Lost
I get nervous when I go somewhere for the very first time. So generally, I prepare and prepare and read maps and memorize major markers until I am comfortable. I had gotten lazy with this lately, and today, during lunch, I paid the price.
I was meeting a friend for lunch. At some point, I became convinced that I was going in the wrong direction, so I tried to cut across to a bigger expressway that I felt more comfortable with. I was at an intersection and knew that Street A definitely intersected the bigger expressway I was looking for. Little did I know that Street B also intersected it, and at a MUCH closer point. Sigh.
This is my sad, convoluted path. I was so embarrassed for getting so turned around that I kept shooting past the streets I needed to turn on, making the problem worse and worse. And because I was on slow streets, I ended up being 40 minutes late. I felt so awful. It’s a testament of our friendship that my friend didn’t kick my ass in the parking lot. 🙂
Cha-ching
A mere week after filing my taxes, I see in my bank account a deposit for my state income tax returns. Schweet! I love filing early when there isn’t a huge backlog of returns for the IRS to wade through.
Merritt Bakery is open!
Joe told me that Steve told him that Merritt Bakery was open last Saturday, a mere two days after the fire closed it down. And today, I read an article that confirmed it! Yay!
Mmmmm… waffles…
picking away
I pick at my cuticles and hangnails. In my sleep, I also pull out my hair & eyebrows, and pick at any facial blemishes I might have. I have no idea why. At work, I pick at my chapped lips. I am coming apart at the seams. Any “frayed ends” I have physically gets subconsciously picked at until bad things happen. I have a weird 3-mm wide red mark on my cheek right now from this very thing.
Anyway, I have to stop so that I stop looking like I’ve put my face (and fingers) to a grater. My “Vanilla Ice”-esque patchy left eyebrow has slowly been filling in over time.
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I have some random nonsensical observation where I compare stereotypes and prejudice to probability & statistics and people’s misconceptions of how p&s works (“But that should have come up ____” *after* the fact when the outcome clearly show a non-probable but actual result), but I haven’t fleshed it out enough to really talk about it.
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I got an invite to coComment which, according to them, “will enable you to efficiently track your comments comments and conversations with others across the blogosphere”. This is great! There has been a lot of buzz in the 3 days since its beta program opened up. I’m really excited about it. However, there is a bug in the system right now which is keeping it from working for me.
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Well, hopefully, it will work soon and I’ll be able to watch all my comments on various blogs as “conversation” in the style of gmail. It can also be included as a part of my blog, so that others can see it. There is also an RSS feed. Neat ideas! I just want to see them executed. The product seems to work for many other people though. Hrm.
ETA: It’s working! Wonderful! If anyone wants an invite, just sign up for their “Get Notified” list and they will send you an invite pretty much within a half day.
I have a vision of the future
My ultra-comfortable astigmatism-correcting contact lenses and stylish new glasses will arrive in the next few days. I am so excited! I put away a decent chunk of cashola (into my MSA account) so that I could actually get stylish glasses and the thinnest possible lenses for the first time in my life.
I can’t wait. Thanks to Uyen for being so patient in picking them out.
I never knew
I had no idea that San Francisco had its own Korean American Film Festival! The 4th one is in fact running from February 7th (Tuesday) to February 12th (Sunday). Neat! I really hope I can manage to go to one or two things, even though I am severely overbooked and kind of tired all around.
If anyone who reads this has any interest in attending any of the movies, let me know. I will post which ones I would be interested in later. Of course, what I’m interested in and what I can actually get away from work early enough to attend are two different matters.
Merritt Bakery
Crap. Merritt Bakery had a fire Thursday morning and will be closed indefinitely. I hope “indefinitely” translates to “only for a really short time”, but fire insurance claims can take a very long time to get approved.
We love you Merritt Bakery! 🙁 I love their crisp, fluffy waffles with whipped butter.
free money
No, no one else deposited money in my account. 😀 Oh wait, actually, they did. Amazon’s Associate Program earned me $15.55 last quarter. I noticed the deposit into my checking account just yesterday. Those earning are just on my Christmas purchases, really, using my general referral link and not even the direct product links, which bring a bigger return.
Also, since switching Seppo & my mutual spendings (gas, food, etc) to our Citibank Mastercard in October, we’ve already gotten back something like $115 on money we needed to spend anyway.
Lovely!