That one time I almost missed the GRE

September 27, 2010

Well, on Saturday I took the GRE! As you may have noticed on Twitter, the day did not start out very smoothly. In fact, it started out with me stuck in traffic for far too long on the way up to San Jose to take the test. A truck full of red peppers had tipped [...]

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Fresh Meat!! :D

September 20, 2010

This past Saturday was bootcamp/tryouts for the Monterey Bay Derby Dames. I am happy to say that Jill and I are both Fresh Meat now, which means we enter a 12-week training period before taking a written test and a skills test in order to become bout-eligible. I participated in my first practice tonight and [...]

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Day Zero project update: the 1-year mark

September 2, 2010

One year ago yesterday I started my Day Zero project. I can’t believe it’s been 365 days! Only 636 days left. So far I have accomplished 19/101 goals: Teach a class/workshop [4/30/2010] Attend SXSW [3/12–3/16/2010] Bookmark 500 interesting sites (500/500) [7/7/2010] Take a vacation to a place I’ve never been [1/16–1/18/2010] Visit Las Vegas [4/19–4/23/2010] [...]

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Roller derby tryouts, here I come!

August 27, 2010

Just a quick update to post some iPhone pictures related to roller skating. Thursday nights are roller skating nights for me and a few of my lady coworker friends. My coworker Jill has expressly forbidden me from posting pictures of her in roller skating gear anywhere on the Internet. The past two weeks we have [...]

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I wish I could go to the Monster Ball every night!

August 22, 2010
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On Tuesday night I went to see Lady Gaga at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. WHAT AN AMAZING CONCERT! In fact, it was so amazing that I already purchased tickets to her show in Oakland next spring! I left work around lunchtime, went home to do my makeup, ate a quick lunch, and headed [...]

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My boyfriend is a fancypants and I’m a wannabe derby girl.

August 15, 2010

Corner had an onsite interview on Friday for a job up in Woodland, CA. He also has an interview tomorrow for a government job in Jamaica, NY. Still no word on the jobs in the Moss Landing office. All I can say is that it’s super stressful not knowing exactly what is going on in [...]

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Quick update on grad school plans and my mostly uneventful life.

August 2, 2010

Well, I am officially registered to take the GRE on Saturday, September 25. That will be one more goal down on Day Zero list. Wish me luck, as I’m pretty sure my quant score is going to be fairly abysmal. :) Updated list of grad schools to apply to: Interactive Telecommunications @ NYU Interaction Design [...]

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Crazy dreams, progress on my Day Zero goals, and my new blog design.

July 25, 2010
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I have been trying to blog more frequently, and it has been working for a few months, but in July I have really fallen off the bandwagon. Mostly because I am trying to relax and catch my breath a bit! I have managed to (finally) debut a new blog theme using the Thesis WordPress theme [...]

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Is it just me, or is everyone a little scared to try new things?

July 2, 2010

Tuesday after work I attended my first spin class at Om Oasis in Monterey. Corner bought me a 6-class card for my birthday and I finally made some time to go down there. Luckily I made a post about my intentions on Facebook, and several friends suggested I wear bike shorts. I thought that might [...]

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In which I pretend to be a financially-savvy 20-something.

June 29, 2010

I wanted to write a quick update regarding a few of my Day Zero goals. I am on track to pay off my student loans in the next 12 months, which means only 1 more year until financial freedom (at least until I go back to grad school and do it all over again)! That [...]

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