My Christmas + My Boxing Day

Christmas had its ups and downs this year. 'Tis the season for turbulence. But everything worked out and nobody had to sleep on the curb, so... success!

Huge congrats to the Chargers for totally owning the Titans. Sorry, Tennessee, but San Diego is pretty darned awesome. GG. And GO CHARGERS!

Plus, the Cavs won. That makes me happy in two ways:

1. Lebron and Shaq are both on my fantasy team.

2. The Lakers lost. (Sorry, LAL fans.)

And the best Boxing Day present ever? A Golden State Victory! I LOVE the Warriors with a violent passion. And I am soooo happy that they won today! (Also because MontA, Anthony Randolph, Biedrins, and Maggette are all on my fantasy team...) The Warriors will always be my favorite team in the whole wide world, and they made me so proud today :) IN YOUR FACES, Warriors haters!

Lifelong love affair :)

I should just call this post "My Sports Highlights."

On another note, I kinda miss my boyfriend. But you know... time... driving across the bay. Meh.

My Trip to Reno

My body hurts. Every inch of it. Neck and face included!

I used to go boarding/skiing twice, or even three times, a year. For whatever reason, my friends and I always had energy after full days on the slopes for bowling, arcading, movie-ing, Circus-Circus-ing, and all sorts of other Reno-associated doings. Not the case this year. Haha. We were all so tired and sore, we would knock out at 10 pm. No joke.

Lesson number one: Kids have way more freaking energy than adults do.

Lesson number two: Snow sports are a freaking workout. Holy shiznits.

Considering I am still 20, there is not much I can do on the casino floor except to hit the buffets. Which leads me to...

Lesson number three: Eating to beat the buffet is such a bad idea when it happens for three nights in a row.

I will post pictures on Facebook soon! But for now, I'll leave y'all with these two:

Partially geared up...

Aaaaand drinking! (Coors Light on tap)

Happy holidays to all of my bloggy buddies! Merry Christmas and happy eating :)

My Day Before My Trip to Reno

I am going to Reno tomorrow! (Surprise, surprise.)

Today, I drove my brother and his buddies to a cappella rehearsal in Saratoga... and then I went to Mikey's :) We ate at Saratoga Bagel, which had a "people love us on Yelp" sticker on the window. Mikey decided that since I took him to the Daily Bagel Cafe, my high school's cool kid lunch spot, he should take me to Saratoga High School's equivalent. Then we watched the 49ers game :'( and played with his dog, Peanut :)

Sometime in the midst of all this fun stuff, we decided it was kind of cold, and whipped out some awesome blankets... and fell asleep within a few minutes.

So of the time we were hanging out, half was spent napping. While it would have been nice to have been conscious while hanging out with my boyfriend, it was pretty damn comfortable. Worth it!

What else did I do? Got some snowboarding stuff together. Bought chains for my daddy's Accord (just in case). Ate at Sweet Tomatoes aka Souplantation. Watched my friend's percussion gig. Packed. Whew.

Oh yea. Before I forget, my brother performed Liszt's "Un Sospiro" last night. It was amazing. I also got to hear my lil sis, Zoe, perform. Her first semester at Oberlin's Conservatory of Music has done well for her :)

I am sleepy now... my next update will be from Nevada! Reno, ho!

My Waffle Breakfast

Good morning, friends! Leia says hello as well :)


To help my baby bro celebrate the beginning of his Winter break, I made waffles! A really really big stack of 'em. Mmmm. I love breakfast foods :)

For today: hittin' up Saratoga to visit one of my old violin teachers (and sit in on David's lesson) A piano recital featuring my brother and a bunch of Dr. Galant's students. It'll be fun. Ready? Break!

My New Ornament!

I got a call from Color-Me-Mine today! Our ornament was fired in the kiln, and ready for pickup! So after dropping my beloved Tina off at her house, I swung by the ceramic shop to take our first little masterpiece home :)


Because my Macbook takes mirror-image pix, I'll clarify the scribbles by telling you that it has yesterday's date on it: 12.17.09

On the other side, it says jen <3 mike

Right underneath the "jen <3 mike" we see a "<3 gunz." Way to kill the cute-factor, Mikey.

I had a lot of fun, and Mikey did too. Especially when he painted in the little "<3 gunz" part. (FYI, Gunz is an online game that he plays. He's not pro-arms.) I love the holidays. My boyfriend is a tard.

My Internship

So... I have just started interning at the San Diego Symphony in hopes of forging some connections, and potentially securing a post-undergrad job offer. For now, I'm unpaid.

Today, I stuffed programs with fliers. It kind of sucked. I also sort of get a cubicle. Sort of because, while it is my cubicle, a bunch of crap that doesn't fit in other people's cubicles gets stuffed under my desk.

The good part is that the people are really nice... and I'm willing to bet that they probably won't make me go on coffee runs. I don't know what else to say. It's weird to be at the bottom again.

Also, I don't know if any of you have been inside Copley Symphony Hall... it was originally a Fox theater for silent movies and vaudeville and stuff (built in the 1920's), but it is freaking HIDEOUS. It is kind of funny how grody looking that place is. Don't be fooled by the svelte and classy exterior. Once you're in the lobby you'll know what I mean. The hall itself is not so bad. It's got a kind of quaint charm to it. But the lobby is... well... it's special.

The only perk of my job is getting free tickets to nearly all of the events (EXCEPT for the Perlman recital in January) So if anyone feels like accompanying me to the symphony, y'all will experience first hand the UGLY that is the CSH lobby.

Something I am looking forward to: Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" is being performed in May. It's one of my favorite pieces of all time :)