Working with investments, you eventually come across the fact that people invest their money in a lot of very strange things. For instance, I was fascinated with weather derivatives for a while. One crude example of a weather derivative would be paying $100 dollars at the beginning of the month in order to receive $1000 dollars at the end of the ( Read more... )

A coworker said this to me and I thought that it was interesting ( Read more... )

I'm finally being unlazy and posting pictures of what our living room and my bedroom look like.

( Pics beneath the cut! )

Hey all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be in Boston and New York for a business trip over the next couple of days, leaving tomorrow morning and getting back in on Saturday evening. Most likely I won't be able to check my e-mail until I get back, so call my cell if you need to reach me.

Today my company had a boat party and we sailed along the coast at Newport. We were on a boat called "Endless Dream," and being on the thing made me remember how beautiful some parts of the California coastline really are. One thing that struck me as being amazing was that we sailed past small group of houses that had their own private beaches ( Read more... )

Finally, a day that I could spend just lazing around and browsing the internet, and I find this awesome gem:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey are in talks to star in Wong Kar-Wai's first English-language film My Blueberry Nights. So far the already strong cast includes Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, ( Read more... )

Crap, it's already been ten days since my birthday? Time needs to slow down ( Read more... )

Probably going to be without non-work internet for the next couple of days on account of the moving...Just wanted to thank everyone for a wonderful time at Expo. Special props go out to super7, muralasa, and of course my two awesome best friends prince_ali and meiling1688. Hopefully they'll cover what I've forgotten about, but I'll try in a couple of days to see if I can get a ( Read more... )

Well, the papers are signed and everything is just about finalized. Chris and I will be moving to Costa Mesa, at the Park Center Place apartments that are right off the 55 on where it becomes Newport. This location is awesome for several reasons, of which I will name a few ( Read more... )

Traffic on the 5 South was especially bad this morning, with an accident on the 55/405 interchange causing a massive backup. However, after the interchange, traffic on the 5 clears up immensely, and for around 4 minutes of the commute, I'm able to go about 40 miles per hour ( Read more... )