Liam

baby development

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

wtf?: weather edition

san diego's been having some crazy weather. the last couple of days it's been overcast. it even started raining yesterday (exactly when i decided to walk over to the mall to get a smoothy). i wouldn't be surprised if it rained again today. it's so muggy out. but the whole weekend it was so hot. people were actually dying from the heat. sleeping was near impossible.

the argentinian ended up staying at my place this weekend since we had already fallen asleep on the couch. i wasn't going to send him home at two in the morning. so we go to lay down, cuddled up next to each other (as it was night time it was not quite so sweltering). usually, at least in my experience, after so long of being right up next to each other you kind of roll to your respective sides. this did not happen. not that i minded, it was nice. until, that is, the early morning hours when it began to get hot in my room. but it was not unbearable. i fell back asleep. i was later awoken around i'm guessing 7 or 8 in the morning by him (i'm assuming half asleep) rolling further over to where he is partially on top of me. in my half asleep state i (probably in a slightly annoyed tone) said, "what are you doing?" and pretty much literally pushed him off me. i later felt bad that i was a little rude about it. had it been winter, or even fall, i'm sure i wouldn't have minded. but in the middle of a heat wave, when we have no air conditioning, i can't handle it politely. i can tell we may have a few more battles over bed space before it's all said and done.

Monday, July 24, 2006

warning: south americans may cause excessive going out

as some may know, i started seeing an argentinian. it started off quietly enough. meeting for coffee a few times. watching him play soccer with his friends at a park (and dragging the roommate with me so i would not be obligated to play). never staying out too late (except, of course, the night i forgot my keys and had to call my roommate to let me in after she was already asleep). perhaps we were both trying to keep our social dispositions hidden until we could feel each other out. in all honesty, i hadn't been going out (to bars and the like) except for on the weekends since moving down here, and not even every weekend at that. i'd really been out of commission, and out of practice of staying out late, and getting up early. over the last week or so that has all changed. the night it all began is the night we went to the airport lounge a little over a week ago. he had gotten us on the list to get in free (i love getting in places for free) since he knew i had been wanting to go there and check it out. side note: i really enjoyed airport lounge, and would recommend it. so we're there til it closes, and ended up getting invited to some after-party place. i don't get home til like 4:30/5 in the morning. good thing it was a friday. the next week we go out several times, ranging from little local bars, to clubs downtown, to house parties over the weekend. all this has left me a little worn out at the start of a new work week. even after taking 2 benedryls last night and going to sleep by around 11 p.m. i'm still pretty tired, and couldn't manage to get up at my desired time. but i'm not complaining. cause overall, i've been having a lot of fun. it's better than staying home and watching tv (though i did do that all day on sunday, neglecting my laundry for yet another day).

Thursday, July 20, 2006

an open letter to my co-workers

sorry, to all of you sitting fairly near me, who have mysteriously seemed to develop a cough or stuffy nose over the last few days. it wasn't on purpose.

embarrassing moment # 7,653

there's nothing quite like having a nice, quiet moment over at someone's house you have just started to kind of see, kind of drifting off to sleep, and then being woken up. by snoring...that is your own. damn you nasal congestion...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

missing: un ours de papa

the last couple days my roommate has been training a girl to take her place at work. this has occupied much of her time, and computer, as the other girl is using it all day. you may not think this would not affect me much, as we do not work in the same office. but it does. not only have my days seemed a little longer, but i'm pretty sure my productivity has gone up a little (except for the times i neglect work for probably a little too long to read gawker or some similar site). it makes me worry for when she has moved back east, and will be in class, and therefore not available even a little to chat all day long over gmail's instant messenger service. how will i survive? i don't know that i will. life in a cubicle is hard enough already...

Thursday, July 06, 2006


being female, and the kind that likes to go out and have fun every so often, i have come to expect a certain amount of attention from guys. sometimes this attention is welcome. it can provide whole weekends in vegas without buying a single drink, getting to know good looking foreign men, one guy has gone so far as to offer to fly me out to see him (which by the way i have absolutely no intention of doing, i'm not crazy, along with that i am not interested in him).

but occasionally, you get attention you don't want. unwanted phone calls, text messages, and things of that sort when you give out your number to avoid the awkwardness of just saying no. there's always two sides to every coin.

today i received some unwanted attention. i wasn't even in a bar or club, which made it even more unwanted. i was walking back to work from subway on my lunch when some kid (seriously he was maybe 15) turns around from walking in front of me and starts asking me my name. after pretending not to hear him he asks, "what? you're just going to ignore me?" so i just say, "oh, sorry. were you talking to me?" at this point his friend starts laughing at him. i wanted to be like, kid, i'm way too old for you. probably almost 10 years older than you. i also wanted to say that if he thinks he can just start talking to me, i also have the option to just not pay attention to him. i didn't however. i will admit that i do not look my age. but i do not in ANY way look like i could be in the age range of girls who would give this guy the time of day. he looked like a freshman in high school. guys puzzle me. if a girl is not in some way giving you the go ahead, like occasionally glancing/looking at you or something like that, you might just be better off walking down the street and leaving her alone. at least then your friends won't laugh at you.