pulp girl

New decade...new blog...

2010-01-12T10:46:00.001-05:00

This blog has been moved to pulpgirldesigns.com/blog/.

Thanks!

salt art

2010-01-07T13:18:00.000-05:00

Make Your Mockup in Markup

2010-01-06T15:13:00.002-05:00

Back to work from the holidays i've been catching up on my blog reads.
Here's a wonderful little piece by ms Meagan Fisher (of SimpleBits and Owltastic) over on 24Ways....

tim burton

2010-01-06T08:57:00.003-05:00

Cool article (ref)over @ colour lovers on tim burton, use of color in film and a tid bit on his exhibition now at MOMA.

sigh

2010-01-05T15:04:00.002-05:00

my coworkers are awesome.. i really like these girls..

but they are so.. girly! at least by my estimation...

they are talking about earrings and shoes right now. which ok, it's not crazy but it's definitely not a conversation i'm going to get involved with.
meanwhile i'm completely at home talking with my boss about avatar and if i should get playon.tv

it just, happens quite a bit and makes me feel like a tomboy...LOL

HA!

2010-01-04T12:42:00.000-05:00

oh crud....

2010-01-04T05:43:00.000-05:00

20 degrees out...feels like 4

ugh

winter

2009-12-20T10:37:00.006-05:00

i love winter. The snow... the cold.. Xmas my sisters bday my bday.... It's just always been a celebratory, happy time.

But every time the first cold front comes in my lips get so irritated that I'm in pain for about two days. I know..."your lips??" yes. my lips. they become larger (if you can believe it) and redder...just painfully inflamed. I've tried everything. Tried every medicated chapstick out there. So I just sort of deal with it, whilst I whine...

for documentary purposes...photo to come...
-as soon as I figure out how to upload to this thing from my iPhone lol

history

2009-12-17T08:36:00.007-05:00

Found some treasures at the The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society website

There's no street map but i'm pretty sure where we are now is in "The Alley" since we're so close to the water.

I love these old flyers...

Bunch more photos (and more than one broken link) here.

fresh

2009-12-16T12:05:00.002-05:00

decided to go with a fresh look for this blog for the coming year....

we'll see how long it takes for me to get bored with this one ;)

oh.. and props to Chica Blogger for the template...

geek

2009-12-15T12:40:00.004-05:00

someone at work sent me this:

apart from the fact that it's awesome ;) , are they trying to tell me something?? hehehehe

hp

2009-12-07T15:08:00.003-05:00

omg! *jumps up and down*

have to wait a whole frakkin' year? *pout*

ahhhhh xmas...

2009-12-07T14:13:00.003-05:00

so i was all 'Martha Stewart' this weekend.

our tree was decorated but i still needed to add lights/ornaments to the doorway..get the wreath on the door.. mix and arrange potpourri around the house...create (i.e. superglue branches together) a pheudo-mistle toe and hang it exactly centered.

then on sunday i baked...causing our place to smell like cinnamon all day
and now back to daily grind :|

i really want to go home and put the remaining xmas lights in the windows...
heh.. i'm afraid i might be getting a little carried away with this

can i go on vacation again?

2009-12-01T12:43:00.002-05:00

i think there is something wrong here..

i was just off for about a week and still feel totally stressed and tired.

next time i'm taking off for 2 weeks in a row....anything less than that is just a tease.

:\

last meal

2009-11-13T12:43:00.003-05:00

so lali posted this last meal thing..well.. posted it ages ago but anyway...she goes into so much detail that one can't help but to wonder about your own last meal.. and if you really could have it your way.. what would it be? who what and where?

so here goes.

the ideal last meal before kicking the bucket:

who'd be there:
Obviously my family..mom dad cyn marc vinny..jose luis would be there too... and it goes without saying...gavin..

where would we be:
our place

what would we have:
vinny would make his breaded chicken for the meat eaters and my mom would make her rice and black bean thing. gavin would make his kick ass guac and cyn and i would help with some tortillas de papa and salad..
we'd have some of our really nice red wine (pino)...we'd also have some 1979 riesling.. i know the food and drink combo isn't the best but it's MY last meal so i'll have whatever i want! :P
don't usually care for dessert but since it's my last meal we're talking about i'd like to have one last creme brulee.. really really burnt on top.
i'd have the sugar.. gav would have the creme :P

anything else:
this goes beyond 'last meal' and is really a 'last night' kind of thing.. but o well:
we'd all sit around and play telefunken and my dad would win...julio jaramillo in the background...
after a bottle or two of pinot noir my mom and i would be tispy enough to dance for a while.
everyone would leave to go home which since we're fantasizing here just happens to be on our block...
gav and i would get in bed and well.. you know... ;)

after that we'd play a last chess game with the bottle of Dom Perignon that we've been saving...
i'd tell him i love him...

don't know how i'd like to go.. definitely the next day sometime.. wake up..decide to go for a run and get hit by a car or something.. or something less painful heh

there... that would be the last meal/day :)

hrmm.. i really want tortillas de papa now.. heh

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

2009-10-09T08:32:00.005-04:00

There's a headline you don't see every day!

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/

Keith Olbermann Delivers Hour-Long "Special Comment" On Health Care

2009-10-08T09:45:00.001-04:00

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

yet another reason to love rachel...

2009-09-28T09:33:00.000-04:00

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delgado

2009-09-25T13:37:00.004-04:00

delgado travel...i've been going to these offices since i was born.
We'd head over to send packages, money or just to call. The 8 digits necessary to dial out pasted on the wall as if we all don't know it by heart already. My mom and cyn and i would cram into one of the booths and pass the phone around and my mom would get teary eyed when our phone call would coincide with a gathering. The family gathered together...except for her.

I remember being really sad to see my mom have to go to this place to talk to her family. Being so far away back before the internet the world felt like a very very big place. I remember thinking i was glad that i didn't have to do that. When I lived there it didn't seem so bad. Then again i was a teenager and i had my own little live to lead...you don't miss your parents when you're a rebellious teen...

Then my parents moved back.

It makes me so melancholy to go to one of these places now. I'll go into the booth, send them little packages (which take 3 weeks to get there). It seems like a cruel joke. They had to do this, they know how hard it is on this end.

And even with the internet with it's video chats and emails, the distance still feels very very large to me sometimes.

Olbermann Special Comment

2009-09-11T09:01:00.001-04:00

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tripe

2009-09-03T13:44:00.003-04:00

forget health care, war and blackwater... i have a serious decision to make.

Cut hair short again (i'm back in full ponytail territory) or let it grow??

:P

and now a post of substance....

2009-08-20T16:18:00.002-04:00

judy the fashionista?

2009-08-20T15:21:00.003-04:00

So... if you know me you know that i am in no way a 'fashion girl'. I buy whats cheap...whats there...sometimes i'll even try something on.

But today a total stranger came up to me to say she liked my dress and wanted to know where i got it. Granted I am dressed rather girly today (dress AND heels!) but still!

So there you have it...took me being 4 months shy of my 30th birthday but turns out i can manage to dress myself up and look nice on normal days. I AM a girl!! woohoO! heh
On special occasions like my anniversary..a wedding.. something like that i tend to clean up nice but it's not a special occasion today. It's a random thursday! Not only that but on tuesday.. for no other reason than because i woke up early and saw it there i flat ironed my hair!!! Wasn't a birthday or party or anything....just 'cause!

So there you have it. I have become 'girly'. Well, in my estimation anyway. I still won't wear makeup or consider clothes shopping a fun activity. And yes...the combat boots are still getting used.

You know the fact that i'm gonna be 30 in December has been on my mind recently. I think it's pretty damn cool. I wasn't raised to be one of those girls that dread getting older.

And upon reflextion.. now that my 20's will be over, gotta say.. i can't really complain. Half of my 20's was spent with not much to be happy about...i was drifting..., the other half was happy. Hmmm exactly half actually....ha! You gotta love the symmetry :)

I'm not sure what i want to do for my actual bday though. I mean, other than the traditional activities which my bday can NOT be without. namely ice skating and a trip to grimaldi's for a pie.

We'll see.. plenty of time to plan. Speaking of planning.. it's august and i haven't started my Halloween costume yet!!!!

*pout*

Wow - i haven't written this much in a while... *shakes head* wonder what brought that on. :D

'Barney Frank Confronts Woman At Town Hall Comparing Obama To Hitler'

2009-08-19T08:43:00.001-04:00

HOLY SHIT!!!!

2009-08-15T18:34:00.002-04:00

I can't beleive this is on youtube! LOL

blast from the frakkin' past!

2009-08-14T21:31:00.000-04:00

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brilliant

2009-08-14T09:57:00.002-04:00

ugh

2009-08-10T00:26:00.003-04:00

so, what i've realized this weekend:

going out = getting drunk = sleeping till after 1pm = crazy hangover for most of the day = i'm still awake at 1230

i seriously can't hold my liquor anymore ...

books

2009-08-08T10:06:00.001-04:00

so i just spent an hour listing books i own.

i stopped at a bit over a hundred...i need a new bookshelf :|

this will be wedding song

2009-07-31T10:55:00.001-04:00

played on projector....

yeah..it's that awesome. :P

bookshelf

2009-07-22T15:48:00.004-04:00

So...since the Harry Potter came out last weekend i decided to re-read all the books. 'Cause yes, I'm really 12. Anyway..now that that's over with i needed a new book to read.

So i went to my bookshelf and started to re-read something a little more appropriate to my age group. Picked up Geisha, a life.. but i read that one too recently so i put it down.. didn't really get sucked into the fortress of solitude or wicked so i landed on Stolen Continents.

Did it keep my interest? Yes. Is it a good and informative read? Yes. Is it fucking depressing (especially as a descendant of one of the cultures this book covers)? YES.

I've read this before.. i knew this would be a very sad history lesson, and yet it hit me over the head like a sledge hammer.

Sigh....

ugh

2009-07-16T11:37:00.005-04:00

thighs.. sore.. pain.. calves...so much... ouchy!

I honestly can't wait until three days in a row of working out doesn't cause me to limp...

dammit

2009-07-13T15:40:00.002-04:00

I forgot one annoying thing about short hair....

My hair grows fast. Already it's flipping up in the back when 3 weeks ago it wasn't.

fuck.

feeling nostalgic

2009-07-13T10:56:00.003-04:00

listening to ladytron..

Hey can I go with you, my beauty number 2, my beauty number 2, his beauty number...

That pretty much sums up my relationships from the age of 16 to 25...sad innit?
Amazing how you relationships can either bring out the best or worst of your personality. I remember feeling that way, unworthy. It's amazing to look back on...so much time lost...

ha!

2009-06-26T09:40:00.001-04:00

i think i'm morphing into :

ROFL!

:P

CHOPPED!

2009-06-24T09:05:00.003-04:00

Donated to Locks of Love...

It's been years since the last time i did this ( www.flickr.com/photos/judy_/166689060/ ) ...
If you want to know how to donate yourself visit www.LocksofLove.org
Another place to donate is: www.beautifullengths.com

ch-ch-ch-check it out

2009-06-04T09:08:00.001-04:00

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-homefront/50746?type=wmv

happy bday Norma Jeane...

2009-06-01T20:56:00.002-04:00

ride!

2009-05-28T08:09:00.002-04:00

so this past weekend gavin and i went bike riding. not the normal bike riding though, we went 'mountain' biking. OK it wasn't a real mountain.. but it was rough bike trail.

we rented bikes and started simple on a nice paved bike route in a park. then we grabbed the bikes and went to a dirt trail we were told about. just like skiing they have the easy, medium and hard trails marked. we went for the easy one since I've never done anything like this.

holy...crap...

There were rocks and branches to ride over.. there were hills and not jumps really...but steep falls. This is a bike trail that our local bike shop helped build. So the trails are made for bikers. It was hard. We stopped a lot LOL .. but gavin was patient with me. I wish i would've taken more pics but i was busy trying not to fall.

After the hilly dirt ride we took the bikes and went to ride on another paved road...then we went to kings point by the water. 'Twas wicked. :)

Having a three day weekend was brilliant. We ended up staying home on monday and recovering. Telefunken in the sun room and (geek alert) playing witcher. Sigh.. i want more 3 day weekends....

sigh

2009-05-22T09:41:00.002-04:00

So i had a bite of a bday cupcake at work this morning...only to find out that the red dye used was made from an insect.
Now, thankfully i had a bite and then threw it away before i found out...so it's not like a had a whole cupcake and was then told about the insect thing.

I tend to always watch what i eat.. check ingredient labels for gelatin and the like. But it occurs to me now that there are more and more ingredients (the kind with names you can't pronounce) that come from unexpected sources. I'm starting to think that my diet should become more on the natural side of things.
I'm not blaming my coworker for not telling me sooner.. i mean honestly it's not as if everyone thinks about these things all the time. Maybe i need to take it upon myself to be more aware of what goes into the items i consume. Either that or stick to fruits and vegetables to be on the safe side :\

camina....

2009-05-04T10:17:00.003-04:00

anyone who knows me knows how much i love walking around the city.

I used to spend HOURS just roaming around the city...with no particular place to be or go...discover a new cafe...read a book in a park i hadn't been to before...eat at a restaurant i'd never tried.

Well, ever since gavin and i moved to the 'burbs i haven't really done that. Things have been hectic since last fall and only now seems to be slowing down.
So this weekend i walked. I wandered for hours...them met my mom and wandered some more...we had lunch a place we found...we talked and walked and laughed at how we both love and miss doing that.

Then i got home to gavin and was completely satisfied having had a relaxing Saturday with my mother in the city.

I know it's not exciting, it's not going to the tribeca film festival, or seeing a show, or gallery hopping or a club but somehow simply walking through the city was enough. I must remember to do that more often.

confession

2009-04-28T13:40:00.003-04:00

i'm going shopping...on purpose.

i shall willingly go to stores and browse until i find the perfect items.. AND it's not even for a special occasion.

i know.. i know.. but i have to. why you ask? because summer is looming. no, it's not the allure of the perfect summer dress to frolic in the park with my sweety in. it's cause this time last year i was working at an art gallery. which meant that mini corduroy skirts, sneakers, and wife beaters were acceptable attire.

but now i'm in a corporate environment and i only have one pair of flats and they hurt. so off i go shop for clothes that i can wear to work.

pray for me to survive the smell of nasty perfume that lurks in department stores, to come out alive among the sale rack...to not scream when all i see is fusia.

le sigh

friday

2009-04-17T15:02:00.001-04:00

can i go home yet?

ugh

2009-04-16T13:34:00.003-04:00

nauseous.

So i went out with coworkers last night. They got us all drunk. Afterwards...design, marketing and tech (which is like...5 people) decided to keep the party going with yaeger shots. Then there was another bar involved. Got home about midnight...slept...woke up on time...got ready. Was tired but not feeling too bad. Until i bought my morning bagel...ate on the train. Coudn't keep it down. got to work...tried to have water...couldn't keep it down...went to lunch...tried to eat a light glass noodle salad. No luck. Tried water again...no go.

I'm hungry and ill. Whats the line between hung over and alchohol poisoning?
THIS is why i don't go out anymore. It takes me way too long to recover :(

Also... yaeger is evil.

thoughts...

2009-04-15T14:06:00.002-04:00

gavin keeps pushing me to cut my hair short again...
as in starbuck season 1 short...

i've been there.. i've done that..
i miss my hair being stupid long though.
i liked the fact that i was able to cut 10-11 inches off and still have medium length hair....

but then again i'm starting to get bored with the curtains..

la di da.. la di da...

awesome

2009-03-30T12:20:00.003-04:00

grown up gripe

2009-03-24T14:36:00.002-04:00

our car insurance payment is now officially more than our car payment.

what the frak is up with that?!

it's ridiculous... all because i have a motorcycle lerners permit... that's it.

grrrrrrrrrrrr

been a while....

2009-03-20T08:31:00.002-04:00

So, I can't hear very well, eye still swollen, and it's snowing again...

But on the plus side it's friday ... Twilight is out on DVD today ... and I'm closer to finalizing my new tat design having gotten quite a bit of inspiration at a gallery last night...

woot...

vermont

2009-02-17T12:58:00.003-05:00

So we went to vermont for valentines weekend.
5 1/2 ish hours after leaving NY we got to Killington!
X-country Skiing, sledding and snowmobiling...outdoor jacuzzi, sauna, chess by the fireplace...

All in all an awesome weekend :)

Only hitch...we got stuck on the snow on our way back. Stopped to take a picture of a mountain and when we got back in to drive off... our back tire sunk.
V6 4x4 and still... vermont snow wins, heh..

amigos

2009-02-11T12:24:00.003-05:00

This is why i love this man.

Upon telling my friend that gavin and i got a Highlander he goes on to say (after of course making fun of me and calling in the bet we had about me getting domestic) :
"you can be barefoot and pregnant for the rest of your life and you’ll still be the cool goth chick on the dancefloor to me"

LOL

makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Yeah, growing up is a crazy thing. Five years ago would i have guessed that I'd be living in long island with a 4x4 and be working in a corporate environment? No.

crazy! :)

ha

2009-02-10T14:02:00.006-05:00

So, people have NOT been reacting kindly to the new Pepsi logo...

This guy (found via blog.howdesign.com) posted a funny about it.....

heh

suv

2009-02-09T10:58:00.005-05:00

So i was just talking to a co-worker about a new car gavin and i are probably getting.
And the second he says "so that's like a suv right?" I feel compelled to say "yeah, we want to be able to go skiing and camping without a problem."
He then brings up the fact that people feel the need to justify the fact that you're buying a large car now-a-days.

Totally true, and also understandable. Natural resources and all that.
When we were deciding on what kind of car to get Gavin brought up some things he said he needed.

1 - i'm a first time driver and he wants me to live if i ever get into a crash (bigger car - less likelihood of getting squished)
2- we don't have a garage and we need to be able to get out of the long island snow the likes of which caused us to dig for almost an hour before noticing that the weight cracked the windshield of the loaner we had (true story)
3- we need to be able to fit our tent in the back when we go camping, two bikes for when we go biking etc etc.

And since I've never driven anything i really didn't care as long as it didn't look like a minivan.

But thinking of the environment makes me guilty for wanting to be comfortable.

Yeah, we could have gotten a four door and dealt with digging the car out every snowfall, get a couple roof racks and hope they hold, somehow stuff our tent in the backseat..

Is it alright to want to be comfortable now-a-days? Are we being amoral in these times?

makes ya think...

relax

2009-02-08T09:48:00.002-05:00

First weekend in forever that we havn't been going from dealer to dealer.

Unbelievable what some actual time to relax can do. Little Big Planet, wine tasting, chess and me doodling. We needed a weekend like this. :)

happy sunday all!

(ps lali- sorry i didnt get back to you. be in touch soon!)

vipZ

2009-02-05T12:00:00.004-05:00

So turns out that Slipknot’s drummer Chris Fehn is going to Kaos today because frontlines is one of his favorite games and being rich he gets a tour and shit. For those that don't know Kaos is where gavin works .. he's a technical artist. Also known as every little geek boys dream job.

So, there's your random tidbit of the day.

Also.. wtf is up with twitter? I can't log in!!

HELP!

*pout*

woot!

2009-02-02T10:26:00.004-05:00

it's finally happened.
My hair has finally grown to where i can put it in a bun sans clips or ponytail holders.

Sad that little things like that make me happy. Ever since i chopped off all my hair two years ago getting it to be this long again has been a pain. Of course that's mostly my fault cause i kept trimming it... but alas, the time has finally come. In more trite news, gavin informed me that my hair looks red in the sun. Who knew...
The things one learns when you stop dying black hair blacker. Highlights are a good thing.

Back to work..

frak you clicktags

2009-01-26T15:39:00.000-05:00

frak. you.

January 16th!

2008-12-23T09:05:00.002-05:00

survey... it's been a while...

2008-12-22T16:29:00.002-05:00

TEN things you wish you could say to 10 people:

1. being snarky does not make you cute
2. i envy your talent
3. i wish you would apply yourself
4. sometimes i remember you and feel sad that i don't know you anymore
5. whats taking so long
6. i miss you, we always say that but never fix it...argh
7. stop being so humble
8. just because i don't call you doesn't mean i don't care
9. my life is different now, you don't have to take it personally...just be a friend
10. you're awesome

NINE things about yourself:
1. I am not the same person i was 4 years ago
2. I feel like a grown up
3. I also feel like a 5 year old
4. I found i love playing chess
5. I need to learn to drive
6. I am hungry
7. I sometimes still can't believe that i'm living on the LIRR line
8. I still adore dancing
9. I am still the same person i was 4 years ago

EIGHT ways to win your heart:
1. be genuine
2. laughter
3. kind
4. make me think
5. know it's ok to be silly
6. beat me at mario kart
7. accept my harry potter fanboy-ness :P
8. surprise me

SEVEN things that cross your mind a lot:
1. Familia well being > ditto
2. Work >ditto
3. Friends well being>ditto
4. To-do list > LOl ditto
5. my point in life right this moment > omg stop it.. ditto
6. looking for inspiration
7. recently? wishing i could afford to go to the National Art League

SIX things you do before you fall asleep:
1. set my alarm
2. clean the kitchen
3. brush teeth
4. get into pjs
5. watch something with gav
6. read

FIVE things that frustrate you:
1. ignorant people > word.
2. Money-lack of > word.
3. certain friends > heh yeah...
4. being killed time and again by gav at chess
5. having to buy boots every 2 months due to lack of decent cheap non-leather alternatives...

FOUR things you love to do on rainy days:
1. chess
2. movies
3. sex
4. read

THREE biggest turn-ons:
1. see above
2.

3. TWO things you want to do before you die:
1. have kids
2. own a vineyard

ONE confession.

nope.

Bettie Page, Queen of Pinups, Dies at 85

2008-12-12T09:23:00.003-05:00

http://tinyurl.com/6mrnp8

“I want to be remembered as a woman who changed people’s perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form.”

sad.

getting in the xmas spirit :)

2008-12-05T14:39:00.000-05:00

El Burrito De belen - Los Solecitos

dear santa...

2008-12-02T15:13:00.002-05:00

this would be cool:

thanks,

judy

in the words of Stewart Gilligan ...

2008-12-01T20:46:00.003-05:00

"...I took a bunch of pictures. You can see them on my MySpace page along with my favorite songs and movies and things that other people created but I use to express my individualism."

awesome.

2008-11-25T11:11:00.002-05:00

it's official...

2008-11-15T07:48:00.003-05:00

I'm the most uncool person ever.

Even my mother has a facebook account now.

MY MOTHER!!!

I can't exactly see her profile but i might have to sign up again as a way to feel not so far away from her. And not to be out-cooled by my mom.

:X

President-Elect Barack Obama....

2008-11-05T06:29:00.001-05:00

Let the change begin...

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

2008-11-04T09:19:00.002-05:00

Don't know where to go?

http://maps.google.com/vote

or:

http://www.866ourvote.org

VOTE

reason 33,363 that i love gavin:

2008-10-30T13:45:00.001-04:00

in a random email....

"i cant wait to see you so i can kiss you and hold you like in some cheezy movie"

swoon :)

fyi

2008-10-24T11:17:00.002-04:00

For inked people:

A friend of one of the girls at work, Nelson, is here from CA and he is going to make a guest spot at Tattoo Culture in Brooklyn on the 30th of Oct and 2nd of Nov.
I'm not done designing my next piece, plus i'll prolly just go back to Patrick anyway but.. yeah.. putting out the word

:D

what the frak

2008-10-23T13:31:00.001-04:00

position: absolute;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
top: 0px;

should be fine right? in a normal world it would be. instead i'm flush left.

argh!

Rachel Maddow Ratings Double !!!!

2008-10-21T14:44:00.004-04:00

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

YAY!

dear IE

2008-10-17T14:39:00.000-04:00

I hate you.

judy

COMBAT LANDINGS AUTHORIZED!

2008-10-16T11:30:00.001-04:00

work plus and minus

2008-10-16T09:44:00.002-04:00

+ I'm being creative
+ I have an actual title and pretty cool art director
+ I'm coding but it's mostly in CSS so it's light
+ There's a guy that sits by me who is really chill and randomly burst into song to kill the silence, makes me chuckle (he's the IT guy - shocker)
+ There's a lot to do so the day goes by fast
+ My pretty cool art director has been in the London office for most of the time I've been here so far

- My pretty cool art director has been in the London office for most of the time I've been here so far
- The rest of the design team is in the UK
- Working with offices in the UK and Dubai, coming in at 8am is seen as normal not as 'putting in some extra effort'
- There isn't a lot of good food in this area, I might start bringing in my lunch.

be afraid

2008-10-15T13:07:00.003-04:00

I've just gone to the DMV and picked up a drivers manual.

A little history, i HAVE a learners permit already but it's for a motorcycle (got it back when i had a lambretta..and then a vespa....). So i HAVE been on the road a tiny bit (maybe 2 hours total) with more than just my two feet moving me on. But a car...well, a car seems so much more intimidating.

Plus I'm 28. Learning to drive at 28! Sigh, i picture some horrible 80's movie type thing happening where i almost kill the tester guy by crashing into a school bus or something. Reminds me of when i learned to ride a bicycle. I was 24. (or was it 23?) Picture it... a grown woman on a bmx bike falling over and getting looks from adults and kids that screamed "is she slow or something?" How i envied those 10 year olds riding away like it was the simplest thing in the world. I'm good now though.. still get nervous around cars but i don't fall off. Yay me. heh

We'll see how long it takes me to actually get a permit and then the 5 hour course and all that. Life is hectic right now. But, sometime in the not too distant future I'll be on the road...driving...me...behind a wheel...

*deep breaths*

whatcha doing at work judy?

2008-10-09T09:05:00.002-04:00

Oh, you know...just redesigning their entire events section.

!!!

For some reason the fact that i'm now getting paid to DESIGN is freaking me out. In a good way mostly. But there's also the whole "seriosuly.. i.. i get to design now?? really??" thing that keeps creeping up.

Day 4 and things are looking up..
Only down side so far...no AIM or MSN Messenger. Thats ok though, I still have blogger and gmail so i'll be able to ramble away.

...

2008-10-02T00:15:00.001-04:00

Watch CBS Videos Online

snl skit

2008-09-29T09:29:00.000-04:00

interpersonal relationship convo

2008-09-26T12:04:00.007-04:00

so i was talking to a friend online (please ignore the horrible grammar):

He says (11:51:54 AM): hey
I say (11:52:00 AM): heya :0
He says (11:52:03 AM): you going to kessles birthday thing
I say (11:52:13 AM): kessel is having a bday thing?
He says (11:52:26 AM): oh that's right you're not on myspace or facebook
I say (11:52:38 AM): yeah.. i need direct contact.. heh
I say (11:52:42 AM): when and where?
He says (11:52:46 AM): you really need to get on one of them
I say (11:52:50 AM): why?
I say (11:52:56 AM): everyone i know has my email and IM
I say (11:53:12 AM): if they want to contact me they shall
He says (11:53:13 AM): cause some much info is spread through networking sites rather then email
He says (11:53:34 AM): i hardly use email anymore
He says (11:53:53 AM): it's more for work related or group promotions
I say (11:54:29 AM): meh... i know.. i mean shaw promotions still have a myspace but thats work stuff.. normal interactions with friends i prefer a text or an IM or an email or.. (dare i say )a phone call
I say (11:54:38 AM):
He says (11:54:57 AM): myspace i can understand the annoyance you should try facebook
I say (11:55:16 AM): i did for a while but i still had a myspace at the time so i didnt see the point
He says (11:55:19 AM): you missed the mini byrant reunion last month
He says (11:55:35 AM): Sylvia from dance company organized it
I say (11:55:36 AM): well you should've IMed me then shouldn't have you?
I say (11:56:24 AM): i'm around.. just.. you know.. not for random bands and acquaintances that i barely speak to..
He says (11:56:41 AM): what the point of working with in the information age when you deny yourself the most easiest and most popular ways to get information
I say (11:57:11 AM): i don't.. i have a linked in acct for work..i have you tube and msnbc at my disposal..
I say (11:57:58 AM): myspace just seems too self indulgent to me.. sum yourself on one page.. why? people can get to me from mysite or my blog or flickr.. seems superfluous
He says (11:57:59 AM): they're great for knowing what going on around the world, not what going on with your friends next week
I say (11:58:13 AM): i have cnn for that
I say (11:58:16 AM): :P
I say (11:58:20 AM): heh
I say (11:58:25 AM): i dont think i
I say (11:58:31 AM): 'd want work news from myspace..
I say (11:58:37 AM): world i mean
He says (11:59:18 AM): as the internet and modern technology advances, interpersonal contact will be considered more superfluous...
He says (11:59:41 AM): it's to the point concept like romance can even be found on web
He says (12:00:51 PM): do you know that psychologist have notice that children have less and less eye contact with each other cause internet communication has dominated there form of communication
I say (12:01:03 PM): yeah.. and thats what i'm not ok with.. face to face.. calls.. texts and email even seem more conective than someone leaving a comment on a page
I say (12:01:19 PM): thats a horrible statistic
He says (12:01:39 PM): i'm not saying its a good thing i'm just playing devils advocate
I say (12:02:06 PM): maybe because my job is online.. its to create web presences...it makes me shy away from any extra ways to disconnect you know?
I say (12:02:09 PM): yeah i know.
He says (12:02:49 PM): they've also concluding that writing has become worse cause kids do it less
I say (12:03:06 PM): besides i was on that site for ages.. did it do anything for me? no...did i meet any friends? no.. what was it for? self promotion. i have a site for that already.. no point you know
He says (12:03:07 PM): no more passing notes in class, now they just text each other
I say (12:03:16 PM): lol that i believe
I say (12:03:48 PM): sit down and write a letter to someone.. even for our generation it feels alien.. let alone so my nephews gen
I say (12:05:37 PM): i s hould do that.. i should write someone a letter and MAIL it.. just to see if i get a response
I say (12:05:49 PM): i'll most likely get an email saying..thanks for the letter heh
He says (12:08:23 PM): yep

How helpful is technology..really?
When you consider that we're loosing basic skills like writting and eye contact? Scary...

oh for the love of...

2008-09-25T09:25:00.000-04:00

McCain camp to propose postponing VP debate

what the frak!

2008-09-24T17:18:00.006-04:00

“This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess,”
THANK YOU Mr. OBAMA!

Seriously.. this is a joke right? I mean i know they are in trouble but enough to push backthe debate until the economy is all snug as a bug? Are you CRAZY!?!?!
I call bullshit!

Obamas response:

on a different note:

THANK YOU CAMPBELL BROWN! ROFL!

alejandro and a blue VW bug.

2008-09-23T14:54:00.001-04:00

need i say more...

thats my girl...

2008-09-23T10:38:00.002-04:00

Drudge Report Flash:
MSNBC's RACHEL MADDOW beats CNN's KING, 9PM ET 9/15-19/08

1,720,000 to 1,678,000...

end of an era

2008-09-19T11:00:00.001-04:00

after 6+ years.. i leave.

time to celebrate!!!

como sabe?

2008-09-17T12:28:00.003-04:00

como es que cada ves que estoy media depre o... preocupada , o lo que sea.. siempre sabe? Que le digo?
Solo que algo esta mal..ni yo mismo se que es...
Pero con esta distancia.. que le voy ha estar contando eso?? Acaso puede ayudar?? No.. no puede hacer nada así que mejor me callo y no le digo nada. Pero me acaba de llamar. "Que te pasa? Algo esta mal...que te sucede? Hay algo que no me dices?"

Me quede fría..."no mami..todo bien..."

Me da pena mentir pero...que mas me toca.

Tampoco es que algo este "mal" Todo va bien.. pero.. no se.. me siento como que algo me falta.. como que un de estos días.. todo se irá a la quiebra. No..no le voy a decir nada.. mejor me callo...

mejor me callo....

ROFL...

2008-09-16T11:55:00.005-04:00

L...L...Lii...

ROFL!(watch minute 2:00)

rachel, will you marry me??

:P

it's official

2008-09-11T10:22:00.002-04:00

I have a crush on Rachel Maddow...

Obama: 'Spare me'

2008-09-10T14:19:00.000-04:00

more reasons to love keith olbermann

2008-09-04T16:22:00.005-04:00

he likened palin to Dolores Unbridge! ROFL!!!

watch for it at 2:05...

:P

btw.. i'm starting to really like rachel maddow..

lucky

2008-09-03T15:21:00.003-04:00

So things are hectic at work...
Hectic as in annoying...
Annoying as in I'm ready to kill some people...

It's OK though because gavin just stopped by to give me a coffee...

Honestly, having him come here and give me a hug and cup of coffee makes me so happy i feel like i can deal with anything.

:)

cry baby...

2008-08-26T14:55:00.002-04:00

so i'm off this week.. which mean i get to be home and work.. but it also means i have time on my hands..

time to watch the notebook and have a good cry..
time to sit here and listen to tori amos at full volume while i work..

I think its a bad thing to have time on my hands....i end up just crying for no reason...i dunno why.. i'm happy right now.. just...guess a good cry now and again isn't too bad...right??

i should just listen to something else..but...can't seem to

sigh....

que mujer!

2008-08-26T11:41:00.001-04:00

fashionista

2008-08-08T09:40:00.003-04:00

Laundry day. The one time a week like clockwork when i decide to wear blue jeans and an ___ colored t-shirt.
I tend to go through phases when i decide i need to actually act like a normal person and force myself to wear color. These phases never last very long though...be it because i usually end up spilling something on myself thus propelling my return to safe stain disguising black or out of sheer laziness. But here i am..wearing blue. Mental note everyone! :P

My sister has said in the past that she would love to go shopping with me. teach me something about being girlie. She is the kind of person who is always dressed amazingly. Effortlessly casual but elegant. I tend to shy away from shopping .. generally hate.. I've been better about it recently though. I might take her up on that trip someday..actually have a wardrobe that consists of more than black tank tops and black jeans. hehe

green team!

2008-08-06T14:49:00.003-04:00

See more Will Ferrell videos at Funny or Die

so wrong....so very very wrong..

ha!

also....

2008-08-01T15:55:00.002-04:00

*jumps up and down*
btw, i'm loving the dark tone of this trailer...yay!

yay art!

2008-08-01T10:50:00.003-04:00

yeah, i'll probably have to go see this....

shivers

2008-07-29T14:48:00.004-04:00

I'm starting to get annoyed now.
My arachnophobia is starting to interfere with my wii gaming. :(

Can't i shoot zombies without worrying about spiders??
what the frak?

amor

2008-07-25T11:23:00.003-04:00

This is going to be a very annoying post for most people. Sorry in advance...

This week has been a very tumultuous week for relationships. I've been counseling people left and right. I'm happy to do it, after all I've had more than my share of fucked up relationships and sleepless nights crying over a broken heart and if i didn't have my friends and family around me i might have gone mad. So this isn't a complaint about being there for people. But when you hear these kinds of problems and are in a relationship yourself, it stands to reason that you'd reflect on the health of your own love life.

Gavin and i have been together for almost three years now. It started quick when we met at the dojo. We moved in together about six months later. We're in a committed relationship and have plans for the future, you know, that whole deal. We've had some fights but when I stop and think about it most of our arguments end up with us laughing. That's if it's a real argument...which most of the time it's not. It'll be just one of us being in a touchy mood and needing to unwind. Nothing some sex or a stupid movie or cuddling can't solve. Maybe it's because of our personalities. We're very different when it comes to a lot of stuff. I'm social, he's generally not...I enjoy going to clubs every so often and he prefers staying home and having a beer with some friends and playing a game or watching a movie. Some of the music he likes sounds like noise to me and some the music I like sounds trite to him. But we're both non-confrontational. We rather not argue if we can help it, and we tend to realise when one of us is having a bad day and squash things early before they get out of hand. And when two people are like that...arguments are few and far between. We both rather hold each other than fight.

Now, I'm not going to say our relationship is perfect. But it's the calmest and happiest that I've ever been when it comes to relationships. I guess what I'm trying to say is that hearing about others' problems with their significant other makes me appreciate my own relationship all the more. Totally obnoxious, i know.

It's just been a long week and I feel extremely grateful to be with someone i'm so in love with and who understands me and makes me smile...

wow.

2008-07-24T15:53:00.001-04:00

this is heartbreaking...

Obama speech @ Tiergarten Park in Berlin

2008-07-24T15:03:00.001-04:00

frontlines and rome

2008-07-16T15:52:00.002-04:00

I'm not a violent person.. but recently...

Having finished GTA we, ages after it's release, finally began playing gavins game. It's been fun but after being used to the auto aiming of GTA i'm sucking ass. It's funny though, I've never played a game like this before. It's war, you kill people and complete objectives. Period. Just Never realized explosions can be so satisfying.

Also, we've gotten into watching Rome (my review: Pullo Rocks)to quench our BSG withdrawal. Blood, sex, more blood, beheadings, crucifixions and mass stabbings.

Why am i becoming so violent in my recreational activities? Does this mean something? Or does it mean that i need to get out more?

:\ hmmm