Feeling lonely in a room filled with people. It’s a cliché. And I’m living it. I am working in a friendly environment, sometimes chitchatting away with my coworkers in the next cubes. But something is missing with them. Then again, only a few people at my new work share my interests. No one is this geeky. Or random. I miss my old coworkers so much sometimes it physically hurts. Angela, my former manager, said it best that we could never find such camaraderie again anywhere else we go. We, first and most importantly, all shared the common hatred of the...
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Rick Romero from KABC-TV Stopped By Chris’ house to do a story on blogging. So keep your eyes on your local ABC 7 for the Frenchy!...
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Something triggered the alarm on 33rd floor, so a few floors above and below had to evacuate 5 floors below. That was my first one here. A little flashback of the at least once a week fire alarm at Fluor Tower my freshman year in college. Our building had just been renovated. The alarm was the “pull here” kind. Not “break glass” kind, and situated right by the fire stairs. So what did people do? Ran down the hall, pulled the alarm, and exited the building. We had to wake up in the middle of the night at the oddest...
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Welcome to the world, Amelia “Mia” Morgan Cactus-Fish! Congrats to new parents Chris “Rude Cactus” and wife Beth “So the Fish Said”! Traditionally for Thais, they give a little gold bracelet for the baby. You know, Thai culture is tied with gold. It’s something that adorn you now, and you can pawn when destitute. Great gift for all occasions. But all I can do for you today, the Bean Cactus-Fish, is to wish you good health, much joy, and plenty of success. One day, Chris, I could buy your grand kid a gold bracelet instead. 😉...
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So, the 10 year high school reunion came and went. And I had a blast! Friday night, the day before the actual reunion, we had a mini-reunion at Amber’s parents’ house in Laguna Niguel. Last I saw Amber was at my wedding. She came out from Colorado for that one. And this time, she brought her beautiful 7-year-old daughter Brittany with her. It was great to see her folks again as well. Boy, Amber’s little sister Alicia is all grown up. 19 and pre-med at fucla. She’s not the little reddish blonde haired little girl we all remembered!! None of...
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