I remember the last time I voted for president in '04. And sitting in Bixby commons in Latimer Hall at Cal, waiting for elections returns to come back on my laptop.

Here we go again.

Leinie-the-hedgehog died yesterday.

It's funny. They say you recognize the smell of death. Well, the house stank when I came home, but I didn't recognize it as death. It smelled kind of like some of the stuff I work with at work. I guess that's what death smells like. I didn't know.

I'll miss my buckethog. :(

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I sent another nasty email today. I'm almost hoping this goes to small claims court - it's an easy 1200$ if he lets it get that far.

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I think I posted a couple months back about my grandpa not doing so well. I just got an email from my Dad, and it turns out grandpa's starting to have increased difficulty eating ( Read more... )

Sooo, long story short, a landlord who has been a douchebag all year asked us to vacate our apartment two weeks early so that the new tenants could move in early. Since we could reasonably accomodate it, we agreed.

Fast forward to this week, and we've received numerous phone calls asking where "the rest" of the rent is.

I just wrote this email:
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On the one hand, I think I'm incredibly lucky to be able to live a place as geographically and culturally varied as the US. This was reaffirmed this weekend when I visited Utah for a friend's wedding. We have such a huge and elaborate country, and the ease of travel and experiencing something different is nifty ( Read more... )

This is titled eating better because I think diet is the implication of a temporary change in eating habits ( Read more... )

For whatever reason sourdough bread hasn't caught on in the midwest. You can't find it in a normal grocery store - there's tons of French but no sourdough.

Yesterday at Costco, I found Boudin Bakery sourdough. It tastes like heaven. :drool:

I had 2 rather sad/morbid things come up this weekend ( Read more... )

My job here still definitely isn't amazing or anything, but I would like to comment on the health benefits of no longer working for a certain PI ( Read more... )