be a blogger or not. if you are going to do something, do it well. try 100% and not .001%.
zoe is away at camp for the week. i took her and a friend to the church this morning where they got onto a bus for the next 6 days. how can i be bummed already? i spent the entire morning putting together the coolest care packages that you could ever want: goggles for swimming, disposable camera, extra beach towel, stamped addressed envelopes, pony tails, lip chap, milano cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and waterproof uno. I also spent a couple hours (longer than i intended) making some really cool cards i created by collaging a bunch of printed photos. i'll post if she brings the cards back from camp.
God I really love to travel. i love to explore new cities and find my favorite place to get coffee, to read, to people watch. i love to pretend I am a local and imagine my life in that city, in that country..it's like living a little dream.
this was a text message that started the day....the day after a crazy wild night of drinking and excessiveness. two nights in a row now of 5 or 6 hours of sleep. i am zombie and brain does not function at the high level i need it to. car broke on sunday night. no car. hard to do stuff when no car. lucky enough to be able to carpool w/ coworkers but it takes additional time for the added coordination and then no time to fix car.
I recently played a show with a gentleman named Joseph Murphy who goes by Twin Cats. We exchanged some music and his cd is going to be in immediate and heavy rotation. Here's two songs that go back to back on the record, trust me on this one... this music is rich. It's red house painters meets Mojave 3... it's folk shoegaze, it's chamber pop... it's whatever you want to call it really... beautiful sad pop... lets make up a genre that is more fitting.
Take a listen if you can, I think it's great. Check out more of his work http://imaginetwincats.com/
i only have 3 days left at my job. i haven't started to pack my office yet. my goodbye lunch is on wednesday with some close work friends and i'm looking forward to it very much. all of my projects are pretty much handed over. i have a list of stuff to get completed, expense reports, etc and will hopefully accomplish it all tomorrow.
This is a picture of me and Tasha, my first family pet and loyal wonderful german shepard. This picture was taken outside of the house my family and I lived in when I was a teenager growing up in the bay area subburbs. This is after I'd graduated from high school and moved away to Washington State 2 weeks later to be with my boyfriend/fiance. My mom likely snapped this picture when I was down visiting from WA. looks like it was likely about a year after I moved, so likely 1993 as I'd put on weight from living on top ramen and mac n cheese constantly. what is up with my clothes too? i look like i borrowed them from my boyfriend.....Washington changes you..and not always in the good way :)
After 11 years at my current northwest nasdaq software giant, I have decided that I am not moving up to Washington State and that I really don't want to travel anymore either. Subsequently and coincidently, I wonderful exciting opportunity came along by the way of bay area networking device company and I decided to jump off of the Cliffs of Change! I gave my notice and July 3rd is my last day in the office. Technically and ironically if i might add- July 4th, independence day is my last day but they are most graciously giving me that day off. New company swooned me and I am very pleased I have made this decision. It feels like the best thing in the world right now. I can't wait for this new chapter in my life to begin. right now, i am saying goodbye, wrapping up and winding down my career at company X......
