Down to the emergency seam

Yeah, my favorite pants are down to their emergency seam. I just noticed today (and I wore them Monday!) Should I sew it? I bought them in Munich when I was traveling around the world 8 years ago. It was summer when I left Japan but autumn when I got to Munich. I wasn't dressed appropriately.

Burnt 100% of the time

Well, it's been a busy couple of week. I know that I always say I'm busy but I really was. My sister came to visit last week, and then my brother last weekend. Their visits overlapped by a day.

I managed to get 3 days off from work to entertain my sister and nieces while they were here, which included taking in a Red Sox game. Much, much fun. If it wasn't so expensive, I'd do it more often. The thing to do is to get a boyfriend with season tickets. Fever Pitch, here I come.

We also visited Orchard House, the home of Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women. I actually read Little Women before their visit in order to bone up for the museum. It's a good read and if you'd like something relaxing, I recommend it. I forgot how good it is. Now I'm reading a suspense thriller, also by Louisa May Alcott, and purchased at the gift shop of Orchard House, called A Long Fatal Love Chase.

We tried to take in more of the sights, but they didn't have the best shoes for walking around and Boston is a town that needs to be walked.

Nathan just hung out while he was here. He only wanted to relax and he's been here before. That was nice, because I too got to relax while he was here. We ate out a couple of times, most notably at Ken's Steak House, of the salad dressings. Enh. Other than that we rented and watched movies, most notably High School Musical. Hmm. We also filmed the quirky Jiffy Pop Jingle featured in the previous blog entry. Yeah.

At work, I finally got some people hired. I need more, but at least I'm not working 7 days a week. The best thing about it was that I made money selling. The worst is that I'm behind in other things like preparing for inventory and preparing for a sale. Without an assistant, it's all up to me. I forgot what that was like. I'm making a commitment to work on my opportunities at work. I've been behind on it, just sorta coasting through and I'm now at a point where I want to challenge myself with it. So wish me luck.

My new roommates have moved in and I like them very much. The apartment has a new look with all their stuff here and it feels like a new place. Plus Laura is super fun. Her family (and mother) are really the reason the place looks so great.

I've decided to hold up on match.com. First I'm trying to cut expenses. Second, I'm just not that into it. I met a couple of people, one in particular that I'd like to pursue. So we'll see how it goes. I'm back to exploring the idea of just making more friends.

So, along those lines, I joined a sketch comedy group. I'm writing sketch comedy ideas and will probably get to act and direct them. Cool beans. I already wrote one sketch, which was largely Nathan's idea. But I'm sure he won't mind. And after all, I sang back up for his Jiffy Pop jingle. I may also get back to improv. I found a drop-in class that's $10/class. Gotta save up for it (and have Sunday off). I also found a Taiko drumming class. That's $25/class, drop-in rate. Prolly won't do that as much. I should find another sports league, but I'm not much into soccer and I don't think I wanna do basketball. Maybe I'll find an easy volleyball league.

I'm much less stressed than I was. I really was tearing my hair out for a while. My friends are awesome, and they've helped a lot. So thank you. We really don't talk enough. I know you guys are busy too. So drop me a line when you get the chance. I hope things are clearing up for you as well.

I was there when genius was born.

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Ni hao

After searching for some time, I finally found video of the Olympic opening ceremonies online. I had heard that they were spectacular. They were. And quite touching. And although I couldn't find a taping of it in its entirety (you suck, NBC), I did feel that I got a sense of its enormity and grandeur. And also how proud they are of their country and to host the Olympics.

You may think that they have far to go to be proud. But you have no idea how far they have come. Further than any other country in the world.

It reminded me that the last time I was in Beijing, I saw the Mongolian Olympic team on their way to Sydney.

If we had a shurpa, he could bring us a popsicle.

Nathan is highly obsessed with shurpas and yetis.
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Maybe if you showed him your boobs ...

Dandrea and his pictures are gone. Soon A.S.S. will be too.

Good times ... good times.

Yeah.

She looks exactly the same.

I had dinner with Christina Falci last night.