Family Portrait
with the cousins
I know it's hard to see, but that's Kelly Clarkson

More pictures on the link to the right. :)

I've known this girl at church since we were 9. Only in the past 2 years have we been making more of an effort to hang out. But she's known to be really blunt, and I've known that about her all these years. And yet, it still catches me off guard.

This weekend, I baked some cookies and took her a few since she's studying for finals.

Me: Hey, I brought you some cookies.
DM: Why?
Me: Thought you might like some, especially since you're studying for finals.
DM: Are you trying to get rid of them or something?
Me: ....uh....

In her defense, I guess I did catch her off guard since in all the years I've known her, I haven't done this very often. She found me after service and told me they were really good. :)

J.T. Snow will no longer be with the Giants. That's very sad news.

Bad move on the Giants' part. I bet they lost a ton of female fans right there.

I was walking around the Embarcadero Center during my lunch hour and I saw the A.P. Gianini Middle School orchestra out there performing. Brought back a lot of memories. I played out there when I was that age with my school orchestra. It's just funny to see things come around full circle.

You can definitely tell it's a San Francisco school. Out of an orchestra of 70+ kids, you can count the number of non-asian students in one hand.

I hate being on the phone with customer service. Yesterday I was trying to get some things cleared up with our car insurance company and was put on hold for so long, I called customer service on my cell phone to square away some cable tv stuff. At one point, I was put on hold by both people, and listening to Christmas music from 2 different phones was too much, even for me. In the end, I spent over an hour with the car insurance people. Ugh.

But I love this time of year. Air is crisp. Decorations are up. People just seem to smile more in general. I'm going to have dinner downtown tonight and I look forward to seeing the big Christmas tree in Union Square.