Old Journal Entries

• 9/29/00
  Had a chiropractor appointment yesterday and they really worked my hip, its still feels odd but doesn't really hurt. They did some ARS (active response stretching?) on it, but I couldn't quite tell the difference during the lunchtime volleyball. That night I had dinner over at Francisco's house in Redwood City, it was game time galore, Rod, Caroline and James were there and we bbq'd steaks and Mahi, pretty yummy. Then we started in on the Pool and Foosball. It was fun but I haven't played either (seriously) in a long time I was pretty rusty.

  Tonight was basketball, was running better and the hip felt better, more normal, even though its a bit tender to the touch now (I guess that stretching really worked) and after dinner my bp was 150/83 yahoo!!. Small world, there is this guy at bball that looked kinda familiar, his name is Mark, so I asked him were he was from, he grew up in Sunnyvale, but spent a couple of years in Seattle working at the US Bank on Broadway, and to top it all off he's a Yee, and is kind of active in the family association down here. I think he knows some of my sisters friends cuz they're around the same age (early 30's)

  My full copy of Starcraft showed up today, but I'm going to hold off until I get my Sonics list up for the ticket distribution .. really.

• 9/27/00
  Monday I had a massage, but sunday night I had taken a benadryl, so was pretty tired all monday day. Even took a nap but my bp was still 160/100. Ugh, Tuesday was better, no benadryl, played bball and vball, even ate out but by the time I got home (11pm or so) my bp was 140/80, I just gotta quit those antihistimines.

  Today I had dinner with Kent and Cheryl at Seto's, a Japanese resturant right by my place that is pretty good. Kent had to go back to work, so Cheryl and I headed up to Red Robin (Foster City/ San Mateo?) for a mud pie before I dropped her off home. Strange though I noticed that there is also a Cuchina Cuchina up there too -- maybe mall developer from seattle?

  Today I also got an email from Jenny (from SkiASIA, Sun Valley) for some odd reason she's now into one of those "I'll show you my personal ad req if you show me yours" at first I thought she wanted our (the sun valley group) opinion of her answers, but she actually wanted to see ours -- I'll have to post mine when I get a chance, but, like lots of things on this site ... only those who know me really well, will be able to figure out which parts are really true ;)

  I fussed with my webcam for a couple of hours trying to get the new driver to work, it kinda works, but it was too dark for the camera, and you know, it really helps not to screw the focus ring all the way in (doh! that cost me at least an hour and a half) But now that it works, I'll have to figure out how to put up regular pics of the kitty perch to see if they're hanging out downstairs or not. Even after all that frustration, my bp was still only 160/93 not too bad after a full day with no exercise.

  Site News: so much to do, but I'll have to make time to do my sonics schedule this week, cuz the season is right around the corner.

  Tech News: finished the Starcraft demo, soo much fun that I had to order the full game, I may never sleep again, well maybe will make some time for Quake III. The only big thing I have left to add is a CD-ROM burner -- then I can permenetly archive all my digital camera pictures .. speaking of which, I've cataloged the pictures from Julie and Jonny's wedding but still don't have a wedding page up yet -- and after that still have Cheryl and Kent's to do.

• 9/24/00
  finally got to sleep in, yesterday I washed the car, I have new wool wosh mits with little scrubbers on the reverse, works really good on all that bug/sap gunk on my hood. Last night was dinner with Bar at West Portal (Hogshead ??) at a hole in the wall family steak place -- it was pretty good, we went because they had a little butcher display case for all of their meats right in front, New York Steak, med-rare *yum*. Afterwards we went to see Nurse Betty at the Metreon, it was pretty entertaining.

  Today I just vegged out most of the day, caught up on my laundry and the olympics, and watched The Princess Bride on DVD. There was football, but the Seahawks weren't on so I skipped it. I even managed to pass some time playing Starcraft .. have just started figuring it out and it's pretty entertaining watching all those little guys duke it out. Later I went out to see The Way of the Gun, it was pleasently violent for an indie film, pretty well acted, but a bit esoteric in their cinemitography -- at times it wanted to be an art house film, with all the little subtle inferences, and at other times (the best times) it was like a John Woo flick.

  Tech News: am taking my airport to work to see if I can kick back on the couch and get stuff done ;)

• 9/23/00
  boy am I tired, managed to play bball yesterday and wasn't quite the slug as normal I think the hip is getting better slowly -- going to the chiropractor on thursday probably really helped. The floor at the gym was very slippery so I still can't tell if my cuts are slow because of my hip or not, but I was running stronger than last tuesday for sure.

  Last night I was up till 4am trying to get my new airport to work as a bridge on my work vpn -- things were haywire, and then my whole dsl was out, so I went to bed, turns out that my hub was stuck, and after resetting it today (around 11am) everything was back to normal, including my wireless work vbn *whee* now no excuses not to work at all.

  It rained yesterday, overcast most of the day, was just like Seattle, felt really good but hopefully I'll get in some outdoor play this weekend some time. Tonight I'm supposed to get together with Bar and see a movie, but Caroline has relatives in town so maybe volleyball tomorrow instead of today..I guess I should at least wash the car.

  Tech News: still can't get the webcam working ... called their tech support and they were going to email me a new driver but it didn't show up before I left work, but at least there's hope.

• 9/20/00
  Ice, ice, baby ... I'm really, really glad I bought more bio-freeze. I thought my hip was feeling better, but I think its still too stiff, doesn't hurt as much, but when I played bball before vball I started getting shin splints, and a sore lower back, then I noticed that I continually was losing my balance and was unable to make any sharp cuts at all. Thought maybe it was just the floor being slippary, but at the vball gym the same thing was happening, not that I'm the best passer in the world but I was having problems getting my feet set, lots of slipping and then trying to compensate with my upper body on anything moving forward ... needless to say it wasnt a pretty site.

  Last night was a very unrestful sleep, didn't take any drugs, but I probably should have today I have a very sore neck and stiff lower back, cant even quite tell if my hip is sore or not cuz I can't quit get enough rotation to stretch it out. Good thing I have a chiropractor appointment tomorrow.

  Work News: stock is up, waaaay up, and everyone who I convinced to buy my stock owes me dinner and a gift ! ;) Also since we've finally shipped new software (with my code in it !!!) we're having yet another picnic lunch tomorrow at work.

  Tech News: got my web cam but I can't seem to get it running yet, I think it may be a driver problem with my older box but we'll just have to see. Still have to try and finish off all of the wedding pictures, and my new airport (for work) still hasn't arrived yet.

  Health News: bp was 150/85 yesterday after all of the sports, and 130/83 today after a nap, not bad, at this rate I might not explode anytime soon.

• 9/18/00
  Sore, hurt, sore, owwwww. Yeah that was about the day at the tourny on Sat. It was listed as a draw tourny but was really more of a rotating draw, the women got 5-6 games while the men got 4 (there were more men than women). It was a pretty fun tourny, but I had to play Sam the first match, on wet grass, good thing is that he didn't bagel me, but his partner took first, and he tied for 2nd so I'm sure he appreciated keeping us in single digits.

  I did pretty well overall (3-1) but the point differential wasn't all that good (0, +3, +3 +14) I think I finished mid-pack -- but I did get to play with Mel and Karen (+14 !!!) and they were very free swinging, just what a setter wants to see ;). During the 3rd game I tried reversing directions but my left foot slid out, and my right knee/hip drove straight into the ground -- very sore, I couldn't rotate my hips at all, but at least I could run, it's really a good thing that it was reverse otherwise I'd have had to have defaulted on the last match.

  As it was it was still a blast, there was a bbq (hotdogs, hamburgers, but no tacos ;) and lots to drink (even pear cider !!) there were more than a few drunken incidents but over all it was pretty fun and safe. I think the best ongoing joke was probably Guch (sp?) continually talking about his upcoming bachelor's party (that night) and always asking if people preferred hotdogs or tacos (If you can't figure that out, ask Karen ;) I didn't know very many people there, but they were all pretty friendly, and funny, especially Guch and his sidekick Marge, she's a pip for sure.

  That night I spent most of my time sleeping and icing my hip, its a good thing that I bought some more bio-freeze (new roll on applicator !!) it really came in handy. Sunday was more volleyball at the Marina with Caroline -- there wasn't much play early but later on we had enough for a few reverse and womens only games -- good thing too cuz my hip, while not as painful as sat night, was still sore -- it'd get better after rest and then get sore about halfway through the game. Still 2 days in a row is a pretty good outing for me. Dinner was at James' that night, since his sister Jocelyn was in town, for some odd reason though she cooked instead of him, still was great food though. Booked out early so I could get some more ice on the hip and snooze quicker.

  BP after vball has been running right around 140/85, but after work today it was 135/90 I'm sure its the mental stress ;) Tonight I managed to (finally) put together my Poang chair, its very comfy, and now I can just leave the sofa tarp'd so that the kittys don't use it for a litter box.

  I've not been having good luck mail order lately, its been 2 weeks and I still haven't seen my SpikeNashbar order (it has Caroline & Candice's bday gifts), my web cam hasn't shown up yet, and I don't even think my airport basestation (for work) has shipped yet. It'll be a busy week when all of that finally shows up.

• 9/15/00
  Ugh, I was a slug on the court, didn't run well or shoot, but at least my bp is down now (130/84) I knew all I needed to do was exercise more --- hopefully my body will feel better tomorrow at the tourny. I'm starting to take my bp daily, especially now that I have one of those automated cuffs. Strange though, I can actually make the lower number drop by about 5 points by relaxing -- maybe I just need to do that more ;)

  Sent my deposit in for my ski trip .. should be fun, Jackson Hole, and I've been trying to talk Nancy into going too, maybe even Kent & Cheryl if they have any time off left after their honeymoon.

• 9/14/00
  Things are much better now that I finished that work that was due. Yesterday I managed dinner with Cheryl, where we got to catch up with all of the various wedding stories (yeah, yeah, pictures still to come).

  Today I went house hunting again, saw 4 more places, nothing really special though, I think that some of the ones I saw before were a bit better, its a good thing that I have plenty of time to look.

  Tech News: still waiting for my new webcam, but today I also ordered another airport base station (the apple wireless communications station) so that I can run wireless at work.

• 9/12/00
  Busy, busy weekend, had a good run at bball, but sprained my wrist a bit, Saturday was fun, it was our company picnic, they cordoned off our parking lot and had a big fair -- there was music, lots of food (american, asian, mexican and caribbian) and even a full fleged petting zoo. Since I was working under a deadline I made time every few hours to go down and eat -- but I managed to miss the fortune teller and henna tattoos.

  Sunday it was Marina time, only Caroline made it out there with me, but we picked up on a net, where it was a small world experience for her (folks with history from LA) but we had lots of laughs, even if we didn't play all that well -- it was quite the work out all the same (5 of us on a net) I think I got more games in that day than the previous 3 weeks combined.

  Monday and Tuesday was mostly work, trying to get code done for my deadline wed. Good thing though, I actually got most of it done today, so I could check out the new digs they were setting up for the big customer shindig -- the closed off the first floor, and we could only get to-go food from the cafeteria. The even checked ID's at the stairs and only people badged for the customer event could get in. Oh well, doesn't matter much as tomorrow is our Engineering all-hands meeting, followed by a picnic at a local park. Good thing I finished my code or I'd have to skip it all.

  Tonight was the rev-coed league again, we played kinda spotty, but were rotating in an extra guy since John had initially asked for a sub, and then work let up so that he could play.

  Tech News: I ordered a spiffy new web-cam, it should be here in a week or so, and then I can work on getting my kitty-perch cam up and going.

  House News: will be shopping this week, still haven't put together that new poang chair from IKEA but since Candice isn't in the apt now I guess its no big rush.

• 9/7/00
  Exhaustion from the weekend, Julie & Jonny's wedding was pretty fun but I was really tired from all the travel -- the most hilarious part was when they couldn't get the unity candle lit, and Julie was up there laughing.

  Monday, I went to Duane's to play some sand ball, spent most of the day there and was totally exhausted afterwards. It was nice to see the gang again -- especially since I'll be playing with Duane and Kerry at a tourny down here next month. That evening I went to drop my skis off at Angel's and we tried the new Thai place by her condo -- it was decent, but not great. Later we watched "My Dog Skip" on video but Tango was so wiped from their camping trip he didn't see any of it.

  Tuesday I was supposed to play my vball league, but one of the nets was broken, so our pool lost the coin flip and we got to go home early -- good thing too, cuz Alissa and I had a mini-Nikita marathon, and I only got 4 hours of sleep before catching the plane to work.

  Wed I was supposed to house hunt but Ron's car was on the fritz so we rescheduled to next week -- gonna have to hurry though, since Miki & Jack bought a place I'll have to be keeping up soon ;)

  Today was a chiro and massage day with lots of little errands. My company stock has been bouncing like a yo-yo, up then down with aquisition news, then up again -- large swings too (10+ points)

  It looks like I'm losing my roommate already -- Candice thinks she's allergic to the cats so she's going to try the commuting thing from SF starting this weekend.

  Site News: I took over 100 pictures at each wedding, its gonna be a bit of time before I get through them all to post them, it probably won't be till late next week since I'm now under a deadline for work and I'll be pretty busy.

• 9/3/00
  The whirlwind weekend continues ... friday was a massage, and boy did I need it. I then managed lunch with Barri for her birthday and finally ended up visiting Matt at the Bon where I proceeded to buy a new suit (black) and sport-coat (grey). I lucked out in that everything was on sale, and Mat really knows his stuff -- good thing too cuz it's not like I'm gonna know if his fashion advice is wrong ;) Unfortunately, it all needed to be fitted, so I'll be picking them up in Nov when I'm back for the sonics games.

  Later that night it was out to Sea Garden and Godzilla 2000 with Carey and Jo -- and I got to see their new bike, a Triumph Super Speed Triple in that nice turbonium green (ala the beetle).

  Sat was the early trip to SJ, boy the park and ride was really full, its a good thing that I left on wed. The kittys were strange, they hid under the bed for the first hour that I was home ... I think that Fila knew I was going to find all of places he peed on. Its a good thing I put tarp over everything thats hard to clean.

  That evening was Kent & Cheryl's wedding, it was pretty fun, although the minister called him Kent Wood, and then later pronounced Woo as Whoa. The food was excellent as was the desserts and the wedding cake, although if you know Cheryl, that wouldn't be a surprise. Kent's side of the family is pretty wild, I especially like how they tried to 'pie' Kent with the wedding cake ... I think that's on tape somewhere. I took plenty of pictures, but it probably won't be till next week that I get them all up.

  Now I'm back in Seattle and resting up before heading out to Julie & Jonny's wedding - that one should be pretty lively, as the volleyball crowd doesn't hold back much.

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