i've been wanting to change the design of my website for a long time..but never took the time to do so. i was suddenly inspired to do so yesterday. hope you like it. it's a lot more updated now, especially with links to friends' websites.
the other day, fred invited me to watch the mariners game against the A's with his team in the specially rented out microsoft box seats area. fancy. the seats were really cushiony and we had as much hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad and drinks as we wanted. how nice it must be to be working for a company that has loads of profit already.
Friday, June 28, 2002
Thursday, June 27, 2002
so...yeah...hi. i haven't written in a long time. about a month. i'm still here. i'm still alive. things are still happening in my life. i just haven't written about them. i tend to go back and forth and back and forth every once in awhile regarding keeping this online journal. the initial purpose was to just let my long distance friends keep up with my life. but it's strange now that i have coworkers, close local friends and even complete strangers asking when i'm going to update this thing. it's not like i'm surprised...but i've come to realize how private of a person i really am. for the most part, i'm pretty open to disclosing the details of my life...but..it's just different on the 'net, y'know? because i really limit myself from talking about the things that irk me, i just end up only talking about the random daily things that happen to me....which, might be interesting to read. but in reality, i'm sure, it's just frankly boring unless you already know me and the people that i mention. thus, i question why i have this journal if i don't really allow myself to spill some of my more inner thoughts on life. hmmm.
quick update over this last month: went to aaron's graduation from RISD in providence which was awesome. i'm so proud of my little brother and i hope he realizes that. i sometimes feel like he resents me in some way, being the older one....that he needs to prove himself to me somehow. maybe i'm reading into it wrong but in reality, i've always been so happy with his accomplishments and could only wish i allowed myself to explore my creative path as much as he has. now, he's blossomed into this amazing artist and i really feel that he will go so far in life with something that he is passionate about.
my first asian boyfriend, dan lu, got married the same day that aaron graduated. Congrats Dan. I'm so happy for you and Rebecca. he's my first ex-boyfriend to get married (that I know of). Kinda weird. that is, that concept. i'm bummed that i couldn't go to the wedding as much as I wanted to. He's such a dear friend and wish him the best.
smith's collection of art has made its way to the seattle art museum in an exhibition titled "From Corot to Picasso" and will be here until september. i went to a "special evening" for smith alumnae this last week which was really nice. if you're in seattle, you should see the exhibition if you can--mostly impressionists.
In addition to my regular salsa classes, Owen's girlfriend, Amy, has convinced me to start taking African Dance classes with her. I've been to a few now and absolutely love it. the attitude is really let-loose, kick-back, have-fun. One of the best things about the class is the fact that there are always live drummers which really empowers you to just let everything go and put your all into it. Another great thing about the class is that it's located right on Lake Washington Blvd...so after class, the view is always incredibly beautiful. It amazes me how I can't stand running on the treadmill for 10 minutes; yet, I can dance intensely for 1.5 hours.
at work, i'm now working completely as a program manager...although I'm still trying to dust off web dev as I'm still listed as the Mktg Web Dev Mngr in the phonetool. It's a weird feeling--I've been in webdev for 3 years and loved it. But I'm completely psyched about this new move as it's something I've wanted to do for awhile and I think it better aligns with my long term career plans. The transition has been a bit rough with my (new) manager being out of the office a lot. Plus, there's very little formal training. I can't wait til I start feeling more comfortable in this new role.
Oh, and Thomas and I broke up...again. This time for good. I haven't heard from him in about 4 weeks :-( For some reason, I'm surprised. We didn't end things badly...in fact, it was a really really amiable breakup that ended in smiles and a hug. So...I thought by now, I'd at least hear a hello from him. [sigh] It's really unfortunate the way things ended between me and him. At the time of the breakup, we still cared for each other and were still attracted to each other. It was purely out of a random chain of events, wrong assumptions and circumstances that we are where we are now. But I guess that just attests to our [lack] of really really solid communication. I know deep down that we probably aren't the best for each other. But we made each other laugh...which I had never really felt in any other relationship. Like--really really laugh. And that felt so good. I miss that. I just hope that he finds it in him to be able to muster the ability to be friends with me. I really do enjoy his company. But for now, I'll just have to wait.
Thus, in this last month, I've basically been single girl again, trying to fill my days up with more activities--such as going to the gym more often, taking 2 dance classes, and trying to get back into yoga again. And it feels great. I also feel like I'm hanging out with a lot of people that I haven't seen in a long time again.
parents are coming to visit next week for a whole week. trying to think of things to do with them.
quick update over this last month: went to aaron's graduation from RISD in providence which was awesome. i'm so proud of my little brother and i hope he realizes that. i sometimes feel like he resents me in some way, being the older one....that he needs to prove himself to me somehow. maybe i'm reading into it wrong but in reality, i've always been so happy with his accomplishments and could only wish i allowed myself to explore my creative path as much as he has. now, he's blossomed into this amazing artist and i really feel that he will go so far in life with something that he is passionate about.
my first asian boyfriend, dan lu, got married the same day that aaron graduated. Congrats Dan. I'm so happy for you and Rebecca. he's my first ex-boyfriend to get married (that I know of). Kinda weird. that is, that concept. i'm bummed that i couldn't go to the wedding as much as I wanted to. He's such a dear friend and wish him the best.
smith's collection of art has made its way to the seattle art museum in an exhibition titled "From Corot to Picasso" and will be here until september. i went to a "special evening" for smith alumnae this last week which was really nice. if you're in seattle, you should see the exhibition if you can--mostly impressionists.
In addition to my regular salsa classes, Owen's girlfriend, Amy, has convinced me to start taking African Dance classes with her. I've been to a few now and absolutely love it. the attitude is really let-loose, kick-back, have-fun. One of the best things about the class is the fact that there are always live drummers which really empowers you to just let everything go and put your all into it. Another great thing about the class is that it's located right on Lake Washington Blvd...so after class, the view is always incredibly beautiful. It amazes me how I can't stand running on the treadmill for 10 minutes; yet, I can dance intensely for 1.5 hours.
at work, i'm now working completely as a program manager...although I'm still trying to dust off web dev as I'm still listed as the Mktg Web Dev Mngr in the phonetool. It's a weird feeling--I've been in webdev for 3 years and loved it. But I'm completely psyched about this new move as it's something I've wanted to do for awhile and I think it better aligns with my long term career plans. The transition has been a bit rough with my (new) manager being out of the office a lot. Plus, there's very little formal training. I can't wait til I start feeling more comfortable in this new role.
Oh, and Thomas and I broke up...again. This time for good. I haven't heard from him in about 4 weeks :-( For some reason, I'm surprised. We didn't end things badly...in fact, it was a really really amiable breakup that ended in smiles and a hug. So...I thought by now, I'd at least hear a hello from him. [sigh] It's really unfortunate the way things ended between me and him. At the time of the breakup, we still cared for each other and were still attracted to each other. It was purely out of a random chain of events, wrong assumptions and circumstances that we are where we are now. But I guess that just attests to our [lack] of really really solid communication. I know deep down that we probably aren't the best for each other. But we made each other laugh...which I had never really felt in any other relationship. Like--really really laugh. And that felt so good. I miss that. I just hope that he finds it in him to be able to muster the ability to be friends with me. I really do enjoy his company. But for now, I'll just have to wait.
Thus, in this last month, I've basically been single girl again, trying to fill my days up with more activities--such as going to the gym more often, taking 2 dance classes, and trying to get back into yoga again. And it feels great. I also feel like I'm hanging out with a lot of people that I haven't seen in a long time again.
parents are coming to visit next week for a whole week. trying to think of things to do with them.
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