for some reason i seem to always get the cab drivers who want to talk. tonight it was about the weather and if i worked downtown. awkward. one time a few months ago (october 17th to be exact, how i remember this is a complicated story) i was going home and the cab driver started talking to be about god and how he was convinced that that there was and that there wasn’t a good. i was really confused. it was a good story nonetheless. it was also really awkward.

wow how time flies. so my birthday totally sucked. i did get to see avenue q the evening prior which was great. but yeah, the actual birthday was just terrible.

work has been crazy busy. crazy busy indeed.

i got mario kart as a birthday gift from joe. best game ever. i can’t stop playing it.

that’s all for now.

we’re barely one week into the month of may and it’s already starting to look like it’s going to be a crazy month. last week was full of finishing off presentations and client meetings. i’m off to new york tomorrow morning for three days filled with meetings with mccann & client with a grand finale of a big presentation on wednesday before heading home that evening.

the week after that is the network upfronts which will make that week go by rather quickly.

that’s all i’ve got. i had more but i need to get some sleep so i’m well rested for the flight in the morning.

until later.

hooray! so my tax refund is set to be deposited on 22 Feb. this means if all goes as planned i’ll be able to buy my new couch next weekend. i’m now officially 98% set on the couch from crate & barrel. i’ve ordered the fabric swatches to inspect and everything. getting it will be a whole other issue though. i haven’t decided if i’m going to go with the stock fabric or custom fabric, so who knows how long it will be before i actually get the couch.

i finally finished and sent out my 2007 summer promo recap deck at work today. the never-ending campaign is finally behind me for good. what a relief. i finally feel like i’m getting some items completed off of my to-do list.

i’ve been wanting a puppy really badly for quite a while now. after a lot of thought i’m considering a cat. the ex had a tabby american shorthair that  i absolutely adored and actually didn’t have a very much of an allergic reaction to at all. i think if i got an air filter and had a place with hardwood floors and just kept up with changing the sheets rather frequently i could actually live with a cat and have no problems. i think i need to visit an allergist to get tested and see if the immunotherapy would be of any benefit to me. i’m trying not too get excited about it, it’s at least 5 or 6 months from happening anyway.

okay that’s all i’ve got.

this post initially started off with just reading “an entry … tomorrow … i swear.” but somehow i ended up giving in and writing a bit more.

what an interesting week it has been … the first three days back to work last week were busy and all sorts of crazy. on friday morning i was promoted! woot woot! a bit expected and a bit unexpected. i knew it had been in the works for a while now but i wasn’t expecting it to happen right after we returned from the holiday break. there’s a terribly funny story to go with all of this but it can’t be told yet because it’s not done.

other than that i suppose most of my time has just been spent working. getting back into the swing of things has been crazy. it has been nonstop, especially these last two or three days. my goal is to be done with two big items on my to-do list tomorrow and then i’ll be a boatload less stressed out. i didn’t end up leaving work today until 8:30ish. all my own doing though, i’ve determined that even though i have the laptop now i just can’t get work done when i’m not sitting behind a desk. i guess i’m going to have get a desk for home now.

so yeah, on my way home on the bus today there was this guy eating pizza. i don’t understand why people are okay with eating on the bus or on the train. it’s kind of gross. first of all, who wants to eat in a public place where people are just sitting there staring at you. and secondly, what kind of environment is that to eat in. i only like to eat when i can sit down and enjoy the meal. i would never eat in route to somewhere. it’s just so weird.

that is all. 

ah. the 2007 holiday season is now behind us and it’s time to look forward to the remaining 365 days of the year (2008 is a leap year and contains 366 total days). tomorrow is back to work, which i’m sort of looking forward to. i’m moving to another office on the other side of the building and i’m finally getting a work-issued laptop so i’ll finally have VPN access from home. plus it’s a three-day work week so i can’t complain too much.

last night was rather enjoyable. ended up going out with a couple of friends but we ended up at a place that was relatively dead for new year’s, which actually ended up being rather great. it was nice and calm and just a relaxed evening overall. plus, i was home by 1am which was nice. we did manage to unearth the answer to the age old question - which comes first, buzzed or tipsy? the correct order is apparently 1. tipsy, 2. buzzed, 3. drunk. just a little bit of trivia for the inquiring mind.

 happy new year to all!