Really Cool. STOFU

This is a really cool app for showing stats about the state of the union. It’d be kinda cool to build something like that into normal websites, etc.

Here in LA there’s been a lot of talk recently about this homeless guy, who found a vial of Mercury in the garbage. He was transporting it to sell for drugs and spilled it in the subway. Granted the guy should be off the streets, but they are trying to charge him with terrorism! How crazy is that. Idiots.

So anyways, recap…

Wed I worked in Newport again. I got moved out of the shared office and into a bullpen cube area with the developers. Very strange move for me. I don’t really feel like I should be sitting with them. The good news is that I no longer have to sit in the office and listen to the two other people I was sharing with talk baby talk to thier fucking wives all day long! On the other hand, now my monitor is visible to everyone who walks by again. Very annoying in it’s own right. So we’ll see how that goes!

After work I went home and hit the gym. Three UBER hot boys working out yesterday. OMG. I swear one of them kept staring at me too. Came home after that, showered and then did some work. Ben came over about 6ish and we hit up the sushi place. Since he was late we didn’t get half price, but it was still good. The convo got off to a bit of a rocky start, he was cute and very nice, but searching for topics not work related was a little difficult because he hasn’t really done much here and he’s been working so much that’s about all there was. However, I tried to stay away from that because he said he was sick of it.

Got done with dinner and decided to head back to my place, where we watched a movie, cuddled and talked some more. He’s very nice, and like I said, VERY cute. I was a bit concerned because his myspace pics aren’t that good, and he actually looks good with longish hair. Big concern is that he smokes, UGH! He left my place about 10 and I tried going to bed.

Ended up trying to talk to Mayko, but just got annoyed. I think I need to take a break from him. As the feelings are once again becoming more then just friendly. Finially got to sleep about 11, which is strange considering I’d only had 2.5 hours of sleep the night before.

Phil said this the other day: “All I know is that my love is wasted away as each year passes away”…. Damnit!

Thursday I worked as usual and applied for a part-time IT Manager for a small non-profit in BevHills. I think it would be a really fun job to add onto my typical work duties, plus this way I won’t have to worry about contracts all the time. I would have a steady second job. So I’m looking forward to hearing back about that. The only place I was lacking experience was in the fund raising software they use. Which I’m sure can’t be that hard to learn.

I had lunch with this guy Jimmy today day as well. He was cute, nice and very smart, majoring in neuroscience. But yeah. Just not my type. He was very quiet as well though. What is it with me finding all these quiet boys. I can’t do that! I need someone who talks a lot! After work I went home and biked for a while and then pretty much crashed on the couch. I don’t have to work till 11 on Friday and wanted to go out Thrusday night, but I haven’t found anyone to go with me yet… Hopefully someone will come through! 🙁

I was bored at work the other day and decided to play with Google Maps. My weekly routine now includes over 500 miles, and 12 HOURS in the car. EACH WEEK! Oh god, someone shoot me? That doesn’t even include the time driving between the gym, store, etc. That’s just TO AND FROM WORK! And then add in the traffic time as well. 🙂

Summons

I got a summons to jury duty…. UGH! I’ve done so good at not getting those damn things! But my luch has finially run out! It starts in last Feb and the thing says is expected to last 5 months! Holy cow!

When I got the envelope and saw “District Court of LA” or what not. I was scared out of my mind. I was like, “Oh GOD! The feds caught me!”

This is a really boring but very interesting video about math in education. I highly suggest you watch it:

And this is a really cool video about the stress testing a Boeing 777 undergoes.

Do you hate those damn speed traps? Check out this CopSpy seems a little out dated, but still cool and could become useful if enough people submit to it.

Google updated the satellite images of the DM area. Check them out.You can see amazing deatil now!

I bought a new domain yesterday. It was one that the VP threw out when he was rambling, and I liked the sound of it. So I bought it. funkyfoobar.com is now mine! 🙂 Now, what to do with it?! If you have any good ideas, let me know!

They posted the Tour De Palm Springs elevation and route maps the other day… Check them out. I’m a bit scared!!

Tuesday night I went out with Mayko to Beige. We had a really good time and ended up chatting with these two random guys. Well, he talked to them, cause they were speaking Portugesse. 🙁 God I really need to learn another language, I feel so stupid around them! hahah. Either way, the 405S was closed yet AGAIN! Why do they always do this to me!? So I got home shortly after 2am and got up to go to work at 4:45. So I’ve had about 2.5 hours of sleep. Ugh!

Tonight I’m hanging out with this guy Ben, we’re doing sushi. Tomorrow I am having lunch with this guy Jimmy, and Friday I an having dinner with Stephen. Saturday I am going to stay home and do work which I’ve been neglecting and Sunday I have a bike ride in the morning, a lunch business meeting and then hopefully Mayko and I can go out and spend the last of my birthday money! 🙂

I also need to find time to get my ass to SMC and get my Student ID and find out about parking. I’m also getting really nervous about this class and wondering if I should change over to French…. 🙁

Why is it that when you have to mail something to a federal agency you have to pay for postage? All incoming and outgoing mail to ANY federal office should be FREE. “God damnit. I have a problem right there!” LOL Oh Mayko!

Ok, adios!

WTF?!

What the fuck is up with boys! You people will never believe who in the world txt messaged me today….. Anyone care to take a guess??

Well you’re all wrong! It was JAY! WTF?! I haven’t talked to this guy since freaking July, and now he randomly txts me to say Happy Birthday! Don’t get me wrong. It was nice and all, just WHY!? How random.

Thanks to everyone who called!

It was a good day overall though. I worked in Newport Beach and was infact given a fun sounding project. So that’s good news. I also worked on the whole getting permalinks working again on this host. It’s been one hell of a ride, but after posting in the wordpress forums they appear to finially be working on it! Thank god, because I really love permalinks! I also wish they’d fix the whole register_globals issue. Because having to put a php.ini file in EVERY DIRECTORY is a pain in the ass.

But if they don’t get these things fixed I’ll be leaving as soon as my contract is up. Which is in April.

I think Tues I’m going ot try YET AGAIN to get out to Beige. Mayko indicated he might be up for it if he doesn’t have much HW to do. So fingers crossed that I can go!

I was getting ready to leave the office on Monday, as in JUST getting ready to put my computer to sleep, and I get an IM. “You got a minute for a meeting”…. “Sure”…Long story short, two of the VP’s got into a HUGE yelling match, and it was them and me and one other guy in there.. Scary! One of the VPs ended up storming out of the conference room. I was scared and didn’t know what to do!

Apple Mail

I love my MacBook Pro. Everyone knows that. I would be LOST without her. But I have to admit I’m getting REALLY annoyed with Apple Mail lately.

For some reason spam has just been FLOODING me! HARD CORE flooding me. And it’s really getting annoying. I wish that Apple would build in some of the technologies that spam assassin uses. I sure hope that the next version is MUCH better at catching spam.

It’s also been crashing nearly every day! I’m not sure what the problem is. I’ve tried rebuilding my mailboxes like everyone says to do, and that just doesn’t help at all! Hopefully Apple is getting sick of all my bug reports and they will fix whatever the issue is!

I downloaded a preview of Leopard a while back and have to say that I love it. I used it for a while off my external HD, I’ll be out there the day it comes out buying the new version!

Friday night Robert came over about 9:45ish and we hung around here. Invited my neighbor girl and then headed out to Weho. Met up with Jason there and then later Mayko. It was a really good time. The neighbor girl and Mayko REALLY talked like the whole night away, it was funny. Either way, we hung out and ate pizza and had a great night. Sadly I kept forgetting to take pictures! 🙁

Saturday I got up and went and did laundry and then baked my cake. It didn’t turn out very well. 🙁 But it still tastes good. I spent the night at home alone….

Sunday I got up early and headed over to Mayko’s picked him up and we went out to the outlet malls. I got some good purchases, but I was hoping for more shirts, pants, etc. But I really love the few things we did buy. I still have $100 left of what I was going to spend out there. I need to buy new sandles for sure yet. My parents also called me to say Happy-Bday.

Drove him home about 4 and then came home and spent the night hanging out here.

So yeah, it was a pretty good birthday weekend, could have been more fun. But alas. Happy B-Day to me! 😀

My scope for today says this: “But we are subdued by an isolating opposition from warm Venus to cold Saturn that challenges our self-esteem and makes us wonder if we are truly loved.” So true…

Adios.

Walk Away

Mayko got me hooked on this song… It’s just so moving.

Oh no

Here comes that sun again

That means another day

Without you my friend

And it hurts me

To look into the mirror at myself

And it hurts even more

To have to be with somebody else

And its so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

With so many people

To love in my life

Why do I worry

About one

But you put the happy

In my ness

You put the good times

Into my fun

And its so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

And head for the door

Weve tried the goodbye

So many days

We walk in the same direction

So that we could never stray

They say if you love somebody

Than you have got to set them free

But I would rather be locked to you

Than live in this pain and misery

They say time will

Make all this go away

But its time that has taken my tomorrows

And turned them into yesterdays

And once again that rising sun

Is dropping on down

And once again you my friend

Are nowhere to be found

And its so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

And head for the door

You just walk away

Walk away

— Ben Harper