January 10, 2008

Evening Ramblings

Few notes... I tried getting tickets through work to the Democratic debate in Hollywood but was unable to. I have had time to decide that that is probably not a bad thing. I have some interesting takes on the current state of political discourse these days. It seems that most people I talk to are following roughly the results of Iowa and New Hampshire. However, I don't think many really understand all of the candidates, issues, history, money, etc. that is part of this process. I don't even have a 1/1000th of the knowledge I should have. Everyone has an opinion though. Hmmm...

It turns out the Los Angeles Lakers are only 1 game out of first place in the whole Western Conference. That's awesome. My (ex?)boss has an interesting theory that much of the Lakers' current success can be attributed to having 0.4 Fisher back on the squad. However, that guy is a Utah Jazz fan so I don't know how seriously I can take him...

I feel the need to reiterate how unbelievably good "There Will Be Blood" was. It was unbelievably good.

I am going to try to see either the Murakami exhibit tomorrow (Oops, I won't be out of work in time) or the Photo LA exhibit in the evening. Saturday, I was going to go see Point Break Live, but just found out tickets are sold out. I will let people know when I will be setting up a group outing for this. So in the time I was writing this, I found basically everything I wanted to try to do this weekend does not really work or fit into my schedule. YAY!!!

This has been an interesting year so far. It is only 10 days in and I feel like so much has happened. Maybe nothing has though.

I know Volksgeist has been talking about the poor state of economy. I looked at my 401k the the other day and found that within the first week of this new year, my rate of return was -4.2%. Granted, 401ks will fluctuate and it will grow over time (in theory). However, every fund except for the preservation showed a 1 month decline. I hope things change soon.

When I went up to Vancouver in September, I got a speeding ticket in Oregon. I forgot to pay it. I just received a letter in the mail from the Oregon Courts. I hope I can just pay it and not have my lisence suspended or go to jail. I liked Oregon. I hope they let me back in...

1 comment:

Volksgeist said...

IN oregon you have to pay tickets in silver slugs, in person. Where they are weighed and if it adds up you then have to enter the guantlet. YOu will have to run though a field of dog shit barefoot, and at the end you have to find a bearded fat lady who will kick you in the balls as punishment for your moving violation. Oregon is a tough state, sucks to be you dude.