i was talking to some friends the other day and one of them made a comment about someone who walked by. they said that they didn’t like the way that that person walked because they walked with an arrogant stride. it made me think…
what is it about someone’s gait that tells you something about them? can you really tell something by the way that they walk?
and then do people make judgements on others just based on the way they walk?
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some days i feel like i’ve almost got it all together and then the weekend comes. i think the weekends are the hardest. during the week i can keep myself busy enough with work that the days seem to fly by without much incident. it’s the weekends that get tricky. during the week, i wake up so early in the morning that by the time i get home i’m exhausted and the days become very short. during the weekends, though…well, that’s another story. i’ve been trying to sleep as much as i can, but unfortunately because of my weekday schedule i end up waking up pretty early in the mornings.
there’s not much that i have to do on the weekends and there appears to be boundless amounts of time. i’ve been slightly preoccupied with the xbox, but the novelty of it is beginning to wear off and i’m not sure if any of the games really holds my attention for any amount of time.
the weird thing with games and me is that if the game is too hard, i’m turned off. if the game is too easy, i finish it too quickly and then i’m bored again. there are few games where i end up getting really hooked. i guess tetris is one of those games.
anyway, i ended up cancelling all of my evening plans tonight because i just wasn’t up for it. man, i’ve been so moody lately it’s rather upseting. i’m sure it will all pass. what kills me more are the sympathetic looks from my friends. i know that they are well-intentioned, but i don’t really need sympathy. i don’t need someone to help me, i don’t need someone to talk to…really, i don’t. i’m just a little bummed out. i’ll get over it.
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the number one viewer’s choice episode of friends is the one with the lobster where rachel learns that ross was got all dressed up so that she wouldn’t miss her high school prom when her date appeared to be a no show. i have to say that is definitely one of my most favorite episodes of friends as well.
i’ve always loved the idea of one true love. the kind of love that lasts forever and ever: without question, without hesitation, without limits. one of the reasons why i loved friends so much is because of the ross/rachel dynamic. the two were meant for each other, and the show played on the struggles that they went through to find each other and make it work.
i suspect that the show is going to end where ross and rachel end up living together and raising emma. it seems a little manufactured and a little unrealistic, but it is a nice ending.
i just watched this other episode of friends (the one with the list) where ross makes a list detailing why he should or should not be with rachel. there was one moment that seemed to sum it all up. when finding reasons for why he should not date julie, his biggest reason was “she’s not rachel.”
that just speaks volumes to the kind of love he has for her. and when he finally tells her that he broke up with julie to be with her, he simply says, “it’s always been you, rach.” it’s just one of those moments where everything in the world seems to come together and make sense. just briefly, all is well with the world.
those are the moments that i think we all live for.
i was looking around for something in my wallet and i just found out that i have 8 different frequent buyer’s cards for pearl tea. so no matter where i go, if they offer the frequent buyer’s card, i’ve got it. sheesh.
what’s silly is that i probably only really go to two or three pearl tea shops around here, but i still keep all of the cards to all of the places…because, you never know when you might want to get pearl tea and you are away from your regular hotspots.
*sigh* i’m sure that’s got to be pathetic on some level.
tomorrow is a holiday for me. the company is calling it “Bunni Day”. i think it’s to celebrate the boss’s birthday, but it also happens to fall on good friday and it is the friday before easter. whatever the case may be, i get a paid day off and i’m happy about it. i don’t have any huge plans for it, but i think that we will be going to lunch somewhere. is it wrong of me to be thinking about tomorrow’s lunch at 8am in the morning the day before? i mean, i still have today’s lunch to worry about.
speaking of which, i’m hungry now. very, very hungry.
speaking of hunger and food, i had a slice of blueberry creme pie at nation’s yesterday. it was absolutely divine. i had my doubts about whether or not a blueberry pie would taste good, but man…it was amazing. i’m very tempted to make blueberry ice cream now. i wonder how that would turn out…
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i haven’t been posting much. part of it is because i’ve been busy, part of it is because i’ve been so very tired. i was actually planning to go to a pearl tea event last night, i think it was the boba network on ryze that was meeting in mountain view, but i was just too tired and i couldn’t get out.
but yesterday was actually a pretty productive day, though. i got my oil changed. the one thing that i hate about my car is the amazing amount of oil it needs. before this car, i never had to pay extra for oil because the engine could not hold more than the 5 quarts that the oil change shop covers in their basic package. but no, my car now loves oil as much as i love pearl tea and it eats up a whopping 7.5 quarts of oil. so the extra 2.5 quarts are charged at a ridiculous rate. but, again, my laziness overwhelms me and instead of changing the oil in my car myself, i’ll pay the extra bit to have them do it.
they also vacuum the interior of the car, so i guess it’s worth it. sort of. well, not really. but anyway, i digress. the oil change went without incident and now that i’m pushing 200,000+ miles on my car, i think it’s about time to take it in for its annual check up as well.
after the oil change, i rented another xbox game. this game freedom pass at blockbuster is amazing. especially because of my ridiculously short attention span, i can change games as quickly as i get bored of them. there have been some days where i would swap two or three games in the same day. crazy. the one thing that i must say about the xbox is that there definitely aren’t as many games out there for the console and i haven’t really found one that i’m addicted to. i guess i should try and play halo, though.
and i also got pizza from fast pizza. they are reasonably fast at making the pizza too, but their store is really, really hot. i would say that it’s probably 85 degrees in the store. really, really hot.
i didn’t get any pearl tea yesterday though. the horrors! i actually fell asleep pretty early, i was planning to get some, but instead, the comfort of my bed beckoned and i heeded its ever-tempting calls. i think that was around 9pm last night.
crazy.
and then i woke up at 5:30am this morning. i feel well rested…but i can’t imagine sleeping so early every day. it just isn’t right.
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the day just feels shorter. that’s the only way that i know how to describe it. i’m looking forward to going home and maybe taking a little nap before tonight’s volleyball game. i haven’t been very diligent with my ankle exercises, though. but my ankle is getting better and better each week, so i’m optimistic. i’m hoping that i can start working on some of my lost jumping height soon, but i don’t want to force it.
brad keeps arranging these volleyball afternoons in the park and i wish that i could go and play, but i feel like it’s still too much for me to do so. oh well. maybe in another month or so. at least my net is benig put to good use.
i think that i am going to go and research some good slace flash units when i get home today. i think that it would definitely be helpful to have another flash or two in my setup.
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six months ago i wrote very specific code in one of my applications to account for the daylight savings time shift. but i only wrote it for when time shifts backwards, not forwards. today, i get into work and something’s broken because i forgot that daylight savings happens twice in a year, once moving forward and once moving backwards. oops.
oh well, it was a simple enough fix anyway, but it got my morning off to a quick start.
i thought that i would have a lot more trouble today waking up and getting into work. i actually did have a little bit of trouble waking up today, but i just got ready more quickly and left the apartment about 10 minutes late. traffic was light, but it was still dark when i left the apartment.
it was very weird leaving the apartment and it being all dark. i don’t think that i’ve done that in a long, long time. it actually reminded me of when i would leave that early to go to school. man, that was back in middle school or early high school over ten years ago.
man, leaving home while it’s dark…who would have thought that that would be me?
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“I’m about to cheat on my boyfriend who lives 3000 away. I don’t even know if I can call him my boyfriend, but I kind of feel guilty about sleeping with my best friend. Not that guilty though.”
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after last night’s xbox adventures, i ended up staying up later than i should have and i woke up earlier than i should have today. as a result, i currently have a headache that i’m trying to fight off. go away headache, go away!
i was still determined to leave the apartment early instead of getting more sleep because the idea of leaving the office at 7 today was completely undesirable. i’m not sure what else i would do in the afternoon, but it is nice to be able to have that choice to not do anything.
i actually wanted to go to blockbuster and sign up for the game freedom pass and start playing xbox games. maybe i’ll do just that.
for lunch today, i had soup and a sandwich…and i also decided to get an italian soda which i added some cream to. mmmmm. so good. i think that i might have to pick up some club soda to make some of this stuff at home.
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