Archive | August, 2005
I heart San Jose!
I decided I wanted a burrito for dinner tonight, so I got on Citysearch to find the best burrito place near my house. Turns out there’s some place called “Burrito Factory” a couple miles away, and it’s rated a 9.1/10, so I decide to try it. I walk in and order a burrito to go, then [...]
Continue reading...Dear Ben & Jerry’s,
25. August 2005
Please stop putting addictive substances into your Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream so I can resume my normal life without craving it constantly. Yours truly, -Erica P.S. That receipt that you printed out at the register after I bought my last pint — WHICH IS ALREADY GONE — yesterday… you know, that coupon for 75 cents off [...]
Continue reading...It’s official… I’m taking a vacation!
23. August 2005
Oh man. I pretty much killed myself at BARCamp last weekend. And by “killed myself” I mean “killed off that pesky immune system.” That’s right; I’m sick. A cold is my body’s way of telling me “SLOW DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND GET SOME SLEEP, WOULDJA?!” I guess sleeping 4 hours Friday night and 6 [...]
Continue reading...Live from BARCamp 2005!
20. August 2005
I’m live at BARCamp, which is what I would term an offbeat but fun “meatspace” networking event. Back story: Tim O’Reilly, who is the founder of the O’Reilly publishing house, holds an event called FOO Camp every year in the woods in Sebastopol, CA (read: middle of nowhere) which brings together a bunch of geeks [...]
Continue reading...Forex: 1-week status & personal update
15. August 2005
I took a few days off from Forex and headed up to Sacramento to join N at the state fair on Saturday. It was pretty fun! I think the best part was the giant turkey leg N had for lunch. That was some turkey leg! Food and fat people galore…and lots of ways to spend [...]
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27. August 2005
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