new year.

also, dave and i were talking a while back about the "coolness factor" and whether we are "cooler" since high school or not. i think that's a pretty interesting question... what makes someone "cool?" i think there is this unspoken rule about being "cool" and although it is probably a relative term, i still don't know how to gauge one's "coolness." again, it is relative, but the majority of the time, people tend to agree who is cool or not cool. obviously, i'm not on the "cool" side, or otherwise i wouldn't be writing about this crap, but i guess that's another question for the day... what makes one a cool person in the eyes of the people?
the funniest thing is that you can even tell who is cool or not by talking to a person for less than a minute.

sheryl crow has a rod stewart classic on the charts right now... it really got me thinking and wondering if this could ever be possible... and if it is possible, then why this person ever got into the relationship in the first place... and if there is ever a cure.

i had a post about this earlier but i deleted it because it was so incoherent, so i guess i'm re-writing it. so i really think this song comes down to, as pj said in his blog , is providence. if you are totally in love with someone else but God does not choose that person for you, what do you do? i guess according to rod stewart, you and your new "significant" other are screwed.

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First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow (orig. by Rod Stewart)

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that I had
But if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
And I'm sure going to give you a try
And if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'cause if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst.
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what do you guys think? to me, the character in the song seems like an idiot, but what can he really do?

could this actually be a good sports year for me? maybe only in college sports... well, the clippers are actually hovering around .500 which is a huge improvement... but we'll see. woohoo :)

what an awesome game.

went to Ground Zero today. definitely a depressing place and might be the only place in downtown new york where it's actually quiet. cars don't even honk there. i took some pictures (will post later), but what i regret not taking pictures of were the people selling memorabilia at the site, where it is illegal to do so within 20 feet of the fence line. you know, sometimes i take this asian-stereotyping thing too far, but there were about 3 people selling material and pictures by walking around offering it to people - and they, of course, were all asian. that really irked me today, and i was very compelled to report them to the police. at the same time, i wasn't surprised at all. it was really heavy on my heart today.
there were also two chinese girls taking pictures of each other. one was saying to the other in a joking way to look sad since they were at the WTC site. i guess you really had to be there, but i was slightly annoyed at the manner and attitude they were doing it with.

Bush, Blair: Libya to dismantle WMD programs


Gadhafi: "muahahahahahaaaaaaa!!! exxxxcelent"

on another note, it's my mom's birthday today. she's so cool... there aren't very many korean moms where you can discuss basketball (college AND nba) - like how florida's loss against maryland in overtime was a great game - or have a conversation that include words such as "incorrigible," "ominous," and other words i had to look up to find out what she was talking about. happy b-day mom!

porterhouse steak that is skirted with grilled mushrooms and onions... kimchee jigae made with fresh home-made kimchee... light salad with avacado, cherry tomatoes in balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing... roasted chicken that was slow roasted with sage and other spices... that was my dinner yesterday that my mom made just for me and my sister. my mom rocks.

today's dinner was home made pot roast with some leftovers from yesterday. my sister and mom baked cookies and my sister made me a smoothie for breakfast this morning.

what was i thinking going to school so far away from home?!?! mrs. beaver, eat your heart out.

just had a really rough week in new york, visiting many companies. definitely some interesting stuff and learned TONS, but man, i haven't walked so much since my junior year in college... why not senior? cuz i drove everywhere...

in any case, pictures will be up soon.

on another unrelated note, don't ever buy an e-machine.

now that school is over... it means less blogging since i use blogging more as a tool to procrastinate than anything else. now that i can waste all the time i want... it's back to warcraft3 for a month.

some pics from this week:

first snowfall... just in time for my accounting exam.


iced rain in the morning... just in time for my marketing exam.

this is one of my many students in guitar. i taught him how to play.

wake killed indiana today.

it's really weird going to two different schools because i'm so used to being loyal to just one team/city (san diego and cal). now that i'm at wake, it just feels weird to root for two teams. good thing at least one of them is good though... it makes it a lot easier.

the holiday sales season is off to a great start. here's a great quote from today's WSJ:

At many chains, last year's big item, the cheap DVD player, is replaced by this year's popular product: the even-cheaper DVD player. On Friday, predawn shoppers at Best Buy Co.'s store in Downers Grove, Ill., grabbed three or four of the $19.99 models. Later, a roaming salesman tried to lure weary shoppers standing in a queue several hundred people long. Buy a cellphone, he said, and check out in five minutes.

ingenious.