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We got a new car!!! It is a 2004 Honda Pilot, and it is great fun to have. My dad got it while we were in San Francisco, and kinda (sorta) suprised us all with it. I haven't driven it yet, but I have a minimum day and am going home early today ;)
I got GMail. It is the thing from google, and I like it. I just got it, so send me an email! (stilldavid [at] gmail [dot] com) Of course, change the [at] to an (@) and same with the [dot] to a (.) I don't know if I like the whole "google reads my email" thing, but the gig of free storage is quite an attraction. I'll keep you posted if I completely switch over to it.
My mom is now the official president of the CMAA which we are all pretty stoked about. I know it sounds cheesy, but I am proud of her. She has worked a lot to get where she is, and the other people in her organization love her from what I gathered at dinner on Saturday. I think she will do great things! (again, I sound cheesy) Speaking of, I will have to go check her blog :)
Speaking of my blogger, do they have a new look (again?!) or am I just going insane?
Today I get to drive to San Francisco again. I am picking up my sister in Davis on the way down. My mom is getting installed as the president thingie this Saturday and I get to dress up and wave and look pretty in front of a bunch of people.
So get this. My speedometer cable frayed out and died last week, so my speedometer and odometer went out. Driving stick with no tach or speedo is great fun :) So anyway, i went around town to get a new one, and NOBODY had one in stock or orderable. The only people who could order one was the manufacturer, and it would be $33 bucks and a long wait. While I was in Franklin auto, I asked the guy behind the counter, and he looked it up, gave me the bad news, then claimed to have 4 civic hatchbacks just like mine. He does. One of them is a parts car, and he offered for me to come and snatch a cable out of it for free if I did the labor.
I called him a couple days ago and left a message, and -get this- he CALLED ME BACK! It was in the middle of chemistry, but he actually called back. I guess I am going to go over and get the cable on Tuesday after I get back from San Fran.
And what is up with so many minimum days @ school? Next week is testing for underclassmen, but seniors don't have to take them. So we get minimum days all next week. I think leadership set up a $50 drawing for the kids who actually come to school every day next week. Not that I am complaining, but ... seriously?! Whatever, it's cool.
One more thing. You may have noticed the new look. Yeah, it's got a bunch of bugs, and I need to get the rest of the content up, but it is coming along. I created a shoutbox out of the database that used to be the phorum, so look for your post there. (BTW, it looks like crap if you use google auto fill from toolbar v2.0.x - turn it off) I haven't finished coding it yet, and I need to rebuild the database for the dates to work, so bear with me as I continue my efforts to finish it. Perhaps if I get good feedback I will open-source it. :)
So until next time, don't let the elephants get you.
My dad was offered three jobs in 72 hours. Sonoma. Templeton. Los Gatos. He took the one in LG. My parents will be moving mid-june probably.
There was a LAN at Nick's house on Saturday. Lots of UT2K4 going on, and some freelancer (damn you Tony!) Erik was the generous supplier of BAWLS as purchased from winco, and the buzz still hasn't let up.
My mom had eye surgery to get rid of this corneal abrasion she had. Lasik in one eye and PRK (?) in the other. Lots of pain, but she can see now. She is going to be installed as the President of the CMAA in San Francisco on this coming Saturday, and I think my entire family is going to be there. That is an amazing feat in itself.
There is just so much going on it seems like lately. More has happened that, but I don't want to blog it to the world. I'll be back to normal soon.
Can it really be for sure? My parents are moving to Los Gatos. This Summer.
My dad basically told the guys in San Jose today that he wanted to work at the hospital down there. The guy in charge of hiring told my dad that hiring him is not a sure thing until next week, but welcome to the hospital. I think that means it is for sure.
I honestly don't know what to feel. I feel happy for my parents, because it is a huge step in their lives, basically deciding the next ten years of their existence, but at the same time I fear for them because it is going to be a challenge, financially and emotionally. Moving from a 3300 sq. ft. house to a 1600 sq. ft. house will be a challenge as well. We essentially have to sell everything we own at a garage sale before we can move. Although we haven't yet found a house, we have been looking, and it seems quasi-hopeful. Putting three kids through college - at the same time - will be fun. My mom is going to have to get a real job for the first time since she had my sister (twenty-two years ago). Plus manage the presidency of the CMAA.
Well, good luck to them, and I hope all goes well and nobody goes insane before the year is over.
Oh, yeah, my mom - get this - my mom started a blog of her own. I didn't tell her to, I didn't even know until she showed me. The first post happened today at 4:20 (!) in the afternoon. My very own mother, making blogger her own. Now that is a scary thought. I will spare you all the link until I check out whats she posts over the next few days, weeks.
I re-registered stilldavid.com today, and I think it messed up the post system, by the way, so bear with me while I fix it. And if you read this and know what I am talking about, the LAN is postponed until May, probably May 8th or so.
I am in the room of a kid whose house I am staying at. His name is Erik I think, but I only met him last night. I am here in Campbell I think, which is near los gatos, which is outside of san jose. I spent the entire day seems like looking at houses. It comes with the strangest feeling of deja vu.
We looked at the dumpy houses (starting at $619,000) all the way up to the moderatly nice houses ($1M, easy). Sucks. Even here, I look into the driveway of the people we are staying with and I see a souped up 6-speed corvette, a mini cooper, and a new audi. Next to our civic and our (I think is nice) v-6 accord. Well, anyway, we are looking at houses because my parents are most likely going to move down here. I plan on freeloading this summer so I can stay in redding and get a job and make money. Plus, I don't think I could live down here unless I was paid a salary and if it exceeded $250k a year. And I don't think that will ever happen. Ever.
But now, I believe it is time for dinner, because I hear my name being yelled and it sounds suprisingly like my mothers voice...
Senior boards were last night, and they were pretty cool. I guess mine turned out alright, but we shall see. I met a geek from Foothill high school who does tech stuff over there, so that was cool. We exchanged URLs and the like. Plus I got a call today about another possible client for a website job. Way cool.
And whats up with the mars rover getting spam? I have seen so many April Fools pranks, but this one was the weirdest. While signing up to work for google on the moon, I learned how many ways there are to spell britney spears.
And life is good.