Jason's Daily Notes

Party at Ruchi's last night. I met Sandra at Chipotle (she was early, I was late), Stephanie joined and we walked up. But I had the wrong apartment. So we stood outside of the 2nd floor instead of the 3rd, me just drinking some of our wine. How idiotic! The party was nice, though I left relatively early. And Juliana apparently had quite a night (with what was going on with Adam right next to her). I drove Louise and Sandra home and got to sleep around 2am.

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I woke up, and my alarm hadn't gone off. It was 9am. Oh shit.
Rushed to work, no shower, no breakfast. Luckily no one noticed my slight tardiness.
More research to do at work. Finding attorney fees for this objector to our case.
Lunch: Salad from California Crisp (my first time)
Music: What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?
Shareholders commented on our address - "Avenue of the Stars"
I am all over facebook this afternoon. Wow.

My dreams are sometimes really entertaining when I remember them: I dreamt I was driving down Cahuenga (or Highland) into Hollywood and got sick and threw up out the car's passenger side - splattering the outside of the door. My solution? Go to Jack in the Box and order broccoli (after much deliberation). The cashier girl found that disgusting and instead made me get something with bacon. Sourdough Jack.

Lunch: Chicken Tikka Masala and stale lettuce.
Hella busy at work. Researching attorney fees is such dry and dull work.
I am officially STRESSED over impending grad school apps.
Party tonight (at Ruchi's). Artwalk tomorrow.
At work late - til 6:30. Felix was at the apt when I got home.

Tutored Mark last night with his homework (at my apt).
Began watching The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Classic western.

Things weighing on my mind:
- grad school apps
- RECOMMENDATIONS! FML
- Christmas preparation stuff
- finding a subletter for the apartment
- saving enough to travel next year
- coordinating all the upcoming events/parties (holiday, birthday, end of quarter)
- making progress on my insurance licensing
- the landlord finding out I'm subletting the apartment
- juggling all this with 9+ hours of work a day
- my car's registration is still expired


Today at work: on hold with the MI department of health, scanning and bates stamping docs.

I'm worried about applying to grad school.

Yawn. Not much today. It rained last night.
Felix has a final today and one tomorrow.

Lunch: Mrs. Winston's. It was busy at the salad bar.

Tutoring Mark tonight.

I spent the weekend back in Glassell Park eating watching all my DVR'd TV episodes. I'm mostly caught up with them: Community, The Office, Outsourced, The Mentalist, The Amazing Race, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Parenthood.




Saturday: My only activity outside the house was to drive with mom to Marshall's, Lowe's, and Whole Foods.

Sunday: I lectored. Watched more TV and ate more stuffing. It was raining in the evening as I drove back to West LA. The Amazing Race went to Korea, and the final three are set for next week! Felix was at a concert. I went out into the rain.

I have been getting compliments on my beard.

Worked late, til 6:30. Traffic was HORRIBLE.
Watched From Paris with Love and the new Big Bang Theory.
Met up with Stephanie, Sandra, Julia, Julie (from Lyon, France), Camilla, and (CS) Evan from Australia for a night out in Santa Monica. Camilla's friends' concert at Monsoon was cancelled so we ended up at Hooters. Everyone else left. Stephanie, Evan and I then went to Busby's and, around 1am, hung out at my apartment. I drove Stephanie and Evan back to their respective places around 2-3am.

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Thinking about my future - travels, volunteer/work next year, or getting my Masters. I'm feeling a lot of pressure on myself, even if it isn't really there.
The weather today is absolutely perfect. The temperature is such that I feel gently warm in the sun and refreshed in the shade.
Everyone has their own story.
...sending out requests for university prospectuses. Looking into MSc programmes in Europe.


Feeling Epistemologic - trying to understand knowledge.
- met Jeff, a new (?) lawyer (temp).
Lunch: Microwaved mac and cheese. Read more Omnivore's Dilemma.
Music: The Black Keys - Tighten Up
To do: Mail rent, organize grad school apps, buy gift for secret santa thing, get OJ and carrot juice, Christmas cards?

Left work early yesterday afternoon (snuck out) to get to Woodland Hills by 3:30 (I just made it). The interview went well, but I could tell that it was not a good fit for me, personality-wise especially.

I stopped by In-N-Out for some animal fries on my way to Mark's for some last-minute paper writing. In 3.5 hours we pounded out his term paper. Whew.
I returned to West LA at 10:15 - the plan to go bowling with Stephanie & Co. was cancelled due to a lack of participants. So we'll do something tonight.

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I was awakened by Felix leaving, around 6am (?) for something school-related.
I didn't eat since my In-N-Out at 6pm, which counts as having "fasted," so I went to the hospital to get my blood drawn for the some laboratory tests. It was quick and easy, and everyone was so friendly!
Got Del Taco for breakfast on the way to work.
News: Wikileaks's Assange potentially in legal trouble. Russia and Qatar will be hosting the next FIFA World Cups.
To do: Decline the job, ask for help with grad schools
It's Hannukkah.
Lunch: Leftover Panda.
... calculating people's unpaid OT, complicated. The dates overlap and are all out of order too.
Reading about Jason and the Argonauts. Cool.
Music: Katy Perry - California Gurls (still?!)

Yesterday was a busy and eventful day. And today is shaping up to be the same.

Last night I tutored Mark then rushed to my WFG meeting in Glendale (where they basically told us to just recruit more people - wtf?). We also are having a holiday party and gift exchange.
I rushed back to West LA, saw Felix as he left out for a "date."

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Work is busy today. LG keeps piling stuff for me to find/research. Just when I least need it. I gotta prep for my interview this afternoon!

Lunch: Panda Express
- free personalized business cards
Feeling STRESSED about my interview

Music: