Jason's Daily Notes

Hard to wake up. Bus to work - arrived 9:05.

I GOT A RAISE! Holy shit.

- a lot of stuff to do - compiling binders, continuing projects, searching for dockets, recording my hours
- yet somehow I found time to edit Wikipedia

I'm staying late tonight. [really late; 9:30pm.] There are BIG projects looming on the horizon. It's unbelievable what has just happened to the firm. I had to print out all of our former employee's files. Damn. Crazy.

Songs: Kesha - Tik Tok; Beyonce - Single Ladies; Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad

A Quick Summary:

Thursday: hecticly getting the house ready for our visitors. Transported/set up my mom's Christmas gift (a super heavy elliptical trainer). Had to rearrange the furniture, set up the air bed, vacuum, sweep, and everything. It's frustrating - our kitchen hasn't been finished being remodeled yet. Currently we have no kitchen sink and no countertop. There are new cabinets, though.

Friday: Christmas day! Yes! It came so fast this year, but I'm not gonna complain. Went to Church with the family (at the Cathedral). Spent most of the rest of the day inside. Went to a family friend's house for Xmas dinner. We got yogurt which was on sale, 50% off, at the new place in Eagle Rock.

Saturday: Woke up early (relatively - 7am) to go to the mall and catch some after-Christmas sales. The galleria wasn't nearly as crowded as I had anticipated. The Urban Outfitters sale (50% off "All Sale") apparently didn't apply to the items I wanted to purchase :( - so I got nothing. Scru u Urban! I need to cut back on the shopping anyway. Evening, went to Irvine with the family. Kind of a boring Christmas party, more of a family thing. There was karaoke.

Sunday: Church (SBS). Apparently Justin was also at the Americana and met Kate Bosworth at Barnes & Noble. wtf. We ate at The Hat - so much food! Mom and auntie got massages in San Gabriel. I was driven back to my apt, dropped off the chairs for the party. Then, walked around Santa Monica for an hour or two. Dinner at U-Zen Sushi in West LA was very nice.

Song: The Spill Canvas - The Tide ["Heaven's not a place that you go when you die / It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive"]

CS: Said bye to Yoann & Palak today. Fun guys. I need to get my own pair of neon sunglasses and touristy t-shirts.

Work: 8:45

HAPPY FESTIVUS! (For the rest of us)

Lunch: Panda bowl with black pepper chicken

Work today... is like trying to fit a square into a circle.

- need to buy gift for my uncle.

News: Balloon Boy's parents are going to jail :(

5pm. Still at work. Auntie Jo calls, asking about the recipe for a lemon drop.


Songs: Bob Rivers - The Most Fattening Time of the Year [parody, lol]; Richard Cheese - Milkshake; Hilary Duff - Come Clean; Incubus - Oil and Water

CS: Yoann & Palak (from France, but currently students in Chicago)

It took a while to leave for work this morning - didn't arrive until 9:15!

It's cold and windy today!

No one is on gchat :/

Lunch: packed-up breakfast (eggs & potatoes o'brien)

I think I should focus on studying econ/development (which might include law?)

today's work: Searching ppl's addresses for the claims administrator (cont.)

Two-for-one hot chocolate at Ben & Jerry's!!!

@ work til ~ 6:30

Songs: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (wtf?! how did that get in my head?!!!); Rise Against - Savior

- Alone in the apartment tonight. Still not feeling fully energized from the exhausting weekend.
- I've begun making a "00s" playlist. I'm taking the top hits from each year 2000-09 (from Wikipedia) and making them into one messive (12-hour) playlist. I'm going to play it at my New Year's party!
- short week (for Christmas) - thank GOD!
- work: eh. Got on the crowded bus (instead of the empty start-of-the-line bus) this morning.
- lunch: Courtyard cafe salad bar ($4.00!)

Mayon Volcano - about to erupt?

- my Couchsurfers (Yoann and his friend from France via Chicago) are actually coming tonight, not last night as I had anticipated. No worries.

Songs: Lady Gaga - Poker Face; Bloc Party - Song for Clay (Disappear Here) ["East London is a vampire"!!!]; Snow Patrol - Run; Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me

Angela's surprize party on Saturday. Fun times (Scrabble Cheez-Its?!!) but a bit too much drinking. (Leafblower, anyone?) I didn't exactly feel stellar afterwards. (People need to use the word "stellar" more.)

Friday, I was tired from work. Stéphane returns to the apt and we finish watching Funny People then take the (crowded) 720 bus down Wilshire to meet up with Michelle in Koreatown for Carla's birthday. Karaoke was fun but short (Tokyo Tea!). We soon move to Atwater and the Griffin, then to Glendale somehow, trying to track down Carla & Co. (who went for pho). I end up carving a path of destruction too - windshield wipers, car antennas, and "for rent" signs... none are safe!

CS: Stephané from France

bus. 8:50 :/ ... I really should make an effort to get to work earlier

work:
Morning - finishing my writeup (fixing citations, etc.) on apoptosis
Lunch: Panda bowl (Panda Express) - $5.99 + tax
Afternoon: chat w/ Cassy and Leslie
- new project: work on finding the addresses/phone for 500 people!
- staying late to get a good amount of this project done... and now my eyes hurt.


Songs: Beyoncé - Single Ladies; Lisa Loeb - Stay; Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning; Lion King - Hakuna Matata

Slept alone last night... was able to leave the windows open (since no one was surfing the couch)

• bus to work this morning - I felt good; everything was moving along, it was a all-green-lights morning

AAAAAH! I HAVE A RESEARCH PAPER DUE TOMORROW! The irony (just as everyone still in school is finishing finals this week)!

@ work til 7:45pm - ugh.

CS tonight: Stephané (from France).

Songs: Britney Spears - Circus; Haddaway - What Is Love?

I walked back to the apartment yesterday from work. Yes, that's right. Walked. All the way! It took 45 minutes! I had been meaning to try it for some time; especially after that time I jogged from my apt almost as far as Beverly Glen. Since then I've realized that it really isn't that far from the apt to work. And I had no change for bus fare, which was the excuse I needed to hit the pavement.

Julia left this morning (early, ~ 6:30am) to catch the bus to catch her flight.

Had tacos and a burrito last night (no sushi, despite how much I prodded Julia to try some!) - watched the first half of Funny People. It's a pretty good movie, but it's disconcerting how quickly it moves from morbidly depressing to light-hearted/gross-out hilarity.

Still unable to fully focus on work... I updated my facebook... checked my privacy settings, etc.... other web browsing... then did a little more research on what I've been working on (apoptosis and nicotine)... then online shopping... bad...

Looking forward to dinner with Jenn tonight (because it's hard to meet up when neither of us has a car)!

... but I have to finish all my work first! Ugh, why does everything get piled on me late in the day?! [at work til 6:30]

Song: The Killers - Spaceman.

• Woke ~ 7:30 - walked with Julia (CS) to the bus stop.
• Forgot my keys to work
• MASSAGE DAY! That's right - free massages for everyone in the firm. I was one of the first to go; it felt really good; but turns out, I'm really ticklish around my back. Apparently one of the massuses was in Disaster Movie or one of those films.
  
• Now I'm looking into Economic research positions/schools/think tanks. Who knows...
• Jack's still in NY - Lionel is out too - so the amount of imminent/urgent work is less.
• The lights in the office have been replaced - now everything is much brighter! Weird.
• Payday - yay! Well, not so much of a yay - all my income (and most of my savings) is going to pay down my student loans this month so I can maximize the (relatively puny) tax deduction.

Songs: Haddaway - What Is Love? ("baby don't hurt me" - listened to this after seeing a youtube video of a one man band playing this song, lol); Wax - California

It's Monday. And I'm just not that into work. I wanna just stay in my room and play some video game or whatever. I'm still constantly pondering my future, career-wise that is. Law school? Pursuing finance? Real estate? Public service? Urban development/planning? Development economics? Policy research? Other economic analysis? There really isn't one field that consistently gets me excited :/ ... except the thought of constantly traveling. I guess I just gotta put myself out there, network, and dip my feet into each pool to see which one feels best.

Lunch: Leftover Chinese food (Mayflower).

The Internet is down. The entire firm is paralyzed!
... Yeah, it's boring today. No Jack, no Sasha.
- but at least no rain! Still chilly though - high of 60, and the sun setting at 4:30 :(

Couchsurfer: Julia from Germany. She rode on the bus with me today to work.

Music: Lady Gaga - Paparazzi; Arctic Monkeys - Riot Van

• Drove back with Matthew ~10pm. Still hit traffic. Not that I care.
• RAIN Fri-Sat
• Fashion/Art show in Woodland Hills with Adrian & Priscilla. Fun times, free drinks, funky (looking) models.
• Churched it. Was scheduled to read this week but it was cancelled because the SBS students did it instead! Saw Leslie after mass. Crazy.
• Chinese food (Mayflower restaurant in Chinatown) for Henrison's graduation party - caught up with Gail (who just returned from Europe - aaah I wanna go back so much!)
  

- got dropped off by Matt
- HOLIDAY PARTY last night... was really nice!
- it's still rainy/showery

Tumblr. Set up an account/blog. I'm getting way too committed to too many websites to keep them reasonably updated.

Lunch: Lunchables (turkey/cheddar)! Oh yeah, you're jealous ;)

Songs: Snow Patrol - How to Be Dead; The Cure - Friday I'm in Love; The Limousines - Very Busy People; John Cage - 4'33"

Woke up than snoozed (what else is new). What sucked: I was dreaming that my alarm clock was actually 4 hours ahead, so that it was actually 3am instead of 7am and so I should keep sleeping. Needless to say I slept in.

Couchsurfers: Trish, Jess, and Dai - from Australia. Nice girls. I picked them up from the Westwood FlyAway bus stop last night.

Work: Jack's not here. So that means I'm taking over more work in his absence. However, the work load wasn't as bad as it could be.

No breakfast this morning; even though I was hungry I didn't eat lunch until 1:30

Lunch: Jambalaya from the Creole Chef (Thursday farmers market) - $7.00. It was good - I would love to try more creole/cajun food.
- I was interrupted while enjoying my lunch at my desk to join a meeting with our Westlaw sales rep (Randy). Meh.

Holiday Party Tonight!!! Yes, I'm excited!

Songs: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance; Wax - California

- Last night: Watched TAR (online) while eating a microwaved TV dinner
- Brian and Erica! NOOOO! Why?!!
- Started reading through the Vitamin Water case before going to bed. Lulled me to sleep quite quickly.
- ALARM @ 6:45 ... snooze til 7:45. Uploaded a few pics to Picasa.
- got to work ~ 8:50. Jack was already here (it's his last day before he leaves for New York)
- still busy - updating client list; searching for a judicial opinion; uploading a new document production

Lunch w/ Jenn today at her apt! Feast from the East!


Songs: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind; Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Woke up 6:45. Had tea for breakfast. Only.
- the heater was on last night! Finally! Lighting the pilot light was a surprizingly involved process. There was a lot of dust though - whew! It set off several of the smoke detectors (which I had to subsequently disconnect).
- Matthew drove me to work - we got here early, because he needed to use our office printers to print out review notes for one of his finals.
- It's really cold today! I can see snow-covered Mt. Wilson through the window (it's just a small peek at the peak, between two office towers - but it's enough to beckon me)!

Lunch: One Tamal (no "e" at the end in the singular form of "tamales") - I shared that little grammatical fact with Coby, Louis, and Jason (the doc reviewer, whom I just met). Thanks Jenn!

Busy busy today! Pulling docs/searching dockets all morning, getting consumed by making a binder in the afternoon. And there are printer issues too! UGH. Had to outsource some of my work to Matt + Rachel.
- it's all good busy though. I feel appreciated for all the work I do :)

I finally called Time Warner Cable to exchange our broken cable box. Just have to drop it off at their office/location.

Song: Seether - Careless Whisper ("I'm never gonna dance again... guilty feet have got no rhythm!" - the only metal song I've really liked)

A series of storms are going to plow into California this week, dropping a potentially dangerous deluge upon this year's burn areas. The first storm is rolling into central and southern California now:

slept in today until 8:15 - aaah
CSers: Stine; Anastasiya + Alena (Russia [Vladivostok] and Belarus)
get together for Jenn tonight
Lunch: leftover Thanksgiving food (still?!)

MLIA stopped updating on my Google reader :/

Songs: Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Woke up cold + late (I put the heater outside for my couchsurfers - Stine; Anastasiya and Alena)
work - 8:45
drove down Ohio Ave for a faster commute!

- Imagining my day as if it's being narrated as in a movie
- makes things def more interesting/dramatic

Lunch: Thursday = farmers market; Thai-Mex BBQ

My moustache (from Movember) is fully grown in

Need to cancel our DVR

• Stine still staying at my place
• Quick breakfast (cereal) - I slept through my radio alarm (which goes off for 1 hour)!
• I've been seeing police pulling lots of people over lately! In groups of 3 cops at a time too!

Lunch: w/ Jenn - New India Cafe lunch buffet

Songs: Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Couchsurfer Stine (from Denmark) is with me this week

I feel healthy today, but not fully "good"... kinda guilty/regretful

I have new glasses! Thick framed!
- and a moustache. I'm so indie :P !

- still researching nicotine and apoptosis...
- driving home tonight to pick up Matt's phone charger and my photos/photobooks

Songs: Sara Barielles - Love Song

Today, I turned 22.5. This means I'm now closer to 25 than I am to 20.

Yipes.

"You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older..."

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Woke up 7am - chilly - had oatmeal + banana
- work 8:25am - not much - gchat
- helped explain twitter to coworkers
- couldn't find stapler - it was behind me all day
It rained outside! Wtf? It's not supposed to til tomorrow
Lunch: Courtyard Cafe - turkey sandwich


Songs: Shakira - She Wolf; Daughtry - No Surprise; Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Friday: work - not much - left project/search to Jack
- Manna K BBQ!

Saturday - Matt left in the am before I woke up
- d/led music - preparing for the concert!
- Jogged to Santa Monica (Berkeley St.) and back; Justin called and told me he's going to the show too!
Blink-182 @ the Palladium
- watched from the balcony
- $12 beer
- the Aquabats are super fun live! beach balls!
- Justin drove me back (after waiting in the parking lot for 30 minutes to get out)

Sunday -
farmers market

Slept a good amount last night.


Lunch: Colombian - Salmon w/ Thai (?) red curry sauce; and 1 salusa (?) - cheese bread... yum!!!

- dull, boring day at work.

- Dodgers! - NLDS game 2! 3pm, Dodger Stadium

• Kogi truck yesterday w/ Jenn + Alex :)
• Drove Jenn to El Monte, then went to Pasadena
• Dinner w/ Priscilla + friends for her bday

- slept comfortably

• Woke up 7:27am - ugh. too tired to shower
  
• not much work to do! Gchat and websurfed
• Lunch w/ Jenn! At Corner Bakery Cafe
• - I need new clothes - sweater and button down shirts

I'm so bored and tired... I drank coffee (2:30pm)

Songs: Taylor Swift - You Belong w/ Me; Relient K - High of 75; Styx - Renegade

- woke up 7am to Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, + Weezer - then went for a job - to Sepulveda (around the park) then a lap around the VA hospital. 8:30 left for work -> 8:45.
- Kinetic Racing (racing human-powered art/sculpture) looks cool! I wanna see/participate.
- The Absurd (art, books, experiences) help sharpen one's mind and spur creative thinking! (from the NYT)
- just what I need!
- ate a banana (from last week - it was brown)

- Pringles. I can't stop! Why do they even list a serving size on the can?!

- Going to Kogi today after work! w/ Jenn
- and Alex! woot

• Bathrooms sure can be awkward - especially men's rooms

Songs: Styx - Renegade; Paramore - Ignorance; Weezer - I Want You To

- sleep! I got plenty of it! :) 11-7am
+ yesterday's nap

Compliance (officer) - possible career?
The UN
- recruit workers from abroad to come to US

Lunch: (spicy) rotisserie chicken

Songs: Paramore - Ignorance; Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You; Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?; Jack's Mannequin - Swim

- drove Matt to UCLA @ 8am
- said bye to Isa and Constantin
- breakfast: Jack in the Box sausage croissant, yummy but ALL FAT!

News: U.S. unemployment now up to 9.8%
- Obama in Copenhagen to promote Chicago for the 2016 Olympics
- ...but the Olympics are awarded to RIO!
- Philippines, still recovering from Typhoon Ondoy (aka Ketsana), is bracing for another storm

- Weezer tickets!!! Just bought 4 tix - me, Brian, Marissa, and either Justin or M's brother

Songs: Weezer - I Want You To; Beyonce - Single Ladies; New Order - Bizarre Love Triange

- ugh. tired from Cabo Cantina margaritas last night
- dinner last night @ Pomodoro (in Westwood) w/ mom, uncle, tita Lyn, and Constantin and Isa!
- Lunch: I really wanted chicken tikka masala but had to settle for falafels (farmers market)
- "never settle for falafels!" [just thought of that randomly - it would be a funny line in a movie, perhaps?]
- it's world vegetarian day!

news: Saturn is being shut down by GM :(

Songs: Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me; Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning

- Slept in a bit - til 7:55 :)
- crazy visit last night - to Playboy Mansion + MJ's House
- with Isa (and her previous hosts Ramona and Kristina) and Constantin
- got to talk with the head of security at the mansion!
- they were sooo excited! It was hilarious!

O-man, someone is pissed about possibly losing his Dodger playoff tickets...

Lunch w/ Jenn + Ray + Matt @ Gushi in Westwood


Songs: Weezer - (If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To

What a good food day:
- Bagels and lox for breakfast [it's Yom Kippur!]
- NOM NOM TRUCK for lunch (along Olympic near Sawtelle)


- FREE Pinkberry (from the training session today)


I like having a car!
- lunch w/ Jenn tomorrow


Songs: Phoenix - 1901; Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For; New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

I have the car (Matthew's) today!!!
- Matt drove back yesterday afternoon -
- Work - very tedious day
- combining pdfs
- searching through files to find bates numbers in another set of docs
- went jogging last night - to Brentwood and back


Songs: Weezer - (If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To

- drank @ Q's last night
- woke up 7:30 + woke up Felix
- he's going to the beach, then LAX (flying to SF)




Kogi BBQ tonight? in Venice?

Friend updates:
- Leslie - looking for a sublease in Berkeley
- Jenn + Ray (aka Ray J!) are going to SD

Songs: Owl City - Fireflies; Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad

- still somewhat sick

UC walkout today

lunch: burrito (Tacos Ocotlan - farmers market)

- slept in til ~ 8:15
- and it felt good!
- CS: Felix
- Ralph also staying tonight
- Drinking lots of tea + warm water to feel better! I think sleeping in helped. Still sick, though!
- Set up my concert calendar
- busy busy! but the good/exciting kind of busy!
- it was really warm outside - the sun felt good
- lunch: Soribol Korean BBQ (got spicy ramen to go):


STAYING LATE AT WORK! To burn CDs of data.

Matthew didn't come back to the apt yesterday.
Matthew (couchsurfer) didn't come to the apt yesterday. And I'm sick.
Work: have to pull issues of Institutional Investor physically from the UCLA library?!
... no need. Jack did it.
feeling sick = drinking lots of tea
Need to compile the I.I. issues; read through the 94 SEC supplements - looking through all of them hurts my eyes!
Have to deal with a new incoming set of docs produced
...Pulling analyst reports...
Helped proofread Jenn's GRE essay (over lunch)
Lunch: leftover Paco's
still tired + sick... ugh.
Have to find a way to search for cases online by attorney!

I feel like I'm either sick or have bad allergies.
-> stuffy nose...


Songs: The Killers - Spaceman; Norah Jones - Don't Know Why; Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things

I maybe hosting a couchsurfer tonight. Woot!
Commute: 7:45 - freeways all the way to the 405 / Santa Monica Blvd. - 8:30
I'm going to have to work this weekend. WTF?! Oh well, at least I'll get more money.
Kogi BBQ truck is going to be in Eagle Rock tonight!
Bing! I don't see what's so much better than using Google - I end up on Wikipedia or Yelp either way.
Work: Printed out June-July calendars on 11"x17" paper. Researched Goldman Sachs people in London - makes me really want to go back there!
I have to finish eating the watermelon I brought!
Music: The Kooks - Kids (cover); The Kooks - Violet Hill

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THE LIST: Things to do before the end of summer
skydive
whitewater rafting
cross country road trip
go to a TV show taping
jet ski/water ski
golf
hitchhike

6 hrs sleep.
Uncle returns tomorrow.
Need to finalize Dodger game plans - invite more people, buy Dodger gear!

Songs: Kris Allen - Heartless; Weezer - Cold Dark World

Woke up sweaty. Dreamed that I was out hanging out all night (with RBT) and got only 20 minutes of sleep. So, I woke up because I was worrying that I had too little sleep. Irony!
Commute: 7:25 - 8:15 - freeways to Robertson, Pico.
Mom and Uncle go to Vegas today! I get the house to myself :)

Overtime at work, doing person locates.

Songs: Keri Hilson - Knock You Down; Lady Gaga - Poker Face

- Dodger game tonight!
- Commute: Fletcher - Hyperion - Santa Monica. 55 minutes.
- Lakers victory parade - happening RIGHT NOW!
- I want to draw/paint more. Need supplies.
- Lunch w/ Jenn Ho: Attari Sandwich Shop
Lakers - remember Rick Fox, Robert Horry ?
Massive food coma, 1:30-2:30pm
Mike's 2nd son was born today.

Songs: Kris Allen - Heartless; Die Ärzte (I need more!); Sublime; Cobra Starship - Guilty Pleasure; Forgive Durden - Beware The Jubjub Bird and Shun the Frumious Bandersnatch; Seether - Careless Whisper

Busy - planning for the Dodger game tomorrow.
Slept through my alarm, until 6:45 - left home at 7:40 - took Alvarado to Olympis - was pretty fast - arrived at work 8:30.
Lakers flags are in full bloom.
No break today! I'm busy - several cases all at once.
Wanderlust: I wanna go back to London! and do a cross-country road trip! And to go Australia, Egypt, Mexico...

Songs: Lady Gaga - LoveGame

Beach bonfire FAIL.

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- Must begin writing SBS speech.
- LAKERS = NBA CHAMPIONS!!!!



- Do I want to buy a new car or get an apartment? Or neither
- I'm really level-headed.
- Baptism celebration in Chinatown. Interesting people.
- Conan O'Brien is hilarious!
- I should go to a taping. Of any show.
- My cousin's graduation... Everyone has now graduated essentially.
- Dodger game on Wednesday. Let's do it! AYCE Pavillion!
- I need to watch more concerts / comedy shows (Jazz clubs?)
- Need to make more CDs - mashups / new covers / acoustic
- What happened to The Cardigans?
Music: "If You Leave"
- MS Paint > Photoshop

Thursday
Waking up is still hard. Maybe I'm not sleeping right. (Need more REM?)
Drive to work was quick - Santa Monica Blvd (the Beverly Hills Freeway that was never built)
BBC News - how I missed you!
Andy eats candy with Mandy and Sandy and may get randy but it's all dandy.
Korean BBQ cook ups.
I no longer feel comfortable going to a new restaurant unless I've Yelped it first.

Friday
No traffic - took the freeway to work :)
Lunch with Jenn Ho next week!
Quizno's vs. Subway
Busy afternoon.
Printers are so slow today.
J. Zweig is gone (?!)
Look into Blink-182 tickets for July 23 (Vegas)

Monday
Lost my fucking parking ticket!

Tuesday
Work: nothing to do!
Dropped uncle at the airport.
Watched Lakers game.
Watched Vicky Christina Barcelona.



Wednesday
Lakers lost. :/

Everyday at my office: "What's going on?"
- me: "Not much."

Jenn and Cassy got jobs! (already?!)

To do:
- buy (at Target) - drano, mints, deodorant, bath mats, art supplies, Lakers flag?!
- invest
- shop for car
- set up student loan repayment

...I'm losing track of the date (but not day). Funny how work does that.
Still no time after work for me at home to relax, exercise, clean. :(

Friday
IT'S RAINING THIS MORNING IN LA...
... I wish it would rain more :)

Lawyers work long hours! Damn.

Obama's speech in Egypt

"due diligence"

Saturday
To do: Write (100 things)
Buy paint supplies
- toothpaste, shampoo

Sunday
1 YEAR RETURNIVERSARY!
"College ruled paper" - I never really used it much in college!

Idea: Helen Keller party?!

Songs: Forever the Sickest Kids - Whoa Oh (Me vs. Everyone); The Killers - Human

Ideas:

• Everyone should live within 1/2 mile of a park.
• Have cell phone plans be logical (more pay-as-you-go)
• More holidays! At least one per month.
• Sales tax should be included in the advertised price - and no more pennies!
• Less criminalization of recreational drugs

LA traffic fix:

• extend the dead-end freeways (the 2 and 710)
• add lanes at bottlenecks (East LA)
• create a network of dedicated bicycle lanes/roads
• subway along Wilshire
  
• subway along Ventura Blvd.
• build a network of streetcars:
• downtown LA streetcar
• Venice/Santa Monica streetcar
• Hollywood streetcar - maybe going down Fairfax
  
• Pico Blvd streetcar
• widen the 5 freeway to Orange County!
• extend the "gold line" to Ontario Airport, and to Whittier
  
• build free parking for Metro riders (like 12 hours free parking with a valid Metro ticket or day pass)
  

Songs: Weezer - Troublemaker; Lady Gaga - Poker Face; Green Day - Basket Case; The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight; Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived; Kevin Rudolf - Let it Rock
To do: Relax, get more sleep (go to bed around 9pm). Buy Mentos. Invest my money? CD? ETFs?!
12:25pm OMG IT'S RAINING.
Learned today: Judicial notice.
Ruminations: Everyone has some sort of mental "condition" to an extent.
Caffeine is a hell of a drug.
Old MTV dating shows: Dismissed, Taildaters, Next, Parental Control

NAMES!
Androgyny: Kelly, Jordan, Tayor, Sasha, Casey, Kris, Leslie, Terry, Jamie
Fun: Textor (last name); Agro Crag, Zuno, Gunnar, Roddik, Biff, Swarley

1-year anniversary of my last day in Rome - my last trip!
My pics arrived!
Musings: Coldplay, the beauty of a flower in a dark winter, simple innocence of children crossing the street
To buy: Toothpaste, get diploma framed, mints, flash drive, key chain, Ulysses, Sudoku book
Tonight: Lakers game! Finals baby!

res judicata

Songs: Coldplay - Lovers in Japan; Love Hurts; Rancid - Tropical London; Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket; We the Kings - Check Yes Juliet

8:10 AM - Predicted on the way to work - "Night at the Roxbury" as I drove by Roxbury St. in Beverly Hills

To Buy: shampoo, toothpaste, (table) coasters, mints
- Seattle plane ticket for uncle?
- look for frame store
- office/desk supplies
- scope out Pink Taco?
- burn CDs
- upload pics - order from Shutterfly?
- shop for shoes?
- create a concert calendar, movie calendar
- update iTunes (on laptop)

"with/without Prejudice" (legal jargon)

new word today: stet

Songs: Kanye West - "Heartless", Katy Perry - "Hot 'N Cold", Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'", Valencia - "The Space Between"

To buy: beer, pizza, facial scrub, shoes, sunnys,


To do: bring folders to work
- frame diploma, grad pics


Plans: Weekend - J Bau (call)
- call Justin, Chris - Blink-182 in Vegas (7/24)?
- see who else is back from school
- beach - kayaks,

Random business idea: Indulge It
Bakery, bar, restaurant, ice cream parlor, cafe all in one
Serve only the best foods/drinks, what people crave
Have an ice cream/full service bar, bake shop counter
Enjoy some fresh coffee, great comfort food, delicious fresh made gelato, a decadent sundae or a cocktail of your choice
Jason's DDP (Drinks, Desserts, Pizza [or pastries?])
Happy Hours (Bar and) Pub - pizza -
- never charge a cover - BYOB, why not?

Today was the first day of my job.
Parked at the mall. Then moved my car into the garage.
It was hot.