oh questionable meat product....

such a lifesaver when I find that thing of Cliff Bar to be expired for almost a month. mmmm... dinner....

timing is a funny thing

I got out of the house an hour early again, and there was less traffic. I got on campus about 20 minutes early instead of 5 minutes late. Being able to get a good cup of iced coffee is good. Long lines are bad. Getting a new highlighter is awesome.

panda bear

Panda bears have dark circles around their eyes and their diet consist of mostly bamboo. I have 3 rather large bamboo plants in my room and is deprived of sleep. Compare and Contrast.

focuse dammit

I don't really remember the last time I actually go through the homework list and do stuff. By no means I have finished ANY of the assignments I have put on my list. At the very least I am attempting to do it.

I was looking at my new calender just now and I can finally see that crushing amount of work I will have this semester. It's a little scary, but I know I can handle it. I usually spend a huge amount of time doing the organization part, and lose my drive to do the actual work when the time comes. This time around I actually have time left. which is amazing. I guess practice makes it a bit easier. I can throw together my calender and schedules in a fraction of what it used to take me. I think I'm getting a little bit obsessive with my spreadsheets.

I think I got that whole workout thing down. For now. 4 cardios a week. I need to schedule them out though. The next thing I need to work on again is the food thing. Portion size, what to eat, etc. I need to eat a bit healthier. I have been sticking with the cut off time of 9. It's pretty easy now. I just really need to work on what to eat.

clipboard

It's only 1:30 and I have 1 load of laundry almost ready to fold, a pair of pants drying on the patio, my closet redone. I was watching a rerun of Oprah the other day, and I got the best idea. I refolded all my tee shirts with a clipboard. It looks like I'm shopping when I look into my closet right now. mmmm... less wrinkles... delicious...

lost in the path....

Something about this photo I really like... I'm not sure what it is. It's just a little artsy I guess. I took this photo one handed with K. holding my other hand, walking back to the car when we were in D.C. Go check out all the pictures I finally finished uploading! ^_^

p.s. flickr automatically rotated all my vertical pictures.... i <3 flickr

it was nice

I have to say I had a pretty damn good vacation. The key part of it was to make myself really believe that I was in fact on vacation. It's a very hard thing for me to do, but I think for a few minutes there I did believe it.

I'm in the process of uploading pictures from my east coast trip. I put about 200 pictures up so far. A whole lot more to come.

Some relatives were visiting and I helped driving them around. Went to Monterey, and I have a bunch of pictures from that.

Some bonehead didn't schedule me to work on Friday and Saturday, so I just took the days off. It was nice. I miss having a weekend day off.

We ended up at the Palo Alto Festival of Arts. I couldn't really afford anything there, so it was just lots of looking and fooding. I took some pictures of that. A nice cold glass of Pinot Grigio is very nice with BBQ oysters.

first full day of school

I like how my drive from home to school is partially blinded by the blazing sun, and yet it took only 20 min instead of my 1 hour insane traffic on Thursday. First class was mostly administrivia. I think there were more people trying to add then there were people enrolled. Second class didn't happen, but I already knew that. The professor decided climbing half dome was more important. So whatever. Now I have time to eat. Couple more classes then lunch. I think I might get a burrito. One more class then I'm done for the day.

Today is the first day of my new routines. I also stumble back onto the Fit Day site again. Pretty much the same stuff I was paying Weight Watchers for once upon a time. This is free. So yay. I threw the link of my journal up on the page. So check it out if you're bored or curious as to how fat I really am... lol. I'll go run today for sure, just the matter of when. I think if I'm not too hungry and such I'll probably head straight to the gym right after I get the rest of my books.

I made a new spreadsheet. I now have daily goals and weekly goals. I get to add $$ to my various funds if I reach my goals. I think it's a really good system. It keeps me motivated for sure. I'll have to spell it out here a bit more later...

some more random stuff...

Added a flickr side bar.
Went and added some new sets onto flickr.
Played around with the layout again.
New profile picture.
New flickr icon.
Added a chatterbox.

Will probably add some music next... but now I must sleep.

**update** I did make a playlist on project playlist (see link on more of me section). Tried to put it on here, and it was too annoying. So there. That's about it I think. I made a couple more updates on the Zazzle page just for the heck of it. I'll probably publish more poster prints on there just for fun.

zazzle

I found something pretty cool tonight and spent some time building it. I can throw my photos on Zazzle and make things out of it. I was going to build some sort of canvas print for myself at first... then I realize I can use this to do some publishing. Anything I sell on here I get a 10% commission. If it's linked from this site I get an extra 7%. So there. I'll update it with more stuff as I find cool photos and such.


buy unique gifts at Zazzle

toficken

It's that time of the year again where I can't get enough of Dave. 9/29 I'll be screaming like a womanish girl or girlish woman. Yeah I make a lot of sense. Highly recommend the Live at Radio City cd.

no new speakers for me =p

I got a little excited last night when my speakers didn't work. I got even more excited just now when it didn't work again. Then I played around with the settings, took out a gigantic dust bunny from the case, figured out I had it on the right plug, tested it with another set of cheap speakers, and pretty much settled on the whole needing new speakers thing. Then I had to go fidget with it some more and now it works perfectly fine. Dammit...

sober for now

I had the last of my alcoholic consumption today for the next 3 or so months. Things I do to try to slim down... *sigh*

The Shamrock

Shamrock = Harp + Smithwick's + Guinness Stout

The Colonial Tavern makes this and the Shepherd's Pie a little piece of heaven. I hear the foam from the beer glass was pretty good too.

If I had a weiner dog....

I would name him Frank.

travel bug

I think I want to spend some time to travel the country. I realize I really like just going out and see things. I love taking pictures, which means I need to tame my camera. I grabbed the link to the National Parks Service and threw it on here. I think I want to see all 50 states. I'm already about 10% done. Some of the places I don't really remember, so I'll have to revisit. I think that's something I can look foward to.

Traffic

I seriously thought I was done with traffic this week... but nooooo.... I have class today at 6... and it took me an hour to make it to class. Sweet. I love how this drive takes me 20 min max at 7 in the morning.

sky diving

The conversation went something like this:

Him - So you know the thing I've been saying I wanted to do for a while now?
Me - Yeah, you wanted to jump out of a plane
Him - Yup, I did it on Sunday
Me - Very cool, good for you!
Him - You should look at the pictures and video
Me - Definitely
Him - So the thing is, I'll go do it again. It's only a 100 bucks. What do you think?
Me - That's cool, but I will never do it
Him - Well I showed the pictures to A. and she said she now wants to do it
Me - Naw, it's ok, you guys have fun. There needs to be somebody to identify the bodies

*Mom heard my comment and busted out laughing*

I looked so happy

It's good to keep track of things. But when there is too much stuff to keep track of, getting rid of some is a good thing.

perspectives

I spent a long weekend on the east coast visiting a couple of awesome friends and their kids. The trip itself was awesome, I'll talk about that later when I post the pictures.

The fact that I traveled a long distance by myself and pulled myself away from all of my attachments gave me some new perspective.

1) I am actually capable of taking care of myself. I know what I'm doing. I rely on others too much.

2) Real friends are the ones that I would text/call right before I take off and right as I touch down. 2 + my folks.

3) I really do love animals. And they love me. Allergies be damned. Maybe Lyle was right, I'm going to be that cat lady. Except I don't smoke, don't know where I threw those pink bunny slippers, and possibly have a life.

4) I hate being a burden to anybody, and try to not ask for anything.

5) I really like seeing my toenails painted. It actually looks good.

6) I'm done with settling. I deserve so much more then what I've been getting. So, person that will never know the meaning of being romantic, I'm cutting you loose. You can go back to hanging out with your scrawny ex and I won't feel a tinge of jealousy.

7) I hang on to too many things. Need to clean up a bit. Did a little bit on my desk. Cut out a lot on my blog layout. I like the look of clean.

8) I finally got a picture of a real macchiato. *see banner* Sometimes perfect little things comes to you when you're not looking for it.

That's all I can think of for now.

I'm back

I had a really awesome weekend. Tons of pictures to upload and such. Now I have to unpack, clean, and get ready for school.

it just hit me....

I'm on real vacation. I went to get a hair cut today. It looks a little better now. I don't look like some maiden who has neglected herself. I got some hair advise from my stylist today too reguarding conditioner. I was thinking about how I have to get things done today. Actually I don't really have to. Unless you count the whole getting ready for my trip thing. So yeah.... I don't have to do anything at all. It feels so weird.

Thriller

nothing like the original...

Indian Thriller

lmao... this is even better...

Thriller

makes me want to learn the dance...

genie

A woman rubbed a bottle and out popped a genie. The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes. The genie said, "Nope, sorry, three-wish genies are a storybook myth. I'm a one-wish genie. So... what'll it be?"

The woman did not hesitate. She said, "I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries to stop fighting with each other and I want all the Arabs to love the Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It will bring about world peace and harmony."

The genie looked at the map and exclaimed, "Lady, be reasonable. These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I'm out of shape after being in a bottle for five hundred years. I'm good but not THAT good! I don't think it can be done. Make another wish and please be reasonable."

The woman thought for a minute and said, "Well, I've never been able to find the right man. You know one that's considerate and fun, romantic, likes to cook and help with the house cleaning, is good in bed, and gets along with my family, doesn't watch sports all the time, and is faithful. That is what I wish for...a good man."

The genie let out a sigh and said, "Let me see the fucking map again."

season tickets

I've just decided I want to get Sharks season tickets. It'll be a while though, seeing upper reserves are $1500 for a seat. Since I'll want a pair, I'll have to save up $3k for it. I haven't decided how much I'll save for it each month. We'll see I guess.

still here

I've been pretty lazy these last few weeks. Didn't really do much. Sleep in late etc. I did get around to do some stuff this morning. I canceled one of my credit cards and change the rewards program on another. I think 5% cash back on pumping gas is pretty damn good. So yeah.... not much going on. I might try to do some cleaning or something. *shrug* Who knows.