watching history in the making

barry bonds (booo, i know, whatever) is 2 hr's shy of breaking the all-time hr record. hank aaron's record has stood for over 33 years so far. well, google had long ago planned to take us interns to a dodger game on aug 1st. turns out, it's against the giants (bonds' team). coincidentally, bonds is close. so, kedar and i bought tickets for july 31st too. my dad shipped me my old high school glove, and imma catch the hr ball that'll easily sell for over $1 million. bye bye student loans!

also, someone at work, who ive never even met, replied to my email to offer my his nice camera lens. turns out, it retails for $1,300.

now i'm just wondering how i'm gonna simultaneously take a picture of the winning swing while being in the homerun stands catching the ball...

in google we trust

last summer was the best summer of my life. luckily, this summer month (july 2007) has also been very very good. once again, it centers around the interns.

7/7 = my bday. weekend was great w/ 3 of my best friends
7/14 = party at my house w/ dan and brian again (from the eastcoast). tons of laughs.
7/19 = google-hosted scavenger hunt throughout santa monica w/ geo-tracking cell phones, cameras, and disguised city-passerby's who would discretely spy on and mess w/ us
7/19 = google-hosted promo event w/ famous director kevin smith. the hotel was very high-class and kevin was hilarious. i had front-row seats and was 5 ft from him :-)



7/20 = outing w/ the interns
7/21 = google picnic in malibu, cali. huge, very nice resort type area. and all for free... valet parking, full chef-staffed food, open bar, swimming areas, lil events, tennis court, wild animals like zebras and llamas, etc. it was anything but a standard company picnic.

frisbee was much fun, as u can me playing below:

23rd bday on 7/7/7

it was awesome: 3 of my best friends were in cali, so we hung out on my 23rd bday...
dan = works in FL but his job flew him out to CA (3hrs north of me) on 7/6.
brian = great intern friend from DC last summer. just accepted a job out here (1 hr south of me).
kazi = gonna start school at berk, flew out to CA (8 hrs north of me) on 7/7.

tyler (from work) had his bday on 7/6, so the partying began early. dan met us at "the lobster" restaurant and accidentally spent $100 on his meal. (he didnt realize the listed $30 was PER POUND). dan then spent $15 for parking. so, within 1 hr, dan had already exceeded his $100 weekend limit that he set for himself. he then considered joining the mass of homeless people who line the ritzy streets.

on 7/7/7, we started the day by treating dan to santa monica beach. he had never seen the pacific. brian ate the seaweed and almost died. we then painted the streets red, starting w/ 3rd street and hollywood. dan met borat and later asked paris hilton, "how much?" true story.

we ate at roscoe's chicken n waffles and met up with kazi in hollywood. the old school crew was finally complete.


we went to the scribble jam pre-lims in beverly hills. (scribble jam = largest underground hip-hop show in world). the freestyle battle was amazing. we finished off our triple-date with some good ole' 3am in-and-out burger. at the end of the night, i was almost 2nd-based but told the boys i'm not that type of girl. however, i did take them back to my place (but they slept together in the living room).

it was a perfect bday.

siskel and tanner movie reviews (w/o siskel)

i recently saw (1) aria salata, l' (salty air) and (2) transformers:

(1) aria salata, l' (salty air) was part of the LA film festival. only 7 rows of seats and all were fully leather :-) the movie was amazing and told a story of a prison keeper (fabio) whose job was to evaluate if inmates were well-behaved enough to have their punishment reduced. fabio realizes the current inmate is his cold-hearted father who left him 20 yrs ago after murdering a family, causing much internal battle. it was very well done, had an emotionally-poignant musical score, and through its depressing tone indirectly made the viewer appreciate having good friends and family. (score: 9.5/10)

(2) "transforme" (NOT the spanish version of transformers) sucked big time. it was about 2.5 hours long. more specifically, it was 2.5 hours longer than it should have been. well, the beginning actually had some funny parts, but the movie was laced with so many cheesy parts and at times was deliberately making fun of itself. at the end, people clapped. yet, i don't know if they were clapping because they liked it or because it was over. good thing google paid for us to see it. (score: 3/10)

it's all good in the neighborhood: 7 / 7 /7

"it's all good, baby, baaaby" --biggie. i turn 23 this saturday (7/7/7). i already started to dread getting older, but a good turn of events has happened:

thursday (7/5) = dan, my best friend from FIT, is flying from FL to CA thanks to his job. he'll be 300 miles north of me.

friday (7/6) = kazi, a best friend from FIT, is flying from FL to CA for grad school. he'll be 400 miles north of me.

friday (7/6) = brian, a good intern friend from my internship in DC last summer, just arrived in cali 30 miles south.

so, we are all gonna meet up and party like it's 1999. hopefully somebody gets alcohol poisoning. just kidding. anyway, it's good to have good friends (with cars).