April 2008
200 comics in 12 hours
Cracked.com (yeah, I know, I was amazed to find something hilarious on cracked.com) commissioned a webcomic artist to make as many comics as he could in a 12 hour period.
This is the amazing result. I love the themes throughout it.
I haven’t laughed at a webcomic this much since Lost in Appleton (rip *sadface*)
Beijing
Currently, I’m in Beijing China for a conference, and this town is pretty nuts.
First and foremost, I don’t see how they are going to clean up before the Olympics. You can’t see the sun. There’s no such thing as a clear day. The smog is so bad. I now feel bad about laughing at people wearing those SARS mask things. You pretty much need to.
I was told that the conference would be in the Hotel I’m staying in. Not true. I then had to come out to the AMD Beijing office to make sure the computers they built up were up to par with what I would be showing off.
I wasn’t expecting the city to be as large as it is. It’s hand’s down the biggest city I’ve ever seen, and I’m from Houston!
I would say something like “the downtown area of the city is so big that you can’t even see all the skyscrapers from high up in my hotel”, but the reason you can’t see the far off skyscrapers is again because of the smog.
I’ve picked up one thing. When you agree with something, and normally would say “yea yea yea yea yea” Chinese people say “da da da da da da”
The cab driver that took me from the airport to the hotel ripped me off. Don’t ever get into a cab that doesn’t have a meter, lesson learned. I mean honestly I could have been taken somewhere, robbed and killed. Don’t accept a ride from someone who’s walking up the escalator with you. I paid pretty much $80US for a ride. It was a long ride, but today, I took roughly the same length ride, and it cost $18US
ahh naivety, I’ve got it in spades.
Working from a cubical in China = working in a cubical in the US + a lot more noise
Best Engrish seen yet: “Please keep mind of oldsters and young on escalator”
my last post ever?
Well internet, it comes that time when a man has to realize that he could possibly die.
I’ve come to that point in my life. I leave for Beijing China in a little over 24 hours.
This does have my nerves rattled a little, because I’ve never been on a flight this long, nor out of the United States (not counting a border town in mexico).
I hope that I make it back alive, and I will let you, the internet know if I safely arrived in China, when I do arrive there.
if I do happen to die while I’m over there. I love you all. If I don’t die, then I guess I hate you all?
Why does there have to be clear and definite opposites? I don’t know, but I can’t argue with nature.
giggles!
Haircut pt 2
In an effort stay true to my word, I took your suggestions (michael’s to be specific) and here’s the best cmikesell bowl cut I could do.
Sorry mikejonze, but the professor is exactly the haircut you described, and the nick nolte mugshot is not possible with my hair.
Edit: Also, yes I shaved my beard too. I get sick of looking the same way for too long.
I still have a job as of yet
Well, my company decided yesterday to cut 10% of the workforce over the next month or so.
I still have a job as of this writing, and should have a job at least until May 2nd.