Work Is Play

So I officially decided that working (interning) this summer has been starting to feel like nothing other than play. Call me crazy or what not, but I actually have really grown to enjoy what I do at the company five days a week, pushing close to 40-45 hours per week. I wake up in the morning around 8:40am, go to work in between 10-10:30am, and work work work... or play play play. I'm supposed to get out of work at 6pm, but these days I've been getting out at 630pm or sometimes even after 7pm. I can't help but feel a little strange for doing this while everybody else in the world seems to be pushing, shoving, and rushing to catch the train taking them home to whatever is waiting for them there. Maybe the TV, maybe the wife and kids... whatever it is, everybody is just in a rush. Me? ehhh...well I'm just hoping that I can finish implementing a part of my project that I've been working on during the week, hoping I'd finish before what used to 6, then 6:20, and now seems to be 7pm. It states in my astrology profile that Capricorns tend to do that with their work. Work is play for us driven sea goats. And it's actually a pretty wierd experience to actually witness that part of me coming to life. A part of me feels like the nerd next door programming away, and a part of me feels like the guy that is doing what I did all throughout college and will eventually get paid for it. In my opinion, it's kinda cool. Can't believe that one day I'll actually get paid to do this. Work on programming projects all day without the worrying of exams and classes to run off to. The best part of it is... I'll always be learning something new with the growing computer technology, and for some reason that comforts me. What can I say, I guess I'm just a computer nerd after all.

P.S. this was embarrassing to admit

Spiderman Leads To Gum Stimulation

So I finally watched Spiderman 2 last night. I heard through the rumors that it was better than the first one. If I had to make an opinion about it, I'd say that it was just as good as the first one. I'm definitely a biased individual because I was a pretty big fan of the web-slinging superhero back in the day when it used to play on Fox Channel 5 after school everyday. I think out of all super-heroes, he's probably the most admired by me. There's a lot of characteristics about him that make him so. One of the most obvious is that he's just a plain old kid, just like me, going to school, trying to get an education, trying to get through the daily struggles of life as we all do. He's smart, he's got a sense of humor, cracking jokes at villains in the midst of battling it out with them. He just lives a tough life, trying to go to college and get good grades while doing all he can to fight crime and save human beings, and on top of that deal with the pressures of his peers. He's just got so much on top of him, and yet he still manages to stay sane and get through the day. I don't know how he does it. I think I'd be going nuts. I guess that's why he's a superhero.

My dad picked me up from Hicksville train station and we stopped by Walgreens to get some bathroom supplies that he needed. He needed hairspray, and we both decided that we needed a new toothbrush because those 6 months have expired (f.y.i. dentists recommend replacing toothbrushes every 6 months). So I'm pretty anal about what toothbrush I use because dental care is something that I try to keep on top of. The only toothbrush that I will pay for and use is the Oral B Cross Action. But... when we went over to the toothbrush section, apparently they came out with a new "upgraded" version of it, and it's called the Cross Action Vitalizer, and it's got these added gum stimulators on the sides of the brush. Anyways, I went home and tried it, and it is freaKiN amazinG! It feels like a masseuse is massaging your gums, stimulating gum sensation. Everyone needs to go buy and try it!
(see picture above for reference)

The Weekend

It's Sunday now, and the weekend is still not officially over, because Amy, Jazz, and I are all planning on watching Spiderman 2 tonight after they get off Sunday work(...Sunday work suCKs...) So I'm pretty excited to go do that tonight because I've been anticipating to see this movie for quite some time. Actually it's ever since I first laid eyes on the trailer which was probably some time last year.

Anyway, Friday night was actually a really cool night in a very unique and different kind of way. At first Amy and I went downtown to Soho to meet up with Jazz and Raji for a late night dinner (...sorry jazz and raji...) at Cafe Habana. There's word on the street that its food kills, and after I had their Chicken Diablo sandwich, I understood what the hype was all about. But anyway, dinner was good, and the unique part about the night was actually the Jazz bar that I went to later that night. I've always wanted to go to a Jazz bar, experience something different for a change, and the place was beautiful. The atmosphere was really chill, relaxing, and quaint. Dimmed lights with soft live jazz playing in the background, along with sounds of people mingling, place being lit up by flickering candle lights, ... It was definitely a positive first experience of Jazz, and I'd totally do it again. It was also nice because I felt like I got a chance to get to know Raji and Jazz better throughout the night. It's amazing how much you gain from just one simple chill laid back night out.

Saturday night, last night, was dope! I had a really amazing time with everybody that came out that night. Shout out to the Sake Bombing crew, and to all the people that came through to Coda. It was real good to see Babbs out here again, and not leaving for anytime soon. Also the late night munchies that a few of us had at the end of the night was probably the best way to kick it at the end of the night, where Sam took a few of us downtown to MacDougal St. where it looks like one big block party, full of hungry people lined up, waiting to satisfy themselves. It was good hanging out and talking with the people that I didn't know as well. It's always good, and once again... It's amazing how much you can gain from just one night out

Ordinary Day

Today was what I would call an ordinary day. Work was slow, appetite was weak, satisfaction was limited. I think life seemed to be a bit more on the ordinary side these days. Haven't really thought about it much. Today would be my first day. Is it because age is kickin in? Is it because this is what the real world really is supposed to be? I think about how every day I wake up at the same time in the morning, take the same train to work, see the same people riding on the LIRR going off to their ordinary world. Maybe the word I'm looking for is routine. I wonder...

Work was slow today. Nothing really challenging, and I've come to realize that on days like this, I can't help but feel like it was just an ordinary day. Not much to do. Just did what I always do on these days. Sit at the desk. Look at some code on the computer. Wait and hope that my boss will give me something interesting to do. Sometimes ordinary days are nice too. Today was nice.

I have a big project coming up soon that I will be working on. It's actually pretty biG. The company that I'm interning at is rebuilding their entire software system, switching everything from Windows to Linux. I'm pretty excited to be a part of that, especially when they'll be depending on me as well as my boss and another intern to get the job done. So I don't think I'll be having many ordinary days in the near future.

This was a wierd entry, but I have a date tommorrow. So I'm too excited to care.

9 Months

.:Love Blog:.

It's been 9 1/2 months for us now. We'd both probably agree that it seemed like 9 years instead. We've been through everything any relationship goes through and more. After all this time has passed, I discovered the most beautiful and amazing parts of her that only a person who's been through what we've been through can discover. And at the same time, I've also seen the worst sides as well. And things haven't always been easy with us, in fact at times it seemed darn right impossible. I was changing, and so was she in ways we never thought we ever would. There were times where I never thought we'd make it through. But in the midst of it all, the one thing that did nothing but grow would make me say... I love her. And that's all that mattered. You hear about it everyday, in the movies, on TV. Love is an amazing thing, and I've never realized in my life how amazing it really is, how much it can do, how much it can affect... me. It's scary how much, but at the end of it all, she's the best thing that ever happened to me. And she makes it worth it, every single emotion good or bad. She takes my breath away still, and I love her with every part of me. Because nobody in this world can fulfill my inner desires like she does. We traveled through every terrain, been through mile high mountains. At the end of each day, the thoughts of being with her holding her in my arms brings new motivation and happiness for each new day. She's my one and only, and she has "my heart to break".