the charisian presence with a vicious bear footrest--this is the real reason caribou coffee is hipper than starbucks . . .

today is saturday 28 january 2006.

i guess i never mentioned that when i was back in hawaii, nephew learned a very disturbing phrase. he'd come to me and say "i take orbit!" who taught that kid that!

another bit of disturbing hawaii news . . . the humuhumunukunukuapua'a is not the state fish of hawaii. seems that back in 1984, hawaii was polled about a state fish and the humuhumu won. however, because of method of polling, the humuhumu won the state fish designation for just 5 years. so get to your local state representatives (if you're from hawaii) and tell them to ratify hb1982.

that petsmart commercial about the wienie dog chewing on the wienie dog stuffed animal is kinda disturbing . . .

the broncos lost last week. so exciting this takes a line in my blog.

and lastly but not leastly, happy chinese new year to all!

today is sunday 22 january 2006.

the broncos lost today. so exciting this takes a line in my blog.

actually, this is a relief to some . . . all week long the kiddies were getting scared my hair would grow until the fall. probably the charisian presence would have made me cut my hair anyway because of the hideousness of the look. i was actually going to try to have that wild hair cut like jimmy deyoung (the Biblical archaeologist). but i guess this was not meant to be.

now i have to thinkg of a reason to grow my lamb chops . . .

but i must say, the broncos/steelers game was pretty trippy. the denver post was right on track this morning--this is a whole lot more exciting that any rockies/pirates matchup.

today is monday 16 january 2005.

so the other day i'm in the teacher workroom and i peek in the fridge. "cool, food." so i offer some food (of unknown residence in the fridge) to the teacher's aides--"try some and let me know if it's still good, then i'll have some." first time i've seen a teenager turn down food.

bronco fever hits denver. last week the broncos were underdogs. now the guys in vegas are placing their bets for the broncos to take the superbowl.

can't say this isn't exciting. beats following the rockies (or the dodgers for that matter). kinda thinking about jumping on the bandwagon . . . so i'm sitting in church yesterday (yes, this was in the middle of the sermon when this idea hit)--maybe i won't cut my hair until the broncos lose . . . could be problem if the broncos take the superbowl.

today is sunday 15 january 2005.

broncos won yesterday . . . so exciting this takes a line in my blog. it was kinda funny--i walked into king soopers yesterday wearing a dodger shirt and a dodger jacket. out of place to say the least--everyone else was decked out in bronco stuff.

crazy website. www.fliptomexico.com.

getting meatloaf(computer) ready for action has been pretty wild. wifi problems seem to be the trickiest thing so far . . . so sometimes the router seems to go dead, sometimes the winsocks go dead. what i don't get is how the sound goes dead with wifi . . . wild stuff . . . bluetooth hasn't worked properly yet either--but bluetooth can wait.

baseball starts in about a month . . . don't know what to expect from the dodgers--maybe third place?

today is friday 06 january 2006.

about a week after i get meatloaf (new computer), i am glad to say that i'm finally all set up. really my first time to work with win xp (don't ask), and all the updated software is hip indeed.

did i ever mention my run-in with dell? when i detached a motorola cell phone to mendellssohn (the computer of the charisian presence), the mother board fried. an hour phone call had me removing the hd, memory, etc.--conclusion was to send it in. apparently nobody at dell speaks unaccented english (everyone is from the south or india). she took my address as "w darkness ave" instead of "w dartmouth ave". so when the box didn't arrive on the 16th as the technician mentioned, i made e-mail inquiries (all of which were replied to within 6 hours). ended up dell did send the box, but to some unknown address.

so monday the 19th i head over to dhl to get the box, pack the sick computer in the box, and send her on her way. we're off to hawaii on the 20th. the 28th we get back--but no computer in sight.

so i call dell, and they tell me their memphis facility got mendellssohn on the 21st. but because of Christmas orders, expect delays up to two weeks. i didn't believe the guy, so i called again friday. the guy said he'll talk to his supervisor and call me back within the hour. actually i didn't get a call from dell, but one from dhl instead. the computer was sitting at the denver west facility and would be home within the hour. so all ends well with mendellssohn . . .

as far as the trip to hawaii--i'll need to post photos sometime. the charisian presence liked banyan trees for some strange reason . . . and yes, orbit is still a fat dog.

dodgers are making changes galore. jae seo looks like he'll be in the rotation. the garciaparra move is curious. who knows--maybe they won't take third place next year.

today is sunday 01 january 2006.

so i'm thinking of what went on this last year--everything short of nothing. only april, october, and november were pretty calm.

got back from hawaii on thursday. actually ran out of time. next time i go to hawaii i'll eat saimin from shiro's saimin haven. next time i go to hawaii i'll stop by leonard's malasadas and espresso. next time i go to hawaii i'll stop by pearl harbor. next time i'm in hawaii i'll play with orbit more. next time i go to hawaii i'll actually stop at l and l. next time i got to hawaii i'll stop at zippys. next time i go to hawaii i'll stop for some korean food.

sounds like i did nothing--actually taking the charisian presence back to the homeland was a trip. kid her about the pretty trees which she kept taking a pictures of--i laughed because it was just a banana tree.

we did much sight seeing. and it gave me a chance to show off my homeland--this gave me a chance to connect back with my people.

and orbit is still a fat dog. and scared of the charisian presence to boot.

i finally got a new computer. the charisian presence was getting on my case because i spent more time looking for a computer than an engagement ring (and yes the ring did cost more than the computer). she also reminded me that she spent less time looking for a wedding dress for herself . . .

you gotta love getting a new machine and setting it up--actually i hate it. so i got my box of cds friday and i'm off installing and installing and installing.

specs--toshiba m55-3292. pentium m 730, 512 mb mem, 60 gig hd (yeah, i know it's small--but this does have dvd writer). a red cover to boot . . .

yeah and the hard part was finding her a name--meatloaf. i thought if i got a dog tomorrow what her name would be, so meatlof it is!