charles lives in san francisco and works in marketing. he's a dragonboater and amateur marathoner. he drinks a lot of coffee, mostly because the caffeine doesn't affect him. he also reads a lot. he no longer plays video games because he fried his last three video cards. he also likes to use brackets and start sentences with lowercase letters. appositives are his favorite language tool. the more complex your vocabulary is, the more charles will like you. it also helps to be able to differentiate between There, Their and They're. his favorite colors are black and orange, mostly because they're the colors of the San Francisco Giants, and also, conveniently, the colors of his dragonboat team, Ripple Effect. speaking in the third-person isn't something he usually does, but he thought it would be interesting, at least for this gigantic paragraph.
the term "csix" was taken from his first ever aol screen name, "c6freejack," but since no one knew of the 1980s epic called "freejack," which starred such dinstinguished actors as mick jagger & emilio estevez, he decided to leave that portion behind. there is no relation to the social network of high tech professionals of the same name, which makes things confusing, but then again simplicity wasn't the objective.
the japanese restaurant at san francisco center has a bowl that contains all of japan. no, really, if it has anything to do with japanese food, it’s probably in this bowl.
frappucinos suck, but i didn’t know how much until i had a freddo from peet’s. they melt faces.
space hulk [...]
[for convenience i'm now using lightboxes on photos here- if you want the originals, go to my flickr]
just a few observations before we begin:
it’s impossible to get a drink at club mercury, due to either server indifference or ineptitude. don’t go there.
the best tie-in souvenir at the winchester mystery house [...]