woohoo! go bears! that was sure a scary first quarter... we almost resorted to a mah jong game to put us out of misery. But thankfully, Cal pulled out the win... and going to a bowl. yay!
You know, it's amazing how: 1) no one outside of California knows who the heck Cal is (unless the person really follows college sports) - heck, ppl from east coast tell me how when they saw people wearing "Cal" sweatshirts and stuff, they always thought the person was really proud of their state. 2) Even if they have heard of Cal, no one outside of California knows that Cal is the same school as UC Berkeley. "Where'd you go to school?" "Cal" "Oh. Cal Tech? Cal...?" "No, UC Berkeley." ultimate blank stare of confusion. Even better, I went with my family to a tour of Italy the summer after graduating, and I was talking to one of the girls (who was from the east coast) on the tour with us. "Where'd you go to school?" "Berkeley." "Oh, cool! What'd you major in?" "Industrial Engineering" really blank stare. "Berkeley has an engineering program?" "Yeah, actually it's a pretty well-known department." "Do you play an instrument, too?" Okay... I thought that was a random change of topic.... "Uh, yeah... I play the piano." "Oh cool, did you like do a double major?" "Huh?? No." "Oh, I thought Berkeley was only a school of music." This girl thought I went to Berklee School of Music in Boston! "No, I went to UC Berkeley." "Oh hm. Never heard of that school." Okay, cmon, when I went to East Asia, the people there had heard of Berkeley! East-coast bias at its best.
I think I have been to more weddings & farewell parties this year then all my other years combined. Good ol' joseph decided to pack up and go north... where it rains more... and where there is no sales tax. ;) Although I can't say he'll have it bad in Portland - house sitting a 10,000 sq foot, 8-bedroom house for rent-free while making piles of money at Intel is not a bad situation to be in. :) But we'll definitely miss our brother, I always appreciated his willingness to serve in ministries that weren't so attractive to many - such as upkeeping the Farley house, heading up the calling-team ministry, and much much more... Although he gets a minus point for willingly owning an ATI card in his computer. ;) just kidding.
I am surrounded by ultra sick people at work... but because of thanksgiving, there are already people gone on vacation, so no one will stay home and take a PTO. ACK. let's see how well that flu shot holds up...
You know, it's amazing how: 1) no one outside of California knows who the heck Cal is (unless the person really follows college sports) - heck, ppl from east coast tell me how when they saw people wearing "Cal" sweatshirts and stuff, they always thought the person was really proud of their state. 2) Even if they have heard of Cal, no one outside of California knows that Cal is the same school as UC Berkeley. "Where'd you go to school?" "Cal" "Oh. Cal Tech? Cal...?" "No, UC Berkeley." ultimate blank stare of confusion. Even better, I went with my family to a tour of Italy the summer after graduating, and I was talking to one of the girls (who was from the east coast) on the tour with us. "Where'd you go to school?" "Berkeley." "Oh, cool! What'd you major in?" "Industrial Engineering" really blank stare. "Berkeley has an engineering program?" "Yeah, actually it's a pretty well-known department." "Do you play an instrument, too?" Okay... I thought that was a random change of topic.... "Uh, yeah... I play the piano." "Oh cool, did you like do a double major?" "Huh?? No." "Oh, I thought Berkeley was only a school of music." This girl thought I went to Berklee School of Music in Boston! "No, I went to UC Berkeley." "Oh hm. Never heard of that school." Okay, cmon, when I went to East Asia, the people there had heard of Berkeley! East-coast bias at its best.
I think I have been to more weddings & farewell parties this year then all my other years combined. Good ol' joseph decided to pack up and go north... where it rains more... and where there is no sales tax. ;) Although I can't say he'll have it bad in Portland - house sitting a 10,000 sq foot, 8-bedroom house for rent-free while making piles of money at Intel is not a bad situation to be in. :) But we'll definitely miss our brother, I always appreciated his willingness to serve in ministries that weren't so attractive to many - such as upkeeping the Farley house, heading up the calling-team ministry, and much much more... Although he gets a minus point for willingly owning an ATI card in his computer. ;) just kidding.
I am surrounded by ultra sick people at work... but because of thanksgiving, there are already people gone on vacation, so no one will stay home and take a PTO. ACK. let's see how well that flu shot holds up...
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