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"Everybody sees what you appear to be, but few feel what you are."
Machiavelli,
The Prince
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Lauren's Webpage...home of the "Engineer/Troublemaker"
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
It's almost time for the Super Bowl! Since I'm more of a college football girl I don't care who wins the game today, but I definitely looking forward to the party at our friend Mike's house. Yesterday Dan and I made chili - one batch mild and one batch spicy - as our main contribution to the Super Bowl buffet. I put all of the necessary ingredients together (meat, vegetables, tomato products, and spices), but Dan added the embellishments that made the chili unique. I'm not sure whether it will turn out to be dipping chili or eat-with-a-spoon chili, but either way I'm excited to see how it turned out. And then this morning I made some tomato basil bruschetta to add to the Super Bowl feast. Maybe it will help me get a little nutrition amongst all the yummy junk food today. It's going to be a good time, but I should have gotten up and gone to the gym this morning in preparation for the food. Once a couple of hours until kickoff!
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
In other technology news, I've just about made up my mind to order a Dell Mini 10 netbook as soon as the funds become available (closer to the end of this month). I've done some research into netbooks and small laptops and I've decide that for my purposes (and with the Boeing employee discount) the Dell Mini 10 is going to work just fine. I debated whether I wanted to get a laptop with a DVD player, but that would force me to buy a larger, more expensive machine and the battery life would suffer if I used it to watch movies on a plane. Besides, external DVD players are always an option if I decide I want one for travel. In general, I only use my laptop for surfing the web, storing digital photos, and downloading/watching stuff on iTunes so I don't need anything fancy, I would have liked a better processor, but the Intel Atom processors seem to be standard in netbooks across the board. There are a couple of 11" laptops out there that are a possibility, though. I still need to consult the computer savvy people in my life, but I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering the Dell Mini 10 soon. Unless I find something else that looks better and changes my mind. Like the Dell Inspiron 11z. I don't know. The prospect of a new laptop is so exciting, but there are so many options! I know I'll be happy once I have hardware in hand. It's going to be like heaven!
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Friday, February 05, 2010
Dan got my an Amazon Kindle book reader for Christmas and, like when I first got my iPods, I've decided it's the best thing since sliced bread. Right now I only have four books on it, but that's four books that take up less space than one in my travel carry-on bag. It's awesome! I also appreciate being able to get books cheaper on the Kindle (especially hardbacks) and not having to cram more stuff onto my already overfull bookshelf at home. While there's something satisfying about an entirely full bookshelf, I understand that it's better for me (financially), better for my house (clutter-wise), and better for the environment (paper-wise) not to have a printed book. It's like downloading movies and TV shows on iTunes instead of buying DVDs. (Plus, my parents were kind enough to give us a subscription to Netflix for Christmas so we can use that too.) And there's always the library for the books I can't get on the Kindle (there are a lot that aren't available digitally yet) or books I just don't want to pay for. I know the transition will be a bit slow while I finish some of the printed books I already own, but I absolutely love the Kindle. Thank you Dan for the perfect gift!
Posted at 3:29 PM, 1 Comments
Thursday, February 04, 2010
I had a horrendous day at work today - maybe the worst one I've ever had. So while I was looking forward to my daily workout as a break from the stress, I wasn't in a very good mood when I got to the gym. And then to add insult to injury (or maybe the other way around), I hurt my knee in the boot camp group class. Usually exercise makes me feel better, but not today. Today it was just frustrating, especially because the new instructor had us doing a lot of stuff that's not knee-friendly. And since I spent fourteen hours at work today I certainly didn't need any additional frustration. I was still glad I went to the gym (even though I just had to go right back to work afterwards), but I didn't enjoy the class as much as I usually do. And the five hours I spent at work after I got back from the gym just made the day that much worse. I'm incredibly happy that I decided to take tomorrow off. So I'm going to bed now and try to forget about this horrible day.
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Happy Groundhog Day everyone! Another six weeks of winter, huh? Good thing we live in Los Angeles where there's little difference between summer and winter. Anyway, now that I have a little free time to post I can't figure out what to write about. Even though it's been more than a month since Christmas I still intend to continue with my holiday retrospectives, but I'm not ready to write the next installment yet. I also have several other topics I want to expound upon, but my brain isn't at full power this late at night. At least not on a weeknight. So until I have a little more brainpower to go around enjoy some pictures of our friends' brand new baby boy who Dan and I got to meet when we were in DC last week. Matthew is just adorable!
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Testing my new iPod Touch blog app.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Posted at 8:56 PM, 1 Comments
Friday, January 29, 2010
I know I've been neglecting my webpage (again), but I'm in DC on a business trip (again). I got here on Monday and after a very long week I'm glad to be going home tomorrow morning. The good news is that I will have almost the entire weekend free to spend relaxing with my husband. The bad news is that I have a very busy two weeks of work ahead of me and then, surprise surprise, another trip to DC. I knew the beginning of this year was going to be crazy work-wise. So here's hoping for a quiet weekend at home where I can find some time to write something more substantial. Until then I'm going to hole up in my hotel before I have to leave for the airport ion the morning. It's COLD here (19 deg when I went to work this morning and 25 deg when I left the evening) and I can't wait for the relative warmth of the Los Angeles winter again. So glad I'll be there tomorrow!
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