I've been at El Programa Hispano for 2 weeks now, and things are going better. I've settled into a fairly comfortable routine--translating various official documents (so far I've done a death certificate, tax return, and the confidentiality agreement for El Programa Hispano themselves, among others), occasionally helping people with their different ( Read more... )

I just started volunteering (as of Monday) at "El Programa Hispano", a social services org. at the Catholic church near my house. I'll be answering phones and fielding walk-in inquiries. I'm scared out of my mind about it and haven't slept quite right the last two days because of it, but I know I have to overcome my phobia of speaking with people ( Read more... )

My 21st birthday is coming up soon, and big things are happening in my life, both from without and within ( Read more... )

i think this is a great cd, but all the reviews i've read online seem to trash it ( Read more... )

over the course of two days this week, i saw "superman returns" and "x-men 3".....supes on tuesday, x-men on wednesday.....and unfortunately, both of them fell into that blah category of "good, not great ( Read more... )

one reason why i like u2 so much is the way their songs reference all these other books and authors that i love so much....take the song "mysterious ways," from "achtung baby," for example ( Read more... )

campbell's chunky chicken corn chowder is good soup (not to mention a huge tongue-twister)

- ray davies, former leader of the kinks and best british songwriter in rock (july 10th, moore theatre, seattle, $32-$44 ( Read more... )

i got all A's this term........well, there were some minuses thrown in, but still....i haven't gotten (got?) grades that good since spain ( Read more... )

well, the spanish translation job didn't work out....i've learned that it's a very hard field to break into and nobody really makes any seasonal hires ( Read more... )