What a weekend!

Been a pretty crazy and very exciting long weekend here! This will be my run down of all the events so that everyone can know how much fun we (Sean and I) had the past two days, and so tht I'll remember it in the future.

Woke up early on Sunday and was lazy for a while, read my book for about an hour its getting pretty good! About noon, we were ready to leave on our first adventure. To San Jose. Not much of an adventure to start with really. Went to San Jose to see Sean's new Panera store near the airport. Looks very nice but not very open yet. After checking out the area a little and playing a round of smash bros at the local GameStop, we headed to the Mall. THE MALL. This is a pretty big mall, doesn't really compare to the Mall of America in Minneapolis but its still very big. Its called the WestField Shopping Valley Fair. and what I found interesting is that it is very carefully layed out and very diverse at the same time. So in one area would be all the kids stores and in another would be all the staker-punk stores and in another would be all the fancy BananaRepublic++ stores. It was a very nice mall and I'm sure if I had any money to spare I could have done some damage.

The best part about this mall is there is a Cheesecake Factory Resturant attached to it. OH MAN. It was so very good. Prices weren't bad especially considering the portion sizes (there are pictures) The burgers were HUGE. Much to much food for me anyways. But we still have to-die-for cheesecake at the end. "Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cheesecake" It was amazing. Yes, I'm going to the gym soon.

After that we went to cupertino, to get Sean schedule and go to Target to get new sheets for the bed. The ones that it came with were horribly uncomfortable and I really didn't know how back until I slept in the new ones and ended up sleeping in till 11. new sheets are jersey knit and great!

Oh and watched the worst movie ever sunday night.

Monday (Today) the plan was to go to the beach (Which has wireless access by the way) but it was just a little to cold. wouldn't have been much fun and a long drive for not much fun. SO instead we went exploring... major adventure. The goal was to go into the mountains. So we headed out of here about 1-ish and headed towards what we thought was a park according to the map but was actually a golf course. Driving in the mountains is crazy! and the little car could barely do it. It was definatly struggling at more than one point. So figured out that it was a Golf Course and picked a new destination... Redwood Park. took a long time to finally get there but it was totally worth it. The redwoods were awesome! and the hike we took was pretty cool. I however was the exact opposite of prepared for a hike since I was wearing a skirt and flipflops. anyways I survived.

headed back to Mountain View and went to Pasta? to have dinner. It was actually very good tho the portions were smaller than I expected. I would go back again however and the service was great. Tonight, planning on playing a little scrabble and going to bed early.

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Long Weekend and Video Games

I didn't have to work today, and I don't have to work tomorrow or Monday! WOO. Its cool but at the same time I'd like to be able to check my work email which I can't from home. Oh well. I'm currently sitting at Panera Bread just chilling out with my laptop. can't type very well but that could be the 2 coffees I've just had. The store is closed but cause I know the assistant manager I get to stay inside!

I spent most of today at home just cleaning the apartment a bit and playing video games on my computer. Without realizing it I nearly played 4 hours of CivIV today. Its Sean's game I barely know how to play but its pretty cool and definitely fun. Can't play it here tho. Its not meant to be played with a touch pad and I did not bring my mouse. One thing I'm looking for here tho is an old game console system for back at the apartment. Since the cable doesn't work and I doubt we will get it hooked up this summer it would be cool to be able to entertain myself with an N64 or SuperNES. They are fairly hard to come by for a decent price here. been checking craigslist (which is way popular around here) but they don't have what I'm looking for. If anyone has any other ideas let me know. I can only play so many hours of GBA before my eyes go crazy.

I've been recalling the past few weeks here, its all been very interesting. Work of course is overwhelming but its different things that have made the journey interesting. Some of the things I've noticed,

• Even when you think you are getting a decent deal and you've tried a dozen ways to make it cheaper people will still make fun of you and think you are nuts for paying so much.
• I do a lot of planning, and obsessing over details.
  
• It was a lot of work to actually get here and have everything planned as much as I did, and I'm not sure anybody else saw all those details.
  
• I find I talk about Sean a lot more here than I do at home, and I think that's understandable cause hes here with me but its a totally different experience for me. When I'm at home, I try not to talk about him as much cause he's far away.
  
• I think I like the idea of working at a big company with a small company/educational feel.
  
• I miss my friends and family a lot. Its hard being away.
• I know people will hate me for saying this, But I miss Sheik (the cat) more than I expected. Bailey too, but I'm used to being away from Bailey (the dog).
  

That's all I have right now I believe.

X3 was Awesome!

Went and saw my first midnight showing last night. It was quite an experience. The 12:00 showing was completely sold out hours before the show. (probably days but I'm not sure) I was happily entertained. People who are ravenous X-Men fanatics who do nothing but argue over details about the comics and who obviously had their hopes and expectations set to high, like Sean and his friends, may have been a little disappointed. However I thought it was great and everyone should go see it.

I'm kinda inbetween stuff at the moment at work, actually I've been writing this post all day inbetween meetings and such. But hurray its Friday and its also a long weekend. Haven't figured out plans yet but should try to do something with the days off. Hopefully I'll take some pictures of something cool so people don't get too bored with me.

Edit: The t-shirt bin was filled today. I was one of the very lucky ones to get a new t-shirt. WOO now I have blue and yellow. maybe next time (if I'm that lucky again) I'll try to pick up some different sizes. Its hard to take more than one when there is a big "Don't be Evil" sign above it.

Edit 2: Now I'm not going to name names here, but I was in the presents of billionaires today. That was pretty cool.

Edit 3: This is post 42!

Hummm...

Got an interesting article from Slashdot today. All about interns and blogging made me think about everything I've written so far. And I still think I'm in the clear, tho maybe I should change my blog name... I suppose it could get me in trouble. But really I only have good things to say about Google and gExperience. I've already learned a ton.

I'm pretty tired today. Actually had a busy day running around and the such. Tomorrow is going to be just as bad too. However it is Friday tomorrow and I get Monday off. WOO! I went to the social security office today to get my SSN. If I don't recieve it within two weeks there will be major problems. I guess I'm relying on the postal service agian.

Looking up a bit!

So, I have a car now. overloadedly insured. Probably costing me too much but I'm glad I have the car. Public transit is not very nice around here. I'm not saying I couldn't do it but its rather expensive and not very direct. I'm looking forward to being able to drive around a little more, see a little more of the area.

Also, I don't have to go to the US Orientation Meeting in SF tomorrow. I found out that the meeting isn't for me and I can stay here and work, which is great cause I'm getting a bunch more work to do. Woo!

Speaking of which... I should get back to it. It will be time to go home (7:30 ish) before you know it. Strange how I can now work a 10 hour day and not even care.

Frustrated

Sorry I haven't been posting as usual been having some frustrating times here. Work is fine, I have enough to keep me busy for a little while. Its everything else thats frustrating me. It rained on sunday so I didn't get to do much on my day off. The bike from hell fell apart... while Sean was riding it. and now that will cost a whole bunch to repair. Rented a car and thought that I had insurance but apperently I don't have either have to put insurance on the car or take it back. My parents are very upset with me. My Grandfather is very sick. Sean is frustrated with Cali cause he misses his friends and his city. Just having a crappy week so far and its only Tuesday.

And to top it all off, I think I grabbed decaf coffee this morning instead of the caffine I needed.

I'm awake too early for a saturday.

Its just after 9 and I'm awake cause I simply can't sleep in. My body is already adjusted to getting up for work. Actually I think my body is expecting food... I suppose I should find some eventually. It just won't compare to the food at work.

Last Night we went and saw the Da Vinci Code. Which would have been a great outting to meet some other interns and be more social with them. However, I could not believe how packed the movie theater was! like in the entire parking lot there was no spots left... the only option was to stalk people in the outer rows of the parking lot. Movie started at 10, we finally found a parking spot at about 10:15 and only missed a few minutes of the movie. The movie was average, I think I liked it but I'm not sure I would see it again. And apperently its nothing like the book and the book was way better. So I'm still planning on reading that.

I finally got my first project at work. And that's as much as I'm going to say.

Today, I plan on playing some video games and maybe reading my book. If I feel adventurous I may go and find my way to Sean's store and visit him at work. We'll see!