This guy rocks. He's been in office for three days, and already, he's signed an order to close Guantanamo, cleaned up ethics, and the best one right now, REPEALING THE GLOBAL GAG RULE!! How awesome is that?
He's making good decisions so far and moving quickly to do stuff - I'm impressed almost as much as I was emotional when he was inaugurated. Seriously, so proud, so happy, so... hopeful.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
A New Year, A New Post
Well, I have been more than derelict in my blogging lately. We have this problem in our apartment... the internet cannot find us there. It is very sad indeed. Thus, here I am, sitting at work after hours and writing a blog post.
Anyway, Happy New Year to the reader - I'm channeling Car Talk's hosts, Click and Clack because I noticed I only have one follower of my blog. California January weather officially wins. I haven't put on more than a sweatshirt so far this winter, and it's only going to get warmer. Even while we were running to catch the fireworks at midnight on the Embarcadero in San Francisco it was warm! Perhaps it was just me running that made it warm, but it couldn't have been very chilly if I had to peel my clothing off upon the return to my friend's place to sleep that night. This was the best New Year's celebration I had ever had. Yes, there was drinking, but there was also stimulating conversation and discussion. It was not all revelry, but it was fun.
Still searching for a full-time job for the "missus," but all in all, we are happy. My parents are coming to visit the Bay Area for the first time (ever for my mom, in 40-odd years for my dad), so I am trying to come up with interesting travel plans to keep them busy and happy. It won't be too hard because I live in one of the most beautiful places in the country.
Work is good. As can be expected in a workplace full of women, there is never a dull moment, and rarely a moment goes by without some degree of drama. Today was almost entirely drama-free, however, so hooray for small miracles. I sat upstairs, all by my lonesome, while employees with whom I have little contact scurried around the building unseen and largely unheard, and I worked my bum off. Now I am satisfied, no longer stressed, and barely ahead of the curve. Every day is a struggle for me to take things slower and do them better, but this is my cross to bear and I am glad to be employed.
What else can I say? Saw The Last King of Scotland on Tuesday and had nightmares about it. Yesterday, I watched the gf cry during Charlie Wilson's War. We had both had wine and were upset about the state of the world and the universality of hate. Why, truly, can we not all get along? Tomorrow, The Savages arrives, and I will have to watch that by myself, for the gf is not yet at the point where she can be at peace with a movie about nursing homes. This past weekend, we received Don't Mess with the Zohan, which I encourage you all to see. It is an entertaining, if not somewhat crude, take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And it's very funny. Perhaps now is not the best time to watch it - or maybe it's just the right time, I'm not sure. I'll let you be the judge. All in all, to sum up: Netflix is awesome.
Finally, here is a photo (from the NY Times) for your thoughts. Think - I dare you.
Anyway, Happy New Year to the reader - I'm channeling Car Talk's hosts, Click and Clack because I noticed I only have one follower of my blog. California January weather officially wins. I haven't put on more than a sweatshirt so far this winter, and it's only going to get warmer. Even while we were running to catch the fireworks at midnight on the Embarcadero in San Francisco it was warm! Perhaps it was just me running that made it warm, but it couldn't have been very chilly if I had to peel my clothing off upon the return to my friend's place to sleep that night. This was the best New Year's celebration I had ever had. Yes, there was drinking, but there was also stimulating conversation and discussion. It was not all revelry, but it was fun.
Still searching for a full-time job for the "missus," but all in all, we are happy. My parents are coming to visit the Bay Area for the first time (ever for my mom, in 40-odd years for my dad), so I am trying to come up with interesting travel plans to keep them busy and happy. It won't be too hard because I live in one of the most beautiful places in the country.
Work is good. As can be expected in a workplace full of women, there is never a dull moment, and rarely a moment goes by without some degree of drama. Today was almost entirely drama-free, however, so hooray for small miracles. I sat upstairs, all by my lonesome, while employees with whom I have little contact scurried around the building unseen and largely unheard, and I worked my bum off. Now I am satisfied, no longer stressed, and barely ahead of the curve. Every day is a struggle for me to take things slower and do them better, but this is my cross to bear and I am glad to be employed.
What else can I say? Saw The Last King of Scotland on Tuesday and had nightmares about it. Yesterday, I watched the gf cry during Charlie Wilson's War. We had both had wine and were upset about the state of the world and the universality of hate. Why, truly, can we not all get along? Tomorrow, The Savages arrives, and I will have to watch that by myself, for the gf is not yet at the point where she can be at peace with a movie about nursing homes. This past weekend, we received Don't Mess with the Zohan, which I encourage you all to see. It is an entertaining, if not somewhat crude, take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And it's very funny. Perhaps now is not the best time to watch it - or maybe it's just the right time, I'm not sure. I'll let you be the judge. All in all, to sum up: Netflix is awesome.
Finally, here is a photo (from the NY Times) for your thoughts. Think - I dare you.
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