Dating is a joke. I hate dating and I hate being rejected.

Life sucks.

December... End of 2008

So here it is, the end of the year. And what's happened? Hmmm not THAT much apparently. Ok, I'm downplaying it, but seriously. Nothing super crazy has happened in my life and I'm pretty much alright with that. I guess. Let's start from the beginning shall we?

Highlights of Christy's 2008

January: moved from SF to LA, back in with the parents.

February: applied to grad school, enrolled in a Stats class in preparation for grad school

March: interviewed for grad school, got a crappy job at a spa

April: accepted into grad school

May: turned 25 years old... quarter of a century and what do I have to really show for myself? Well, I guess grad school...

June: finished stats and got an A... A for AMAZING, quit my crappy job

July: wow, nothing-ness... no job, no school, no money, and yet no problem

August: still nothing-ness until the end of the month when I started my grad program

September: school, got another job... not crappy but crappy commute

October: went on my FIRST date in like 6 months

November: went on another first date with another guy, actually enjoyed myself?

December: finished school (well my first semester and it feels soooo good), still working, still going on dates with the same guy

So it hasn't been THAT bad of a year. Just a little boring. I wish I could put some more action into this post but not too much has actually happened. To sum up my year in 12 short sentences... well that's a little sad. But hey, whatever! I'm pretty excited (and scared) to see what the new year brings. Hopefully excitement and happiness, but we shall SEE. I'm not holding my breath..

I still have great friends and I live rent free so life is pretty good.

November

Ahh well the end of November is quickly approaching. I have about three more weeks of school, a few final papers, and yet... no tests. SWEET. I took one test for my Assessment class, but it was retarded (about as retarded as the midterm). The prof gives us the questions and answers to study and then he checks our tests before we turn it in so that we're not missing anything (or at least missing a lot... on the midterm I missed one damn point). So hopefully I did well on that test last week. But we shall see.

As far as life in general, it's looking pretty good I think. I was supposed to meet up with this random guy I met online on Saturday... and he turned out to be a psycho even before I hung out with him. Let me explain...

We randomly started chatting last week and I gave him my AIM SN. He would constantly IM me (even when my status was away... which I don't really mind when it's someone that I talk to on a regular basis, but that's pretty weird for a guy I JUST started talking to). Anyway. I gave him my number because we had plans to hang out this last Saturday. He called me on Wednesday and we chatted for like 30-40 minutes... Anyway, I told him that he should feel honored that I talked to him at all since it's rare for me to talk to anyone on the phone. So what does he do? Calls me again on Friday at like 6 pm just to TALK. What the heezy... I was about to take a nap and he called to ask what I did all day. So effing weird.

So Saturday rolls around and Susie tells me that she gets 33% off at the Rack so I decide to blow off random internet guy and I was nice enough to be honest. This was our conversation:

Me: Sorry, can't make it later today... I'm not canceling... just postponing
Him: Oh. Did something come up?
Me: Yeah... actually I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that I'm going shopping... my friend gets a huge discount and I can't miss it... it only comes around like once a year. I'm really really sorry but we'll meet up later in the week.
Him: That's lame. I think you just don't want to hang out and you're just making up an excuse.
Me; uh... Well I'm telling the truth so take it or leave it
Him: Well, call me after you go shopping and let me know how it goes to make feel better
Me: uh... I'll call if I have time, but I'm going to be pretty busy for the rest of the night

PSYCHO. And he wasn't like OVERTLY crazy, just crazy enough. I could see him being a really needy, clingy, and annoying guy to date. Yikes.

Anyway, he IM'ed me last night and said, "Don't get mad, but I don't think I want to hang out anymore"... ahhh he took the words right out of my MOUTH. Thank goodness. I didn't really feel like getting stabbed anyway.

But, I have gone on a few dates with this other random guy... and I actually like him. I go on dates with him because I actually WANT to... not because I think it's good practice. So... we'll see how this turns out. :) I'm actually excited to be excited.

Epiphany

So.. being in a counseling grad program really makes you re-evaluate who you think you are. I was promised at the beginning of the program that I will leave a different person... and interestingly enough, I've already had an epiphany about myself. Amazing. Anyway, I've realized that I have a really really difficult time dealing with sadness. But not in the way you think.

It's hard for me to witness sad people... especially people who are crying. At first I thought it was just pure empathy ("Oh, I'm such a PEOPLE person that I cab just feel everyone else's feelings"). But then I realized it's not just empathy. I want people to stop crying for self-serving purposes. I can't bear to watch people cry because it just plain freaks me out. I've realized that I hate hate HATE feeling sad and expressing sadness. I have two gears: happy and angry. That's it. Two speeds. Two. That's it. Eh, maybe a third... neutral. Hm.

Anywhoo... I think I did my own fair share of crying in my teenage years and early 20s. Now I'm just this bitter old bitch who lacks any real human emotion because I'm over compensating for sadness. I feel as though I'm just kinda moving through life without really living. I need to reevaluate my thought-process.

Crying and sadness do not equal weakness. (repeat)

NOTE: sorry this is kind of a downer if anyone is actually reading, but this thought has been kind of consuming me for the past few days.

Uh... This is amazing.

My SF Visit

So! Updates again I guess.... although there is almost nothing new to report.  I did just find out today that I got a job as a Career Counseling Assistant at West LA College... NICE. It's part-time, in the right job field, and I could possibly use these hours as internship hours for next year! Awesome. It also helps that my sister's good friends with the guy who hired me. Sweeeet. So it's all kind of up in the air still, but hopefully I'll start at the end of this week and go from there!

Last Tuesday I drove from LA to SF for a friend's (her name is Zzipper) wedding and to hang out with all my much missed SF buddies.  I carpooled with my friend Kathy who also had a wedding to attend that weekend, so we decided to have a little roadtrip.

I arrived Tuesday night and had dinner with Ellen and my other friend Kathy at Mehfil, my favoritest Indian/Pakistani joint ever. Mmmmm delicious chicken tikka masala.  Wednesday I had lunch with Melissa at Out the Door, we walked around the mall and a little bit of Union Square area, met up with other old coworkers at Jade Bar, had a delicious pizza dinner at Patxi's... and interestingly enough, I got TIPSY.  I surprised myself.  I had a giant mojito at Jade Bar and then a beer at Patxi's.  So awesome. I haven't been tipsy in... well a long time.  Tipsy, not sick. :) Nice.

Thursday, I visited Ellen at Apple for lunch then stopped by Google to hang with Kishore and Ty for a bit.  That night Ellen and I got Burma Superstar take-out for dinner (YUM) and then watched Pineapple Express (funny... also James Franco is a hottie... although he looks homeless in this movie, I'd still hit it).  Friday, Ellen and I shopped for a dress for her to wear to Zzip's wedding and then we headed up to Sonoma around 3-ish.  The wedding was beautiful! COLD as hell, but beautiful and small and intimate.  It was great seeing all my old coworker buddies... haven't seen them in over a year.

Saturday, Ellen and I met up for brunch with Em and Melissa at Mission Beach Cafe in the Mission. Yum. After we walked off our meal by checking out all the random stores in the Mission.  I'd say we walked a good 15-20 blocks! After, Ellen and I got $39 massages in Chinatown. So good. Seriously.  It was comparable to the $85 massages that I got at my old employer. Nice.  Saturday night we met up with Bo & Co. for dinner at Town Hall in SoMa.  I ordered the yummiest fried chicken with creamed corn and gravy and biscuits. Ugh... taste explosion.  Most of my trip revolved around all the delicious things I got to eat.  After dinner, we headed to 83 Proof and hung out for a bit before everyone finally succumbed to food coma.

Sunday was my last day in the city and I spent the morning walking around Chinatown and eating dim sum with Ellen! Yum yum fun. I left the city around 1:30 pm and got home around 8 pm (with a few stops in between).  Susie and I are already planning another trip to SF in late October... weeeee!

And now... pictures!

Update Time Again

Well nothing much has happened in the last month.  I'm still an unemployed bum, I still sleep way later than a 25 year old should, and I'm as boring as ever.  Hmm let's see what's happened since my last update...

No additional dates have occurred with the guy I went out with last month.  He was really sweet and funny... but I just wasn't that into him.  I think I have a mental block and am just scared to meet new people. Or well, I'm not scared to MEET new people, but to DATE new people is scary.  Also, I haven't spoken to him in over a month. So he's probably not interested in me either. No foul, no harm. Other than that guy, there aren't any other prospects.  I think I just need to stop trying/caring and just enjoy my singledom.

I'm still unemployed but will be working at good ol' Nordy's this upcoming weekend to help out during the sale! I'm pretty excited to reprise my role as shoe cashier and hope that I don't spend more money than I make. That would be totally counter-productive.  No new job prospects either. I've applied to a few local admin type stupid jobs around my house, but unfortunately no one wants to talk/interview/hire me. Lame. Oh well, I'd just like to enjoy my summer before school starts. 

Since my last post, I traveled to Pismo once again with Susie and Chris for a 3-day-middle-of-the-week random trip to eat Jocko's, eat Splash, and watch tv at the condo. Awesome. Susie and I did shop

 a bit at the Pismo Outlets but were greatly disappointed and only bought some big pouffy house slippers (they were like $3... sweeeet).  On the way home we did stop at the Camarillo Outlets and were much luckier! Well, lucky as in we found lots of great things to buy... unlucky because I'm draining my already dry bank account.  I found a really really cute cotton v-neck navy dress from J.Crew, some cute navy shorts, and I think that's it. Susie got a cute dress and top too! Yay shopping!

I also visited San Diego with my family this last weekend. It was a totally fun and wholesome family weekend trip.  We stayed at the Embassy Suites (my mom won two free nights at any Embassy Suites/Hilton in CA), visited my mom's relatives, went to Sea World (which was freaking awesome since I haven't been there since I was like 9 or 10), and hung out at the hotel room.  Embassy Suites probably has the best breakfast at a hotel EVER.  It's just like Google breakfast.  Made-to-order omelette bar, all you can eat bacon, sausage, panclocks, french toast, toast, fruit, oatmeal bar, etc etc etc. Wow, I'm getting a little bit hungry just thinking about it. Hm. Anyway, the trip was pretty awesome.  My aunt and little cousin joined us and it was a great trip overall.  I'll post a few random pics from the trip...

Cutest little penguin ever! I should have bought it...

Jumping picture... FAIL.

Jumping picture... success!

Me looking up a statue's skirt... dirty girl!

Shamu!

Scary sharks... the one on the bottom does NOT look happy.

Dolphin! My favorite animal I think... so smart and cute.

Seals!

Posing for penguin pics!

Walrus pushing his face up on the glass

Family portrait minus my older sister

Making funny faces

So overall... quite a good trip! I love Sea World. They have a ticket deal right now that if you buy a day pass, you can come back ANOTHER day for FREE anytime before the end of 2008. Hopefully I can finagle someone to come with me again. I love animals! Next stop... Magic Mountain or Disneyland or some other theme park perhaps. I forgot how much fun theme parks are.

Oh! I also registered for my classes, got my ID card, and am all set for school! Yay. I'm pretty excited. I hope it's not super duper hard... it's okay if it's kind of hard as long as it's interesting. Wish me luck.

Over and out!

Requested Update

Cheech requested an update... so here we go!  Very quickly though because it's almost 4 am.

1. I passed my Stats class!

2. Which means I have the green light for grad school just as soon as they send me my damn registration time/date... I haven't gotten it yet, even though it seems everyone else has, so a frantic phone call will be made on Monday.

3. I am currently hanging out in Pismo with Ellen! We ate Splash clam chowdah and Jocko's amazing steak.

4. I went on two dates in the last two weeks. Same guy. He's nice I guess but no sparks for me unfortunately.

5. I am now unemployed. I decided I can't stand my bosses and the job was not worth a crappy $9 an hour.

6. I am also now 25. Scary. Quarter life crisis is upon (most of) us.

7. I just saw the Sex and the City movie... it was OK I guess.... Iron Man and Kung Fu Panda were better I think.

8. I can't wait for Get Smart and Wall-E!

The end! Short and sweet.

Quick Update

It's been awhile since I've updated on my personal life... minus the purchase and then untimely death of Herbie Hancock... SO! Here is an update for my three or so readers:

School has been the same. I'm not doing SUPER great in Stats anymore, but I just want a B- or better so whatever.   My online class has finished, thank goodness, because it was mostly just a waste of time.  Somewhat interesting but not so much in an online class setting.  Work is shitty. I really am not enjoying the management and I'm getting tired of dealing with their crap.  One day I'm supposed to do this, and another day it's different, and ultimately the number of responsibilities are going up.  They now want me to always update the website whenever they have changes.  Lame. I'm getting paid almost nothing and the owner still treats me like crap. It's terrible.  I've applied for about 7 jobs today online so hopefully I'll get some kind of word back soon.  If not, well... I'm just going to quit anyway by mid June. Suck on that bitches!

Besides that, nothing else is new.  It was Susie's birthday on Saturday! Susie, Chris, and I had a nice mediterranean dinner at Casablanca in downtown Claremont, then it was a walk-around 24 Hour Walmart (as usual), and then yummy red velvet cake at Chris's house.  On Sunday, Susie, Kat, Kathy, and I had a tea party in celebration of Susie's birthday (YAY for birthday WEEKENDS!) and walked around The Huntington.  Unfortch it was 100+ degrees and we were all pretty much melting.  After the tea party, we got pedicures and just relaxed.  I ended up falling asleep, then going swimming for about 20 minutes, and after I just ran errands with my little sister.  My life is boring and my job sucks.  I feel like my life is in a constant lull.  Nothing really exciting or interesting really happens... it's just very boring.

Oh well. Something vaguely exciting is that I ordered a cute swimsuit from Victoria's Secret. What is vaguely depressing is that no matter how hard I exercise I'll never look like Gisele. Fuck it. I love food. I researched all these cool special discount codes online for VS and found a code for $10 off $50 purchase, $10 off a Very Sexy bra, and free cotton underpants.  Pretty freaking awesome.  So I got a bikini, bra (the Very Sexy wireless is probably the most comfy bra EVER) for only $20, AND underpants for $60 with tax and shipping.  Pretty awesome.  The pics below are of my bikini... yay! Hopefully it'll arrive before or near my birthday so it can be a birthday gift to myself.  I got the peachy color.

I swear...

German people are the shit.  I seriously felt like I was on drugs watching this video... crack or maybe acid. Bizarre.

RIP Herbie Hancock

 I just killed my fish after having him for three days. How sad.

Replacement Pet

Please meet my new pet... Herbie Hancock.

John Mayer = Funny?

John Mayer is kind of funny... and hot.

I'd hit it.

My favorite...

oldies song. Or at least top 3. Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas. NICE.

Performed by a 10 year old Japanese girl.

I feel so inadequate next to this kid's talent.

The Death of Lazy Sundays

Ah, I miss my good ol' lazy Sundays that I enjoyed in SF... actually I enjoyed lazy Sundays until I got my job at the spa.  The work is going well I guess... I can't really complain too much.  Well, except the pay is a big slap in the face but whatever.  The hours are good, the people are nice, the work is terribly terribly easy.  ESPECIALLY on Sundays... almost no one shows up and I just end up surfing the web all day... which is basically what I did at my previous job... heehee. 

But I'm already thinking about what kind of job I'm going to take in the summer... most likely a full time job where I can slowly win over my superior's trust and confidence.  Then once that kicks in, I can revert back to my true form: lazy lazy lazy asshole.  I'll also need that trust when grad school starts in the Fall as my schedule will have a few constrictions.  It'll be more free than my schedule now, but it will definitely not be easier.  I kind of think my schedule now is pretty laid back, but it does suck having to go to class three days a week.

Statistics is turning out to be not so scary which is interesting.  While my online class is turning out to be MUCH harder than I thought.  Online classes are NOT for procrastinators. Yikes. So now my reality has become the opposite of my previous expectations.  Where am I getting all these big full-of-shit words? Oh. Yeah. My online class's homework.  I guess above all the bullshit and lameness of the class, it's actually an interesting subject.  Just not delivered so well.  

On a more personal level, my life is boring. Just as it has always been and will always be. Depressing thought? Maybe. I've come to accept my quiet, boring, and well, sad life.  I watch a lot of TV, hang out with all the same people (which isn't a bad thing... I love my friends), do all the same activities, eat at all the same restaurants... it's just all so predictable.  I need to take a vacation perhaps. Well! Actually, Susie and I are going to visit Ellen in SF.  I've missed her... hanging out at home in Arcadia is definitely not as fun as hanging out with Ellen in SF. *sigh.

Okay. Well, Saturday night I actually went out to a club so here are a few pics for your viewing pleasure.  Although I've already sent the album to Susie, Chris, and Cheech... maybe Brian can enjoy them.

Robot Dog? Which is better... YOU decide. Heehee.

First watch this video. Then watch the video below. Hilarious.

*Note: actually, watch the videos in whatever order.  Still hilarious.

Inspired

So, Brian and Cheech have both updated their blogs. How exciting! I randomly checked them today and huzzah there are new posts! Weee. Ok, so quick update for me. Uh. The last few weeks have just been school, gym, TV, and naps.  My online class is surprisingly harder than I thought while I'm doing pretty well in my statistics class.  Hm. I would've thought the online class would be a total cake walk whilst the stats class would kick my arse. Anyway. That's mostly what I've been doing. 

On the job front, I finally secured myself a part-time job that's close (about 6 blocks from PCC) and the hours work out PERFECTLY with my school schedule... which is fabulous.  What's more fabulous, is that I'll be a receptionist at a SPA.  Probably one of my most favorite places in the world.  I get discounts on massages and facials and spa products. Ah, heaven.  I also get a free massage and facial when I start... which is tomorrow.  I'm not sure when I can claim my free massage and facial, but trust assured... I'm going to get a massage soon.  I found a place also near PCC that offers 60 minute massages for $40 or 90 minute massages for $60.

Regarding my gym progress, well since I haven't been working and have just been trying to find ways to entertain myself... I've been going to the gym like 5-6 days a week. Wow. I know, it's incredible. Especially for me... the laziest person ever. Boredom can do that to a person I guess.  On top of my own gym excursions, I've been seeing a trainer once a week.  With all my hard work I've managed to lose NO WEIGHT whatsoever. Really. It's terrible. But I am getting some results. I've lost an inch off my hips, inch off my waist, inch off my thighs, 1/2 inch off my calves, 1/4 inch off my upper arms, and 1/4 inch off my forearms. Which is pretty amazing.  I think I could achieve even greater results if I changed my diet a bit. That's not going to happen, but I'll try.  I've been getting better about eating breakfast (like half a PB&J sandwich or just a instant breakfast drink thingy) but I can't keep away from carbs and candy and pretty much any junk food that makes itself available to me. Hm.

And as far as any updates on my dating life... well. There are none. It's sad. I'm a loser.

Oh yeah. I also got accepted to my grad program. :) Thank goodness. So starting in Fall, I'll be a full-time grad student. God help me.

Aww Jason Mraz is ADORABLE.

I just downloaded all these random songs on iTunes...

1. the lovely Jason Mraz single

2. Usher - Love in This Club

3. the rest of the Jordin Sparks cd... hey, it only cost $7. I like that "No Air" song...

I won't lie, I love terrible pop songs.

Boredom

Nobody posts anymore :(

Maybe...

one of the best commercials I've seen in a long long LONG time.

First week of school

So! I have survived my first week back to school.  Granted, it's PCC and not grad school just yet... it was still a bit nerve wracking. I feel pretty old in my class, but today I was partnered up with a lady who's at least 30, so I don't feel too bad. Besides school, I've just been going to the gym and watching LOTS of TV. My life is pathetically boring and my bank account is in dire need of a paycheck.  I've already applied to like 10 jobs and have no heard ANYTHING from anyone just yet. Jerks. I didn't even get a TELLER job at WaMu. I'm in trouble. I feel like the biggest loser ever... bleh.

Last weekend I went to SF to visit Ellen for five days. That was fun fun fun!

Thursday, 2/14 - drove up, had take out, watched Law & Order SVU

Friday, 2/15 - Google lunch with Melissa, dinner with Emily and Melissa, Lone Palm bar with Emily, Melissa, Ellen, and Phill

Saturday, 2/16 - dim sum with Ellen, Phill, and Peter, Union Square, dinner at The Spot (weird Korean food) with the ladies (Ellen, Bo, Oranuj, Jen, Olivia plus Emily & Aaron), karaoke

Sunday, 2/17 - brunch with Emily, Melissa, Ellen, park picnic with Bo, Oranuj, Jen, Olivia, Ed, coffee, Nordstrom Rack, dinner at OSHA Thai with Ellen, Bo, and Olivia, met up with all the ladies again for drinks in the Mission

Monday, 2/18 - McD's breakfast with Ellen, drove home... got back to Arcadia around 4 pm.

Very very fun filled weekend in SF.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back up there in late March or early April and visit Ellen in her new apt.  But first, I hope I can get a job. Yeesh. I'm dying without income. I wish I had saved more when I was actually working. *sigh

Happy Valentine's Day!

So I just got to SF a few hours ago... the drive was long and boring as usual but thankfully traffic-free (until I hit the bay bridge of course).  I'm going to have a romantic evening hanging out with Ellen... it will include take-out and some lovey-dovey TV (Law & Order: SVU). Hilarious.

Here's a fabulous parody of Heidi Montag's Higher video... so funny. Enjoy!

Gung Hay Fat Choi

Yay Happy Chinese New Year!  I wore red today to celebrate :) Not like it matters because we don't celebrate it at home. For dinner, instead of a yummy Chinese feast, I made spaghetti. Not very exciting. Hehe, hopefully tomorrow we can eat Chinese food. So nothing new for me to report... just hanging out in Arcadia, dwindling my savings, kind of looking for a job but being hella picky, sleeping, and going to the gym. I saw my trainer today for the second time and I'm embarrassed to report that I almost blacked out. Yikes. We did some abs stuff, inner thigh side squat things, and yeah I just lost it during my last set of side squats. I got super light headed and started seeing the tell-tale spots so I had to sit down and rest for a few minutes. So weak. I think I just need to eat something like 45 minutes before I hit the gym instead of eating like 3 hours before. Hmm. I'll eat next time and see if that helps?  I'm pretty proud of myself for going to the gym so often though. I went last week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Weeee.

Anyway, what else have I been doing? I've been playing poker with my old high school guy friends one night a week and I've been hanging out with Susie whenever she has time off from work.  Tomorrow I'm dropping off my grad application to CSUN *YIKES* I'm excited and scared... I hope my essay is OK. I finished it last night and I think it's acceptable... not super great or anything, but decent I hope. Hm. After that I guess I'll get a pedicure (I have a gift certificate... weee) and hang out at home or hang out with Susie.  My life is pretttty boring. For now... but next week I'm driving up to SF to hang out with Ellen, Melissa, Emily, Cheech, and company before my classes start. Yay! Very exciting... ok. I'm bored with my update like I'm bored with my life.

Moving, Arcadia, Gym

So! I have successfully been in Arcadia for over a week.  It's been weird but good I guess? I feel like I get into such a rhythm when I come home.  I still feel like I'm in "visit mode."  I feel like I need to go out all the time with this urgent feeling that I'm going to leave soon for SF. BUT... I am not. So after I realize that I'm here for good, or at least for awhile, I'm sad.  I really miss SF and Ellen and all my other friends in the bay area. *sigh. But! I guess LA is fun too. I get to hang out with Susie a lot and I get to see my family... all the time.  I feel so useless since I haven't worked in like three months. I'm turning into a certifiable BUM. Yeesh. I wake up everyday at like 11 or 12... or 1. And I mostly just hang out in the living room on the couch watching tv... or I watch tv in bed in my room. The one thing I have been doing that's positive is going to the gym! I went to the gym last week THREE days in a row!! Only for like 30 minutes at a time, but still. I'm going!

My first weekend home it was Andrew and Magus' birthday parties at Tokio on Cahuenga in Hollywood and then on Sunday Melissa was down in LA so we hung out! Susie, Melissa, and I watched 27 Dresses! It was soooo great. Very very cute and sweet. James Marsden is pretty damn cute (I'd hit it).  I spent the rest of Sunday semi-studying for the GRE... yuck. Monday I actually took the GRE and got a pretty horrible, but passing, score. So! Since I don't need to take the damn test, I'm just going to forget I ever took it. :) Yes. Avoidance and forgetfulness is best.  The rest of the week I just hit the gym and hung out at home mostly.  This last weekend, it rained like a mother so yeah, I just mostly stayed in doing nothing at home. Niiice. Yesterday I hit the gym and then met up for lunch with Susie and Chris.  We had a really YUMMY lunch at Panera Bread (I got french onion soup and a chicken caesar sandwich) and then after we were bored so we walked around Paseo (DSW, Loehmann's, Sephora, MAC... I just got a cool eyebrow powder thingy and an eyeliner) and then we walked around Old Town a bit.

Since we couldn't figure out what to do... we walked around the MALL.  Wow we walked around THREE shopping centers yesterday. Nice. We tried the frozen yogurt at Ce Fiore (which is GOOD... as good as pinkberry I'd say) and then decided to eat dinner at The Hat. Susie and I shared an order of chili cheese fries and Chris got a burger. Yum.  And after dinner, I hung out at my friend's house and played hold 'em for like three hours with the boys. Niiiice.  I lost $8 which isn't too bad considering I played for so long!

Today I had an appt with my personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness and man... my body is in pain. Yeesh. I've never worked my body sooo hard before. And now, I'm back in bed watching Friends. I really need to get a job or something... although I'm sure I'll be complaining of not having enough time to be lazy once my pre-req classes start. Hm.

My 100th Post and My...

Last night in San Francisco. How very sad. :(  I'll really miss Ellen, our apt, all my friends in the bay area, and the delightful city that is San Francisco. *SIGH Very sad. But! I can't pay rent and if I want to go to school, I gotta get my ass back home.  It's weird, it never really hit me until tonight that I'm actually leaving. Forever. Well, not forever.  I'm definitely open to moving back up here after I finish school.  I love SF... but we'll see where my life takes me from here.  I'm pretty excited to start school again, even though I'll hate it as soon as it starts.  My pre-req classes start in late February... Intro to Counseling (online class) and Behavioral Statistics (scary scary scary).  I need to get a B in stats. Fudge. I hope I can pull it off. I've taken two stats classes already for undergrad and I got a C in both. Yikes. They really should have been C-'s. I'll just try to get as much help as possible and meet with the professor as often as possible. I need to do well! I hope I can get into CSUN for the counseling program.  If I don't get into CSUN for Fall 2008, I'll definitely apply for SFSU's program for Fall 2009. I hope I can do it.

Anyway, what the hell have I been up to? Since I've been back in SF for my final two weeks, I've mostly been hanging out with Ellen, slowly packing up, hanging out with Emily and Melissa, and watching LOTS of TV.

Last Wednesday, I went bar-hopping with Kishore, Emily, Sean, Kathy J, Khanh, Ty, Rachel, and Tina.  We went to a few places that night...  We started out at Lone Palm for a few pre-drinks (uh, I had a shirley temple) and then off to Laszlo where I had an OK mojito and weird appetizers.  After that it was Luna Park for a blood orange mojito (which was yummy, as their mojitos always are) and goat cheese fondue, fries, tuna poke.  After Luna Park we head to Ramblas for a tapas style dinner.  Everyone kind of ordered random stuff and while I think it could've been yummy... I already had too much random crap to eat and two much alcohol drunk too fast. YIKES.  So I threw up in the bathroom.  So classy. Yikes. But! Almost no one noticed! Only Emily could tell that I felt really terrible. After Ramblas (and puking, which made me feel 10x better) we hit up Blondie's bar across the street.  Of course, by this time I was totally done drinking but I was able to enjoy myself at Blondie's by listening to their live band play some jazz. Nice.  It was a fun night minus the barfing.

Last weekend Susie and Chris flew up to hang out and celebrate my last weekend in SF.  We had dinner at my fav crab place, Nonna Rose, and after we went to Shine in SoMa for drinks.  Dinner was yummy and fun... of course.  But Shine? Not so much.  The atmosphere was kind of weird.. rave-ish with a really weird mix of people.  Bo bought me ONE shot of tequila... which I think was maybe Cuervo or something.  But that definitely did not mix well with my tummy.  Probably due to A) I hate shots B) I'm weak sauce C) I didn't get eat that much.  I definitely cracked most of my crab but I didn't eat that much... and crab is hardly filling. Well! I had the shot around 11, threw up around 11:30, and was home by 11:45... where I threw up some more and had the spins for about two hours. YIKES.  I kept thinking that something else was in that tequila, but whatever. It's probably just due to my terrible alcohol tolerance.  And here I was thinking that I got better. Yeesh. Two episodes of barf in like four days. Holy crap.  Prior to last week, I hadn't thrown up since I was 21. Bleh. Anyway! No more barf talk...

This week I packed up my room, gave all of my furniture to the Salvation Army (bed, dresser, bookshelf, desk, bicycle), had lunch with Ellen at Olive Garden on Wednesday (mmm breadstick/salad/soup lunch!), then we walked around the mall for a bit to entertain ourselves and digest.  After the mall we went to Genki to get crepes... mmmmm crepes.  For dinner we just got Burger King and hung out at home watching 30 Rock. Wee!  Today I had lunch with Melissa, Emily, Ellen, Bo, and Kathy.  Sad to be leaving everyone, but I promise to come back all the time to visit!  After lunch, I went to Target with Emily and we just wandered around.  I got home around 5-ish and just started loading up my car... well my dad's car.  I can't believe how much CRAP can fit in there!  I went to dinner with Ellen at Tartine in the Mission. YUM.  So so fancy.  We split a small salad and then I ordered the potato gnocchi with kale and Ellen got the black carp.  After dinner I ordered the chocolate torte cake and Ellen got this uh whipped cream type dessert thingy.  MMM. So good and it was really nice to have one last dinner with Ellen as roommates.

After dinner we loaded up the rest of my big stuff... tomorrow I just have a few more small things to put in the car (I hope it fits) and then I'm off back to Arcadia!  Wish me luck!

Christmas, New Years, and SF

Ahh so much time has passed since my last blog update. Not like it matters... but here we go... Prior to Christmas Eve I exchanged gifts with Ellen and Susie (got a gc for Burke Williams Spa, a cool tornado chocolate milk maker thingy, and a cute Splendid navy sweater... thanks guys!) and then hung out at Jenn's apt with Ellen.  She got a new puppy and he's ADORABLE.  We just hung out at her pad to catch up and play guitar hero.  Christmas Eve I went to my aunt's house in Simi Valley and then Christmas Day went to my other aunt's house in Rowland Hts. Both were fun family times and I ended up Christmas cash and sweet gifts.

The day after Christmas I went shopping with my mom and sister at the mall.  I ended up getting some Hawaii essentials (cotton shorts, tank tops) and a cute pair of white/pink pumas! After shopping I just hung out at home with my family, packed for Hawaii, and played my sister's new Guitar Hero game (I'm getting pretty good).

Thursday, we left for Hawaii and arrived on Oahu around 11 am Hawaii time.  We got our rental car, went to Pali lookout, drove around the island and finally checked into the hotel around 4 pm.  After dinner, Tracee, Jeremy, Al and I walked around downtown Waikiki to look at the stores.  There was this one cute store called 88 Tees with lots of cutesy cotton t-shirts (one said, "Hawaii: a sunny place for shady people.").  Our 2nd day in Hawaii we went out to the Dole Plantation, Matsumoto's Shave Ice, and walked along a few beaches in the North Shore.  Al and I walked to the beach in Waikiki after dinner and hung out on the beach for awhile.  Beautiful!  Our 3rd day in Hawaii, we (minus Tracee and Jeremy) went to Sandy Beach, a "blowhole" (this hole near the ocean that shoots water up when the waves come in... it's pretty cool), and had McD's for lunch.  We actually ate McD's a LOT while we were in Hawaii... gross and delicious.  On our 4th day, we went to the big flea market at Aloha Stadium.  Sunday was the only really really sunny and hot day in Hawaii.  After the flea market we went to the beach in Waikiki and hung out there for a bit.  It was pretty warm and nice until it got hella cloudy and started to RAIN.  The rain sucked but we just rented a beach umbrella and ended up hanging out for a few hours.  After the beach we had dinner at this yummy restaurant called the Side Street Cafe... if anyone goes to Honolulu, go to this restaurant and order the teriyaki steak and the house/chef's salad. :) Yum.

On Monday, our 5th day in Hawaii, we (Al, Tracee, and my mom) went PARASAILING! It was pretty exciting.  At first I thought we were going to start in the water and fly up which scared me because I'm afraid of sharks and other various sea wildlife.  But! We were able to take off and land ON the boat! They had this cool thingy where it just reeled us in. Nice.  After parasailing we just hung out at the hotel for awhile.  We had a late dinner at Cheesecake Factory and then hit the beach for the New Years Eve firework show.  The fireworks were BEAUTIFUL! Best fireworks show I've ever seen in my life.  The beach was hella crowded but it was worth it to elbow ourselves a spot and wait.  On Tuesday, we meant to ride the trolley to the Hilo Hattey store but unfortunately the store closed early and the trolley never came... even though we waited for like 45 minutes. Assholes!  So instead we (me, my mom, and Al) just walked around the shops in Waikiki before retreating back to the hotel to hang out with the rest of the family.  Our last night in Oahu, we (minus Tracee and Jeremy) watched the Cirque Hawaii show.  TERRIBLE show. Wow, basically... if you ever wonder where Cirque Du Soleil performers go to die... it's at the Cirque Hawaii show.  Damn I'm mean, but it was pretty terrible.  There was an Elvis impersonator for the first 15 minutes, and the rest of the show was a slew of sub-par performers who asked for applause every 2 minutes. Yeesh.  The contortionist was pretty awesome... she was the only redeeming thing. Yikes.

Wednesday we finally went to Hilo Hatties and got some goodies before departing for LA. Our flight was pretty standard with a bit more turbulence than usual but not too shabby.  I mostly just napped, played Sims on my laptop, and played my DS.  Thursday I hung out with Susie! We went to the mall and I got TONS of stuff at the Victoria's Secret sale! YAY. I got a bra, underpants, slippers, and thermal pj pants! After the mall we went to 24 Hour Fitness in Pasadena so I can sign up for a gym membership. FINALLY. It was pretty damn pricey but I think I got a good deal.  I paid for three years in one lump sum and then after my three years, every year after is only $30.  $30 for the ENTIRE year! Not too shabby I guess. I can use any gym facility (except the ULTRA sport gym in Irvine... which apparently has a spa and tanning salon inside),  I have VIP access which means I can take anyone to the gym with me EVERY single time I go, and I get 10 sessions with a trainer.  So! If things go well and I actually force myself to go to the gym (and drag Susie along with me) my goal is to lose like 45 lbs by summer.  Whew. We'll see!

Today I just drove up to SF.  The drive was hella windy, rainy, and full of stupid tumbleweeds.  At first I thought the tumbleweeds were kind of cute until they started rolling under my car. Grrr. Luckily I drove my dad's giant SUV up so the tumbleweeds didn't stand a chance. But yes... now I must rest a bit and then I have to start studying for the GRE. AHHHH grad school applications are looming and I'm kind of up shit creek without a paddle. We'll see if I can do it.