"You think you know, but you have no idea..."
Trying to capture everything I do, futile as it may be.

About

I keep a small notebook by my side and do my best to keep a log of my day-to-day activities. This is the result.

Wednesday... ugh. (the 6th of January)

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Now working on updating [this] blog, since yesterday [been back-posting items].

Slept in again... My bed has been extra comfortable lately!

Drove to work. Driving, even for 15 minutes, is stressful, especially when it's along super-packed and crazy-driver infested Santa Monica Blvd.

Work is so busy again! Things just keep getting piled on me! . . . I'M GONNA HAVE TO WORK THIS WEEKEND. Major suckage.

Lunch: Celeste pizza!


So much work. Work work work. It's gonna be like this the rest of the week :(
... continuing my project searching for peoples' addresses. So tedious.

I'm gonna need a drink tonight.

Song: Journey - Lights ["When the lights... go down... in the city"]

Tuesday January 5, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Weather: Mid-70s and sunny. In early January! This is why we live in LA! Absolutely glorious. (I still can't say "absolutely" normally anymore - I say "ebsolutely" I have the New Zealand "eccent" stuck in my hed. It's messively ennoying sometimes!)

Stayed up late last night uploading pics. I had to (or chose to) drop off/pick up Matthew from his Kendo practice on campus last night. I didn't get to bed until 1:20am. Markus is still staying over; I guess he can stay over the entire week.

7:35am. So hard to wake up, especially with a sleep deficit and with the heater so warm and cozy. I forced myself up, forced down some oatmeal, a banana, and some tea, and after a quick shower, I'm driving to work (for the first time this year, no bus for me!). And I'm back to being stuck in traffic. Ugh, there's inconvenience either way!

I sometimes wish I could be in someone else's mind - you know, just to see what their subjective experiences are like and to really know their motives and thought processes. Do other people think the same way I do? I don't think we'll ever know. Oh philosophy. It's interesting how what was once novel and exciting becomes routine and mundane and often despised. Not that I despise my job, but I'm thinking about how the novelty has worn off. And hosting couchsurfers too... I think I should focus more on building long-lasting friendships/relationships. Maybe I'm just "afraid of commitment"? Maybe I'm just not that into you?!

Call me communist, but I think people should wear name tags more often. It can eliminate a lot of confusion.

Lunch: Leftover Ono BBQ, with tortillas (because there's no rice):


I am so busy today. It's ALMOST overwhelming. Almost. I'm just trying to maintain my casual, laid-back-ness. But productivity beckons! This afternoon, I mailed back Cloyce & Jessica's phone charger, which they left at my apt and which was buried under a pile of my clothes; I also picked up Matthew's pre-ordered video game at Game Stop. Now, back to work. I have to make a binder - pulling each press release, extracting important pages, making everything chronological, printing them out and making labels for the binders themselves. Argh!

Yeah, I should be in finance/econ, not law :/. Work isn't that bad, though; it's just not that exciting.

Random thought: Odd numbers always seemed to me to be more "male"; even numbers, female. (Trying not to get graphic here) Maybe because men have 1 "thingy" while women have a pair of "thingys"?

I've been getting static shocks a lot lately around the office. Must be the dry, warm weather.

MAN it's been so busy lately! I simply cannot even get a day's worth of work done in a day - there aren't enough hours! If that makes sense...

Still at work - 7:30pm. Finished the binder and now posting this blog post. Peace OUT!

Song: The Kooks - She Moves in Her Own Way

Monday, January 4, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Back to work. I moved my bed against the wall, so now I can't really hear my alarm because it's by my feet. Markus, my former couchsurfer, now friend, is staying over this week (for how long I don't know yet, he's going to look for a new place by the end of the month). Eri (the couchsurfer from Japan) didn't show up. So much for that.

Off to work. Took the bus this morning, even though Matt's back with the car. Got on the crowded 704 and had to share a seat - yuck. Also, people were standing in my way when I was trying to cross the street. It's always the little things like that that get to you!

It's just one of those days where I have to persevere andforce my way through.

Work - soooo busy! Searching for clients (from our former attorney), pulling dockets, pulling financial records for healthcare facilities, and compiling a spreadsheet. Matthew's here already to pick me up (7pm)... and I'm far from done

Monday, December 28, 2009

Monday, December 28, 2009

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"]

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009

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

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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

Monday 21 December 2009 -----------------

Monday, December 21, 2009

- 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