Maybe I'll write here again for random thoughts. Like the fact that in less than 2 months, I will be 30. That's so crazy. 29's been a pretty good year for me, though.

Also, I'm still not asleep because I have been listening to Elliot Smith while reading about haunted Venetian islands. Or island. One island.

I'm Awake

Not sure why I'm still awake but I am. I think I was too excited going on a rant about FIFA. I love finding excuses for that rant. Anyway, I haven't posted her since last August when I was in Columbus, GA. Feels like such a long time ago, doesn't it? A lot to say, but not much. Today is Chris and my anniversary of 10 years of dating. It's crazy that this much time has passed. I feel old. Seriously old.

Hi from Georgia

For some reason, The Tallest Man on Earth seems like the most appropriate soundtrack to my life right now. 

I bought a car

I bought a car today. A blue Prius. It was expensive, but I'm so excited to have bought it. Probably my first real "adult" purchase. Exciting, right?

Yup. I never thought I'd be one to name a car, but it's my TARDIS.

I've been in a strangely nostalgic mood. I think it comes from the fact that I came to the sad realization that it's almost been ten years since I started college. Whatever the reason, I've found that I've been listening to a lot of music out of sentimentality more than anything else and falling in love with songs that I fell in love with years before.

I'd been looking for an excuse to make get myself to blog regularly in my Music & Jjigae blog and I think I've found a project. I'm going to chronicle the soundtrack to my life for every year from 1999 to today. I'm going back to 1999. We'll see how that goes.

iPod

I found my iPod. I lost it in my dad's car when we were driving back from Santa Barbara Memorial Day weekend. It was nestled between the driver's seat and the divider. The last month without it has been a sad one, so I'm glad I found it. I got myself a smaller tablet with the idea that I would be able to consolidate my devices, but crazy person in me had a hard time living without a device that carries 160 gb.

Glad to be reunited

Another night where I'm up late for no apparent reason.

I cleaned though. That's a rarity.

Going to try an experiment tomorrow morning. I'll let you know if I succeed.

So I know it's outdated, but I wonder how long it'd take me to learn the Animaniacs Nations of the World song. I actually have about a verse and a half down. Out of four. Which isn't bad.

True fact: That show was how I've been able to name all the US presidents since the 6th grade.

I want to revive Music & Jjigae because I really enjoyed keeping that blog up to date last year. I've been so busy with work that I feel like I haven't been doing anything work blogging about though. Hm.

I kind of miss being on top of the music scene. Kind of lost it because it takes so much work. Also, I'm old and grumpy and get mad at hipsters at shows now.

I'm starting a mini purge of clothes. It's only a mini purge because I'm bad at getting rid of clothes...

Anyway, in my pile was a coat that I got in 2006 or something. I had a hard time getting rid of it. It wasn't that I wear it particularly often (or at all), but I just thought the story behind it was funny.

I was on one of my weird kicks where I was doing a mini "say yes" project based on the book Yes Man by Danny Wallace (which was also made into a forgettable Jim Carey movie). I happened to be at the Irvine Spectrum on a particularly cold fall night and bought that coat because that was what they asked me at the store when I tried it on.

Clearly, it didn't take me long to figure out that the plan would not end well.

Okay. Maybe that's not an exciting story. Just one of those stories that makes me miss the carefree days of college.

In any case, it's in my donation pile.

Happy Easter.

We built a fence this weekend. It didn't end up looking too bad.

And now I sleep. Another early morning for a 6 am call :(

And I'm still up for whatever reason. Going to bed for real this time.

Really need to start going to bed earlier. Maybe it wouldn't be so hard to get up in the morning if I did. There are just so many things to do in the day.

Pete & Pete Reunion show tomorrow! Yay!

It's my birthday today. Turning 28. I feel old.

The last few weeks in Europe went by fast. It's all a bit of a blur, really. Didn't have time to plan out resolutions beyond the standard lose weight resolution (surprisingly, my scale told me I lost weight despite all the face stuffing that went on). There is one thing I know I want to do this year, however, and that is to volunteer more. Going to try to drag people out to plant trees on Saturday. I figure I'll be doing good for the environment and engaging in physical activity, so it's kind of win-win. Also, if I don't do anything Saturday mornings, I end up just blobbing around until 1 anyway.

I baked cookies last night. I don't know why. I shouldn't eat them. Needed to redeem myself after the horrible cupcake fail of last week (finally threw those away).

They're good though. Trying to forget I made them or they'll disappear quickly.

This post is a shameless attempt of self ego boosting. Don't read it if you're not in the mood for that.

But I got the invitation for my ten year high school reunion, which has thrown me into one of those "what have I don't with my life" spirals.

So I've been going through things that I've done in the last ten years. Somehow it doesn't seem as bad.

• Graduated undergrad with two degree
• Lobbied several members of congress about environmental issues 
• Was an environmental activist 
• Published two academic articles 
• Was thanked in the liner notes of a Phantom Planet album
• Learned how to sail
• Learned a language
• Studied abroad in Italy the summer they won the World Cup
• Attended a Hollywood premiere and walked on the red carpet 
• Visited the DMZ 
• Interned at the Washington DC Greenpeace offices 
• Led a group to Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina relief volunteer work
• Met Scott Bakula 
• Visited twenty countries and eleven states that I'd never been to before. 
• Graduated law school
• Was editor in chief of my law journal 
• interned at the two non-profit orgs that made me want to go to law school to do IP (Creative Commons and EFF) 
• Attended an administrative law class taught by Justice Scalia 
• Passed the California state bar 
• Ate at French Laundry and met Thomas Keller 
• Met Rick Steves
• Met Stan Lee 
• Met Chris 

Maybe I could have done more, but I can't say that's bad for ten years. I also have a little under five months to add some cool stuff to that list.

The game today was a mess.

Not a great end to the Quakes' run this season, but they did put out an entertaining season. And they handled their loss with class, unlike the Galaxy who through hissy fits each time they were unable to beat the Quakes.