Ubiquitous - (MW)
existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered
Used in a sentence: Technology has become nigh ubiquitous in our daily lives and, as all things, brings with it positive and negative consequences.
Reason: That sentence just now was from an essay that I recently wrote for a class I'm taking called Technology Transfer. More so than anything, I chose this word because of how amused Amanda was at my using 'nigh ubiquitous' in an essay for a class. :)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Haiku of the Week
And here's another feature I plan to do weekly XD (in hopes of using this blog other than the ultra long biographical logs).
おもいゆき
つよくふってる
けどきれい
Didn't expect it to be an actual 俳句 (haiku) did ya? Well there it was. A liberal translation may say:
heaviest of snow
falls ever so heavily
but is beautiful
Tune in next week. Let's see if I can do more japanese ones :)
おもいゆき
つよくふってる
けどきれい
Didn't expect it to be an actual 俳句 (haiku) did ya? Well there it was. A liberal translation may say:
heaviest of snow
falls ever so heavily
but is beautiful
Tune in next week. Let's see if I can do more japanese ones :)
Word of the Week
So I decided to try to do a word of the week "feature" lol.
Superfluous - (according to Merriam Webster)
1 a: exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra b: not needed : unnecessary
2obsolete : marked by wastefulness : extravagant
Used in a sentence: Truly getting a chocolate bar at the end of this chocolate factory's tour is superfluous.
Reason I chose this word is because for whatever reason I've been saying it a lot. So there you have it, tune in next week for the next Word of the Week, till then, stay superfluous.
Superfluous - (according to Merriam Webster)
1 a: exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra b: not needed : unnecessary
2obsolete : marked by wastefulness : extravagant
Used in a sentence: Truly getting a chocolate bar at the end of this chocolate factory's tour is superfluous.
Reason I chose this word is because for whatever reason I've been saying it a lot. So there you have it, tune in next week for the next Word of the Week, till then, stay superfluous.
Monday, December 29, 2008
A thought #2
If the way we love each other and ourselves is like a night light, the way God loves us is like a laser.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
the last month
Strap yourselves in, this one's gonna be, as I like to say, kilometric. I might end up splitting it into 2 parts or something. Wow, so where to begin... I guess I haven't blogged since I got this computer, seeing as how that was my previous blog was about, so I'll try to start way back then and work myself into the present.
Ok, at that point I was still working at Cleveland, OH. I worked until mid-November. The last two weeks heading up to my leaving Sherwin were actually busier than I thought they'd be. It was good tho, kept me busy and entertained until I finished up. The last day was pretty interesting. I had to stay late the day before on thursday because I was working on something important that I had to finish and so stayed till 5 instead of my usual 4:30. That meant I could've left at 4 on friday but instead at 4 I asked for permission to use the copy machine to do make some copies for my JET (Japanese Exchanged and Teaching program) application. Well, for whatever reason that took me all the way until 5 to get done. The good(?) part of all that was that I got to see everybody leave and everybody said goodbye to me and wished me the best of luck on all my endeavors and whatnot. At 5 when I finished up and pretty much everybody in the office had left, I finished packing up my things and went on my merry way out of the office. It was almost eerily quiet as I was the last one to leave, I think but mainly, it was a nice way to go. I felt like I was really ending that part right. But wait! epilogue! :) As I was getting on the elevator I remembered there were some people that worked in the gym that I wanted to say goodbye to. So I stopped at the 10th floor. Unfortunately those people weren't there :( So I just told one of the trainers that were there, almost choking up how much I was thankful for the people that helped me out in the gym for helping me with my workout and helping keep me motivated. So another door closed behind me, probably one I wouldn't soon go through again. And as I waited in front of the elevator, I got pretty choked up and tried not to be a crying mess, successfully, thank God! Didn't wanna sob all the way home. I really didn't think I'd get so sad to leave the company. I mean, I'm still working for them and stuff but I feel in my mind I was coming to terms with never seeing some of those people again. Of course, there's a fair possibility that I will see them again, but that's just how I work.
Well the last 2 weeks of November came and went and were altogether awesome :) I got to have some, probably unmerited, vacations so I got to do just about everything I wanted to... and a few things I didn't want to. To sum it up, I pretty much played video games and hung out with friends throughout. The second week is when most things went down. I got to make sure and see all my friends and start packing all my crap. Thanksgiving was a total blast! Wednesday night a few of us went over to the Kakos' and saw a bunch of christmast movies (Elf, The Santa Clause and The Polar Express, in case you were wondering). Then we all went to sleep, and woke up early next day for TURKEY BOWL!!! We all went to a snowy soccer field and played some football. Fortunately I just ran around a lot and didn't have to get muddy or anything :D. Afterwards everybody went their way to their houses to enjoy some thanksgiving meals. I stayed at the Kakos', who were extremely nice in having me over for all this :). Friday night Jill, Sue and I went to little Italy in Cleveland and had some delicious italian food (and just as scrumptious dessert after that!). We proceeded to take said dessert over to Steve's to share and devour until it was later than I should've been out the day before moving. Saturday was moving day. I woke up mad early to try and finish packing and cleaning things up a bit but without a doubt everybody helping me out actually finishing to help me pack made it all possible! I'm so thankful for everybody that went and helped me out, especially Kate, who was also moving that day and came out to help me and Jill, who was there since way early to give me a ride to the u-haul place to get the truck. Really there's just no way that I could've had everything done by the time I had to leave. Finally, once everything was packed up we went over to Chipotle (coz there aren't any near rochester >.<*) and then we all said goodbye and I left... The weather was absolutely unbelievable. Not a drop of snow or rain the entire way there. Actually, it was sunny throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, though obviously gloomy and cloudy once I hit NY.
Once I got to Rochester it was all a bunch of having to get used to everything again. I moved into an apartment with people I basically didn't know and at first things were sorta bumpy. The girl I was replacing in the apartment (and her sister) hadn't moved out so yet so I still had all my stuff in the living room (including my bed) and stayed there for like 2 days. No biggie and after that they were able to find where to live and we got all the changes set up and done and I moved into my room and a week later I more or less unpacked some things... lol. There are still some things I'm getting sorted out but they're coming along. Class is pretty cool. Japanese, as I've been saying to everyone, is super fun and cool and I'm so glad to be taking lessons again :D! Tech Transfer is like storytellers with Perry, which is cool (better than taking class, I always say XD, but really, there's much to be said about learning from experience and he's just sharing his experiences with us. Client-side programming is gonna be hard, but I knew that. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it and not get screwed over... I think Ill be ok. Finally, working remotely is pretty cool. Getting stuff done, and I'm glad to be able to help out with whatever I can.
So what else can I say? I'm sure I skipped saying a ton of things but in general that's what went down :) Right now I'm digging IAMX(it's crazy alt rock), whom I heard about because Imogen Heap did a remix of one of his songs, 'spit it out', which rocks, btw! The remix comes out in a few days and guess who's gonna buy it? *points at self* As for right now, I'm sitting in the library in a section called the Idea Factory (where you don't really have to be quiet) and there's a silent auction going on called E-Waste done by SEAL. To give some context, SEAL is an environmental group that my friend Ryan is a part of, and I think one of my roommates is too so that's cool. They get stuff for E-Waste from donations from students and just whoever, really, and then sell it today as a fund raiser.
Oh yeah, I wanted to put some pictures in here of my old apartment in the process of moving and my new place. I suppose I'll do it in another post haha... hopefully that's sooner than a month and a half from now. And one last thing, haha, see, this is what happens when you don't blog forever. One very important thing that happened monday of my first week of vacation (see mid-November + 1 day) was I finally submitted my JET application. It's what the copies in my last day of work were for :). Well I recently got a letter at home telling me they got the application and it was processed. So now I just have to wait until near the end of january to find out if I'm going to NYC or not to get interviewed. *prays* I really really want to go to Japan and I think this would be a super sweet way of doing it. God-willingly, I'm as good as there :D And with that I'm off ;)
Catch y'all later. Also, any ideas what I should do with several hundred haiku? XD
Ok, at that point I was still working at Cleveland, OH. I worked until mid-November. The last two weeks heading up to my leaving Sherwin were actually busier than I thought they'd be. It was good tho, kept me busy and entertained until I finished up. The last day was pretty interesting. I had to stay late the day before on thursday because I was working on something important that I had to finish and so stayed till 5 instead of my usual 4:30. That meant I could've left at 4 on friday but instead at 4 I asked for permission to use the copy machine to do make some copies for my JET (Japanese Exchanged and Teaching program) application. Well, for whatever reason that took me all the way until 5 to get done. The good(?) part of all that was that I got to see everybody leave and everybody said goodbye to me and wished me the best of luck on all my endeavors and whatnot. At 5 when I finished up and pretty much everybody in the office had left, I finished packing up my things and went on my merry way out of the office. It was almost eerily quiet as I was the last one to leave, I think but mainly, it was a nice way to go. I felt like I was really ending that part right. But wait! epilogue! :) As I was getting on the elevator I remembered there were some people that worked in the gym that I wanted to say goodbye to. So I stopped at the 10th floor. Unfortunately those people weren't there :( So I just told one of the trainers that were there, almost choking up how much I was thankful for the people that helped me out in the gym for helping me with my workout and helping keep me motivated. So another door closed behind me, probably one I wouldn't soon go through again. And as I waited in front of the elevator, I got pretty choked up and tried not to be a crying mess, successfully, thank God! Didn't wanna sob all the way home. I really didn't think I'd get so sad to leave the company. I mean, I'm still working for them and stuff but I feel in my mind I was coming to terms with never seeing some of those people again. Of course, there's a fair possibility that I will see them again, but that's just how I work.
Well the last 2 weeks of November came and went and were altogether awesome :) I got to have some, probably unmerited, vacations so I got to do just about everything I wanted to... and a few things I didn't want to. To sum it up, I pretty much played video games and hung out with friends throughout. The second week is when most things went down. I got to make sure and see all my friends and start packing all my crap. Thanksgiving was a total blast! Wednesday night a few of us went over to the Kakos' and saw a bunch of christmast movies (Elf, The Santa Clause and The Polar Express, in case you were wondering). Then we all went to sleep, and woke up early next day for TURKEY BOWL!!! We all went to a snowy soccer field and played some football. Fortunately I just ran around a lot and didn't have to get muddy or anything :D. Afterwards everybody went their way to their houses to enjoy some thanksgiving meals. I stayed at the Kakos', who were extremely nice in having me over for all this :). Friday night Jill, Sue and I went to little Italy in Cleveland and had some delicious italian food (and just as scrumptious dessert after that!). We proceeded to take said dessert over to Steve's to share and devour until it was later than I should've been out the day before moving. Saturday was moving day. I woke up mad early to try and finish packing and cleaning things up a bit but without a doubt everybody helping me out actually finishing to help me pack made it all possible! I'm so thankful for everybody that went and helped me out, especially Kate, who was also moving that day and came out to help me and Jill, who was there since way early to give me a ride to the u-haul place to get the truck. Really there's just no way that I could've had everything done by the time I had to leave. Finally, once everything was packed up we went over to Chipotle (coz there aren't any near rochester >.<*) and then we all said goodbye and I left... The weather was absolutely unbelievable. Not a drop of snow or rain the entire way there. Actually, it was sunny throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, though obviously gloomy and cloudy once I hit NY.
Once I got to Rochester it was all a bunch of having to get used to everything again. I moved into an apartment with people I basically didn't know and at first things were sorta bumpy. The girl I was replacing in the apartment (and her sister) hadn't moved out so yet so I still had all my stuff in the living room (including my bed) and stayed there for like 2 days. No biggie and after that they were able to find where to live and we got all the changes set up and done and I moved into my room and a week later I more or less unpacked some things... lol. There are still some things I'm getting sorted out but they're coming along. Class is pretty cool. Japanese, as I've been saying to everyone, is super fun and cool and I'm so glad to be taking lessons again :D! Tech Transfer is like storytellers with Perry, which is cool (better than taking class, I always say XD, but really, there's much to be said about learning from experience and he's just sharing his experiences with us. Client-side programming is gonna be hard, but I knew that. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it and not get screwed over... I think Ill be ok. Finally, working remotely is pretty cool. Getting stuff done, and I'm glad to be able to help out with whatever I can.
So what else can I say? I'm sure I skipped saying a ton of things but in general that's what went down :) Right now I'm digging IAMX(it's crazy alt rock), whom I heard about because Imogen Heap did a remix of one of his songs, 'spit it out', which rocks, btw! The remix comes out in a few days and guess who's gonna buy it? *points at self* As for right now, I'm sitting in the library in a section called the Idea Factory (where you don't really have to be quiet) and there's a silent auction going on called E-Waste done by SEAL. To give some context, SEAL is an environmental group that my friend Ryan is a part of, and I think one of my roommates is too so that's cool. They get stuff for E-Waste from donations from students and just whoever, really, and then sell it today as a fund raiser.
Oh yeah, I wanted to put some pictures in here of my old apartment in the process of moving and my new place. I suppose I'll do it in another post haha... hopefully that's sooner than a month and a half from now. And one last thing, haha, see, this is what happens when you don't blog forever. One very important thing that happened monday of my first week of vacation (see mid-November + 1 day) was I finally submitted my JET application. It's what the copies in my last day of work were for :). Well I recently got a letter at home telling me they got the application and it was processed. So now I just have to wait until near the end of january to find out if I'm going to NYC or not to get interviewed. *prays* I really really want to go to Japan and I think this would be a super sweet way of doing it. God-willingly, I'm as good as there :D And with that I'm off ;)
Catch y'all later. Also, any ideas what I should do with several hundred haiku? XD
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Answered prayer
So, wow, yesterday and today I've been praying so strongly: "God, please let the computer be shipped today so I can get it this week and not have to wait till monday".
A little back story: (uh oh, here comes another long post ( sorry people) ) Well here's the deal, I wanted to get a new computer when I graduated - 4 years after starting college, in my mind - and the four years came and went but I didn't graduate, which is fine and not a big deal because of how RIT functions and co-ops and whatever. Anyway, since I've had a job I've been savin up money and whatnot and was starting to think that I'd just get a new computer as this one's getting pretty old and could really use a replacement, 'couldn't you, sir Trustypants?'. So a few weeks ago (like maybe late August or September or something) I found out that new macbooks were going to come out so I decided I'd wait for those and get a new computer then. Well the day of reckoning was last tuesday (October 14) and Apple unleashed some sweeeeet refreshes to the notebook line. Needless to say I was super excited and decided to get the new macbook to replace my current iBook. Well upon careful consideration, I decided to save some money by ordering it through Amazon instead of through an apple store or apple.com. Why? Simply because I'd be avoiding about 100 dollars worth of tax, which, even with a student discount, would be more expensive than not getting taxed at all. And so began the wait.
I could've gone to an apple store on Wednesday the 15th and gotten a shiny, brand new one but I decided to be at least a little bit thrifty and wait it out via the Amazon route. Thursday, the computers finally went on the site and that night I ordered it!!! I was psyched but at the same time a little bit concerned. See, all of the new notebooks on Amazon said 'pre-order' and I thought, well, they'll probably get them tomorrow or something. Now, if you know me, you know waiting indefinitely is one of my pet peeves. Give me a date and I'm happy. So long as I have a set end, even if there's a possibility it can change, I'm way more chill than if I have to wait indefinitely for something. Well that pre-order meant indefinitely in as many senses as that word can have. So of course, the days leading up to this Tuesday were a good dose of self-inflicted torture (I'm sort of dressing it up here haha). Finally this Tuesday, that is, yesterday, the model I'd ordered got into Amazon. I got an e-mail that finally gave me a set date to wait for, but at the same time was a bit of a let down. See, I was ever so strongly expecting to have it by this week so that I could enjoy it over the weekend when I would have some good free time. Well much to my dismay, that e-mail had the following Monday, the 27th as the estimated delivery date. I wasn't crushed but I definitely sighed at the thought of having to wait yet another weekend for what could have been mine practically a week ago. There was still hope though.
I had selected 2-day shipping, which, meant that no matter when Amazon sent it, I would get it approximately 2 days later. So then I really started praying. I seriously begged: God, please please pleeeeease let it be sent today so that I may get it on friday!!! Now, some may scoff, 'hah, so much emphasis put on something material like a new computer' but if you know me, you know I have a sort of obsessive nature when it comes to my focus on the next shiny thing to get. So I get a concentrated pigeon-holed tunnel vision that drives me nuts. (yeah, maybe I should work on that, haha, but it's sort of fun too) The point is, God was nice enough to let me have this whimsical request and went a step further. I just checked my mail and it says It's supposed to get here tomorrow!!! Now, I may not be able to pick it up at work tomorrow but that's besides the point. Indeed God answered my prayer and went a step beyond, even for such a simple thing as getting a package. Now, I'm not Bible thumping with this but really, if that's not a sign of a loving, personal God, I don't know what is. <3
A little back story: (uh oh, here comes another long post ( sorry people) ) Well here's the deal, I wanted to get a new computer when I graduated - 4 years after starting college, in my mind - and the four years came and went but I didn't graduate, which is fine and not a big deal because of how RIT functions and co-ops and whatever. Anyway, since I've had a job I've been savin up money and whatnot and was starting to think that I'd just get a new computer as this one's getting pretty old and could really use a replacement, 'couldn't you, sir Trustypants?'. So a few weeks ago (like maybe late August or September or something) I found out that new macbooks were going to come out so I decided I'd wait for those and get a new computer then. Well the day of reckoning was last tuesday (October 14) and Apple unleashed some sweeeeet refreshes to the notebook line. Needless to say I was super excited and decided to get the new macbook to replace my current iBook. Well upon careful consideration, I decided to save some money by ordering it through Amazon instead of through an apple store or apple.com. Why? Simply because I'd be avoiding about 100 dollars worth of tax, which, even with a student discount, would be more expensive than not getting taxed at all. And so began the wait.
I could've gone to an apple store on Wednesday the 15th and gotten a shiny, brand new one but I decided to be at least a little bit thrifty and wait it out via the Amazon route. Thursday, the computers finally went on the site and that night I ordered it!!! I was psyched but at the same time a little bit concerned. See, all of the new notebooks on Amazon said 'pre-order' and I thought, well, they'll probably get them tomorrow or something. Now, if you know me, you know waiting indefinitely is one of my pet peeves. Give me a date and I'm happy. So long as I have a set end, even if there's a possibility it can change, I'm way more chill than if I have to wait indefinitely for something. Well that pre-order meant indefinitely in as many senses as that word can have. So of course, the days leading up to this Tuesday were a good dose of self-inflicted torture (I'm sort of dressing it up here haha). Finally this Tuesday, that is, yesterday, the model I'd ordered got into Amazon. I got an e-mail that finally gave me a set date to wait for, but at the same time was a bit of a let down. See, I was ever so strongly expecting to have it by this week so that I could enjoy it over the weekend when I would have some good free time. Well much to my dismay, that e-mail had the following Monday, the 27th as the estimated delivery date. I wasn't crushed but I definitely sighed at the thought of having to wait yet another weekend for what could have been mine practically a week ago. There was still hope though.
I had selected 2-day shipping, which, meant that no matter when Amazon sent it, I would get it approximately 2 days later. So then I really started praying. I seriously begged: God, please please pleeeeease let it be sent today so that I may get it on friday!!! Now, some may scoff, 'hah, so much emphasis put on something material like a new computer' but if you know me, you know I have a sort of obsessive nature when it comes to my focus on the next shiny thing to get. So I get a concentrated pigeon-holed tunnel vision that drives me nuts. (yeah, maybe I should work on that, haha, but it's sort of fun too) The point is, God was nice enough to let me have this whimsical request and went a step further. I just checked my mail and it says It's supposed to get here tomorrow!!! Now, I may not be able to pick it up at work tomorrow but that's besides the point. Indeed God answered my prayer and went a step beyond, even for such a simple thing as getting a package. Now, I'm not Bible thumping with this but really, if that's not a sign of a loving, personal God, I don't know what is. <3
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
MOAR HAIKU
Allo there world, here you go. The haiku for the first 10 days of October!
10/01/08
ten soldiers at play
ten commands to execute
ten children in wait
alt:
octopus hiding
to tear his prey asunder
bereft of pity
10/02/08
memories of youth
the sorrow I came to know
sadness in farewells
10/03/08
even the wild beasts
in this sudden autumn chill
are all but prepared
10/06/08
taken by the hand
I was shown each of the stars
and heard their voices
10/07/08
spiraling downwards
we are stuck in a tailspin
crash course with winter
10/08/08
a treasure most sought
not one of gold or jewels
an unbroken heart
10/09/08
the here and the now
though it is all that we know
is a passing note
10/10/08
stealing hearts with stares
lovers are quite dangerous
breaking hearts with words
© Emilio Gandara
10/01/08
ten soldiers at play
ten commands to execute
ten children in wait
alt:
octopus hiding
to tear his prey asunder
bereft of pity
10/02/08
memories of youth
the sorrow I came to know
sadness in farewells
10/03/08
even the wild beasts
in this sudden autumn chill
are all but prepared
10/06/08
taken by the hand
I was shown each of the stars
and heard their voices
10/07/08
spiraling downwards
we are stuck in a tailspin
crash course with winter
10/08/08
a treasure most sought
not one of gold or jewels
an unbroken heart
10/09/08
the here and the now
though it is all that we know
is a passing note
10/10/08
stealing hearts with stares
lovers are quite dangerous
breaking hearts with words
© Emilio Gandara
Saturday, October 4, 2008
A thought
Every small effort, every intention put into action is like a snow flake being gathered by a little bit of momentum called time. Before you know it, it's all added up into an unstoppable force.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
peace
So I drew this on sunday, I think. It means ease or peace. Please look at the whole thing because it doesn't do it justice to view the small version.
Also, sorry I haven't been updating. I can't believe I only updated once this month. Oh well, busy busy life, mine... I suppose.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Haiku update + bonus sleep away msg
Hey all. I liked this week's haiku so I'm putting them up. (Haiku is a japanese word and as such has no plural so in this case, I hope you presumed that there are more than one, a conclusion you may have supported with the fact that I write a haiku every work day)
09/02/08
a promise was made
an oath that I am under
separate the sound
09/03/08
memories are strange
try not to forget yourself
remembering me
09/04/08
the sun is ready
and the trees prepare themselves
for the coming fall
09/05/08
brilliant morning star
millions of shining mirrors
sparkling as they fall
And finally, because monday was a holiday and you're probably expecting 5 haiku, here's a little extra poem, which is not a haiku, mind you, but at least it's a good bunch of words strung together. (or so I would like to believe)
closing eyes, bracing themselves for the fall
slowly falling, fading as the soft lines tremble
sinking into the door my mind immolates
a thirsty flame restless in deep sleep
© 2008 Emilio Gandara
09/02/08
a promise was made
an oath that I am under
separate the sound
09/03/08
memories are strange
try not to forget yourself
remembering me
09/04/08
the sun is ready
and the trees prepare themselves
for the coming fall
09/05/08
brilliant morning star
millions of shining mirrors
sparkling as they fall
And finally, because monday was a holiday and you're probably expecting 5 haiku, here's a little extra poem, which is not a haiku, mind you, but at least it's a good bunch of words strung together. (or so I would like to believe)
closing eyes, bracing themselves for the fall
slowly falling, fading as the soft lines tremble
sinking into the door my mind immolates
a thirsty flame restless in deep sleep
© 2008 Emilio Gandara
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