New Computer

Dear Jack,

We finally got a new computer. The other two are dead. The Acer may be salvageable, but the Dell is not. Mind you, the Dell was bought in 2004 and lasted longer than the Acer. The Acer will need data recovery, and then it can be wiped clean and used again. Just a pain in the ass.

Not having a computer, posts have been very few and far between. We have had some fun parties that we have attended...namely Abigail's Sweater Party, and Jason and Paul's Christmas Party. It seems like every weekend we are busy. It was funny when on the blog "Things White People Like", Abby found "Sweater Parties" and it was published literally a day after the event.

Christmas is a few days away, and most of my shopping is done...still a little to go. Katsumi had her last day at HWLC. I had a bad day that day.

I am hopeful that 2009 will be a good year.

Scrappy Was Scared

Dear Jack,

So Katsumi brought Scrappy to work for Halloween. Jon brought Choco. The day was pretty uneventful, 'cept that we were all dressed up. I was in my Hogwarts outfit, going as "Dumbledore's Ex-Boyfriend". We handed out candy to the students.

So here is the weird thing that happened. Around 4pm we were all chatting in the open area, and out of no where, Scrappy starts freaking out. I mean he was barking frantically, and running in a circle, running back and forth, scared, jumping at Katsumi. Then he leaped up into Jon's arms and pissed on him. Still barking, and peeing, he was pushed into the office, and the door was closed. We had never seen anything like it before. Katsu said Scrappy has never behaved like that. We sent Jon home, because he was covered in dog pee. Scrappy began to calm down.

At 5pm Abigail came with Lucia and Stephanie. We were chatting, all petting Scrappy (Choco having gone home with Jon). We were chatting and then out of nowhere, Scrappy did it again. He started barking and freaking out, and this time not only did he pee, but he pooped on Alana, and we put him in the office again, and he kept freaking out.

The bark was such a frantic bark, and he was looking behind me when it began. Then, out of nowhere, my nose started bleeding...and it gushed. I haven't had a substantial nose bleed in ages. It was so weird. I can't help but hypothesize that the two are related, and if they are, I don't want to know how.

Later I went with the girls to the Halloween Parade. Then I joined Michael in Astoria, and we went to a party, and then Albatross, then a diner, and then home.

It was a busy Halloween.

Working Weekend

Dear Jack,

This was a long weekend. Yesterday I ran the booth for Yetta at London Terrace. Two of our volunteers did not show up, which put some extra pressure on. The street fair was pretty good, despite the small size of it and the constant drizzle of rain. I think Yetta met more people in that time than we have yet. It will definitely help her cause. Afterwords, Karen, Katsumi, Michael, Elizabeth, Yetta and I went to Grand Szechuan for dinner. It's my favorite Chinese restaurant.

Today we had an event at Animal Haven SoHo, and then I joined Michael and Paul at the Center for the 25th Anniversary. It was busy busy, and humid, but I still managed to enjoy myself. We did dinner at Cowgirl, and then met up with Daniel at Michael's Restaurant.

I'm glad Yetta is letting me come in tomorrow at noon.

O'Neil Departs

Dear Jack,

Today I was in a good mood for the most part. I'm hopeful about a possible part-time job. It will be nice if it goes through... just have to make up my mind about it. There are a few logistics about it.

Had a decent day at work. It was John's (our summer intern at KBA), farewell shindig. Blakes, Gina, Greg, and I went with him to Comfort Diner. It was a lot of fun. I needed that time to relax and regroup. It was really nice to relax with the work crew. Katsumi should have been there.

Pink Eyes vs Brown Eyes

Dear Jack,

Well Blakes, Jon, and Katsumi have this club for Pink Eye at work. Today I was initiated in it. It sucks. I itch and am watery and pink. I was out today from work, and will be again tomorrow, most likely. I'm hoping there are some things I can do from home. I was bored most of the day today. So is Life.