Michael Garcia

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Quite Probably one of the Best Songs

Fly Me to the Moon Sung by: Ol’ Blue Eyes Arranger: Quincy Jones Written by: Bart Howard Orchestra: Count Basie (William) Lyrics: Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On a-Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby, kiss …

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What Would Life Be without Angst? Probably Boring as all Hell.

I just got off the phone with my youngest sister, who’s living in Texas at an AFB with her husband and three kids. I haven’t really been caught up on the whole drama, so to speak, but I do know that she and my mother have been on the phone almost every night, according to …

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Mmph.

I know that my last entry had this song, but to be honest, this song rules me. Great singer and tune to listen to, waking up. Which, ugh, I’m just not quite ready for, but I have classes and all… and I slept through my 7am already. Oh well, it’s not like the professor takes …

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Thoughts Post-Move

Hmm. The move is finally over. This morning at 0800 PDT, the new Mountain View facility will open its doors to the rest of the employees of the company. Then the chaos begins. Even though the IT department may feel that the building is good to go, we’re actually going to see how good we …

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Thoughts from my Grandmother: Burn this Flag, Sonny!

For the first time in a long time, I was able to sit down with my grandmother and mother to dinner over at a restaurant that I love to go eat at: Alicia’s in San Jose, by Route 85. It’s a simple family run Mexican restaurant. Food is good enough to make my grandmother prefer …

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Pass the Word for Mister Lewrie

So, after finishing The King’s Commission, I went straight to the Barnes and Noble website and ordered me up the rest of the damned series. This would be The King’s Privateer, the Gun Ketch, The HMS Cockarel, and The King’s Commander. Oh, and I ordered The French Admiral for my buddy Robert. He is the …

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This is the ONLY one of these stupid-ass LJ quizzes I will ever do…

Point is, I saw this on another LiveJournal and since I am such a huge Morning Musume fan… Which member of Morning Musume are you? But that’s it. No more quizzes ever (unless there’s one I just must do).

Night and Day, Day and Night…

Ten days. Ten straight days. Ten straight days of working Ten straight days of working fourteen hour shifts. Am I insane? Prior to this week, you couldn’t get me into work on a day off if you told me that people would wither and die if I didn’t. But for some reason, I feel like …

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What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?

I’m almost done with the third Alan Lewrie novel, entitled A King’s Commission. I’m trying not to read it too quickly. I’m afraid I’m going to have to say that Dewey Lambdin is Forester’s equal. Lambdin is witty and his writing keeps me wanting more. The character of Alan Lewrie really makes Hornblower look incredibly …

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Of Late Night Conversations and Contemplating the Future

The first couple of hours of today were spent talking with someone I didn’t really know all that well until the conversation came to a close. I find it most intriguing and fascinating about how much information can pass within the matter of minutes. Opinions, justifications, personal history and experience. I didn’t sense any posturing …

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