Jason's Daily Notes

Watched The Godfather. Classic. Cooked and ate thick spaghetti.
Went to Westwood BrewCo afterwards to meet with Ruchi, Anurag and Apooram. Ankina left soon after.
Returned at 1am. Watched some Weeds then slept.
I left the window open in the car. It started pouring rain overnight. The back seat was soaked.

I got to work 9:30. F-yall. End of the pay period. And a lot of people are gone already anyway.
I'm wearing my thick frame eyeglasses; there's a screw loose.
Lunch: Soup from Gelson's - Mexican chicken, butternut squash.
Planning to go out for drinks (happy hour) and dancing tonight.
It's still showery and chilly.
Music: Arctic Monkeys

Dinner in Artesia - there was an exhibitionist couple outside that provided for some hilarious. We also got Indian sweets afterwards. Yum - but I'm so full.

Met up with Ruchi and her friends, and with Andrew at Barney's afterwards. Shared laughs and sweet potatoes.
Felix is at Joshua Tree today with his parents. I slept in til 8:45.
I feel sore.. like in my joints and elbow.
I get the day off Thursday! Oh joy!
Lunch: Food bar from Gelson's - including lobster mac and cheese.
Disneyland is so popular they stopped selling tickets today - I don't understand its appeal to those of us without a family.
Music: A Whole New World; Scotty Doesn't Know

Back to work. And I just don't really wanna.
Felix had revamped the apt for his Christmas with his parents.
The bathroom sink won't drain.

Work: I had to put away tones of files / binders.
Jack is sick, Ryan and Mike are out. It's quiet. Star and Hubbel are now manning the front desk (JD and Rachel are now gone, what a change in staff it's been lately).

Music: Pendulum
Lunch: Courtyard Cafe
Password fatigue - remembering too many passwords
Capital One bank has a credit card with zero international fees. I should get that.
And I did just apply.

A slow afternoon at work.

I'm gonna meet up with Jenn, Juan and Cassy tonight. In Artesia

Thursday night: Watched Nothing but the Truth. Good movie.

Friday: Drove home in the morning. Took a detour into Baldwin Hills to capture the brilliant views and the snow in the distant mountains behind downtown. I wanted barbecue.
I ate so much food at home. Especially the roast. I'm not used to consuming so much meat.


Saturday, Christmas Day:
Churched it in the morning.
Tried to work on my grad school essays. But I really have no idea where to go with them. It's hard, since I have no guidelines really.
Watched Leap Year. It was corny and felt forced.

A quiet Christmas overall. No major gifts, no stress. Good.
There was (heavy) rain overnight.

Sunday, December 26: No church for me. Stayed at home, worked on my essays, making a bit more progress. Still so much to prepare for grad school - it's overwhelming and all I need is time.
"To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded."
"Not all who wander are lost."

I cooked pasta last night and watched Jeopardy. I also streamed Zombieland - a surprisingly good movie (at least to me)!
I dreamt I was celebrating Christmas in Seattle with relatives.
The rain has stopped. For now.
I GOT CALLED INTO PB'S OFFICE FOR A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. HOLY SHIT. I need to do better at work, people are noticing. They're also gonna start cracking down on personal internet use. So this may be the end of my frequent blogging/tweeting... Fuck.

I should just pre-emptively give up all online distractions at work for new years.
Lunch: Mrs. Winston's. They'll be closed through new years.
Making resolutions for 2011.

The annual Office party was last night.
Mostly spent it talking with Harry and Ryan. About ranking celebs.

I dreamt I was having lunch with friends at the food court (outdoors) and I got Take A Bao.


I finished watching Into the Wild this morning just as Felix awoke. He and his parents rented a big car (which was blocking my car).
I drove to downtown LA to get docs from court archives - I found free 2 hour parking only a couple blocks from the courthouse. The archives office is in the basement of the building, down several shady werehouse hallways. Damn bureaucracy. Grabbed Tommy's for lunch on my way back to work.
Today should be the last rainy day, finally.

Lunch: Tommy's

Big rainbow across the sky this afternoon!

The rain continues.


Finished watching Scarface last night.
Went to bed early, like 9:30. Slept til 7:30 am.
It's been raining non-stop for like 5 days now. Everywhere is drenched and it's now annoying that things are so soggy.
Felix returns tonight from Miami with his parents.

Lunch: Leftover pastrami burger from The Hat
There was a total lunar eclipse last night. But it was raining here so no one obviously could see it.
Sending out Christmas cards...
Office party tonight!

The rain continues. It's supposed to last through Wednesday.
I'm in no mood to work. I wish I just had time to focus on my grad school applications.
We have a new automated gate entry system for the parking garage downstairs at the office.
Lunch: Leftover chili fries from The Hat
Music: Phoenix - Lisztomania
I got a letter from a shareholder currently in prison.
I'm so tired / unenergetic today... ugh.