Monday, July 30, 2007

RIP, my silent partner. Don't pee on God's shoes. Edit: Thanks to everyone that have sent their condolences. I've just been thinking about loss in general, so I'll just dedicate this entry to anyone that has lost or lost touch with someone special to them. Hopefully, you can take solace in the fact that carrying on is what would make those people proud; and those who are estranged, maybe a phone call wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Quite possibly the best SNL monologue that we'll ever see... If I can continue on this NJ vibe, last night's Sopranos was the most well-crafted episode yet. I don't predict Tony dying but a member of his immediate family will and there will be a NJ/NY war. 2 episodes left and then the best series is lost forever... LOST has been excellent also, but I have no predictions for the finale. Lately, there has not been much else to watch on TV. I think I've weaned myself off of Grey's Anatomy--it seems a little too inconsistent for me, and I also compare it to how great ER was in its heyday. For the reality show viewing, I'm really into Miami Ink and the Deadliest Catch and I think those shows are really underrated. This post was really about nothing so thanks for reading.

Friday, May 18, 2007

The Purpose of Life? Maybe it's hidden in stuff like this...

28 on the 28th

Monday, April 30, 2007

Hello audience, I wanted to say thanks to all for the birthday wishes. It was an enjoyable day and I'd like to pay it forward and say happy birthday to the following: Jessica Alba Penelope Cruz Harper Lee Lionel Barrymore Saddam Hussein (R.I.P. - the "P" standing for pieces) The preceding list was in order of preference. Oh, word has it that Xanga has now allowed anyone to comment on sites, even if you're not a member. So, perk up, Mr. Stalker in West Virginia. Now you can contribute to my next post on bathroom mishaps, and nobody will be the wiser. Huzzah!

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

So I was all ready to launch into the whole Imus thing when the shootings at VA Tech happened. Here's the latest that I've read: 32 people killed, 15 injured; Killer was a student by the name of Cho Seung-Hui; Early in the morning, he killed a couple of students at a dorm while looking for his ex-girlfriend; An email went out advising students of a serious situation and that they should be cautious; A second email was then sent which said that a gunman was loose on campus; Either before that or after that a second round of shootings happened at another section of campus, where some 30 people died. Now the first thing that bothers me about this is the re-introduction of the gun control debate. This is such a red herring--why are we even bringing it up now? If no action is going to be taken on guns either way, then let's leave the topic alone. I think the real issue here is not even protection of college students but communication with college students. I saw a woman on CNN last night who represented securityoncampus.org who said that it is possible to enable a program whereby instant alerts can be sent to the mobile phone of every college student in the case of an emergency. That means that after the first shooting, 26,000 students could have known about it and everyone could have stayed inside a safe place. I keep seeing the president of the college being pressed on the issue of why an email wasn't sent out soon after the first shootings but he keeps saying that under the circumstances it was difficult to ascertain the nature events and they were going on the information that they had. But, I think the gripe that people have and the question he seems to not be being asked is why they didn't even try. Why didn't they try to send an email out sooner and why wasn't it more serious than "be cautious?" I don't have much else to say about this. I'm just angry that this freak turned out to be Asian, and I hearken back to my days in college and wonder how our campus would have responded to the same such incident. I think of our fat, old security guards who could barely make it around to the front of their desks without being winded let alone chase down a teenager across campus. On the completely opposite side of the spectrum and in much happier news, I am officially a Tito. Big congrats to James and Kristine Formanes on the birth of their daughter yesterday. Hopefully I can get a picture soon, wink wink. OK, be safe all!

Friday, March 30, 2007

Toilet Humor OK, so I did another dumb thing, but in the end it turned out to be funny--only to myself, of course. In order to make a bathroom story cute and humorous, what better way to illustrate it than with our ol' friend MS Paint, yay! So here's me. The two hands extended towards my groin area would obviously indicate my need to go to the wash closet. You can also see the uncomfortable expression. Pretty self-explanatory--here's me walking to the bathroom. As you can see, I grew an afro on the way there, too. So, I arrive at my destination, and in our bathroom there's only two stalls and a urinal on the left side. I proceed to take stall A (for our purposes, A is stage-left) and do my business (check out my Nike's). I then pull out my trusty pda and start fiddling with it. I was on the precipice of showing the default high score of Bejewelled what's-what when, out of pure excitement, I fumbled the pda, dropped it, and it slid into the next stall. My heart sank as my Bejewelled high score now had to wait another day. I was now frozen in terror because I didn't know how exactly to get it back, so I blurted out the contents of the above bubble to my commode compatriot. It turns out, this is one of my colleagues who I speak to just about every day. He usually jaws my ear off about the Yankees and the Knicks and then he can actually talk for another 30-45 minutes about everything else. Some days he repeats stories, and sometimes he'll tell a story that he told just a day before-hand. So he recognizes my voice and I now recognize his, and he proceeds to slide the device back to me. Now, ordinarily, I would have no problem striking up a conversation with this gentlemen. But, folks, we're in a place where doody is made--and all guys know that you don't talk to each other under these circumstances (for further explanation refer to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw). Hell, even Rev. Al Sharpton would freeze up and turn to stone in a bathroom. So, observing the rules, we both shut up, bringing us to this: I don't think I've experienced a more awkward moment in my life. I sat there for another few mins, without the heart to tackle Bejewelled again. As a postscript, in case you were all wondering, my colleague and I continue to talk about the Yankees starting rotation every day and we don't bring up what transpired in the bathroom. But, it's a secret between us that we'll both bear for a lifetime.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

I called it before the tourney, Georgetown and Florida for the championship. Yes, people, the Big East is still around. Unfortunately Florida's gonna repeat and take this one 90-75.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Foregoing the option to buy new skis, I decided instead to get something I've had my heart set on for a long time: A Fender Stratocaster, yay! It's a 60th anniv. version--now I'm like Hendrix and Jimmie Vaughan, but without the musical talent... well, yet, at least. Enough waxing poetic, here're the money shots: And this is me sleeping with my guitar: Wait a second, I don't remember taking this picture, what the...?

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

A riddle for the road... A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Huzzah! Apple just showcased the iPhone and I just found out that it's being sold with Cingular. Double Huzzah! Now I have the option of wasting $600. For anyone who hasn't seen it, get in the know, fool: It's "supposed" to have 4 gigs of memory, 5 hours of talk/browse time and 16 h of audio time, which seems pretty good. The most important thing they have to focus on is battery time. It seems that's what most people care about but nothing out there really seems to deliver on that nowadays. Another thing they need to start thinking about is how to make them theft-proof. You figure that people are now carrying mini-computers on their waste and they're attaching them with a $5 leather strap, or maybe nothing at all. In completely related news, Bush is making a speech about Iraq policy tonight. Hopefully everyone can tune in and watch. Comments sometime this week when I feel like talking about it.

Monday, November 20, 2006

Kumusta kayo, Si Manny Pacquiao ito. I busted headz on Saturday. Ingat kayo. For anyone who didn't hear/see the fight, Pacquiao beat Eric Morales in the 3rd with a KO. It was awesome. Just like the last two fights, it felt like Filipinos vs. Mexicans. Instead of Pacquiao Morales III, they should have billed it Revenge of the Spanish Colonies, or something to that effect. Anyway, I'm starting a campaign to move my favorite fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to come down in weight and fight Pacquiao. I love Pacquiao but PBF is still my favorite. So, let's say Pacquiao-Mayweather in '08...yeah, right. Well, for now we'll just have them battle it out by Youtube training clips: Vs. Check out how fast Manny's shadowboxing is...awesome.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Dear Mommy, Can I have a West Coast Customs 2007 customized Mercedes S550 for Christmas? Oh, with leather interior, thanks. --Me

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Black and Blue and Red... The election coverage was funny last night. I watched CNN first and I chuckled when I saw the "panel." I thought to myself, here we go... I chuckled first when I heard Paul Begala mention Limbaugh and called him a "drug-addled gasbag" or something to that effect. Then I laughed again when James Carville came on because Limbaugh always refers to him as "the forehead." Then I switched over to Fox News and it was so depressing, I felt like I was gonna jump out the window. The coverage was a bit confusing, too, so I left it on CNN the rest of the night. Well, I didn't think Bush would win re-election and, now, I didn't think the Democrats would win so easily in this year's mid-term elections. Right now, the Dems have 227 seats in the house as the Republicans have 195. There are still some undecided races, but the Dems will still have the majority. In the Senate, it's actually tied 49 seats to 49 with Montana and Virginia still being decided. The Democrats would need to take those last 2 seats to have the majority but if it becomes split 50-50, then VP Cheney (since he is the Senate pres. by authority of that thing we call a constitution), would most likely side with the Republicans, thus establishing a Republican majority. What complicates matters even more is that there is the ability for any candidate who loses by less than 1% to ask for a re-count, and that still can't even be done until the official count is announced which is sometime later this month, I think. In cases like this I'm always reminded of people who say that their vote doesn't count, so why bother. Albeit, a vote does count in every election, but the consequences of someone's action (or inaction) are even more glaring in a really tight race. If you think about it, that one person's vote could determine what type of senator they have, and, by consequence, what type of majority is in congress, thus leading to whether we pull troops out of Iraq, and then whether we use stem cells to cure Michael J. Fox, and then whether we stop killing babies, and then this and then that... ok, maybe one vote won't be that drastic, but isn't it nice to imagine that we have that kind of power? In other boring news, the Nets are 1-1 (but they should be 2-0; that last game against Miami was a fluke). They're looking good so far and I'm liking Marcus Williams. I think the Knicks are gonna be sorry they didn't pick him up. Actually, the Knicks are gonna be sorry for a lot of things as the season goes. Giants are looking great even with injuries and for the first time in a very long time, Rutgers football is nationally ranked. This might not be big news outside of the state, but it's huge over here, and we might actually see Rutgers playing in a BCS game. They're undefeated and playing another undefeated team this Thursday. Lastly, I just wanted to slip in that we saw The Departed this past weekend. It was GREAT! I checked on IMDB.com afterwards and found out it was a Hong Kong movie remake. Scorcese says he was "inspired" by the film, but from what I'm hearing, both movies seem to be almost identical. That's kind of a bummer because I've always liked the Hong Kong stuff eg, John Woo, Ringo Lam yadda yadda, but their stuff never seems to translate well to American audiences. And that sucks, because they've been making good flicks. Even more, I've heard Oscar buzz around The Departed, but if Scorcese got passed over for Kundun, the Aviator, Goodfellas, god, even Gangs of NY, and gets an Oscar for this one, then I would just see it as a pity Oscar. Kind of like what Morgan Freeman got for Million Dollar Baby or Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man. OK, I'm gonna end this now because it's pretty clear I'm not doing any work. If anyone's got a good movie review for me, lemme have it cause I want to hear what's good.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

	I just came back from a taping of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and it was awesome. It should be airing tonight. Details soon. I came across this the other day. Anyone have plans for Halloween? http://www.hauntedhousenyc.com
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

It was announced a while back that Harvard, starting in 2007, will drop its early admissions policy. Essentially, students won't be able to apply in like October of their senior year and know by December whether they get into Harvard or not, and then agree to solely consider Harvard. So, jocks, you can stop thinking of joining that chess club in order to boost your extracurriculars because it probably won't matter that much. Harvard is adopting this policy (and Princeton just followed suit) in order to give minority and/or low-income students a better chance, according to them. They didn't provide any statistics to show that this would improve the situation, but it would seeeeeeem like this would help; low-income students probably don't have the money to hire private tutors, join SAT classes, or buy expensive study materials. Also, if they're locked into one school early-on, they can't compare financial aid packages from other schools. I don't remember my own experience too much. I think I applied for early admission to UPenn, but they dropped me like a bad habit. I then applied regular admission to some other schools and got wait-listed at one. Financial aid was important for me, so I can see how weighing your options is important. But, I didn't really see a frenzy with people trying to compete for early-admissions spots, which is the circumstance that Harvard is trying to address. I would think that with schools dropping their early admissions policies, it would maintain or even increase the competition for regular admission, because now the pool of applicants is that much larger. I think the real problem for incoming students is the SAT and just the cost of tuition alone. SATs are the worst indicator of potential college performance and tuition costs are really unbearable, even with financial aid. But, why worry about all that stuff. Maybe in the future all schools will drop their early admissions policies, and that's good news for you seniors. So put down the books and do those keg stands, because now you'll be able to enjoy your senior year. Cheers to you!

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Monday, September 11, 2006