Yearly : 2009

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Tricky

That’s me reflected in Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 Spacesuit.

Curt and I went to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace this afternoon. I’d recommend it, even if you don’t particularly care for Nixon (neither of us do). We didn’t get a chance to climb aboard the Nixon helicopter, but it was a nice little afternoon trip, anyway.

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The late early late late post

It’s nice to see the spammers still love me, even if I haven’t blogged for a month. Sometimes it’s hard to plug in. I can only take so much plugging in; my cord is old and frayed.

(That may sound wrong, but it’s 2 AM and I just tripped over the only pair of high heels I own and bruised my foot. A little pity for the clumsy person.)

Speaking of plugging in, I recently acquired a pretty orange Blackberry Curve, which does nothing for my frayed cord but is very good at maps and delivering email and telling me when I’m not getting my stuff done. I bought it to replace my slightly cumbersome planner-wallet, but I can’t get over the feeling that the Blackberry is trying to take over my body by slowly pulverizing me down to a synchronized swarm of nanobots. I only pray some of you will be able to tell the difference between Nano-Giang and the real me, and alert the authorities before the its dark plan reaches fruition.

Two days ago, my boss announced that we were going to interview someone for the economics writer position and indicated, in his own, special way, that the three of us (2 seniors and the boss) would be really grilling the applicant. I believe the term he opted for was “gangbang”. During the interview, the boss proceeded to say things like, “Financial Time Scale Tables, what the hell is that?” and “Give me a break, if your professor were grading you on how many times you used those damned buzzwords in your writing, you’d have gotten an A+!” Shock all round when the applicant decided not to take the position.

We’ve been to a couple baseball games. I like going to games, but I’m a bit tired of baseball – it’s a long season and I may have burned out early. Still, James Loney is beautiful and I love him.

We went on an evening bike ride a few weeks ago and blew three out of our four cumulative tires and rode all the way home in the dark with only one tire and three rubberized metal rims!

I watched Ponyo (cute), District 9 (depressing), Lakeview Terrace (hot), Revenge of the Sith (lame), and the original Night of the Living Dead (meh).

We took the Metrolink train down to the San Clemente pier and spent a day on the beach.

I re-activated my WoW account because Curt showed me the game-play trailer for Cataclysm.

Today, some punk kid ran into Curt’s stopped truck with a bike, dented the truck, and then fled on his bike.

On Sunday, Curt and I are going to the Queen Mary Art Deco Fair in Long Beach!

Now, I am tired and going to bed to sleep next to my husband and be thankful for what I have.

/plug out

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1/3

Monday was Monday, but after work Curt and I rode our bikes to the Castle Park arcade and won 460 tickets! 1,040 more and the Dodger mug is mine! ;)

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Kabob-a-thon

My younger brother threw a family kabob luncheon, and it was yummy. My Sim achieved her life goal of becoming an astronaut; she now works 1 day per week and on that day, she makes $7,000. The rest of the week she spends fishing and gardening. I am officially jealous of my Sim.

I get to keep Blinky, the boy kitten! I have traded him as an indoor cat for my previous dog option upon owning a home. Yay! :)

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<3

We now interrupt your morning with a ridiculously adorable kitty break.

The Xbox 360 died today, but otherwise it was a lovely day off.

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“We are but men!”

Been a little blue lately, but today was better. I managed to spend a few hours at work cleaning and moving furniture about, so it was the best day at work I’ve had in awhile, despite recent suckage. Had lunch with Ai, then came home and went on a lovely bike ride with Curt after dinner. Also started watching The IT Group Crowd, which is silly and enjoyable, though it’s British, so everyone screams too much.

Went to the doctor, and my triglycerides are high. Which was predictable, since I’m pretty overweight right now. Been working out regularly and trying to eat better a little every day – eating less meat, more fruit, more fresh stuff. Now I’m going to get to bed on time. My brain is fried tonight. ;P

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Tight ship

This weekend we rode bikes and I overheated. Monday, I stayed home to cool down. Tuesday, I went into work and wish I hadn’t (which is nothing new, but I had to account for Tuesday some way, didn’t I?), and today I candied some walnuts and sprinkled them on a spinach salad, and it was all very yummy.

I bought a new plate at the CVS in an attempt to control my portions. It’s only 8 inches square, as opposed to the 12-inch plates we were using prior to. It also helps that it’s festively polka-dotted. Goes well with my monkey cereal bowl.

The older I get, the more regimented everything is becoming. I have lists of things that I have to take with me every morning, a schedule for my hobbies (well, it’s a theoretical schedule), and menus. It’s comforting, but also damned tiring. Who knew being obsessive could be so taxing?

Curt bought me Sims 3. I then made a Curt. He is an investigative reporter. I had him dig through someone’s trash. Awesome. :)