Two – Borrowed from Katie

Two Names You Go By:
1.) John
2.) Johnny (a few select friends/family)

Two Parts of Your Heritage:
1.) Latino
2.) Filipino

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1.) Land’s End Polo
2.) Black Jeans

Two Things You Would Want in a Relationship:
1.) Peace
2.) Quiet

Two Things You Want Really Badly At The Moment
1.) Sleep
2.) More female friends

Two pets you have:
1.) Angel Kitty
2.) Cocoa Kitty

Two things you did last night:
1.) Messed with iTunes 7
2.) Played with cats

Two Things You Will Do Tonight:
1.) Sleep?
2.) Do more laundry

Two Favorite Holidays:
1.) Christmas
2.) Thanksgiving

Two Things You Can’t Live Without: (eta: barring family and friends, of course)
1.) Music
2.) Water

Two Favorite Numbers
1.) 8
2.) 13

Two Of Your Favorite Movies
1.) Office Space
2.) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Two Current Favorite Songs
1.) Box of Wine – The Clintons (I have to agree with Katie)
2.) I-95 Asshole Song – August Campbell & The Spur of the Moment Band (I love Sirius Outlaw Country!)
Two Sports
1.) NASCAR
2.) Sacramento Kings Basketball

Two Drinks
1.) Lipton Diet Green Tea w/citrus
2.) Margaritas!

Two TV Shows
1.) How I Met Your Mother
2.) Dukes of Hazzard

New Fox shows have possibilities…

Tonight I watched Fox’s new series ‘Til Life.  I have to say I really like it.  Will it make it?  I don’t know.  I’ve always been an Eddie Kaye Thomas fan;  I really enjoyed the Off Centre show that he starred in on the WB.  Brad Garrett plays a great role and he’s just as funny as he was in Everyone Loves Raymond except he doesn’t play a “dumb” part.  The real kicker of the show was when Eddie’s character mentioned that he has a website: http://www.mywoodcock.com/ and I’ll be damned, the web site is real!  Could this actually be the next hit series or will Fox pull this show like they did Arrested Development?

Music on the radio…

This morning I discovered that an old favorite station of mine in Sacramento, Y92, streams on the web.  It has been a pleasure listening to it this morning until the following playlist started:

Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to have fun

3 Doors Down – Here Without You

Sarah McLachlin – I Will Remember You

I don’t really feel like explaining the significance of these three songs in a row…  But these three songs in a row kinda made me down.

Is it September already?

Man – is this year going fast or what!  Life just doesn’t seem to want to slow down very much.  2006 continues to be a mixed bag for me.  I’m still hoping that the year will continue to get better, because it sure started out bad.  September looks like a pretty good month for me – I’m hoping to take some time off and I get to see Toby Keith as well.  I’m excited about that!

Mark Martin’s Showcar

While in Eureka on Saturday I noticed that there was a Mark Martin trailer in the parking lot. After finishing what I needed to do in Eureka, I stopped by Harper’s and was able to check out the Mark Martin show car close up! This is the closest I’ve been to a NASCAR Stock Car. Here’s living proof:

Mark Martin's Showcar

It was very cool to hear that thing fire up!  It is so loud when they rev the engine up.  AAA also had a racing simulator with all the vibrations and force feedback.  Thank you AAA and Harper’s for the opportunity to see the show car!

Woot!

My prototyping area at work is finally getting organized. The new KVM is installed and the cables are more organized. Some of my handy work:

prototyping
I’m excited as it will make me a little more productive when prototyping systems. It definitely looks a lot cleaner.

Carl Edwards a “Bad Boy”?

Bottom line – this season has been tough for “Cousin” Carl. He’s winning races in the Busch series, but is having what some call a “Sophomore” slump in the Nextel Cup. Now poor Carl being classified as NASCAR’s new “Bad Boy” for his retaliation against Dale Jr. during Saturday’s Busch race? This has been a heated discussion in a few of the NASCAR groups I belong to. Most people say it’s “just racin” and that Jr. had the faster car. My question is: where was Edwards to go? He was had Robby Gordon on his driver side with Jr. behind him. When Jr. wrecked Carl on the last lap and ruined his chances of winning, I’d be mad too. As a Carl fan, I do not agree with the actions he took after the wreck by speeding down pit row, finding Dale Jr. during the caution lap and ramming into Jr. I also do not agree with the victory lane confrontation that Carl had with Dale Jr. after he had won.

Carl and Dale

“No really man.. it was just racin’. You got loose!”

Now the question remains: would NASCAR’s golden boy been penalized if Carl hadn’t retaliated? Carl deserved what he got in penalties. Hopefully Carl will learn from this experience. Go Team #99!

Still alive and Kickin’

I swear that life is moving at the speed of light right now.  My current life consists of: getting up in the morning, going to work, try to fit lunch in somewhere, work some more, come home and have dinner… and crash!  This has been pretty consistant since getting back from the SANS Conference in San Diego.  I’m hoping that after the first week of school things will setttle down.  There’s so much I need to do for me, my house, and my cats.  At least this morning I woke up at around 5 and started doing some much needed laundry.