Sweet and Sour Jane

Not like home

emaleejayne — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:10:00 +0000

My god why don't we have cute boys in San Francisco like they do here in Vegas???

Meow.

Stowaway

emaleejayne — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:12:00 +0000

I arrived safely in Las Vegas tonight. However my luggage is taking a quick overnight vacation in Seattle.

How fantastic is that?

It will join up with me sometime tomorrow in the late afternoon after swinging through San Francisco for lunch.

Cool.

New Augusten Burroughs Book

emaleejayne — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:52:00 +0000

You might be interested to know that a new Augusten Burroughs book hits shelves on April 29th. I've already pre-ordered mine!

MIA

emaleejayne — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:52:00 +0000

I know, I know. I never post anymore.

I've been so busy working and traveling that I just haven't felt much like writing.

I leave tomorrow for a week in London. (My third trip to Europe this year!) Should be tons of fun! I'm really looking forward to it. Maybe when I come back I'll have some pictures for you.

I'm off to finish cleaning and packing.

Cheers!

Bon Voyage!

emaleejayne — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:39:00 +0000

I leave for France tomorrow!

I'm totally excited. I'll be spending the week in Rennes for a sales and marketing meeting: working in the old office, seeing some old friends and hopefully eating lots and lots of great bread and cheese. mmmmmmm cheeeeeeese.

Have a great week!

Looking ahead

emaleejayne — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:56:00 +0000

Happy New Year!

Best wishes for a fabulous 2008!

I don't express myself nearly as well as I'd like, nor do I share my true feelings as often as I should but New Years Eve always captivates me and pulls my emotions to the surface and I guess I feel like sharing.

I love my life - as mundane and boring as it is. And I love all of my friends dearly - even though I don't reach out nearly enough or keep in contact as best as I could.

I can't promise that I'll get any better at being a good friend, after all "I yam what I yam" but behind my tough nonchalant exterior ya'll mean the world to me. I have some tremendously awesome old friends and I've met some amazing new people this year and I don't know where I would be without you.

I wish you all a fabulous 2008.

Piles of love,

EJ

My Big Red Dog

emaleejayne — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:41:00 +0000

It is with a broken heart that I announce to you that we lost a very special member of our family today.

Rest in peace Bailey. You were the best dog. I'll love you forever.

The proof is in Aisle 4: I have no game.

emaleejayne — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:06:00 +0000

I saw my future boyfriend in the grocery store tonight. We passed each other in the aisles a couple of times and smiled and then found ourselves both in the beer aisle (go figure) where I lingered a bit longer than necessary hoping he would talk to me. Unfortunately, he got a phone call and the amount of time it was taking me to decide on a beer was becoming excessive so I grabbed some Stella and moved to another section of the store.

I did noticed that he had cup-o-noodles and hot dog buns in his basket so I'm pretty sure he isn't married. ;)

As I was waiting in the line to pay he got in line behind me and I smiled. Once I paid I walked as slowly as possible out of the store without seeming like I couldn't remember where I parked my car. I thought maybe he would have been parked near me and I could say something witty in the parking lot but he was too far behind.

Alas, I drove off without exchanging a word with this dream boat yet alone phone numbers!

I can tell you this though: I am doing ALL my shopping at Mollie Stone's from now on.

Will we meet again?

Its been a while but...

emaleejayne — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:35:00 +0000

..I just won on Blingo again!

Heading home for Thanksgiving

emaleejayne — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:19:00 +0000

I'm putting the final pieces into my suitcase and then Slizzy and I are heading home to Portland for Thanksgiving. I'll be home for a week and have a jam packed schedule of visiting family and friends! I'm very excited to see everyone (including my mother!) and to be able to spend some time at home. This is definitely a much needed vacation.

I am taking my work computer with me (I know, I know, I'm totally addicted.) but hope to not have to turn it on very often. I'm just not sure I can not be "connected" for one whole week! Pair my computer bag with Slizzy's carrier and I'm one weighed down traveler but I just couldn't stand the thought of leaving the Slizz alone during the holiday. After all, she is part of my family and holidays are family time, right?

Wish me save travels and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

emaleejayne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:17:00 +0000

My baby is going to the hospital today.

Ok, Ok. Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. I'm taking my mac into work to upgrade the OS.

Same thing, right?

I'm super excited about it though!

(geek)

I can feel the earth move under my feet

emaleejayne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:28:00 +0000

Woah.

We just had an earthquake!

It was a good one too: 5.6 centered about 45 minutes south of here.

Yowza!

Everything but the kitchen sink

emaleejayne — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:10:00 +0000

I was in Walgreens this afternoon and the guy in front of me had the following items in his basket:

4 bags of assorted Halloween candy
1 bottle of Coca-Cola
1 4-pack of Play-Dough
and a pregnancy test

Hmmm.....

This is all too familiar!

emaleejayne — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:57:00 +0000

The close of financial business in France

emaleejayne — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:03:00 +0000

I finally closed my French bank account last week. Actually, I was quite surprised at how quickly they closed the account and transfered the remaining money. It only took them one week and I only had to send one email. Incredible really.

It is a bit sad though. I no longer have an "offshore" account! How will I continue to fund my illegal and immoral activities?

Only kidding! Of course I'm not involved in ANY of those kinds of things.

A Twist

emaleejayne — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:43:00 +0000

I had The Dream again last night.

Only this one seems to have evolved a bit and I actually ended up spending a teeny bit of time with Darren and he actually said that he does love me (!), and we snuggled quite a bit (!!) but of course he could only stay for a moment and then he had to leave because he had dinner plans with his father; and as he drives off I realize I don't have any way to contact him and that he is gone again until he decides to come back and maybe I'll see him then, if I'm lucky.

Weird though - in 10 years (ok, its been MORE than 10 years now! Jeeze!) I have never spent a moment of time with him during these dreams.

I wonder what has changed?

Amazing Images

emaleejayne — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:47:00 +0000

This commercial absolutely cracks me up. I mean it - every time I see it I laugh out loud.

Listen to the guy, but pay attention to what is happening in the background.

How subtle!

"Les bonnes vieilles traditions Americaines!"

emaleejayne — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:16:00 +0000

Nico sent me a great newspaper ad for a grocery store in France. Here are two of the four pages of the ad. I just LOVE the "American" products they are offering! Hot dogs in a jar! Onion rings! 1000 island salad dressing! Even the girl looks so American! ;)

The end of the line

emaleejayne — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:42:00 +0000

Seen while waiting for the #1 tram on Overtoom:

It doesn't look good for that guy.....

Bon voyage!

emaleejayne — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:04:00 +0000

I leave for Amsterdam tomorrow. I'm as prepared as I can be, but I still feel like I'm not ready.

The weather has been quite hot here and I'm a little worried about leaving Slizzy home alone - I think she will be hot! My neighbor will come by every day to give her some food but other than that she will be alone. I hate leaving her. Already I look forward to coming home so that I can be with her again!

My brother left the country today too - headed to Vietnam with his girlfriend for a backpacking adventure. I, frankly, think hes completely insane but I do hope he has a good time and a safe trip and that he comes home in once piece without any weird germs/sicknesses/bug bites etc.

Anyway, wish me luck on the big show. I probably wont post while I'm gone (depends on how busy I am!) so heres to seeing you after the 13th!

Slizzy is in the doghouse

emaleejayne — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:55:00 +0000

My entire apartment has wood floors except for a little cream colored area rug next to my bed. I'm just about to give up on the rug completely and this is why:

Hairballs.

It seems that this innocent light colored rug is somewhat of a hairball magnet. And even though I took it to the laundromat just yesterday (because of a previous hairball incident) when I came home from work today it had again been attacked by an oozy pile of hair, food and slime.

Of all the places the cat can puke, why does she have to do it right on the cream rug??

A Big Day!

emaleejayne — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:00:00 +0000

Someone very special turns 16 today!

Happy Birthday David!

2007 Mutt Strutt

emaleejayne — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:46:00 +0000

I got up early this morning and headed out to Coyote Point to volunteer for the 2007 Mutt Strutt.

It turned out to be a fantastic day - I love watching all of the different dogs!

Here are a few pictures:
(I forgot to take pictures of all of the dogs as they started the race. I was too busy watching and petting!)

(look at the little dog at the bottom with the cowboy hat on. ha!)

Now I'm home with a bit of a sunburned face waiting for tonights 49ers vs Raiders game to start!

Im a Winner!

emaleejayne — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:04:00 +0000

Check it: I won again!

Sign up and you can win too!

Caller ID: BLOCKED

emaleejayne — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:08:00 +0000

Someone keeps calling my cell phone and blocking the caller ID. When I look at the phone it doesn't say unavailable or +x xx xxx xxxx with some long number I don't recognize it says blocked. I don't answer my phone when it says blocked, do you?

But I do wonder who it is????