Ahh lazy everyday.

So! Thanksgiving last week was very very nice. Friday, I didn't do much shopping. I just went to this little store called Appalet with my little sister and Target to get a few essentials (shampoo, facewash, etc.). Um, I don't remember what I did Friday for the rest of the day... oops. :)

Saturday I woke up and went to my aunt's house in Simi Valley for dinner (hot pot! YUM!) and then when I got back, I met up with Calvin, Magus, David, Val, and Eric to go to Morongo (Indian casino). We got there around 1:30 am and left at like 5 am. WOW. I ended up even... although if I had stopped playing when I was up, I would've won $150. DAMMIT. Oh well, it was still fun and I didn't end up LOSING money. Yay!

Sunday I woke up and went to Nordstrom in Riverside with Sooz. We shopped pretty much ALL day and had lunch at the Nordstrom Cafe. After shopping, Susie, Chris, and I went to eat dinner at Tofu House (yum Korean food) and went to AU after to meet up with Calvin, Magus, etc. Right after we got to AU, Susie, Chris, and I were all sitting inside just hanging out and getting settled. I went outside to see what the boys were up to and noticed that they were all freaked out and looking towards the sushi place at the end of the plaza (like four businesses away). Then I found out that there had been a SHOOTING at the sushi place. Apparently it was a robbery and the owner got shot... SO SAD. I'm not sure if the robber/murderer has been found yet... so scary. No one heard any shots either. Yikes. After that I went home for a bit to finish up laundry and then met up with the boys AGAIN at Station. I think I went to Station like three or four times last week. Wow.
Monday I had lunch with my little sister, went to visit the puppies and kitties at the SPCA, and hung out at home. Later on I met up with Magus at Station (again) to watch MNF and eat pizza... exciting! After I went home and started getting packed up. I headed over to Susie's house around 10 and hung out there until like 1 am.

Tuesday I drove up to SF with Andrew. It was a decent drive... we actually left at like 3 pm and got into the city at 9 pm (with a dinner/gas stop!). Very nice :) Wednesday I just got a mani/pedi and went to the Cirque Du Soleil traveling show (Kooza) with Thuy, Olivia, and Thuy's friends. Very nice! Today I had lots of errands to handle... doctor appt (shots!), Google lunch, eyebrow waxing, mall (where I got two pairs of shoes from Nordys, one pair is the pic above! yay, Michael by Michael Kors), Target (food), and now... I am finally home :) Tomorrow I don't have any plans but to hang out at home and relax.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ahh so it is technically Thanksgiving. One of my favorite holidays! Lots of food, family, and good times... and Christy updating her blog at 4 am. Nice work. Anywhoo, what have I been doing this week?

So Monday after the LA Auto Show, Susie, Chris, and I headed to Pink's for some deeelicious chili cheese dogs. Quite yummy... and after that I just hung out at home and passed the heck out. Tuesday morning, I woke up around 11-ish and then met up for lunch with Calvin and Magus at Casa Del Rey... yummy Americanized Mexican food. I got the same thing I always get (chicken enchilada with rice on the side) and after lunch we headed to Par 4, the local driving range. We hit about 90 balls and I almost killed Magus and Calvin. Oops. Somehow I hit the metal grate next to the stall and the ball ricocheted back and missed the boys by about two feet. Of course, this scared the shit out of me so I stopped swinging. After the driving range I got my car smog checked and then hung out at home for awhile.

Since it's a rule in my parent's house to cook at least once a week while home, I ended up cooking steak for the four of us. Yum! After dinner I was hella full but STILL decided to get Pinkberry with Susie and Chris... medium sized original with fresh mango, rice cake things, and fruity pebbles... yep, you heard me. Fruity pebbles. After Pinkberry I was uber stuffed but still went out with Alan and David to Tapioca Express. I didn't get anything but hung out with the guys for awhile catching up. Around 11-ish I went back home... but only for a minute because I decided to go out AGAIN to the dive bar with Calvin, Magus, Peter, and Andrew. Sweet. Man, I hang out with a lot of dudes. Hm. The bar was fun since we were the only patrons. Although I did get there first and this nice young Asian guy bought me a Shirley Temple (which the bartender comped anyway). Fun times.

Today I woke up and got my hair did at Regis with Sara. She always does a really nice job with my hair. I got my highlights redone and decided to go a bit darker than usual since it's Fall and all. After I got my hair done and picked up a cute long sleeve shirt from Nordstrom, I went to LA to pick up Ellen from her parent's house and then swung by Jenn's place (after getting lost for awhile first) and then we had a yummy dinner at Curry House in J-Town. After dinner we had nothing to do so of COURSE we went to karaoke. We sang for about 2 hours and had a lot of fun... we sang Sweet Child O' Mine, Welcome to the Jungle, MmmBop (that was Jenn's... I swear), and Du Hast to name a few. Just like old times! After I dropped Ellen and Jenn off and drove back to Arcadia. I hung out at home for a few hours with my sisters and then headed out once again with Calvin and Magus (plus Tony and Tina). We went to Barcelona Bar in Old Town then decided to just get booze and drink at Tony's house. I successfully had two and a half tiny shots of black label Johnny Walker... and I am here, lucid, and writing a blog post. WOW. Okay, honestly I'm a little tipsy. Heehee. Although I'm only about 12% drunk compared to Magus. He was trying to get me to drink more so he drank 3 full sized shots to my 2 tiny shots. Sucker.

Tomorrow, I plan on going to visit my grandpa's grave with my family in the AM and then help around the house to get ready for Thanksgiving. I'm going to have about 15-20 relatives coming over for the turkey feast, so I'm sure there'll be lots for me to do... unfortunately. So on that note, I guess I'll drink an entire water bottle and get my ass to bed.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Arcadia

Woo! I'm back down south and it's grrreat. Well... I've only been here for less than 24 hours, but still! Let's see... what did I do last week? Hmm... it was kind of a blur...

Monday - had brunch at Squat & Gobble with my Golden Compass book as a companion, walked around Haight, bought groceries, cooked meatloaf for dinner for Ellen, Jen, and Bo

Tuesday - made myself french toast... that is it.

Wednesday - had an informative interview, picked up Ellen, went to Steve & Barry's, bought 4 new tops from the SJP Bitten line! Two button down stripey shirts, black woven tank top, navy cotton t-shirt

Thursday - met up with old teamers for Google lunch, hung out in the old office with Melissa, Emily, and Garrison, had a coffee *DATE* with a guy from eHarmony... it was weird but he was nice I guess *shrug, picked up Emily from the office, drove to SF, had dinner with Melissa and her roommates at The Front Porch (I got this GIANT pork chop... very yummy)

Friday - finally fell asleep at 6:30 am (I FINISHED THE GOLDEN COMPASS TRILOGY! WOOOO) ate my pork chop leftovers for lunch, watched tv, fell asleep from 3-6, packed, had dinner with Emily and Melissa at Luna Park, went to Do Re Mi karaoke for THREE HOURS with Melissa, Emily, Ellen, Kathy, Bo, Phill, and two of Ellen's old coworkers. So fun!

Saturday - drove down to Fresno, had a quick lunch at Wendy's, finally got to Fresno around 3, relaxed at my Aunt & Uncle's house with my parents and little sister, went to big Chinese dinner to celebrate my 2nd cousin's new baby (who is ADORABLE!), hung out at my Aunt & Uncle's... fell asleep around 1 am... which was pretty difficult as my dad was sleeping like 4 feet away from me and snoring hella loudly... aww Dad. hehe

Sunday - had breakfast at Denny's with family + Aunt, Uncle, and cousin, drove to LA with a stop in Bakersfield for some McD's ice cream, finally got into Arcadia around 3 pm, took a shower, watched Ratatouille (which is such a cute movie... I really liked it), had Chinese food for dinner, grabbed a beer with Magus at the local dive bar

Today - well! I woke up at like 10:30... and. I'm still in bed. Nice. I need to eventually get up, get lunch at The Hat (mmmm chili cheese burger), go to Old Town to return some stuff at Urban, eat PinkBerry, and then head to the LA Auto Show with Susie and Chris! YAY!

That is all for now... I can't wait for Thanksgiving... mmm turkey!

Scheißer

Quick note... I realized I was spelling "schizer" wrong. Turns out it's actually "scheißer." The little letter thingy ß actually is for a SS type sound. So it's spelled "sheisser" in the American way I guess. :) Random information.

Free and Broke

So Friday was my last day at work. It was definitely bittersweet. Emily was so sweet... she got me a beautiful orchid plant, a cupcake, AND a homemade card with a picture of Trooper on it. Best presents ever! We had a team lunch at one of the cafes and I turned all my stuff in around 4 pm. Eric brought Trooper in so I could puppy sit him most of the day. I think I had him for like two hours. Nice! He's probably the sweetest dog ever... very easy going. After, I went to Bld. 50 (as we call the bar down the street) for some last drinks with friends. Well not last drinks with friends... last drinks with coworkers. I left around 7-ish with Emily, Kathy, and Chris in tow. We sang sappy 90s songs the whole way home... it was great. Chris didn't enjoy it as much, but whatever. We had dinner at the Cancun Taqueria in the mission... yum! After, I dropped everyone off and just hung out at home. It was nice and very very chill.

Saturday, I woke up around 11-ish. I got my car an oil change (plus new windshield wipers, new air filter, new license plate lightbulb thingy) and then headed to the Stonestown mall. I got lunch at the Korean place in the foodcourt which was delicious, then lotions from Bath & Body Works (there's a sale! buy 3, get 1 free and if you spend $30 you get a $10 giftcard). After I checked out the Half Yearly Sale at Nordys. I ended up getting a pair of fake Nordstrom brand Uggs (short boots in dark brown), black leather pointy toe flats, and a green canvas/cotton-y jacket. Also, I got Cheech's birthday present! Yay.

I left the city around 7-ish to meet up with Cheech and company for her birthaty at Maggiano's in Santana Row. Dinner was GREAT! It was really yummy... everything is served family style in huge quantities. We got caesar salad, spinach salad, calamari, spinach artichoke dip, spaghetti with meatballs, chicken parmigian, some creamy noodle dish with mushrooms, and salmon on spinach. YUM. For desert we got tiramisu, some apple cobbler type thing, and a cake that Stef brought for Cheech! There were 11 of us total: Cheech, Chris, Stef, George, Lenny, Will, Jen, Young, George, George's gf Karen, and me! After dinner I was so stuffed and tired (it was raining so the drive down sucked) and decided to head back to SF. I got home around 12:30 am and watched Reno 911: Miami and just played my DS. Very lame but relaxing.

Today I did absolutely nothing. I had McD's for lunch, was so bored I fell asleep on the couch, read The Subtle Knife (Golden Compass #2 book), and watched tv. Ellen made AWESOME shrimp tacos for dinner and after Ellen, Phill, and I headed to the Metreon to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D!!! So fun... BUT. When we got to the theatre, there were COPS everywhere... and that yellow tape. The main entrance to the theatre was closed off... but we decided to park and see if the theatre was open anyway. Turns out there was a SHOOTING inside the Metreon. Which seems like the most terrible idea since the Metreon is super crowded on a regular day AND there is the Oracle convention going on right behing the Metreon. Yikes. But the movie thetre was still open. We saw clothes and blood on the floor near the ticket counter. Yikes. I guess I'll read about it tomorrow morning. After the movie, we got McD's ice cream and watched the show Jon & Kate Plus 8. It's about this family... they have one set of twins and a set of SEXTUPLETS. Yeesh... I don't know what I'd do if I had 8 kids... I'd probably tear all my hair out.

And now... I'm just watching tv. It's hella late for me to be awake... but since I don't have work tomorrow, I can do whatever I want! Woo! So, back to the Simpsons and The Subtle Knife.

Last Day at Google

Dear Frankie

... is the best movie EVER. Maybe not ever... Tommy Boy is pretty great, but this movie was really really sweet and touching and cute. Wow. Most touching movie I've seen in a really long time. It's about this mom and her deaf son. Her son writes all these letters to his dad that is a sailor and who he hasn't seen since he was a baby. And it's really the mom writing letters to her son because the real dad is a jerk. Anyway. I don't want to spoil the movie, but it's sooo good. Also, it stars Gerard Butler. Who is JUST as sexy as he is almost naked in 300.

Anyway! Updates... let's see...

Last Thursday, Friday, AND Saturday I mostly stayed home because I've been sick and lazy and sleeping. Saturday night I drove down to Pismo to meet up with Susie and Chris for a fun random weekend trip! We met up around midnight (well... side story: I got there first around 11:45 pm, but there was a light on inside the condo. I was scared because I thought someone might be inside, but there wasn't supposed to be anyone there... so I freaked out and just waited for Susie and Chris in the parking lot of the market down the street. Turns out some jerk [probably my 2nd cousin] left the light on [for two months] on accident) and just hung out watching tv and chatting.

Sunday morning we woke up and had brunch at this little place called Village Cafe. They had eggs benedict (YES!) and after a delicious brunch we grabbed coffee from Coffee Bean to get energized for outlet shopping! Well, Susie and I went outlet shopping whilst Chris watched some big important football game (colts vs. patriots or something?). Susie and I both found some good deals. I got a cute long sleeve hoodie shirt from Aeropostale for $10 and a tan colored zip up jacket from CK. Susie got a cute zip up hoodie from DC and pj pants from CK. After shopping, we watched more tv and just hung out at the condo (also we napped). Around 7-ish we headed out for dinner at Jocko's Steakhouse in Nipomo (15 min drive south). BEST STEAKHOUSE EVER. Probably because it's so cheap and homey and delicious. After dinner we were stuffed, so we walked around Walmart for awhile (I bought the Golden Compass series... it's three books in one!) and eventually ended back at the condo to watch more tv and chit chat.

Monday we had lunch at Splash Cafe then drove out to Madonna Inn (it was ol' "Uncle" Carl's suggestion) to check it out. That place is really bright, gaudy, and WEIRD. But interesting. It has like 109 theme hotel rooms (i.e., Vienna, Old Cars, Fleur De LIs, the Rock Suites with furniture and sinks made of rocks like Fred Flintstone) and is just totally over the top and kitsch. After that we drove back to the condo to clean and we departed around 2 pm. I got a coffee for the road and headed back towrds SF. Susie and Chris got a flat tire on their way home and crappily had to drive home on a donut wheel. Poor Chris's car :( I stopped at the Gilroy outlet stores to pick up a cute sweater vest from CK (for interviewing) and ended up getting ANOTHER sweater vest and skirt from BR and a button down white shirt from J.Crew. Nice. Finally got back to the apt around 8 pm and just hung out with Ellen.

On my ride home I thought long and hard about my life. Well not really my LIFE on a broad scale, but what I'm going to do about my work, money, and career situation. I had a few options... stay in SF (find an apt and/or another roommate), move down south to Silicon Valley (find an apt and/or live with Ellen & Phill), or move back to LA to live with my parents. I decided that since I don't want to do recruiting for the rest of my life and I wanted to save money... the best decision would be to move back to LA. I'll miss Ellen and my friends in the bay area, but I'll come and visit all the time. :) I think I just need to reflect and see what I really want to do. I think I'll go back to grad school for either Organizational Psychology or School Psychology or something. Hm. I feel like I just graduated college again or something. Yeesh. But that's the plan for now... unless I get a call from Facebook or something for an interview. :) We'll see.

Back to my updates... yesterday was just another boring lazy work day and at night I went to Emily's house for dinner! Melissa and I showed up at Emily's place at 7:30-ish to find a DELICIOUS home cook meal ready for us. Emily was so sweet and made us Cioppino! Yum!! And for dessert she made us apple cobbler. Wow! Such a great meal... we had a lot of fun eating and talking :)

This morning I drove down to the Palo Alto Nordstrom to see the sale stuff... but unfortch it was disappointing. I ended up only getting socks and tights. But I'll try another Nordstrom on Saturday to see if there's anything I missed. :) After that, today was yet another work day and after work met up with Evelyn, Cheech, Ty, Lucy, and Sarah for drinks in downtown Palo Alto at Nola's. It was fun to chat and drink and eat appetizers. I got a raspberry mojito and it was DELISH. Yum. After, I went home and watched Dear Frankie with Ellen. Sigh. I can't stress how great this movie is... first movie that's made me cry in a really long time.

Wow, this was a long post. Okay, that's it for now!

Leona Lewis

This girl is AMAZING. She was the winner of X Factor in the UK... and if Beyonce and Mariah Carey somehow had a child, this girl woud be it. Haha. With green eyes? Hm.

Anywhoo... I like her voice. Too bad I can't buy her song because it's only on UK iTunes. Boo!

Sick

Bleh! I am sick. Not terribly sick, just feeling overall crappy. I have a bit of congestion and fatigue. Damn Michelle for getting me and Melissa sick! But the nice thing is, I get to stay home and rest :) Yay for WFH (working from home)! Sweet.

I just made myself some pancakes and now I'm watching the movie The Wizard. If you guys haven't seen this... then you really should. It's about these two kids and they run away from home to enter this video game contest. It's freaking awesome. It came out in like 1989 and it has Fred Savage, Christian Slater, and this one girl from Troop Beverly Hills. So funny. I just read about the Troop Beverly Hills chick... Jenny Lewis? I guess she's the singer of Rilo Kiley. Hm. Anyway, I'm babbling.

This week has been pretty interesting so far I guess? Monday I just had work and then got my eyebrows waxed. Tuesday was a more exciting day! Yay. Tuesday morning, I picked up Melissa, Emily, and Ty to go to Sonoma! Before we left, we made a stop at BevMo and decided to get LOTS of alcohol and snacks for the trip. We got to Sonoma around 12 pm, took a look at the house we were going to stay at (SO NICE, Emily has pics and I'll post em as soon as she uploads them) and then had lunch at a little restaurant in downtown Sonoma. The rest of the group arrived around 2 pm and then the girls went to get massages at the Sonoma Day Spa. My massage therapist was kind of crazy, but nice I guess. Worst massage I've ever had... but it wasn't THAT terrible.

After the massages, we went back to the house to hang out. We ordered food from another restaurant in town and then Emily, Ty, and I went to get breakfast food and pick up everyone's dinner. After dinner we all hung out, drank, and played Charades. Best game ever! Anyway, after we told ghost stories and we all finally went to be around 1 am.

On Wednesday, we woke up early (7:30) then packed up to leave the house at 8:30 am. We went to ANOTHER house (there was a scheduling error that the owner of the first house made, so we had to go to another house down the road for our meeting). We did work stuff for a bit, then finally left Sonoma around 10:30 am to go back to work. At work we did nothing (of course) except eat and hang out at the Halloween party (which was lame). Emily and I left around 3:30 pm and got home at like 4:30! It was awesome. I felt crappy so I took a nap from like 5-8 pm and then got Panda Express with Ellen. She went out to the Viceland party (which I was thinking of going to, but decided on staying in to sleep) whilst I stayed home feeling sick. Bleh. I went to bed at like 11 pm and woke up at like 9 am. NICE. :)