Bring your children to work day - Thu Apr 24 22:52:15 2003
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So today was a fun fun day @ work. It was bring your children to work day and me and the other IT coop was in charge or taking pictures of the little kids. My alter ego today was Lightspeed Lenny....yup I came up with that ;-) hehe.
So it was fun the kids got to have fun dropping razors, designing stuff and of course the slideshow that we made of their pics. Wellll I just couldn't let the day go without taking part...I had my picture taken with the Energizer bunny :-) But it seemed liked the parents had more fun with the slideshow than the kids did. oh adults, I never want to be one hahaha...
today just sucks - Wed Apr 23 22:26:11 2003
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today just sucks.
A Farewell to the Best - Wed Apr 16 22:06:22 2003
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I just had to say something about his Airness' last game... Here is a guy who will always be remembered with superlatives. Someone who was elevated a game to the stratosphere. Someone whose brilliance on the court defies any adjectives. Someone who has inspired and touched not only every single player in the league but also millions of fans world wide who loves the game of basketball. Those who hated him will miss him. Those who loved him will never feel the same way watching the game he has left behind. Sure he has "retired" twice already, but those were premature and were effects of extenuating circumstances. This time around nature has ran its course. We will never see him go up and under, over three defenders while, switching hands and keeping the tongue wagging anymore.
He is the reason that I picked up a basketball. He is the reason that I have grown to love the game. His drive is an inspiration for me to work hard in everything that I do. I know it sounds cheesy but MJ has really been a big inspiration in my life. He is the man. Everyone wants to be like Mike, and I'm one of them. Thanks MJ.
4/16/03 15 pts for 15 years
just will never be the same
Hall of Fame - Mon Apr 14 22:16:55 2003
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So I went to the Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday. The pictures are up on the analog section. That was kinda cool. It was my first time there. But it seemed like they could've done more with the displays though. I would've expected more stuff from people like Magic and Bird. But I had fun. It was a nice day to just drive around and chill on a sunday afternoon. And I learned that I have a 17" vertical leap.
Early Bird Special - Sun Apr 13 08:48:29 2003
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So I was up real early today (being Sunday) even though last night was a late night. And I realized that there's something about waking up early and going to the store, getting the good parking spot and buying bagels and milk for breakfast. I think it's the fact that you know that most of everybody is still sleeping. It feels like you are the only one up, and that everything is yours. The sun isn't that high up. The morning breeze definitely smells different, a soothing different. The tranquility of the morning is almost like a nice cold drink of water when you're really thirsty on a hot day. I mean it's rejuvenating in some ways. I guess I am just a morning person. And that was that.
While I was on this early morning trip to stop and shop the radio was playing flashback 90s. I didn't realize how old you feel when you turn 22. I mean flashback 90s?!?!?! And they tell you the year, how long the artist was on the charts, that one thing that they did that made them stand out and just all sorts of stuff that you remember happening. And plus, you're singing to the songs too...you know the words...where the good parts to the songs are... Oh man, I don't even know what to say.
alright time to eat the bagels I bought.
blahbleh blahbluh - Sun Apr 13 01:58:44 2003
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ok...my blog sucks, if it is even a blog. I have nothing to say. It's been like a week and I haven't posted anything. Well i've been putting off updating the site this week. I just didn't feel like it. This week has definitely been like bleh. Maybe it's the constant rain. I don't know what the f it is...
Well tomorrow I'll be going to the basketball hall of fame for the first time. I guess that's going to me my excitement for the day. Yay i'll look at people's old shiz. yippie. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.
I'm bored.....totally bored.
More Updates - Sun Apr 6 22:20:14 2003
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I finally updated the "analog" page!! It finally looks a lot better than before. Making this thing is really tiring me out. Good thing I got nothing else to do hehe. I've gotten this far it would just be stupid for me to stop now. Anyways, I also added the comment section down on the lower right. So please please leave comments, messages, jokes, whatever you feel like saying. Just don't write a book.
So, I was at work the other day and I walk into the bathroom and all four stalls were occupied with crappers. And I think to myself do you really want to take a crap next to three other people? Seriously. I don't like people to be around when I'm doing my business. I mean if that was me walking in there and three other stalls were occupied and there was only one left, I would definitely go to another bathroom. Maybe it's just me. And to top it all off four people taking a crap right next to each other just really really stunk up the damn bathroom. It was just not right...das not riiite. :)
On to a more serious note... David Bloom, the journalist for NBC, who was in Iraq embedded with the 3rd infantry died today. He had some blood clot in his lungs, pulmonary embolema, or something like that. It's really weird because you see him almost everyday reporting from Iraq and then the next day you hear that he's dead. Life is definitely too short and too unpredictable. It's definitely too short to sit around and wait for something to happen. You just have to enjoy every second of it. I admire this guy because he died doing what he loved to do. He was out there just so that we can have a glimpse of how a day in a war happens. I dont' know if I can say the same for myself. I don't know if I have the courage enough to risk my life like that. I just don't know...
I Lied :) - Wed Apr 2 22:49:17 2003
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So I said yesterday that I was going to do the analog section of the website but that didn't really happen. Instead I played Spliner Cell. I don't know if I like the game yet. I bought it yesterday out of impulse(I really gotta stop that). The game is really involved. I'm the kind of gamer that likes the straight forward no learning curve type games. But it is a cool game.
Well I didn't really totally not do anything on the website. I finished the page that updates the text file for these posts. It's the part that you guys don't see so it doesn't seem like anything new is here. Oh well, deal with it :)
So I really don't have much to talk about tonight. So I'm keeping this short and sweet. Good night.
Random Babbling - Apr 1, 2003 22:47:35
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I'm feeling kinda good tonight, which is good since I've been feeling crappy lately. I guess I just needed some exercise or something. I've been completely lazy lately. Just didn't have any motivation to do anything. I guess all I needed to do was get my heart rate up and It's all fixed now. :)
I've decided not to continue on with my war talk. It really bogs me down. I mean it's definitely everywhere you don't need another person talking about it. Well anways, I don't want to get into that whole mess. So about this website...I'm still working on it. I don't have much time to work on it because by the time I get home from work, dinner, tv, maybe a little video game, I would only have about 30 minuts to an hour to work on it. There's progress but it's slow. And plus I'm working on all the material too. I guess I never really explained my concept...I'll take this time to do that now.
I wanted the home page to be simple, I think it has come out pretty good except for the fact that I have nothing on the two little windows on the side here ---> Oh well I guess once I get more material out it'll be better. Onto the next link "digital." That would be the area where I will dump all the stuff that I have created digitally hehe, duh. Well I have a few things that I did in photoshop in the last few weeks that I'm ready to put on there it's only a matter of piecing the page together. I was also thinking I could put videos in there and another thing that I can't quite think of right now. The "analog" page is going to be where I would put pictures and some written works other than this daily babble. Currently, that is just linked to the quick page I made of pics from my spring break trip. That was a fun time but the pictures only show me and my friends eating in restaurants. It's hard taking pictures when you're in the heat of the action. The 4th button is "music" this will contain some commentary about the current music that I'm listening to and will have a couple of the crap stuff that I make. "About" is pretty much straight forward, it's going to be about ME:)
I think I'm going to bed now. Another early day tomorrow. I'll be working on the "analog" part of the site tomorrow (hopefully). g'nite to you all.
Just Some Thoughts - Mar 31, 2003 22:19:17
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Here I am sitting on my chair trying to do some finishing touches on the main page of the website while watching tv. There's nothing on but the war in Iraq. Every few minutes there's an update of what is happening over there. I don't even know what I think anymore about the war. I think that ruthless leaders like Saddam Hussein have definitely got to be taken out of their place, but on the other hand the people over there don't exactly know why we are doing this. We have definitely stepped on the hornet's nest and they will come back to sting us. It seems like everyone is fighting for their own different reason. We are fighting to get rid of Saddam (or is there more to it than that? I think the Bush government isn't being straight forward with everything). Iraqis are fighting back for several reasons, some out of fear of Saddam, some because they don't know any better, some are fighting because their homeland is being attacked and invaded by foreigners and some are fighting because there have been done injustice (innocent civilians who got stuck in the middle). They are fighting a common enemy for different reasons. Will we be able to handle this? What about if other Arab countries get in this mess? They're just as pissed off as Iraqis are because they view this war as being against Muslims (not absolutely sure if that's the reason but they're pretty damn pissed off). I certainly don't want WW3 (or is that already happening?). This is definitely a tough call, are we being the schoolyard bully flexing our muscle? or is this like a parent thing where the kid doesn't like what the parent is doing but in the end it is for the betterment of the kid's life? I don't quite know anymore. In times of war reasoning just seems to go out the window. Everyone is fighting for a quick resolution without really thinking. It gets to a point where we just have to finish the job and every intention going into war just gets thrown out. I don't think we are at that point yet, but with the amount of media coverage that is taking place I think that that time is fast approaching. I don't think America was really ready for war. Our generation hasn't seen the gory truth about war. We've heard and read about it but experiencing it first hand is something totally different. Well, watching it on tv isn't exactly first hand but just having it happen at this time when it seems as if our leaders would know better how bad war is. Maybe they just want to give a refresher course or something. I don't even know if I'm pro- or anti-war. All I know is we've gotten ourselves into this mess and we damn better well be prepared to finish it and finish it good and fast. What that means I'm not quite sure. I think I'll sleep on it and maybe I'll be able to come up with an answer tomorrow.
Finally - Mar 03, 2003 22:30:02
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OK! This is for all you none believers out there(including myself). I have really been working on this damn website. And here it is a preview of what is to come (so don't be telling me that the links don't work). It's just a teaser, girls you know who you are;). I have a lot more work to do. I have been laboring on the interface the last few weeks. I like the way it looks a lot but I don't know if it will give me the flexibility that I want. I have to apologize to you my non-IE users because it doesn't look right if you're not using IE. I am working on that. Hopefully I will get to fix that by the end of this week. The backend of this thing can still use a lot of work though. I am using text files to hold these posts that I make. Whenever I get around to actually investing in a good host, I'll transfer it over to a database. But that is neither here not there. I hope you like the way it looks. Please tell my of any comments, suggestions, questions whatever urge you have. My target date to get this mostly done is Mar 20th so look for that.
