Friday I did a juice cleanse. It was supposed to be a two-day thing, but I didn’t really dig most of the juice (half of it was the same flavor, which was a weird vegetable one that tasted mostly like kale and parsley that I just had to choke down), so I didn’t drink half of it and I was starving…so basically I suck at it. But I did lose a couple ( Read more... )

I survived. I made a good chunk of change, too, and didn’t even touch the budgeted gambling money. We went to a fancy-schmancy restaurant. Did “CSI: The Experience.” Drank a lot.

But I don’t think Vegas is my thing. I don’t mean that I didn’t have a good time, but I can have a good time any number of places. And those places won’t reek of stale ( Read more... )

I’m all done! Wrapped up at the old job, the only thing left is dropping off my laptop. So right now everything is rose-colored. I’m going to Vegas on Monday for the first time, I’m pretty excited. We have reservations for a super-fancy restaurant, I don’t think I’ve ever had food from a Michelin-rated chef, and we’re eating at a Joel Robuchon ( Read more... )

Paul and I have established what our weapon choices are if we are in a post-apocalypse survival scenario. And, additionally, where on our persons to keep the weaponry. Two of my choices lead to controversy/discussion: a sawed-off shotgun strapped to my right leg, and choice of a baseball bat (preferably metal, but I’m flexible) that I can grab off ( Read more... )

I wrapped up my second-to-last week at work! Including a goodbye lunch. And, to make sure the week between jobs is as fun and relaxing as possible, I’ve been working to do all the chores I can, and miscellaneous to-do list type things, as well as booking a massage and ordering a detox thing for after I get back from Vegas. This includes trying to ( Read more... )

I was offered a contract with Microsoft Games Studio, as a User Research Engineer! To answer the questions I’ve been asked: No, I don’t know what game I will be working on, they work on a bunch of games, on games produced internally within Microsoft and games made by other companies for Microsoft platforms, including Xbox/Kinect, Windows Mobile, ( Read more... )

Today on Hyperbole and a Half, she posted about her experiences with nightmares as a kid. Of course, it’s brilliantly written & illustrated, and strikes a chord with most people who can remember going through something similar when they were little. My experience was…different. I’ll preface it by saying that my dad is a chemist, by trade and by ( Read more... )

Managed to survive a very, very busy weekend. Saturday was a lot of rehearsal, then visiting with Paul’s cousin, his wife and baby, and then driving down to Olympia. We chatted with Paul’s folks about the upcoming Vegas trip. It’s for their 25th anniversary, but it’s my first time in Vegas, so there was some discussion about what to do, etc. We ( Read more... )

I got new pretties! I had the wardrobe blahs somethin’ fierce, and I found a site called eShakti that does has well-priced clothes, plus you can get custom sized clothes for only an additional $7! While a lot of their shirts & other stuff aren’t especially my style, they have some really cute dresses, some very nice basics. And I would like to wear ( Read more... )

I loves it. I do. I know it has its flaws, but I guess I’m a sucker for a bunch of pretty 20-somethings prancing around pretending to be high schoolers and singing songs.

a) Generally I like the way they deal with issues. Every time I think they’re going to piss me off, they surprise me. With the religion episode, i thought I was going to have to ( Read more... )