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Neck is Cold

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:11:05 GMT

I was wearing my scarf when I left the house. I went to the mall, walked into three stores, and left the mall scarf-less. I called all three stores. No one turned in my scarf. Would a customer take something from a store if it wasn't tagged? Would an employee steal my scarf? Is it possible that they just don't clean very well and have yet to find it? I don't understand! I vow to purchase only cheap winter accessories.

It is a sad, sad day for my neck and pocketbook.

ETA: The wonderful folks at Anth*p*l*g** have found and returned my scarf. I will shop there faithfully...

Summer? What Summer?

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:26:59 GMT

I've been asked if I have a Facebook many many times by many many people. The answer is no.

Is anyone still on Xanga these days? In two days the summer will officially end. I don't remember it ever beginning. All summer, I've been living in this rectangular bubble known as corporate headquarters with my laptop chained to my wrists, at the beck and call of the evil but ever present bad guys known as consultants. Boo. (FYI to bad guys known as consultants: you don't make friends by calling clients at 11pm on Friday night and then again at 6am the next morning, especially after the client has told you that her house has no power and is flooding).

So now that I have a little bit of free time, I find myself researching trips to Cancun and London and feeling guilty about not studying for the GMATs. I have many steps left in rejoining my prior life: attending SG on a regular basis, doing Sound/Production team, having dinner w/ my family once in a while, remembering that I had a birthday somewhere in there and I'm no longer 'young', shopping for cute baby clothes for S & N...

Wow, I really want a HUGE bag of caramel/cheese porpcorn mix from Garrett's. And a Diet Coke.

5/24-7/9: not an interesting title at all

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:09:30 GMT

- Had two wisdom teeth extracted - successful, except for the drug mishap which had me flying high on narcotics instead of the antibiotics I was supposed to be on. Boo Walgreens (sorry, Rachel & Esther)

- A Tuesday evening Cubs game with three fabulous friends at the friendly confines

- A lot of talking about studying for the GMATs, but very little actual studying for the GMATs (typical)

- San Diego: beautiful city with lots of sun = major sunburn and two weeks of peeling

- Some great visits with the family in the South suburbs...

11am Sat, 7/7 – dyed my hair red

1pm Sat, 7/7 – regret sets in… got black lowlights to hide some of the red

3pm, Sun 7/8 – utter panic… had brown toner deposited all over my hair to hide the red & black

And you think *you* have bad hair days?!!

Big Bro Noah and Baby Sis Nana

Thu, 24 May 2007 02:14:04 GMT

My niece Shayna was born this morning weighing in at a healthy 8 pounds... we Yi's tend to be big babies! She's got silky brown hair, a cute little nose and she sighs in her sleep. Shayna looks a lot like Noah as a newborn, only a lot 'softer'.

She's absolutely beautiful. I said to Noah, "say hi to your sister Shayna" -- "bye bye Nana!" We'll work on it...

Food is all the same

Tue, 15 May 2007 12:49:01 GMT

Talking to mi madre yesterday and she was saying she doesn't understand the concept of dessert.

I don't understand why some people eat dessert after dinner! Why don't they just eat more dinner?

Because some people want something sweet after eating something salty.

Then why don't they eat something sweet for dinner?

Because you're not supposed to eat something sweet for dinner, that's against the rules.

What rules? Who made up these rules? I don't like those rules...

So if I wanted to eat chocolate for breakfast, I should be able to do that?

Yes. But then if you do that everyday you'll get fat. Do people do that? That's why America is so fat...

Can't really fault her reasoning.

More Coke & Cars

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:32:16 GMT

Put $1 in the vending machine and pressed a button for Diet Coke. A bottle of Diet Coke fell out, and then four bottles of Dasani followed afterwards. I love it.

My car dealer told me that I should have my wheels aligned and quoted me $240. Is this appropriate? I googled it and "Ask.com" says that an having wheel alignment done to an average American car should be $55 - should Japanese cars be that much more expensive? I need to befriend a mechanic.

Coke & MBAs

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:51:59 GMT

Dear Diary,

My heart soared when I saw the Coca-Cola vending machines replacing the Pepsi ones at work today. Can it be true? Are we going back to the [far superior] Coca-Cola products on our planes? To me, this is a better sign of the company's health than exiting bankruptcy...

In other news - I bought a GMAT study guide this past weekend and took one portion of the practice exam. My goal is to score well enough for entrance into one of the better MBA programs - Wharton, Kellogg, U of C, NYU, etc. So far, I would probably get into the online program at the University of Phoenix. It's a long road ahead.

Target Bound

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:17:55 GMT

Target is one of those places where you go just to get one thing, and you leave $49 poorer when all you needed was a box of tissue. Today I walked out with a box of tissue, cotton swabs, Strawberry Shortcake lip balm, a mini screwdriver set and a first aid kit.

But this trip I was feeling pretty good about myself 'cause not only did I get my box of tissue - I only spent an extra $6! Not bad for a Target run.

Got home and realized: I actually didn't even need a box of tissue. I went to Target 'cause I was supposed to get a gift card for a wedding this Saturday. DORK.

Oh, Sweet Day

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:46:36 GMT

So I spent my Valentine's Day doing my taxes and found that the government thinks I should give them even more $$. Odd, since I was unemployed for five weeks.

At least it's not four digits again. No big vacations for me this year...

Second Try

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:30:16 GMT

After being hunted down and stalked, I've decided to switch it up and change my name.

It's like being on the online witness protection program...