Monday, August 30, 2004
wow. interesting weekend to say the least. i had a pretty good time at brian's party on friday night, altho by the time i left things had started to get weird, and got even weirder after i left from what i hear. but then saturday. wow. where do i even begin? we had all planned this desert camping adventure, and it started out cool enough. we got there later than we planned, and missed the sunset, but oh well. but then we all got up there and set up camp and everything was going really well and everyone was having a good time. but then...the brownies. they were really fucking strong. they seemed so harmless cuz they were so small, and i only ate half! anyway, it was really really good at first, everything was funny and great. but man, after a while, all these weird, paranoid thoughts kept popping into my brain, and it just got to be too much! physically, i was ok. i didn't throw up or anything, and besides feeling really tired, i was totally fine the next day. but mentally, man, that shit did some stuff to me! the whole next day i felt like you do after having woken up from a nightmare, when you know you're safe and everything's ok, but still having those residual bad feelings. so yeah, i think i'm through with that stuff. no more brownies for me! in the end i feel that i just spent too much energy having to calm myself down and not letting myself get freaked out, and also convincing myself that i was perfectly ok and that nothing was going to happen to me. also, i realized that i don't really need that stuff to have a good time. and especially in this case, i feel like i coulda had a better time had i not had that stupid brownie. cuz comparing experiences w/ those that didn't have one, i feel like i missed out. especially cuz when it came to climb the dune, i was just too out of it to do it. i didn't get to check out the great views or get up in time for the sunrise. stupid me. =(

having said all that, the trip overall wasn't bad at all. like i said, i was having a really good time for a while there. it was great sitting around the campfire with everyone just shooting the shit and joking and laughing. lawrence had his guitar out, everyone was taking pictures, and the fire felt really good. it coulda been really great if it wasn't for that weird mental trip i had. but oh well, i've learned for next time!

posted at 9:28 PM

Sunday, August 22, 2004

oh my god, sunset junction last night was really fun!! i really really liked ben kweller. ima robot was ok, too. just not great. and then we didn't stick around for the donnas cuz we just didn't really care. after ben kweller (who took forever to come on cuz of technical difficulties, which sucked...but he was really cool about everything) we just walked around and checked out the booths. it was me, jen, lo, stacey, amada, one of stacey's friends, and doug for a little bit. i think it was a good group, and we were having a good time walking, talking, laughing, and checking everything out. i bought a duct tape wallet and a really cool necklace. then after that we all went to the place that will now be referred to as the house of lies. haha. there's a whole story behind that that you probably had to be there for, and that i probably wouldn't do justice to, anyway. but it was kind of a sad, and yet very comical incident. all lawrence wanted was to buy and eat a pie!! haha, let's just say that we are now boycotting the house of pies. so there!


posted at 3:13 PM

Friday, August 13, 2004

every so often something happens that makes me step back and think how lucky i am to be working where i do, especially with people i know complaining about and even quitting their jobs cuz they're so unhappy. me on the other hand, i work in a department where the whole office takes a time out to go and play dodgeball. =) yep, folks, today was dodgeball day. and it was fun!! it was definitely one of those things where people start talking and planning, and you think, yeah, that'd be cool, but the whole time there's also this sense of disbelief where you really don't think that it's actually gonna happen. but no, after this whole string of emails that went back and forth yesterday in our department about ideas and jokes people were making about the whole thing (that had me almost crying cuz they were so funny), our boss totally gathered us all up today and we all took a little field trip to the park and played dodgeball. oh, and we played with beach balls so it was totally harmless. dammit, who has a better job?!! =)


posted at 6:52 PM

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

okey dokey. here we go. man, i can't believe it's already wednesday!! where does the time go??? i just finished reading jen's blog about how she's so busy and tired all the time. man, i feel ya jen. i'm in the same boat. although now that these summer events i've been working on are over, things should be calming down a bit. i'm actually leaving work on time these days!! woo-hoo!

so...my chicago trip. =) good times! luckily we did get one night on the town. i was afraid going into it that we wouldn't get a chance to really see any of chicago, cuz where the actual event was is like a half hour away. also, we had to work both friday and saturday nights because the company hosted parties for all the attendees. but we got in thursday, and the event didn't start til friday, so we went out thursday night to downtown chicago to this cool little strip where there were a bunch of bars/clubs. it was cool cuz one of the people i worked with actually had a friend that lives there, so he was cool enough to pick us up out in butt-fuck nowhere, show us the town, and then drop us off again. no need to pay for a cab!

so that was that. and of course, i wish i could've seen more. but i can't really complain much seeing as how it was all free and i didn't really expect to see much going into it anyway. but i even had fun at the company-hosted parties (can't say enough about the free drink tickets!). our whole crew had a good time dancing the night away. i have to say friday was way better cuz there was a dj whereas saturday was this lame party band. you know, the type that only plays covers of songs that people like, but when really you'd much rather just hear the actual song, even if it isn't live. also by saturday night, the exhaustion was setting in. too many cycles of staying up late/drinking, then having to get up early and getting straight to work.

as always, i am so glad that my co-workers (and bosses even) know how to party! it really makes all the difference who you're hanging out with. so goes my first business trip, and it was excellent! (good weather, too!)

next up...hong kong and bali!!! i am sooooo excited about this vacation!!


posted at 8:34 PM

Sunday, August 08, 2004

I'M HOME!! my chicago trip was fun, but man, i am EXHAUSTED. more to come later cuz i really must sleep now. work tomorrow. =(


posted at 11:56 PM

Sunday, August 01, 2004

holy shit, i am soooo tired! been working all weekend, which wasn't so bad in itself. the kicker is the fact that i have to get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again this week. gotta go in the office tomorrow and do all my regular duties in addition to getting prepared for the next event, which is next weekend. that's the one that i have to fly to chicago for (i leave thursday morning). when this is all over, i will have been working 19 days straight. now that's exhausting!

all that said, tho, it was a pretty good time. i love the fact that our staff knows how to have a good time!! and that one of the things we did as part of the event is throw a party for the attendees, and that we passed out drink tickets! tee-hee...getting drunk on the company dime! awesome!! of course, having to get up the next morning at 5:30 after having been up late partying was extremely hard. especially with a hangover. hehe, there are some stories that are going to be going around the office about me this week. but it's all good. good times. next up, chicago!

and damn, i really wanna see garden state, but it's going to have to wait cuz of all this work!! =(


posted at 7:50 PM