Cool, Blogspot changed their interface. I guess it's more efficient than the last one. Even has a spellcheck. But who would use such a thing... The bloggin' x-perience iz all about da slangz 'n da 1337-zpeak rite?
So I guess my rate of update so far is around 1 post a month.. Hehe, I haven't forgotten. I do think about a lot of things on a regular basis, just forget to say 'em and share 'em. By the end of the day, work has drained my mind of its energy; and what little momentum I have when I get home, I've spent it cooking (it's therapeudic and how I unwind half of my weeknights), practicing the guitar, playing the occasional TV zombie, etc.
I'm far worse at summarizing than others, so I'll refer to chpstcks' blog to tell you about our little trip to LA and E3 last week. He seems to emphasize mainly on the *food* tho... Hehe, actually that's at least 1/2 of what the trip was about. Even tho' I'm up here in the bay area, we seldom see such a concentration of cheap *and* specialized asian restaurants, let alone taiwanese cuisine. So yes, if I had to sum up the trip in a sentence, it would be, "what a great way to see my friends!" But if I had to do it in 3 words it would be ?-?-?... ("shim-ba-la", or as chpstcks calls it.. "new guava" -_-).
So I just spent some time cleaning the paint off some brake calipers that I'm eventually putting on my car. The cleaner I sprayed onto them is called aircraft paint stripper. Sounds industrial-strength, doesn't it? Hell yeah!! Last time I used this stuff I realized my disposable nitrile gloves (better than latex supposedly) barely protects my hands. If I get any on my hands, the gloves wrinkle up as if they're pretending to be prunes, and it takes but a couple of minutes before I get a cool, tingly feeling on my fingers. And since the process of paint-removing involves scraping the gunk off, it obviously gets messy quickly. Working on a car can be such a chore sometimes, alas.
Well, tomorrow I'm hoping to check out a couple of used Miata's for potential buying. Yeah I'm hoping to get a daily beater, so that I can start doing work big projects on the Corrado and at least preserve its value somewhat. I'll post some more in the afternoon when I drop by w0rk. Gotta put in some extra hours... cuz I'm going to Miami with Bert, Jane, and David (my current housemate in sunnyvale, not to be confused my previous roommate) next weekend! Ahh! Grr.. the rush of trying to get w0rk done and the anticipation of tropical sun and awesome gelato (Parmalat off Lincoln St in Miami Beach, best I've ever had) -- and the tension of it all!
-- 10:42 PM