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here are the latest photo album additions. all are located under the ’newest additions’ album.

• Yosemite 2003
• Rex's Birthday 2003
• A Day Together in the City
• AJ Mugging for the Camera

check them out and comment when you get a chance.

[flash video of taxi ride] by tori amos. done by a fan i believe.

messing with colors and frames again.

vulgarity involved, but fun for about 5 minutes

[http://members.shaw.ca/wpgclan/whatyouare.htm]

i’m sitting here on a thursday night, contemplating life with a cold bottle of sake. otokoyama to be specific. a nice brand (and bottle) provided by doug and saori for christmas. i guess i hope it helps in stirring some thoughts that have been creeping for some time. this year has had its ups and downs already, and it’s only the 23rd day!

one of the things on my mind, at least that i can write about now, is my job situation. yahoo! in its wisdom offered me the position they promised back in october. its nice to see a company can keep a promise. but i guess what is still bugging me about the position is its place in the company. i mean i was doing the same thing about seven years ago. but as i’ve told others with this economy, especially the Valley’s economy, its tough to fnd something. so i should be very happy for what i have now. and i am.

i was supposed to have a meeting with my supervisor today, a one-o-one but it fell through. can’t blame the guy as he is tremendously busy. but i just want to get started on my career path again. i’m going to have to pin him down next week to have the talk.

went to lotte, andy and farrah’s place up in the City to watch to super bowl, and move a tv up there too. the place was nice and big, but the game was long and terrible to watch if you were rooting for the raiders.

you figure the raiders would put up a better fight after taking 19 years to get back to the big game. plus all the veterans they had on the team. i haven’t read all the analysis about the game, but i thought it was mentioned that gruden, the bucs coach, anticipated most of the plays called by the raiders. that would make for a long game.

all in all it was a good sunday except for the game.

it’s pretty late right now but wanted to jot down a few thoughts from today. we went to go see [VAREKAI] in san jose. the show was great, and it was the trabers’ and my mom’s first experience. the show and the experience is difficult to describe, so you may want to read more through the link provided above.

went to stacks yesterday with dave for a little monday brunch on my day off. stacks is a pretty good breakfast/lunch place in campbell. i guess, according to dave, it’s a well known place in redwood city. i guess i don’t know my bay area dining places that well.

so after working out the belly i had to hit the gym. the computer to log in to my workout routine seemed to be surprised by my presence. went through the routine (treadmill, weights, got the heart rate to 132, etc.) and now i’m sore. i guess that’s a good thing. part of the new year’s resolutions, right?

speaking of new year’s resolutions, here is the list so far:

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big list, huh?

listening to diana krall’s Live in Paris on a nice drizzling day. too bad i’m at work right now, otherwise it would almost be perfect. i’m still working on those new year’s resolutions.

oh man…my mouth feels like its been punched a hundred times. went to the dentist today for only the second time in…well, in quite a long time. they had to prep a crown as well as do some deep gum cleaning on my left-side of my mouth. lucky me, i get to go back in two weeks to get the actual crown, then subject myself to the right-side deep gum cleaning. so remember kids don’t forget to brush and floss everyday!

right now i am so hungry, but the pain in my mouth and jaw (from where i received the lidocaine injection) hurt so much i don’t think i can chew. steak anyone?

vote for what the california state quarter should look like.

it was a nice foggy morning when i got up at 6 AM. i was planning to go up to the City and take some pictures. but the fog, along with the crunchy (can’t explain it otherwise) feeling in my throat has changed my mind today. funny how this feeling doesn’t stop me from going to get a delicious venti mocha from starbucks!

right now the fog in sunnyvale has cleared. i’m not sure what the rest of the day has in store for me. i haven’t thought that far ahead. all i hope is that i’m getting over this crunchy feeling.