The DerfJam Chronicles

The Oldest and Newest members of the Callo family. My grandma is 90 and my nephew is 2 months. They are on opposite spectrums but they are closer than you can imagine. God bless them both.

I got a new website in the works but this time I'm not paying for it so I don't have the capabilities to do what I want. When I was paying for one, I didn't have the time to fully utilize all the options I had. I'm afraid the same thing will happen if I buy webspace again. So I'm using a free account but I'm doing what I can.

I started this website cuz me and my buddy Richard had plans on starting a photography business. We still do but I want to get to know my camera better before we start offering our services. Right now, my website is just me messing around. I don't know if this business will ever start or if it's just wishful thinking on our parts. Whatever though, we're having fun and that's all that matters.

If you want to peep what I'm doing, check it at www.derfjam.com. There's nothing really on it yet. I'm just seeing what I can and can't do and how things might look. Things will change alot but you can still offer some advice, constructive criticism, etc. Firefox doesn't show everything the way I set it up to be. It only shows up on Internet Explorer for some reason. Imma have to figure that one out.

Other things on my mind:
I was thinking of getting a MacBook cuz I was at this party and this guy had one and he was recording stuff with GarageBand and taking photos with the iSight thingy and I was intrigued by it. GarageBand would be useful with me recording my music but I can't justify spending $2000 on a MacBook when I already have a laptop. I would probably only use it to surf the net and record on GarageBand occasionally so I don't think it would be a wise investment for me. I already have recording software for my laptop but I have to hook up all these externals such as my amp, mic, etc. to get it working. I already have all these items but it's just a hassle hooking everything up. Oh well, I'll deal with it instead of spending 2G's.

So we drove up to the Bay area to spend X-Mas with family up there. The drive there was intense. I drove in the thickest fog I have ever seen. Visibilty was about 10 ft, or as how I saw it, 2 reflectors deep. Those reflectors dividing the lanes were the only things I could see. I was just hoping there wasn't a sudden curve in the road cuz the fog wasn't about to slow me down. Just cuz I couldn't see didn't mean I had to go the speed limit. Ha.

But yeah, I got to meet my cousin's fiance' and I also got to see their child, the newest edition to the Callo family. Taylor Callo. He's such a cute baby and already very photogenic at only 2 months. Everyone was waiting in line to get a chance to hold him. I just took a bunch of pix. I'll post a few once I get a chance to upload them.

I love going to the Bay and getting to see my cousin Kevin cuz we have hours of non-stop jamming. Thanksgiving 2 or 3 years ago, we jammed on our guitars for about 6 hours straight. My fingers were hurting like a bitch but he's one of the best musicians I have ever seen so no way in hell do I stop just cuz I can't feel my fingers. I wish he lived here in SD so we could start up a band. But yeah, we only got to jam for about 30 mins cuz he just got a new job and they designated him the bitch who had to work on X-mas.

Oh yeah, the Chargers pulled off another sloppy win. Hey, I'll take a sloppy win over a pretty loss anyday. Philip Rivers continues to amaze me with his ability to shake off poor plays but still come through when it counts. I got my playoff tickets and I'm ready to go. One more game until playoffs......

So I don't have to go back to work til Jan. 2! SCORE! But lately, me and my coworkers have been going out to lunch and we're all getting to know each other better and we're becoming closer. Work is so much more tolerable when you're around people you enjoy being around. Even my supervisor is cool. He was telling us yesterday that when his alarm went off in the morning he was all mumbling to himself, "One.....more......day" and he even acted out how he was getting out of his bed. Hahahaha.

I'll be going up to the Bay area this weekend to spend X-mas with my family up there. They've been coming down here for the past couple years so it's our turn to go up there. It should be fun.

I love not being at work and still getting paid.

Things coming up:
12/22 - Pops B-day, Roel's B-day party at Landlord Jim's
12/23 - Drive up to the Bay
12/24 - Chargers @ Seahawks
12/26 - Drive home, Uncle Amping's B-day
12/31 - Chargers vs Cardinals
01/02 - Back to work
01/06 - Company party/bonding sessions/drink up/whorefest @ Scotty's place
01/12 - Porn Convention in Vegas

And somewhere along the lines, the Chargers will be playing a playoff game at home. Lookin' forward to some exciting events.

Yesterday our dept. had a potluck and White Elephant gift exchange. That turned out to be pretty damn fun. The gift I ended up with was stolen so many times. It was the first gift taken and probably got stolen 11 times. It turned out to be this Domino game set and we started playing it during lunch and I never played dominoes before but it turned out to be quite fun. It's almost like poker where it kinda takes a while to win. But yeah, there was so much food and our dept. is ethnically diverse so I got to eat Indian food, Romanian food, Persian food, Chinese food, Filipino food, and some more that I don't know how to categorize. I brought Garlic Chicken wings and those were awesome. I think the surprise dish was this Indian Chicken Curry. It turned out to be one of the best dishes there.

Over the weekend, me and my buddies were having this conversation about hot girls and cute girls. One can object to the hottness of a girl. I can think a girl is a 9 while my friends think she is a 6 or 7. On the otherhand, when I say a girl is cute there is never any objection. This topic came up cuz the girl who sits behind us at the Charger games asked me to take a pic of her and her man. We never really got a good luck at her cuz she's behind us but when I took a pic of them I got a good look. Then my buddies asked me if she was hot. She wears nice outfits all the time so she catches the eye. But I told my buddies she's not hot, she's cute. And at the end of the game I waved goodbye to her and her man and she turned and looked at all of us and waved back. The guys finally got a good look at her and agreed upon my assessment of her being cute and that's where our conversation of cute and hot began.

I will take a cute girl over a hot girl any day.....

So last wed. and Thurs I had gigs playing with the company X-Mas band. We played up in Cypress on Wed. and here in Miramar on Thurs. Both days were fun but having to lug around so much equipment is a pain. But yeah, when we were playing I went all crazy on the drums and now everyone in the entire company knows who I am. Everyday I run into someone new complimenting me. It feels good to get recognized. The first 6 months I worked here, no one knew who I was and after one day I've become as recognizable as the head honchos. =) I smell a raise coming. Not.

And Friday when I got home from work, I straight up passed out. I got home around 5pm and didn't wake up til 3am. I was hoping to just take an hour nap so I could go out later on in the night but that didn't happen. So i was wide awake at 3am with nothing to do so I just decided to clean. Ha.

Saturday I had family from out of town over. It's always good to see family that I haven't seen in a long time. And I also went to Abie's B-day/X-mas party. I stayed there for a long while. Made some new friends and hung out with old ones. Took alot of crazy pix but none with my camera. I like getting a hold of someone else's camera and taking so many stupid pix that they wonder where the hell all that came from when they finally look at them. The only pic I took on my camera is of two girls kissing.

Sunday was gameday and that is my favorite day. Took more crazy pix with other people's cameras. I met a super hot girl named Vanessa who looks exactly like Jenaveve Jolie. She was fun. I grilled pretty much the whole time we were tailgating. During the game, it was all cold and I wished I had brought a jacket. Ha. But the Chargers won so it was well worth it.

So today's just another manic Monday. I wish it were Sunday, cuz that's my fun day. Yeah....hahahaha. I'm tired as hell and I wanna go home. BUt I still gotta get a gift for our White Elephant gift exchange here at work and I gotta pick up some food for our potluck here tomorrow. It should be fun. Back to work I go.....

I was at Costco with my parents and I saw Cynthia P. there. I've known here since kindergarten but I havent seen here since high school ended. I just saw her pass by cuz I was going one way and I saw this super pretty girl going the other direction and her face looked familiar. And I saw the lady next to her who looked even more familiar. Her mom would go on every band trip/concert/whatever we had so I totally recognized her. Cynthia, on the other hand, did not look like how I remember her. She had the "model" body back then. Now she's rockin' this juicy double and it looks oh so delicious. The fuller figure was definitely working! It had me do a double take. She is the ONLY girl in my book to be rated a perfect 10. She is that beautiful!!!!!! I wish I had gotten a chance to talk to her and get her number or something so we can go grab lunch or whatever. Oh well, here's hoping I run into her sometime again. *crosses fingers*

The creepy old man passed by me again this morning. This time he didn't look at me but he said Good Morning as he passed without ever looking in my direction. And no one else was around so he couldn't have been talking to someone else. Weird!

This past Saturday me and Alexis were supposed to go out. She said she would call me and we would go out around 7ish. So I'm chillin' at the house waiting for her call and 7pm comes around and still no call. I go do something to stay busy so I'm not just waiting. 8pm comes around and still no call. I call up Ramon cuz he said the boys are gonna have a little get together to celebrate the flag football championship they won. He says they're gonna meet up around 930. So 930 comes along and still no call from Alexis so I decide to go and hang out with the boys. We just chilled over at Joel's place and played Guitar Hero 2 and looked at pix from the championship game. The boys were doin' some crazy poses after they won the championship. Ha. Congrats to HTC. I'll be there for SportsFest 2007. But yeah, I never got a call from Alexis. Sometimes she gets super busy and loses track of time so that's what I thought happened. I'll get back to this later.

Sunday is gameday. Sunday is my favorite day. We went to the Chargers game and Sal's uncle is head of security for the Chargers so he got us all access passes to meet the players after the game. I must say that I absolutely HATE the Donkeys for their dirty tactics and futile attempts to end opposing players' careers just for the sake of a win. But anyways the Chargers kicked the Donkeys asses and LT set a new TD record and we won the AFC West. LT is the GREATEST!!!! And at halftime I get this voice message on my phone and it's from Alexis saying she was free after 530pm and we can go out then. I check the time of the message and it was sent on Saturday at 330pm. I felt like such an ass cuz my phone is retarded and never showed that message. She probably thought I stood her up so I immediately try to call her to explain what happened. But my phone wouldn't let me make a call. So I texted her explaining what had happened and she texted me back saying we can just reschedule and that she still loves me! =) But yeah, I'm getting a new phone tomorrow so this never happens again. I'm picking up the Nokia 6682 cuz my coworker was trying to get rid of it cuz it had too many features that he never uses.

Ok, back to the Chargers. After the game we got to go to the section where all the players family meet them and have dinner and what not. I got my calendar signed by a few players and I also took a bunch of pix with the players. LT was within 5 ft of me but he had about 10 security guards clearing the path for him so I never got to take a pic with him. It's cool though I got to meet a bunch of players and congratulate them on clinching the AFC West and I have pix to prove I was there! =)

Yesterday was one of the best days EVER!!!!!

So yesterday I ended up going to the Chargers Power Rally at Qualcomm. I went straight after work and right when I walk in I see Ramon, Mari, Joel, Neil, and Joe in line to meet the Charger Girls. They were near the front so I went up to them and got in line and got my poster signed by the Charger Girls and I took a pic with them too. Right after that I left to go pick up my Mom from work. I was there for maybe 10 min tops. Ha. I got what I wanted though. =)

And this morning I went to the House Of Powder Blues in downtown. Scott & BR (sports talk radio announcers) had an underground Chargers Rally there and doors opened around 445am. I probably got there around 5am but the line went around the corner of the block. There was probably 1500 rabid Chargers fans there. It was coo. Inside there were Hooters Girls and people getting "Lights Out" shaved into the side of their heads. The first two people to get their hair cut were Scott's kids. There were like 4 & 6 yrs old and its 5 in the morning and they're up. It was impressive. They had players come in and they interviewed them but by that time I had already left for work. I probably left around 615am and listened to them on the radio on my way to work.

So now I'm at work not doing anything and looking forward to rehearsal with the X-mas band. We practice at noon. I go to lunch at 1118 and come back at noon. So basically I get to have an extra two hours of lunch cuz I can't play drums inside the building during working hours(unless approved by upper management). Practice ends at 2 and we have break at 2 so again I get extra time to do nothing. YES! I'm thinking about asking for a raise. I'll wait for my 6 month review first. Ha.

Due to the servers acting like crap, my supervisor just told me we don't have to come in this Saturday! YES! Friday night debauchery, here I cum!

So once again I am work and the servers are crapping up. They have kicked us all off the programs and a message box appears stating "Attempting to reconnect...." which is Bolshleviks (that's the word I use for BS cuz it starts off similar with the bull.....and people think imma use profanity). I just went on NFL.COM and voted for the Pro-Bowl.

2 mins later(after an hour of crap).......Servers are back up. DAMN. Time to go back to work.

So tomorrow the Chargers are gonna a power rally over at the Q from 3pm-7pm and I wanna stop by. The Charger Girls will be there and we all know how much I love the Charger girls!!! =) I usually dont get off work til about 4 and dont get home til 515. Then I leave the house at 530 to pick up my Mom from work. She gets off at 6 but doesnt like it if she has to wait for me so I get there 5-10 mins early. The drive home will take about 20-30 mins depending on the traffic. So if the power rally ends at 7, I doubt I will be able to make it.

But Friday is official Chargers day and there will be another pep rally at the House of Blues....or as they say House of Powder Blues. Door open at 445am and I'm thinking of stopping by before work. My buddies who we tailgate with will be there and they're inviting me. I wake up pretty damn early so I think I will stop by. It's a maybe cuz I've been feeling shitty and I been coughing like crazy. It's one of those high pitched coughs and it's been lingering. Oh well, I can fight it. Ha.

I also told my boss that I will be asking for days off in early February so I can go to Miami and watch the Chargers play in the Super Bowl. I have a feeling this is the year. I know it. He approved it so they better go!!!!

So I joined the X-mas band at work(we're called the Cee Gee's. I guess cuz the company was called Continental Graphics before but now we're called Continental DataGraphics) and we'll be playing a concert for the entire company on the 13th. We still haven't practiced as a band and we have a week before we play. All they did was give me a CD with the songs we're gonna play and some guitar music but I'm gonna be playing drums. Oh well, it's not like the music is hard and I can totally freestyle on drums so I'm not worried. It should be fun. And we also get paid to play, including the days we rehearse. We got together the past two days but not everyone showed up so we couldn't practice but I'm still gonna get paid for it. Ha. And we also get to go on TOUR. We get to go to the other California facilities and perform there too. I think on the 14th we go up to Cyprus or Rancho Cucamonga or some crap and we get paid for traveling too. On top of all this, we get FREE food during the days we play. FREE I tell ya! My favorite food is the FREE kind! =) I probably gained 10 lbs. since I started working here but I don't care. Life is good. I can't complain.

So there's this creepy old man at work that likes to pass by and pretend he's looking at something so he can stop and he does this right in front of me and my coworker. Me and my coworker are the youngest cats up in this mug and to top it all off we look younger than we actually are, thanks to our Asian blood. But yeah, this old dude will stop in our view, and he knows we can see him, and he'll pretend to look at something like a flyer or paper or out the window and then after he's done he'll look right at us. He even has the nerves to smile at us. And the worst part is when he's about to leave he'll walk out the door and before the door closes completely he'll stick his head through and look at us and give us one last smile.

I mean, I'll make eye contact with people at work and nod my head and smile and say "Hi, good morning! How are you today?" But this guy doesn't say a damn thing and that's what creeps us out. And the whole sticking his head out the door thing too. He passes by at least once a day now and he doesn't even work in our department. We work upstairs with all the engineers and executives and I know this creepy guy doesn't work up here cuz there's only about 30 people up here and we all see each other all the damn time. Downstairs we have about 300 people working and those are just Data Entry employees. I think he's one of them....gays.

And now I have to work Saturdays for the rest of the month. Overtime. Sucks. There goes my social life....