The Echo

It's a bird! It's a plane!! No... it's my frickin blog again!

2006-08-01T01:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, I apologize for the cheesy title and my half-assed attempt at poetry, but geez!! After losing my blog for what seems like an eternity, I'm finally back in action! For some reason my username and password seemed to work fine, only my blog would never show up in my user profile. Yes, I know, weird...

But anyway, I took a chance, and whaddaya know, my blog's back where it's supposed to be. So yay to randomness. On the flip side, a lot's happened since my last entry and I'd need a minimum of 50 posts to get ya'll updated on everything. But, to keep things short, life's going great, studying for my CPA exams isn't, but I'm getting there. I'm starting work in a month and that's something I'm really looking forward to (hey, new places to visit, new people to meet and bigger paychecks! Can't complain there). I'll also be doing a panel discussion as part of orientation for the new MAc students. I could forewarn them of the dangers of being branded by accounting professors and the torment they'll have to endure through the rest of the year. Resistance is futile young grasshoppers!

Apart from that, I've been spending my days driving around town, finding new places to eat, and watching anime like a 3 year old (although frankly speaking, if you're 3 you really shouldn't be watching anime...).

Time for bed. More updates as they come by but sooner than the last one, I promise. Oh and cheers to Brandon Routh for living up to the Superman name and to Bryan Singer for making a fantastic movie!

Where the hell did I leave that Blue Pill?

2006-01-27T00:26:00.000-08:00

Another day, another blog entry. One that couldn't have come sooner I'm afraid. Nevertheless, I do appreciate the handful of people who keep coming back to read all my crap. (Reading crap is good and I highly recommend it of course).

It's still colder than a brass monkey's ass up here. I need warm cocoa (or a lapdance) to get my blood flowing again. Sitting all warm and cozy in the hot seat of my stereo system is Devin Townsend's TERRIA. After hearing so much about Devin's work I felt it was time to give this rare-to-find CD a try. And I'm glad I did. This is without a doubt some of the most incredible music I have ever heard. And no, it's not the cold speaking.

Work is a drag as usual. I have effectively mastered the art of shutting off my brain for the entire duration of my shifts. So if you ever catch me at work, be warned that the only likely verbal responses you might get from me are "Mmm?" and "Uhuh!!".

Unfortunately for me, this masterful art of mine seems to have found its way into the classroom as well. It takes a bloody miracle to keep my attention for more than five minutes at a time. I wonder if there's such a thing as portable electro-shock therapy? "Mmm?"

Anyway, I'll leave you all with an old MSN chat log between Neha, Rishi and myself. Enjoy!

Aeris:
Enrique iglesias is ghey
Reuben:
Of course he is... he dated anna kournikova with that big boil on his face

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Reuben:
i believe the pentraphyrminimum is affecting the minidomuscule paletromanetis in the left lobe of the cordiospectacular ultramagnificulatory tract
Aeris:
that sentence was utter bs
Reuben:
no it's not!
Reuben:
it's from MAD magazine

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.h3lios:
AutoMessage: Beware,you're opening Pandora's Box...
Aeris:
??
.h3lios:
AutoMessage: Let us have peace,let us have life
Reuben:
what the hell?
.h3lios:
AutoMessage: Let us escape the cruel night
Aeris:
rishi is a wierdoo
.h3lios:
AutoMessage: The days coming the armageddon's near
Reuben:
stop ur devil worshipping and get back here
.h3lios:
AutoMessage: Can we survive the blitzkreig?
Aeris:
err
Aeris:
lets read all his automessages
.h3lios:
AutoMessage: The day is dawning,the time is near,aliens calling ,can we survive the blitzkrieg??? \m/
Reuben:
it sounds pretty crappy
Reuben:
once again i'm guessing it's plagiarized
Aeris:
has to be
Reuben:
there's no way a retard can come up with intellectual words like "armaggeddon" and "blitzkrieg" or even "survive" for that matter
Aeris:
lol

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

2006-01-15T15:21:00.000-08:00

Ah yes, the Sunday before classes start. The quiet before the storm. The terrible gut-wrenching silence soon to be followed by utter pandemonium. Absolute chaos from being up to your ass (and ears) in work... all over again. It's the fact that I haven't even started dreaming and yet I already can't wait for the bloody nightmare to end.

In other, more relaxed news, I've been trying (emphasis on the "TRYING") to read William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. After two full days of failed attempts I have concluded that I neither have the time, nor the patience to try and interpret his cryptic use of language. It's like a person on dope came up with this insane (brilliant?) idea for a storyline, wrote it down on a sheet of paper and then tore it into little pieces all over the floor. Then some bright spark came along and thought it'd be a good idea to fit those pieces of paper into an actual book. Which is actually pretty close to how the book came about in the first place.

Anyway, I think I'll stick to "regular" home-made fiction for now. Chicken Soup for the Troubled 24-year old perhaps?

Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

2006-01-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!! Well hopefully happier than 2005 at least. Bloody disastrous year that was. Other than getting my dream job, the rest of 2005 was just plain bad. I've come up with a few resolutions for myself for the new year ahead -

1. Get my ass to Times Square for next year's new year.
2. Get my ass to the gym.
3. Get my ass to master accounting/auditing so I dont make a fool of myself at Deloitte.
4. Get my ass to pass the CPA.
5. Basically, just get off my ass.

And of course, all this while spending plenty of quality time (and alone time) with Bianca! I get so caught up in all my work that I never get enough time to spend with her! So that's going to be my main resolution for the year - spending time with babe! And also, I'm going to devote as much free time I have to master my guitar playing! Then if accounting doesnt work out, I can drop the suit, put on some leather pants and hit the road to rock stardom! (Ok maybe I should leave out the leather pants...)

Christmas Bells, Santa Smells

2005-12-24T19:46:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all! I've been a good lad this year and have received no lumps of coal or smoke bombs in my stockings from dear 'ol Santa. And I've got some sweet gifts to make up for the hectic year ahead. If all goes as planned, come this time next year I'll be up to my ears in audit work. Santa better have a vacation to Maui in his sack for me.

I've started adding links to friends' blogs. I'm also simultaneously wrestling with my Java/HTML skills (or whatever language this blog uses... bloody hell, I got a 'C' in programming so gimme a break).

Anyway, I'm off to watch some TV and get ready for midnight mass. Have some egg nog!

Red Wizard is Born Anew!

2005-12-24T01:46:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I couldn't help the Gauntlet-esque title. When you hear the grand announcer say those words for the ten-thousandth time, it sticks like a sore thumb. What I meant was, this Blog is BORN ANEW! It's a departure from my old blog (on Xanga) and hence the title of the blog (Echo) and also as a sort of testament to what Joe Satriani (yes, him) told me with regards to his song of the same name.

Hopefully this blog will get a couple more visitors than my last one. Anyway, I'm half asleep as I'm writing this. Note to self - 4 a.m is NOT a good time to decide on a new blog. I'll have more updates soon. Laters!