boy oh boy, it's been a long time since i've last written. i guess the motivation hasn't exactly been there. but my pre-new year's resolution is to start making the effort again.

let's see what's been happening since the last time i wrote? well i got over the illness i was talking about last time. but then i got sick again, but worse. i have some sort of sinus problem and have this cough that wouldn't go away. of course i should blame carlin for this. he's been coughing for about 2 months now, and i'm not so sure if it wasn't him that's been passing around this cough (count so far: 2, shawn and i). anyway, i've been pretty phelgmy for the last week or so after i went to the doctor's and he prescribed to me some antibiotics and cough syrup. still coughing though, and today's been kinda bad. when i cough, my sides hurt. *sigh*

thanksgiving weekend, gordon visited us down here in south pasadena. it's been several months since i had last seen him (at mike and jenn's wedding). he lives up in san francisco with his wife, amy, who also graduated from south pasadena high school. it was kinda like a reunion of sorts. is it sad and pathetic that most of my friends are ones i've known since junior high school? don't get me wrong, i enjoy having such great friends. but it seems like i should branch out a little more. the problem being that i don't really like dealing with other people. i think i'm just a little "elitistical", though i don't have much to be "elitistical" about. it's not like i drive a fancy car or make a shitload of money. it's just i like to think of myself that way so i don't have to deal with people. and it's probably not easy to get to know me because i make a terrible first impression. either i'm too loud, or i'm too brash, or i'm just down-right obnoxious.

work's been on and off lately. some days it's tolerable. other days, i just want to close my office door and take a nice long nap. today's been the latter. i'm so sleepy for some reason. this is basically what i do at "work" on a normal day:

1. get into work before 11am, hopefully
2. check and reply to my work and personal email
3. check dealnewsfor deals on electronic stuff
4. go through cnn to see what's going on with the world
5. check espn to see what happened to the games the night before and various sports-related events (like today, i learned that we've: read "UCLA," finally got rid of bob toledo. it's been a torturous past 3 years to say the least - ugh!)
6. see how my friend, jason jue, is doing through his daily log and picture.

that is pretty much the routine for 3 hours. the next 5 hours are pretty much a toss up. there's www.morrissey-solo.com, which i visit every couple of days to check out news about morrissey, (duh!) the brillant english singer from MANCHESTER! sometimes, rarely in fact, i would go to www.suede.net to see what's going on with suede (wow, how apropros, "trash" is playing on my cd player just as i was typing about suede). twice a week i check bestbuy to see what's on sale at best buy. www.freearcade.com has some fun games you can play if you're bored. i also read through some "friends" and "gilmore girls" transcripts if i'm really bored. staring out the window at the sunset is kinda nice. and if i'm really bored, i'll try doing some work. there's my regular day at the office. exciting, huh? :)

i guess the only saving grace about being at work is the fact that i can play my music all day long. if i couldn't do that, i think i would (think of something bad, very bad) to my boss. right now i'm listening to the cd i had burnt for cecil for her b-day months ago. it's not too bad, but it's not right really. i have to make another one soon, cuz it's been two months since her b-day and it's kinda sad really. which further reminds me that i was suppose to make one for my friend, andrea, for her b-day 3 months ago. oh, i'm so lazy and unmotivated, which is a lethal combination if you're trying to get anywhere in this world.

well there are probably other things to say, but i really need to get started on my daily dose of staring out my office window. but before i leave, here are three cds that i need to get sooner or later.

1. manic street preachers: forever delayed (best of...)
2. beth orton: daybreaker
3. nanci griffith: winter marquee

ciao!

album/song of the day: "yes" by butler and mcalmont

length of time stuck in traffic: coming into work - none (shit i got in at 11:10am)
posted by your arse at 3:47 PM