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Country: United States
State: Georgia
Birthday: 10/31/1979
Gender: Male
Interests: Music, Cars, Car Stereos, Home Theater, Food, and the Atlanta Braves. I am a simple man with simple interests.
Expertise: Windows XP/2000, making hot sauce, playing freecell. I am very limited in my areas of expertise.
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Member Since:
1/28/2003
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| say it ain't so!ok, so it has been 10 weeks since my last post. you know, i do this all the time. live with it.
i had to wait until i finished my semester to write. it has been pretty busy. as some of you may know, i am back in school now, this time at georgia state. let me just say that i have been dealing with a major guilt complex the past few months as i've returned to school. those of you who knew me during the emory days are probably aware of my slacker-ish tendencies. i mean, i was the ULTIMATE slacker, if there is such a thing. i was such a slacker that during my freshman year, an upperclassman and i won a KSA "slacker tournament," which consisted of bowling and spades. this was in the middle of midterms. i was pre-med until my 3rd day of college. wow. i overslept a final exam and ended up with a C in the class even after being allowed to take the exam. this was in music flippin' 114. INTRO TO MUSIC THEORY! a C in music theory! i had an 8:30 physics class that met 3 times a week. i think i went to that class 5 times total. i couldn't even go to my chem 111 class, which met at 9:35. you know, that walk from DOBBS to the CHEM building, yeah, all 400 feet of it. so yeah, i felt really guilty going back to school, knowing how i was.
so let me tell you how nerdy i am.
- i like accounting.
- i like accounting a lot.
- i like math a lot.
- i like baseball a lot (baseball fans = nerds)
- i married a math teacher.
- i have an xbox headset and i look forward to playing tonight.
- i brought my books to paul and christina's housewarming, and studied while everyone else played.
- i take my calculator with me everywhere i go.
- now i have 2 calculators that i take with me everywhere i go.
- i play sudoku puzzles.
so yeah, my 10 weeks of xanga non-activity was due to school. and let me tell all you aspiring slackers - don't become like me!!! or else you too will have to go back to school! (i have my degree, by the way, for those of you who are wondering at this point if i ever graduated from emory)
alright, time to post some random pics from the last year or so...
this is me and paco (and scooby doo) from the AJC auto show back in april. he's so cute. and so is scooby.
the lees and the laus, going wave-running during memorial day weekend at hilton head.
no comment.
me and harley during one of my good hair days.
the nicest mcdonalds in the entire world. it better be, considering that it is the closest mcd's to its worldwide corporate headquarters in oakbrook, illinois.
me and the misses and ronald at said mcdonalds.
the view from the condo (28th floor) where i stayed with my parents during the 4th of july weekend.
mary and the blue man.
the magnificent mile (michigan avenue, chicago)
going way back. this is from my bachelor party at andretti speedway.
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| check this outso i just finished watching 24, season 3. and of course, for those of you who have seen it, the final episode takes place on the los angeles subway. and so it got me thinking about subways in general. i take marta twice a week to georgia state, and the ride is pretty comfortable. it's pretty good for going to class, going to the airport, and going to falcons games. but i still need a car. wouldn't it be cool to live in a city where you didn't need a car? for comparison, check out these 2 maps.
Marta - Atlanta, GA
not bad, huh? my route is from NE10 (doraville) to N1 (peachtree center). about 28 minutes.
now look at this map.
this makes my head hurt.
okay, quick poll. yay or nay on this vehicle?
2006 vw gti with factory votex body kit and 19" bbs rs861 wheels. *drooling over keyboard* so if i lived in NYC i wouldn't need this. | | |
| double standard?so, after almost 2 months of non-posting, this is what's on my mind.
the yankees have gone up in flames in the postseason for the sixth straight year, while their payroll has climbed to over 200 million.
the braves have gone up in flames in the postseason as well, and, in fact, didn't even make the postseason this year. all this with a payroll that has shrunk to a (comparatively) low 80 million dollars.
yet the braves are criticized for being october choke artists, and the yanks? well, they never get that label.
let's look at the yankees more recent postseasons to see what's going on.
2001 - lost to arizona in the WS. couldn't get it done vs. randy and schilling. and mariano rivera gave up the game in the 9th inning.
2002 - lost to anaheim in the division series. anaheim had a super low payroll and how did they beat NY? as you recall, they didn't hit many homers. but they doubled new york to death.
2003 - lost to florida in the WS. ran into josh beckett and his flame of an arm. if i recall correctly, florida's payroll was lower than 50 million.
2004 - lost to boston in the ALCS. remember, the yankees were up 3 games to 0 and had the red sox down in the 9th inning in game 4. arguably the greatest "choke job" in postseason baseball history.
2005 - lost to anaheim in the division series.
2006 - lost to detroit in the division series.
so, the yankees haven't even made it out of the first round in 3 of the last 5 years. shouldn't new york's postseason failures be magnified even more than atlanta's, considering the braves don't have the financial means to compete with them? now, some will say that new york gets a pass because they won 4 WS between 1996 and 2000. but that october success is getting further and further in the past. i mean, its been 10 years since that first one! anyway, i'm so glad they are out. and now i'll be rooting for the cardinals to take out the mets, because i can't stand them either.
by the way, i'm writing this entry while sitting in my accounting class. shows you how diligently i'm paying attention in class, right? just kidding, today is just a review day, and the teacher is going over stuff that i've got figured out already. | | |
| Go Go Technologic!!!Congratulations to my cousin, Doug "Technologic" Kim, who finished 7th at the 2006 WSOP!!!
How does $2.4M sound to you? cha ching! cha ching!
of course, he has to pay taxes now. but still... =) way to go doug!!! | | |
| Crazy. Crazy, I tell you. $907,128. does anyone know the significance of this number?
this is the amount awarded to the 14th place finisher at the 2006 world series of poker.
this is the amount awarded to Luke "The Duke" Chung, who bowed out with a 14th place finish minutes ago in Las Vegas.
this is crazy, not just because it's almost a freakin' million dollars, but because many of us know this guy! yeah, you know luke, he of jani-link cleaning supplies and with the doctor wife, liz. i guess stardom in the world of poker was inevitable for this guy, considering the fact he tried to organize a poker game any chance he could. he would say, "come over for cell group!" (but he really wanted to play poker.) hehe, just kidding, but anyway, congrats luke on your awesome finish!
ok here's where it gets crazier.
it turns out there's a guy, a really young guy, still available as of 9:20 p.m. tuesday night. his name is doug kim. as i write, he's sitting in 8th place with a chip count of 4.8 million. he just finished college at duke and he loves to play poker. if he finishes 8th, he'll walk away with a cool 1.9 million dollars. let's hope he finishes higher than that!
ok so here's doug "justice" kim.
why is his presence significant? check out this pic:
yeah, that's right. it's the guy in the middle. that's my COUSIN, yo! yeah, the guy who i was like, "hey he looks exactly like me!" anyway, so i spent the afternoon staring at my computer, rooting for these two guys who started the day in 11th (doug) and 23rd (luke).
*update* during the course of writing this entry, doug has just jumped to 6th place! oh snap! go doug go! go doug go! | | |
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