The Daily Sabs

the red eye.

sabs — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:54:40 -0700

i don't remember the last time i had an eye exam. although i do remember that they told me my eyes were 20/20 perfect. that is good news, except the time before that it was some other set of numbers that were above perfect. translation, they were deteriorating. and well, it's probably been 5 years since I've had an exam, so who knows what's happened since then.

i bring this up now because lately, my eyes have been killing me. absolutely killing me. it doesn't really help that i sit in front of the computer about 18 hours a day, and that the lighting in our house is really dim (not to mention randomly peachy colored - i blame the ikea bulbs). and that it's been this routine for the last four years.

i used to really want glasses (no really, i wanted them so badly i had a fake pair in college), but now i think the idea sucks.

ps. i got a safety deposit box today. it was sort of random. i was there for other stuff and then the next thing i knew, i was getting a box. i wanted to take a pic in the vault, but they seemed to frown on that idea.

say tequila!

sabs — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:53:59 -0700

this evening the sugar marketing team begrudgingly dragged themselves away from their desks to head over to tres agave for a thank you fiesta. everyone has been working like dogs lately and the bossmen took us out to say thank you (well dk and kellan arranged, but they footed the bill). we started off with a margarita making class and then moved quickly to dinner. melissa and i went halfsies on the carnitas and carne asada, but i could barely eat it after all the guac, jicama, and deliciousness that we chowed down.

ps. based on expressions, i think kellan perfected the margarita, elsa maybe not so much

Hot in the pot

sabs — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:20:06 -0700

I woke up this morning to a ringing telephone; it was morm calling for
no reason. We talked for nearly four hours. Afterwards it was time for
some open houses (one pretty good but not a wow), then back home to
talk to my dad. And then it was time for hot pot. We owed samshrew and
chris a dinner and chris wanted to cash in with hot pot. All you can
eat and drink for $29.99, nom nom nom.

Ps. Chris ate so much he's going to be ill all over samshrew. See?

Mad props.

sabs — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:30:06 -0700

This afternoon Melissa and I made a fun run to daly city. We're doing
a booth at blogher this year, and not to giveaway any spoilers, but
we've got some awesome tricks up our sleeves. These tricks involve
both candy and funny props, and since there's not enough time in the
week, we made a prop/candy run on the weekend.

Originally it wasn't going to be an outing, but then I discovered that
my prop run was near her candy run and so we made a date out of it. DK
texted saying she'd join, but it was too late we were already in daly
city. So afterwards we met her for lunch at nopalito. Yum!

Ps. It's hard to see, but Melissa has on a fuzzy tiara and dk is
wearing Minnie mouse ears.

Field trip and lipgloss!

sabs — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:20:06 -0700

This afternoon dk, Melissa, and I headed down to menro park for a
social media seminar marketing meeting speech listening mingling
thing. It was somewhat informative but also made me glad to hear that
we're on the right path. It was great to hang out with these ladies
and it makes me so sad that the only way we can do it is if we have to
go to a work thing.

In other news I let a stranger do my lip makeup on the street today.
They looked official and gave me samples and coupons for my fave
lipsgloss, so I couldn't really just walk in by.

Ps. I almost forgot to post today because as soon as I came home I
started emailing and working for a few hours to catch up for leaving
work early. Sux.

Press check!

sabs — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:05:17 -0700

This morning Elsa and I headed over to see Noel, our print guru. We
had an early(ish) press check (although the weather made it feel
earlier than it really was). It's been a long time since I've done a
press check (Internet media company and all) so that was kind of fun.
Besides I'll take any excuse to get nonfrazzled Elsa time!

Oh and how'd the check go? Fantastic! Can't wait to see the finalized
brochures!

Ps. Bonus points to Mitch for posting photos that should be kept in a
shoebox to facebook. Extra bonus points to Nicole for printing them
out at work.

insanely addictive.

sabs — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:41:16 -0700

dk and i have stupid work ethics, meaning we work too much, and lately we've been in the office a lot. the other week we switched our desks around, and now we face each other. this may or may not be the best thing. we may or may not drive everyone around us insane. we may or may not finish each other's sentences.

so why are we working so much? retail therapy officially launches, check it!

xl and I become best friends

sabs — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:35:05 -0700

This evening Randall and I drove down to san Jose for a scheelbarrow
potluck party. We were running a bit late (the peach puzzle pastry was
taking longer to put together than I anticipated), but arrived just in
time for the eats.

It's always great to see these folks, but is more interesting to see
how their kids are growing. Mikela is so much more expressive than the
last time I saw her, and Xavier is finally coming out of his shell. In
fact, he and i became best pals at the end of the night. Actually, it
was a pretty big deal. His parents were shocked by the breakthrough.
This is the first time he's ever opted to hangout with an adult while
his mom is there. Normally he's attached at her hip. In fact mom's
sisters are actually upset by it and mom wasn't sure if she was even
going to tell them. I told her to tell them not to feel too badly.
Afterall, I have a big round head kids can relate to, and I'm like
only 10 years old anyway.

a couple of shopgirls

sabs — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:11:53 -0700

in case you missed it, sugar launched our first facebook game today. i get competitive, so head over to facebook and get started, okay? besides, the team made a freaking AMAZING game. it just looks so cool. so at least check it out.

ps. i am so tired.

pps. the blonde afropuff girl is randall. obviously. no really, he made his character himself, he even used real money to buy his fake clothing.

Good thing there are no vampires around

sabs — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:30:04 -0700

This morning I went in for some routine bloodwork. I had an
appointment, but naturally they saw me about 35 minutes after my
scheduled time. It was annoying to be late for work (there is so much
going on), but it was nice to arrive and have my new desk made
already. You see we ripped out the cubes, and then had to make our own
replacement desks. Now we're crowded and have less space. Ghettz! But
some desk fairy helped me out, and I didn't have to make mine. So
thanks desk fairy! And thanks for making me late appointment place.