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Boy time surely does fly when you're having fun! I finally have a brief minute to sit down and breathe. I typed out a really long and reflective post last night, but my computer crashed and I lost every single word. Bummer. So I think this won't be as informative, but it will be thorough nonetheless.

Memorial Day Weekend was such great times. Kate visited from NY because her little sister, Jenny (who interned at my office for a few months) was graduating. We spent two fun-filled days together and went all over the city. Here are the pictures from that weekend and below is a brief summary:

* Alcove Cafe in Silverlake/Los Feliz
* The Grove (Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, shopping, The Da Vinci Code (it
could've been better if Tom Hanks wasn't the lead, but who knows)
* Alexis joined us and we went to Brew Co. for good times sake (we were sad because they stopped serving their cider)
* Yahtzee madness!
* Brunch at the Omelette Parlor
* Bike riding on the beach (greasy incident with the tandem bike chains)
* Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

After that, Josh and I went to 2 BBQs and ate and drank a lot. Hung out with Lisa the following day and watched X-Men 3. I liked all of the crazy action despite some minor things here and there that bothered me. I hadn't seen X-Men 2 at that point (Lisa filled me in on what happened) and even then, it was pretty easy to follow.

This past weekend flew by as well, highlights are below:

* Watched City of Lost Children at Josh's office
* Went to Prince O Whales and played ping-pong
* Dinner with Shahab and Emily at Kabuki
* Bowling with Matt & Katie (though bowling ended up being $18
instead of $8, so we decided not to bowl and went to Matt's place for
some wine/beer and coffee flavored hookah)
* Monthly brunch with new member (Marty) and a visit from Kurt
* Target and furniture shopping with Alexis (she's moving into a loft in
downtown LA in a few weeks!)
* Season Finale of The Sopranos (a bit anticlimactic, but still good that it showed that AJ is a pimp) and I know that it is building up for a huge war when it comes back in January
* Poquito Mas for dinner, yummy!

I spent a majority of the day packing our offices because we will be moving to the other side of the building tomorrow night. It's a pain, but it will be worth it once it's done. I will have a new space and a TV above my desk and it's also really close to the kitchen and bathroom. Awesome.

I am still tryng to upload all of my CDs onto my ipod. I only have 9 gigs filled up so far and I have at least 150 more CDs to go through. It's a long and tedious task, but I know it will be worth it in the end.

A few congrats are in order for the 2006 Graduates:

My sister (Teaching Credential at CSU Long Beach)
M (MA in Urban Planning at U$C)
Jenny (BA in Business at CSU Long Beach)
Andrea (PhD in Clinical Psychology at University of Colorado, Denver)
Marty (BS in MIMG (Biology & more!) at UCLA)
Mike P (JD from Loyola Marymount Law School)
Marissa (JD from Santa Clara Law School)
Roni (MA in International Relations from USD)
Amanda (JD from U$C Law School)

I will miss the following, for they are moving on to bigger and better things (Grad School):

Nadja (Law School - UC Hastings)
Priti (Business School - UCLA)
Buff Mike (Business School - Dartmouth University)
Gavin (Hospitality Management - Cornell University)