Tuesday, April 23, 2002
what you say!?!!??!
so here i am, sitting at work. my boss took us out to lunch for some reason after we were done at the job site. that was pretty sweet. also, it is a freaking gorgeous day. i mean damn, its beautiful. i was working in my tshirt for like the entire morning. this was a good thing.
but enough about work, work is always boring to hear about
i realized today that i haven't actually used my brain in about 4 years. i mean seriously. i'm in a job that requires little or no actual thought. before that, i was in college... we all know what happened their. when i was at class, i was asleep. i think college was actually a step backwards in terms of brain-use. before that, senior year of high school. is that 4 years? how long have i been out of college. i don't even remember anymore. but yeah, senior year i guess i kind of used my brain, but oh well. its like, i spent all this time building up my brain, only to realize that i don't actually need it. a humorous thought, that a brain isn't a necessity, more of a luxury. but in someways, it is true :)
scorpion king.... good god what a great movie. everyone should see it. i mean, it was great. you have to realize what kind of movie it is going to be, then you will truely enjoy it. to be honest, i wasn't really looking forward to seeing it. it really surprised me in a good way. come to think of it, the last 2 movies i have seen really surprised me. changing lanes was also pretty damn good. i enjoyed that one too, even though the previews were god awful. but anyways, scorpion king. it was great. it was the best, most jackassed movie i have seen in a while. the best actor was a camel, and this isn't an insult. the camel was hilarious. i swear he should be nominated for an academy award for his role as the camel... he was absolutely brilliant. besides that, everything was so over the top, the costumes, the make up, the action. i mean, jesus, the rock was the main character. he is the definition of over the top. but it was so great, oh man, i am getting all hot and bothered here again just thinking about it. Kelly Hu was amazingly attractive, and wearing skimpy outfits the entire time. it was a great thing. everyone see it, even if you think you will hate it. even if you do actually hate it, you should see it. i have spoken, now obey.... or not... not like it really matters to me anyways, i enjoyed it and thats all that matters :)
the past few weeks are showing up as a blank spot on my memory. its not that i have actually forgotten, its just that nothing has really happened of any importance whatsover. they have left no impression on me. the wierd thing is, usually when i fall into "ruts" like this, i'm mad and stuff. but now i'm really not. i have more or less come to terms with work again. i dont' bug it, it doesn't bug me. we have a nice relationship here. the past 2 days have actually gone by fairly painlessly, even though looking back it feels like it should be thursday. while i was out there, they went fast. its kind of eerie in a way, the way time can move so fast and so slow at the same time. but whatever. when i think back to april 2002, i will see a whole lot of nothing... maybe may will bring something groundbreaking and revolutionary.
its like a week and a half or so ago. i was driving to work. after a while of driving, i realize the cd is on like track 6, and i remember it being on track 2. i change lanes, thinking i have one more to go over, only to realize that i already changed lanes sometime during the last 4 songs. i also realize that i am halfway through downtown, and i don't even remember creeping up to the shipcanal bridge. its like there is this whole huge blank spot in my memory. it kind of freaked me out for a few minutes, but then i realized i was still alive, so i promptly disregarded it.
oh, and jing, i can't remember much at all in terms of particular memories from my childhood. i have these bits and peices, certain moments that come back to me in flashes. from there, i can kind of formulate what was happening around it. it kind of ties into these thoughts i always used to have when i was growing up, especially in the middle of the night when i would wake up suddenly and fall back to sleep. when it was happening, i would be like, ok, this isn't really happening now, this is really a memory in the future. it was almost like things weren't really happening in the present, they were happening in the future as memories. after all, if i can't remember them in the future, did they actually happen at all? for a long time i didn't think of things happening in terms of me actually doing things, i thought of things in terms of me remembering them sometime in the future.... i don't know if that made any sense, but yeah... my mind was even wierd when i was 10 years old :P
i really really miss cartoons and such. i miss watching transformers. that was a great show. the thing is, i can't remember a single thing about a single episode, but i remember how much i loved it. it had to be the best show ever. nowadays, i love watching cartoons. i watch pokemon just about everyday. there is this other show called yu gi oh that comes on right before it that i always miss because of work that is really great. its like, a card game in a tv show, and they battle eachother. i know this sounds really boring, but it is actually really fun to watch. i have no idea why. but damn, i miss the transformers.... they had some cgi transformers show in the recent past i think. i watched it a few times, and it really sucked, so i stopped. anyways, old school transformers, with the good airplanes and the bad airplanes, grimlock the tyranasauras, oh baby.
i miss the power rangers too, like back when they were good. before everything got really stupid. like, the end of the first part, and the beginning of the second part when they first got new zords, that was great. i loved that show. then it went downhill and sucked... but oh well, power rangers rocked too. oh oh, and there was the other show i used to watch religiously on the cartoon network in alaska. like, this was between the ages of 5-8, i think i watched it pretty much every day. funny, i remember more flashes of this tv show than i do the transformers. i think it was called silverhawks. it was awesome. i remember i asked on this message board what the title of the show was, and someone actually knew. i was so happy, because it was like a piece of my childhood coming back. but yeah, it was like these people, and they flew in space in these space ships. but they all had these like cool metal robotic birds that would fly around with them and such. i think they had a bigger ship that all of their ships connected too and such. i seem to remember some part of the opening where all the birds would fly off together into the distance in 4 consecutive silver streaks or whatever. i remember it being a great show. i mean, to a 5 year old what isn't cool about space ships and robotic birds. but yeah, thats another show i wish i could watch again. i'm sure i would still love it. pokemon will have to suffice for now.
for some reason i had one of the chimpmunks christmas songs in my head the other day. it was the most ass random thing to have going through my head. it wouldn't leave. i had freaking chipmunks singing about hula hoops for 3 hours straight. it wasn't really maddening, i just kind of turned my brain off and ignored it, but jesus. where the hell did that come from? eventually i shoved it out with barbie girl from aqua. it is really funny that jing happened to mention aqua in his last blog.
speaking of hula hoops, i used a tool called a hula hoe today. the fact that this tool exists is funny in itself, all names aside. also, we had a lawn shark, and a winged weeder at the park i was at. these are all rediculous tools. i guess they have their niche. they have to do something well. what they are good for is beyond me, but whatever.
i wish i could just lay my head down and take a nap. i'm thinking i might just go home here, even though it is only like 2:20. i can drag it out longer... i'll go browse some websites and the blog again. i'll meet you back here :P
ok, i've figured it out. i have been wondering why i haven't been blogging as much. i think the main reason is because i have been hanging out in irc instead opening up my blog. i found this nice little java irc client that lets me chill in a chat room spouting random phrases and such, instead of having to resort to my trusty old web journal. of course, this kind of sucks, because i just end up over flowing with things i feel the need to talk about, until eventually my mind just shuts down and they are all lost. but yeah, irc from work is fun, it makes things better here around the office.
well, i'm off to go read the paper and brows the forums. later wankagators
so here i am, sitting at work. my boss took us out to lunch for some reason after we were done at the job site. that was pretty sweet. also, it is a freaking gorgeous day. i mean damn, its beautiful. i was working in my tshirt for like the entire morning. this was a good thing.
but enough about work, work is always boring to hear about
i realized today that i haven't actually used my brain in about 4 years. i mean seriously. i'm in a job that requires little or no actual thought. before that, i was in college... we all know what happened their. when i was at class, i was asleep. i think college was actually a step backwards in terms of brain-use. before that, senior year of high school. is that 4 years? how long have i been out of college. i don't even remember anymore. but yeah, senior year i guess i kind of used my brain, but oh well. its like, i spent all this time building up my brain, only to realize that i don't actually need it. a humorous thought, that a brain isn't a necessity, more of a luxury. but in someways, it is true :)
scorpion king.... good god what a great movie. everyone should see it. i mean, it was great. you have to realize what kind of movie it is going to be, then you will truely enjoy it. to be honest, i wasn't really looking forward to seeing it. it really surprised me in a good way. come to think of it, the last 2 movies i have seen really surprised me. changing lanes was also pretty damn good. i enjoyed that one too, even though the previews were god awful. but anyways, scorpion king. it was great. it was the best, most jackassed movie i have seen in a while. the best actor was a camel, and this isn't an insult. the camel was hilarious. i swear he should be nominated for an academy award for his role as the camel... he was absolutely brilliant. besides that, everything was so over the top, the costumes, the make up, the action. i mean, jesus, the rock was the main character. he is the definition of over the top. but it was so great, oh man, i am getting all hot and bothered here again just thinking about it. Kelly Hu was amazingly attractive, and wearing skimpy outfits the entire time. it was a great thing. everyone see it, even if you think you will hate it. even if you do actually hate it, you should see it. i have spoken, now obey.... or not... not like it really matters to me anyways, i enjoyed it and thats all that matters :)
the past few weeks are showing up as a blank spot on my memory. its not that i have actually forgotten, its just that nothing has really happened of any importance whatsover. they have left no impression on me. the wierd thing is, usually when i fall into "ruts" like this, i'm mad and stuff. but now i'm really not. i have more or less come to terms with work again. i dont' bug it, it doesn't bug me. we have a nice relationship here. the past 2 days have actually gone by fairly painlessly, even though looking back it feels like it should be thursday. while i was out there, they went fast. its kind of eerie in a way, the way time can move so fast and so slow at the same time. but whatever. when i think back to april 2002, i will see a whole lot of nothing... maybe may will bring something groundbreaking and revolutionary.
its like a week and a half or so ago. i was driving to work. after a while of driving, i realize the cd is on like track 6, and i remember it being on track 2. i change lanes, thinking i have one more to go over, only to realize that i already changed lanes sometime during the last 4 songs. i also realize that i am halfway through downtown, and i don't even remember creeping up to the shipcanal bridge. its like there is this whole huge blank spot in my memory. it kind of freaked me out for a few minutes, but then i realized i was still alive, so i promptly disregarded it.
oh, and jing, i can't remember much at all in terms of particular memories from my childhood. i have these bits and peices, certain moments that come back to me in flashes. from there, i can kind of formulate what was happening around it. it kind of ties into these thoughts i always used to have when i was growing up, especially in the middle of the night when i would wake up suddenly and fall back to sleep. when it was happening, i would be like, ok, this isn't really happening now, this is really a memory in the future. it was almost like things weren't really happening in the present, they were happening in the future as memories. after all, if i can't remember them in the future, did they actually happen at all? for a long time i didn't think of things happening in terms of me actually doing things, i thought of things in terms of me remembering them sometime in the future.... i don't know if that made any sense, but yeah... my mind was even wierd when i was 10 years old :P
i really really miss cartoons and such. i miss watching transformers. that was a great show. the thing is, i can't remember a single thing about a single episode, but i remember how much i loved it. it had to be the best show ever. nowadays, i love watching cartoons. i watch pokemon just about everyday. there is this other show called yu gi oh that comes on right before it that i always miss because of work that is really great. its like, a card game in a tv show, and they battle eachother. i know this sounds really boring, but it is actually really fun to watch. i have no idea why. but damn, i miss the transformers.... they had some cgi transformers show in the recent past i think. i watched it a few times, and it really sucked, so i stopped. anyways, old school transformers, with the good airplanes and the bad airplanes, grimlock the tyranasauras, oh baby.
i miss the power rangers too, like back when they were good. before everything got really stupid. like, the end of the first part, and the beginning of the second part when they first got new zords, that was great. i loved that show. then it went downhill and sucked... but oh well, power rangers rocked too. oh oh, and there was the other show i used to watch religiously on the cartoon network in alaska. like, this was between the ages of 5-8, i think i watched it pretty much every day. funny, i remember more flashes of this tv show than i do the transformers. i think it was called silverhawks. it was awesome. i remember i asked on this message board what the title of the show was, and someone actually knew. i was so happy, because it was like a piece of my childhood coming back. but yeah, it was like these people, and they flew in space in these space ships. but they all had these like cool metal robotic birds that would fly around with them and such. i think they had a bigger ship that all of their ships connected too and such. i seem to remember some part of the opening where all the birds would fly off together into the distance in 4 consecutive silver streaks or whatever. i remember it being a great show. i mean, to a 5 year old what isn't cool about space ships and robotic birds. but yeah, thats another show i wish i could watch again. i'm sure i would still love it. pokemon will have to suffice for now.
for some reason i had one of the chimpmunks christmas songs in my head the other day. it was the most ass random thing to have going through my head. it wouldn't leave. i had freaking chipmunks singing about hula hoops for 3 hours straight. it wasn't really maddening, i just kind of turned my brain off and ignored it, but jesus. where the hell did that come from? eventually i shoved it out with barbie girl from aqua. it is really funny that jing happened to mention aqua in his last blog.
speaking of hula hoops, i used a tool called a hula hoe today. the fact that this tool exists is funny in itself, all names aside. also, we had a lawn shark, and a winged weeder at the park i was at. these are all rediculous tools. i guess they have their niche. they have to do something well. what they are good for is beyond me, but whatever.
i wish i could just lay my head down and take a nap. i'm thinking i might just go home here, even though it is only like 2:20. i can drag it out longer... i'll go browse some websites and the blog again. i'll meet you back here :P
ok, i've figured it out. i have been wondering why i haven't been blogging as much. i think the main reason is because i have been hanging out in irc instead opening up my blog. i found this nice little java irc client that lets me chill in a chat room spouting random phrases and such, instead of having to resort to my trusty old web journal. of course, this kind of sucks, because i just end up over flowing with things i feel the need to talk about, until eventually my mind just shuts down and they are all lost. but yeah, irc from work is fun, it makes things better here around the office.
well, i'm off to go read the paper and brows the forums. later wankagators
