Favorite Pickup Lines
In case some of ladies or gents out there need a little prodding or starting point to find yourself a man/woman, here are a few recommendations. However, I take no responsibility if you get laughed at or slapped. (By the way, I didn't come up with any of these. This is just a collection of my favorites out of all the ones I've heard, the relatively clean ones at least)
- If you were a booger, I'd pick you first.
- Good thing I brought by library card, cause I'm CHECKING YOU OUT!!
- If I had a soccer ball, would you kick it with me? (Hint: works on more than one level if you actually play soccer)
- Are you part Jamaican? Cause JAMAICAN me crazy for you!
- Did you just eat some Campbell's Soup? You're lookin "mmm mmm Good..."
- Your dad must be a baker, cause those are some really nice buns...
- You remind me of my speeding tickets cause you got FINE written all over you (yes... and I have quite a few speeding tickets)
- Do you like chips? Cause I'm Frito Lay...
- Is it hot in here, or is it just you?
- I wish I knew the Pythagorean Theorem, cause you got all the right angles (I do know the Pythagorean Theorem... muahaha)
Of course, I would never use any of these myself except on Olivia. Too bad I got like half of them from her so that wouldn't work too well.
Monday, September 30, 2002
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Commenting
Ok, we'll see how this thing works. Thanks to Scott's hookup, I signed up for this thing that will let people comment on my blogs. It's pretty simple, click on the "Comment" link and a window will pop-up. If you leave comments, I will respond if appropriate, otherwise, I don't mind if you just want to read my blogs anonymously and snicker at how nerdy I am. Ideally, I would rather get an occasional message from a wide variety of people so there will be lots of different opinions, etc. You could even leave a message with a fake name, it's all good. But if it turns out that my fears are true, and only 1 or 2 people actually read my blog, then I will deal with it, I won't cry. The only thing is, don't be annoying and leave obnoxious messages. I don't want to have to remove the Comments feature some day down the road, that would be pretty sad if I had to.
If you have a blog and want to add the Comments feature, click on the "Haloscan" link on the side. There's not much around that is free anymore, but Blogspot and Haloscan deserve props for providing a pretty solid service without charging. I am seriously considering upgrade to Blogspot Plus but we'll see if that happens. But yeah, you actually can add the Comments feature without adding the button to link to Haloscan, I just thought it was nice that they didn't just force it on me:
"Step 3: (Optional)
We would appreciate it if you could place a link to us somewhere on your page. The following code will result in a button-link like what you see on the right hand side of this page (just copy and paste the code anywhere in your page): "
That's what they wrote, nice of them to ask, eh? Politeness works with me, and you see that I did indeed add their button to my Links. A Chinese saying goes "Li-duo, ren bu guai" which translated basically says that nobody would ever fault you for having too much manners. That's true, to a point. If you idolize Miss Manners or Martha Stewart, I would fault you for having no life.
Ok, this was supposed to be a short post but as always I managed to make it longer than it should've been. Feel free to leave me some comments now. (Nice, I like saying that)
Ok, we'll see how this thing works. Thanks to Scott's hookup, I signed up for this thing that will let people comment on my blogs. It's pretty simple, click on the "Comment" link and a window will pop-up. If you leave comments, I will respond if appropriate, otherwise, I don't mind if you just want to read my blogs anonymously and snicker at how nerdy I am. Ideally, I would rather get an occasional message from a wide variety of people so there will be lots of different opinions, etc. You could even leave a message with a fake name, it's all good. But if it turns out that my fears are true, and only 1 or 2 people actually read my blog, then I will deal with it, I won't cry. The only thing is, don't be annoying and leave obnoxious messages. I don't want to have to remove the Comments feature some day down the road, that would be pretty sad if I had to.
If you have a blog and want to add the Comments feature, click on the "Haloscan" link on the side. There's not much around that is free anymore, but Blogspot and Haloscan deserve props for providing a pretty solid service without charging. I am seriously considering upgrade to Blogspot Plus but we'll see if that happens. But yeah, you actually can add the Comments feature without adding the button to link to Haloscan, I just thought it was nice that they didn't just force it on me:
"Step 3: (Optional)
We would appreciate it if you could place a link to us somewhere on your page. The following code will result in a button-link like what you see on the right hand side of this page (just copy and paste the code anywhere in your page): "
That's what they wrote, nice of them to ask, eh? Politeness works with me, and you see that I did indeed add their button to my Links. A Chinese saying goes "Li-duo, ren bu guai" which translated basically says that nobody would ever fault you for having too much manners. That's true, to a point. If you idolize Miss Manners or Martha Stewart, I would fault you for having no life.
Ok, this was supposed to be a short post but as always I managed to make it longer than it should've been. Feel free to leave me some comments now. (Nice, I like saying that)
Good Stuff
The past couple of days, 2 especially good things happened. First, I woke up and found that this canker sore that's been bothering me for days is all but subsided. Second, I heard back from last friday's interview, and they are giving me a job offer! (exclamation mark sighting)
It's the first time I have actually been offered a job, I don't know how exactly to react. When I got my job at Jewel in high school, they basically called me in to "interview," asked me a couple questions like "do you steal?" and "wanna work here?", then they told me to show up on Monday for training. Not really a true "job offer" by any means.
So people who know me well probably know how they don't see me excited very often. I may not always show it, but certain things do make me happy and excited, and this was definitely one of them. It's the best piece of news I have heard in a really long time, I don't think I was really all that excited even when I got accepted into college or got my SAT/GRE scores back.
Some may be wondering about details:
Company: Northrop Grumman - One of the major corporations in the aerospace field supplying the nation's defense with fighter jets and tech components. Others in the industry include Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin. It's a big company based in Baltimore, but I will be working in the Electronic Systems division.
Location: Rolling Meadows, IL - About an hour drive during rush hour from my house, it's maybe 5 minutes north of Woodfield Mall. This is one of the best things about this job, that I get to stay in the Chicagoland area. I don't know if I will have to eventually move to live closer, but for now I will live at home and see how it goes from there. I visited their facility for the interview, and it is like a miniature city in there.
Start Date: 10/7/02 - Tentatively scheduled for the Monday following the next. That gives me a week and a half to get ready. I might need to buy some shirts and pants or something. Most of all, I will need to get a car so that I don't have to drive the minivan up and down 355 every day.
Overall, I'm really happy with how this all worked out. The job sounds actually pretty cool, I will get to work on a lot of different projects so I'll be exposed to a wide range of things, not exclusively focused in software or hardware. At the interview, I met with about 6-7 people and most of them seemed cool. I didn't notice a lot of people my age there, but I am pretty sure they are around and I will meet people who are under 30. I hear that the employees like to play softball too, that would be pretty sweet.
Hopefully when I get the chance, I will get to post some more in depth thoughts about the whole experience, from graduation, to working for my dad, to where I am now. I'm sure you are all dying to read another long, drawn out sappy entry.
The past couple of days, 2 especially good things happened. First, I woke up and found that this canker sore that's been bothering me for days is all but subsided. Second, I heard back from last friday's interview, and they are giving me a job offer! (exclamation mark sighting)
It's the first time I have actually been offered a job, I don't know how exactly to react. When I got my job at Jewel in high school, they basically called me in to "interview," asked me a couple questions like "do you steal?" and "wanna work here?", then they told me to show up on Monday for training. Not really a true "job offer" by any means.
So people who know me well probably know how they don't see me excited very often. I may not always show it, but certain things do make me happy and excited, and this was definitely one of them. It's the best piece of news I have heard in a really long time, I don't think I was really all that excited even when I got accepted into college or got my SAT/GRE scores back.
Some may be wondering about details:
Company: Northrop Grumman - One of the major corporations in the aerospace field supplying the nation's defense with fighter jets and tech components. Others in the industry include Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin. It's a big company based in Baltimore, but I will be working in the Electronic Systems division.
Location: Rolling Meadows, IL - About an hour drive during rush hour from my house, it's maybe 5 minutes north of Woodfield Mall. This is one of the best things about this job, that I get to stay in the Chicagoland area. I don't know if I will have to eventually move to live closer, but for now I will live at home and see how it goes from there. I visited their facility for the interview, and it is like a miniature city in there.
Start Date: 10/7/02 - Tentatively scheduled for the Monday following the next. That gives me a week and a half to get ready. I might need to buy some shirts and pants or something. Most of all, I will need to get a car so that I don't have to drive the minivan up and down 355 every day.
Overall, I'm really happy with how this all worked out. The job sounds actually pretty cool, I will get to work on a lot of different projects so I'll be exposed to a wide range of things, not exclusively focused in software or hardware. At the interview, I met with about 6-7 people and most of them seemed cool. I didn't notice a lot of people my age there, but I am pretty sure they are around and I will meet people who are under 30. I hear that the employees like to play softball too, that would be pretty sweet.
Hopefully when I get the chance, I will get to post some more in depth thoughts about the whole experience, from graduation, to working for my dad, to where I am now. I'm sure you are all dying to read another long, drawn out sappy entry.
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Awards
Ok, even though I recently posted a list of Dudo509 Blogspot Awards, I still think the concept of awards is way overrated. There are simply too many different awards being given these days and I don't understand why people take it so seriously. Just off the top of my head, there's the Golden Globes, American Music Awards, Viewers Choice Awards, ESPYs, Soul Train Awards, MTV VMAs, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, plus too many others that are even less meaningful. Academy Awards might be a little more prestigious than the others, but still I don't put much stock in them and I haven't watched an Oscars, Emmys, or Grammys in a really long time.
So I have to wonder why it is that people take these things so seriously. Movie stars, rappers, or athletes end up feeling dissed if they are not nominated or don't win a category. Or, they burst into tears of joy when their name is called, leading them to go up and thank God, their agent, and their mother (in no particular order). You know, I don't give a crap about them winning the award, I have a feeling that God cares even less. Anyways, why do these awards mean so much to these people? Aren't their millions of fans, their Cribs-worthy homes and cars, and the fact that they can pretty much date whoever they want enough to satisfy them? I guess not...
In reality, how much is an Oscar or Grammy worth? I'm sure there are a lot of great artists or actors who have won them, but I bet if I looked through a list of winners of the past 5 years, I could find a lot that suck too; what does that say about the credibility of such awards? And do we ever really go see a movie because it has 3 Oscar-winners in the leading cast? If so, is that even the real reason why people are so happy to win one, that more people will buy their music or see their movies, and they will make even more millions to add to their existing pile of money? I doubt it, people don't sob uncontrollably onstage because of something like that.
If I ever become an accomplished star, however unlikely, I will choose to ignore all awards ceremonies even if I am nominated or win. I remember when Eminem was first getting popular, he would say in his songs that he didn't care about Grammys, yet nowadays he still shows up to all the awards shows with a speech prepared. Artists and performers should make it their goal to constantly improve their skills and serve their fans with more creativity and excellence. They shouldn't strive for schmaltzy awards, but getting these awards should be a byproduct of how much they put into their work.
There are probably a number of exceptions to what I'm saying. The Nobel Prize, for example, is rich in history and given to a very limited number of people each year. If you win a Nobel Prize, your immediate peers include such people as Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mother Teresa. Not too shabby. With Grammys, on the other hand, even Christina Gaguilera and the Baha Men have won awards, while Britney Spears has been shut out for years - that's simply unacceptable.
Maybe I am just bitter because me and my Senior Design partners were ignored at the Senior Design awards this year, despite our project being awesome (haha). Or maybe I am feeling left out seeing that I haven't won anything half-resembling an award since freshman year of college (the Koehler Outstanding Freshman in Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship which basically fell in my lap).
Nah, I am not one to be bitter. If someone really deserves recognition, then I have no problem with them getting an award. It's just that I am so tired of hearing about a different award ceremony every single week. Then there is hype beforehand and all this controversy afterward about who should've won and why. I don't see how big movie stars and musicians can complain about being "shafted" when they don't win an award. Those thousands of Enron employees losing their job because of poor management, they got "shafted". And, isn't it sad that there are magazines and TV shows which dedicate themselves to this crap, and that people have jobs purely based on reporting this kind of stuff? Leads me to wonder if anybody in this country has a life of their own outside of watching the E! Entertainment Network all day. Not that I have a life though, I write blogs all day...
Ok, even though I recently posted a list of Dudo509 Blogspot Awards, I still think the concept of awards is way overrated. There are simply too many different awards being given these days and I don't understand why people take it so seriously. Just off the top of my head, there's the Golden Globes, American Music Awards, Viewers Choice Awards, ESPYs, Soul Train Awards, MTV VMAs, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, plus too many others that are even less meaningful. Academy Awards might be a little more prestigious than the others, but still I don't put much stock in them and I haven't watched an Oscars, Emmys, or Grammys in a really long time.
So I have to wonder why it is that people take these things so seriously. Movie stars, rappers, or athletes end up feeling dissed if they are not nominated or don't win a category. Or, they burst into tears of joy when their name is called, leading them to go up and thank God, their agent, and their mother (in no particular order). You know, I don't give a crap about them winning the award, I have a feeling that God cares even less. Anyways, why do these awards mean so much to these people? Aren't their millions of fans, their Cribs-worthy homes and cars, and the fact that they can pretty much date whoever they want enough to satisfy them? I guess not...
In reality, how much is an Oscar or Grammy worth? I'm sure there are a lot of great artists or actors who have won them, but I bet if I looked through a list of winners of the past 5 years, I could find a lot that suck too; what does that say about the credibility of such awards? And do we ever really go see a movie because it has 3 Oscar-winners in the leading cast? If so, is that even the real reason why people are so happy to win one, that more people will buy their music or see their movies, and they will make even more millions to add to their existing pile of money? I doubt it, people don't sob uncontrollably onstage because of something like that.
If I ever become an accomplished star, however unlikely, I will choose to ignore all awards ceremonies even if I am nominated or win. I remember when Eminem was first getting popular, he would say in his songs that he didn't care about Grammys, yet nowadays he still shows up to all the awards shows with a speech prepared. Artists and performers should make it their goal to constantly improve their skills and serve their fans with more creativity and excellence. They shouldn't strive for schmaltzy awards, but getting these awards should be a byproduct of how much they put into their work.
There are probably a number of exceptions to what I'm saying. The Nobel Prize, for example, is rich in history and given to a very limited number of people each year. If you win a Nobel Prize, your immediate peers include such people as Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mother Teresa. Not too shabby. With Grammys, on the other hand, even Christina Gaguilera and the Baha Men have won awards, while Britney Spears has been shut out for years - that's simply unacceptable.
Maybe I am just bitter because me and my Senior Design partners were ignored at the Senior Design awards this year, despite our project being awesome (haha). Or maybe I am feeling left out seeing that I haven't won anything half-resembling an award since freshman year of college (the Koehler Outstanding Freshman in Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship which basically fell in my lap).
Nah, I am not one to be bitter. If someone really deserves recognition, then I have no problem with them getting an award. It's just that I am so tired of hearing about a different award ceremony every single week. Then there is hype beforehand and all this controversy afterward about who should've won and why. I don't see how big movie stars and musicians can complain about being "shafted" when they don't win an award. Those thousands of Enron employees losing their job because of poor management, they got "shafted". And, isn't it sad that there are magazines and TV shows which dedicate themselves to this crap, and that people have jobs purely based on reporting this kind of stuff? Leads me to wonder if anybody in this country has a life of their own outside of watching the E! Entertainment Network all day. Not that I have a life though, I write blogs all day...
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Who Wants To Be Mooned?
Just wanted to wish all a happy Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival, one of the biggest holidays in Chinese culture. I encourage everyone, Chinese or not, to go out on the town and get yourself pasted on some moon-cakes, in celebration of the night of the biggest and brightest full moon of the year.
As reference, please note that there is a very logical explanation behind the celebration of this moon-festival. The main reason is because some woman in ancient times swallowed her husband's special elixir of immortality. This resulted in her becoming some sort of flying fairy. Eventually, she ended up on the moon, fleeing and hiding from her husband, who, as you might imagine, was fairly pissed when he found out.
There are a number of variations or additions to this story, some involving a rabbit that lives on the moon and spends all of his time working with magic "herbs" (snicker snicker). Some say that despite the husband's anger, he still loves her and visits her on the 15th day of the eighth lunar months each year, when they probably "do stuff" that makes the moon look brighter that night. Others claim that this woman who turned into a fairy was apparently very hot. Thus, her beauty must be radiating as the source of the moon's intense glow. There are also rumors that some bad guy scared or tricked the woman into swallowing the immortality elixir, which was meant to be taken together with the husband. From this, disaster struck and now she's on the moon (Yin) and he's on the sun (Yang), and they meet for some Yin-Yang action on this day.
Much like the murders of John F. Kennedy, 2Pac, and Bison Dele, we may never know the entire story. Why the significance of this day? Perhaps the husband misses his lady and he can only see her on the night when the moon is brightest. Or, maybe this was the anniversary of the day she took the elixir and flew away, and she is especially shiny on this day.
As for the moon cakes, they were used by brave rebels during the oppressive Mongolian rule of China to spread word of an uprising that was to take place on this day of the Mid-Autumn festival. Since the dumb Mongolian rulers didn't like to eat these sweet, lovely, glorious snacks that all Chinese people loved, rebels decided to insert their plans into the cakes so that the Chinese peasants would be informed without the Mongolian leaders knowing. Finally, on the day of the Moon Festival, the Chinese people rose up and gave those Mongolian fools a well-deserved beatdown. Serves them right for not appreciating how awesome these cakes are. Since that year, Chinese people honor these rebels by eating all the moon-cakes we can handle. The End.
So now you know all about it. If you're like me, you will spend this night kicking back with moon-cakes galore in honor of the uprising against the Mongols in 1368 A.D., while staring at the moon and looking to get a glimpse of the hot chick that lives there with her pet rabbit.
Just wanted to wish all a happy Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival, one of the biggest holidays in Chinese culture. I encourage everyone, Chinese or not, to go out on the town and get yourself pasted on some moon-cakes, in celebration of the night of the biggest and brightest full moon of the year.
As reference, please note that there is a very logical explanation behind the celebration of this moon-festival. The main reason is because some woman in ancient times swallowed her husband's special elixir of immortality. This resulted in her becoming some sort of flying fairy. Eventually, she ended up on the moon, fleeing and hiding from her husband, who, as you might imagine, was fairly pissed when he found out.
There are a number of variations or additions to this story, some involving a rabbit that lives on the moon and spends all of his time working with magic "herbs" (snicker snicker). Some say that despite the husband's anger, he still loves her and visits her on the 15th day of the eighth lunar months each year, when they probably "do stuff" that makes the moon look brighter that night. Others claim that this woman who turned into a fairy was apparently very hot. Thus, her beauty must be radiating as the source of the moon's intense glow. There are also rumors that some bad guy scared or tricked the woman into swallowing the immortality elixir, which was meant to be taken together with the husband. From this, disaster struck and now she's on the moon (Yin) and he's on the sun (Yang), and they meet for some Yin-Yang action on this day.
Much like the murders of John F. Kennedy, 2Pac, and Bison Dele, we may never know the entire story. Why the significance of this day? Perhaps the husband misses his lady and he can only see her on the night when the moon is brightest. Or, maybe this was the anniversary of the day she took the elixir and flew away, and she is especially shiny on this day.
As for the moon cakes, they were used by brave rebels during the oppressive Mongolian rule of China to spread word of an uprising that was to take place on this day of the Mid-Autumn festival. Since the dumb Mongolian rulers didn't like to eat these sweet, lovely, glorious snacks that all Chinese people loved, rebels decided to insert their plans into the cakes so that the Chinese peasants would be informed without the Mongolian leaders knowing. Finally, on the day of the Moon Festival, the Chinese people rose up and gave those Mongolian fools a well-deserved beatdown. Serves them right for not appreciating how awesome these cakes are. Since that year, Chinese people honor these rebels by eating all the moon-cakes we can handle. The End.
So now you know all about it. If you're like me, you will spend this night kicking back with moon-cakes galore in honor of the uprising against the Mongols in 1368 A.D., while staring at the moon and looking to get a glimpse of the hot chick that lives there with her pet rabbit.
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