So the other day, I had this itch behind my knee... I figured that it was a bug bite because I was sitting on the floor of the library that day. But then while I was in bed, my entire right leg was just ITCHY and as I was scratching, I could feel little bumps underneath my fingers.

Anyways, so this morning, I looked at my leg and the whole back of my right leg was just red and there are little clusters of red bumps all over.

"OH MY GOSH. I HAVE SHINGLES."

No seriously, I figured with all the stress that I've been going through, shingles made sense. Plus Carlene had it a month ago... so I just decided that she had coughed or wiped some shingle virus on the couch or on my bed... and now its attacking my leg.

I was already thinking of days of school I would miss and how I would catch up with my classes.... not to mention having to tell my boss I couldn't work the 3 weddings this weekend due to my illness. I was a bit sad... but a tad bit more excited. Maybe I could have at least one sick day with nothing but the TLC marathon of A MAKEOVER STORY, A DATING STORY, A WEDDING STORY, and A BABY STORY. Whoohoo!!

The thing was, I wasn't in pain yet... I was just itchy and uncomfortable. But I was bracing myself for the pain. Waiting for "it" to attack.

But "it" never did.

Turns out I was right before. They're just bug bites.

Will someone please go vacuum the library floor? Someone else might get their hopes up too. :P

Just got home from dinner with Carrie, Mondo, and Carrie's friend Rupert from Jamaica. I think he's some kind of International President or something... I don't know. I wasn't really paying attention to that patch on his shirt. :) Anyways, as we were leaving, we found this nifty machine and Rupert took a gander at it.

Thats right ladies... He's BURNING.

He wasn't like this person who shall remain nameless and who also ran out before I could finish taking the picture... ;)



Not ah... Rupert was THIS.



If you didn't have a reason to go to ICON before... now you do. ;)

So finally my subconscious gave me a break and I had a wonderful dream last night...

So I was shopping at a shoe/book store with my mom and sister...

And we meet CONAN OBRIEN...

And he's so absolutely adorable and sweet...

And of course, my mom starts going off on how much in love I am with him and how its such a shame that he's married because I would be such a perfect wife blah blah blah...

While she's trying to sell me, I'm cringing behind a bookshelf wishing myself away... but also secretly hoping that he agrees with my mom. I then muster up the courage to go talk to him, make funnies of how my mom is trying to barter me, and take pictures with him on my digicam.

Anyways, he autographs a copy of a Dr. Suess book and he goes off into the elevator. I decided we are GREAT friends now. BFF!

AND I get new shoes.

Tell me that isn't a TERRIFFIC dream. :)

When I woke up this morning, I double checked my camera to see if I DID have any pictures with Conan. Yeah.. it was just a dream. DARN!

So I've been in this pretty horrid depth of dispair thingie for the past few days... Well, not that dramatic, but I've had this kind of sad gloomy cloud over me and I really can't get out from under it. I think I know what brought upon this whole "blah" mood... but I don't want to get into it.

Anyways, I am very blessed to have friends who want to see me happy. So... I went to Disneyland with them! :) Things are better... the cloud is not completely gone, but at least I had a day to think of something other than... well that. Thanks guys!! *muah*

OH... and I have pics!

This is Petey. He is on a roller coaster. He likes to make funny faces.



This is Mondo. He is on a roller coaster too. He's scared.



Petey and Mondo are friends. They ride on the roller coaster together. They are having fun!



Petey and Mondo sitting in a cup... I think they may have spinned it too fast because now they look like they're sick.



This is Carrie. She is riding with Petey on the roller coaster now. Mondo fell out.



OH yay! We found Mondo! Now Petey and Mondo play with toys at the store! How FUN!



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Instead of buying the action shot from Splash Mountain... I took a picture of it instead. I know I know... GHETTO. This is also my only picture proof that I was at Disneyland since I was always behind my little camera. As you can see (or not see) its Mondo in the front doing some weird "FREE AT LAST" pose... I'm behind him covering my face (Nice photo evidence of myself huh)... Carrie is behind me with her mouth open... and Petey is the red guy pointing at the camera.

I'm smiling now. :)

Bleh.

Bleh bleh bleh bleh bleh.

Bleh.

I think I need a break from things.

The Foothill banquet was OUTSTANDING! :) :) YAY BETH! :)

We roasted Beth... which was hard. Well for me since mine was extremely impromptu. Last year, it was easy to roast Kenny... I mean with the whole him being "pervy" with his "pervy" website with the dancing sperm it was simple! But with Beth... I just couldn't muster up anything that was roast-able. Oh wells. :) I heart Beth. As Jean would say "she rocks my socks."

Luc made the funniest slideshow EVER! He added little captions and thought bubbles that were pure comedy. Okokok... we get it. Joe is sexy. :)

The dance was fun... Evan didn't play "my" song, but oh wells. Danced mostly with Joe who was very entertaining with this "seductive" cat thing that was much UN-sexy. Anyways, at one point, we were dancing.... and all of a sudden we were in the middle of a giant freak train! I'm still trying to figure that one out. I'm still very much a "please don't freak me... you're invading my personal space... You're all sweaty... I'm all sweaty... lets not touch. You stay in your area and dance... and I'll do the same in mine." chick.

Actually, I do have exceptions once and a while... ;)

I AM GOING TO KILL MANNY!!!!!!!!

Brat. :)

I just came back from a really nice dinner with Carlene, Angel, Jr, and his gf Marissa. :) I love them so... After dinner, it was 3 hours of gossiping, catching up and steaming up windows in Angel's sweet new ride.

Theres a point in everyone's life when they realize that they're OLD. I have definitely surpassed that point and I've pretty much accepted it. But its a weird feeling when you realize that those younger than you are also growing up... "Well, Duh Nicole... whats the big deal. Everyone grows up!"

But its an interesting moment when you realize that "child" in your eyes has crossed that line into adulthood and you start seeing them as an actual adult. My cousin Angel is 5 years younger than me. She's graduating high school this year and she probably has more sense and drive than I had 5 years ago.

Maybe its because during the last couple of years, we haven't seen each other as much, but when I do see her, I'm always amazed by her accomplishments. Its like "Woah! I didn't know you can sew!" Or "Wow! You got a new car!" Even when she talks about college, I'm in awe.

Tonight, Carlene, Angel and I were sitting in that car talking about the family and our futures. I don't think we've ever been as candid about the family stuff before... it was different to hear her perspective on the whole situation and it was certainly refreshing to be able to talk about it so. We also talked about marriage. I think that was when Angel got freaked out at the idea of her older cousins getting married. Actually, not me. Well, not in the near future. Maybe when I'm in the retirement home or something. :)

Oh my gosh, I'm have a dramatic revelation and this is only with my younger cousin. I think I'm going to be a basketcase when I actually do become a parent (in the far far far future).

Anyways, speaking off marriage and kids... Crystal sent me this little email that made me laugh and go "awww how cute!" What good timing she has! :)

KIDS ADVICE ON MARRIAGE

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
* Alan, age 10

No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
* Kirsten, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
* Camille, age 10

No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
* Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
* Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
* Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should! d use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
* Lynnette, age 8

On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
* Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
* Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.
* Pam, age 7

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
* Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
* Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out!
* Theodore, age 8

It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
* Anita, age 9

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
*Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is........
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
*Ricky, age 10

:)

I'm wearing rainbow socks... Mom!!! How could you!

Can you tell I'm really excited to have a scanner here??

Anyways, as you can tell, I was looking at some old pics with Carlene today... Interesting stuff. Some had my dad wearing tube socks... some had my mom wearing tube tops. There was one where I was wearing horizontal and vertical stripes (Oh the horror!!)... And then... there are the scary ones where I was going through my swimming phase and I was a very DARK child... wearing bright colors. Ewww... those pics will have to be burned.



Another cute one. *aww* Anyways, this one is with Melissa and Carlene after our very first dance recital. (Actually, it was only Melissa and I dancing... Carlene wore her dance outfit just cause. ;) Little sister syndrome.) :) I started scanning some of those old high school pics of us and we started reminincing. Its pretty amazing how long we've known each other. :) I know I have pics of when Nick would only wear army fatigues somewhere...

Father-Daughter Dance - Senior Year


Babae112: omg
Babae112: why am i posing like that?!
Babae112: and tam too?
Babae112: omg ew
spaznik: I DUNNO!
spaznik: hahahaha
Babae112: shit
Babae112: are we drunk?
Babae112 : my pose is ugly
spaznik: ahahah its cute!
spaznik: everyone is happy!
Babae112: i know
Babae112: a little too happy

... cause you know... we'd get drunk during FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE!! yeah right.

Anyways... enough of the slideshow. Ahhh, those were some goodtimes. ;) Happy memories... *sigh* I'd put a picture of Lisa riding a mini donkey at Karios.. but I'm pretty sure that she'd KILL me. It would be a brutal death and she would have great satisfaction doing it.

I got some of my pics developed and scanned.. YAY!! So while I try to figure out how to make my own little album... I'll just post them here for now.

Do you remember...

.... the time we went to HOOTERS and said it was Petey's birthday?





... all the fun we had at Convention?



second place talent! whoohooo!! :)




euterpe 16: you have a pic of you and joe bussiere!
euterpe 16: die, you hunk-stealing hussy!
*sigh* Isn't he the dreamiest! :)


...After Convention...



...People falling asleep when I have my camera...





...THE CORE...

The world is ending... and Beth looks bored. Hmmm...



... when you had to quickly finish your film so that you can get it developed...


Ahhhh... those were some good times. :)

I'm being emotional and I don't know why.

"Very time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take"

I've had Lonestar's "Amazed" on loop. Its such a sweet song. I'm about to cry. Damn you pretty lyrics for affecting me this way.

"Very little thing that you do,
Baby I'm amazed by you."

*sniff*

I really should stop reading those romances...

I think the kids got me sick. :( I think I may have a fever and for a while I had a headache. Oh wells, I had a lot of fun today... spent the rest of the day eating, playing with Esther, and watching cartoons. YAY!

Oh except for when the adults went to mass, Carlene and I stayed home and watched the kids. Anyways, we were supposed to give Thea her medicine... but would just say "ay yao" and start to cry. She just cried and cried... and cried. While she was crying, Carlene would drop the medicine in her mouth... and which would make Thea cry even more!! Oh my gosh, Carlene and I were passing her back and forth, hoping the other would have better luck and just to give each other a break from the screaming. In the end, Carlene took refuge in my room and slept. Great. THANKS A LOT. Anyways, Thea still wouldn't stop crying... until that is, I started playing with a rock. A ROCK. Stuffed animals and games of peek-a-boo didn't quell her crying. A ROCK DID. Granted the rock was painted like a cat... but it still was a rock. Who knew?

OH. I also discovered that my babytalk has a slight fob accent to it. Scary huh.

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter's on its way...

You know you wanna sing along. :)

HAPPY EASTER!

My family from Vegas are visiting for Easter... so that means 2 things:
1) There is an outrageous amount of food here. Not only did my mom stock up, but when my Tita Rita packs... she really does pack. She brought some food that she already cooked... and then ingredients for her to cook even more stuff with. So if you're hungry... come on by. Seriously, holidays are the only time you'll see food here that's NOT frozen chicken and spaghetti noodles. Its a mad-kitchen.
2) Babies babies babies!! Well, technically only one baby and and a 7 year old, but its still A LOT of fun. My baby cousin Thea is seriously the CUTEST thing. Some kids are "cute"... but she definitely takes cuteness to another level. Ok. Perhaps I'm biased because she is my baby cousin... but really she's the cutest thing. I kid you not... SHE'S SO CUTE! :) Anyways, I've been babysitting her and my other little cousin Esther all morning. Unfortunantly, both kiddies are kinda sick so we've been playing indoors. Its been paper, markers, and DISNEY CHANNEL AND NICKELODEON GALORE!! I'm pooped. :) Its a good thing they're napping right now...

Anyways, I finally got a landline phone (thats PINK! YAY!) in my room which is good because whenever the houseline rings, I'm always running about trying to find a phone and by the time I answer it, its too late. Anyways, call the house! I'm home!! Let the ringing being NOW!

ok... NOW!

ok then.... how about NOW!!

Nevermind. :) But when you do want to call, I'll be answering. I won't say "I'll be waiting" because it indicates that I am this sad thing eagerly waiting for the phone to ring. Sitting there... willing it... begging it to ring. And really I'm not like that. Not at all. But do call. :) It would be nice. And my phone is pink. Its so cute. :) Let me use my pink phone. I'll sing to you. I'll tell you a story. I can go on and on about really interesting things. Really I can. :) I'm not begging, I'm just selling myself in a pathetic manner. Ok. I'll stop now. But if you don't have the house number, I'll give it to you... given that you're not scary or creepy or plotting to use it for evil. Because then, that would suck. :)

The world may end if we don't fix the problem with THE CORE. But, there's still a chance...
Man #1: I would need...5 billion dollars...!
Man #2: Do you take a check?
Man #3: Oh, use your credit card, you get miles that way.

Man #1: "Can't" isn't in my vocabulary.
Man #2: Well, you should get one of those words of the day calenders.

I'm rolling my eyes.

What can I say? THE CORE did not disappoint. It sucked so hard... it should be in PORN. :)

:) WATCH IT!!

I highly reccommend it. Its a comedy... without the intention of being one. So if you have 2 hours to kills, 9 dollars to spend (THANKS ALOT RYAN! :P), and want to see probably one of the worst movies of all time... go watch it. You won't be disappointed. It truly is a crappy flick.

And if you're kinky like that, there are A LOT of phallic-like objects in the movie for your pervy mind to go bonkers with.

Its so bad... its good. :)

"You want anything in Canada?"
"Whats there?"
"Nothing."

"Hello?"
"Hi Ate! Its me Jen."
"Hi Jen! Whats up?
"Who got kicked off 'American Idol?'"
"Um, I didn't watch it, but Carlene told me that Kimberly got kicked off."
"Kimberly? Which one?"
"The white Kimberly."
"Oh. Ok. Thanks Ate! Bye!"

Once in a blue moon, my dear cousin Jen will call me. I guess tonight was a real emergency. ;)

Anyways, during a break today, I went to Toys R Us to find some "goodies" to put into Easter baskets for the babies this weekend. I didn't find any (in my price range) so I left. But while I was there, I witnessed a grown man, probably in his late 30's, without children nearby, playing Celine Dion's MY HEART WILL GO ON on one of the kiddie keyboard. He was actually pretty good... he started off slow, made sure he had the right keys, etc... and then he was really going at it. Tickling the ivorys, you would say, with such passion that you almost forgot that he was in a Toys R Us, playing the "Titanic" themesong on a kiddie keyboard. But then, he added some funky cha cha beat backround... and "awe" died. He was just another creepy guy at the kiddie keyboard.

Hey Melissa!! This one's for YOU!! Isn't he the dreamiest!?!

Saying that it's CHEESY is an understatement. It reminds me of a karaoke video. I'm waiting for the U-BEST logo to come flying on the top part of the screen during the musical interlude.

"Best of's" John Tesh and Yanni soon on their way.

A while ago, Ryan told me that he wanted to go watch THE CORE. I think everyone and their mother now has full knowledge that THE CORE sucks hardcore... and yet I am curious see it. Why?

euterpe 16: ryan wants to see the core with you
spaznik: hahahaha yeah...
spaznik: i got the message
euterpe 16: every time we see something really dumb and gay and we're making smart ass comments about it, he's like "you know what would make this even better? if nicole were here to say smart ass things"

Isn't that the sweetest thing!?!

Now, I see THE CORE as a giant challenge that I must conquer.

So, we are going to watch THE CORE one of these days if its still in the theaters. If not, then we'll rent it from Blockbuster next week. Maybe with massive amounts of alcohol to accentuate the lameness. Whatever the case may be, think of it as a "target practice for the smartass."

One reviewer called it "Armageddon without heart." Doesn't it sound so deliciously BAD!?! Call if you want in. ;)

Anyhow, I found this tidbit from Wil Wheaton pretty damn funny. I know Ryan should enjoy it.

You know that shitty looking movie "The Core?"

Well, why not take the thirteen bucks you'd spend at the movies, and own the shitty-looking movie they ripped off? As an added bonus, you get to see me die, engulfed in a flood of molten lava. "

OH dilemma!? Which bad movie should I watch? What's a girl to do!?! ;) Bring on THE CORE!

Sunday weddings. They're rare... but they happen.

Apparently my boss has added "chair covers" onto our decorating menu.

Before: We'd have another business specializing in chair covers take care of it. We make no profit.

Now: Nicole is utilizing her back, knees, legs, and neck putting on 200 chair covers and tieing 200 organza sashs into that damn perfect bow*. We make profit. Only now, I sing that "My neck my back" song in a cheesy manner to mock the pain that aches those areas...

The future: Chair covers are here to stay. Need to buy some kneepads and find a number for a cheap masseuse. Or maybe just figure out a way to go to the mall and steal a few minutes in the uber comfort shiatsu massage chair at Brookstone. *ahhh* The one that just grooves into your back... *ahhh*

The wedding planner had a voice that could make you go into a siezure.
"If I go down, pull my tongue out."
~Brandi

But in the end, everything was beautiful... as always. My pain and low pay is your happiness. Congrats. Have a nice life together. I'll be back at midnight to take back the chaircovers.

No really. I'll be back at midnight.

Sorry for the slightly bitter blog. Its that time of the month and I'm waiting for the sweet release of the drugs to kick in.

Anyways, this weekend was pretty eventful. Eventful good. :) Friday night, had dinner with Carrie and then SAA'ed over at Woodland Hills for the KIWIN'S (yay) convention. For a while, we were ogranizing the swarm of high schoolers into the elevators and from 12ish to 2am, we "patroled" the 11th floor of the hotel. Seeing that our floor was relatively quiet, Carrie and I played MASH. I'm going to marry Ron Weasley and we're gonna drive a flying carpet. *swoon*

2am-4am instead of opting to go home then, chilled in the lobby of the hotel with Petey and Mondo. 4am, realized that we were tired, went over to Carrie's to get some "sleep." Only thing though is that while working on Carrie's computer, Petey got into Carrie's roomies bed and slept there, instead of his nice comfy sleeping bag that he had already set on the floor. And since he was already in deep slumber by the time I was finished, and since there was only an hour until my alarm was to go off... I figured that he could just sleep there. Plus I don't like waking people up if they had already showed some signs earier that they were sleepy. Petey was already nodding off while at the hotel... so yeah. Also, I probably wouldn't have gotten any sleep anyways since Carrie's roomie's bed is as hard as WOOD. I did get to watch some cute episodes of Dexter's Laboratory and Powerpuff girls while attempting to catch a nap on Petey's sleeping bag. :)

Saturday, it was STC. :) It went off really well. Carrie and I had 2 workshops- VP's and TEAM BUILDING. The VP workshop was ok. The TEAM BUILDING one kicked ass. :) We had some great activites in there which prompted some good discussions which resulted in many effective lessons learned. YAY! I also got to watch Patrick and Hanan become "Mr and Miss CKI" in Helen and Pic's workshop. That was really cute. :)

Afterwards, lack of sleep definitely hits me. I head home. No watching *ha ha* THE CORE with Ryan. No part 2 of SAA-ing fun (the remix) for me. Nope. I'm smart and decide to go home, sit in traffic for an hour, and attempt to STAY AWAKE. That was painful. But I made it home alive to my own bed. *ahh* I knocked out the moment my head hit the pillow. Ahh. Sweet glorious sleep. :)

Lesson learned this weekend? Screw the other guy... kick him off the bed. You need your rest too. OH. And to tie the perfect bow, you go over under, and then under over. Then your bow won't be crooked. Repeat 199 times. Pain is for sissys.

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

GOTCHA HARRY POTTER DVD!!!!

no. I'm not crazy.

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

Ok. Relax. :) :) :) :) So at 12:15am, I walked into the Glendora Walmart once again... IT WAS APRIL 11th. For a moment though, as I was going towards the entertainment section, I was scared. I was scared that they wouldn't have it. Or that they DID have it but weren't going to distribute them until the morning. Or they would have it, put it on a string, and then taunt me with it. But luckily, when I got in line, the register lady handed my me very own HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS dvd. I felt the power... I "ooohed" and "ahhhed" over it... I was very much content. :) I also got a poster and stickers!! And the best thing... I got it for $14.29. HOW BAD ASS IS THAT. :) Uh huh....

:) I'm happy.

Still spinning... hamster still pretty lifeless.

So at 12:15am today... I went to Walmart with Carlene ONCE AGAIN thinking that at midnight, it would offically APRIL 11 and I could have my precious HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAIMBER OF SECRETS DVD..... Why Nicole? Why are you retarded!?! You know why? Because usually when Carlene comes home... its a Thursday or Friday. So when I saw Carlene here... my dimwitted brain went into Thursday mode... and when that clock struck midnight... IT WAS FRIDAY.

Anyways, so here I go into the 24 hour Glendora Walmart thinking that I am just about the most brilliant person in Chino Hills for I am going to be the very first person in the city with the DVD! HAHA. No. Entering the store, Carlene and I head straight to the entertainment section scouring the area for the "display." But... noope, its not there. "Ok." I decided ask one of the workers if they had open the Harry Potter DVD boxes yet... because technically they should because... its technically April 11. The lady says that they'll be out tomorrow at midnight. At first, it didn't hit me. I thought this was strange... Why where they going to put it out tomorrow at midnight? Then.. it would be April 12th!! And thats too late!!

But then... you know the rest.

Seriously, you couldn't imagine my disapointment when I figured this out. I mean, my first Harry Potter "dvd" misadventure was only YESTERDAY!

Ugh. So lame!!

*online craziness*

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spaznik: yao!
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Babae112: : YO!
spaznik: YAO!
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poTaTe YO: getting back on a horse is like riding a bike...riding a bike is like faling of a horse...you never forget how!
spaznik: is that it?? i always hear that analogy with sex... having sex is like riding a bike... you never forget...
poTaTe YO: or maybe riding abike is like sex....Hmmmmmm...you might wanna look inot this one
spaznik: but it cant be good because apparently I CANT RIDE A BIKE!!
spaznik: like i can do it at the gym... but when i was in the parking lot, i couldnt balance for the life of me...
poTaTe YO: so you are good stationary huh...well we'll have to find you a patient lover who doesn't move around a lot
spaznik: oh GAWD!! hahahah how long were you thinking up that for?!?!
poTaTe YO: hahah
poTaTe YO: a long time!
poTaTe YO: :-D

spaznik: oh my gosh, today... my mom was all "i need to introduce you to one of the volunteers at the hospital... he likes to read. you like to read too right?"
poTaTe YO: hahaha
poTaTe YO: how cute
poTaTe YO: I hope he didn't say that to the voluteer!
poTaTe YO: She might as well have said...she has a really good PERSONALITY!
spaznik: hahahahaha... i think she said to him that she has a daughter that likes to read.
poTaTe YO: oh dear god no!
poTaTe YO: your poor misguided mother
spaznik: i think its just sad that my mom is thinking about peddling me off to a guy who likes to read...
poTaTe YO: hahah
poTaTe YO: maybe he's cute
poTaTe YO: did you ask?
spaznik: she said he's cute... white... a redhead... apparently he's going to med school soon...
poTaTe YO: NO!
spaznik: why no redhead?
poTaTe YO: I dunno...redheads always look funny
poTaTe YO: and they glow under UV light...
spaznik: hahaha thats probably because most of them don't have pigment....
poTaTe YO: exactly!!
poTaTe YO: You are a dark girl!!
poTaTe YO: You need a nice dark boy!
spaznik: hahahahaha
poTaTe YO: but if you did marry the redhead...you'd have fabulous looking halfbreeds!
spaznik: well either REALLY REALLY fabulous looking ones... or really really HORRID "i hate you mom for doing this to me" looking kids.
poTaTe YO: hahaha
poTaTe YO: that's right...that 10% who go bad!
poTaTe YO: I'd pray for yoU!
spaznik: hahahaha
spaznik: ok. so where do all the cute single sweet non-gay dark boys hang out?
poTaTe YO: no such thing
spaznik: curses.
poTaTe YO: you are better off with dayglow boy
spaznik: and he reads!
poTaTe YO: hahah
poTaTe YO: that's it!
poTaTe YO: You better go snatch him up right nOW!
spaznik: serious!! i'll never find another boy that reads!!
poTaTe YO: GO!! Go wake your mom up RIGHT NOW!! Tell her to get him on the phone ASAP!
spaznik: i bet its too late!! all the girls probably found out his skills...
poTaTe YO: DAMN!
poTaTe YO: Those candy stripping hoochies!
poTaTe YO: that's why there's no good book reading future doctor men out there...the candy stripping hoochies snatch them up!
spaznik: i wanna be a candy stripping hootchie!!
spaznik: why not meeee???
poTaTe YO: A girl can dream....but alas...you read too much!
poTaTe YO: Those books, they make you too smart!
poTaTe YO: put them down!!
poTaTe YO: Save yourself!!
poTaTe YO: Before it's too late!
spaznik: what if i only read MAXIM and COSMO??
spaznik: they have sex tips there... im sure boys that like to read will appreciate that!!
poTaTe YO: ooooooooo
poTaTe YO: now there's an idea...
poTaTe YO: dumb yourself down...
poTaTe YO: good plan!
spaznik: hahaha... um.. im pretty dumbed down...
poTaTe YO: hahah
poTaTe YO: obviously not if you still have to compete with the Candy stripping hoochies!
poTaTe YO: here's a new mantra for you
poTaTe YO: everyday when you wake up in the morning...say this three times...
poTaTe YO: I'm DUMB!! YAY!
poTaTe YO: and bob your head side to side to make your hair flowy...
spaznik: YAY!! i do that with my hair already!! I'm ALMOST there!!
poTaTe YO: YAY!!

The wheel is turning... but my hamster is dead.

Today, I went on this rampage all over Chino Hills trying to get the new "Harry Potter and the Chaimber of Secrets" on DVD. First stop was Walmart where I couldn't find any of them so I figured that they were sold out. I asked one of the workers there if they had any "Harry Potter DVDs" left, and she said they only had videos. Since DVD ownership is on the rise and not a lot of people buy videos anymore... to me, it all made sense.

Then, it was off to Target, where they didn't have it either. I made one of the employees go to the back and LOOK for me... but alas, they were out of them too. Weird! "Damn," I though, "everyone in the city has their Harry Potter DVD, except for me!!"

OK. Last stop. I figured that Borders would probably have it, it'd probably sell at regular price but at least they'd have it. Borders has everything. (I take that back now though... they didn't have one magazine I wanted. Die Borders... DIE!!) So I walk in... OH LOOK! A HARRY POTTER DVD POSTER!! THEY HAVE IT. I was getting giddy... that was until I got to the DVD section. They had this giant Harry Potter DVD display... but it was completely empty. Freaking A! What gives!! Why is everyone out of this damn DVD!! I go up to the display to take a closer look... maybe theres one last dvd stuck in a crack somewhere. But nope, theres only a sign that says "COMING FRIDAY, APRIL 11."

"That's funny," I thought, "They got their dates mixed up. Today is April 11th."

"Oh wells." I just laughed at their giant misprint and decided to wait till "their" April 11th to get my dvd. Ha ha. Silly Borders.

So there I was... looking for my magazine (which wasn't there!! DIE BORDERS... DIE!!) when it hit me. Perhaps, I was the one at fault here. I checked my phone and there it was staring at me. Mocking me. Lowering its head in shame. April 8th.

Oh gosh.

*smiles* My bad.

Just got back from Manolo and Eileen's... :) It was a really good wedding. Loooong reception... and it was pretty big (I think the estimate was 300+ people), but it was REALLY nice and suprisingly it was very intimate. (I got teary eyed at some parts because there was just so much love... you know how it is.)

Weirdest thing happened... since we arrived at the hotel late, we walked in during the procession bridal party... and so when one of the bridesmaids name is called, Carlene totally recognizes it as one of the girls she graduated Lucy's with. AND THEN... Another bridesmaid is called... and its Janelle's sister! So then, I was thinking to myself, "Wow.. what a coincidence.. maybe Janelle is here!"... thats when they called out the bride's grandfather, who was being escourted by Janelle!! Wow.. talk about random! Anyways, so after settling in with my own family on the grooms side, I went across the dancefloor over to the bride's side and said "HI." Janelle's response? "Oh my gosh! Did you DECORATE!??!" Um... nope. ;) Turns out that she's Eileen's first cousin... small world huh!!

Anyways, over at *Mahi Mahi* (they named all the tables after fishes since they're both fishers...), I got to know Marissa, Jr's girlfriend, a bit better... and learned that Bombie and Michelle are going to have another baby! :) YAAAY!!! Also learned that a good majority of the table supports RUBEN in American Idol, thinks that Clay is best suited for Broadway... and damn, that was some good champagne!!

All my older cousins are pretty much married and have kids... Oh my gosh, there were so many kids.... and babies that I last saw ages ago are no longer babies. Freaky. It's getting to the point that after a couple of the "older" cousins get hitched.... its gonna be my generation. Eek! At one point, Jr and I looked at each other and asked, "Who's next?" No one. We're still too freakin young...

I didn't catch the bouquet. I'm actually sad for it, suprisingly. The DJ announced that whoever caught the bouquet would recieve Angel vs A's tickets for April 11th. Since I've never gone to a live sporting event in my life AND Tim Salmon is damn HOTT... I wanted that bouquet, along with *guarantee* of a husband that came with it. But, it wasn't meant to be. It went to the left... to where Carlene stood. No.. she didn't catch it, but she had her hand on the gold for a smidgen of a second. The chick who did catch it was ALREADY engaged and went out onto the dancefloor only after the tickets were announced. Is it me or is that unfair... I mean she was LATE... and she already has that guarantee. She even had a date set!! Why not share the hope with another female who's desperately believes that this bouquet could be her key to marital bliss? That chick isn't me of course... I'm just thinking about everyone else!!

Ok. Now I really have to organize the cousin's dinner for sure. It looks like its gonna be the end of April sometime... and we're gonna get Thai food. Okok... now we need to get that date and time, and we'll be set. Oh yeah...

Its April 5th... which makes today the offical day of my parent's divorce. Its a bittersweet feeling. I think the best thing out of all of this is that everyone has changed for the better (at least I hope so) during these last 4 years. Everyone is stronger and although one party maybe "happier" than the other, I think this was the best solution for the both of them. So, I guess this is an "offical" goodbye to... I dunno... something.

Whats ironic is that I'll be at a wedding tonight. Not for work, but an actual wedding were I get to hit up an open bar, drink away my sorrows, and then get shoved onto the dance floor to flight over a flying bouquet with hopes that my future husband is in the crowd going "Damn, can she catch!". Ha ha ha?

Its just weird. But its ok. Life goes on and soon they'll be hitting that dating scene with vengence and I'll be able to go "Oh HELL no are you gonna go out wearing that outfit!! He's gonna expect something if you do!" or "Oh HELL no I don't want any baby brothers or sisters!! You won't even get me a PUPPY!"

Anyways, here's something that made me go "wow."

:) I just found out that Colin Firth is going to be in the movie version of one of Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with The Pearl Earring." YAY!! AND... they're going to be making a movie version of Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason" with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy! DOUBLE YAY! Oh how exciting... I'm in nerdy girl/Colin Firth heaven. He's dreamy. *sigh* I think I'm gonna bust out with my "Pride and Prejudice" videos now...

*no weddings = no work*
spaznik: seriously... its dissapointing... im so poor!!
spaznik: if i had sperm... id sell it!!
euterpe 16: eww. you could sell your eggs
spaznik: i dunno... i mean HOW do they get the eggs??
spaznik: it just seems like TOO much effort...
euterpe 16: lol... that's true... boys have it easier
euterpe 16: poor nicole... i'm sure there's other things you have you could sell...
euterpe 16: maybe your pencil collection
spaznik: hhahaha and here i was thinking of a smart comeback about being a whore.
euterpe 16: yeah, i was going that way too, but it seemed too obvious, what with you being a whore already
euterpe 16: wait, no, that was lorraine who was the whore... you're the lesbian
spaznik: i was NEVER a lesbian!!
euterpe 16: uh huh
euterpe 16: it's the catholic school girl thing
spaznik: yeah yeah...
spaznik: and the love of home depot
spaznik: aw dammit.
spaznik: hahaha but they have some cute guys working there...
spaznik: they're HANDY!
spaznik: and it smells like wood and "strong guy" inside!

I hate it when this happens...

*On the phone*
Dad's voice: hello?
Silly me: hi dad... I got your mes...
Dad's voicemail: this is charlie. kindly leave a message after the tone...

Argh. Moted. Why does he have to have such a long pause between "hello" and "this is charlie..."!?!

I found this article on CNN about soldier blogs from the war really interesting. Check it out and read up.

"Boat Trip" is a gay movie.

No really. It is. Don't try to fight me on this because not only will you lose, but you will feel very much embarassed for defending such a movie.

Its not BAD BAD BAD to the point where you wanna shove popcorn into your eyes. I mean, If you want to see Cuba strut around in a g-string... rent it. Actually, there ARE some funny parts... but then again, there was a scene with a banana that just made me cringe. OH... and there was another one that involved a baseball bat that didn't have anything to do with baseball if you get my drift. (SEX SEX SEX!!!)

And then I cringed even more when I remembered that Melissa told me she watched the movie sitting IN BETWEEN her parents.

Craziness.

I always weirded out when watching some sex comedy with my parents... I think that maybe if I laugh at jokes, my parents will freak and wonder WHY I get the joke. Granted, I'm 22 years old and not living under a rock, but I think that I don't want to tarnish this "aura" of innocence that I'm supposed to radiate in front of the parental units until I'm married. Then again, on the other hand... I'm always disturbed by THEM laughing at dirty jokes, even more so when the dirty punchline comes out of their dirty mouths. They aren't supposed to know such things... they're old! They're adults! And I was concieved by immaculate conception!

Sorry. I'm even rolling my eyes at lameness of that last remark...

Anyways, something to think about...
poTaTe YO: I wonder if he's ever had dreams about me like that
spaznik: wouldn't that be weird...
spaznik: really nice...
spaznik: just kinda weird the idea of other people dreaming of you...
spaznik: you don't know what the freak they're doing in their dreams...
spaznik: like someone could be having a sex dream about you...
spaznik: NOW.
spaznik: or...
spaznik: NOW.
poTaTe YO: ewww
poTaTe YO: crazy!
poTaTe YO: you too!
poTaTe YO: NOW!
spaznik: no.. no one dreams about me in sexy ways...
poTaTe YO: that's what you think
poTaTe YO: i used to think that no one would ever like me like Pollo or Paolo do, and look what happened there!
poTaTe YO: someone is undressing you as we speak!
poTaTe YO: In their dreams...literally!
spaznik: AAACCK!!
spaznik: thats so pervy!
spaznik: TELL THEM TO STOP!!
poTaTe YO: hahaah
poTaTe YO: You can't fight love
poTaTe YO: true love!
spaznik: hahahahah... well it would be nice if they can CLUE me in.
poTaTe YO: hahahaha for reals
spaznik: I just want a note saying "hey nicole... im in love with you... i shall be having torrid dreams of us making sweet love by a fire... yours CONAN."

You know that Old Navy commerical where they're playing the Dating Game... and the guy asks the bachelorettes to tell him what they are wearing in their sexiest voice? So bachelorette #2 replies that she's wearing "Old Navy Low Rise Bootcut Jeans," except that her voice is soooo NOT sexy at all. Its actually unattractive and pretty disturbing to hear her speak this way. Does she need a glass of water? Is she a smoker? Maybe her low rise jeans are on way too tight? I have no idea... but whenever I see an Old Navy sign, that voice will come into my head and I am turned off by the products, because now she isn't saying "Old Navy Low Rise Bootcut Jeans" anymore, her scary orgasmic robot voice has ventured from the jean territory and says "Old Navy Women's 3/4-Sleeved Linen Shirts" and "Flip Flops," in addition to any Old Navy product that come into mind. Frightening.

Its almost as bad as that time during that one finals week when I got that one Missy Elliot song stuck in my head. Which one? I really can't remember... but then again, what Missy Elliot song hasn't had some kind of hypnotic, overplayed beat that you can't get out of your mind? Exactly.