Day 31 of 365

A creature of habit.

Not having that chore of making sure my characters, in all the games that I am playing online (mostly inside Facebook), are not getting their butts kicked is such a relief. It seems easy enough to say "Well, stop playing then!" but it is also easy to say "stop smoking". I am so easily addicted to things.

Day 30 of 365

The Parable of the Talents. It applies to so many things in life. I want to live and enjoy this life. There are so many people out there that live in fear of "what-if". I am not advocating BASE jumping or gambling all your money away. I am addressing people's need to deprive themselves of things as some sort of virtue. My little Facebook abstinence is no where near the depravity in question.

Day 29 of 365

Looks like AT&T Wireless has call centers in the Philippines. I had to place a call and just so happened to have been routed to one there. I can spot a person with a Filipino accent on the phone easily. Plus I can hear people yapping in Tagalog in the background. My cousin, Louie, works for an HSBC call center in Manila.

My Facebook abstinence starts today, Ash Wednesday. I will not log into Facebook until Easter. Maybe, by then, I would have been weaned from it and no longer have the incessant need to log in.

Day 28 of 365

I felt so much better today compared to how I felt yesterday. Having that day to rest from being sick was wonderful. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. I have decided to give up Facebook for lent. I know it's almost a joke but I really am giving it up. Maybe, it'll turn my attention to my blog again. Maybe a little face lift because it has been so bland for so long. The Flickr 365 Days deal is going really well. I only missed one day so far.

Day 27 of 365

I lost all my pictures from the summer in Mallorca 2008. I didn't realize that I imported the pictures before I had import picture into iPhoto library check box. Now I only have aliases to the pictures that no longer exist. Cleaning out your hard drive because you bought an external hard drive for backups is not a smart thing to do.

Day 26 of 365

I am sick.

Day 25 of 365

Likening President Obama to a rampaging chimpanzee because he is black is racist. There is absolutely no room for that in our society. None.

There is satire and there is racism. There is a difference. The cartoonist would have drawn a depiction of Uncle Sam with George Bush's face rather than a chimpanzee if this cartoon was released a few months ago.

Day 23 of 365

Skins is such a cool show.

Day 20 of 365

downthemall.com

iPod touch: Print screen is power + home buttons

Day 19 of 365

This has been a pretty lazy weekend. Watch a lot of movies & caught up with all TV shows.

Day 18 of 365

Valentines Day. We're having Thai food. The kitchen counter top is curing. Neither of us are sure of the color or how it turned out. But at least it's growing on us. I drove the 27 bags of clothes, shoes, etc to the Salvation Army today. Not having a functioning kitchen renders a weird feeling. Starbucks for coffee & muffins, BW3 wings for lunch and now Thai food for dinner. I will be paying for this tomorrow. Like the instant payment from Indian food last night. Maybe I'm still high from the clear coat fumes. That shit cannot be good for your health. George, John & Gus are hopefully wearing some sort of mask when spraying that stuff. My second poster frame is slowly coming to life. The first one is already framing the Jose Thomas poster. They'll be better as I gain experience. Another 15 minutes until I can pick up the Thai food. I watched the Underworld prequel movie, Star Wars Clone Wars TV Episode 18, currently watching Madagascar 2 while ironing clothes.

Day 16 of 365

Had lunch withe Chris and Travis at Wings Etc. The kitchen counter refinishing is scheduled for tomorrow. I wonder how it will turn out. My leftover wood from the Jose Thomas frame fits perfect for the Last Supper frame. I got to try my electric nailer. Nailer!

Day 15 of 365

Uneventful day. I made Monaca's Shrimps & Grits for dinner.

Day 14 of 365

Had to go to the sales office in Detroit today.

Day 13 of 365

This is starting to have more holes. The weekend was fun and busy. Dinner club with Lindsay & Lisa. Lots of sangria involved. Liters. Nohemi and I replaced the fluorescent light with track lights. I am still not a hundred percent sold with the change.

Day 10 of 365

I missed a day! But it doesn't matter. I will continue with the non perfect record. It's Friday, the week flew. Tomorrow is dinner club. I am going to make Monaca's Shrimp & Grits. Today, Chris showed us how to play with Access. I started reading an iPhone Development book that I got from Barnes & Noble. I am getting a haircut after work.

Yesterday, we stopped to see samples of finishes for our kitchen counter top. Instead of replacing the one that we have that is in perfect condition but rather dated. We're going the greener & cheaper route of refinishing. At lunch today, we made our decision and it'll be the desert stone finish. It'll rock.

Day 8 of 365

Had lunch with Tom today at Applebees.

Day 7 of 365

Installed the following on the Mac today. Tinker Tool & MainMenu for tweaks. Over the weekend I discovered GMail Offline so now I have that too. Dinner club this weekend, the theme is Southern food.

Day 6 of 365

La Tienda sells pretty good sobrasada. It made Nohemi make a nice noise when spread on a baguette from Panera Bread.

Kitchen Update

Carrusel deportivo is playing on the background with their hilarious coverage of Super Bowl XLIII.

Day 5 of 365

Rafa won the Australian Open against Federer. I love Rafa but Roger is such a nice guy. It's weird to listen to them at the trophy presentation. They're so cordial and polite to each other.