Weekend!

Well, I never made it to the Piano Sale. I realized that I can't afford a piano right now, and I'm going to move soon, so I don't really want to be lugging a piano around. I'll buy one after I buy a house (whenever that is...).

So we went up to visit Michelle's parents this weekend. I had an awesome Korean dinner. All sort of dishes that I have no idea how to type out. My best guess is as follows: daen jang chigae, kaktugi, sam chu, some kind of unseasoned meat that you dip into sesame oil, salt and pepper, and some other pan chan that I'm not sure what they're called. Man, that was a GOOD meal.

On Sunday, I visited Andrew at his "Monkeyhouse" in Sunnyvale. That was a good time. we slacked, had some coffee, and had a rematch at Super Puzzle Fighter. After I DOMINATED him last time, he beat me 3-1 this time.

The we had dinner at this place called Sushi Maru. They serve the sushi on boats, and they charge you by the dish. That place was really impressive. They still serve thick cuts of fish on the nigiri sushi. Very fresh, and very tasty.

Excite - News

Excite - News

Now this is funny...

Work...

Work is busy. No time for me to post.

Ever notice that when things come in, they all come in at the same time? Of course I've got many different areas that need my attention, and not enough time to do it!

Matt's Birthday

So I got back a little while from Pizza Mizza. We had dinner there for Matt's birthday.

I just want to say that I LOVE that place. Its not traditional pizza. Its the same idea as CPK, so there are funky pizzas there. Except they use a thin crust. Probably my favorite non traditional pizza place in Santa Barbara (of course the only competition is CPK, and I love that place too).

So we all pitched in and got him a Char-Broil charcoal grill. Its good for him, and good for us because we can have bbqs at our place now. Hehehe. I love presents with ulterior motives. ;)

Yahoo! News - Stolen Stradivarius Cello Found Damaged in L.A.

Yahoo! News - Stolen Stradivarius Cello Found Damaged in L.A.

Now that is bizarre. What are you doing keeping a 300 year old cello on your porch? That cellist should be smacked for failure to take care of a musical treasure.

The Weekend Update

Saturday we went to the Oxnard Strawberry festival. It was the the first time for David, Aaron, Colleen, and Michelle. This year the food was good, but the strawberries were quite disappointing. This years crops were just not up to standard. What a bummer. Oh, another note, don't use their free park and ride service. We waited in line for almost an hour, and all it got us was $1 off admission. We should have just driven there, because when we pulled up in our bus, there was tons of parking.

Sunday was an awesome day. We just walked downtown, did some shopping, walked around some more. I bought a copy of Stephen Donaldson's "The Lords Foul Bane" which I've been wanting to reread, since I last read it when I was in 6th grade. After that, we went back to Michelle's and had bloody marys...

Piano Sale at SBCC

Talk about great timing. I've been in the market to buy a piano for some time now, but believe it or not, there is NO place to buy a piano in Santa Barbara. The closest place is in Ventura.

So I'm over at Alli, Aaron and Colleen's house, and I see they got a mailer for a piano sale to take place at the music department at SBCC. I think I'm going to call them and make an appointment for the Friday, May 21st sale. This will be the private sale, and whatever they don't sell on Friday will go on sale to the public on Saturday the 22nd. They'll have some used Yamahas, which is exactly what I was looking for.

So now I'm excited. A piano is a little hard to lug around when moving, but if the prices are good, this may be an opportunity too good to pass up!

Spurs Protest Denied

NBA.com: Spurs Protest Denied

Haha! I admit it was close. But come on... You lost the game. Deal with it. But then again, if it would have been the spurs doing that to the lakers I might have done the same thing.

Wow! The Lakers won!

Wow. I meant to post this last night, but I got back from Chevy's and starting playing slack key, and the time slipped away from me.

Wow, Lakers up big. San Antonio rallies to within 1. Duncan hits a huge shot with .4 seconds left. San Antonio up by 1. Lakers inbound. Can't inbound the ball. Called a timeout. Successfully inbounded the ball. Derek Fisher hits a huge shot at the buzzer. Lakers win by 1!

What a game. San Antonio really deserved to win that game. I mean the Lakers fell apart in the 4th quarter. But hey, who am I to argue? I'll take the win!

Lakers need to win!

Ok Lakers don't let me down. Let's see if they can do this!

Mornings... YUCK!

It's official. I hate mornings. I also have picked up the horrible habit of snoozing. Back in the day, I used to hear my alarm, and either immediately get up, or turn it off and sleep through the day and miss my classes... Unfortunately, missing work isn't an option these days.

So Michelle and I were driving to work, and I heard the most shocking news on the radio. America is retarded and voted off LaToya London on American Idol! Yes everyone. I am an American Idol fan. I'll admit it. You heard me say it. Spread the word! I'm not sure how this happened. She was by far the best singer in that competition. I guess she was a little boring, but still! I love Jasmine, but it really was her week to go. But in any case, America has spoken, and America, YOU'RE RETARDED!

Ok, that's my rant for this morning.

Wireless phones

So I just had a conversation with Derek from work. He's rather knowledgable about wireless phones and PDAs and such. He's also the project lead for PocketView for GoToMyPC (allows you to access a PC with an internet connection, and a Windows CE device). He mentioned there are some really cool devices coming out.

I wanted to know about whether you could use PocketView with the Microsoft SmartPhone OS phones, because this Samsung SCH-i600 phone from verizon looks really interesting. He said it doesn't support it yet, but it may in the future.

In any case, he said to wait 6 months, because some cool phones are coming out. My contract with Verizon ends in August, so I guess I'm not in too much of a rush...

My first post!

So this is a bizzare thing. I've been reading about blogs for some time, and several of my friends have one, so I finally bit the bullet and decided to sign up for one of these and see what the big deal is!

I guess the reason I've been so resistant to this is I can't imagine that my life is interesting enough for anyone to actually want to read about it. But I guess we'll have to see. My friend David pointed out to me "Who determines what is interesting?" I guess after hearing that, I decided to jump on board.

Well I'm looking forward to seeing what this is all about. Hello to anyone who happens to read this!