diddly squat

Ditto

2011-06-09T22:21:00.001-07:00

"Don't build failure into one more project. If you do, don't burn out your people to clean up the mess. It's bad for your game, it's bad for your company, and it's bad for the industry. Fix the underlying problem instead."

It might be time

2011-06-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

Pretty soon I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands. Since I finally figured out this twitter facebook shenanigans, I think its time to blog again.

I've been daydreaming everyday, thinking about what I'm going to do first when I'm free from the corporate world. (4 more days)

I wanna know what its like to wake up in the morning and not have to rush anywhere. Just have my cup of coffee and enjoy the morning. Maybe do some yoga, or take the girls for a walk.

Been wanting to update my website and portfolio for some time. So this is definitely on the list of to dos.

Maybe the first thing I should do is start checking off the things on the list thats been on the fridge for weeks...weeks.

Addicted to hipstamatic

2011-06-06T11:41:00.001-07:00

Who knew donuts can be so dramatic.

It must be hot

2010-09-28T17:23:00.001-07:00

Scout really loved her ice cube. Reggie was a princess as usual. I had to put her ice cube in a bowl.

Seriously, why am I so jealous?

2010-09-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

Watched my favorite Korean boy in his new drama last night. The dream scenes were driving me nuts. I kept telling Hyun Joong to stop touching her. I'm such a girl.

Mission accomplished

2010-08-21T22:48:00.001-07:00

Finally some curtains.

My new obsession

2010-08-13T17:15:00.001-07:00

My finger tips are numb but I'm having fun.

It is more fun to eat apples this way

2010-06-24T21:57:00.000-07:00

What to do what to do

2010-03-25T20:23:00.000-07:00

When you're on the freeway and a fender from the side of the road is coming at you. You let it hit you.

I couldn't do anyhjng else. The person behind me was one car length away. If I breaked, he would of hit me. If I swerved to the right, I would of hit someone. If I swerved to the left the damn thing would of still hit me.

Extreme scrabble

2010-03-21T03:04:00.001-07:00

Team Edward or team Jacob

2010-03-19T20:09:00.001-07:00

Dear Uncle Sam

2010-03-12T18:11:00.001-08:00

Really? Thanks for saving me some.

The perfect work environment

2010-03-09T19:45:00.001-08:00

Sitting on the couch with Scout and Reggie and Ji Hoo on the big screen.

Google translate

2010-03-08T15:11:00.000-08:00

Genius

Dland day with the cuzzos

2010-03-07T20:01:00.001-08:00

Captain EO
I didn't care for the shaking but still good.

Expressionless Space Mountain.
Who won?

Buzz Lightyear.
Surprise surprise. Look who won.

Up next.
Alice in Wonderland

Yummy

2010-03-04T21:43:00.001-08:00

Baked oysters with leeks and parmesan.

Hey, I made that!

2010-03-03T19:52:00.001-08:00

Went through the Nature media options guide for 2010 today and found a flash banner ad that I made. What heck! That thing is over 3 years old. Of all things to get published.

Still made my day.

RIP

2010-03-03T19:46:00.001-08:00

It really died this time. I couldn't bring it back to life.

Goodbye my dear iPod.

Hungry yet entertained

2010-03-02T21:05:00.000-08:00

Where do I sign up?

2010-03-02T00:57:00.001-08:00

oh oh

2010-03-01T22:49:00.001-08:00

No more coffee filters. No more coffee. Not good.

The Brand Quiz

2010-03-01T22:34:00.000-08:00

I failed. Someone give me the answers.

www.thebrandquiz.com

Dear Anonymous,

2010-03-01T22:23:00.000-08:00

Please stop leaving irrelevant comments on my blog.
Thanks

Like this

2010-02-26T10:12:00.000-08:00

Distractions

2010-02-26T07:58:00.001-08:00

Woke up at 5 a.m. to work, but haven't done anything. Darn you Hyun Joong! Why are you so mesmerizing!?

Memories

2010-02-25T19:25:00.001-08:00

2 a.m.

2010-02-25T02:03:00.000-08:00

Is the latest I will stay up for you, unicaca!!

Double HJ break

2010-02-24T00:49:00.000-08:00

I can watch this all day.

Challenge accepted

2010-02-23T07:25:00.000-08:00

Year of the ox + baby picture + old school mini cooper + Chinese characters = birth announcement

I'd rather be doing....

2010-02-21T22:05:00.000-08:00

anything else besides this manual.

How do you make this pretty?

F = 80
logEC50 = logECF – (1/HillSlope)*log(F/(100 – F))
Y = Bottom + (Top – Bottom)/(1 + 10^((LogEC50 – X)*HillSlope))

I might need to start color coding

2010-02-19T13:00:00.000-08:00

You just never know

2010-02-09T19:53:00.001-08:00

With 2 beagles stuck indoors because of rain, you just never know what you will come home to.

Tired from a long day at work, I come home to find a trail of rice from the kitchen to the backyard. How they got a bag of rice is a mystery to me. The sound the vacuum made was pretty interesting.

Oh email blast

2010-02-09T13:56:00.001-08:00

how I hate you. Now you have to drag me into a meeting. You at ruining my life.

Frickin UNICA

2010-02-09T00:30:00.000-08:00

has me working til 12:30 am

HJL Break

2010-02-08T23:20:00.000-08:00

So annoying...

2010-02-08T09:56:00.000-08:00

getting ready for work. Why can't we all just work at home in our pajamas everyday.

I love these boys!

2010-02-05T21:29:00.000-08:00

Lost in the jungle

2010-02-05T16:28:00.000-08:00

Working from home...

2010-02-04T09:14:00.000-08:00

Better for my health.

Went from smoking half a pack to 2 cigarettes.

Take three deep breaths

2010-01-29T09:39:00.000-08:00

Life Lesson # XX

2010-01-25T08:48:00.000-08:00

Do not drive through a flooded area no matter how shallow you think it is.

Beautiful People—Kim Hyun Joong

2010-01-21T00:19:00.000-08:00

This guy has me listening to Korean music all day. I'm not Korean.

Hello my name is...

2010-01-12T01:11:00.000-08:00

and I'm a Boys Over Flowerholic

A fancy room for fancy people

2009-12-28T13:54:00.000-08:00

Had drinks at the Ritz Carlton Saturday night.

Finally done

2009-12-24T14:44:00.001-08:00

This years handmade Christmas gifts. 5 scraves and 4 calendars. Now I just have to bake 2 batches of macaroons.

Dear Nathan

2009-12-03T09:21:00.000-08:00

Why the hell didn't you do that solo the night viewers were voting? Maybe you shouldn't of cried. Hey, at least you made top 10.

xoxo
diddly squat

What a nice day

2009-11-27T16:32:00.000-08:00

In bed with Reggie reading eclipse (for the hundredth time) listening to the new moon soundtrack.

Reggie's funny haircut

2009-11-25T11:46:00.001-08:00

Picked up Reggie from the hospital last night. She is doing really well. She's walking, turning her head, and is even trying to jump. (How do you prevent a dog from jumping, who knows)

She got that twinkle back in her eye.

Birds or bats

2009-11-18T09:10:00.000-08:00

Been thinking about it for weeks. Didn't know what to do with my new cubicle. Went with these birds. Sometimes I think they look like bats. Maybe I'll paint them white.

On it's way out

2009-11-17T20:09:00.000-08:00

My second generation iPod has been acting up. It will play a few songs and then freeze. This morning it actually erased all it's data. I think it wants to retire. But I've had it for so long, I don't want to part with it.

Doodle of the day

2009-11-02T17:46:00.001-08:00

If I had a bike

2009-11-02T16:11:00.000-08:00

This rack bag would be a must have.

It's official...

2009-10-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

I'm 30. Why couldn't I be 29 forever?

Reggie's new bed

2009-10-27T23:18:00.001-07:00

Since Reggie can't jump on the couch I got her a new bed. She needs something to prop her head up so this bed really works for her.

Doodle of the day

2009-10-26T18:08:00.000-07:00

I am somebodys favorite person

2009-10-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

Momiji are message dolls...turn them upside down and inside you'll find a teeny tiny card, perfect for writing messages and sharing secrets. Spread the love!

R gave me one of these cute dolls for my 30th birthday. We planned on going to Tokyo but he brought Tokyo to me instead.

Just got back from vacation

2009-10-25T18:26:00.001-07:00

Came home to a dog with a slipped disc in her neck. What an ending to my week. My poor Reggie might need surgery if medicine and bed rest doesn't do the job.

Why are you leaving us

2009-10-15T20:17:00.001-07:00

Mia Michaels is leaving SYTYCD!!! Why! Why are you leaving us!

S Family Sunday

2009-09-28T01:14:00.001-07:00

Food, Beatles Rock Band, Pechanga, strangers fighting. Day over.

What the kids are watching

2009-09-10T01:52:00.001-07:00

I just watched One Week with Joshua Jackson. I'm inspired to take a picture next to something large.

What would you do if you were given one day, one week, or one month to live?

Started going to the gym this week...

2009-08-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

then I ate this.

Status update

2009-08-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

Killing time at BJs. Waiting for a 10 pm movie to start.

To the treaty line

2009-08-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

A fork from Forks

2009-08-12T19:49:00.000-07:00

Surprise...almost

2009-08-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

The hubby surprised me this weekend with No Doubt tickets. He kept it a secret for months but probably couldn't contain himself any longer. He slipped a few hints while we were getting ready to head up to Irvine. I figured out where we were heading before we got there. I played along til we got to the parking lot.

The concert was awesome. Gwen was amazing. And as a bonus, Paramore was one of the opening acts.

Beautiful People—Ethan Peck

2009-07-16T09:20:00.001-07:00

Add him to my list of boyfriends.

Not only is he super gorgeous, but he is, as they say, Hollywood royalty. His grandfather was the legendary Gregory Peck.

Megabyte attacks NYC

2009-07-07T08:43:00.001-07:00

Kevin is engaged

2009-07-02T08:45:00.001-07:00

What's bakin'

2009-06-21T07:38:00.001-07:00

Finally did it.

2009-06-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

Lil C

2009-06-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

Why? Maybe I should google him.

All you need is LOVE

2009-05-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

M and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary in Vegas last week. Since we didn't go to NY we thought it would be funny to stay at New York New York.

Finally got to watch The Beatles Love at the Mirage. The costumes and props were amazing. It wasn't very Cirque Du Soleil. Totally didn't get the stepping section. But other than that, the kids in the show were very amusing. I thought the shadow abbey road bit was hilarious. All you need is love almost made me cry.

Should I...

2009-05-08T12:24:00.000-07:00

paint this tree on my wall?

Domesticated

2009-05-04T10:25:00.000-07:00

It started with Friday night dinner. Made BBQ chicken and spinach dip or the cousins & co. Topped it off with some pear and blueberry pomegranate martinis for the girls.

Saturday I baked mini cheesecakes, chocolate cookie dough brownies and my new favorite coconut cookies.

FML

2009-04-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

Work is so slow. Bored out of my mind.

FML

2009-04-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

Went to the eye doctor back in October. Still on contact trials. What the heck!!

A day in Carlsbad

2009-04-26T19:13:00.000-07:00

Spring cleaning

2009-04-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Holy crap. I can see my desk.

Lotta Comments

2009-02-09T14:21:00.000-08:00

One day I was bombarded with a comments about my cubicle chic post. I was wondering why all of a sudden, then I figured it out. My cubicle design made it onto ikeahacker.

To answer some questions that came up. The monitor stand was made with a JARPEN shelf and some CAPITA legs. To stick the wallpaper up, I just used poster strength double stick tape and strategically placed heavy duty magnets. I covered the magnets with the wallpaper so they blend in.

Some additions to my cube since my original post was another vase from ikea, a desk organizer that fits nicely under my monitor stand, and a little station for my coffee press.

Psych

2009-02-09T12:45:00.000-08:00

It rained in SD all weekend. Heck. Its raining today. Suppose to have sunshine til the weekend. For now, rain boots are back.

Goodbye winter

2009-02-03T09:15:00.000-08:00

Hello sandals

Saturday

2009-01-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

Went to a funeral...fell in a hole.

I want

2008-12-08T09:25:00.000-08:00

Shirts from Cafe Press

More wedding stuff

2008-11-25T17:06:00.000-08:00

Beautiful People—Robert Pattison

2008-11-25T16:39:00.000-08:00

Love so intense I can't stand it. I watch Twilight last friday and was engulfed with Edward's love of Bella. Though the dialog had a few cheesy moments, and there was a few. The passion that these 2 actors had cancelled it all out.

Did I mention he also sings.

My new best friend

2008-09-16T15:29:00.000-07:00

Photoshop extract filter

It started at the races

2008-09-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

Had a great Labor day weekend. Went to the Del Mar races for the first time. Hard to believe since I've in SD now for almost 5 years. It was pretty exciting. I only lost 2 of my races. But we were betting WPS so we didn't win the big bucks. The horse names were hilarious.

Had a BBQ at the house so I'm a little hung over this morning. I woke up early since I forgot to marinate the chicken the night before. Made pigs in a blanket, pasta salad, and some cupcakes. I had M test the grill around 11 to see if it was running properly. Good thing I did since it died on us. We thought we had a crisis in our hands. M went to walmart and had to buy a charcoal grill. 50 bucks!! I couldn't believe it. But it was our only option since he would of had to assemble a gas grill and we had no time for that. After figuring out how charcoal worked, our mini crisis was averted. The burgers and chicken turn out great. Both sides of our family showed up plus a few of Ms friends from work. Seemed like everyone had a good time.

Pretty little things—Cuisipro® Ice Cream Scoop & Stack

2008-08-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

I need to get me one of these. Reminds me of Thrifty ice cream scoops or Rite Aid as some may know it. Brings me back to my childhood....what am I saying I still jump at the chance to get ice cream from Thrifty's. Chocolate Malted Crunch...yummy!

My family tree just got bigger

2008-08-18T09:03:00.000-07:00

Had a lot of family visiting this weekend. My weekend started on wednesday at the Angels game and from there was Soak City, the movies, and lots of Mario Party on the Wii. Before heading back to SD on Sunday, I discovered that my uncle on my dads side is a family friend of my uncle from my moms side.

I grew up not knowing anyone from my dads side of the family. He passed away before I was born and we left the PI when I was 6. So I only know my moms side of the family. Shame that I was on my way out when I met my long lost uncle. And I was in total shock so I really didn't know what to do, say or how to act. Was I suppose to run to him and hug him? I kinda just stood by the door way. I told my sister about it so maybe she can do some digging and we'll find that other half of our family.

Vices—Cigarettes, Tequila, Whiskey

2008-08-05T19:02:00.000-07:00

Sexy Coke

2008-08-05T18:53:00.000-07:00

Robert Cavalli moved on to designing coke bottles

"I had a lot of fun creating three different "dresses" for the legendary silhouette of the Coca Cola Light Contour. They are seductive and feminine, in typical Cavalli style. They’re designed for the world of young people, which has always been a great inspiration to me,"- R. Cavalli.

Only if

2008-08-04T14:31:00.000-07:00

This is adorable. Only if I had a cat.

Link to tutorial here.

Trip down memory lane

2008-08-04T10:11:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Lolas 87th brithday yesterday. We ended up watching a home movie from 1988. Tons of people with really big hair, and acid wash jeans. Lola was so young and vibrant. She still had her salt and pepper hair. And I think her hair had the most height out of everyone. I got a little teary eyed watching Lolo dancing and having such a good time, hugging and kissing everyone when the new year broke. aww...memories.

On the Tube—America's Best Dance Crew

2008-08-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed watching Boogie Bots, but they really are not in the same league as Fanny Pak, SoReal Cru, and Super Cr3w. I'm so glad American voters came to their senses and actually voted correctly last week. Now to pick top 2. SoReal Cru is inventive, creative and really clean, but I still see them as a college dance crew. I guess I'm saying top 2 should be Fanny Pak and Super Cr3w. With Jabbawockeez winning last year, I think Fanny Pak should win. We don't need another all boy, breaking group to win. Nothing against Super Cr3w, cuz I was rooting for them the whole season, but the innovation of the Fanny Pak choreographer (Matt) is totally new and exciting. Makes you want to know what else he got.

Enough with my ranting... so who are you voting for?

Love this

2008-07-22T21:46:00.001-07:00

Ultimate Stress Reliever

2008-07-22T21:25:00.000-07:00

When you've had a hard day at work, theres nothing like coming home to a klondike bar and some big balls.

I Want to Hold Your Hand....

2008-07-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

...or not. If you look closely, this ad, though clever is pretty disgusting. The first hand has a band aid on it and then there is the hairy one. Yikes.

While we were in NY we always had hand sanitizer or wipes close by. The other people on the subway must of thought we were a couple of germaphobes. The question isn't whose hand you're holding, its how many.

Kick the habit

2008-07-17T08:53:00.001-07:00

Would this smoking lounge help you kick your habit? Obviously it didn't help these two.

Lolo

2008-07-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

Today is my Lolos birthday. It been 5 years since he passed.

This might be a little bias but, he was the most loving, kind, mellow grandpa. He made trucker hats cool before Ashton Kutcher. He wore one everyday for as long as I can remember. One of his favorite shows was the Price is Right. Every time I catch Price is Right on TV, I got back to those summer days where we would sit on the couch together and watch his favorite show. I wonder what he would think of Drew Carey?

Green never looked so good

2008-07-13T22:42:00.000-07:00

R gave me Gorgeously Green for mothers day this year and since then I've been slowly introducing myself to the environments friends, natural and organic. There is a very small selection of natural home care products at target and if you don't know where to look you miss this.

J.R. Watkins Watkins Natural Home Care products. With labels this beautiful how can you not turn green. Only weird thing is, they don't sell refills?