banana bay all day

I've heard about this happening from James, and last night I was lucky enough to catch the magic. Better than Transformers 2 hands down.

Mac Attacked.

Today I went down to SD to help Jomie move out. She didn't plan ahead at all and forgot to pack til I got there. Because tipoff for game 4 was at 6, we packed up all her stuff sans lunch, and hauled ass back home. At least until around Solana Beach at which time rush hour traffic grabbed us by the ass and wouldn't let go until forever. By the time we got near Anaheim around 2 hours later, I started to feel really restless; especially in my legs. Hey, no big deal right? I mean, it was a pretty bad drive. At first it was just a tingling in my right knee, then my left. Around Buena Park (I avoided the 57 and took the 5 to Beach) I had this terrible mental/physical itch that made me wanna kick like a mule. Man, this was a bad drive. Or so I thought. 15 minutes later (Or around the middle of the 2nd quarter of the game when LA was getting "manhandled" by Dwight Howard; as described by Mychal Thompson) I started to get really irritable. I didn't realize it until Jomie told me she was scared and that I should slow down. I don't know if it was the Jamba Juice from Price Center, the long drive, or the shitty way the game was unfolding, but I started to get cold sweats. When I realized I was literally sweating my ass off with the windows wide open at 7 pm on a gloomy day, I got really worried. At this point, I realized I was hungry, restless, irritable, itching, and sweating, and hungry. Jomie kept trying to reassure me that at this point we were only 10 minutes from home, and that dad probably has snacks in the kitchen somewhere. Needless to say, I was worried for my life at this point and I probably would've driven the van into a tree within 10 minutes. I stopped at the McDonalds 5 minutes short of home, had a McChicken and 2 Apple Pies, and instantly felt insanely better. I can't describe how much better I felt. I was less than 2 hours of hungry from homicidal when I was ordering, and 3 minutes later after the meal I was close to feeling good enough to give my sister money for school. They have 2 TVs in McDonalds now. The Lakers were down 6 when we went home for dinner.



I had to write this entry because I don't ever remember a time where I felt so strongly about anything where my body was trying to kill me with cold sweats and everything if I didn't get something from McDonalds. I thought about this a lot during and after the "Mac Attack", and it was one of those times where nothing else would suffice. It felt highly reminiscent of "Burgin", but way way worse. This was not a heyifeellikeburgersnotreallyfeelingburritos type of thing; this was life or death. Really. Probably the most extreme thing I've ever had to endure. The 15 minutes before that McChicken was insane; I was completely aware that my body was gradually turning against me. I imagine this is how those grasshoppers feel when fly larvae develop in their bodies and slowly take over their brains and zombify them.

yup, still around.

black gold

Bill Gates on Malaria

I know this is kind of old, but I finally found the video:

Skip to 5:07 if you haven't heard about this.

Ass Pennies

Graveyard Sale

My mom brought up that she wants to go to Rose Hills this weekend to pick out graveyard plots. Apparently there's some sort of a sale. She also has 2 picked out for me and my sister. Apparently I'll be at my parent's side for all of eternity.

I had a dream about dying last night (probably from the Cemetery talk) and woke up feeling really disgusted with myself. Thinking about your own demise and the subsequent effect it has on everyone you know is a powertrip and narcissistic as hell. Anyways, I dreamt that I died in a car accident, and since it was a drunk driver who hit me, my family would've been taken care of from some sort of a lawsuit. I don't know if it works like that, but it did in Office Space. Also, since this is a dream, my body is not mutilated in any way from the accident. It will be open casket. The Lakers will be there. And Jackie Chan. And an amazing amount of my female friends will be unimaginably devastated as they were all secretly in love with me.

Mondays

Since it's Monday, I'd figure I'll post a post of what I have done and will possibly today. It will probably be more exciting than what I was doing working. Let's hope it is.

9:43 AM
Just finished filing for unemployment again. I failed to enter my correct social security number the first try 2 weeks ago, so I had to start all over.

9:45 AM
Breakfast. This is the first time I've eaten oatmeal in this particular bowl. This is my favorite bowl in the house. Notice the semicircular fish. I eat oatmeal for breakfast (Market Pantry Instant Oatmeal: Maple and Brown Sugar) if you were wondering what that gross looking stuff is.
11ish
Go to 24 Hour Fitness to play basketball with homie Kenny. He's pretty intense. He also got me on that church basketball league that I was playing in on Saturday mornings.

1230-1ish
Lunch.

Afterlunch
Yogurtland? Really depends if anyone wants to go.

Afternoon
It looks like it will be a really nice day today, so I wanna say I'll go bike riding or running. Most probably running as Tim and Angus are probably gonna go running in Whittier around 5 ish.

6-7ish
Dinner at home! I really hope it's not pork chops again. Or maybe I do, I can't decide.

Afterdinner
10ish
Job Search!
List of companies to apply/look into:
CalTrans
Avalon Eng, Inc.

The second one looks strange as they don't leave any contact info in their job posting.

Cupcakes, Layoffs, XOXO Gossip Girl

I got laid off on Wednesday at 11:42 AM. It felt inevitable since Urban Crossroads wasn't doing so hot in the last few months, so I wasn't shocked. But I did only get to use my new battlestar mug for 2 mornings before the lay off.

I also came back from New York on Monday. It was amazing:

Grimaldi's
Lombardi's
Halal Chicken and Rice
McSorley's
Cupcakes
Subways
Brooklyn
Expensive ass shopping
Central Park
Getting trashed eating Chinese food
The guy who plays Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite
Virgin America

grammer

My grasp of the English language is surprisingly bad. That's the main reason why I like to keep my sentences short. (I'm doing a report write-up; hence this entry.) As I am typing this report, I realize I don't consciously apply grammer to what I am writing. Like in that last sentence, I felt like a baby giraffe that's learning how to walk where each ensuing step increases the chance of tripping up.

I blame my failure at language on my career choice; engineers don't need to learn how to write. Ha! Consequently, I say aloud in my head and sometimes mouth the sequence of words I am currently typing. If it sounds ok, then it's totally good. What scares me is that this work ends up on published reports that can be brought in as evidence in a court of law. Yup.

SAD and weekend update

Relatively busy weekend:
1. Andy's brother Minh dj'd in Hollywood on Friday.
2. B4C'd and my boss Carelton turned 50 on Saturday. Also saw high school kids start a successful t shirt company.
3. Shrimp Tacos and Watchmen on Sunday.
4. SAD. My friend Tim said I probably have SAD. There's a name! In short, its Seasonal Affective Disorder.

"....people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) experience a much more
serious reaction when summer shifts to fall and on to winter.

Symptoms of winter-onset seasonal affective disorder include:
Depression
Hopelessness
Anxiety
Loss of energy
Social withdrawal
Oversleeping
Loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed
Appetite changes, especially a craving for foods high in carbohydrates
Weight gain
Difficulty concentrating and processing information
Spring and summer SAD (summer depression)"

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