STO - LADOT

I drove the LA Marathon*... backwards. I hit what seemed to be every single road block and road closure trying to get myself to work this morning.

I have now officially seen every single Prius in the LADOT - STO (LA Deptartment of Transportation - Special Traffic Ops) division fleet.

*My work is within 2 blocks of 7th & Fig.

The Marathon start (and the center of all the madness is at 6th&Fig)

I hit my first roadblock there and started my long, counterclockwise lap at 5AM

I eventually made it to my parking structure, but not without passing through the Fashion District of LA.  Place is dirty ass hell.

It looks exactly like this

Engrish Much?

"Rough, full of the aggressive design, unique to the king of a perfect gas"

"Sensitive buttons help you to come"

Lies. All lies.

Sticks!

Joysticks!
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 $99
http://www.arcadeshock.com/items/pro-arcade-sticks~mas~hori~/hori-s-real-arcade-pro-3-hrap-3-for-sony-ps3-pre-order-hrap3-accessories-detail.htm

Hori Real Arcade Pro 2 w/ Arcana Heart $149
http://store.videogamecentral.com/hori-real-arcade-pro-arcade-stick-sa-arcana-hearts-2-edition.html
Note: It's a PS2 stick, so see http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=181187 for converter compatibility.

Hori Blazeblue Fighting stick $118
http://www.renchi.com/renchi/PS3_Accessories_PS3_Blazeblue_Fighting_Stick_Hori_HP3_56.htm

Late en See

No wonder gaming is great at the office... check out my ping =)

Woo!

WOOO!! ( Ji Woo Choi - Korean Movie Star )

Woo, because of this e-mail conversation with E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) registration:

I wrote to E3 customer service:
>E3 Industry Registration requires 2 forms of ID on this
>list:
>
>     * Resale Tax Certificate
>     * Company Credit Card (with Applicant's name)
>     * Insurance Card
>     * Business License
>     * Paycheck Stub
>     * W-2 Form
> I was recently hired by XXXX 1 and can provide a paycheck
> stub, but I do
> not have a W-2 nor any of the other forms of ID on that
> list.
>
> Is there any other form of identification or letter than
> can substitute
> for registration in this case?
>
> I am a relatively new employee.
>
>
> --=-=-=--
> Michael Palero
> Los Angeles Data Center Operations
> XXXX 1 World Class XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

They wrote back:

No, I believe you. I see other* in the database from XXXX
1. I have qualified you so no need to send anything.

Pat N
Customer Service

*In my online registration, I entered "Other - Online Game Hosting"

I'm going to E3 baby! and I didn't have to send or fax in a single thing!
WOO!

What Happened to Spring?!?

It's HOT. Like, mother fucking Samuel L. Jackson hot. It feels hotter here too because the air is dry as hell. I can say that because I know what East coast hot is like-- Nasty.

My ambient temp sensor on the GLI read 104 degrees the whole drive home. WTF BBQ, literally, with my car equaling the BBQ.

I'm so spoiled by the humidity & temperature controlled data center I spend most of my day in, so now I try to run to any air-conditioned room I can find.

Today's the first day of my night time Linux 3 class. It's especially hot here in Walnut/Pomona, so naturally, I ran to the 1st ice cold room I could think of: my professor's office. I spent about an hour there before he kicked me out, so I ran to the English Writing Lab for refuge.

I liked last week better. 71 degree drives home all week.

Now, It's so hot, even with the dial to full cold & fresh air, it only takes the HVAC 6 seconds to warm up after A/C is toggled off.

FML, at school.

In Philosophy class I was so relieved when my kind of hot teacher interrupted the heated "discussion" between the two dummies in my class.

For the past three weeks, I've had to sit through and listen to these 2 folks spit garbage from their mouths.

She interrupted the dummie debate by talking about how she also teaches Philosophy class ONLINE.
I thought to myself, wow, that would be great if I didn't have to listen to all these dummies!

So without thinking about my words, I quickly blurted out "So does that mean you have videos of yourself online that we can watch at home?"

Needless to say, I was super embarrassed as the class ripped me to pieces...