Michael Jackson died last Thursday.
It sounds like he went peacefully and anti-climatically, but the by the amount of media coverage and drama, you'd never know it.
I find it fascinating how varied the reports are of his health before he died. One report will say he was incredibly healthy with so much energy, and another will say he was a walking corpse. One will insist he inhaled a few bottles of pills a day, and a fourth says he never took a drug in his life.
The truth is probably somewhere in between, given that he passed a four-hour physical earlier in the year, but clearly had to have some sort of powerful drug injected that would cause death.
I'm not sure how all this will play out, but I think it would have been fun to grow up when he really hit it big. We'll probably never see another celebrity break down barriers and dominate the world the way he did, and it would have been interesting to live that experience.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Wacky Weekend!
Well, it wasn't really wacky, but it made for a good headline, no?
It was pretty busy though. I went into DC on Friday night to meet a friend for drinks. I promised myself I wouldn't drink that much since I had to go to Delaware to visit another friend the next morning, but these promises are rarely kept.
I was supposed to leave at 10 on Saturday, but ended up leaving closer to 11:30. I must say that the drive was much, much nicer in my new car. It was way smoother and more comfortable and the time went by pretty quickly. Plus, it's nice to have a reliable CD player again.
Delaware was fun too. Obviously, no one goes to that state for touristy things, but my friend is moving to Colorado so I wanted to visit him one last time. We had debated whether he should come to DC or I should go up there, and I said that there would rarely be other opportunities to visit good ol' Delaware.
It turns out there are some nice places to visit, and I think once the monsoon season calms down, it would be fun to go back and see some of the natural places.
The Dupont family also apparently owns a good part of the state, and we went to see one of their estates. One of the Duponts clearly had no interest in furthering the family business, so he decided to start collecting American furniture. He built an extension to the house just to house whatever new pieces he found. There were literally rooms in the house that were just to hold furniture. Ridiculous.
After touring the estate, we ate at a funky little restaurant on the main street. It would have been nice to stay a night in Delaware just to see what the bars are like, but I again had plans the next morning - more on that later. I was good this time though, and didn't have anythign to drink at dinner.
So I got home at around 9pm, and the next morning - well at 1am, we had a fucking install for our new product at work. The timing was insane. I can understand if we had customers beating down the door to try our new product, but as of today, I still don't think anyone has tried to use it. It took us until 9am to finish, and then we had another session at 7pm to fix an issue that was discovered in the morning. Not a fun day.
Looking back, maybe it was a pretty wacky weekend.
It was pretty busy though. I went into DC on Friday night to meet a friend for drinks. I promised myself I wouldn't drink that much since I had to go to Delaware to visit another friend the next morning, but these promises are rarely kept.
I was supposed to leave at 10 on Saturday, but ended up leaving closer to 11:30. I must say that the drive was much, much nicer in my new car. It was way smoother and more comfortable and the time went by pretty quickly. Plus, it's nice to have a reliable CD player again.
Delaware was fun too. Obviously, no one goes to that state for touristy things, but my friend is moving to Colorado so I wanted to visit him one last time. We had debated whether he should come to DC or I should go up there, and I said that there would rarely be other opportunities to visit good ol' Delaware.
It turns out there are some nice places to visit, and I think once the monsoon season calms down, it would be fun to go back and see some of the natural places.
The Dupont family also apparently owns a good part of the state, and we went to see one of their estates. One of the Duponts clearly had no interest in furthering the family business, so he decided to start collecting American furniture. He built an extension to the house just to house whatever new pieces he found. There were literally rooms in the house that were just to hold furniture. Ridiculous.
After touring the estate, we ate at a funky little restaurant on the main street. It would have been nice to stay a night in Delaware just to see what the bars are like, but I again had plans the next morning - more on that later. I was good this time though, and didn't have anythign to drink at dinner.
So I got home at around 9pm, and the next morning - well at 1am, we had a fucking install for our new product at work. The timing was insane. I can understand if we had customers beating down the door to try our new product, but as of today, I still don't think anyone has tried to use it. It took us until 9am to finish, and then we had another session at 7pm to fix an issue that was discovered in the morning. Not a fun day.
Looking back, maybe it was a pretty wacky weekend.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Movies!
Summer may be my favorite time of year. I don't think I appreciated it as much in Texas, since it was pretty much hot year-round.
However, up here, there is a noticeable difference in temperature, and summer is the one reliable season where you can go out in t-shirts and flip-flops.
Summer is also great because of all the awesome movies. So far, I've seen Up and The Hangover. Completely different genres, but both were great movies. I was really surprised that for Up in 3D you still need to wear the cheesy glasses. You'd think with all the great technological innovations, you wouldn't need the glasses any more.
I'm looking forward to Year One and Bruno also. I've been a bit disappointed with the previews for Year One, but figure with such a funny cast, it has to be good. They also had a preview for Bruno before The Hangover and it looks just as hysterical/politically-incorrect as Borat (if not more so).
However, up here, there is a noticeable difference in temperature, and summer is the one reliable season where you can go out in t-shirts and flip-flops.
Summer is also great because of all the awesome movies. So far, I've seen Up and The Hangover. Completely different genres, but both were great movies. I was really surprised that for Up in 3D you still need to wear the cheesy glasses. You'd think with all the great technological innovations, you wouldn't need the glasses any more.
I'm looking forward to Year One and Bruno also. I've been a bit disappointed with the previews for Year One, but figure with such a funny cast, it has to be good. They also had a preview for Bruno before The Hangover and it looks just as hysterical/politically-incorrect as Borat (if not more so).
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