Category Archives: life

disappointment

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Ugh, I hate disappointing people. Yesterday I was scheduled to work an event for a radio station where I do occasional work — well, I told them that was okay and they said they would send me all the relevant information via FedEx (this was 2 weeks ago). By Friday night, I still hadn’t received anything, which is their customary way of saying that the event was cancelled. So I stay up late and all that good stuff and Saturday morning, I am greeted to a message on my answering machine telling me that I was supposed to be at the event already and where am I. I felt so bad. But I seriously didn’t receive any information — through email, voicemail messages, or letter. I love working for the station but they really need to communicate with their employees much better, especially since I only work on random weekends.

Anyway, I went to see Britney Spears on Saturday night! She is such a great performer — I loved all her choreography — it really makes me miss all the dancing I used to do. Oh! There were 3 dads and their daughters (ranging from 8-14) sitting a few rows in front of us. The dads were drinking beer and dancing the entire time. Their poor daughters looked so embarassed. lol.
And yay! GO LAKERS! :p

rain rain go away

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So today was a total disaster — all of us promotions crew members for the radio station where I work were getting ready for the events taking place after the actual Bay to Breakers race (food vendors, interactive games, and the big concert featuring Smashmouth) when all of a sudden, it starts to rain. And it isn’t just sprinkling, it’s pouring. So all our stuff is getting soaking wet — the money tank, the spin wheels, the T-shirt giveaways and all our prizes. The event organizers decide to cancel everything — so out in the cold rain, we have to pack everything up and load it back into the van again, which totally sucks because usually at events like these so many people come to our booths and take stuff that we never have to bring anything back to the station. Grr. What a crappy morning.

But I just got home from watching Attack of the Clones again so I guess I’m a happy camper now. 😀

four long months

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Mother’s Day always makes me teary-eyed. I lost my mom to lung cancer 9 years ago and there’s not a day that goes by when I don’t wish that she was still here, by my side. I miss her *so* much. There are so many events in my life that she’ll never get to witness — and I always wonder if I would have made different decisions or become a different person if she had been here while I was in high school. Like, I always felt that my dad was terribly over-protective — if my mom had been around (she was by far, the more lenient parent), would he have been less so? Or would I *still* have chosen to attend UC Berkeley for college partly to get away from the suffocation I felt from both my dad and the rest of my family? I mean, I love love love my Dad but I really didn’t start to appreciate him until I put the entire state between us. My mind is such a mess right now. ::pulls hair::

As for less weighty topics —

omg. That’s all I have to say about the season finale of Alias. I don’t know how I can wait *four long months* to find out about Vaughn! ::sniffle:: There’s so many other unanswered questions too — Dixon? Syd’s mom? Haladki? Emily? Will’s article? What a way to go — more questions than answers. Geesh, JJ Abrams really knows how to rev up for the next season. And YAY! Michael Vartan in leather. ::drool:: More please. 😛

too tired

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Umm… I’ve spent the past like, 3 (!) hours doing absolutely nothing! woo hoo — what a way to waste time. Not that I have anything else to do, but still. ::sigh:: I mean, it’s kinda sad to be out of college — sometimes I feel like I have so much free time and nothing to do. But on the other hand, I think of the papers and reading assignments and I’m *so* happy that I don’t have to deal with the stress anymore. Mwahaha.

Thanks Tiffany and Nicola for the Smallville caps. You guys rock. 😀

shop til i drop

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I had a great weekend with my best friend Robyn — I hadn’t seen her since Christmas (!) so I was really excited when she called me 2 weeks ago and said that she was going to drive up to Northern CA and visit me. Whee! I left work early on Friday afternoon (any excuse, right? ha) cause I knew she was arriving roughly at about 4pm. It was so good to see her again — with us, even if we don’t see each other or talk on the phone for months at a time, it still feels the same — like I can tell her anything and she’ll understand. Maybe that’s a product of having grown up together. Anyway, when she got here, I showed her my apartment and then we were lounging on the couch watching Moulin Rouge cause she’s never seen it before (the horror!). 😉 Then we went to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco cause we just felt like doing the tourist-y thing — you know, eating clam chowder and looking out at the beauty of the bay. After walking along the pier, we went back home and Robyn made a really yummy dip (cream cheese, sour cream, brown sugar, vanilla extract) that we ate with strawberries. SO good.

On Saturday, we woke up really early for our full day of SHOPPING (our mission was to buy shoes!) I can’t believe I woke up at 9am on a weekend — I’m usually in bed til like noon. heh. Anyway, we headed out to Haight and Ashbury — a quirky little neighborhood in San Francisco that has lots of cool shops, it’s very much like Melrose Ave., if you’ve ever been to L.A or Telegraph Avenue, if you’ve been to Berkeley. We got started at 10:30am and we were pretty much going inside every store — there were so many great clothes and shoes but I gave myself a rule to follow so I wouldn’t spend too much — I couldn’t buy it unless I could wear it to work (I hate the totally strict dress code we have — we don’t even have casual Fridays. grr). I managed to buy a really simple khaki skirt — I’ve been wanting one for awhile, I just never found one that fit quite right. Around 1pm, we had lunch at a really popular tapas restuarant called Cha Cha Cha. Their fried calamari and warm spinach salad are positively yummy. After lunch, we walked around until 3:30pm, but we still hadn’t had our fill of shopping so we decided to head downtown to Union Square and the SF Shopping Center. By the time we got back to the East Bay, it was 7 pm (!). For dinner, we met up with an old high school friend Mikey and had some really great Japanese food at a restaurant in Oakland called The Drunken Fish. If you’re ever there, go check it out.

And of course, all things must come to an end and Robyn left early this morning — now I’m back in my vegging mode. Watching TV, checking out my dailies, and trying to find pictures for a new layout (could it be?). I really should be doing laundry — hmmm.

amy rocks!

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Awww, Amy said I was a sweet person! ::blush:: I’m seriously going to cry — ::sniff:: — but at the same time, I have a huge smile on my face. Thanks so much — you’re a total sweetie. 🙂

You know, I never thought it was possible to make (good) friends online but in the time that I’ve been posting on messageboards and blogging on my site, I’ve discovered that it is *entirely* possible — just finding one thing in common can be the spark that gets the relationship going. I remember back in December when I was looking for information about Host Rocket, I noticed a post by Amy over on Fan Forum on a thread regarding the company. I sent her a private message asking about file uploading and FTP and she was nice enough to write me back — and that’s how our history of site stalking (hee!) began. 😛

So thanks to all my friends who make my web experience a great one — *hugs*

whee!

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Yay! My best friend Robyn is going to be coming up next weekend to visit me! 🙂 I’m very very excited ::jumps up and down:: — we barely ever get to see each other or hang out cause I live (for now, maybe) in Northern CA and she lives in Southern CA. She knows me and my obsessions really well cause one of the first things she said was “Let’s go shopping!” 😀 Shopping is my favorite hobby. Hee. Can’t wait.

my amazing Saturday

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So I had a *really* great day yesterday — Rob and I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary but we had a lot of fun just being together. We went to San Francisco — god, I looove the city — I know I see it every day when I go to work but there’s just something about it. Looking up at the huge buildings and looking towards the bay — ::sigh:: — it’s just so beautiful. I am so thankful that my college decision led me to such an amazing place. Anyway (whoops – going off on a tangent), we were just walking around downtown, going to various stores (I finally got a new pair of sunglasses – whee!), and we ended the day by watching Changing Lanes at the Sony Metreon (a huge entertainment center/movie theatre). What a great day. 🙂

Just finished watching Alias – Peter Berg (he plays Noah) is so annoying. I can’t stand his voice and the way his mouth moves when he talks. Gah. But wow, the episode was brilliant. I had no idea that Noah would be the Snowman. Poor Syd. Yet another guy she loved died. ::sob:: I loved all the scenes with Jack — Victor Garber rocks. He just exudes such emotion — when he was watching the video of his wife and he heard her say that he was a fool. Man, that’s harsh. Can’t wait for next week.

me giddy – whee!

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Whee! My boyfriend and I are celebrating our 3 year anniversary today. 😀 We don’t have any big plans or anything, we’re probably just going to go out for dinner. We just decided to save up money for a trip to Hawaii so I think that’ll be the way we celebrate our big milestone. I’m just so happy right now. ::giddy:: We’ve been through a lot together — starting off as friends helping each other through the craziness of college to now — very much in love! ::sigh:: Sorry for the total sappiness — hee.

Hmmm… I hope everyone is happy that I held it together last night and didn’t go crazy posting my comments on the latest episode of Dawson’s Creek. 😛 I guess I was just expecting the worst so it really wasn’t too bad. Besides, I really enjoy the episodes where we get to see all the characters — even Grams! I love Jen more and more every week (she’s my favorite character, definitely. she just rocks) — her reaction to Grams’s new boyfriend was so hilarious. “Young lady, do you have a boyfriend?” Hee, too funny. I also enjoyed the scene between Dawson and Jen — while I had high hopes for a relationship between them, I’m really glad we didn’t lose these two as friends. I’m still annoyed by Joey and Charlie and Pacey and Audrey but I’m in too good of a mood to elaborate. So whatever. What a great way to lead up to the momentous 100th episode where apparently, nothing new and exciting will happen. Unless you count Dawson proclaiming his love for Joey (for what now? the millionth time?) as new and different. I’m sorry, just blame it on my P/Jo love.

And I’m hearing that Roswell has officially been cancelled. I can’t say I’m really sad about it cause let’s face it, the show hasn’t been too great lately (example: I Married an Alien) but I *will* miss seeing the actors and their characters. I guess I’m just a big old sap like that. 😉

blah – i’m sick

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Blah — I’m sick. 🙁

I had a slight fever yesterday so I spent pretty much the entire night in bed after I returned home from work. *sigh* Being sick sucks.
To make matters worse, *N Sync is here in concert tomorrow (well, technically today cause it’s past midnight) and I’m not going. ::sobs:: The past 2 times they’ve come to Oakland, I’VE been there… I even flew to Las Vegas to see them during one of their arena tours. *I was die hard.* But now, I’m just broke. Argh.

BtVS was pretty good tonight… I loved all the angst and pained looks between Buffy and Spike. ::sigh:: They could have been great. And OMG, I feel so *horrible* for Anya — weird though, cause I’ve never felt anything for her before. Sure, I liked her — she’s funny and candid but I always thought of her as more of a peripheral character. ::shrugs:: But still, she must be hurting.