ahhh, i finally have time for an update....

- this was my last official week of work. after i get back from colorado, i'm going to have to hand in my computer and badge and take care of some stuff, but i'm basically done with the internship. and the last week just about killed me. i had to do a final presentation for my boss and her bosses, which was kind of a pain in the butt because my boss made me practice and it took time away from my editing. but i ended up finishing about 10 videos this week, which adds up to about 30 in two months (that doesn't even include the footage that i didn't get a chance to edit). of course i realize that it was a good experience and i learned a lot, but i'm glad that the stress is over.

- earlier this week, the car in front of me accidentally hit a squirrel. it was the first time i had ever seen that happen (usually i see animals on the road in their roadkill state), and i almost threw up. i'm the kind of person who always brakes for animals. i know that's bad, but it's a natural reflex, especially since i'm an animal lover and i worked in a vet's office. i don't think i could ever forgive myself if i hit an animal.

- oh goodness, i feel bloated. oh, who am i kidding? i'm just getting fat. my stomach needs to realize that i no longer have the light-speed metabolism that i had before college. and other people are not helping. my boss is pregnant, so on our business trips, we always took time out to eat a big meal. tina's parents ate dinner at our house tonight, and her dad was telling me that i'm getting chubby while her mom tried to shove more meat into my bowl and made three times the amount of food that we usually have. i need to control myself when i get back to school and stop eating like a starved wolf.

- right now, my dad is playing a cd that was recorded at the reunion last weekend. they had a talent show thing going on. all i can say is, a lot of people think that they can sing, but they can't. there's quite a bit of wailing-cat-singing playing in the house right now. once again, i am so glad that i didn't go. not only would i not be able to keep a straight face, but i also would have been in pain. try to imagine three fifty-something vietnamese men singing/yelling along to matchbox twenty's "smooth," and you might get what i mean.

- and now, here's a fun question to think about: which actor or actress would play you in a movie of your life? i've tried to answer this for myself, but i can't think of anyone. someone once told my sister that she looked like lucy liu, which is actually kind of racist, since they look nothing like each other besides the black hair. you might as well be comparing my-van to jackie chan in "shanghai noon."

ok, i'd better get back to packing, since we're going to vail tomorrow for the week. time for some much-needed rest.