A moment of silence for the wonderful Moises Ortiz. It's his last day of work today. He's moving back to LA to be with his family and friends, and to cheer on the Lakers in their home court. We had a kick ass luncheon for him. Puerto Rican rice, Filipino pancit, cake, dip, and franks n beans. I'm in a food coma! I'll miss my Mousey Stache! - Yano, 3:41 PM |

Horoscope: Dear Christine, Today more than ever, Christine, you'll yearn to escape from the daily routine. You are thirsty for new sights and sounds, new faces in new places. However, you are well aware that you must juggle your desires with your professional or domestic obligations. It isn't always easy. But trust in your imagination to suggest a way for you to settle this conflict amicably. Hmm....interesting! Thirsty for new sights and sounds? I will quench my thirst with some milk, and open up a new package of chocolate chip cookies, and listen to Squirrel Nut Zippers. Just wanted to give a very big THANK YOU!!!! to Phil Ringnalda for fixing up my blogger page. He's the BEST! - Yano, 8:35 AM |

Thursday, May 2 Thursday, May 2

Horoscope: Dear Christine, Today is a good follow-through day for you, Christine. Normally you are much better at tagging along or simply going with the flow of the situation. This way of doing things has proven quite effective for you in the past - indeed it has gotten you quite far. What you have before you now is a different situation, however. The things you have started will do you no good until you can actively push them through to completion. OK, OK, I get it....I need to finish what I've started. Trying to tie up loose ends today. It seems to be working OK. Gotta pick up Dave from the airport today...YAY! He's coming home for the weekend. Whoo hoo! Happiness! - Yano, 5:23 PM |

Wednesday, May 1 Wednesday, May 1

Horoscope: Dear Christine, Things are going to get better and better for you as the day progresses, Christine. Try to get your grounded, practical, and logical self collected during the day so that you have the evening to socialize and commune with close friends. Balance is going to be a key issue for you today, so make sure that you keep things in check before any one part of your life gets too out of hand. Ohh...that sounds pretty nice. I hope things get better today! It can start with the rain stopping. It's been a while since we've seen some sun! So yesterday we went bowling, and I SUCKED ASS! I got a 69 and an 89. Awful! And Claudine got a 149 or something! ARGH! Oh well. I just didn't have my concentration together. Next time! Definitely! - Yano, 8:58 AM |

Tuesday, April 30 Tuesday, April 30

Hmm...well, today was a totally draining day at work. I am totally sleepy. But then again, I'm sleepy all the time! Sam gave me this ancient Thai secret energy elixir, but it only lasted for a couple minutes. The urge to sleep is just way to strong! Well, I DID face my demons head on, and we'll see what the outcome of meeting those demons are tomorrow! Book I'm reading: Endymion - by Dan Simmons: A pretty good book. The only reason I'm reading it is because it's the 3rd book in a 4 book series. The first 2 books were pretty kick ass - Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. I highly suggest readong those too. I haven't really gotten into this one, but I'll keep you all updated. Basically the series is based in the far future, after the earth has been destroyed and humankind had colonized other planets. Lotsa stuff happens. I'm not good with paraphrasing, but the story is good. - Yano, 5:11 PM |

horoscope: Dear Christine, Expect to be in a provocative mood today, Christine. For the past few days, you may have been searching for an outlet for the overflow of energy you're so lucky to have. You'll have an opportunity today, as innovative projects are likely to come your way. If you face your demons head-on, you'll find a unique opportunity to rid yourself of the taboos or fears you've been carrying around for so long. Provocative, eh? Hmmm...if you call the overflow of energy falling asleep at work, well, I've got tons of it! But this IS an interesting horoscope. I'll keep you updated as to opportunities might be coming my way! - Yano, 8:42 AM |

Monday, April 29 Monday, April 29

Dan is cruel. He took away my Apolo picture from my desk because he deemed me not worthy of his presence, and gave it Sammy. Bless Sam's heart, he returned it to me. - Yano, 5:29 PM |

In honor of the 'Monsters of Rock' CD that I listened to during my hellish one hour commute to work (traffic was AWFUL!) I present to you this week's list: Top Ten Heavy Metal Songs We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue Enter Sandman - Metallica Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC Love and Affection - Nelson Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses Cherry Pie - Warrant - Yano, 9:49 AM |

Made some changes to my site. Added new pictures from the last month, and moved my blog to the new page and took out the 'musings' page. Horoscope: Dear Christine, There's no point trying to make sense of today, Christine. Much of what happens occurs on an unconscious level, and defies any rational explanation. You may have had a dream last night that is worthy of professional interpretation. If you can bear turning off your intellect, this could be a very profitable day for you. - Yano, 1:49 AM |

Sunday, April 28 Sunday, April 28

Here's my recount of my Apolo Anton Ohno experience from yesterday. I came, I saw, I wimped out. So I had to pick up my friend, and we were running a little late, so we got to the shopping center about 1/2 an hour later than I wanted to. The line was ENORMOUS! Dang! The security was telling us at my end of the line that chances were, we wouldn't be getting an autograph or picture, but it was up to us if we wanted to stay. So then we stayed. When he came (we couldn't see him from our vantage point) all the girls started screaming. I went out of line (my friend held our place) and went up to where he was signing autographs to take some pictures. There were tons of people up there trying to take pictures, too. I got a couple pretty good ones. But I really didn't like the shirt he was wearing! Finally, we got up to where Apolo was going to be and they announced that Apolo would just be handing out pictures of himself. So I thought 'Well, i'll just take a pic of him when I get up there'. But when I actually got up there, the guy was like, sorry, no pictures, and I got all flustered and walked up to him, watched his hand pick up his picture and hand it to me, and I turned around and walked away. I don't even think I made eye contact! Dammit! Didn't even say thank you! I was really out of my element. I'm supposed to be good at this! I'm supposed to say something smart and witty! But I just blanked out. I hardly remember anything. I'm such a loser! But my friends insist that he totally did a double take and watched me walk away. But I'm thinking he was thinking 'What's up with the zombie?' And when he was leaving, my friend Tina actually intercepted him, grabbed his arm, and said to him 'MissYano says HI'. Yeah, like he knows...what sort of cryptic message is that? The funniest thing is she said that his security guys were totally all over her, saying 'Don't touch him!' She's crazy. So that's my anticlimactic Apolo experience. I'm a loser. But really, as I watched him (I took some breaks from the line) I could tell that he was really shy. He was giggling, laughing and blushing the whole time he was up there. They guy is as cute as a button and he was a lot of fun to watch. So I would definitely love to meet him again and maybe actually say more than two words! No worries, Dave, you're still my number 1. =P - Yano, 9:25 PM |