MIT Robot Competition

Fri Jan 30 14:48:57 EST 2004
Went to the MIT Robot Competition last night--it was pretty cool. But, we had to leave early because Jordan was bored. Besides that, been good about finishing lots of work-work ahead of time. At lunch, I had a "business lunch" with a couple of my coworkers to just touch base on a startup. I hope something comes to fruition soon, since I think we would all be happier working on something that is ours.

Tonight, going out to dinner with Candy and her friend... a nice Indian place in Waltham, I think. Going to Minado (Japanese sushi buffet, in Natick) for Jeanie's birthday, wheee! We have a superbowl party on Sunday! Yay!! So, seems like a pretty packed weekend.

Also, getting geared up to look for new jobs now. I don't know how the job market is... I think that I definitely have time unless something catastrophic happens with the project/office/company. But, still, the hardest thing is finding out what I want to do and where I want to go.

source control system was down...

Mon Jan 26 10:01:52 EST 2004
Came in to work this morning to realize that our source control system was down... again. I woke up this morning at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep until 7am! :( Poor me. Well, nothing is going on today... I am at work... then, I have a KSquare lunch. My sister told me to behave myself, and she was going to sit me between herself and Philana, so I don't launch myself at people to beat them up. But, Philana isn't going... so if someone is annoying, I don't know what my sister will do. Hehe. :p

"WHEEEE!"

Sun Jan 25 16:51:48 EST 2004
I implemented a little counter for my website... whee. Besides that, I did some vacuuming this morning... and laundry. And then, I took a nap. :) As Juliana would say, "WHEEEE!"

Decided to venture in to developing some applications for my pocket pc...

Sat Jan 24 09:40:27 EST 2004
Decided to venture in to developing some applications for my pocket pc... fun, huh? We'll see how I do.

So, what do people think of the comment system of my blog? I doubt anyone will comment on my blogs though... it was more of a request from Candy. I guess people have a lot to say about what she says. :p

Oh, went to the Chanel counter last night to get some night cream and some highlighter/blush--but they were sold out! It was the counter at the Chestnut Hill Bloomies... what kind of Chanel counter is it?! Sold out! as if! :p

Plan for today is to go to Home Depot and get an outlet/socket replacement for our downstairs bathroom... It has been broken for about 6 months. :) We'll see if that fixes it. If not... well, I don't know. We tried calling a contractor, but contractors are really busy and it is hard for him to get to us. Oh well... we can do it ourselves (or, at least try)!

bored bored bored...

Fri Jan 23 12:39:23 EST 2004
bored bored bored... today, I will work on a blog subscription and comment system... sounds fun, huh? :)

Haiku

Tue Jan 20 21:39:32 EST 2004
Some haiku:

Wind blows frigid cold

Teardrops of ice freeze on cheeks

Blink once and eyes close

Stayed home from work today because I was sick...

Thu Jan 15 17:34:48 EST 2004
Stayed home from work today because I was sick... and it was a cold cold day--what was it? a big whopping 0F or something? But, it gave me time to reflect on things...

Okay... I didn't come up with anything. But, I did realize that I was neglecting my blog. It's not that I've been busy--it's just that I don't have anything to blog about. So, maybe that means I need to get out more? ... nah. :p

So, this past weekend, I went wedding dress shopping. I went just for fun, hoping one day, I would find that special someone, and get married on October 27th of this year (I already have the venue reserved). HAHA, just kidding. No... one of my friends is getting married--and I tagged along with her and Candy (one of her bridesmaids) on a wedding dress shopping expedition. And, I've come to realize that wedding planning is insane. I do not want to have a wedding. The dress alone takes weeks of trying on and deciding... and then you have location, time, food, invitations, color-scheme, flowers, bouquet, bridesmaid dresses, what your mother is going to wear (one of those awesome sequin tops), what your father is going to wear (the same suit he wore to my graduation--college and high school and my sister's graduation--college and highschool), the millions of people you have to invite, the millions of people you can't invite, the millions of people you don't want to invite (but are inviting anyway for your parents)... and a thousand other things. Just thinking about it now is stressing me out... and I am not even getting married.

SO... most people who know me know my awesome super-processor brain... and know that I have come up with a very simple solution to this whole wedding thing. First of all, I think I'll wear black--I don't even have a white t-shirt or white underwear, why would I have a whole white dress? Second, I think I will simply send out an evite--no invitations, with an online RSVP system. Relatives who don't have email? Well... anyone who doesn't have email doesn't have to come to any wedding of mine. Actually, one of my friends had a great idea... just have a webcast--then, the location, time, people you invite, etc. is all solved. And, for the reception... just have it some where... like my house--I will buy massive amounts of chicken on a stick from Sam's club and heat them up in the oven (I love those things!).

Just my $0.02 on weddings and stuff... we'll see what happens when/if I ever get married. :p

peanut butter and banana sandwich

Thu Jan 8 11:20:58 EST 2004
Couldn't resist ordering some shirts this morning from banana. :p Also, enhanced my guest book... I will get email notification whenever someone signs my guest book. :) I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich for breakfast this morning. Lunch--veggie soup. Yeah, that about sums up the highlights of my day. :)

Yummm had Indian buffet for lunch...

Wed Jan 7 15:04:08 EST 2004
Yummm had Indian buffet for lunch... it was soooo good. Yay! Been a busy little bee at work today... doing some new graphing things (blah, I hate graphing). I think my major beef with doing user interface things is that it is so easy for other people to complain about them--because they see it. GRRRR. Also, at work, some guy's laptop broke, and they needed an XP cd, but no one in IS&T had one... hehehe, so I said I could make them one if they had a CD-R. Well, I don't know if they got one, or they couldn't find a CD-R (probably the latter)--but, they didn't get back to me. Ha ha, funny workplace.

Hmm, watched an episode of season 3, 24--I was a little confused. Started knitting a hat... I should really try to finish one knitting project before I start on another one. :p

I think I should be getting more work today--yay!

Tue Jan 6 10:23:38 EST 2004
I think I should be getting more work today--yay! But, sucks that I'm sick. I seem to have some sinus cold... but it isn't bad at all. Maybe it will go away soon if I get enough rest. I had an egg sandwich this morning for breakfast. For lunch, I have some salty rice porridge. Hmm... what to eat for dinner tonight?

Candy is going to cook tomorrow night! I'll help her and all... but she is going to decide what to make and go shopping for it--then cook for her small group, when they come over tomorrow night.

Hehe, funny thing... my officemate at work finally received the postcard I sent him from Amsterdam... like in October! Isn't that crazy? I wonder where it has been for two months! Anyways, at least he got it.

Ummm... Happy Monday?

Mon Jan 5 10:31:31 EST 2004
Ummm... Happy Monday? First day of work in the new year... blah! Woke up to a nice wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain... BRRRR. My most exciting event of the day was eating a french toast bagel from ABP--yummm!

I'm a little sick... started getting sick Saturday night, I woke up and was not able to get back to sleep so quickly. But last night, I got a lot of rest, and seem to be doing much better today.

Happy New Year!

Sat Jan 3 13:36:59 EST 2004
Happy New Year! This has been a busy year for me... had a milestone 25th birthday, went to Amsterdam (first trip to Europe and by myself), learned a lot of stuff about home improvement, and had a great time with friends and family.

This morning, I installed an 80GB HDD on my server at home! Yay! Lots more space. Maybe I'll make it a new year's resolution to blog more...