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Yesterday, Adrienne and I went to REI to get a couple more things for my bike, namely, a kickstand and a cargo rack thing. The store closed early, at 6pm instead of 9pm due to the holiday. We got there at like 5:55 and got our stuff and got out of there. On the way out, someone was trying to come in, and the greeter lady said “Sorry, we’re closed.” The response: He got down on his knees and screamed “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

We left, and as I was attaching the kickstand to my bike in the parking lot, we hear, from the direction of OfficeMax next door, in a familiar voice, “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!” I guess they were closed too.

As I’ve mentioned before, the freaks seem to come out at night to go shopping. Last night, Adrienne and I went to Safeway and Walgreens. At Safeway we saw:

1. A somewhat beat-up truck parked in the middle of 4 parking spots, haphazard and diagonal. The man who parked it appeared to be intoxicated.
2. A woman who was extremely impatient to buy a giant bottle of Bacardi Rum.
3. A man riding his shopping cart into the parking lot… why does driving the shopping cart bring out the child in everyone?

We went on to Walgreens, and behind us in line was this couple. The man, who seemed to be called “Boo” was groping the woman, and they were “whispering” (and I use that term lightly) sweet nothings. Of course they were talking loud enough for at least me to hear them, a few feet in front of them. Some excerpts:

Man: Come on baby…
Woman: Everything you can do for me, I can do for myself!
Man: Nuh uh baby, nuh uh
Woman: Oh yes, everything you can do, I can do myself!
Man: That’s not true…
Woman: Oh yes it is!

…

Woman: You got some pornos at your house?
Man: Uh huh
Woman: Mmm some booty movies
Man: Uh huh

…

[outside, in the parking lot, man still groping woman]
Woman: Stop, Boo! Fuck!
[fighting ensues, we exit quickly]

By the way, new categories for California and Freaks.

I have posted my pictures from the last two weekends! Last weekend, we visited Robert Mondavi Winery, and this weekend we grilled out at San Gregorio Beach and took a bunch of pictures at Pebble Beach.

Enjoy!

Today, as we’re deciding what to do:

Jeremy: We need to clean the Jeep out…
Adrienne: We gonna take the backseat out?
Jeremy: Maybe.
Adrienne: We could probably put it on the porch…

Adrienne’s true redneck roots are showing…

Apple announced a recall of many PowerBook and iBook batteries today. You can tell you’re a super-geek when your first thought about a battery recall is not “Oh no, it could catch fire!” but instead “Sweet! A free new battery!”.

Update: Damn, I missed the recall by two serials. For the 12-inch PowerBook, the recall starts at 3X446, and I’ve got a 3X444.

Not “sue dee oh”. Listen, it’s easy. Pseudo. Sue doe. Not hard right?

There’s a commercial on the radio station I listen to, Channel 104.9 where they mispronounce pseudoephedrine. It drives me absolutely nuts.

Adrienne and I went to REI today to get some things, since they were having a sale. We wanted to get a hiking backpack for Adriennne (since I’ve already got one), a hitch-mounted bike rack, and a bike for me (since Adrienne’s already got one). We were successful in our venture, and got lots of good stuff.

There was this one sales guy at the store that was amazingly forgetful… Read the rest of this entry »

It’s not uncommon to see geeks with personalized license plates in Silicon Valley. It’s a strange thing to see, but somehow makes sense. Some of my favorites so far:

• HEY RTFM
• HAXORED
• NOMOREC
• DO U GNU

Then, of course, you have Zod (a Yahoo!) with “KILLAOL”.

Last night, Adrienne and I ate at Kabul Afghan Cuisine in Sunnyvale. Very tasty food! I got some sort of lamb kebab, which also had cherry tomatoes and onions and such on it. I did the normal “kebab unloading manoeuvre”, pushing on the top piece of lamb with my fork.

These things should come with a warning. Of course you could imagine what happened, with a nicely softened grilled tomato on the skewer in the middle, the lamb at the bottom holding on for dear life… the tomato took a hit. It exploded, showering me with hot tomato juice and seeds.

Yes yes, a warning.

At 6:44pm, heard over the cubicle wall…

Guy1: Quit eating all his nuts!
Guy2: I can’t help it! I love his nuts!

What a great place.