i’m not sure what it is that is getting me so nostalgic, but i’ve been thinking a lot lately about life, universe, and everything. wait, it must be because the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy open this friday! but i digress.
i have been thinking about how much life seems to change. it [...]
starbucks employee: what would you like?
me: i’ll have a venti mocha frappuchino, please.
starbucks employee: sure thing. that’ll be $3.95.
me: ok.
starbucks employee: and your name for the order?
me: josiah.
starbucks employee: didn’t you say your name was bob last time?
me: oh, did i?
starbucks employee: yeah, i think you did.
me: oh.
man, no one [...]
it used to be that i would bemoan all the reasons why being single sucks. you don’t have that other person to spend time with, to share your innermost thoughts with, to tell them the inane details of your day to day life.
it used to be that i would be very sad when i [...]
and you think this is a good idea because…
hmmm, after some careful thought and consideration, i’ve thought about it and as idealistic as i want to be sometimes, i guess i do live in what most people call reality. i suppose that maybe i should tone down my expectations of what is realistic and [...]
this was yet another packed weekend with what seemed like too much stuff to do. after dinner with thanh and tung on friday, i woke up early on saturday to start the festivities for warren’s bachelor party. it started off with a drive to vallejo where we went to paintball jungle.
paintballing was a [...]
davis: look i know it’s been a few months since luke died, but, you know, if you are starting to have feelings for someone you should just accept it.
tru: it just feels soon, is all.
davis: it’s always going to feel soon whether it’s today, tomorrow, or four years from now.
tru: well, how do you know [...]
i learned something very important about white balance this weekend. though i love the 20D, its automatic white balance certainly leaves a lot to be desired. i didn’t think it made much of a difference until i started to compare some pictures i had shot in RAW with their JPG equivalents. i [...]
on friday i met up to have dinner with thanh and tung. i haven’t seen thanh in so long, i had almost forgotten what it was like to talk to her in person! most of our communication these days is over IM. anyhow, i met her and tung at their new home. [...]
last night at volleyball i introduced myself to this japanese girl.
me: hi, i’m mike.
japanese girl: ah, i’m atsuko.
me: oh, you’re japanese!
japanese girl: yes. and you are?
me: i’m japanese too.
japanese girl: what?? you are? no…
me: …
japanese girl: you must be japanese american.
me: …
why do i keep getting this reaction from japanese people? [...]
of course the second that i decide to go outside it starts to rain HARD and the wind picks up.
i ran over to my car to get a jacket and an umbrella. main, how did this weather come to be?
i wonder how bad paintballing is going to be now tomorrow.