bubble baths belong in the bathroom

hello everyone,

i'm sooooo impressed with my super high level of intelligence. FOR PETE'S SAKE.

i just walked outta the shower, to see the dishwasher freaking pouring forth suds upon suds throughout a quarter of my kitchen. there are soapy bubbles EV-ER-Y-WHERE. apparently, one does NOT use hand-wash-dish-soap in the dishwasher. for the love of God. i mean, i KNEW it, but i guess i just didn't think about it. geez.

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but second and foremost, good luck tomorrow to diane arnaout because i love her and to all we-wanna-be-a-doctor-when-we-grow-up-folks. you are all smart. i have no worries.

and diane, i love you again, and hope you are doing ok...

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updates are few and far between because my life is increasingly "boring" which is "fine." it's amazing how many hours of the day are sucked away at an office job. i think a lot of it has to do with the "new and improved" neighborhood i'm working in. no more cafes with cool kids hanging out, travelers or vagabonds or homeless folks wandering the streets, or people speaking spanish or various asian languages. this new place i work is in "The Marina." *shudder* - within a block radius from my new job, there are FOUR GYMS, A STARBUCKS and the streets are full of BEAUTIFUL TINY HOT GIRLS WITH TINY DOGS IN THEIR EVEN TINIER PURSES. people actually do that crap here, and it's sick.

but there is also a sweet park and the bay super close by, so i shall be wandering around there a bit more in the near future.

in sum, my life of late has entailed the following:
1) feeling a renewed interest in going to sleep with the music on
2) cleaning up suds
3) learning architecture terminology at an exponential rate
4) watching/listening to bluegrass music like it's going outta style (though i think it's real hip right now)
5) teaching myself about marketing
6) dominating at rubber-band wars
7) hearting my housemates and co-workers
8) missing you

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and now for photos. i just developed ridiculous numbers of photos, and shall break them up into sections.

PART ONE: FAMILY = I MISS AND LOVE THEM SO MUCH:
another addition to the Men Who Pass Out in Public photo collection. thanks to paul's good eye at Fiesta Texas.


this is where my brother gets stung by men and hit on by bees.


theme park pizza is not-so-delicious. even when you're starving, and especially when it's $8.75 a slice.


my cousins (lisa and sarah) as well as radiant (the loveliest sister of all time). i adore them. we like grew up together, and have experienced way too much - but with each other at each others' sides. im so lucky to have these girls in my life. lisa is getting married in october (!!!) which is a fantastic reason to be coming down to texas again. oh man i love these girls.


daddy wearing a grimace. i showed the kids at work these photos and they thought that dad and i look like each other, especially due to our respective disgruntled faces. :)

i love those two a lot. and can't wait until THEY VISIT ME IN SEPTEMBER?!?!?! yeeeees.

hope all is well.

diane, i love you.