November 11, 2003
Today I went down to the Nabi Plasma Center to try and sell my blood plasma with Ricky and Robert.
The place was pretty cool, but the lady there said that it would take a minumum of three hours for our first visit (which I didn’t have time for at that point,) also Robert didn’t know to bring his Social Security card, so we left.
I am sort of excited and sort of dreading going back there tomorrow or Thursday. On the one hand, I’ll get to walk out with $25, which is cool, but I do have to do a lot of waiting, get a physical, and have something sticking in my arm for a while.
FYI: The way this works is that you can donate up to twice a week. The week starts on Monday and ends Saturday. The first time you go in any given week you are paid $20. The second time you go in that same week you receive $25. However, the very first time you go you get a five dollar bonus, which brings me up to $25.
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November 9, 2003
I was looking into PDAs again today. I already have two, but one of them is broken, and I am letting Joy use the other.
When I was looking at these PDAs at Palm.com, Sony.com and Ebay I was thinking about what I would like in a PDA, and I realized that these newer PDAs have either extra funcitonality that I will not use OR they lack some things I want. So, I thought about what I do want for “personal productivity.”
Basically, I’d like a PDA, in color with optional backlighting, that had a fairly sturdy metal casing. It would also act as my phone. It would have a long (18 hour) battery life. It would get great reception wherever one could possibly get reception. It would also come with a case that could hold the following with easy access — at least 5mm-thick worth of cash; ID cards/business cards; and credit cards.
I guess it would be easier to just get a cell with good reception, a $100 color PDA with Palm OS 4+, and something to hold my cash and cards and then put all that into a purse, but… I’m a guy. Purses aren’t exactly acceptable for guys right now. Besides, Then I’d still be hunting… only for the perfect purse.
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November 7, 2003
I have no tested, scientific evidence just yet for my observation here, but I’ve noticed that women seem to talk much louder then men when they use the phone.
Actually, it goes beyond just talking louder than men. I think that some women talk much louder than they would in a normal, face-to-face conversation whenever they are on the phone… any phone. This applies to phones with perfect reception where the speaker can hear everything clearly, cell phones with poor reception, portable phones, etc.
I’d like to have more evidence about this issue — either side of it — even if the evidence is just anecdotal.
Also, if this observation pans out, I’d like to know what causes this. Is it a habit? Some sort of female compulsion? or is it based on some thougt that I don’t understand?
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November 5, 2003
The first day of the release and I’ve already heard a ton of negativity about this movie. I was expecting it though, because there was a great deal of it right after Matrix: Reloaded. People complain about the movie and the go and tell their friends that haven’t seen it that it wasn’t all that great, and occasionally… they post comments on message boards. These are sweeping comments like, “…and ‘true’ Matrix fan is going to be disappointed with the ending.”
Well, I’m a true Matrix fan. I wasn’t disappointed with the ending. (The credits were longer than any non-Matrix film I’ve seen, but that Silver Pictures logo is cool and… who ever gets tired of the WB logo, y’know?)
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November 3, 2003
I was talking to an old friend of mine today and she remarked in jest, “pretty is as pretty does.” This immediately struck me. It probably had something to do with the familiarity of its structure, (I’m thinking… Forrest Gump!) but I think it also struck me because it just feels so true. Perhaps it even is true!
I thought some more about this out loud with her (at her suggestion) and I have now decided to blog some of the things I came up with.
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