Hey Guys,

I figured I owed you some pictures... so with my awesome new HTC Droid phone named C3PIO, I've been taking a couple for the last few days. I've been uploading them to facebook, so if you're my facebook friend, then you can just skim the picts and read the comments.


Current hair - about 3 shades darker than my natural hair color. And yes, it's long enough that I couldn't get all the length in the picture. It's a pretty typical style for me, cut-wise, and I'm a little tired of it. But, I like the color and it's easy to manage. Also using a shampoo and conditioner right now by Kevin Murphy that's "weightless" that works fabulously.


I went to PrepKitchen last night for dinner. I had 45 minutes between work and tutoring and that wasn't enough time to go home, so I dashed off to PK for their Tuna Sandwhich... which was amazingly good and maybe Strawberries_and_Honey and I will go get one together soon.


This is Sierra, who from now on shall be refered to as Goose. She's 3 and has a very high pitched voice. Her mom, my boss, explained it as "G-d made her especially cute to make up for the pitch he gave her voice." I thought that explanation was hysterical. She is very independent and looks alot like her mom, I think. SO auditory it's ridiculous though.

This is me post-work out where I did interval runs. 1 minute running at a sprint, 1 minute walking, 1 minute sprint, 1 minute walk for about 20 minutes. It is exhausting. And this particular day, the day before had been my leg day... so I was feeling it, basically.

This, my friends, is the future of gaming. He's 5, and already working with a kids computer so he can play games. His name is Elijah and he's really very cool. Quite a thinker, and such a feeler. He looks more like his Mom, but has his Dad's coloring. Go figure.

This is the office. That's my Boss's desk. Usually I end up working on the couch (out of picture, but to the right) or downstairs on the kitchen table. We can't be in the same room alot of times because my role is mostly online. That means typing. Her role is typically on the phone with clients, recording their conversation. That means my typing is too loud. I like the office though. It's kind of bare on the walls, but I think her new addition (as of yesterday) of the rug is a great way to make it more "warm."

Thhhhhhhat's all folks! Leave a comment!

.... and where has he been my whole life?

"You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid.
You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation
at high speed with total clarity."
— Banksy

"A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to."
— Banksy

"There's nothing more dangerous than sometone who wants to make the world a better place."
— Banksy

"A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with."
— Banksy

"Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own."
— Banksy

This last one makes me think about the experiment done by Yale professor Stanley Milgram. He basically had authority figures "make" the experiment component known as the 'teacher' shock with an electric volt ranging anywhere from 15 volts to 415 volts... the 'student' when the 'student' didn't learn something properly. The 'student' was actually an actor on the other side of a wall, while the 'teacher' was the person being studied.

Naturally, when there was an authority figure of the Professor Milgram in the room, the 'teacher' was more likely, like 90% more likely, to shock the 'student' all the way to the 415 volt mark. When there was someone with a white lab coat on using prescripted responses like "please continue," and "the student must learn," there was something like a 85% of people who shocked the 'student' up to 415 volts. When there was someone who was perceived to be "average," ie: no lab coat, not Professor Milgram, the rate of 'teachers' who would shock up to 415 dropped to 35%.

Perceived authority. The lab coat guy had no more authority than the "average" guy, even though they are the same person.

Source: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, PhD.

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Off to Whole Foods for dinner.

New phone? Yes. Motorola Droid. The iPhone with a better network.

No Star Wars jokes, please. That was only 49% of the reason I'm getting the phone.

Period started today. Sorry, guys, if that's TMI, but for some reason, I'm crampy. I haven't been 'crampy' since I was 13. What the heck.

New email for work. Freaking excited about that. I feel all official and stuff.

Food. Now.
Peace.