gotta love long weekends

this past week was one of those short weeks: 3-day work week + one day of "staff development" activities where i couldn't get any real work done because i was too busy holding my co-workers' hands and singing kumbaya. (god i hate all the team-building activity bullshit. there is no "i" in team, but there is in the shitload of work i still have left on my desk.)

anyway, i've got a four-day weekend, courtesy of the state of california and two dead presidents.

i've already wasted two of the four days taking naps, watching the winter olympics & an occasional dvd, and making several trips to target. luckily, target stores are everywhere in northern california, so i never have to go far to spend money on all sorts of crap i don't need made in the sweatshops of third-world countries by people i'm probably related to.

so...yeah, the winter olympics. gotta support the hapa (half-breed) speedskater, apolo anton ohno. asian/pacific islander-americans in da house...WHAT UP! i cheated & looked up the results in the 1000m short track & i already know he's getting the bronze. but hey, at least i'll watch it knowing homie's getting a medal. (you GO hapa-boy!)

my mom's also been all into the olympics like she knows something about winter sports. i'm sure being born & bred in a tropical island nation gives her great insight into the nuances of snowboarding. she was PISSED when shaun white nearly fucked up his chances at getting the gold in the halfpipe. cracks me up how she gets all disappointed when the americans don't get the gold...like they let HER down. cusses 'em out in filpino & everything.

that's actually more interesting than watching the olympics itself.