{"id":265,"date":"2004-04-25T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-25T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2004-04-25T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-25T09:03:00","slug":"265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"108288383202135843\"><span class=\"post\">4\/24 Recap:<\/p>\n<p>Lauren and I were good today and went to the gym in the morning. Later, Brian and I went to lunch at Coral Tree Cafe in Brentwood; I highly recommend the chicken panini. I&#8217;ve discovered the problem with Brentwood (other than the innocent celebrities who kill their ex-wives). There are too many Type A personalities and too few parking spaces. When I was looking to buy a condo, I checked out a lot of places in Brentwood and my #1 complaint was the parking situation. I figured, no one would ever visit me because they wouldn&#8217;t be able to find a place to park.<\/p>\n<p>I went home and napped for the rest of the day. Seriously. Work stress is killing me. But here&#8217;s the thing. I went into my supervisor&#8217;s office yesterday and more or less asked for less work and more money. And he agreed, though he&#8217;s going to have to take it up with the owner. But my mom has called me every other day for the past three weeks, ever since I told her that our building has an asbestos situation, begging me to leave the job. So if they come back and give me less work and more money, do I still tell them that I won&#8217;t work there unless they move the company to a less hazardous building? Originally, I had wanted to leave but give them the option of keeping me on as a marketing consultant so I can work from home. I have no idea what to do. I just know that I&#8217;ve been getting sick a lot more since I started working there, and I&#8217;ve had a two week headache lately so I&#8217;m definitely heading towards burnout. I can&#8217;t imagine how associates at the big law firms do it. Most of my friends who are lawyers do the 80 hrs a week for a couple of years out of law school but then move on, but I swear those two years take about 15 off their lifespans.<\/p>\n<p>I went with Roxie, Penny and Lizzy to an art event at Imee&#8217;s artist&#8217;s space downtown. There was a lot of interesting art&#8230;but my favorite thing was a bookshelf in the bathroom where Imee stored her books. There was a copy of &#8220;Anal Pleasure and Health&#8221; next to Dr. Seuss&#8217;s &#8220;Green Eggs and Ham.&#8221; Completely unintentional but hilarious. I should have taken a picture.<\/p>\n<p>I got a little bit bored after the first hour so I walked around the block. There was a 98 Cent store across the street and that cracked me up. Not 99 Cent, but 98 Cent. It reminded me of that hitchhiker in There&#8217;s Something About Mary (not 8 minute abs, but 7 minute abs). It&#8217;s an even BETTER bargain. On a wall in this little alley, someone had tagged his or her name in blood. I stood there staring at it, trying to imagine the magnitude of anger this person must have.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/24 Recap: Lauren and I were good today and went to the gym in the morning. Later, Brian and I went to lunch at Coral Tree Cafe in Brentwood; I highly recommend the chicken panini. I&#8217;ve discovered the problem with Brentwood (other than the innocent celebrities who kill their ex-wives). 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