fall premiere dates

Just for my reference. 😛

FALL TV premiere dates!
Mondays:
Prison Break 8/21 @ 8pm (FOX)
Heroes 9/25 @ 9pm (NBC)
Runaway 9/25 @ 9pm (CW)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 9/18 @ 10pm (NBC)
What About Brian 10/9 @ 10pm (ABC)

Tuesdays:
Gilmore Girls 9/26 @ 8pm (CW)
Veronica Mars 10/3 @ 9pm (CW)

Wednesdays:
America’s Next Top Model 9/20 @ 8pm (CW)
Justice 8/30 @ 9pm (FOX)
One Tree Hill 9/27 @ 9pm (CW)
Lost @ 10/4 9pm (ABC)
The Nine 10/4 @ 10pm (ABC)

Thursdays:
Grey’s Anatomy 9/21 @ 9pm (ABC)
Ugly Betty 9/28 @ 8pm (ABC)
Smallville 9/28 @ 8pm (WB)
Supernatural 9/28 @ 9pm (WB)
The OC 11/2 @9pm (FOX)

Fridays:
Las Vegas 10/20 @ 9pm (NBC)

Sundays:
NOTHING! Cause I am so not watching Desperate Housewives anymore. Maybe I’ll try Everybody Hates Chris?

The OC may get the boot as well because of last season’s finale. I haven’t even watched it yet but I know I’ll hate it. Speaking of last season, I *really* need to finish up my finale commentaries. Heh.

golf

My office is closing early the Friday before Labor Day so we can have a “Guys and Dolls” golf tournament. We’re all going to be paired up (a guy and a girl — hence the name) and then we’ll alternate shots on a 9-hole course. I thought it sounded like fun so I signed up even though I’ve never picked up a golf club in my life.

Until today, that is.

My boss thought it would be fun to take me out to the driving range so I could get some practice… WOW.

I SUCK. I kept running the club into the ground. Hehe. And then when I would actually make contact with the ball, it would roll about 2 feet. NO JOKE.
*le sigh*

No one will want to play with me! 😛

I’m hoping Rob will take me out to the driving range again this weekend just so I won’t make a complete and total fool of myself next Friday.

prison break premiere

Prison Break premieres tomorrow and we STILL DO NOT HAVE CABLE.

This is going to be a problem. I even missed the USA Gymnastics National Championships this weekend. !!! I have to call Comcast tomorrow to see if I can pretend to be a new customer.

Since we don’t have TV, we’ve been watching a whole lot of DVDs from Netflix. We just finished the first season of Battlestar Galactica. Weeelll, I take that back. *Rob* finished the first season of Battlestar Galactica. I didn’t really think it was my type of show so I just kinda watched it (ie. listened while doing something else). It actually grew on me. I couldn’t tell you any of the character’s names but I have a sense of the personalities and relationships and a rough idea of the storyline. Plus, I have discovered Jamie Bamber. HELLO. Hehe.

smush

Rob and I have been dog-sitting his brother and sister-in-law’s maltese named Smush. OMG, he is the cutest thing EVER. He’s been with us since last Saturday and he totally makes me want a dog. 🙁 Too bad our apartment won’t let us have dogs. (Shh!!! Don’t tell anyone we’re harboring a fugitive, hehe). A couple of cute pics:



And then a pic of Smush after he’s been running around the apartment like a maniac:



AWWWW.

more paris

Ok, so the answer to the “Guess the Truth” meme below is #2. 😀

Yes, I did audition for a dancing role in the movie Toys. It was when I was in elementary school and I was training at a ballet school in Santa Monica. We used to get information about casting calls all the time and I happened to go to this one. I was so excited because I got to miss a day of school and everything! I also got paid just for auditioning. A measly $10 and, of course, with taxes taken out, I think I ended up with $5. Heh. Sadly, I did not get a role but I did get to meet Barry Levinson. That was cool.

As for the other lies…
I was actually a Mass Communications major in college.
I was born in California.
I am an only child.
My favorite Harry Potter book is Goblet of Fire.
I have not vacationed in Greece. But I want to!!! Someday.

Speaking of trips, I am SO INCREDIBLY excited for my vacation to Paris. Not even the thought of getting to the airport hours ahead of time and being extra careful not to pack liquids in my carry-on can get me down. 😀 Rob and I are leaving on 10/12 (the day after my birthday!) and come back on 10/20, so we’ll have 7 full days there. (Or well, I guess you could say 6 days since that first day we probably won’t have too much energy what with the jet lag and all). I spent a good portion of the weekend checking out the forums on Fodors and Trip Advisor to get information on things to see, costs, transportation, weather, etc. I visited Paris in 1997 for a short amount of time (my family did one of those whirlwind tours where you see 7 cities in 3 weeks) so all I’ve seen up close is the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Catacombs and Versailles. Can’t wait to see other sites I missed, especially the Musee D’Orsay. The Degas pieces are calling me!

Off to do more research. 🙂

25 happy things

I am tired from ballet tonight so… it’s meme time!

I have been tagged by Tams for this. I have to list five lies and one truth about myself. Hmmm….can you figure out the truth?

1. I was a Biology major in college.
2. I auditioned for a dancing role in the movie Toys.
3. I was born in the Philippines.
4. I have 2 siblings.
5. My favorite Harry Potter book is Chamber of Secrets.
6. I’ve vacationed in Greece.
Post what you think is the truth in the comments!

List 25 things which make you happy right now (people, objects, anything!).
01. family and friends (always)
02. my iPod. I take it absolutely everywhere.
03. the thought of an upcoming vacation (to Paris — *crosses fingers*)
04. FOOD in general. I *LOVE* to eat and try new restaurants. So many choices in the Bay Area!
05. shopping. I am a firm believer in retail therapy.
06. ballet classes. It’s a tough workout that doesn’t actually feel like one.
07. making my budget and getting a bonus at work
08. September magazines. Fall fashion is the best.
09. skirts. They make me feel so girly.
10. Fridays. I love the feeling of having the weekend ahead of me.
11. All my TV DVDs. Especially now that we have no cable!
12. Jamba Juice. SOOOO good on a warm summer day.
13. my blog and all my sites
14. looking at pictures from the past (and making fun of myself while doing so!)
15. flip flops. They’re so comfy.
16. sleeping in
17. Baskin Robbins rocky road ice cream
18. getting real emails from friends
19. coffee runs with my co-workers
20. spur-of-the-moment activities with friends
21. the holidays in just a few short months
22. pay day
23. seeing new comments on my blog *hint* 😉
24. torrent sites. They are a huge help with downloading Project Runway and Entourage. Not having cable suuuuuucks.
25. my teddy bear from Build A Bear. OMGILOVEHIMSO.

Phew. That was fun. Let me know if you decide to do the meme too!

😀 Time for bed.

no cable

No jury duty. WOOT. I’m safe for another year.

BUT. I also have some bad news. We no longer have cable in our apartment.

I KNOW.

Our contract with Comcast was up so they raised the monthly rate to something completely ridiculous so we cancelled the service. Waaahhh. I can’t even watch the basic networks cause the reception is so awful. We better get this fixed before the fall TV season starts. (I obviously have my priorities straight). 😉

I guess I’ll finally be able to catch up on the last few season finales that I still have saved on the Tivo (OC, Smallville, Desperate Housewives). Heh.

jury duty

Argh, the dreaded day is almost here. On Sunday I have to call in for… jury duty.

ACK. I am SO not looking to calling in. I hope, hope, hope that I don’t have to report to court. I’d actually rather be at work.

Speaking of work, this is a handy site if you’re trying to disguise your internet activities from your boss. Hehehe.

Watched Hitch tonight and really, really liked it. I’m *such* a romantic comedy kind of girl. 😀 Plus, Will Smith is awesome.

So I never blogged about my cousin’s wedding last weekend. Despite the heat (I can’t get over how HOT it is in SoCal — I don’t remember it being that hot in high school?!!), I had a great time. I was in the wedding party as a secondary sponsor. I got to walk down the aisle and everything! I think this might be a filipino tradition but there’s a part in the middle of the ceremony where there are 4 additional wedding rites — coin, cord, veil, and candle. I was asked to do the veil. I carried a huge veil down the aisle and after my cousin and his wife exchanged vows and rings, the priest called my partner and I up to the altar and we had to pin the veil on both the bride and groom as a symbol of their unity. It’s a really pretty part of the ceremony.

The reception was at the Marina Hotel in San Pedro. It’s right on the water so it was absolutely gorgeous. Some pics…


The last one is of Rob, me, my favoritest cousin ever Riz (it was her brother who got married — she was a bridesmaid) and her boyfriend Josh. 😀

moving sucks

I absolutely HAVE to see John Tucker Must Die. Hehe.

So. Rob and I just got our official notice to move out of our apartment in 120 days. The owner has decided to convert all the apartments (5 buildings) into condos. They started issuing notices last September but we haven’t been thinking about it much since 120 days is more than enough time to find a place and move. But now that it’s here… BLAH. We thought we might be ready to move back to LA by this time but I don’t think that’s going to happen just yet. 2007 seems more likely.

Just thinking about moving causes me stress. Packing, lugging boxes around, unpacking… GUH. I’m hoping we can get the move done in September. Before we go on vacation in October (*crosses fingers*).