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Jan 06 2009
The end of the year (aka Sketch 52)
What’s this? Things have suddenly gotten busy. Both in my off time and at work. So I’m running a little behind on my end of the year post. But tonight, I’m sitting down with some Yogurtland and finally getting it out here on the blog.
the wrap-up:
- I finished my year working as a lay minister at USC in May.
- I worked at a coffee shop (very part-time)…a first experience.
- I worked as an executive assistant for just over 2.5 months (during which my exec “left” the company)…another first experience.
- I finished the year (and am still) working as a supply chain planning analyst…again, a first experience.
- I lived in three different apartments.
- I didn’t make it back to Oregon until Christmas (making it a full year away).
- I read more books than last year (by one)
- I discovered lots of free (or inexpensive) things to do in LA.
- Like a bunch of movies screened for free, sometimes months before they opened to the general public.
- I reconnected with a few old friends.
- Married one of my friends (by performing the ceremony, not getting married myself)
All in all, it was a good year. After 1.5 years, I’ve got a small group of good friends. I even kind of like LA a little.
This coming year I’d like to:
- Read more books than last year.
- Practice yoga regularly
- Improve my diet (partially by getting rid of the fast food habit I fell into while working at USC)
- Make more friends
- Love people more
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Dec 30 2008
Sketch 51
So I didn’t get around to writing a post last week while I was home in Oregon. So this will be a brief post, basically just bullet pointing some things I’ll post more depth in my end of the year wrap up.
- Drove home to Oregon over 2 days (stopping in Williams, CA)
- Bought chains in Corning at Les Schwab (and stopped at the Olive Pit for good measure)
- Roads were for the most part bare pavement throughout all the mountain areas of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
- Eugene Santa Pub Crawl 2008
- Reconnecting with old friends
- Christmas
- Cafe Yumm & Hawaiian Time
- Performing a wedding
- Drove back to LA in 1 day…bare pavement all the way (only a little bit of slush from Mt. Shasta City down to Shasta Lake).
- Back to work on Monday (with a flat tire just as I left my apt to greet me, and a bus ride to work instead)
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Dec 17 2008
Sketch 50
The year winds down, and so do the activities. A couple of my friends left town for the holidays over the weekend. So a few less partners in crime are around. I’ve also been trying to be frugal in my spending to compensate for the unpaid week next week (gotta love temp work).
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about where I am in life. How many of my friends, who are younger than me, seem to be much further along in life. They’ve got good jobs that they love or graduate degrees. They’ve got homes. Are married. Heck, some are even divorced (not that it is a good thing). But even then, they’ve experience marriage and the love that drove them to it in the first place.
It all seems so far away to me.
Its hard being 32 and not really having anything figured out.
I’m leaving for Oregon Friday, right after work. It’ll be nice to be home for the week. Catch up with some friends and family. I’m taking two days to drive up, planning on stopping somewhere around Sacramento late Friday night and finishing up the drive on Saturday. Saturday night is the annual Santa Pub Crawl in Eugene. It’ll be a cold crawl this year as the temps are predicted to be below freezing, with possible snow showers. No matter how cold it is, it’ll be a nice welcome home.
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Dec 10 2008
Musical Obsession of the Moment
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Dec 10 2008
Sketch 49
Not much going on the past week. Because of the short work week at Thanksgiving, my paycheck was a little lighter last Friday. So no new food adventures. (Though one food adventure was thwarted by being a day early before they were open to the general public).
I’ve got about half of my Xmas shopping done. Just need to figure out something for a friend in Eugene, and the ‘rents. Ok, maybe that is a little more than half done.
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Dec 10 2008
Day Without…
Sadly I am not participating…but today is:
For more info and events check here.
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Dec 04 2008
for roses & cigarettes
for roses & cigarettes
i dreamt about your bed
or mine it wasn’t clear
just that once (or twice)
do you remember that weekend?
the one where the past was forgotten
when we went over that cliff and
we unravelled into each other
or do you remember this weekend?
the one where we drenched ourselves in rays,
our feet in the ocean…
connecting us to the rest of the world
and each other
this is where we are,
we be,
we see
we make love
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Dec 03 2008
Sketch 48
Ahh…the holiday season is now in full force. My second Thanksgiving in LA. This time I did have a meal a little closer to my families traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I got a ham (just over 8 pounds), and made a couple recipes from my friend Nicole’s blog (Pinch My Salt). Extra Creamy Mashed Potatoes (Recipe) and one mentioned on Nicole’s site, but actually from one of her food blogging friends, Stuffed Sweet Potatoes Wrapped in Proscutto (Recipe). The food was all good, though I did end up having a lot of extra food. One of my friends ended up being sick, so he wasn’t able to come over. So it was just me and one other friend. Oh well, I’ve turned the leftover ham into two soups so far, and have plans for a third soup for the last of the ham. The Proscutto wrapped sweet potatoes were really good, as the saltiness of the proscutto really complented the sweetness of the potatoes.
I did unfortuntely miss out on going to the LA Auto Show. I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to go with (well except for my friend who got sick). So largely the extra long weekend was pretty lazy. Lots of watching football, including a great Civil War victory by the Ducks, which likely will keep the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl.
I found out last Wednesday, that one of my best friends from Eugene is getting married, and pretty quickly as well, the wedding is at the end of December. Monday night, he called and asked if I would perform the ceremony, so I fired up the internets and got ordained at http://themonastery.org/. So this Dec 27th, I will perform my first marriage. Wow. Crazy. It will be cool to be such an integral part of a special day in my friends life.
Tonight, I’ll be bottling my first batch of beer brewed in LA. In a little over a week it’ll be carbonated and ready to drink. I’d like to invest in a keg system sometime soon…bottling is such a pain. Someday.
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