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- The month starts off with a three day weekend to “mark the end of summer.”

- The baseball season is in its final month as the rosters expand to provide support for those who are still in the race for October.

- The NFL kicks off a brand new season.

- TV network start their fall lineup, finally ending the long wait from last May. (Damn you Lost!)

- The Fall term for university starts which can be a mix bag of feeling.

and more…

Admit it, you love september too!

Yes…

I know…

Three months…

But I didn’t plan on…

No…

I see…

Of course…

Never again.

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I was thinking of a way of adding more original content to my blog.  In the recent year or so, I’ve done more meme and quizzes then a Facebook wannabe application.  One of the thoughts that came to me was to do a “Things That Make Me …” thing where I can change the ending of that phrase.  This is kinda based on what Amanda was doing with her “X things about me” posts.     I’m currently debating if I should add commentary to this, kinda like explaining the “X things.”  I may just post the things one day and commentary on them a few days later…to force me to update lol.  
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Things That Makes Me Happy: Part One

1. Warm brownie sundays with chocolate syrup and whip cream.

2. A warm shower on a cold day.

3. A cool shower on a hot day.

4.  Watching a plane land from the terminal.

5.  Having a magic performance go right and getting an awesome reaction.

6. Having a great conversation with a customer.

7. Watching trains go by on a bridge.

8. Riding the train/subway.

9. Reading blogs about friends so I can know them better.

10. Trobleshooting computer problems and getting the problem solved after hours of experimentation.

11. Redesigning my website for no reason whatsoever.

12. Creating keynote presentations that I will never present in front of an audience.

13. Knowing those presentations will rock if presented.

14. Finding apple products in nonapple advertisements.

15. Taking pictures of random things and posting my on my web gallery.

16. Finding a favorite movies while channel surfing.

17. Knowing I can pop in the DVD as soon as the commercials hits.

18. Cracker Barrel Saturdays!

19. Watching a Movie/TV show that I’ve been wanting to see for months.

20.  Catching up with people while having coffee.

21. Coffee in general.

22. Having the subway/train arrive as I reach the platform of the station.

23. Predicting the score of a baseball game based on my “expertise.”

24. And being right.

25. Eatting freshly made New York Pizza.

26. Knowing that no matter where I am, two blocks away will be an awesome street meat vendor.

27. Reminding Don and Zach the crazy shit I pulled at Seneca. (Remember the ladder and the full speed ghost?!)

28. Talking about technology with people that actually understand the subject.

29. Foliage!

30. Finding a good hard boiled novel to read.

31. Having the time to actually read it.

32. Finishing a novel in general. (I say novel because I read way too many tech books)

33. Warm chocolate chip cookies.

34. Subway foot longs for $5!

35. 6 McNuggets for $1 deals.

36. Having a conversation with someone.

37. Playing MLB The Show on my PS3.

38. Playing RPGs or RTS games in general.

39. Listenin to The Junkies on WJFK or on the podcast.

40. Wiki-wiki-wikipedia!

41. Finishing a video game.

42. Discussing the potenial of a Metal Gear Movie and the possible cast.

43. Discussing the awesomeness of the first six chapters of Rendezvous In Black.

44. Reading the blog written by MDS.

45. Walking into a giant cube everyday for work.

Got this meme from Annie’s blog which I found via Carlos’s blog.  Enjoy!

1. What time did you get up this morning?

9 AM

2. Diamonds or pearls?

Pearls

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

In the cinema?  That’s a tough one!

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Smallville, Lost, House and many more.

5.What do you usually have for breakfast?

A big ol cup of nothing!!

6. What is your middle name?

Don’t have one.

7. What food do you dislike?

Seafood, I can’t stand seafood.

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

I don’t do CDs. iTunes FTW!  Tho, I’m currently listening to OneRepublic’s album.

9. What kind of car do you drive?

n/a

10. Favorite sandwich?

Turkey and swiss. I know, very plain. Shame on me.

11. What characteristic do you despise?

12. Favorite item of clothing?

Pants!  Gotta wear pants.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go?

London. Always wanted to go to London.

14. What color is your bathroom?

i don’t know…. :P

15. Favorite brand of clothing?

Don’t have one.

16. Where would you retire to?

I love cities so it’d have to be a city. New York or London mostly likely.

17.What was your most recent memorable birthday?

Last year – my family threw a surprise bash which was fun.

18. Favorite sport to watch?

Baseball!!  Go Mets!

19. Furthest place you are sending this?

Um…the intertubes?

20. Who do you least expect to send this back?

N/A

21. Person you expect to send it back first?

N/A

22. Favorite saying(s)?

“I’m sorry. We are all out of phone.”

23. When is your birthday?

November

24. Are you a morning person or a night person?

Back in college I was deffinately a night person, however now I have to say morning.

25. What is your shoe size?

7 or 7.5 us (yes, I have small feet.)

26. Pets?

None

27. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?

Yeah!  I finally updated my blog!!  LOL. Okay, seriously, I have a new blog project in the works. Shhhh.

28. What did you want to be when you were little?

Doctor. Oh well, that’s no longer happening!

29. How are you today?

Awesome.

30. What is your favorite candy?

Skittles.

31. What is your favorite flower?

Not a fan of flowers.

32. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?

Sundays, because its “no work Sundays”

33. What church do you attend?

No church.

34. What is your full name?

Hah, no.

35. What are you listening to right now?

Gotta Have You – The Weepies

36. What was the last thing you ate?

Chicken & Rice

37. Do you wish on stars?

Nope.

38. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Metalic sliver

39. How is the weather right now?

Beautiful. Just a great looking day.

40. Last person you spoke to on the phone?

John.

41. Do you like the person who sent this to you?

I found this, but hey why not..yes I do.

42. Favorite soft drink?

Mr. Pibb. =)

43. Favorite restaurant(s)?

I don’t know, can’t think of any.

44. Hair color?

Black

46. Favorite day of the year?

Macworld day. LOL.

47. What was your favorite toy as a child?

All my gaming units.

48. Summer or winter?

Winter, I prefer cold over warm weather.

49. Hugs or kisses?

Hugs.

50. Chocolate or Vanilla?

hello?! WHITE chocolate!!!!!

51. Do you want your friends to email you back?

Leaves a comment instead.

52. When was the last time you cried?

Don’t know.

53. What is under your bed?

DVDs boxes and computer parts.

54. Who is the friend you have had the longest?

Longest friend?  Gotta be Jon, John and David.

55. What did you do last night?

Watch The Prestige again. Awesome movie.

Got this one from Anna D and Amanda a few days ago. I became lazy and didn’t finish it until now. Bite me. 

1. Today is:
Friday, 22 February 2008

2. I should be:
Cleaning up and rearranging my room so I can fit my new DVD entertainment center piece thing that I still need to assemble.

3. The last text message I received was from:
Zach

4. And it said:
“I have an apple question for you, Go online bitch”

5. I am currently pissed off because:
Customers are looking for help, but when I offer help they refuse my services but when my coworker goes over A MINUTE LATER they are to them. I’m blaming racism.

 6. My cellphone rings and the song that’s playing is:
“Homecoming Queen” – Hinder (No idea how long it took to find the name for this song)

7. I would love to see:
More money in my bank account please?

8. If I could change my last name, it would be:
Some werid number like 3000 (guess you will only get if you my nickname in college)

9. After work, I love to:
Go home and sleep! I love sleep, if I could I would marry sleep so I’d never lose it.

10 . My favorite subject is:
Any class taught by Sharp.

11. I liked yesterday because:
I ended up getting a promotion. =)

12. But I still sort of didn’t because:
Because it was butt cold!!

13. My favorite song right now would have to be:
“Check Yes Juliet” – We The Kings

14. I sometimes forget to:
Watch my favorite TV Shows.  

15. I currently have a crush on:
No One.

16. My favorite number/s would have to be:
Now that I think about it, I don’t think I have one, but if I had to pick a number…9 out of 10 times, I’d pick 6.

17. When I’m in a bad mood, it’s better to just:
Just let me be. I’m a self healing person. I’ll get over whatever is pissing me off rather quickly, use it’s something that REALLY ticked me off. Normally, I tend to walk off my bad mood.

18. I really can’t stand:
People who ask for your opinion and then not listen to you say your opinion on that matter. Why ask if your not going to listen?

19. I’d break up with my boyfriend/girlfriend right away if:
They didn’t have trust in the relationship and trust in me.

20. If I were to get stuck in an elevator with someone, it would have to be:
Someone with a deck of cards. It’d be a while before we’d get out.

21. I’d really like to improve my skills on:
Driving, Studying and making presentations.

22 . The last thing that wasn’t food that I bought with my own money is:
A bunch of DVDs

23. The name of the street where I live is:
Um, no. But thanks!

24. I have never ridden:
A motorcycle.

25. If I won the lottery, the first thing I would do is:
Buy a MacBook Air. Or maybe get my own apartment.

26. One bad habit of mine is:
I bite my nails when I’m stressed.

27. I go out to:
Just get out of the home. I’m a simple guy..really!

28. I am very attached to:
My iPhone, my iBook, and my DVD collection.

29. One friend who is not from my college is:
Currently looking for a Job.

30. I am currently stressed because:
I gotta rearrange my room and clean it…damn it. 

But, by chance its not the daily choir, its the break dancing kids that fill the subway before and after school hours. They can easily cash in on a huge day and its a win-win situation for them. They make money and they have fun. And they look pretty awesome doing what they do.

But the subways is always filled with the nutcases, the oddjobs, those that do the unbelievable. Its kinda brings you back to the comments made by John Rocker, former closer of the Atlanta Braves,

“It’s the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 Train to the ballpark, looking like you’re riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”

Alright, so he was a jackass based on that quote, but he kinda has a point, anything can happen on the subway!

This bring me to what happened to me today. I had just gotten off from work and realized that I had a 3 day holiday coming up (due to the luck of HR schd). Needless to say, I was in a state of happiness. The N train had just pulled into the station as I arrived at the platform. “Just my luck,” I assumed.

Just as I had taken a seat, I noticed the surrounding area was empty…during rush hour. The reason being, most tourists tend to fear the homeless and such a person had taken a seat across the train from me. Now, I don’t mind the homeless, as the trains tend to provide heat and shelter for them. I mean, they are human, no? If they paid for the subway ride, so be it, they can have a seat! But this guy had to be different. He had to ruin my day. As I sat there, I noticed many people in the train had this look of disgust on their face. As I turned my head, I noticed the source of disgust. The homeless guy was pleasuring himself! On the subway! In public! Can you believe that?!

Needless to say, at the next stop, I disembarked and took the next train. “Just my luck,” I assume. A great start to my mini holiday. Now, am curious, has anyone else dealt or experienced any oddjobs or unthinkable acts on the subway? Hit up the comments and let me know.

And how about a woot for an actual non-filler blog entry! Thank goodness for my iPhone!

Currently Listening To:

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
I was the best man at a wedding!

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn’t make any resolutions just because I didn’t want to face the disappointment of not reaching it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes! My cousin in India gave birth to a beautiful baby boy!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No one that jumps out of memory.

5. What countries did you visit?
Visit…countries? What’s that? Unfortunately, I have quite a boring life as I’ve only been to two different states (yes, I said STATES!) in 2007…care to guess which ones?

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A life? Seriously, that last question really put a big bummer sticker on the past year.

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 18th (Commencement), June 22 (The day I moved into my new house!), July 28th (The day I gave my best man speech), July 31st (The day I started working for the big A!).

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a job (Even tho it’s not as well paying as I hoped and it nothing related to my degree), Ending my undergraduate career.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Working for the big A. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the company and the place I work, but I really didn’t see myself working there at all. It was kinda my last resort thing. However, I am grateful to have a job!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Oh did I! FUCK YES! Hopefully you remember the adventure of Valentine’s Day? I know Zach does! (Or he better!!). If you don’t, hit up the archives and give me page views! (note: I never posted about the illness/injury…haha, oops!)

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I bet you all thought I’d say my iPhone, but actually, it’s the 1Gb of RAM I bought for my G4 ibook…that thing has saved me at least $1300!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Yea, I have no idea.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Same as 12.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Transportation mostly, cab fares and train passes cost a shit load. Food has to be the next big thing and then just improvements on the house.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
iPhone keynote and launch, Leopard launch, commencement, and the three weddings I went to.

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly [iTunes], Linkin Park – What I’ve Done [iTunes

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner, richer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Relaxed and took some time off. As I recall, I went from Binghamton in May to Rutgers for a month in June, Moving/Setting up the house in June and July, Weddings in June, July, August, and then started working in August. No free time myself. :-(

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Work and worry. I wish I had some more vacation time to actually go on vacation!

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Working! The Big A had me working Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day! Hot damn!

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Nope.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
Smallville, of course! House and Bones made me happy as well. Pushing Daisies is growing on me and last, but not least, LOST! Heroes was up there and then, what happened guys, what happened?

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Yea, not going there.

24. What was the best book you read?
Hm. I’m halfway into the latest novel in the Dexter series and I’m enjoying that. No time for reading (see above!)

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Colbie Caillat I suppose, I mean, I ended up buying her latest album, so yea.

26. What did you want and get?
A job! w00t!

27. What did you want and not get?
More time

28. What was your favorite film this year?
Coming soon, as I’ll do what I did last year and put up my top movies of 2007! (and my iPhone part 3 too! lol)

29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
My family threw me a surprise birthday bash inviting folk I haven’t seen in a while. I turned 22.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having fun in the summer.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Casual

32. What kept you sane?
The Show! I spent way to many hours on that thing!

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Maggie Lawson is really cute on Psych and well,

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Stem Cell Research and Steroid Use in Pro Sports.

35. Who did you miss?
No one in particular.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Many of the people at Fifth Ave.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
You have to have confidence in yourself before you can accomplish any task and realizing that that confidence doesn’t necessarily have to be present when you start to complete a task…your confidence and the completion of the task can increase together.

Zach: wow
Zach: on fark
Zach: You’ve HAD it with your neighbor’s cat. Do you a) ask them to keep it inside b) set a humane trap or c) capture the cat, take him “overseas,” and leave a map in your neighbor’s mailbox showing where kitty was left
Zach: that’s fucking balls
Me: haha
Me: expensive to
Me: I’d rather fed-ex it
Me: and leave a map
Zach: can you fed-ex a cat?
Zach: see? THIS is when we need a podcast!
Me: lolol
Zach: i need to know if you can fed ex a cat
Zach: we could have interviews
Zach: fucking emails
Zach: everything
Me: this is blogable material
Me: in fact..
Me: I will blog this

So…who thinks you can fed ex a cat?
Update!

Zach: we should podcast it
Me: it’s a spur of the moment thing tho
Zach: and just title the show like, Fedex Cat
Me: we can’t write this shit
Me: meow sound affects.
Me: effects*
Zach: lol
Me: Zach : Can you Fed Ex a cat?
Me: *Meow*
Zach: …lets find out.
Zach: GO KITTY GO
Me: http://demonfish.jonathanchin.com/?p=107
Me: that’s such a morning talk radio topic
Zach: lol
Zach: im already posting a comment
Zach: posted
Me: lol
Me: replied..
Me: http://www.online-thecatsmeow.com/rss/tcm8705.shtml
Me: scroll down to
Zach: replied
Me: “Kittens Survive FedEx Trip”
Zach: omg
Zach: you’re kidding
Zach: someone has TRIED THIS?
Zach: OMG THEY DID
Zach: AND THE CATS LIVED
Zach: TWO DAYS
Zach: ITS POSSIBLE!!!@!@
Zach: I’m totally fed ex-ing Ed somewhere tomorrow
Me: HAHA
Me: that’s is so blogable too