Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Impatiently waiting for vacation
Woo hoo, vacation is three days away! I can't wait to get out of town and explore a new state. G and I have not taken this much time off work since our honeymoon over a year ago, so I think we are overdue. I am really looking forward to visiting Michigan, even though most people wonder why the hell we chose to go there for vacation. We are planning on visiting the Henry Ford Museum, the Chrysler Museum, Lake Huron, the last Hudson dealership, Detroit, and of course, the Motown Museum. The Motown Museum will be a little more special to visit, now that Michael Jackson has passed away. I wonder if they will have a tribute to him?
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Bye bye Plucky
I'm sad that my poor plecostomus fishy passed away today. I know that he was just a fish, but I have had him for a few years now, and he grew from 2 inches long to 10 inches long. He was the best algae eater that ever lived in our fish tank. I will miss my plucky.
Bear will also miss Plucky too, because they liked to torment each other. Bear always thought he could catch Plucky as he swam around the tank and never gave up on trying to catch him. I think Plucky figured this out after a while, because he started to tease Bear more lately rather than hide from Bear.
Bear will also miss Plucky too, because they liked to torment each other. Bear always thought he could catch Plucky as he swam around the tank and never gave up on trying to catch him. I think Plucky figured this out after a while, because he started to tease Bear more lately rather than hide from Bear.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Pride 2009
Wow, I let my poor little blog die for the last five months! I guess I didn't have enough motivation to write anything, being so busy with work and school.
Yesterday I got to go to the Pride Parade for the first time, after years of wanting to experience Pride Day. I work right next to Market Street, yet I never see any of the fun happenings on the weekend. It was definitely stepping out of my normal comfort zone, but I really had a great time. The Dykes on Bikes were the best part of the parade, especially the women decked out in awesome costumes. There was one frightening woman riding on a motorcycle that was very plus size with her ass hanging out for the world to see, complete with scratch marks from someones nails.
After the parade, we headed to Civic Center to check out the booths and festivities. There were lots of guys with their Mr. Peckers hanging out for the world to see, and most of them were nothing I wanted to see. We went into the Faerie Garden, where most of the nude guys were hanging out, lol, and I got to take my picture with one of them. Fortunately, my husband is not intimidated by his wife having her picture taken with a naked gay guy. I also got some free condoms at some of the booths, which my brother promptly snatched out of my hand when I offered them to him. I learned how to turn a condom into a dental dam, in case I ever decide to turn lesbian. Just don't use a flavored condom, because you don't want the recipient to be baking bread, if you know what I mean ;)
I loved seeing my aunt's reaction to everything, especially the naked people. She is a big Republican who voted yes for 8, and I am a big liberal who voted no on 8, but we both still had a good time. I think it was a little too much of a culture shock to her, but she was a trooper and had fun with everything.
Yesterday I got to go to the Pride Parade for the first time, after years of wanting to experience Pride Day. I work right next to Market Street, yet I never see any of the fun happenings on the weekend. It was definitely stepping out of my normal comfort zone, but I really had a great time. The Dykes on Bikes were the best part of the parade, especially the women decked out in awesome costumes. There was one frightening woman riding on a motorcycle that was very plus size with her ass hanging out for the world to see, complete with scratch marks from someones nails.
After the parade, we headed to Civic Center to check out the booths and festivities. There were lots of guys with their Mr. Peckers hanging out for the world to see, and most of them were nothing I wanted to see. We went into the Faerie Garden, where most of the nude guys were hanging out, lol, and I got to take my picture with one of them. Fortunately, my husband is not intimidated by his wife having her picture taken with a naked gay guy. I also got some free condoms at some of the booths, which my brother promptly snatched out of my hand when I offered them to him. I learned how to turn a condom into a dental dam, in case I ever decide to turn lesbian. Just don't use a flavored condom, because you don't want the recipient to be baking bread, if you know what I mean ;)
I loved seeing my aunt's reaction to everything, especially the naked people. She is a big Republican who voted yes for 8, and I am a big liberal who voted no on 8, but we both still had a good time. I think it was a little too much of a culture shock to her, but she was a trooper and had fun with everything.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday's hellish commute
I forgot to write about how crazy my commute was Friday morning. I feel a little bit sorry for BART, because they have been receiving so much negative publicity lately, but Friday morning's situation made things worse. When I arrived at the Walnut Creek BART station at 7:25 am Friday, the sign on the platform said the next train would arrive in 6 minutes, which is normal. Because I was getting off work early to go to Fresno, I wanted to get into the office a little early to not feel as guilty about taking off early. I was listening to my iPod and waiting in a larger than normal line for the next train when I noticed that I had been waiting a lot longer than 6 minutes for the next San Francisco bound train. In fact, no trains had gone through the station in either direction for over 15 minutes. The platform was getting really crowded at this point and I was thinking to myself "I hope this platform can support this amount of weight!".
Around 8:00 am, with many disgruntled commuters around me, the station announced that we had to move to the other platform to board our train. We were not given an explanation as to why the trains were very delayed or why we had to move to the other platform. This is when I learned I will die if a train on fire ever comes through the station. In order to get to the other platform at the Walnut Creek station, you have to go downstairs and come up the other side. Because the escalator only goes up on the side I was on, taking the stairs down was our only option. I could not even reach the stairs for over five minutes, and by this point, the station agents finally switched the escalator to go down. Once down, there was another large crowd trying to get up the stairs to the other side. This is when I got some comic relief, because some people were so fed up with waiting, they were running up the escalator that was going the wrong way. The station agent was yelling at them to come back down because she couldn't switch the escalator to go up with people on it. After waiting another few minutes for the escalator to clear, I finally made it up to the other platform, which was packed with people.
It took about 20 more minutes to finally board a train, and we were stuffed like sardines in a tin. My arm ached the rest of the day, because I was stuck having to hold onto the bar running along the ceiling of the train the entire ride to work. I wish the taller people would let us shorter people have the easier to hold side bars, but no one knows how to be considerate on BART. I finally arrived at work right at 9:00 am, 45 minutes later than I should have. One of my co-workers arrived at the same time at me because she was on the same train, so we had each other as an alibi, since BART seems to have delays on Friday mornings more often than any other day of the week. We learned that a car had broken down on the tracks between Walnut Creek and Lafayette and only one track was available to use on that portion of railway.
I'm happy that I was able to arrive at work at 9:00 am, because my father-in-law, who was off boarded from the broken train in Lafayette, did not make it to work until 10:00 am since all of the trains coming through were too crowded to board. I hope that BART learns to be better prepared from this commute in case it ever happens again.
Around 8:00 am, with many disgruntled commuters around me, the station announced that we had to move to the other platform to board our train. We were not given an explanation as to why the trains were very delayed or why we had to move to the other platform. This is when I learned I will die if a train on fire ever comes through the station. In order to get to the other platform at the Walnut Creek station, you have to go downstairs and come up the other side. Because the escalator only goes up on the side I was on, taking the stairs down was our only option. I could not even reach the stairs for over five minutes, and by this point, the station agents finally switched the escalator to go down. Once down, there was another large crowd trying to get up the stairs to the other side. This is when I got some comic relief, because some people were so fed up with waiting, they were running up the escalator that was going the wrong way. The station agent was yelling at them to come back down because she couldn't switch the escalator to go up with people on it. After waiting another few minutes for the escalator to clear, I finally made it up to the other platform, which was packed with people.
It took about 20 more minutes to finally board a train, and we were stuffed like sardines in a tin. My arm ached the rest of the day, because I was stuck having to hold onto the bar running along the ceiling of the train the entire ride to work. I wish the taller people would let us shorter people have the easier to hold side bars, but no one knows how to be considerate on BART. I finally arrived at work right at 9:00 am, 45 minutes later than I should have. One of my co-workers arrived at the same time at me because she was on the same train, so we had each other as an alibi, since BART seems to have delays on Friday mornings more often than any other day of the week. We learned that a car had broken down on the tracks between Walnut Creek and Lafayette and only one track was available to use on that portion of railway.
I'm happy that I was able to arrive at work at 9:00 am, because my father-in-law, who was off boarded from the broken train in Lafayette, did not make it to work until 10:00 am since all of the trains coming through were too crowded to board. I hope that BART learns to be better prepared from this commute in case it ever happens again.
An uncrazy weekend in Fresno
This weekend was pretty fun for a trip to Fresno. It is one of the few trips we have made in which we do not have a holiday or family reunion to go to. Also, I was finally able to ride Amtrak without getting sick!
Saturday was a relaxing day that began kind of lazy. After a late breakfast, G, his Grandma, and me headed to a Japanese garden in Fresno at a huge park. We walked all around the beautiful koi pond and plants for about an hour, then walked around another portion of the park as well. The exercise was great and made me not feel as guilt about gobbling up beef stew for dinner. Dinner was fun because G' aunt and uncle came over and we were able to talk with them for a few hours.
On Sunday, we went out to breakfast with G's grandma, two aunts and uncle. After breakfast, G's aunt and grandma took us to the convention center in Fresno, where we boarded a shuttle to take us to the construction site of an Extreme Makeover house. There were a ton of people there watching over 50 people construct the new house. Of course, G was critiquing everything, and his aunt was a bit annoyed, but he couldn't help it! We saw Ty Pennington film a bit for the show, and many of the women there were going nuts for him. I have never seen the show and I only know Ty for getting a DUI somewhere in Hollywood, so it wasn't that big of a deal to me. However, it was neat to see a house being constructed so fast and for a good cause. After watching the construction for a while, we headed back to G's grandma's house to get our luggage and head back to the train station. We were both happy to be home last night without any Amtrak mishaps!
Saturday was a relaxing day that began kind of lazy. After a late breakfast, G, his Grandma, and me headed to a Japanese garden in Fresno at a huge park. We walked all around the beautiful koi pond and plants for about an hour, then walked around another portion of the park as well. The exercise was great and made me not feel as guilt about gobbling up beef stew for dinner. Dinner was fun because G' aunt and uncle came over and we were able to talk with them for a few hours.
On Sunday, we went out to breakfast with G's grandma, two aunts and uncle. After breakfast, G's aunt and grandma took us to the convention center in Fresno, where we boarded a shuttle to take us to the construction site of an Extreme Makeover house. There were a ton of people there watching over 50 people construct the new house. Of course, G was critiquing everything, and his aunt was a bit annoyed, but he couldn't help it! We saw Ty Pennington film a bit for the show, and many of the women there were going nuts for him. I have never seen the show and I only know Ty for getting a DUI somewhere in Hollywood, so it wasn't that big of a deal to me. However, it was neat to see a house being constructed so fast and for a good cause. After watching the construction for a while, we headed back to G's grandma's house to get our luggage and head back to the train station. We were both happy to be home last night without any Amtrak mishaps!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
First post of 2009
My first post of the new year! I need to make a resolution to update my bland life more than once a week.
New Year's Eve was really low key for us this year, mostly because we both had to work that day and G worked New Year's Day as well. We made enchiladas and margaritas, and I had to keep waking G up so he could count down the seconds with me before midnight. I also drank a mini bottle of champagne, and since G doesn't like champagne, I got a little buzzed finishing the bottle off before bed. The next day, I woke up at 1 pm with dishes covering the sink and counter, so I took care of that so G wouldn't be too upset with me for enjoying my lazy day off from work. Friday was also another lazy day for me, but I really enjoyed taking time to do nothing but relax because I needed it.
Saturday, my mom, G and I went out for dinner at Mimi's and then on to my cousin Brandon's fifth birthday party. Brandon was too hyper that night and bouncing off the walls. I wish I could bottle up some of that energy for myself! My cousin Karina, 18 months, was super adorable as usual, and smiling the whole time. I hope that my future children are a good as she is.
Sunday was just a run around day. We went to Macy's to return a few things, and buy clothes. We also went to Petco to get some new fish and plants for our fish tank because it has been looking rather sad lately. I finally watched Hamlet 2 on Sunday, which was pretty good overall.
New Year's Eve was really low key for us this year, mostly because we both had to work that day and G worked New Year's Day as well. We made enchiladas and margaritas, and I had to keep waking G up so he could count down the seconds with me before midnight. I also drank a mini bottle of champagne, and since G doesn't like champagne, I got a little buzzed finishing the bottle off before bed. The next day, I woke up at 1 pm with dishes covering the sink and counter, so I took care of that so G wouldn't be too upset with me for enjoying my lazy day off from work. Friday was also another lazy day for me, but I really enjoyed taking time to do nothing but relax because I needed it.
Saturday, my mom, G and I went out for dinner at Mimi's and then on to my cousin Brandon's fifth birthday party. Brandon was too hyper that night and bouncing off the walls. I wish I could bottle up some of that energy for myself! My cousin Karina, 18 months, was super adorable as usual, and smiling the whole time. I hope that my future children are a good as she is.
Sunday was just a run around day. We went to Macy's to return a few things, and buy clothes. We also went to Petco to get some new fish and plants for our fish tank because it has been looking rather sad lately. I finally watched Hamlet 2 on Sunday, which was pretty good overall.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Broken glass
I am normally a very light sleeper, but last night I must have been sleeping like a pile of bricks, because the kitties successfully broke a wine glass and I did not wake up. G and I found the glass shards all over the kitchen this morning and the poor neighbors had to hear our vacuum at 5:30 am this morning so we could clean it up before walking barefoot into the kitchen. Both kitties paws seemed fine, so the noise of the break my have scared them both out of the kitchen. I have no clue when they found time to snoop around the kitchen, because both cats were sleeping in the same place when I fell asleep and woke up. I was not too upset about the broken glass because it was an art & wine souvenir glass, which does not bother me. If they had broken one of my pretty Mikasa glasses, I would have come unglued. The funny thing is that I had placed the glass in a spot on the counter where I thought it would be safe from kitty harm. Next time, I just need to wash my glass immediately to avoid the wrath of Bear and Mickey!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas
I feel bad that I have totally neglected my blog for the the past few weeks, so here is a post to update my life. I somehow managed to get all of my Christmas shopping finished within two weeks, because I put it off until finals were over. Next year, I hope to start in November, before I need to study for finals, but who knows if that will really happen. Some years I am good about shopping early, and some I am hurrying at the last minute. It doesn't help that I had 4 birthday presents to buy in December as well!
Even though it felt like a whirlwind, Christmas was really good this year, with a few exceptions. Work let us out at 1:00 pm on Christmas eve, which was totally awesome because I didn't feel like working at all that day. I played KOIT online, which was all Christmas songs, and managed to get some work done. Later that day, G and I picked up my mom and brother and drove to my aunt's house across town. Christmas eve was full of too much food, but was nice overall, except for the end of the night when my brother was belligerently drunk.
Christmas day was good. We started our day at G's dad's house and celebrated with my father-in-law, his girlfriend, and G's aunt. We all spoke with G's sister over the phone, then sat down to a yummy breakfast. After breakfast, we opened presents and relaxed until the afternoon. We left for mom's house to celebrate with her and bro, opened presents, and had an awesome prime rib dinner. After chatting with mom for a while, G and I went home and opened our gifts to each other.
G spoiled me this Christmas, but his excuse was that he was making up for not really getting me any birthday gifts this year (things were a little hectic with the wedding!). He gave me a pair of tall black Uggs, some Yankee candles, a cute kitty desk calendar, a Dooney & Burke purse and matching wallet, a beautiful palm tree necklace pendant encrusted with emeralds and a diamond, and gorgeous ruby earrings with a diamond on each. G went way overboard, which explains why he has been working so much over time lately! I gave G the new AC/DC and Metallica cds, 4 dvds, two shirts, a set of screwdrivers and a set of drill bits. I felt like I didn't get him enough after all he got me, but he said he received plenty of gifts. The kitties enjoyed their gifts of new toys. We saved their presents for last, because it is always fun to watch them with their new toys!
Even though it felt like a whirlwind, Christmas was really good this year, with a few exceptions. Work let us out at 1:00 pm on Christmas eve, which was totally awesome because I didn't feel like working at all that day. I played KOIT online, which was all Christmas songs, and managed to get some work done. Later that day, G and I picked up my mom and brother and drove to my aunt's house across town. Christmas eve was full of too much food, but was nice overall, except for the end of the night when my brother was belligerently drunk.
Christmas day was good. We started our day at G's dad's house and celebrated with my father-in-law, his girlfriend, and G's aunt. We all spoke with G's sister over the phone, then sat down to a yummy breakfast. After breakfast, we opened presents and relaxed until the afternoon. We left for mom's house to celebrate with her and bro, opened presents, and had an awesome prime rib dinner. After chatting with mom for a while, G and I went home and opened our gifts to each other.
G spoiled me this Christmas, but his excuse was that he was making up for not really getting me any birthday gifts this year (things were a little hectic with the wedding!). He gave me a pair of tall black Uggs, some Yankee candles, a cute kitty desk calendar, a Dooney & Burke purse and matching wallet, a beautiful palm tree necklace pendant encrusted with emeralds and a diamond, and gorgeous ruby earrings with a diamond on each. G went way overboard, which explains why he has been working so much over time lately! I gave G the new AC/DC and Metallica cds, 4 dvds, two shirts, a set of screwdrivers and a set of drill bits. I felt like I didn't get him enough after all he got me, but he said he received plenty of gifts. The kitties enjoyed their gifts of new toys. We saved their presents for last, because it is always fun to watch them with their new toys!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
One down, one to go
Hurray, I have one final finished!!! It feels so good to not have to worry about studying for that class anymore. However, tomorrow's final is the one that really scares me. Hopefully I will do well, but I really need to cram tonight.
On my way to class last night, I was walking along Market Street in my usual fog, when I saw a person that made me do a double take. It was Phil Bronstein, editor in chief of the SF Chronicle! I am so excited that I finally saw a famous person after three years of working in San Francisco. Seeing him kind of perked me up for the final I was about to take. He was a little taller than I expected too, and he was walking just fine, so I guess the kimodo dragon didn't do too much damage to his foot!
I can't wait for tomorrow to be over so I can finally attempt to get into the holiday spirit. Maybe I will see another famous person as I walk to class, but that is just wishful thinking!
On my way to class last night, I was walking along Market Street in my usual fog, when I saw a person that made me do a double take. It was Phil Bronstein, editor in chief of the SF Chronicle! I am so excited that I finally saw a famous person after three years of working in San Francisco. Seeing him kind of perked me up for the final I was about to take. He was a little taller than I expected too, and he was walking just fine, so I guess the kimodo dragon didn't do too much damage to his foot!
I can't wait for tomorrow to be over so I can finally attempt to get into the holiday spirit. Maybe I will see another famous person as I walk to class, but that is just wishful thinking!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Yucky finals!
I can't wait for next weekend when I don't have to worry about finals and studying anymore! This weekend was pretty boring for the most part, plus it sucked to have to get up at 6:30 am on Saturday to go to the review class for Introduction to Law. At least the review was a little helpful to help me remember what was learned earlier on in the course, but I still prefer my sleep in Saturdays.
The 49ers beat Brett Favre's ass this weekend and it was totally awesome! Of course, the sports channels are not really giving the 49ers much credit because the Jets "are supposed to be the better team", but the 9ers beat them fair and square. I guess people just are not used to the 49ers doing well yet.
It has been cold lately and even though we keep the thermostat at 68 degrees, even G admitted the apartment felt cold last night. We had no burn nights all weekend too, so no cozy fires to keep us warm. My sweatshirt and fleece throw blanket helped when we watched Finding Neverland last night.
I can't wait until next weekend when I finally get to have some fun!
The 49ers beat Brett Favre's ass this weekend and it was totally awesome! Of course, the sports channels are not really giving the 49ers much credit because the Jets "are supposed to be the better team", but the 9ers beat them fair and square. I guess people just are not used to the 49ers doing well yet.
It has been cold lately and even though we keep the thermostat at 68 degrees, even G admitted the apartment felt cold last night. We had no burn nights all weekend too, so no cozy fires to keep us warm. My sweatshirt and fleece throw blanket helped when we watched Finding Neverland last night.
I can't wait until next weekend when I finally get to have some fun!
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