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Saturday, December 22, 2001 ( 6:58 PM ) Scarf Girl Hmm... I received a letter from Olympus recently and I didn't read it very carefully at the time, but it looks like they might actually be able to repair my camera! Yay! "Unfortunately, the parts needed to complete the repair of your D-450 ZOOM are not available at this time. The delay in parts is temporary. The appropriate parts should be available shortly. We will return your equipment to you at the soonest available date." YAY!!! That means my camera will be fixed and I'll be able to start using it again! I will no longer be digital camera-less. Hooray!! That also means I won't need to go out and buy a new camera. I don't expect it to get back to me any time soon, but at least I know that they're working on it. Well, they better fix it because they cashed my check!! Looks like things are going back to normal soon enough. I'll get my V60 on Monday and my camera will eventually be fixed. SG, signing off. # ( 5:34 PM ) Scarf Girl I swear my knees are bad. Must be from all the jumping. Sometimes when I stand up, it starts to hurt. Or, when I'm out the door and walking down the stairs, same pain. Yuck. Hmm.. I wonder if my knee is tuned in to the weather. You know how some people's joints ache right before it rains? Maybe I've got a psychic knee. Heh heh. I know that my mom starts to complain about her joints maybe a day before it rains. Heh heh.. perhaps I have inherited her special powers. Either that, or my friends are right. Once you hit 25, it all goes down hill. Great... I'm starting just a bit early. Awww... one of my girls gave me a little gift bag for christmas today. *grin* In the bag was a bar of soap from Bath & Body, some chocolate mints, and some coffee flavored chocolate treat. How sweet. At any rate, I've always wondered about giving toiletries for presents. I mean, say someone gives you some soap. Now, did they give you soap because they are hinting at something, or because everybody needs a new bar of soap eventually? Heh, my bar of soap was about to be used up anyways, so this came just in time. I suppose I'll be smelling like "Pearberry" for a while. Well, got some more presents to wrap and put under the tree. Scarf Girl, signing off. # ( 11:16 AM ) Scarf Girl Wow, I woke up this morning to some cats and dogs that came screaming down from the sky above us. Heh heh.. did you like the vision of that? Yep, the rain came pouring down this morning. It even hailed a little bit because it was so cold. Yay, that means there's snow!! Now hopefully, there will be snow when I'm snowboarding next week, but not while driving up. Yuck... driving slow behind a long line of cars with their chains. Speaking of chains, don't drive too fast, otherwise, they'll break. Ahem.. heh heh. So I spent yesterday evening with some friends, having dinner to celebrate a birthday. That was pretty cool since I missed their snowboarding bday outting last weekend. We went to this cafe/restaurant in North Beach and it was very Italian. I'm talking about the atmosphere, the wait staff, and the ambiance. Not that I've ever been to Italy, but I imagine that these folks brought along a little bit of Italy with them. Neato. After dinner, we headed over the Ghirardelli Square for some dessert. Dang, I was so full from dinner that I didn't help out my friends as they attempted to take down the Earthquake. 8 scoops of ice cream with tons of whipped cream, some bananas, and little chocolate cable cars. I just sat back and watched my friends plow through it. I just took a bunch of pictures with my friend's digital camera. *sigh* Haha, I forgot how the conversation was going, but I was talking with my friend J yesterday and he slipped and mentioned something about me bringing my camera... and then he did a big "oops!". Yeah, it still sucks that my camera broke, and I have yet to replace it. Haha, J was "encouraging" me to go out and buy a digital SLR. He knows how much those cost, and I'd have to consider myself pretty into photography to get one. Right now, I'm doing just fine with my film SLR. I just need to figure out which regular digital camera I want to get in the meantime. Heh, maybe when I find myself a new job, I'll celebrate with a new camera. Heh heh. First things first... get a job. Well, I should get ready to leave for coaching soon. Although in this weather, I kinda just want to curl up on the couch and do nothing. Scarf Girl, signing off. # Friday, December 21, 2001 ( 10:48 AM ) Scarf Girl So this is going to be my last entry from this office and at my computer... how sad. It was really fun and I've gotten a lot of good memories from this place. All I know is that before I started working here, the movie Office Space wasn't nearly as funny. I wish everybody good luck as we part. I wish everybody a happy next job, happy holidays, and a happy life. Thanks for the good times. Scarf Girl, signing off. # Thursday, December 20, 2001 ( 9:14 PM ) Scarf Girl Heh, I just got a random email from somone and she complimented me on my site. *blush*. Yay me! heehee. That's so cool. She randomly stumbled upon my site although I am curious as to how she found it. Maybe I should ask. heh heh. Well, one more day of work. Tomorrow is the day. I pretty much brought the last of my things today. If I'm not online very long tomorrow, it's probably because I signed my papers and received my checks. Once the papers are in my hands, I'm outta there. I wonder what I should do with the rest of my day? Shop? I know that the first thing I'm going to do is head over to my bank. I've got bills to pay! Hope you all have a happy Friday. Enjoy the holiday weekend and hope you all get great presents! Scarf Girl, signing off. # ( 3:06 PM ) Scarf Girl Wow, things are really starting to hit me with it being my last day of work tomorrow. The movers have come and started to take away all the unused Aeron chairs. I'll try not to let this ruin my holidays though. Afterall, I'm getting a big fat check tomorrow (well, not THAT huge), and I'll be able to start 2002 on a clean slate. I'm excited about what next year will bring. 2001 has been a good year. It was full of fun, adventure, and excitement. So I wonder how it's like to meet the other online personalities. In some ways, I'd kinda just keep reading their posts annonymously. It's almost like reading a book. You form your own ideas based on what you read. There are a few pictures to guide you along in that process, but everything you read means whatever it does to you. What you get out of reading a post is different than what I would get out of it simply because we've lived different lives and had different experiences. On the other hand, I am curious to see how these folks are in real life. Are they what I expect them to be? Will they be the spitting image of the picture I have inside my head? How about their personality? Do they talk and react the way you would expect them to? I've met a few online people and for the most part, they turned out how I would expect them to. Oh well, that was just something I was thinking about because Dardy told me that he was going to be meeting some online people tonight. Hahah, I was IM-ing with wilco (one of the people he's meeting), saying that it's kinda like a blind date. Read their journals tomorrow because I'm sure they'll be posting something about it. SG, signing off. # ( 8:48 AM ) Scarf Girl Oh HAPPY DAY! I just called the phone insurance company and it turns out that they have my V60 in stock! YEAH BABY!! Heh, they'll be shipping it out today via Fed Ex, so I should be getting it really soon. Of course, I'm still annoyed that somebody actually pick-pocketed me, AND that I was sorta careless enough to let it happen. I'll definitely be more careful in the future. Heh, and I thought I was already paranoid enough about people stealing from me. Life goes back to normal when I get my phone back. Heh, cuz right now, every time I see the phone I'm using now, it reminds me of what happened. Oh well, soon enough. SG, signing off. # ( 8:27 AM ) Scarf Girl So looks like it's today and then 1 more day of work. Gosh, it's been one crazy ride here, but I think I'm ready to move on. My cube is looking way empty, and I've already said goodbye to folks who've left the company. Yeah, some people were smart enough to take today and tomorrow off. Heh, perhaps I should do the same! My mind is all scrambled this morning, heh, just how I like my eggs. Um.. yeah... so maybe I'll write later. Anybody got a topic? Scarf Girl, signing off. # Tuesday, December 18, 2001 ( 11:12 PM ) Scarf Girl I heard the funniest thing today: "If I could play God, I would trade some of her looks for more personality." That really got me thinking. Are looks all that important after all? I mean, yeah, you want someone you can look in the eye without being scared, but then beyond that, you need someone you can talk to more. Personally, I don't consider myself all that superficial. Well, at least I try not to be because people are born they way they are born. You can't help it if people perceive you as beautiful or attractive. You can't help it if people don't consider you good looking. Who are we to judge anyways, right? I find that I side with the folks who are average looking because that's what I consider myself as. When I watch movies, I always cheer for the girl who's not the "good-looking" friend. The one who's always got a great personality but doesn't always have the looks that could stop traffic. I just find it harder sometimes to live in this society where many people value looks when they make decisions. So yeah, that's why I root for the average looking people. Personally, I find that really good-looking people intimidate me at times. I don't know why that is, but maybe it's because they carry around this air of confidence that I don't have. Maybe it's because when I stand next to them, I feel invisible and unattractive. I know that I shouldn't let this sort of thing affect me really, but I can't help it. C'mon now, how can you not notice someone who's really good looking? So then, what happens beyond the looks? I mean, in my opinion, looks can take you a long way, but personality matters so much more when it comes to the heart. It's the words from your soul that can touch another person's heart. I figure, when you're old and ugly, might as well be with someone who can make your heart smile. I suppose you can catch people's attention, 2 ways: with a beautiful face or a beautiful heart. Which one are you? Scarf Girl, signing off. # ( 10:55 AM ) Scarf Girl Future topic: Looks and personality. What's more important to you? # ( 9:18 AM ) Scarf Girl Wow, my cube is really looking pretty empty and without personality. Yep, I took home the bulk of my stuff. *sigh* Well, it's all good though. I'm just about ready to move on from this place. After today, it's going to be 3 more days. Ugh, you know you're tired when the alarm clock wakes you up and you don't feel like getting up. This morning, I spent about 5 extra minutes in bed. Sheesh, I'm pooped. I need to get some more sleep. heh heh. So the other day, I made yet another mental note on a topic: Being second choice. Personally, I don't think that I'd like going out with someone who went after another girl first (and failed to win her over). I mean, the excitement that you feel towards someone who you like (first) is much greater than for the second choice. I remember back in the dorm days of college, I used to walk by a Noah's Bagels pretty much every day. On many occasions, I would stop by to grab a bagel for breakfast. When I first discovered the chocolate chip bagel, it quickly surpassed the cinnamin raisin bagel as my #1 choice. Yeah, I know, chocolate chips in bagels seem weird, but I love chocolate...(except for chocolate milk and ice cream. don't ask me why, it's just that way). So as I gathered my things before heading off to pick up a warm chocolate chip bagel, I'd feel a little excited cuz 1, I'd be eating, and 2, it'd be one of my favorite bagels to eat. Well, I remember on several occasions, they ran out of chocolate chip when I got there. I was so sad since I was looking forward to eating the chocolate chip!! GRRR!! So then I looked at what they had and picked something else. Sure, it was still yummy to eat, but it wasn't as good as what I had wanted before going into the cafe. So yeah, second choice. Scarf Girl, signing off. # Monday, December 17, 2001 ( 4:45 PM ) Scarf Girl Yum... 2 hour lunch today.. shhh.. I went to the Cheesecake Factory and the wait was like 30 minutes.. sheesh. Heh, now I'm about to leave work and go to open gym. I hope I can still play today since my arm is pretty tired from yesterday. I served probably like 100 balls. Oh yeah, in case you're wondering why, I'm an assistant coach for a club vball team. Yep, I'm helping out with the 14-year-olds. Anyways, gotta run. SG, signing off. # Sunday, December 16, 2001 ( 8:55 PM ) Scarf Girl I must say that wrapping presents is kinda fun, although this year, I haven't been putting as much into making them really decorative. I have my standard nicely wrapped present with a bow, but I haven't felt the need to be incredibly creative. Oh well, it's all good since most people just rip the wrapping paper apart to get to the goodies. So you know what the coolest thing is? Putting on socks that just came out of the dryer. Ahhh... and you know what's even better than that? NEW socks that just came out of the dryer. Wow, they're not only fluffy and soft, but they're warm! Heh heh, I was watching some tv while my brother busted out his new socks and put them on. Hah hah, he commented on how good it felt to wear brand new socks. heehee. I think I'm going to buy myself some soft and fluffy socks. heehee. Okay, yeah, that was pretty random, but the little things make me happy. Scarf Girl, signing off. # ( 3:18 PM ) Scarf Girl Wow, this is going to my last week of work. Kinda scary and kinda sad. I'm going to miss a few things about the company, that's for sure. Mostly, I'm going to miss my team. I know that it's not often that you actually get along with the people you work with that you'd consider them a friend. Of course, I knew one of my team members before she started working there. The scary part is not knowing what I'm going to be doing with my time. I was talking to a friend on Friday and he suggested riding the unemployment checks and just relax. The thing is, I think I'd get bored of just sitting around. I'm one of those people who needs to do something. I suppose taking a month off would be cool so I can go up to Kirkwood and snowboard during the middle of the week. Anybody wanna join in on that? Then I would probably work on cleaning up my room. There's a lot of junk that I probably want to get rid of because I'm such a pack rat. I suppose I can start working on improving my vertical jump or read some books that are in my reading queue. Let's see... what else? I can hit up all those musuems like the MOMA since I've wanted to go there, but never really got around to it. Guess we'll see how it goes. SG, signing off. # |
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