it's official. i just signed with @irtr@n today. i am going to spend the next phase of my life in atlanta!

5 things i believe in

5. god is real
4. second chances
3. girls are evil - but guys are really really dumb
2. good friends are hard to keep, and even harder to find
1. nothing in this world worth having comes easy (quote taken from scrubs)

6 ways to win my heart

6. trustworthy
5. confident
4. "white-washed"
3. makes me a better person, and lets me make her a better person
2. big weezer fan, or at least, like their music (a lot)
1. whatever else aileen does

7 things i want to do before i die

7. own an aston martin
6. be really good at something useful
5. write a screenplay/novel
4. fly a plane
3. become good friends with a celebrity, purely for selfish reasons
2. give a lot of my money to charity
1. be a better person

8 places i've visited:

8. Korea - definitely not my favorite place
7. Japan - lots of weird bugs
6. Italy - corrupt
5. Austria - too expensive
4. Germany - hot girls
3. France - nekked girls
2. Basically every country in Europe except Spain and England
1. CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, UT, CO, WY, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, KY, TN, GA, NC, SC, VA, PA, NY, NJ, NH, VT, MD, DE, FL, TX, AZ, CT, MA

9 random things about me

1. i don't own a tv (connection) or vcr (that works).
2. i am addicted to the internet, sometimes visiting the same website five times in a 30 minute period.
3. i have an excellent memory - yet am extremely absent-minded.
4. i still play counter-strike
5. i love mexican food
6. i'm average at a lot of things, but really good at nothing
7. i can picture things really clearly - in my imagination
8. i'm attracted to waistline curves
9. my dream would be to write a movie or a novel someday
10. i have become more materialistic as a result of business school

10 pet peeves:

1. one-word danglers that take up an entire line of your document
2. believing that not sharing any info = status
3. self-delusion, more specifically, you think you "deserve" something when you really don't
4. flaky people
5. having flakes
6. people who talk down to everyone, but can't handle it at all when someone talks down to them
7. not flushing the toilet, and guys who miss the urinal/toilet (and don't clean up)
8. using the word "uh" in a condescending tone to correct someone but is actually wrong ('uh... no it's not andy')
9. irresponsible leaders
10. complete dependence on money

what are yours (post on your blog)?

anyone interested in joining a ncaa pool?

since spring break started, i have done nothing but work, except for last tuesday. i thought it was really pathetic that i work during my last spring break and decided to go somewhere. i tried to visit nyc on monday, but things fell through. so on tuesday afternoon, i went to jacksonville.

why jacksonville? first, the flight was relatively empty and second, i had never been there before. so i flew down, and had a nice lunch and went to the river and read while sipping margaritas (i drank a lot that day, since i flew biz class with free alcohol).

when i told people this, they were a little surprised that someone could just go on a trip by himself, let alone go to a restaurant alone (which i do on a daily basis).

in any case, jacksonville is quite boring - i wouldn't go there again.

this morning at the airport, i went through the usual security check-in process. i show my badge, skip the line, take out my laptop, place it on the bin. then i take off my shoes and jacket, place it in another bin along with my wallet cellphone and keys. then i put my shoulder bag and carry-on luggage in. from the airport entrance to get past the security gate, it takes an average 5 minutes if i have an e-ticket. routine.

today was a little different in two respects. first off, i was only carrying one laptop (i usually carry two, one for work and one for school). second, i was using my new ipod shuffle and really enjoying it.

in any case, i went through the line, grabbed my ipod and started listening to music again. seven nation army was playing, and as i was walking through the concourse, started tapping the beat on my legs with both my hands. really getting into the song, this thought of something missing kept entering my head.

4 gates later, i realize that i'm using both my hands. that's just not right.

i had left my luggage back at the security checkpoint. i'm thinking, great. they're going to see this luggage standing there by itself, seal the area, and strip search me when i claim it's mine. but then i realize i have my airline badge with me - so i put it on, rush back to the checkpoint and tell the guard that i left my luggage. he calls the head inspector, i show her my airline ID and say "i'm really sorry, but... um... i left my luggage."

"oh, of course sir. that's important."

i can just feel her holding back her laughter. so i just make it easier for her, and i chuckle. "god, i'm such an idiot."

she has as miffled laughter.

what is the point of the story?

1. i'm an idiot.
2. if it weren't for my ID, i'd be in big big trouble.

quote of the day, from cnn.com:

"These missiles are coming in at 4 kilometers ( 2.5 miles) a second, and if the president calls the 1-800 line and gets: `Press 1 if you want English, press 2 if you want French, press 0 if nobody's there ...' I mean, it's crazy."

- Stockwell Day, the [Canadian] Conservative Party's foreign affairs critic, ridicul[ing] Martin's position that Washington would have to alert Ottawa before shooting down a missile.