So... It's scheduled. I'm checking in on the 12th of October and they cut me open on the 13th. 
From what the doc told me, they will shorten the inside ligament and move the knee cap attach on the tibia toward the inside. It should prevent the knee cap to move like crazy like it does now.
Scary stuff. I'm already freaking out so I can't imagine in what shape I'll be in 2 months. Well... We'll see.
Oh for the love of all the birds that fly through the sky.
The Dokdo protests have become so commonplace that I've come to ignore
the regular flare ups. Yet they've hit a new low recently. Responding
to the latest poke by the Japanese government on the whole Takeshima
issue, a group of Korean military veterans decided that the best way to
show their displeasure was to go before the Japanese embassy, hammer to
death live pheasants (the national bird of Japan), eat their internal
organs, and throw the carcasses at the embassy.
Yes, you read
that correctly. I didn't believe it either until I saw the photos. I
mean, what the hell? I know you're upset about the issue, and I
support your cause, but why execute a group of poor birds and consume
their livers in public?
I'm still trying to figure out this
aspect of Korean psychology because outside of nations in extreme
political duress, these sorts of protests normally don't occur in
stable, democratic states. The only one possible thing I can think of
is that this is an attempt to convince the Japanese that the South
Koreans are utterly psychotic, and that they're just crazy enough to go
on a bloodthirsty killing frenzy over the issue.
To be fair, the
guys who went through with this are your typical far-right militant
ultra-nationalists they are commonly found in most nations, so you can
consider this the far end of the spectrum. This was the same group
that killed themselves a live "Koizumi pig" a few years back. Also,
the civilized portion of Korean society usually sticks with peaceful,
nonviolent candle-light protests and marches. Still, its a reflection
of social tolerance for a very violent protest culture: you've got the
far-right sacrificing animals while the far-left prefers running street
battles. I wonder if the group who did this was the same group that
rigged the homemade flame throwers to battle police with a few years
back.
My thoughts: no need to kill the birds, I could have told
you the Korean government might actually do that without the need to
sacrifice our avian friends. When a government buys a brand new,
state-of-the-art fighter jet and decides to deploy it in defense of
that barely inhabitable island over the 1.1 million armed communists
who regularly talk about turning Seoul into a sea of fire, you know
they just might do it.
On the flip side, it only reaffirms my
belief that no one can top South Koreans in protest showmanship (my
favorite was the funeral dirge in Hong Kong a few years ago).
Heath Ledger was fantastic. It was such a fantastic movie... and in IMAX! Wow :)
The only thing I have to say that was negative is that I wish I saw a little more Morgan Freeman.
Oh and also... there's this great shot of the entrance to Citigroup (that Alex & I saw)... the same Citi entrance that I used to take every morning as I walked into the office... oh HK, how I miss thee.
Go see the movie. It's great. Period.
My phone has been killed by software. Never thought I'd see the
day, especially from a company like Google. However, the latest
version of Google Maps slowly ate away at my phone. Each time I loaded
it, it would take longer and longer until finally, the last time I
tried, my phone just froze up. Now, whenever I tried to reboot it, it
just sits there on the boot up screen for hours on end.
Going
online, I find that my poor model, the SPH-A900, is pretty prone to
this with a very long litany of complaints about the subject.
So uh yeah, if I don't answer your call for the next couple of days, I'm not ignoring you. Scout's honor!
Days like this, I really regret not having purchased a land line.
I was talking to someone the other day that I had helped figure out a problem. He had mentioned that he told a buddy about the fix and his buddy asked him if he was going to document the fix, the guy in turn said, "No, then they'll have no need for me if they have all of my knowledge". This got me thinking about how valuable employees are to companies and if they are expendable if they have the knowledge in order to train someone else to do it for cheaper.
It gets one curious as far as what to divulge and what not to. I myself try to document to the best of my ability but sometimes wonder if a majority of my value is based on my abilities or my vast knowledge from my time at the company and how I can recall anything that occured in the past. I know the company I work for values me as a contribution to the team...but I can understand where other people are coming from when they have those FUDs(Fears, Uncertainties, and Doubts)
except in july...
and instead of basketball, flag football.
Our team (My Lil Pwnies) was the ONLY co-ed team in the league. Our season was a little sad (0-10) and people sorta laughed at us. Like all the time.
Tonight was the playoffs. We playde the #1 team in our division (Microsoft... ugh)... and WE WON OUR FIRST GAME EVER!... and we continued on in the playoffs to win the entire thing. I'm currently being fitted for my championship ring.
WE ROCK!
woot.
peace<3chiLL~linda
went canoeing in Russian River... for like 7 hours... - which was fantabulous, however, my arms are sore as mess!!!
so fun!
