Category Archives: life

short week

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAT!

Yay for short work weeks!

I only have 1 and a half more days of work and then… 4 day Thanksgiving weekend! Woohoo. I’m really looking forward to this holiday because I’m going to Las Vegas with the boyfriend! FUN. We’ll only be there for a few days but I’m just so excited to have a break from the monotony of my life. 😛

Then when we get back on Sunday, we’re going to go get our Christmas tree!!! I can’t wait to get started on the decorations. 😀 The holidays always make me so happy… EXCEPT it means no new episodes of my TV shows. Suck. First One Tree Hill and now Everwood too. *sob*

OMG! Rob is currently watching Varsity Blues. Heh. JVDB just said “I don’t want yer life.” LOVE. IT. This movie is highly entertaining.

Sadly, seeing a former Creeker, even if it is JVDB, makes me miss Dawson’s Creek. Season 2 DVDs in a few weeks! So yay for that. I’m ordering everyone who reads my blog to buy a copy so that TPTB will release Season 3. I *need* Season 3. Pacey&Joey4eva!!! *g*

Um. Yes. I’m a little hyper.

shopping insanity

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I need to be stopped.

Last week I spent an obscene amount of money on clothes and shoes at Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale. Then last night I went to Target with the intent of buying only the essentials (read: soap, shampoo, etc.) — but of course, my boyfriend and I find some way of purchasing other erm… necessities such as DVDs. So I told myself that I would not spend any more money until after rent has been paid on August 1. But of course, I check my email and find out that MAC just launched a new color collection today. GAH. I just know I’m going to head to the mall tomorrow during my lunch break to check it out. I need more self-control.

In non-materialistic news… let’s see… um, my boss left for her honeymoon today. I like her but… yay! Work is going to be so laidback these next 3 weeks. Awesome.

Now for the Friday Five:

If your life were a movie, what would the title be?
Hmm… maybe something like Getting By. I’m not very original at 2 in the morning. I also like How To Deal but that would be even more unoriginal. lol.

What songs would be on the soundtrack?
Beth Nielsen Chapman’s Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye — for my mom’s passing
Good Charlotte’s Motivation Proclamation — for my high school years
Simple Plan’s One Day — for my dad’s over-protectiveness
Lillix’s It’s About Time — for my college years
Good Charlotte’s Seasons — falling in love with Rob
Janis Ian’s Days Like These — when Rob and I sail off to sea for the summer… oh wait, that wasn’t me. Damn.
Colin Hay’s Waiting For My Real Life to Begin — for my current state of mind
Matchbox 20’s Unwell — just for good measure

Would it be a live-action film or animated? Why?
It will definitely have to be live action. Cause I said so, that’s why.

Casting: who would play you, members of your family, friends, etc?
Ideally, I want Lucy Liu to play me — I think I’m a lot like her character Alex in Charlie’s Angels. But if I’m going to pick actresses in my general age range, then I’d like to see Keri Russell or Emily VanCamp play me. Hmmm… I see my Dad being played by Robert DeNiro, Alyson Hannigan as my cousin Riz, Reese Witherspoon as my college roommate Shirley, Alexis Bledel or Natalie Portman as my best friend Carmen, Kristin Kreuk as my best friend Robyn, and Mike Erwin as Rob. This is fun.

Describe the movie preview/trailer.
Just some short snippets of major events in my life with Lillix’s It’s About Time as the promo music. That’s it — I spent way too much time on the previous question and now I’m tired and sleepy, hee.

my ipod has arrived

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I got my iPod!!!

omg, I’m in love with it. It’s all white, and silver-y and just oh so pretty. I have 160 songs on it at the moment, which only brings me up to about 1 gb. 14 gb left to fill! That’s a whole lot of songs. I have to start ripping my CDs. Such fun. New toys rock.

I think I need to get myself to a movie theater immediately to watch Pirates of the Caribbean — if only to understand what the heck everyone else is raving about! I feel so out of the loop. Humph.

bad work day

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I’ve only been at work for about an hour and already I’ve had 3(!)… incidents. First, I arrive at work and check my voicemail — there’s a message from a potential client which I accidentally delete instead of save. So now this person is expecting a phone call from me but I don’t have her phone number because I didn’t write it down. So I obviously can’t call her back. Doh! Then, at around 9:30, I decide that I’m going to go get coffee downstairs at Starbucks. I get into the elevator, it’s going down and then it just stops. Agghhh! I had no idea where I was because the light that says what floor you’re on isn’t functioning. Maybe I was between floors, who knows. Then the elevator door starts making a weird buzzing noise like it’s trying to open but is stuck. I was only in the elevator for a few minutes but I was already starting to panic. I was about to press the emergency button when the door finally stopped making noise and the elevator finished going down. I pretty much ran out of there as quickly as I could. I got my coffee with no injuries but I’m forced to take the elevator back upstairs. I don’t want to but I don’t want to climb up the stairs even more. 9 floors, no way. Laziness always wins, lol. Anyway, I get to my office and guess what? I locked myself out. No one but security has keys to my office so I have to go up 2 floors and fill out all this paperwork just to be let back inside. GAH. I’m finally back here and now I’m so traumatized by the first hour of my day that I think I should just go home. I mean, they can’t expect me to be productive now, right? 😉 Hee. I wish.

work can be evil

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Had a horrible, horrible day at work.

My boss was in town today and she just has this really unique way of stressing me the fuck out. GAH.

Normally she works out of our Los Angeles office so it’s just us minions here in San Francisco working on the projects she gives us. (Advertising does have some perks — we have access to really great pictures and it’s completely normal for anyone to be playing with PhotoShop throughout the day. yay.) Anyway, today is one of my boss’s designated days here in the Bay Area and she spent most of it dropping work in my inbox tray and then emailing me 5 minutes later asking if it was done yet. Ugh. First of all, it takes much longer than 5 minutes to do research, compile the findings into some sort of presentation, and then print and bind the darn thing. I mean, the printing alone can take 5 minutes! Crazy woman. Then, of course, she kept coming over to my desk over and over to check on the progress of the presentation, which is so annoying. Not to mention extremely distracting. I mean, I *know* there’s a deadline and I *know* I need to finish it as soon as possible — so there’s really no need to hover over my desk the whole damn time. AND all the while she kept giving me OTHER projects to work on that all needed to be finished at the same time because you know, I’m SuperHuman. She made me want to scream and cry all at the same time.

Or you know, maybe I’m just being dramatic because it’s that time of the month. Yes yes yes, too much info. Too bad for you. Humph.

uneventful weekend

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I’ve had a pretty uneventful weekend.

I’m not complaining though — I’ve been able to relax and catch up on some much-needed sleep. I love sleep. Let’s see, I spent the entire 4th of July inside my apartment. No joke. I didn’t even go out to watch fireworks. To make up for our laziness, my boyfriend and I paraded around our apartment wearing T-shirts with the good old US flag imprinted on them. Good stuff. I watched a lot of Real World: Paris though. This cast annoys me so. much. They have a great opportunity in their hands — they get to write for Frommer’s travel guide — yet they act so ungrateful when they have actual responsibilities. I mean, I would gladly live in Paris and write about the attractions, restaurants and shopping that I experienced while I was there. They’re so lucky to have a great job handed to them and they don’t even act like they appreciate it. Ugh. That bugs me.

Anyway, today I actually ventured into the outside world. Rob and I went to go see Legally Blonde 2, which was a really cheesy and corny movie but lots of fun. I didn’t like it as much as the first one — but I think that’s mostly because the first one was new and fresh while this one really felt like a sequel. Oh, but Luke Wilson looked really hot — yes, he did. 😛

My roommate’s mom is visiting for the weekend and she is totally spoiling us all. She’s been cooking all our meals and helping us clean the apartment. It’s really cute how parents get when they know you can take care of yourself — all of a sudden they want to be the ones to do everything for you, like they still want to be needed. It’s completely adorable. My dad acts the same way when I go home to visit him — we’ll go shopping and he’ll insist on buying me stuff even though he knows I make my own money now and can afford to buy things I need. It’s such a sweet gesture though and who am I to refuse? 😉

I’ve also just started watching Trading Spaces — you know, that show on TLC where people trade houses for 2 days and they redecorate a designated room with the help of professional designers. Well, my roommate Jimmy is addicted to this show and he watches it every time it’s on, which is like 99% of the day so by default, I’ve been watching it as well. I never realized just how interesting it is — sometimes it gives me ideas but most of the time, the things they do to the rooms seriously terrify me. There was one little boy’s room where the designer hung a trellice from the ceiling and attached Japanese lanterns to it — ugh! And another time, there was a guest room in which the designer was going for a garden theme and proceeded to install astroturf to the floor and surrounded the bed with a white picket fence. I kid you not. It was awful. I would be surprised if the owners didn’t immediately switch everything back to the original setup. Hee.

Umm, it’s about 3am now — where DOES the time GO?!? I suppose it’s time for bed. 🙂

gossip and catching up

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I talked to one of my best friends on the phone tonight for the first time in such a long time. It felt so good to gossip and catch up with her cause it’s been *so* long since we’ve done that. I’m really horrible at keeping in touch and going to colleges in different parts of the state didn’t help. But it makes me so happy to know that in our case, growing up doesn’t mean growing apart. I may not know what goes on in her daily life but I know the big things, the important things. And that means a lot to me.

I used to think it was weird that I would still call Carmen my “best friend” when the reality was that we would only see each other maybe twice a year when I would visit Southern CA or that we only talked on birthdays and holidays. I thought that maybe I was just being nostalgic because we were so close back in high school and because of my painfully shy nature I didn’t have too many close friends in college or maybe I was just kidding myself and I didn’t want to believe that we weren’t each other’s best friends anymore. I was so confused about her place in my life and vice versa that I forgot that she really does know me best. We’ve known each other since we were like 6 and she’s been witness to and even shared some of my best and worst moments — and that’s something I won’t be able to share with anyone else. Even though we don’t see each other often, when we do, it’s so easy to get back in the groove of talking and laughing and enjoying one another’s company.

Hmm. I just realized that I rarely talk about anything personal on my blog — I hope I didn’t bore anyone to tears with my rambling. I had some thoughts in my head and I just really needed to write them down. My apologies if anything above makes absolutely no sense. Since graduating from college, I have pretty much forgotten all rules of proper grammer. I’m sure I put those damn commas in the wrong places and I make use of the fabulous run-on sentence far too much. I’m also heavily medicated at the moment (yes, I’m sick for what’s like the 10th time this year) so I’m sitting in front of the computer in a bit of a haze. Anyway. Time for bed.

the non-blog

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Holy moly — I can’t believe it’s already July! Where did the year go?!?

Why is it that when I actually sit down at my computer to blog, I can’t think of a single thing to blog about? But when I’m sitting on the train or out and about, blog ideas pop into my head and I think “You must remember this!” And of course, I don’t. Sucks to be me. Or maybe it sucks to be you because you’re reading my mindless drivel. Hee. 😉

Anyway, I have a new shopping addiction: buying make-up. Specifically MAC makeup. Gah. It’s so girly and crazy and damn expensive but it’s just so much fun. I love experimenting with the eyeshadow colors and I’m such a sucker for lip gloss. Someone seriously needs to take away my credit card because it’s just way too easy for me to stop by a nearby department store during lunch to buy more. It’s a sickness, I tell you.

Hmm… I just realized that tomorrow is pay day. I *must* resist all temptation to go spending all my money immediately. I mean, I need groceries! Apparently, I also need priorities.

For even more randomness, This or That Tuesday:

1. Lemonade or Ice Cold Beer? Lemonade. I don’t drink alcohol — it makes me giggly and silly and just, ugh.
2. Swimming pool or beach? Beach. I love the whole feeling of going to the beach — getting sand all over your stuff, lying on a beach towel getting some sun and hanging out with lots of people.
3. Long weekends here & there, or a 2-week vacation? 2-week vacation. It gives you the chance to relax and explore, which isn’t something you can really do with just a few days.
4. Destination: Acapulco or Hawaii? Hawaii. I am in love with Hawaii.
5. Destination: Mountains or Beach? Beach.
6. Hotel/motel/B&B or camping? Hotel. I need running water. This girl doesn’t do “roughing it.” 😛
7. Carefully planned vacation, or play it by ear? Carefully planned vacation. I’m not much of a risk-taker when it comes to vacations. I need to plan everything in advance and make sure I get good deals and such.
8. Sneakers or sandals? Sandals
9. Air-conditioning or fans? Air conditioning
10. Concerts in the park or baseball games? Concerts in the park. I’m sorry to say that baseball can just get way too long for me to sit through.

Oh! A question — I was wondering if anyone knows of any sites like Angelfire where you can upload videos with huge file sizes (like 8mb)? I’m trying to alleviate some of the bandwidth strain here at e-l.net. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

impulse shopping

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE!

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments on the layout! I really really appreciate it. And yes, the picture I used really is the US cover for OotP. 🙂

So I did it. I bought the Apple iPod (15gb, yay!). I’ve been lusting (hee) after it for quite some time so when I received an $85 coupon in the mail today from Dell, I decided I might as well put the coupon to good use. AND the Dell site was offering free shipping. I mean, with those discounts, it would have been a crime not to buy the iPod. Right?!? The only downside to ordering from Dell is that it takes about 2-3 weeks for delivery. (!!!) I seriously don’t think I can wait that long. I might break from the anticipation.

I just found out that season 1 of Smallville is being released on DVD in late September. Very very exciting — except that season 1 of Alias is coming out earlier that same month. Buying both of these DVD sets will cost me about $100. I definitely need a salary raise.

ps- Lauren, the lyrics are from John Hiatt’s Have A Little Faith In Me.

toys r us

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Toys R Us is evil.

I get home today and I’m relaxing in front of the TV when the boyfriend says “Let’s go to Toys R Us. I want to look at the Transformers toys.” I reluctantly went with him and we ended up spending about an hour in there. (!!!) I was tempted by all the Harry Potter lego sets, the R2-D2 figurines, the Strawberry Shortcake dolls, the Gameboy games, the Trumpet-playing Cookie Monster (which I really wanted — I have to add to my collection!)… err, pretty much everything. That store is so EVIL. Rob somehow managed to get out of there without buying anything for himself but I left with 2 Care Bears. I got Grumpy Bear for myself and Share Bear for my cousin — I’m planning on giving it to her when she leaves for school in a few weeks. So I guess that justifies my purchase then — I bought a *gift.* Heh.

Rob and I finally got on board with the whole Netflix phenomenon (only after the closest Blockbuster Video to our apartment closed down) and we love it! I definitely recommend it — especially for people like us who always forget to return rentals on time and rack up insane late charges. So far, we’ve watched About A Boy (adorable movie!) and Wet Hot American Summer (funny stuff — Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce and Bradley Cooper are all great). Very very exciting.

Oh! I have a question — does anyone know how to disable direct linking? Inquiring minds want to know. 🙂