harry potter

chamber of secrets… just got back from watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. pretty good flick if you ask me, even if it clocks over 2 1/2 hours! i thought it was better than the first, moving along at a swift pace with a lot of tension and mystery. you can tell the kid leads are getting older, as some of the actor’s voices are changing. it was also good to see richard harris on the screen one last time. he was also pretty could in the Count of Monte Cristo. rent that if you get a chance.

the theater was very packed. it was the last and smallest theater at century shoreline in mountain view. a lot of kids still asking their parents to take them to see it. too bad i had to sick next to the only sick kid in the theater. he was sniffling through the whole movie. i think i may have caught his cold. let’s keep our fingers crossed i didn’t. time to make some soup.

how slow can you go?

slowwwwww this has got to be the slowest longest day in recorded history, and it’s not even MY friday! i figured i would have been off of work what seems like 5 hours ago. but no. it’s only 3-ish in the afternoon. oh man. it’s not like i’ve got somewhere to go or anxiously awaiting something. but man, the clocks gotta tick faster.

speaking of ticking clock, i guess i should come up with some new year’s resolutions. i’ve had a couple going through my mind but haven’t had the time to put them down. there are those basic resolutions (e.g. eat better, exercise more, play less video games) but there were others i wanted to write down. i guess i’ll work on that this weekend. the other thing i want to do this weekend is take pictures. the five day out look doesn’t look too bad. now all i have to do is get my lazy booty up on sunday morning to go driving around. if i go to the City i guess i’ll have to go early to beat niner’s traffic. they have a playoff game this weekend.

new albums

well, posted new photos in the new albums section. photos from Christmas, the Christmas Gift Exchange, Farrah’s Birthday and Jordan’s Show Choir are now available for viewing. as always if you feel there is an embarrassing shot of yourself on the site and want me to take it down, write to me through the feedback link on top. i’ll then take appropriate action….or not.

always learning

still so much to learn it’s new years day and there isn’t much to do. i had lunch with ali and steven from my former job. they seemed in good spirits considering they were working on this day.

other events today include(d) packing some dvds i’ve managed to sell on half.com, an ebay site which allows you to sell things at a set price. i also got to thinking about those pictures i took on christmas eve. you see i got a new lens for christmas from farrah.

it is a tamron 70mm-300mm AF lens. well, i put that puppy on the manual camera i was using christmas eve and noticed two things: (1) the ISO was set to 50 - from when i took infra-red images for class, and (2) the shutter speed was at 1/60. the problem is i was using 200 speed film and the flash sync for the FM3A is 1/125 i believe. this means the pictures will not come out! oh well, we do have the memories right?

final one of 2002

last day of the year working it right now. what a way to spend the last day of the year. i guess i should have called in sick, but i’m not that kind of person now am i. i’m not sure what i’m going to do tonight, as far as new year’s eve celebrating goes. doug and saori did give me a two nice bottles of sake for christmas…that might warm the belly up tonight …and a big belly it is!

september cd mix

here is the song list for the september mix - presented in order:

  • ordinary day - vanessa carlton
  • goodbye to you - michelle branch
  • underneath it all - no doubt
  • empires - lamya
  • floetic - floetry
  • i against i - massive attack featuring mos def
  • if i could go - angie martinez featuring lil mo and sacario
  • complicated - avril lavigne
  • girlfriend (remix) - nsync featuring nelly
  • all eyez on me - monica
  • steve mcqueen - sheryl crow
  • wrong impression - natalie imbruglia
  • a sorta fairytale - tori amos
  • in my place - coldplay
  • day is done - charlie hunter quartet featuring norah jones

updating albums while looking for work

First off, album update: added Santa Cruz II Beach Boardwalk album to the Christensens 2002 Visit area.

Now on to some venting. I’ve been laid off from work since Wednesday. I know it hasn’t been that long but I’ve been feeling antsy. I guess it’s just because I’ve had friends that haven’t found a job since the beginning of the year! I guess will see how the next weeks (hopefully only weeks) go. Wish me luck!

august mix

for august, the mix includes (in order)

  • most high - jerzee
  • happy - ashanti
  • dilemma - nelly featuring kelly rowland
  • i need a girl (part ii) - p. diddy
  • why don’t we fall in love - amerie
  • down 4 u - ja rule, ashanti, charli baltimmore and vita
  • two wrongs - wyclef jean featuring claudette ortiz
  • the sweetest thing - lauryn hill
  • brotha - angie stone
  • rainy dayz - mary j. blige featuring ja rule
  • love rain - jill scott featuring mos def
  • gangsta lovin’ - eve featuring alicia keys
  • feel it boy - beenie man featuring janet jackson
  • i’m gonna be alirght - jennifer lopez featuring nas

under the weather

I’ve been feeling under the weather since Wednesday. I haven’t been to work, fighting this stuffy-head-congestion thing that is bugging the heck out of me. Hopefully, I’ll start feeling better soon, as my days at eGain wind-down and I start the job-hunting process.

My last day on the job is Wednesday. I’ll work on the site here and there if possible. There are only a couple more albums to post, so more pictures need to be taken soon