2006/2007 meme

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Meme stolen from Ashley…

Looking back on 2006
About You…
Name: Kelly
Nickname: Kel
How old were you in 2006? 26
What was the most important thing you discovered in 2006? I need to get a good night’s rest every day. I used to be able to get away with 5-6 hours of sleep a day while I was in college. But it’s not cutting it anymore.
What will you always remember about 2006? Getting my driver’s license. FINALLY. 😀
In 2006, did you…
Keep your New Years resolutions? Not really. The only one I accomplished was getting my driver’s license. But that was a big one! So it should count A LOT.
Go on a holiday? Yes… Rob and I went to Paris for a week in October, which was absolutely AMAZING.
Change jobs? I did! I’ve only been at my new job for 2 months but so far, so good.
Buy anything from eBay? No. Buying stuff from eBay is too much effort for me, lol.
Prank call someone? Nope.
Get drunk? With my low tolerance, one sip of a drink is as good as getting drunk. Heh.
Get high? No. Never have, actually.
Fall in love? I’m already in love.
Break up with someone? No.
Get married? Hahahaha. No.
Get divorced? No.
Stop speaking to someone? Uhhh… maybe indirectly? But not on purpose.
Kiss someone? Rob, of course.
Kiss someone whose name you can’t remember? No.
Make a new friend? Yup, my new co-worker, Steph.
Do anything embarassing? I tend to conveniently forget embarassing moments in my life… so I would share but I can’t remember any such moments from the past year. 😀
Do something that you thought that you would never do? Yup. Finally getting my driver’s license. I know I keep mentioning it but I can’t help it. It was a milestone!
Do something you have always wanted to do? Not really.
Do anything that you regret? Nothing major. I just wish I was better at calling and keeping in touch with friends and family.
Do anything illegal? Not that I can think of.
Break a promise? Yeah. :/
Lose something? I’m always losing little things, like lip balm, keys, my mind…
Go crazy? Not yet. 😀
Best of 2006…
Movie: The Devil Wears Prada
TV Show: Ugly Betty
Song: Irreplaceable – Beyonce
Album: FutureSex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake
Thing you bought: the Wii!
Memory: Riding a segway through the streets of Paris

Worst of 2006…
Movie: The Last Kiss. I don’t think I ever blogged about this movie but I HATED IT.
TV Show: 7th Heaven. I’m still pissed at it for taking Everwood’s spot on the CW’s line-up.
Song: White & Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
Album: I don’t really listen to full albums anymore unless I really *love* the artist (JT, John Mayer) so… pass.
Hangover: I don’t think I’ve ever been hung over.
Memory: Giving my boss my resignation notice. Wahhh. That was so hard.

About 2007…
What do you want in 2007? I want to go to Disneyland. Seriously.
Is there anything you would do differently in 2007? I don’t want to be so uptight. I want to lose weight. And I want to blog more.
Do you think it will be a good year? I hope so. *crosses fingers*
What do you look forward to most about 2007? The feeling of a new year, a fresh start…

Hope everyone has a fabulous New Year’s Eve! 🙂

return to normal

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So I’m back in the Bay. The past week I spent in LA went by way too quickly. WHY DOES IT ALWAYS DO THAT?

Some highlights…

— Attending my cousin’s college graduation. Finally, she graduates! Hehe.
— Christmas shopping for 12+ hours with my dad at 2 different malls. He decided to wait until the last minute to buy ALL his gifts.
— Playing with the Wii for 6 hours on Christmas Eve. Rob brought it over to my family’s get-together and instead of dozing off like we normally do while waiting for midnight, we played video games. LOL. Even my dad!
— Spending 2 days with my best friends in LA.
— Receiving holiday cards in the mail from Alie, Sarah, Marianne, Jill, and Kelly.

And, of course, PRESENTS! I had a pretty darn awesome haul…
— diamond heart necklace from my dad. Awww.
— massage gift certificate to Burke Williams
— $100 Victoria’s Secret gift card
— $100 American Express gift check
— $50 Target gift card
— $50 Banana Republic gift card
— $50 Macy’s gift card
— $25 Amazon gift certificate
— a few Starbucks gift cards
— AMC movie gift certificates
— some cash
— black goose down jacket
— red sherpa robe. Mmmm, so soft.
— VS PINK velour lounge pants
— Anne of Green Gables book set
— South Beach Diet recipe book
— Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
— Eragon by Christopher Paolini
— Beverly Hills 90210 s1 DVDs
— 24 s5 DVDs
— The Devil Wears Prada DVD
— 2 pairs of fingerless gloves. LOVE THESE.
— trouser socks
— scarf
— Harry Potter scene it
YAY.

I don’t want the holidays (and my vacation) to end!!! *sniff* Only 3 more days til… WORK. ARGH.

But first, New Year’s Eve! I’m almost positive Rob and I are going to have a low key night at home as usual. Do any of you have fun plans? 🙂

happy holidays

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It’s a little late but wanted to wish everyone…


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Anyway, I’m still in LA enjoying the last week of my vacation. I’ll be back in the Bay on Thursday… 😀

home for the holidays

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Ok, I totally lied. I haven’t been able to take all the photos for the meme yet… partly because I’ve been swamped at work but mostly because my apartment is a mess! Seriously, there’s wrapping paper all over the floor, shopping bags in every corner, mail all over the place… It’s embarassing. So I’ve decided to take the rest of the photos after the holidays once I get the chance to clean a bit. 😀

I also procrastinated in sending out my holiday cards… I sent out the international ones last week but I only mailed out the US/Canada ones 2 days ago. :/ Sorry guys. It’s been madness lately.

Anyway, I have the next week off from work so I’m flying down to LA tonight to spend the holidays with my family. I’ll blog while I’m down there (hopefully). 🙂

holiday party

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Work is making me so stressed this holiday season. I’ve been incredibly busy and I still feel like a total newbie. And I’m dealing by EATING JUNK. Clients have started sending holiday gift baskets to the office and I don’t seem to have any self-control when stuff like chocolate is staring me in the face. In the past week I’ve received a Tower of Treats from Harry and David, an enormous basket of assorted cookies/pretzels dipped in chocolate (so good!), a huge box of Hershey’s chocolates, another basket of goodies from Coffee Bean, and other stuff I can’t remember right now. I stuck everything in the office kitchen to get it away from my desk. As if I need to be eating all this stuff and packing on more weight. I could stand to lose about 10 pounds actually. 🙁

Enough of the pity party.

What else have I been up to lately? Let’s see… Oh! My company had its holiday party this past Thursday. In LA. And I found out I had to fly down for it on Wednesday. The day before! So yeah. I had to finish all my work on Wednesday since I would be out of the office for the rest of the week. STRESS. !!! But I had a great time and I got the chance to meet the President, the COO, and most of my co-workers from the other West Coast offices. We started off at Chaya in Beverly Hills. I’ve been to the San Francisco location a few times and it’s AMAZING so I was really looking forward to dinner. We all shared an assortment of sushi roll appetizers and then I had the BEST kobe beef entree ever (it was so tender and juicy!). For dessert I had the butterscotch creme brulee… OMG, yum. There are no words.

Next we went over to the Hotel Roosevelt for drinks at the Tropicana Bar. It was a zoo because the premiere for We Are Marshall was just finishing up across the street at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and people were making their way over to the Hotel Roosevelt to continue the party. The bartender told us they expected Matthew McConaughey and Kiefer Sutherland to make appearances. I would have DIED and gone to heaven if I saw Kiefer. Sadly, though, I didn’t see him — I don’t even know if he showed up… but I did see Slash! Though that’s not nearly as exciting. 😛 Our last stop for the night was a club called Les Deux, which was interesting but not really our scene. It was so crowded that there wasn’t enough space to dance and if you tried, you’d inevitably elbow someone. We only stayed for about an hour, long enough to have a few drinks and marvel at all the girls in ridiculously short skirts. I felt completely overdressed.

Finally, at 2am, we all headed back to our hotels. I was staying at the Bel Age Hotel, which will always remind me of Beverly Hills, 90210. ‘Cause if I remember correctly, Dylan used to live there, right? I know the hotel was mentioned or featured in the show in some shape or form, heh. It was so nice to rest finally after a loooong day of traveling and hanging out. Ahhh.

Now it’s back to reality and… Christmas shopping. !!! I haven’t even put a dent in my list. It looks like Rob and I are spending our Sunday at the mall. EEEK.

Photos for the meme coming tomorrow…

photo meme

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I’ve wanted to do this photo meme for some time now (it makes the rounds over at LJ every so often)…

Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you’re interested in/curious about — it can be anything from the apartment I live in to my favorite shoes. Leave your request as a comment to this entry, I’ll snap the pictures and post them back here. It’s like a glimpse into my world!

DO IT! 😀

wii and the tree

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We got the Nintendo Wii! Rob found out there were going to be 23 available at a nearby Circuit City so we dragged ourselves out of bed at 6:15am, picked up coffee at Starbucks (peppermint mocha – heaven!), and then found ourselves in line at 6:45am. WE ARE CRAZY. We were close to the front of the line so we figured we were guaranteed a console. Too bad Circuit City didn’t open until 10am and we had 3 hours to wait to find out for sure. AND it was totally freezing outside! OMG. But surprisingly the wait went by quickly (mostly due to the nearby McDonald’s and Barnes and Noble for food and a bathroom, lol) and at 15 minutes to 10am, we got our vouchers. I was #15 (we each bought one — one for us and the other as a favor for a friend)! 😀

The Wii is technically Rob’s Christmas present from me but I couldn’t torture him and make him wait until then to open it. We’ve set it up and played a few of the Sports games… it’s fun! I beat him at bowling (hehe) but he killed me in tennis and boxing. When we were playing tennis, I got all into it and I totally wacked Rob in the arm as I was swinging the remote. BWAH. We couldn’t stop laughing after that. I can’t wait to try the Zelda game.

Anyway, we also got our Christmas tree! Woot! It smells so good in our apartment with the tree in here. Mmmm. Now it’s definitely the holidays. I’ll have to take pictures once it’s all decorated.

So… a meme I stole from Nicola.

10 Things Currently On Your Desk
1. iPod Nano
2. iPod speakers
3. Framed photo of my best friends, Carmen and Robyn, and me
4. Mini Cooper figurine
5. Address book
6. External hard drive
7. Justin Timberlake CD
8. December issue of Teen Vogue
9. Country Apple candle from Bath and Body Works
10. Tassle from my college graduation

9 Favorite Ships
1. Pacey/Joey (Dawson’s Creek) – yes, still!
2. Ephram/Amy (Everwood)
3. Nathan/Haley (One Tree Hill)
4. Gil/Anne (Anne of Green Gables)
5. Harry/Hermione (Harry Potter)
6. Tony/Michelle (24)
7. Lucas/Peyton (One Tree Hill)
8. Ryan/Taylor (The OC)
9. Lex/Lana (Smallville) – sadly, the reality isn’t working for me :/

8 of Your Current Favorite Songs
1. Howie Day – Collide (always)
2. The All-American Rejects – It Ends Tonight
3. Beyonce – Irreplaceable
4. Ciara – Get Up
5. Diddy – Tell Me
6. Justin Timberlake – My Love
7. John Mayer – Waiting on the World to Change
8. Snow Patrol – Chocolate

7 People You Talk to The Most
1. Rob
2. My Manager Linda
3. My other Manager Stephanie
4. My Dad
5. My friend (and now my sales rep) Jason
6. My friend Ruby
7. My cousin Riz

6 Favorite Kinds of Candy and/or Chocolate
1. Sour Patch Kids
2. Lindt truffles (especially the mint chocolate ones. YUM)
3. Scotchmallows from See’s candies
4. Snickers
5. Cherry Jolly Ranchers
6. Candy Canes

(5) 4 Favorite Bands and ONE Artist
1. *NSync
2. Death Cab for Cutie
3. Fall Out Boy
4. Linkin Park
5. Justin Timberlake

4 Websites You Visit Daily
1. Google/GMail
2. SFGate.com
3. TelevisionWithoutPity.com
4. Live Journal

3 Favorite Fictional Characters
1. Pacey Witter (Dawson’s Creek)
2. Amy Abbott (Everwood)
3. Summer Roberts (The OC)

2 Favorite Sayings
1. “Seriously?”
2. “I don’t know about that…”

1 Favorite Movie
1. Anne of Green Gables

Hope everyone had a good weekend. 😀

john tucker must die

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We didn’t get our Christmas tree over the weekend since it started RAINING. We headed over to the tree lot on Sunday anyway but all the trees were *drenched.* GRRR. We’re going to try again this weekend… I want my tree already!

Rob is so obsessed with the Nintendo Wii… we even STOOD IN LINE at Best Buy last Sunday. Like those people you see on TV. THAT WAS US. We didn’t get one, though, since they only had 50 for sale and we were just too late (people had been waiting since 6am and we got in line at 9am). But seriously. We stood in line. For a video game system. That’s nuts, right? 😛

I watched John Tucker Must Die yesterday. I enjoyed it, of course. Plot holes and all. But then, you guys know me by now… I love fluffy teen movies. And this one stars Brittany Snow and Sophia Bush! Brittany totally carries the movie — I miss seeing her on TV every week (I’m still mourning the premature cancellation of American Dreams). Fun way to spend an hour and a half.

Just finished watching America’s Next Top Model. I’m so disappointed in the top 3 finalists. BLAH.

holiday cards 06

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It’s time for HOLIDAY cards again! 🙂 One of my favorite traditions of the holiday season… I love writing and sending them out (international destinations too!) so please email me with your address if you’d like to receive one.

😀

thanksgiving weekend

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Happy [belated] Thanksgiving to all my American friends!

I am absolutely loving this 4-day Thanksgiving weekend. Work has made me so tired recently… I definitely needed the break. Plus, I’m enjoying Thanksgiving leftovers as I type (pumpkin pie!) and really, there’s not much that’s better than that. 😀

Yesterday Rob and I hit some of the Black Friday sales to pick up toys and DVDs for Christmas presents. We went to 2 Best Buys, 2 Circuit Citys, 2 Targets, and 1 K-Mart. LOL. Aside from presents, I finally bought myself a photo printer — this Photosmart 475 by HP for only $49 at Circuit City. I’ve been itching to print out some of my Paris pictures and now I can! Whee. Rob was also looking for a Nintendo Wii but it was sold out absolutely *everywhere* we went. I hope he finds one… the interactive games look like so much fun!

I’m going to try and convince Rob that we need to buy our Christmas tree tonight. *hopes*

I also need to finish my Paris diary…

Hope everyone’s enjoying their weekend. 🙂