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Wednesday, February 14th

Incredibly productive day.

Slowly but surely I am getting myself organized. Other than a half hour break I took for lunch, I worked straight through the day. Still not done with the things I set out to do but I'm kicking BUTT over here! LOOK OUT. Corrina cracked me UP this morning for reasons I can't go into in this journal entry, but I captured the moment via my officecam. Sometimes, things are so funny that my eyes start to tear. Yet another reason why I just cannot wear eye make-up unless I am CERTAIN that I won't be laughing at ALL that day.

Two articles which are also worthy of note, sign-of-the-times kind of thing. The one from the Taipei Times is about the current problems we are experiencing in trying to connect to U.S. websites. For some reason, I am absolutely fascinated by this event. Don't ask me why.

The second article is from the Red Herring website, entitled, "Asian Opportunities Boom". It will be interesting to see what the mindset will be like this time next year. Silicon Valley just needs to get ORIENTED! How many times do I have to keep saying this?!

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Handsprings are made for men.

Granted, I only wear lipstick, but there was a time in my life when I used to PILE THE #&*% ON. We're talking foundation, powder, blush, eyeliner, lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, the works. Not that I ever knew how to use that stuff, and I seem to recall my dad telling me how much I looked like a monkey's butt back in high school (hey HE said it, not me) because of the amount of blush I used to wear but I am seriously digressing from the subject heading...

What I wanted to rant about is that there must not have been a single WOMAN amongst the team of designers who made Handsprings! My brother got me one for Christmas this year - which I do appreciate - and I only recently finished putting all of my data in.

Now that I am using it more often, I find myself constantly opening it UPSIDE DOWN. Though I haven't worn foundation in many years, intuition errs towards the design of women's make-up cases. How very annoying! I have no choice but to copy-edit the slogan. Ready?

"Visor Handhelds ...infinite possibilities ...for men."

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ACK!

Recently I've been exchanging emails with STARBUCKS Robert whom I did NOT know was in town until he shot off an email today and said he was right next DOOR at a meeting! We kept playing email tag (that a New Economy terminology?) and by 5 p.m. I hadn't heard back so I dropped in to Ginny's office for a coffee break, stayed a little longer than I intended to and found THIS on my chair when I got back:

DARN IT. I totally MISSED him and who knows WHEN he'll be back in town but he left me a STACK full of coffee coupons! It was like *Christmas* but on *Valentine's Day* and Robert was Santa Claus! THEN, before I had a chance to react, Gus and Evelyn cruised over to my desk on CUE (that's what I get for leaving my officecam on!) and attacked me with more coffee! I'm like, "What the... ?!" I think I might need to rethink the idea of having this webcam on at the office... Today was just NUTS. How much more coffee can I take?! (lots actually.)

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