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airport stories

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I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! 🙂 Mine went by way too quickly — I’m so not in the mood to go back to work tomorrow. The thought makes me shudder. Gah.

My weekend started Friday night when I went to the airport for my flight to visit my dad for Father’s Day weekend. So I’m going through the security checkpoint and as I’m waiting to be told to go through the metal detector, this crazy woman behind me gets right up on my ass and says to me, “Hurry! I’m late for my flight — it’s going to leave in a few minutes!” I’m thinking why the heck did she wait until *now* to get to the airport and would she please get off my back! I mean, I *can’t* go anywhere until the nice security man tells me it’s okay. So we finally go through the metal detector and we’re waiting for our personal belongings to come down the conveyor belt and as the bin with my purse, jacket and backpack gets closer, the aforementioned crazy woman starts touching all my stuff. (!!!) I can’t stand it when people do that!

So anyway, I’m in SoCal and my dad and I are going out to eat and shopping and other fun father-daughter stuff, but I just can’t enjoy myself cause it’s so freakishly HOT! I had forgotten just how torturous summers in Cerritos can be. I was so uncomfortable and could feel the beginning of a headache so we went back home and I spent a good part of my Saturday sleeping. Heh. Aside from that, I had a good weekend — spent lots of quality time with the family.

Doing the Seven on Sunday:

1. What was the last album you purchased? What did you think of it?
No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls by Simple Plan. It’s a good CD — nothing to gush about or anything. It’s just something fun I enjoy listening to while I’m hard at work surfing the net or making wallpapers.

2. Is there one album in your collection that even you can’t believe you own? If so, why did you buy it? Eh… any of my 98 Degrees CDs. I thought Jeff was really cute so I expressed my fangirliness by purchasing their CDs. I’m really embarassed about the Christmas one, which is actually a really horrible CD. Oy vey.

3. What new/fairly new song are you currently loving
I’m all about Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake. It’s one of those songs that gets in your head, you know? Plus, it’s an all-around groovy song.

4. Found a song you love and it’s the only one you know by that artist… Do you buy the whole CD and hope some of it’s as good as the one, or download the one and forget the rest?
It depends on the artist — if it’s some random rap/hip hop song, then I’ll download it but if it’s anything else, chances are I’ll buy the CD.

5. Are there any songs you can listen to over and over again and just not get sick of?
I’m one of those people who doesn’t get sick of songs easily — I can listen to something forever. Seriously. But if I’m forced to pick then… it would have to be anything by Dashboard Confessional and David Gray.

6. Any songs you wouldn’t mind never ever hearing again?
Mmmm… the only thing that comes to mind right now is Baby Got Back. I’m sure there are others though.

7. Where do you like to listen to your music?
In my room. Usually when I’m working on my computer or cleaning my room.

Argh!!! The NJ Nets lost! Grrr.

Oh, whee! My new roomie is moving in and he has a TIVO! Score!

Kate, how does tomorrow sound? I’m SO sorry. *flashes sweet smile*

i got nothing

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So I’ve been sitting here for the past hour trying to think of what the heck to blog about and… nothing. I got nothing.

I actually wrote some really random crap about my job and about my new roommate (Hi Jimmy!) but I just erased it all because really, it was so lame. And boring. And who wants to read that?!?

I need sleep. But before that, I leave you with a Movie Survey…

Bold means I’ve seen it. Yup.

01. Titanic (1997 – $1,835,300,000) Love this movie.
02. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001 – $968,600,000)
03. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999 – $922,300,000)
04. Jurassic Park (1993 – $919,700,000) random fact: I saw this on June 11, 1993. I have no idea why I remember that.
05. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 – $905,700,000)
06. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002 – $866,300,000)
07. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 – $860,200,000)
08. Independence Day (1996 – $811,200,000)
09. Spider-Man (2002 – $806,700,000)
10. Star Wars (1977 – $797,900,000)
11. The Lion King (1994 – $783,400,000)
12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982 – $756,700,000)
13. Forrest Gump (1994 – $679,400,000)
14. The Sixth Sense (1999 – $661,500,000)
15. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002 – $648,200,000)
16. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997 – $614,300,000)
17. Men in Black (1997 – $587,200,000)
18. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983 – $572,700,000)
19. Armageddon (1998 – $554,600,000)
20. Mission: Impossible II (2000 – $545,300,000)
21. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980 – $533,800,000)
22. Home Alone (1990 – $533,700,000)
23. Monsters, Inc. (2001 – $528,900,000)
24. Ghost (1990 – $517,600,000)
25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 – $516,800,000)
26. Aladdin (1992 – $501,900,000)
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989 – $494,700,000)
28. Twister (1996 – $494,700,000)
29. Toy Story 2 (1999 – $485,700,000)
30. Saving Private Ryan (1998 – $479,300,000)
31. Jaws (1975 – $470,600,000)
32. The Matrix (1999 – $456,300,000)
33. Gladiator (2000 – $456,200,000)
34. Shrek (2001 – $455,100,000) Am I the only person who hasn’t seen this?
35. Mission: Impossible (1996 – $452,500,000)
36. Pearl Harbor (2001 – $450,400,000) What a disappointment.
37. Ocean’s Eleven (2001 – $444,200,000) One of my most favorite movies of all time.
38. Pretty Woman (1990 – $438,200,000)
39. Tarzan (1999 – $435,200,000)
40. Men in Black II (2002 – $425,600,000)
41. Die Another Day (2002 – $424,700,000)
42. Dances with Wolves (1990 – $424,200,000)
43. Cast Away (2000 – $424,000,000) Wilson!
44. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993 – $423,100,000)
45. The Mummy Returns (2001 – $418,700,000)
46. The Mummy (1999 – $413,300,000)
47. Batman (1989 – $413,100,000)
48. Rain Man (1988 – $412,800,000)
49. The Bodyguard (1992 – $410,900,000)
50. Signs (2002 – $407,900,000)
51. Gone with the Wind (1939 – $390,500,000)
52. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 – $390,400,000)
53. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 – $383,800,000)
54. Grease (1978 – $379,800,000)
55. Ice Age (2002 – $378,300,000)
56. Beauty and the Beast (1991 – $378,300,000)
57. Godzilla (1998 – $375,800,000)
58. What Women Want (2000 – $370,800,000)
59. The Fugitive (1993 – $368,700,000)
60. True Lies (1994 – $365,200,000)
61. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995 – $365,000,000)
62. Notting Hill (1999 – $363,000,000)
63. Jurassic Park III (2001 – $362,900,000)
64. There’s Something About Mary (1998 – $360,000,000)
65. Planet of the Apes (2001 – $358,900,000)
66. The Flintstones (1994 – $358,500,000)
67. Toy Story (1995 – $358,100,000)
68. A Bug’s Life (1998 – $357,900,000)
69. The Exorcist (1973 – $357,500,000)
70. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002 – $356,500,000)
71. Basic Instinct (1992 – $352,700,000)
72. The World Is Not Enough (1999 – $352,000,000)
73. GoldenEye (1995 – $351,500,000)
74. Back to the Future (1985 – $350,600,000)
75. Se7en (1995 – $350,100,000)
76. Hannibal (2001 – $349,200,000)
77. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 – $349,100,000)
78. Deep Impact (1998 – $348,600,000)
79. Dinosaur (2000 – $347,800,000)
80. Pocahontas (1995 – $347,100,000)
81. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997 – $346,600,000)
82. Top Gun (1986 – $344,700,000) Tom Cruise… mmmm.
83. Minority Report (2002 – $342,000,000)
84. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 – $340,400,000)
85. American Beauty (1999 – $336,000,000)
86. Catch Me If You Can (2002 – $335,800,000)
87. Batman Forever (1995 – $335,000,000)
88. Apollo 13 (1995 – $334,100,000)
89. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984 – $333,000,000)
90. Back to the Future Part II (1989 – $332,000,000)
91. The Rock (1996 – $330,500,000)
92. Rush Hour 2 (2001 – $329,100,000)
93. Crocodile Dundee (1986 – $328,000,000)
94. The Perfect Storm (2000 – $325,700,000)
95. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 – $325,500,000)
96. X2 (2003 – $324,100,000)
97. Schindler’s List (1993 – $321,200,000)
98. The Mask (1994 – $320,900,000)
99. Fatal Attraction (1987 – $320,100,000)
100. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992 – $319,700,000)

i love my 3-day weekend

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The boyfriend’s parents are staying with us this weekend because his cousin is graduating from UC Berkeley (my alma mater!). We went to his graduation earlier this morning and damn, I had forgotten how long and most of all, how boring graduations can be. I mean, you’re waiting for one name to be called and then you have to sit through like 500 more names. Gah. But it was definitely nice to be back on campus again — I’ve only been gone 2 years but there already seems to be so many things that have changed. The Student Store where I used to work has seen a complete facelift. When I was still working there, it was owned and run by the ASUC (the Associated Students of the University of CA) but it was sold to a huge corporation and it’s evident in the design and products of the store now. There are also a bunch of buildings that were permanently in scaffolding before because of the Earthquake restoration project that have since been remodeled and repainted. And Telegraph Avenue (the famous street that leads right onto the main part of campus) has so many new shops — it’s so weird when your memories don’t match the reality anymore.

The only part of the weekend that has been a pain in my ass is that my site went down twice due to bandwidth issues. Grrr. I know it’s my fault for not checking my stats but I didn’t think I had to — I’ve *never* had a problem before. But anyway, sorry to my hostees for the downtime.

Seven on Sunday:

1. The most overused graphic fonts are Scriptina (beautiful but seen everywhere!) and the little pixel fonts (I love them though so I’m contributing the overusage. :P).

2. One web trend I just don’t understand the reasoning for is pop-ups. Guh. They get on my nerves.

3. I prefer blogs to LiveJournals.

4. I really love site designs that are easy to navigate and have lots of good content. On personal sites, I especially love to read site histories and random facts about the webmaster.

5. One aspect of web design that I’d most like to master is PHP. But in my old age I have become far too lazy to actually sit down and actually learn something.

6. You can tell how long someone’s been doing web design by the lack of blinding colors and text effects (like that damn sparkle trail) on their sites.

7. My first website was this one, e-l.net. I got into web design because I found myself a college graduate with no job and way too much time on my hands.

whitney hs: school of dreams?

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Huh. I came across this book today. It’s a book that’s being written about my high school. So weird. I might have to buy it so I can see if the author’s observations match up to my own memories of the Whitney High School experience. Reading the summary about the book made me laugh though — “What does a top public school look like? In the case of Whitney High, it’s a ramshackle campus in an unfashionable part of L.A., where the budgets are tight and the student body resembles a mini United Nations… But attending a dream high school carries a toll: high-achieving, high-pressured kids survive on espresso and four hours’ sleep and fall into despair if they get a B. Forget Generation X. This is Generation Stressed.” BWAH! So true. The campus really was awful — it was tiny, the carpeting sucked, the lockers were a hideous orange color, and until just a few years ago, we didn’t have a gym (of course, it was built after I graduated). And I believe there’s still no football team. As for the stressful environment, I can definitely attest to that. I think the school in itself was hyped up so much that we all thought we needed to live up to the reputation. Not to mention the pressure coming from parents, teachers, and even each other. It definitely was not a typical high school experience. But I have to admit that I kinda miss it. Good times, good times. I do have to say that I take a little bit of offense that Cerritos is considered “unfashionable.” It’s not *that* bad. Humph.

Time for the Friday Five:

What brand of toothpaste do you use?
Colgate. The Winterfresh flavor, with the green and white stripes. 😀

What brand of toilet paper do you prefer?
Eh… what?! Well, if I must… I like Quilted Northern.

What brand(s) of shoes do you wear?
Let’s see… I tend to buy Nine West and Kenneth Cole for my dressier shoes while I like Diesel and Steve Madden for my sneakers and casual shoes.

What brand of soda do you drink?
I like Coke, Sprite and Mountain Dew.

What brand of gum do you chew?
Wrigley’s Doublemint is it for me!

Ok, off to bed — only a half day of work for me tomorrow! 9am-noon, baby! AND it’s a 3-day weekend. Woohoo!

ipod

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I want an iPod. It just looks so cool. Too bad I don’t have $300 to spare right now.

Can’t sleep even though it’s 3am. I guess it’s because I didn’t wake up until 3pm(!) today. Hee. Last night I went to bed around 4 am (hey! Saved by the Bell and Head of the Class were on TV!) and I woke up 11 hours later. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the clock. I give “bum” a whole new definition. So yeah, today was basically a waste. To make matter worse, I had to buy a birthday present and I went to the crappiest mall EVER (aka Hilltop Mall for those you in the Bay Area). I didn’t find anything. I ended up buying the present at Borders, whih unfortunately for me and my time-wasting ways, is a 2 minute walk from my apartment as opposed to the 20 minute drive to the crap mall. Guh.

Seven on Sunday:

Seven things you think you do pretty well
dance, write, listen, organize, waste time (hee!)… eh, that’s it

Six things you can’t do at all
drive, rollerblade, cook, whistle, draw, play an instrument

Five songs you heard recently
Sleeping to Dream – Jason Mraz, Stay – Lisa Loeb, I Miss You – Aaliyah, Nobody’s Fault – Phantom Planet, Comfortable – John Mayer

Four favorite things about spring/summer
warm(er) weather, getting to wear tank tops and flip flops instead of bulky sweaters, no rain (usually), the general laidback feeling of the season

Three celebrities people you’d consider switching sexual preferences for
Eliza Dushku, Natalie Portman, Kristin Kreuk

Two things you want to achieve before the end of this year
get my drivers license, learn how to use PhotoShop properly

One famous person you’d like to be for a day
Natalie Portman

lazy days

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I haven’t done anything productive all day. It’s turned out to be one of those weekends where I have high hopes of things to accomplish (like doing laundry, cleaning my room, working on a project for work) but of course, my laziness takes over and I do absolutely nothing. Wow.

And to avoid real blogging — the Friday Five:

What was the last TV show you watched?
Oliver’s Twist on the Food Network. Hee. I love food.

What was the last thing you complained about?
Not having anything to eat in the apartment. And I just went grocery shopping last Wednesday. Geesh. Apparently, food goes fast here.

Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say?
Hmm… I don’t think I talked to anyone other than my boyfriend today and I’m pretty sure I didn’t compliment him on anything. Heh. Just kidding — I complimented him on the fried rice he made for dinner.

What was the last thing you threw away?
The peels to the orange I just ate. Mmmm. Really juicy and sweet.

What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited?
Dawson’s Creek Music — a great resource for all the songs ever featured on the show.

eeeeeeeeeee!

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Rob bought me the Cookie Monster and Elmo Potato Sack Racers. 🙂 I can’t stop smiling. I just put batteries in them and it is so much fun to watch them race. Elmo says “Get out of my way!” and Cookie Monster says “Monster coming through!” Hee.

And YES, I do realize that I’m 23 and much too old for these toys. But they’re so. much. FUN.

In other news, I totally forgot there was a new Smallville tonight. Last season, I loved this show — this season is kind of… eh. I can take it or leave it, especially since I’m not too fond of the Clark/Lana/Chloe triangle or the Lex/Helen relationship. At least there’s a rerun on Sunday so I can watch it for the sake of watching it.

Eeee, still giddy about my Sesame Street Potato Sack Racers. 😀

jackpot

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I have work tomorrow from 8-11am. SCORE! 🙂

I’m going to do a little shopping in the city. Fun fun fun. I don’t even understand why I need to go in to work. Oh well. I’m not complaining.

I realized today that kids freak me out. My boss brought her 7-year old son to work today and of course, while she was out at meetings, *I* was the one who got to watch over him and keep him entertained. I swear, I don’t think I ever want to have kids now. He’s the sweetest boy — but he was so damn hyper! Gah, he made my head spin

Friday Five:

Who is your favorite celebrity?
Joshua Jackson. Just cause he’s cute. 😛

Who is your least favorite?
J. Lo. There’s just something about her that really bugs me.

Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life?
When I was 15, I was flying from LA to San Francisco and Alicia Silverstone was on my flight. It was the summer that Clueless came out so she was swarmed by quite a few teenage boys who wanted to take pictures with her. I also saw Tracey Gold (Carol Seaver from Growing Pains) when I was at Universal City Walk. Or at least I remember thinking that was her.

Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?
No, not really — I like my anonymity too much. 🙂

If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why?
Either Katie Holmes or Michelle Williams. They get to work with Josh Jackson. What could be better than that? 😉

BTW, Becca, Nicola and Angie — I haven’t forgotten about your requests! I will try to get it done tomorrow when I get home. Yay for short work days!

pipe dream

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Ok, so going to Wilmington in April is definitely a pipe dream. I spent all weekend going back and forth about whether or not I can actually afford it. And as much as it pains me to say it, I finally decided that I can’t spare the money right now. Waahhh.

But I did get the boyfriend to agree to take me in August. Woohoo! The cast of Dawson’s Creek will probably be long gone but at least I’ll get the chance to see the place where my favorite show was filmed. And I’ll probably be able to stay a lot longer than I would have had I gone through with going in a few weeks. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to go with me though! 🙂 What an adventure that would have been!

Anyway, don’t forget that the DC reruns start tomorrow on TBS. I still can’t believe that they start at 5AM(!) for us on the West Coast. I mean, honestly, who watches TV at that time? Weird.

And yay for Michelle Kwan! I’m so happy that she won the World Championships yesterday. Her performance was nothing short of amazing. I felt a surge of happy emotion during her entire long program. As soon as she took the ice, I just knew she was going to be perfect — she rocked her triple jumps and I loved her straight line footwork. *sigh* I wish that Sasha Cohen and Sarah Hughes had pulled it together, though — it would have been awesome to see a US sweep. I really do think that we had the most depth and technique on our team compared to the rest of the countries in attendance. Must watch it again, hee.