Another Year, Another Recap

Since I had such a dismal year in 2005, I promised to accomplish more in 2006.

I didn't win the lotto again, and I didn't get to retire and play golf at the country club. Instead, I:

• Got engaged in Las Vegas!
• Had an awesome 27th birthday party at Miyakes with my amigos.
• Threw one sucky bachelor party for my friend Will.
• Attended a shitload of weddings.
• Bought an X'mas tree for Christmas.
• Had our very first Christmas party at our new place and made this video.
• Made many videos that were posted on youtube. one of which won the contest and was displayed on Adam Sandler's official home page.
• Gained 10lbs of muscles, and then lost all of them and gained 10lbs of fat instead.
  
• Wrote a total of 114 blog entries.
• Got 7737 page views to this blog, down from 9000 in 2005.
• My hair was on fire during the month of November and December.

My first impression of the wii

I tried out the bowling game last night on the wii, and I'd have to say it's much more realistic than playing the bowling game on my nokia phone while I'm in the bathroom.

Two thumbs up! =D

Wiiii!!!

The weirdest thing happened to me today.

Wanting to get a nintendo wii, I decided to email this person on craigslist who was selling it for $380. After a couple email exchanges we decided to think of a place to meet.

Then the craziest thing happened!

She emailed me, saying (paraphrasing) "I hope you don't mind me asking this. Do you also work at Google? I remember your name from somewhere, and I just looked you up on the intranet. Do you want to meet at work instead?"

WTF mate again! What are the odds!

But then again, only geeks would camp out to get a Wii before the holidays.

When we met up for the exchange, she explained that she had gotten many higher offers from other people, but she decided to hook up a fellow Googler for the lowest price. Woo!

So I've got the system hooked up to my TV now. I must admit that it is quite addicting. Now I just need a second wiimote and nunchuck...

Mr. Bean

I can't quite figure out why I can't stop laughing whenever I watch the Xmas episode of Mr. Bean.

Check it out

My christmas list

Dear readers (aka strangers),

If you have trouble decciding what to buy me for Xmas this year, look no further! I have created a list of things that I want for Xmas.

In no particular order:

• Evan Bed at Pottery Barn
• Porsche 911
• The Nintendo Wii
• Heavenly Mattress

I know they are a bit on the high side, but I think Santa will agree that I have been good this year! I mean, I have been brushing my teeth every day before I go to bed. Uhm, yeah!

Update: I don't need the Heavenly mattress anymore. I just bought a new mattress from the w store. Hehe.

How to strike a great first impression?

Once upon a time there was a gullible late bloomer named Janice. At age 22, she decided to take on the habit of drinking.

In order to prove her drinking prowess, she appeared at Sino restaurant in Santana Row for happy hour with her coworkers and friends, routinely drinking a long island, a mojito, and a shot of patron.

In less than five minutes, Janice got drunk, threw up 20 times at the venue (with and without covering her mouth with a napkin), and then passed out.

End of story.

For detailed play by play coverage, please visit this and this.

Strange conversation I had last night

During happy hour at Sino last night in Santana Row, I met this girl who was sitting next to me. When she found out that I work for Google, she asked, "Oh! You work at Google?? Do you know Gloria?"

WTF mate? Does she think Google only has 10 employees or something? It's like, "Oh you are Chinese?? Do you know Bob?"

Weird guy

So I looked out the window at my office, and I saw this guy jogging backwards up the hill.

What the hell?