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Blustery Day

Pretty blustery up here in Canadia.

New Years Resolutions

Here we go.

1) Get a kitchen table
2) Make curtains with becky for whatever place we live in
3) Dump the rav4
4) Keep up with the gym stuff for health reasons
5) Go to the doctor
6) Go snowboarding several times
7) get a good sketchbook going
8) learn how to screen print and do some
9) get my work stuff up-to-date, and maybe make a maya technical weblog for job stuff
10) go geocaching
11) Take a trip out of the country
12) Get a new passport
13) figure out some citizenship status issues
14) play world of warcraft with brett.. thats right bitch I GOT IT thanks to JUSTIN!

I will probably update this more.

Pre-New Year lull

I'm at work for the next two days. Its pretty slow moving, just getting things ready to roll next week. No new pics really. The house is coming along. We still need to unpack a good bit. Looking at buying a new sofa for the living room. Got tons of gift cards to Home Depot, so hopefully we can start putting some of them to use! Picked up Kurt from PA yesterday, the highways are still pretty light since most people are shopping and not working.

Below is a link to my xanga site, where I post my personal projects - most recently my ceramics (not totally up to date). Most became presents for family. There's also the last year's worth of knitting that I managed to photograph. Enjoy.

http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=lioz

The Justin Christmas

So here's my post in response to jer's b%#^$in'

So christmas for me consisted of traveling all over the bloody place. Not as much as big J but quite a bit considering the bloody lay overs and things of the like which included getting thown into the immigration pool at Pearson Intl cause my passport comes up as stolen because... ahh long story... Now that im back home things are rockin out tho. Ive had another christmas with my home family (they insisted jer). Got some sick stuff, including a PSP, PC speakers, noice clothes, and some other assorted goodies. That, to go with the FANTASTIC 120 gig backup hard drive and MORE clothes, an Egg McMuffin Toaster, a SICK Timbuk2 laptop case, a new coat..thelistgoeson... Made my christmas COMPLEATE. You all may be thinking im totaly spoiled... But its the dual family thing i swear!

Anyways, theres my little blog... Ill try harder....

Justin

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Alright people, I am bored and looking here for some things to read... where are your posts?

Rob
Liz
Kurt
Brett
Becky
Missy
Adam
Mark
Justin
Rocco?

Not just comments, but posts suckers! put up some pics or some news!

Kay I am bored

Kay, I am bored and becky gave me a gps for christmas, so I tracked our routes around town and got it to upload to google earth. It is pretty trippy how accurate it is and how you can see it in 3d. If you haven't downloaded google earth yet, you should check it out....

The new rat

Ah the bochatey family christmas. Missy and her mom drove in pennsylvania snow to pick up this little rat - a toy pomeranian. The kind you carry in your purse. Strangely, it looks just like a possum

New Years Approacheth

I am going to post up my new years resolutions soon, but need some ideas. Anyone who reads this have any ideas for theirs?

If so please help.

Happy Happy

Happy christmas everyone... I am gonna post more this year for all the people that want to keep in touch. Here is a picture of my dad, me, and my big ass bro.

Secret Santa

Finally I have something truly worth posting.

Our company party has an annual secret santa, and since most people in our company are both creatively and technically gifted it is always amazing. The rule seems to be that the gifts have to be hand made, and the participants always go all out. Amazingly, everyone is very adept at keeping secret who they are, so not only are amazing gifts build and given, but they are given totally anonymously - so the creators don't even get credit.

Check out this gift, there are some photos, and a short .avi:

Link to movie

every 30 seconds

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1613387/

hellooooo

people! where are you....is everyone too busy being married, or hanging out with their GFs or BFs, or decorating their sweet new abodes. there have to be some crazy stories out there....some madness that you're just dying to tell us all about. or something small that you thought, "hmmm i should tell talblog about that."

i'll start...

i went to yoga last night....last week it kicked my ass and i was sore for three days. i love that. last night sucked. it wasn't as brutal as the week before so i felt lazy...not to mention i was next to "the moaner." this is the guy who has aaaaaaall his chakras aligned. he takes the "breathe deeply" a little too far. too far into my personal yoga mat space. i feel like i know how monica sellas' tennis opponents felt when she grunted all up and down the court. it's seriously distracting and highly unnecessary. i should have smacked him while in tree pose. right in the windpipe.

one of my coworkers (please see subject of #1 below)is trying to convince me to train for the LA Triathlon next september. he clearly has NO idea who i am. he tried to soften it up by suggesting that i first run the LA Marathon with him in March. uuuuuum 2.5 months to build up to 26.2 miles... can i be the one in the wheelchair? a motorized wheelchair, preferably. since he's fairly easy on the eyes, i'm thinking that some "training time" would help me figure out why he's so shady. i'm not one for office romances...so that idea is out (do you like how i assume that he's interested), but he would be a fun pet project. we'll see.

i love christmas and christmas music and i don't care that assholes around america want me to say "happy holidays" .... the american melting pot is taking political correctness a little too far. the property where i work is rather fancy and elaborate....i work in one of two unique buildings, in ritzy beverly hills. both buildings face each other. the fountains, lightposts, and pillars are all wrapped with garland, ribbon and pretty white lights...it looks so great, but the president of the opposing company declared...."it's too much, it looks gaudy." i wanted to slap him....(mainly b/c i helped approve the decor, after he had wickedly vetoed a brilliant christmas tree for the courtyard)...anyhoo, i hate scrooges.

okay, now write damnit!

why i missed jeremie's birthday

sorry jermie. i thought of you though. and i thought for sure i'd call you before midnight, but i suck. my roommate bess was my fancy date, b/c i am yet again boy friend-less during the holidays.

My Company Holiday Party 2005 highlights…

1. sharing our limo with “ben,” a completely shady, yet dashingly handsome coworker.
2. arriving to the party an hour late (incompentent driver). Atleast we had champagne.
3. bess: “missy, EAT SOMETHING.” me: “but I don’t waaanna. Let’s get more drinks!”
4. watching “kuhns” the mailboy get hammered, hit his face on a doorway & eat shit while the chairman was giving a speech. *still laughing ‘bout that one*
5. “he’s like an onion, he has too many layers & he’ll make you cry.” (see #1)
6. waiting til everyone was shitfaced to breakout my sweet dance moves.
7. having some no-name, wasted accountant tell me my dancing was “just not right.” please note, her sloppy boobs were falling out of her dress. Now, that’s just not right.
8. wayne, “outed” his mom as a lesbian. Awkward.
9. me, “uh, those people are making out in front of everyone.” Bess, “uh, do we need to make out?” no bess, you’re my buffer not my boyfriend.
10. wayne: “erica, where’s Kevin?” he’s on the dance floor. “bess [where’s] your date?” on the dance floor. “Ooooooh.”
11. “I don’t trust a guy who doesn’t drink…or have friends. It’s just not natural. (see #1)
12. realizing that Phil (boss #3) still does not remember my name.
13. judging everyone by their significant others…and trying to relay that bess and I were just friends…for real.
14. NO TOUCHING! What I shouted to a random coworker who was getting a lil too grabby on the dance floor.
15. yelling “EVERYONE MEET DEBBIE DOWNER!” at bess, b/c she stopped drinking…then shoving a glass of champagne in her hand.
16. finally calling it quits at 1:30AM when we couldn’t keep up with the dancing executives anymore. then catching another limo home.
17. convincing myself that I needed to catch up on arrested development at 2 AM.
18. waking up to find my party dress thrown across the living room. Heh.
19. waking up whenever I pleased b/c my company gave us Friday off, as an early xmas present (probably b/c the bonuses will be smaller) to recover.
20. spending the afternoon devising a plan with bess to stalk ben “the bullshitter.”

the chairman definitely shelled out a fat wad of cash for India Arie to be our musical entertainment. overall, it was a really nice party, with some fancy decor...but damn, a lot of the people left early on...atleast stay til they set out the party favors...i mean that's like leaving church before communion..what's the point?

New House

Sorry its been so long since I've posted, but a lot has happened! Thanks to Becky and Jer for their wonderful hospitality in San Francisco. We had so much fun and hope to be able to visit again.

The big news is that Kurt and I now own a house! After we got back from the trip we went looking again and found a house right at the end of October. We closed on it November 18 and just moved in this weekend.

It is a cute little house that was built in 1962, it has 2 bedrooms plus a finished attic room, a cute yard and it even has a matching out-building big enough to be a nice studio! We will finally have a nice place for visitors if they are brave enough to visit the Southeast!

Images added:

heart healthy

for a year and a half i went to yoga every tuesday. i would follow that up with some cardio twice a week. i was dedicated, i felt good and quickly burned off most of the undergrad bulk and beer i that i'd accrued for four years.

it was great and i had a lot of fun being a cute 23 year old. then i moved to LA and succumbed to the "secretary ass." my schedule was unstable, my paycheck was small and excercising fell to the wayside. it sucked... uuuuuntil my "extended vacation" this summer. amid my fun travels i found i could only look for a job for so long, the rest of my time was spent at the gym. i was looking pretty good (modest, i know), and shaping back up by August, when i got my new job and re-entered "corporate bliss."

fortunately, my new job is going really well...unfortunately, i'm fattening up. i work a lot and there's a decent amount of stress involved...did i mention my company provides lunch? In an effort to keep employees "focused" and chained to their desks, we have absurdly mediocre lunches catered daily. it's a great way to save money, but sunlight has become something i see only through windowpanes, and it's hard to breathe air that hasn't been filtered through a vent. i'm the boy in the bubble.

for those that don't know, i am an executive assistant for three VIPs in the company, one of which only communicates through yelling. WHERE IS MY LUUUUUUUUNCH? I'M HUNNGRRRYYYYY. yes master, it's coming. things like that. we shall call her "the partner." she's vital to the company's existance, uber intelligent and a weee bit demanding. my second boss is very sensitive and caring, yet will somehow swindle you into staying late through his many "thank you's"...he used to work for ronald reagan back in the day. we'll call him "the republican." the third one is a great guy; just one of the guys. he's pretty much A.D.D. and often forgets simple things, like his wallet. let's call him "chip."

for many weeks now, i've been trying to start up "tuesday night yoga" again, but the republican always manages to find some creative way for me to work well past 7 PM. i could feel my fat cells multiplying as they sat stagnant, ten hours a day, in my leather office chair. two weeks ago, i finally put my slightly chubbier foot down and demanded to leave on time (6 PM) for my class. i was a complete disgrace to the yoga community, but i pushed through the pain and vowed to come back the following tuesday...no matter what tactics they'd try to finagle.

fast forward to this week. Tuesday. It was the republican's birthday and i was already scrounging for believable excuses for missing his impending happy hour. maybe i could just go for one drink then bail, afterall, yoga and my health were way more important...right? the repub was on the same mental track and decided to work out with chip in the executive gym late that morning...something he hadn't done in a while...he's a bit of a bigger guy. jolly, if you will.

part of the way through his routine, he called me to order his lunch (the execs have their own chef who prepares their meals)...he was out of breath, which was normal, but relayed that he didn't feel so good. "just take it easy, i'll order your lunch now," i said.... about ten minutes later i got an odd phone call, from the trainer, requesting the repub's medical card. hmmm okay. less than ten minutes after that, i went down to hand off the card when the valet tells me, "el senor hall desmayo y se fue." ah crap, my spanish sucks. oh right, he fainted? are you sure? "si, they left in ambulance." whaaat...stay calm.

over five hours, with only small bits of information trickling in, "he fainted" turned into, "he said he had chest pain," to "he might have had a small heart attack," to "he just got out of the angioplasty and is recovering in cardiac ICU." of course it was WAY more chaotic than that and the day consisted of canceling all birthday festivities, clearing calendars, keeping only essential personal informed and the always happy task of "calling and informing the family and friends that he was 30 minutes from death." have a great day!

ah it sucked. by 8 PM i was completely exhausted, i'd missed yoga (again) and somehow managed not to guzzle the nice bottle of wine i'd purchased for his bday. afterall, he couldn't drink it now, right? i was somehow still THE LAST person in my office. perhaps i should just buy bigger pants. Namaste.

**Next time on "adventures from corporate america," we'll cover, "the morning after...getting to know your boss in a crisis."

The most amazing xmas lights ever!

Whoa

I'll leave it at that.