“Star Wars Trooper Dancing in Tokyo, that’s something you don’t see every day.”
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Monday morning is here and I miss the weekend already. People are popping in and out of the newsroom - many trying to catching up on vacation before November sweeps.
This video put a smile on my face! Mark and I danced around to the music. Daisy jumped up and down, trying to keep up with the funky beats.
Mark pointed me to this blog: ForbesOnTech. The dude’s fire blogging in Southern California. I think it helps me manage my worried soul when read about his experience. He had to evacuate with his “two useless cats” and his “PTSD afflicted dog”.
I never go anywhere without my notebook which has integrated 802.11 WiFi and broadband wireless. I used both extensively while i was away from my house. at the evacuation center, I spent about two hours sending emails on behalf of others gathered in the parking lot.
It’s been a loopy week so far.
We watched Discovery’s blast-off a couple of hours ago. I was quite tickled to watch CNN’s speedometer keep up with the shuttle’s mph. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Shuttle heads for space station
Space Shuttle Discovery has begun a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), after a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center.
And of course, I’m worried about the California wildfires.
ABC News: Up to Half a Million Asked to Evacuate as ‘Hellish’ California Fire Spreads
Entire communities are ghost towns.
Mark gave me this beautiful bouquet after I told him about my job offer. He’s thrilled about going home.
Currently watching a CNN report on TI’s day in court. Rusty Dornin is fronting the live report. When she was at the San Francisco bureau, I worked as an intern for the CNN producers.
Now we’re getting ready to move back to the West coast. Today, we had a moving company check out the apartment and work-up an estimate. It felt weird having a stranger catalog our stuff. “You have a lot of stuff,” he told us. I’m trying to imagine what it will be like to empty out our Topeka apartment and pack-up our lives for the next chapter in Sacramento. It’s a bit daunting, a bit scary but also totally exciting!
Our Topeka family is recovering after Daisy got sick. The vet doesn’t know what happened but she gave us a lot of drugs. Daisy seems happy, if not a little more mellow, with the drugs. On Monday, she was pooping blood. That freaked me out! And poor Mark had to clean-up the mess. Last night, Daisy had a normal BM. Thank heavens. I’ve never realized how much joy I could have after hearing about her pooping get back to normal.
Now we just have to get our baby used to the idea of moving to California.
OK — let’s move away from the depressing football talk and move on to something way more dreamy. I’m currently watching Steven Colbert interview Kasparov. The dude totally didn’t want to take him in chess. Lucky Colbert.
Now my favorite Comedy Central personality has tossing his hat into the race for the White House! I ran this story as my kicker for the 10:00 News…introducing Candidate Colbert!
What now? Will he enter any of the debates? Will anybody take him seriously? And will he get enough funding to run on the Republican ticket and enough South Carolina signatures to run on the Democrat ticket?
Who knows? It will be an entertaining campaign, in any event!
Of all the weekends to screw-up, why did my Cal Bears pick this one? Anybody?
I wonder how far Cal will sink in the rankings.
No. 2 Cal Shocked by Oregon State
“Yvenson Bernard leaped into the end zone on fourth down from the 1 with 8:30 remaining and Oregon State delivered the latest shocker in an upset-filled season, beating the second-ranked Golden Bears and backup quarterback Kevin Riley 31-28 Saturday.
I’m going home. I accepted a news producer job in Sacramento, California. I am thrilled.
I used to pause at this spot on the UC Berkeley campus and enjoy this beautiful view of the bay. That was 10 years ago. Damn, I’m old.
Now, I’m taking another moment to pause. I’m grateful for how my life has turned out so far. I’ve lived big cities like Chicago, DC and London. I’ve published news reports for Chicago papers and television stations. I worked as a lab coordinator, Starbucks barista, Victoria Secret’s sales clerk, a figure skating coach and more.
I’ll miss Kansas and all the wonderful people here, but I can’t wait to go home in December.
My co-worker did this story on a new figure skating club in T-Town:
New club skates into Capital City - 49abcnews.com
And I promptly e-mailed the skaters about joining.
Sure, it’s fun to screw around on a public session, but I can’t really let loose without the risk of hitting somebody. On a private freestyle session, I can build-up some power and launch myself into jumps. The other skaters supposedly know how to get out of the way.
Good times.
I always love visiting my alma mater, UC Berkeley. I enjoyed checking out the computer lab at the business school — saying hi to my co-workers and my old boss. So many good memories….and so much good food!
We also found some tasty meals down in Fremont. By the way, wanna a bite of of my lambs’ brains?
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