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Saturday, November 30, 2002

On The Boat

I went on a sail around the bay today with some friends. I can say that I have done it once now. There are lots of cool things in this area that I have not taken the time to do. One of those things is make really good friends. It was great to just be with these people. I feel that I could be better friends with them if they had time. The guy who owns the boat has invited me to race with him. They need people to go from one side of the boat to the other and I am just the right size.

It was a good day. I am so happy that I went on this trip. Yesterday I thought that I would not go. It is hard to explain the day in a good way. I try to explain part of it with a song. Some great days you just have to be there for. It is days like today that make me want to hold on to moments as long as I can.

- Rich, 11:52 PM |

Friday, November 29, 2002

Buy Nothing Day

Today, Friday November 29, 2002 was annual Buy Nothing Day. It is an anti-consumerist holiday. The idea is to counter "Black Friday" and the idea that shopping and Christmas are tied together.

This year, for the first time since I have know about Buy Nothing Day, I actually bought nothing on Black Friday. Not only did I avoid buying anything. I also did not leave my apartment. Every year I think about Buy Nothing Day and that it means. What am I doing to the world with every dollar that I spend.

In the end, my part of Buy Nothing Day means very little. I am still going to spend just as much money on Christmas. I might spend an all time high. I did not go out an organize or participate in anything that will keep people buying less. I did not protest the whole idea of consumerism. I just did not go shopping. I missed some traffic, some crowds, and some sales. I am not sure I can become and anti-consumerist.

- Rich, 11:51 PM |

Thursday, November 28, 2002

Visiting my family

I spend today in Navato with my Aunt and Uncle. They only live about 100 miles away, but I only see them once or twice a year. I like them, but I feel like I have little in common with them. My cousin and his family was there. I like them, they take the pressure off me. The kids are usually the focus. I can just sit back and watch.

My cousin has a two songs, 14 & 12, and a daughter, 9. It is funny to listen to the 14 year son. He is cynical and very sure of himself. It is funny for me to listen to him. He talks like he know everything about the world. He is so sure of himself. I wonder if I was that way when I was 14 years old. He probably sounds more sure of himself then I do.

I wonder what the world will do to him. Will it reward him for his confidence? Will it let him make the decisions that he already thinks are right? I know he is going to learn a lot more during his life. I just wonder how that will effect him.

- Rich, 2:39 PM |

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

What does your future mean?

We are going into a long weekend. I am actually working from home today. No one will be in the office today. Those who are will leave early. I might as well just save that gas and wear on my car. It seems like a good idea to think about jobs.

I saw an article on dead end careers. I think this is kind of funny. I am not sure it matches the way people I know view their work. I am not sure how any of my friends choose the jobs they go after.

- Rich, 11:45 AM |

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

F'ed Company: The board game

There is a Monopoly ".Com" Edition. I know there are a million versions of Monopoly on the market. This one should not suprise me at all.

I wonder which of these companys are out of business. The only one on the cover of the game, Excite@home. I wonder what is the web sites for Mediterranean Avenue and Baltic Avenue are. Can you have a slum web site. Maybe one is Sad Salvation.

- Rich, 11:36 PM |

Monday, November 25, 2002

Monday Night Football/John Madden Drinking Game

My friends have been obsessed with John Madden this season. He is better then he has been in years. Monday Night Football has been bringing out his best. We have been playing a MNF drinking game all season.

1 Drink

- Uses Telestrater
- Non-Football comment
- Going to Melissa
- Mentions the Madden Cruiser
- Video Game Graphics
- Showing Al and John in the booth
- EA Sports, Ace Hardware, or any John Madden commercial
- When Al tries to be funny

"Thanks John" Someone after one of these says "Thanks John" and everyone else drinks

- Madden Cliché
- Madden says something that would fit into his videogame
- Madden makes an obvious point about your team.

2 Drinks

- Shows the Madden cruiser
- Uses pre-game footage to make joke
- Mentions Food
- Jokes about player’s weight
- Shows Old footage
- Showing Al and John in the booth for a joke
- When Someone watching the games refers to the player making a video game like move

Finish Drink

- Mentions Turducken
- Any Four of the above at the same time

Tell me if I am missing anything with this game.

- Rich, 11:02 PM |

Sunday, November 24, 2002

Host notes 11/24/02

This morning Gerry and I had breakfast with one of his friends for college. Like I said before, most of the people Gerry knows in the bay area are people he went to college with. This guy works at PDI.

I have the feeling that this is the kind of hanging out with Gerry that I would be doing if I lived in San Diego. After breakfast we hung around San Jose. We checked out The Tech museum store. I did not want to spend the nine dollars to go to the museum. We spent most of our time walking around and making jokes to each other.

Gerry is going home today. It was good to see Gerry. He was a good person to be my first overnight visitor to my apartment. I have a good idea how I would do it in the future. I am looking forward to having more people visit me.

- Rich, 8:20 PM |

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