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As Time Passes By

The number of days remaining in summer dwindle to a handful. I have to admit that I had a lot of fun this summer, more so than in previous summers. I did not spend as much time on playing video games or watching movies, which is a good thing. I explored San Francisco, earned an okay amount for my college tuition, spent a lot of time with Cathy, and finally got my driver’s license.

Of course there were quite a few miscellaneous things such as going to Berkeley and the Caltopia event. Attending a FNM event and winning against 2 players (had a bye the first round so “won” all 3 rounds). Going up to Davis for an interview and having sushi buffet.

What I will regret not doing in the near future that I should have done this summer is to have spent more time on simple math and doing more programming. But as a whole, I enjoyed my summer.

Sad Weekend

Cathy’s dad passed away. I wish there I could say that it would be better but I know that it will be hard. I wish there was something I could say to make it better. I wish there was something I could do.

I did not work on Saturday, spent the day at the hospital with Cathy and her family plus a few others. However, I did went to work on Sunday though. I forgot to charge the Zune so I did not have music.

Waiting on feedback from a couple of clients. I am kind of glad that I am not that busy right now.

I need to look up SEO tools.

Note about places..

The Imperial Palace (Kokyo) is opened only on January 2 and on December 23.

Kitanomaru-koen Park – north side of the Imperial Palace

Things I wanted to show Cathy but she was not online because I got her sick >.<

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2QOGP1/theberry.com/2010/06/23/stuff-no-one-told-me-illustrations-by-alex-noriega/

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2NG1ou/www.baekdal.com/notes/personal/cardboard-love/

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1tpdwi/www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lorch/humor/horse.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cynx/sets/72157594163284422/show/

Yesterday..

Ate a late lunch at Chipotle with Bryan and Ying. Got my camera. That is all.

Cameras much

I need a new camera. I am looking for a camera that is under $150, has mp of at least 10 (I might settle for less). I want an ISO of up to 1600 or greater. Around 1000 at least. I want a higher shutter speed and adjustable aperature settings. I also want it to run on lithium batteries, the ones that can recharge. I want it to use memory sticks rather than internal memory (why would a camera be promoted with a “1 gig internal memory”). I want it to have at least 4x optical zoom. The more optical zoom the better! I am pretty sure I would not end up using anything greater than 10x though, so 20x might just be too crazy.

I wish there were cheap disposable digital cameras. That would be nice. Just buy it on occasion, use the allotted photos (delete them and retake them if required). I don’t trust my ability to use a film camera so I don’t think I would want to use disposable film unless I have to. Certain circumstances in which I would use a film camera as opposed to a digital are when I want a really large photo of a relatively small picture (yay for film being vectored and thus totally resizable to any size. The crudeness of the digital age.) or if I don’t trust the place/event as a camera-safe place (a water park).

Kind of looking at the Canon PowerShot SD1300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830120421#spec

Oh oh, I kind of want this..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830244024

It fits most of my specifications and is only $70, surprisingly. It runs on double A though, which is a downer. But I can deal with that.

But it’s a little bit out of my ideal range. Sigh.

I am at McDonald, the one near New Park Mall, right now. It has a nice playground thing. I wish I was a kid, I would totally be all over it right now. I am using their internet so I guess I should order something from them. Their breakfast menu ends at 10:30 so I’ve been waiting. I don’t want to order off of that menu. I just want a cheeseburger or something along those lines.

A week of summer

Another week of summer has gone and passed me by.
Nothing too exciting or renewing, oh dear my.
I was sick for the week, but at least I did not die.
All I did this week was take the AFOQT,
played The Sims 3 and hung out with Alex and Cathy.
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I liked this week’s chapter of Bakuman (91). I did not expect the ending page to turn out like that.
Watched The Usual Suspects last night. It was pretty intense and good. The acting was great and so was the plot.

summer days

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2XYFn1/www.zefrank.com/scribbler/
I thought that was cool.

Summer update..
got permit, need to make appointment. Practiced driving a bit.

yesterday..
I went to Bryan’s house via bike. Biking with a 12lb laptop bag throws you off balance =\.
I took a very short stroll with Cathy. I then had dinner at a japanese restaurant with the neighbors. Afterwards, Cathy and I went to watch Toy Story 3. She hadn’t eaten yet so we had In n Out.

plans tomorrow

receive a phone call
return forms for financial aid