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Craaaap.

My portfolio is shiiiittty.
(-33.70%)

It’s amazing that it’s dropped that much within a five month span. I’m sure it’ll drop some more and it’ll be some primo time to buy some more Vanguard mutual funds. I figure I could use VTIVX as my IRA and use VBINX for secondary investment. It’s a lot more conservative then VTIVX and hell I can invest 100 bucks at a time if I really wanted to. Really cheap right now too.

Work is good. I’m enjoying it and socializing with my old boss.

Came home late last night and I just had a very weird dream.
I had a dream that actually made me feel really guilty. I can’t really go into specifics since it’s so effing embarrassing.
It wasn’t murder or me going psycho, so please don’t worry.
I’m wondering though, if I had to re-live that situation, I really am curious how I’d react to it.
Would I actually follow through or back down?

Childhood friend of mine had his wedding on Saturday in Redlands.

It’s been a very long time since I’ve been to one and in a way I’m glad I went.

Really didn’t feel like going since I was out kind of late Friday night, but guilt set in and also hell.. I’ve known the guy since I was eight years old. Checked out the wedding registry and lo’ and behold there was a couple of towels and a margarita mixer left.

No way in hell am I going to buy towels and a margarita mixer for his wedding.

So I did it the Asian way.

Cash.

I’m hoping he doesn’t get offended.

After the wedding, some of them wanted to go get some drinks. Drove to Newport Beach, waited in line for one lounge. Got tired of it and went to another in Costa Mesa. Drank with some Persians and then drove home to pass out.

Had dinner with my other boss on my status and she’s mentioning it’s looking really promising within two weeks or so.

We’ll see how that goes.

Weekend was very nice.

For some reason, we’ve been doing a lot of bbq’n at a friends’ house.

Good times.

Friday consisted of hanging out with a college buddy of mine in Irvine for the night. His wife (recently married) went out to hang out with some friends. Being the losers that we are, we played some NBA 2k9 on the PS3, walked his dog around the community and passed out candy to the Trick or Treaters.

Saturday consisted of me sleeping in which is a rarity now. Received a vm from my old boss about some possible openings. She’s somewhat flakey, so I’ll just downplay it for the beginning. Apparently she now has authorization to let go someone who has been milking the disability system for close to 8 months now. Watched Zack and Miri. Overall, I’d give it a 7/10. Has a lot of the wit that you would see in Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma. Still good and worth watching.

Sunday consisted of another bbq session with some buddies. Drinking and grilling up steaks is starting to turn into a hobby for me.
Aidios mio! Spent the night and here I am at the office still having an odor of bbq on my sweater.

Things I’m looking forward to this week:
1)possible updates from the other boss. it will be insane if i could find a job in these crazy economic times
2)who is going to be our next president

I’m going over some of my finances and I had to check something that I wasn’t looking forward to.

my mutual funds and other stocks.

My portfolio has depleted more than 40%!!! It’s freaking crazy.

We’re very very near to the bottom and we should pop up soon. It probably won’t happen til the presidential elections.

…well it’s not like I can pull out now.

Pushed out my old 401k from Sprint and moved it over to my Vanguard account. Stocks are cheap so I’m hoping I can get them considerably cheaper.

I need to really update the resume. I should hold myself accountable. I’ll be done with it by this weekend.

Hung out with some friends and mostly mom over the weekend.

It’s my official second day working back at Sprint. Part time of course. It’s rather weird coming back. Most of the people that I’ve worked with have come and gone. There’s still a few that are there, but I didn’t get a chance to meet them yesterday. My old boss issued me the typical laptop, work phone and aircard. Had some korean food over at a restaurant in Irvine and we were discussing what my next steps would be. He offered to help me by spreading out my resume (once I revise it of course) when he goes to client meetings.

How cool is that?

Watched a Ducks hockey game thanks to my friend. It’s amazing that I’ve known that guy since third grade and now he’s getting married. He too offered to proofread (he’s an editor after all) and see if his HR is looking to to hire.

I’m thankful I have such great friends and bosses. With the crappy economy the way it is, things seemed to look so bleak.

I don’t really regret leaving the company before finding a full time gig, but it’s definitely getting scary with all the crap that’s going on with regards to stock market crashing over 2000 points in about a five days.

It’ll be week 2 of “vacation” and it’s been really relaxing. Restless at times, but I try to keep myself busy or sleeping. What to doo.. What to doo..

Things to do next week:
1)Call up Honda dealership and find out when parts will be in.
2)Send out some more resumes.
3)Run and run some more.

Weekend was actually fun.

Did some occasional meet up with family and keeping up with the latest updates.

Afterwards, I hung out with some friends. Laughed, ate, had some beverages and pretty much ate some more.

We all came to a conclusion that we’re starting to get out of hand and decided to play some tennis next week instead of.. oh I don’t know.. grilling another steak?

Had to fax in some confirmations to the background check folks for the part time gig at Sprint.

Being free is fun.. but I’m starting to get that itch to get back on the saddle. It’s been close to a week now.

I just don’t want to get tooo comfortable.

I’m in transition now. I actually thought I’d sleep in since I don’t technically have work tomorrow.. but I woke up at a reasonable time. Had breakfast with the roommates and pretty much was restless.

I swam a bit.. but it was really short. I don’t think I’m a workaholic.. but I guess I don’t like laying around.

I’ll be doing a quick drug test tomorrow morning and then I’ll do the good son bit and take my mom to see my cousin in Irvine.

On to some emails:

FUNK,

WHY DO YOU ROX SO HARD?!

POD

Dear POD,

I really don’t know how to answer that so I guess I won’t.

Hi Funk,

Long time lurker. Quick question on Koreans. I plan on living over there for at least a year and I’ll be living in Daejun. I’m pretty excited and I’m actually looking forward to finding me some korean babes (I’m Mexican). My friends are telling me, there’s a slim chance to none that I won’t be able to score. What do you think?

Luchador

Dear Luchador,

Congrats on living in Korea. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that you’re going over there as a teacher or you’re going to be stationed there. Korea is a funny little country with oddities and somewhat weird traditions. So please keep that in mind while you wander off around the cities or even in the pubs around Daejun (Daejun is pretty tame though). If at all, just go with the flow and get used to being stared at.

As for you picking up on Korean girls…that’s going to be pretty tough. Koreans are very very ignorant and have generalized most stereotypes. Simply put… Koreans are somewhat racist. It’s improved, but I wouldn’t say we’re as open as the Japanese (my opinion of course). I personally wouldn’t suggest you go up to a girl at a bar and try to spit your game. It won’t work and the few Korean words that stumble out of your mouth will probably make her reject you even more. A direct approach is just no bueno.

A buddy of mine actually mentioned how he got with some girls while he was there teaching English.

He freaking took dancing classes!! Hell, you’re Mexican… samba, swing dancing, ballroom dancing, etc.., you name it. Believe it or not… not many Korean guys take classes so your male to female ratio is going to be exponentially high. Also, girls there will feel as though they’re in a protected setting and you’ll usually see them drop down their guard.

I pretty much told you where the goldmine is.. you’ll just have to dig it up now.

Best of Luck,

I’ve been receiving emails as of late. Here are a couple:

Dear Funk Seoul Bro,

I’ve been reading intermittently because you never really update your blog as much as you’re supposed to. What is the reason for not updating on a daily basis? I enjoy reading your blog from time to time.

thanx,
alloy

Dear Alloy,
I update when I can or when i’m in the mood. If there was more of a viewer base, I could justify to myself that I could make it a daily thing.

dear funk.

is your life that bland? you have such a witty name for a website but all you talk about is work and recapping weekends.

al***@gmail.com

Hi Al,

I’ll cover up your email because I respect your privacy and you had a valid question. To answer your question why I have such a bland life is simply because I’ve done it before. I’ve been to clubs, lounges, Disneyland, Las Vegas, Canada, road trips.. blah the list can go on. I’m 26 and I came to the realization that I’m old. Making mature and thought out decisions seemed like that was the most rational thing to do. I focus on work mainly because of fear. Fear of being a decrepit old man old man living off of oatmeal and kimchi. Sure, I can have fun now and use my credit card like Monopoly money, but what will I to show for myself at the end.. ZILCH.

I have a lot of friends that are somewhat crazier and much more lax with their funds. They come and go as they please with odd jobs that they acquire for a few months and then disappear. Some justify it by saying that they’ll marry rich.. some are trust fund babies, others will say that they’re only young once.. and just are downright successul and just do it because they can.

I for one do not have that luxury. I come from a poor family. I don’t have mommy and daddy to help me out.

Thanks for reading,
nick

Work is somewhat daunting at times since I’m just sitting here like a zombie. But, I’ll be done with it pretty soon. Can’t really complain