November 2001
Goals: Try to come up with a goal. Guess I'll work on my resume today.
Nice, lazy day. Ahhhhh..... the life of leisure is wonderful. The best part is not having to wake up at 5:30 am to an alarm clock. Of course, getting up at 7:00 wasn't what I envisioned but that seems to be the case these days. No problem though.
Finished my resume and shot it off to a couple of people though I don't expect to hear anything immediately. Worked on my covert project and that seems to be moving forward pretty fast. Have been in contact with some great people in the process, some from my past at AspenTech. Such a small world.
Called the Realtor's school to get information on classes though I didn't sign up yet.
Goal: Contact BJW. Sign up for Realtor's School. Get an appointment to get my hair cut.
Well, I've signed up for the Realtor's course. I start tomorrow. It is only 2 days long but 12 hours each day, Saturday and Sunday in Brookline. Should be fun though. Something totally different! Hopefully I'll remember how to get to Coolidge Corner. There is only one parking lot that has 3 hour meters but it's been so long since I've been over that way. I hope I can find it without too much trouble.
Have been in contact with BJW--this is very exciting though I can't talk about it yet!
And to finish off the trifecta--got my hair cut. Reached all my goals once again!
(also, today is my last official day at MM)
Realtor school: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Found my way to Coolidge Corner and got a parking spot. Walked up and down Harvard St. a few times until I finally found the building for the Realtor school. First things first, though--coffee!!! Luckily there is a Peet's Coffee shop so I'm able to grab a cup of joe to get myself somewhat awake for the long day.
The instructor is a regular laugh riot! His name is Leon but I swear this is really Chuck Barris from the Gong Show (hopefully that doesn't show my age??). He's always clapping his hands between phrases.
And now (clap) let's get to work (clap) we've got to learn everything today (clap).
And he's always saying "I know you're thinking... ahhh LEE-awwwwnnnn!" After each break he whoops real loud and yells "The party continues!" Way too funny.
Well, it's funny for the first 7 hours but with 5 more hours to go for today, it's starting to get somewhat annoying. At least it's keeping us awake! Way too much to learn and he goes way too fast. But, it's a nice change of pace for a November weekend.
Another 12 hours of Realtor school today. We had a different instructor today--Tony. Not quite as entertaining but not bad. The math section was almost unbearable to get through for all of us. It's hard to remember geometry and fractions and which formula to use for which case. It doesn't help that the chairs we're sitting in are extremely uncomfortable. We all are squirming after the first hour just trying to get comfortable. By 5:00, Lee-awwwnnnn comes back to wrap up the class--The PARty conTINues! (clap). We are all awarded our certificates of completion and Leon walks us through the process we need to go through to get our licenses. So, after one grueling weekend, I'm half way there to having my Real Estate license--whew!
Goal: Study real estate material for about an hour today, pay some bills, do a little housecleaning.
Lot's of email correspondence to do today. Studies for a couple of hours for the Real Estate exam. Chapter 1 wasn't too bad but Chapter 2... ugh! Very dry, dull material and hard to get through.
Did some work on my covert project, contacted some people to set up meetings, moving forward faster and faster.
Paid all the bills I have left. Oooh. Not good. But, I paid off 2 credit cards and only have one left with a balance. Unfortunately, it's a large balance. I may have to actually start looking for employment sooner than I was hoping. I'll have to walk down to the post office so I can get in a walk today and also mail the bills. I still don't understand this urban way of life, especially as far as mailing bills. I mean, the mail carrier comes to my house to deliver mail, why can't they also pick up the mail? Don't get me wrong--I sneak some mail into my mailbox with it sticking out so they see it. They've been pretty good about picking it up for me but I've been told that I'm not supposed to do that. Does anyone know if this is true and why?
Looks like I'll have to study a bit more today, too. I have to get through a few more chapters to feel more comfortable since I want to take the exam fairly soon.
I've been pretty good so far about not watching television during the day. I just hope I can keep that up. Sometimes I'll watch the View but I usually leave the radio on instead. It's the soaps that scare me because they can suck you right in and then I'll spend my days watching TV and eating bon bons. Especially General Hospital. I used to watch that religously when I was in high school and college--back before the old Luke and Laura days. Some friends of mine still watch it and I can recognize a lot of the characters that have been on there for years. I did sneak a peek at the TV guide one day and noticed that they show Dark Shadows on the SciFi channel. That was my favorite soap when I was younger. All of us neighborhood kids would run home from school and gather at someone's house to watch Dark Shadows. Back then it seemed very scary and it would give me nightmares but I was hooked. I still love scary movies though today they're different from the old days. I remember having to practice the piano in our unfinished basement. It wasn't lit very well and had lot's of dark corners where I could swear Barnabus Collins was standing there waiting to bite my neck. Barnabus was one of the scariest yet sympathetic characters on the show. Quentin was a close second. And Angelique--I wanted to be Angelique. She was this beautiful woman who lived at "Collinswood" -- the scary magnificent mansion that was the family home on this show set in a town named Collinsport if I'm remembering correctly. I did happen to catch a few episodes of Dark Shadows a few years ago and the acting wasn't really that great but it still held my interest.
After studying for a while and mailing my bills, I think I need to give my house a good cleaning. It's getting a bit grungy.
Yesterday, I made a few observations. First, I think I'm getting my carpal tunnel syndrome back again. Second, I think I'm going to have to start looking for a job soon.
The carpal tunnel thing is my own fault; I definitely should know better. I first got this a few years ago when I was in grad school working on my thesis. I spent all day at work on a computer and then would come home and work on the computer until late into the evening. The funny part is that my thesis was about telecommuting, or working from home. Based on my research, I really stressed how it is very important to have a good, ergonomic workstation, how it is important to not just set up a card table and folding chair to work from. I was writing that while sitting on a folding chair with my computer on a card table. Eventually my right arm would start to go numb and get a tingly sensation. The pain eventually started in that arm and really escalated while at AspenWorld in Orlando, FL. I don't know if it was the bed or what but the pain would become so unbearable at night that I would have to pace the hotel room for a while and shake my arm to wake it up and stop the pain. That happened every night and scared me a bit. When I got back home I went to the doctor. My doctor is not a very sympathetic person and said that I would just have to live with it. God forbid she tell me to get a real computer table to work on or ask any questions about how or why this happened! She did suggest a wrist brace to wear overnight and that did help. I wasn't sure if it was the brace that finally got rid of the pain and numbness or the fact that I finally finished my thesis and didn't have to sit at the computer for hours each night anymore. And now, here I am, back at the same card table/folding chair setup and my wrist and arm are starting to go numb again. You'd think I'd learn, hey?
The whole job idea--oy! I really like not working but it doesn't pay well. It wouldn't be so bad if I were getting unemployment benefits. That way I'd at least be able to pay some bills. I could find a roommate but it would have to be somebody who didn't own any furniture since that room is completely furnished. But that would probably mean they would be very young or very irresponsible--not exactly the traits of an ideal roommate. I'm getting a little nervous about how to pay the bills. In fact, every time the heat kicks on I cringe now. I'm still studying for the real estate exam in case I go in that direction. And, of course, there is my project that I can't talk about yet. But, those are in the future--even if it's the near future, it's still the future. I did pay off 2 credit cards yesterday and only have one more to go. My car is paid off so my only major bills are the mortgage, student loans, and basic utilities. Not too bad but it still takes money to pay these. I don't like being poor which is ironic since leaving my job was my choice. Growing up, I don't think we were "poor" but we didn't have a lot of money and my parents were "frugal" to say the least. I got to thinking about this the other day and got to laughing about it. It's embarrassingly hysterical to think about some ways my parents tried to save money. One way was our "luggage" that we would use when we would go visit my grandparents farm for the weekend. My parents had real suitcases but us kids had to use grocery bags. I just die when I think about how pathetic we must have looked carrying our brown paper bags full of clothes into the house. Looks like I'm going from bag girl to bag lady! At least I have experience. And speaking of creative uses of bags--that was the other thing that my mother used to do. She would make us wear bread bags on our feet in the winter with our boots to keep our feet dry. Yes, I said bread bags! Can you imagine? My "favorites" were the Bozo bread bags and the Hillbilly bread bags (or as I used to call it, Hillybilly). I'm not sure if this was because boots weren't made very well back then or if we had to wear the boots for too many seasons in a row. And I had the disadvantage of being the younger sister so I had hand-me-downs which really cemented the need to wear bread bags inside older boots. I don't know if the other kids in school had to wear bread bags or not--I never looked.
Goal: Hang some pictures, study a few more chapters, check out some web sites, make some appointments.
Yesterday ended on a very good note though I can't talk about it yet....
Also, last night I was on the phone with K.A. and I happened to rub my forehead for a minute and discovered a lump. Now, I know I have too much time on my hand which can make my imagination run wild but I figure this lump is either a tumor or a zit in the making. And now I can't stop touching it to try to figure out what it is. Of course, at my age, I'm not sure which I'm hoping it will be! A tumor at my age would be somewhat normal, wouldn't it? But a zit! At my age? Having acne beyond your teens just doesn't seem right, does it? When does that ever stop? So, while I'm hoping it's nothing serious, I certainly don't want it to be a zit either. After all, that IS serious at any age. I was fortunate to never have a major acne problem as a teenager so I'm probably making a bigger deal out of it that I should. You know--I had the usual single major eruption on my forehead or chin or sometimes even my nose when I was younger but never a complete acne breakout all over my face. These always occurred the day before a major event such as a date or getting Senior pictures taken or the first day of school. Having a zit on a date is the worst because you can't cover it up very well and you just know your date is staring only at the zit. Can't you just think back to the look on their face? He's trying not to look at it but his eyes keep going back to it, wondering when it's going to erupt. The only saving grace is that he usually had a zit, too. This meant that there usually wasn't any eye contact, just two people staring fearfully at each others acne all the while trying to maintain conversation. Aw, teen angst--don't you miss that? Probably not since teen angst turns into adult angst with flashbacks. It seems that we never quite get over the trauma of acne and never quite forget all the crazy remedies for it. Toothpaste applied directly to the problem area was supposed to shrink it away. Clearasil and Stridex were supposed to help but never really did. Back then, dermatologists would usually recommend sitting under a sun lamp to get rid of acne. I never tried it so I don't know if that really worked or not. It's funny how having a zit back then was the end of the world. It's even funnier how having a zit now, at this age, still feels like the end of the world. So, while I don't want this thing to be a tumor, I REALLY don't want it to be a zit either. Not at my age.
Ahhh, the weekend. Time to relax, get away from work, decompress..... oh wait! I get to do that every day now! Sorry to rub it in.
Still studying for that real estate exam. The material is very dry and hard to get through. It covers a lot of different laws and terminology. I'm kind of surprised that it doesn't go into detail about all the different house styles, what they are called, how you can recognize them, etc. Somehow I'll get through it. I think I'm on Chapter 9 out of 21 chapters.
Regarding my covert project--we actually got an appointment to meet with a Venture Capital firm! This is a major coup since it's real tough, especially these days, to get that first appointment. I hope it goes well--I really hope it goes well for us.
Today is an artist's demonstration that I may go to. I joined the local Art Association and they bring in different artists to do demonstrations a few times a month. Today the artist is showing or doing some oil paintings. Working with oils scares me--I never really learned how to work well with oils. It's a very tough medium with all the layering of paints, how to know how to do the layering and what to mix with the paint for each layer. Very complicated. My preferences are charcoal and pencil. However, I do like the end result of working with oil paints. Acrylics are easier to work with but I don't necessarily like the end result as much. Not that it's bad but it just doesn't have the life that the oils do. And I've never tried water colors yet--those scare me as well. Should be interesting though. And if I hang in with this group, I might even get to have some of my "art" hung in some of the local businesses. I say "art" because most of what I have done was done as a project for class and don't necessarily appeal to an audience. I'm very proud of one in particular--it's just a chair but it turned out exactly like I wanted it to and you can even tell that it's a chair. Not that great art needs to be obvious or recognizable--but it's what I like. The chair was hoisted up on top of a table and the goal was to draw it with the proper perspective. The teacher loved it and I loved it but it's not the sort of thing the general public would want to see hanging in a restaurant. One thing that I haven't gotten used to yet is signing anything I work on. I finally remembered to sign this one piece that I did and after I struggled to put it into a frame, which took about an hour, I realized that I spelled my last name wrong! I'm not sure how that happened as I've been spelling my last name since I was a child, but there it was. To this day I have not taken it back out of that frame to fix the spelling. If I ever get a digital camera or some way to put pictures up on this site, I'll pop up some of the work that I've done. A lot of it is very strange as anyone who has ever attended art school can attest. The instructors work with what they have, no matter how simplistic or odd. I've painted/drawn entire skeletons, a group of eggs, rutebagas, chairs, milk cartons, busts of Greek Gods, pencils, and more naked bodies than I care to remember. Anyway, if I get the chance, I'll have to go through some of these pieces to see what would be interesting to hang somewhere for public viewing. Or, I may have to create something new.
Later in the day....
I went to the artist demonstration at the Library. This was the first time I was in the library here and it still brought back a lot of memories--beautiful big old building, creaky wooden floors, lot's of different little alcoves and separate rooms. I always find it interesting that this is the place that is supposed to be so quiet yet they have hardwood floors instead of carpeting. Wouldn't carpeting make it quieter? Yet every library I've been in has hardwood floors.
Anyway, the artist demonstration was great as were all the people that belong to the Art Association. The artists name is William St. George and he owns his own gallery on Newbury St. in Boston. He was great! He was using oil paints and worked from a photograph of a field of tulips with trees and 2 buildings in the background. It started out very rough and kind of nasty--my first thought was that I could do that! But as he went along and kept working the painting, it really started to turn into something really nice. Of course, he only had about 2 hours to try to put something together but it was pretty cool.
The other artists in the Association are mostly elderly but they are so cool--they have a lot of spirit and spunk. They were talking about going up to Ogunquit, Maine years ago on a regular basis to paint and drink and paint and chase women, etc. Very funny old men. I think this will be a good group to stay with and learn from.
I'm heading to Braintree tonight to have my Tarot Cards read. This should be interesting since my life is so open to anything right now and professionally could go down several different paths. I already know my priorities lest anyone think I'm going there to get specific direction on how to handle my life. I'll have to take notes and report back in tomorrow's entry what they have said or "predicted."
Tarot card reader from last night sucked! I'm not saying I entirely believe in Tarot Cards, etc. but this guy didn't even try to be a good reader. He was the biggest scam artist ever. At least with most of them, they tell you what you want to hear--usually good things. This guy sat there and stared into space and then would roll his eyes back into his head and pretend that "the spirits were talking to him." Moron. And as bad as that was, the evening was to only get worse.
We went to grab a bite to eat since neither of us had eaten much all day and were absolutely starving. We tried the Hilltop but the line was pretty long so we ended up at the Corribe Pub in West Roxbury. Unfortunately it was pretty crowded there, too. But, after figuring we'd run into this almost any place, we grabbed a glass of wine and waited for a table to open up in the lounge area. Finally, one guy offered to let us sit with him and his brother. This seemed like a nice offer at the time. Little did we know that the other brother was a racist, bigoted, pig, though we were about to find out. Truthfully, I can't even put into words what this guy was like or the idiotic things he said. Let's just say that his final words were that he didn't want us associating him with the Ku Klux Klan, but could associate him with the Aryan Nation. How chilling is that? It also explained his shaved head, don't you think? All in all, not my best evening.
Veteran's Day today. Did a little shopping and then went to the Museum of Science since it's free today. It sounded like a fun day but I didn't expect everyone and their children to think it would be a fun day. Kids everywhere! But, I guess that's what the place is all about. It's been a while since I've been there and they've changed all the exhibits. The cool thing about the place is that you're allowed and encouraged to touch everything and try stuff out.
S.B.'s birthday dinner tonite at O'Connor's in Worcester.
The big meeting today! Got up around 5:30 am to get ready. Picked up the boys at 7:30 and met D. at McDonald's in Waltham for some breakfast and to prepare for the meeting. I don't want to go into any detail -- I'll just say that it went quite well and we're not out of the running! This is huge! We have some more work to do to make this really happen but at least we have our foot in the door and we know what we need to do to improve our presentation and mission.
Had dinner with M.W. at the Stockyard. Great fun--always good to see old friends.
Went for a nice walk around Jamaica Pond today. Had a fairly routine day--check my email, study a bit for the real estate exam, that sort of thing. It doesn't sound like much but I have definitely noticed that time is different when you're at home compared to how it passes in the workplace. At home, time goes by very fast and it's actually hard to get to everything you hope to for the day. Very strange.
Had dinner with S.E. at the "yummy chicken place." It's actually kind of a strange place, like it's out of the 1970s or something. Everyone I have met out here has heard of the place or usually their parents used to go there when they were dating! I guess it's called Fontaine's but it used to be called Topsy's which many people still call it, including myself. And people who don't recognize the name, at least recognize the description of the place--it's on the corner of the VFW Parkway and Rt. 109 and has the big blinking neon chicken sign out front. Very tacky but memorable. It sort of has that midwestern bowling lounge feel to it--dark paneling, cheap black vinyl captains chairs, small metallic tables, that sort of thing. But, the food can't be beat--it's the ultimate in comfort food.
I set my alarm clock for 5:00 am so I could go out and watch the meteor shower. When it rang, I almost turned it off but decided to go outside anyway. There I am, in my pajamas and coat, standing in my driveway at 5:00 am staring at the sky. At first I thought nothing was going to happen since I wasn't sure if I was too close to the city lights to be able to see anything. But pretty soon, I caught a glimpse of the first meteor that quickly streaked across the sky and just as quickly disappeared. Then another, and another, and pretty soon they were everywhere. It was definitely worth waking up early for, though I must say it didn't seem as impressive as the last time I saw them, which must be about 20 years ago now. During that meteor shower, the meteor's slowly streaked across the sky and stayed lit for a bit longer and there were more at one time. Still, it was pretty cool.
The rest of the day was pretty standard--walked around Jamaica Pond, read a few more chapters in my real estate book, cooked dinner--that sort of thing.
Oooh, this business thing seems to be falling apart all of a sudden. Have we lost our focus? Seems like it. We're supposed to be pulling together very specific information but I haven't seen any of that just yet. Instead, R. is pulling together all kinds of extraneous information--stuff that will come in handy later, but not now. And I'm not sure what happened to S. Haven't heard much from him. I can only assume and hope that the two of them are talking via the phone.
Went to the grocery store--something I really hate doing. But, I'm finding that when you get to do these mundane tasks during the day when there aren't many people around, it's really not so bad.
I intended to get through some more chapters in the real estate book, but have too much on my mind right now regarding the business and if it will really happen, how we can pull it all together, how to get the info we need, how to work better as a team, especially when one person lives in New York. At least I've been able to find out some info on the web. Thanks to "AskJeeves.com" and "salary.com."
Another busy day lined up. I doubt if I'll get to do any more reading/studying of the Real Estate exam. Just too much to do.
Went over to K.A.s to work through some financials for the "business." Lot's of missing info, misleading info, etc. that we need to work with. I meant to make deviled eggs for Thanksgiving but didn't get home til nearly 10:00 pm and have just been way too busy these days. Will have to do it tomorrow.
Made deviled eggs to take with me for Thanksgiving. S.B. is hosting this year and had lot's of good food. Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions in a horrible but exciting game.
I think my "great niece" (or is it grand niece?) was supposed to be born today but I haven't heard anything yet.
Had a team meeting for the "business" at my house today with R.P. conferencing in by phone. Good meeting--we got through a lot of stuff, set some action items, clarified some things, etc. Everything seems to be on track again. 2 of the boys will meet with J.L. from our old company on Monday to get some advice and information. Then on Tuesday, we will report back to the Venture Capital people. Then--who knows?
I received a phone call from V.S. today -- one of our friends father passed away yesterday. He was still so young, it just doesn't make any sense. The wake will be tomorrow and the funeral the next day.
I stopped over at J.B.s apartment to drop off leftover Thanksgiving food. She's not looking so good these days. I don't mean that she's getting ugly, I mean that she can barely walk and is looking so frail. I was hoping her friend D. would be there since I have never met him yet though I've heard SO much about him. He sort of scares me a bit. I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with him but he seems to be a bit odd. Apparently he would love to perform surgery on somebody--and, no, he's not a doctor! But, I've only heard stories second hand so I don't know how true they are.
Today is the wake of my friend's father. I spent hours trying to decide if I should go or not. On the one hand, I hate going to those things alone. But on the other hand, I feel it's important in times like this to show support. In the end I went and I'm glad I did. It's difficult to know what to say at a wake since I'm fortunate enough to not have a lot of experience with this sort of situation. I paid my respects and then stood in the back with the others and chatted with some people I've met before. It was a very Italian crowd--people with very Italian names everywhere--Enzo, Guiseppe, Angelo, etc. At first I was sort of amused by that but after people watching for a while it gave me a very good feeling to know that these are all really great, warm, supportive people. R.A.s father and her family should be very proud to know these people, as I'm sure they are.
Today is my day to start getting organized. I need to develop some sort of routine. First thing to do was write up a list of things to do. Done. Second thing is to tackle each item on the list.
Went for a walk, built a bookshelf, did laundry, did dishes, paid my bills, etc. etc. Now I think I'm going to make soup. Well, maybe I'll do that tomorrow instead. It's actually quite warm today, around 70 degrees F. Making soup should be done on a cold day, shouldn't it?
Haven't had much time to get back to the Real Estate stuff and now I fear I'll have to start over again. Yeesh kapeesh! I've got to get around to taking that test one of these days. They aren't open today so I can't make the appointment today--will have to do it tomorrow or sometime this week. I still need 2 more signatures of people who can vouch for my moral character! Ha Ha! One of the requirements prior to taking the exam. This will also mean I have to go to the bank since they only take bank checks, I'll have to search for my passport since they want 2 forms of picture IDs (if I read that right). Fortunately, I think I know where it is since I don't know if I completely finished unpacking from my trip to Italy. I think there were one or two other requirements as well. And that's not including the studying! They suggest you bring in a calculator that is not solar powered and doesn't make any noise. The noise part I can handle, but I haven't seen a calculator that wasn't solar powered in years. Apparently the lighting in the exam room isn't great.
Remember my dilemma of whether I had a zit at my age or a tumor? Well..... ha ha, turned out to be a cyst--nothing harmful, just an everyday, ordinary sebacceous cyst. Or, at least that's how it would have been described if I had left it alone! Yeah, I was squeezing and pinching and poking it, all to no avail. It just kept getting redder and redder. This morning, I could barely open my eye it was so swollen. The swelling came down a little but I figured I'd better pop into the doctor's office just in case. Sure enough, it's infected now! Got yelled at for touching it--doctor said never mess with anything near the eyes--and I'm now on antibiotics for a week as well as having to do a very hot compress 3 times a day.
Regarding the business: "the boys" met with J.L. last night and had good things to report back. J.L. thinks it's a viable business idea and if he weren't focusing on grad school, he'd love to get involved. He said maybe when he graduates he might come on board. But, he liked the idea, pressed the guys to fine tune some items, etc. S.E. should be emailing the venture capital people today to respond to their requests for further information. We'll see how they respond back. Not sure when that will be but hope it will be soon.
Hey! I'm a Great Aunt today! Caitlyn Brook was born today on her daddy's birthday. Over 9 lbs. and 20 inches, she's a cutie patootie. Saw the pictures on the web today but can't wait to see her in person and to hold her for a while. Another one to spoil!
The weather is still absolutely beautiful today so I went for a stroll around Jamaica Pond again. Starting to see familiar faces and they are also recognizing me as we pass each other several times. It's a beautiful area to go for a walk or even to just sit and reflect or watch the other people or even the ducks that hang out there. It's hard to believe that this area used to be a place to avoid, that it was considered dangerous and shady. Now, it's a very sought after neighborhood to live in and is very safe now, even if you're alone.
Happened to turn on the TV since I was feeling very lazy today and found a Travel show that was talking about Florence, Italy. Boy, that brought back some great memories of my trip this past Spring.
Another beautiful day. And busy. I had lunch with some former co-workers/friends at the Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square. FRZ and DJF were already there and MG and TPK arrived soon after. Had a GREAT time reminicing and getting up to speed on all the gossip. Discussion was lively and fun and the beer flowed freely, maybe too freely DJF? Ha Ha. Hope he's feeling better! I left around 3:30 while the rest stayed to continue "lunch." I think that's the most fun I've had at lunch in years.
Watched the movie "Duets" this afternoon. This has got to be a very strange movie--almost as strange as "Being John Malkovitch." I thought it was going to be this sappy, silly movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis singing most of the time. Instead it was this bizarre movie with about 5 story lines that eventually merge near the end. Kaoroke hustlers? Come on! And some of the lines in the movie--"Karoake (or however you spell that) is my life" to "I've changed--I sing now." Very bizarre though kind of a fun movie if you can get past some of the silliness.
K.A. came over to collaborate on the business plan for the startup. We went over what exists so far, piece by piece to make some edits and additions based on what we know. We worked pretty hard and by the time we were about halfway through, we realized it was almost 10:30. I guess we were pretty focused!