dude, meetings

so i was in a meeting where i was only observing, and i got super bored and sleepy, so i tried to stay awake and look busy at the same time by writing on this post-it pad, and it turns out to be one of the funniest things ever because i don't even remember writing half of it

pretty sure this is what i would sound like if i were high

chinese tourette's

he's a time traveler!

context: irvin's power supply in his computer died last week, and a new one is in transit
(4:11:08 PM) Irvin Pham: so yeah... the case and psu will come tomorrow
(4:11:13 PM) Irvin Pham: hopefully that'll fix everything
(4:11:19 PM) Irvin Pham: and i can return to the 21st century

foot pictionary

what a hilarious game.

so in GTA V Online, while doing missions with random people, i befriended some cool dudes, and they invited me to join their crew.  sure, why not?  the crew is called Authentic Zone Mafia.  lol.  but they’re really a cool bunch of dudes, they all have mics and they’re all really funny.  i think it’s ‘cause a good majority of them are actually black…

the first two pictures are shots i tried to get of everyone when we were chilling in one of their apartments.

and the last picture is a selfie of my awesome character, next to my ride of choice.  (probably slightly inspired by gal gadot and the f&f series)

i might be the only crew member who doesn’t have a mic, so i’m not sure if they assume i’m a girl irl or what..

I PLAY A FEMALE CHARACTER ‘CAUSE I’M A FEMINIST!!!

some cute/funny drinks at shoprite

i’m a youth sponsor at my youth group, and i lead a small group of 6th grade boys.  it’s been so long since i’ve been in youth group, let alone 6th grade, and i forgot how awesome it is to be young.  talking with these kids is always a blast, and i love that the only way to really get them intently focused and eager to answer questions is if i reward them with candy.  we had one night where we wrote encouragement notes to the college freshmen who just left yg, and my three sixth graders wrote ten cards!  hahah they’re so great.

and something about using those markers makes your writing look like it was written by someone at least five years younger than you.  i wrote “clifford” on that box in the second to last picture, and it looks like a middle schooler wrote it LOL.

love these boys :D

epiphany

last week, i realized what popcorn style prayer meant. it means that you don’t know who will say the next prayer, just like you don’t know which kernel will pop next…

i miss being a kid

today, at red robin, celebrating sean's birthday, i went to the men's bathroom.  as i got there, i found it being held open by a man who looked to be on his way out.  i stood outside for a little bit, thinking he was going to leave soon, and 'cause i knew he wasn't holding the door for me.  after a short amount of time passed, i went ahead into the bathroom, and lo and behold..

in there was a little boy who had just finished doing his business at the urinal, and he was repeatedly and rapidly flushing the urinal.

the dad: come on, it's time to go, you flushed it enough already, and it's this guy's turn.

little boy: -reluctantly backs away from the urinal, watching the massive amounts of water-

the dad: come on, he's gotta go pee!

little boy: -finally walks away towards his dad, forgetting to wash his hands because he was clearly still thinking about the urinal and how he wanted to flush it more-

i miss being a kid.

and it's not over yet!

after i come out of the bathroom, the same little boy is holding the door of the women's bathroom open a crack and looking into it.

the dad, to someone nearby: oh, he's such a peeping tom!

the dad, to the boy: hey, if you're going to look in, you gotta go inside, too!

spray some nos .. or windshield wiper fluid

"i had to get new spray nozzles, so i looked on ebay and found ones that also looked cool." - my dad

check out our suped up suv mannnn.  okay, my dad is pretty cool.

water and electronics

picture this: it's a few nights ago.  a full cup of water is sitting on my desk, as usual.  i reach over to my bed to get something, not a usual motion.  on my way back, i knock over the cup of water with my elbow.  the whole cup spills, but my desk doesn't get that wet..  how convenient that my mechanical keyboard (of about a month's age) is right there to catch it all!

a few water droplets get on the monitor screen, and i wipe most of it off, but whatever, MY KEYBOARD!

i freak out about the keyboard, turn it upside-down to shake out all the water, and then i remov every single keycap, dry off what i can, and then put the keycaps back on.

moment of truth.  i plug it in.  i type.  IT STILL WORKS!

i manage to type all of this, which still sits in a word document on my desktop: I just spilled water on my keyboard!  And removed all the keys.  And dried it out as best as I could with napkins.  And put all the keys back on.  And it still works!  Woohoo!  :D

i take this time to bring my focus back to what other things require my attention, such as wiping the few remaining little droplets of water on my monitor that i missed.

and then..

my computer starts tripping out.  like, as if i'm holding the shift key down continuously.  and the usb beepy sound happens a few times.  uh oh.  oh, and by now, the keyboard is non-responsive.

i tinker with it a bit more.  yep, it's dead.

my computer doesn't recognize it, other computers don't recognize it.

well, i'm sending it in under warranty now.

so is the story over?  nope!

the next day, my monitor is brokes.  how is it brokes?  no better way to describe it than with some pictures!

yep, a few water droplets seeped into the bottom of the screen, damaged something or the other, and now those vertical lines are permanently on my screen!

no warranty business for my monitor, because a) it's unbranded, and b) i've had it since my freshman year (september 08).

well, i guess it's time to finally upgrade from this horrible 22" 1680x1050 ppi.  (pixels per inch)

tl:dr - a few nights ago, in one swift motion, i owned my keyboard and monitor.

so i just got a call..

me: hello?
guy: hey, choobies?

LOLOL there's a first time for everything.

(i just joined a ugc highlander tf2 team and my clan leader called to ask if i was on my way to a scrim)

no 1-UPs in mario kart..

just found out the multi-boost mushroom in mario kart 64 isn't green.

xxi

just found out what forever 21 means...  IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

two instances in two days

so i realized i have this bad tendency.

when i'm in a public place, put on the spot, and i have to respond to someone of the african-american descent, in the heat of the moment, i tend to blurt out something ghetto like, "yeh it's all good."

last night, at livingston dining hall's mongolian grill, there's an awesome black guy who cooks the food.  here's how the conversation went..

me (thinking): alright, next step is to tell him what kind of sauce i want.  i'm so ready to say spicy duck sauce, 'cause it's so good, mmm spiciness, yeahhh
him: what kind of sauce do you want?
me: i'll have spicy duck!
him: sorry, we don't have anymore.
me (thinking): AHHH PANIC AHH WHAT AHH OKAyAHH
me: oh, uh, i'll have teriyaki then.
him: yeah, sorry we ran out of duck.
me (in a slightly ghetto tone): haha it's all good
me (thinking): WAIT WHAT DID I JUST SAY WHAT THE WHAT I'M SO DUMB

then again tonight..
i put my bike on the rexb bike rack.
the black bus driver gets off the bus and shakes my bike.
him: just wanted to make sure it's secure!
me: haha yeah it's all goood
SHOOT.

._____.

racism!

while on the A bus, i witnessed the bus driver (a white man) ask a student (a black man) to get up from his seat in the front of the bus and go take a seat in the back of the bus.

lul