July 2006

Senators Clinton and McCain, vodka drinkers

Vodka. Its great. You can make it from grapes, you can make it from the more standard potatoes, you can even make it in Texas.

Once you make it, you can mix it with all sorts of great things. Tomato juice if its time for vitamins, orange juice if you’re trying to disguise the booze as a refreshing morning drink, vermouth if its one of those nights where you just wanna get hammered.

Vodka is a core principle I hold dear to my heart.

Amazingly, Senators Clinton and McCain also strongly support vodka, especially in the form of a drinking game.

It happened a few years ago, so maybe it won’t come up again.

Nonetheless, from this quick PR boost, you can see which side has the better management of the situation.

Senator McCain and his aides had no comment.

Senator Clinton’s spokesman, Philippe Reines, said:

“What happens in Estonia stays in Estonia,”

Go Hillary :)

Given the choice between these two aficionados, I’d have to say Hillary takes the cake.

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End of an era, on to the next phase

Yesterday, I resigned from Dell. I’ve been working there for four years now, with a large portion of my time being spent on the online framework team. Its been an interesting period in my life. There are definitely some characters on the team I worked with. People will be missed, but its time to move on.

The last few weeks have been more fun, as I’ve started to wind down my responsibilities at work. I’ve been told a few times now that I seem like a totally different person. I’m typically a pretty cynical character. Lately though, friends say there’s optimism in my tone. Its been a while since I’ve felt in charge of my future. It feels good :)

At the same time, its a time for some sadness. I’ve spent my days with friends I will probably never see again. People who have been part of my life for the last four years, through work, common interests, and random inebriated friendship. Last week my happy hour brought together many of them in one location. It wasn’t until then when I realized the medley of people I will most likely never see again. All of this just to see my amazing disappearing alcohol trick. ;)

Two nights ago, my immediate coworkers and I got together at a bar for a night of fun. I’ve never seen most of these people inebriated. Apparently getting married moderates a person. But for all but one of the group, the wives were out of town or otherwise occupied.

It was fun watching them cut loose and enjoy themselves. The week before, we had an off-site where there was some drinking. But that event was a corporate sponsored event, so not everyone cut loose. Fortunately, the event two nights ago had no such corporate representation, so a person’s true persona could be revealed.

Some things I hadn’t really seen coming presented itself. Maybe I’m a bit obtuse. I’d like to think I can see these sort of things coming. I completely missed it until recently. Its given me pause, but I think this is the right thing to do still. I hope it is at least.

I will miss the good times. I will miss the late nights upgrading our production layer. I will miss the crunches, working against a seemingly impossible deadline. I will miss telling business partners why their pet feature is either impossible to do within the time constraints, or just utterly insane. I will miss the random conversations I got myself into on a daily basis. I will miss the other gym rats.  I will miss my team mates.

And oh yeah, I’ll miss my paycheck :-p

But its for the best I think. Programming was never what I really wanted to do for a career. I hoped it was just a stop in my life and right now it looks that way.  I guess I’ll find out in a few years.

As for Austin itself, its a growing town. Apparently its considered a big city, but it doesn’t feel like it. I think thats why a lot of people like living here. Some big city trappings combined with a small town feel creates an interesting environment, and this is attractive to a lot of people.
But not me.

I will miss the random nights of debauchery. I will miss the random hikes in the outdoors when the temperature wasn’t anywhere near the triple digits. I will miss runs around Town Lake.  I will miss the strange little bars you can find in South Austin.

I will definitely miss the people I’ve met in my time here.

Now its time for the next phase of my life. Time to go to Wake Forest and see if I do have the chops to pull off a career as a lawyer.

I guess I should pack eh? :)

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Once again, Colbert does it

On Thursday’s show, Stephen Colbert interviewed the representative for the District of Columbia.

It was absolutely hilarious.

Watch it. Now.

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This is how sequels are done

Went and saw Clerks 2 yesterday with a buddy from work. We loved the first one, and since work was slow for both of us, we decided to go check it out.

I have to admit this is one of the better sequels I’ve seen. It completely kept the same feel as the first movie. Lots of funny moments, and lots of bits and pieces from the other Kevin Smith movies.

All in all a great movie. Its also the first movie I’ve actually seen in the theater in literally over a year. At least with this kind of a movie there aren’t really many crying babies to deal with :-p

I should really pack…..

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Why can’t more TV be like this?

So I caught the first episode of the new Chappelle’s Show on Comedy Central last night.  Absolutely hilarious.  Some of the skits were as good as any of the other skits that he has done on his show, from any season.  Pure genius.
These episodes are the last bits of the show that Dave Chappelle did, just before he ran away to Africa for still mysterious reasons.  Even Oprah didn’t get anything concrete out of him besides stress.

I gotta say, please come back Dave.  We miss you.  TV sucks right now.  Mencia is funny, but he’s no replacement for you.

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Just what I needed….

Going to law school is going to take a lot of money.  Thats why there are student loans, so I can sell my soul for an education.

Just my luck, the interest rate on Stafford loans just went up.

Lovely, more juice on my soul.

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Jamie Foxx goes after a comedian and wrecks his act

Holy crap, its absolutely hilarious. Jamie Foxx just completely destroys the comedian’s act.

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The side of The Oasis

The side of The Oasis
My best shot with the Nikon D50 so far :)

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