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Things I have missed between posts...
Nov 7 > Cheryl's b-day
Nov 8 > Selle and Arleen's b-days
Nov 9 > Beeb's b-day
Nov 9 > Mom and Pop's 31st anniversary
Nov 10> Iya's b-day
I know there were a bunch more before that, so sorry to those not mentioned.
Local
You gotta love the resources that the internet provides. Sometimes, it's just downright amazing how you can stumble onto information. I have a rather interesting story to tell about how my blog helped out someone I didn't even know. A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from some random person I didn't know. I usually don't open e-mails like that, but the subject line was titled "Brent Galindo." Brent was one of my friends back in high school that passed away tragically in a car accident last year(was it last year or the year before? My God time flies...). We weren't that close, but we shared a lot of classes together and played IM's together. I remember hanging out w/ him a few times. Anyway, that was who the subject line was about. I learned that this person was also a friend of Brent's from the Bay Area and did not get the chance to go to the funeral. This person wanted to pay their last respects to Brent and could not contact ANYONE to get information about where he was buried. Coincidentally and fortunately, this person found my blog and read about Brent's passing and decided to contact me via e-mail. We were able to correspond back and forth and I was able to provide the information they needed. It felt so good to provide a helping hand like that. So keep bloggin folks, you just never know how you might help someone out.
Legal
I don't know if I mentioned this yet, but I got pulled over and was given a fix-it ticket on my way home after one of my softball games about six weeks ago. So they said to just have it fixed and head to the court location and get the fixit ticket taken care of(It was for a busted headlight...I think it had JUST broken too, what an a-hole). Anyway, so earlier this week, I headed to the La Superior Court in San Pedro to take care of it. Of course, I'm at lunch and I find out that the sheriff's dept charges $15 bucks to inspect the vehicle, on TOP of the $10 filing fee I have to pay to the clerk to take care of the ticket. The sheriff chick proceeds to tell me that CHP will do it for free...HELLO!?!? Why didn't the cop who pulled me over just tell me that in the first place! I didn't have time to go to CHP during the week and then go BACK to the court office...so I had to pay the $15 bucks. I just wish I had known ahead of time, and I think it sucks they don't tell you ahead of time. That lady was so frickin lazy she just had me pull up in front of the building turn on my headlights and watched from inside. Sheesh...$15 bucks for that?!?!? That must've been one of the easiest $15 I've seen someone make.
Entertainment
I'm hooked on Heroes. That show kicks mad booty. I still don't know if Claire's dad is bad or good or if Niki's gonna be a villian, cuz she doesn't seem to want to be one, and that would suck to be a villian if you didn' want to be, he he he.
Sports
I've been wating to post this one for a while...a few weeks ago, Lance Armstrong ran the NYC marathon. Check out what he said...he said it was "the hardest physical thing I have ever done." That, coming from the world's best cycler for almost a decade. He mentioned the mental blocks he ran into and stuff. Nice to know I have accomplished something he thought was so hard...but then again, he did run it in under 3 hours, he he he.
Technology
Chris pointed out something interesting to me earlier today. We were talking about the newer Windows phones and other such phones that let you chat anywhere. Kinda funny isn't it? CHATTING online w/ your phone, the exact device you use to talk to other people? You could just CALL, couldn't you? But of course, you can't just call ALL the time...it allows you to chat at your desk, at work, in the bathroom, wherever...kinda funny still though. Plus you can chat w/ multiple people. I was in training last week and the presenter was talking about how he had a Treo...and got rid of it, because he hated how it had him leashed...there was no excuse for him not to access his e-mail and stuff, it was like he was working all the time. I guess if you have one for personal use though, it's different, but i could see his point. Technology is growing so rapidly, I wonder if we'll ever hit a plateau, technologically, even for a little while.
You know you're old when...
London and I are watching TV and they start talking about Michael Jackson, and London says, "Who's Michael Jackson?"
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Things I have missed between posts...
Nov 7 > Cheryl's b-day
Nov 8 > Selle and Arleen's b-days
Nov 9 > Beeb's b-day
Nov 9 > Mom and Pop's 31st anniversary
Nov 10> Iya's b-day
I know there were a bunch more before that, so sorry to those not mentioned.
Local
You gotta love the resources that the internet provides. Sometimes, it's just downright amazing how you can stumble onto information. I have a rather interesting story to tell about how my blog helped out someone I didn't even know. A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from some random person I didn't know. I usually don't open e-mails like that, but the subject line was titled "Brent Galindo." Brent was one of my friends back in high school that passed away tragically in a car accident last year(was it last year or the year before? My God time flies...). We weren't that close, but we shared a lot of classes together and played IM's together. I remember hanging out w/ him a few times. Anyway, that was who the subject line was about. I learned that this person was also a friend of Brent's from the Bay Area and did not get the chance to go to the funeral. This person wanted to pay their last respects to Brent and could not contact ANYONE to get information about where he was buried. Coincidentally and fortunately, this person found my blog and read about Brent's passing and decided to contact me via e-mail. We were able to correspond back and forth and I was able to provide the information they needed. It felt so good to provide a helping hand like that. So keep bloggin folks, you just never know how you might help someone out.
Legal
I don't know if I mentioned this yet, but I got pulled over and was given a fix-it ticket on my way home after one of my softball games about six weeks ago. So they said to just have it fixed and head to the court location and get the fixit ticket taken care of(It was for a busted headlight...I think it had JUST broken too, what an a-hole). Anyway, so earlier this week, I headed to the La Superior Court in San Pedro to take care of it. Of course, I'm at lunch and I find out that the sheriff's dept charges $15 bucks to inspect the vehicle, on TOP of the $10 filing fee I have to pay to the clerk to take care of the ticket. The sheriff chick proceeds to tell me that CHP will do it for free...HELLO!?!? Why didn't the cop who pulled me over just tell me that in the first place! I didn't have time to go to CHP during the week and then go BACK to the court office...so I had to pay the $15 bucks. I just wish I had known ahead of time, and I think it sucks they don't tell you ahead of time. That lady was so frickin lazy she just had me pull up in front of the building turn on my headlights and watched from inside. Sheesh...$15 bucks for that?!?!? That must've been one of the easiest $15 I've seen someone make.
Entertainment
I'm hooked on Heroes. That show kicks mad booty. I still don't know if Claire's dad is bad or good or if Niki's gonna be a villian, cuz she doesn't seem to want to be one, and that would suck to be a villian if you didn' want to be, he he he.
Sports
I've been wating to post this one for a while...a few weeks ago, Lance Armstrong ran the NYC marathon. Check out what he said...he said it was "the hardest physical thing I have ever done." That, coming from the world's best cycler for almost a decade. He mentioned the mental blocks he ran into and stuff. Nice to know I have accomplished something he thought was so hard...but then again, he did run it in under 3 hours, he he he.
Technology
Chris pointed out something interesting to me earlier today. We were talking about the newer Windows phones and other such phones that let you chat anywhere. Kinda funny isn't it? CHATTING online w/ your phone, the exact device you use to talk to other people? You could just CALL, couldn't you? But of course, you can't just call ALL the time...it allows you to chat at your desk, at work, in the bathroom, wherever...kinda funny still though. Plus you can chat w/ multiple people. I was in training last week and the presenter was talking about how he had a Treo...and got rid of it, because he hated how it had him leashed...there was no excuse for him not to access his e-mail and stuff, it was like he was working all the time. I guess if you have one for personal use though, it's different, but i could see his point. Technology is growing so rapidly, I wonder if we'll ever hit a plateau, technologically, even for a little while.
You know you're old when...
London and I are watching TV and they start talking about Michael Jackson, and London says, "Who's Michael Jackson?"
...
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