Eeek!! I'm having to be a supervisor! Not that I mind filling in, mind you, but there are rumors that it may be more than a few weeks ( Read more... )

Boy, am I glad 2003 is almost over! It's been an exciting and exhausting year - hopefully 2004 will not be quite as trying. Yeah, right. As if ( Read more... )

I've done a lot of traveling this month. I spent two incredible weeks in Las Vegas, NV attending training and the COMDEX convention. I stayed over a weekend, so I also made it out to Red Rock National Park, and the Valley of Fire State Park. They're both incredible, and I've got lots of beautiful photos from the two trips. And since I was in Las ( Read more... )

Okay, I've had it. I can't take anymore. I have lost all of my weekends for the last month to various bizarre and trying circumstances!

Sept. 27thDrive over to Grandmother's house to get hair highlighted. Go straight to salon. Wait. Get hair done (7 months is way too long to let highlights grow out). Consider stopping to get food. Drive to ( Read more... )

So work shut down today. Mind you, outside my apartment there is almost no wind and certainly no rain. Of course, I'm already hearing speculation that work may be closed tomorrow too. While I don't mind a 4-day weekend, I do mind having to push IOC (that's Inital Operating Capability) from Friday to Monday or Tuesday. We still have so much work to ( Read more... )

I'm wrapping up my two weeks of glorious Florida training today. I can't wait to get on the plane and get back to my apartment. Of course, I'm taking a detour down to my friend's parents' house, so we can hold her "surprise" bridal shower. I have a feeling she knows it's coming, but she's turning a blind eye to it. I think it'll all work out - I ( Read more... )

Here I go again with the lack of posting. I've been trying to be better, but as usual, my 3-D life likes to spin out of control. Just this month I moved into a new apartment, and I've been trying to plan a bridal shower for my best friend (wedding's in October). To top it all off, I'm in Florida on training for two weeks, so I haven't been able to ( Read more... )

It happened again. Events have once more conspired to place me in the position of owning my second sword. It's a Chinese broadsword, with some Chinese characters on the blade. The hilt looks like black lacquer with a brass-colored leaf/ivy design. This one has a carrying case, so at least it doesn't look quite like a sword when I'm carrying it to ( Read more... )

Have you ever noticed how sometimes events seem to happen without your control? I'm not talking about traffic accidents or the weather, but rather events that seem to get you closer to a goal you have, or maybe forgot about? Little events that push you towards something bigger ( Read more... )

Woah. I borrowed the VCD of Hero from my T'ai Chi teacher. It's quite an interesting story, and beautiful cinematography. The soundtrack was very ethereal too ( Read more... )