Background Noise: Sportscenter, top 10 of 2004
Last website visited: um, the post page?
Mood: 2/3rds of the way through the bottle...
Right now i want...

first, a public service announcement: listen to your Whole Foods wine and cheese workers: they know their stuff. along those lines, i'd like to thank Kevin, the employee who pulled the new year's eve shift for recommending my the fabulous bottle of champagne i'm enjoying now. i've never actually liked champagne before, and Kevin changed my mind.

second, i am now addicted to the first season of Dead Like Me. No, my parents don't have Showtime (and neither do i, for that matter), but my buddy Ben showed me the pilot of the series (a 2 hour special, no less) and i HAD to buy the rest. Oh well, i wasn't sure what to do with that Borders gift card anyways :-P i suppose i should say thanks, Aunt Emily and Family. I'll enjoy the series in good health. Here's to Dead Like Me's new distributor (still to be named) releasing the second season on DVD so i can watch it as well.

third.... hmm, is there suppose to be a third? oh yes, i remember. i have a new delicious premise for my movie for work. Oh, i'm sorry, i should backtrack a bit. I've been instructed (ordered?) to make a 5 minute movie for work - using our software and equiptment - in order to better understand the plight of our users. Doesn't my boss know that a 5 minute movie qualifies as a masters thesis at some universities? oh well, onwards i go. this actually shouldn't be too much of an issue, i have friends who have studied film and drama and music, i should be able to cobble together a storyline and some people to act in you basic 5 min POS. but here's the thing: i don't want it to suck. In fact, i'm going to attach my standard bar for excellence to this charming, short, project. I not only want it to be good, but to be a showcase for those friends of mine who i may coerce into working on it.

oh yeah, bring on the pain.

:) i can't wait.

i love projects.

... i was going to talk about my fabulous new idea, wasn't i? nevermind :)




i fly back to california tomorrow. to work, and move, and find a car, and define a life. but you know what? i'm not dreading it as much as i used to. i think i've actually managed to relax on my whirlwind trip home. and i've remembered not only how special (and friggen cool) my job is - and how lucky i am, but that there is more to life than work and sleep, and i should embrace that as much as i can. and i'm heading back with clean laundry, so it can't all be bad.

i've also realized that i'm proud of what i've accomplished in this last year, and i'd like to continue on the path that i've started. and somehow, i'll be ok.

while i'm here, i'd like to wish my little brother all the luck (and fun) in the world in starting at U of M this term: i have a feeling college is going to put him flat on his back a few times, but i'm sure he'll be able to bounce back up better than before. i'm so proud of him for working hard to get what he wanted. i'd also like to wish that my little sister has a good term, and learns to calm down and figure out exactly what it is that she wants. i know she'll get it, whatever it may be. i love both of you more than i can say.

to my parents, i am growing to understand how much i owe you, and how much i appreciate, love, and admire you both. i am lucky to be your daughter, and i am even luckier to be in a position to understand how much you have given me.

And to my fabulous and varied friends: i love all of you, and i'm amazed daily by your person and your potential.

wow, i guess this has turned out to be a new year's post after all. go figure :)

again, happy new year :)