I like saying things that make no sense!

I should write a book

Finally read Tuesdays With Morrie...   A number of people had recommended it.  Well ok, maybe two people.  I had already read the other book by Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven.  The good thing about these two books of his are that they are nice and short.  You finish them pretty quickly.  Which is good, because if they dragged on any longer, they'd get really old.  These two books read kind of like greeting cards.  You can only stand there in the supermarket and read greeting cards for so long before you get tired.  And like most greeting cards, I can't even really remember much from Five People anymore... I thought the interesting part of Tuesdays was that Albom talks a little about his own life.  How he became a sports writer, and how it's not REALLY what he wants to do, but he's pretty good at it... and how most people are like this... they don't really do what they really want to do... just do what they do because they're pretty good at it... I guess books like Tuesdays and Five People are what he really wants to write about.... but reading them makes me think, man, I think I could write this!
There was a time when I was little when I wanted to be a writer when I grew up.  I wanted to write novels.  It was when I was a little bit older than when I wanted to be a fireman, but younger than when I wanted to be a genetic engineer. (I read Jurassic Park in 6th grade.)  Now I write short little emails to hardcore (and I mean Hard Core) computer nerds about enterprise data integration software all day long.  This is just a guess, but I don't think you'll find any novels about that on Amazon.com.  Is it something I'm good at?  I suppose I'm not bad:  I haven't been fired yet.  Haha... So what happened to me?  Somewhere along the way I found formal writing increasingly difficult, in terms of meeting the expecations of my critics (read: teachers) and that solving little math problems came with relative ease.  I guess I just really like to please. 
Well, I'll let you know when I get my novel published.  Maybe I'll even sign it for you. 

a tribute to cheetos

you can't go wrong with cheetos.  when faced with a myriad of choices at the vending machine, but limited by the change in your pocket to a single choice, go with the cheetos.  i'm sure we're all familiar with the problem with potato chips... their shape and arrangement in the bag is less than optimal, resulting in much of the bag being filled with air.  you finish those small bags and you flip it upside down, shaking the last paltry crumbs into your oily hands thinking, what? that's it? there was barely anything in there!  then there is the flavor dusting problem.  too often i've found that the flavor is distributed quite irregularly on chips... some chips have nothing on them while others have the flavor powder literally caked on.  whoever is in charge of cheetos over at frito-lay deserves a prize.  the shape of the cheeto is ideal for packing.  those cheetos are packed in there real good. and each cheeto has a generous yet not overwhelming coat of cheesy goodness.  a close runner up to the cheetos are the fritos.  fritos also pack well in to the package, surprisingly so, despite their curly shape.  and fritos have two flavors that are works of genius: chili cheese and chili lime.  i'll admit that i'll sometimes choose one of these flavored fritos over the cheetos when i see them in the vending machine.  they do seem to be a bit less ubiquitous than the cheetos, however.
you may be wondering, oh, what about the spicy hot cheetos? those are great!  if so, i applaud your refined cheetos palatte.  i, too, can appreciate the fine flavor of the spicy hot cheetos.  however, those of you familiar with my relationship with spicy foods know that my body has a quite unfortunate reaction to them.  it's quite painful at times, and often strenuous on my body, demonstrably so, which often shocks or startles onlookers.  Hahaha, I remember one time I ate a whole bag of those spicy hot cheetos, and my body got rid of it FAST.  and quite uncomfortably so, i might add. interestingly enough, i don't have this sort of negative reaction to all types of hotness. it seems like it's just for chili spice... for instance, i'm able to amiably enjoy, and actually have a great affinity for hot wasabi, and hot girls.

today i read an article about some of the observations made by soldiers who are guarding saddam hussein.  apparently he really likes cheetos, too.  it cracked me up how he was grumpy when they ran out, and how he ate those doritos they gave him instead. 

come to think of it, i like doritos, too... although they do fall victim to the packing problem, and flavor problem...

cheetos, fritos, and doritos.... i guess i must really like corn meal.

little pink triangle

i spent all day in the sun today, and although i wore sunscreen, i forgot the spot under my neck, around my collarbone, and so i got burned real bad there.  that's the little pink triangle. hehe...
oh yeah, and of course i forgot to wear chapstick, too, and so now my lips hurt real bad!
haven't posted in a while... but i did watch some movies during that time...
wicker park this movie had some pretty poor reviews online, but i thought it was really good! it's a love story, with some mystery, and some stalking, and some bits of comedy.  wasn't unbearably long, and kept me pretty entertained the whole way through. 
national treasure this movie has the same girl that's in wicker park.  but it's just coincidence that i saw them so close to each other... i'd actually never seen that girl in any other movies before... anyway, this movie is just about what you expect it to be.  it is pretty fun, i guess,... because it's one of those movies where you follow along, and the puzzle is revealed bit by bit... and it has good action and stuff... just don't expect any deep story or anything like that.  the lines were pure cheese.  especially the part where they kiss. oh man that was sooo lame.
i've been pretty bad w/ blockbuster.com lately... probably haven't gotten to the point yet where it would be cheaper to rent each movie... but i definitely haven't been taking as much advantage of it as i should be.
sin city saw this one at the discount theater in milpitas for $1.50.  it was pretty good. definitely different from most other movies... don't watch this one with your parents tho. you'll probably get a lecture about how movies are corrupting your soul if you do.
mr. and mrs. smith this movie is about the same caliber as national treasure.  don't have anything really interesting to say related to any content of the movie, but i have a good story that has to do with when i went to see it... when i went to see it, i went with a group of some friends, but one of our friends was going to meet us at the theater, because he went on a date with the cousin of one of the friends.  of course this is all we were talking about the whole time, about how he's a serial cousin-dater. anyway, we were at the the great mall theater in milpitas, but because of some unfortunate miscommunication and a dead cellphone battery, this friend ended up being stranded at the mercado theater in santa clara.  by logic that still baffles us, he concluded that his best option was to walk to his car which was parked in mountain view.  he spent about two hours between the hours of 10pm and 12am walking across the city of sunnyvale.  needless to say, we all had a good laugh about this the next day.  especially me.