So here I am again, up in the mountains visiting my parents for the Independence Day Weekend. Drove up on Friday morning and we all gathered to the country club in the late afternoon. There, at the beach area of the lake that forms into the Linville River, we ate a variety of dinner stuff. Later that evening came the fireworks show (first from Linville Ridge then next from Grandfather Mountain); however the food made me sick and I missed all the first half of the fireworks. Also, it rained some during the time, so I couldn't take pictures to some of the fireworks till much later in the show... so for me it was a mess. Regardless, I did get a few shots.



Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July and continue to have a nice weekend.

Tags: fireworks, holidays
Current Location: Sugar Mountain, North Carolina
Current Mood: calm

Management decided today that my immediate manager needs to move her butt to her new cubical after stalling for six month. The main problem was that the cubical was configured badly and she refused to move into it till it was resolved. So today, after driving home during lunch to grab my toolbox, the Senior Vice-President and I was dismantling and rebuilding the cubicle correctly. There were a few left-over pieces after the revision, but we think it will stay together. Yea, we could have gotten a group up to do the job, but that cost money and we are trying to save as much as possible.

Funny though, we did this when my manager was out-of-the-office, and she will probably flip when she returns; she does all the time when things change on her. Oh well, at least I was with management working on this one, so she will just have to get over it.

If you don't know, Jack in the Box is giving away two free tacos today, here's there promo: http://www.jackinthebox.com/twofreetacosday/

I stopped by one coming home today and got my two free tacos... and I being a person that never ate a Jack in the Box taco before, I have to say... well... it was different. At least it was free, which is always good when trying new stuff.

Current Mood: full

Well, I'm over my cold and creating havoc again at work.

Today's Fortune: "You will take a chance in the near future, and win."

Tags: fortune
Current Mood: calm

I guess being in a monsoon wedding gave me something to take home, a cold. So today I skipped worked and slept the entire morning... still have a headache and cold chills, but I hope to recover some to return to work tomorrow. Of course though, because I'm out, something stupid happened at work that needed my attention; so I had to guide my manager on how to fix the problem over the phone. Oh well...

Not totally bored though, I've been busy sorting out pictures I had negatives scanned by Target. I did a majority of 1998 pictures and some 1999-2000 pictures as well that was apparently mixed in. Some pictures are missing, either by mistake or missing sections of negatives. Though the pictures are not in any order, they did do a decent job. May do more in the future. I didn't start using a digital camera till 2002, so everything prior to that is in 35 mm film.

Current Mood: sick

This week I discovered a silver quarter in my change... I'm rich now!

I also went to see the Incredible Hulk on Friday night... all I gotta say is HULK SMASH!!!

So on Saturday I drive up with josephowens to Bakersville, North Carolina (it's actually in a smaller community called Clarrissa, just northeast of Bakersville) for a wedding of an old college buddy, Marty Johnson. The drive was uneventful till we after Marion when we ran into some very heavy rain. And so for the rest of the drive it was like going through a never-ending waterfall. Other than the constant rainfall, the wedding went on... they had an army of brides maids, best men, and flower girls... it least five each set. Other than the amusing baby picture slide show of the happy couple, it was another wedding. One amusing thing was they light up a candle using two candles... well, that candle quickly went out.

After the wedding, they had the reception at the bride's parents house... outside. Though the rain did let up some by then, the whole area was very wet, some of the area was even a half-foot in water under the giant tent. They used ply-wood to cover the muddy areas and tried there best. Even the Wedding cake collapsed before the reception, leaving only the top half of the cake available and a bunch of cupcakes. The food provided was the typical BBQ fare... though had a lot of fat in it, so I didn't really eat much of it. Oh, and the "Tea Fountain" was a nice touch. The cover band they had played songs from the 50s-70s... and there ages represented it; LOL, they had a Keytar.

It seemed with all these ominous signs, maybe... just maybe... it was a message about the marriage. I don't want to be mean, but it seemed freaky with all the events that happened. The happy couple plan to honeymoon in Disney World, so I hope nothing crazy happens for them there. Look behind the LJ-cut for pictures.

( Pictures of the Wedding )

Tags: photography
Current Mood: nervous

Worked only a half day today and went to the Airport with Dad to pickup Mom from Germany. She flew on a Airbus 340-600 on its Maiden Voyage from Munich to Charlotte (it was also on the local news). It's the longest plane in the world, Mom said she enjoyed the open bar that served any drink you wanted and restrooms are located downstairs, which are very large and all include baby changer areas. The only thing she talked more about than anything else was just the plane she flew back on... obviously the biggest highlight of the trip. She did bring me back some chocolates though, that's nice.

I have a co-worker that has a sudden interest to visit a Anime or Science Fiction Convention. I suggested to checkout the Comic Convention coming this month in Charlotte and if he like what he sees, maybe try something bigger like DragonCon. I suggested I should go to if he decides to go, I'm not totally sold on that idea though since I have Otakon before and AWA right after DragonCon; making money somewhat tight. I'll think about it though... but I doubt I'll have that much interest to go to it.

Current Mood: blank

This weekend has been busy, started off Friday after work as we celebrated a co-workers' move to a new job at the Fox and Hound. I didn't' do a whole much there, just kind of hovered there, but I appeared and that's all that mattered... it surprised a few people apparently. On Saturday, I went up to Cornelius to checkout the Charlotte Dragonboat and Asian Festival. Here's a picture:



It was cool, saw team Bank of America go against AT&T, Microsoft, and Duke Power... the AT&T boat capsized during one race. Other than the race, there wasn't many asians actually there and it was rather hot. But it was something different; at least I got out of the house.

On Sunday, I went down to Columbia, South Carolina with my Dad to pickup my parent's dog and visit family. It was cool to see them, not cool was the boring drive. That evening, playing Final Fantasy XI, I defeated an important battle for my new job I'm leveling... Scholar. With that, I received my mortarboard and graduated. My new title is Summa Cum Laude.

Today, just watching American Gladiators and waiting for the FFXI Update to download. Excitement holds no bounds!

Tags: ffxi, photography
Current Mood: anxious

So yea, after years of Time Warner Cable service, I ordered a movie from it's International Movies on Demand, and it was the movie "Kekko Kamen." OMG... Did I just order this mix of bad acting and utter bizarreness. When the finishing move is a flying open crotch attack to the head called "Muffication," you know that maybe, just maybe this is not the classy movie I should have picked as my first movie order.

What else was bad about the movie... oh, the fact that everyone was aware of the torture chamber in the basement. Other things like everyone puts their favorite panties on the dorm wall, when the girl was falling in love a light of a heart would appear in her blouse, sucking energy out of boobs to turn girls into guys, and the fact that there was a preview of a follow-up movie where girls were tortured with lights in there mouths.

I blame kurtskitten for ordering the movie.

Current Mood: confused

While waiting at the airport, got a call that the Turkish girl missed her flight in Amsterdam and will arrive in Charlotte at 11am now. What this means is I will be going to work like scheduled; someone from the club will pick her up at the airport. Kind of upset since I took some effort organizing my house and making the bed. Would also be interesting, I do enjoy cultural exchanges.

Well, next weekend I'm scheduled to be in Columbia, South Carolina for a few hours with my relatives there, then on the following weekend I will be attending a wedding in Bakersville, North Carolina. At some point this month, Mom returns from Germany.

I guess I should go to bed now.

Current Mood: disappointed