BullPlop....: 09/01/2005

Don't Click

This is one of the neatest things I've seen in a while. A website that isn't supposed to be clicked. dontclick.it

Vicar Richter

This past Saturday we had a group of friends over for dinner. I was pushing hard to watch my USC Trojans football game, but Heather really wanted to have people over for dinner. I was thinking "pizza and beer" she was thinking "cook all day and have a nice meal." The game was at 4, but it wasn't until 9:30 that I actually got to start watching the game. We grilled all sorts of delicious things, and 4 couples sat around on a rooftop patio having a nice meal. After dinner the guys went to the room with the TV, and a few minutes into the second quarter the girls all came in, and Heather asked me to pause the game. My #1 ranked Trojans were losing 13-0 so I was preoccupied and totally shocked when our recently-engaged friends asked if I would marry them in their upcoming wedding. Of course, I cracked a bad joke and said "I can't marry you, I'm already seeing someone else." But I was really touched, and still am. I agreed readily and am looking forward to a May wedding in New Orleans. Hopefully I won't be wearing my wading boots with my tux... It's amazing how trust works. We give it out, and end up getting more in return.

Life is grand.

All through today's bike ride, I couldn't help but think that soon I'll be riding it with one of my buddies from Taiwan. James moved back to Canada abooot 4 years ago and I haven't seen him since. He was scheduled to fly out on Sept. 11th, back before that date had any significance. His flight was delayed an extra week while the flights stopped. I haven't seen him since he was crashing on my couch those extra few days. Lookin' forward to seeing him. Today's ride was a good one, we actually found some new trails, and both of us took a spill. I went flying off my bike when the chain broke & Robin pedalled his ass up a hill 'til he couldn't pedal anymore and toppled into a bush. I've mentioned how I keep a blog at work. It's amazing to see it start to get momentum. I got an email from the CEO yesterday thanking me for the blog, and he mentioned it at a leadership meeting today as an example of one of the positive things that are happening in our organization. It's good to see the work i put into it being recognized. I have steady comments and dialogue going, which is more than I can say for bullplop.... I'm home, happy, and full of delicious lasagna. Life is grand.

27" Powerbook + Nano

It happened August 30th, and I'm only able to talk about it now. I know that sounds overly dramatic, but being robbed is like pimpin'. It ain't easy. There were three cars full of people helping Heather move. I was actually driving my buddy's truck, and had left my laptop bag in her apartment while we made our first trip down to Crown Point. When I came back, I went to her roommate's bedroom where I had left it and sure enough it was gone. I'm realizing I've already blogged a little about this so I'll move on. I'm trying my best. The loss of my iPod, iPimp, was tough, too. I coped well enough with iPod withdrawal, but like Big Daddy Kane says, it ain't easy. When the new nano came out, I decided to console my loss and move from a big 40 gig to a little 4 gig. I got it in the mail this morning. It is unbelievably small. I got the black one with the word speakeasy on it. listening to it right now. Also in the mail yesterday was my new 15" powerbook. I'm transferring my data onto it as i blog. (So glad I made a disc image of everything in July.) it's painful to pay for two laptops in two months. If I pay for a 12" and a 15" isn't it the same as buying a 27" powerbook? I think I'm the first kid on the block to have one of those.

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Originally uploaded by SpeakEasy.

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Beach Life

I've been busy moving, which has slowed down my blogging efforts. Last week as we were moving H's stuff, someone came into her apartment and stole my brand new 12" powerbook. The bag it was in had my iPod, and all sorts of other geeky goodies. Its been tough to cope. Our new place has been gorgeous, but there is no internet connection or TV. Only a couple more days of living like that. I hope when I have access to TV and internet, I still do things like we did last night. H's first day of school was yesterday, so we took a couple chairs down to the bay, sat in the sand, and talked. Then we pedalled our bikes around the bay, cut across to the boardwalk at Mission Beach, then cruised to a nice dinner. Life at the beach is really nice. It feels like we live in a vacation home. It hasn't quite settled in that I get to stay there all year. a note about the pictures on the blog clicking on them takes you into flickr, which is where I've been entering the info. The title of my photos end up being the date, and the time the picture was taken. sorry I'm too lazy to double describe them. They go up automatically from my phone straight to both places.