Just in case anyone is curious, I was safely at home when people the Oakland City Center area was "attacked" last night. But some of my favorite lunch establishments were not so lucky. Watching the news just now, I saw an aerial view of the vandalism that occurred after the peaceful protest. Broken windows here, trash can on fire there. They ( Read more... )

You know what happens when sick people come into work? *I* get sick. So many people are sick or are overcoming sickness right now. It was so much better a few days ago, enjoying my "backyard" on a warm summer winter day.


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I think I'm still reeling from jet lag because all this week I've been waking up really early, which means I'm able to get to the office early and leave early, like at around 5pm (that's probably normal for most people, but for me, that's early). Usually I'm in the office until 7pm or later, but I'm really glad to have this jet lag, or whatever I' ( Read more... )

Hooray, I got a promotion and a pay raise! During my annual performance review in October, my boss told me she would try to promote me, so I wasn't so suprised about that. And with a promotion comes a salary increase, right? But given the direction the economy was going, I didn't want to get my hopes up. So I'm very happy that I AM getting a ( Read more... )

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I didn’t go to many concerts this year. I even skipped some I had tickets or passes for. If finances allow, I want to go to more shows this year, especially for bands and artists I haven’t seen before. I hardly bring my camera anymore, either, but now I'm able to focus on the performance rather than getting distracted by taking pictures. So I ( Read more... )

Because I rarely posted this past year, I need to remind myself of what happened and what I did in 2008. ( Just a bit of record-keeping. )

In the past two weeks, I've been called "fancy" twice, once by my family when they came over to my apartment for lunch, and once by my dear friend Rita (5ix) when I met her for dinner. Then today, I read a blog entry over at sfgirlbybay on this very subject of being fancy. In short, "It's just fun to be fancy." And I couldn't agree more ( Read more... )

Thing's I'm grateful for right now:

1. Umbrella/Boots/Scarf weather!
2. No more studying!
3. Possible trip to Hong Kong and Japan in December!
4. Kittens and puppies at the new SPCA "showroom" across from my office. TOOO CUUUUTE. *melts*
5. A concert-filled weekend.

1. I recently found out that one of my project managers and my department manager went to the same high school as me. They both interviewed me for my job, too. I wonder if they had some type of subconscious awareness of that. Go Dons ( Read more... )