I got an email from an old friend and colleague whom I haven't seen or spoken with in a while. pretty nuts!
while preparing to ride elephants in northern thailand on my honeymoon, i was in a small conversation with someone in the tour group and mentioned that i used to work at Macromedia.
"Do you happen to know someone named Gabriel Chua?"
I had to pause a minute before i realized they meant 'Gabe'. the world is pretty goddamn small, gabe. -dexter
passion richardson, marion jones' relay teammate who might lose her bronze medal from the 2000 olympics, says that she was not taking drugs then and should not be penalized for jones' mistake. you gotta love her logic.
she claims she should keep her medal because she was not on 'roids. but has she forgotten the dynamics of the relay race? perhaps, because she fails to see that the team did not win fairly; it was a team race, so the team is penalized. i don't think that's so hard to understand. if one person on the team was disqualified during the run, the team loses and no one gets a medal.
she then goes on to say,
"I mean, you don't know what was going on on the other teams, so how do you really rectify that situation?" Richardson said. "There's really no positive outcome in either way that it goes."
fantastic! if we were to go and judge everything on hypotheticals, then why even give out medals!? you have to wonder how someone could actually hear this argument as they are giving it to reporters and NOT think that it doesn't make any sense.
The new TV season is upon us and, needless to say, Glo and I are hooked. This is my first time with a DVR and while they say having one makes TV viewing more efficient, I find myself watching WAY more TV than I should. Yes, I can skip commercials and watch TV on my terms, but I also end up watching EVERY episode of Rob and Big, Making the Band 4, Punk'd, Top Gear, Unique Whips ... the list goes on.
Then there are the regulars... Monday: Chuck, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami, Heroes Wednesday: CSI NY, Top Chef-soon-to-be Project Runway Thursday: CSI, Without a Trace, Big Shots Friday: NUMB3RS, Las Vegas
If I had to pick a top 5 for the season, I'd probably go with: Heroes, Big Shots, CSI NY, Chuck, and Two and a Half Men, in that order
as for CSI: Miami, Horatio needs to stop being so damn dramatic, eliminate those abnormal pauses and speak like a normal human.
After almost a year of non-stop planning, Gloria and I got married in Laguna Hills (and celebrated in Laguna Beach). It was great having our friends around us and the only regret we have is that the night went by so quickly. But that's what pics are for.
our photographers, chenin and doug boutwell (otherwise known as boutwell studio), were FANTASTIC. a sampling of our wedding pics can be found on their blog but here are some of my favorites.
my wife!
outside the church singing to Gloria at the reception everyone was just staring at us dance so i had to do something, right?
ESPN recently featured Yi Jianlian, a young chinese basketball player set to enter the 2007 draft. they say he's legit and has the skills. curious. so i look around on youtube and find this fantastic commercial -- it's one of the better commercials i've seen and i love it.
after a few months of not blogging, i'm back. and damn i'm addicted to my xbox. over the past month or so, i've played an average of 50 hours of video games per week. 2 sundays ago, i played 8 hours worth of boxing. ouch. at least i've finished a few games so it's not all for naught. haha.
and then i signed up for xbox live last week. what an addictive service. my user name is virtualsmack, so add me. what a great service, though. it tells you when your friends log on, you can leave voice and text messages and you can invite each other to play 1-1 matches. i've found about 3 fairly cool friends who share my enthusiasm in my xbox, which makes me feel like a really cool loser.
so that's what i've been up to; so much for picking up new hobbies. this week should be good though. power hour on thursday and a bunch of birthday and graduation celebrations will get me out of the house. yes, for some reason i got motivated for a power hour. i feel like i'm back in college. welcome to bschool.
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