commitment-phobia

Also known as writer's block.

I know what I want to write. I've got reams of handwritten drafts on paper. But for whatever reason, when I stare at the computer screen, I can't seem to get it out.

Grr. My first deadline for essays is fast approaching (eg is 30 mins!) and I've not got a complete essay on file yet.

HELP!

hack! hack! hack!

I have this neighbor that goes into hacking-coughing fits every now and then. I'm trying to remember if he does it nightly, or if it just happens every Saturday night. I mean, its really, really bad... I'd say that he's coughing up an internal organ, but I don't think he'd have any left.

Its disturbing (and kinda gross).

the worst spam offenders

... are, perhaps surprisingly, business schools.

I stupidly signed up for an MBA fair with my real email address, and in the 2 days since, I've gotten emails for 23 business schools. TWENTY THREE. Most of which are not in the US, are online, or are wtf.

Ugh. Now I need to figure out how to put a filter on.

uh, wtf?

A coup in Thailand? To heal intense conflicts? What conflicts?

Have I just missed the last 20 years?

happy for hiper

My favorite team, most of whom reside in Boston, came out this week for BEA World. So we headed off to a happy hour that turned into six...


Me and Jen. She's 7 inches taller than me.


Andy, JohnMc, and Scott


Topher and Joseph


Yes, he really is a foot and a half taller than me


Ilan, our favorite PM, and Jen


JohnMc and Scott


Jose, eating.


Chicken wings!

My only conclusion of the night? I'm short.

BABY!

Cutest picture ever...


I was trying to take a picture of Bennie, and Brindo wanders up with a "what's going on?" expression just as the camera went off.

Ok, this one is pretty darn cute too:



I miss my babies :-(

the little 3-0

Well, its come and gone... I'm officially 30. I woke up on Saturday, and my back hurt. Whether its because I spent most of Thursday night vomitting in A's bathroom or because I'm getting old is up for grabs.

On Thurs, the co-workers and I headed to Cigar Bar for some drinks. Glasses of wine turned into bottles, and I just have no desire to look at alcohol again.

The next day, another co-worker stopped me in the hallway. "Hey, sorry I didn't make it last night," he said.

"Its ok," I groaned. "I'm not entirely sure I made it either."

My very awesome coworkers:


Scott, enjoying life while running a bug bash


Me, Caius and cigar


Carol and Crutch


Me, Ari, Topher, and the cigar


John Kim!


Tim and Frederic

*~*~*~*
The bday festivities continued on Sunday, when I hosted a Hawaiian BBQ at home for my closest friends. There was WAY too much food... so much that I brought leftovers in to work on Tuesday and managed to stuff 7 people. But there was also my favorite cake from Tartine (thanks Fern). It almost collapsed under the weight of all those candles!


So many candles, too little cake!

"Jesus, I must confess
That in all my loneliness
I've forsaken and I've sinned
Leaving fragments of a man so broken

Mother Mary full of grace
In my weakness, I've lost faith
I've been careless, and I have been warned
And the devil inside me is torn
God bless the men that I have scorned"

Christina Aguilera
"Mercy on Me", Back to Basics