Commercial: Tweeting and a new phone!

So I finally got on Twitter because I wanted to enter a Tokidoki contest, and now I'm completely addicted! To top it off, it also finally got me to go to the Verizon store and complain about my darned Blackberry Curve 8330.

I really wanted to get my Tweets on time and not have applications freeze up on me, but also, it would be nice if I could play audio and watch YouTube videos on my smart phone. After all, I paid good money for it right?  So I finally go in and they say that since I've got my insurance and I've never exchanged it before, they can send me a new one (or maybe refurbished, who knows) for free. When I receive the new one, I'm supposed to take it into the store so they can transfer the information over and then I can send my old one back.

This is good news because while I was at the store for 30 minutes waiting my turn, I noticed that the 8330 they had as a demo had a different *better* looking operating system than mine. Then I remembered that my buddy Trey at work tried to update my OS twice and both times it failed due to some unknown error. So now the new phone will have the updated OS at least, which will somewhat satisfy my itch for a new phone. AND I still get to upgrade mid next year, just as my normal upgrade schedule says.

Cliff notes: Twitter good. Old blackberry curve 8330 bad. New replacement phone good. Verizon + iPhone in the new future = SUPER GOOD. Please let it happen soon!

Episode 8: Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful that you are all a part of my life. I am who I am today and have made it this far because of all of you, so thank you!! 

I am thankful for all my friends and family, and above all....

Simba!

Tenyo's Hiccups...

Life is so hard...

Episode 7: New Me

Well, this is what the new haircut/color looks like sans professional styling. I still get some crazy cow licky things that just won't listen. But then again.... I was half awake trying to do my hair at 5:30am this morning.

So for those that don't know,  in keeping with my search for myself, I went ahead and asked to be a guinea pig for one of the beauty salons in downtown San Diego (SACO Salon) since they were holding an annual class for their stylists. I don't know, maybe a completely new haircut would help me find myself. Who knows. It's free anyway, so it's ok right?

Day 1 was Nov 16, I got my hair cut. It turned out shorter than I imaged, and it took a WHOLE lot longer than my butt could stand, but I do like it. I've never had a "high end" haircut where the stylist is really looking at face shape, etc to see what hairstyle fits best. My stylist Gino was actually from San Fran, but studied at UCSD a while ago too. Very meticulous and very much a perfectionist, which is definitely appreciated, but a 4 hour haircut was hard to sit through. The great news was that the instructor was admiring his work.

Day 2 was yesterday, Nov 17. Yesterday was the color session. I went in and talked to the stylist. This time it was Katie, and I told her that I saw one of the other stylists had black and purple in her hair and I thought it was pretty slick lookin'. She looked like she acknowledged my comments and then went about thinking of how to put the colors on my haircut. The instructor comes by and after Katie tells her the thoughts, the instructor said, "Well the first problem I have with what you said ..." ... Wow, am I glad the instructor was there. That's never a good first line haha.

Anyway, Katy mixed her colors, put them on the way the instructor recommended, and I asked... so what colors am I getting again?  (Just to make sure of course)... and she replied with red and violet, and something pretty much black. I thought, ok, well at least violet is in there, that's a good sign. Then she proceeded to say she was going to put me under the heater for 20 minutes so that the red really pops.   ... Uh, seriously?  She compared it to red wine. "It's like red wine"  I thought red wine was ... red?  Or am I missing something?

Today's the first full day with a new haircut and color. I'm not sure I feel too different from before. If anything, I just get colder more easily since I no longer have 5 lbs of hair covering my neck. As far as finding myself... I guess the search continues. My lesson learned this time: I'd rather pay $50 for a normal timed haircut than sit through 4 hours of a free one and it's just much easier to keep your natural color.

Episode 6: Zen Rock Garden

This morning when I got into work and went to get my hot water for my tea, I saw somebody had put up a Zen rock garden for adoption. I'd always thought about getting one, but was too cheap to spend $20 on some rocks and sand, so I thought this was perfect and adopted it.

After settling in with my tea, I sat down and read the little booklet on the history behind Zen rock gardens. Apparently I'm supposed to be able to look at it, contemplate things and somehow find myself. The stark contrast between the white sand and the dark rocks are supposed to kind of jolt you and entice you to reach within for a deeper emotion or response.

So now I'm sitting here, about 6 hours later, looking at the gardening I did on it this morning, and I'm realizing that I'm a perfectionist haha. Throughout the day I've been looking at it and fighting the itch to completely re-do the gardening/raking because the circle I made around my rock touches the wavy rakes I did in a funky location.

If I redo it, the circle and wave would not touch, instead they would complement each other's lines... It's actually really starting to bug me haha.

I guess the Zen rock garden really does work. I've re-learned somethign about myself. I knew I was a perfectionist already, but this is pretty bad after all :)

Episode 5: Introducing Nehemiah Tenyo Li

I am now a proud auntie! My brother's son was born November 3rd, 2009 at 8:43am. Nehemiah Tenyo Li is 6 lb 7 oz and 18 1/2 inches long.

Franklin and Tara picked the name Nehemiah from the Old Testament. It means God comforts. My dad picked his middle name, Tenyo. "Ten" (天) means God, and "Yo" (佑) means blesses, so his middle name means God blesses.

He's also got wavy hair (for now) and some super potent farts. Enough to vibrate my arm haha. (That's exactly when I gave him back to my brother). Either way though, he's adorable. Here are some more pictures :)  Congratulations Franklin and Tara!!