Any idiot can drive fast in a straight line

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I had to give a presentation concerning my summer internship at Yazaki North America. Instead of doing what everyone else was doing (using Powerpoint), I decided to use Flash. That required *learning* Flash first. I spent about 3 hours on the presentation itself and 40 hours on learning Flash. I think it was worth it. See the final result here (The page numbers are used as front and back buttons).

Monday, August 05, 2002

UPDATE: Elaine made it to the list with a birthday greeting only 12 hours late. Revised list of people that wished me a happy birthday (in order):
Laura
Chris P.
Alicia
Jamie
Katie
My parents
My dad
Aunt Kim
Sat
Chris Z.
Matt
Kristin
Scott
Angie
Lindsay
Rob
Christine
Jenn
Mike
Mark
Katrina
Jen
Sarah
Elaine

Those of you not on this list, prepare for the worst.

Sunday, August 04, 2002

People that have wished me a happy birthday (in order):
Laura
Chris
Alicia
Jamie
Katie
My parents

Those of you not on this list, prepare for the worst.

I was only awake for about 50 minutes today, my 22nd birthday, when I got my first present! At about 7:55 AM, I heard my car alarm go off. That could mean only one thing, I was getting towed again! I scampered down there, barefoot, just as the tow truck guy was putting braces on my rear wheels. Seems that my forged permit was fading so fast that it was quite obvious. Just yesterday I noticed that the text was a lot closer to yellow than to the expected red.

Long story short, the tow truck guy remembered how nice I was the last time he tried to tow me, so he let me go with just a $40 fee. Come to think about it, I only paid $120 this entire summer to park in my lot ($80 fee a month ago, $40 fee today). Not bad for four months of parking!