so i remember what i was going to write for part 3 on my series... but i think that should just remain confidential. but just so i don't forget... drinking... ER. that's all i need to know to remember.

also, last week my company had a "science offsite" at Asilmar Conference Center in Monterey. It's directly on the beach, right next door to the Pebble Beach golf course. you can literally walk onto the courses. at the science offsite is where all the scientists give presentations about their work and give all the data and where all the other scientists give input, or otherwise try to bash their entire research project. it's really a big contest of "i have the bigger brain" and i decided - i really don't want to be a scientist.
but the main reason why people went was for the partying. and man... my company is a serious party-hard company. there was alcohol flowing like nothing, pot going around in "secret" rooms... it was crazy. but i still loved it. i mean, how many companies do you know of that the ceo, president, cso, etc. will just come out and drink and get drunk with their coworkers? i even everyone is pretty close in my company, and if i ever get a new job, it will be hard for me to leave. i even got my own room with a king-size bed, a futon, bathroom... man i was living the life. aileen - and everyone else for that matter - joked that i should bring some women back to my pad after we all get drunk and take full use of the king-size.

speaking of bed sizes, i have never slept on a king-size bed in my whole life. i still sleep on a twin-size, here in san francisco and in new jersey, and i really don't think it's that bad. granted, when i get married, i'm going to have some problems, but i guess i don't understand why people need big beds when they only use half of it anyways. i didn't sleep well at the conference because the bed was just too darn big.