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April 30, 2004

chicaaago..

so i was in chicago for several days last wk for a friends weddin. and though there was the necessary scramblin and runnin around for it--and resultin stress--i had a really good time. bein able to work on things that would mean somethin, to not hafta sit in front of a computer all day as the sun shines bright, and to just be in good company--it was almost like a mini-vacation of sorts..

as ive mentioned before, i think im becomin more of an extrovert (im losin my identity!!)--i just may enjoy meetin new people while chillin w/ the old..

- its weird how theres nearly always an air of sadness when a weddin ive been a part of comes to an end. settin aside the obvious oh-these-two-people-will-never-be-apart-again sentiment, i guess its like the end of summer camp (a really short one). you meet a group of people and in tryin to get things done for the weddin, you get to know em. then after all comes to fruition, youre done and you gotta say bye, never to see any of em again. kinda weird..

- man, i forgot how funny emotion eric is. last time i checked out that site was a couple yrs ago..

- i find it odd how we often associate locations w/ time; how, when we think of a place, we think the specific time we visited it or lived there. for instance, in the above bullet i was goin to write "in durham" as opposed to "a couple yrs ago" but realized that would only be meaningful to me and not helpful to anyone else..

i guess we really do live in a four-dimensional world..

- theres this salon article on a cult band called the minibosses, a group who perform covers of the 1980 nintendo games..

if you really wanna read the article w/o payin for it, figure it out--theres a way..

- would you believe me if i told you i couldnt remember how old i was until i read the upper right corner of this blog?

- you ever get so into a song that you cant help but listen to it overandoverandoverandover? as the song fades to a close, you just hit the back/repeat button and experience heaven all over again..

reminds me of a story, this girl once had her brother pick her up at duke from nova--a four hour drive each way. so in both directions, he listened to "torn" by natalie imbruglia w/o pause..

i think i wouldve jerked the wheel and ended it all in the first hr of the trip..

- right now, the reason by hoobastank is doin exactly that for me. hmm, i dunno why i linked to the lyrics--we all know im a music-first kinda person. after all, words are meaningless (as he writes this entry)..

- i think im takin to quite a fancy for chicago, havin visited twice in the past couple months. the first trip was very short and localized around downtown. this past one entailed a lotta drivin around, but i particularly liked drivin up and down the side of lake michigan. i never knew northwestern sat adjacent to it either..

so great, cali is the dream. is chicago then meetin halfway??

- wow, a physiological rationale to kissing..

course, they do say a dogs mouth is cleaner than our own..

hmmmm--ill be right back..

Posted by cpaik at 05:12 PM

April 19, 2004

muzak..

why is it that its easier to find someone who luvs music than someone who abhors it?? in fact, do you know anyone who cant stand music--any kind--wutsoever??

no balance there--weird..

- gettin stuck on a problem at work for me is like mindlessly readin the same sentence in a book over and over and over. im basically starin at some chunk of code in a program hopin a solution will miraculously arise out of it. like one would hope to find the end of that sentence..

yeah, basically it doesnt work and all i can do is boil in frustration. at least, im not back in school racin against some 7am deadline..

- amazin and funny!!

i could not stop laffin even AFTER the clip was over. next up for him, the half-pipe!!

- so this is gonna sound lame (cuz it is), but i feel like a chapter of my life is over now that the apprentice has been chosen. watchin the finale, esther remarked how she was so proud of how far bill had come to win the cush job. and in seein all the eliminated candidates, i felt like i was attendin a camp reunion or somethin..

mark burnett did a great job on this one, but we will see how strong popularity remains come the sequel..

- its been said that dogs are the true owners and while we dog "owners" often joke about it, cmon--it has to be the truth..

i mean usin the heralded film, coming to america, as an example, how am i any different than those servants who hurry to eddie murphy as he finishes takin a dump and his butler (or wutever) claps his hands to yell "WIPERS!!" i am, afterall, at their beckin call w/ a plastic bag at hand as the last brown (or often green) masterpiece drops to the ground..

course, esther and i dont help our situation since we literally celebrate stella and cocoas respective birthdays w/ a candlelit cupcake--or this yr, a frosty paw ice cream treat specifically made for dogs..

yes, we are idiots--someone please just shoot us now..

..but be sure to feed and poo of the masters twice a day..

Posted by cpaik at 05:03 PM

April 05, 2004

wut a sheety weekend..

how to concoct the perfect annhilation to a weekend for this loser:

· start w/ a duke loss..

· then add in the reminder we were up by 8 w/ 3 min to go..

· next, have my entire fantasy bball season of 900-some games come down to a single measly game in which ak-47 (andrei kirilenko) had only to nail ONE more 3-ptr..

· and top it off w/ esther STILL not bein home after a week-and-a-half..

for once, im glad the weekend is over..

- so the travellin continues: i was in orlando last week (at a conference for work) and im beginnin to find out for all my fabled anti-social tendencies, i actually enjoy meetin new people. its coo to talk w/ and get to know someone w/ a different background than my own (which would translate to everyone in the world) cuz im findin people are fascinatin..

now mind you, im still very much introverted. shy and highly unwillin to be the first to stick out my hand or give the initial greeting. but as esther noted to me a few wks back, when i feel comfortable ive become quite loud and garrulous. not just "talkative", EXCESSIVELY talkative. i guess im beginnin to embarass her in public (haha, too bad)..

so in orlando i met a couple of couples. one was from seattle whom i met sittin at the bar in rainforest cafe. they had just tied the knot a few days prior, so they were honeymoonin in the land walt built. for wutever reason, its always nice to see the recently married probly cuz theyre so beamingly happy and--for me at least--it reminds me of my own big day..

the other couple was attendin the same conference. actually, just the guy was but i met em one evenin and ended up hangin out w/ em all nite. they were from nebraska and were relatively young (they looked it at least), yet already had three kids. she was actually a housewife and when i mentioned i thought that may be the hardest job in the world, she thanked me sayin she would normally receive a blasé "oh, so you dont work". gotta be tough..

i wish i was a little more outgoing in my former life, aka the last ten years. it seems my dim view of human nature inadvertently prevented me from experiencin the beauty in peoples lives and backgrounds..

gawd, that sounded so sappy. gonna hafta head to the bathroom to make sure im still a man..

Posted by cpaik at 08:19 PM