MySpace "The Seahawks lost... =(" - Sunday, February 05, 2006, 22:32

The Seahawks lost. That's not too entirely bad, since that's only my third favorite team. But now I have to deal with a year of Cliff. Ugh... Instead of going to some place for Super Bowl, I chose to stay home because I have a 6:00 AM flight tomorrow morning. Out of O'Hare, which is an airport I absolutely hate. It's not easy to get to it from where I live, it's always super crowded, and delays are quite common. But the funny part of it all is that I now realize that I probably can't go to sleep early, because I've been excited all night long. How do you sleep when you are hyper? Oh well...

Now I have to cast my own vote on the best commercial during the Super Bowl. Please don't call me gay. Or un-funny. Or whatever. But I vote for Campaign for Real Beauty. I give Unilever kudo's for making the marketing decision to put such an ad in a male target audience show. It was good that there was only one such type of commercial throughout the game, and it wouldn't be cool if there were more from other companies. But Unilever's was just the perfect one. And I'll leave it at that. I don't think I need to dive deeper. Simply put, it has a real good message. =)

Today was kinda weird. I woke up early to go play kickball at Jonquil Park. With drinking involved. But I didn't drink at all. I take sports, no matter how trivial they are, quite seriously. That's the inner athlete in me. Anyway, I started out pretty badly. I got lost immediately after getting off the train. Great! I walked in the wrong direction. And when I finally got to the park, I was three innings late. Oh well...

And here's the funny part. You would never associate kickball to be a sport that could quite possibly hurt a fly, right? Well, it turns out that melted snow plus softball field sand plus cleats and shoes equal messy stuff. So it was slippery. But never in a million years would I guess till today that beneath that thin layer of sand is rock solid bottom. On my first play, I tried to slide into third base. As soon as my right knee hit the ground, it dug in and found a solid mound of something. It flipped me over. Instead of sliding, I tumbled. And that cut my little pinky finger and sprained it too. And on top of that, I have a cut, bruise and a big bump on my right knee. Yeah... That's what I need. More of injuries that keep me away from running. Ugh... All from kickball?!? LOL

Well, after the Super Bowl, I decided to watch Grey's Anatomy. It's not like I can go right to sleep anyway. And sadly, this episode, It's the End of the World, is like an explosion in your face. No pun intended. A few things that stuck out in my mind:

• The episode started out with something Meredith said to Yang, explaining why she didn't feel like getting up to go to work. Maybe I'll share which statement she said later in due time, but probably not now. But what she said struck a corde in me. And it reminded me once again the realities of life.
• Izzie said that in life, there are watchers and doers. How true. I am a doer in life and work. But at work, the doers always get passed over by the watchers. I look at my coworkers and my teammates, and watchers who are the biggest butt schmoozers are always the one getting recognition. For what? I am not bitter, but it made me realize that prioritizing work and earning money as a top one is silly. And some time late last year, I have prioritized work much lower. I mean, I'll still do well enough to have nice income, but no more extra work for no glory. My life comes first. And I have been very proud of that decision ever since.
• Dr. Milton and Hannah... Dr. Milton left the OR and left poor Hannah alone with the manual ventilator. After telling her what "pink mess" was. His explanation for such selfish act? "I have three kids." Why is this bad? I mean, in times of distress, it is perfectly okay to voluntarily let the women and kids out of harm's way. But in the line of duty where your responsibility is to save lives, you give that up and leave all the work to a 22 year old girl, saying "I have kids?" That's not right. That just reminded me of my manager who once told me that the reason why he sends me to more weekend works is because the other guy in our team have kids. That grinds my gears!

Anyway, so that is all that is on my mind. Now I'll try to get some sleep before I have to wake up in a few short hours. =)