Blog-mazing

Hello friends (all 4 of you!) I didn't blog yesterday. That is ok. Remember, blogs that force their readers to endure "just beacuse I have to post everyday" entries usually suck. You're welcome.

Let's see... I haven't posted anything lately about what's been going on in my land. Ever since that job interview, my life has changed quite a bit. I was told last Friday that I didn't get the job and in that same conversation with my Manager I was told that they are moving me to another department. I now work for a different Manager in a different building doing basically the same job. I just have a better desk.

I'm pretty excited for next Monday beacuse my little brother will be starting at eBay as an agent doing what I train. So I may get a chance to train him, which is totally awkward and totally cool. I'm excited to be able to spend more time with him since he's been living out of state for so long. Hurray!

Speaking of brothers, my big brother's birthday is today! Happy Birthday, Lil Leenard! Our family is getting together tomorrow to go to dinner and have a birthday party. We usually take some pretty funny pictures at these parties, so I'll be sure to post them. :)

So, I do have a video I would like to share with you today. Before I post it, I would like to call out that YouTube has made some interesting changes since I last posted a video. I used to be a pretty avid YouTuber with almost 1,000 subscribers. That may not seem like a lot, but it was to me. :) I tried posting a video once a week when I could and I was pretty used to how YouTube worked. The new upload feature allows you to upload larger sizes of movies, which is cool. I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to make sure it is uploaded in widescreen. I will have to mess around with the features in my video editing program to see what I'm doing wrong.

In the meantime, here is the video I made of one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite cities in the world. Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. This was taken when Arthur came to visit me while I was up there for work. This Aquabus is used kind of like a small ferry or water taxi. I'm not sure many Canadians actually rely on it to get around, but it is still a cool feature of this beautiful city. Enjoy!

The Broken Yolk Cafe

One of my most favorite restaurants in the world is the Broken Yolk Cafe, located in Pacific Beach (San Diego) California. I first heard about it when I worked in La Jolla over the summer of 2006. I was an Evening Program Director for Camp La Jolla. My roommate Barb told me about it and said I should visit.


I went there and ordered the California Breakfast Burrito. This burrito is amazing because it has all of my favorite things in it. Hash browns, eggs, avocado, bacon and cheese. The burrito is huge. It is about the length of my forearm. I gnawed on it for about 3 hours after we left (the burrito, not my forearm.)

The drinks there are also gigantic. They don't have to refill your glass once. That is the best part, because then the wait staff doesn't keep bugging you. If you need a refill, they are right there.

I enjoy the layout of the restaurant because of the outside dining area on top. On sunny days you can see all over Pacific beach and into La Jolla/San Diego. I love sitting up there because of the views.
One of my favorite teeshirts is my gray Broken Yolk shirt, and I got it the last time we were in California. If you're ever there, you should totally visit!

Shiny Desires

Last year for my birthday, my Fiance Arthur and I celebrated it by having a local vacation. Local vacations are weird because you leave your house and go to a hotel and stay just a few minutes from where you actually live.

Arthur and I had been dating at that point for nearly 3 years. We had talked a few times about getting married, but there weren't any concrete plans yet. I kept pestering Arthur about what he was going to get me for my birthday.

One random weekend before my birthday Localvacation, I asked for some kind of hint. I was so excited when he told me that my gift was "shiny" and "something I've always wanted". I knew it had to be a ring.

The last night of our Localvacation, we were hanging out in the Grand America hotel room he had gotten for us. I opened my presents and I kept looking for a little ring box holding the shiny gift I'd always wanted.

I opened the last pacakage and it was a Sony Digital HDD Video camera. The metal was so shiny. It was something I had spotted at Best Buy a few months back, and I had told him that I really wanted a video camera for a long time.

So, I ended up getting exactly what the hint told me it was. A shiny video camera I'd always wanted. I was so mad!

Don't worry, I eventually got my ring. :)