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5/5/03 |
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I'm definitely feeling alot better than I did on Friday. I guess it's because I had a relly good weekend. Friday afternoon Aaron, Kricket, Erka, and I saw X-Men 2. It was definitely alot better than the first one. There was a ton more action this time around and Wolverine showed us why he is the man. Saturday Kricket, Erka, Erka's cousin, and I invaded Aaron's place to play some Soul Calibur 2 and watch the Final Iron Chef battle and the first episode of Macross Zero. Good stuff. Soul Calibur 2 is just as fun as the first one and I want to go on the record as saying, "Link is the cheese!!!!" I've never seen Kricket jump before except for when Link messed me up. I will probably be getting the Xbox version when it comes out. Then came Sunday. After I woke Ryan up muhahaha, we got organized and decided to go ahead with the barbecue even though the weather reports said rain. As usual, the weather report was wrong and it was a nice day at the lake. Just a little chilly. So Elise, Jon, Ryan, Sung, David, Hieu, Stevie, Aaron, me got our grill on and cooked alot of good food and just chilled and ate. Real quick I want to congratulate Elise and Jon on their upcoming wedding next Saturday and wish them a bright wonderful future. Ryan's girlfriend Shao (I can officially say this now) managed to escape from her schoolwork and dropped by for the last bit and it was nice to finally meet her. Hopefully we didn't freak her out too much. Perhaps next time she can come down for S&A (whenever I have one again). I realize that the novelty of S&A has worn off and it's dropped off a bit, I hope we can revive it a little this summer since most of you will be done with school and have some more free time. Honestly though I think there won't be alot of S&A because this summer will be "Movie Summer". Matrix 2 will be out in 10 days, then there's the Hulk, then we have the Leauge of Extrordinary Gentlemen, T3, the Italian Job, Pirates of the Carribean. I think that's about all the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Of course Shaolin Soccer is coming to theaters Aug. 8 but it's been dubbed so I'm not sure how that will turn out. I'm hoping Naho will be able to finish her CD and take care of her things there so she can get some time to come here and enjoy some movies with us. It seems like there's alot of stuff planned for this summer. I just hope I can do at least half of it.
In the meantime I'm back here in the office as most of you are at work or finishing up school for the semester. Tomorrow is my physical...uhhh yay? I might be taking the rest of the day off after I finish and just curl up in the fetal position at home wondering how much longer I have to live. I hope everyone's week goes ok. Last thing...Naho, we'll get pics of the BBQ to you soon. Isn't that right David?! |
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5/2/03 |
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I thought I wouldn't update till after X2. But hey I lied. It's my site anyway. I just feel like venting some stuff this morning. Ever feel like you're floating away? Or feel like you're lost even though you know exactly where you are? Guess what...I'm there. I feel like I've been there since I got back from Japan. Maybe it's from thinking too much about the future. I just wake up in the morning and wonder what the hell I'm doing all this for. Maybe I'm hitting my mdi-life crisis early. I guess my feelings lately can best be described the way my friend Naho describes it..."Boy's Day". Usually when girls have their "special time" they ride the emotional roller coaster as their hormones go crazy. My Boy's Day is a little different. I just stay at an emotional low for awhile and become really focused and calculating...cold. I try to keep up a cheerful appearance but it's just a mask. I'm good at masks. I've had 20 or so years of practice. I've been working on improving myself since I got back so right now I'm in that "Me" state of mind and sometimes when you look in the mirror you just don't like who you see. For me, that's when Boy's Day kicks in. There are other things influencing me too. Like my car, my finances, my family, and so on. We all have our problems and we deal with them in our own way and Boy's Day is how I deal with mine. It's not depression, just a mind-set I go into when I need to deal with important things. A little biographical information for all you loyal readers out there.
Ok, enough of the sob story. Despite my slovenly, goofy apperance and my other faults, my brain works pretty well and I do have some flashes of brilliance. The best example of this is my message board. So far it's blown up into this big monster where everyone is talking about almost everything. This of course means my website is a little more obsolete now because if you want to know what we're up to, just go to the board. And for those of us that use it, I think we can all agree that the biggest fan of the board is Naho. The past couple of nights she has stayed up until early in the morning avidly read everything we've said and joined in the fun. She's really happy that she gets to talk with all of my friends and have fun while she learns more English at the same time. She is even learning to flirt and joke and kid around like an American. The crew has given her an incredibly warm welcome and for that I'm very grateful to all of you. Hopefully she will get meet all of you in person at some point (this summer...maybe) and solidify the friendships that she is building with you guys.
As for the immediate future, we all know about our plans for the weekend. Next Tuesday I'm going to the doctor to get that ever-important physical since I did just turn 30. I will also be getting screened for Type 2 Diabtes again. Diabetes killed my grandfather and my Dad developed full blown Diabetes a few years ago including the wonderful insulin shots that go with it. Type 2, if caught in the early stages, doesn't require insulin and can be controlled with diet and exercise. Maybe oral medication at the worst. I didn't have it as of 2 years ago, but I plan to start a regular yearly screening now just to play it safe. My biggest fear from Diabetes isn't dying, but losing a foot or leg from the inability to fight infections and degeneration of the nerves down there. All of this is just another reason I'm not too chipper as of late. Now that you're drepressed from reading all this, I recommend going to my message board and have some fun to cheer yourself up. |
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4/30/03 |
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Yeah, that's right...I'm back up in here with an update after a few days off. Why you ask? Because my message board has simply exploded (the link is on the front page). Even Naho is posting there! The only MIA right now is Kricket. Why am I not suprised. Well there's not much need to post alot here for my friends when we're practically chatting on the board. I guess this section will become more and more of a journal as time goes on.
Well, let's see. What happened over the past few days? Saturday the bowling fell through because the kid at the bowling alley lied to us about the time we would need to wait for a lane...that punk. We eventually wound up at my place and watched the Iron Chef Tournament. The Korean mob had another meeting on my balcony while the rest of us played Kaidou Battle and Battle Gear. The rest of this week everyone has been busy with school or work or both. I'm definitely reinvested in WEF since the DEQ gig didn't work out. So now I'm alot more focused on making my job at WEF more rewarding and holding on here as long as possible since it really is a good place to work. And I'm not just psyching myself up either.
As for upcoming stuff, it looks like we will be having a pretty eventful weekend. Friday we're going to see X2 and we will wrap up the weekend with a BBQ at Burke Lake on Sunday. Hehehe see the board for details. I think for a trifecta we should all invade Aaron's crib on Saturday and watch the Iron Chef at his place and raid his fridge muhahahaha. I guess that's all the news fit to print right now. I'll update again after X2. Later.
Oh, I almost forgot. I want to thank Naho for giving me the correct Japanese phrasing for "translate here" my front page is updated and ready for any visitors from Japan that want to visit. |
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