Watching this video not only gave me flashbacks of my elementary school days, but also found it interesting to see it from the Americans' perspective. The names of the games are mostly different (How the hell did 烈血高校 get translated to River City Ransom? -.-;), and hearing them refer to it as NES (pronounced the way it's spelled) was also kinda weird... heh heh. The Lim family trivia... My dad, who was with Hyundai at the time, was the person who made the deal with Nintendo back in the 80s to official import the console to Corea. Bet you didn't know that. ;) I'm quite surprised that they didn't mention Final Fantasy I.... Duck hunt? Castle Vania? But then I guess maybe those didn't make it to the U.S. until much later, I have no concept of time... Sure brings back memories!!!

Prefuse 73 was in Pittsburgh... in friggin Rangos Hall of all places... -.-; Why didn't I know about this????

So I was at Greg's house warming party tonight, and to my surprise I saw Mick there!!! That idiot was supposed to be at home resting and recovering from a car accident... Not just any accident, but one that left him with broken rib cages and a collapsed lung! He's smiling and everything, so that's good, but I really hope he would take it a tiny bit easier... There are some people at work I worry about a lot... I worry about Jeff, cuz he's always so high tempered... If he dies of high blood pressure or something I'm going to be soooooo pissed cuz I still have a shit load to learn from him... I worry about Mick, cuz he thinks he's like a 15 year old in his primes or something... He has to stay alive cuz we haven't tried out all the crazy ideas we have. Jon and Arad cuz they have the most insane ways of working together.... They're either the most dynamic duo or the most deadly, pick your poison... Arad can't die, cuz she promised me she'll somehow get me to attend one of those kick ass Indian wedding ceremonies. Jon, can't die until we get to snowboard down the glades of Utah together off of a helicopter! Then there's Bill, the grumpy grumpity grump. =P See, the world reovlves around me, me, me! =P It's really just that simple! ;) Keep healthy people!!

This is soooooo cute. The gist of the story is that a couple got married on a subway train. Apparently they're both orphans and couldn't afford the conventional wedding (heck, given how ridiculously expesnive marriage ceremonies cost in our mothernation, I don't blame anyone for feeling that way) and so they went ahead with it on the subway. Isn't this romantic on so many different levels? First of all, it issues a fatal uppercut to the general, and possibly Corean, perception of wedding ceremonies as a tool to rake in monetary gain. The guy probably wanted at least one thing: people's blessings, and he got it. It also revisits the meaning of "being ready", as in preparing yourself for things to come, namely the idea of starting a family. I bet this act gave his partner full assurance that he's willing to seriously give this thing a try. Sure, he's young, and may only have the romantic side of things in his head coupled with a potentially naive outlook on life, but I think it beats those overly-mature wimps who give lame excuses like how they need to become "more established and settled" before starting a family. The really romantic part (and this really purely romantic) is that the train on which they got married on (the number 5 train) was the very (well, not exactly, but you get the idea) train they had first met. I was hoping that the article would go into some more juicy detail on how exactly they met on a subway of all places... I mean.. did he make a move? If so, how? Was it your typical "Excuse me, do you have the time?" or was it a slightly more dramatic, "I'm getting off at the next stop..."?? I wish I knew!!! =) Well, I wish them the very best and hope they live happily ever after! =) Ahhhhh... When the hell will I ever find my better half? Hark! Jealousy is abound!! Dark night shall fall upon thy bloody Valentine's evening!!! Mua ha ha ha ha! *SIGH* Alright, back to the paper on Laplacian Mesh Smoothing...

I think I'm suffering from hyposnowboardia... This season has been very bad... Tahoe in november sucked, and when I got back Pittsburgh was all powder... but I had to take off for the prearranged Christmas break... When I got back it was raininng!!!! #!$@@$##%&&%#@ WTF??? Timing seems to have been everything this year... Argh!!! Should I go up this weekend?? Maybe I should fly to NY since they seem to have gotten hammered overe there!!

It's funny... I actually feel that I've somehow gotten out of an implicit slump.... Was it a slump? I think it was a long ass slump... One that lasted almost 4 years... Amidst all the loneliness and headaches, I didn't even realize that it was a slump... but it definitely was one. I was completely immersed in it and didn't even realize it. Even funnier is that I had talked about these things before and was aware of the issues at hand... It's just that it never hit me as hard as it did today, so I was basically in denial... You know what? Scrap that entry about me not having any advice to give to those graduating from college.... Here's a mouthful for all you people with open ears. When you graduate from college and start working, if you're an ambitious and passionate individual, 9 times out of 10 you're going to become workaholic. You're going to think spending the next few years working your ass off and maybe making lots of money so you can retire early is the way to go. Even if you don't think exactly so, you're going to put a lot of things that, in the end matter very little, ahead of so many things that matter a shit load. When I look back at me at the good ol' age of 23 or so, it was all about securing financial freedom, telling my parents that they will not have to spend another dime on me, gaining an intimate knowledge of all the innerworkings of various complex software systems, confronting a vendor and being able call on their BS and showing them how I could realize with ease all those things they said was impossible, becoming a good communicator and a leader who knows how to empathize with others... It also mattered that I had my own investment strategy, time management skills and all that good stuff that supposedly lets you "take control of your life" and make you feel as if you "know what you want".... But out of all the "skills" I have been able to aquire in the past 6 or so years, the ones that really made a differnce were learning to take control of my health, admitting to my own vulnerabilities, realizing how important it is to spend time with my beloved family, learning to truly empathize with someone you love, and knowing when to say 'No'. All other things really seem secondary right now.... You have no idea how good it feels to finally get out of the slump! I owe a lot to an anonymous person for snapping me out of my own misery... Thank you so much, and you have absolutely no idea that you had this effect on me... It's ironic that right after I publish this entry, I'm going to attend to those secondary things I just mentioned. But, the difference is that it is now very clear in my head that I'm tending to the secondaries. 2006 is sooooo going to kick ass!!!!!

Oh, and dear friends, if at this point you're blaming yourself for not having been the person to snap me out of my own misery, please stop being an idiot. =) I love you guys no matter what. It really matters very little what you do for me. ;) Miss you all!

Ooh, ooh! And to all those who've been working for a year or so out in the industry. I say you should still go through the workaholic phase and decide for yourself how you feel about it. ;) Best wishes to you all!

Just in case you didn't know this about me already... I almost never carry around my cell phone. If you have tried to reach me via cell phone, this should have already become pretty obvious by now... It's turned off or put in silient mode most of the time... ^^; I do carry it around when I'm travelling or on the weekends when I feel like I need to make calls, but other than that I really don't carry it around. Voicemail? I might check it once a week.... ^^; Moral of the story... I don't use my cell phone like other people use cell phones... Yes, you're free to think that I'm weird. You're very welcome to leave voicemails on my cell phone, but I apologize ahead of time to those that expect to receive an immediate return call, as it might take up to a week. =(

Why is it that some of us go around advertising to others how busy we are? Does it give us some sort of an ego-boost? Do we desire recognition from others? Are we seeking for help? What are we really trying to say? When you get down to it, I don't think many people actually care how busy the other person really is, cuz for all you know that person is also going around advertising that they're busy. About the only result I've seen people get by constantly going around advertising how busy they are is that people will think you somehow believe you're the only busy person on the entire planet. I suppose it goes back to our desire to be empathized first.... What do you guys think?