nick | 
10 25th, 2006| 
So last friday (about a week now) Casey and I waited 2 hours to get our haircuts. This was because our normal barber is ill in the hospital and is rumored to have only a few months to live. Roberto Lacey was not only a great barber much I developed a nice friendship with him over the last 5 years he’s cut my hair. Everytime he’s changed shops, when he had to cut out of his house, no matter what, I went to Berto. He will be missed (hopefully the rumors are not true and he’ll get better). So a few days after getting cut, Casey says to me, “We should grow our hair out, for the winter.” Well I agreed, and the only thing that gets done are little edge-ups (I only want my neck to be clean). We will see how long we can withstand the longness of our hair. I hope to make it to around February, but who knows. My little beard thing will not be trimmed either, but I will shave my neck as to not look too much like a hippie. I will keep you posted of the thickness and feeling about my hair as time passes by. The game is on!
Well since the last time, I’ve had a few interesting things go on. I was able to aquire another loaner so they could replace my bumper, which looks excellent. I was given another 3-series, but this time it was a 2006 BMW 330XI with the premium package. It only had 3000 miles on it and was very fun to drive. I went to Octoberfest wtih a few friends, which was overall pretty entertaining and the beer was decent. Then I went to sewer party, with the naughty or nice theme. I just dressed normally and said I was “nice Nick”, which many people found entertaining. School is getting busy, and I have a few things that need to be done yesterday (if you get my drift). Looking forward to Thanksgiving so I can see my brother, my mother, and my neice (she’s able to smile now!). When I’ve been getting bored, been playing poker, which I have actually made a decent return. I have a $25,000 tournament that I’ve been automatically signed up for due to receiving points from playing. So far there’s around 175 people in, and hopefully I can come away with a nice amount of cash. I will keep you posted.
I started a tournament with 33 people earlier today. It was $15 + $1.50 buy in. So I spent 16.50, and played for 3 hours. Well I won, and below is a screenshot of my victory ($198’s worth).
So I went and watched a movie a few days ago, and wrote a nice little review about it. Well what’s funny is that a girl was drinking on the other side of the theatre and threw up. Now I thought, well ok, I can understand that happening, but the next day at the theatre again it repeated itself. We’re watching Jackass 2 (which I’d have to say is hilarious) and this girl a few seats away throws up from one of the scenes. Now I’m thinking, wow this is strange. Well yesterday I was in the car with Casey and our windows are down. Strange thing here? That would be a bird pooping through my window on my shirt (right in the middle of my shirt). So with all that, I’d just like to shake my head at the strangeness that has occured lately. Hope your week isn’t as bizzare, or maybe I hope it is so you can have some excitement also!
Well this movie stars Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, and a few other notables (including Andy Dick!). Well to summarize, there’s Dane Cook who’s a box boy that gets a crush on Jessica Simpson. His rival, the “head cashier” always hooks up with women that he tries to approach. Well he reads in Jessica’s profile that she slept with the Employee of the Month at the other store, so Dane sets out to get Employee of the Month. The only problem is, his rival has won it 17 months in a row, and if he gets to 18, he gets a “newish” Chevy Malibu. The movie has tons of great one-liners and the plot isn’t totally bad. The cast is great, and the interaction is very comical. The only downside that I noticed is that it seems to draw on longer than I would have liked, but other than that, I’d recommend you go see it if it looked interesting to you.
Well I got my grades back and they were the average with the class. I am not happy with them at all but have a few things to say… 1) Quoting my Accounting teacher, “This test doesn’t define who you are, it’s a test, and all it defines is how much information over the last 2 months you’re able to regurgitate. 2) I’ve actually learned a lot from both of these classes, so I know I’ve gotten something in return. 3) There’s still a lot of class and grades left, so more than enough time to improve.
I agree with my professor’s statement in the fact that doing well on a test does not indicate how well you will do in the real world, or how you are as a person. I feel as though I can do better, and will do better, but at the same time not sad from the mediocre outcome of these two exams.
So I saw in a few magazines some interesting upcoming movies, as the title of this article hints. I’ve given up on hoping for All Saints Day, the Sequel to Boondock Saints, but look forward to the following movies: The Butterfly Effect 2 (just saw a preview on TV), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Hostel II, and Spider-Man 3. When I remember some more, I’ll post so you can make sure to look for them.
Later today I shall be receiving the grades for my Accounting and Economics midterms. I feel like I did decent on my Accounting, and my Economics I am clueless. I tend to ignore most other things when I am receiving grades back for big assignments because that’s all my mind can focus on. Atleast there’s not any anxiety that goes along with my desire to know my grades, but there is a little A.D.D. in my life when these things occur. Anyhow, I will post soon as to the outcomes, unless they are terrible, in which there will be a post with the title “Terrible” and the content will simply state “midterms.” That will be the end of story.
As I sit here waiting for some updates to load from Microsoft, I think about how long it took me to update the drivers on this Dell Latitude D820. First I had downloaded a few wrong drivers since they put several different drivers under the same heading (i.e. your laptop could have an Intel based Network driver, or a Broadcom, both of which are shipped with the D820). So since there is not a way of knowing without looking at the details of your packaging slip (which I rarely have in hand), I have to guess at which to download. One of these downloads was aorund 90MB, which isn’t totally bad for my connection here at work (took less than a minute) but would be extremely long if I was stuck on a slower connection (too much of a hassle). It brings me to my point. Why not just create a program that checks to see what exactly you need (such as Microsoft Windows Update, Gigabyte Download Center, etc.). Is it that much of a waste of time to have one program that people can download which will detect the correct drivers that are needed. This will also eliminate the problem of not knowing what drivers you need when the device is as general as “PCI Device”. I still haven’t figured out what goes on this laptop that I have not downloaded, but they are likely not to get it seeing as how I’ve tried downloading a driver for what I think the device could be. Just seems like it would be better for Dell to do this, or actually anyone in this position to do this, and would increase customer service, while decreasing technical support needed (maybe not significantly, but I’m sure by atleast a small percent).
I am curious to know everyone’s views on police that “bend” the law. I was on my way to work the other day, and to my “suprise” there was a police officer going about 10-15 over the speed limit. Randomly I see cops flash their lights when they’re running a red light, then turn them off when they go through the light. Both times the police had no reason to do what they did, but they break the law all the time. I can say things such as “lead by example”, but on more basic level, how can anyone that does have a problem do anything about it? I’d like to know if any of you think it’s fine for the police to do this.
