Jason's Daily Notes

Hard to wake up. Bus to work - arrived 9:05.

I GOT A RAISE! Holy shit.

- a lot of stuff to do - compiling binders, continuing projects, searching for dockets, recording my hours
- yet somehow I found time to edit Wikipedia

I'm staying late tonight. [really late; 9:30pm.] There are BIG projects looming on the horizon. It's unbelievable what has just happened to the firm. I had to print out all of our former employee's files. Damn. Crazy.

Songs: Kesha - Tik Tok; Beyonce - Single Ladies; Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad

A Quick Summary:

Thursday: hecticly getting the house ready for our visitors. Transported/set up my mom's Christmas gift (a super heavy elliptical trainer). Had to rearrange the furniture, set up the air bed, vacuum, sweep, and everything. It's frustrating - our kitchen hasn't been finished being remodeled yet. Currently we have no kitchen sink and no countertop. There are new cabinets, though.

Friday: Christmas day! Yes! It came so fast this year, but I'm not gonna complain. Went to Church with the family (at the Cathedral). Spent most of the rest of the day inside. Went to a family friend's house for Xmas dinner. We got yogurt which was on sale, 50% off, at the new place in Eagle Rock.

Saturday: Woke up early (relatively - 7am) to go to the mall and catch some after-Christmas sales. The galleria wasn't nearly as crowded as I had anticipated. The Urban Outfitters sale (50% off "All Sale") apparently didn't apply to the items I wanted to purchase :( - so I got nothing. Scru u Urban! I need to cut back on the shopping anyway. Evening, went to Irvine with the family. Kind of a boring Christmas party, more of a family thing. There was karaoke.

Sunday: Church (SBS). Apparently Justin was also at the Americana and met Kate Bosworth at Barnes & Noble. wtf. We ate at The Hat - so much food! Mom and auntie got massages in San Gabriel. I was driven back to my apt, dropped off the chairs for the party. Then, walked around Santa Monica for an hour or two. Dinner at U-Zen Sushi in West LA was very nice.

Song: The Spill Canvas - The Tide ["Heaven's not a place that you go when you die / It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive"]

CS: Said bye to Yoann & Palak today. Fun guys. I need to get my own pair of neon sunglasses and touristy t-shirts.

Work: 8:45

HAPPY FESTIVUS! (For the rest of us)

Lunch: Panda bowl with black pepper chicken

Work today... is like trying to fit a square into a circle.

- need to buy gift for my uncle.

News: Balloon Boy's parents are going to jail :(

5pm. Still at work. Auntie Jo calls, asking about the recipe for a lemon drop.


Songs: Bob Rivers - The Most Fattening Time of the Year [parody, lol]; Richard Cheese - Milkshake; Hilary Duff - Come Clean; Incubus - Oil and Water

CS: Yoann & Palak (from France, but currently students in Chicago)

It took a while to leave for work this morning - didn't arrive until 9:15!

It's cold and windy today!

No one is on gchat :/

Lunch: packed-up breakfast (eggs & potatoes o'brien)

I think I should focus on studying econ/development (which might include law?)

today's work: Searching ppl's addresses for the claims administrator (cont.)

Two-for-one hot chocolate at Ben & Jerry's!!!

@ work til ~ 6:30

Songs: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (wtf?! how did that get in my head?!!!); Rise Against - Savior

- Alone in the apartment tonight. Still not feeling fully energized from the exhausting weekend.
- I've begun making a "00s" playlist. I'm taking the top hits from each year 2000-09 (from Wikipedia) and making them into one messive (12-hour) playlist. I'm going to play it at my New Year's party!
- short week (for Christmas) - thank GOD!
- work: eh. Got on the crowded bus (instead of the empty start-of-the-line bus) this morning.
- lunch: Courtyard cafe salad bar ($4.00!)

Mayon Volcano - about to erupt?

- my Couchsurfers (Yoann and his friend from France via Chicago) are actually coming tonight, not last night as I had anticipated. No worries.

Songs: Lady Gaga - Poker Face; Bloc Party - Song for Clay (Disappear Here) ["East London is a vampire"!!!]; Snow Patrol - Run; Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me

Angela's surprize party on Saturday. Fun times (Scrabble Cheez-Its?!!) but a bit too much drinking. (Leafblower, anyone?) I didn't exactly feel stellar afterwards. (People need to use the word "stellar" more.)

Friday, I was tired from work. Stéphane returns to the apt and we finish watching Funny People then take the (crowded) 720 bus down Wilshire to meet up with Michelle in Koreatown for Carla's birthday. Karaoke was fun but short (Tokyo Tea!). We soon move to Atwater and the Griffin, then to Glendale somehow, trying to track down Carla & Co. (who went for pho). I end up carving a path of destruction too - windshield wipers, car antennas, and "for rent" signs... none are safe!

CS: Stephané from France

bus. 8:50 :/ ... I really should make an effort to get to work earlier

work:
Morning - finishing my writeup (fixing citations, etc.) on apoptosis
Lunch: Panda bowl (Panda Express) - $5.99 + tax
Afternoon: chat w/ Cassy and Leslie
- new project: work on finding the addresses/phone for 500 people!
- staying late to get a good amount of this project done... and now my eyes hurt.


Songs: Beyoncé - Single Ladies; Lisa Loeb - Stay; Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning; Lion King - Hakuna Matata

Slept alone last night... was able to leave the windows open (since no one was surfing the couch)

• bus to work this morning - I felt good; everything was moving along, it was a all-green-lights morning

AAAAAH! I HAVE A RESEARCH PAPER DUE TOMORROW! The irony (just as everyone still in school is finishing finals this week)!

@ work til 7:45pm - ugh.

CS tonight: Stephané (from France).

Songs: Britney Spears - Circus; Haddaway - What Is Love?