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  • Farewell Olympics

    • 24 Aug 2008
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    The 2008 Olympics hosted in Beijing has come to an end.  17 days of strength, hard work, and athletic showmanship - it was a privilege to be able to watch it all from the comfort of our own homes. 
    Until 2012, same bat time, same bat channel, we'll await the next Olympics which will be held in London. 

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  • Lemon sorbet

    • 20 Aug 2008
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    We got free ice cream today. Whee!
    This sorbet interested me because they literally put the Lemon sherbert inside a half of a lemon. How bizarre.

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    Sent via mobile. Will travel, will email.

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  • Olympics Recap: Congrats Shawn!

    • 20 Aug 2008
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    Here's a good quick Olympic recap...

    I am so happy for Shawn Johnson, 2008 Olympic Women's Balance Beam Gold Medalist.  Congrats!

    And .. I hope the "Redeem Team" brings home the gold this time around.  With the amount of talent on the US basketball team, I have little doubt. 


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  • One more time for Super Cr3w

    • 19 Aug 2008
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    Because I know one of Super Cr3w's biggest fans is reading my posterous - this goes out to you:

    By far, my favorite dance performance.  We Fly High. No Lie. You know this...

    Tune in this Thursday 10PM ET on MTV to see who claims the title of #1 for season 2 of America's Best Dance Crew.
    (I can take Mario's spot, easily, minus the muscles and tight shirts.)

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  • Stand Up To Cancer

    • 19 Aug 2008
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    Su2c

    http://www.standup2cancer.org/

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  • A few photos

    • 19 Aug 2008
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    I spent last weekend at my old stomping grounds in SD.  Here are a few of my favorite photos from the trip.

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  • Currently reading

    • 18 Aug 2008
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    Look who made the cover of BusinessWeek! Good old Dwight. The headlines cover work problems and a brief page about Randy Pausch's views on using time to the fullest.

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    Business Week is slowly moving up into my top 10 favorite magazines.

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  • Gun powder Tea

    • 18 Aug 2008
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    I wonder what gun powder tea tastes like? Hmm...

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    Sent via mobile. Will travel, will email.

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  • Random Work Thoughts

    • 18 Aug 2008
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    The economy is even effecting school administration:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_us/schools_hard_times

    Some districts are visiting the idea of shutting down school on a Monday in the week, enforcing a four-day school week instead of the traditional five. The kids have to stay a little bit longer of course since it's cut down to four days only.  It reminds me of the growing trend of companies embracing the four-day work weeks in the work force.   Not familiar with the alternative work-schedule?  http://www.punny.org/money/the-980-work-week-salvation-from-high-gas-prices-or-screwball-hippie-idea/

    I am completely all for it for economical and personal reasons.  If I had a child(ren), I would use that additional day to encourage family bonding.  So many of today's youth lack that quality time and guidance from their family and that extra day could be beneficial.

    If my company offered a 9/80 program, I'd be elated.  I already work on average 9-10 hour workdays, and extending even every other work week to enjoy a three-day weekend would boost my work morale and save me 60-miles of gas and 2.5 hours of traffic misery per week.  You'd find me grinning at my cubicle more often, rather than having a stare-down with my monitor.  A colleague from a different department had the audacity to pass by my cube and say, "Lighten up".  Why, I oughta show you, Lighten up.. *grr* 

    But then I received an email today that turned my frown upside down.  It was a reminder to why I should be thankful of having a job to come to everyday(regardless of whether it's five or four days). 

    To save you from the obvious trivialities, here's an excerpt:
    "I want to express my gratitude and appreciation with you personally. Your ability to balance a professional and welcoming confident domineer is inspiring. I feel very fortunate to have worked along side this industry's best and brightest people."

    My first impression is that I am pleased with his writing technique.  For those of you who know me, I have always been a word-whore, and it's rare to find other people who choose to use words that go beyond their everyday conversational 'What's Up' and 'Hey' and 'Yo'.  In another lifetime, I may have been an English teacher.

    But the bigger overall takeaway, is though I may run into the frequent chaotic workday where I feel under appreciated, devalued, and taken for granted, there is that occasional moment where someone says or does something that can give you a little positive boost of energy to hang in there.  And it's nice to know, among  an overabundance of jackasses in the world, there are still truly sincere people.  (If I sound jaded at all, forgive me. Just a symptom of work.)  But hooray, good people do exist!  Yet why do they always leave?

    I don't think people necessarily need to pat each other on the back all the time, but I do find it important to foster good relationships with others.  It goes back to the simplicity of treating others with the same respect you would want them to treat you.  I digress, but yes, if anyone has the powers to be to declare more three-day weekends, more power to you. 

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  • Congrats Nastia and Shawn

    • 15 Aug 2008
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    I know I'm going to pay for this later today but it doesn't matter. Every second of sleep I miss and replace with a second of viewing the Olympics is worth it!

    So Nastia showed us her grace and finished strong and Shawn was just as awesome. She did us proud on the floor routine! :)

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    On another note,I think it's interesting how the media spins everything in the positive light for the US. Despite the fact we still have less gold medals than China, they emphasize the fact that we have more overall medals. Majority are bronze. While I feel that any participation in the Olympics deserves kudos and recognition, I think the gold medals just weigh more. And we have plenty but still fall short of China. That's OK, I attribute it to home court advantage.

    And Shawn is so cute I want to just pinch her cheeks and call her my little mushroom. Way to go!

    And I know it's just the way it is, but did you ever realize how many swimming events there are? I mean technically the US could rack up a load of swimming medals(thanks Michael) and we can dominate the number of medals. So much for home court advantage, at least we get swimmers' advantage.

    I can't wait for the track and field days. The fun goes on!

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    My heart skips a beat to:
    That really good song that you can put on repeat without getting tired of it, the perfect swish from nothing but net, bright colors that scream attention which I don't like to bask in, cars that remind me of cartoons, the right sneakers for every occasion, the honest "I've-missed-you" look my dog gives me when I come home, a quick run in the dark imagining someone is chasing me, anything kawaiiiiii, frozen desserts of many fulfilling kinds, heroes or arch-nemeses, life ambitions and carpe diem actions, exercising brain power, exploring So Cal, and eating food that is yummy-yummy, in my tummy. Did I mention I'm a web-junkie? Long live internet!

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