Month: August 2002

A FEW TECHNICAL NOTES

For the five people who visit my site, I just wanted to shed some light on why this page has been loading so slow recently. The comment system I use is made by Enetation. They are relatively new service and as such, they have suffered some growing pains. As many free services on the web have discovered, demand can far outstrip quality of service. This is what happened to Enetation. When their servers get overloaded, anyone who uses their system gets affected. They’ve promised this won’t happen, but it does. That is why sometimes, it takes forever for this page to load or why the comments are missing. Well, you get what you paid for!

Also, I’ve finally got off my ass and fixed the archive bar to the right. Nothing a little cut and paste couldn’t fix.

And we return to your regularly schedule programming.

GOSSIP

You know gossip can be a potentially dangerous thing. A few months ago, I attended my ten year high school reunion. While I was there, I talked to this one girl. We were mentioning names to see if anyone knew what had happened to them. I mentioned the name of one particular fellow who I went to school with. The girl I was talking to said, “Did you know he’s gay? Someone told me that!”

I was completely surprised because he showed no signs of being gay when I went to school with this fellow. I guess there aren’t any telltale signs of being gay, but sometimes you can see it coming. Anyways, this girl didn’t directly give me any evidence of my former classmate being gay, so I took it with a grain of salt.

Anyways, tonight, for some strange reason, I put my former classmate’s name into google.ca. Only two hits came up. One was for a page related to a sports team. The other hit? It was for a gay sports league!

Now this would seem to add evidence to the rumour my former classmate is in fact gay. However, his name isn’t exactly unique. So, who’s to say this is in fact, the same guy I went to high school with? Well, it could be. Also, it’s really interesting that both hits register on pages originating from the Lower Mainland. What if someone else had put his name into google.ca and then just decided, yep, that must be him. What if that’s how the rumour started?

Anyways, he’s probably gay. Or not. Who knows? I need water.

TEN YEARS AND ONE DEGREE LATER



circa 1992



about ten days ago

So, on Friday, I picked up my new library card. I needed to sign out a book before school started. After ten years, I finally have a new card and picture. That old picture might be the weirdest, oddest, and worst picture of me yet. It doesn’t even look like me. I am uncertain what odd combination of angles, lighting, and my ugly mug caused such a poor photo. I had to carry that thing around for five years at UBC.

The new photo is much better. The funny thing is that I had my haircut not two hours after that picture was taken. Oh well, it doesn’t look that bad anyways. I look a bit fatter in the new picture. I can vaguely remember the day the old picture was taken. It was a sunny afternoon in September of 1992. I weighed about 120 lbs. back then. I don’t think I’ve weighed 120 lbs. since. Heh.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Wow, I can’t stop posting. Anyways, some random thoughts. First, yeah I know the column for the archives is screwed up. Blogger sometimes alters the .html code for no apparent reason when I post. The problem is correctable, but I’m being lazy. I’ll do it soon.

I went to lunch with my friend Garrett Knights today. We went to this pho place in Chinatown called Pho Van. In my mind, it’s the best pho in the Lower Mainland. Anyways, around 11pm, I start craving for pho again. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, good pho must contain an addictive substance. It’s like culinary crack! Oh my, the hearty beef stock, the succulent beef slices, and the soft noodles!

So, it’s like 1:30am now, and I’m hungry again, but there’s nothing in the house I want to eat. Crap, I should be reading a textbook instead of wondering what to eat. Hmmm… I wonder if I can go back to Pho Van tomorrow.

HUMAN CIVILIZATION PEAKS WITH CUTENESS

I’m of the opinion that we, as a civilization, may have reached our peak. Why do I think this? Well, it’s because man has discovered the magical combination of a cloned kitten in a beaker. Look at that picture. It’s priceless. It’s cute.

I usually am not moved to cuteness by pictures. When I was at UBC, almost every girl I knew had pictures of babies in their dorm rooms. I was not moved. Nothing. Nada.

This miracle of science in Pyrex ™, however, is different. It’s a damn cloned kitten in a beaker! How inventive is that? They should make t-shirts and greeting cards with pictures of kittens in beakers. Hallmark would make a killing. If someone was smart, they’d make posters of kittens in beakers and sell them at universities. There’d be one in every girl’s dorm room. I bet some guys would secretly buy one too. Hell, I would.

Kitten in a beaker!

BREAKFAST SAUSAGE

I came home from an evening out. I noticed that my mom had cooked up some breakfast sausage, and left it in the fridge. This way, you only have to heat it up in the mornings and not have to waste time cooking it.

I had two links of the sausage right away. Breakfast sausage is tasty. However, I’ve discovered you can only eat two or three links at one time before you feel like throwing up. I think it’s the high fat content. Still, it’s yummy!

That is all.