A pretty cool day

The rundown of events

• A few meetings in the morning.
• Lunch with Nai. We were tipped off by Evan that one of the new Cafe's (Pinxto) was giving away sweatshirts. Yes! My first Google Sweatshirt. It's pretty awesome. Nai and I sprinted to the Cafe and we ended up getting the last two. A little running ended up paying off!
• After work I ended up going to a Goodbye party for Matthew at the Sports Page (A Local Dive Bar). We came in together in January. He's transferring to another office. So he'll still be in the fam. I'm so proud of him!
• After, I met Nai for dinner at Valley Fair. We ended up going to CPK. I've been wanting to go for a while. We split the California Waldorf Salad and BBQ Chicken Pizza. I totally didn't realize until afterward that the Salad was missing nuts. I knew something was a bit off :P
• I had 15 minutes before the mall closed. I ended up getting some Polos at Express Men. Yay!

Group Shot at the Sports Page - Pictured (Left to Right) - Rita, Brian, Me, Greg, Matthew, Josh

An Afternoon in Palo Alto

Ah... the land of hipsters, families, and yuppies. Good ol' Palo Alto.

Well, I decided I needed to catch up with Alex cause we hadn't seen each other all that much this week at work. I've suddenly become super busy. Anyways...

We headed over to the Stanford Shopping Center. It's a nice outdoor shopping area with upscale shops and restaurants. We walked around, played "tag", and browsed some shops.

We ended up eating lunch at The Palo Alto Creamery and Grill. It was pretty good. Minus the fact that a bird poo'd on me... twice. You would have thought I learned my lesson the first time around. Haha. It's all good.

It's never a dull day when Alex is around...

9/11/06 - A Day to Reflect

I'm not really sure to how to describe it, but today I felt really somber. Even if I were laughing, 9/11 was still in the back of my head.

5 years is a long time. I know I've grown as a person, but I'm sure the country has grown as a whole too.

5 Years ago I was worrying about starting college at UCR. I was having dinner with some High School friends and then meeting some other friends at LMU. Sami and Eric, my LMU buddies, had already started college. Not to mention that LMU was right near LAX.

5 Years ago, I didn't let the events in question get the best of me. My day still went on. I went to Best Buy to get the CD I was waiting for... Jamiroquai's "Funk Odyssey." I still love that CD. It means a lot to me.

All I can say is that the one thing that hasn't changed is that GW is still the Prez. That's one thing I was hoping would have changed :/

New Music Tuesday

Tomorrow's new music tuesday is one I'm looking forward to. Guess what's being released? Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" and John Mayer's "Continuum."

I've already listened to JT's album and it's fab. I really dig it. His music is moving slightly into a new direction, yet it fits him perfectly well. Lots of club bangers and yet some awesome ballads as well. All I know is that when "SexyBack" comes on in a club, people get really excited and shake their groove thing like nobody's business. It's probably a good indication that this song is both #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Digital Tracks.

I've heard John Mayer is going more into the blues-y direction from his once Pop/Rock days. I think his latest Single. "Waiting on the World to Change" is great. It displays his new found blues love, yet it's still fresh.

I'll be getting up early to go to Target and get these suckers before I go to work.

Facebook gets a Facelift

Wow. I just signed onto Facebook. It's like a completely new Social Networking place. The changes are rather interesting. It borders stalking. But, on the bright side, everything is much more interactive. It's really slick looking. The simplicity and good looks make MySpace look like it's on crack. Which, well, it always has been.

Check it out!

Quoting my tea

So one of the perks at Google is the refreshments. It's totally easy not to drink regular soda. I only really drink water, teas, naked juice, and diet coke. One of my favorite discoveries is Honest Tea.

It's either slightly sweetened with honey or has no sweetner. It's awesome and healthy. It's great calorie wise too.

One of my favorite things besides the taste is the quote under the cap. It changes all the time. Some are really amazing. It's kinda like the snapple cap for intellectuals. :P

Today's Quote from Honest Tea:

Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.
-Japanese Proverb