....New Years eve?
2005. What a freakin momentous year. I'm sad to see it go, but I'm looking forward to 2006. A long winded recap of all that has happened this year should probably go here, but...eh. You get the idea.
I just found out via e-mail that my two good studio buddies Rory and Phyl are engaged as of Monday. It was such a happy surprise! I saw their romance blossom in studio waaaaay back in 2002. I'm totally bummed that I can't go to their engagement party on New Years Eve. Here's hoping I can go to the wedding....whenver that is.
Instead.....I'll be in Disneyland to ring in the new year with Matt and Kim and assorted company/siblings (Chris and Shirley will be there with Seth and his gf). The trip as a whole I'm sure will be fun....but...but...the thought of being surrounded by kissing couples and screaming children at midnight on New Years Eve....ack. Slightly depressing at the moment, but I'm pretty sure once I'm actually there I'll be over it and distracted by the fireworks.
I also have delusions of meeting a cute cast member before the clock strikes 12:ooam to dodge the god-damn-it-being-single-on-new-years-sucks-monkey-balls bullet. A guy can dream....and Disneyland is where dreams come true right? Magic and pixie dust? Right? Heh.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Happy Christmas Eve Day
There magic in the air this evening
Magic in the air
The world is at her best, you know
When people love and care
The promise of excitement is one the night will keep
After all, there's only one more sleep til Christmas
-Kermit the Frog
Saturday, December 17, 2005
A Friendly Reminder....
tarquin99: Remember that there is hope out there!!!
I had a not-so-great Thursday night....nothing terrible happened but it put me into a funk today. On days like these it feels really good to have friends who will take the time to brighten things up a bit. Whether it be watching Desperate Housewives on dvd with me (Eric), bringing a puppy over to visit (Candice), or just leaving a nice message for me on AIM while I was away (Morgan). Thanks guys.
In other news, I finished my first semester of grad school today...and I feel pretty good about the whole experience.
And now, time to turn in...*early* so I can be fresh and merry for the first ever Perry-Sias Holiday Party in Mountain View :)
Thursday, December 08, 2005
A Scored a Goal!
In PE that is. To end the semester, we played a version of water polo. Two teams. My team chose me to sprint to get the ball. Me, the guy always picked second to last in every team sport in high school PE! Hehe. And then, I scored the last goal!
This was unprecendented. I've never had a people look to me for leadership in an athletic context. In high school PE the only goal was to survive and I've more or less avoided participation in sporting activities since then.
I'm so glad I took my swim class. It was a last minute decision. It's ironic that compared to my planning classes with their projects and drawings and lectures and papers....I feel like I gained the most this semester out of swimming.
It got me back in the pool, which I forgot how much I really did love. It put me back in shape. I met some really cool people. Most importantly, it made me feel good about my health and my athletic ability. . .made me feel a lot more well-rounded.
I feel GOOD right now! I scored a goal! :-D
This was unprecendented. I've never had a people look to me for leadership in an athletic context. In high school PE the only goal was to survive and I've more or less avoided participation in sporting activities since then.
I'm so glad I took my swim class. It was a last minute decision. It's ironic that compared to my planning classes with their projects and drawings and lectures and papers....I feel like I gained the most this semester out of swimming.
It got me back in the pool, which I forgot how much I really did love. It put me back in shape. I met some really cool people. Most importantly, it made me feel good about my health and my athletic ability. . .made me feel a lot more well-rounded.
I feel GOOD right now! I scored a goal! :-D
November in a Nutshell
Free at last!
....well not quite.
But with one major term project turned in and the other one in the bag, all I've got between me and winter break is a final next Thursday and some other minor things. Then, it's time for holiday parties, Christmas, New Years in Disneyland....and a month of intense catch-up on the Mountain View book.
But for now, I have a moment to breath. The weight is slowly being lifted off my shoulders, the stress level is going down. And I can finally update this thing with photos from the month of November. So! Here we go.
....well not quite.
But with one major term project turned in and the other one in the bag, all I've got between me and winter break is a final next Thursday and some other minor things. Then, it's time for holiday parties, Christmas, New Years in Disneyland....and a month of intense catch-up on the Mountain View book.
But for now, I have a moment to breath. The weight is slowly being lifted off my shoulders, the stress level is going down. And I can finally update this thing with photos from the month of November. So! Here we go.
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Julie and I celebrated our birthdays with the whole gang on November 11. After finding out that the wait at Cheesecake Factory would be over four hours (stupid USC fans) we ended up at a really nice Thai restaurant South of Market. After dinner we hit up the clubs. I was feelin pretty sick, but we all managed to have an awesome time anyway.
November birthdays rock.
The whole group at dinner.
The next day we all saw Cal get beat by USC. Eh. Had a fun time anyway. Next year Trojans, Next year.
That night Lauren drove up to go bar hopping in Berkeley. Kay and Julie got pretty drunk. The rest of us just watched and laughed ;-)
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All right- Fast Forward to Big Game Week 2005!
Bonfire!
Bonfire Rally night was fun as usual. I went with Preeti and my friend Eva. Eva, a first year MCP student from China had a blast at the bonfire. The campus was lit up all pretty yet again in blue and gold lights. Ahhhh the Spirit of California rocks my world. Haha.
Eva was impressed by the Bonfire.
True Blue. So pretty.
Looking nice.
They upgraded back to big candles with cups instead of last year's birthday candles which dripped hot wax on everyone. Good job Rally Comm.
Big Game!
The game itself was a blast. Cal fans turned Stanford Stadium into Memorial Stadium south. Our crowd vastly out-numbered the Stanford fans, taking up nearly 2/3rds of the stadium. The student section was loud and tons of fun, and the Cal alumni were also really involved in the game. Of my three Big Games at Stanford, this one was by far the most fun. It also helped that the team smacked Stanford and won 27 to 3 thanks to fourth-string quarterback Steve Levy. The chants of "LeeeeVY" and "U-C-Davis" were great.
Me and Preeti at my dad's pre-game tail gate.
One example of the crazy-ass crowd surfing going on in the student section.
Cal wins! Preeti and I take a moment to capture the moment as the clock runs out.
Kay and Dan ended up going with Eric to the game too! So we all met up back at my dad's tailgate along with Preeti, Chris, Shirley, Seth and his gf to eat burgers and celebrate. The night ended at Kapp's Pizza in Downtown MV where my mom joined us for more food and drink.
So much fun! I never want to miss a Big Game. Ever.
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Thanksgiving!
The day went off without a hitch. My grandparents were exceptionally pleasant to spend time with (grandma's hearing aide was working and grandpa wasn't being grumpy) The day after we even drove to San Francisco in the late evening just to walk around and see the lights.
I caught my grandpa showing my grandma his last roses of the season in the front yard. Awww.
My mom sets up a small table for 23. Haha. Nothing like a Sias family gathering.
Me, my dad, and Chris in front of the tree in Union Square. And we'll end this post with a picture of that beautiful tree, a preview of what December has to offer!
Happy Holidays folks!
Julie and I celebrated our birthdays with the whole gang on November 11. After finding out that the wait at Cheesecake Factory would be over four hours (stupid USC fans) we ended up at a really nice Thai restaurant South of Market. After dinner we hit up the clubs. I was feelin pretty sick, but we all managed to have an awesome time anyway.
November birthdays rock.
The whole group at dinner.
The next day we all saw Cal get beat by USC. Eh. Had a fun time anyway. Next year Trojans, Next year.
That night Lauren drove up to go bar hopping in Berkeley. Kay and Julie got pretty drunk. The rest of us just watched and laughed ;-)------
All right- Fast Forward to Big Game Week 2005!
Bonfire!
Bonfire Rally night was fun as usual. I went with Preeti and my friend Eva. Eva, a first year MCP student from China had a blast at the bonfire. The campus was lit up all pretty yet again in blue and gold lights. Ahhhh the Spirit of California rocks my world. Haha.
Eva was impressed by the Bonfire. 
True Blue. So pretty.
Looking nice.
They upgraded back to big candles with cups instead of last year's birthday candles which dripped hot wax on everyone. Good job Rally Comm.Big Game!
The game itself was a blast. Cal fans turned Stanford Stadium into Memorial Stadium south. Our crowd vastly out-numbered the Stanford fans, taking up nearly 2/3rds of the stadium. The student section was loud and tons of fun, and the Cal alumni were also really involved in the game. Of my three Big Games at Stanford, this one was by far the most fun. It also helped that the team smacked Stanford and won 27 to 3 thanks to fourth-string quarterback Steve Levy. The chants of "LeeeeVY" and "U-C-Davis" were great.
Me and Preeti at my dad's pre-game tail gate.
One example of the crazy-ass crowd surfing going on in the student section.
Cal wins! Preeti and I take a moment to capture the moment as the clock runs out.
Kay and Dan ended up going with Eric to the game too! So we all met up back at my dad's tailgate along with Preeti, Chris, Shirley, Seth and his gf to eat burgers and celebrate. The night ended at Kapp's Pizza in Downtown MV where my mom joined us for more food and drink.So much fun! I never want to miss a Big Game. Ever.
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Thanksgiving!
The day went off without a hitch. My grandparents were exceptionally pleasant to spend time with (grandma's hearing aide was working and grandpa wasn't being grumpy) The day after we even drove to San Francisco in the late evening just to walk around and see the lights.
I caught my grandpa showing my grandma his last roses of the season in the front yard. Awww.
My mom sets up a small table for 23. Haha. Nothing like a Sias family gathering.
Me, my dad, and Chris in front of the tree in Union Square. And we'll end this post with a picture of that beautiful tree, a preview of what December has to offer!
Happy Holidays folks!Friday, December 02, 2005
Battle of the Bulge
...the bulge on my back that is.
Alternate Title: My Lovely (not lady) Lump....
Alternate Title 2: The Evil Cyst Lord
..ever since turning 23 (ancient) I feel like my body has been waging a war of annoyance against me. Putting me in the most pain and discomfort without actually dishing up anything severe or life threatening (thank god). Either way it sucks. I've pretty much been wavering between a cycle of kinda sick, down right sick, and recovering from a cold ever since my birthday. I have a cough, and cankersores. I feel gross.
And the icing on the cake. A cyst. A benign cyst that decided that this week would be a *great* week to get infected. On the base of my neck in the back. I made an appointment to have it checked out for next Wednesday, but after I had doctor Kay look at it and tell me to to go to urgent care, I resolved to be a big boy and walk over to the Tang Center urgent care bright and early this morning right when they opened to have it dealt with.
Right decision. Because the longer I waited, the worse the infection would have got. They saw me right away, and I spent the morning on my back with a doctor sticking needles in me, cutting me up, and squeezing puss out of the cyst. Lovely I know. Aren't you glad I shared? To top it all off, they gave me tetanus shot.
So here I am, with a huge ass bandage and loads of tape covering a small but open wound just underneath my shirt collar (at least it doesn't show).
Quite the ordeal.
But you know what? I'm happy. I don't have to really worry about that thing anymore, cause it really was worrying me. And now that the good doctor has launched a counter-attack on it I'll be feeling better soon, and maybe all my other minor health problems will go away since my body is no longer wasting energy fighting the evil cyst.
And I'm also happy because I dealt with something all by myself. On my own health insurance. With my own money. On my own gumption that this was something that needed to be dealt with.
And I'm also happy because the people in the Tang Center were super nice and friendly today. Not what I expected.
And that my friends, brings me to a close of my most disgusting and unflattering post ever. But hey, I know ya love me, cysts and all. ;-)
Alternate Title: My Lovely (not lady) Lump....
Alternate Title 2: The Evil Cyst Lord
..ever since turning 23 (ancient) I feel like my body has been waging a war of annoyance against me. Putting me in the most pain and discomfort without actually dishing up anything severe or life threatening (thank god). Either way it sucks. I've pretty much been wavering between a cycle of kinda sick, down right sick, and recovering from a cold ever since my birthday. I have a cough, and cankersores. I feel gross.
And the icing on the cake. A cyst. A benign cyst that decided that this week would be a *great* week to get infected. On the base of my neck in the back. I made an appointment to have it checked out for next Wednesday, but after I had doctor Kay look at it and tell me to to go to urgent care, I resolved to be a big boy and walk over to the Tang Center urgent care bright and early this morning right when they opened to have it dealt with.
Right decision. Because the longer I waited, the worse the infection would have got. They saw me right away, and I spent the morning on my back with a doctor sticking needles in me, cutting me up, and squeezing puss out of the cyst. Lovely I know. Aren't you glad I shared? To top it all off, they gave me tetanus shot.
So here I am, with a huge ass bandage and loads of tape covering a small but open wound just underneath my shirt collar (at least it doesn't show).
Quite the ordeal.
But you know what? I'm happy. I don't have to really worry about that thing anymore, cause it really was worrying me. And now that the good doctor has launched a counter-attack on it I'll be feeling better soon, and maybe all my other minor health problems will go away since my body is no longer wasting energy fighting the evil cyst.
And I'm also happy because I dealt with something all by myself. On my own health insurance. With my own money. On my own gumption that this was something that needed to be dealt with.
And I'm also happy because the people in the Tang Center were super nice and friendly today. Not what I expected.
And that my friends, brings me to a close of my most disgusting and unflattering post ever. But hey, I know ya love me, cysts and all. ;-)