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Hey it’s me again.

Wow, it’s already the end of May. This time I’m alittle late with my monthly post. Just kidding, didn’t mean to post monthly, just kinda happens. Been busy with work and have no energy in the evening to do anything. But if you’re really interested in what I’m doing on a daily basis, follow my [...]

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Happy New Year

I just wanted to take the time to wish everybody a Happy New Year. Yeah, I know 2 weeks late. Sorry. Well, I’ve been kinda busy. I decided to actively pursue looking for a new job. I really have no choice, I’m running out of money. I organized my iGoogle to follow a couple job [...]

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My Quiet House

Sorry it’s been awhile since my last post. I was going to post an update last week, but wouldn’t you know it, the web servers were going through updates at that time. So couldn’t do it, then forgot. So here I am, almost 2 weeks later. A couple things have happened since then. Early, on [...]

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1 of 39,000

According to the Los Angeles Times, I was 1 of 39,000 Californians let go from their jobs last month. Curious to see how many of these people were in advertising? California job losses continue to climb — latimes.com Posted using ShareThis

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Teaching This Old Dog New Tricks

Working for the same company for almost 8 years certainly puts you in a difficult position once they’ve let you go. Well at least in advertising. It’s so easy to get comfortable and not keep on top of things that should, need, to be done. Well at least with me. I tried to keep my [...]

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What do I want to be when I grow up?

I’ve been wondering about that all my life. Of course I don’t have the answer. Or, most likely, didn’t recognize it and walked away. Hmmm, seems like my MO. Last weekend was my 25th high school reunion. Yeah, I guess I’m admitting my age, but it was great seeing everybody again. It brought back so [...]

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Half Empty or Half Full?

I started this post over a week ago. I deleted half of what was originally written. I wasn’t sure if I should continue this. Oh well. I’m usually a “Glass Half Empty” kind of person. I tell my daughter, Alysa, that I’m a Realist. She tells me, “Your Negative, Oprah says that if you think [...]

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My Favorite Son

Rowdy, was diagnosed with Cancer about 3 weeks ago. We noticed a growth on his neck. The new Vet (we like her) ran blood tests, took x-rays, needle aspirations and an ultrasound. The 5 aspirations came back as cancer, but only one showed the type, Mass Cell Tumor. The x-rays, blood tests and ultrasound did [...]

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Skittles…Shaking up the rainbow

Last year I started volunteering my time to the Japan Film Festival-Los Angeles, this year I’m helping with PR. In the past couple of months I’ve learned so much about web sites, blogs and social media. There’s so much out there and I’ve only just begun. Today I signed up for Twitter. Have no idea [...]

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I guess I’m giving in.

Most of my friends have been trying to get me on Facebook for the longest time. Damn you all!!!! I hope you’re all happy now. I’m not doing it because of you. It’s for the Japan Film Festival, to help promote it. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. Now will you leave me [...]

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