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[Shameless plug for my favorite band: Beastie Boys' Solid Gold Hits comes out on November 8th (next Tuesday) please buy it. Though it is missing a few of my personal favorite tracks, it has pretty much every popular song spanning their 20 year career. It’s a keeper.]


Okay, okay, I get it: I will post more. I have been reprimanded by many already, so alas, here I am. Fueled by lots and lots of coffee and soda, I was able to get through last week in one piece. It has been a rough few weeks and I can finally breathe again. I think things started to slow down a bit starting last Thursday, but it wasn’t until the weekend when I felt more relaxed and calm. Daylight savings helped a bit too, allowing me to sleep an extra hour.


Well work has definitely been crazy. I’m getting used to the 10-hour days, but I hear that they may be close to hiring a new assistant, so I am super duper excited. Though it will still take a while for them to train him and such, I feel as though there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Everything is not immediate anymore and I can finally catch up on some things that I’ve been putting off at work (only because I can put them off, but it’s nice to get things done ahead of time).


Class has been pretty good. I did my second round of role-playing and gave a presentation to our "buyer." He was very reasonable and I liked him a lot. I think that he fed off of my energy and we were very agreeable and he gave me great tips for my final presentation in December. I was so nervous leading up to the presentation and after it was over, I felt so relieved and it felt like a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders. It was nice to get it done and over with. I am not looking forward to the final presentation though. It’s 15 minutes long and I have to sell my soul basically so that the buyer would give me a large share of the market. Fun fun!! I do like the class though. My professor is great (she’s a loud talker) and she has a lot of energy and charisma to get me through the 3-hour class.


As far as my free time, I am able to squeeze in some Arrested Development Season 2 and watch the extra scenes and do my laundry and study for my midterm. It’s all rather exciting to me to have this free time. Oh, and I was also able to clean a little bit and figure out new coding for my MySpace profile. I go on there at times and it’s cool to see a lot of old friends and such and people are finding me all of the time, so it’s nice to reconnect. I don’t care what people say about MySpace, I think it’s fabulous, especially since the new template design for Friendster is sucky and hard to navigate. In any case, it’s a fun and nonthreatening way to meet a lot of my old friends so I find myself spending more time on there. It’s rather addicting.


I was able to see my family this weekend. My dad wanted us to all have dinner together because it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other. I wanted to see my grandma as well, but she was staying at the temple. I miss her. I hadn’t seen my sister since she’s been back from Mexico and it was nice to see my cousin as well. We went to a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown (the same one that we went to after my graduation) and it was yummy. My dad made it a point for me to bring Josh as well. He was really subtle when he asked, but it’s nice to know that he likes Josh and accepts him. He has never really stated an opinion either which way about him, so it was nice to know that he approves. For some reason deep down, it mattered. Though I didn’t realize it or made it a big issue, it still was one of those things that I would sometimes think about briefly and wonder.


Josh and I met up with Lisa and watched Noah Baumbach’s, The Squid and the Whale. This movie is not for everyone, but I think that it was made that way. I kinda equate it with Wes Anderson’s films (for obvious reasons) but it is a bit more cynical and more perverse. The characters are fascinating and they are not the best people in the world and it makes it hard for you to be empathetic or emotionally attached. But it was a good movie. Very thought provoking and it makes you reevaluate some things in your life.


I grabbed dinner with Regis, Donna, and Josh at Paco's Taco's, which is one of the best Mexican places that I've ever been to. Their fresh tortillas are yummy and melt in your mouth. Add a little butter and they're divine. Then I met up with with Marty and Lisa for drinks late last night at Ma'Kai for Halloween drink specials. We were dissappointed because our bartender didn't know any of the specials that was advertised online so we settled for regular drinks. Despite the random people dancing by themselves in the middle of the restaurant, it was pretty chill and a great time.


I did nothing today for Halloween. One of our higher ups is in town for a few weeks and it was my first time meeting him so we all dressed up today. I was not in the mood for Halloween this year and Josh didn’t feel like dressing up (surprise, surprise) so we ended up doing nothing really. I just relaxed all weekend and it was splendid. I was going to do the whole Weho thing, but I did that for the past few years and though its nice to people watch, I was tired and didn’t want to have to deal with parking problems, etc. I guess we’re all getting old. Josh had class today and I had dinner with M and we had a blast. It sounded like she had a wonderful weekend and she seems genuinely happy. I am glad that she is happy and finally in a good place in her life. She needed some stability and it’s awesome that it’s working out. It makes me happy to see her giddy.


I think I am coming down with a cold or something. The meds are making me drowsy. Bleh.


S&TC quote of the day:
“Maybe your anxiety threshold is just lower than other peoples.” – Charolotte (Season 4 – Change of a Dress)