last day of the year working it right now. what a way to spend the last day of the year. i guess i should have called in sick, but i’m not that kind of person now am i. i’m not sure what i’m going to do tonight, as far as new year’s eve celebrating goes. doug and saori did give me a two nice bottles of sake for christmas…that might warm the belly up tonight …and a big belly it is!

here is the song list for the september mix - presented in order: ordinary day - vanessa carlton goodbye to you - michelle branch underneath it all - no doubt empires - lamya floetic - floetry i against i - massive attack featuring mos def if i could go - angie martinez featuring lil mo and sacario complicated - avril lavigne girlfriend (remix) - nsync featuring nelly all eyez on me - monica steve mcqueen - sheryl crow wrong impression - natalie imbruglia a sorta fairytale - tori amos in my place - coldplay day is done - charlie hunter quartet featuring norah jones

First off, album update: added Santa Cruz II Beach Boardwalk album to the Christensens 2002 Visit area. Now on to some venting. I’ve been laid off from work since Wednesday. I know it hasn’t been that long but I’ve been feeling antsy. I guess it’s just because I’ve had friends that haven’t found a job since the beginning of the year! I guess will see how the next weeks (hopefully only weeks) go.

for august, the mix includes (in order) most high - jerzee happy - ashanti dilemma - nelly featuring kelly rowland i need a girl (part ii) - p. diddy why don’t we fall in love - amerie down 4 u - ja rule, ashanti, charli baltimmore and vita two wrongs - wyclef jean featuring claudette ortiz the sweetest thing - lauryn hill brotha - angie stone rainy dayz - mary j.

I’ve been feeling under the weather since Wednesday. I haven’t been to work, fighting this stuffy-head-congestion thing that is bugging the heck out of me. Hopefully, I’ll start feeling better soon, as my days at eGain wind-down and I start the job-hunting process. My last day on the job is Wednesday. I’ll work on the site here and there if possible. There are only a couple more albums to post, so more pictures need to be taken soon

Hello again! Welcome to the new layout for Janella.com. Yes, I know: changes again? Well, it has been a couple of months since I’ve done something to the pages, right? There are some new albums posted, listed under the new album pages (for some reason). Check them out. I’ll be posting a couple of others soon enough. Also, the latest browser versions would be best to view the pages. So this means that you should be using either Internet Explorer 6.

I was just notified my services are no longer required at eGain Communications. My job ends on August 7, 2002. Strangely I don’t feel that bad about not having a steady flow of income from a source other than Unemployment Insurance! I think it is time to move on and look for something else. We’ll see what lies ahead.

First cool story of the day.

Nice day today. Not as hot as they said it would be. Hopefully, the rest of the week will be fine. Today we had an impromptu Good Cooking episode with Lotte, Fina, and John. Pictures, as always, will be posted at a later time. I’ve been trying to organize some items on the website to best navigate through several layers of pictures. Once this is done (in about three weeks if given enough time) I’ll be able to post regularly again.

Staying up pretty late tonight. I’m just enjoying the last two days of vacation. I’ll write a little later about what happened during my vacation. Right now I just wanted to test out the new structure of the pages to see if this blog makes it through. I put the pages in the password protected area because too many non-members were emailing with silly questions or just plain spam! Anyway, going to go to bed now.

The June 2002 CD mix is: Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why The Cranberries - Never Grow Old Alanis Morissette - That I Would Be Good (unplugged) Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles Michelle Branch - All You Wanted Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Train - Drops Of Jupiter Jack Johnson - Flake Moby - We Are All Made of Stars The Strokes - Last Nite The Coors with Bono - When the Stars Go Blue Fat Joe - What’s Luv?

Wow, what a weekend. Kayla had her annual dance recital on Saturday. I got to try shooting pictures with the N80 and 800-speed film. I was really worried it wouldn’t come out but they did. I just need a better telephoto lens I think? The picture scans (cd rom) didn’t come out great compared to the prints so I may have to delay posting those pictures. Sunday found us in a park in Santa Cruz for Rex’s parents’ 50th anniversary!

The class didn’t go too well last night. I’m having problems with printing pictures correctly. I’m getting a little discouraged. Thankfully the class is almost over. Only two weeks left! I’m also worried about this weekend. Tomorrow is Kayla’s dance recital. I’m going to break out and try taking pictures with the N80 and 800-speed film, since the lighting will be low. I’m just fearful that the pictures won’t turn out.

well, I’ve been on vacation since thursday, which was an interesting day in itself. I helped someone get into an accident on that day. how did i do that you ask? well, kayla was over. we decided to go get my truck washed and then go to blockbuster to find a movie. well, i took the wrong turn off of mary and headed to blockbuster before going to the car wash.

Well, I gave in to the Blog. I wanted to be able to update this portion of the website from wherever I may be (e.g., work, school, home, Europe ;)) so I jumped on the Blogger bandwagon. It’s actually a pretty cool tool for updating news/journal/diary-type stuff. I guess I could also go on a freehand rampage about the state of the world or television or something. I might just do that shortly.

Introducing the new home page! This is where I will mainly write things that I think are interesting, but in reality, might be boring to you. What you will find here also are site updates. I decided to remove the Babble and Photo Journal sections, combining them into the easier first page. So you don’t necessarily need to scroll through the long list in the photo gallery to find out what is newly posted.