Wow, it's been a while since my last update.
I find that more and more, I gravitate towards short updates (eg facebook status updates) instead of writing a lengthy note. It's faster, more convenient, and I don't get caught up in "what do I write".
But anyway, it's 2009. New year and all that. My theme this year is "It's About Me".
Yes, I go through theme years. Last year was "I'm Perfect", where I mostly stopped doing self development courses and just enjoyed being me. The year before that was "Manwhore". No explanation needed there.
This year, it's about me being more in touch with my wants and being OK with wanting what I want, while at the same time being OK with not getting what I want. It's about acknowledging and empowering my own desires, without clinging on to some preconceived/assumed/desired outcome. And I'm not even talking about necessarily acting on my desires, after all there are many times when acting on your desires isn't the "right" thing to do (eg steal a car that I want).
Let's see where that takes me.
On the lighter side, I had a pretty good day yesterday. I haven't seen Master Hung (my ex TKD instructor) for about 2 years. We met up last night at his dojo, and had dinner. I saw Rob at the dojo. Rob was a white (or yellow?) belt when I stopped attending. Now, Rob is a black belt and is teaching the kids class. Very awesome. :)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Creepy Facebook thing
As some of you know, I just broke up with the girl I was dating. So I was going through the usual house cleaning process. You know... Delete her number from my phone, and remove her from my Facebook friends list.
I logged in to Facebook last night, intending to delete her. I saw she was online, so I figured I'd send her a quick note that I was going to delete her, and that I hope she'd understand why I needed to do that.
However, when I tried to send the message, it would keep failing. My internet access stopped working. I couldn't refresh the facebook page. I was chatting with another person, and she said that she was able to access facebook just fine.
This happened for about 5 minutes.
Suddenly, I was able to access facebook again, and so I refreshed the page. My ex was still online, so I started typing out my message. I had barely started typing, when she logged off.
It's like something is telling me not to delete her from my facebook. What do you guys think?
I logged in to Facebook last night, intending to delete her. I saw she was online, so I figured I'd send her a quick note that I was going to delete her, and that I hope she'd understand why I needed to do that.
However, when I tried to send the message, it would keep failing. My internet access stopped working. I couldn't refresh the facebook page. I was chatting with another person, and she said that she was able to access facebook just fine.
This happened for about 5 minutes.
Suddenly, I was able to access facebook again, and so I refreshed the page. My ex was still online, so I started typing out my message. I had barely started typing, when she logged off.
It's like something is telling me not to delete her from my facebook. What do you guys think?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Potential Girlfriend Test
Instructions: Please answer the questions below as directed in each section. You will be marked for grammar, spelling, cleverness, creativity and boob-size. Please keep in mind that while this is not an application for a job, your performance on this test will be a reflection of your ability to achieve certain positions once out in the real world. When the clock strikes the hour, you may begin. You have sixty minutes to complete the test.
Section One: Multiple Choice (Answer All, 5 points)
Q1. Six months into our relationship, I go away to a tropical location with my family for a week over Christmas. This vacation was planned as a family event two years prior to meeting you. This is:
a) A great opportunity to get some things done without me around.
b) A great opportunity to attempt to sleep with my college roommate and/or my boss.
c) A sign that you are probably just a casual thing that I could toss aside at any given moment despite the fact I bought you probably the most thoughtful gift you've ever received and written you a letter for every day that I'll be gone, inciting you to 'Go on the Defensive.'
d) Occasion to have a sexy dinner at home the night before I leave, and a mini 'welcome home' party when I get back that's guest list is just you, me, a bottle of wine and a pack of condoms.
Q2. We've talked every night for eight days (not including the dinner/comedy show I took you to on Saturday night that was followed by possibly your worst performance in bed ever, or the Monday night that I came over and we spent the evening making Rachel Ray recipes and watching Heroes followed by the best oral sex I've ever given you), with conversation time averaging about an hour per night. On a Thursday night, when on a deadline, I express a need to get off the phone so I can finish some work and go to bed at a reasonable hour. You:
a) Express your feelings of devotion in three words or less, then and quickly say goodbye after confirming plans for tomorrow night are still on.
b) Say goodbye, but then immediately begin talking about something that we hadn't discussed as thoroughly as is scientifically, legally or religiously possible two nights prior.
c) Take that as a sign that I'm abandoning you, and begin to point out that because of it I have commitment issues, that you're clearly not my priority, and then cry.
d) Say goodbye, but manage to do it with such menace and venom that I stay on the phone for another three silence filled hours, broken only by fits of gentle weeping and suicide threats.
Q3. I'm throwing change at your cleavage, which is readily on display in that loose fitting tank top you wear around my place on Sundays after brunch. Do you:
a) Wing the largest of the coins at my head, with an evil glare and then refuse to speak to me for the rest of the day.
b) Encourage my behavior, and allow me to purchase Afternoon Delights from you at discount prices.
c) Cry.
d) Cry and pick a fight with me, taking my actions as a total lack of respect for you and then begin to point out that because of it I have commitment issues, that you're clearly not my priority, and then cry some more.
Q4. We're having a fight. You:
a) Throw me out of your apartment, then thirty minutes later send 17 texts and attempt to call 13 times in the space of six minutes.
b) Give me space when the discussion gets too heated for rational thought, and redress your complaints in a calm manner when we've both had a chance to cool down.
c) Flip me the bird.
d) Wail on my junk.
e) both c and d
f) realize that the fight is about nothing, and begin creating fictional problems and make wild accusations about my obsession with material goods and having a wandering eye.
g) f, then d, then c.
Q5. I play [video games OR tabletop gaming OR fantasy football]. You:
a) Want to join in, because it looks like hella fun.
b) Leave me to it, in the hopes that I'll leave you a few things to participate in on your own.
c) Attempt to get me to quit, and use tactics like nagging, vandalism and emotional sabotage as an effective campaign against what you call my 'nerdy addiction.'
d) c, but also include deriding me to your friends.
Section Two: True or False (Answer All, 10 points)
Q1. Rationale and Reason are the same thing.
Q2. A cheerleader AND/OR schoolgirl outfit is a wardrobe must.
Q3. Talking in your 'cute voice' just before you put my balls in your mouth is sexy.
Q4. Learning body language and communication cues is important.
Q5. 'Anchorman' and 'Superbad' are hilarious movies.
Q6. "But it's cute when I do it" should be a legally viable defense.
Q7. Porn is awesome.
Q8. Bono is probably the most important political figure of our generation.
Q9. Sex is an important part of a relationship, and should be had frequently, often, whenever possible - within moderation, of course.
Q10. A relationship is metaphorically a two way street. So is your butt.
Section Three: Short Essay. (Answer ONE, 5 points)
Please select one of the following questions and answer it as fully as time will allow. Please try and be as descriptive as possible, and where applicable, come up with at least TWO convincing arguments to support your case. Arguments must be backed up with cited evidence, not anecdotal perspective.
Q1. Please come up with a convincing game-plan for having me come shopping with you, keeping in mind my retail oriented attention span is about twelve minutes, and I am prone to wandering after flashing lights and shiny things.
Q2. Please argue why you are (do) or are not (do not): 'Down to Earth', 'Have a sense of humor' and 'Laid back'. Bonus if you can include evidence to confirm that you truly do avoid 'head games.'
Section One: Multiple Choice (Answer All, 5 points)
Q1. Six months into our relationship, I go away to a tropical location with my family for a week over Christmas. This vacation was planned as a family event two years prior to meeting you. This is:
a) A great opportunity to get some things done without me around.
b) A great opportunity to attempt to sleep with my college roommate and/or my boss.
c) A sign that you are probably just a casual thing that I could toss aside at any given moment despite the fact I bought you probably the most thoughtful gift you've ever received and written you a letter for every day that I'll be gone, inciting you to 'Go on the Defensive.'
d) Occasion to have a sexy dinner at home the night before I leave, and a mini 'welcome home' party when I get back that's guest list is just you, me, a bottle of wine and a pack of condoms.
Q2. We've talked every night for eight days (not including the dinner/comedy show I took you to on Saturday night that was followed by possibly your worst performance in bed ever, or the Monday night that I came over and we spent the evening making Rachel Ray recipes and watching Heroes followed by the best oral sex I've ever given you), with conversation time averaging about an hour per night. On a Thursday night, when on a deadline, I express a need to get off the phone so I can finish some work and go to bed at a reasonable hour. You:
a) Express your feelings of devotion in three words or less, then and quickly say goodbye after confirming plans for tomorrow night are still on.
b) Say goodbye, but then immediately begin talking about something that we hadn't discussed as thoroughly as is scientifically, legally or religiously possible two nights prior.
c) Take that as a sign that I'm abandoning you, and begin to point out that because of it I have commitment issues, that you're clearly not my priority, and then cry.
d) Say goodbye, but manage to do it with such menace and venom that I stay on the phone for another three silence filled hours, broken only by fits of gentle weeping and suicide threats.
Q3. I'm throwing change at your cleavage, which is readily on display in that loose fitting tank top you wear around my place on Sundays after brunch. Do you:
a) Wing the largest of the coins at my head, with an evil glare and then refuse to speak to me for the rest of the day.
b) Encourage my behavior, and allow me to purchase Afternoon Delights from you at discount prices.
c) Cry.
d) Cry and pick a fight with me, taking my actions as a total lack of respect for you and then begin to point out that because of it I have commitment issues, that you're clearly not my priority, and then cry some more.
Q4. We're having a fight. You:
a) Throw me out of your apartment, then thirty minutes later send 17 texts and attempt to call 13 times in the space of six minutes.
b) Give me space when the discussion gets too heated for rational thought, and redress your complaints in a calm manner when we've both had a chance to cool down.
c) Flip me the bird.
d) Wail on my junk.
e) both c and d
f) realize that the fight is about nothing, and begin creating fictional problems and make wild accusations about my obsession with material goods and having a wandering eye.
g) f, then d, then c.
Q5. I play [video games OR tabletop gaming OR fantasy football]. You:
a) Want to join in, because it looks like hella fun.
b) Leave me to it, in the hopes that I'll leave you a few things to participate in on your own.
c) Attempt to get me to quit, and use tactics like nagging, vandalism and emotional sabotage as an effective campaign against what you call my 'nerdy addiction.'
d) c, but also include deriding me to your friends.
Section Two: True or False (Answer All, 10 points)
Q1. Rationale and Reason are the same thing.
Q2. A cheerleader AND/OR schoolgirl outfit is a wardrobe must.
Q3. Talking in your 'cute voice' just before you put my balls in your mouth is sexy.
Q4. Learning body language and communication cues is important.
Q5. 'Anchorman' and 'Superbad' are hilarious movies.
Q6. "But it's cute when I do it" should be a legally viable defense.
Q7. Porn is awesome.
Q8. Bono is probably the most important political figure of our generation.
Q9. Sex is an important part of a relationship, and should be had frequently, often, whenever possible - within moderation, of course.
Q10. A relationship is metaphorically a two way street. So is your butt.
Section Three: Short Essay. (Answer ONE, 5 points)
Please select one of the following questions and answer it as fully as time will allow. Please try and be as descriptive as possible, and where applicable, come up with at least TWO convincing arguments to support your case. Arguments must be backed up with cited evidence, not anecdotal perspective.
Q1. Please come up with a convincing game-plan for having me come shopping with you, keeping in mind my retail oriented attention span is about twelve minutes, and I am prone to wandering after flashing lights and shiny things.
Q2. Please argue why you are (do) or are not (do not): 'Down to Earth', 'Have a sense of humor' and 'Laid back'. Bonus if you can include evidence to confirm that you truly do avoid 'head games.'
Friday, July 25, 2008
Laundry Day
I'm a single male living with another single male. I do my own laundry. As luck would have it, my apartment has an in-unit washer/dryer, which makes life very convenient. Except when the washer unit malfunctions and refuses to drain the water after a spin cycle. Like today.
Uh Oh... How do I fix this?!
Like any enterprising engineer, I decided to google the problem, and I came up with an article on how to troubleshoot.
In particular, it said...
I tried it, hit the switch (it looks like a little indentation on the washer body, and a little spike poking out from the washer lid) a couple of times, and the washer started draining again!
Life is back to normal.
Uh Oh... How do I fix this?!
Like any enterprising engineer, I decided to google the problem, and I came up with an article on how to troubleshoot.
In particular, it said...
Check the tab on the lid that strikes the lid switch; if it is broken, the washer may stop during the drain cycle. Press and release the lid switch...
I tried it, hit the switch (it looks like a little indentation on the washer body, and a little spike poking out from the washer lid) a couple of times, and the washer started draining again!
Life is back to normal.
Living Your Dreams
Just a few hours ago, I had no clue what to blog about. It's been a while, and well, those creative juices are JUST NOT FLOWING. Whatcha gonna do right?
And then it hits me. I read something about a viral youtube video about some professor (Randy Pausch) who had just passed away. Normally, not something I'd be too juiced up about, but I was bored at work and all that. So I clicked to watch it...
Hmm... Damn thing is 1 hour 15 minutes long... I'll just watch a minute or two...
An hour later, I ended up downloading the video, and the written transcript!
It was about living your life, going for what you want. Extremely motivational, and very emotionally moving, especially considering that the speaker had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and only had about a month left to live. Seriously, go watch it!
And yes, it is really THAT GOOD!
And then it hits me. I read something about a viral youtube video about some professor (Randy Pausch) who had just passed away. Normally, not something I'd be too juiced up about, but I was bored at work and all that. So I clicked to watch it...
Hmm... Damn thing is 1 hour 15 minutes long... I'll just watch a minute or two...
An hour later, I ended up downloading the video, and the written transcript!
It was about living your life, going for what you want. Extremely motivational, and very emotionally moving, especially considering that the speaker had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and only had about a month left to live. Seriously, go watch it!
And yes, it is really THAT GOOD!
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