I went wearing a Sari (not looking at it's best in this picture), a tech cap, and a phone headset.
I was "Indian Tech Support". Get it???!! Laugh. Julie lent me the sari. hers stayed on much better than mine did.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Halloween Costume
I went wearing a Sari (not looking at it's best in this picture), a tech cap, and a phone headset.
I was "Indian Tech Support". Get it???!! Laugh. Julie lent me the sari. hers stayed on much better than mine did.
Homecoming Proposal
I went house shopping today. It is exhausting, and I really am not 100% what I want yet. But it was nice getting out there and taking another look. I spent last week talking to a few different lenders, and so I was in the housing mood.
This weekend was also homecoming weekend at Tech. Leah and her (cute) friend Josh came up, and we hung out a lot this weekend. We went to the game on Saturday afternoon (which we won 10-9), and it brought back lots of memories seeing the mr. and ms. GT candidates on the field. So the best story of the day is this: Kevin was one of the five finalists for Mr. Georgia Tech. He was escorted on the field by his girlfriend Chris. Kevin and Chris are dear friends of mine, and fabulous people. But I digress. Kevin was named Mr. Georgia Tech - Congratulations Kevin! in following tradition, he had to kiss the winner of the freshman cake race. Once completing that duty, he returned to his place on the field and promptly got on one knee and proposed to Chris right there on the field at halftime of Homecoming!!! Right after though, he had to hop in the wreck with Ms. GT (saira), and ride around the field celebrating. YAY!!!! I am so excited for them. They are sooo cute together, and so I suppose now chr
is is going to be Mrs. GT ;-) or at least the first lady! 
This weekend was also homecoming weekend at Tech. Leah and her (cute) friend Josh came up, and we hung out a lot this weekend. We went to the game on Saturday afternoon (which we won 10-9), and it brought back lots of memories seeing the mr. and ms. GT candidates on the field. So the best story of the day is this: Kevin was one of the five finalists for Mr. Georgia Tech. He was escorted on the field by his girlfriend Chris. Kevin and Chris are dear friends of mine, and fabulous people. But I digress. Kevin was named Mr. Georgia Tech - Congratulations Kevin! in following tradition, he had to kiss the winner of the freshman cake race. Once completing that duty, he returned to his place on the field and promptly got on one knee and proposed to Chris right there on the field at halftime of Homecoming!!! Right after though, he had to hop in the wreck with Ms. GT (saira), and ride around the field celebrating. YAY!!!! I am so excited for them. They are sooo cute together, and so I suppose now chr
is is going to be Mrs. GT ;-) or at least the first lady! 
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Qualifications
Alright. You asked for it, so I am putting it out there.
What kind of guy do I want to date? The following are not in any particular order, though some are exponentially more important than others, because I don't want any "self rating" going on for my system. Though you don't have to have all of them for me to date you, the more the better ;-)
Male.
Jewish - affiliated
within 6 years older than me or 1 year younger
Educated
Driven
Dancer - as in partner, not "shake your ass"
agreeable (aka not stubborn)
Kind
Funny
Dark hair, light eyes
Likes sports - specifically Baseball and college football
Nerd
non-smoker
Friendly
Low maintenance
Taller than me
Interesting
Cook
I reserve the right to add to this if I feel like it. Post comments, I'd like to see them =)
What kind of guy do I want to date? The following are not in any particular order, though some are exponentially more important than others, because I don't want any "self rating" going on for my system. Though you don't have to have all of them for me to date you, the more the better ;-)
Male.
Jewish - affiliated
within 6 years older than me or 1 year younger
Educated
Driven
Dancer - as in partner, not "shake your ass"
agreeable (aka not stubborn)
Kind
Funny
Dark hair, light eyes
Likes sports - specifically Baseball and college football
Nerd
non-smoker
Friendly
Low maintenance
Taller than me
Interesting
Cook
I reserve the right to add to this if I feel like it. Post comments, I'd like to see them =)
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Stay off your feet.
Ack! so after getting home from Wisconsin, my foot started hurting. On wednesday it was just kind of sore, thursday a bit worse, friday pretty bad, and today it is awful. I've been taking advil to ease the pain, but it really hurts! Turns out, It is probably a stress fracture. Not only does that stink just because it hurts to walk, stand anything, but that definitely impairs my ability to dance and run - two of my favorite things!!!! I'll have to see what I can do to fix that, but I am very frustrated right now.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Squeaky Cheese and Exchanges.
So much has happened since my last post, I can't believe I haven't updated!!!
Let's see. First off, I went to synagogue for Yom Kippur, and while I've been fasting for 26 hours, a cute guy in shul introduces himself, and it turns out we have a lot in common! Not sure if he knows that yet, but I'll make sure I pass on that information ;-). Maybe something will happen with that, I'll keep you posted. Don't want to say anything else in risk of jinxing anything.
Friday I went to work and straight from work headed to Knoxville for a Lindy Exchange. The exchange was a blast! For those of you who don't know what a lindy exchange is (which I assume is most of you), you can read about it on that website, but the jist of it is that most major cities host an event once a year where all night and all day for 3 - 4 days, there are venues, bands, djs, and swing dancers. Coming from another city, you pay an exchange fee, usually 50-70 dollars, and other than that, you don't pay much. You get there (a plane ticket or driving), and the dancers in the hosting city house you in their homes and show their city's hospitality. Anyway, I ended up staying with Chris, who I met a few times before at different events in Atlanta over the past year, and he was very hospitable, and a lot of fun. Susan and Liia also stayed there, and we had a blast. I danced a lot, and learned a bit, and though as usual, the leads sometimes were creepy or frustrating, overall it was a lot of fun.
On Tuesday I left with work to Wisconsin, and although it was chilly, I think the trip overall went well. Upon arriving, I realized the airport here in Appleton has I think 6 gates and three luggage carosels. I went for a nice run with my co-worker, Paul, and then all of us went to a nice steak restaurant for dinner. Today was an all day event at the plant. I think it went well for my first project that I have been the lead engineer on. Well, I am not the lead. There is a project lead. but I am the only design engineer, and am in charge of doing most of the actual work, which makes me a bit nervous, but I have backup if I need it. It's nice though, I can finally *hopefully* prove myself =)
I am going back home tomorrow, and have a very busy evening planned. I just hope I don't have to go into work once we return. I don't want to.
Let's see. First off, I went to synagogue for Yom Kippur, and while I've been fasting for 26 hours, a cute guy in shul introduces himself, and it turns out we have a lot in common! Not sure if he knows that yet, but I'll make sure I pass on that information ;-). Maybe something will happen with that, I'll keep you posted. Don't want to say anything else in risk of jinxing anything.
Friday I went to work and straight from work headed to Knoxville for a Lindy Exchange. The exchange was a blast! For those of you who don't know what a lindy exchange is (which I assume is most of you), you can read about it on that website, but the jist of it is that most major cities host an event once a year where all night and all day for 3 - 4 days, there are venues, bands, djs, and swing dancers. Coming from another city, you pay an exchange fee, usually 50-70 dollars, and other than that, you don't pay much. You get there (a plane ticket or driving), and the dancers in the hosting city house you in their homes and show their city's hospitality. Anyway, I ended up staying with Chris, who I met a few times before at different events in Atlanta over the past year, and he was very hospitable, and a lot of fun. Susan and Liia also stayed there, and we had a blast. I danced a lot, and learned a bit, and though as usual, the leads sometimes were creepy or frustrating, overall it was a lot of fun.
On Tuesday I left with work to Wisconsin, and although it was chilly, I think the trip overall went well. Upon arriving, I realized the airport here in Appleton has I think 6 gates and three luggage carosels. I went for a nice run with my co-worker, Paul, and then all of us went to a nice steak restaurant for dinner. Today was an all day event at the plant. I think it went well for my first project that I have been the lead engineer on. Well, I am not the lead. There is a project lead. but I am the only design engineer, and am in charge of doing most of the actual work, which makes me a bit nervous, but I have backup if I need it. It's nice though, I can finally *hopefully* prove myself =)
I am going back home tomorrow, and have a very busy evening planned. I just hope I don't have to go into work once we return. I don't want to.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Forgiveness...
So you hate your job? Join our support group, it’s called EVERYBODY! They meet at the bar. –Drew Carey
It’s not that I hate my job. I love doing the task my job requires of me, it’s just not quite as much fun as school was. I am about to leave for Wisconsin next week, so hopefully this new project will have me up and running in no time. Ryan (the guy who sits next to me at work) and I spend a few minutes a day marveling at the amazing fantasticness of Google and their products. Every day they're coming out with some new cool program. "If Google made a virus I'd probably install it the day it was released and marvel at how efficiently and quickly it categorized the information it destroyed on my hard drive."
Over this past weekend, I had quite the array of matrimonial events. I went to John J. and Marilyn C’s wedding. It was honestly one of the more fun weddings I’ve been to. The combination of knowing both people in the couple, and a fair number of the guests made it more fun, but the atmosphere in general was a blast. Buzz even came to the wedding for about an hour and danced =) Sunday was Jess’s bridal shower, also a lot of fun, but about 10 minutes in, I realized I was the only one in the room that wasn’t married or nearly married. Oh well. I surprisingly didn’t feel left out at all, so no complaints on my end.
I am still taking my dance classes, and salsa is still fun, and ballroom is pretty good. The ballroom class is much more challenging than the salsa, but I think I’ll use salsa more. We shifted from Waltz to Tango in the ballroom class, and T-A-NG-O is pretty fun. I need to find a venue that I can practice these all in though.
Monday night I went swing dancing, and it was the night of my b-day dance, which was alright. They held it really early, so a lot of the dancers weren’t there yet, but I suppose it was for the better since after about 45 minutes, the power in the neighborhood kept flickering and eventually blew the system, so the night was called early.
On a totally different note, tomorrow is Yom Kippur, and for this, we are supposed to apologize and ask forgiveness for all we’ve done to other people over the year. I am really bad about this and did not save/make the time to call everyone, so if you are my friend, know that I have forgiven you for anything you’ve done to me, wittingly or unwittingly, and I hope you can forgive me for the same. If you have an issue please let me know if there’s something we need to work out. I can work a payoff or something ;-)
It’s not that I hate my job. I love doing the task my job requires of me, it’s just not quite as much fun as school was. I am about to leave for Wisconsin next week, so hopefully this new project will have me up and running in no time. Ryan (the guy who sits next to me at work) and I spend a few minutes a day marveling at the amazing fantasticness of Google and their products. Every day they're coming out with some new cool program. "If Google made a virus I'd probably install it the day it was released and marvel at how efficiently and quickly it categorized the information it destroyed on my hard drive."
Over this past weekend, I had quite the array of matrimonial events. I went to John J. and Marilyn C’s wedding. It was honestly one of the more fun weddings I’ve been to. The combination of knowing both people in the couple, and a fair number of the guests made it more fun, but the atmosphere in general was a blast. Buzz even came to the wedding for about an hour and danced =) Sunday was Jess’s bridal shower, also a lot of fun, but about 10 minutes in, I realized I was the only one in the room that wasn’t married or nearly married. Oh well. I surprisingly didn’t feel left out at all, so no complaints on my end.
I am still taking my dance classes, and salsa is still fun, and ballroom is pretty good. The ballroom class is much more challenging than the salsa, but I think I’ll use salsa more. We shifted from Waltz to Tango in the ballroom class, and T-A-NG-O is pretty fun. I need to find a venue that I can practice these all in though.
Monday night I went swing dancing, and it was the night of my b-day dance, which was alright. They held it really early, so a lot of the dancers weren’t there yet, but I suppose it was for the better since after about 45 minutes, the power in the neighborhood kept flickering and eventually blew the system, so the night was called early.
On a totally different note, tomorrow is Yom Kippur, and for this, we are supposed to apologize and ask forgiveness for all we’ve done to other people over the year. I am really bad about this and did not save/make the time to call everyone, so if you are my friend, know that I have forgiven you for anything you’ve done to me, wittingly or unwittingly, and I hope you can forgive me for the same. If you have an issue please let me know if there’s something we need to work out. I can work a payoff or something ;-)
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
My Birthday
So, today was my birthday. I must say, nothing too exciting happened at all. But, last saturday night I had a shindig of sorts at my brother's house, and that was a lot of fun. The theme of the party was "2nd grade", so there was pin the tail on the donkey, a pinata, party favor bags, etc. it was a lot of fun, and great seeing everyone together. I have friends from so many differnet random places, none of them knew each other, but I think it still went relatively well!
pictures from the party are at:
http://www.belanaomi.com/photo.htm
there are some funny ones.
My parents framed my diploma for me, which is what I asked for, and my sister chipped in with them and bought me a straightening iron for my hair that I wanted, but didn't want to actually buy. Not much more to update right now, but thanks to everyone who sent/called/emailed/IMd birthday wishes =)
here is what my big sister left me on my voicemail:
"just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and I hope you're having a lovely time, and doing something that Mom would just not understand"
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