I’ve been seeing someone new. I used to work with him at my first firm and he quit the week after I got there, but we’ve kept in touch. He’s an awesome designer, so I’ve learned a lot from him. We’re just having fun right now; I wouldn’t exactly call him my boyfriend just yet. He currently lives in Chino Hills, which is about an 45 minutes away from me but he’s going to be moving to Newport Beach next week so he’ll be closer. The drive to Chino Hills isn’t that bad though – it’s much easier than my drive to and from San Diego when I was with Joe, and a hell of a lot closer than Okinawa. Newport Beach is around the corner from me.

Anyway, I got a haircut and I also went red again. I sort of wish it was redder, but my stylist said I should go a little more conservative since I have to be a professional and the cut is already sort of dramatic. Conveniently, the salon is located next door to us in the same little plaza that my work is in. I also got some clip-in extensions in case I ever go anywhere nice and want to have long hair. Here are some pics:

view more photos of my hair in my album!

I look so different with long hair. I mean, my hair was long before, but I got 22″ extensions and they’re like movie-star perfect. I like my hair short though, its so much easier to maintain. Most days I can just wake up, scrunch, and go.

Work has been great; I’m building out the Cornzapoppin site, and it’s looking good so far. I’m excited to be wrapping that project up finally.

I’ll be hanging out with Agiri and Toya today, so hopefully Agiri or I will have some pictures to share later.

The client is pretty nice, and seems like he just accepts whatever he gets since he’s not a technical person and doesn’t know any better – which is a good thing for me because there’s a lot less going back and forth and having to revise things that don’t need to be revised. I especially like the last part of the email he sent us after reviewing the first comprehensive I designed for his site.

“Please tell Christine, I am very impressed and pleased, especially the very first draft. Good work. I cannot wait to meet that talented young lady”

I’m already going to be losing one day because I’m spending new years eve in Pasadena with my boyfriend at his company’s banquet. I’ll probably spend new year’s day working though, so that sucks. My parents are coming back that day too.

I got a new hair cut! But I don’t like it that much. It looks good in pictures but in person it makes my head look too round because the stylist cut too much up top and on the sides, so i kind of have an Elvira thing going on. Also, she made the color like four shades darker than I wanted it to be. I’m going to ask my boyfriend’s sister to help me lighten it next week. Here are some pictures: