On the machine that I worked on, there’s a sensor meant to detect flamable gases in the air. Today, someone decided to test if it could detect fart. Well, fart is a flamable gas because the sensor could detect it…

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Ah, it feels good to finally be done with a project in 2006. 2 days ahead of schedule and it’s a great feeling. The last thing that I needed to accomplish was to run 1000 parts and I ran 1002 and ran out of material. Talk about being lucky…

Well, and then I sliced my thumb on one of the raw materials. It was like slicing through butter. Only it was my finger and blood was coming out of it…

The work is never really over. I have to look forward to spending a month in the dryroom and commuting through rush hour – joy.

I celebrated this evening by getting myself an oversized cookie dough Blizzard. Nope, didn’t finish it up though. It would have made me sick if I did.

Anyways, I’m done and I’m quite glad that I don’t have to worry about missing the quarterly deadline.

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What’s today about? I have lots on my mind but little that I want to share.

There are times when I’m my own censorship – filtering out thoughts that I think may provoke someone else. Today’s just one of those days.

I will say that last night just continued to stack up to be a bad day, even while I was sleeping… Today is a much brighter day.

I woke up weird. Not sure where I was and how I got there. The pillow was on the floor and it felt like I was in a strange place. I’m not that lucky – I’m still in my own bed. That fatigue is catching up with me. And later in the day, I found two bruises on me – one on my knee and another on my elbow. I must have fallen out of bed or something…

Well, the finish line is in sight. I can see it. If things go well tomorrow, I’ll cross the finish line by lunch time – just in time for a lunch celebration. Then I get to spend the next few days making some changes and the week after that in absolute low humidity conditions – yay! Smell the sarcasms.

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I need a break from myself. Dang, this lack of sleep thing is really not working for me. The last time I was this tired was a few months ago when I woke up to the morning heater kicking on at 5am.

I got thinking… I think after Deerfield, I need to take a short break from photography. I should build my deck and enjoy the summer. I’m not sure where this photography thing is going to take me anyways but it’s always good to have an artistic outlet.

Perhaps I should spend the next 6 months getting ready for MBA. It’s been on my agenda for a while now. I need to spend the next 2 weekends thinking about how I’m going to move forward with this.

And this could all change tomorrow when I get more sleep. Okay, good night to all that’s reading and to those who aren’t, it doesn’t change anything anyways.

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Insomnia got the better part of me today. I slept a little early last night and I ended up waking up at 3am. I stayed up the entire time – watched a movie – Derailed – pretty good. Went to work slightly early and gosh, things don’t look good when you’re lacking sleep. Everything is wrong, slow and messed up.

I tried to get tickets to James Blunt this evening but ended up not. Why is it so hard to get into shows that you want to? This is the second one in the last 6 months. Yeah – I don’t feel like doing much the rest of the night – chill out or probably try to get some sleep.

Felt like my day got derailed. I thought things would go well with this girl but who know’s what is going on… I’m just out of it today. Hopefully things will pick up tomorrow.

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Today should have been a good day. It was a beautiful day out and I was out, driving in my car. It’s fun to be in my car, listening to some tunes and catching the scenes.

I was at an art open house and it’s good to meet people. I am glad I ran into the person I wanted to run into today. I thought my awkward day was not knowing what to say, and not knowing what to do in front of someone new. The good thing is that I didn’t make a fool out of myself, at least I don’t think I did. Hopefully, it’ll be more than just this one run in.
After that, I did another thing that I know I shouldn’t have done – I bought furniture. Yes, I do want to fill up the space in this house but I also don’t need to be spending money again… Urgh. At one point, I got thinking that I should walk out and avoid spending this money. I should have deliberated earlier but I ended up with a new sectional sofa. Oh wells – I have a year to pay for it.

I then went to the gym to play some racquetball with my housemate. He parked right next to this one car that I didn’t expect at all. It was my ex’s car. For the longest time, I had asked her to workout at this gym but she wanted to go to the gym at our old place. I was almost successful at avoiding her by playing racquetball but my housemate wanted to work out so I ended up running past the ex.

I don’t think she saw me and what do you do in situations like this? It’s just awkward to be running into each other like that. It’s not like I have a lot of experiences with these kind of things and so what do you really do – say hi and then walk away? I think I should just stick to what I do – swim.

I think my awkward day should come to an end pretty soon. It’s almost a good day.

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This evening was quite uneventful and relaxing. Worked out, swam my regular 10 laps and did one extra lap for fun. I cleaned my house a little. Changed my sheets, vacuumed the floor, washed the carpet and did laundry. It’s a good day, in its own way. It’d be perfect except that I’m alone on a Saturday night… It’s never my thing anyways.

Let’s see, there’s this ‘sales’ girl at my gym and man, oh man, she looks really unattainable. I have to say that some women doesn’t have to try to look beautiful – they just do. Dating her would be hard. She’s someone that everyone wants and so if you can’t be overly over-protective and not protective either. Well, it takes a lot of balance and a lot of confidence. I think I saw her man tonight – keeping a watchful eye on every guy looking at her. Good luck – whoever you are.

Ah, this reminds me of the James Blunt song again. I saw her, she was with another man. There was definitely a moment tonight when we looked at each other. I’d probably wondered if she’s single and if she’d go out with me. She’d probably wondered if she could sell me a different membership.

I should probably get ready for my annual review. I gotta figure out what I really want to talk about this time. It’s crazy how time flew by. It was this time last year that I was promoted, though it just felt like yesterday.

I could sleep or I could I could keep writing about someone that I don’t know. Or I should sleep now and call it the night – wake up early and study.

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After a long week at work, I am actually looking forward to the down time that this evening brings. Birthday party turns out to be next weekend so I’ll look forward to a night that I don’t stay up past midnight.

For a restless person like myself, I can say that I’m actually looking forward to some quiet time at home this weekend. I’m quite tired. I think I’m going to keep it to one night a weekend that I stay up late.

Let’s see, I have 2 movies from Netflix and a bunch of DVDs that I haven’t watched yet. Plus that 12 hrs of Desperate Housewives that I have on my Tivo that I haven’t watched since October. I should just delete it – I don’t really need to follow another TV show.

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I hosted a game of poker last night with people from work. The major players were engineering staff and purchasing staff.

There was a couple of hands that I shouldn’t be playing but I did, and won, and there were a couple of hands that I should have played but didn’t.

Whatever it is, the end result is, Engineering 1 – Purchasing 1.

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What’s up with people that say that they are going to show up for something and never does? This is the second or third time that I’m looking foward to people coming over to my place and yet they never show up.

What the heck? If you’re trying to be nice, give it to me straight – I can’t make it because I’m going to be somewhere else. Simple, easy – and I’ll understand. Don’t tell me that you’re going to make it and find some excuse later why you can’t make it. Urgh!

Anyways, I’m bitching about the poker game that I tried to start earlier and hopefully end earlier but it ended up starting late and ending late, as it normally does. It’s all good. I won about $30, which is not bad, considering I beat a pair of Jacks with a pair of 6s (third 6 came on the river). I also pissed off someone by going all in on a 7 and 9 – I had nothing and yet I won that hand.

Overall, I’m buzzed, tired and I think I’m going to take the weekend to chill out and not do much. If I wake up before noon tomorrow, I might go to work and finish up the stuff that I need to do. Otherwise, I’m sleeping in.

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