i really wish people would just ask me if they have questions about my work, rather than getting all upset about a slight misunderstanding. i do a good job, and i'm pretty good at explaining why i do the things i do and why i work the way i work! there was no need for alarm in the first place and now people are mad at me because they think i ( Read more... )

i have a boyfriend

I leave for Philadelphia in 9 days. I'm afraid I'm getting all excited about nothing, as I tend to do. It sure didn't feel like nothing, though, and there's only one way to find out. East coast adventure. Yeow!

feeling boring and melancholy this weekend. this budget bullshit is really doing a number on my social life. i've been watching movies and cooking and reading, and that's about it. those aren't bad things, but they're definitely not enough to keep my mind off philadelphia. and that in turn makes me a little mopey. we talked on the phone for ( Read more... )

do you know that board game the settlers of catan? it's a german game i discovered (and then played EVERY DAY) when i was in germany the first time. the german name is die siedler von catan. i brought a set back for my parents when i came home in 1999, and they have since become obsessed with it. seriously, if they don't know what to get as a ( Read more... )

i got hit in the stomach yesterday in boxing class...and it was awesome! usually i just get to hit the boys and nobody gets to hit me, but yesterday henry hit me. only two partial rounds, but that's ok for the first time, i think. as i was leaving i told him i want more! soon everyone will be hitting me ( Read more... )

these are good things that are happening during my birthday week:

1. islands are playing 10/19.
2. cheryl is coming for a work thing on my actual birthday, so we get to celebrate immediately after work that day ( Read more... )

i'm obsessed with this band called spiral beach. they just scheduled a massive canadian tour, but are only playing in the US in new york. instead of sleeping like i should be doing, i'm searching transportation and hotel options for myself to go on a super sonja show adventure, either to victoria or vancouver. i have one extra day of vacation, ( Read more... )

PAX is this weekend. Do you know what that means? It's another opportunity for me to stalk Wil Wheaton. So don't bother calling...I'll be busy hanging around the convention center in a pumpkin orange sweater, furiously refreshing twitter.

i want to document this so i don't forget. my $20 omakase included:

• edamame
• uni sashimi
• hamachi sashimi
• oysters with kimchi shave ice
• kimchi beef skewer