Jason's Daily Notes

A RAINY WEEKEND -
Went home Friday night, it was raining. First I met with mom and Nancy for dinner in Downtown LA (Colori restaruant), then headed out to Montrose to celebrate Ang's birthday! I gave her my "soul" on paper as a gift.

Saturday: Slept in til noon. I stayed home for the afternoon, watching TV. Mom made lumpia. I drove back to West LA ~ 5pm.
The girls (Isabella and Shelly) who were renting the room for the night arrived. They didn't come on Friday as planned (having stayed in Fullerton).

Sunday: All day celebration for Michelle's birthday. I drove to Pasadena, hydroplaning on the freeway along the way. Justin was there. Met Jessica and her bf Andy. Brian arrived and we drove in three cars to Hollywood, where we brunched it (with all-you-can-drink mimosas and screwdrivers and a disgusting bloody mary). Natalie and her bf were there. Brian had work so he could only sing three songs with us at the karaoke in downtown. Andrew then arrived. We left karaoke and walked to Wurstkuche. Then Andy drove us back to Pasadena and, due to a lack of other things to do, we (MR, JM, and I) watched Black Swan. I got a perfectly functioning umbrella out of a trash bin. Then we had dinner at The Hat. Good times.

Watched Away We Go. It wasn't too interesting (or I was just too tired to pay attention). Uploaded fb pics.
The weather is showery. And it's supposed to rain for the next week! :/
Music: BED INTRUDER SONG! (He's climbin' in your windows...)
No work to do today. Literally. Just answered a couple phone calls. Isabella arrives tonight.
Continuing with grad school apps... er, just looking at grad schools, that is.
My mom got good results! Whew.
On my mind: Juggling replies to my Craigslist posting, organizing dinner tonight with mom, worried about my guests' arrival, getting a gift for Angela, and mailing Christmas cards.
Google has released ngrams (searching through thousands of books at once).

Watched Girl with a Pearl Earring last night. I was exhausted and napped through the film.

It was Sandra's last night. Brian came over to go bowling. But no one else could make it. So Brian and I had sushi then picked up Sandra around 9pm. We ended up just having drinks at my apt (Boddingtons and spiked egg nog!), and we played poker (I won). I slept around 12:45, woke up at 7:30, but slept in until 8:30. Yawn - I'm not getting enough sleep.

Chase will start charging $10 for "free checking"?!

Music: Pink - Raise Your Glass; Titofelix - Nice and Slow; Chris Brown - Yeah 3x
Lunch: Trimana veggie burger. Good deal.
Slow day at work. Got to update my travel blog a bit. :)

Christmas party last night for WFG. Drove straight from work, wearing professional attire. The dinner was nice, the food was good and acceptable, and the Christmas music really got me in the spirit! Mom and titas were there too. Left at 9pm - headed back the West LA, changed, and went to Christina's apartment. Hung out, met her grad school friends - Jane, Mizu, Oliver, Daniel; and the couchsurfers Gabriel and Nicholas from Canada, who are hitchhiking from Quebec to Argentina, and documenting their trip on a website. Went back home ~1am.

I have the apartment to myself now.

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PAYDAY. Fuck yea!
With Lionel and Jack gone, work is slow. Just how I like it. :)
Lunch: feeling very omnivorous: Mrs. Winston's salad and tofu; soy chili soup; soy nuggets, and SUSHI left by Kevin for the office.

I am left-eye dominant.

Bowling tonight for Sandra's last day.

Tutored Chris at the food court (with his son!) right after work. Then I drove straight to Mark's place to help him with some review before his econ final tomorrow. On the way back I had food at Trimana. Good burger and sauces! Impressive.

Several birthdays today.
Dense fog rolled in last night and now the weather is much cooler. Watched HIMYM (Barney's favorite things!) with Felix, who is now gone to Miami as of noon. His parents' flight is delayed.
Jack is in New York for the rest of the week.
Lunch: Leftover Korean
Drawing a map of realigned state boundaries.
WFG Christmas dinner tonight.
Potentially hanging out with Christina's couchsurfers (was going to last night but it ended up being too late).

Felix's friend dropped off Ina at a hotel last night and the three guys stayed over (now with Heike, who came from Santa Barbara). Today they're at Joshua Tree, but Felix has some last minute stuff to prepare before his flight tomorrow so he couldn't join.

Emailed Rob S. (prof) about a recommendation letter! Whew!
Lunch with Felix today - I had Korean.
Music: Every Avenue; Jimmy Eat World - My Best Theory; Bruno Mars - Grenade
Helping plan New Years party - drinks from around the world!
Our firm is getting sued by a former employee (whom I know)! :X

WFG meeting - went to Porto's first (at 9am - it was packed). The mall parking was already full... Valet parking closed off my area. The meeting went until around noon. I walked to Borders afterwards and bought a Thomas Guide! :)
The weather is warm :)
Went back to West LA around 7pm and had a party! Primarily for Jan (it's his last day in LA0. It was great. A and P came. I got Pizza, Christoph arrived early, and there was plenty plenty of beer! Felix arrived with his friends from San Diego/Irvine - Benjamin, Fabian, Ralph, and Ina (from Sweden). Ruchi and Jess came too.

Sunday: Woke up 9am. Everyone was still asleep. I cleaned up all the bottles - Benjamin helped me too. The Germans/Swede left with Felix to sightsee. Brian joined me to the beach! We took separate cars, I picked up Sandra (around 1pm) and headed to Zuma. We played tennis (for lack of any other activity). Michelle came with Justin, much later than I had hoped (around 4pm), after the head had given way to a chilly breeze, but in time to catch the sunset. We ate at CPK. Ruchi couldn't make it. Julia and Camilla hung out with us. Froyo at the mall, Coffee Bean, and Michelle's new car.

Was gonna give up on Artwalk last night, driving back in traffic along Wilshire in Westwood, when Michelle called. I was convinced to turn around and head downtown. I needed to gas up but the station in downtown was too expensive. I was there early, started walking around, and ran into Jeff A-O from work! He was with a couple ladies - Sharee from London and her friend Kirsten visiting from Germany. We hung out, saw some art, and said bye just as I met with Brian and Michelle by the food truck lot. Hungry, we went straight to the other lot and got Kobe beef sliders. Oh hell yes. And we actually ended up just discussing politics and economics and not seeing any art. Haha. Beers in my car. It was already past 1am when I drove back (gassing up in West LA).
Felix was still not at the apartment! He was at the library working on his paper.

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I have a zit on my lip and it's annoying.
I noticed that I didn't know my license plate number, so I glanced at it as I left my car at work this morning. Then, this afternoon, my manager asks for my car's license plate! (I actually forgot the ending - how embarrassing.) Psychic moment!
The weather is ocean cooled and gentle today. It's gonna be warm this weekend! :)
- I'm still looking for subletters to stay this January.
Lunch: Pizza (from the food court) - it's Friday!
Staying at work late. Again. Last to leave the office.

Going home to Glassell tonight.

Watched my TV shows and also The History Boys. Interesting, off-putting yet charming movie.