:) Just got home from JP's birthday shindig. JP is seriously my absolute favorite Karate-kicking, surfing, bartender whos so strong that he doesn't know that he's choking you when he's giving you one of his million dollar hugs. :) The party was your typical filipino party where theres a good amount of friends, family, food, alcohol, and of course KARAOKE. And since I'm still sick... I couldn't quite get jiggy with the microphone. But I DID see enough disturbing drunken hip thrusting from Tommy to give me nightmares for the next couple of months. I was entertained tonight though with Will's one-man "Matador and bull" imitation as well as his "finger" magic tricks, the "groping" and indecent pictures (talk about getting action...), and story time with JP's dad (What? RJ IS A SEX MACHINE?!?). Most important of all, I got to see the Keri, Tina, Mae, Marissa, JP and Joey... and we picked out our kris kringles for the christmas party. I have ______. Hope he/she likes what I got planned. ;)

*Missy Elliot's WORK IT...*
Nicole: (singing) Go downtown and eat it like a vulcha
Joey: Wouldn't that hurt... with the beak and all?

Earlier today, I checked my voicemail and there was this creepy message on it:
Happy Thanksgiving sexy thang!! I can lick you up... like a turkey.
And since my phone had died the night before, it didn't say who the message was from. But I took down the number and researched it.. and lo and behold... IT WAS MANNY!! ;P He's a freak... yep.

The house smells like Christmas now that we have a tree in the house. So now I'm offically OFFICALLY excited for christmas... Actually, its a combination of everything that puts me in the holiday spirit. Hot apple cider, Day After Thanksgiving sales, Twinkle lights in their trays ready to be hung... There's nothing like singing Christmas songs in your car with the heater on to make you feel all warm and happy inside.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Today was a day of absolute gluttony... as it always is every year. The thing is that since my mom and dad split up, Thanksgivings have been even more so since its been BIG LUNCH here at home with mom... and BIG DINNER with my dad's family. This means an obscene amount of food. We have enough leftovers here to last us a couple of weeks... so if you've got a craving for some pumpkin pie or roast... come on over!

My baby niece Alica is the cutest thing and since she is the baby in the family... everyone fawns over her. :) Today she said "apple" and everyone in the room repeated "apple" in this awed, amazed manner that made me laugh. She also has the greatest toys. Angel and I were going gaga and feeling superior with this one toy for 1 year olds that had a lot of colors and gizmos on it. Thats right... I know my colors. Yay me! ;)

Well since it IS Thanksgiving... so what are YOU thankful for?
I'm grateful for God, my family (as crazy as they ALL are), my friends (as crazy as they ALL are), good relationships, the roof over my head, those simple things in life that make it all worthwhile, creative energy... used to bring Joy into the world, AIM so that I can talk to people near, far, wherever you are, second chances, "kindred spirits", the used bookstore across the street, slow jams that make you all wishy washy lovey dovey, Conan O'Brien, that everyone in my life is in good health, opposable thumbs, water filters, Disneyland, blogspot, cki, quality time, cd burners+kazaa, the muppets, Diana Krall songs, Harry Potter (I Heart Ron Weasley) and Anne of Green Gables, wicked sarcasm, people who make me laugh, days that are sunny, rainy, breezy, or just really beautiful, my job, the essentials that keep me alive, late night chats about nothing, Saved by the Bell reruns, stuffing, waffles, Indiana Jones *wink*, Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" because it makes me want to call people up and say "I LOVE YOU" to them, ABBA, a sane mind (?), being able to really get to know people, those days when it rains and your blankets are warm and you don't have anything planned for the day, personal TLC, the ability to dance in the car to Britney Spear's I'M A SLAVE without a care in the world, finding good parking, seeing an old face, knowing that you brightened someones day, when a friend looks out for your well being, short lines, rocky road ice cream, glasses repair kits, 24 hour walmart, sunshine, lolipops, people in my life who when I think about them, I can't help but smile, happy memories and craziness that the future holds for me...

I had this dream last night where I was kicking it with Harry Potter.... and as I was giving him a high-five for his kick ass quidditch match... I slammed my hand into the wall and picture frame and woke myself up. Oh lordy...

At work yesterday, Brandi was telling me of how her older brother used to shove her into the sleeping bag, sit at the opening, and fart into it just to torchure her. It made me think of my own childhoold and how sister and I used to fight... There were some pretty bad kiddie fights we had. One time I stabbed her with a pencil... another time she cut my hair... or she would chase me around the house when I needed to go to the bathroom and so I would end up peeing in my pants. She says I used to kick her at night... but I beg to differ... I remember annoying her when we went to bed because I would walk on the tiles with no socks on and go to bed with cold feet... and then I'd rub my feet on her. When I was 6 years old, I remember sitting in the back of the car with my sister... wearing my favorite hat. This hat was the greatest hat ever because my nanang had crocheted it for me and I looked ever so cute whenever I wore it (or so I think). I don't know why, but suddenly Carlene went into this mad rage, grabbed my precious hat and THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW!! Oh my gosh... I started crying and begged my mom and dad to turn around so that we can get it... but no. My dear hat was gone. I'm not bitter at all... oh no. :P

Isn't it funny how some of these "horrible" flashbacks make you smile in embarassment or even pride. Thats right... I stabbed my sister with a pencil. It almost broke skin. Don't mess with my crayons.

But we knew we loved each other. Sure the whole "your dolls are my dolls and my dolls are MY dolls" mentality my sister had wasn't the greatest thing... but there was a time when my dad threated to give Carlene away to my Tita Lagring after we fought once and I started to cry... I guess I did love my annoying little sister... or when I scared Carlene into thinking I was running away and my proof was that I had actually put socks and underware into a bag... and she begged me not to go. *awww* She did love me!

On a side note... My mom used to play tricks on us. Like she'd turn off all the lights and hide in a corner while Carlene and I are crying "where are you mommy!!" and running around thinking we had been abandoned. Or she'd come home with all these surgical tools from work and said that if we were lying, she would cut off our tongues with them. Oh yeah... Those are some crazy memories...

So.. my sister was using my computer and had the most interesting conversation with Petey...

doubleup144: man...this is wacked
spaznik: HELLO...
spaznik: ITS CARLENE!
spaznik: NICOLE IS AWAY
spaznik: :-)
doubleup144: what the?
doubleup144: why you using Nicole's SN?
spaznik: I BEAT HER UP!!
spaznik: BECAUSE I CAN
doubleup144: oh no
doubleup144: I need to come save her
doubleup144: I'm on my way!
doubleup144: you's one meanass sister
spaznik: DUH!
spaznik: I WOULDNT COME OVER THOUGH
spaznik: ID KICK YOUR ASS
spaznik: AND YOU WOULD BE SAD
doubleup144: true......
doubleup144: Oh shit
doubleup144: I'm gonna go call up Joe
spaznik: WUURRD
spaznik: OH YEAH... I CAN BREAK HIM WITH MY PINKY
doubleup144: And bring my posse
doubleup144: ok...I"m trembling with fear now!
spaznik: LOL
spaznik: MUAHAHAHAHHAHAAHA
doubleup144: Nooooooo
doubleup144: aite...have fun holding nicole hostage
spaznik: SHHHH PETEY... YOUS MY BITCH!
doubleup144: Oh hells no
doubleup144: You's my bitch!!!
spaznik: OH HELL!
doubleup144: everyone is my bitch
doubleup144: you best bow down
spaznik: WHA?!
doubleup144: that's right
spaznik: YOUS SMOKIN' CRACK!
spaznik: IMMA EFF YOU UP SUCKA!
doubleup144: you better not ask stupid questions
doubleup144: bring it on!!!!
spaznik: I AINT NO CHEERLEADER!!
spaznik: THIS IS LONG BEACH FOO!
doubleup144: HAHAHAH
doubleup144: Oh damn...you represnting the LBC
spaznik: WUURRRRR
doubleup144: damnit...I knew you bringing trouble
spaznik: WHAT UP IE?!?!
spaznik: 99.1
doubleup144: Eaaaaasssssstttt Siiiiideeeeeee
spaznik: UM ALRIGHT
doubleup144: aite..time to ballout
spaznik: ONE!
doubleup144: late

Wow... say it with me. "GHETTO." :P

:) I'm alive!! A bit sick... but at least I'm still breathing. I have this scent of cough drops to me too. Ewww.

Friday afternoon, I was over in Laguna putting up a HUGE ceiling drape at this banquet hall in Laguna. And like I blogged earlier, all they played was Christmas music. There must be a several hundred versions of THE CHRISTMAS SONG... I think I heard them all that day. Saturday was LONG. LOOOOONNNNGG. LOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGGG. At 7am, decorated a temple over in Riverside... at 10am.. decorated the chapel and reception over at the Mission Inn in Riverside... and from 4-7pm finishing up at a banquet hall in Laguna. It was 12 freaking hours of insanity... but everything came out really beautiful. The temple was an experience because it was an Islamic Temple and so I had to take off my shoes and cover my head to just to drape the aisle inside. The Mission Inn itself was gorgeous... *note to self... prospective wedding place in case there are no suitable bathrooms at Union Station in LA.* It was nice because they had their christmas lights up... but then again the decorations itself were EXTREMELY creepy. Like they had these lifesize dolls standing on the balcony, giant bands of pandas in the courtyard, and these gold painted statues of angels and the Virgin Mary up along the arches... all MOVING. EEEK! *note to self again... when getting married and if the Mission Inn is the dream location... not during Christmas time... nor anytime where they have creepy *traumatizing* statues to scare myself and the bridal party*

I went to go see Harry Potter again with Joe yesterday night... *I HEART RON WEASLEY!* Now I'm just a bit slightly obsessive over the whole Harry Potter series (again) and terrified because according to one website, in the next book a major character is supposed to die. And since I heart Ron Weasley, I'm really really hoping that it isn't going to be him... really really really hoping. I don't want it to be Hermione either... nor Harry... If its Hagrid.. then I guess I'll be ok. I made Carrie promise me that when the book comes out, she's going to read it first and if something horrible does happen to (i heart) Ron... then I'm not going to read it at all. Okok.. I'm retarded... but I'm really scared. The books definitely get darker and maybe J.K. Rowling is this crazy woman who secretly thinks that everyone likeable should be mangled to death and takes joy in breaking her readers little hearts. Maybe... ok.. I'm gonna go out and get a life. Really I am. Really!!!

Nothing like being stuck in a room playing nothing but CHRISTMAS MUSIC for 4 HOURS to get you in the holiday mood. Oh my... :)

The other night, I went outside to look at the meteor shower. I saw one shooting star... which I think was pretty good considering that I was staring at the sky from the comforts of my backyard and the moon was really bright that night. So you bet I made my one wish a really good one. I'm not gonna tell because you know.. then it won't come true. But when we DO achieve world peace... you know who to thank. *wink*

My throat is bleh... but my voice is still *sexy*. (insert phone number here) Although its getting annoying because I can't belt out to my fullest car-singing potential when driving... Today at work, while Brandi was gone, I quickly put the radio to KOST where they are playing christmas music and I couldn't *fa-lalalalala* along with it. (a side note... I really can't believe they're playing Christmas music already... but I guess it does make sense with Thanksgiving next week and all... but the weather is just too weird, warm, and not holiday like at all.) It was quite sad. Speaking of work... things aren't looking TOO crappy. We have 3 weddings all over Orange County and Riverside on Saturday and I'm was supposed to work from 7am-6pm and then 11pm-2am... but now I don't have to do tear down. You don't know how happy that makes me! Granted I still can't go to Vegas or San Diego to play with anyone, but at least I can go home, stay there and get some needed rest. Maybe pop in a video and fall asleep to the sweet sounds of LADY AND THE TRAMP. *ooOoOo*

This week is gonna be one of those ARGH weeks... :( I'm STILL sick and I'm just swamped with stuff to do for work and school before the holiday.

Oh a brighter and oh so happier note...
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY JEAN!
Go get wicked *but not too wicked that its bad* drunk!! Wish I can go and play.... but too many people falling in love and getting married. :P

:) YAAY! FTC was a lot of fun...

Some memorable highlights...
-THE CAMPFIRE SKIT!! :) IT WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN! Kristin and I usually have our moments of sheer insanity/genius during our board meetings... and one of them was the whole idea of a lounge act routine for FTC. So we finally got it together thursday night... and after several hours of practicing it over and over during our 8 hour drive up to Sonora... it was great! :) *IF THERE ARE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO VIDEOTAPED IT... CAN YOU TELL ME PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE?? I'LL BE YOUR BESTEST FRIEND... OR I CAN MAKE YOU COOKIES. YOUR PICK!* Our goal was to have people sing "Macho Mondo" outloud afterwards... and at closing session, they did. Kristen and I were almost in tears.. (not really, but you know..) All the skits were just awesome (Carrie was seriously shaking her booty, as was Pic... and I will never forget Dustin looking for his "fairy-god jigga").
-Seeing everyone! :):):) "Mama bear" Jane and "Hip Hopping" Bruce... Playing and sweeping with my fellow CKI chair Gina, Tracy, Jordan, Chris, and the rest of the crazy D-boarders I rarely see... Oh so sexxxxy Robert "Rolo/Justin/Rated-R"(Hi Hottie!), getting a hug from Kathy via Dan, even Mr. Kiwaian Phuoc *I have TIVO in my cabin* was there! :)
-The Dboard Skit.. too freaking hilarious!
-The pieing: Remember how last year I was very young and "pie=love" happy? I was retarded. This year, I was as Joe calls it a "Casualty of War" because I was on the pieing team of Alice, Dustin, and Jordan... whose schools have a lot of money and want to see their officers pied. While we were standing there waiting for our doom, we figured that pieing is embarassing enough.. so we were going to go into it "unprotected" (without being encased in plastic trashbags.) Luckily, rather than getting pied by a stranger or someone with incredible hatred who'd start off running with the tin of whipped cream in their hand towards me... I got pied by my Kristin and Stephanie, who very lightly dabbed it onto my face. (icky... yes... but not too messy. :) YAY! But then again, got to shower 10 hours later... ewww)
-My homeclub: I love them.. :) Not only did we have our very own skit, but we even cheered on our own with "Cal State Fullerton... Cal State Fullerton... Nothing rhymes with Fullerton... Nothing rhymes with Fullerton... Bullerton, Cullerton, Dullerton... SEE?* cheer. Cheesy AND cute... ;) The club was so great this weekend... even though Oaks 102 was a breeding ground of germs because all of the girls in it were ill. But we all shared our drugs, tissues, and cough drops... *good times*
-Joe's Face: Ok.. so there was this girl at one of the tables next to us who screamed this really horriffic/oddly fascinating scream that sounded like a combination of a Xena shriek and a dolphin's squeek. I was laughing when I heard it... but then DIED when I turned to see Joe's facial reaction. THAT itself was a combo of a "What the freak was that?" and an "I am soooo turned on right now" look.
-Feet: Friday night, I was in Duncan lodge just hanging out when Shong came out from taking his shower and started drying the spaces in between his toes. This prompted the following conversation:
Jordan: I can feel my feet smelling in my shoe.
Nicole: Ewww... why don't you go outside, take off your shoes, and then let your feet and shoes air outside?
Jordan: And I can watch squirrels fall dead from the trees.
He then started describing more characteristics about his feet that really was just TOO MUCH INFO. :P
-Stuffing dolls: I'm afraid I'm going to have nightmares of armies of faceless gingerbreadman-looking dolls coming towards me with handfuls of stuffing wanting revenge... But it will all be for a good cause... although in our own corner of stuffing, Carrie, Robert, Gina and I were going slighty delirious and bursting into *Build Me Up Buttercup* or *Stuff it now... stuff it good... stuff it like you know you should... its neck... its back... down its leg and sew the crack."
-The Dance: Carrie and I have pretty much decided that we're OLD and we just can't hack it anymore. We'd dance and then go outside until we hear a familiar beat that we couldn't resist... and then back outside to chill again. It was a vicious cycle.
-Petey's babypicture and his odd facination with small jackets and hats: Petey brought his scrapbook that his mom made him that had his babypictures in it. We found this ADORABLE picture of Petey halfnaked posing in it... and while Carrie distracted Petey, I got Don too take a picture of it with hopes that will it make it into the FTC slide show... but it didn't. :( Anyways, Petey's odd facination with small jackets and hats... all thoughout the weekend, he was borrowing jackets from Joe, Reina, and Carrie that were all smaller than him... and yet he was seriously WORKING THEM. I now have permission to go shopping with Petey and dress him up for convention. WHOOOHOOO! ;)
-The drive: 8 hours to Sonora... 8 hours back home... but it was all so much fun with Kristin and Anthony (and later on Stacy) in the car. Yeah.. we practiced our skit over and over and over again that even Anthony knew the script by heart.. but also we had this weird obsession of putting imaginary pirates in real life situations. And you can't forget those endless games of Either/Or, looking at road signs from a pervy's view, or belting out "I Just Called to Say I Love you"... and calling people just to do so. ;)

Unfortunantly, I have no voice and I'm still coughing and congested. bleh.... but oh wells... ;) *GOOD TIMES*

Still feeling icky. :( Actually, I'm trying to get better so that I can get even more sick at FTC... cause you know, its gonna be cold and possibly snowing and I'll probably get all hyper and happy that I'm out in the "wilderness" that I'll spend my time outdoors making snowangles (if there is snow) or just chilling with the bears at midnight.

:) the installation went really well considering all the last minute panicking due to the rain... but I think everyone had fun... :)

Hmmm, that day (er yester-yesterday) I had a wedding over in Palos Verdes at the really quaint La Vetra Inn. It was up on the hill and overlooked the ocean... perfect for the outdoor ceremony that was planned... unfortunantly the rain kinda ruined that view... but still everything came out beautiful, despite the hectic and rushed air that was in the air as everyone was setting up. It seriously felt like everything was going wrong... I had arrived an hour late due to the traffic, rain, AND the one girl whom I was supposed to carpool with didn't show up at the shop, we only had 2 hours to set up due to the fact that the hotel has an event before our function, and the candels in the centerpieces were getting too hot for our freshflowers and the beautiful lilies were getting singed. But luckily we finished with 10 minutes to spare... unfortunantly, outside the room, guests were already assembled so we had to go out the back door with our supplies, and carry them all to the otherside of the parking lot... IN THE RAIN. It seriously was the worse working conditions EVER!! But you know what, the wedding came out to be one of my absolute favorite ones so far because the setting was so intimate and everything was just beautiful. I also had my usual dreamy "romantic" moment where I just had to go "awwww... it doesn't matter if it rains... to this couple they have the world within each other!" Really... I did. But then I had to stop and decorate the cake table.

*leaving the site*
Nicole: Awww, I kinda wanted to see the brides...
Noelle: Brides?? Like 2 couples getting married?
Nicole: Noo.. more like one couple.. a lesbian couple
Noelle: OooOOo.. thats soooo cute!!
Doug: Maybe one day, you'll find your very own bride.

Anyways, once I got off, I rushed (in a cautious manner) over to Janelle (THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :) *MUAH*) for our Installation banquet. :) I swear... I LOVE MY CLUB... we're a small group but I think we all manage to do great things and have fun when we are all together. We had a little program for the new members (stickpeople slideshow, the "ceremony", etc) and then afterwards had a mini "dance" and karaoke. :) It felt like those high school parties when someone's parents were out of town and so you invited whoever to come on over and kick it... with a DJ. ;) Karaoke was OH so cheesy with Kristen's "Bringing it Home" singing, Mikie, Ryan, and Petey's very interesting rendition of "Nandito Ako", a disturbing "Copacabana" from Armando, we can't forget the giant group sing-a-long of "That's What Friends Are For" Hopefully everyone had fun... I know I did... even though Mikie TOOK Elvis... but then Steph got him back and I stopped crying. YAY!! Afterwards, Petey and Carrie and I had a little sumber party here *tee-hee* But great big THANK YOU's to everyone who came... :) You're the greatest and you completely and utterly ROCK.

Today, (er, yesterday) because of the working in the rain I woke to find my throat sore and my nose runny... yeep! Nicole is getting sick... but on a happy note, while I was walmart this afternoon getting some medicine, I got a call from my boss saying that didn't need me for the event today. :) So I stayed at Walmart a bit longer with Carrie and then we went to Mc Donalds to get HELLO KITTY HAPPY MEALS!! :) Yes... it IS the little things in life that make me happy... friends, family, sunshine, lollipops, flowers, puppies, jumping into puddles with sensible shoes on, good music, and hello kitty....

GWEN DIDN'T GET A ROSE!! Oh my goodness.. you know how heartbroken I was for her when he picked Brooke over her... Really. I was on the verge of tears because I thuoght that they were absolutely perfect for each other... *sigh* I dunno if I can watch "THE BACHELOR" anymore... oh wait.. I can. ;)

This week has been pretty busy with reading, school, work, and a LOT CKI due to the fact that our new member installation banquet is tonight. :) (ooOoOoOOOoooo... so if you wanna come... CALL ME!! Its gonna be a lot of fun... dinner, a program, and a dance!) This week was packed with general meetings, online board meetings, and real-life board meetings... but I think everything will be great tonight. :)

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ROCKS MY WORLD!!

Just wondering... why did Olive Oyle always choose Popeye over Brutus/Bluto? I'm not defending Brutus/Bluto because he NEVER could understand the concept of "no means no" with Olive... and really that relationship right there would be worthy to be on Dr. Phil... But Olive Oyle was such a tease... I mean she'd lure both guys to her and the flirt with Brutus... and the he gets frisky and she freaks out... and the freakshow Popeye (whos ALWAYS hiding a stash of spinach in his shirt... whats up with that? Why spinach? Why not a granola bar? Its less bulky. Is spinach like Popeye's CRACK?) comes to the rescue. Popeye's body was all dispportioned, he was a smoker, rarely smiled, was incoherant a majority of the time, and he has this really errie cackle. I imagine that he would grind his teeth while sleeping... that would be annoying. Wouldn't you think that if Brutus/Bluto got cleaned up and took some "gentlemen" classes... he'd be worthy enough to take home to the parents?

And I think the overwhelming consensus right now is that Nicole really needs to get out the house more often... no?

*on the gay club*
Kathy: Its like waving a carrot infront of a ravenous rabbit...
Nicole: its actually more like waving a PLASTIC carrot... no bites... its only good to look at.

Kathy: So I took the lollipop out of my mouth and I gave it to him.. and he put it in his mouth.
Nicole: OH MY GOSH!! Thats so romantic!! Did you guys go out to a spaghetti dinner afterwards and did he roll a meatball onto your plate with his nose???

Nicole: You should ask him if he wears a shirt underneath his fireman's uniform... like yellow pants, suspenders, and a barechest??
Kathy: Whats with you and these ghetto-ass questions??

By the way... Kathy is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much more cuter than I am.... AND she has bigger boobs. :) For reals!!

OH! My mom wanted to go return the *smut* DVD today... but then I reminded her that she probably would have to fill out forms and if theres anything more embarassing than buying a DVD called "the puppetry of penis"... its returning it. She agreed and decided that its gonna be a keeper in our library of DVDs. (BTW... it really isn't porn. They actually had a featurette of this show on HBO's REAL SEX... and it was found in the COMEDY section of DVDs as opposed to the covered ADULT/PORNO section... so she really isn't THAT freaky.)

Masquerade was fun!!

The night started when I went to Steph's to meet up with Joe, Son, Anthony, Kristen, Janelle, and Ryan... and I swear... EVERYONE was just looking soooo gorgeous and cute!! :) It seriously was adorable because it felt like high school again with the "couples" taking pictures... we were about to take some girl group shots... guy group shots... and then everyone on the stairs shots... :) Anyways, around 7:45, we were OFF to San Diego!

In my car, we were jamming to my oh so WICKED mix of old school booty "gold digging girls" and old school ghetto "endo smoke" cds, as well as talking to Mikie on the cellie and trying to figure out WHERE on the 5 he was in correlation to us... we finally arrived (as predicted) at 9pm in SD. The orginial plan was to go to Cheesecake Factory for dinner, but the wait was too long. So instead, we walked across the way to the Crocodile Cafe where there wasn't a wait time. I dunno if the food was exactly "great" (don't ask Joe what he thought of it) but hey, we all had fun.

I sorta got lost on my way to the boat... but luckily we all finally got to the dock and the *porn name sounded boat* THE LORD HORNBLOWER. (Kristen and Anthony thought that the Boat was the giant ASS Carnival cruise ship right next to it... but nooope.) :) It was so great! I know I see a lot of my friends on an common basis... but I was SERIOUSLY really happy to see everyone that night. I don't know why... maybe it was just the thrill of being with them in a place aside from here. I was suprised to see Carrie there since I was convinced that she wasn't gonna come... but YAAAY! And Robert was there complete with his "ICE!" (next time you need to spell out SCANDALOUS) ;) After a wait out on the dock and several confusions as to where the line to board the boat was, we finally got on the boat (where I immediently took off my cute but "oh so painful" shoes and we were off!!

The boat circled the harbor while everyone was dancing the night away for a good cause. On the top floor, there was Karaoke... Some peak performances I got to witness were: Petey and Robert rapped "baby got back" while Kristen and I chanted "L.A. face with an Oakland Booty" (which I learned was the backround for that song last time we did go to Elvis!?), Ryan and Petey did "Gin and Juice", Carrie and Alice did Britney Spears "Crazy", Mondo sang "Born to be Wild" and saved himself by having screaming "come on everyone!" and having the floor sing along with him... Mikie entertained with his rendition of Frank Sinatra's "I Got You Under My Skin"... and as an "prep"... Kristen kicked ass singing "Last Dance" and I got to play with the "Shoop Shoop Song." ;)

Downstairs, after all the karaoke madness, we all stuck on the dancefloor (given that that the DJ played a good song). OK... number one thing I've noticed lately is that the moment Britney Spear's "I'm A Slave For You" comes on... girls will GO BUCK WILD. I think its the beat... but put on a normal song on and girls will dance normally... but once you hear that beat... its OVER and this "inner stripping sexpot" is released. And I think guys know this because they pretty much stay on the dance floor and watch us go insane. :) Oh wells.. its a GOOD song. ;)

At 3am, the boat docked and the dance was over.. or so we thought. :) We got off the boat and crossed the street for a mini after-party over at Mikie's car. *gheeetttoooo* But the cops came and people started to disburst. It was time to go home... so I followed Carrie, Steph follwed me and we went to a nearby Jack In the Box to get some "energy" food... got on the road... and an hour later... we were home. (cause I'm good like that. ;)) My passengers in my car were sleeping 20 minutes into the ride, so I kept myself awake by SINGING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS to oldies. ;) Dropped off the kids at Stephs and drove home... were I pretty much contemplated if I should just sleep in my car on the driveway.. but I mustered up the energy to get inside the house and into my bed.

~*~ and thus completes my Masquerade ball experience~*~ GREAT JOB JEAN and UCSD CKI!!

This afternoon, was awaken by Carlene... washed cars... and went to Frys where my mom was extremely embarassed for buying a "smutt* DVD (aka the Puppetry of Penis) but still got it anyhow for her upcoming Christmas party with her gal-pals. Oh my.... Melissa came over and we watched Amelie and munched on leftover Halloween candy. :) *good "chill* times...

Its November 2. Do you know what today is?? Happy All Saints Day!! :) Now everyone needs to go dress up like their favorite Saint and sing "When the Saints Go Marching In." That's what you did in the Second grade at Holy Name.... :) Ahhhh.. memories...

Today was a really good day despite only having about 3 1/2 hours of sleep the night before... We had the last day of our "Bake Sale" week at school... and Anthony and I manned the table for it today. :) By 11, we were practically begging people just to TAKE the brownies and cookies cause we were pretty much tired and just wanted to leave already. But, its all good.. we made $$$ and now we have transportation to FTC! :) WHoohooo!! Sure beats walking... ha ha ha?

So I had made reservations at the Getty for the LA Enkanto concert at 7:30pm... I needed to be there by 7pm... I left around 5pm thinking "hey! I can get there by 6pm and check out the Dorothea Lange exhibit before the concert! Good deal!" But nooooope... I did leave around 5pm, but the traffic on the 60 was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad that an hour into my "drive" I still hadn't passed the 605 yet. (I seriously was freaking out and screaming out my frustrations at the top of my lungs... I really wasn't a pretty sight.) Luckily Carlene arrived at the museum first and when I finally met up with her and Joe at 7:15pm... she had checked in and had my sticker for me. :) The concert was really chill and laid back... but it definitely had its moments with some really thought provoking pieces. :) I think that's the best way to describe it... I really liked it. :)

Afterwards, we were sooo hungry, so we drove down to Santa Monica where according to the preacher-guy on 3rd St... We're gonna go to hell. Oh my.... well at least we'll all be together. :) Had a late dinner and walked around the area... Decided that Joe can probably pull off a burlap sack if it truly were "trendy", checked out the street performers who seriously were ALL on "30 Seconds to Fame", Carlene dug through EVERY bin to find the perfect "homies" over at Puzzle Zoo... and later decided that it was more fun to try to get them in the vending machine (???)... and I got 2 new books at Borders as well as had an interesting discussion with the clerk on the new Christina Aguliera cd.
Borders lady store closing announcment: "Its 11:54. What are you still doing here?"

Tomorrow, (er Today...) its MASQUERADE and I recieved oh so happy news on my voicemail earlier tonight... I HAVE THE DAY OFF!! :) You know what that means... sweet glorious sleeping I get to catch up on! :) *big obnoxious YAAAY*

Nicole's Halloween Blog

Halloween started off like a normal day. Went to work, where I rolled a LOT of fabric and painted a bunch of centerpieces (and my foot) brown... You know... same old same old. :) The offical "Halloween" part came when I got dressed in my costume (I got the cute french maid costume.. complete with a feather duster! ;)) It was getting dark and I realized that we didn't have enough candy for all the neighborhood kids, so went to K-mart where last minute Halloween candy was only $1.49 and crazy adults were filling their carts to the brim with it.

Anyways, came home, gave out some candy to the early trick or treaters, and then leave to go to Stephanies for some CKI trick or treating. :) Its been a while since I've gushed my love for my club.. so I'll do it now. I just love my club... :) They're too cute... Everyone (excpet Son) got dressed up and the vibe was great and everyone was having fun... :) We got a lot of canned food donations, clothes, AND even got cash from some houses!! *pst* it was my group of Anthony, Jennilee, and Stephanie that had really good luck with the houses.. ;) Some of the houses were really sweet and gave us candy too! ;)

After trick or treating, Janelle and myself jammed over to Diamond Bar to meet up with Janelle's sister Janine... and then off to Pasadena to pick up Eileen... and then it was OFF TO WEST HOLLYWOOD!! :) Or so we thought... Sunset Blvd was a b*tch. It seriously took us 2 hours to get from LA to La Cienega Blvd... and when we finally got there, it was just too crowded and finding parking was nearly impossible. But all was not lost... we got to scope out the local scenary and pleathora of totally ingeneous costumes roaming the streets. :) Well, after figuring out that there was NO way in tarnation that we were gonna get to the carnival, we decided to back to the Hollywood to go clubbing. We arrived at the Hollywood Ahtletic Club for "Tigerheat" at 1am after an addition hour in Sunset Traffic... :D Woah... TIGERHEAT? YEEEP!! I got to go to a GAY CLUB!! hahahahahahah.... it seriously was SOOOO MUCH FUN!! And at the same time.. oh so very frustrating because every guy there was just gorgeous (not to mention half naked) and well... they were all gay. Sadness... but other than the whole "gay... I'm not gonna find anyone there" factor... it was such an experience. The club itself reminded me a lot of that one club Motions in Florida... you know *if you were there* with the giant TV and videos playing and all... A gay club on halloween.. Wow. :) SO i was surrounded by tons of drag queens (good portion dressed up like Christina Aguliera because it was a promotion night for her new CD) and like I mentioned before half naked/bared chested guys... guys dressed up like extremly SEXY sailors, priests, boy scouts, firemen, cowboys, indians.... yeah.. there was a LOT of skin. (no sexy Indiana Jones costumes... but then again... its a Gay club) Janelle and I were having "oh my gosh can I touch you" fascinations.... OH!! A guy said that I was beautiful....but i thought it was a girl dressed up as a guy... so i was kinda freaked.. but Janine said it really was a guy. He was gay though... but it was still nice. :) Anyways, yeah definitely an experience....