There’s nothing like the feeling of accomplishment you have after completing what seems like an insurmountable task. I just finished Homework 6: Simple Tax Calculation Using Session Variables and Session Array for MIS 610. I’m so glad that is out of the way. That is the final homework we have for that class by the way. I would say I’m free except I’m not quite off the hook yet. We still have to finish our fruit store project. That and the final exam. One of the guys in class got my hopes up last night when he put the idea in my head that the final exam would be optional. No such luck. I like to do things one at a time so I hadn’t even started thinking about part three of the project because of the homework that was due. Now that my final homework is done I can at least start thinking about it. Naturally, I can’t even start thinking about the final until after the final part of our project is done. It’s just never ending! School is so depressing. I can’t wait until the end of the semester when I can at least have some chill time.
November 29, 2005 | Posted by Ching under School
Well Friday morning I did the unthinkable. After almost a week of saying NO to my wife’s bantering about going shopping after Thanksgiving I was sucked into getting up early. She said that she wants to experience the whole after holiday shopping experience. I said fine, we’ll get up so she can see the horror that is known as “BLACK FRIDAY”. So first we go to Wal-Mart, here we would be faced with the insane “I’m going to push the limit of shopping” folks. These are the people that go into the store with the sale adds and have everything they are wanting already circled and the line that says “Limit of X amount” highlighted and fill their baskets with more than this limit with hopes that the check out people will be in too big of a hurry to remember that their was a limit. I walked past the line that was waiting to get into the electronics section. I was looking for something specific and didn’t feel like waiting. While wondering thru this mess of people I witnessed two separate arguments with two separate security guards both threatening to kick out the people they were arguing with because they were trying to buy more than the limit set in the add. Everyone knows that they are not Christmas shopping. They are buying this shit to sell on eBay to all the desperate fucks that don’t do the whole store shopping experience and will pay 2 to 3 times the amount for it. We went to target after this, and believe me this was not nearly as bad. Except the sales were not all that much better. All in all it wasn’t that bad of an experience (that I would rather not repeat). We got our whole family bought in one day and even picked up a few things for ourselves and came in $100.00 under budget. I can’t complain really except that we got up at 6am on a holiday, had to wade threw messy dirty people and try to maintain my patience and dignity.
November 27, 2005 | Posted by Brian under Life
Believe it or not, Brian actually outlasted me at poker tonight. This is amazing because he only had a thousand chips left at break and I had about sixty-six hundred. There’s no accounting for luck. 
November 25, 2005 | Posted by Ching under Poker
I’m crushing on Daniel Negreanu right now for some reason. We were watching the Full Tilt Championships in bed this morning and I was watching Daniel who was the table’s chip leader at the time. “He’s kind of nerdy looking but I would totally shag him,” I tell Brian. “He’s already got that covered. He’s got an Asian wife, remember?” “Darn!” BTW, Phil Gordon played at the same event and he is fun to watch too. He’s shaggable, too. Actually, he’s a lot sexier than Daniel but I’m on a Daniel kick right now.
November 24, 2005 | Posted by Ching under Poker
I don’t know what to do with my chronic chapped lips. I’m getting really frustrated! It seems almost like whenever the seasons change, or whenever I’m exposed to even the littlest amount of wind, my lips get chapped so quickly. Just as readily, the condition goes from bad to worse. So right now I’m suffering from painful, itchy clown lips. It’s really annoying! We were talking about it over dinner at Italian Garden with Mom and Dad B. You know how whiny I am so I naturally ended up whining about my pain and suffering. It was at this point that my father-in-law proudly produces a stick of Carmex from his pocket. He told us of how effective the product is at preventing and easing chapped lips. He went on to list more benefits. Brian disagreed, saying that Carmex supposedly has a chemical ingredient that makes your lips even drier and, as a result, rendering you completely and totally dependent upon the product. “I never get any satisfaction from Carmex,” he concluded. I go, “But baby! You’re not supposed to be using it for that!” Mom and Dad B laughed hysterically. … Seriously though, does anyone have any suggestions?
November 23, 2005 | Posted by Ching under Family, Life
I finally decided that I needed to have a grown up site. That’s right a GROWN UP SITE!
I was thinking to myself the other day, man. I need to have a place that I can send potential customers to or current employers or even future employers to that I wont be embarrassed to show them. So I spent several days constructing something that was still me, yet professional and good looking. This was the outcome. It is still under construction (I know I never finished the last one, but this one is different. It should be complete by the end of this month.) so check back every few days, their should be something new. This site will feature an RSS feed from my wife’s Web site. An RSS feed from my netflix account (So you can see what movies I’m watching) and a review section (to review any restaurants, or films or anything in particular that tickles my fancy to review).
I really like this new site and to top it all off I will be adding a comments section to the blog page as well. This way my friends (All 2 of you) can comment on whatever you wish.
So stay tuned and I hope that you visit more often.
November 22, 2005 | Posted by Brian under Life
We have a Two Brothers by our house but by far the best one is their West Central location. They actually have their own building instead of just a unit within a commercial strip like the one on Woodlawn.
The buffet price is somewhat steep, specially since the drink is not included in the price. Lunch cost both Brian and I $25 as opposed to about $20 or so if we would have dined at B & C Creations or Downtown BBQ. Of course, we went on a Sunday too. The Two Brothers buffet price is less expensive during the week. Not that much less, though.
Anyway, the salad bar is pretty extensive. They offered chicken salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw, potato salad, regular salad fixins and a plethora of other salad-type stuff. I sampled the chicken salad, macaroni salad and coleslaw. All three were very good.
For my actual meal, I had a some sort of chicken pasta caserole. I only had a bite of it. It didn’t appeal to me today for some reason.
I also had some pulled pork, chicken and hotlinks. I love hotlinks. These were perfect. They weren’t too spicy at all. The chicken was pretty good too. Then again, you leave a little skin on your chicken and I’m happy. I know it’s unhealthy, but I like eating the skin.
Anyway, the only thing that was disappointing was the pulled pork. It was dry and had no flavor. Definitely not as good as the pulled pork from Downtown BBQ. Although, it could just be me. You know how when you start to get full dishes don’t taste as good as they normally do. Otherwise, it wasn’t too bad. I’m just not much of a BBQ fan. I was really in the mood for some Filipino food. Maybe that’s why my taste buds were left longing for something more? P.S. I did want to say kudos to the fact that you can order from your car. As you can see in the photo above, they actually have drive up ordering stalls just like at Sonic!
November 20, 2005 | Posted by Ching under Food, Reviews
After a frustrating night of coding and an even more frustrating morning of more coding, it looks like
our group project website is finally coming together. You all should check it out and give me some feedback.
Other items on my “to do” list this weekend include: Â
- Study for HRM 466 exam
- Finish ACCT 410 take home exam
- Begin ACCT 410 financial report project
- Complete MIS 605 extra credit assignment
- Go to the gym for much-needed workout
- Work on HRM 466 simulation graphs
- Continue work on MIS 610 project
- Schedule bonding times with suggies
- Try to avoid a nervous breakdown
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That’s just all that I can remember right now. The list goes on and on and on. As items get marked off, new tasks continue to be added. It’s really frustrating. My only consolation is that I have only one more month until the end of the semester and only one more semester to go until graduation.
BTW, I finally got a chance to watch The Longest Yard
. Brian and his dad watched it in the theater when it first came out but I never got a chance to see it. Man, did I miss out. It’s a great movie! I should have insisted on going to the movies with them that day. Although, I might have had other things to do that day. You all know how tight my schedule is. Anyway, I’m taking a break from school work for just a bit. Brian wants to watch Man of the House right now. I should be back in here in a bit, though. I’ve still got lots of school work to do.
Man do I hate this Job. I have been here since April and it just gets worse. At first, I was just thankful that I had a job. Now I am wishing I would have taken a few more days to look into something better. But, like our house I jumped into something that I thought I was going to be able to grow, expand and flourish in. Instead, I ran into deceit, betrayal and politics (I hate Politics). I thought to myself “OK, I’ll come in here and play the game for a bit then jump on the first supervisor position that becomes available and get back into the swing of business. However, I learned very quickly that in this place (like so many others) its not a game of what you know, but who you know. Case in point. A supervisor position became available in the Account Services area where I currently work. I decided that this was the chance for me to make my move. I had made my intentions very clear when I hired in and they were very accepting and even encouraged it. When I confronted my boss. I advised her that I was wanting to apply for the position (regardless of weather I got it or not I still wanted to apply). I was told then, “Were sorry but you have to be employed for 1 full year before that can happen”. I was depressed but thought to myself. Fine! I’ll work threw it. Then 2 weeks later they announced that they had hired a new supervisor for the position. After they announced the sup I realized that this prick had been one of my training classes recently. He had only been on the floor 2 months. His actual class that he hired in on did not hit the floor till August. I was pissed. I decided to confront my boss and ask her what the hell was up. She informed me that he got permission from the director of our department and Shannon our manager. I ask “Why wasn’t I told that I could do that” she had no response for her actions. I was so pissed that I almost walked out. Since then I have watched this ass kisser that has not one clue as to how to perform his job struggle threw his daily tasks, talk on the phone and surf the internet for things that are fancy to cook (I think he might be trying to impress some woman…Ha! Good luck.). Since then the word on the floor is that he was hired in to be the next supervisor. However we all know that this is a lie or they would not have held the interview process and he would not have needed to get permission from the director and manager (I checked). So evidently word of my unhappiness and several others that were wanting to try for the same position and got told the same lie has gotten around and they felt a need to cover up the truth. But those of us that keep our head above the scum and Tierney of political bull shit already know and we are not happy. Me, I’m currently looking for a new job, something with worth and meaning. Something that will challenge what little intellect I have. The only thing that keeps me from walking out of this place is the love of my wife. By leaving I would leave her as the only bread winner in the house. That stress added to the already mounting stress of her school and the ever increasing stress of her job would probably drive her right over the edge. I cant allow that and would have no-one but myself to blame if that occurred. I had a wonderful interview with a local software company that had a lot of promise. I am very hopeful that I will hear from them next week and will be offered the position. This job has everything that I am looking for. Room to grow, no politicking. No bull shit and an ever expanding and ever changing environment. I have 2 friends that currently work their and they have never been happier. If I could see into the future and insure that I had the job I would leave this one and take a small vacation. But unfortunately we all know that fortune telling is a hoax and the only people on the planet to be able to see the future are women! (don’t hurt me!). Well I think that I have cried on my electronic shoulder for long enough. Now its time to walk around this dreaded call center brooding in my self pity. Till next time.
November 17, 2005 | Posted by Brian under Life
You know how they have shot glass chess? Well, that doesn’t really work for us because Brian can’t drink. We found this at World Market today and thought it absolutely brilliant!
I mean, what better motivation to take chess pieces! Right?
Of course, you’d probably want to prolong the game for an opportunity to eat more chocolate chess pieces so that renders my four-move checkmate pointless.
November 11, 2005 | Posted by Ching under Games
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