Jason's Daily Notes

I was craving Korean tacos last night - I drove down Sawtelle, no parking and I didn't feel like walking so I drove to UCLA/Westwood. Still no parking, but I toughed it out and got my two tofu tacos and quesadilla. Yum nom.
Steffen arrived ~11:30pm - he was gone before I woke up. Yup, it's official: I've been hosting a vampire.
Today I feel annoyed - one of those days when the little things things just aren't going your way. Largely because traffic has been significantly worse lately than in recent memory.
Music: Anarbor - Halfway Sober
updated my Switzerland travel post.
Lunch: self-made sandwich from Mrs. Winston's - $5.01 (I guessed that it was $5.05 - so close to getting my lunch for free!)

I don't even know anymore. Should I look for jobs in New York? Stick with the FSOT? Grad school? UK? Just start my own business? Too much!
Sigh.
Priscilla and her coworker Mariah stopped by spontaneously after work yesterday. She's going to Chicago this weekend!

Went out with the Germans. Seriously, I'm a freakin' German consulate. Felix, Phil, Jan and Steffen joined me in an excursion to Molly Malone's. Michelle's phone died so she couldn't find us. (This was all because Josh's bday thingy in Hollywood was cancelled). Looking forward to laser tag though!

Music: Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

Lunch: Veggie burrito. $6.

It's Mexican Independence Day!

... more updating of my travel blog (photos) ...

At work til 6:15.

Watched Wanted last night. I felt it crossed Spider-Man and Batman Begins with Angelina providing some Mrs. Smith.
Ate a ghetto quesadilla (i.e. put what was left of the shredded cheddar onto a brown rice tortilla and microwaved it).
Phil got his SSN. Now to look for a job.


Music: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Working on my travel site (my weekend in Nice).
Uploading pics to my site takes a lot of time! Oh, this website's going to be a lot of work!
Lunch: eggs.
Not doing much today at work.
Lots of CS requests. I need to just refuse more people.
Weather: Sunny and warm-ish. 75°

Phil arrived. Felix returned to the apartment. Watched Monday Night Football and had mac and cheese for dinner. I'm feeling less sick (about 85% healthy).

Jack's gone this week. Lionel's out through Wednesday. Still lots of work.
Tequila Avión is real!
Sales call today with our Monster.com rep.
Lunch: Soup from Gelson's market. $5.
I am hesitant. About career and stuff (the usual).
Firefox is slow today. Or is it Acrobat? Either way, these pages and pdfs are taking a long time to load!

Nicholas C - from Texas via Switzerland de-friended me. Ouch.

Music: The Beatles - Hey Jude

Looks like the Bieber Fever really got to me.

Saturday: Jan left, Felix was there. I drove home (around 2pm).
I'm driving slower now on the freeway. I guess I'm used to slow traffic.
Had plenty of chicken soup at home. My mom's also still sick.
Watched Crazy Heart. I kinda like country music now.
My cousin Aaron was in town on business (!). We went out for Chinese food (though I had no appetite). Ugh - BEING SICK SUCKS.


Sunday: Felt slightly better but still sick and sore.
Drinking lots of water, ginger tea, more soup.
The computer has a virus too. Haha.
Watched The Special Relationship. Began reading The Omnivore's Dilemma.
East coast trip?!

Monday: Took a sick day from work! I'm feeling 50-60% better.
Fixed the computer. Almost gave up and told my mom to buy a new one. (Either way it's long overdue.)
Back to the apartment. Phil arrived.

I feel the beginning of a cold coming on - my throat was slightly sore this morning. Uh oh. :/

I should bundle up. It's cold.
Last night: Returned home ~ 6:30pm. Jan was tired (only drank a milkshake because he couldn't figure out that he could get a water or soda!). Dominik returned to get stuff, went out to buy pasta to cook, then Felix arrived a minute later (as I was starting to vacuum his room!). Awesome, I now have a flatmate. Dom returned, told us about his new host (who chose to message him) - a Hollywood manager of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Courtney Love, etc., who bought the top floor of an apartment complex in Mar Vista/Venice and regularly has actors/models staying over. WWWWWWWTTTTTTTFFFFFFF?!?! Why the hell don't I know any famous people like that? Yes I'm jealous.
Felix and I left for Omri's birthday. Jan stayed at the apt. Library bar was nice. I met several Starbucks coworkers - Daniela (born in Slovakia), Megan (who went to Costa Rica), Jonathan (the vegetarian), Doug (shaved head, but he insisted his hair would look curly like mine), and a random older guy who spoke German (from his ex-wife) and lived in Pasadena. Then we went to The Standard (or should I type, pɹɐpuɐʇs ǝɥʇ!). No cover. Lame music. Stayed only for a bit. Omri was rightfully the center of attention. Felix was glad to be there.
Woke up tired. It's chilly! Cleaned up a bid (Dominik did most of the dishes last night). Work: 9:10am. Trying to be less stressed... trying. Frequent hand sanitizing.
I didn't get the job as a tour guide! That's good - I still have weekends free to go on weekend trips - DC/Philly, here I come! (or still maybe Chicago).
News: A big gas line exploded in San Bruno, burning down an entire neighborhood last night! Obama is campaigning against the Republican momentum ahead of this election.
Lunch: Leftover cajun bbq
The irony: The last time I was sick was when Felix was couchsurfing with me a year ago. Now he's back and I'm getting sick again.
Music: Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

It's my 3-year anniversary (London). Wow. And 6 years since Germany.

I arrived at the apt tired from work (again) and found Jan on my couch - just arrived from Germany for his year exchange program at UCLA. Also, he still has to find an apartment to live in.
- We went to Ramenya. I welcomed him; we talked politics (what he's studying). Then went to Trader Joe's.
I finished Bend It Like Beckham. Smiled.
L'shana tova! It's Rosh Hashanah. Not that I'm celebrating - most of the lawyers are out today, but I've still got plenty of work to do. Printing out hundreds of pages of emails and marking them with the date and putting them in a binder, responding to shareholders calling in for a new case, etc. I'm really busy.
Felix arrives tonight!
I discovered my "stepmom." Weird.
Rich Cronin (lead singer of LFO) died. :(
Lunch: Farmers market at 2pm - got a cajun bbq combo. Mom couldn't meet me for lunch; she's still sick.
My calf has a weird itchy/sore stinging sensation on the skin. Hmm.
...writing the date on email after email repeatedly - I feel like I'm signing a pile of autographs :)
Music: Pandora Radio... Cartel, The Rocket Summer
So much going on. Felix's arrival. Jan still at the apt. Omri's birthday celebration tonight. Weekend already filling up with plans. Aaaah.

Hosting Dominik - cooked fajitas last night. He went to the Getty Center and Griffith Observatory. An exhausting itinerary. He also (earlier) saw the janitor from Scrubs standing next to him at MOCA.
I dreamt that my friends and I all had guns and were shooting them off at a party, just for fun.
Jogged to Olympic/Purdue.
Found 50 Cent's twitter in proper English.
Google instant launched. Now don't have to hit "search."
Wow - really busy at work. Lots to do.

"To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, that is to have succeeded" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's cloudy and cool. Very atypical weather.
Lunch: Leftover fajitas (with beans)
Mom is out sick from her work the rest of this week.
It's Rosh Hashanah tomorrow.
I'm at work late. This sucks. Always on Wednesday.
Jan should be at the apartment already.