I'm on the last 20 pages of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. This is the first novel I've read by Murakami and I have to admit it's taken me longer than usual to finish it. Mostly because my reading time is at the gym on cardio machines and this is not a book that you can speed through while bobbing up and down on a stairmaster, like ( Read more... )

Spontaneous snowboarding trip ( Read more... )

An article from the Stuff Magazine website:

Everybody Gance Now!

Got an urge to shake it like a Polaroid picture but no girl to do it with? Just grab your buddy! The latest club trend makes ladies’ night about as relevant as France’s postwar interests in Iraq. (Hooray for current events!)

Stuff, April 2004

By Bill Schulz


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I just made the YUMMIEST chocolate chip oatmeal cookies today. Not too much oatmeal. Nice and moist. Not crunchy, but chewy. I have to share the recipe. :)

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
  
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firm packed
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 12 oz package of semi- ( Read more... )

Late Night Rambles...I look at the clock. It's 1am, but my mind is still spinning restlessly with all-to-familiar concerns. Career. Money. Bills. Future. My head pounds at the thought. I reach over for India Aria's CD. Her honey sweet voice croons softly and once again I am amazed by how her music never fails to lift my spirits, especially when I'm ( Read more... )

Long but interesting article about setting goals:

( The Power of Clarity )

Funny - Got this in my email today:

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".
   
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
   
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"
   
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
   
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club ( Read more... )

6:45am.It's still dark. I turn on the ignition. Soon, I'm driving on a wide road, 4 lanes and already bustling with morning traffic. I switch to the second to left lane, following my usual morning routine. I look ahead. Familiar landmarks whiz by my driver's side window. Ralphs grocery store. The Exxon gas station with sky high prices. An old woman ( Read more... )

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered ( Read more... )