Friday turned out better than I thought. The highlight of Gameworks may have been seeing this mild-mannered asian girl get her recompense from the mechanical bull. That is to say she was on the business end of its robo-bovine justice. I even hit up the DDR a little bit, and the verdict is in: I've still got it. We left before our two hours were up ( Read more... )

the weekend bears down on us like a semi-truck that is also laden with jackhammers. work is going well, dare i say i'm ahead of schedule. ahead of schedule. oh damn, that just felt good. tonight, we're going to go hang out with the other interns, but only on a 40% basis. let me explain what that means: we're going to the same place, but not at the ( Read more... )

one month. i will be home in exactly one month. my plane touches down in metro on august 14th at 8:15pm EST. of course, it'll still feel like 5:15pm to me. so i'll be ready to rock it to the early light ( Read more... )

This weekend, myself, along with Steve, Mike, Nic, Dan, Josh, Brian, and Conrad invaded the Great White North. A great time was had by all. If you'd like to read the complete story of our weekend of debauchery, then by all means, read on.

( What I did on my Summer Vacation. )

friday, sweet friday. today is going by pretty quickly, which is surprising, consdering this weekend is going to be awesome. after work, me, mike, steve and some people we know at microsoft are driving up to vancouver for the weekend. it should be a good time. it's been a while since i've done the drinking thing, so by 11:00 i probably won't ( Read more... )

the weekend was good.
i'm looking forward to going home.
i'm looking foward to vancouver.
i need a haircut.

i miss you.

it started out innocently enough. we we're going to get some sushi at this place on queen anne. it was a solid plan, none of us were that hungry, and could have used some good sushi. turns out, the place closes just a little bit too early, and we missed it. after that, we decided to drive out to the U district, and pay a visit to the U-dub campus. ( Read more... )

spiderman 2 is pornography for nerds.

listening to music at work makes the time just fly by. nothing like doing a little bit of programming while listening to godspeed you! black emperor, or massive attack. today should be fairly relaxing, I have one task to complete, and I'm already well on my way. my manager is out of town again, on a recruiting trip in chicago. i swear this company ( Read more... )

so begins week 8 of my summer on the west coast. i've told some of you, but they've asked me to stay 2 weeks longer, so i will not be home until august 14th, at which time we may begin "rocking the house" or hizzouse, whichever you prefer. the weeks go by fairly quickly, as i'm not home much for time to drag by, atleast not on weekdays ( Read more... )