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  Thursday November 9, 2006

1. Do not forget your wallet, or else you will never hear the end of it for the remainder of the trip.
2. Kicking your friends’ asses at Tetris DS is extremely satisfying.
3. It’s even more satisfying if done while drunk and taking a dump in the bathroom.
4. You will only win at roulette if you use an extremely dumb method to choose the winning color.
5. I have aged a lot in a span of three months. I went from being carded at every casino to being carded only once.
6. I do not like Jägermeister

Me and seven of my friends got jaywalking tickets in Old Town Pasadena, at that weird intersection right in front of Buca de Beppo where there’s that big sign saying “Do not cross here.” Instead of paying a bail fee of $114, they should give us the option of attending walking school, with the curriculum consisting of “Walk only where the government allows you to walk.”

My friends made me dance like a fool and get my ass spanked at Hooters for my birthday. Then they all gave me a DS Lite and I was kinda sad cause friends are awesome and they shouldn’t have. I still haven’t seen any photos or videos from the night, so I imagine they’re editing them together to make a “greatest hits” compilation which will probably make its debut in Youtube.

I’m finally getting around to finishing the Firefly DVD Set. Such great TV, and yet watching the show only causes great anger at Fox for canceling it. Bastards.

No super wide-screen video iPod like I was hoping. The new Nanos look just like the old minis now with their aluminum casing and look rather blah compared to the first gen Nanos. New shuffle design is pretty sweet though. For anyone who’s interested, Apple’s selling refurbished first-gen 2GB Nanos for $99.

The Nintendo Wii has a release date of November 19 and a price of $249. I want.

Don’t ask questions. Just worship.

Bluemooniac: Eric is just too awesome
Bluemooniac: Lena is too powerless against him
Bluemooniac: the all-mighty Eric
Bluemooniac: hail Eric

Banking

A nice feature of Washington Mutual’s online banking is how it will scan in deposited checks just to jog your memory of, “Oh yeah, that’s what that check was for.”

Of course, what’s even better is seeing what I put in the “for” field for the checks I write to my parents as part of my living expenses:

I’m waiting for the day when the Feds call me up about this.

Fed: Sir, we’re calling about this check you wrote for…hookers.
Me: Yeah?
Fed: Well, you wrote a check for…hookers?
Me: Her credit card machine was broken.
Fed: *Long pause* Oh.
Me: Yeah.

Chatting

Another nice, although seemingly worthless feature (to me at least) is Gmail chat’s ability to go “off the record” and not keep a log of a current chat conversation. This is the only real use of it I’ve found:

aadarab: i think its near mathematically impossible for me to fail out, but i don’t want to take property again
aadarab: that shit sucked
me: time for us to rob a bank
me: oh wait
You are now off the record
me: time for us to rob a bank
aadarab: hahahahaha
me: I love that feature

Mr. Bayati is convinced that going off the record actually forwards the conversation directly to the CIA.

He’s Touring with Chicago!

Quite possibly the greatest “thank you” I’ve ever received, after sending Justin the classic song “Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News, followed up shortly after by his not-as-big hit, “Do You Believe in Love?”

My wife says to thank you for filling the house with more cheesy music.

Must…Debug…

I’ve spent so much time writing javascript lately that I have this urge to click the javascript errors button in Firefox any time I see it light up while browsing the web.

Go Design some Snowboards!

Completely random plug for Jorge Fino, PDF Designer. Well, not that random; I just find it amusing that his portfolio consists of nothing but a PDF, and I thought it’d be totally awesome if he advertised himself as the first and only PDF Designer.

Wow, I just visited Jorge Fino’s portfolio and realized he updated it. Well, that blows. So much for me heckling him about his PDF Portfolio. I’m still gonna try my best with keywords to make sure he comes up for Jorge Fino PDF Designer

Update again: He still has his old PDF Portfolio up! Score one from the Fino, PDF Master!

Alright, quick. If someone were to say, “Who is this guy on a horse?” who would be the first person to come to mind?

Got it? Read on to see where I’m going with this.

Continue reading “Guy On Horse”

I’m so excited. I got my first wedding invitation in the mail today from Amanda and Pierre. I should probably make some French jokes there but I can’t think of any.

The invitations themselves are covered with flower petals and grass, and the petals look like they’re about to fall off. I’d hate to think that Amanda and Pierre spent all their time making these, but at least she didn’t lick the toxic glue on old invitations and die. That would be bad, what with the wedding and the living and all.

Continue reading “Do I Smoke the Grass?”

Alien 1: The Claw is our master.

Alien 2: It decides who goes and who stays.

I’m addicted to the Claw machine. Well, the ones that let you win, at least. A lot of them are scams — fixed so that it’s near impossible to win. The claw comes down over the prize, closes shut, but then as it rises the blue elephant I had my eyes on slips right between the holes. Some of the claws don’t seem to have enough strength in their grip, while some are just way too large for the tiny prizes in the machine, and others won’t go all the way down into the sea of toys waiting to be won.

Continue reading “Twenty Three”

Happy Birthday wish to Linh, celebrating her 22nd today. Pat, don’t be jealous.

The funny thing I’ve learned about singing “Happy Birthday” in a public restaurant is that as soon as one person starts singing, the whole group joins in, and eventually, if the mood is right, everyone in the room joins in.

Thanks to Pat for the heads up on this one. It looks like Dairy Queen is offering free cones today as well, yay! Alright, so today, hit up Dairy Queen first for the free cone, then over to Ghiradelli if time permits.

Happy 22nd to Cindy, purveyor of execellent music recommendations.