im at work too!!

but only because i forgot my books to study...so im gonna study here for a bit...then my parents are coming to see the office and go to my apt for coffee....

but you prob wont even check this :)

it's saturday morning - what are YOU doing?

all those times you think my job is awesome 'cause i'm always home - i've been here since 9am and will be here until at least (unless i can't get the door open downstairs - in which case i'm screwed)

im heading out

jules see you at home, rupa maybe see you sunday, megan have a good weekend!

hey girlies :)

i'm home. but i thought i'd sign on and just see what had been said :)
i went to see forgotten today with jess . . .it was ok, but not as amazing as all these people told her it was.

how is girl with a pearl earring? it looks very cool - but i haven't added it to my list yet. i saw man on fire - two thumbs down. i knew it was a shot 'em up movie, but i thought it would at least have a reasonable plot since denzel was in it. . . .

i think tomorrow i'll be getting starsky and hutch and hackers.

i finished 24! the president just got poisoned. that's how it ended. the president's wife was involved. kim had to shoot her boss. it was addictive, yet let me down . . .

ohhh

haven't heard of it.. although it's a good idea for them. nush, i do have all the debates if you want to come see them some time this weekend. i'm around tonight and sunday night.

i heard that they are releasing far. 911 on payperview for two days before elections and are hyping it up lots the week before. i wonder what that will do. :)

never heard of it

George W. Bush: Faith in the White House

have any of you heard of this? apparently its the republican response to fahrenheit 9/11....i read about it in the times a while ago and dev and i were talking about it in hawaii but no one else had heard of it...we may rent it this weekend to see it...

geeze. . .

at least i told you guys when i was going to boycott!

we have girl with a pearl earring, and man on fire i think?

tonight we'll probably just go to a bar to watch the baseball game, then maybe just go to a lounge or something close to our apt. i don't know, i haven't really made any real weekend plans. . .

i boycotted too :)

i got bored of checking all the time so today i decided to only check after 2...

granted i found other ways to distract myself :)

i went to the gym this morning from 7-8, got here, did a ton of stuff, so treated myself to a long lunch break which included pilates, going to mail something at fed ex, seeing dev, and going to a podiatrist (i know gross, but my foot has been hurting lately, and he explained why, so im content...) and now im eating lunch, i got sushi :)

after work i think dev and i may go see friday night lights or go home and watch a movie and eat dinner...jules, what else do you guys have from netflix? i have 15 min left of prince and me, but i was watchign this morning and decided i should shut it off and get to work....

looks like our non- d. e. shaw girls are busy

so megan's being a bum at home or rock climbing. . .where's anusha??

yay

i'm glad you are in such a good mood.. and that yesterday was so fun. i was thinking about coming but had a LONG day at work and wasn't up for partying :) although i wanna back in the loop on weeknight plans so i can try and meet up more.

i had a really fun night too. i worked till about 9ish then met my friend priya's fiance for dinner with pia and her mom. we went to this trendy little noodle place that was SO good. it was the prices of republic but i think the food was better and it was so trendy. apparently the place is really new. anyway we ate there and then i had a really nice conversation with vid, my friend's fiance about marriage.. and her family.. he has all these questions about things and it was just so great to see someone that cares about her so much.

anyway.. by the end of it all i was exhausted and needed to come home. i'm glad to hear that jack is actually good for you ;)

how are you two doing this morning? megan, big weekend plans?

i'm in the best mood

i had so much fun last night! i haven't been out partying on a weeknight in like 2 weeks, so i forgot how happy it makes me! (even though i get way too little sleep).

went to manahatta yesterday - it's one of my friend jordan's parties. one of our friends from miami, alex (aka spikey), was in town for the night. he's friends with rey, richard, and jordan (richard, jordan, and spikey all went to cornell together). so we hung out with spikey and jordan last night. the music was AWESOME! rupa, you should have come. you would have loved it! they played really good hip-hop. and there were quite a few brothers around, too ;) anyways, it was fun to have a miami guy to dance with, too. looks like spikey developed a crush on me after seeing me again for like 2 minutes. he's a really fun and sweet guy, but definitely nothing more than just a friend. they're all going to cornell today for homecoming weekend, but they want to hang out again sunday night when they're back in the city.

oh yea - and diets suck! jacks and i were determined to stick to our diet and not touch alcohol, so we started out with sugar-free redbull. then we had a diet coke. then we were dancing, and it was getting hot. . .and come on, you can't be in a club with really good hip-hop and not drink. so. . .we gave in (yea, we all know i'm spineless). rupa, we had your drink! diet coke and jack - supposedly, jack's the best alcohol for dieters cause it doesn't have too much carbs.

oh well, we're doing the jackie and julie version of the south beach diet :)

oh yea - and the university of miami pulled off the greatest comeback in college football last night! they were playing like ass and losing by like 17 in the first half. then they come out and score like 3 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, and then come back from behind and score the winning touchdown with like 1 min left in the game! i know you guys could care less about all of this, but i have to get all this excitement out of my system somehow!

oh yea, and my bro and annie (his gf) get in today at 6! hopefully i'll manage to squeeze in a nap somewhere . . .

this day is never ending!

i'm in the home stretch of my day being over . . .
i just need to run samples on the machine (which eun has now started) and then i'm done! i've already done all the cleaning and writing down and moving stuff that usually comes at the end of the day. i do have to bring home a bunch of stuff so i can write up an excel sheet tomorrow. my other option is to actually come to work - and let's be serious! last time i came here on a friday thinking i'd get out really early was my birthday - and i was here the whole day. better to just stay home :)

best gyno and doc!!

my two are great...

primary care is bijal mehta, but its near columbus circle...you may not want to go that far...but she is really nice.

and my gyno is harry lee. he is the best. kinda dorky asian guy but really smart and makes you feel really comfortable...isnt around all the time though, only works in the office like 3 days a week, but my mom said that was normal since the rest of the time they are usually delivering babies...

if your healthcare accepts either of these people let me know and i can give you more info :)

dev doesnt have to pay a dime for his stuff! and he doesnt have to chose anything! he can go see anyone, anywhere, anytime...

don't like being an "adult"

yea, i'm not happy growing up either. but, a girl that works here just referred me to her doctor - some woman she says is amazing! so, i'm really excited. i had made an appt to go see a random doctor, but i'd much rather go with a personal referral, so i'm cancelling that one.

i guess i got lucky with the dentist - i just looked at the list of providers and picked the closest one to my office with a name i liked :) nush - i pay like $90/month for my health services too. it sucks! but, oh well, cest la vie.

now i just need to find a a gyno. . .maybe i'll ask the same girl that referred me to the general doctor (although i think i'll wait for her male office mate to leave the office)

re:health care

i have to pick a doctor too! although my plan is free . . .
how do you pick a doctor?! my aunt is a nurse, so my parent's told me to ask her if she knows any doctors she likes who are accepting new patients.
blah.
i'm not sure if i'm so ok with growing up.

and i am going to go eat lunch . . .
here's the thing. i'm going to go eat lunch now instead of hunting eun down for a second time. which means! if she doesn't stop what she's doing and get working, i could be here until 5:30 because now i decided to take 15 to 20 minutes to eat something. this is my problem everyday that i skip lunch - it just means however much longer added on to the end of my day.

oh well. i'm way too hungry to worry about that right now.

health care

i have to pick a doctor too! although my plan is free . . .
how do you pick a doctor?! my aunt is a nurse, so my parent's told me to ask her if she knows any doctors she likes who are accepting new patients.
blah.
i'm not sure if i'm so ok with growing up.

and i am going to go eat lunch . . .
here's the thing. i'm going to go eat lunch now instead of hunting eun down for a second time. which means! if she doesn't stop what she's doing and get working, i could be here until 5:30 because now i decided to take 15 to 20 minutes to eat something. this is my problem everyday that i skip lunch - it just means however much longer added on to the end of my day.

oh well. i'm way too hungry to worry about that right now.

healthcare

i really dont like how you have to chose a doctor/dentist in your plan. and i dont like that this year i get 45 dollars taken out of every paycheck to cover all my medical expenses. thats 90 a month!! geez....

your dentist isnt in the cheaper dental plan :) i dont think any dentists are...and the ones that are im kinda scared to go to ... so ill just go for the more expensive plan...

i was supposed to have a training session at the gym today (you get one free for joining...) but im still way too tired / sick. i may go to the gym during seinfeld just for a break, but i rescheduled with her for next week...

random stuff

my dentist's name is Robert From. The office is located on 45th between 6th & 5th aves.
phone number: 212 - 840-1000.

yea megan, you're working too hard. i mean, there's nothing wrong with working long hours or anythign, but i think it's ridiculous that you don't even take 20 minutes to at least shove some food in your mouth!

nush - the gift certificate to an indian restaurant sounds like a nice gift. sorry, i have no suggestions. i don't think i've ever had to buy a wedding gift before. . .

and megan - i'm so jealous at all your rockclimbing stories! if you keep this up, you're going to have some really toned arms and legs the next time we see you ;)

overworked

they seem to overwork you there! but at least it seems like you still like it....

things here are slowly getting back to normal...we shall see how long this lasts...

my boss has a wedding reception here next friday - what are you supposed to get your boss for his wedding?!?!?! one idea i had was a 100 gift cert to an indian rest that i like (either amma or tamrind)...my mom is also looking in our basement full of potential gifts that she just collects to see if there is something there for him...but other ideas?

hungry

so, eun's busy doing stuff and she assured me if i got behind, all i would have to do is call and she'd come help . . . but i feel bad doing that. so, instead . . . i think i'm skipping lunch. and i still don't feel very awake . .

but really! it seems like i might have time for lunch at like 2 . . . hmm . .
maybe if i started setting up my next steps instead of talking to you guys, i would get a chance to eat!

i need coffee.

dentist...

who is your dentist? the one i went to was horrible (back in march) and i have been scared to go to one since...mark said his guy is really good so i made an apt, but they only gave me one in december!!!!

my cousin isnt coming...he is trying to get me to go to boston, but i really just want to relax, study, get my jcrew suit altered for all the conferences coming up, etc etc...

im kind of feeling better but i hate getting out of bed in the morning!! esp cause since i go to bed before dev, that is the only time we are both awake and i just want to stay like that forever...and the worst part is i keep thinking that this time last week we were driving around in our convertible in hawaii.....

i have gilmore girls! visit me!

i taped gilmore girls for jess and also to try to lure eun into watching it :) really, just this once to settle a debate. matt - this tech that sort of works in our lab, sort of doesn't HATES gilmore girls and he and i were debating about it, trying to convince eun who doesn't have time to watch tv. so, i brought in the tape so she could watch it whenever she wants (or if she wants) i even cut out the commericials :)

i don't feel awake today. i think because its not really nice out - although, its starting to clear up.

i went rock climbing at the rock climbing place i'm now a member of :) i LOVE it! i didn't think i was sore today until i came in and tried opening doors and realized my muscles no longer work :) but its really good because i def challenged myself last night. there were climbs that edgar did after me and was like wow - you did really well. and he's actually rock climbed before! and i played around with using leg muscles versus upper body strength. it was AWESOME!

and yeah - the deli is the random place we ended up at :) we had the best sandwich - we split a saulsalito wrap :) turkey with spicy mustard and lots of fresh lettuce and tomatoes and supposed to be spicy kind of cheese, but my bf is a whimp so we switched it to not spicy cheese. it was yummy :)

ok, now i need to go move cells into a different freezer. and i need to organize - but i may do that tomorrow. eun's busy today and might not be helping me at all . . . which means i might have a lot to do today . . .

ok, time to do work.

back from dentist

he said i had beautiful teeth :) my gums are in a little bit of pain, but his office was so cool! ok, maybe my old dentist's office in miami was ghetto, which is why i'm not used to this, but the chair had a flat screen tv attached to it! so i got to watch j-lo and kanye west on regis and kelly while he cleaned my teeth, then i saw a bit of ellen's show. and, the guy was really nice. the yankees were on tv for like 2 seconds, so i obviously had to inform himi that i'm a red sox fan. he was like, "well, you should have waited till after i cleaned your teeth to tell me that." all in all, a good dentist visit.

nush - your cousin isn't coming anymore this weekend? i'll be around with my bro and his girlfriend, annie. jackie's thinking of going to pittsburgh to visit bryan. i think she's retarded and should stop going out of her way to see him since he doesn't even make an effort to see her, but whatever, i can't tell her anything. hopefully she'll see it on her own some day soon.

nush and megan - i talked to mena online for a little bit last night (rups, she's a friend of mine from home that visited me at mit sophmore year). she asked me how both of you were doing. nush - she HATES st. louis. she likes the school and her phD program and everything, but she hates the city. oh well.

i also talked to pulgui and carlitos. i dont usually sign on at home, so it was kind of nice talking to random people.

so, you guys know that gabe was here this past weekend. after we'd both had a few drinks, we were chatting about ramon and jojo's breakup. i told him that i've always thought ramon is cute, so then he started telling me that i should date ramon! i think it was all the wine talking :) i was like, "dude, he dated jojo - he's been tainted. besides, he's in med school in boston, i'm in nyc. no way."

ok, i think i've inundated you with enough useless info about my life.

megan - i'm jealous about your every-other-day schedule!
rups - don't erase gilmore girls (please)! i want to come over and watch someday.
nush - are you feeling better?

game

while the boston fans were suffering, dev and i were jumping up and down :) i found out right before i left work that fox was showing both games! the regional one on local fox channel and then the other game on FSNNY. so we got to watch the game. we both like watching them at home much more cause we can eat together, and do work while we watch the game...

do you have the debates on tivo (the one last friday and last night) if you do i really want to come over this weekend and watch them. what are you doing this weekend? i think im here...i may go to Jersey sat morning to see my parents - they are going to my cousins house....i think thats about it though...

morning :)

megan we did miss you :)
i'm glad that eun is rewarding you for being there all the time at all those crazy hours.. every other day should get you some rest :)

where did you go rock climbing yesterday? is that deli the same place where you randomly ended up but had really good food? i'm glad that now when i hear about your life i can kinda picture people and please.. especially wegmans!

tivoing the games was a bad idea.. watching game 2 yesterday directly after game one was even harder than watching them lose on two separate nights. but i did catch up on my tivo :) now i've seen the gilmore girls and desperate housewives (which i love) that i was missing. and got to see the debates. ah i love technology.

nush, i hope everything worked out with game watching. jules was right, i don't have any special channels. by the way, the name of the place we went last year was "the slaughtered lamb". it's in the west village somewhere down the street from riviera. did you end up finding a place that you could watch the game?

can you do lunch or something this week? coffee? drinks at bp? :) let me know.

happy thursday everyone!

miss me?

i've been getting every other day off because i have to work every other day - weekends included. and i don't always get a lunch break. or to leave at 5. so, eun took pity because she loves me and told me to only work every other day :)

i went rock climbing again last night! i love it! and there is this little deli that edgar and i now go to - we have eaten dinner there everyday this week. like, the owner is starting to recognize us! basically because we buy a quart of either milk or oj and just split it instead of getting sodas or something (they don't have mountain dew!) but she def laughed at me last night we i went up and asked for two cups - she was like oj again? its cool though, i like having a face to think of when i pay for my dinner.

ok, i thought the nurse would show up with my blood by now but she hasn't . . .

good morning, ladies!

megan - i missed you yesterday!

ok, i'm off to the dentist. yay! i can't believe i'm excited about going to the dentist. . .really, i'm just excited about getting away from my desk for an hour :)

yea, i'm going to the gym

today is the step and pilates classes that i like, so i won't be home 'till 9 or so. hopefully jackie will have my dinner ready by the time i get home ;)

i think i'm going to watch the sox game when i get home. . .

soon

allen left, troy left, everyone is sick here!

the problem with the small bars is if they only have 1 or 2 tvs, they def wont put on the cards...and for some reason his mlb package that he has wont show these...not sure why...oh well, his problem :) just thought id ask...

are you going to the gym after work? im gonna start working out tomorrow i hope...ive been so tired and sick that i dont want to do anything...

i started the price and me last night - ill go home, study for a bit, eat dinner while i finish the movie (soup again for me...) then study more and go to bed...

don't remember the name of the bar

but there's so many sports bars around midtown and close to our apt - i don't think he'll have a hard time finding something that's not too packed. i'd avoid espn zone if he doesn't want soemthing full of loud and rowdy yankees fans. i think his best bet is to try the smaller bars on the sidestreets in midtown; or, if he's close to our apt, there are also a lot of smaller bars where he should be fine. isn't there a baseball playoff package he can get? i know how annoying it is to not be able to watch your team play - i can't catch most of the heat games up here!

at what time are you going home, nush?

sick and lots of work

im not watching the game tonight...i have waaaay too much studying to catch up on. plus apparently my cousin doesnt like the idea that he is in boston by himself this weekend, and says he doesnt care if he has to take a bus for 4 hours each way to come see me and be back there monday for a meeting at babson...so if he comes ill get nothing done again!!! i really need to get some stuff done - and get some sleep!

i called riveira cafe, they are showing the cards game, but they are closing doors at 7 cause they anticipate too many people...

what was the name of the bar we went to with de shaw people last year for yanks/socks? dev may just go to espn zone by himself...he just doesnt want to have to deal with 1000000 yankee fans screaming and having to watch his team in a microscopic tv :)

ruthless!

yea, that guy should go to prison. what an idiot! did he really think someone wouldn't notice that their wallet is missing??? i guess they probably think that a lot of people are too lazy to actually go to the police and cable company and then follow up with it.

anways, i couldn't finish writing in my other blog for some odd reason. i was just going to say that i'm pretty sure rupa has the same cable we do - the only difference is that she has the cable box that's like a tivo. other than that, i'm pretty sure that she only has 1 fox channel, and it's the same one that we do.

are you feeling better, nush? you guys could try going to a sports bar to watch the cardinals game. i'm sure most places are going to have the red sox/yankees game on the main tv, but i imagine they'd have the cardinals on somewhere. . .

JAIL!

the detective found the guy...it was the cable guy. he now is trying to figure out how to corner him in to an arrest :) he went on and on trying to sound impressive but i didnt care, i just want him to get arrested and see what sort of things we can get back...he said he wants to make the arrest by friday...

just thought youd want to know :)

thanks, nush (and dev!)

Girls

dev...

jules - he said hed get you the cd. those things are def not asking too much! he loves being able to help, he just gets frustrated when things dont work for no apparent reason, and he has wasted like 3 nights on fixing our internet, and like 4 or 5 fixign his own. and the worst part is, its no ones fault. i think if there were someone or something to blame it would be easier...and he cant work 9-5, his job just isnt like that. and if he cant work after 6 when he gets home, he just gets nothing done. and two of his best friends that i met in Hawaii who started when he did: one is morman and married to this girl who is basically his shoe shiner. she does everything - deals with bills, drives him places, cooks, cleans, when he works all he has to do is work. the other guy lives in seattle and just met the right people and is now at a manager level. dev is just getting pissed that he is here and has to deal with all this extra crap that is just taking up too much time. anyway, more on that later...

rupa: do you think your extensive tv system (which i dont really know what you have) would get the cardinals game on tonight?? from what i understand both the games are at 8 and on Fox, which means it is most likely regionally based....i thought id ask to see if you think you would get both, and if so if you wouldnt mind us coming over. we will buy you dinner and beer :) if you are planning on going home and watching the red sox, dont worry about it, he will either figure something else out or just watch the yankees, but i thought it was worth asking :)

debate - there is one tonight?? i thought the next one was friday?

hi hi!

hey all :)

nush, sorry you aren't feeling well.. i wonder why6 megan is off. jules, you should come and get coffee!!

things are good today.. i went to pilates yesterday.. didn't watch gilmore girls or the game.. well i tivo'd both and watched the game this morning :) but for some reason i'm waking up at like 4am everyday and last night that made me crash right away. gonna go home early so i can watch game 1 :)

work is blah today.. same ol.. lots of stuff that needs to get done.. but nothing really notable. they are finally finished construction on the floor i think and everyone is probably moving next week. that most likely means i stay in the windowless office.. but at least it's an office... and it's by myself.. and my department will finally be on the same floor as me.

third debates tonight! i am really happy to see so many real efforts out there this year to get people voting. in the past, the groups promoting voters seemed almost like those that do things for earth day.. where people know they are there and their message is really in the back of people's minds but no one is listening. i feel like this year, the message is really EVERYWHERE (yes they have incorporated in every WB show). and kids especially will finally do something about it. :)

microsoft

hey nush - do you think dev could get me a copy of office for my powerbook? do you think he'd mind? if you think he would, then don't bother asking him. i know he's done a lot for us as far as internet/wireless stuff goes, and i wouldn't want to bother him. let me know what you think. thanks!

poor nush

yea, i remember i had a bad nyquil experience once. in college. on the day i had a morning final. baaaad memories.

nyquil

seems like such a good idea when you are sick and want to sleep well, but when the alarm goes off and the nyquil is still running through your body it doesnt feel so good :(

megan - why aren't you working today??

not fair! i slept so poorly yesterday. i kept waking up like every hour or so! ugh. today's not gonna be fun.

i love you all

and now i'm leaving . . .
and i'm not coming back tomorrow!!!
hahahah!!!
maybe i'll look at my computer at home tomorrow and say hi :)

address

63 Sullivan Street, Apt 4
New York, NY 10012

and nush - i'm glad you got to go home early :)

im going home...

jules, go back to boycotting :)

why??

purse.bmp

copied what you wrote...

63, 4, 10012

i wasnt doing the img src...what does that stand for? let me try again...

img src="http://girls.rups.net/purse.bmp">purse.bmp

img

lunch time

ok, i just read over everything.
i cannot see the purse pic because it is using an application this computer doesn't have - and i'm at work, so i don't want to add plugins to the computer.
and maybe instead of boycotting me julie should be proud that i'm actually working for my paycheck!!!!!!!! :)

and . . . address? ___ sullivan street #__, NYC, NY ____
(julie or anusha, fill in the blanks)

oops

just saw all the messages...

julie's right. if it's not working, then just make sure it says "img src" and not "bracket" a href

test (maybe if i keep trying at some point it will work)

purse.bmp

i'm here!!

but in meetings all day. nush welcome back!! megan and jules-- hi!!


if you want to make it so that you can see the pic, when you add a pic (i'm guessing you are doing it in blogthis).. it asks you if you want it "inline" or if you want a link to it... it does that on the screen after where you upload the pic. make sure that you click on inline.

another thing to check is that you shouldn't see any "" tags after or before the picture when you are looking at the blogthis window...

purse.bmp

ok, that worked

but i wanted to show you what i typed. "img src="http://girls.rups.net/purse.bmp" /" but instead of the outside quotation marks, i used the brackets < >. i don't know what they're called. . .but they probably won't come up. . .it's the brackets that look like sideways v's.

yep, i used blog this

1. click on "upload file"
2. hit "browse", select file you want to upload, then hit "upload"

hmm - looks like it's because when you try to upload a .gif file, it recognizes that it's an image and so it asks if you want to include it inline. when i tried uploading the pic of the purse, the option didn't come up.

let my try it using the html. . .so i'm typing this "

it didnt ask me inline or as link...

did you post it with blog this? it didnt ask me...

weird...

ill be home...but i dont like ground turkey..i think im going to buy some cambells soup on my way home...i really need soup - i feel like crap. i want to just leave but i have so much to do!!!

the pic worked, but some of my stuff got cut off. . .

it's supposed to say:

when you click on "upload file", after you browse for the file and all, it asks you if you want it "inline" or as a "link". if you select inline, it'll include the pic. . .

why i love anusha

she blogs with me!

gabe and natalia slept on the sofa bed - yes, it opens up to a bed :)

the purse is cute! lucky you :) i can't wait to see pictures from the trip.

to upload pics, when you click on , after you browse for the file and all, it asks you if you want it or as a . if you select inline, i think it'll include the pic. i'm trying it with the d. e. shaw logo now.



you must be exhausted! at what time do you think you'll be able to get out of work? i'll be home around 8:30, and i'm making dinner for me and jackie. let me know if you'll be home for dinner and i'll make more for you, too. jackie and i started the south beach diet yesterday, so no carbs for 2 weeks. just lean meats, eggs, and some veggies. i'm making ground turkey for dinner - maybe with salad or something, i don't know yet.

it worked :)

but i dont know how to make it just show the pic instead of making it as a link....

picture...not sure if this is working...

purse.bmp

purse

i tried uploading the image of it (toral made me go online and email her a pic cause she didnt want to wait till this weekend to see it...) but im not sure if it worked...

of course i dont mind that she slept in my bed. where did gabe sleep? on the couch? doesnt that open up to a bed? i havent seen it do that yet....

i love guests who are greatful and appreciative....

i dont know if im going to get out of here early today :( this sucks....

i boycotted!

i was the only one blogging last week and it was no fun, so i decided to stop! although now anusha's back, so maybe i'll go back to blogging ;)

nush - don't be sick! jackie was really sick all of last week and so was my office mate, so i've been trying really hard to stay healthy! i'm glad you had a good time, though. and what's the purse like???

megan - rock climbing sounds like fun. i'm definitely up for trying it - i love doing outdoors-y things.

gabe, natalia, and his sis were here this past weekend. we went to free wine sat night and had an awesome time! we got wasted and made friends. . .all in all, a very enjoyable dinner. nush - his sis slept in your bed. . .i hope you don't mind! they were great guests - they bought us a bottle of tequila and a bottle of godiva liquor for our hospitality! i'll probably stay at gabe's the next time i go to boston (rooz's bday, maybe?).

de shaw

those lazy butts.
the higher you go in the world, the more expensive long lunches you get to have :)

i didnt miss much (responses to old blogs)

MODELS: rupa - i sort of liked her! but then again in the one episode i watched she didnt talk - and its easier to like the girl who doesnt talk than the high maintenance white girl who is crying cause the black girl she is "friends" with didnt want to stay in the same room as her....

VOTING: i like kerry in the debates, but i dont think he knows what he is talking about - he just does a good job of talking...ive been meaning to go to his website to learn more about his campaign and to figure out where the hell he proposes to get all this money from. and megan - to the war comment - i think kerry would have done the same. he voted to do it - how ridiculous to respond to being questioned about that with well i voted for it but i didnt actually do it - he is a senator - thats what is vote is for!

DE Shaw - megan, when they arent blogging it usually isnt that they are working, its that they are out to some expensive lunch for like 3 hours pretending to make a temp feel special...

but where is julie?

ok, we figured out where i was . . .
where did our little colombian go???

days off and other such craziness

i DID have the day off yesterday! but not because of the holiday . . . because i worked 9 to 5 on sunday . . .
the excitement of my weekend - i joined a rock climbing club and went rock climbing for the first time yesterday!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! the girl who signed us up made a mistake and gave us a free introductory course/bilay certification (it's supposed to be $30) the owner taught us, he started out seeming like a real prick but turned out to be really nice - just initially annoyed to see that one of his employees comped $60 because they were stupid. then me and edgar took turns climbing - i climbed all the way to the top on 3 different trails! i'm not that sore today, so i'm going to do more when we go on wednesday. SO much fun!!! like, want you guys to come visit again so we can go there and rock climb!!!! and they have a high ropes course too!

nush - i'm glad you had fun in hawaii! i'm sorry you're sick now :( did you do anything extra fun? snorkling? parasailing? take lots of pictures?

one last question/comment - i was playing with my amazing ipod this weekend ('cause i HAD a weekend! both saturday and monday off!) and it was awesome of julie to load stuff on it . . . but apparently she's a little behind. anusha has no address and julie still lives on wall street. how am i supposed to mail either of you cute things if i don't know where you live?!

Highlights: Sunset, drives, ocean, LV...

Hey girls, Im back :( and completely exhausted, and sick....

but the trip was amazing. the first two days were just dev and me, i have never dreamed of a more romantic sunset watching experience. it was absolutely beautiful and on a basically deserted beach - just me and him and one other family on the other end of the beach...

after that his whole group - like 600 microsoft people got there, but that was fun too - it was nice to finally meet all the people he talks to me about on a daily basis. i got to meet two of his best friends there.

and the highlight - he bought me a louis vitton purse!! im not exactly sure what came over him, but we had walked in the store, and we had a room credit from the program that was supposed to cover eating, drinking, beach expenses. but we didnt use it all and you can charge Mr. Vitton merchandise to the room, so he was like pick whichever one you want...it is really nice :) i used it at the closing party sunday night :)

im excited to read through all the old blogs...thatll get me through the day...im going to leave early and go sleep...im soooo tired.

where is everyone? its 1030....and were jules and megan off yesterday for columbus day?

monday!!!

hello :)

no blogs today i see... just wanted to say hi! hope everyone is having a great monday. how were the weekends?