I didn’t have a great flight to Atlanta, but I did manage to get a good bit of sleep while on the plane. There was a really big shouldered guy sitting next to me whom I could tell was really uncomfortable, and his shoulders were pushing me into the aisle. Whenever the carts came by I got a nice knock on the shoulder from that. Once I got to Atlanta I got my rental car and drove to the first Chick-Fil-A I could find and had a chicken biscuit. I then spent the next 3 hours taking a nap in the parking lot with the windows open.
After I cleaned out my desk from the Mountain View office, Steph and I biked to Shezan for a great birthday dinner. We got Samosas, garlic naan, paneer tikka masala, biryani, and another dish that I don’t remember the name. Afterwards she took me to the airport and I set out for Atlanta.
Today I got to play some Mariokart and Goldeneye against Jamie. She talks a lot of smack and backs it up… mostly. I have to say that I’m good at Mariokart, but she is better. I did know some of the secrets that she didn’t, but that can only go so far. In Goldeneye I am still the master. We played 3 matches and each time it ended 5-1 with my victory. She was very good, and knew many of the methods, but I am the Goldeneye champ.
Last night Steph and I completed out game of diplomatic victory. She is incredibly competitive about the game. I had 125 hours of Civ 4 and now have 44 hours of Civ 5 played, so she shouldn’t be too surprised.
Last night after work I went to join Steph, Jeremy W, and Amarnath. I showed up a bit late and Steph got me the classic hummus, which was delicious.
This was an incredibly boring and tedious listen, and I didn’t pay good attention through most of it. I expect no other part of the bible to be quite as bad as these two books. The laws are very specific and some of them are downright strange, but I can see how they came about with the technology of the time. They wouldn’t have said that if the house is filled with mildew that you should bleach it and keep it dry.
This was a great episode! So much actually happened, and finally Sam is the Slayer. I’m looking forward to next season, but it is going to be such a long time. I’m wondering if the wedding is going to be the end of the season the same way Ed Stark’s beheading was the end of the first.
I like the way they broke down the automatic responses from the thought out responses. This ties in really well with The Power of Habit and the concept of Mindfulness in Buddhism. The habit is the automatic response while mindfulness is full consciousness. They go into a lot of detail and focus really on the same concepts as Decision Analysis. I really enjoyed the book, and might go back for a second listen. I wasn’t particularly surprised by anything in it since I’d read similar books and take the classes on Decision Analysis.
There were some strange plot holes in this movie, but all in all I really enjoyed it. The 3D was somewhat sickening, and the volume was way too loud. Steph, Brian, Candice, Nick, Adam, Rong, Riley, Andrew, Wit, and I went to see it together at the AMC Mercado 20. I look forward to watching it again, but without the 3D or overpowering sound. It was a very entertaining movie.
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