<center>2006.11.16</center>
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<p>목요일 아침: 2day's <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com" target="new"><i>san jos&ecaute; mercury news</i></a> headline reads, <font face="times new roman" color="black">
<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16025801.htm" target="new">"Silicon Valley makes Gates `one of us'"</a></font> ("printable" version: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16025801.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp" target="new">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16025801.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp</a><sup>*</sup>) this story aktually means 'lot to me 4 a few reasons:<br>
1. the story's 'bout how the current ceo'f my company presented to bill gates an award named after the 4mer ceo'f my company - the james c. morgan global humanitarian award. i've had the chance to meet n' have my pic taken w/ both the current n' 4mer ceos'f my company. i guess that's quite an honour. furthermore, thinkin' 'bout that makes me wonder what life's like as a famous, hi power exec ('specially ceo)'f a huge, successful compoany; wow. it's almost like being the president'f the united states or sumpthin'.<br>
2. lately, i've gotten on a trip (gotten into) on the idea'f buying lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown stuff. i mean, heck, that term starts w/ <i>produce</i>. ppl talk 'bout organik produce n' 'bout lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown produce. like, is it better to buy organik produce that's organik or lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown, if u hafta choose btwn the 2. this 1 <s>author</s> columnist in the <a href="http://www.metroactive.com" target="new"><i>silikon valley metro</i></a> (which i sort'f feel <i>used to</i> be called <i>the san josé metro</i>... am i rt?) stett holbrook wrote in his column "live feed" an article called
<a href="http://www.metroactive.com/metro/06.21.06/feed-0625.html" target="new"><font face="times new roman" color="black">"big bad organic?"</font></a> (printable version: <a href="http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Dining+%26+Restaurants+%7C+Live+Feed&expire=&urlID=18645073&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metroactive.com%2Fmetro%2F06.21.06%2Ffeed-0625.html&partnerID=99301" target="new"><font size="-2">
http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Dining+%26+Restaurants+%7C+Live+Feed&expire=&urlID=18645073&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metroactive.com%2Fmetro%2F06.21.06%2Ffeed-0625.html&partnerID=99301</font></a>). here's a quote from the article: <font face="times new roman" color="black">"Faced with a choice between organic apples from Chile and nonorganic apples grown by a Watsonville farmer, I'll take the local stuff. Sure, the Chilean produce was produced without pesticides, but the jet fuel it costs to send the apples here cancels out a lot of the benefits of organic production."</font> i totally understand what he means. i agree. i mean, i <i>prefer</i> to buy produce that's <i>both</i> lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown <i>n'</i> organik, but <u>we must consider the greater good</u>: when u eat organik fud instead'f fud w/ pesticides n' hormones, u benefit ur own health. however, when u eat lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown n' produced fud, u benefit the world cos u reduce pollution. furthermore, u support ur neighbours n' ur kommunite (community). me? i really wanna support silikon valley n' the bay area, if u haven't noticed. *sigh* yah, i'm a bit'f a lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> yokel, un4tunately. @ the same time, i <i>aim</i> to be a blessing upon my kommunite... whate'er <i>that</i> entails. like, <i>as a church</i>, <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> aims to be a blessing upon our kommunite: pastor dave, after mtg w/ some pastor friend'f his, challenged our congregation during a sermon w/ <i>this</i> question - if <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> were to disappear 2morrow, would the kommunite 'round us miss us? hrm, that's a <i>great</i> question n' a great <i>challenge</i>. pastor dave keeps sayin' that, <i>as a church</i>, we're not here to be just a social club or holy huddle. pastor andy also sez that. it's true. god doesn't call upon us to be <i>just</i> some asian.am social club or nething. we're <i>not</i> to be just a gathering'f asian.am yuppies. i know many ppl who come to <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> expekt to find that... n' i agree w/ pastor dave that, in the end, it's just great that these ppl come, [later] so we should welcome them nonetheless, no doubt. come 1, come all, u know? neway... (i digress / digressed.) i want to support lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> companies: silikon valley companies, sobay companies, bay area companies, nor*cal companies, cali4nian comopanies, western u.s. companies, companies in regions'f the u.s. i like, companies in <i>countries</i> i like... yah, i think that's my order'f priority... <i>ruffly</i>. i wanna support companies that pay taxes in the city i live in (santa clara) or else in cities <i>near</i> where i live. sometimes i opt to buy gro¢eries from a supermarket in santa clara rather than sunnyvale just cos i want to support my city... altho' i wish their skate park were as good as sunnyvale's! freakin' a! why's our skate park only open starting @ 100p n' require checkin' in etc. sunnyvale skate park's friendly open door policy rocks. it's much better. santa clara - the mission city... the santa clara 49ers... <font face="comic sans ms" color="#330055">keep santa clara weird.</font> <font face="comic sans ms" color="#550033">silicon valley: <font color="red">am</font><font color="#555555">eri</font><font color="blue">ca</font>'s <i>real</i> heartland!</font> [later] well, 4 me, the concept'f lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>ly grown goes way beyond produce or fud in gen'l. the silikon valley has played a big part in the skate/punk movement. i'm not as much into san josé punk rock - mostly cos i'm just not that familiar w/ it despite knowing names'f bands like the faction etc.; but i'm really into san josé skate culture. steve caballero's a local. jeff kendall's some1 we lured over here from the midwest, i believe. there r <i>many</i> san jo pro skaters. in fakt, my own hi skool (my alma mater) graduated several pro skaters. u know how yesterday i thought maybe i was skatin' w/ pro skater tony trujillo. well, i don't think so much nemore that was him; but i <i>have</i> skated w/ pros in my past. i skated w/ salman agah when i was a kid. i also skated w/ spencer fujimoto as a kid. those 2 hung out 2gether. they were both nice guys. salman was big on jesus, n' that's kewl. i 1nce got steve caballero's autograph, as u might know, @ the bay area snow show in san josé; but i think i lost it. <tt>:-(</tt> i think my mom threw away that poster. *sigh* neway, as i've sed b4, i'm more into buying skateboarding n' snowboarding produkts from <a href="http://www.nhs-inc.com/" target="new">nhs, inc.</a> since i know their a somewhat local, santa cruz / soquel company. when i was a kid, my dad took me on an <a href="http://www.asme.org" target="new"><font color="red">am</font><font color="#555555">eri</font><font color="blue">kan</font> society of mechani<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> engrs</a> (american society of mechanical engineers, asme) field trip to visit the santa cruz skateboarding faktory n' meet their ceo richard novak. dude, that was so kewl. i like how nhs's independent skateboard trucks r manufaktured in the <font color="red">u.</font><font color="#555555">s.</font><font color="blue">a.</font> no doubt; that rocks. even tho' i currently have nhs's bullet trucks, which might be made in china or sumpthin', i believe indies r the best. so nhs's a lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> boardsports company. <a href="http://www.dlxsf.com" target="new">deluxe</a>, the company that sponsored salman agah on its real skateboards brand, 's 'nother lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> skateboard company, based in sf. it's website's url's <a href="http://www.dlxsf.com" target="new">http://www.dlxsf.com</a>. i guess i wouldn't mind supporting that company as well. i <i>think</i> <a href="http://www.enjoico.com" target="new">enjoi</a> <i>might</i> also be a bay area company; i'm not sure. i like their graphics (4 what <i>that</i>'s worth) n' the fakt that they have asians on their pro team like jerry hsu. <a href="http://www.consolidatedskateboard.com" target="new">consolidated skateboards</a>'s 'nother bay area (or 'least nor*cal) skateboard company, as it's based in santa cruz. i notice that skaters @ the sunnyvale skate park ('mongst the ol' guy morning crew) like black label decks, independent trucks, n' vox shoes. i dunno where black label n' vox r located. i also c 'lot'f creature (also nhs) decks n' krux (also nhs) trucks. other brands i c: enjoi, element, santa cruz, bones wheels (powel peralta / skate one), nike sb, vans... yah, companies like skate one, vans, pro.tec (i think), almost, birdhouse, mini.logo... those r all socal brands, i think. i <i>am</i> a bit into the nor*cal v. socal rivalry; but i still consider socal to be 1) a great place to visit n' 2) a great place in gen'l cos it's still in the wonderful golden state'f cali. neawy, no1 here wants to read 'bout skateboarding 'cept me. silikon valley's known 4 skateboarding, produce (orchard valley), n' then - 'f course - hi tech stuff! yesterday (or <i>sometime</i> this wk), microsoft unveiled its zune media playa, set to challenge <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=hFit*7DqwsE&offerid=87933.10000149&type=3&subid=0" target="new">apple</a><IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=hFit*7DqwsE&bids=87933.10000149&type=3&subid=0" >'s ipod. i haven't bought an ipod n' don't plan to. i 1nce won an ipod shuffle n' gave it to the beautiful <a href="http://www.friendster.com/203953" target="new">kaela hwang</a> who had lost her ipod nano in washington, dc. i prefer to use my palm t5 as my portable media playa, but that's in the shop rt now n' 's s'pposedly being sent back to me 2day. thus, i sort'f wish i had that ipod shuffle cos i've used the lack'f a portable mp3 playa as an excuse not to go to the gym 4 weight training werkouts, which i desperately need! ugh. neway, i resisted buyin' an ipod cos'f how big n' popular n' hyped up they r. however, i realised this wk that 'least <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=hFit*7DqwsE&offerid=87933.10000149&type=3&subid=0" target="new">apple</a><IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=hFit*7DqwsE&bids=87933.10000149&type=3&subid=0" >'s a lo<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> company, so i should support them cos'f <i>that</i>. microsoft? it's based in washington state. washington state's a good state tho'... washington, oregon, n' cali... these 3 r good states, i think. the west coast rocks, eh?
<p>well, last nite (수요일 밤 sooyoil bam), ken n' grace were s'pposed to have dinner w/ us @ <font color="blue">청기와 chunggiwa</font> @ 800p. [later] 오후: however, @ the last min, grace txt msged me, sayin' that ken hurt his back n' so they were cancelling. insted, i went to santa clara's <a href="http://www.galleriaplaza.com/" target="new">갤러리아 프라자</a> (galleria plaza) to buy some gro¢eries. then, i went home n' cooked some 우동 oodong. kaela n' i ate that n' drank a couple bottles'f oregon honey wheat bier from trader joe's.
<p>this morn, i woke up late. cos'f the cold weather, my body cms to want me to sleep in more. i'm goin' into winter hibernation mode. i finally woke up. i was a li'l frustrated w/ myself 4 wakin' up so late. i took sooni 4 a quick walk on foot not skateboard. *sigh* i grabbed the powerbar pria (women's snack bar) that i got as a free sample n' a pro max protein bar n' rushed off to the sunnyvale skate park w/o takin' my vitamins. *sigh* i hade a "short but sweet" skate session @ the sunnyvale skate park. like yesterday's, 2day's skate sesh (skateboarding ession) was only 'bout 0.5 an hr. when i got there, there was just 1 other guy, 'nother adult newbie. he was prob'ly an engr like me, more likely a programmer or i.t. guy; just my guess. he was having probs ridin' the small bowl n' asked 4 help n' advice etc. we talked a while n' took turns in the small bowl. a li'l later some'f the other morn crew regulars started showin' up, like the guy w/ the silver acura w/ the thrasher pentagram sticker that skates <i>really</i> well n' catches big air n' the mormon dad.
<p>i'm still <i>breakin' in</i> my vans. my vans r vans churchills. u can check'em out online on <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1728583-9489017" target="_top">zappos</a><img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-1728583-9489017" width="1" height="1" border="0"/>. <font size="-3"color="#999999">http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/11590140/c/151.html</font>
<p>during my lunchbrk 2day, i drove out to the ross store on homestead in santa clara btwn kiely n' san tomas. it was kind'f a waste'f time, but i just wanted to browse 'round. i accidentally left my wallet in the car, so i couldn't buy nething neway. i went home n' ate a piece'f trader joe's garlic naan w/ 2 soy smart dogs n' a slice'f veggie slice soy provolone cheese. i also ate a bowl'f cereal, 3 li'l pieces'f gouda cheese, n' a large fuji apple. wow, that's 'lot.
<p>[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: i found a link to this kewl article on <a href="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=edg176" target="new">tim fong's xanga</a>: <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110009246" target="new">"class struggle - american workers have a chance to be heard."</a> by demokratik virginian senator.elekt jim webb in <i>the wall street journal</i>, 2006년11월15일.
<p><sup>*</sup> apparently, in order to get the "print" or "printable" version of a <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com" target="new"><i>san jos&ecaute; mercury news</i></a> story, u just add "?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp" to the end'f the url, huh? well, that's how it <i>appears to me</i>, but i could be wrong.<br><br><br>