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December 13, 2007
November 11, 2007
*sad face* Ohh, it moves!
Studying.
Only one more month until the semester and finals are over.
I used Html codes, YaY!!
Why does Mario moonwalk? I don't know how to get him to go the other direction.
Only one more month until the semester and finals are over.
I used Html codes, YaY!!
Why does Mario moonwalk? I don't know how to get him to go the other direction.
November 08, 2007
Scrabulous Mania!
So a website that I belong to, facebook.com, allows you to play Scrabble online verses any of your friends. It has a cool feature which allows the game to be saved so that none of the other players need to be online when the game is in progress. I can make a move at anytime. Then, when the next player is ready, they can move.
Apparently, this game is taking everyone by storm. I found this game on Monday, and now I'm playing 5 games simultaneously! Everyday someone else invites me to play another game with them. :) I'm playing scrabble up a storm! Currently, I'm involved in games with Kelly, James, Sean, Steph, Will, and Adam.
Woohoo! Scrabble Mania!
Apparently, this game is taking everyone by storm. I found this game on Monday, and now I'm playing 5 games simultaneously! Everyday someone else invites me to play another game with them. :) I'm playing scrabble up a storm! Currently, I'm involved in games with Kelly, James, Sean, Steph, Will, and Adam.
Woohoo! Scrabble Mania!
The post with pictures
So I've been reading the online comic xkcd.com. I especially like this one:
When I visit Barry next week I'm going to surprise him and make ice cream cone cupcakes. It's basically a cupcake inside an ice cream cone, and you decorate it looks like it's ice cream. Isn't that cool? My train gets in at 1:30, and it'll take me 20 minutes to walk to Barry's, and he's done with class at 2:00, so I don't think I'll have time to surprise him. But maybe I'll lock him in his room while I make them so he can be surprised. :)
Good bye!
When I visit Barry next week I'm going to surprise him and make ice cream cone cupcakes. It's basically a cupcake inside an ice cream cone, and you decorate it looks like it's ice cream. Isn't that cool? My train gets in at 1:30, and it'll take me 20 minutes to walk to Barry's, and he's done with class at 2:00, so I don't think I'll have time to surprise him. But maybe I'll lock him in his room while I make them so he can be surprised. :)
Good bye!
November 07, 2007
November 04, 2007
Marathon Sunday is my favorite kind of Sunday
Today was a very exciting today. I got up and went down to Brooklyn to cheer for my babe in the marathon. He decided to run at least the first 8 miles of the race which would have him going to Brooklyn near the Atlantic-Pacific subway station. This was a great spot to cheer in - the crowd was soooo excited and the streets were packed. People were playing music from their apartments that lined the street. When I saw Daniel run by I jumped in the race for just a minute so we could chat and figure out where to meet up. He decided to go beyond the 8 miles because he was feeling good.
Next I hopped on the subway and headed into Queens. We decided to meet up in a very special place - right across the street from the Waters Edge. :-) When I arrived in Queens I was in the middle of a cheering section right outside the Citibank building. I saw some very touching moments including a woman whose entire family (15-20 people) including her 90 year old grandmother had come to cheer her on. She kissed each of them and then continued to run. I walked for a little while and finally made it over to the Water's Edge where I met Daniel. I was so proud of him!! He did such an amazing job and surpassed his expections. I was so inspired by his race and witnessing the other runners that I agreed to walk the marathon next year. Not sure what I'm getting myself into but I want to feel the excitement of the crowds cheering for me not to mention training with my babe!
Next I hopped on the subway and headed into Queens. We decided to meet up in a very special place - right across the street from the Waters Edge. :-) When I arrived in Queens I was in the middle of a cheering section right outside the Citibank building. I saw some very touching moments including a woman whose entire family (15-20 people) including her 90 year old grandmother had come to cheer her on. She kissed each of them and then continued to run. I walked for a little while and finally made it over to the Water's Edge where I met Daniel. I was so proud of him!! He did such an amazing job and surpassed his expections. I was so inspired by his race and witnessing the other runners that I agreed to walk the marathon next year. Not sure what I'm getting myself into but I want to feel the excitement of the crowds cheering for me not to mention training with my babe!
NYC (Half-)Marathon
Today I ran the New York City Marathon. I had no intention of finishing, but I wanted to join the race.
16 weeks ago, when I first started thinking about this race, I had a whole schedule planned out. I had been following the training schedule pretty diligently for the next 8 weeks. At that time, Kelly and I took a vacation down in Virginia with Kelly's family. We all had a great time, but on the way home, we stopped one too many times and didn't end up getting to sleep until after 1am. As a result, I wasn't able to run that weekend. I tried to make up for this by running the next Monday before work. I ran 10 miles that morning but by the end of the day, and that entire week, I felt exhausted. With many projects at work, each of which requires a lot of energy and hours put into them, it is quite difficult to recover from my difficult workouts. After that run, I didn't feel rested enough to run again for the rest of the week. Then, I got hooked on more projects required long hours and didn't make time to train again before today.
Since I knew I wasn't in shape, I had a choice: I could sit out the marathon or just run the first few miles. Because I had nothing to lose, and because I had paid for and sat out last year's marathon, I decided to run the first few miles of this marathon. My goal was to run to mile 8. Kelly and I live close to mile 8 and this seemed like a great place for Kelly to cheer me on and for me to stop. My friend James also was running in the race and I thought that I may be able to stop at the mile and have time to go home, shower, and make it to the finish to watch him at the end of his race.
With this in mind, my friend and I headed to the starting line. It was very easy to do this because I live across the street from the Staten Island ferry. I figured that I'd start running with the 4:45 pace group in case I felt good somehow and wanted to finish the race. The only way that I'd be able to finish would be to run really, really slowly. This pace group was at the back of the pack. Literally. There were 40,000 runners and I crossed the starting line as runner 39,800.
At mile 8, my overzealous fiancee was there to cheer me on. I was thrilled to see her! The location where she was standing was right in the middle of an official marathon cheering zone. With all the fans cheering, and me being thrilled, I started to feel good. I told Kelly and I'm going to continue running and to meet me at mile 14. Mile 14 has particular significance to us. Mile 14 is where Kelly and I are getting married next May.
Right after I said goodbye to Kelly and gave her a kiss, the cheering zone had ended and the fans thinned out. Without the excitement, the true soreness of my legs traveled to my head and I realized that I probably should have stopped at mile 8 as planned.
Lo! I continued on and sure enough I crossed into Queens and met up with my babe. I had a great time and really enjoyed all of the spectators cheering me on the whole way. Thanks spectators!
Even though I didn't finish today's race, I had exceeded my expectations about how far I'd run. I knew that I hadn't trained for this race and knew the race wouldn't be fun once my legs ran out of energy. I hope to train harder next year and be prepared for the race so that I can finish with glory.
16 weeks ago, when I first started thinking about this race, I had a whole schedule planned out. I had been following the training schedule pretty diligently for the next 8 weeks. At that time, Kelly and I took a vacation down in Virginia with Kelly's family. We all had a great time, but on the way home, we stopped one too many times and didn't end up getting to sleep until after 1am. As a result, I wasn't able to run that weekend. I tried to make up for this by running the next Monday before work. I ran 10 miles that morning but by the end of the day, and that entire week, I felt exhausted. With many projects at work, each of which requires a lot of energy and hours put into them, it is quite difficult to recover from my difficult workouts. After that run, I didn't feel rested enough to run again for the rest of the week. Then, I got hooked on more projects required long hours and didn't make time to train again before today.
Since I knew I wasn't in shape, I had a choice: I could sit out the marathon or just run the first few miles. Because I had nothing to lose, and because I had paid for and sat out last year's marathon, I decided to run the first few miles of this marathon. My goal was to run to mile 8. Kelly and I live close to mile 8 and this seemed like a great place for Kelly to cheer me on and for me to stop. My friend James also was running in the race and I thought that I may be able to stop at the mile and have time to go home, shower, and make it to the finish to watch him at the end of his race.
With this in mind, my friend and I headed to the starting line. It was very easy to do this because I live across the street from the Staten Island ferry. I figured that I'd start running with the 4:45 pace group in case I felt good somehow and wanted to finish the race. The only way that I'd be able to finish would be to run really, really slowly. This pace group was at the back of the pack. Literally. There were 40,000 runners and I crossed the starting line as runner 39,800.
At mile 8, my overzealous fiancee was there to cheer me on. I was thrilled to see her! The location where she was standing was right in the middle of an official marathon cheering zone. With all the fans cheering, and me being thrilled, I started to feel good. I told Kelly and I'm going to continue running and to meet me at mile 14. Mile 14 has particular significance to us. Mile 14 is where Kelly and I are getting married next May.
Right after I said goodbye to Kelly and gave her a kiss, the cheering zone had ended and the fans thinned out. Without the excitement, the true soreness of my legs traveled to my head and I realized that I probably should have stopped at mile 8 as planned.
Lo! I continued on and sure enough I crossed into Queens and met up with my babe. I had a great time and really enjoyed all of the spectators cheering me on the whole way. Thanks spectators!
Even though I didn't finish today's race, I had exceeded my expectations about how far I'd run. I knew that I hadn't trained for this race and knew the race wouldn't be fun once my legs ran out of energy. I hope to train harder next year and be prepared for the race so that I can finish with glory.
October 31, 2007
Pumpkin Pie in the Sky
This morning I awoke to the sound of the babe making a pie in the kitchen. Yes, my babe was making a pumpkin pie first thing in the morning.
Last night Kelly and I were doing the usual. This typically involves watching wheel-of-fortune and finding or making food to eat for dinner. During this usual time the most unusual thing was spoken by Kelly, "My group is having a pot luck lunch tomorrow." As I finished preparing a quiche, which was the food that we were making during this usual night, and was about to put it in the oven, I looked at my babe. Perplexed.
"Q", a contestant on wheel of fortune shouted out. "What would you like to bring," I asked my babe. Although the babe had no idea she suggested bring in a quiche. I thought that might be a weird thing to bring to a lunch pot luck and suggested brownies instead, knowing that there would likely be extras that I could munch on tonight.
"Z", the same contestant yelled, interestingly, as there was no Q in the puzzle but the next two contestants spun a lose-a-turn and bankrupt respectively, consecutively. Kelly didn't feel like making brownies tonight to my dismay.
Needless to say there was no Z in the puzzle either. I started to question the ability of some of these players and how difficult it really must be to get to be a contestant on our show when I noticed the pumpkin that I had picked out from a field full of pumpkins a few weeks ago. Kelly also noticed the pumpkin at the moment and at precisely the same time the pumpkin had feelings, or at least would have had feelings if a pumpkin could have had feelings, of not wanting to be turned into a pie.
A simple Google search revealed a recipe entitled, "How to make pumpkin pie taste like chicken," said Kelly. Actually only the first half of that sentence was read by Kelly, the other half was read by a contestant, who we don't know, though, not surprisingly, it was not our Q-Z friend, solving the puzzle on TV. "How to make pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin," is what Kelly had actually read.
As it turned out, the facts were these: one teaspoon allspice, one of cinnamon, and one-half of a teaspoon of ginger were no where to be found in our apartment. There is no way to make a pumpkin pie without these spices so we knew that this pie would not be made tonight. The pumpkin was relieved. We opened the browser to explore the website of our favorite online grocery store and, in doing so, explore the possibility of ordering the spices and having them delivered by the potluck- or at least 45-60 minutes before the potluck as this was the time required by the pie to bake and be ready for the potluck.
The tide had turned as we surfed our way to the checkout page and had placed an order for exactly 2 cans of dehydrated milk, 1 package of 2 frozen pie crusts, and the spices which had been listed earlier. The earliest delivery time was between 6:30 and 8:00am the next day.
At precisely 7 hours, 53 minutes and 24 seconds past midnight the next day, a Kelly feeling quite tired had awoken to the sound of a delivery man knocking on our door while I, feeling quite relaxed, was soundly a sleep. We had already mashed our poor little pumpkin, so it was feeling nothing. With the remaining ingredients in hand, Kelly had gone to work measuring the required quantities and mixing them, along with our pumpkin remains, together.
This morning I awoke to the sound of the babe making a pie in the kitchen. The pie, at this point, was being placed in the oven. Unfortunately, both of us bustled off to work as we were already late to meetings. At precisely 9 hours, 27 minutes, and 53 seconds after midnight the buzzer on the stove beeped 3 times, letting anyone who was around know that the timer that was set had reached zero. Kelly had entered the apartment 2 minutes and 4 seconds earlier so she was that anyone in this case.
The pie that was made was finished and the pot luck was still 2 hours, 33 minutes, and 7 seconds away. Kelly returned to her office, pie in hand, and so began a successful pot-luck lunch.
Last night Kelly and I were doing the usual. This typically involves watching wheel-of-fortune and finding or making food to eat for dinner. During this usual time the most unusual thing was spoken by Kelly, "My group is having a pot luck lunch tomorrow." As I finished preparing a quiche, which was the food that we were making during this usual night, and was about to put it in the oven, I looked at my babe. Perplexed.
"Q", a contestant on wheel of fortune shouted out. "What would you like to bring," I asked my babe. Although the babe had no idea she suggested bring in a quiche. I thought that might be a weird thing to bring to a lunch pot luck and suggested brownies instead, knowing that there would likely be extras that I could munch on tonight.
"Z", the same contestant yelled, interestingly, as there was no Q in the puzzle but the next two contestants spun a lose-a-turn and bankrupt respectively, consecutively. Kelly didn't feel like making brownies tonight to my dismay.
Needless to say there was no Z in the puzzle either. I started to question the ability of some of these players and how difficult it really must be to get to be a contestant on our show when I noticed the pumpkin that I had picked out from a field full of pumpkins a few weeks ago. Kelly also noticed the pumpkin at the moment and at precisely the same time the pumpkin had feelings, or at least would have had feelings if a pumpkin could have had feelings, of not wanting to be turned into a pie.
A simple Google search revealed a recipe entitled, "How to make pumpkin pie taste like chicken," said Kelly. Actually only the first half of that sentence was read by Kelly, the other half was read by a contestant, who we don't know, though, not surprisingly, it was not our Q-Z friend, solving the puzzle on TV. "How to make pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin," is what Kelly had actually read.
As it turned out, the facts were these: one teaspoon allspice, one of cinnamon, and one-half of a teaspoon of ginger were no where to be found in our apartment. There is no way to make a pumpkin pie without these spices so we knew that this pie would not be made tonight. The pumpkin was relieved. We opened the browser to explore the website of our favorite online grocery store and, in doing so, explore the possibility of ordering the spices and having them delivered by the potluck- or at least 45-60 minutes before the potluck as this was the time required by the pie to bake and be ready for the potluck.
The tide had turned as we surfed our way to the checkout page and had placed an order for exactly 2 cans of dehydrated milk, 1 package of 2 frozen pie crusts, and the spices which had been listed earlier. The earliest delivery time was between 6:30 and 8:00am the next day.
At precisely 7 hours, 53 minutes and 24 seconds past midnight the next day, a Kelly feeling quite tired had awoken to the sound of a delivery man knocking on our door while I, feeling quite relaxed, was soundly a sleep. We had already mashed our poor little pumpkin, so it was feeling nothing. With the remaining ingredients in hand, Kelly had gone to work measuring the required quantities and mixing them, along with our pumpkin remains, together.
This morning I awoke to the sound of the babe making a pie in the kitchen. The pie, at this point, was being placed in the oven. Unfortunately, both of us bustled off to work as we were already late to meetings. At precisely 9 hours, 27 minutes, and 53 seconds after midnight the buzzer on the stove beeped 3 times, letting anyone who was around know that the timer that was set had reached zero. Kelly had entered the apartment 2 minutes and 4 seconds earlier so she was that anyone in this case.
The pie that was made was finished and the pot luck was still 2 hours, 33 minutes, and 7 seconds away. Kelly returned to her office, pie in hand, and so began a successful pot-luck lunch.
October 29, 2007
It started with a BINGO
We just played a game of scrabble and Daniel beat me by 80 points! On his first turn, he used all of his letters to spell Migrated and got a BINGO! Even though it was tough, I was determined to overcome this and try to win. I thought I had him when I put Quiz on the board for a double word score but alas... he used bicep and clover to get himself 66 points! From there there was no turning back.
It was a very good game for both of us though.. we are starting to get into mid-high 300 point range which qualifies us as very good players!
It was a very good game for both of us though.. we are starting to get into mid-high 300 point range which qualifies us as very good players!
October 28, 2007
J! E! T! S! Suck, Suck, Suck!
Today, Kelly and I went to the Jets-Bills game. The game was probably the least exciting sporting event that I've ever attended. I think there were 4 first-downs the entire game.. both teams combined! Punt after punt, the game almost made me dizzy.
In the 1st and 2nd the Bills and Jets got one field goal, respectively. In the 4th, the Bills got a field goal with 8 minutes left then a monster throw lead to a touch down in the last 5 minutes. Kelly was very excited when the Bills got their touch down to seal Buffalo's victory. She was jumping and screaming as the player ran the ball in to the end zone.
We also came up with a marathon strategy for me on the bus ride home. Since I haven't run at all in the last two months, running the entire marathon is out of the question. I could probably finish if I walked most of the course, but I'd rather not risk hurting myself. What I really love about the NYC marathon is the starting line and running over the Verrazano bridge with all 40,000 co-racers.
I think I'll run the first 8 miles of the marathon, which will take me to the Atlantic-Pacific subway location in Brooklyn. This station is only 1 subway stop from where we live in Manhattan. Kelly will be cheering me on at this location and she'll have my sweats for me there. We'll come home, I'll shower up, and then we'll head to the finish line to cheer on James, my friend who's running also.
I like this idea for three reasons. Firstly, this will allow me to enjoy the spirit and excitement of the race without killing myself trying to finish. Secondly, it'll allow me to enjoy my entire race. And finally, since that runner died running the Chicago marathon because he was under prepared, running an "8-mile marathon" will make Kelly happy. :)
I also enjoy crossing the finish line, but I'll have to wait until I'm in better shape to enjoy that feeling again.
In the 1st and 2nd the Bills and Jets got one field goal, respectively. In the 4th, the Bills got a field goal with 8 minutes left then a monster throw lead to a touch down in the last 5 minutes. Kelly was very excited when the Bills got their touch down to seal Buffalo's victory. She was jumping and screaming as the player ran the ball in to the end zone.
We also came up with a marathon strategy for me on the bus ride home. Since I haven't run at all in the last two months, running the entire marathon is out of the question. I could probably finish if I walked most of the course, but I'd rather not risk hurting myself. What I really love about the NYC marathon is the starting line and running over the Verrazano bridge with all 40,000 co-racers.
I think I'll run the first 8 miles of the marathon, which will take me to the Atlantic-Pacific subway location in Brooklyn. This station is only 1 subway stop from where we live in Manhattan. Kelly will be cheering me on at this location and she'll have my sweats for me there. We'll come home, I'll shower up, and then we'll head to the finish line to cheer on James, my friend who's running also.
I like this idea for three reasons. Firstly, this will allow me to enjoy the spirit and excitement of the race without killing myself trying to finish. Secondly, it'll allow me to enjoy my entire race. And finally, since that runner died running the Chicago marathon because he was under prepared, running an "8-mile marathon" will make Kelly happy. :)
I also enjoy crossing the finish line, but I'll have to wait until I'm in better shape to enjoy that feeling again.
October 23, 2007
Just One & Scabble's done!
I beat Kelly in Scrabble, 305-291. Woohoo, I'm a genius.
I'm actually bummed because I was supposed to have a meeting with a coworker from Hong Kong this morning and 8am. Hong Kong is a 12 hour difference from here so he was supposed to dial in at 8pm. I wasn't planning on waking up until 9 to 10, but because of this meeting I had to wake up early. Sure enough, when I got to work he wasn't on our conference line. As a result, I'm really tired. :( I need to get up early again tomorrow because it's my day to cover support.
I'm actually bummed because I was supposed to have a meeting with a coworker from Hong Kong this morning and 8am. Hong Kong is a 12 hour difference from here so he was supposed to dial in at 8pm. I wasn't planning on waking up until 9 to 10, but because of this meeting I had to wake up early. Sure enough, when I got to work he wasn't on our conference line. As a result, I'm really tired. :( I need to get up early again tomorrow because it's my day to cover support.
October 21, 2007
Back in NYC
We successfully made it back home and have the rest of today to just relax. It'll be nice to unwind before another week of work.
I really should start running again considering the marathon is two week from today. I'm definitely going to do it, I just need to figure out my strategy. Should I walk the first 13 or 18 miles? :(
I really should start running again considering the marathon is two week from today. I'm definitely going to do it, I just need to figure out my strategy. Should I walk the first 13 or 18 miles? :(
October 20, 2007
Wedding Stuff!
Today was the best! My mom and I went shopping for the wedding. We went to a shoe store where they dye your shoes and bags to match your dress. She was looking for a pair of shoes to go with her dress she bought for the wedding which is a beautiful bright blue. While we were there we happened to find the most adorable flower girl basket for Anna. It is made with ivory fabric and decorated with a flower trim and just so happens to match the fabric my mom picked out for the ring bearer pillow perfectly. When I came home to show Daniel, he was beyond thrilled!
Then we stopped by a place called the Wedding Agent, which had so much for us to look at. We checked out the aisle runners, favor bags & boxes, napkins, yarmulkes, veils, and invitations! We found a perfect invitation. After looking around a bit more, I think we may come back at Thanksgiving and order them. Yay! :-)
Then we stopped by a place called the Wedding Agent, which had so much for us to look at. We checked out the aisle runners, favor bags & boxes, napkins, yarmulkes, veils, and invitations! We found a perfect invitation. After looking around a bit more, I think we may come back at Thanksgiving and order them. Yay! :-)
20,000 reasons
Do you know how, when something cost a lot of money like $20,000, people say, "I can give you 20,000 reasons not to buy that?" Well, I do. And I think think they are lying.
I don't think that this phrase makes much sense. What are the reasons? One reason is probably, "I'd rather a candy bar from a vending machine," since that costs 1 dollar. But, what, are you saying that you'd buy 20,000 candy bars if you didn't buy this $20,000 item? No, you aren't. Even if you were, that would be pretty lame. It's like "I can give you 20,000 reasons not to buy that car! Reason one: I'd rather a candy bar from a vending machine. Reason two: I'd rather another candy bar from a vending machine. Reason three: etc..."
So, if you're not saying that you'd buy 20,000 of the same items that cost $1, what are you saying? Do you have a list of 20,000 different $1 items that you'd rather buy? Maybe you do, but it's very unlikely. If you did most of those items would probably be erasers because I'd imagine that the list would constantly be changing.
Of course we haven't yet considered the possibility that you may want 10,000 items that cost $0.50 and 10,000 items that cost $1.50. But that's why this blog isn't finished - we are about to consider this possibility:
Let's consider the possibility that you may want 10,000 items that cost $0.50 and 10,000 items that cost $1.50. Ok, consider it considered. If I may, it's a pretty stupid consideration and I almost wish that it wasn't even a consideration.
I think that if someone is going to buy something for $20,000 you, at most, have 30 reasons (costing about $667 each) not to buy it. Maybe.
In conclusion, I think that conversations involving a lot of money should go as follows:
I don't think that this phrase makes much sense. What are the reasons? One reason is probably, "I'd rather a candy bar from a vending machine," since that costs 1 dollar. But, what, are you saying that you'd buy 20,000 candy bars if you didn't buy this $20,000 item? No, you aren't. Even if you were, that would be pretty lame. It's like "I can give you 20,000 reasons not to buy that car! Reason one: I'd rather a candy bar from a vending machine. Reason two: I'd rather another candy bar from a vending machine. Reason three: etc..."
So, if you're not saying that you'd buy 20,000 of the same items that cost $1, what are you saying? Do you have a list of 20,000 different $1 items that you'd rather buy? Maybe you do, but it's very unlikely. If you did most of those items would probably be erasers because I'd imagine that the list would constantly be changing.
Of course we haven't yet considered the possibility that you may want 10,000 items that cost $0.50 and 10,000 items that cost $1.50. But that's why this blog isn't finished - we are about to consider this possibility:
Let's consider the possibility that you may want 10,000 items that cost $0.50 and 10,000 items that cost $1.50. Ok, consider it considered. If I may, it's a pretty stupid consideration and I almost wish that it wasn't even a consideration.
I think that if someone is going to buy something for $20,000 you, at most, have 30 reasons (costing about $667 each) not to buy it. Maybe.
In conclusion, I think that conversations involving a lot of money should go as follows:
You: Hey bub, I'm going out to buy an item for
$20,000Me: I have at most 30 reasons why you shouldn't buy
it.You: Oh, I won't buy it then.
See how I got my message across to you with at least 19,970 less reasons than the other approach and I didn't even have to lie? Yes you did. Mission accomplished.
October 15, 2007
Life Changes in a Moment
Unfortuniately, one of Kelly's parents best friends passed away suddenly last weekend. She was only in her mid-50s. Kelly and her family were very close this friend and her family. We'd like to be there to support everyone so this weekend Kelly and I are heading back to Buffalo. We're flying there on Thursday night and returning Sunday morning.
October 14, 2007
Weekend Getaway
This weekend Kelly and I spent time at my parent's house. On Saturday, I accidentally broke my mothers computer causing me to spend a few hours working on restoring it to working order.
Today, Randy, Brian and I went to the corn maze on LI. We had a lot of fun finding all of the hidden items in the maze. Afterwards, we met up with my father, who also happened to be at the maze with his employees and we went to the Walt Whitman mall. We walked into the Apple store and found a new computer with a built-in camera. Here are the results: (Click for more.)
:)
Today, Randy, Brian and I went to the corn maze on LI. We had a lot of fun finding all of the hidden items in the maze. Afterwards, we met up with my father, who also happened to be at the maze with his employees and we went to the Walt Whitman mall. We walked into the Apple store and found a new computer with a built-in camera. Here are the results: (Click for more.)
:)
October 13, 2007
Shave and a haircut.
Have you every been 25 and forced to get a haircut by your mom? Well I have.
Kelly and I are at my parent's house this weekend and my mother is trying make me cut my hair. She even tried to bribe me with $40 and M&Ms. I wouldn't go for it. I like my head and will be bald soon enough. I'm taking advantage of my hair while I've got it!
Kelly and I are at my parent's house this weekend and my mother is trying make me cut my hair. She even tried to bribe me with $40 and M&Ms. I wouldn't go for it. I like my head and will be bald soon enough. I'm taking advantage of my hair while I've got it!
Me in 5 years.
October 12, 2007
October 11, 2007
Opportunities abroad
Kelly and I are extremely excited at the possibility of working abroad. I can't get into the details now, but next year we may be living the Hong Kong or Tokyo!
Not only would this be a great opportunity to take on more responsibility, but it would be a great place to spend some time and visit places on the other side of this earth. :) !
Downtown Hong Kong
Not only would this be a great opportunity to take on more responsibility, but it would be a great place to spend some time and visit places on the other side of this earth. :) !
Downtown Hong Kong
October 08, 2007
Babe's Day Off
Today babe had a day off because it's Columbus day and the US bond markets are closed. She didn't skip a beat and used this opportunity to do some research into her future in nursing.
When I came home from work, I had to take a call from a coworker in Tokyo for a project that we're working on. I called at 7pm my time, for him it was 8am. The weird thing is that tomorrow morning we have another meeting. Then, it will be 7am for us and 8pm for him! It's really weird that while I'm sleeping he's working and visa versa.
When I came home from work, I had to take a call from a coworker in Tokyo for a project that we're working on. I called at 7pm my time, for him it was 8am. The weird thing is that tomorrow morning we have another meeting. Then, it will be 7am for us and 8pm for him! It's really weird that while I'm sleeping he's working and visa versa.
October 07, 2007
Scrabble & Oro
This morning Kelly and I played Scrabble. I got really lucky and finished with a score of 248, beating Kelly by almost 50 points. We then went to Brooklyn to check out this new condo that was being built called Oro , on Gold St. There were some apartments which were considered buying after looking at their website, but quickly realized when we got there that none of them had a good view of Manhattan, or anything for that matter. We also learned that the apartments went on the market last January, which means that the builders couldn't sell the apartments that are left in the last ten months. Not a good sign. We were disappointed because we thought it would be cool to buy something, but we're actually not in a rush to move. We have another year left on our current lease, so we really didn't think this though to begin with.
October 06, 2007
Relationplane
I wouldn't call what Kelly and I have together a relationship. We have more like a relationplane.
January 28, 2007
Welcome!
My first blog. We just returned from an amazing weekend at Camp Poconoggin. After this weekend, I wont be content just playing one game at a time. Chess and Scrabble and Twixt oh my!
January 25, 2007
You
You're so vain, you probably think this blog is about you. You're so vain! Don't you, don't you, don't you!
January 24, 2007
Tapas
Kelly & I just got back from eating dinner with my cousin Adam and his friend. We had a really good time and are relaxing at home now. Go animated animals!
January 23, 2007
Chess Match
Today after work i played chess with one of my coworkers. He had his own chess board, and he was somewhat good at chess. Since I've been practicing with Kelly, I've learned a few things and use those things to just barely beat him. I was very excited because he was an excellent player.
January 22, 2007
In the beginning...
of the week, Kelly and I went to work. After work, Kelly and I are taking a class about religion. It's a very interesting class because it's not biased (to our knowledge) and does not try to change the way we already think. It's interesting because it's a 10 month class meeting once a week and tries to cover all aspects of the religion. At first it focused on a historical view on Judaism, and now it's more focusing on Judaism today and Judaism in America.
Last weeks topic was Antisemitism and it spilled over to this week where we talked about the Holocaust. The rabbi, who is about our age, talked about what some authors have written about it. He said that this event was very different from any other type of murder in history. In the holocaust, the Germans not only wanted to kill all the Jewish people, but they specifically wanted them to suffer. In history, typically one group would just try to kill their enemy's as quick as possible. In this event, the camps were designed for the Nazi's to "kill the Jewish people's minds and souls before they killed their bodies." It's also very interesting hearing some of the reactions which people have written about their new views on religion after knowing what when on in the camps after the holocaust.
Last weeks topic was Antisemitism and it spilled over to this week where we talked about the Holocaust. The rabbi, who is about our age, talked about what some authors have written about it. He said that this event was very different from any other type of murder in history. In the holocaust, the Germans not only wanted to kill all the Jewish people, but they specifically wanted them to suffer. In history, typically one group would just try to kill their enemy's as quick as possible. In this event, the camps were designed for the Nazi's to "kill the Jewish people's minds and souls before they killed their bodies." It's also very interesting hearing some of the reactions which people have written about their new views on religion after knowing what when on in the camps after the holocaust.
January 21, 2007
My Brother Owes Me A Dollar
Hi! Welcome to the continuation of our blog. Brian bet me a dollar that the Colts would lose the AFC championship game. They were down 21-3 in the first quarter, and ended up winning the game 38-34. Woo Hoo!
Also, Kelly and I are having a SuperBowl party, so let us know if you'd like to come. :) Everyone's invited.
Also, Kelly and I are having a SuperBowl party, so let us know if you'd like to come. :) Everyone's invited.
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