Ode to the Bay

I had the most eventful and crazy weekend. I woke up bright and early saturday to go ride my horse, then had a nice long run along the American River. Then again woke up bright and early sunday to make banana bread and head down to Atherton where my friends the Caldwells recently moved. We walked around the beautiful Stanford Campus, were took for a spin on the back of Jacob's new bike, Played the extremely racist game Puerto Rico and of course topped it all off with a box of Franzia.

And the day goes as such...




Yep a soapy water fountain

and then it turned into a drinking game...

and progressed to this...

Quotes of the evening:

"Tic tack patty tac!"- Nolan

"Jacob, why don't you just suck off?" -Ash U

both are in reference to King's Cup

Turkey Turkey Turkey

If you are wondering what that is in the picture, well that would be a male turkey. Early this morning my co-worker caught him pecking at a window, trying to attack it's reflection. They would chase him off, and here he would return running circles around the building. Finally the persistant bird left.... or so we thought. Later in the day I saw him snooping around the cars. Turns out he was pecking at his reflection on my co-workers chrome bumper. So angrily she ran outside to chase him off, and again he had her running circles around the building only to return to the chrome bumper. Finally we gave up and went inside, meanwhile he found himself again attacking his reflection in the window. No matter what we did he would not leave.

Another crazy day on the farm.

New New New

A few new things have recently happened in my liffe.

1) Finally got an iphone!!!!!! Whoot woot. After holding out to get a smartphone since the dawn of time, the iphone finally came to verizon. Of course I had to be one of those 10 people that pre-ordered the phone online. Nevertheless I am inseparable from my toy. Seriously, I don't know how I survived without it, instant access to everything and an app for anything you could possibly imagine.

2) New haircut. Yep after many a months of long hair and dark roots. I once again chopped off those locks.

3) Almost 10lbs lighter thanks to kicking my butt at the gym 5 days a week!

The next biggest event I am training for is a little thing called Warrior Dash. Its a 3 mile obstacle course through hills, mud, water, and just about anything ridiculous. We will be dressed in costume and warrior helmets all in the name of fun and mayhem.

Basically the picture sums it all up.

Hello There

Hello Friends or whomever is reading.

Sorry it has been ages since I have posted. Life had been extremely hectic. I work as many hours as possible, travel on occasion and most weekends, the holidays have gone by and filling my weeknights with as many social events as possible. Well after the holidays I finally decided to make a few changes. The first was to stay home more on the weekends and spend more time with people that live in the area, and since I am going to be home more it would actually be worth the money to join a gym.

With the new year they had a discount on personal training sessions so I got suckered into buying a few. I figured why not give myself a little kick start. Little did I know I would get my ass kicked by a skinny little tough middle-eastern woman, boy does she kick my ass. I was orded to forget diets in her words "I hate diets, they don't work, I eat whatever I want." With that in mind I was like "Hell yeah, I am liking this, I can eat whatever? I am in." The only catch was that I needed to go from my 3 large meals a day to 5-6 small portions and lots of water. Oh yeah and the 45 min of intense interval cardio 5 days a week and 2 sessions with her each week. So it has been 1.5 weeks, 3 sessions later and I have to say I am already feeling a great change. I am more hungry, eat more often and try to stick to healthier options but the results have been amazing. I have already lost 4.5lbs not to mention my legs are getting stronger and more toned, I have more energy and feel great and positive.

I am so sold on this new routine I am going to buy more sessions with my trainer. I have even gotten my friends to go with me to the gym and take a few classes. Not only that but I have been talking with the ladies at work and they have gotten inspired to get in better shape themselves. One co-worker now spends mornings on the treadmill before work and the other has joined weight watchers. It has definitely been encouraging to see them all start to get back into shape themselves.

The only drawback is that I don't get home till 8pm most days a week after leaving for work at 6:30 in the morning. But I am you and feeling great so what the hell.

Until next time

Zombies!

Halloween is officially over and the holiday season has begun. One of the things on my bucket list for this time of year when the weather permits me to be huddled indoors to day warm is to watch the AMC mini series "THe walking Dead." Its supposed to be this amazing new show the premiered on halloween about zombies. Of course this sparked a hillarious conversation about a zombie apocalypse it went as followed.


Me- minding my own business working

Albert- "So yesterday I was thinking that my house does not have any weapons do defend myself with in the event of a Zombie apocalypse."

Me- "Really? What about a butcher knife?"

Albert- "Nah, that would mean I have to get too close for comfort."

Me- "What about a wooden broomstick you could sharpen into a spear?"

Albert- "Nope."

In walks Coy

Coy- "well there is that shooting range out there in Elk Grove, you could head there except it might be a little hard to get in its all barred and gated. Or the Bass Pro Shop, you could just drive down there and barricade yourself in. You would be set"

Albert- "True."

Me- "Well at least you are prepared [Coy]. You have all those guns and knives."

Albert- "yeah and crossbows."

Me- "Ok so basically in the event of the Zombie Apocalypse we should either drown down to the Bass pro shop or go to Coys."

Me- "Speaking of defending myself I was thinking about that the other day. What if someone wanted to come in and attack me in my apartment. I don't have any weapons and in the closet next to my door the only thing I have is a Swiffer sweeper."

Albert- "So what are you going to do dust them to death.. hold on Mr. bad guy i need to put on a new swiffer on my sweeper."



The next few hours were spent brainstorming weapons and plans of survival in preparation for the evident Zombie attack.

Dutch Mafia

Ode to coffee. Better yet my absolute favorite joint Dutch Bros. Seriously I have never ordered anything I haven't liked. But the best thing on the menu has to be their dutch freeze. Its a perfect blend of coffee, milk and yummy sweetness. Another great thing is that is is drive thru and you are always served by super hot tattooed men. Seriously, in order to work there you have to like loud music, have at least a few tattoos and be extremely flirtatious and attractive. Another wonderful incentive to stop by on my way home from work.

Bring on the Rain

There is something about clouds and rain that put me into the most wonderful mood. I have to say the fall and winter are my favorite seasons of all. So many wonderful memories revolve around the holidays. This weekend was the first weekend in weeks that I did not have crazy plans or adventures and was in need of much needed relaxation. So while it was cold and rainy outside I spent today cleaning, cooking and working on my halloween costume. For dinner I made a wonderful stew from a recipe I stumbled upon online, with mashed potatoes and home made pumkin pie. Also to make it even better they are now selling egg nog at the grocery store. Oh how I love the fall. To top it all off the Giants beat the Phillies and are now headed to the world series!!!

Tomorrow Hopefully I dominate my fantasy football league.

I phones can do anything

So recently I found this music video and it pretty much blew me away. I had no idea that anyone could actually do this with a phone. I know apple is awesome but this is probably the coolest application of an apple product. Basically you have to watch this and be amazed.

Adventures

Sorry friends for failing to post for a few weeks. Life has been pretty busy lately and full of many adventures. Blogging just hasen't made the priority list. For the past few weeks I have successfully filled up every evening with socializing or weekend trips and adventures. Two weekends ago friends came to visit, last weekend SF and San Jose. Then this weekend in Fresno with the Eleazarians and Yosemite. I went on my first rock climbing adventure. We did a nice day trip and climbed monday morning slab (500ft) to get a nice view of the valley. It was such an extreme adrenaline rush. I can't believe I did it! Needless to say I have discovered another adventurous hobby. Man there are so many incredible things to discover and do in this life! Just to give you a little idea of how beautiful Yosemite was this weekend.

My Dream/New obsession

Now that I am officially an adult. Done with school, beginning my career I have to admit I have a new found obsession. I have always had an eye for interior decorating. Whenever I go into any house, place I instantly see potential for renovation and design. But lately it has become an obsession. I love to watch HGTV, DIY network and browse online for decorating/remodeling ideas. My dream is to one day be able to buy a home that is in need of lots of remodel and re-build it from the ground up. To design every room bit by bit unleashing every rooms potential. Now that I am living on my own I am fully enjoying putting together my place bit by bit leaving it as a reflection of my style and design. Now it is definitely not cheap purchasing furniture so I have had to do one small thing at a time. This has allowed me to spend lots of time meticulously picking each and every piece for form, function and keeping in mind my budget. I am also really enjoying geting ideas for cheap crafty things I can do to spice up every little inch. Of course I still have a long ways to go and a life time to master. However I am enjoying every bit of inspiration.

Just call me Yenta

So my track record still stands. If you want to get married, find true love or any sort of romance all you have to do is be good friends with me. I promise, I am the best luck charm you will ever have around for hearing those wedding bells ring. I have been to more weddings than probably most any one around my age and every year more and more of my close friends meet the man or woman of their dreams. I have attended four weddings this year alone and still have two more on the way one of which is my 67 year old grandma!! Yep that is right. My grandmother recently announced last weekend that she will be getting married in my parents back yard on new years eve!!

Stats: 12 couples, 6 engagements and other numerous serious relationships

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Work always seems to surprise me, I never know what sorts of creatures and animals I stumble upon. Of course we have the goats, goat kids, mice and lucky the ball python, pond of fish. However working out in the country we quite frequently find Voles (seriously an animal) wild turkeys, hawks, gopher snakes and of course field mice. Not only are these animals found outside the lab, often large spiders, gopher snakes and mice are found inside the lab!!! Last week there was a gopher snake stuck to glue board traps outside my boss' office, I had a large wolf spider (eeehhh) in my lab, and today in the kitchen there was a cute little field mouse in one of our traps. I felt bad for the little guy and made sure to go and set him free. Hopefully he now knows better to not go exploring the lab, because eventually you will get caught.

In reference to the title, as I was setting the mouse free he hopped away and I remembered the childrens song. For a refresher take a look at this

Football and Weddings

Many months ago while sitting at the dining room table in Davis, Lisa, Renee and I joked about songs Renee should have played while walking down the aisle. Thanks to a violin, ukulele, Lisa and Paul this joke became reality. The ceremony consisted of "Alejandro" by Lady Ga Ga, "Don't go chasing waterfalls: by TLC and the entire wedding party walked down the aisle to "Umbrella" thats right, by Rhianna. Needless to say it was a ridiculous and extremely fun wedding. It was wonderful spending time in Paso Robles, SLO with very close friends.

With the month of September also comes the start of the NFL season. This year I actually am excited about hours of football on tv every week. Why you might ask? Well the answer is simple Fantasy Football team. I figured why not? Last night we had our draft and I am overal pretty happy with my team except for one of my bench players is no longer playing this season. Oh well I will have to make a trade. Needless to say my fun summer will be carrying on into the fall.

Until next time

Through the Wormhole

For all you science fanatics out there I have a show for you. It is on the Science Channel sunday nights called "Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman" and here are my reasons for why this show is so amazing

• Discusses topics such as wormholes, time travel, anti-matter and the possibility of a creator
• Is narrated by Morgan freeman
• Finally a show that makes physics, space and physical sciences understandable and extremely awe inspiring
• Every nerds dream
• Features professors from UCD!!
• Most of all makes you appreciate the known and unknown world around us
• I can watch an episode multiple times without getting bored
• I am such a nerd and know there are so many of my friends that would think it cool too!

Basically you have to watch it! Seriously!

Fun Factoid: Supermassive Black Hole.. Not just a Muse Song

Did you know that our sun is not the center of our Galaxy (Milky way galaxy) but one of 100-400 billion stars within this galaxy? In fact our sun and the other suns rotate much like an electron orbits around an atom core. At the center of this grand orbit is what was discovered to be a supermassive black hole. This hole generates enough gravitational energy to have billions of planets orbit around it. In fact it is believed that the center of every galaxy is a supermassive black hole and galaxy's can actually collide with one another.

For more info watch Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.

New New New

hello friends.

To break the long streak of not posting anything I decided to give ya'll an update on the life.

Many things have happened in the last month or so... hence no bloggin. Lets see I have had 3 graduations including mine, 3 weddings and two more to still attend for the year, and a new apartment! I also have started my career as an artist of sorts.

The day has finally almost arrived. As of July 25th I am officially out of D-town and on to Sac. I have made detailed lists of all the necessary items needed for the new place and am so anxious to move. I have been obsessed with picking out the perfect items and shopped around to every store to guarantee the best prices in order to make the most of my minuscule budget. Oh how I can not wait.

Yesterday I even bought my very first couch! Today I could not take the wait and had to go to target to get all the linens for my bathroom. Just to give you a taste of my decor I am including pic. Can't wait to get it all moved and decorated!

Bitchin it on!

Hello once again.

In brief moments in life my mind can not completely come up with the right word or in sheer brilliance I come up with ingenious phrases.

Exhibit one: Nog
described as someone with a good face, attractive one might say
in a sentence: Damn! That boy has a good Nog, or I like your nog.

Exibit two: Bitchin it on
described as being an independent, strong, powerfull women moving on from a trial or difficult situation in strength and style.
in a sentence: I don't need him, he is a jerk and I am amazing in fact I am Bitchin it on!

Television It Is Totally Reality

Why oh why do shows have to end for the summer? This past week was season finales of all my favorite shows, Grey's, Fringe, Chuck luckly Glee might have a few more episodes left. Hmm now to find other shows to entertain myself for summer.

Now I sit here on the couch watching Kendra. Seriously? Why oh why does the most annoying and dumb of the Girls Next Door have a show? She is sitting with her Ghost Writer for the new book talking about acid and every other word is "uhh" or "ya know?" or best of all the laugh.

Another award winning reality show is "Keeping up with the Kardashions" always so much stupid drama that always sucks me in. And soon they will be in Miami!!

But my all time favorite reality show is Gene Simmons Family Jewels. It is seriously good. Every show is filled with how ridiculous Gene Simmons really is, his children making fun of him and his girlfriend and her sister getting into sticky and awkward situations. It is definitely worth watching.

Hmm

Well another weekend has quickly gone by. I can't believe tomorrow is monday and I have to wake up and go to work. The routine is still so new I am still not used to being a working adult. Tomorrow marks the beginning of my third week at my job.

Anyways today Karen took beautiful pictures for my graduation announcements today. As soon as I get my hands a hold of them I will be sure to post a few for y'all. Weird to think I am working full time and haven't even walked at graduation to shake the hand of all the deans and say sianara. Peace! (in a gangsta tone) I am outta here! I guess it will be more real when the boxes are packed and I am finally out of Davis. Can't freaking wait. I spend my evenings online picking out furniture, bedding and all the things I want to decorate the new place.

Well I need to head to bed.

Night

Hello Again

Well it has been a while since I have written. Honestly I kind of forgot about the blog. Ever since working I have been so busy with everything but the internet. I now have a lot less time to spend online and since the internet at my apartment is so pathetically slow I am not inclined to spend hours trying to do stuff online at night after work. Basically I have been busy working at my amazing job, planning the decor for my new apartment and trying to maintain a social life and fit in as many days of exercise as possible. It has been great getting to keep in touch with Chels, Akin and Tawny. I even got to visit with Akin over coffee yesterday.

Well getting ready to run over to Renae's to watch Glee with Barney aka Niel Patrik Harris. Seriously if you haven't seen "How I Met Your Mother" you should and buy all season and watch every episode. So brilliantly hillarious. My next goal is to watch all the seasons. First I need to finish the last two disks of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 but haven't quite had the time lately.

Working Woman

It's official, today was my first day at my new job.

I can't believe how blessed I have been these days. I was able to spend last weekend at my parents house visiting friends and family, cycling and threw a surprise birthday for my mother.

Today I woke up bright and early at 6:30 am, usually I love my sleeping in and don't get out of bed till around 10. So now that I am officially and adult I am going to have to get used the morning hours. Anyways... I showed up to my new job greeted by my wonderful co-workers and set at my desk. Yes desk. I have my own little space to make my own at work. Complete with a computer. I am looking forward to decorating it... Needless to say there was plenty of paper work and reading to do but so far I really enjoyed it. There is so many new protocols and things to learn. But most surprisingly of all are the perks and bonuses. I am even being supplied an iphone!!! Yup you read that right. Of course I have to still pay for the plan but I was planning on getting one anyways eventually. I am super excited. Needless to say I can't say enough about how excited I am about my new job!

until next time.