Work's All F#*k-ed-Up
It's 11.00pm. Friday night. I just got home from work.

What the f#*k is up with that?

I'm dreading my so.cal trip next week. I can't deal with these people that I have to work with.

I'm looking into early retirement.

Updated: next morning.
Afterthoughts: The comment from Don puts everything back in perspective. Yes, I'm glad I have my job, coz otherwise I wouldn't be here. At least I have that to be thankful for. When I wrote this post, I was at my absolute low emotionally... but after sleeping on it, everything is okay. But guess where I am on a fine sunny saturday morning? At work.

C'est La Vie
Web designers, developers, programmers, etc..., you must read this brilliant article:

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If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.

Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them).

As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminum, vinyl, or composite siding. (If you choose not to specify aluminum, be prepared to explain your decision in detail.)

Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that kitchen should be designed to accommodate, among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator. continue...

Cloud nine
Last night:
"Call me before you leave work, I got surprise for you...". "Okay"

What did I find when I got home at 9.45pm? Candles and a hot bath, and captain and coke. And in the tub full of hot water I lay, my hair up, sipping rum and coke, nearly falling asleep, till I realized my fingers and toes are turning prune-like.

Then pizza. Then bed. Then the morning comes.

Never-ending work
Looks like another long day again. I'm fit to be tired tied?. bah.

Took a 10 minute break a while ago and I wandered into Eric's office. He's going drinking at one of the bar on S. Grand.

I wish that was me. Captain and coke sounds really good right about now, or even beer, oh, actually, I would like an apple martini. Honey, we're going drinking somehow, somewhere this weekend.

Now, back to reality....

St. Louis Dreamin'
Was talking to Josh and Paul over lunch. They're two of my friends that live in the south city area that I want to move to when my lease in my current apartment ends.

I'm excited. I wish I could just get out of my west county apartment right now. Mostly because I'm frustrated by the construction that has been going on outside my unit.

By moving to that area, I would be looking at cheaper rent, a garage for my future dream car, bigger space, friends all around...

Alright, my 5 minutes of day-dreaming is up. Time to get back to work.

Size is everything
Being an advertising major, my eyes are always roaming for good ads.

My current favorite is the new apple G4 ads featuring Verne Troyer (the actor known as Mini Me) and basketball player Yao Ming (which Shaq once said he'll kiss Ming's ass if... but that's another story). Even if you're not a Mac user, you should go check the Apple Powerbook ad out.

Downhill
Freakin' idiots outside my apartment unit was doing construction work to put in a new cedar patio for me. First they moved my satellite dish so I could no longer watch TV, that was a month and a half ago. This morning, I noticed that they poured a fresh layer of concrete outside, and standing there forlornly, is my poor satellite dish, it's receiver broken... as if it fell face forward on to the ground.

I swear, this week is just pure hell. Money, satellite dish, work, speeding tickets... it's all coming together now. This is a great conspiracy to drive me up the wall.

And to hell with it, I'm taking up smoking again.

Out with a bang
I just read the news that Sex and the City will be ending after it's next season.

I personally love SATC. Granted, I thought the 3rd season was a little too raunchy for my taste, but the past season was pretty amazing.

I'm sad to know that it's in the plan to end the series, but then again, I'd rather SATC goes out with a bang, than to have a long running of seaons after seasons for years until it fades away quietly.

Out of bed
After a week of vacation and not rolling out of bed till 1pm in the afternoon, I have to face the dreadful reality of adjusting back to the real world of waking up at 7am to go to work.

Monday morning, after taking a shower, I got dressed and was ready to blow dry my hair when my hair dryer decided to fizzle and die on me. So during lunch time, I went to Walmart to get a new hair dryer.

Bought myself the new Conair Ionic Shine Dryer. A pretty powerful one with 1875 Watts.

On tuesday and wednesday, I found myself waking up earlier volunteerily and actually looking forward to taking a shower and wash my hair so I can use the new dryer. Ah, the things that get me out of bed.

That, and also the two new boxes of Frosted Flakes I just bought.

Banished
This year's banished word list is out. Check it out at http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current/default.html.