more consumerism than you can shake a stick at
stop shaking your stick, trying to prove me wrong. tsk tsk. seppo is listening to the streets’ “original priate material“, and it’s driving me insane because the main guy’s voice reminds me of some other singer, and i can’t remember. the more i hear their music, the closer i feel like i am to remembering who they sound like, but i’m really no more closer to it. oh well. i do have to say, i like their sound.
i’m finally placing my crockpot order with amazon, so i’m placing an order for seppo for that cd. and what the heck, i’ll get another cd for myself too: “the commitments: original motion picture soundtrack“. that andrew strong was incredible. i can’t believe he was sixteen years old in that movie. not only did he look like he was well into his thirties [heheh], but he sang like he had lived life, like each song was something he was ripping out if his heart to make you feel what he feels.
i am free as a bird
i soar through the skies, feeling the wind blow past my cheeks, gently ruffling the ends of my hair. the air lifts me up, making me feel weightless, careless. my body is a feather, not a care in the world.
all these clichés are presented to you in order to express my happiness at having my last day at work. 🙂 monday, i go back to the office in order to have my exit interview. i will probably go back again after that to turn in my laptop and clear stuff off my old computer.
i’m feeling pretty dang good.
—
today, seppo’s parents, seppo, and i went to angelfish again. we went last saturday with them since seppo’s dad was in town, and we all liked it quite a bit. here is a review from epinions. i tried monkfish for the second time ever. the first time, in a different restaurant in the city (possible deep blue?), i had a teeny piece about the size of a pea and didn’t get a real feel for the taste. today, i had two giant pieces. it was incredibly creamy, without any sort of lingering unctuousness. and i find that i am a big fan of hamachi. this is quite a shocker for someone who, until moving to CA, hadn’t eaten fish (barring tuna) in a good ten years, due to some adolescent trauma involving one too many fishing trips. heh.
oh the sweet agony of irony
it looks like today, the last of my work days with my old company, that i will be working a particularly long day. that seems about par for the course. hehe.
my last day
exciting. today is my last day of work. i haven’t said that since august 1998. i have one major bug, one minor bug, and a mini-design doc to finish. i didn’t fall asleep last night until roughly 3:30am (thanks a lot, coffee!) but instead of sleeping in, i figure i should get an early start to my last day and just rock through it all.
here is a word of advice to myself: if you haven’t drunk coffee in a good long while, don’t drink a 16 oz cup of it in the afternoon. duh. i have learned a lesson.
in tv news, pbs started airing “colonial house” which was recorded last night. and i forgot to watch “Motown 45”, a special honoring the 45th anniversary of Hitsville. boo.
my inner old lady
That is a link to a crockpot. If that doesn’t indicate that the inner old lady (IOL) is trying to claw her way out of my shell, I don’t know what does. But the researcher in me thinks it’s a good buy, esp with the limited time we’ll have for cooking now that I’ll be working in the South Bay. We’ll see.
lost
Looks like I lost some old-style comments in the upgrade process, as well as my links. I will be adding them back when I have time.
some much awaited good news
Wow, it looks like my dad’s passport is all processed now. It’ll still take time, as they have to clear the schedules for an INS agent to travel with him, as well as coordinate with the Korean government to have someone that’ll meet them and/or fly with them, and buy the plane tickets, of course. I don’t know what the process of getting the funds for the plane ticket purchase is, so who knows how long that will take. But this makes me very optimistic.
My dad was told by the INS people that his passport was done fast because the Korean government is cooperating with them and asking them to speed things up, so at least my dad can feel good that the country he is being deported to is tyring to be as good to him as possible.
hope for dad’s release
Great news!! My dad called my mom today and told her that the INS (or whatever) had him take his photo for his passport application today. And my mom called the Korean consulate to make sure that they are still going to expedite the processing of his passport application, as they said they would, and they will! This means that he might be released to Korea within a month or two. That would be perfect, as my mom will be in Korea when he is sent there.
Of course, now I have to deal with the fact that I have to see him and live with him for two weeks. Egads. Heh. But I guess I can be a grown-up about it, if it means that he can be a free man again!
In addition, I called the refinancing mortgage company today, and they told me that they paid off my original mortgage company on 4/29 and that I don’t have to make my first payment until June! Yay! However, not knowing this, I’ve already sent a mortgage payment to the old mortgage co. I hope they send me my refund soon.
Yay!
job denouement
Company #2 called to tell me that after the 3rd phase of their interviewing process, that I wasn’t right for the open position. While disappointing, it made things a LOT easier for me, since it removed a potential inner conflict. Anyway, I called company #1 and accepted about an hour ago!
Woooooooooooooooo! I’m very excited!!!