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April 30, 2012
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ilovecharts: I made this chart after reading an article that informed me that sitting more than six hours a day was effectively killing me. I immediately flipped out and started eating lunch standing up (which I still do pretty frequently). However, that only brings my daily sit time down to about 23 hours. Anyway, learning this fact made me wonder what other things were lowering my lifespan. Explanations and sources for each fact can be found here: http://bit.ly/IAPhpl …and yes, you read that right…NOT drinking alcohol (in moderation) supposedly reduces lifespan.

ilovecharts:

I made this chart after reading an article that informed me that sitting more than six hours a day was effectively killing me. I immediately flipped out and started eating lunch standing up (which I still do pretty frequently). However, that only brings my daily sit time down to about 23 hours.

Anyway, learning this fact made me wonder what other things were lowering my lifespan.

Explanations and sources for each fact can be found here: http://bit.ly/IAPhpl

…and yes, you read that right…NOT drinking alcohol (in moderation) supposedly reduces lifespan.

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March 18, 2012
Sunday. 

Sunday. 

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March 04, 2012
Essie!

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February 12, 2012
10. Attend an Elton John concert.  Done. 2/10/12, Las Vegas. Coolness! Elton John in concert at Ceasar’s Palace!  

10. Attend an Elton John concert.  Done. 2/10/12, Las Vegas.

Coolness! Elton John in concert at Ceasar’s Palace!  

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February 05, 2012
13.Visit New York - DONE 1/12/12-1/28/12 I finally took a trip to New York this year in preparation for an eventual move some time this spring. I love the energy and vibe of the city and plan on going back later…..after I quit my job.  I’m still working on a solid exit strategy, and perhaps grad school in the near future.  At least I got a short visit to New York out of this :) The rest of the list can be found here.
13.Visit New York - DONE 1/12/12-1/28/12

I finally took a trip to New York this year in preparation for an eventual move some time this spring. I love the energy and vibe of the city and plan on going back later…..after I quit my job.  I’m still working on a solid exit strategy, and perhaps grad school in the near future.  At least I got a short visit to New York out of this :)

The rest of the list can be found here.

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January 06, 2012

5. Save $12,000+ for grad school. - Done 12/31/2011

Surprisingly, I met this goal right after the holiday shuffle! Plus a little unexpected extra! December came and went in a blur this year.  I didn’t do any holiday shopping nor did I decorate the house as I do every year, although both activities usually require me to spend a great deal of money.

Shopping has never been a huge event for me (not a fan of trying on things in the dressing room!), but I admit that I’ve spent a fair share of bored Saturday afternoons adding stuff to my Amazon shopping cart.  Usually, it’s stuff that I want, not stuff that I need. How else would you explain a black Dean acoustic-electric guitar that I no longer play? Or a 10-piece Hampton Tomodcchi Santouka knife set in my cupboard while another knife set sits on my kitchen counter?   I’m slowly learning that I can get by with a lot less these days, due in part to me just being too damn busy to care about the extras.  Being busy has taught me to to evaluate things that are a ‘MUST’ vs. things that are a ‘PLUS.’  Hopefully, I’ll adopt this frugality into habit and learn to be better with my money.  

I’m not sure if the $12k+ that I saved this year will go toward grad school, but whatever it goes to, it’ll be a good investment. 2012 is starting to look like a great fiscal year!

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December 26, 2011

Koreatown Galleria

On Christmas day, the only businesses that are open (next to the movies) are Asian stores.  So I took my K-pop obsessed 12-year-old cousin and some intrigued family members to visit the Korean Galleria mall on Western and Olympic.  Check out the cool finds!

Cutesy little Korean gifts, always colorful and wrapped in cellophane. 

Steve Job’s biography in Korean!

Downstairs in the supermarket: a whole section dedicated to kimchi!!

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December 20, 2011
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2012

Friends, its two weeks until the New Year, which means its one month until I break every new year’s resolution that I will make this year.  Nevertheless, it doesn’t hurt to make plans, even if it includes plans on breaking my plans. 

1. Lose 20 pounds.  I know this is superficial and way cliche, but this is what I call a gateway resolution.  Meaning it lends way to other more valuable and indirect resolutions such as taking more walks, working fewer hours at the office, eating healthier and making use of that gym membership that I paid for and have gone a grand total of twice this year.   

2. Set out my clothes and pack my purse the night before.  Mornings are no time to be frantic or to try on multiple outfits.  I usually end up throwing on something wrinkled and forgetting to properly accessorize.  So in 2012, my outfits will be pre-meditated and PERFECT!

3. Wear sunglasses. Cause its cool.

4. Write letters and send postcards. The United States Postal Service suffered a net loss of $5.1 billion and deferred an additional $5.5 billion in employee health care benefits this year. Yet somehow, the postman still delivers our mail everyday, rain or shine.  (The lady that delivers mail in my parents’ neighborhood goes to our church!) I think its worth the $0.44 out of my week to support this great institution. Hope you find this cause worthy also! Plus, its always nice to come home some snail mail every now and then :)

5. Wear a watch…only because it gives me an excuse to buy one.  Tre sophistiquee.

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October 06, 2011
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October 02, 2011
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October 02, 2011
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September 13, 2011
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September 09, 2011
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July 30, 2011

Bucket List for 23

I have one month left to finish as much of this list as possible!!

1. Take a vacation outside the country.March 9-21, 2011

2. Try Ricky’s Fish Tacos.

3. Donate blood. 

4. Fix my busted bike. July 3, 2011

5. Save $12,000+ for grad school.  December 31, 2011

6. Bake a three tier cake.

7. Run a half marathon. 11/20/11 Big Sur Half Marathon

8. Run a full marathon.

9. Learn to play a Taylor Swift song on the guitar.

10. Attend an Elton John concert.  2/10/12, Las Vegas.

11. Take a photography class. 

12. Visit Seattle.

13. Visit New York.  1/22/12-1/1/28/12

14. Fill up one entire journal.  

15. Take a foreign language class. 

16. Climb a really high mountain. Machu Picchu, 3/11/2011; Mt. Baldy 6/18/2011.

17. Take a picture with someone famous.  

18. Participate in a TV game show. And win prizes(!).

19. Learn to skateboard. 

20. Own an original piece of artwork from a renown artist.

21. Purchase external flash for my camera.

22. Brunch Buffet  @ Paris Resort, Las Vegas 7/10/2011

23. Clean up my iTunes library

24. Finish 2 grad school applications

25. Look into jobs in San Francisco and Seattle

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July 06, 2011
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This will be a summer for my Peugeot.   Exploring the city on two wheels is much more confrontational than sitting inside four thousand pounds of moving metal. Plus I’m trying to be more active and save a buck or two on gas.  

This will be a summer for my Peugeot.  

Exploring the city on two wheels is much more confrontational than sitting inside four thousand pounds of moving metal. Plus I’m trying to be more active and save a buck or two on gas.