Friday, February 29, 2008
hooray! it's our anniversary!
eight years ago i became the luckiest gal ever, since i found a perfect partner for me.
steve makes me laugh, he makes me take vitamins, he makes me dinner -- he makes me happy!
when we were first dating, my friend melissa told me that when we were in the room together, there was so much excitement between us that it felt like there were 5 people there instead of just us two. i hope that bubbling-over excitement never dies. i am so completely in love...
eight years ago i became the luckiest gal ever, since i found a perfect partner for me.
steve makes me laugh, he makes me take vitamins, he makes me dinner -- he makes me happy!
when we were first dating, my friend melissa told me that when we were in the room together, there was so much excitement between us that it felt like there were 5 people there instead of just us two. i hope that bubbling-over excitement never dies. i am so completely in love...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
steve just pointed out this
optical illusion, which is really freaky, but cool.
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we spent all weekend unpacking our new place, and are really, really excited. the house is amazing and the view is spectacular. you should all come visit us here in pacifica very soon!
optical illusion, which is really freaky, but cool.
.........................
we spent all weekend unpacking our new place, and are really, really excited. the house is amazing and the view is spectacular. you should all come visit us here in pacifica very soon!
i ab-so-lutely loved tina fey's segment about hilary clinton on SNL's "weekend update" from saturday. if you didn't see it, check it out now. nbc has taken down the copies that were posted to youtube, unfortunately. hopefully
this link to NBC's site will work. their site pretty much sucks, so no guarantees.
let me know if you laughed like i did!
this link to NBC's site will work. their site pretty much sucks, so no guarantees.
let me know if you laughed like i did!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
what an exhaustingly fun weekend! i got back from a business trip to NY on thursday evening, and my brother arrived right after work on friday for his first trip to california as an adult. i felt a heavy burden to show him what i love about this amazing corner of the golden state.
we picked up our new car on saturday morning, and drove it (mostly top down) all around the bay area all weekend. we went down to half-moon bay, up to tiburon, over to sonoma, and all around the city. we climbed up telegraph hill, bought italian pastries in north beach, took the alcatraz tour, walked by at&t park, ate at the ferry building, and visited the local brewpub.
tonight i caught up on all kinds of things around the house, including catching up on reading the newspaper, and emails. below are some things i've particularly enjoyed lately.
i've been meaning to post a link to this store, which you should all check out. nifty!
be sure to refresh this site about what obama's done for you lately several times. after all, you don't want to be unaware of all of his goodness!
speaking of politics, i've read two op-ed pieces that i really identified with. since the newspaper sites are a pain to link to, i'll paste them here.
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here's dave egger's piece from the sunday nytimes about how san franciscans seem to feel about the recent super tuesday results:
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Losing to Idaho by Dave Eggers
Published: February 17, 2008
WELL, it was fun to be part of it. At long last, the California primary was scheduled early enough that the opinion of the country’s most populous state would be heard. There were near-record crowds at the polls, and everyone seemed happy to be there at all, like a bunch of distant relatives finally invited to the wedding. And what did our groundbreaking state do with its chance at making history? Nothing all that interesting. As the Obama wave swept across the country, we watched from the beach.
California (or much of it, anyway) prides itself on the leading edge of everything — technology, environmental policy, prevalence of bumper stickers, the continent itself — and yet, in choosing Hillary Clinton by 52 percent to Barack Obama’s 43 percent, the state proved itself more conservative than, for example, Kansas.
It was hard not to detect, at least here in the Bay Area, the sense of disappointment in our state after the subsequent primary results. To be out-progressived by Alabama, Maryland and North Dakota? Painful. If Mrs. Clinton won by nine points in California and Mr. Obama won by 62 points in Idaho, does that make us 71 points more conservative than the “Great Potatoes. Tasty Destinations” state? (No disrespect is meant toward that beautiful state, or its flabbergasting former slogan.)
The odd fact is that in this year’s contest, Mrs. Clinton is actually the most conservative choice. Not conservative in a policy sense, but conservative in that with her, voters can be very sure of what they’re getting. There is almost no risk, no element of mystery.
With Mr. Obama’s newness comes a certain element of chance, and Mr. McCain, though he leans ever more doctrinaire, is still erratic enough that on the Internet he can be found singing — to a classic Beach Boys tune, mind you — about bombing yet another sovereign nation. So a vote for Mrs. Clinton, as capable as she is, is a vote for the known over the less-known, the establishment over the insurgent.
Which makes it all the more exasperating for Californians, who assume that every new idea originates here, to watch the Obama revolution begin in Illinois and proceed happily everywhere — Delaware! — without us.
Delaware, whose slogan is “It’s Good Being First” can now boast of being 20 percentage points more first than California. Utah, which once sighed, “This Is Still the Right Place,” came out 57-39 for Mr. Obama, making it 27 percentage points more correct than the Golden State.
The Potomac primaries just rubbed it in. Virginians went Mr. Obama’s way, 64-35, making them 38 points braver than Californians. Maryland, whose state tourism office used to advise visitors to, really, “Seize the Day Off,” voted for the Illinois senator 60-37, making their state 32 points more, let’s face it, daring than ours.
Heading South, it got worse. South Carolina was 37 points bolder than California, Georgia 44 points more future-embracing.
What’s our excuse? Er, we kept it interesting? After all, if Mr. Obama had won in a landslide here, we wouldn’t have the pleasure of this continually fascinating race, no?
O.K., you’re not buying that, so it’s time to accept responsibility. It wasn’t our fault! It was theirs, down there!
Northern California went Mr. Obama’s way by significant margins. Guess who voted for the establishment, for the past? Los Angeles.
Almost a third of Mrs. Clinton’s votes came from that county alone. So don’t blame us. It was them.
We’re with you, Idaho! With hope and change! The future! Great potatoes! Tasty destinations!
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and, on a more serious note, here's an op-ed piece that elizabeth wurtzel wrote about hillary for the wall street journal. i have been so torn about how to feel about the two democratic candidates, and i identified with this quite a bit.
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Hillary Agonistes by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Published: February 15, 2008
I've been told that I no longer need to do yoga, take up Pilates, or study Kaballah, and I can even stop listening to Bruce Springsteen. Apparently 45 minutes at a Barack Obama rally -- preceded by two hours and 45 minutes of waiting in the snow outside to get in -- will be all it takes to change my life. Forever. An open mind, a free spirit, a loving heart, a renewed appreciation for democracy -- and possibly even thin thighs -- will be mine for keeps, if I just take in the junior senator from Illinois at a high-school gymnasium in Waukesha or a Nascar track in Pocono or an arena in Dallas. In less time than it takes to get through a single session of psychotherapy, Mr. Obama can cure me.
Meanwhile, back in Hillaryland, all I'm promised is Hillarycare.
[Hillary Agonistes]
Of course, that's not fair. Like most Democrats this time around, I feel embarrassed with the richness of both presidential candidates. The first flush of Obamarama, this latest blush of Clintonism -- either would suit me fine. But it's obvious where the real heat is: If candidates were reading material, Barack Obama would be pornography -- he's got everybody aroused, fired up and ready to go. He's turned on the body politic as no one else has in my lifetime. And it's great fun. It's good for politics, it's good for democracy, it's good for America, it's good for messianism. Young people are excited, old people are nostalgic, middle-aged people are invigorated. People are so enthralled with Mr. Obama just because it's so easy to be enthralled with him.
Which is to say, there's no accounting for charisma. Some people are simply gifted, and the only way to respond is to clear the way and let them do their magic. But this collective cathexis that created Obamamania is obviously a deep desire for authenticity, and he is the natural repository of our hidden hopes.
Mr. Obama is what the future looks like: a biracial child of divorce, schlepped halfway around the world by a conscientious but confounded single mother, abandoned by a wayward but winning Kenyan father, international but somehow still all-American, a party-hardy Harvard Law graduate. That is, an ordinary extraordinary guy, the dreamiest of all our dreams. If only every kid from a broken home could turn out to be such a fine gentleman! How can we not love him? With a million other things he could be doing, Mr. Obama actually wants to lead us. Us? What did we do to deserve him?
That's how lucky Barack Obama makes us feel.
And then there's the whole Hillary Rodham Clinton situation. What can I say? She's been called the anti-Christ, but her problem right now is that she's the anti-Obama.
There is a special kind of hate that people -- particularly women -- reserve for Hillary Clinton that is unique in contemporary politics. It's nothing like the disdain liberals feel for W., which is only to be expected, and has no special edge: Liberals believe President Bush is an undeserving doofus who made a big huge mess, that's that. But the hatred for Hillary Clinton is visceral and venal, a lot of it is female and feminist, and some of it is simply off the charts.
A young woman I respect in northern California describes Hillary as "grotesque." A middle-aged successful artist I know -- herself a bit of a virago -- thinks she's "evil." And my mother, who is admittedly a Republican, is capable of going on and on about how Hillary is in it all for herself, that she'll do anything to win, that she'll kill to push her agenda through, that she's just a disgusting human being, that the sound of Hillary's voice is enough to send her racing for the remote control to turn off her beloved Fox News. The New Republic points out that many Democrats describe Hillary Clinton as "mendacious, brutal, willing to bend (or break) any rule in pursuit of power." And they're on her side.
This special anti-Rodham anger is especially troubling because it's impossible to separate from sex or sexism. Hillary Clinton reminds me that it's possible that all powerful women are, as my friend puts it, "grotesque." They are exaggerated humans, extreme cases, everything to everybody.
Hillary is grotesque because she has gotten to where she is, indeed, by playing it every which way -- by being a career woman when that made sense, a wife when that was advantageous; working on her husband's behalf when that seemed the way to the top, then working for herself when the coast was clear; standing by her husband despite infidelities because she loved him, while belittling Tammy Wynette for offering the very advice she was ostensibly taking; pooh-poohing the prospect of having teas and baking cookies instead of having a profession, and then becoming first lady and having teas as a profession for a full eight years. Yes, Hillary Clinton will do anything, bless her heart: That is how you amass power as a woman. We hate her, because she exposes the sordid business of having it all for the grotesque thing that it actually is.
Might she have played it differently? Of course, it's possible. No one can quite explain how it is that a woman who now campaigns on the virtues of electronic health records and streamlined financial-aid forms once gave the 1969 graduation address at Wellesley College that fantasized about "a more immediate, ecstatic and penetrating mode of living." Once upon a lifetime ago, Hillary Clinton could have been Barack Obama! When did she become a technocrat? How is it that Mr. Obama beat her at her own game?
Obviously, Hillary gave something up by marrying Bill. In their particular partnership, Bill is inspiration, Hillary is perspiration, that's the way it goes. She lost her voice, and no, she did not get it back in Manchester, N.H. on Jan. 10. She's been in the business of enabling charismatic men for so long, Hillary Clinton doesn't quite know how to facilitate anything but power itself.
Still, Hillary has won big states like New York, California, and even Sen. Ted Kennedy's native Massachusetts -- and by large margins. Because, finally, the ladies turn out for her, as they did for that surprise win in the New Hampshire primary.
Pollsters say that women are the most important element of the electorate, and hate her though we do, in the end, we can't help ourselves. We see Hillary, we see Barack, and we see our own version of hell: Here is this amazing woman, top of her class, implausible marriage to impossible man, works as hard as the day is long, masters all the forms and spreadsheets of governing, even manages to raise a pretty darn good kid -- and then along comes this guy, this groovy Obamarama, with his pleasing mien, his high style, his absolute fabulousness, and he wants the top floor, corner office that she earned.
And women -- women have seen this movie, women have heard this story, women know the drill, have had their manicured fingers ready to ring that particular fire alarm for years now. Women, finally, will say no to that. Real women don't care what Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver with their easy words and easy lives have to say about any of this. No one with a job takes advice from someone with a chef.
Right now, it looks like Barack Obama will be the nominee. Hillary Clinton is unlikely to win any more primaries for a few more weeks, and at that point, it may be too late for this championship season. But pundits count her out at their own peril. That woman is a force of nature. One of these years, Hillary is going to the White House. If she has to win every single vote one by one, she'll do it. If she has to take hostages, hold a gun to the head of every voter as he enters the booth, she'll do that too. She may even cry.
Never underestimate Hillary Clinton.
we picked up our new car on saturday morning, and drove it (mostly top down) all around the bay area all weekend. we went down to half-moon bay, up to tiburon, over to sonoma, and all around the city. we climbed up telegraph hill, bought italian pastries in north beach, took the alcatraz tour, walked by at&t park, ate at the ferry building, and visited the local brewpub.
tonight i caught up on all kinds of things around the house, including catching up on reading the newspaper, and emails. below are some things i've particularly enjoyed lately.
i've been meaning to post a link to this store, which you should all check out. nifty!
be sure to refresh this site about what obama's done for you lately several times. after all, you don't want to be unaware of all of his goodness!
speaking of politics, i've read two op-ed pieces that i really identified with. since the newspaper sites are a pain to link to, i'll paste them here.
______________________________________________________
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here's dave egger's piece from the sunday nytimes about how san franciscans seem to feel about the recent super tuesday results:
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Losing to Idaho by Dave Eggers
Published: February 17, 2008
WELL, it was fun to be part of it. At long last, the California primary was scheduled early enough that the opinion of the country’s most populous state would be heard. There were near-record crowds at the polls, and everyone seemed happy to be there at all, like a bunch of distant relatives finally invited to the wedding. And what did our groundbreaking state do with its chance at making history? Nothing all that interesting. As the Obama wave swept across the country, we watched from the beach.
California (or much of it, anyway) prides itself on the leading edge of everything — technology, environmental policy, prevalence of bumper stickers, the continent itself — and yet, in choosing Hillary Clinton by 52 percent to Barack Obama’s 43 percent, the state proved itself more conservative than, for example, Kansas.
It was hard not to detect, at least here in the Bay Area, the sense of disappointment in our state after the subsequent primary results. To be out-progressived by Alabama, Maryland and North Dakota? Painful. If Mrs. Clinton won by nine points in California and Mr. Obama won by 62 points in Idaho, does that make us 71 points more conservative than the “Great Potatoes. Tasty Destinations” state? (No disrespect is meant toward that beautiful state, or its flabbergasting former slogan.)
The odd fact is that in this year’s contest, Mrs. Clinton is actually the most conservative choice. Not conservative in a policy sense, but conservative in that with her, voters can be very sure of what they’re getting. There is almost no risk, no element of mystery.
With Mr. Obama’s newness comes a certain element of chance, and Mr. McCain, though he leans ever more doctrinaire, is still erratic enough that on the Internet he can be found singing — to a classic Beach Boys tune, mind you — about bombing yet another sovereign nation. So a vote for Mrs. Clinton, as capable as she is, is a vote for the known over the less-known, the establishment over the insurgent.
Which makes it all the more exasperating for Californians, who assume that every new idea originates here, to watch the Obama revolution begin in Illinois and proceed happily everywhere — Delaware! — without us.
Delaware, whose slogan is “It’s Good Being First” can now boast of being 20 percentage points more first than California. Utah, which once sighed, “This Is Still the Right Place,” came out 57-39 for Mr. Obama, making it 27 percentage points more correct than the Golden State.
The Potomac primaries just rubbed it in. Virginians went Mr. Obama’s way, 64-35, making them 38 points braver than Californians. Maryland, whose state tourism office used to advise visitors to, really, “Seize the Day Off,” voted for the Illinois senator 60-37, making their state 32 points more, let’s face it, daring than ours.
Heading South, it got worse. South Carolina was 37 points bolder than California, Georgia 44 points more future-embracing.
What’s our excuse? Er, we kept it interesting? After all, if Mr. Obama had won in a landslide here, we wouldn’t have the pleasure of this continually fascinating race, no?
O.K., you’re not buying that, so it’s time to accept responsibility. It wasn’t our fault! It was theirs, down there!
Northern California went Mr. Obama’s way by significant margins. Guess who voted for the establishment, for the past? Los Angeles.
Almost a third of Mrs. Clinton’s votes came from that county alone. So don’t blame us. It was them.
We’re with you, Idaho! With hope and change! The future! Great potatoes! Tasty destinations!
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______________________________________________________
and, on a more serious note, here's an op-ed piece that elizabeth wurtzel wrote about hillary for the wall street journal. i have been so torn about how to feel about the two democratic candidates, and i identified with this quite a bit.
______________________________________________________
Hillary Agonistes by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Published: February 15, 2008
I've been told that I no longer need to do yoga, take up Pilates, or study Kaballah, and I can even stop listening to Bruce Springsteen. Apparently 45 minutes at a Barack Obama rally -- preceded by two hours and 45 minutes of waiting in the snow outside to get in -- will be all it takes to change my life. Forever. An open mind, a free spirit, a loving heart, a renewed appreciation for democracy -- and possibly even thin thighs -- will be mine for keeps, if I just take in the junior senator from Illinois at a high-school gymnasium in Waukesha or a Nascar track in Pocono or an arena in Dallas. In less time than it takes to get through a single session of psychotherapy, Mr. Obama can cure me.
Meanwhile, back in Hillaryland, all I'm promised is Hillarycare.
[Hillary Agonistes]
Of course, that's not fair. Like most Democrats this time around, I feel embarrassed with the richness of both presidential candidates. The first flush of Obamarama, this latest blush of Clintonism -- either would suit me fine. But it's obvious where the real heat is: If candidates were reading material, Barack Obama would be pornography -- he's got everybody aroused, fired up and ready to go. He's turned on the body politic as no one else has in my lifetime. And it's great fun. It's good for politics, it's good for democracy, it's good for America, it's good for messianism. Young people are excited, old people are nostalgic, middle-aged people are invigorated. People are so enthralled with Mr. Obama just because it's so easy to be enthralled with him.
Which is to say, there's no accounting for charisma. Some people are simply gifted, and the only way to respond is to clear the way and let them do their magic. But this collective cathexis that created Obamamania is obviously a deep desire for authenticity, and he is the natural repository of our hidden hopes.
Mr. Obama is what the future looks like: a biracial child of divorce, schlepped halfway around the world by a conscientious but confounded single mother, abandoned by a wayward but winning Kenyan father, international but somehow still all-American, a party-hardy Harvard Law graduate. That is, an ordinary extraordinary guy, the dreamiest of all our dreams. If only every kid from a broken home could turn out to be such a fine gentleman! How can we not love him? With a million other things he could be doing, Mr. Obama actually wants to lead us. Us? What did we do to deserve him?
That's how lucky Barack Obama makes us feel.
And then there's the whole Hillary Rodham Clinton situation. What can I say? She's been called the anti-Christ, but her problem right now is that she's the anti-Obama.
There is a special kind of hate that people -- particularly women -- reserve for Hillary Clinton that is unique in contemporary politics. It's nothing like the disdain liberals feel for W., which is only to be expected, and has no special edge: Liberals believe President Bush is an undeserving doofus who made a big huge mess, that's that. But the hatred for Hillary Clinton is visceral and venal, a lot of it is female and feminist, and some of it is simply off the charts.
A young woman I respect in northern California describes Hillary as "grotesque." A middle-aged successful artist I know -- herself a bit of a virago -- thinks she's "evil." And my mother, who is admittedly a Republican, is capable of going on and on about how Hillary is in it all for herself, that she'll do anything to win, that she'll kill to push her agenda through, that she's just a disgusting human being, that the sound of Hillary's voice is enough to send her racing for the remote control to turn off her beloved Fox News. The New Republic points out that many Democrats describe Hillary Clinton as "mendacious, brutal, willing to bend (or break) any rule in pursuit of power." And they're on her side.
This special anti-Rodham anger is especially troubling because it's impossible to separate from sex or sexism. Hillary Clinton reminds me that it's possible that all powerful women are, as my friend puts it, "grotesque." They are exaggerated humans, extreme cases, everything to everybody.
Hillary is grotesque because she has gotten to where she is, indeed, by playing it every which way -- by being a career woman when that made sense, a wife when that was advantageous; working on her husband's behalf when that seemed the way to the top, then working for herself when the coast was clear; standing by her husband despite infidelities because she loved him, while belittling Tammy Wynette for offering the very advice she was ostensibly taking; pooh-poohing the prospect of having teas and baking cookies instead of having a profession, and then becoming first lady and having teas as a profession for a full eight years. Yes, Hillary Clinton will do anything, bless her heart: That is how you amass power as a woman. We hate her, because she exposes the sordid business of having it all for the grotesque thing that it actually is.
Might she have played it differently? Of course, it's possible. No one can quite explain how it is that a woman who now campaigns on the virtues of electronic health records and streamlined financial-aid forms once gave the 1969 graduation address at Wellesley College that fantasized about "a more immediate, ecstatic and penetrating mode of living." Once upon a lifetime ago, Hillary Clinton could have been Barack Obama! When did she become a technocrat? How is it that Mr. Obama beat her at her own game?
Obviously, Hillary gave something up by marrying Bill. In their particular partnership, Bill is inspiration, Hillary is perspiration, that's the way it goes. She lost her voice, and no, she did not get it back in Manchester, N.H. on Jan. 10. She's been in the business of enabling charismatic men for so long, Hillary Clinton doesn't quite know how to facilitate anything but power itself.
Still, Hillary has won big states like New York, California, and even Sen. Ted Kennedy's native Massachusetts -- and by large margins. Because, finally, the ladies turn out for her, as they did for that surprise win in the New Hampshire primary.
Pollsters say that women are the most important element of the electorate, and hate her though we do, in the end, we can't help ourselves. We see Hillary, we see Barack, and we see our own version of hell: Here is this amazing woman, top of her class, implausible marriage to impossible man, works as hard as the day is long, masters all the forms and spreadsheets of governing, even manages to raise a pretty darn good kid -- and then along comes this guy, this groovy Obamarama, with his pleasing mien, his high style, his absolute fabulousness, and he wants the top floor, corner office that she earned.
And women -- women have seen this movie, women have heard this story, women know the drill, have had their manicured fingers ready to ring that particular fire alarm for years now. Women, finally, will say no to that. Real women don't care what Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver with their easy words and easy lives have to say about any of this. No one with a job takes advice from someone with a chef.
Right now, it looks like Barack Obama will be the nominee. Hillary Clinton is unlikely to win any more primaries for a few more weeks, and at that point, it may be too late for this championship season. But pundits count her out at their own peril. That woman is a force of nature. One of these years, Hillary is going to the White House. If she has to win every single vote one by one, she'll do it. If she has to take hostages, hold a gun to the head of every voter as he enters the booth, she'll do that too. She may even cry.
Never underestimate Hillary Clinton.
Friday, February 15, 2008
youtube theme song
my favorite line is "it's as easy as pizza pie!", although "youtube, metube, hetube, shetube" is catchy too!
i also really like that his wife walks into the kitchen in the background, totally ignoring him and the camera. since he's been writing songs since the 20s, i'm guessing she's learned to block out pretty much everything.
my favorite line is "it's as easy as pizza pie!", although "youtube, metube, hetube, shetube" is catchy too!
i also really like that his wife walks into the kitchen in the background, totally ignoring him and the camera. since he's been writing songs since the 20s, i'm guessing she's learned to block out pretty much everything.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
i laughed out loud when i read this article about a high-speed chase in poughkeepsie. this guy's parents must be even bigger fans of george lucas and billy dee williams than i am!
oh yeah, here's another video that we enjoyed recently:
oh yeah, here's another video that we enjoyed recently:
Sunday, February 10, 2008
i'm in NY tonight, and it's crazy windy and *freezing* (wind chill below zero). i just bought a convertible yesterday, and it's so cold where i am just about 30 hours later that i didn't even leave the hotel for dinner. (luckily room service was reasonably fast and pretty yummy).
i am sooooo excited about my car!
we're not actually picking up the car at the dealer until we move in a couple of weeks. it's a little odd, i know, but we only have one parking space and we're both traveling until then, so we'll just have to look forward to it for a little bit longer. we are excited about it, though: we're already planning our first road trip, to my friend jason's wedding in LA the second weekend in march. we're likely to drive the faster route on the way down and then take time coming back (i have to confirm that i can take monday off still). if anyone reading this has driven between SF and LA, let me know of any suggestions. we're thinking of stopping overnight in morro bay on the way back. we bought a couple of guidebooks to the california coast and have been reading up on options.
we're also really getting excited about our upcoming move (less than 2 weeks away!). we decided to make the move to the house in pacifica. it's got tons of room, the views are amazing, the kitchen and bathrooms are gorgeous, and we're really excited about having some outdoor space (it's got a patio along the driveway, two balconies and a huge deck). you can see some pictures here.
we have a bunch of things we will need to pick out to really make the most of our new place, so we've been doing some research. we don't have a yard at all, but i want to have a garden, so i'm probably going to get a couple of earthboxes. (if any of you have used them, let me know. we saw one at an event awhile back and were impressed, but would love to get some personal testimonials). we also need to purchase some sort of patio furniture and a grill (which steve is really excited about -- he's even considering getting a smoker). and then, since we want all of you to visit, we are going to buy a good bed for the guest bedroom. we're a bit overwhelmed, but it's darn exciting.
i guess i should stop thinking about our exciting super-california-ish life and settle into east coast winter hibernation for the night, since it's really late here on the east coast. hopefully i can ignore the howling of the wind outside my hotel room and get some sleep...
i am sooooo excited about my car!
we're not actually picking up the car at the dealer until we move in a couple of weeks. it's a little odd, i know, but we only have one parking space and we're both traveling until then, so we'll just have to look forward to it for a little bit longer. we are excited about it, though: we're already planning our first road trip, to my friend jason's wedding in LA the second weekend in march. we're likely to drive the faster route on the way down and then take time coming back (i have to confirm that i can take monday off still). if anyone reading this has driven between SF and LA, let me know of any suggestions. we're thinking of stopping overnight in morro bay on the way back. we bought a couple of guidebooks to the california coast and have been reading up on options.
we're also really getting excited about our upcoming move (less than 2 weeks away!). we decided to make the move to the house in pacifica. it's got tons of room, the views are amazing, the kitchen and bathrooms are gorgeous, and we're really excited about having some outdoor space (it's got a patio along the driveway, two balconies and a huge deck). you can see some pictures here.
we have a bunch of things we will need to pick out to really make the most of our new place, so we've been doing some research. we don't have a yard at all, but i want to have a garden, so i'm probably going to get a couple of earthboxes. (if any of you have used them, let me know. we saw one at an event awhile back and were impressed, but would love to get some personal testimonials). we also need to purchase some sort of patio furniture and a grill (which steve is really excited about -- he's even considering getting a smoker). and then, since we want all of you to visit, we are going to buy a good bed for the guest bedroom. we're a bit overwhelmed, but it's darn exciting.
i guess i should stop thinking about our exciting super-california-ish life and settle into east coast winter hibernation for the night, since it's really late here on the east coast. hopefully i can ignore the howling of the wind outside my hotel room and get some sleep...
Friday, February 08, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
things that make me happy today:
- the crazy cloud formations as i drove to work this morning
- my new turquoise flats
- thinking about buying a convertible!
- the vampire weekend cd that just came out
- seeing old friend zac last night
- the crazy cloud formations as i drove to work this morning
- my new turquoise flats
- thinking about buying a convertible!
- the vampire weekend cd that just came out
- seeing old friend zac last night
oooh... i've always wanted to make my own butter. this could be a good dinner party-ish activity idea! (keenan, when can you come and visit?!?)
Sunday, February 03, 2008
we had fun watching the super bowl, which (for the two of you reading this that didn't watch it) ended up being a good football game for once in the past several years.
however, for me the commercials are the big draw. my faves this year were:
- the 'shaq as a jockey' vitamin water spot
- the e-trade baby ads (especially the one with the clown)
- tide's talking stain
- the t-mobile "fave five" spot with dwane wade and sir charles, which is going to have us saying "do you like popsicles?" quite a bit
- diet pepsi's "nod" spot was just okay, but it's worth seeing for the ending
- the coca-cola "it's mine" spot using macy's parade balloons (soooo beautifully done!)
however, for me the commercials are the big draw. my faves this year were:
- the 'shaq as a jockey' vitamin water spot
- the e-trade baby ads (especially the one with the clown)
- tide's talking stain
- the t-mobile "fave five" spot with dwane wade and sir charles, which is going to have us saying "do you like popsicles?" quite a bit
- diet pepsi's "nod" spot was just okay, but it's worth seeing for the ending
- the coca-cola "it's mine" spot using macy's parade balloons (soooo beautifully done!)
Friday, February 01, 2008
hooray! northern california is where the jet pack is born! now if only they could get it under $100k and allow me to fly it to work...
we totally need to go and see it in action at the "pacific coast dream machines" event, in april.
we totally need to go and see it in action at the "pacific coast dream machines" event, in april.
i'm going to continue my personal policy of not writing about my job, but i did want to comment (more for my own self-awareness than due to any delusion about it being of interest to you readers) about changes in my diet due to my new job:
- i now have a preference for glaceau smartwater (it definitely tastes better than crystal geyser or aquafina)
- i am eating breakfast every day (and am trying without much success to limit myself to belgian waffles twice a week)
- i am eating many more veggies at lunch
- sitting next to the "microkitchen" causes me to pretty much require hunting through its offerings every afternoon for a snack
hopefully i won't gain weight!
- i now have a preference for glaceau smartwater (it definitely tastes better than crystal geyser or aquafina)
- i am eating breakfast every day (and am trying without much success to limit myself to belgian waffles twice a week)
- i am eating many more veggies at lunch
- sitting next to the "microkitchen" causes me to pretty much require hunting through its offerings every afternoon for a snack
hopefully i won't gain weight!
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