Work Update: Printer

I got my own printer! For most of you, this may not mean much. But for those who remember my Office Space entry, the shared printer was getting uber frustrating. Alex (the other Alex, I'm not referring to myself in the third person...yet) really pulled through and mentioned to the attorney that calling the office manager to ask her if we could print, then walking around the corner to pick up every document we print, was really getting in the way of our productivity. Said and done--within an hour or so, there was a printer installed in my cubicle (no office yet, I'll post on that later).

Hooowwwever, I'm a little anal on organization and layout. I had gotten comfortable with how I had set up my desk, and the extension cord didn't reach to where I ideally would have wanted the printer. So I had to apologize for being a high maintenance attorney, and I [very nicely] asked for an extension cord so I could move it to the complete opposite side of my desk. With a little hustle and bustle, the printer was where I wanted it, and now I'm off to prove that I deserve a raise!

*sorry for boring you on my printer status, and the many

more similar office posts that are to come*

From Hi5 to Peru!

So back in 2006, Erika, Brooke, Sarah and I had the opportunity to take the trip of a lifetime. A couple of our spots included Lima, Peru, and Machu Picchu. In Lima, we were fortunate enough to stay with Will's family, who were sooo amazing. I should tell you that we all took a chance on Will. Friends were shocked and extremely concerned when they asked where we were staying in Peru, and their answer: "We're staying with some guy's and his family that Alex met online...that she's never met before." Yeah....that didn't go over very well with people, and I honestly don't blame them. But I'm glad we went on faith alone and proceeded to stay with Will and his family. Will and his friend, Alan, picked us up from the airport, and accompanied us on our following trips to the airport when we flew out to Cuzco. And his mom made some amazing food. I may be using the word "amazing" too much in this blog, but I mean it every time I use it!

Here we are with Will on a tour of Lima. His sister, Mawi, actually majored in some sort of historical architecture of Lima, so she gave us an amazing tour of the city ;)

Jump to 2009: I still keep in touch with Will. Granted, I'm kind of a terrible friend and I don't actually talk to him often, but we chat online every now and then, I update him on my life, he tells me about his promotions and employee of the month awards (felicidades willy!), and he also tells me about all of his amazing trips. I seriously want to be like Will and explore every inch of this country, just like he's explored so much of Peru. This brings me to the original purpose of this post, which was to share some pictures from Will's recent travels. Without further ado:

Here is Will in Playa Azul

And this one is amazing, of the Peruvian jungle:

I'm gonna work on convincing Will to give me some travel tips, hot spots, etc., so I can share with you guys :)

Holiday Special!

In the spirit of Christmas, I'm sharing with you a movie that everyone should watch at least once during the Holiday Season. I'm sure most of you have already seen this movie before, but I'll be honest and tell you that if it wasn't for marrying into the Armstrong Family, I probably wouldn't even have known about it, or caught all the jokes in movies, TV shows, etc., about the leg lamp.

Here's a little trailer for A Christmas Story:


I hope you all have a safe and wonderful Christmas, sharing it with those you love.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Music Video: Chambao!

I owe this musical discovery to Kitty, who has now moved to better and greener pastures and is living with her hubby in Spain. Gracias, Kitty! Chambao has an amazing voice, I hope you all enjoy!

More on Adult Life

I'm pretty sure it started after law school began, when I was too busy to watch the news at home or read a newspaper, and still wanting to know what was going on with the world. At some point, while driving, I got fed up with having to continually scan the radio stations to find something good (even though Jeff might say my music standards are still pretty subpar). And so, to get my fill of current events, and prevent the continual station scan, I landed with news radio. I think a few years ago I would have felt lame about listening to NPR and KNX 1070 more frequently than any radio station. I guess self-confidence is one of the few good things about growing older!

Work Update

So for those regular followers, I wanted to give you all a quick update on things. As I knew would happen, now that I have a full time job I haven't been able to write on here as much as I'd like. I'm starting to make notes of ideas I get for things to write, whenever they come to mind, which means endless stickies which might not make sense when I read them a couple days later.

So if you remember from my last blog, I wrote about the new lady that had started working at my office. Well, after discovering her perpetual lateness (every day since she started, and I'm not talking about 5-10 minutes late, I'm talking about an hour to an hour and a half late), she was promptly let go. Crazy, but it makes sense. Anyhow, there's another new girl that's doing some side work, and she seems like a really nice girl. She's a pretty girl, and she's 18, which means all the boys in the office are riled up. She seems to be taking it pretty well though!

As much as I want to go into detail about everyone at my office, and share all the exciting characteristics and traits of each of them with you all, I figure it's only a matter of time before they track me down on Facebook, which will eventually lead them here, so I'd rather play it safe :)

Anyhow, while I may not be able to update as often, I don't want to leave you guys hanging, so if you enjoy new music, one of my best friends Sarah has started posting regular music videos on her blog. Sarah has always been a source of new amazing music for me, so I hope you all enjoy her video blogs!

"Why does it say paper jam, when there IS NO PAPER JAM?"

I'm hoping most of you recognize the above quote from Office Space. Do you remember the frustration with which it was said? Because that is my frustration sometimes with the printer at my work. Except that the printer actually DOES have a paper jam...with every. Other. Page.

It's such a temperamental piece of machinery. Sometimes it prints, sometimes it gets jammed. You just never know. If copy machines weren't so expensive, and our office was going to get a new one, I wouldn't mind ending it's days the classic Office-Space way:

Here's to knowing I made the right choice

Jeff and I went out for dinner tonight, a date night if you will. It wasn't anything crazy, we just went to Chili's, ordered food, some drinks, and picked up a movie at Blockbuster. I should mention that my strawberry margarita gave me the WORST brain freezes I never even knew were possible. I'm not exaggerating--it was terrible. I almost considered not drinking anymore of my over-priced margarita. Almost.

Anyhow, after we picked up a few episodes of Entourage at Blockbuster, and some coffee at Gelson's, we got in the car for our mile-long drive home. And hilarity ensued. I seriously haven't laughed this hard in a long time, my abs are still recovering. I love being able to make a fool of myself, and seeing Jeff laugh as much as he did tonight.

Love.

Places I've eaten at...

So in the last two weeks, I've gone out to eat with some of the guys from the office twice. And twice have proven amazing as far as good company and lack of spelling...

This place we will now always call "Seafoo"

And this was a mongolian BBQ place at the mall...

I can't wait to see where we go next!

Iron & Wine: Boy with a Coin

Amazing video that Jeff found a while back, thought I'd share: