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Birthday Month

Anna — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:13:58 +0000

I think I always make a big deal out of my birthdays. I mostly play humble but maybe I genuinely want to have attention showered on me all the time, so birthdays are an acceptable way to literally have my cake and eat it too.

My new cat friend Hobbs.

Release of one of my fave book series.

Free food at the Brooklyn Flea

Gigantic margaritas in San Diego

Oversharing

Anna — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:54:54 +0000

Some people just say far too much, and fail to notice that I don’t really care.

Lots of sunshine

Anna — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:41:17 +0000

Both trips that I’m planning for the rest of the year are to cities well-known for being sun-filled meccas: San Diego and Orlando.

I’m not really complaining. I could’ve been sent to LA, for cripes’ sake.

Taco Tuesday

Anna — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:57:47 +0000

Number of tables taken over: 3
Number of tacos consumed: 2
Number of hours it took to get back home: 1.5
Number of Stuy grads in the group: 2 (incl. M)

On what motivates us

Anna — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:24:21 +0000

“But what we’ve forgotten—and what the science shows—is that we also have a third drive. We do things because they’re interesting, because they’re engaging, because they’re the right things to do, because they contribute to the world. The problem is that, especially in our organizations, we stop at that second drive. We think the only reason people do productive things is to snag a carrot or avoid a stick. But that’s just not true. Our third drive—our intrinsic motivation—can be even more powerful.” — Daniel Pink, “Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution”

View from my hotel room: Copley Place, Boston

Anna — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:24:39 +0000

Room 1242 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Late afternoon.

View from my hotel room: 12th arr. in Paris

Anna — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:59:42 +0000

We moved into various hotel rooms during this trip, but these are my favorite views from Hotel Porte Doree.

From Room 43

From Room 42

Ukrainian dancers

Anna — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:18:26 +0000

At the Javits center this afternoon. The girls are incredibly sweet-looking, but the athleticism of the male dancers is incredible.

Travel show gave my diminishing wanderlust a new boost.

View from my Hotel Room: Las Vegas

Anna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:51 +0000

From the 25th floor of the Monte Carlo, looking out to the soon-to-open Citycenter

Early birding

Anna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:13:13 +0000

Been trying to get to work on time, as opposed to whenever I get there. I think I’m gutsy to take on such an endeavor during the autumn, when it’s still dark out when I turn off my alarm.

If I were a much more motivated person, I would use the early mornings to go out for a jog, or do some other morning exercise.

But I think I’ll take it one step at a time. Get used to waking up early first, and then we’ll move over to this exercise business.