LD-Dubs
Well, in the blink of an eye, it was over. Labor Day Weekend was way too short this year. Part of it was due to working on Saturday, which was no fun. Come to think of it, I did a lot that day. The highlight being, seeing all the cool people at Lion's Head. It was especially nice to have Vic back in town for a couple days too. So sad to see you go again, come back soon.
Woke up for church on Sunday, napped in the afternoon, and then played cards at night. Every time I see the Cantonese fool Dave, our upcoming FF matchup gets hyped to a new level. 3 more days until go time... can't wait to see Fred Taylor go down on his first carry.
I don't think I left the townhouse at all on Labor Day itself. Instead, just slept in, watched baseball, read magazines, and listened to music. I wish every day could be more like that. "I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be"
Music from "The Bends" provided quality listening for the day off. Nirvana and Pearl Jam get all the attention, but was there a better band in the 90's than Radiohead? I argue for the latter. Haven't listened to Pablo Honey much, but The Bends and OK Computer were 2 absolutely huge albums released during my high school years, when I started to really listen to music. And now that it's years later, as I've become a post-graduate of college, I find that I'm still gaining more appreciation for songs like "High and Dry" or "Fake Plastic Trees".
Some things learned from the weekend:
- "Real" poker chips cost a lot. Me and P were looking up on the internet to see how much we could get some for, and found that it would cost at least a hundred bucks for about 300 ceramic chips, and even more for clay. It's hard for me to understand why they cost so much, maybe someone has the market for poker chips cornered and they are jacking up the prices. If that is so, the only way I know to get around that is to look in Chinatown or Taiwan.
- Those temporary tattoos are harder to remove than you think. During kids' Sunday School time, we were giving them some of those tattoos that you can soak onto your skin using a wet paper towel. I decided to join in and get one of Linus on my hand. Then when I came home, I tried to wash it off and discovered that it was damn near impossible. I tried again late Sunday night before going to sleep, and it was still impossible, leading me to start worrying. Finally, Monday afternoon I used a lot of dishwashing detergent, rubbed it like mad, and it came off, not without leaving all the skin on my hand red. But it was either that, or show up to work with a Charlie Brown character on my hand. Although I did have a backup plan, which was to put a bandaid over it. I'm glad I didn't have to resort to such homoness though.
- Not charging your Pocket PC for a long time can cause data loss. I guess I should have known this, considering that it gives me a warning message saying as much when the battery is low, but sometimes I'm one of those fools that needs to learn the hard way. So now all the contact info that I got from everyone is gone, along with the few programs that I installed. Oops... But it got me thinking, if that happened to my phone, I would be much more screwed. I don't know anyone's phone number because I never dial it manually.
- The Zaino car polish system is probably the best I have ever used. I had my doubts in the beginning, but now I am really starting to see for myself that the more layers you put on, the deeper the shine and protection. If only it didn't rain so much, and I didn't have to park outside, then I wouldn't have to wash every other week or so. It's getting kind of tiring.
