:30:37 PM in friend / party / personal
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spotted this at our monday lunch spot ryowa in mountain view, lil gee here can't help laughin
mullets... in short, DONT DO IT!
Posted
Mon,
Dec 13,
2004
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11:19:31 PM in personal
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The most valuable snack at work is... the mighty banana.. if only it would last longer than a couple of days :-)
I received two drone pre-recorded calls today from fuckin Mike Dunleavy of the sucky G...
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Thu,
Sep 23,
2004
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4:26:09 PM in personal / food / sports
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"there is no greater feeling in the world than swatting a fly in midair with your bare hands"
totally feel you dawg!
almost a year later, local talented kid is still doin it, workin on some new mate...
Posted
Mon,
Aug 23,
2004
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3:23:02 PM in personal / comics
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It's pretty nice to be back, went out Friday to Rouge which can really be called the Bay Area Friday hot spot, got major faded so it really doesn't matter but I thought it was good
On Friday also, I ...
Posted
Sun,
Aug 22,
2004
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11:15:51 PM in personal / clubs / party / book / tv
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That shit is 10 months away but I'm sad already
"I mean, not that there's ANYTHING wrong with turning 28! I know lots of people who have done it! And according to some article my mother read on an air...
Posted
Mon,
Jul 12,
2004
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8:46:45 PM in personal
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No more chips (or wheat thins, or cheez-its for that matter)
Least till next week hehe :-)
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Wed,
Jul 7,
2004
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10:14:53 AM in personal
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Straight from craigslist rants & raves, you tell em anon-35605374!
The ONLY purpose of a "platonic" friendship with an EX is to cheat without getting caught. This is something that really sucks about ...
Posted
Tue,
Jul 6,
2004
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2:58:04 PM in personal
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So I'm really starting to enjoy my Sundays. Gone are the days of stress over school work and lamenting over the end of the week-end. No classes on Mondays baby, just work. Work can be quite okay if yo...
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Mon,
Jun 28,
2004
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11:09:53 PM in personal
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Had a cookies/wheat thins/chips (aight I ate too much junk) induced dream last night, it was wild. So real, it wasn't that it was very good but I wished I was still in it when I woke up. Some of these...
Posted
Fri,
Jun 18,
2004
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11:38:02 AM in personal
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There's a well reheased and practiced technique of what I call a "non-vite": an invitation (or offer) that you know very well that it will be rejected, making you come out a prince for making the so-c...
Posted
Mon,
May 17,
2004
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2:44:53 PM in personal
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so in an unprecedent move, i caved into the odd pressure not to have anything in the mail coming (don't worry i'm just extra bored, like the theme of the month.. hey who said april's the cruellest mon...
Posted
Wed,
Apr 7,
2004
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4:45:13 PM in book / shopping / personal
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I come home Saturday morning and my computer is all jacked up, DSL down etc.. in fact it was my shitty ass SMC router actin up. Wireless still okay but the ports were all f'd up. Quite frustrating. I ...
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Sun,
Mar 21,
2004
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12:20:28 PM in personal
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so my dad sends me this fax and it's a letter from my uncle, typed up and in chinese (who says these chinese classes are usueless).. basically my uncle is thinkin of leavin our travel agency and work ...
Posted
Thu,
Mar 18,
2004
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10:09:37 PM in personal
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so i'm workin on a few pieces.. hey gotta change it up right (even tho i am nowhere near mastering my other pieces.. what can i say, i suck)
i should have a lesson this saturday so i'm workin on this...
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Thu,
Mar 18,
2004
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12:34:16 AM in personal
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might finally be gettin over of this cold tho i do a lot of coughin
week-end was pretty good, the weather was gorgeous.. can't hate on the bay for reals
real quick: rouge friday (took good pix), beach...
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Mon,
Mar 15,
2004
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12:17:36 AM in personal
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For me the great art of cube decoration reflects trends in pop culture, so the stuff changes quite a bit. In reality, it most likely gives you an idea of my boredom level at work, At any rate, Lauren ...
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Fri,
Mar 12,
2004
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3:22:38 PM in personal
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So my knee is jacked, thanks to running too much at 7:30 in the morning, I got a nasty cold with a thing right there in my throat, forget the coughing and the runny nose. This sucks. To think I caught...
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Fri,
Mar 5,
2004
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2:14:27 PM in exercise / personal
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My parents + my 2nd brother Denis are here, their plane landed around 1ish. They'll be here for 2 weeks. I took a few days off so no work for me till Wednesday. I took more days off the week after, sh...
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Sat,
Feb 14,
2004
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10:49:05 PM in personal
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finally...
Application Type: I129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER
Current Status:
This case has been approved. On February 2, 2004, an approval notice was mailed. If 14 days have passed and you ha...
Posted
Wed,
Feb 4,
2004
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11:11:50 PM in personal
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So here we are, a week into the 04, let's take a look at what rocked in 2003 baby
- Movies
For all out fun, Finding Nemo probably pleased most all people though Sinbad was particularly strong for tr...
Posted
Wed,
Jan 7,
2004
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1:40:59 PM in comics / movie / music / personal / tv / 2003
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Barely anyone showed up to work today, empty lot... left around 2:30p, not bad.. Merry christmas
Got some nice dinner with jbc, just hung it outs with some egg nog and played the eye toy on ps2, that...
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Wed,
Dec 24,
2003
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4:38:57 PM in personal
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Rented my piano at this nice ass store PianoMax on Duane (off 101).. I got a spinnet (a short upright) French, pretty old but what ya gonna do for $20/month.. it's actually hecka old, wood finish.. an...
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Fri,
Nov 14,
2003
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8:28:08 PM in personal
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So I had this weird vivid dream last nite or a couple of days ago. There was something about my Chinese name (丁建安) and how it was supposed to be written differently.. Like you cou...
Posted
Thu,
Nov 13,
2003
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9:18:01 AM in personal / tv
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A bit Mandarin crazy lately but I'm having fun with it
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Tue,
Oct 14,
2003
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4:38:25 PM in personal
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Saw the nastiest spider outside my building at work, it's HUUGE!
Been busy for a hot minute, I saw Thirteen about how outta control young girls can get, the parents really have to fess up and be ther...
Posted
Tue,
Oct 7,
2003
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11:14:28 AM in movie / personal
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Got hair cut last night, I go to this place next to my house, like $10.. solid I guess
Lady is nice, she recognizes me now but I mean, it's still a $10 hair cut hehe.
We're goin short this time aroun...
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Wed,
Sep 10,
2003
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8:52:46 AM in personal
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Parents plus my youngest bro Denis being a stay (June 28) till mid-August
Two of my cousins are staying too (land July 4th)
One of the cool side effects of my mom being around is having a super stock...
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Sun,
Jun 29,
2003
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11:02:40 PM in personal
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Always feel compelled to write at night for no reason. Watched a buncha lame flicks lately, from Shanghai Knights to Cradle 2 the Grave to A Guy Thing. Blah, people in Hollywood just make safe movies,...
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Sun,
Jun 15,
2003
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1:16:30 AM in music / personal
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My spring seminar on Cluster and Grid Computing ended yesterday, no finals (nice). The class work load in general was lighter than others (4 units though) but it had a lot of reading and weekly papers...
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Mon,
Aug 4,
2003
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2:03:06 PM in personal
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Since Jan 8, I've had no DSL at home, my old providel DirecTVDSL went under. I am lookin at some providers and it looks like I am going with DSL Extreme
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Work work work.. hopefully I can have some new year resolutions and stick to em
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Parents and brothers visiting from 4/13 to 4/27
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Bleh.. gotta fill out this loan application thing for mortgage.. :-/
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Woohoo, my birthday today, and breakfast with John Chambers (Cisco Systems CEO).. well me and a few hundreds of my colleagues.. too much excitement (nope)
Had dinner at Spago (uppity restaurant in Pa...
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Work
My group has been spared by the layoffs at Cisco (8500 jobs cut, representing about 12% of our work force)
News Feed
Added the news feed to the right in Home
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NBA
The playoffs are on and kickin'.. probably the only time of the year I kinda watch the game, but it's great.
Work
Big announcement about work tomorrow. Hopefully good news. Life goes on.
Intere...
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My Parents and my 2 brothers are coming tomorrow from France, I have been cleaning like crazy! But it's all good.
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Back to work after a great week-end.. :-(
I'm working on controlling a software module to a optical component, using DLL files. It's not too obvious and I was stuck all day..
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