grand rapids
Topic: Joblog
had a great interview in grand rapids. the drive was painful.

metallica
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: unforgiven
saw metallica at allstate with Addie. show rocked.

tire bang
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: On the road
Yuck. Tire blew up on expressway. Had to go get new tires, and still need to replace the hubcap.

race
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
woke up early, hit spin class, ran a mile, did weights and stomach, and hit the pool for an hour. Ready or not, the real race is Saturday.

arthur macarthur
Topic: Joblog
i had a job interview today for JG here in chicago. The recritier things I'm a better fit for a different position for the company. The recruiter also told me a great story about his son's name. His wife is phillippina and so his son is half irish half phillippine. Dad's a big Civil war buff and I learned something new about the battle for Chattannooga. General Arthur McArthur, father of Douglass McArthur, is the one that said "I am Wisconsin", which is now the theme of UW anthem. Anyway, the recruiter thought this would be a fitting middle name for his son. After all, Douglass and Arthur both played a major role in the Phillippine campaign in the city where his wife is from. MacArthur. Great story.

Tuesday Night
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Friends
Reed Jen and I went to our usual Tuesday night gathering. This time it was Jen's pick, and a very good one at that, Cafe Matou. A bit pricy but delicious. Great chocolate beer and champaigne. We had desert there, but then we went to margie's for candy for desert #2, and Marche for dessert #3 because I thought they'd have the cherry soup but it's seasonal. Overall a great time. Next week, we go to some italian place Reed suggested, followed by very Green Mill.

Fynn
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: happy b-day
Topic: Friends
my unkle Dmitri's b-day. Also a B-day for Jackie'n'Dan's firstborn "Fynn was born on Monday, Aug 23 at 10:07pm. He came into the world weighing
6 lbs 9.5 ozs and was 19.5 inches long" Mom and kid doing well.

Shail away
Topic: Active
Went sailing with Terrin in nasty wind. Passed my man overboard, which is sooo freakin hard to do! I hope I never ever have to do it for real. In the ocean/or sea, I guess according to Terrin, if someone falls overboard, you only have a 20% chance of finding them again. Racers wear GPS to increase the chances. There's some movie out about that now, lost at sea or something. Hmm. I also learned how to do a quick stop. Hope never have to do that either that's freakin hard too. You break by creating tension between the Jib and the rotter. Yuck. I did get better with the whole thing and the driving of the boat. I didn't screw up on rigging the boat either, and I'm approved for the big racing class now. Yippie!

Weekend roundup
Mood:  blue
Topic: Friends
Went out to dinner for a friend's b-day last night, heard a bizarre story of betrayal and unfaithfulness from a girlfriend who it happened to the day before, and went to the Rainforest Caf? for a friend's daughter's b-day, watching the 9 year-old get more clothes then I think I currently own and about $300 in cash along with other stuff too. Wow kids get a lot those days. It cracks me up to have like 15 small Philippino children run up to me and say Tita Irene, could you please this or that? Too cute. Had to keep my distance so that I don't get them sick.

Did very little cuz I've spent the weekend being sick at home. No blueberries, no air and water show, no excersize, no clubbing. nothing.

I am the neighborhood watch
Mood:  blue
Topic: Day to Day
I need to move to a more peacefully neighborhood. Molly is psychic. She was lying down and all of a sudden started growling. She ran to the back then to the front. Acting stranger then if there was a dog nearby. I went to the window to look. She must have heard it coming. I stood there telling her she's crazy and there's nothing there, while she continued to growl. I saw a car go through the stop sign and crash into street across the way. By the way, if it turned the other way, it would have been on top of my car or in my living room. 5 teens. Called it in like a good citizen, cops came, fire department came, they were at it for hours. Kids are all shaken but OK. Bad thing is they don't think it's a big deal. They were chasing another car because someone in it had someone's cell phone or something stupid not worth dying over. Yeah.