I heard on the news last month that this year the US would see a mass coming out of cicadas, waking up from their 17 year slumber. Insect news like this is so exciting. I wish I could see/hear it for myself, but here I am in California.

See article: Trillions of Cicadas to Plague US.

My brother (in Ohio) left me this message today:

"Hey Ting (that's my Chinese name), it's me. My goodness, I'm out here biking and there are cicadas everywhere! There are like cicada shells all over the place and cicadas coming out of the ground. There are ones that are white hanging off of the trees getting ready to dry off their wings. It's pretty cool. I thought you might be interested."

It's going to be one noisy month there.
Cicadas and fireflies are too cool for words. Ahh, I wish I was there!!

Oh my gosh, the weekend can't come soon enough.

I had such a tough day today in Stress city.
I wanted to kill my computer b/c my computer almost killed me.
I've never felt such rage toward a machine.

Can I just hybernate until vacation time?
Taiwan, here I come! Ah, I can't wait!

Wanted to share a funny video of a panda sneezing.
I was in a sneezing fit like this panda yesterday, but not as dramatic.

P.S. Do you notice that the older men have super loud sneezes?

I am happy this moring…

I about had 2 heart attacks this week...

Monday morning:
Should: Be at LAX by 5:30am for 7:00am flight to New Jersey
Reality: Wake up in a panic at 5:35am! #!%#*@!!

It was an absolute miracle that I got on the flight!
I heard that if you're stressed and your significant other holds your hand, it helps alleviate stress. Of course it also depends on the quality of that relationship. I think it works!

Wednesday morning;
Should: Be in the NJ office @ 7:00am to prep for training class that starts at 8:00am
Reality: Wake up in a panic at 7:55am. #!$%&@?#

What the heck is wrong with me?
I'm really not this irresponsible!

Thankfully I can get ready in hyper speed when necessary and the office was a hop away.

Ah, it's nice to be home.
I'm going to have dinner with S...
He's going to take me to get a boba...
Then watch, "So You Think You Can Dance"!

Sometimes over the phone…
P sounds like B sounds like V
T sounds like D sounds like E
X sounds like S sounds like F
M sounds like N

I made a new friend!

How exciting, huh?

It's fun starting new friend-relationships.

There's so much to learn about the other person. 

I also need to work on maintaining/developing the ones I already have.

I've noticed that traffic has been pretty good lately. Every afternoon before I head home I check sigalert.com to decide which route to take. I'm seeing more green dots rather than yellows or reds.

Gas prices are up. Use of mass transit is up. Unemployment is up.
Less cars are on the road.

I heard that if just 5% of cars are taken off the freeways, the flow will be smooth.
By the way, the suggested definition of congestion = driving less than 35 MPM for more than 15 minutes.

It's been wonderful lately, better than 35 MPM for sure. I'm willing to pay the higher gas prices to spend less time on the roads and get home sooner. But of course, there's a cap to most things. 

Today while I was driving home, there was a black Mercedes driving in front of me. I caught notice when I saw a hand stick out from the sun roof and threw something out of the car! Litterer!

It looked like a man's hand. And he continued to throw things out every few seconds.
So the next time he did, I honked at him! I rarely ever use the horn. Oh, I just felt so compelled.
Oftentime, I wish I could become a cop in these moments and bust these law breaking people.

There was one time where I saw some person throw out a chinese take out box and a pair of chopsticks! Ridiculous!

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