I almost bought one of these today, because mwave.com has them for an unbeatable price. But then, I discovered that Amazon has them for what works out to be about 50 cents cheaper. Then I also discovered that the battery life isn’t that great, and some of the interface operations are quirky. And since I don’t *really* need one of these, and my primary reason for buying it was that the price was really good, I nixed the idea. Oh well. Maybe later.

I also got to talk to my brother in VA today for about two hours, which was cool. I don’t usually talk to him for that long. We talked about a lot of stuff, ranging from physics to childhood memories to movies to relationships. Very good times.

Tonight, the company where I work had their first quarterly birthday celebration slash profit sharing meeting at Dave & Buster’s. Why did I just write “slash” instead of actually writing a slash? Nevermind. For the past two Christmases, they’ve given bonuses to all the employees (all six of us, haha). Now, there are no more Christmas bonuses. However, the way the profit sharing thing works out, everybody actually gets more throughout the year than they would have otherwise. That is, unless business just totally sucks–which, of course, it doesn’t, and foreseeably won’t for a long time. I really, really like my job.

So anyway. The funny part about Dave & Buster’s is that it’s kind of like a cross between a bar and Chuck E. Cheese. They won’t let you in without somebody who’s 25 or older if you’re not yet 21, which I found out the hard way. I got there before everyone else, so Mike (boss) asked me to go in and get a table for 8. However, seeing as I’m only 20 and nobody older was there yet, they wouldn’t let me in. rgh. I’m not going to drink. Hello. I volunteered my ID and said “I’m only 20, I’m not going to drink.” I don’t understand the logic behind a restaurant that will let you in as long as somebody old enough is with you…so maybe they can buy the beer and give it to you? Whatever. Mike got there 10 minutes later anyway.

It was an awesome time at the meeting, and afterwards we all went over to the arcade (D&B has a HUGE arcade) and played an 8-player networked game of Daytona racing, then some Time Crisis 3. Playing Time Crisis 3 with your boss kind of puts things in a new perspective, you know? :-p

Now, I’m off to finish (start?) a physics lab report, which is due tomorrow. Goodbye.

Do you know of any other programming job where your boss listens to Jay-Z, Eminem, Ludacris, and Kelis while working in the same room, rocking out to it all the while?

Me neither. :-p

It’s really funny.

oh. my. gosh.

This guy must have a lot of time on his hands. And a lot of money. Or at least, he HAD a lot of money.

I read “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck today. I’m 20, and this is the first time I’ve read it. To be honest, I really don’t know what the point of the whole book is. One possible outcome of a very difficult situation? Compassion versus malice? The bond of two ordinary men and what came as a result of it? How not to pick up chicks? (kidding) I don’t know. It’s a bummer of a story, that much I know. At least I’ve read it now. If any of you remember a Looney Toons character saying “Which way did he go George, which way did he go” in a big dumb voice, it’s from this book.

Let’s see. What else is there.

Both assembly programming and calculus class got out early today, which was nice. I have to do a bunch of calc homework before the test, which is on Tuesday. Same thing with physics. I was worried because my average grade for the class is just BARELY an A, with a few more quizzes and tests that I have to do well on…until I saw somebody else who got an 11 on the last test. That’s out of 60. Ouch.

Tomorrow is work, then…probably more work after I get home, but on a different job. Or not. I tend to steal my nights back for myself, even if I can’t really afford it. I might go insane otherwise. :-p

For now, I sleep.

I don’t usually do these things, but as Greg pointed out, this one IS pretty funny. Especially the name one. :-p

Heh. Check out Opera’s brand-new P2P Speech Technology.

:-p

I just saw the Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3k) episode of “Manos” The Hands of Fate. It’s the THE BOTTOM of IMDB’s “Bottom 100″ list. You know what? I didn’t know it was possible to make a movie that bad. The music doesn’t match the scenes. The acting is completely unbelievable. The plot is supposed to be scary, and in a way it is, but not the way they intended. It’s listed as a thriller. Ha.

Here’s a basic summary. A guy, his wife, daugher (probably age 6 or so), and poodle try to go on a vacation. They get lost on their way and end up in this house, managed by a frumpy, creepy dude named Torgo. Torgo manages the house for “the master,” who turns out to be this other weird dude who sleeps on a slab of stone until awakened by…something? The dad has no presence of mind, the wife has no ability to defend herself, including the oh-so-difficult act of walking away from a creepy guy who is really slowly advancing on her. They stay at this place for like THREE DAYS without making any real attempt to leave, even after their poodle gets killed by some spooky wild beast in the first ten minutes of the movie. There are a whole bunch of scenes that feel completely out of place. There are these two cops who come upon two teenage lovers kissing in their car and tell them to leave. Three times. They have NO impact on the story.

You’d have to see it to appreciate it. I don’t recommend watching it without the MST3k commentary, which was hilarious. Without that, it would have been completely unbearable.

Ok, now back to something productive.

“There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.”
- Ed Howdershelt

Haha. That’s cool.

It’s really dark and cloudy outside, like right before a big storm, except it’s not raining yet. It’s awesome. And I’m home all by myself!

…not that there’s anything extraordinary about that, it just doesn’t happen very often.

When Greg and I stopped at Del Taco to grab some dinner before his photography class, we saw this guy drying clothes out in a basket stuck behind his exhaust pipe. We were like… “um. ??” It was pretty weird. They’re going to smell pretty bad, I’m sure.

Anyway. I have some homework I should be doing, so bye.

I’ve finished exporting my old journal (a very cool feature for anyone who wishes to keep a record), so now I’m all set.

I went for an hour-long bike ride today, totally out of the blue, because I felt like riding my bike. I haven’t used it for probably more than two years…maybe less, but a really long time in any event. I wanted to get some exercise, which I most certainly did. It was way fun, but my appendages might tell me different tomorrow. :-p I’ll probably take a nap today.

Spring break is here! I’m stoked. It will be nice to have some time to actually DO the homework, haha. heh. erm. yeah.