Just got off a department meeting here at work. (If you don’t know, I work as a digital production artist in the Interactive department for the ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding.) Another round off layoffs all around. (I think this is our 8th one so far.) Our department, which more than a year ago was at about 26 or so people. Today, we are down to 7. We definitely are getting smaller and smaller. Hopefully, we will get new accounts or do more work for our present accounts. The feeling now is just to do the best work we can. The layoffs have been so routine now that we are not so phased by it. I’m just thankful, I still have a job and not have to deal with trying to find a job, ‘cuz it’s bad out there.

Yup, yup… advertising is sure a volatile industry… But, I guess everything is now-a-days…

Dang, I was stressing last night, ‘cuz I couldn’t find my cell phone.

H called me this morning and left me a message that I left it (or dropped it) in his car. When I talked to him this morning, I went through that weird, mixed feeling. It’s like I would do anything and I don’t care what I have to do kinda feeling… and it seemed like meeting was gonna be a bother. Even to just drive to Fremont to pick me up at the BART. He suggested that he give it to A… and A and meet me and I can pick it up from him, but I don’t think H realized that I wouldn’t get my cell phone until Wednesday that way… But I told him that I kinda wanted it as soon as I can.

Well we planned to meet at Fremont – like I thought we should – after work. It actually was nice… He picked me up and we went to that Vietnamese place where we ate with Tim one day. It was closed though and we saw that TK Noodle next door was open, so we just ate there… That was good… I think I ate too much though (like always)

Afterwards, before he dropped me off at the BART, he wanted to look for comforter covers and a fitted sheet. We went to Target and Bed, Bath & Beyond. He found something he liked, but he will hold off and keep looking around.

All in all it was fun actually… I think I was thinking too much about things… I really liked it when he said he had fun… :) I had fun too :)

One of my new guppies just gave birth :) Now I have alot of baby guppies.

A trip to Ikea is always fun (but tiring for yer feet)…

I also got to see this industrial savage yard with some cool stuff like old tables, signs, lockers, old window frames and other stuff… As Martha would say, “It’s a good thing.”

Me and Dave celebrated our birthday’s with the gang – Hoang, Howie, Rachelle, Wincy, Bill, Kelly and this other woman (I didn’t get her name). We went to a nice dinner at Le Charm on 5th near Folsom in San Francisco. It was some very good food. 3 courses. I had Smoked Salmon with something for appetizer, Hanger Steak with Pomme Frit (sp?) and a salad as the main course, and a baked Apple something or another for dessert. I can’t quite remember the names of the dishes, but they were delicious and just right. Not too much and just enough.

It was nice to hang out with the gang again. I haven’t done that in a while – kinda miss it. Plus it was nice to have Hoang over too and spend more time with everyone. It was cool, he discovered that I think 3 of my friends were from UC Santa Cruz, just like him. I didn’t even know that.

Afterwards, we were gonna go disco bowling, but the place screwed things up and we eventually decided not to do it. We we’re trying to figure out what else we can do, but I don’t think we were too energetic to go dancing and we were too full to go to coffee or dessert. I suggested a male strip show as a joke, and I think Rachelle really liked that idea :) but I really didn’t want that. I was actually sore from started to work out again and I told them I would love to just take a hot shower, jump into bed and watch some TV.

And that’s basically what we did.

We’ll do something together soon. It was nice spending some time with friends to celebrate mine (and Dave’s) birthdays :)

Gosh! I feel so dorky… I was in my walk in closet, bent over to picking up some clothes and swung around, hitting my forehead on the door frame. Ouch! It hurt so much and I broke skin. Now I have this bump on my forehead.

Will fill in soon…

I’m very sleepy… very sleepy… want… to… go… home…