I thought I would take a break from work for a few to write about the weekend. This weekend was a lot of fun. We spent some good times with some good friends.

Friday night, we didn’t do much. These days, we are both so tired on Friday nights that we usually just have a chill night at home.

Saturday, we went to Costco in the morning to pick up some stuff then we had around 20 people over for the UFC pay per view. They didn’t leave until around 1am or so. We had tons of food and a lot of laughs.

Sunday, we went to this place called Hamilton Pool just east of Austin with Julie and Jimmy. That was really a lot of fun. I liked it a lot better than Barton Springs b/c the ground isn’t all slimey and gross.

Sunday night, Nik came over and we watched Lucky Number Slevin. Pretty good movie if you like retribution type stuff.

Back to the grind today though…

Preface: The following was said by Bill Cosby, not me. I do, however agree and support what he is saying 100%. Think about it.

They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English.  I can’t even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain’t,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be…

And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.
And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it’s important to speak English
except these knuckleheads. You can’t be a doctor
with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.

In fact you will never get any kind of job making a
decent living. People marched and were hit in the
face with rocks to get an education, and now
we’ve got these knuckleheads walking around.

The lower economic people are not holding up
their end in this deal.
These people are not parenting.  They are buying
things for kids. $500 sneakers for what ? ?
And they won’t spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.
I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.
Where were you when he was  2  ?  
Where were you when he was 12 ? 
Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn’t know that he had a pistol ? ?
And where is the father ?  Or who is his father ?
People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn’t that a sign of something gone wrong?
People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn’t that a sign of something ? 
Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up ?
Isn’t it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?
What part of Africa did this come from?
We are not Africans.  Those people are not Africans; they don’t know a thing about Africa .
With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap, and all of them are in jail. 
Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person’s problem.
We have got to take the neighborhood back. 

People used to be ashamed.  Today a woman has eight children with eight different ‘husbands’ — or men or whatever you call them now.
We have millionaire football players who cannot read.   

We have million-dollar basketball players who can’t write two paragraphs.  We, as black folks, have to do a better job.  Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.
We have to start holding each other to a higher standard. 

We cannot blame the white people any longer.

— Dr. William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.

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This weekend, was non-eventful. That, is not a bad thing by any means. We did a lot of sitting around and relaxing, which, was much needed.

Friday night, we didn’t do much. I think we went out for dinner at Tony’s, then went food shopping.

Saturday, we slept in a little bit. I made us breakfast, then Steph did some shopping ( tax free weekend ) and I went to Kung Fu.

When we got back, we went to Fresh Choice for food, then went to see StarDust. Now, I thought that it was gonna be just OK, but this movie was really good. It made us both think of a Prince’s Bride.

Yesterday was lawn mowing day. My head got sunburned. No one had fun, but the lawn looks nice now… for another week. Also, we watched 300. Steph got it for me when I was in Boston. I love that freaking movie.

I wish I could devote my life to training and being awesome… but no… I have to “work”… lame…

No freakin’ way!!!

12 Volt Battery Hack! You’ll Be Surprised… – A funny movie is a click away

I am now delayed and waiting in the Logan airport in Boston, MA.

Overall the 3 days in Boston/Westford were pretty good. I spent most of the time in Westford though. I got to meet a lot of of people that I have worked with for the past 2.8 years, but have never met. It was really nice. My only regret is that I barely got to see Boston at all. I didn’t take a single picture.

My presentation was OK. Some good point, some not so good. When I practiced my routine, it was 45-50 minutes long. When I actually got up to present, it only took me 30 minutes. I think I got sort of nervous because a lot more people showed up than I was expecting. I was thinking that 10-20 people would show up, but no… it was more like 63 or so.

All is well though, I got good reviews, so I am happy.

In other news, I am very eager to see my family. I still have about 2 hours until my flight leaves, which kind of sucks. I miss Steph and wish she was here…

Today is my 1st day in Boston. It’s a pretty nice city. It reminds me of home.

My flight was good. No hiccups…

When I got to Logon, I saw Nick and Kyle. We changed up the car plans a bit and ended up taking a shuttle the hotel. After a company sponsored dinner and open bar, we went to the movies. All in all a good night. I just wish Steph was here.

So, I think it’s been raining for about 2 months straight here in Austin, TX. You see where there is a “low pressure system” flanked by “high pressure systems”, it make the “low pressure system” NOT MOVE EVER. As a result, the rain has a nice clean and clear roadway to drop all of its wetty goodness on us at least 3x/day. I’m all for non-drought and stuff, but this is ridiculous. Is the world ending? I think I read about this somewhere…

I actually had to use my poncho today. I realize that that sounds totally retarded, but, I do not own an umbrella capable of standing up to such torrential rain. The poncho worked out great and kept my bag dry too.

Class was cancelled last night b/c Master Joe was not at the school. I did some iron palm, practiced my stuff and went home. Man, it’s nice to get home around 745/8.

I think that my presentation for the PSM seminar is almost done. The content is in a good place, but I just need to add some stuff to make it interesting like funny fonts and clipart. Many thanks to Tina for helping me with it.

Tonight should be relaxing. I am not doing anything after work. We might go to Nik’s place to watch a movie, but not sure about that yet.

On a final note, I think that my MP3 player has finally bit the dust. It can no longer hold a charge. This makes me very… very sad. If anyone would like to buy me a new MP3 player, I would be happy to accept it. 30Gb or higher please = ).

So, it’s been a while… what’s up you ask? Here are some random updates in bullet point format:

• I’ve been really into Bleach lately. I’ve got a torrent going of every episode ever, but, it’s taking well… forever.
• I got a new job. I am starting up with Lotus L3 on August 1st ( that is in a few days ). I am looking forward to starting on something new.
• We have been working constantly on our house. We have now painted the dining room, kitchen, and living room. We have also cut and hung the chair rail. We have gotten all of our furniture except for the sectional. That should be coming around the 2nd week in August; just in time for us to host the next UFC party! The card looks awesome – check it out.
• I have all of my material to test in August for Kung Fu and Tai Chi. I will be testing on the following:
• Kung Fu
• 3 Crane Forms
• Night Battle Broadsword
• San Ye
• Tai Chi
• Chen Tai Chi
• Yin/Yang Dagger
• I am going to Boston on 8.5.2007 to speak at a Lotus PSM Seminar. I will be presenting on the topic of “Database Corruption”. It has been tough getting my presentation together with everything that has been going on, but I am getting there. I was also supposed to go there to visit my new manager and my new team, but it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. Most likely, I will go there from 8.5 -> 8.8, then fly to NYC until 8.11 to visit, then fly back to Austin.
• I got into a minor car accident yesterday. That sucked but it could have been worse.
• My parents are entertaining the idea of buying a house down here… that is awesome.
• We went to see Transformers and I loved it. Watch this, it’s hilarious.
• We went to see 1408 – eh…

Anyway… I’m pretty tired… I’m out…