Today I represented the Department at a UC Davis Environmental Sciences Career Fair. I'm at odds about these things. I'd rather do *design* work or scientific investigations, but I'm used more and more to either do project management (i.e. organizing people), graphic design, or public speaking / outreach ( Read more... )

Thursday night / Friday morning I tossed and turned all night. My back was sore from finally jogging on Monday. I'd not jogged in months. I just have a hard time finding the energy or time. I leave for work around 7:45 am, return home around 8 pm. At work I'm *lucky* if I can reply to friends emails (I get very few of them, though welcome them ( Read more... )

So many meanings in this subject header. Obviously I rarely update these days. There is a ton going on with my life, but I'd honestly rather directly talk to my friends than have them passively read what I post ( Read more... )

First, thanks all for the positive words. It is a stressful time for all State employees, and I'm actually more concerned about others than myself ... my parents and I have talked and they can float me for a bit (months). Many others are NOT so lucky, and they really should be the focus ( Read more... )

Long weekend. Yesterday I tried to spend most of my rare holiday sleeping off a god awful hangover ( Read more... )

This afternoon I went to see Iron Man in Vacaville, and was pleasantly surprised to see the Bloodsource bloodmobiles just outside the theatre. I had extra time, and missed them the last time they came by the office ... so I donated another pint ( Read more... )

My neighbor Ryan took me to the UC Davis Bicycle auction today. :) About a year and a half ago I took my sister's old bike from my folk's up to my apartment. I rode it twice, until one day when somebody stole the rear wheel. The bike was locked, but they took a wrench and ran off with my wheel ( Read more... )

I had another interview today. Originally it was scheduled to be two interviews, but one of the engineers changed his mind ( Read more... )

About eight years ago I remember when an avid hawk lover pointed out that I was "hawk" like. At the time I described myself as sheepish and shy and had more in common with the common mouse than any other creature. She said after watching plenty of animals, and in particularly studying birds of prey, that I had more of the traits associated with a ( Read more... )

I'm tired of the cold. My house is always cold. Why is that? Why WHY WHY is that ( Read more... )