I heart Stephen Colbert
I now have a new crush: Stephen Colbert. He is so geeky, hilarious, dreamy and brilliant. Every time his show comes on, I sigh and say "I love him". Pierre tells me, "You always say that!" What can I say? I love geeks!I realize that many other women feel the same way as I do, which is why he was named sexiest something or other recently. So I will not go on and on, but just in case you missed it last week, here is a link to his clip spoofing O'Reilly's freak out video: http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=168140
It's hilarious and wonderful, just like Colbert =)
My sister visited us for Mother's Day, which was great! Poor thing, we dragged her out of bed early on Saturday morning to come with us as our official fan for our first race in Central Park. We did Miles for Moms, a 4 mile race that raises money for cancer research and other related programs. To honor my mother, I made a sweet t-shirt with a picture of her on the back. The photo I used was from a canopy tour she did in Costa Rica.
Here's my sister and I trying to throw up signs for East Coast and West Coast. I don't think we quite managed it. . . We were late and missed the start of the race, which was my fault. I will not let that happen again! We joined the race a couple minutes after everyone else started, so it wasn't a big deal. I did better than I expected, which made me very happy! Those races are so addictive. I can't wait for my next one. Pierre and I are probably still going to do that 10k in DC next month. After that, maybe a 5 mile race in Central Park. We still need to find some races for July, August, and the fall.
Some other fun things we've done recently in NYC is attend a talk on Latin American politics at the Harvard Club and eat at a Filipino restaurant. Pierre and I really enjoyed the lecture. It was our first visit to the Harvard Club. The Harvard Club was nice, but not as swanky and exclusive as the Harvard Club of Ecuador. I had never seen anything like that! The talk was given by a Harvard professor who has lived in various parts of South America. He talked about Ecuador and Correa and the leftist governments of other countries. It was good to hear someone put the politics of Ecuador in the context of Latin America as a whole. We learned a lot!
With the help of our trusty Time Out New York magazine, Pierre and I found a Filipino restaurant located in the little Manila neighborhood of Manhattan. This was the first time that Pierre ate at a Filipino restaurant! After 5 years of eating Chinese food, finally we got to eat some food from my mother's homeland! We got chicken adobo (a signature dish), lumpia (Filipino egg rolls) and halo-halo (a dessert made from ube ice cream, shaved ice, beans and some other things I can't recall.) I was very proud of myself for asking for the lumpia by name rather than just saying egg rolls. Pierre and I liked the food, so maybe we'll go back and get some pancit canton (noodles) and look for a Filipino bakery so I can get some fresh pandesal!
I am still looking for a job. I think I am going to start temping soon because I guess Pierre expects me to pay rent =) I went to DC last week to attend a career conference at the Peace Corps headquarters. I thought the sessions were really useful and I'm glad that I went. We got to practice networking and interviewing, which was interesting. During the interview session, we broke into groups of 5-6 people and all watched as each person was interviewed by a Peace Corps staff person. After the 10 minute mock interview, we all critiqued the interviewee. I was picked to go first, and I was pretty nervous. When I give presentations or get nervous, I tend to talk really fast. I also say "like", "so", "okay" and probably "um." After my interview, the interviewer told me that she could tell I was from California by the way I talked! No one had ever said that to me before. I had mentioned in the interview something about talking to Cindy's class in San Diego, so that might have been a clue for her. But she said that she was also from California and that my overuse of "like" and other valley girl terms might be okay in Cali, but not on the East Coast. Oh well. I guess you can take the girl out of California, but you can't take the California out of the girl. . .
I am also keeping myself busy by making mix cds for people. I've sent out 5 so far! My brother had a good idea for another playlist: Songs for Killing Vampires, a la Jessica Biel's character in Blade 3. If anyone has any good suggestions for what should go on that list, let me know!
I am thinking about volunteering for the Obama campaign as an Obama organizing fellow. The commitment would be 30 hours a week for 6 weeks this summer. It would mostly be registering new voters, canvassing, and phone banking. I figure it will be fun and a good experience. And after Obama is elected and the world is a better place, you can all thank me =)
posted by Unknown @ Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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