don't get me wrong... i like outer space. i love that we have a rover on mars. i think it is the best thing since sliced bread. i also know that the money coming from the 28.8% general fund cut to the CSU ($771 million) has nothing to do with the space program. BUT! WHY A MAN ON THE MOON? the initial downpayment for the program to put a man on the moon will require $1 billion of new funding. that is $229 million less than the CSU system needs to continue providing the excellent … [Read more...]

i've not been writing because i've been trying to implement skining on my site. for two days i've followed the instructions, added all the new templates, played with php... and what do i have. NOTHING. there is no skinning going on here. i've contacted the lovely ladies at blogmoxie. i feel like such an idiot right now. i'm a web developer for god sakes. i know what all this stuff is. i know how it works. i get this. and i'm so confused. hopefully it won't cost me an arm and a leg. … [Read more...]

this week, the boy was the social coordinator. (unfortunately, the boy is still sick. he informed me that his father now has the cold too. what a bad girlfriend am i... sharing the cold with everyone!) the boy asked me if i wanted to go to the auto show, bowling or maybe putt-putt. i put out that if he wanted to go to the movies, i'd like to see big fish. you know it. the boy picked big fish for date night. what an excellent film! i loved every aspect of it! it was witty, clever, … [Read more...]

i'm still not over my cold. i've got these lovely headaches now, and hot and cold flashes. yesterday, i left at 3. i just wanted to take a nap. did i take a nap? no. i went and got domestic. i made chicken stock on monday night. last night, i made chicken noodle soup. although i didn't add enough spices, i thought it came out ok. then i decided that i needed to deal with all the open chex cereal boxes i had left over from my chex mix cravings in december. i whipped together a batch of … [Read more...]

my mom went back to work on friday of last week. i was sick at the time, so i really didn't care. i busied myself over the weekend... monday night was fine, i wasn't too lonely. last night was gno, so i shouldn't have been too lonely, but i was. i miss my mom being at home. it's not just the meals. really it's not. i miss having someone to talk to in the evenings. i miss having someone to sit with and bug. i miss having the phone ring. weird isn't it? i've been complaining about my … [Read more...]

about 3 months ago, i got an invitation in the mail to test drive a car. i always seem to get weird invitations like this. once i was invited by wired magazine to drive saabs all day. don't know how, but i had a BLAST driving all those saabs. i'd buy one. anyway, off track again... so, on the 27th, my dad and i went and test drove the new volkswagen phaeton. now, if you haven't heard about the volkswagen phaeton, i wouldn't be surprised. vw has been pretty hush hush about it, i think. … [Read more...]

so, i'm back from vacation. i can honestly say, i was not a good blogger while i was out. there was so much going on... but i wanted to let you know that i didn't fall off the face of the planet. the rocker was absolutely awesome over the holiday! i got a light blue box with a white ribbon for christmas! i know! tiffanys! so cool! it is a letter "g" in sterling silver... it is lovely. and then, a pink cashmere sweater! oh my god! and silver earrings! could i ask for more? NO! but … [Read more...]

ms. daisy decided that since her mom only had to work 1/2 day today that she should make the trip to san jose and get an education. she is making friends up and down the hallway... eating leftover cookies, chewing her bbq rib bouda bone and drinking water. wait, that sounds an awful lot like what she does at home. what kind of education is she getting here? that i have gullible co-workers that will give her treats? yep. that would be it. … [Read more...]

i've lost the christmas spirit. i don't know when it happened. wait, no, i know when it happened. it happened over the weekend. between not seeing the rocker on date night and spending sunday night at my dad's house, i've found myself in a very grouchy mood. i think i've mentioned that the rockers parents are in town. i've not met them yet. i tried to meet them saturday, but that didn't work. mom and i made 15 kinds of christmas cookies over the weekend, and i wanted to take some cookies … [Read more...]

it's an earthquake, it's an earthquake. ok, so it was at 11:15 am. 6.5 centered near hearst castle. it was a rollie pollie ollie one. i was sitting here thinking, "am i rolling my chair around?" but i wasn't. it was uber cool. the rocker felt it in sf too. i like earthquakes, just as long as no one gets hurt. … [Read more...]