Well, here I am in 2020. Not just a new year, but a whole new decade. It’s hard to believe that ten years ago in 2010, Sara, Sable, and I were still living in “Smallpartment” just down the street from Grandma’s old house, that I’d never had anything to do with Judaism, and that I’d never even been to the city where I live now. Despite all the ( Read more... )

Well, Rebecca didn't do very well at updating this journal in 2018. It was really the first year that's happened since I started this journal way back in 2007. Our biggest client at work changed their name over the summer, which meant we had to basically redo all the work we'd ever done for them with their new logo. We all had to work a lot of ( Read more... )

Sara and I stayed up until midnight last night putting together a puzzle and watching Speed (our New Year's Eve tradition). We tried to time it so that the bus jumped over the gap in the freeway right at midnight (like we did back here), but we were a few minutes off. Today we're planning to make cheese dip and brownies ( Read more... )

I must be getting old, because I opened my last Hanukkah gift from Mom last night (it was the last night of Hanukkah) and I was actually darn happy to have a new set of bedsheets! They're aquamarine and very soft. I made my bed with them and cleaned my room last night, and that was my New Year's Eve. Sara and I were watching Speed at midnight, like ( Read more... )

I saw a LOT of young/child actress movies in 2015. I beat the record that I set last year. A lot of that was due to Sara, who got into the habit of renting two movies from RedBox almost every single weekend. Just typing that almost made me feel tired. I don't have anywhere near the same stamina for movies that she does, but I did try to watch any ( Read more... )

Well, today was the drive back home. Sara put my iPod on the speaker, playing the songs in order (rather than in shuffle, which is how I usually listen to it). She challenged me to try to guess which song would come on next, and I was surprisingly bad at it. I knew that "Shut Up and Dance With Me" must come after "Shake It Off," but that was about ( Read more... )

Well, I survived another holiday dinner with my coworkers. It was held on Friday night, the same night as my temple's Hanukkah latke dinner, which I had to miss. :( My enjoyment of this dinner has waned every year. The restaurant was a long schlep out from our place. It was swanky and noisy and full of people dressed in tuxedos and evening gowns (I ( Read more... )

Looking back on 2014, it's pretty easy to say what the highlight of the year was for me. I lived the dream I dreamed in time gone by and saw Les Miserables on Broadway! Our trip to New York City was exciting, obviously, but it was kinda stressful, too. I think that in 2014, I enjoyed my 8:30-to-5 everyday life almost as much as the vacation and ( Read more... )

To get 2013 off to a good start, today I went to the movies and saw Les Miserables again! And apparently, everyone in town had the same idea, because the theater was almost as packed as when Sara and I saw it on Christmas! Ugh! Still, I enjoyed it... and I haven't stopped singing the songs yet! I never really loved “Stars” before, but the movie ( Read more... )

For absolutely no reason, I've decided to learn what each state has on its state quarter (which is proving to be fairly easy) and to sing "99 Luft Balloons" in German (which is quite difficult). Don't ask me why I decide to do these things!

I'm finally getting around to posting the list I made of the most-played songs on my iPod for 2011. The one I ( Read more... )