February 2009
24 posts
Why Grades Don't Matter
So I was looking through my USC Stars Report. My lowest grade at USC is when I got a C+ in Marketing Fundamentals.
Guess what I do for a living.
January 2009
34 posts
“Jesus on Halloween:
‘Drink this wine, it is my blood. Eat this bread, it...”
– Rodney Mallari
Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech... →
La-a
K.Priddy: So my friend was telling me this story about how she was working in this classroom, and on the class roster, there was a name, La-a. And she was telling her friend 'how do you pronounce this?' and none of the teachers knew. Then later, her mom came in and was pissed that they couldn't figure it out. 'It's ladasha!! The dash isn't silent!!'
Weird Things About My Work
1. Everyone is an expert ping-pong player.
2. The President of the company commissioned one of our designers to paint a giant dragon on the floor.
3. There’s an official “Lost” meeting Thursdays at 3:00 to recap the episode the day before.
Money doesn't buy happiness?
Over the past 5 years, I’ve become increasingly materialistic. At first, I blamed it on Los Angeles and Los Angeles culture, and while that certainly does play a role in it, I think that it’s primarily caused by growing up.
My parents, particularly my dad, always tried to make me aware of my financial situations - chastizing me when I didn’t balance my checkbook, and when I was...
Breast Talents
Celeste: your girlfriend is a woman of mamy talents
Celeste: *many
Celeste: not mamy
Celeste: that means breast
Dine LA →
It’s gonna be a good two weeks.
“Brevity is the soul of wit”
– Shakespeare’s Hamlet
45th President?
Since the 20th Amendment states that the term of the old presidency expires at noon, wasn’t Joe Biden technically the 44th President of the United States for 5 minutes making Obama the 45th?
Where I was
More for my own future reference than anything else. On the day that Obama was inaugurated, I was sitting on the couch at my work watching with my co-workers.
You know this will be a day that you’re always going to remember where exactly you were.
One Man
Can one man change the world?
Absolutely, and it’s one of the principle’s I live my life by. That’s why I’m not cynical about Obama becoming our 44th President. Yes, he has enormous hurdles in front of him and it would be extremely difficult for him to untangle the massive mess of issues left for him by the last administration.
But just like untangling that necklace, it...
What I'm Playing
Resistance Finished.
Fallout 3
Spore
Gears of War 2
Dead Space
My Book List
“Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls” - Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis
“The Last Lecture” - Randy Pausch
“Chapterhouse: Dune” - Frank Herbert
“Heretics of Dune” - Frank Herbert
“Cryptonomicon” - Neal Stephenson
Mentors
One of the biggest things I took away from President Sample’s class is the importance of mentorships.
I am very sad to say that I’ve never had one that really took the time to mentor me. I know that I don’t make a lasting first impression, and I’m fine with that, but my lack of a mentor made me feel as though people didn’t see enough in me.
So I set myself up to...
WatchTop of Mt Fuji. After a quick 5 hour and 3,776 m climb, we reached the top right as the sun was beginning to rise.
I was tired, already, when we began the climb at 11:00pm at night. After 2 hours of straight walking and climbing, knowing that I wasn’t even half way up, I wanted to quit and turn around. My feet were killing me, I was sleepy, and the thin air probably made me even...
WatchBottom of Mount Fuji
Jokita In Japan →
One of my most amazing experiences of my life. 2 months in Japan, left for the most part, to myself.
Why I'm Trying Tumblr
Wordpress, Blogger, Square Space, and now Tumblr…
I’m a strong believer that technology should adapt around the user, and not the user adapting to the technology. I think we’ve gotten to a point in technological sophistication where we shouldn’t have to bend over backwards to learn how to use new technologies. Instead, technology should be conceptualized to work for the...
My Barack Obama Inauguration Speech
My fellow Americans, today is a Verbose day. You have shown the world that “hope” is not just another word for “Ferret”, and that “change” is not only something we can believe in again, but something we can actually Slide.
Today we celebrate, but let there be no mistake – America faces Tasty and Sanctimonious challenges like never before. Our economy is...
Tumblr: For the ADD Generation
Short and sweet.