At the airport and they made me throw away my drink. These bastards with the stupid security checks. I know they’re doing there jobs but c’mon! They made a baby girl put her sippy cup through the x-rays.
Yeesh…
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Pretty good stuff…now if only I can remember where I got it.
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sick…yet good at the same time.
Couple this with what I ate last night, I’m gonna be spending the night on the porcelain throne.
Better go buy a book.
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this post goes out to my bro joe…who is now back in korea doing the pottery thing.You can check out his awesome work at clayative.net and his blog, although he doesnt post that often, kinda like me. I didn’t get a chance to write about this, but I had been pondering it for quite some time now, especially when he came into town. He’s pretty much living out his dream, which was to become really great at ceramics/pottery, so he took the ballsiest move, and trekked on out to seoul, korea and enrolled himself into a great university. Now here’s where respect comes in. I lived in korea for about 3 months or so, and my korean isn’t too bad but still…it was very trying to do everything in korean. he didn’t let a language barrier get in the way, leaving friends and family behind or anything else…some might say it was selfish. i say it was something he had to do, good or bad, because when it comes down to it, fulfilling your dreams is a very selfish act. when i originally started up my co, it was because of selfish reasons, mainly that i didnt want to take orders from anyone and be able to have total control and create something from scratch. yeah, i could have gotten a job and have this awesome career now, a house and the whole 9, but i know I would have been miserable as shit. i thought that i had given up a lot when i made the decision to do this, but after talking with joe, it wasn’t much…what is money anyways?
not having your friends or family and living in a strange land while being stressed out like a mo-fo is truly giving up a lot. missing out on fun stuff like just hanging out with friends, birthday parties, and what not….gotta suck…but in the end, if your dream comes true, i’d like to think that it would make it all worth it.
even though i dont have any regrets, or try not to have any regrets, there are times when i catch myself playing the what if game. i see where i could have been vs where i am now, and its a bit disconcerting. but i wouldnt trade it for the world. because i know that i would be miserable.
so bro…live it up in korea fulfilling your dream…we’ll be here trying to fulfill ours.
and keep the floor warm because i’ll be heading out your way this year…so build up that blackbook! haha
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i recently left a very lucrative and promising career with a gigantic company to go back to my roots…ok. 1 or 2 of the above statements is false…but which?
I decided to go back to a startup because no matter how much money these other places were throwing at me, not being able to give creative input and actually have a say in things really made me feel hindered. So I jumped onto the startup bandwagon and am going full steam ahead. The most interesting aspect aside from the usual, like flex time, knowing everyone, and the like, is that no matter how many hours i put in at the office, I put more in at home…so the usual 40 hours stops existing. Yet it doesnt feel like work. Ahh…the joys of early stage companies.
Yes there is going to be pains, but hopefully this will be the final startup risk I take…for now. The rewards will be so much greater aside from the obvious financial rewards, should we get ginormous, but its learning how to go from small to HUGE. That’s what I like the most about joining these startups, is seeing it grow and being part of it, and of course learning about the growing pains so that I know what to expect when my company takes off.
Ahh..one of these days I will have a store in every major city, and just hang out with good friends and family drinking tea smoothies.
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Funny thing that posted on craigslist…so true..
In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.
1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are… plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.
2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.
3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such… but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.
4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.
5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?
6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it’ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they’re more attentive than guys who “have more options”. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they’ll likely have mental lists of all the things they’d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.
7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I’m not really familiar with this myself, but I’ve friends who’ve been intimate with geek guys and it’s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra… all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.
8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?
9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models… They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo…”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind…”10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.
11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on…” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code… a geek can dream).
12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.
13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce…
14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps…
15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “DaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me.
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i’ve been upload pics to flickr tonight and i noticed that a whole bunch of pics were missing. i think they were accidentally deleted. poof went the memories. dammit! this would never happen with regular photos. arghh!!!
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