And, judging by this, so is Peyton Manning. Reminds me of the United Way SNL skit, except with grownups and it’s for real.

Yep, DeShawn Stevenson is crazy.

Nike Soccer commercial. I imagine this type of commercial would translate well to other sports.

David Blaine holds his breath for 17 minutes. On Oprah. I understand the backlash in the past few years against him because, you know, since he’s crazy. But this is truly impressive. Holding your breath underwater is something we’ve all tried and that’s the best thing about this. It’s not some awkward feat involving him hanging from a tree with one arm for two weeks. Apparently there’s some sort of rule that lets you suck on an oxygen tank for up to thirty minutes before attempting the breath-holding record, but 17 minutes is still 17 minutes.

Charles Barkley donut taste test. From Inside the NBA last season. I remember watching this last year and thinking about how I needed to watch more Inside the NBA.

The best of NBA in slow motion. In HD. I get the sense that my computer doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. Still really cool.

The new layout was sort of focused on getting the text closer to the center of the page, but then I realized I barely ever have new entries, so I decided to write one today. Today marks one month since my first day of work. Surprisingly, they didn’t throw me a party. Shocked, I know. Anyway, I think I’ve been in the cage long enough to write five things I think about work.

1. No homework

Basically all my friends that have started working full time say the same thing: “After work, you don’t have to think about work.” The jist of it is that you don’t have homework so you can basically do everything guilt free after 5pm. And now I can add myself to the list of people who say that after work, you don’t have to think about work. It’s nice.

2. School’s not bad at all

You know what, I’ve never said it before, but I did figure it’d be like this: I miss school. Sometimes. Maybe it’s the whole set schedule thing. Every day is a little different in school. With work, it seems easy to just go through the motions and all of a sudden it’s the weekend. I’m trying not to get stuck in a rut doing the same thing every day and waking up one day in Seattle wondering what I didn’t do in San Jose.

Then again, maybe I miss school because of the fact that it’s Spring quarter and the UW campus is really, really nice (something I’ve taken for granted). Also, all the girls aren’t mummy-wrapped in hoodies and TNF fleeces. Adding to that, it’s also easy to see all the positives that I’m missing out on and overlook the chance that it’d be like last year’s spring quarter, which was spent looking out at the sunny days from the fishbowl AKA the EE lab.

3. Working at a computer all day

In middle school, I probably wouldn’t mind hearing that I’d have a job where worked on a computer all day.

8th Grade Ces, let me tell you, it’s not Starcraft all day. And it’s probably not good for your eyes. P.S. how’s the dial-up internet? Oh, Dan keeps disconnecting you to talk on the phone? I forgot about that, sorry man. And I bet future-Dan is probably sorry to hear that also.

4. Ice cream

We have this ice cream machine on our floor. Apparently it’s one of the only places to get ice cream in the facility. They don’t have any at the cafeteria and every time someone sees it for the first time they say something like, “Whoa you have ice cream!” And I do have ice cream. (8th-grade Ces, if you’re still reading, The best part about being an adult is you can have ice cream at 10:30 in the morning!) I went off the first week and tried nearly everything in there, except the Haagen Das at $1.75. I ain’t Haagen Dat ice cream. There’s also the opposite case, where there’s a bar at $1.00. Fat-free and also joy-free. Blue Ribbon holds it down, but trust me—It’s It and Klondike are killing the ice cream machine game right now.

5. Lunch

Going out for lunch is cool because it’s easy and it tastes good. But then you look at the bank statement and $40 a week isn’t that cool. In my mind, I’d say it’s worth it just because of the social aspect. You really don’t want to brown bag it and tag along. I’m trying to think of some way to offset this. The best solution I’ve come up with is to go out to eat on Monday and Friday, then brown bag it in the middle of the week. As for places to eat, we’ve stuck to 4 places: Fu Kee, Baja Fresh, Togo’s, and Something Sushi Boat.

Fu Kee seems like the go-to spot for my lunch squad. I don’t know what Fu Kee means, but I bet the proprietor was thinking something like, “Hey, I need a name that sounds Asian.” And it works. The food does the trick (I won’t go as far as to say it hits the spot), but it makes me miss Seattle the same way Dan did when he was in San Diego. The difference in Starbucks concentration between here and Seattle is surprising. But the difference in teryiaki joint concentration between here and Seattle is staggering.

Baja Fresh is Baja Fresh. You probably have one of these so I won’t say much. Chipotle’s burritos are superior, but I’m enjoying the tacos.

Togo’s reminds me of Jimmie John’s as far as sandwich selection and price go. Unlike other sandwich shops, the line is run like a commissary or Fry’s—one line and you go to the next employee as it opens. One person makes your sandwich from beginning to end. Compared to other spots I’d say it’s slower than Subway, faster than Quizno’s, tastes in between both of those, but it’s got nothing on Tubs.

Sushi Boat Town is basically awesome as far as I’m concerned. The reviews on Yelp are unfavorable (to say the least), but I suspect either a) service has improved, b) lunch service is different than dinner service, or c) I have lower standards than the people on Yelp (it might be an over-generalization, but some seem like food/service-snobs). Anyway, they have awesome bento boxes for lunch. $6.95 for chicken teriyaki, rice, salad, a potato cake, and your choice of salmon teriyaki, tuna sashimi, tempura, various rolls, etc. $1.00 upgrades it to beef teriyaki, and they use a cut of meat better than your average teriyaki spot because it tastes better and it’s obvious that it wasn’t pre-sliced. And $1.50 gets you a pretty hefty serving of salmon sashimi.

And that’s five things I think about work.

Onion News Network: Anonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 human kidneys. Genius. Click around, most are pretty good. Like this one!: NHL star called up to big leagues.

I’m making a few changes to the site. I’ve been fairly stubborn about having the horizontal layout on the photos. I don’t actually go through all the photography posts that often, but it seems like it’s about time to take out the horizontal scrolling. What’s really always annoyed me is the left-aligned page. So I’m changing it and I’ll be making other changes to adjust.

Update: I’m done for tonight. I think I finished most of what I had in mind. I’m not sure about the background. Of all the changes, that’s the most likely to be reverted. I thought all the photo pages would break with the layout switch. Some do break. Some look sort of cool.

First time in a long time that I went to a movie without knowing what sort of reviews it was receiving. And it reminded me of why I keep up with movie reviews. It has Wolverine and Obi-Wan. Hugh Jackman gets Ewan McGregor into a club for stressed out professionals with a phone list for one-night stands. Not the best movie. I do give it credit for making me want to see what was happening next, but it’s fairly predictable. I did see the trailer for The Strangers. I had never heard of it before then. Good horror movies are few and far between these days, so I’m sort of excited for it. Here’s a red-band trailer.