Boy did today suck. I think I've reached the bottom of the roller coaster ride, so from here on end...it'll be a bunch of up and down moments. After going to work for a couple of hours, I went back home, took a shower, and went back out again. I just needed to be out...needed a place to go...a place to think and relax and reflect. And so I drove and drove and drove, and before I knew it I was in AC. I wanted to see the sunset in AC...but just like this morning, didn't get a really good view because of the clouds. I finally drove to Trump Plaza and I walked through the casino thinking how evil this place was. Walked to the other end of the casino and onto the boardwalk. I walked out onto the beach and sat there for a while. It was already dark, but the constant crashing of the waves was nice. I thought how cool it would be to sleep over on the beach overnight on a nice warm calm day. I walked up and down the boardwalk for a little while and went back into the casino. I wanted to try Roulette and finally had the guts to give it a try. A $140 mistake!!! When I was betting small I was up, but as soon as I got greedy, and started making large bets, I lost it all. But that damn table must have been fixed or something because the ball kept on landing on red. I kept thinking...it's got to land on black this time. I ran out of money before I could find out. Argh. I hate gambling. I'm so risk averse. This is so uncharacteristic of me...but then again so is everything right now.

Last night was a long night. I had hoped to do stuff after fellowship but that didn't happen. I went out to dinner with a few friends at McCormicks & Schmicks in center city. Burgers there are $1.99 with fries on the happy hour menu (which continues at night 10:30-midnight). The catch is that the drinks are pricy. A tiny 8 oz glass bottle of soda cost like $2.25. Incidentally beer is cheaper than the soda. After that we went to a friends place and basically stayed up all night. Around 6am I went up to the root-top of the apartment and tried to see the sunrise...but it was kind of cloudy and only got to see the sun after it poked up through the clouds. The weather felt so nice, so I decided to walk back to church (where my car was). Nancy gave me a hard time saying that it was dangerous and that I could get mugged. I think I'll win the lottery before that happens. Anyway I told her that if someone is willing to wake up at 6am to mug anyone...then he deserves my money. Even I don't wake up that early and I make an honest living.

The walk back to church was okay. Penn campus was deserted. Part of the reason why I walked is because I've never done it before, and I wanted to see what it felt like. I'd rather take nice long lonely walks at night.

When I got to church the other guys had finally gotten up and ready to eat dinner and so I met up with them at Philly Diner. I had a blueberry belgium waffle which was actually quite good. I think I'll have to do that more often.

Got home around 11am and slept for 2.5 hours. Got up and went to work for a couple of hours. Now I don't know what to do. I just want to get away...but don't know where to go...and it's raining.

I've decided to dedicate my Link of the Week to my friend noomnus who just recently took the initiative to start up his own weblog. I give him props for that...but not those stupid eprops that Xanga gives. Anyway I guess a xanga site is better than no site.

Do you ever feel like you have a mountain of things to say, but no one to say it to? Do you ever feel like you have so much joy to share, but no one to share it with? Have you ever felt like you had something good, but were too afraid to do anything lest you mess things up, even though doing nothing at all could prove more detrimental? Do you ever feel like no one agrees with you or feel like no one is supporting you? Do you ever feel like you can't be yourself or even worse trying to be a person you're not? Have you ever felt soooo close and yet turned out to be so far away? Those are just a few of the things I'm feeling now.

I'm on an emotional high I think. I'm worried about when the ride will start to take me down that steep incline, that windy track, through the ups and downs, and around the loops.

Today I also cut my hair. It's been a couple months. I love this short hair feeling. It's less fuss combing, but best of all, I only need like one drop of shampoo and my hair is clean. Sorry to bore you with trivial stuff.

Today is kind of an unusual day. I have work from 4pm to midnight. These days I'm spending half my time at CSEDS supporting shots and testing requirements. Last night I hung out with some friends. One of them is leaving tomorrow for Korea. When meeting new people I need to hold my tongue. I got into a debate yesterday. We were talking about this one Korean drama where this woman's husband dies...and eventually her brother-in-law moves into her life...and I guess they get married instead. They commented it was so disgusting and sick. I said sick and disgusting would be like marrying your sister or mother or other blood relative. Marrying your sister or brother in law is weird but I wouldn't say disgusting. Someone pointed out that back in the old days it was your duty to take care of your brother's widowed wife, and in some instances that meant remarrying them. I was just so surprised how easy they were to rush to judgement. So anyway Connie's sister thinks I'm some sort of Wacko Jacko.

Here are some pictures when my parents came to visit.

Could life be any better? Last week a stranger I was working with took my red pen that was nearly spent. Today I met him again and he gave me back my pen. I looked at the ink tube and there's like 1mm of ink left. I'm so happy I got it back. Life is really good...really, really, really...really rediculously good.

Tonight I'm supposed to meet up with some folks. One of them just got a job in Korea and is dropping everything here to work there. I'm so jealous...but hopefully she'll help find me some connections :)

I am just now understanding why americans use CHINK as a derogatory remark to asians. Chink is a real word!!! Chink: A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure. Who would have guessed. This whole time I thought it was just a made up word. Word etymology is cool!

Last night was so restless. I laid in bed WIDE AWAKE just staring into the ceiling. So many things running through my mind. Oh life is great. Life is truly grand.

I've got butterflies in my stomach and I'm feeling kinda nervous.

My parents came up for Memorial weekend. I was happy to show them my new apartment and roommates. All of my roommates went home though for part of the weekend which I guess was nice because it was probably more comfortable for my parents that way. On Friday night I left for church for Friday night. After that we went to Philly Diner. I had to pick up my parents at 12:30am so I didn't get to go to noh-reh-bang with the other guys after eating. It rained the whole weekend so that kind of sucked. On Saturday we went to northern Jersey to meet my mother's older sister...but since she owns a nail/manicure shop, we couldn't really meet with her. Only got to see her face, say a few words and left. Went shopping at Han-ah-reum instead. There were soooooo many hot girl there. I think that might be an even better place to meet women than church...he he he. Sunday after church we had lunch at Han-Chon. My parents wanted to treat my friends to lunch. I asked Paul to meet us there at Han-Chon, but he thought I was talking about the one in New Jersey. We were at the one in Philly. After lunch we went to New Jersey State Aquarium. It was pretty nice. Can't think of a better way to spend a rainy day than to go underwater :)

I just did a very VERY BOLD thing today. More details to follow hopefully...that's if nothing bad happens.

Although a good thing, there's just something about this seems morally repugnant.

KISSIMMEE, Florida (AP) -- Police went undercover as homeless people in tattered clothes to catch drivers running red lights. The undercover officers watched for lawbreakers, then radioed ahead to other officers, who pulled the motorists over and gave them tickets. Homeless advocates called Operation Vagrant, a sting involving Kissimmee police and the Osceola County sheriff's office, silly and offensive. During the operation Wednesday, officers wore fake teeth and tattered clothing, and pushed shopping carts along the streets. They also carried small cardboard signs reading: "Sheriff's traffic sting in progress. Buckle up." In all, 171 drivers were caught. Most were accused of running a red light, an $83 violation. "It's kind of appalling," said Marilyn Gordon, executive director of the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida. "I wonder if it will be a consciousness-raising exercise for the law enforcement officers." Sheriff's bureau Chief Jerry Geier said: "Our ultimate goal is to make an impact. The last thing we're trying to do is disrespect anybody."

Yesterday's dinner was interesting. I told my roommates that I would cook dinner. Had to use up some fish that my mom gave to me a while back and almost forgot I had it in the freezer. I planned to make some Sul-lung-tang and sushi for dinner. I scrapped the sul-lung-tang. We cooked up the meat that would have otherwise went into the soup and cut up the sashimi into slices to make sushi. Now I know why people pay for good sushi. Man that sucker was hard to make. Just shaping the rice was hard enough...and when we actually sat down to eat, what I thought were small pieces of rice were actually a lot bigger in the mouth than in hand. And you need a very very VERY SHARP knife to cut the fish. And I also realized the sashimi that they sell at Han-ah-reum is actually the fish scraps that they can't use for their "real" sushi. The one I got had this tough cord or whatever running down the back which didn't give you that nice soft and smooth as butter texture. As ghetto as the sushi looked though, it actually didn't taste that bad, especially when we didn't even have wasabi or ginger. I'll consider giving it one more try, but I'll need better directions for preparing it.

My parents are coming tonight. I can't wait. I've got to pick up the apartment a little today, and get some stuff done before I leave for church tonight.

SHEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!! *spoken with a korean accent* I went into work today at 8am. Which means if I put in an 8 hour day I should leave around 4pm. I can work up to 10 hours a day. I must admit I've been screwing around here and there today because I know I can leave around 6. Well it's already 5:40pm and I still don't have what I want done!!! OMG...time flies when you are having fun...ha ha ha.

Work is somewhat stimulating, and because of that I guess I don't have as much time to think about how much my job sucks. In some ways I'm beginning to enjoy some of the stuff I do...but being next to all the old fogies in the company is a bit intimidating. Some of these guys know the Aegis combat system, like Bach knows music. Unbelievable.

I just remembered something funny. On Tuesday just after I lost my red pen, my partner thought he had lost his pen too. He said he couldn't find his pen and started to look around the area for it. Then unexpectedly a guy nearby says "You mean the pen on your ear?". My partner had forgetten he had propped his pen on his ear, and I bursted out in laughter. I poked fun at him saying "OMG...where'd I put my glasses?" It was too funny.

Yesterday after work, Yujin, Lynnette, and I went to Mark Kim's place for a church webteam meeting. We had dinner there, and talked about stuff for the rest of the night. I didn't go to bed until 3am. I just didn't feel like falling asleep, and the longer I stayed up, the hungrier I got, so I had a little meal before going to bed.

This morning I prepared myself a bag lunch. A small tuna salad sandwich and a small balogna sandwich, a snack bag of Cherrios, a small portion of Cashew nuts, a muffin (which I haven't eaten yet), some Fritos chips and coke. In addition to that, since it's Tuesday, there was free food at work. So I had another BIG ham and roast beef sandwich, with some potato salad, and more chips. Yum :P

My Samsung SPH-I300 cellular PDA is giving me problems lately. The digitizer seems to get all screwed up. The cursor appears sometimes a quarter inch to the left of where I tap the screen. Because of that I can't access the Digitizer reset application from the Preferences. Mysteriously it'll go back to normal all by itself. I can't figure out what's causing it...but I found an application that might be able to fix the problem.

Crap...just got a call from my manager. Basically I got reprimanded for charging to company overhead. As a government contractor, there are strict rules for us to follow regarding the number of recorded hours we spend on a particular project. This is to ensure that one contract account isn't paying work to be done on another contract. So the other week I spent a little bit of time cleaning out my desk from OLD OLD documents (not really applicable for any contract that I'm working on right now). I recorded 2 hours for the job to the "Administrative" account. Apparently overhead money in our department is really tight right now because he told me to change it to something else. I hate getting calls from my manager. They are never a good thing. Oh well.

I had this nice red BiC Clic Stic pen for the last year or more. I use this red pen to write every and anything down. It's just easier to see red ink standing out vs. black or blue ink. I used it so much that when I looked at the ink tube, it was more than half way used...so from that point on I was determined to use up the whole pen! Well guess what. Today I LOST THE STINKING PEN. You have to understand I was sooooo looking forward to using up all the ink in that pen. Maybe just a quarter of an inch worth of ink left and I LOST THE PEN. Uhhhhh...the disappointment...the dissatisfaction...the frustration...the injustice of losing that pen. Actually I know where the pen is. I let a stranger borrow it and he left without returning it. I can think of very little that would pleasure me more than to use up a whole ink pen! I mean WHO uses up a whole ink pen??? I'm not talking about pens that go bad, or blow up, but a true bona-fide empty ink cartridge. Even if I were given a million dollars for every empty ink cartridge I've seen I'd still be dirt poor.
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This morning I drove into work today even though it's a beautiful day to ride my bike. The weather forecasts possible rain throughout the rest of the week.

So I bring a black and white picture of myself to work. It's a picture of me sophomore year in college at Point State Park in Pittsburgh. I was modeling for her art project. I was explaining this to my co-worker who that it was a bit odd that I'd bring in a picture of myself into work. I'm basically looking up into the sky with the big and beautiful water fountain in the background. Point State Park is at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, which form the beginning of the Ohio river. We got curious and found out that Monongahela is an old native american word.

MONONGAHELA - Named after the Monongahela River. The word, Monongahela, is derived from a Native American word meaning "high banks or bluffs, breaking off and falling down at places".

I wish I had a time-machine. I have nostalgia running through my veins. All I can think about are all the good times I had in Pittsburgh with all my old friends.

Today is a beautiful sunny day. I rode my bike into work today. Surprisingly my body feels okay. No sore muscles or anything. Lately, I seem to have problems with my neck and back muscles being sore. I'm convinced it's because I'm so out of shape so now I try and work out my back muscles by bending forward with a 15 lb. weight held near my head. It works out my back muscles pretty good. I'm not sure how to work out my neck muscles. Occassionally throughout the day I'll try and stretch or massage my neck. If you have any ideas please leave a comment.

Saturday I didn't do a whole lot. Went to work for a little bit. Also did some grocery shopping with Yujin and Lynnette. Went home and we cooked dinner and invited a few friends as well. We didn't really do anything exciting.

On Sunday, I went to first service. No one to really hangout with afterward so I went to PC-bang by myself for an hour. I did surprisingly well at Counter-Strike. It's so nice to play on crystal-clear, ultra-fast computers and do well. I usually play 1:1 or 2:1 kills at home...but there I was doing like 4:1. I didn't want to leave but I had to leave for our small group BBQ at Paul's. It sprinkled a little but overall we had a good time. After that we went to the movies and watched XMen 2. The movie was so much better than The Matrix 2. Went home and watched "Remember the Titans" on DVD. I've been watching LOTS of movies this past few weeks.

Wow...tonight was an interesting night. After work I went home and me and my roommates car pooled to church. We were supposed to have a BBQ but because of the weather, it was canceled. Instead a bunch of pizzas were ordered and we all sat inside and had fellowship. There weren't enough pizza to really go around so a lot of us were talking about going out to eat. I suggested we go to Jillian's which is kind of a hike, but we ended up going to Dave & Busters. Shao wanted to meet up with some other friends afterward, but we dragged our heals and didn't leave until later. By that time the other friends were done and had left. Shao was pretty annoyed at us and in the car kind of whined a little bit about not being able to meet up with the other folks, but I was totally shocked when Paul took it all so personally. He erupted like a volcano, but because of that when we all got back home we had a very honest discussion. I'm glad we had the talk because it gave me an opportunity to get everything off my chest. We'll peacefully coexist for another few months before the next eruption I'm sure. Well time to go to bed :)

I need a wife that's good with finance. I'm so freaking lost when it comes to investment. I keep thinking about the parable of the three servants that were given money by their master. I feel like I'm that third guy who just buried his money and at the end was punished.

Thank Goodness it's Friday. This work week has kind of taken a little out of me. Yesterday while I was working my 8-midnight shift there was supposed to be a lunar eclipse peaking at 11:40pm but it was too cloudy and didn't see anything. Right now the weather isn't great. It's raining right now, and the Phileo BBQ that we were supposed to have is essentially canceled. We were told it was going to be moved inside, but then I also found out they aren't even going to grill anything...that they are just going to order some pizzas.

When I got home I watched a little bit of the Conan O'Brien show. It was basically a rerun show, but done completely in clay-mation. It was kind of funny, even the video clips of movies and stuff were done in clay-mation. It was kind of funny. Watching a show like that also involves a lot of interpreting body language and facial expressions. Understanding them from the clay figures was kind of difficult but that's also what made it kind of funny.

It's kind of funny to read some of the movie reviews for Matrix - Reloaded. Apparently the critics aren't too crazy over this film, some comparing it to Star Wars : Attack of the Clones, instead of Empire Strikes Back. For those of you who fail to see the subtle hint, Attack of the Clones was also lambasted as being a dud...whereas Empire Strikes Back kept the whole Star Wars phenomenon alive.

I'm at CSEDS right now covering an 8pm - midnight support shot, and I soooo don't want to be here right now. I just want to lay down and watch TV and relax. Today I worked from 12-4pm, picked up some medicine, and went home to cook dinner. Made some Chicken and Shrimp Teriyaki stir-fry.

Last night I watched the opening premiere of Matrix 2 - Reloaded. In a nutshell, save your money for the DVD. My biggest complaints were that there was too much computer animation. Lots of the scenes looked so fake. The ending sucked really bad. The story was a lot more complex than the first one which is why you'll want to watch the DVD so you can rewatch it. Even though the release date of the movie is 5/15/03, I was able to watch it on 5/14/03 because I think the movie ended at 12:30am on 5/15/03. And another thing. You can see a short and I mean SHORT trailer for the 3rd movie "Matrix - Revolution" after the credits.

Tonight I get to work a 8 to midnight shot again...which is why I haven't left work work yet :) I'm going now though.

This morning I had a 8:30am meeting. I found out that I may possibly be moved back into my old work area. The parking situation since I left has gotten incredibly and rediculously out of hand. First, they install fences around the perimeter of the property which takes out some parking spots all along the edge of the parking lot. Then they redo the parking lines so that there are even less parking spots, and more no-parking zones. The retard that came up with the idea seriously had to have been smoking crack or something. THEN they decide to move permenant office trailers into the parking lot, of all places, into the coveted prime parking space just outside the employee entrance. So now chances of getting a close parking spot is next to NIL. If that ain't bad enough, they cordon off park of the larger parking lot to accomodate construction equiment. Then after a few months of this, I find out they are placing a FREAKING BUILDING in the parking lot which literally cut the parking availability in the larger lot by more than half. Parking is so bad, everyone tries to avoid holding meetings there. Since parking your car can easily mean a 5 minute walk to the gate, there is now a shuttle service for the parking lot!!! I hope I don't have to move back to that building.

If that ain't enough I find out through co-workers that there is a possibility that we could get moved into a completely brand new building. As much as I like the idea of a new building, it is a little bit further away. I hate uncertainty. This is too much drama for me to handle in one day.

I get to watch Matrix Reloaded tonight at 10pm with a friend. I can't wait.

Lately I've kind of lost the drive to update my log so often. This has essentially turned into my daily diary, but I wish I could make it more interesting. I just finished watching Road to Perdition. I think it was alright but I need something with a little more action. Yesterday we watch the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Watching some of those fights is CRAZY. I could feel my heart race watching some of those guys be pulverized. I remember in high school thinking I could fight like these guys. But now I feel so weak and defenseless. A large part of that is because I'm so out of shape, and also because I've lost so much weight. I don't have my weight advantage anymore. Me and Shao wrestle all the time, and each time I get crushed. That kind of pisses me off that I can't defend myself anymore, but then again I don't have a chip on my shoulders like I used to in high school. I wish I had the determination to work out and get physically fit again. It's just not there.

Today I was schedule for a midnight - 5am test support shot at the Navy site. Unfortunately Thursday night I totally forgot and didn't rememeber until 1:15am. I was about to go to bed, and thought...what time do I need to get up in the morning. That support shot was painful. I tried to keep busy by verifying system requirements, but as I'm pushing the buttons on the console, I'd fall asleep for a few minutes. When I left the test site, I could see the sky was just faintly becoming light...and I don't even want to imagine why the birds were out chirping away at 5 in the morning before the sun is up. When I got home even the geese and goslings were walking around. I flashed my laser pointer next to them and they all took off running like they had just seen a ghost or something. he he he.

Yesterday I worked from 10 to 2, then another shift from 6pm to midnight. A 6 hour shift at night is a bit long but I was with someone, so we made conversation thoughout most of the night. I was glad to be back home though.

I brought a zebra danio from my home aquarium to work. So now I have one goldfish and one danio in my 1 gallon tank. I want to put in neon tetras now but I don't think there's enough room. I'm thinking of getting another aquarium :)

A couple of days ago I went to Sears Optical because I learned they came out recently with frameless glasses with magnetic sunglass clips. Take a look. This is almost exactly what I want...but they are so darn expensive. Without insurance, those glasses will cost me $500. With insurance it's $300. Sears is doing a buy one get one free special til the end of the month, but that only applies to the full rate (without insurance). So I'm debating whether I should get 2 of these for $500, or one for $300. The other alternative is to get regular frameless glasses with transition lenses (the ones that turn dark outdoors).

Good morning so far I guess. I woke up when I wanted to, took my time getting ready. I only have to work 4 hours during the day since I have a 6pm to midnight test shot I need to support tonight. All the lights into work were green...well actually one was red, but turned green before I needed to make a complete stop.

Yesterday I watched "John Q" starring Denzel Washington. It was kind of a sad movie...and although parts of it seemed too forced or artificial, it was done pretty well and I almost cried. One thing I wonder though, are you willing to give up your own life for your own son? The first law of life is self-preservation. I really wonder if people are really able to make that decision of self sacrifice.

Weekend Update - went to my brother's place this weekend in Virginia. My parents went there to look for houses. They are considering moving to that area. My parents again questioned my motive for wanting to go to Korea. My dad really pissed me off by asking me if I could possibly see myself going there to hook up with some Korean pop star or something. I mean GET REAL!!! I keep telling them over and over I want to go there to learn Korean. Then that same weekend, he makes a comment about how we can't speak Korean. Well it's little wonder I want to go so bad. If and when I do learn Korean, I'm determined not to speak Korean to my dad since he's being such a prick about this. Parents can be so two faced. Anyway I've made up my mind to take a 2 week vacation to Korea sometime this year...maybe during the fall. That should give me enough time to plan and everything.

Watched "8 Miles" yesterday. The movie with rap low life Eminem. SAVE your time and money and your mind. DON'T BOTHER watching this movie. This movie is way too slow, and makes no sense unless of course you are white trash.

Also today I found out my co-worker got promoted. He came to the company shortly after I did. I'm getting passed up. All the more reason I know this isn't my type of work. I need out, and I need to find my niche quick.

Out in front of our apartment we have a small pond with 2 water fountains. There is also a gazebo on an island in the middle of the pond. It looks spectacular at night with all the lights and stuff. But anyway this morning on my way out I saw that the two Canadian geese that are usually around the pond had 8 little goslings following the parents. Then on my way to work, another set of Canadian geese had 4 goslings. They were crossing the street and had halted traffic. First one adult goose, then the 4 little baby birds, then lastly the other adult goose. It was too cute!!! I'm going to have to take some pictures someday.

Crud...this sucks. I just found out that I'm scheduled to support a test shot at CSEDS on May 9 (friday) from midnight to 5 AM!!! Today I'm going to be working a 8pm to midnight shot. Well I guess it's okay since I'm a night owl anyway. Well maybe it'll actually be fun, having to constantly shift my schedule.

Yesterday after work I went to a Morgan Stanley investment seminar. Both my roommates ditched me. I called Yujin and he played ignorant so I was kind of pissed at him, and Shao actually came with me but felt kind of out of place so walked back home before the seminar started. I thought I would have learned more, but the only thing I learned was how little I know. After the presentation we had dinner which was actually quite good. I just wished people didn't leave so freaking early because I would have stayed and gorged myself...he he he.

Damn...more bad news. I just got an email saying I need to support a 6pm to midnight shot at another testing site on May 7th (wed). What the heck is up with all the late shots? I guess I can't complain though since testing occurs basically 24 hours a day and there is only like 8 of us engineers on my team.

So anyway yesterday after the dinner, Shao calls me and tells me that him and Yujin are already heading over to Baskin Robbins for a free scoop of ice cream. I'm already on my way to pick up a friend who lives in the area, and so I tell them I'll meet them there in like 5 minutes. We get to Baskin Robbins and I didn't see them. I called them and they had ALREADY LEFT!!! They weren't in there for more 5 minutes. SO at this point I'm really pissed at Yujin and Shao. But Debbie and I had a great time. We got there around 8pm and before we knew it, they staff was kicking us out to close up at 10pm. Anyway my patience for my roommates is kind of running thin and it's occuring to me that I just need to do my own thing, regardless of what they think...and if they don't like it...they can go screw themselves...ha ha ha. But then again as a good Christian I'm supposed to continually humble myself and put other ahead of me...serving others over myself. Man that sure is a tough pill to swallow.

Well the last couple of days I've actually had problems posting to Geocities. For some reason it wasn't allowing me to update the April file. So instead of trying to troubleshoot the problem I decided to tack on the end of April to May's weblog.

I didn't leave work yesterday until after 8pm. I watched part of "The Majestic" which came in the mail that day. That night my roommate finally ended his relationship with his girlfriend. Although he ended it, he feels kind of bad about it I suppose. I'll have to stop by the liquor store to help him drown out his feelings...he he he. j/k

Tonight me and my roommates are supposed to go to a Dinner Seminar on Fixed Income hosted at the Ramblewood Country Club. It's sponsored by Morgan Stanley, so we hope they are going to dole out some mu-lah for a nice dinner. Also today is Free Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins.

A couple of days ago my roommate pissed me off. He always talks smack about how his beat-up piece of crap can smoke my car. When in reality, any car that you race (within our price range that is) is going to be almost the same. Most small compact sports cars do 0-60mph between the high 6 sec. to low 7 sec. range. So one of these days we are going to go to the race track and settle this once and for all. Winner takes one month's worth of gas (~$80) and bragging rights. So anyway last night I spent a good part of the night downloading racing clips of Honda Preludes. Then I got into downloading other cars racing, and then I got into downloading car crashes. I didn't go to bed until past 2pm.

This morning I was going to wake up early and go to work for a possible video teleconference. I called my co-worker to find out, and he said no...so I fell back asleep for another hour or so :)

I also had a doctors appointment. I think I'm going to start canceling appointments because the one I went to today was SOOOOOO POINTLESS. Especially when I'm shelling out $20 co-pays for visits. I don't know why but my co-pay used to be $10. I know this is so insignificant, but the last two times I went there, I was able to find a relatively good parking spot I think, and on top of that today I got a meter that was out of order, so I didn't have to pay a penny :) After the appointment I went to a food truck vendor on UPenn campus. I used to LOVE eating Indian food when I was in college. It was cheap and GOOD. So I decided to get Indian food, but I wasn't really sure what to order. I ended up getting something kind of...well...not so good. Not bad...but not good. Next time I'm just going to ask them if they have anything with curry, chick peas, chicken and potatoes.