:: promqu33n ::

:: Sunday, March 30, 2003 ::

we ran 45 min rest 1 min and then another 20 min. the funny thing is i wasn't tired. just bored. i need to talk while i run or it just seems really dull. I think i'm ready for the sun run. and my ankle didn't whine the whole time.

on another note. I was stuffing my face with burger at the home depot the other day, and this man comes up with his two kids and tells me he's been watching me eat. he says "you are so beautiful i just had to tell you". I look at him suspiciously with a mouthful of burger and mumble "uh, thanks". it was kinda nice in a creepy kinda way. then i looked around and thought is anyone else watching me eat? pickin up chicks at the home depot. smooth.

everyone came over yesterday after birthday dinner and got to witness my recent slobbiness first hand. my place has never seen so many people. but they brought the kids so it got even messier. and ice cream cake for all! mmm. this is what its all about. friends, food and the hockey game. all our friends did good and made some cute kids.

i'm so tired. picked up a few things from the office for spring cleaning. fresh fresh fresh.

      :: lilz 11:01 PM ::
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i have a hangover. a work hangover.

after 66 hours from monday to friday and 67 hours from monday to sunday last week, i think i deserve some rest. maybe permanently. you know how they say to not rag on your workplace in your blogs cuz you'll get fired. i don't even care. that would be a blessing almost. Starbucks is looking like a shining beacon in the sky.

anyways, i get to see people for my birthday this week. all you can eat! and I'll try to do a little of that running i promised myself to do. i had to pass on both runs this week cuz i sprained my ankle cabbing it to work. <sarcasm>that put me in a really good mood.</sarcasm>

lucky me. i got to wash dishes and take out garbage finally.

      :: lilz 10:34 AM ::
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i'm having a nervous breakdown. so this is what its like to be crazy. err..um...crazier. i need a shower. and a new job. send money here.

      :: lilz 8:45 AM ::
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its my birthday...! whoooeee! nothing i like better than spending it doing html and making mocks on a sunny day....luckily i get paid overtime and... oh wait..no damn i don't.

happy birthday me!

I got new curtain rods to spruce up my new place and even at half price they came out to around $150! This place is bleeding me dry...those windows alone are a money pit. Well, Mike will be a-renovating as he took all of May off for vacation. Is it vacation if you worked three times as much for it? We went to Ethan Allen to look for furniture and got these swanky catalogues that don't have prices in them. Thats where you know the rich shop here.

oh oh oh!!!! and almost forgot to mention...baby girl! congrats thanh and doris...so exciting. get those cute baby dresses ready!

on another note...i watched mortal kombat 2 yesterday and was basking in its cheap effects and overall "badness taken to a new low" and really enjoying it.

      :: lilz 10:40 PM ::
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red? yellow? ochre? neutrals? now i have lots of questions to fill my jogging time. how to paint the house...how to pay for the windows renovation...how to fix the basement....etc. but its a good feeling. i think it'll be great to be settled in. now if only we can get our work lives in order. so many things to organize. and now i'm the project manager for my new little team. i hate it. how can i organize a team when my life is a big mess. i can barely wash the dishes.

on another note, i am drowning in new kiss my face moisturizers and freebies from work so i can smell my freshest when I'm at work all day all night. mmmboy!

war started yesterday. bush gave his ultimatum and let go with the big guns. time to think about the important things in your life. don't waste time with trivial stuff.

      :: lilz 10:55 PM ::
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so its saturday.

and yes we are the proud new owners of a small piece of dirt. Our very own little piece of Vancouver. yay us! it was a long and stressful week full of inspection, introspection, and late nights to make up for skipping out of work. For better or for worse, its ours. So maybe your house is bigger, shinier, prettier. Too late. We will love our baby for what it is and what it can be and don't look back. Cuz you just have to. At least for the next few years.

I did my run on Friday night, today and now tomorrow. Its getting harder. More run less walk. Sorta like more rock less talk or something like that. Starting new projects on monday, goodbye to old blastees, and hello house.

Its a brand new day.

      :: lilz 7:05 PM ::
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we got a house...

ya ya...i know you've heard this a million times now cuz we seem to be offering on everything in sight. and we're still not sure...so really we don't have the house yet. you know those times when you just really can't make up your mind and you say yes then no then yes then...well my head hurts. its been hurting since friday afternoon.

but we have it until next saturday. and then if we still like it, we have it for life....(somewhere out there a prison door slams)

its a big scary thing. what if there's one better. what if their lot is bigger and the stove is shinier. what if i lose my job. well we've come to the conclusion that the dream home may not happen and this is it for now. until we win the lotto. and sometimes its good to just take what you get and make the best of it. or maybe thats my apathy talking? the grass will always be greener but at least we have grass now.

goodbye outside life. hello house fixin.

      :: lilz 12:00 AM ::
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so i went to one of those baby one month banquets that the chinese love to have. another good chance to pig out and see friends. (I told them at work that I refused to work this weekend...seems stupid that I need to keep saying this to them.) but anyways, a few people told me that they read my blog and that its pretty funny. i never really thought so but maybe its funny in that seinfeld-esque kinda way where nothing really happens...cuz my life is pretty boring.

funny that i think my life is boring and i keep writing about it but even funnier that other people must be equally as boring cuz they are reading bout me. but as the old chinese curse goes..."may you live in interesting times".

so "BOOO" to you olympics, looming iraqi war, rhode island fires, and crazy north koreans....and "hello!" stale nachos (without salsa cuz i finished it already), house hunting, joe millionaire, and sun running. i embrace my mediocrity!

in other news...i did my running today with the slower group in the clinic and really enjoyed the pace much better. we did the hills last and didn't go as far...and the best part was at the end where i got to do some sprints and felt really fast. at least compared to the other people in my group who were dying. you know how you see those dogs at the park running around with their ears flapping in the wind. it was that cool. i wish i could catch a frisbee in my mouth.

but i had an epiphany...i think the running is like me at work. I would really enjoy more time to slow the pace down and see the scenery but I also really love the fast pace and wind in my big doggy ears. but after a block of fast sprints, I was ready to stop. you can only do sprints for so long.

      :: lilz 5:37 PM ::
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