Taking my lunch break and reading the news from CNN, I saw this article about the '08 Presidential Race:

"In sharp contrast, the Democratic race remains static, with Hillary
Clinton holding a sizable lead over Barack Obama. The New York senator,
who is white, also outpaces her Illinois counterpart, who is black,
among black and Hispanic Democrats, according to a combined sample of
two months of polls."

I love how they point out that how Clinton is white and Obama is black.  Only if you've been living under a rock the past decade would you not know that Clinton is white.  I really wonder about some journalists these days.

I recently participated as a tabulator for the Miss Asia USA pageant last weekend, since my company was the official tabulators of the pageant.  You know, those people that hand tally the judges' scores and then get to go up on the stage to hand the envelopes.  I even had the best seats in the house for the swimsuit competition, very front row!  It was quite an experience because I got to mingle with some Hollywood folks and industry executives that were judges.  Very nice folks, but I never experienced this side of Hollywood before since I've moved out here.  They had the whole red carpet for the VIPs coming in, a whole slew of photographers, and an after party where Bai Ling, one of the hosts of the pageant, was going all crazy and getting on top of the bar and taking pics with everyone without having any panties on.  Her and one of the judges got really cozy and left soon afterwards.  I ended up staying out till 3am chit chatting with some of the judges and coordinators of the pageant and it made me think how these people can still do it being in their 40s and 50s.  I was exhausted by the time I got home and can't imagine having to go out like that every weekend.  I'm definitely more low-key than that.

I'm going through a sort of mid-life crisis now trying to figure out what to do with myself and my career.  I was unhappy with the work I was doing at my previous employer, so I switched jobs about 8 months ago and moved out to LA.  I've been learning a lot, but the hours kill me at times.  I'm not overly thrilled with the work, but it's good stuff to know.  I was browsing around the internet for jobs and couldn't figure out what it is I wanted to do.  I'm not sure consulting or pharma is my kind of work, but then I don't know what is.  It makes me wish I had finished up with med school, and I could have been a doctor by now.  I'm sure I would have loved that profession and been doing that kind of work.  I don't want to end up moving from job to job so often, but I want to get into something that I'll enjoy for a long time.  Hopefully, it'll come to me someday as to what I enjoy doing.  Till now, I just have to suck it up because I got bills to pay.  Another day, another dollar.  Is anyone else going through this?

Time to hit the beach and BBQ!!!

Happy Fourth of July everyone