I was really tired last night, so I took a nap at 9 PM... what a bad idea... I woke up at 10 PM, and then couldn't fall asleep until 2:30 AM. I had a really hard time getting up this morning.

I need 8 hours of sleep... I've barely been making it through work even though I usually get 7 hours.

I just bought gas at Costco for the first time. $1.68 per gallon... that's unbelievably cheap... I'm saving $5 every time I fill up!

Why I hate the New York Yankees, reason #52:

-I was planning to go to an Oakland-Boston playoff game (in particular, Game 1, featuring Pedro vs Hudson). But since the Yankees get all the primetime TV slots, the first 2 A's-Red Sox games will probably be during the day while I work.

Skip this post if you don't care about fantasy football.

I just completed my second trade in Mejeld's fantasy football league, this time with Dennis Han (my year at Eastbay).

He got:
Marc Bulger (QB, St. Louis)
Kevin Faulk (RB, New England)
Ahman Green (RB, Green Bay)

I got:
Ricky Williams (RB, Miami)

This is a league that starts 2 QBs, so QB depth is critical. It also counts return yards, so Kevin Faulk's value is increased since he returns punts. Dennis also has Kurt Warner and Antowain Smith, so now he has both St. Louis QBs and both New England RBs.

Hopefully this trade turns out as well as my last one. I traded Adrian Peterson (RB, Chicago) to G1 for Darrell Jackson (WR, Seattle).

Top grossing movies since 1990:

2003: Finding Nemo
2002: Spider-Man
2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2000: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1999: Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1997: Titanic
1996: Independence Day
1995: Toy Story
1994: Forrest Gump
1993: Jurassic Park
1992: Aladdin
1991: Terminator 2- Judgment Day
1990: Home Alone

Most popular movies since 1990 (as tallyed by imdb.com):

2003: The Matrix Reloaded
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001: Shrek
2000: Gladiator
1999: Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace
1998: The Truman Show
1997: LA Confidential
1996: Fargo
1995: Se7en
1994: Forrest Gump
1993: Jurassic Park
1992: Reservoir Dogs
1991: Terminator 2- Judgment Day
1990: Goodfellas

The most popular movies list is skewed because it's done by imdb readers. And of course, people who read imdb are not representative of the American population.

As a new employee at my company, I was able to get a free 15 minute massage. It was the first time I ever got a professional massage, and it was pretty nice.

On another note, I have $420 to spend on medical expenses until the end of the calendar year because of my company's benefits program. Albert (my roommate) has $3000 to spend. He says he might get an MRI just because it'll be free.

My picks for individual baseball awards:

AL MVP:
1) Alex Rodriguez. Part of me wants him to win this award just because he's been shafted so many times before. But if you look at it in terms of this year alone, his contributions offensively and defensively are greater than anyone else. Good leader and clubhouse influence... you can talk about Texas being in last place all you want, but he's added the most value to his team.
2) Jorge Posada.
3) Bret Boone.

AL Cy Young:
1) Tim Hudson.
2) Esteban Loaiza.
3) Pedro Martinez.

This is a close enough race that their final starts might impact this pecking order.

NL MVP:
1) Barry Bonds. Easy decision because of his superior OBP.
2) Albert Pujols.
3) Gary Sheffield.

NL Cy Young:
1) Jason Schmidt.
2) Brandon Webb. I'm not kidding. No one knows about him, but he leads the NL in Support-Neutral Value Added.
3) Mark Prior.

For those of you who want to give the Cy Young to Eric Gagne, I think you'd also have to put Billy Wagner in the top 3. He's been just as dominant.

Updated blog count for each class:

Total: 104
2000: 4
2001: 6
2002: 8
2003: 19
2004: 21
2005: 13
2006: 33

Blogs: 55
Xangas: 44
Other: 5

Websites: 16
Picture sites (I counted one per person): 26

I've been out of the blog loop ever since I went on missions. But at least I finally updated the left column of links today.

As always, let me know if you want your blog/website/picture site linked or not.

My company has a luxury suite at PacBell Park, and I put myself on the wait list a couple weeks ago hoping that I'd get to go sometime in 2004. But some people at my company bailed, so I ended up going last night! I went with Allen, G1, and Stephen.

It was pretty nice... we got free drinks (but not free food) and took a picture in Willie Mays' suite (too bad he wasn't there). It was my first time in a luxury box, and it was really nice to be able to go into an air-conditioned room and watch several other games at the same time (instead of freezing outside on a cold SF night).

I even met a co-worker who's a hard-core fantasy sports fan. He's gonna try to get me involved in some office leagues.

What I did this past weekend:

-Visited G1 at his place in Fremont
-Had dinner with Basile, G1, Kathleen, & Vickie (we don't even carpool to church together anymore, but we still meet up anyway)
-Watched Matchstick Men with AHan, Christina Yi, Deborah Han, Isabel, and Stephen
-Played Texas Hold'Em for about 7 hours (3 different times)
-Watched lots of football

I was randomly looking for a place to eat for lunch today in San Rafael, when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a restaurant called San Jose Taqueria.

Now I wasn't sure if this was affiliated with the place in Oakland or not, but I decided to go there anyway. As I walked in, I noticed most of the workers were wearing aprons that had "San Jose Taqueria, Oakland, CA" on them. The menu was the same, and the food was San Jose Taqueria quality and quantity.

This is so sweet... all the other places in this area charge $7-8 for lunch, so getting a $3.45 regular burrito is a great deal.

I finally got a new computer. I have 80 GB on my hard drive, but I don't download music or movies, so I'm pretty sure I won't take advantage of all the space I have.

The only things I do on my computer is browse the internet, play fantasy football (yeah, I gave in this year), check e-mail, and use Word and Excel.

G1 says its ironic that I bought a new computer now, since I won't be using it nearly as much as I did in college.

Things I bought at Target yesterday:

-whisk
-large wooden spoon
-sink mat
-juice pitcher
-combs
-409 cleaner
-Windex
-toilet bowl cleaner
-milk
-bottled water (for an office potluck. Yes, bottled water was my contribution...)

Came out to over $30.

I'm going to try to budget my expenses... we'll see how long that lasts.

Random thoughts:

-I got up to Emeryville on Friday. I wonder when I'll ever finish unpacking.
-One of the best things about work is that we have a nap room. It's awesome. We can take a nap whenever we want to, for as long as we want, as long as we get our work done. I think I'll be taking advantage of that soon. I was starting to fall asleep during a 2.5 hour afternoon meeting.
-I was spacing out while I was driving on Wednesday, so I ended up in Sausalito. That means I drove 20 minutes past the freeway entrance to the Richmond Bridge.

I started work yesterday... dude... I work in the boonies... there were deer wandering around our office here in Marin County.

My job is pretty cool so far. I'm working at a company called Fair Isaac and I'm going to be analyzing credit scores with statistical software. I work at the company's headquarters, so there are over 800 people here and we have 3 buildings. I'm just getting my feet wet this first week so I haven't really done much.

I still need to get internet access at home. I bought a computer on Friday and still haven't used it (I don't have much use for it without internet access.)