While Brandon was down at Miramar with Justin and Erik, having a boy’s day out looking at planes at the air show and turning themselves into cooked lobsters, I labored away at my first part of my Halloween costume while watching Top Gear and Dr. Who marathon. Behold, the Jedi robe, made from scratch! Brandon helped me pin the bottom hem. It was curved so I couldn’t quite just measure 8-inch to cut all the way around and have the same length. My poor sun burned husband was at my feet, helping me shorten my robe. But it’s finished, finally....
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First of all. Last night, it rained. Rain makes me happy. It was a good start for today. And then, well, I’m going to jump the chronology here a bit because I’m a happy Trojan. Like the text I sent to Amy the Gridiron Goddess…HOLY Sanchez Batman! Mark Sanchez. Once that boy got going, he GOT going, didn’t he? Yes, another squeaking victory. But consider that the entire offensive line is the back-up players and some of them are even the back-up of the back-up players, plus a brand spanking new QB, we did okay. Thank god, our Defense held...
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50 days have passed since my mom passed away. My dad and brothers went to feed the bedridden monks at Chulalongkorn hospital in my mom’s honor. She liked to do that. (Oh yes, and the money you donate to the Thai Red Cross does go there as well.) And as I mentioned, Aunty Tim, May, Brandon and I went to Wat Pathammachat to pray and to feed the monks, the healthy ones that is. 50 days also marks the point where we can come out of mourning. I have been wearing black, white and grey clothing since mom passed away. ...
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Yep. Still home. Still sick. But I do feel better every 2 hours or so. During this course of the slow blooming cold, I have discovered a few miracle cures. 1. Johnson’s Soothing Vapor Bath. It’ll make you NEVER want to come out of that bath tub again until the whole cold thing passes. 2. Iced Tea, lightly sweetened. Lots of it. Especially POM Pomegranate Lychee Green Tea and my big ol’ pot of jasmine green tea saves the day. 3. Homemade Chicken Soup. I have NEVER been so grateful for that big fat vat of chicken soup I made...
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Y’all, finally the week for social calendar explosion has ended. Last night in Santa Monica proved to be a lot of fun. Elan, a former coworker from the dot com, is in town from her current home in Cambridge with her friend Jesse. Joining us were other dot com survivors Joyce, Terri, and Allen. We hung out, ate, caught up and gossiped over the intermittent screams of Chicago Bears fans at Barney’s Beanery. Much fun! It wasn’t a late night as some had to work, some was jetlagged and some needed her rest to get better. 🙂 Now, my sick-ass...
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Dear Fellow Trojans, I made us lose today. I did not watch the game as I was in Fullerton attending the Orange County Police Canine Association annual benefit show. I have watched almost every USC games for the past few seasons with the exceptions of a few out-of-the-country moments. Today, I did intentionally not watch the game. Our team seemed to know it. And they beat themselves to a point where Stanford beat us. By having been absent from watching the game, I jinxed it. And we lost. Our defeat tonight is entirely my fault. For that, I apologize. With...
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