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| 14 jul 2001 dude.� i had no idea yesterday was friday the 13th.� hm. that's me in san jose japantown drinking my favorite japanese drink... milk tea.� yeah, it's a little like the tea they use in pearl milk tea, except it's a little blander.� but still good shit.� today, nine of us taiko peeps went to sj japantown to witness the obon festival.� my nemesis taiko group, san jose taiko, performed.� ha.� they were ok.� but i played up my bad attitude and mocked them.� just a bit. after the performance, we made a little trek to a small market to get shaved ice.� i LOVE the shaved ice with condensed milk.� but i decided not to get any, so while everyone enjoyed their desserts, i just sipped on my tea. right after that picture was taken, my cell phone rang.� shit.� it seems my block in the chip isn't quite working.� or at least, it's behaving in inexplicable ways.� my boss was on the line, and he was asking me if i could come into work today.� unfortunately, i didn't have my car with me, so i guiltily said i couldn't make it... i HATE it when i'm the cause of setbacks at the company; it makes me feel like little bowl of shit sitting in the corner. damn.� i was in a bad mood ever since.� i was really quiet at dinner, just mulling over the possible reasons how the behavior in the lab could be explained.� damn.� if there's a bug in my block, i think i'm gonna break down and cry.� the block from hell, the CFi, was a nightmare to design and verify.� we tested the hell out of it, we emulated it in the lab, and STILL... it might still have some problems.� it's the hardest thing i've ever worked on in my life, and i just want to get it behind me.� really badly. the day started when the nine of us met at ming's for dim sum.� it was great being one of the chinese people, because i got to interact with the people pushing the carts, ordering the food, filtering the cuisine for everyone.� it's always cool to eat at ethnic places with a native or two.� it's very rare when taiko people, who have typically been predominantly japanese, do something chinese-y.� heh.� for once, the activity was in MY cultural domain. $180 later (not bad for nine people, i guess) we headed off to san jose.� time passed by rather quickly.� i made a mistake of saying "shit" in a buddhist temple.� carol punched me for that.� sometimes i have to watch my language; i think i had to consciously tone it down today because there were a lot of kids there. the girl who won the cute award at the taiko conference two weeks ago in LA was there.� so i had a little excitement when i got to sneek in a zoomed-in picture snap with my camera.� i was very stealthy.� i felt kind of sheepish when the other taiko peeps were scanning through my pictures, and i was just waiting for a "what the heck is this picture of emi doing here?"� luckily, no one asked.� i just think she's cute.� that's all.� glad no one gave me shit for taking her picture. damn.� that phone call from work really ruined my day.� i HATE it when work invades my personal time.� i like to separate the two lives so that when i come home from the office, i just forget about that part of my day. when i first started working after graduating, work ruled my life.� i would constantly think about it when i came home.� i would even dream about it.� it really sucked... it's like the job followed me around 24 hours a day.� gradually, i was able to keep it separate from my free time, but during times like these, it can get pretty hard.� after that phone call, i just couldn't stop myself from trying to figure out what was going on in the lab.� i got that old annoying feeling of something work-related haunting my thoughts all over again. after i got home, i went over to jay's friend's place... tom and kathy.� well, it was just kind of depressing because their place is so well-decorated and lived in, unlike the wasteland that is my place.� they had lots of furniture, wall decorations, pictures, etc.� it looked like a REAL dwelling.� i thought about our housewarming party, and how our place is gonna look quite pathetic.� you could call it minimal, but that's just a fucking euphemism. we played dance dance revolution... although i've seen it all over the place, i actually played it for the first time.� damn.� with those arrows are flying all over the place, it can get totally overwhelming.� i tried a "four-foot" rating, and the game was over in a matter of seconds.� i just saw all the fucking arrows, and i freaked out.� ha.� it's fun, though.� but i don't think we can get it here because we have neighbors downstairs.� they'd get pretty pissed at all the stomping. oh.� jay and i think we're going to name our place "leghorn."� it's the closest cross-street on san antonio... not quite at the intersection, but close enough.� so there you go.� our place finally has a name. poor jay.� he lost his keys while riding the stealth roller coaster at great america.� so that means that while he's at the hospital tomorrow, i'm going to have to go to some place and make copies of the four keys that belong to the place. i am terrified of losing two things: my keys and my wallet.� they are such pain the asses to replace.� speaking of wallets, my right ass pocket in my jeans is starting to rip very badly, so my wallet's hanging out of it.� so today, i had to move my wallet from my right cheek to my left cheek pocket.� it feel really odd.� isn't it amazing how we're so NOT parity-enabled people?� meaning that left and right really make a big difference to us?� after moving my wallet, i just felt like i had this monstrous growth growing out of my left asscheek.� sitting down only amplified how uncomfortable it was.� so tomorrow, i gotta stop by the gap and buy myself a new pair of jeans. weird day today.� went fine.� then i got distracted by work, and i haven't been the same since.� *shrug*� damn the blasted job.� so now, unless the problem is solved in the lab, i think the rest of my weekend is ruined... yeah, i let things bug me a little more than they should... but i don't think i can help it... like rahul said, i just get worked up by things really easily.� yuck.� too sensitive. oh yeah.� one more thing.� while driving in dishi's car to san jose, i noticed the music he was playing... and i asked him what cd it was.� he said, "vienna teng!"� woo hoo.� apparently the links between me and adam/eric caused dishi to muck around their sites and explore vienna teng's music.� neat-o!� yeah.� it's good stuff.� i think i shall have him order me a cd because i don't have paypal; i would have ordered one sooner had i had paypal. ha.� now having added links to those two from this journal (i wasn't planning on it), i might as well say... hey!� i didn't mention amabelle today, did i?� heh.� i hope she's getting over her illness.� get better, amms... hopefully you'll have some watermelon jell-o shots to look forward to next friday! ok.� it's not even midnight yet, but i think i'm gonna sleep now.� nighty-night folks. |