the office dorm.

when i first got my office, the hr guy told me that i should decorate it, add photos, etc so that it has personality (his office is decked out with hockey motif). as for everyone else's offices.. well they were all pretty basic. so slowly, day by day.. i would bring the japaneesy items that tokyostar sent me throughout her stay as well as other gifts from bffs and things that i had bought. until it was an obvious theme, and now people come in periodically to play with my toys and the hr guy always tells me how awesome my office is. but as i look around with my photos taped on the wall, the presence of a white board, random toys, acoustic and indie muzaks playing outloud, and a general gathering place. i've come to the realization that my office.. is kinda reminiscent of a dorm room..

the camera phone.

it's weird that having a new camera phone in my possession has given me the same motivation to do stupid self-portraits as when i had a webcam. and with bluetooth/picture msg-ing (i just realized i had this)... even more so. possibly more preposterous is the fact that with the purchase of a new highly functional phone (i previously owned a normal flip phone) i finally.. yes finally have text msg-ing. so if you ever noticed that when you text msg'd me and i never replied.. the reason was because i didn't wanna pay 15 cents to text you back. although i did attempt it once in awhile it would take me 5 minutes to type 4 words back. but back to the photo thing, at least it's given me some motivation to update more... with 1.0 mega pixel images.

good weather ahead.

after a week of high humidity and overcast skies.. we're looking forward to the expected good weather this weekend.

bottoms up.

when packing for vacations, i like to make sure i have a few great basics that i can easily mix and match tops with.. so that i can ultimately pack lighter... and buy more. :) so with a vacation coming up, i went ahead and picked up these 2 items this past weekend.

the first, the interlock highwaisted skirt from american apparel (in asphalt). it was my first time in the store, and i just so happened to come across the skirt on their website (which i never look at), but i saw it in one of their ads that shows up facebook, funny i know. anyways i still find aa as being overpriced cotton basics, and the store to be very sterile and cold, but i really like how the skirt can make everything look like a dress.. and i loves me some dresses. plus, i think it'll travel well.

the second, denim shorts from target. i've been looking for some denim shorts for weeks now. and it's either the wrong style, color, but most often the wrong fit. i've really been wanting a longer denim short with pleats. these didn't quite meet the longer side, but at least they're not the super short ones either. the pleats are very subtle and the color is not as dark as i'd like but i think they fit pretty well, and at target prices.. i'm sure i'll get some good use out of them.

if you were my monitors at work...

this is what you'd see everyday. scary right?

this year i've been pretty busy at work, there has been an almost constant flow of projects to keep me busy and to keep the furrowed brow on my face... which leads to the lack of blogging, or so i use that as the excuse. but lately i've felt the need to post more.. no matter how short, no matter how boring. and with my trusty new phone in hand, since i seem to always forget to bring my camera with me. the last 2 posts included photos from teh phone and not teh camera.
so get ready. who knows how long this phase will last.

menu of menus

last night we (me, T, dru.. and dham was there too!) went out to the Houston Press Menu of Menu's at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. with over 40 local restaurants passing out samples, and with what seemed like even more wine booths with an additional scattering of beer, rum and vodka booths... it was an interesting night. i did notice plenty of booths had ceviche.. yum. and for $30/ticket, it wasn't bad, and the crowd which seemed to be a pretty good mix leaned more towards the 35 and under singles crowd. and the clothes went from casual to work to dressy to ineedamanpart2. the only downside was that it did get pretty packed, with a sold out crowd of 2000, and the lines for some of the food booths were a little long (most places ran out of food). amongst those 2000 i ran into several people i knew.. which seems to be the trend lately. overall it was a nice night of something different and i think it's something we'd plan on going to again.

omg birthday twins.

it just so happens that 2 omgbffer's have the same birthday (different years), so when their birthday comes around they have an extended celebration. this year we celebrated 2 weekends in a row. the first with dinner at dolce vita and dancing after at deco lounge. the second with a night out in rice village and after drinking eats at la tapitia. on this night, dru had adventures in parallel parking under stress...but we had great parking spots!
anyways both nights were exciting times, hopefully the birthday gal and guy had a great time too.


the birthday twins @ dolce vita