Jason's Daily Notes

CS: Christian arrived last night. The three of us (Matt included) went to In-N-Out, then I guilted Matthew into going to his practice, then Christian and I went to College Night at the Getty Museum! It was really cool. Incredibly nice, and there was free food/soda for all. Another perk of continuously carrying my Cal ID around :)

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Jogged this morning to Bundy and back, Christian joined me.
It's sunny and warm today!
Lunch: Mac & Cheese leftovers (they're already smelly, but whatever); also had an apple while sitting in the sun by the farmers' market. It felt gooood.
Lionel's back at the office. Somehow I've managed to avoid him all day.
I'm researching getting a motorcycle license (and buying a motorbike)- they have lessons right by my apt (VA hospital)
Now considering Economic Research (looking into the firm Beacon)

WHOA. I was booked on a flight to Minneapolis?! ...straightened it out. Someone mixed up me and the other Jason in the office. My heart skipped a beat when the flight confirmation was emailed to me!

Lomo Arigato tonight on Sawtelle?

Songs: Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone; Lit - My Own Worst Enemy; SR-71 - Right Now

West to San Pedro Brew Co. last night - met up with Jonathan.
- it was good to catch up, etc. And there wasn't much traffic on the way there!

My latest career plans: Masters in Operations Research; or City/Regional Planning

My overall mood has, I would say, dimmed since the excitement of the last few weeks.

Lunch: Pasta (leftover) / mac & cheese (also leftover)

Uncle Ben was in Century City - actually I called him back while walking down the sidewalk, and he was right there driving along the street. What perfect timing! We ended up getting just a smoothie/yogurt because we had already eaten.

Internet is down now :/ I'll just go for another walk...

A very warm day! It feels just like last spring, when I started working at this job :)

CS: Christian (Sweden) should be arriving in LA right now (3:30pm)

Laney's in London! Had a bit of a gchat.
News: The ipad is selling; Obama is trying to reduce US's nukes.
Omg. Work has gotten busy! Waiting for our courier to send me the doc I ordered back ASAP by 5pm - stressss!

Songs: David Guetta feat. Akon - Sexy Bitch; Phoenix - Lisztomania

Drove Matt to class 8am
finally learned the name of the security guard in our building (Eric), and also the really nice lady at the Courtyard Cafe (Linda)
Lunch: Courtyard Cafe salad bar - $3.68
Not much work to do - I sent emails for career advice, etc.
I should get a new laptop.
I am the Excel expert in the office :) just because I know how to adjust the print settings
I got a response from Carrie (re: Career advice)
Work to finish - research, yuck.

Going to San Pedro tonite? Possible meetup with another CS (Xavier from France)?

Songs: David Guetta feat. Akon - Sexy Bitch; Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart

returned to apt ~10:30pm (was dropped off)
woke up 7:15 today. didn't set my alarm. Jogged to Texas/Barrington Ave.
while showering, it started pouring rain outisde. it stopped after 5 minutes. then i stepped out, as I was walking to the bus stop, a woman on the sidewalk next to me got ABSOLUTELY DRENCHED from head to toe as a truck drove by and splashed in a huge puddle.
2 minutes later it happened to me too. I got soaked by a passing bus - the bus I needed to catch - while walking under the 405. I was a soggy mess as I got to work.

Luckily work is very slow.
I stepped outside as the sun peeked through, to dry my jeans (I lay on the grass).
I'm seriously considering going to NorCal 2 weekends in a row this month!
Afternoon and I still feel pretty gnarly.
My latest destination obsession: LONDON! (I've come full circle!) Laney is there.
Lunch: McDonald's. The food was also miserable! They were skimping on the ketchup and as I unwrapped my sandwiches, all the lettuce fell out onto my lap! Grrr.
It's cold and windy outside.
I got defriended on FB! Twice - and I know by whom! Grr. (Kelb L.S. and Liz D., how?!)

Matthew picking me up from work!

Songs: Parachute - Under Control; Avenue Q - Schadenfreude; Angel Taylor - Like You Do

Friday Night
Got off work (it was really busy up to the last minute!); met up with Ying and Erik (my onetime potential couchsurfers whom I just couldn't host); drove them from the Banana Bungalow hostel to dinner at a vegan Ethiopian restaurant. Then I drove us to my mom's house, where I quickly changed, then we went to the Black Boar in Eagle Rock (formerly the Chalet), then we all went out for the evening in Hollywood. Tried to park near the strip but we ended up drinking it up at Happy Ending.

Saturday
Slept in until ~10am. Had a Costco croissant for breakfast (sooo buttery). Jogged all the way up Eagle Rock Blvd (past Colorado), met up with my mom at the bank, then we drove to Target. She was annoyed with the cashier for not resolving an issue with the price tags. I saw no reason to get annoyed. Back home, watched TV shows that I had set to record. Trader Joes in the evening for my mom to get ingredients for her mac and cheese recipe, and a stop by Fresh & Easy.

Sunday
I slept 10 hours. Woke up at 8:30. Jogged a quick lap (York/Verdugo). Went to Easter Sunday mass. The guy directing traffic in the parking lot apparently got upset over my awesome parking skills :P. "After party" at Tita Celina's. Watched the Lakers game with some old school friends. Mom's mac and cheese was a hit. Apparently there was a big (7.2) earthquake while we were there; no one felt it! Back at the house, I finished The Hurt Locker, then watched TAR (my favorite team eliminated! NOOOOO!) :(, and it's opening night for baseball (Red Sox beat the Yankees!).

New music: Parachute. Me likey. Possible Swedish couchsurfer next?

Songs: I've Had the Time of My Life; Ya Boy - We Run LA; Justin Bieber - Baby; Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi; Parachute

I went home (to mom's) last night, drove back with Uncle Ben.
Dropped off mom last night at mass; I then went to Smart & Final to buy some toilet paper and ended up getting a bunch of groceries (and KFC for dinner along the way).
Drove the BMW to work - oh, it felt so good! A change of scenery in the morning, and no traffic (thank you Friday/holiday light!)
- starting to compile a spreadsheet of my cell phone contacts
Lunch: leftover KFC and my (semi-homemade) cole slaw

VERY BUSY at work - a ton of spreadsheets to format, print; have to burn a pile of data CDs.
There are cupcakes at the office.
Up against the deadline to get CDs burned!
I don't have my camera with me :/

Going to meet up with Yingyi and Erik (CS) today after work!

I have to write a memo!?! SO BUSY ALL DAY/AFTERNOON. Ugh! I'm just trying to crank these spreadsheets out asap. Only took one break all day!

Songs: B.o.B - Nothin' on You; BEP - Imma Be; Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying; The Killers - Human; Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day; ZZ Tip - Gimme All Your Lovin

I slept a lot last night: 8pm - 6am. I must've been so tired from the 10+ days of partying/adventures. Plus, with my guests gone, I suddenly have nothing to do (empty nest?!). I woke up to groggily watch some Modern Family at least.
Drove Matt to class, 8am. Got to work early.

Bazinga: I convinced Nora that my name was Brian. Easiest April Fools joke.
Secluded in my office now. Not doing much. Again.
Lunch: Chili and bread and tomatoes
- I can't remember one of my coworkers' names. Argh! (He's been here for months too.) He shouted out to Jason (the other one) right when I was there, so I was awkwardly pulled into a conversation with him; I kinda invited him to hang out in Pasadena this weekend, haha.
Farmers market Thursday. I bought some apples (which turned out to be incredibly delicious and fresh!).
Uncle Ben is back in West LA, continuing his job search... looks like I'm going home to Glassell Park tonight! (Mom has the day off tomorrow.)
- emailed another econ research thingy.
I wanna go to Vegas dammit!

Songs: B.o.B - Nothin' on You; Every Avenue - Where Were You; Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch

CS: The Aussies, and the Germans (Andy and Bene)
Life has been way too busy/exciting lately. I'm actually afraid of going through withdrawal from it.
Left work early yesterday - I really didn't feel well. But a power nap and some ramen (that I had with Dean) did the trick. I drove the Aussies around - we went to Rodeo Drive (where we saw them filming a commercial with Joan Rivers); Robertson Blvd; The Grove/Farmers Market (didn't buy anything - they didn't have a good leather jacket for Ty at Nordstrom, and Kelbs just wasn't that into); La Brea Tar Pits (just walked through); Crenshaw (rolled through south central!); Compton!
They were all so excited to see the ghetto! We ate at Maccas and had a discussion of the deliciousness of fatty foods vs that of healthy foods. They did not see the value in a sausage croissant.
Went to Fox Hills Mall on the way home, Ty wanted a skipping rope from Target; Dean and I shopped at H&M, he was flirty with these girls in the store and with the Target cashier too, haha!
Back at the apt, had some drinks (g&t for me), then Dean and I went to Vons to buy Becks/Bacardi/JD. We started watching The Hurt Locker. Around 11pm Andy and Bene showed up! They were looking for Bene's shirt - which they found was left at Carolina and Hanna's apt (where they met the Swedes' parents!). I let the Germans sleep over too.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO LAS VEGAS TODAY! RIGHT NOW! It all just happened so spontaneously; the Germans arrived and declared that they were driving to Vegas. Damn I'm jealous. They're going to Venice Beach first, buying "one man wolf pack" t-shirts! I'm gonna miss 'em all - I've had so much fun this past week and a half.

Matt drove me to work today, around 9:45 (I waited at home to get a group picture with everyone - but I wasn't really smiling in it :/ hmm). I should make an effort to smile more, especially when I'm around people.

Lunch: Courtyard Cafe - trying to eat more fresh veggies (for more energy).

Weather: Chilly, cloudy, supposed to be rainy today (but it's sunny and just windy).

I walked to RockSugar (restaurant) to ask for a job for my uncle. I met the hostess Isabel :).

May have a travel catch-up session with Jenn Ho tomorrow night!

...now shopping for a new laptop... MacBook = 2x as expensive as a Dell!

PAYDAY! :) And putting a few more pics online. I really need a better laptop so I can do this at my apt. I also am just staying at work late because I got here late.

Songs: Owl City - Dental Care; Drake - Best I Ever Had; B.o.B. - Nothin' on You; John Mellancamp - Cherry Bomb; Drake - Forever