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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 43

The days are definitely winding down now before Maria’s back, and this project finishes. I’m quite impressed with myself actually for having taken it as far as I have. Granted she’s not back until the 21st, or more 22nd or something, so I still have almost 2 weeks of songs left to record, but I [...]

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Posted August 9th, 2010 - 11:56 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 42

How many roads must a man walk down? Today’s song is “Everything’s Alright” from Jesus Christ Superstar. Now technically the song has 3 distinct singers plus a chorus of backup singers, but since there’s just me, it’s just me singing all the parts. I’m not sure why I wanted to record this song, but I’ve [...]

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Posted August 8th, 2010 - 11:59 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 41

So my computer upgrades came in today :) My cousin Michael brought them over to me, though he didn’t have to. I offered to go over to his place and pick them up for him but he insisted on bringing it over. Then he kind of just left, after I gave him the money for [...]

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Posted August 7th, 2010 - 10:39 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 40

Boy I’m tired. This whole being on a normal schedule thing’s kind of a pain in the ass. I get up real early (around 5AM or so…whenever the sun’s up) and an appropriate amount of time later (16 to 18 hours) I get exhausted and kinda just have to fall asleep. Yesterday, I tried to [...]

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Posted August 6th, 2010 - 9:29 pm by sean
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Generic Style Updates

I haven’t done proper non-project specific updates in a while, so I thought I’d go into it a bit. 1) I repaired my bike today. I hadn’t ridden it for close to a month, and it’s been raining, then hot, then humid, so it was in very, very poor condition. I had to get one [...]

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Posted August 6th, 2010 - 1:11 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 39

There’s something surprisingly difficult about trying to play a song originally meant for the piano on the guitar. It’s just easier to have grace and hanging notes on the piano and those, when translated to the guitar, only come through in a sort of mush. Of course, no expert guitar player I. But this isn’t [...]

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Posted August 5th, 2010 - 8:42 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 38

I bought my first DVD in China! Not much of a milestone since I’ve done it before. I remember one time when I was in China with Kelly’s boyfriend buying an entire suitcase worth of DVDs and CDs. But it’s a first for this trip, and since we’ve been here for close to a YEAR [...]

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Posted August 4th, 2010 - 10:14 pm by sean
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Data Loss

Well… So says my hosting provider: “I’m so sorry but file system of the server crashed and we had only one way to solve this situation by restoring all accounts to a different server from the backups.” That means…I lost the last 5 days worth of posts. SIGH. I dug through all my cache files [...]

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Posted August 4th, 2010 - 8:19 am by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 37

[INCOMPLETE, NO IDEA WHAT THE ORIGINAL POST WAS] Today’s song is “Girl” by The Beatles.

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Posted August 3rd, 2010 - 8:54 am by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 36

[COMPLETE, RECREATED FROM BROWSER CACHE] Today’s song is Michelle, by The Beatles, and today’s position is at the very top. I also just found out two of my friends from high school are heading to medical school, together, starting this year, in Ann Arbor. What school might that be? And a fiasco with trying to [...]

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Posted August 2nd, 2010 - 11:16 pm by sean
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Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 35

[COMPLETE, RECREATED FROM BROWSER CACHE] Today’s song is “Yesterday” by The Beatles. Whenever I heard this song I mostly think of this musical a friend of mine helped put on in New York. It had been a summer a long time ago, and she was working for this all Asian American troupe and theyw ere [...]

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Posted August 2nd, 2010 - 12:25 am by sean
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April 28, 2012 - S. and M. go date tasting
April 1, 2012 - M. runs Half Marathon of the Harbors
March 25, 2012 - M. runs Paso Robles Wine Country Half Marathon
February 17, 2012 - S. switches to full time w/ SM
January 21, 2012 - Lark is born
January 16, 2012 - Ashley Furniture gets delivered
January 7, 2012 - M. runs Irvine Half Marathon
December 28, 2011 - M. starts new clerkship!
December 26, 2011 - Move in to BHT
December 16, 2011 - Christmas in OH
December 11, 2011 - M. sets new PR of 1:56:26 at the Oxnard Santa to the Sea Half Marathon
November 15, 2011 - S. starts remote job w/ SM
November 13, 2011 - M. runs the Riverside Mission Inn Half Marathon
October 23, 2011 - M. runs Temecula Half Marathon
October 9, 2011 - Carleen's wedding in Boston, MA
September 16, 2011 - S. and M. arrive in LA
September 16, 2011 - RIP Tan Van, outside Kingman, AZ
September 15, 2011 - S. and M. night in Grants, NM
September 14, 2011 - S. and M. leave Findlay for LA, night in Joplin, MO
September 13, 2011 - S. and M. donate blood in Findlay, S's first (and last) time
August 28, 2011 - M. runs "Bronx" Half Marathon
August 26, 2011 - S. and M. leave NYC for LA, 2011
August 13, 2011 - S. and M. go to Balloon Fest in Findlay, OH, S's 2 year anniversary
August 12, 2011 - S. and M. go to Put-in-Bay, OH
August 9, 2011 - S. and M. go to Hocking Hills, OH
July 30, 2011 - M. runs NYRR Queens Half Marathon
July 26, 2011 - M. takes NY/NJ Bar
April 25, 2011 - S. and M. go to China for S.'s grandfather's funeral
April 16, 2011 - S.'s grandfather dies
April 10, 2011 - M. runs George Wodicka Hook Half Marathon
March 18, 2011 - S. and M. visit OH to collect their China boxes
March 5, 2011 - M. takes MPRE
February 17, 2011 - S. and M. get INTERNET (no more wireless tether)!
February 16, 2011 - S. and M. get their clam couch
February 15, 2011 - S. and M. celebrate 3 years together!
February 14, 2011 - S. starts new job with AHAlife
February 8, 2011 - Phillip "Phil" the Dolphin arrives!
February 6, 2011 - M. starts BARBRI Early Start for the NY Bar
January 22, 2011 - M. runs NYRR Manhattan Half Marathon, 2:04:38
January 14, 2011 - S. and M. visit M.'s Emily in Boston together for the first time
January 8, 2011 - M. gets her own Android (Mushkin)
January 8, 2011 - S. and M. get non-contract family plan from T-Mobile
January 6, 2011 - M. gets new PC laptop (Adelle)
January 2, 2011 - S. and M. move into their NYC apartment
January 2, 2011 - S. and M. drive/move to NYC
January 1, 2011 - Happy New Year from Ohio!
January 26, 2010 - See S.'s Emily in Cleveland
December 25, 2010 - Merry Christmas from Ohio!
December 24, 2010 - S. and M. move back to the States, first stop Ohio -- goodbye China!
December 22, 2010 - S. and M. ship 8 boxes from China to Ohio
December 20, 2010 - S. makes moving to NYC, leaving MBA, and engagement announcement on blog
December 19, 2010 - S. and M. have small, family-oriented engagement party
December 18, 2010 - S. and M. host Beijing-friends-centric engagement/going away party
December 17, 2010 - S. sings Christmas Carols at the British Ambassador's residence
December 12, 2010 - S. and M. take train back to Beijing
December 12, 2010 - S. sings Handel's Messiah with the Shanghai IFC
December 10, 2010 - S. sings Handel's Messiah with the Shanghai IFC
December 8, 2010 - S. and M. and FTC close PBL
December 7, 2010 - S. and M. take train to Shanghai
December 5, 2010 - S. sings Handel's Messiah with the IFC
November 27, 2010 - S. and M. return to Beijing
November 25, 2010 - S. and M. celebrate Thanksgiving in Findlay, OH
November 23, 2010 - S. and M. hitch ride to OH
November 22, 2010 - S. and M.'s new "anniversary"
November 21, 2010 - S. and M. decide to extend NYC trip through Thanksgiving
November 17, 2010 - S. finally gets his China work visa
November 16, 2010 - S. and M. leave for NYC to get Work Visa for S.
November 16, 2010 - S.'s China visa proper expires
November 15, 2010 - S. celebrates 27th birthday in China
October 18, 2010 - S. starts part time work at Pixology Studios Ltd.
October 16, 2010 - S. sings Yellow River Cantata with the IFC at the Forbidden City Concert Hall
September 28, 2010 - Happy (Noticed) 1 Year in China Anniversary!
September 22, 2010 - Happy (Official) 1 Year in China Anniversary!
September 22, 2010 - Non-moon cake Mid Autumn Festival!
September 13, 2010 - M.'s first day of school!
September 4, 2010 - S. starts process again for work visa
September 3, 2010 - S. receives job offer letter from joint FTC/Matrix
August 26, 2010 - M. starts 3 day EMI Orientation
August 25, 2010 - M. starts Pre-course/Orientation
August 25, 2010 - M. registers with Tsinghua IMBA
August 22, 2010 - M. returns to China from NYC Summer Internship 2010
August 21, 2010 - M.'s last day in NYC for Summer Internship 2010
August 20, 2010 - S. loses contract job with ISB due to visa woes
August 20, 2010 - S. gets contract job with ISB doing Help Desk work
August 19, 2010 - S. gets 3 month "visiting relatives" extension on his visa
August 11, 2010 - Happy 1 Year Anniversary Blog!
August 11, 2010 - M. gets her China Student Visa!
July 21, 2010 - S. officially begins doing web work for the IFC
July 13, 2010 to July 17, 2010 - S. takes train down to HK to get on his last visa entry
July 12, 2010 - M. gets all trained up for her internship
June 28, 2010 - S. starts M. in NYC Music Project
June 27, 2010 - M. flies to NYC for finance internship
May 30, 2010 - S. sings with the IFCC at WAB
May 23, 2010 - S. starts doing freelance work for Cary
May 16, 2010 - M. and S. manage to drive through "Bay to Breakers" and catch their SFO flights back to China
May 15, 2010 - M. and S. attend Miguel's wedding; S. is groomsman
May 14, 2010 - M. and S. meet in LA and drive up to SF for Miguel's wedding
May 10, 2010 - S. leaves for the States for the first time since coming to China
May 4, 2010 - M. signs partnership agreement
May 2, 2010 - M. runs her first full marathon: the Cincinnati "Flying Pig"
April 30, 2010 - S. buys 200RMB bike in China
April 27, 2010 - M. leaves for the States for the first time since coming to China
April 26, 2010 - M. accepts Tsinghua IMBA admissions offer
April 25, 2010 - S. sings "African Sanctus" with IFC
April 8, 2010 - Maria gets "acceptance email" from Tsinghua
April 8, 2010 - Happy Birthday M.!
April 2, 2010 - M. gets "acceptance email" from BiMBA
April 2, 2010 - M. interviews with Tsinghua IMBA
March 27, 2010 - S. and M. eat SUSHI for the first time in Beijing; it's been over 6 MONTHS!
March 27, 2010 - S. and M. celebrate much belated 2 year anniversary
March 25, 2010 - S. and M. celebrate 6 months in China
March 24, 2010 - S. and M. buy seeds!
March 23, 2010 - M. interviews with BiMBA
March 19, 2010 - S. and M.'s work visa applications get submitted. Wish us luck!
March 19, 2010 - S. finally gets all his work visa materials together
March 14, 2010 - S. and M. go to Hong Kong to get on their third entry into China
March 4, 2010 - S. files 2009 US State and Federal tax returns from China
March 3, 2010 - M. turns in MBA application for BiMBA
March 2, 2010 - M. takes GMAT in Beijing
February 21, 2010 - Lantern Festival in China, fireworks FINALLY end
February 15, 2010 - S. and M.'s 2 year anniversary, celebration postponed for a month
February 14, 2010 - Happy Year of the Tiger!
February 14, 2010 - S. and M. celebrate first Valentine's Day in China together
February 14, 2010 - S. and M. celebrate first Chinese New Year in China together
February 1, 2010 - M. turns in MBA application for Tsinghua
January 14, 2010 - S. and M. go to Seoul, Korea again to get on their next visa entry
January 1, 2010 - Happy New Year in China!
December 25, 2009 - S. and M.'s first Christmas in China; successful Christmas buffet at Connections Bar and Grill
December 19, 2009 - S. performs Handel's Messiah with the IFC in China!
December 16, 2009 - S. performs at the British Embassy with the IFC
December 15, 2009 - S. and M. open Chinese bank account
December 14, 2009 - M. starts taking Chinese classes
December 10, 2009 - S. is really managing Connections Bar and Grill; huh?
December 1, 2009 - Renovations FINALLY finish at S. and M.'s Beijing apartment.
December 1, 2009 - Renovations finish at Connections
November 26, 2009 - S. and M's first Thanksgiving in China
November 22, 2009 - S.'s first concert performance in China with the IFC Children's Chorus
November 18, 2009 - S. and M.'s China visa expires for the first time
November 16 to 18, 2009 - S. and M. go to Seoul, Korea for visa purposes
November 15, 2009 - S. celebrates his 26th birthday in China
November 13, 2009 - S. joins the International Festival Chorus in Beijing
October 31, 2009 - Renovations begin at Connections Bar and Grill
October 30, 2009 - M. gives talk at China University of Political Science and Law
October 24, 2009 - M. runs first race in Beijing, the 3rd Annual Pride in Beijing "10K"
October 23, 2009 - M. has first "non-S. et. al." business lunch
October 22, 2009 - M. sits in on iMBA class at BiMBA, BeiDa
October 20, 2009 - M. sits in on iMBA class at Tsinghua University
October 13, 2009 - S. and M.'s apartment gets internet
October 11, 2009 - S. and M. move in together
October 11, 2009 - S. and M. move into their own apartment in Beijing
September 25, 2009 - M. takes first run in Beijing
September 22, 2009 - S. and M. move to China
September 19, 2009 - S. and M. christen "Bob"
September 14, 2009 - S. and M. take last vacation in States to Carmel, CA
September 12, 2009 - S. and M. attend their going away party at Craig and Becky's
September 12, 2009 - M. sells her car
September 11, 2009 - S.'s last day at VSM
September 7, 2009 - S. and M. get one way tickets to China
September 5, 2009 - M. gets added to S.'s checking account, making it "their" checking account
September 4, 2009 - M. finishes her MCLE
September 3, 2009 - S. and M. approved for visas to China.
August 31, 2009 - M. applies for visas for S. and M.
August 30, 2009 - S. gets new glasses after nearly five years
August 30, 2009 - S. and M. book last vacation in US to Carmel by the Sea
August 29, 2009 - M. transitions to T-Mobile pay-as-you-go cell phone, saying goodbye to Verizon
August 29, 2009 - M. submits paperwork to roll over SMRH 401k to IRA
August 15, 2009 - S. visits OH and meets M.'s immediate family for first time
August 10, 2009 - S. gives notice to VSM, last day September 11, 2009
August 9, 2009 - M. visits RI/OH, meets twin nephews for first time
August 8, 2009 - M. purchases gap insurance
August 7, 2009 - M.'s last day at SMRH; thanks for the memories
July 31, 2009 - S. and M. move to his father's home
July 24, 2009 - S. moves collective furniture to his mother's home, moves into M's apt.
July 24, 2009 - M. 1st chair at trial, fails at submitting the stipulation, but inadvertently gets the case dismissed
July 23, 2009 - Everything OK with M.'s oral surgery
July 23, 2009 - S. sells his car
July 22, 2009 - M. sells her couch
July 21, 2009 - M. gives notice to SMRH, last day August 7, 2009
July 16, 2009 - M. gets oral surgery to remove wisdom teeth/cyst

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S. and M. - Determine what to do with our lives...
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