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[Mar. 13th, 2012|12:33 am] |
Rob Roy on Mondays -- this is quickly becoming a tradition. One of the best classic cocktail bars in Seattle. The bartender knows his mixology, history, and is a pretty good conversationalist. Pre-prohibition ice technique, good select of aged spirits, knowledgeable bartender, some good eats, what more could I want? A much needed bit of relaxation on what seems to be a pretty crazy time for everyone.
Something with having really good friends: you feel compelled to help them with shit, but it's tough to really know what to do without possibly pissing them off. My best guy friend here is basically facing career probation largely because of some political shit going on, also likely due to his tendency to be somewhat unreliable in his work hours. The girlfriend is stressing out a fair bit about school and what to do going forward with school/summer/career. This is all while I need to make sure I really step it up the next few weeks to give people the impression that I actually know my shit after a somewhat derp-y first few months at work.
Yep. A well-needed night to recompose my thoughts and everything.
I want to travel somewhere this summer. I'm thinking Japan, Vietnam, or Taiwan. I wouldn't be too opposed to visiting Korean again either, especially if I can try to show Zoey around.
I've basically stopped filtering posts because I've decided that I'm man enough to actually share my thoughts with the few good friends that probably actually still keep up with this.
I got back into a power lifting routine. Ahh squatting -- my back and legs feel so SOLID. |
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| hello again, old friend |
[Nov. 3rd, 2011|03:58 am] |
Sleepless in Seattle. Har har har. Fuck you, overactive mind. Time to spill my thoughts like a crazy person.
I started seeing this girl in Seattle. Chinese American girl, 21, recent UW grad figuring out what to do next with a bio degree, taking more classes for the time being. We kind of hit it off right away.
About four weeks have passed. I'm not totally sure how to describe everything, but I'll give it a shot. I'll start with the concerns. There have certainly been some bumps along the way. We both have our socially retarded episodes. I had a couple straight-up, sleep-deprived, moments where I completely zone out up, act really indecisive, or just say stupid half-baked shit. Derpin' pretty hard. Srsly. I guess I also I get that irking feeling that she's still got a little bit of history or still kind of exploring around right now and has some commitment issues. I'm also pretty reserved after the last failure of a relationship. Now the good part. Holy shit, we are the exact same person basically growing up under different settings/circumstances. While we both certainly have moments where it kind of feels like we're just engaging in an intellectual circle jerk, the things she's said have definitely just absolutely blown my mind. She associates herself with a crowd that typically gets labeled among the lower echelon of society, but gatdam she's got quite a head. After emotionally and intellectually unsatisfying relationships, this is the good stuff.
Hell, we're both dating a little bit outside our normal "types" and really enjoying it. That's gotta be worth something.
I've fucking ruined my sleep schedule for the week. With Halloween, Freaknight, the girl, and working late nights all week, I'm all sorts of broken right now.
Self improvement. I'm still keeping this up. The goal of the last year or so has been to figure out how to turn off that over-analytic IMTP mind of mine. Man, I'm so much happier these days. Getting much better about not hating strangers. I've been hanging out with a guy at work that I've essentially adopted as a life coach/man crush of sorts. No homo. He's this short, skinny Korean American guy. Not the best looking or super buff or anything. But man, he knows how to work people. Very direct. Just mad swagger. Half the shit he says is retarded, but he does it with a big banana grin that just makes people absolutely melt and warm up to him. Also just a straight up fantastic friend.
OK. Thoughts translated to text. Maybe I can fall asleep now. Conclusion: people are fucking weird. Lets eat more tasty foods and sleep. zzzzzz.
oh fuck fuck fuck. Coughing. Not allowed to get sick right now, buddy. |
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| Perfect weekend. Get like me. |
[Jun. 14th, 2010|12:24 am] |
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Clubbing downtown, sleep, surfing, pizza, US v England, movies, La Jolla Shore, four-course lobster dinner, party, sleep, snorkeling, Italian food, watching seals and dolphins, eating gelato, walking around art galleries and shops in La Jolla, grilling + beers, hot tub, pool, sauna. |
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| New year. Happy! |
[Jan. 2nd, 2010|11:14 am] |
2009 in 5 minutes
I've certainly posted less on Livejournal in 2009. Either I am becoming less interesting or I'm becoming lazier or perhaps I've simply gotten better at sharing my stories in real life instead of livejournal. These are not mutually exclusive things. My life is certainly a bit of a hot mess compared to one year ago yet I'm somehow pretty sure I'm a little happier. I've definitely been keeping myself way the fuck busier with student orgs and harder classes, but I've definitely also been going out a lot more, getting better grades, and being an all-around better-adjusted person/ university student. It's a combination of finally figuring out what the hell is going on and a little bit of masochism.
Time to get back to Ann Arbor. I'm getting a little antsy at home.
I watched a video of this the other day. Steve Jobs is kind of an asshole but this a nice message to ring in the New Year with. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505
Enjoy. |
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| This is too weird |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|10:57 pm] |
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My baby brother just added me on Facebook. He's in 8th grade. This is fucking crazy. |
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| my head is kind of spinning right now |
[Oct. 21st, 2009|11:17 pm] |
I let my friend talk me into running over 5 miles tonight. I am ready to die. Apparently I need to run more. Being able to swim for 50+ minutes does not equate to being able to run for the same time. At least I was able to drag a roommate along with me. He doesn't look so great either.
Edit:
mmm, victory over the pure math major
Dan: ok
so computer science is really fucking cool, I think.
it's like math only proofs are actually useful
proof means "stop looking for improvements" |
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[Oct. 15th, 2009|02:12 am] |
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hot damn. this angry and tired coding is productive. Really getting my shit together. |
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| Piled higher. and Deeper. |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|10:13 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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| [ | Current Music |
| | Been listening to The Beatles way too much | ] |
Today RJ Pittman, the Director of Product Management at Google, and a Umich Computer Engineering alum, gave a lecture in EECS 496 (the class that goes with senior design). He talked about working for startups and being among on the team that built the first node of the internet (in a non-Al Gore manner), Moore's Law, and about there being a shit ton of people in China. He has a eight month old daughter. She is named Alexi. Part of her naming was based on the availability of Alexi.Pittman@gmail.com. This is a reason not to marry a CS major. Oh shit.
I've had way too much food the last few days. I attend meetings for my student orgs, go to corporate tech talks, and salvage left over food from wherever. I am perpetually in a state of food coma. Either that, or this is just a result of staying up really late and waking up really early. Presently my bag smells like hummus. Jerusalem Garden is some quality meeting food.
I presented new MSA website earlier in the week. Things are looking good. Public launch sometime next week, hopefully.
Everyone is getting sick. This is scary. Supposedly there's someone I might know that has both H1N1 and meningitis. Brutal. |
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| I'm like Batman or something |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|06:56 pm] |
I arrive on North campus between 10 and 12 in the morning everyday. There is a high school kid that gets dropped off and walks in around the same time as me every other day. He looks like my brother but is a few inches taller and a bit lankier. I don't think he realizes we're racing, but we are. He always beats me to the piano. No piano before work today.
I feel like a dirty hippy. I took a break from work to throw a frisbee with some grad students barefoot on the north campus diag.
I got this in an email today
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ## <########@##.###>
Date: 2009/7/11
Subject: Fans from China for the aticle "Analysis of the Green Dam Censorware System"
To: "J. Alex Halderman" <jhalderm@eecs.umich.edu>
Dear Alex:
The goverment now canceled the plan to install Green Dam on all new computers. It
shows that they were wrong and they surrenders. But as you know, China is One-party
dictatorship, and the CCP want to Keep up the reputation of center goverment, so
they just cancel the plan but not apology to people, we got angry about this. We
pay taxes to employ the govement to server for us, not rule us, but everything in
China is just like that, we are accustomed to this. The Ministry of Industry and
Informatization may get angry about guys who bought the Green Dam , and someone
will be choosen to be punished to pacify the people. In internet age, internet
becomes the platform for people to show their viewpoints and the govement should
follow the wishes of people.
We are also grateful to guys like you who help us to defend the justice, maybe
you are somekind like batman, the spirits or the spider-man, thanks, what can I do
except say "thanks".
I return home around 7 or 8. The piano guy is still there, but now he's sitting on the couch reading manga. There's a Chinese grad student struggling to play a Beethoven Sonata. No. 14, mvt 2. High school piano boy mocks me as he reads. |
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| These are my favorite lines in any ToS. |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|01:03 pm] |
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Force Majeure. [company] shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of [company], including without limitation any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond [company's] control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials. |
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