Random Thoughts from a Random Taru

Last night, I went to the Staples Center to watch Ball of Duty play against another dodgeball team. I was too congested to play, at least I didn’t want to get my germs on the ball. How funny would it be though? I took out 39 dodgeball players in a single game! …Ok, maybe funny only to me. >_>;

But first, we had to suffer through a Clippers game. It was sad. The Clippers lost to the Rockets 85 to 102. Ouch. I like the Clippers, but why do they have to lose so often? :(

After the game the court was set up to allow 2 games at the same time. Ball of Duty played against a team called F.A.G.S. At first I thought it was some sort of derogatory pun, but I found out that the team is really full of gay men. Their team name stands for Fun Active Gentlemens Society.

It was another sad game. According to my coworker, BoD only won one game out of the entire time they played. It was also a bit unfair that the other team wasn’t co-ed, but whatever.

I was wheezing when I woke up this morning. It was kinda hard to breath, but once I coughed a ton I was able to breath again. I finally got a substantial amount of phlegm out, too. It’s a greenish grayish yellowish color. Yuck. I also lost my voice.

My physican’s assistant friend told me to drink lots of hot tea and take mucinex. He also said it might be bronchitis and that I should go see a doctor on Monday. >_<

Went to the UC Irvine women’s basketball game today. There weren’t that many band members that showed up, about 13 people in all. I think most of us were made up of alumni.

The game sucked. I don’t think I’ve seen the women’s team play so poorly. (Well, I might have… Erase the bad times from my head and keep the good ones.) We lost by 28 points. UCI 50, Princeton 78. Ouch.

I also think I made my sore throat worse by cheering on my ‘Eaters. Smart move, I know.

After the game, we go to Steelhead Brewery across the street from campus. It was probably the only area that wouldn’t by hyper crowded because of Black Friday.

As of right now, I’m coughing every minute. Darn sore throat!

Lately my dad has been having problems with his heart. He says that it feels like something is pressing down on his chest whenever he’s exerting effort (i.e. going up and down the stairs, pruning the tree outside). Because of that he decided to go to Japan to see a cardiologist there.

Ever since Friday night my throat has been hurting. I thought maybe it was from all the yelling and drinking. Now I’m not so sure. It’s been several days and it should have cleared up by now, but I’ve been coughing and hacking. My rest of my body is OK.

I guess it gives me good reason to eat the nodo ame I have at work.

Got back from the Treyarch trip from Las Vegas today. Had an enjoyable time there. Stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel again. Ate, chatted, danced, etc. Typical things you do while in Vegas. Took the charter bus the company hired to get there an back. I’m a bit sad that I’m not staying an additional night, but unfortunately, I don’t have the extra cash to spend right now.

As a pre-party entertainment, a group of us started off at the bar in Pink Taco. From there we moved to Hofbrauhaus across the street from the hotel. Their sausage appetizer… Delicious. I even liked the sauerkraut and I’m not known to like that stuff!

My worries of gross food was completely unfounded this year. When we walked into the Body English (after breaking to get dolled up, of course), there were several tables of delicious food lined up ready to go. Yum. I approve. I even managed to shame someone at Guitar Hero, which was kinda amazing since I don’t really play that game. After a few more drinks, I was on the dance floor as well.

The party ended at 11 PM and turned into a regular dance club after that. We decided to leave and congregate elsewhere. After some coffee at Starbucks, we went back to the center bar in the casino to just hang around and chat. One of my coworkers got way drunk. I ended up taking away all his drinks and ordering him some water instead. Later on I heard that some bouncers had to take him back to his room and doesn’t remember any of it. I’m going to have to make fun of him on Monday.

The game I worked on for most of this year is out. So it’s a port and I didn’t make any original art, but I did work on getting it squished into the Wii. I worked hard along with the rest of the team and I’m very impressed with the results. If you have a Wii, you MUST get it! Go! Now! Please?

This past weekend was spent playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on my 360. It took me 3 days to finish it on regular difficulty. I decided to try it on veteran difficulty, both at work and at home. Let me just say, I’m ready to pull my hair out on the Rio level. It’s just me basically going from one checkpoint to the next, dying about a hundred times in between. Good game though. Well made.

Yes, 2 topics in one blog post!

Did upper body exercises at the gym today. Didn’t realize that the month I spent not exercising has created a very flabby me. I couldn’t do some of the things I did before with ease… Ok, sorta with ease. I was able to do a set of 10 easily 1-1/2 months ago. Today I was barely able to do 5. It was sad. I need to make going to the gym a very routine event again.

Watched the new V with my sister tonight. Oh my gosh, it was much better than what I anticipated. Definitely going to be catching it every week now.