deep thoughts

i think barry manilow should be the next willy wonka. he can sing and he's creepy looking.

blogger is new... sort of

so i guess blogger is no longer beta and i can now log on via my gmail account. that is cool. however now a page of back-logged comments that i was unaware of requires my authorization to "publish" or "reject". i didn't even know this was there.

i initially set up my blog so that anyone can leave comments - that way i don't have to approve them. but i guess in some sort of transition from beta to the real deal, this changed and i missed:

• rafi's $0.02 on how dumb it is that i have 2 blogs with minimal content.
• hello! i didn't blog about my 2 weeks in europe.
• other random comments on my rant and rave about the israel/lebanon war

other than this and the MUCH improved spellchecker, i don't see much difference on my end. maybe if i used my blog more, i would. :)

>:P

step the fuck up. falling off my radar.

packing up and on alert

well, it feels like i got laid off today. i'm packing up by desk area and i have to be out by friday. most of you know about the flood drama that happened at the office 2 weeks ago now - demolition of the office area will start on saturday. in the meantime, i'll be sitting in the lab, which means no coffee at my desk and loud freezer noise for a week. joy.

if you haven't seen the flood pics yet, go here.

in other news, someone hacked into UCLAs database and got a hold of information on over 800,000 people affiliated with UCLA (former and current students, faculty, etc.). the info includes social security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, etc. they are recommending everyone whose name was in the database (unfortunately, that includes me) to put a fraud alert and/or put a security freeze on their credit file. i'm not quite sure what i'm going to do yet. ARG! getting my credit screwed up or my identity stolen would be a bad, BAD thing for me.