All About E

I'm done here...

2005-10-08T10:07:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the fun blogger!

You can find me here now.

-E

I'm facinated...

2005-10-01T00:12:00.000-07:00

I think I can watch this for hours:

Nat Geo African Webcam

I stared at an elephant for a few minutes and the next thing I saw was a her of zebras - all live. Very cool, at least to me.

E

Ready for next year...

2005-09-27T22:21:00.000-07:00

I'm sad it's over.I haven't rattled on about my Hawaii trip because I had an ounce of hope that my beloved A's would make it into the postseason. I was crushed tonight by the Los Angeles Angeles of Anahaim in Ontario, by Temechulah, near Chino. I'm going to Thursday's game to see my boys for the last time this season, even though the game doesn't mean a damn thing.

Guess I'm gonna root for Cleveland...that is if they make it. Oh and St. Louis of course!

In other news, I'm workin' on a podcast that will interest some of you. More news about that later.

Mahalo,
-E

Aloha!

2005-09-16T21:09:00.000-07:00

Pineapples and Kalua Pig here I come! I'm outta here for a while...be good to your fellow beings.

Love,
E

nothing to say

2005-09-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

I haven't had much to say lately, probably because I'm chomping at the bit to get to Hawaii on Saturday - yes, Hawaii! A week of hopefully sun, snorkelling, kalua pig and shaved ice.

Try some of these site on for size:

BoingBoing.net
TechieDiva
Gawker
BlueBottle

Ciao,
E

At the Ready

2005-09-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I spent a good part of the day at the Red Cross in Oakland. My friend Kris already had plans to volunteer and I decided to join her to see what I could do. Basically, we helped the administrative process of getting prospective volunteers to training sessions for either the National/Local Call Centers or for Family Service (meeting face to face with those affected by Katrina).

It was pretty inspiring to see a large number of people willing to give time to help - especially the numbers of those that want to be deployed to areas really in need of assistance. Not everyone will qualify for deployment and the volunteers pretty much vocalized the worse case scenario to try and scare of those who, quite frankly, don't have the chops. There's a pretty intensive screening for deployment and chances are over half the volunteers from the Bay Area will not even make the cut. Still, those volunteers have good intentions.

I want to thank Kris for showing me what I could do - even if it is something small. It hard for me to justify sittin' around on my ass and surfing the web. Too many people are hurting and continue to hurt. I'm going back on Sunday.

Also, if you haven't heard. Check this out.

-E

Moto Troublin'

2005-09-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the display on my beloved Motorola RAZR conked out. Yeah, it just simply stopped working. I have never dropped the phone, never treated it badly. I called cingular and they said that I have a year warranty. HOWEVER, if by their examination, they conclude that the non-working display is MY fault, then Ihave to pay $225. I'm pretty confident that will not happen, since i didn't do anything to it. BUT, I've had bad luck with cell phone companies in the past. I took a bunch of pictures of my old phone hoping that will help in my defense, but that might serve as squat.

The good news - I got my replacement phone today! Pretty quick service, and they gave me the packaging I needed to send my old one back. Now I wait for my verdict.

Tomorrow, I'm going to volunteer at the Red Cross with a friend of mine. She's already helped out and asked if I wanted to come. How can I refuse? I'm not sure what to expect, but anything I do will be related to the Hurricane Relief efforts. I just hope I can really be of help out here in the West Coast. Apparently, there are plenty of people here in the Bay Area that are volunteering to go to New Orleans, but not all of them really have the chops to do the relief work in the area.

On the sports front - i'm VERY relieved that my boys pulled out the win today (and in dramatic fashion)...especially since I personally viewed another loss last night. I hope they have the momentum to keep going because they sure are fun to watch.

The Interdictor

2005-08-31T23:38:00.000-07:00

There may be others like this out there, but this blog really lets you into the mind of a few people who are currently staying put in New Orleans.

Please read, and donate -something- to relief efforts.

-E

The Troll Giveaway

2005-08-31T11:03:00.000-07:00

OMG...this is not a joke. Too funny, but awesome given the way this season has unfolded for the A's.

We're trading in a set of tickets we can't use to go to this game. I better get one.

-E

Let Me Talk!

2005-08-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

Geez Louise! Found this on textamerica. A little hothead on the air yesterday. I don't think he'll live this down.

-E

Bittersweet

2005-08-27T21:48:00.000-07:00

I love Chocolate. I mean, who doesn't? So when i discovered this Chocolate based cafe my eyes literally bugged out. There's a wall of chocolate, chocolate desserts and of course a menus of chocolate drinks. My kinda cafe :)

My favorite kinda chocolate - Dark baby! White chocolate is even really chocolate. In my opinion, only people who don't really understand chocolate eats white chocolate. Sorry if you are one of them.

I can't wait to eat my new chocolate bars - yum!

-E

Blue Skies

2005-08-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

The Sun has returned to my neighborhood and I am VERY happy. It's freakin' awesome, since I've been spending a lot of time at home. I think the San Francisco Summer is just around the corner. My mood is very positive when I see the sun.

I've become a little lazy at workin' on the design of my homepage and blog - too busy trying to catch up on the Harry Potter series and learning new cooking recipes.

But I'll be back. I'm stil toying with the idea of switching to WordPress. Looks like it might be a good alternative to all the problems i've been having here on blogger.

Ciao,
Eileen

Whoa!

2005-08-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

sleeping cat
Originally uploaded by mjd-s.

Ok - this is the freakist thing I've seen recently.

Ok, if you've got a flickr account read this discussion. If not, you should get one to read the thread and see other picture of animals that do this. Mine doesn't, so don't ask.

-E

Bass Lake and this Blog

2005-08-22T21:37:00.000-07:00

I got the sun I so badly needed to see this weekend. I'm recharged for now. Like these ducks here, I floated happily on the lake.

Other photos of my fun weekend can be found on my MoBlog. All I can say is, "nature good, sun good".

Blog redesign update...I like what I have but something is screwy in the dreaded ie browser. It's pretty annoying and I gotta get to tweaking. I've actually been thinking about going back to typepad or maybe even doing a redesign on wordpress! Oh blogger, give me a reason not to switch!

I've been Spammed!

2005-08-21T19:07:00.000-07:00

Damn...comments from my last post are spammers...damn spammers....geez. More on Bass Lake later.

Night Night

2005-08-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

Not much to talk about today. I'm tired after taking my yoga class and drinking wine. Tomorrow we're headed up to Bass Lake. I've never been there before. I hope it's fun - Jango is coming with. We have about a 3 hour drive. I hope it goes by fast. I have to get up early - ugh.

Later,
E

As a dog would interpret

2005-08-17T23:40:00.000-07:00

As Tom and I walked to Patrick and Sarah's for dinner, we noticed a loud conversation between 2 women across the street. The conversation slooowly creeped to a high decibel, and then crying, pointing, pushing and shoving ensued. Not too violent, but enough to get my nosy self to ignore the converation Tom tried to start.

My best guess about the women - a mother and daughter spat, but I can't confirm that since I don't speak Mandarin. Later two other people tried to intervene, or "talk out" out the problem. The argument probably lasted at least 30 mins and they obviously didn't care that it happened on a busy street. Oh, and I didn't just stand on the street to watch - I could still see it through S & P's dining room window.

I felt both concerned and (morbidly) amused. Reality TV couldn't beat the front row seat I had. Although I couldn't understand a word, the tone and body language was enough for me to get that both people has issues. I felt like a dog trying to understand human language.

New Header - first attempt

2005-08-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

There it is, up above, but it doesn't sit well with me yet...Gotta tweak it a little more...almost there.

I like Photoshop. Now what the heck is up with my PhotoBlog. Can you still see it?

E

Update...4:30pm...DONE! Okay...there's my header!

Blogger Envy

2005-08-15T19:33:00.000-07:00

Apparently, I've got a long way to go in order to have a compelling blog. Good tips in this article.

I guess i'll focus on a more dynamic header.

E

Messin' around

2005-08-14T22:49:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a new homepage and I'm changin' up the colors...don't think I can change the MoBlog though. Stay tuned. I wish I could afford Studio 8. Maybe someday.

E

A's vs Angels...8.11.05...the K-Rod F'up

2005-08-12T00:13:00.000-07:00

Best game I've seen all year...Jason Kendall is my hero. My sunburn was totally worth it!

Baseball on the mind...

2005-08-10T22:28:00.000-07:00

All I can say right now is...GO A'S!!!!!! Nice win tonight in front of 45,000 fans...that's the game I wished I could've seen last night. But who cares about me..they won dammit!

World News Tonight

2005-08-07T21:32:00.000-07:00

I'm not one to regularly pay homage to famous people that pass, but for some reason I feel compelled to say goodbye to Peter Jennings. I really respected his work and I even subscribed to his daily e-mail updates. I will honestly miss him at the anchor desk.

Squirrelly Wrath

2005-07-19T10:32:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Been a while...lots of good stuff has happened: moved houses, quit job, got a bad head cold, and found some time to relax.

Thanks to Sarah and Josh for introducing me to another angry character. "Squirrel Songs" (right column) is my favorite.

Enjoy!

E

Happy Birthday Jango!

2005-04-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

she got glow
Originally uploaded by EileenRose.

She's 2 today. We went to Fort Funston and stayed an extra long time and watched her play with other dogs and splash around in the ocean. Later we went to the pet store to buy her all kinds of new toys and treats. When we returned home, she passed out. Good Times.