Another Interesting Day in SD

Well can you believe it ... somehow someone knocked over one of those huge steel beams that they use to construct the bridges. So what happens they close down the 15 freeway ... hello have fun driving around in San Diego. Read more about the story here. Well other than making the commute a lot longer than normal, its just traffic like usual until we finish building the new freeway managed lanes.

This year Mealani will be at her mom's while we are celebrating the event which is too bad. But we do have plans to head to Vegas for the President's day holiday. It should be quite fun since Mealani likes Vegas just did not enjoy the getting sick part she experienced last time. Still another full day at work so looking forward to the weekend ... buy somethings for Mealani's party and watch more movies from Blockbuster.com.

Well Some Good News ...

Well today was the big day when we found out what our new job titles will be. There was some handwringing and stuff since our company has not had a programming group before. Also the ability to get promoted and make more money was on our minds. So it looks good that I will now have the title Programmer Analyst II. That does not mean I will be making more money tomorrow but at least it is better than being a assistant web developer analyst for the next several years.

Well I guess I have more planning to do for Mealani's birthday party as another person along with Tim and his family. Also several other co-workers will probably attend like Amber, Bill, and Daniel. I have been trying to find a clown for the party but the cheapest clown I found charged $95 an hour. Pretty steep considering what they are doing ... maybe I should go be a clown also since they seem to make way more money than I do.

Well here's to hoping we can get our proposed raises in March.

Train Accident

So I have been reading up on this Metrolink train derailment. It was caused by this guy who wanted to commit suicide but at the last minute decided he did not have the guts to do it. So he left his vehicle on the tracks and walked away. The train slammed into the suv and derailed causing it to hit another train going the opposite way. The death toll is 11 but vcould go higher since there are also 24 people in critical condition.

I guess my feeling are like this ... if you want to commit suicide go jump off a cliff, slash your wrist or something that is not going to get other people hurt. Don't do it by train, suicide by cop, or some other stupid method. These people don't want to die ... they want attention. So 11 people needlessly died just so one guy could get attention ... seems so pointless and a huge waste. I am sure many of those people who died were thinking about all the things they had to do.

Sometimes some people should not have rights that protect them especially when the effects of their action create destruction in the lives of people. This is clearly a case of someone who deserves what they get and now that he is being charged with murder - 11 charges plus maybe murder with special circumstances which could give him the death penalty; I say good - let's fry his ass and give him what he wanted which is to die.

Phone Call - Who Could It Be?

Well today I was surprised to receive a phone call from a number I did not recognize so I answered "This is Alan speaking" Turns out it was one of the parents from Mealani's class. They were RSVPing for Mealani's birthday party which is good as I was worried that maybe not enough people would show up. Its sort of hectic when you do not know the parents that well so you cannot just ask them ... is your daughter coming to the birthday party. But boy it puts me back into the position of preparing for the birthday party. I want her to have a good time so I need to think about activities for the kids to do while they are there for three hours. I was thinking games likes pin the tail and musical chairs. That means I need to go shopping for prizes too ... too bad KB Toystore is already close. I could have purchased several more toy items or Barbies or something as prizes. Well I guess tomorrow at lunch I will hit the mall and see if I can find anything.

Taking a Walk at Lunch

Well today Bill and I went for our daily walk at lunch. We had planned on going to Horton Plaza but he told me that the K.B Toystore had already shut down. I was planning on picking up more little gift givers for Mealani's birthday but I guess I will just have to figure out something else to give away. I had planned on taking some pics but I guess my camera on my phone is all jacked up. Too bad it was a nice day and there were so many cool new things to see. I guess time for a new phone.

Well another neat thing we saw today was the opening of Extraordinaire Desserts on Union Street. I know that the desserts in that place are to die for especially when you consider how rich the cheesecakes and other desserts there are. Can you imagine paying 7-8 dollars for a piece of cake. I guess that reminds me also that I need to order a cake for Mealani's birthday party. I am not sure what type of cake but I guess something with princess or something like that on it will be the only way to go.

Also I talked to my sister last night, told her to have her birthday the same day as Mealani so that way we could kill two birds with one stone. I hope that she will invite some friends over and stuff ... I think its time we just move on from where we have been.

One thing I have noticed lately is that I am completely hooked on Poore Brother habanero chips. My gosh they are so spicy but damn they are good. I cannot get enough of them but I know if I don't cut back I will be screwed by gaining back all the weight I have lost in the past year. I know that I have a goal of loosing weight and trying to get into better shape ... you know got some important pics to take this year ... so I need to have the will-power to stop. Just a lot easier said then done. Another time I need to do is find out about getting tickets to the Disney on Ice show Monsters Inc. so that Mealani and I can go. It should be a lot of fun for both of us since we both ejoyed the movie so much. Maybe I can convince grandpa to go also as he enjoyed the movie as much as we have. I should ask Amy's mom back for the movie as she borrowed it several months back and still has not returned it. Ok well I guess that's all for now.