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05/31/2000 -- Change of Heart I was watching this show last night, and it's been nagging me for a while now, but I think these people have some serious issues. Even if they stay together, you know the relationship can never be the same. It'd be like, "Soooo, you had fun with Susan huh? And I don't excite you anymore, eh?" Or, even worse, when one of them decides to stay together and the other one wants a change of heart. The loser then turns to their date and goes, "Hey, I'm available now." And if that date decides to see that person, then of course their relationship would be a big mess because the date would know that they were the second option. But hey, if going on one of these shows helps out your relationship, power to ya'll. Message Board 05/30/2000 -- Nicest guy on the planet I remember on a plane ride once not so long ago, we were about 30 minutes away from the airport, and I had to use the restroom BADLY. We're talking...this is past the plateau stage coming down on...Oh My God, I'm about to burst. And of course I would have the window seat. So, there's this nice old lady that I talked to earlier sitting next to me sleeping. It was 5:30 AM presently, and so, I really didn't want to wake her up. But I really had to go, so I tapped her leg once to see if she was sleeping or just closing her eyes. No reaction. Tap her again, but this time, tapping her 4 times. Still no reaction. DOH!!! I then waited another 5 minutes, and I saw her head move some. I then tapped her again. Still no reaction. DOH!!!!!!!! And so, being the nice guy that I am, I didn't wake her up, and just held it in until the plane finally landed and that everyone and their grandmas got off the plane. Longest 30 minutes of my life I tell ya... and if you asked me if I could do it all over again, I probably still wouldn't have woken her up. But I can tell you this, next time, AISLE SEAT. I guess my motto is: better to be bothered than to bother someone else. I'm just too nice I tell ya.... Message Board 05/30/2000 -- Once a pig, always a pig
As I was driving home this weekend, 30 or so miles out of Cincy, my radar detecter goes nuts on me. I look up and see a
Highway Patrol pig busting a U...scared the mess out of me. It wasn't the typical ball-shrinking scared, but I was pretty
teriffied. I wasn't scared that much because 1) he didn't turn on his lights when making the U-turn and 2) he actually waited
for the 3 cars on the left lane to pass him before he completed the turn and 3) he didn't hit 100 miles an hour catching up
to me. Of course, I was doing 80 in the God-forbidden 65 limit. I mean, give me a break, old men start passing me up at 65.
THEN!!! If that wasn't enough, as I was about to exit off the highway to head to work, another pig comes up behind me. I see
him behind me, but he doesn't flash his lights. So, I'm happy. I was doing 55 to 60 in the 55mph construction zone. Then as I
make the exit, the pig turns on his lights. All I could think of was...Oh My God! Not now! Not after driving 100 miles, I'm
going to get a ticket a mile away from my destination. The young strapping buck gets out of his car, and this is our
conversation (don't you just love these dialog scripts):
Now, we all know the only reason why I didn't get a ticket was because of Company ABC. 'Cause if I had said Wendy's, he would
have written me a ticket sooner than I can say, "Whaaaaaasap?!?!" Another note, my radar didn't pick up his gun tagging me at
62, so I'm not even sure if he tagged me. This is the second time where I've been pulled over and my radar was still on my
window. Makes me wonder if the cop is thinking, "I bet he knows I didn't tag him..." Hmmmmmmmmmmm
05/25/2000 -- Stock Market Plunge
Man, I tell you, as money hungry as I am, I'm surprised I haven't slit my wrist because of this damm stock market. I've lost
over 75% this year and that ferrari is looking bleaker and bleaker every day. Ah oh well, bet my coworkers are glad I didn't
go Atlanta daytrader or Xerox on them. And yes, Money does bring happiness. Well, maybe it doesn't, but it's a hella lot
easier when you got the cash!
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05/24/2000 -- Peer Pressure You know how when people say, "Oh, I love song number 9 on that album." And you've listened to that album like 5 times already, but never really paid attention to song number 9, and now all of a sudden, you find yourself liking song number 9 too. It's psychological peer pressure I tell you. It's kind of like the same way why people like the songs that make it to the airwaves and MTV, and hate the rest of the songs on the album. Just my .02 on this. 05/24/2000 -- Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again Review Basically, if you liked her first album, I don't see why you won't like this one. By the way, there are 2 tracks on the imported version of this CD, so if you look around (Hint, Hint: look at my links page), you should find them on mp3 somewhere. As for me, I really like tracks 1 ('Oops...'), 7 ('Lucky'), and 11 ('When Your Eyes Say It'). The other songs are pretty good too, but don't take my word for it. Go get it and find out for yourself! Message Board 05/24/2000 -- Mission Impossible 2 Review Oh yah, go see it! If you liked Face Off and like John Woo's style of directing, then you should love this movie. What was the coolest stunt of the movie? The part with Tom on the cliff. All the motorcycle chases and fighting were cool and all, but I just got tired of seeing them at the end. I was wishing the movie would end to tell you the truth. But Tom hanging and climbing on the cliff with sandals and a t-shirt and no cables...now that's real action. Another cool part was when Tom first saw his lady counterpart, and John did it in classic slow mo. Really cool! However though, there was no plot to the movie, but who cares? It's John Woo! It's Tom! It's MI2! It's definitely worth the $5,000 movie ticket price these days. 05/24/2000 -- DC Update Well, Dawson's parents got together last week, and on this season finale, they got remarried. Guess he eventually forgave her cheating ass. As for Dawson and Joey, Joey was the bridesmaid and Dawson was the groom at the wedding. Well, after the wedding, Dawson told Joey to go chase after Pacey because he knew that Joey loved Pacey and not him. So, Joey chased after Pacey and now they are going on a 3 month sailing trip together. As for Dawson, after he told her, he just broke down and cried. Guess he's not so tough after all...but anyway, that's that. No more DC for the next 3 months. :( 05/22/2000 -- Pictures Page Updated Added some pictures of my Chicago trip. Go here. Enjoy! 05/18/2000 -- DC Update
Oh man, I tell ya...that Dawson's Creek is one heavy show. Is it me or does Dawson intentionally inflict emotional distress
on Joey every chance he gets. And he doesn't just hurt her, he walks off at the right time too. Let me give you a brief
snyopsis of what's going on. Dawson and Joey (the girl) are friends since childhood. Two seasons ago, they started dating.
Then they broke it off (Joey needed "space" so she can "explore" herself) and sorta became friends again. This season, Pacey
(a boy) who is Dawson's best friend, starts getting feelings for Joey. They kiss and somewhat proclaim their love for each
other; all of this behind Dawson's back. So Dawson finds out, has some words for both, but eventually decides to fight for
Joey. Joey in the meanwhile can't decide on either and wants to just go back to being friends with both.
So last night, Dawson invites Joey to the junior prom. Joey is hesitant to say 'yes,' but she goes along with it saying that
they are just going as friends. Well, the gang decide not to go to the high school one, but have their own 'alternative' one.
And it was Dawson who came up with the 'alternative' scenario, and it was his parents restaurant that it was held in. So
Dawson and Joey are dancing away while Pacey is watching them the entire time. Yada yada, Joey is angered at Dawson for
'parading' her in front of Pacey, and then she goes outside. She then comes back and asks Pacey to dance with her. They start
dancing until you know what happens...Dawson sees them. Dawson storms out, Joey chases after. The script went something like
this:
Now that's some deep shit...
05/18/2000 -- Bombs away!!!
Just when I thought I left the pigeons back in Austin...the geese of Ohio strike. Man, if you thought pigeon poop was big,
you just don't know...You guys know that joke: "What's that white stuff inside bird shit called?"......More bird shit! But
anyway, back to my story, yah, those geese just bombarded my car the other day. I don't know what they are eating, but it is
really nasty. Okay, enough whining. Later.
05/17/2000 -- Yellow means STOP!!! I swear these people in Ohio are notorious about running yellow lights. And the weird thing is, they are more likely to run a yellow light when turning left than going straight on yellow. And they really only do it in traffic it seems. This morning, some fruitcake (no, scratch that, 3 fruitcakes) at a major intersection decides to turn left on RED. Next thing you know, their cars are blocking 3 lanes of traffic going straight (thus screwing up like 30 cars). I mean, what are these people thinking? You'd figure these Northerners would be the polite ones, but when it comes to driving, they are just plain selfish. And because of all this 'bad' driving, it's rubbed off on me. Darwinism's 'survival of the fittest' is kicking in... 05/16/2000 -- Firstlook.com Update Finally got my $15 Best Buy Gift card from that web site. I checked the site today and they dropped the number of points per rating to 5 from 10. Hahaha...they should have expected people like me to abuse them. 05/15/2000 -- Stock Market Gas Want to know what it feels like to own stocks? Try buying gas at $1.73 a gallon one day and seeing it drop to $1.50 the next. Now assume you bought 10,000 gallons...doh! Just food for thought. Enjoy! 05/12/2000 -- Elian Gonzalez
I've been so busy with work, and my mind has been on other things that I've neglected ya'll. I deeply apologize. Promise
it'll never happen again (yeah, right, like you're gonna believe that from a guy). But anyway, I've got a lot to say, but
I'll just leave you with this for the day.
How could I leave out the story of the year so far...Elian Gonzalez. And this is all I'll say about it.
http://www.wtvn.com/staff/johncorby/elian.swf Enjoy!
05/05/2000 -- Ferrari owner's adventure to get his F355 Read about how a guy convinced his friend to buy my car, the Ferrari F355 GTS (yellow too). Long unexciting read, but it has a lot of great pictures of the car. I wonder what they do since it seems everyone has a F355 or an NSX... Story 05/04/2000 -- Web page update As you can see, I've added Stock Quotes to the page. Also added some Links to make free long distance phone calls. And lastly, added music to the Pics page; if you don't hear the mystery song, download Real Player, crank up your speakers, and enjoy! 05/04/2000 -- Too little too late What's up with those Microsoft (one with Bill Gates and one with Steve Ballmer) commercials saying, "Yada yada, Over the years Microsoft has strived to bring quality yada yada and we'll keep striving yada yada." Are we suppose to sympathize with you? I'm not gonna sympathize with you rich bastards and your multi gazillionaire company! Don't get me wrong; I'm pro-Microsoft and all, but I sure as hell ain't gonna cry over them. And....isn't it just a big kwinki-dink that these commercials have started airing AFTER the anti-trust trials? Hmmmmmmm... your thoughts... Message Board 05/04/2000 -- Horoscope of Looooooooove
Here's something for you guys to play with:
05/03/2000 -- Don't say I didn't warn ya'll
Press release yesterday:
May 2, 2000 05/02/2000 -- When hot deals turn ugly I got that vacuum cleaner hot deal a while back, and well, I tried it out the other night. And, well, look what it did to my bed sham. Reminds me of those 'when animals strike back' videos, except this is 'when hot deals go cold' or something. So, the morale of this story: "Nothing is free in this world" or "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" or "If it's too good to be true, it really is" or ahhhhh...you get the point. Message Board 05/02/2000 -- Inventor of the snooze button I realized today how much I hate and love the guy who invented the snooze button. I usually hit the snooze button 4 times in the morning at 8 minutes between each snooze. However, this morning, I woke up 8 minutes early, and well, you know what I did...hit snooze not only 5 times, but 6 times!!! That's 48 minutes of a good night's rest I could have gotten. Of course, I need the snooze button to get me going every morning. That one time ring just doesn't work for me... Message Board 05/01/2000 -- Ahhhh first day of May
It's been 5 months into the year already...wow! It's like 200+ odd days till Christmas. It's like 170+ odd days till
Thanksgiving. So what am I getting at here? Haha, absolutely nothing! Okay, anyway, I added stocks to my home page now. Now
we all can see how much closer (or farther) I get to my car, the
Ferrari F350 GTS. Ahhhhh, I can see the chicks lining up already...haha. Also, I've added pictures of my car now (a '93
Mitsubishi 3000GT) for all you Ohio people who can't tell the difference between an Eclipse and a Talon. :)
Here is a link to my bed for all you nosy people. Ahhhhh, I can see the chicks lining..hehe. Man,
am I just giddy tonight. And, yes congratulate me, the UPS hasn't come by all week. I haven't bought anything online in 2 weeks.
Woohoo! This calls for a celebration! Time to break out the champagne! Hmmmm...wonder if there is a hot deal on champagne on
the....doh! Stop Vinh!
Also, it's about that time for a hair cut again. I'm not sure whether I should leave it long again like in this
picture or whether I should leave it short like in this picture.
I was thinking of going with the long hair, except this time, let it grow down to my chin actually. Then get an earring and a
tattoo to finish off the 'bad boy' look. ;) Still haven't decided yet. So, what I'm gonna do is let you guys decide. Post
what you think I should do: long or short in the message board, and come June 1, I'll do what the majority says I should do.
Jeez, am I a total nerd/geek/loser or what; to have an online voting on what I should do with my hair...jeez...
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Update -- What the hell was I thinking? Ya'll don't need to see what my bed looks like! That's
a bit too personal. Man, and I wasn't even drunk...
04/30/2000 -- Got Pho?
Man, I just realized this tonight; I haven't had pho in like over 2 months. I'm sure most of you know what this is even if
you aren't Vietnamese, because quite frankly, when you go to a Vietnamese restaurant with your Viet friends, what do they
order for you? Of course, pho! If you still don't know, it's the noodles in the brown soup water with meatballs. Mmmmmmmmm,
I'm getting hungry just thinking of it...
Yes, I know what you guys are thinking, why don't you just go to a Viet restaurant and get you some? Well, for one, the "good"
Viet restaurant is like half an hour away, and it takes them another half an hour to prepare your food. And two (the real
reason), I have shame in my game. In other words, I'm the type that won't go into a restaurant and eat by myself. My pride
just won't let me do it, and I'm sure most of you can concur with me on this. It's just too pathetic/embarrasing sitting in
the restaurant by yourself with all these couples starring at you. That's why they have take-out! Okay, there goes my soap
box for the day.
04/30/2000 -- More Post Office Problems Well, we all know about how the UNITED STATES POST OFFICE stole stuff from me already (I'm still in shock and laughing about this by the way). But, I never told you guys that I tried to forward my mail from Austin to Cincinnati yet. So, anyway, I sent the mail forwarding post card like 2 months ago, and I got the confirmation letter about 2 weeks later. Well, as it is stands now, I'm still getting mail in Austin, and I haven't gotten a forwarded letter once. Man, I tell ya'll, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POST OFFICE is just screwing me left and right this year. The USPS screwed you over? Let us hear about it! Message Board 04/29/2000 -- The Betrayal
I was watching Dawson's Creek the other day, and it got me to thinking. Before I tell ya'll what I was thinking, let me tell
you what happened on DC. Well, Dawson's mom (a TV anchor woman) cheated on his dad with the weatherman (hahahaha I just
thought about my other post), and well, the dad just couldn't forgive her. They split up, and 2 seasons later, he still can't
forive her for what she did to him. It took him a long time to even start talking to her again.
So, what I was thinking was, "Cuold you forgive someone who has cheated on you?" I mean, say one day you find out your spouse
has been cheating on you. Could you forgive them? Could you see them in the same light again? Even if you do, your
relationship will never be the same again. And I thought about this today, and all I could think about was that the honesty
and trust is now gone from the relationship. Since "experts" say relationships are based on trust (how many times has that
bad boy in your life told you he didn't want you to talk to John Doe or go out with your friends), the trust is now gone from
the relationship. Can you remain friends even? I don't know; that DC is one powerful show I tell you. Hehehe. No, really,
let me get ya'll's (Gotta love that Southern accent) opinions on this. Could you forgive that person?
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04/28/2000 -- The Message Board Just added this today. Now you can leave your comments on my page besides sending email. Try it out and post your thoughts on this today. Enjoy! Message Board 04/28/2000 -- The Bad Boy
What is it with women's obsession with the bad boy? You guys know who I'm talking about too; it's the guy that the girls on
Jerry Springer talk about when they go, "I don't care if he's sleeping with other women, he comes home to me at night. I
don't care if he treats me like shit....I looooooooove him!" And then once the guy finally dumps her, she wonders, "Why can't
I ever meet a nice guy?" Why you ask? Because you dumped him already for the bad boy!
Yes, I know, want some cheese with that wine? But you gals know I'm right. You'd rather have the bad boy for the boyfriend,
and when the time comes to settle down, you look for the nice guy. But by that time, another girl's got him. Seems like the
nice guy always come in last...the last option rather than the first.
Of course I just can't talk about girls like that without talking about the guys either. Sure, men are all dogs, but at
least we don't dump the nice girls. Oh wait, we just cheat on them. Oh man, what was the point to all this? Nevermind...
Okay, the point is, at least the nice guy wouldn't cheat on the girl (and vice versa). So the next time you want to dump
that nice girl or guy, just think, "Who'd be more likely to cheat on you -- the bad boy or the nice once?" Ah hell, I'm
rambling on and I still don't have my point. Okay, here's my point -- Down with all the bad people!
04/28/2000 -- Cool song of the week Savage Garden's Crash and Burn 04/27/2000 -- I should give up cooking I don't know if I told ya'll about this or not yet, but a couple of weeks ago, I cooked some eggs alright. After I got done cooking and eating it, I just put the pan in the sink and then the plate on top. Well, after a week, I finally got around to washing the dishes ('cause I only used 5 cereal bowls throughout the week), and I lifted up the plate...OH MY GOD, smell nearly knocked me out. So anyway, having learned a crucial lesson, I decided to start washing the dishes on a more frequent basis. Well, 2 days ago, I decided to wash the silver oven dish ring things because they were dirty. Well, after scrubbing for a long time, I still couldn't get it totally clean. So I decided to soak them for a couple of days. I poured Joy and Comet both into the sink and soaked them. Well, just a while ago, I looked into the sink, and next thing you know, there was mold growing on the freaking silver oven pans. So, I immediately washed them as best I could, and thus now, I've decided to just give up on cooking (and therefore not have to wash the dishes.) 04/26/2000 -- Web page update
I removed the pictures of my apartment from my web page. I didn't want any disgruntled or angry people coming after me
and knowing where I live. And especially since we all know the gov't is after me this year....
I've also updated links on my page; not much, but at least I can say it is updated.
04/26/2000 -- Ahhhhhhhh, back to normal.... So, yeah, after 24 hours of a lot of consoling and sleep, I'm back to normal. Minus the online shopping though; since I'm in training this week and we have no Internet access down there (Please tell me why they don't have Net access) during training, I've been stripped of my source. That was my cure all the time; just take away the Internet and I can't do Internet shopping. Duh! All this time... Either that or just maybe my mind has been on other things.... 04/25/2000 -- Thanks for the phone calls guys I just had to update this page this morning to thank everyone who called me last night at midnight to see how I was doing. It meant a lot to me to know that you guys care that much. This morning, my biological clock woke me up at 6:25 (35 minutes before my alarm), and I couldn't fall back asleep at all. I thought it was all just a dream....I guess not. 04/24/2000 -- Theory of 2 Reasons
Yeah, I know I said I'd update this daily, but quite frankly, I had nothing to say. I know, so unlike me. But anyway, I'm back...and with an
update that'll rock your world. This will change your life! Stop reading if you don't want to enter the Dark Side! I'm serious. Stop reading! 04/12/2000 -- Taking it up the @$$ once again by the Government Oh, you guys won't believe this one. I e-filed my tax return the other day alright, and today, I found out my return was rejected because my date of birth didn't match up with what the IRS had on file. So after 10 minutes of being on hold by the IRS, it turns out they have my date of birth as '1978' -- no month or day. Then they tell me to call Social Security and get them to update the record to the IRS. Before I got off the phone, I asked them why I could file the last 2 years okay, and they said, "Well, our system was not sophisticated enough last year to match up the birth dates." Ooookay! Well, I called SSA, and it turns out that they have my date of birth as '1978' too. Ooookay! Please tell me how I've lived 21 years of my life to just have my birthday being '1978.' Anyway, so now, I have to go down to the SSA office and get them to update their record and then wait a week for them to update that record to the IRS. In the meantime, I have to file my return on paper (Woohoo, there goes my payment and convenience for e-filing it), and then call back the IRS in a week to make sure my date of birth has been corrected. I tell ya...the government is just sticking it to me this year. Your Comments 04/11/2000 -- Evidence Here are pictures of the box:
04/10/2000 -- U.S. Gov't Strikes Again
Not only do I have to pay the IRS this week, I just got screwed by the USPS. My friend sent me this package today, and there was suppose to be
a Sony Playstation, my mail, and a Broncos hat and shirt (a gift from him). He told me, inside the box, there was suppose to be only the items
and styrofoam peanuts. Well, when I saw the box, it seemed like the top 1/3 of the box was smushed in. Yada, yada, they took out the Broncos
stuff and replaced it with brown wrapping paper. 04/10/2000 -- Odiferous Maximus in the Bath Tub-erous Why oh why does my bath tub smell like socks? When I turn on the water, I smell stanky stocks. Today, I smelled it when I turned on the water. Yesterday, I smelled it when I turned on the shower head. This is ridiculous. Jeez, I hate this apartment... Your Comments 04/10/2000 -- The Theory of Necessity
I thought about this theory as I was wading through the hot deals the other day. Basically, it states: 04/10/2000 -- Hi, my name is Bob and I am an online shopaholic. Yeah, it has come to my attention that I may be addicted to online shopping. I think it may be time to step away from the computer and go smell the roses or something... Your Comments 04/08/2000 -- $20 off $20.01 and Free Shipping at Estyle.com This site sells stuff for babies, infants, expecting mothers, etc. The $20 off $20.01 won't appear immediately, but it'll show up when you are at the checkout. If you ever wanted to relive your childhood with a teddy bear, here's your chance. Enjoy. Your Comments 04/08/2000 -- Mmmmmmmm...Even More Free Candy.... Use code 'CP03' for the same candy deal below. Your Comments 04/07/2000 -- Mmmmmmmm...Free Candy.... Get $5 off and free shipping at iParty.com by using the code CP04. The 0 in the code is a zero and not the letter O. The site has a sign that says that shipping $5.95, but it will be deducted after you enter your credit card info and before you confirm. I bought some Nerds; it's been ages since I've had Nerds. Search for candy since that seems to be the cheapest items. Btw, you can use the code if the item is less than $5 also. You still have to enter a CC # though, so if you are scared of shopping online, then don't do it. And another thing, you get this delivered to your door in probably a big old box with a lot of packaging. Enjoy! Your Comments 04/06/2000 -- Lyrics for the people Just ran into this web page when I looked at the Bye, Bye, Bye lyrics. For current song lyrics, go to http://www.top3.net/LYRICS/. Enjoy! Your Comments 04/06/2000 -- It's like Christmas I tell ya Here are some pictures I have of my apartment after last week's worth of online shopping. Here is the pic of everything I bought. There should be a keyboard, a laptop case, an atache case, an eraser, radar detector, motherboard, and my company sent me some free stuff. Let's just say the UPS man dropped by 3 days in a row with multiple boxes every day. Hopefully, I should have more boxes today too. Expecting a computer case, sound card, network card, vaccuum cleaner, a VCR, and a Playstation (from my roommate back in Austin). :-) Here are some more pics of my shopping back in Austin. This is only half of all the stuff I bought by the way. Here are some boxes by the couch, Christmas shopping, and one by my bed even. The funniest picture is this one. It's an eraser I bought for 40 cents; hell, the box, packaging, and shipping costs a hella lot more than 40 cents. Too funny I tell ya. Onwards to next week's batch of goodies... Your Comments 04/06/2000 -- Free gift certificates
Earn gift certificates by rating song clips at FirstLook.com. You can earn gift certificates pretty quick.
It should take 4 days to earn your first gc. I've only been using it for 2 days, so I only have 500 points so far. You can really do this
if you work in a corporation, if you know what I mean (see old update). Here's the Deal:
You get 100 pts for signing up.
2000 pts - Blockbuster $20 GC 04/06/2000 -- Nightmare on My Street...
Had the freakiest dream last night; well, not freaky, but....odd. I was watching 20/20 like 2 weeks ago, and they did a
special on airports and how unsafe they are. Like at the major airports, some of the runway markings are hard to read for
pilots or sometimes the controller and the pilot don't even speak the same language. They gave incidents where a plane was
taxiing out to the runway, and next thing you know another airplane lifts off right over its wings. There were several
incidents like that. Another incident where a plane was taking off while another plane was landing on the same runway.
And for all you international travelers, they played a phone conversation where the pilot's English was unrecognizable. Let
me tell you, I'm scared to fly now because of that special. However, Continental (the best airline out there) had no
incidents during the special, so I still look up to them.
So, anyway, back to my dream, I was on a plane that was about to take off. Next thing you know, outside my window, I see
another plane heading towards us, about to take off also. So, the other plane takes off first, then we take off right
underneath it. And don't ask me how, but then my plane flips around and around. First thing that came to my mind was,
"I'm going to die. I just hope it's painless." So, of course, my plane crashes and I'm dead. That woke me up of course.
I'm just glad what Freddy Kreuger said in the Nightmare movies about how if you die in your sleep, then you die in real
life. I believed that for a long time. So here I am, alive and well.....
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04/06/2000 -- Bye, bye, bye... I've been telling people of how often I hear this song on the radio. Well, in the past 3 days, I've heard it 4 times on the radio and saw it once on the Leno show. And, the weird thing is, I only spend maybe 15 minutes in my car every day and another 15 minutes in the morning listening to the radio. If I go 3 days without hearing this song, I think the world is going to end. And since I know most of you hear this song as often as I do, here are the lyrics for the song. Enjoy! Your Comments 04/05/2000 -- Give me life, liberty, and taxes Finally doing my taxes. Yeah yeah, i know, i could wait another 10 days. Just trying to get a jump on things you know. I've been putting it off for so long because I haven't decided whether I wanted to go to an accountant or use a tax preparation program like Turbotax. In other words, should I spend $30 on Turbotax and risk not getting the most out of my deductions or forgetting something that I could have written off. OR go to H.R. Block and pay the >$30 and hope that they find me some deductions. Plus, I took a personal finance class in college, and if my professor knew I still wasn't doing my taxes, she'd be mighty ticked. Plus, my pride plays a part here; Mr. Online Shopper can't do his own taxes and has to leave his computer to go to a store....you see my dilemna now. Well, anyway, later. Your Comments 04/04/2000 -- Martha Stewart, Kathy Gifford, Martha Stewart, Kathy Gifford, Martha Stewart... You'd figure the queen of home and garden and everything in between would have some quality towels. I tell ya, her towels shed more fuzz than a cat in the winter. Maybe I just need to wait after some more washes...I don't know. Your Comments 04/04/2000 -- Ohio Pigs Is it me or does Ohio have more pigs than a farmer? I mean, c'mon, give us drivers a break. It's bad enough we can only do 55 MPH all around Cincinnati; stupid conservative cities.... Your Comments 04/04/2000 -- It's all about the Percentages The Nasdaq dropped 350 points yesterday I believe. This is one of those times I'm glad I lost 15% rather than $150,000. Your Comments 04/02/2000 -- Cleaning Up I've moved all past updates to Life. That's all for tonight. Your Comments 3/29/2000 -- Ohio Drivers are Terrible Drivers 'nuff said. Can somebody say, "When the green arrow is gone, YOU have to STOP and actually, oh, what's that word...oh yeah, YIELD!!!" Your Comments 3/24/2000 -- Kill All the Lawyers...then All the Weathermen
Why is it that these people can never tell the weather? I watched the weather on Monday this week, and these people predicted
that it was going to be cloudy on Tuesday, sunny on Wednesday, and partly sunny on Thursday. Tuesday rolls around, and it was
cloudy out(1 for 1). Then they change Wednesday's forecast to be partly sunny, Thursday to be sunny, and Friday to be cloudy.
Wednesday rolls around, cloudy (1 for 2.5 (for changing your prediction)). Well, then the guy predicts Saturday to be rainy
and Sunday to be cloudy. Thursday rolls around, and it is partly sunny (1.5 for 4). Once again, they predict it to be rainy on
Saturday. Then on Friday, it was sunny (1.5 for 5). They once again predict rain on Saturday. Now, here it is Friday night,
and I hit MSN's website, and they say Saturday is going to be mostly sunny (I lost count).
I remember one time back in Austin, a weatherman predicted a 75% chance of rain the next day. No joke! And you know what
happened the next day -- not one drop of rain. You'd figure that these people with all their expensive equipment and
computers could at least predict the weather one day ahead. So, the moral of all this -- want to know the weather tomorrow?
Wake up the next day and look out the window!!!
Your Comments 3/24/2000 -- Who Wants to be an Idiot
Why is it that all the contestants on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show look like idiots when Regis is announcing them?
Watch the show closely next time, and when Regis is calling out the 10 contestants' names, the contestants do something
stupid. These people don't wave at the camera; these people pose, shoot at the camera with their fingers, and just about make
an idiot out of themselves. I think they know that the show is not airing live, so they are gonna do something stupid so that
when they go back home, they can tell all their friends to look out for the 'sign' that they are giving them. I swear they
should be shot.
On a side note, why haven't I seen an African American on the show...
Your Comments 3/23/2000 -- Music for the People Found this really good MP3 download site: http://3mc.spydar.com. Leech all you want before the site is forced to shut down. Your Comments 3/22/2000 -- Life is Precious I was visiting my hot deals web page today, and the update for today mentioned a loss in the family of one of its members. I read it, and realized how truly precious and fragile life is. If you have the time, read about it here, and take some time to reflect on your life and the ones around you...it's a crazy world out there, and you'll never know what could happen. Your Comments 3/21/2000 -- The Ineffectiveness of Corporations
I think that corporations are the most ineffective types of businesses there are. Think about it, there are so many
employees that each employee starts thinking, "Hmmmmm...why should I work harder? John Doe will pick up the slack." I think
on an average 8 hour workday, the employee is only productive only 3 or 4 hours. I mean, between the personal phone calls,
the walks down the hall, the one hour lunch, browsing the Internet, c'mon, they can't get much work done.
I haven't thought much of the partnerships and ownerships, but it'd be safe to assume that their employees are more
productive. Think about it, if there are only 10 people working, then all of them can't slack off or else the boss would find
out. And if one of them slacks off, then entire team will get on his or her case. Eventually, he or she would be fired.
Whereas in the corporation's case, since it is so big, then it can't monitor every employee's productivity, and thus that
slacking worker will just blend in.
Think of the new worker that has just started working for the company. He or she would have high expectations and try to
work as hard as possible to move up the ladder. They would think, "Okay, I'm gonna take quick lunches, take no breaks, maybe
stay late a couple of days a week..." Assume then that the new employee comes into work and sees that his or her coworkers
taking hour lunches, 15 minute breaks twice a day, leaving at the stroke of 4, etc. What will he or she think and do? Of
course, their expectations are lowered, and they start doing the same bad habits as their coworkers. It's a vicious cycle I
tell ya...
Oh, another thought, don't most layoffs come from big companies? You wonder why and 2 things come to mind: the company is
losing money and there are too many workers. And who do the companies lay off -- the unproductive and unnecessary workers of
course. Maybe if the company had thought long and hard if they really needed that extra plant in BFE and an additional 1,000
workers, then maybe they wouldn't have had to lay off anybody. Just my 2 cents on things.
Your Comments 3/19/2000 -- God, I Love Online Shopping
Gotta love free money! With web sites like Cybergold.com and
Ebates.com, they give you a 5% to 50% rebate when you order stuff off of their
affiliate sites. Here's a credit I got from like 2 months worth of online shopping:
3/17/2000 -- Man
Got these 2 funny pictures for ya'll to see:
3/17/2000 -- Lights, Action, Camera
Last night I spent like 2 hours looking for the best camera to buy. I don't want one of those big professional types; I just
want one that I can take when I'm on a trip or whatever. Oh man, you just don't know...there are so many types of cameras out
there: point and shoot, SLR, APS, etc. So, yada yada, I eventually ended up with 3 choices. There is the
APS Minolta Vectis 2000, the
Olympus, and the
Yashica T4 Super. I read good and
bad things about APS, and I really like the look of the Minolta, but I think I'll stick to the regular 35mm for now.
Apparently, the size of the film in APS is smaller, and thus if you ever wanted to blow up the picture, you couldn't without
losing quality. The Olympus is a good all-around camera, but the Yashica has a better lens and probably better red-eye
reduction. Plus, it just looks cooler (the silver model). So, needless to say, I'm getting the Yashica.
Got my cellular in; Click
here to see the free goodie.
Your Comments 3/15/2000 -- It's Gotta Be The Shoes
Some of you may not know, but my dad and my cousin Nick drove up here from Texas this week. Well, they rented a Chevy Lumina,
and tonight, when we went out, I drove the car. I swear, I have never been shocked so hard and painful as I was tonight in
that car. Nick says he even saw a spark one time when I closed the door with my shoulder. Another time, I put my finger on
the door handle, and next thing you know, the tip of my finger is numb for 10 minutes. Man, I hate that car.
I talked to someone with the exact same "shocking" problem that I have, and they told me it was because of the shoes. He
says that when I'm inside the car and I'm rubbing against the carpet below, that builds static electricity. Well, of course
now I'm gonna have to investigate his theory and try different types of shoes/soles when I go driving from now on. I still
think it's gotta be something else too.
Whenever I go to buy a car in the future, I'll have to definitely consider the "shock" appeal of the car before buying it.
Btw, I updated the first part of my links page. Woohoo....
Your Comments 3/14/2000 -- I Love Free Cell Phones
I always say to something that is free: "Free? Shoooooot, I'll take two then!" That's my theory at least... Well, I woulda
done this next offer twice, but it's pointless. So, enjoy.
Go to www.sundial.com and see if you can get a free cell phone. They have this
promotion going where they give you $100 off if you buy a phone and sign up on a plan. So, in my instance, I picked a plan
by Cincinnati Bell (no contract) and picked up a $100 phone. Well, after doing the math, I paid $0 for my cell phone (not
counting the $7 2-day shipping). And, theoretically, I can cancel right away and keep the phone. :)
Your Comments 3/13/2000 -- Diet Soda vs. Soda
Why, oh why do people order Diet Soda with their Super-sized Big Mac and fries? That's like ordering a roast beef sandwich
and saying, "No, hold the mayonnaise. I'm watching my weight." It's like ordering fried chicken and saying, "No, hold the
French fries. They make me fat." Or how about a salad with a ton of bacon bits with FAT-FREE dressing? Or...oh yeah...a
baked potato with sour cream, bacon bits, and the works. Jeez, people, if you're already killing yourself, then you may as
well go all the way. Sure, some may argue that they get the Diet Soda because it tastes better. Yeah, okay, I'll buy that...
and Diet Dr. Pepper tastes just like Dr. Pepper.
I'm not saying that I've never done this. Yes, I've ordered the Subway sandwich and gotten fat-free chips. Or did the
salad thing with fat-free dressing. I know it's oxymoronic, but I still do it. I just wanted to point this out that's all.
Your Comments 3/13/2000 -- The Art of Making Money
I have this 53 year old coworker who has $4.5M in his portfolio (I'm sure he doesn't mind me telling everybody; hell, he
loves bragging about it.) He's only working because his wife doesn't like the idea of him staying at home and doing nothing.
Plus, I'm sure he'd be bored to death at home. i.e. Forrest Gump style. But anyway, my point in telling youth is: Isn't it
amazing/wrong/frustrating (pick one) to see how the rich gets richer in this country? I mean, if he makes a 25% return on his
portfolio for the year, he'd have made a million bucks. Doh!!! Whereas, the poor investor like me, if I made 25%, I'd have
enough to buy a fishing rod or something. If you play Devil's Advocate and say well he could as easily lose $1M, I'd have to
say, "Are you nuts? Not in this market!"
So, of course this guy is my newest idol now. He says he started with 70K and it took him about 10 years to turn that to
$1M. Then the past 2 years, he's had a 260% return, and thus the $4.5M (Yes, the math is wrong. You fill in the blanks.). So,
now I figure, for me to reach the $1M mark, using the rule of 72, it'd take me, oh I don't know, hopefully 10 years. So,
that's my newest goal. Actually, if you think about it, if I can have 6 digits in my account, and get a 50% return, that's
50K a year...and that's not too shabby for doing nothing. So, my plan to retire by the age of 30 is still looking good...
later. 3/12/2000 -- My Stunning Personality
Why is it that every time I get out of my car, and I go to close the door, I get shocked? We're not talking about a minor
tingle; we're talking about full throttle shock. This isn't just a minor problem, this has seriously changed my life. I can't
open doors without first thinking, "Will I get shocked if I touch this door handle?" I don't use my palm to open the handle
either; I take the back of my hand and hit it first before I open it. This is not just when I get out of the car either,
this is at EVERY door handle I run into. I feel like that mouse in that experiment where if I press the right button, I get a
peanut. If I press the wrong one, I get a shock. Except with me, I don't get a peanut. I remember last week, I touched the
car door, and a spark came between me and the car. Of course it was painful as hell...
I actually thought about why this is happening to me, and I've come up with 3 conclusions. One, it could be because I'm
not using enough Bounce sheets, and the static cling is building up in my clothes. However, I'm not moving since I'm in the
car the whole time. So, my second conclusion could be my car stereo and all the other electronic devices in my car is
transferring the electricity to my clothes. Third, it could the clothes I wear. I found out my leather jacket really makes
the shocks more painful. So, if anyone out there knows why this is happening to me, please email and tell me what is wrong
with me and what I should do to prevent this. :) 3/10/00 Okay, I was watching this awards show tonight, and this 20ish year old actor won
his first award. He ran on stage, went up to the mice, all happy and excited, and then he says, "First of all, I want to
thank God! He inspires me, and he created me!..." After that, he went on to thank his crew, cast members, editors, etc. Now,
what gets to me here is why he didn't thank his parents. C'mon, I think his parents contributed to his existence a little bit
more than God. If you want to thank somebody, thank the people who physically conceived you, changed your diapers, fed you,
bathed you, cared for you, raised you, put you through school, etc. Is it too much to recognize them first (or even at all)
for all they've done for you? If I were his parents, I just wouldn't hold a grudge; I'd go knock some sense into him.
Sure, sure, his parents could have been the type that neglected him or abused him, and that's why he isn't thanking them.
But, really, what are the chances of that? He was probably raised with a silver spoon.
And what's up with the "He inspires me?" Yeah, I bet he wakes up every morning and says, "I'm gonna do this for God!" Or
"I'm not gonna give up; I'm doing this for God!" Jeez, give me a break.
Okay, enough of my soap box. If you haven't heard Faith Hill's latest song "Breathe" yet, you are missing out on a truly
great song. 3/6/00
Okay, I'm gonna try to update this page as much as possible from now on. BTW, you can now access this page by typing
http://run.to/vinh into your browser. I'll update my links pretty soon since they are over 2
years old. But, in the meantime, this page will be a reflection of what's on my mind at the moment. For instance:
Stock Tip Of The Day: Don't take stock tips off web pages!!! If you don't know what you're doing, then the chances of you
making money won't be that high. Plus, if it was that easy to make money, don't you think everybody would be filthy rich by
now.
Why do strawberries mold like the second you bring them home? I swear...
Alright, that's all for tonight. Oh, one last thing, if you want to know what the number one song in Vietnam is right now,
it is by Quang Linh and is titled "Tieng Hot Chim Da Da," and I really like it. What the guy is basically singing is, "How
come you married someone that lives far away from you when I'm right here?" The irony here is that since native females will
marry a foreigner at the drop of a hat, the native males can really relate to this song. It's so popular back there that you
will hear it in cafe's, karaoke bars, and even drunk guys will start singing it. So if you have time, download and listen to
it. You may like it. 3/1/00 Finally updated the page. Didn't do anything except clean the site up. The trip and the apartment pictures are now under the pictures link. And if you haven't signed my guestbook yet, do it here. 2/24/00 Not an update, just a link for two pages. Here's some pictures of my trip to Vietnam and my apartment. Okay, that's it. 8/11/99 Man, is it just me or do you have less free time when you are working than when you are in school. So I've been busy and plus no one is even hitting this page so why even bother. I must say though, I should change those links on that page. My, my how time changes your interests. So, until next time...if there ever will be a next time that is. If past patterns show, my next update will most likely be after December, which is moot since I will have graduated by then and this page will no longer exist. So, adios for now... 2/20/99 I've been too busy to update this page I guess. Well, not really. I've just been wondering if I should install Frontpage 98 or not. We all know how big those Microsoft programs can get. Anyway, I would write more, but I just found a web page that had Dawson's Creek episodes on it. Time for me to catch that pilot I missed... 10/26/99 Welcome to my new web site as of October 26, 1998! As you can see, I've totally revamped the site. I thought the old one was getting well....OLD. I sold my soul to the devil to do this page -- I used Microsoft's Frontpage 98 to do the site. Took mean hour or so to do this page instead of many hours trying to do it in Notepad. And it probably wouldn't have looked half as good. So, drop me a line or two in the guestbook or email me and tell me what you think of the page. Oh yeah, if you want to look at the old page, click here. To all the people that wandered here accidentally (yeah,right), take a look around -- you may find something of interest.
Look at the award that I so proudly achieved:
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