As a non-sequitur opening, I wonder why I have songs from Schoolhouse Rock! going through my head this morning? Must be because of thinking about our little sprog-to-be...we're going to have to get that DVD, I think, and play little excerpts for her once she's old enough to appreciate them. :-) We've been using her as an excuse to get a lot of ( Read more... )

Some folks have known about this for a while now, but I wanted to wait to make the public announcement. So here it is: Don and I are expecting our first child ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while since I was writing regularly here...I can only claim sheer exhaustion as my excuse (and a poor one at that, since many of my friends manage to write even more when they're making herculean efforts!). At the end of April, I finished up a marathon 10 illustrations in 3 weeks for UCLA. Well, not entirely finished...they'll ( Read more... )

Okay, so this isn't a huge accomplishment, compared to other things in life. But after many hours of gameplay, last night Don and I beat the game "Kingdom Hearts" for Playstation 2 ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, my step-grandmother (whom I knew affectionately by the name "Meena") lost her battle with cancer. She had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year, and lived much longer (and with as much spark and vigor as she could) than the doctors had predicted. All this week, she was grimly hanging on, toughing it out until ( Read more... )

On Feb. 14 1993, I sent Don an email saying (for the first time), "I love you". Since that time, we've marked Valentine's Day as our unofficial anniversary (with the official one being May 27, 2000 ( Read more... )

I had intended to try to write a long entry today, to cover everything that's been going on. Challenging new job, rewarding projects, long hours, all the prep that went on for the holiday presents we put together, learning how to fold origami, worrying about whether I will have to give up my illustration business, thinking about having children ( Read more... )

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Today was my last day at Bosha Design. It was surprisingly bittersweet...they are all very sorry to see me go, and they have all expressed their appreciation for what I've done for the company. This is a vast change from some other companies I've worked at, where it's all about what they can get out of the workers. Sure, the place has its ( Read more... )

...and now I don't have to restrict access to this topic in my LiveJournal! I have officially accepted an offer of employment from Refinery, Inc, and I'll be starting there as a Senior Web Developer on Monday, November 25th ( Read more... )