happy halloween!every halloween i feel this strange excitement. i think it's the remnants of the childhood sensations i used to have at the prospect of getting all that candy. now that i'm adult, the feeling usually only…

lunch with the gang again.a change in the normal agenda. instead of meeting them at my old workplace, they're coming to my place since we're going to eat at a&j in cupertino village. ash has never been (she's the only on…

i'm babysitting my carpet today.i moved the anemone to the new tank last night. what started out a relatively straightforward process turned into a battle of wills as he refused to dislodge himself from the transfer cont…

my days of freedom may be numbered.i heard back from the company that i thought might be offering the position to an internal candidate. they brought me in for another interview with the most senior engineer and then ask…

chris sat there counting the non-nerds.he considers a high number a good indication that apple is reaching new customers. but come on. (1) this is silicon valley and (2) who else would be waiting in line for panther on a…

i must've been in a confrontational mood.had another round with the company from yesterday. i let my normally charming facade slip with the 2nd guy i talked to. i don't know what was up with him, but he did a good job ru…

i get to interact with people today!just got back from an interview with yet another networking company. yeehaw. though i did enjoy talking with the guy i interviewed with. he showed me some interesting stuff and had rea…

i had a crisis of conscious this morning.every so often, i start thinking about the environmental impact of my saltwater reefing hobby. usually this occurs when i go to petco and see 5 emaciated yellow tangs in a 20G tan…

it's kevin's 30th!late night in SF planned. eunice and i are planning to hit kevin's party at pier 54. we have to drive separately since i have dinner plans in the south bay and eunice wants to me a friend in SF beforeha…

well, that sucked.it's not like i'm a huge red sox fan. it's just hard to get excited about a world series where it's the precocious child vs the class valedictorian.

let me count the ways.i'm so not excited about the job i interviewed for today. (1) it's backend heavy (almost purely synthesis/timing/layout); (2) it's with a new division of a company that only has about 8 people right…

some people might think i've never told chris about my blog.true, he doesn't read it on a daily basis, but he looks at it from time to time. yesterday, he made a point with me to clarify that he also likes to watch olymp…

just had a visit from mr. and mrs. steve.damn, but sometimes i _love_ being unemployed. makes plenty of time for impromptu visits from friends. (not to mention being able to watch the NCLS/ACLS games real-time on televis…

there something about playoff season that i find fascinating.i can watch just about any sport as soon as playoff season starts. with the exception of football, i find regular season games just too tedious to keep up with…

all in all, a quality day with maryland folk. after the wedding, young and jane came up to our place. today is actually theirone-year anniversary, so the trip to california is also a celebration of their happy event.w…

it's a mini high school reunion.my closest friend from high school is getting married this weekend. he's one of the last of us to marry, so opportunities for a reunion among our high school crowd are nearly over. i'm rea…

chris says i could never be the hulk.he thinks i get annoyed too easily. i wouldn't even have time to say, "you don't want to see me angry" before the roof collapsed. thing is, i think my friends would attest to the fact…

happy as a clam?sometimes i wonder where certain expressions come from. i have had two giant clams in my tank, and they don't look particularly happy. one of them will attempt suicide by jumping off his rock and doing a …

i'm feeling delirious.started to get a fever last night. a new turn in a cold that just won't go away. going out and playing poker probably isn't helping my immune system, chris says. so planning to stay home all day. if…

d-day for davis?nothing like answering synthesis questions first thing in the morning. phone screen #1 at 8:30am. phone screen #2 (different company) tonight at 7pm. the fun never ends.anyway, i'm now headed over my neig…

good photo or bad photo?this morning, i was chatting with a guy i previously worked with, but never met before (overseas contract verification team). he sent me a photo of everyone on his team, and then asked me for a p…

i've never met a door-to-door steak salesman before.chris loves his beef. so when a guy stopped by our house selling flash-frozen individually vacuumed wrapped steaks, chris was willing to brave my wrath (he woke me up f…

estate sales are depressing.i walked to one in my neighborhood today. anything and everything was up for grabs: from spices in the kitchen cabinets to clothes and linens still hanging in the closets to jewelry to furnitu…

i don't know why i even care.i was looking over pics of peter's wedding on eric's journal, and saw some photos of my boyfriend from college. seeing him bugs me a bit, not because i still have those type of feelings for…

everyone who knows me knows i like to gamble.i'm making my first trip to bay101 tonight with jay and allen. i don't like to go to casinos/gaming places alone because really bad things can happen. however, i'm too weak to…