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.:: Sunday, July 30, 2006 ::.

saturday we did chores. indoor chores, with the exception of W wasching my subie and the nsx. saturday night, W's aunt and uncle stopped by on their way home from iowa (they live in arizona). it was nice to see them, this only being the 2nd time ever for me (the 1st being our wedding). they gave us sweet corn that his aunt picked from a corn field in iowa. we ate it today, and it wasn't sweet like i was thinking it would be, but it was still very good. and fresh!

today we stood out in 100 degree weather at the dragon boat festival at sloans lake. it was pretty fun, watching the boat races, eating the yummy food (altho W quickly noticed the lack of korean representation!), checking out all the various vendors. there was lots of food to eat, but we just had tibetan potstickers (deeelicious!), thai chicken kabobs and shrimp spring rolls. oh, and a huge helping of hawaiian shave ice. of course they didn't offer to put a scoop of ice cream at the bottom, but it was still nice and refreshing, especially out in the sun! after watching 3 races, i couldn't take the heat anymore, so we left. the dragon boat festival reminded me of our lantern festival days in sorority. only on a much much bigger scale. there was a little stage with performances (we didn't see any, but i saw a group of little chinese girls getting ready to dance, so cute!), lots of good food, tons of ppl enjoying it all. it's just too bad it was so damn hot.

:: joyce 10:19 PM [+] ::
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lately, i've been listening to a lot of R&B/neo-soul. thanks to "so you think you can dance" i've gotten into goapele and ne-yo (love that "sexy love"--is he considered hip hop?). also digging floetry, thanks to rhapsody! but my favorite CD right now is nelly furtado's "loose" (i think she's more pop). it's very catchy and good work-out music! so different from her "i'm like a bird" days.

speaking of "so you think you can dance," i'm very disappointed with yesterday's results show!!! i can't believe my two favorites were the bottom two. and the girl i predicted to win is out! but seriously, all the dancers now are so good, i don't know how they're gonna choose a winner.

:: joyce 7:32 PM [+] ::
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hilarious...courtesy of M (who lives in germany).

:: joyce 6:27 PM [+] ::
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the highlight of my trip was being able to see everyone i wanted to see (L and my godson on friday, I for her baby shower and J, S & M for dinner/poker/sleepover on saturday, and M and L&D and their new baby on sunday, and of course spending some time with the 'rents.).

the lowlight of my trip was baking in triple digit heat without AC! the bay area was a gigantic oven this weekend, and i was pretty much hot/sticky/cranky for most of my trip. i definitely could not wait to be back home in my air conditioned house!

i miss being close to my friends and family and being able to see them whenever i want, but i really don't like the bay area anymore. i think i've just become too accustomed to the denver pace of life, and i just like it out here so much more. who would've ever thought??

:: joyce 6:55 PM [+] ::
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i get to work by 8am. but our first mail drop isn't til about 9:15 or so, sometimes later. i can't start my work til we get mail (all those new loans to process). so for about an hour or more each morning, i kill time reading about what's going on in the bay area on sfgate.com.

today i came across this article about blogging. i don't consider myself a journalist in any way, shape or form, but i don't know if this is my creative outlet either. i guess in some ways it is, afterall, i chose blogger so i could practice my html. of course i really don't do much practicing anymore. and i guess it allows me to publish my creativity in the form of my knitting and crafts. but i don't know if blogging is a creative outlet for me. i don't even really know why i blog. at first i was thinking it was a fun way to stay in touch with friends who i don't see or talk to often, so they can see what's going on with me when they feel like seeing what's going on with me. when i started my blog, i never imagined i'd be here, almost 30, still with a blog. i thought for sure i'd get sick of it, neglect it (like so many of my blogging buddies throughout the years), and forget all about it. well, here i am, almost 4 years later, and this thing is still up and running, and i still have visitors. not hundreds like the girl in the article, but i do get an occasional reader from italy or canada or south africa. i don't know that any of them are really loyal readers tho.

maybe this is sort of a way to fulfill that wannabe-journalist side of me. since i was really little, i loved writing, and even thought for a while that i would be a journalist or writer of some sort. i think college really screwed up my writing style, as i became much more of a technical writer. i remember my creative writing professor telling me my writing was too boring, and it needed more color. at first i was really offended, but i knew she was right. i had just gotten so used to presenting the facts in the clearest, concisest (??) way i could, that i forgot what creative writing was all about. now, i think i'm the opposite in my writing. i don't remember how to be concise anymore, i can go on and on describing something, to the point where i think my readers get bored (even i get bored reading it afterwards). but i also use this for myself, to sort of remember what i'm thinking or doing or discovering. because this is such a public space, i try to maintain some sense of anonymity, but i am much more candid in my LJ which is friends only (i blogged my body for life progress as well as my wedding planning there). i started my first paper diary (remember those??) when i was 8. i got a cabbage patch journal for my birthday. i still have that journal, with all my 8-year-old scribbles and ramblings. and funny thing, i kept a journal all the way up until i started this blog. in fact, i may have had a few entries after i started blogging. i think having some sort of journal will always be with me. like the million pictures i take, journalling allows me to remember what i was going thru at a certain point in my life. i know a picture is supposed to say a thousand words, but i think journalling helps me relive certain moments in my life that become a bit fuzzy after time. cuz we all know i have a horrible memory.

i don't know how much longer i'll have this thing. but i don't see me stopping in the near future. the content of my blog is evolving, but i'm sure i'll find a use for it, as long as there is someone out there wanting to read about it!

alrighty, off to california i go!

:: joyce 5:33 PM [+] ::
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yea! project runway!!

malan seriously needs to get kicked off. he really creeps me out, especially when he starts laughing all crazy. he introduces himself and then adds that he was born in taiwan. so where did he get his fake british accent?? what a freak! whenever i watch project runway, i get a sudden inspiration to sew.

i'm soooo excited about my trip to california this week! woohoo!!!

:: joyce 5:47 PM [+] ::
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random thoughts on friday

today my team at work had christmas in july! we had a little potluck (actually, there was a TON of food) and a secret santa gift exchange. everyone else was jealous cuz we have fun on our team. :P haha...

i'm very excited about my new treadmill. whee! it arrives on monday. i really need to do something about my current situation... i try to eat right (okay okay, i have more than an occasional cookie here and there, but for the most part, my meals are very low fat/low calorie) and i try to exercise at least 3 times a week. but i feel like i'm gaining weight. i do a lot of running around at work. and now that it's warmer (or i should say HOT), we're trying to do more outdoor activities. so why am i so fat?! is it because i'm turning 30???? sh*t.

my friend told me about this website. it's soooo funny! they sell bags and t-shirts, but their comics are funny. haha...angry little girls...

and i'm not too happy with last night's "so you think you can dance" results. do they really think dmitry has more potential than musa?! i dunno...i think dmitry's next.

:: joyce 5:07 PM [+] ::
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i predict that chris porter will be the last comic standing.

i still haven't decided on who will win "so you think you can dance." but my favorites are alison and natalie. i think the right ppl are getting kicked off, cuz all the dancers left are really great!!

:: joyce 5:13 PM [+] ::
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for our first 4th of july here in colorado, we spent the morning hiking at the bluffs regional park which is right by our house. it's about a 3 mile trail that loops around a plateau with some really great views of downtown and the surrounding areas. on a really clear day, you can see all the way to DIA (airport). unfortunately there was very little wind that morning and it was just too smoggy. but, we did have our first rattlesnake encounter (i hear the bluffs is filled with them, yuck). W insisted on taking a picture. i was mortified.



the city of lone tree had a big fireworks display at the park near our house, but it was rained out. just as the weather ppl said, the rain started coming down around 8pm, as we were leaving C&C's house. as we got to our house, you could see all the ppl running to their cars. they rescheduled the fireworks for the 5th, and lucky us, we only had to go as far as our deck to watch them. :)

it's been raining a lot here, which we're so not used to in the summer! you really have to schedule your whole day around the afternoon thunderstorms. it usually doesn't rain that much, but since last sunday, it's been pouring!! but only in the evenings. so strange... last sunday, it even hailed a little. none of that golf ball sized stuff, just the little pea sized stuff.

:: joyce 7:39 PM [+] ::
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hurray! (another one!) W and i are now legally endorsed to ride a motorcycle! this weekend we took a riding course in hopes of getting our motorcycle licenses (finally...W has been riding with a permit for a looong time, and i was supposed to get my license 5 years ago but never did). so we finally decided to just fork over the cash and do it! this class was nice cuz they really focus on getting you as much riding time possible, so we really only spent a couple hours in the classroom going over basics, then spent most of yesterday and all of today on the bikes. i was a bit nervous for my evaluation cuz i just couldn't do the little figure 8 in the box, but the instructor told me not to focus so much on staying inside the box, and just focus on properly making the tight turns. so i did, and it worked! i only got docked 3 points total for going outside the box. woohoo! now i just need to go and get me a bike! i was originally thinking of getting an older model yamaha R6, mainly cuz it's one of the only 600s i can actually sit on with my feet planted. but now i'm thinking it might be wiser to get a smaller bike, maybe kawasaki ninja 250 or if i'm feeling brave, the ninja 500 (just like the one jessica alba had on "dark angel!" haha). that way i can practice my skills before getting a bigger bike. decisions decisions... :)

:: joyce 3:47 PM [+] ::
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