Ok… I’m finally done… This weekend I was messing around with my new computer and finally loaded all the software and shit. It runs everything I ran prior, and then some.

Running Windows XP Profession (OEM – no active registration crap), on a AMD Athlon XP 1600+ processor, 1/2 gig of PC2100 DDR RAM, and 200 gigs of hard drive space on Ultra IDE 100 mode from my onboard Promise Ultra Raid controller. The fucker boots up in less than 15 seconds. That includes typing my damn password in. =) Don’t believe me? You see me on AIM, tell me to reboot. I’ll come back in 20 seconds (5 seconds to shutdown).

Best of all, the sucker runs COLD! 36 degrees Celcius! Man, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that temp on a high end chip. Everything on Toms Hardware is usually at 38-55 Celcius.

You have to see this baby in action to believe it. It’s just tooooooo sweet. Can you see I’m passionate about hardware?

Anyhow for new years, Cindy couldn’t go, she’s staying with family in Philly, and then planning for someones wedding (yea she does wedding planning too), so she’s gonna be busy till at least middle of January I guess?

Anyhow, awhile back George introduced me to this 26 year old girl named Morrine, who despite the name, is in fact Chinese. She’s pretty cool girl, the only thing I can find wrong with her is that she works for Accenture (just kidding), and we’ve hung out on occassion.

Funny thing with her, is that she’s stick thin, but can eat! My kind of girl… lol Someone who enjoys food! Well one time we were out barhopping and at 3AM she’s like, “Whoa… I drank way too much.” Mind you she only had 2-3 drinks. After talking to her, and what she had/didn’t have, I found out that she didn’t eat all day. No wonder the alcohol shot to her head. She drove her Maxima down, so she handed me the keys and clutched my arm as we made to her car to go to Chinatown for some good food.

So we get to Chinatown… I order a small bowl of seafood egg drop soup. She orders a whole order of watercress soup. Since she ordered in chinese, I didn’t know wtf she ordered. Our order came out and turns out her bowl is so big you could wash your face in it. Anyhow, she practically inhales the entire thing. The soup alone, without the stuff, was probably at least a good liter! I ask the waiter how many people is that for, and he shows 4 fingers. This is where I proceed to fall over the booth and laugh histerically… And that’s why I call her my watercress queen. I bow to you in reverence. =)

Ok, back to the main story (going off on a friggin tangent). Anyhow, George has been buggin her to buy a ticket since thanksgiving and she paid for one. Now its like a week before and both of us don’t have dates, (well my planned date kinda fell through) and so I ask her if she’d be my date. So that’s where I got my date. =) Whoohoo! Now I’m still stuck with 5 tickets. 4 comps, and the 1 ticket that was reserved for my date. Well, friends snatched those suckers up fast. =)

See ya after new years! I’ll have tons of photos and a nice entry…

Friday was Alina’s birthday. Since I haven’t seen her in like almost a year, I thought the least I could do is get her a nice gift. Working for J&J that’s easy – a nice gift basket. This sucka was filled with the best Neutrogena products, soap, facial foamer, rain bath, and some other goodies. It even comes with one of those scrubby thingies that looks like an oversized scrunchie. As Alina put it, it was a practical gift, and she said, “Now when I’m in the shower lathering myself all over, I’ll be thinking of you…” LOL! =P

The party itself was a bit interesting, where it was obvious that there was 2 completely different social circles going around, one being Ernst & Young (almost all of them auditors) and the NYU “factions.” Well since I already knew most of the NYU peeps, I went ahead and mingled with the EY people. (^_^) I also managed to meet another hardcore U2 fan who was also at the Saturday Elevation concert that MTV rated “the best U2 concert ever” He’s got a bootleg which he’s gonna hook me up with. WHOOHOOO!

Now some of you may know the original froshie trio (shown on the left). Shari, me, and Alina. We knew each other since hrmm… Orientation froshie year, I believe. Back then Alina was engaged to some guy, but after 6 years of being engaged broke it off. Heh – the guy probably thought he had a sure thing! LOL j/k =P

Anyhow froshie year, every single day (yes, everyday) we’d all go to third north, and eat together, and when we were done, good ‘ol Alina got all creative on us and make some strange sculpture out of mashed potatoes, broccoli, and other interesting leftovers. We were loud, obnoxious, and really didn’t give a fuck of what other people thought about us. We were the trio and we owned 3rd North for all we cared about. We had camaraderie, each other, and friendship. We had years of classes together, life problems, and pretty much supported each other through the years. The trio somewhat drifed apart after going through several significat others (all of us), graduating early (Alina & Shari) and being a friggin work-a-holic conquering the world as a trader (me). But we always keep in contact and make sure to keep tabs on each other.

Ok, I’m digressing in tangents all over the place… Turns out I found a few more singers outta the group, so we’ll try to get them for a round at Tracy-J’s for open-mic! Rock on! =O

It was a pretty interesting party, although it was a bit early (8PM!!) to drink. I didn’t drink much, since I was driving around the city that night (plus my car was filled with promo material for the New Years Party).

I had to ditch outta there at 11 or else I wouldn’t be able to get into my own party at Hammerstein Ballroom. No pics in here (its a no-no for that location), damn punks. LOL But my purpose for that party was for one thing, give them a little classy party that’s cheap, then hit them up to buy the New Years Eve tix for $150. Ran into a few friends there, sold my last 12 tix for $95 (promoters promo). There! All 150 tickets of mine are sold. Heh. This is basically MAX Happy Hour’s last party for the year beofore New Years, so the place was just incredibly packed!

I picked up my suit from the dry cleaners. I friggin love this suit. It’s a grey 3 button Valentino, that looks friggin sweet. I was debating whether to wear my black Valentino or one of my cheapie suits, but then I thought, hey every friggin guy is gonna be wearing black. That’s not me – if I do something, it’s done with a little flair. =) So whats my get-up for New Years? Grey Valentino, pressed black Zara shirt, and this sweet Hugo Boss tie I picked up a few months back. Kenneth Cole shoes, a must. Oh yeah, can’t leave without the black trench coat either.

Which reminds me, I should call Morrine to tell her to come by earlier since I have about 12 people also poppin at my place to get ready before we all head out to the party. Heh! =)

Anyhow, this will probably be my last update till after new years where I’ll probalby have some pics up. Anyhow, I gotta get ready now – My cousin is vising from Michigan and wants me to meet her new bf… heh