Poor... part 2

So I was driving to work and about a mile away from it, I realized that I needed gas. I figured that it would be better if I just pull over now and nip the problem in the bud rather than wait and get gas in the evening when all the freaks come out. So I pulled over and reached for my wallet.

Which of course wasn't there.

OF COURSE. Life is cruel like that.

And since I'm already at work, and out of gas, that meant that I pretty much had no means whatsoever of getting home since my gas-less car and my money-less ass was going nowhere.


Or so I think...

In my car, I store extra change in a cup holder. You know, for parking meters, gumball machines, arcade-binges, sticker pictures... stuff. Today, this cup of cha-ching was going to save my life.

So in the cup, I had 4 quarters, a whole lot of dimes and nickles, even MORE pennies, and ONE dollar coin. I was a millionaire.

The gas attendent didn't seem to think so because when I came up to him with my fistful of change, his exact was response was "you're kidding me."

NO sir. I am not kidding you. And be grateful I had that dollar coin or else you'd be counting my pennies. I COULD be a real bitch and haul out my sparkletts jug of soda can tabs, but that's the real gold honey.

$5 in coins. Kick ass. :)

Poor.

Post christmas shopping feast...
... at the McDonald's Drive Thru

Mom: I can't find my wallet! I think its in my other purse.
Me: I don't have any cash on me...
Mom: Nevermind, we'll just go home.
Me: Wait! We can't! We're already in the LANE! There's no exit!
Mom: I only have 4 dollars.
Me: We HAVE to get something!! Just get french fries!
Mom: HOW MUCH ARE FRENCH FRIES!?!

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Teller: Welcome to McDonalds...
Mom (to the box): GIVE ME JUST ONE MINUTE!!
Me: Just get the 2 cheeseburger meal... its only $4.19! I HAVE COINS!
Mom: WHERE IS IT!?!
Me: Number 2!! We'll each get a burger, we can share the fries and coke!
Mom (to the box): CAN I HAVE A NUMBER 2?
Teller: Sure, what kind of drink do you want?
Mom: THE ONE WITH 2 CHEESEBURGERS!!!
Me: YOU WANT A DR. PEPPER!
Mom: ... and a Dr. Pepper.
Teller: That will be $4.51.
Me: I'll get the coins!!!!

Something you just had to be there for.

"Gooble" is from Vivian. :)

Luck Doo 79: do u update anymore?
spaznik: i try... really i do...

Lets see whats been happening lately-

-I saw HARRY POTTER! At MIDNIGHT!! And I was wearing the scarf that Jean made for me. :) Sure, I was the butt of jokes among my group but you know what... screw you hippies! :P And I was among many scarfwearing midnight watchers with whom I made friendly bonds with. It was a terriffic night, a fun movie (though we all know a lot was taken out but you can only do so much in 2 and a half hours), and I was surrounded with my darling friends from work on the very top row of the theater. And can I just say that I was pleasntly suprised with Viktor Krum? Underage Yum.

-HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN!! Unfortunantly I had to work that day, but right afterwards, I drove to the beach for the bonfire. Lucky ducks, the weather was absolutely perfect for the beach and there was tons of food and drinks. By the time I got there though, I was tired and feeling not so dandy. But it was great seeing everyone and Jean was cute as always. Well I hope she had a lovely evening and that some night we can go out and party it up. Gosh, I miss it so.

-And then she got sick. This would be considered the sucky part because the next day after the beach, I went to work, worked, and when Ifinished, was feeling a whole lot worse. Like I couldn't wait to get into the car, SPEED home just so that I can get into bed... AND I had a fever. Boogers huh. BUt at least it was my "weekend" and the following 2 days I had off... so it was lots of "rest" and "dvds" for me. Seriously, we've had NATIONAL TREASURE on the shelf for a while now and since I had the time, I finally watched it... eh. But at least I watched it.

-GOOBLE GOOBLE. Once again, worked on the holiday. But it was nice in the fact that a good portion of guests were somewhat amiable and that we had a potluck with all the trimmins. I brought soda. Lots of soda. I couldn't think of anything else seeing that turkey, pies galore, stuffing, veggies, and potatoes galore were taken. And I think I sprouted some sort of muscle (or strained whatever I had of it) lugging it all from my car to the office. There's a HUGE difference when you put soda in a shopping cart to CARRYING IT.

-CONGRATS, YOU'RE A GOOBLE. Well Thanksgiving had 2 significants. Well actually 3. 1)I'm grateful for _____. 2) Work potluck since I couldn't be with a good handful of people who would occupy the ______. 3) It was my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY with the company... and deep inside, I'm convincing myself that EVERYONE is grateful for ME and therefore had a potluck for the occasion. It was nice, one of the guys came to me and told me that the manager was looking for me in the back... and when I got there, there was a party in the back and they made a little announcement... and I got balloons,a card, and a pin. Then it was back to work. But for the little moment in time... it was sweet and cheesy.

-GOOBLE GOOBLE PART DEUX. After work, I went to my dad's where we had even more Turkey, potatoes, veggies, and pie... not to mention some quality time with the family and my 2 adorable nieces. Yeah... I'm definitely grateful for my family. Goodness knows I love them all.

I'm not gay...

From www.dreammoods.com

To make or eat pancakes in your dream, represents gratification and pleasure in your current situation. It may also mean that you take pleasure and comfort in your work.

Not too bad... but really, what does it mean if they wear loafers?

Promise...

Pinky swear.. I'm gonna update. But right at this moment, I just LOOOVE Ryan and I just had to share-

spaznik: btw... this morning when i was napping my headache away... i had a dream about PANCAKES.
spaznik: weird.
RyRysModernLife: you know what that means right?
RyRysModernLife: it means you're gay
RyRysModernLife: were the pancakes wearing loafers?

I'm gonna make you straight

Well, I'm still coughing a bit, but on the bright side, it's not as violent. I went to the doctors and they gave me a antibiotic... but weird thing is that the antibiotic itself caused a rash to break out on me and so I'm coughing and itchy. And while I didn't really get results from the combo of antbiotic and roubissin, the magic of tylenol severe cold is really working its wonders. Now its making me think "if only I took this in the first place." Hmmm... huh.

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Anyways, Halloween was a fun night, despite the fact that my feet were in absolute pain. Seriously. Lindsay, Ryan and myself parked about 30 minutes away from the WeHo carnival and walked several miles just to get there... IN HEELS. And the kicker is that the transvesties where taking it all in stride and making me feel like the WORST EXAMPLE OF A GIRL IN HEELS EVER. How can they walk so? And move their hips so? I DONT GET IT!?! Anyways, aside from the ABSOLUTE PAIN, we met up with Sarah, Shawn and Joey and it was a lot of fun... eye candy all around. As well as ASS-LESS chaps. And skin. Lots and lots of skin. Not my skin... goodness gracious no, but others. The best part, and probably the most frustrating part, was in the very end when we decided that it was time to leave, we were making our way through the crowd when the DJ just HAD to play "ITS RAINING MEN" and "YMCA" right when we hit the middle. Ahhh.. yes, it was hand flailing and lipsyncing chaos. You know its a great night when you get accosted by an Oompa Loompa and look over to the right and find a table where you can buy fake designer goods. GOod times yo.

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Last night, while in very agreeable boots, we went out to celebrate Miss Joey's birthday at a club that had a very "my parents are gone and we're having a house party" feel. Like a giant high school flashback, right down to drinks in the plastic cups and the breakdancers battling it out on the carpet. Then they played Tony Toni Tone's FEELS GOOD. Yah, I know. DAMN. :)

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guy co-worker: I know you like him. You're happy and smiling when he's around.
me: Yeah, but not in that way though.
GC: So what happens when you do like a guy?
me: Um... I usually get quiet or really REALLY dorky.
GC: Is that why you're like that around me?

Rolling. My. Eyes.

*cough*

So its been a over a week and I still have this horrid chest congestion going on. My nose isn't stuffy, nor am I feeling crappy (anymore), but I'm coughing and my chest just feel "full" for "ickiness." The scary thing is that the other day (and earlier today and in fact just right now) I'll start coughing... and the minute I'm done coughing, I can't breathe. Like my lungs won't allow air in... so it freaked me out and I made my first appointment using my medical benifits with Kaiser.

Let me say, within those first few minutes of just talking to them, I was really impressed. I had an appointment for tomorrow, assigned a primary physician, AND had routine check in appointment made all within 15 minutes. I'm feeling very grown up at the moment.

Grown up and coughy. :P I hope there's effective antibotics in my future.

~*~

Speaking of... next month, I'll start my 401k. Only some X more years until I can retire and write that muscial I've always wanted to... ;P

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Not to be all gross, but I really can't stop staring at this biore strip. Its sick and utterly fascinating everytime I use it. It makes me wonder if everyone's pores are this dirty? Can someone use it and take a picture of it for me? Put it as your myspace pic... give it a caption like "SNOWY FOREST".

I know I know...

I've been sucking at updating. I don't know if its a "lack of interest" thing or if its a "I'm just lazy" sort. But I do wish I had the blogging stamina that I had oh so many years ago... because even as I sit here, I don't even remember what my past "excitments" have been this past week, let alone the month I haven't written, and I KNOW that old crazy blogging spazzie me would have had that shit done the moment I had gotten home from anything somewhat interesting.

Anyways, life in general is good. Several days ago, it was my dad's birthday, and tonight we're going to celebrate it over at Benihana because I think he has been harboring this secret need to be sung "Happy Birthday" tn the tune of "If you're happy and you know it" in japanese. Seriously. Almost everytime we go out to dinner, he'll bring up the fact that they did it to me on my 21st birthday, and he'll ask how the song went... and well you know me and my japanese... I'll just look at him like he's crazy. So fast forward to today, and I call him...

Me: Hi dad! Where do you want to go to dinner?
Dad: Oh... I don't know. You pick!
Me: Hmmmm... Cheesecake Factory? Mi Piace??
Dad: That's too far. How about Benihana's?

And while I am down for Benihanas and they're mission statement of "Let me grill hot teriyaki meat and then THROW it at you with my sharp knife for a pretty penny", I'd like to point out that he said "you pick" and given the choices, his heart cried out for what its been holding in for 4 years now.

And with that I'm going to Benihanas tonight. Pictures and fun-filled text to follow... hopefully.

~*~

I drove out to LAX the other night to pick up my Mom, who had spent the last week and a half in Germany visiting family and seeing the sights. The best is that she came home with a WHOLE LOT OF CHOCOLATE... and while I'm always down for chocolate, I didn't know that german chocoate is sooooooo gosh darn good! Oh wait... I just wrote "german chocoate" and it makes sense now as to why it's so good because my mind just finished that statement and added "cake". German Chocolate Cake.... yeah they have good chocolate. Lets just leave it at that.

What was cool about mom's trip was that she was able to text us on her cellie and we were able to keep in touch almost on a daily basis. So when she told us she was going to Belgum, I told her to eat some belgian waffles because when in Belgum, you do as the Belgians do and you eat their waffles. Apparently it was "just ok." Hmmm...

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I sure am writing a lot about food today. The other night at work, we were all lamenting about how unhealthy our eating habits had become and my manager had this idea of everyone going on a 6 week diet and the winner and their significant other would have dinner treated by the rest of participants. While it is a motivatingly good idea, the first thing that came into my head was that 1) I have no significant other and 2) so if I lose, I'll be fat AND lonely. Damn you negative thoughts... but hey if you're going down, might as well go down in glory... and there is a whole lot of chocolate downstairs that's cheering me on.

Just kidding... not really.

~*~

Last saturday night was KNOTTS SCARY FARM and while I wasn't as skittish as I have been in recent years, I did have my moments of scream/laughing and telling monsters they they won in successfully scaring me. I'd also like to point out that Jean and I had us some DELICIOUS funnel cake. I'm telling you. Going down in glory.

Poor Neglected Blog

Hmmmm... lets see whats been going on in a nutshell.

Carlene had her portfolio show which was a complete success. What was really nice was the amount of friends and family who came out to support her. Afterwards, we trekked over to BJs for a pizza buffett and some sweet pizookie platters. Spoiled spoiled spoiled... but oh so good.

The company had a lil night of fun for us, so my +1 for the night was Jean. I always hate that YOU PLUS ONE GUEST invite. THere's so much pressure as to who that guest is, what you're going to wear, who's going to buy the bid and pictures... well not really. But it was a whole lot harder when I was in high school. Anyways, the theme was the 50's and while we didn't really win anything in the raffle, I'm always open to free dinner AND free ice cream sundaes.

Some Saturday ago, it was off to Lucky Strike for even MORE celebrating for Carlene's birthday. While I suck at bowling, I suck even more with alcohol. But what great fun with friends and family it was.

I ended up in Mexico for a couple of hours on one of my off days. Let me say, if you're feeling ugly and/or crappy, pretty much Mexcio and a gay bar are probably the 2 main places you should go to get that quick boost of self esteem. Hola. Even better, Sonny is staying the the country for ONE MORE YEAR! Then, its back to Mexico and back to the Hola.

Disco fever outside...

"Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy Weather..."

Boo. I didn't get the promotion. And although I didn't think I would get it, a small part of me was desperately wishing that I was going to beat the odds and win it all. And for a good moment, I seriously thought it was in the stars, but alas it was not. Boo. On the bright side though, I was told that I was on the "right road" to the promotion, but it just wasn't my time. Nonetheless, a rejection is a rejection, and I took confort in a pint of ice cream... and finished it completely. Because as Ryan says, to get to the bottom, you're a winner. And if I can't succeed in work, goodness knows I can win with ice cream. Go me.

Wah.

But wisewords from a billboard near work made me feel better. It said "No man is a failure as long as he as friends." And while I'm NOT a man, nor was I feeling like a failure, my dear friends and family were really great in helping me feel loved and comforted. I think the key thing to remember is "not now" which is WAY better than "not ever" which is good because THAT would suck.

Anyways, so whats up with the weather right now? Its as if there's a strobelight right outside my window and its giving me the heebeegeebees. Today was sunny and lovely, and when I walked out of the house at 8pm today, the ground was wet, there was a slight sprinkle, and it was WARM. Eww.

Happy Birthday to You... cha cha cha.

24 years ago, I was burdened with an twerpy little sister who copied almost everything I did, ruined all the fun, and made a living tattling on me. And of course, it was destiny because now she has grown to be my closest confidant, favorite shopping buddy, bestest friend in the whole wide world.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLENE!!

:) To my dear most favorite baby sister in the whole wide world... Happy birthday!! I love you!!

"__________"

So the last couple of days have been pretty eventful. Hmmm, let me think back.

Last Thursday, Kristine and I got to visit the Walt Disney Studios which was super cool. Kristine's godsister let us walk through the parts of the Animation department where we got to see some boards and drawings for a Tinkerbell movie that's in the making as well as the stages where they're filming the new Pirates of the Carribbean sequel. No Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom though. But we were seriously on the lookout for Michael Vartan because right when we walked onto the grounds, we heard a "QUIET ON THE SET", completely freaked out and ran into the studio store. It was there we learned that they were filming "Alias". OoOoo, too bad I haven't see the show, but still pretty exciting. :)

Anyways, so after the day at the studios (where we were breathing the same AIR as Michael Vartan), it was over to Glendale for some a lot of shopping, (I hate it when I have my day off on payday. Its just asking for trouble!) dinner, and off to Hollywood to meet up with Joey and Steph to hopefully see the Duck. But nope, he wasn't there, and after some investigation, we found that our usual spots weren't really happening that night. Luckily we were able to find a nice, chill, red place with some drinking and dancing. All in all, Thursday was a good day. :)

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Last night Luc came with Kristine, Ryan and myself to Disneyland and we got to listen to the piano guy (who I just may have a slight crush on at the moment) and do some swing dancing with the big band. OH how I love Luc and his ability to swing dance. That's why he's such the perfect quasi-boyfriend... le sigh.

Anyways, the night was hilarious... you know when you have those nights when everyone is having fun, good somewhat wholesome fun, and you're just loving the people you're surrounded by? Yeah, it was like that with chocolate. :) After the park closed, we strolled to the Bar to meet up with Joey and everyone else since it was Joey's last day *sniff* so we had to celebrate as much as we could before last call. Awww, Joey's leaving, but at least we'll always have the Duck. :)

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OH! So yesterday, I was running late, and when I got in, this short woman with a baseball cap and sunglasses approched the desk and asked if there was a special VIP line. I told her that there wasn't, but if she waited a moment, I'd be able to help her out in a second. So she stood there while I was waiting for my system to start...

Me: Ok... ma'am, so how can I help you?
VIP: Yes, I wanted to check in...
Me: Last name?
VIP: Longoria.
Me: (types and thinks) Hmmm, that name sounds familiar...

So, yeah, it was the Desperate Housewife chick. Crazy huh. I totally kept my cool and helped her out... but once I was done, I ran to the back office and started babbling like a loon. I still think its a mirace that I was able to stay calm. My trainee was super excited too and well, nothing like a celebrity sighting on your first week to make you think your job is pretty cool... so Yay for that little bit of motivation there for him.

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Its my first time playing matchmaker. So far so good... I think. :)

Home from errands...

Carlene: I spent all day on craigslist looking at personal ads for you. Check your email...

WHAT THE...

Two posts... two post in one day!

Or maybe not really. I really thought I was going to have something good to write about.

Damn you lack of creativity. Why must you be so cruel.

Look out weekend cause here I come

... because weekends are made for fun.

I've been working 7 days straight... and finally... FINALLY... its my weekend. Talk about a sweet sweet day. Yesterday was absolute hell and although today wasn't bad at all, yesterday had already taken it's toll on everyone's spirits and well, we were all just managing to survive in our own little ways. However, today, Cuba Gooding Jr came to the hotel, and although I didn't get to talk to him, a part of me wanted to go up to him and say "show me... your photo ID" or "help me help you... get a room." How great would that have been!?!

Its funny because when I do see celebrities at the hotel, a part of me gets excited... and another part of my prays that I don't interact with them because they'll totally leave when I throw up on them. Damn you excitment, why can't you contain yourself!!

As to what I'm going to DO on my weekend? Hmmm.. I don't know. But I see a lot of sleep and stuff to pick up at Target. Mmmm, Target. I spend every weekend there. How great would it be if Target at night turned into a bar/club ala Peach Pit After Dark. That would be kick ass huh.

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Well I interviewed for the promotion that I probably won't be getting. I think I did alright and possibly, right at that moment I might of had a chance. But still, I don't think I'll get it considering the competition... not that I'm a downer or anything, but I would rather be pleasantly suprised than bitterly dissapointed. So I shall leave it up to the upper management gods and hope that they'll say "Nicole, she isnt THAT bad. What have we got to loose."

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SO the other night, I had the weirdest dream. I dreamt that I had just had a baby (it was a girl and I have no idea who the father was) and I go to work where someone says to me "Oh you lost weight!" To which I reply, "yeah... apparently I've been pregnant all this time."

I really don't know what to think about that dream. Where's the dream dictionary when you need it.

Delicious...

Has anyone seen the BATTLE OF THE REALITY TV ALL-STARS on Bravo!? Its the greatest thing EVER! Seriously!! Some of the constestants include...

Chip and Kim from the Amazing Race (Yay! I Love them!)
The Miz, Melissa, Theo, and Coral from MTV RR/RW challenges (Yay! Mike is HOTT!)
Charla from the Amazing Race (Yay for Midgets!)
Nikki McKibbin from American Idol (Um... right.)
Ryan Starr from American Idol (weren't you in the Surreal Life?)
Adam from Average Joe (Moron!)
Evan from Joe Millionaire (Greasy)
Wendy Pepper from Project Runway (The crazy bitch!)
Jonathan and Victoria from the Amazing Race (HATE THEM!)

See, with such a diverse group of reality stars, its DRAMA just waiting to happen. :) Fun fun fun!!

~*~

Lets see what's been going on?

-Just recently applied for another promotion... this one I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get, but hell, its an experience just to interview right? Riiiight. Bottom line, I'm setting myself up for heartbreak. Moron!!

-Last Thursday night, it was a impromptu girls night with my friends from work... so drinkie here, hot bartenders there, and weird guy names everywhere!! For example:

Guy: SO what's your name?
Me: Nicole. What's yours?
Guy: Alfredo.
Me: oh wow. Do you go by "Al" for short?
Guy: Nope. "Fredo."

Random. And yet much more "normal" than the guy named Elvis. Seriously.

All in all it was a terrific night, highlight of course, right next to being locked into a bathroom stall, was seeing a Mighty Duck who was sooooo gosh darn gorgeous that I completely forgot what I was going to order and just started drooling right then and there. Quack baby... quack.

Will definitely have to do that again! Good times. :) Really. GOOD TIMES.

Tap-a Tap-a Tap-a

I really had the intention of doing something worthwhile today...

But TMC had a FULL DAY's worth of Fred Astire and Ginger Rodgers movies on...

So on my day off, it was me, the dogs, good ole Fred and Ginger, and the couch. Talk about a deliciously lazy afternoon.

And when I think about it, I can thank my dear cousin Kristine for the Fred and Ginger love, because without her buying THE GAY DIVORCEE while on a trip over here a LOOONG TIME AGO, I would have never known the awesomeness of them. So thanks Kristine!!

Speaking of thinking of someone:
Luck Doo 79: NICOLE
spaznik: LUC
Luck Doo 79: guess what made me think of u tonight
spaznik: what!?!
Luck Doo 79: i read an article on the internet about fred durst's porn was released all over the internet
Luck Doo 79: HAHAHHA
Luck Doo 79: i dunno why....it just made me think of u
Luck Doo 79haHAA
spaznik: oh gee...
spaznik: thanks.

Can we say tickled to death!?! :) Just kidding Luc. You know I love you.

How YOU doin?

So to anyone who has tried to call within the last 2 days (all 2 of you.... Jean and hopefully that secret admirer who finally mustered up the guts to confess his feelings) I "lost" my phone!! During a break, I used it to call Joey and when I was finished, I could have sworn I had put it in my purse inside the closet. Well turned out that I didn't and in fact, slipped it into the purse of one of my co-worker's. But before I found out that it was still alive and safe, I was freaking out because goodness knows that I don't want to purchase a new phone just yet and IF I had to do so, it would be a total bitch just getting everyone's numbers again. Apparently I depend on my phone A LOT and not having it near me has made me feel very vulernable. My mind was connstantly playing "WHAT IF" with me. Anyways, so its at work and tomorrow we shall be reunited and I will find voicemails from my DAD. Exciting stuff.

Anyways, so despite feeling naked and incredibly poor cause the thought of getting a new phone was bitting into my mental wallet, my weekend was good. Saturday consisted of work, actually getting off early, and going to Victoria Gardens with Carlene and Sonny for shopping and dinner. We ate at this japanese restaurant there, and we obviously ate with our eyes rather than our stomachs. They had a "deal" where if you order 3 rolls of sushi PER PERSON, you'll be getting them at 1/2 price. So there we were with 9 rolls (technically 7 since 2 of them only had 2 pieces) 3 appetitzers AND tempura ice cream. Goodness gracious, we had to roll around the center afterwards because that was just a bit too much. Delicious, but too much. Too freaking much. It makes me full just thinking about it right now.

Ugh.

Oh by the way, the other day, I had a guest ask me for a pair of scissors because her daughter had gum in her hair. So I gave it to her thinking that it was going to be just a little bit, but unfortunantly for her daughter it wasn't. I guess they had just finished watching CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and had put the gum behind her ear just like Violet. Poor thing had a huge clump of hair behind her ear taken off... awwww.

Hellooo August! How YOU doing?

Its been pretty chaotic at the house, mostly because we just installed new windows, french doors, some lights, and a ceiling fan here in the office. It's still a work in process considering that there's little stuff here and there that needs some loving and its all somewhat irritating because Ty and his homies can churn out a house in ONE WEEK, whereas we just need some windows and its already surpassed an extreme makeover time limit. Arrg. And all the dust has been aggravating my throat so I'm coughing like a mother. (Does this analogy even make sense? How can it be a "mother"? Anyhoo...)

Speaking of mothers, (but not in THAT sense), my own mom is off at her nursing college reunion weekend-o-fun! I believe they started the festivities early this week with a pre-fun BBQ at one of the auntie's house in the Valley, now they're off on a bus enjoying VEGAS (Baby!), and Saturday night it will be the actual gala.

Me: So how's everyone doing?
Mom: They're all fat.

Niiice. Its funny because now that we're older, Carlene and I aren't being dragged to every function that my parents have. 13 years ago when mom and her Barkada had their last L.A. college reunion, they forced us kids to go up on stage and sing a melody of songs dedicated to their life in 72' which included hits such as "Rose in Spanish Harlem" and some song about getting a "red rose for a blue lady". I believe there was a theme about roses in the song medley, I could be wrong though. What I DO remember though was what I was wearing, and believe me, it was ugly. And you don't forget the ugly.

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If you look closely, you'll notice little flecks of glitter on me. THANKS A LOT LIBBY LU! :P

Miss Laura is in town and we were able to get together at... well you guessed it! DISNEYLAND! I swear its like I live there... ;P Anyways, you'd think it would be rides rides rides galore, but it turned out to be Nicole and Laura's day O' gluttony. Eat eat eat, that's all we pretty much did and really how can you resist eating when you're surrounded by delicious temptation! Funnel cakes, corn dogs, oh my! We did ride Space Mountain though, although the wait was over an hour. That line is insane and we were convinced that an overhead view had us spelling out the word LOSER with all the turns and loops that line went through.... and really who stands in line for an hour for 4 minutes of fun in the cold darkness. Apparently a LOT of people or else that line wouldn't be so long huh. Yep. Totally makes sense.

Dancing through life....

Nicole: I went out on Wednsday with Ryan...
Jean: OoOooo...
Nicole: ... who would be absolutely perfect for _______.
Jean: Awww. I thought you were going to tell me that you made out with him.

I wish Jean... oh how I wish. :)

Lets see.. its random recap time!

Yesterday night, went to watch WICKED at the Pantages. Let me tell you that it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Really really amazing... and though I usually won't admit it, but it was seriously better than the book. Really. The girls in the show were vocally out of this world and if it had a longer run and if tickets weren't so gosh darn expensive, I'd go see it again in a heartbeat. The plot, the dialogue, the songs... just delightful. :) You would have thought you were in a rock concert or something by how the audience was cheering after every song. Hmmm... I think I might stick in the soundtrack while I blog.

Delicious... ear candy.

What else?

So I waited for my Harry Potter on last Friday night and finished it 2 days later. Damn those "just more chapter!" nights because sooner than later, the birds are chirping and I'm looking completely haggard but mentally satisfied at work. At least I have some fellow "readers" at work so I can have someone to vent to about it. Don't get me wrong, it was GREAT, but its hard to talk about it because there's always someone who screams "NOOO! Don't talk about it, I haven't finished" or "NOOO!! I'm waiting till the movie comes out!" But if you want to learn who dies... read the book. I'm not going to tell you and well... I'm just doing my part in promoting literacy.

bright as a light...

"Ha ha... Robert spelled cockroach wrong."
"How funny!!"
"COCK-ROACH... that's too hilarious."
"hmmm... how DO you spell it anyways?"
"I think there's another A in there somewhere."

10 minutes later after consulting dictionary.com

"So he DID spell it right."

Its my off day...

... and I'm doing my laundry. Unfortunantly when I was putting my stuff into the dryer, I noticed bits and bits of lint all over my wet clothes. Upon further inspection, I relized it was actually pieces of paper. Well... apparently one of my pocketbooks was in the hamper and well lo and behold, trashy romance novel EVERYWHERE!! Curses!!

Anyways, sorry for the lack of updates. Its not that I'm "too busy" to write because I have this "fab" life going on... because goodness knows it really isn't that exciting. I go to work, I come home and I'm just too darn tired to do anything. Sometimes on my off days, I get to go out... but most of the time I'm here attempting to clean my room and spending some quality time at Target.

Work, which has become my second home, has been great. Sure its stressful and tiring, but in a sick way, I enjoy it. The other day, I had a guest who insisted that he had a reservation... and of course there wasn't. To make matters worse, we're completely sold out, overbooked in fact, so there's no way in holy hell he's going to be able to get a room. The man, was FURIOUS and started cussing up a storm at me. Oh by the way, did I mention that this fellow had a hairline that was right above his eyebrows!?! Eerie. Anyways, so he screams and yells, I go to the back office to get a manager, and my darling coworker Phil follows and insists that we call security because he was scared for my life. In the end, by the time security shows up, the guy is gone and we're all wondering what the hell had happened.
~*~

Oh July 3, I went with to the Hollywood Bowl with the Torrance folks for the 4th of July spectacular. It was really nice night. I packed up my picnic basket with bellini, brownies, and lots of other goodies and enjoyed the night of (disney) music and fireworks with terriffic company. Here are some pictures...


It was a beautiful day and we had some great seats! Thanks Sakura!


Cheese!


Jean takes the BEST self portraits... ever!


Happy Birthday AMERICA!


*good times*

I didn't see you smile!!

Oh yeah, I guess you can say I got the job. Or promotion. Or whatever you call it. :) I'm a very excited happy camperette at the moment.

Ask me how I feel in a month though. It might all change. :P

My arms hurt...

I had to walk about the length of a football field to and from my car and the office today hurling bags of goodies because my Tita Bridget came out to visit from Seattle bearing gifts (Chowder from PIKE! Hurray!) and of course, my mom had some stuff that she wanted me to give to her, so yeah. I'm supposedly strong like bull now. Or I feel like I was beated down by one... whatever it is, there's a bull analogy there somewhere.

Along with the chowder (Abolutely delicious I tell you. Absolfuckinglutely delicious) she gave me a little bracelet and said "I wasn't able to get one for Carlene... but its ok. She has a boyfriend."

Awww.. how sweet.

I think.

Was that a good thing or a bad thing?


:) Nonetheless, I still loved the gift. And the chowder. Seriously.

Oh help me please...

I got home early tonight to find that its impromptu KARAOKE night here at the house.

It may sound painful, but in the end, its downright funny and fun. Funny and fun! Pretty much the same things huh.

I appled and interviewed this past week for basically "more responsibility" at work. Hope I get it... or do I? Actually I do. It should be fun and well... funny too. Plus, MORE PAY! Horray!

Goodness, I need some sleep.

But the karaoke is calling to me...

Who's your daddy? Um... Charlie.

So on Father's day, we took Dad back to Catal because he has raving on and on about their compressed salad, so why deny him of his Manchego cheese, arugula, red apples, dates, walnuts, and pistachio vinaigrette? Exactly...


What did you get?


A shirt!?


Wait... another shirt and goes with the first one!?!


Happy Father's Day... Dad!

The BIRTHDAY WEEKEND recap

Friday night: The plan was to meet up, have some drinks, and enjoy. I think it was pretty successful seeing that I a) met up with some friends and family b) had some drinks and c) enjoyed the night. Yep. I'd say mission accomplished.


At Daphne's before 10:30


With Dielle


With Sonny (the Canadian!)


Yay for Luc!!


Carlene and Pheleah



Beth and Sakura


Sakura and Jean... both with some lovely hair action going on. :)


I don't know what's going on here...


Joey and Albert


Dielle and her friend Eric who looks a bit like JR.

Saturday: Spent the day with Mom, Carlene, and Sonny over at Victoria Gardens where we shopped and watched MR AND MRS SMITH. Brad Pitt is a delicious man. When I think about him, I start to drool. Oh look, I'm salivating.


Mom says "Where's the rent... bitch!"

Oh by the way, one of Sonny's clients gave him a token of appreciation for making his gun catalog.


Um.. don't fret. It shoots BBs.


Riiiiighhht... get a room!

Sunday: More family time... specifically lunch with my dad.


Quality family time!


Don't you love paper tablecloths that you can write on with Crayons?


Oh whats this?


Let's get together... yah yah yah...

Yeah right. My parent's aren't going to be getting back together any time soon... but I did feel very Haley Mills and Parent Trap-ish at that moment.


Carlene REALLY enjoyed the Sangria. Really really enjoyed it.

At one point during lunch:
Dad (talking about how he was at my Uncle's house watching a movie with his nephews and their friends): "Then someone said "let's watch the Paris Hilton porn!"
Carlene: OH... isn't it dark and you can't see anything?
Dad: No... you can see everything! She's very bad.
Carlene: Its all nightvision right?
Dad: Only in the begining. Its all hardcore. It's was ONE NIGHT IN PARIS.

It was a GREAT weekend!! :)

25 and a day...

Can I say that yesterday was a terriffic day?

So far so good... :)

I'm 25 and 2 hours years old...

Although I though I'd be celebrating Friday night, I had a delightful birthday today despite working... but even work wasn't all too bad. The best part, of course, when when I was done at 10, I just thought "I'm going to go home, pop in a dvd and watch a movie until I fall asleep"... but luckily that didn't happen.

I had just finished changing when I returned to the office to grab my purse when Louis came to me and said that I had a guest who was asking for me because apparenly I had checked him in or something. I, of course, had NO recollection of having a guest who was having problems or would have anything to complain about so I was sort of getting nervous about it. So, Louis took me to the side door so I can see this guy who was looking for me, said, "Oh he went into the line" and when I went to look, he pushed back the door and there was Carlene and Sonny with a camera! I wasn't going "go home!" YAAAAY!!!

Anyways, so when I did clock out, I went to the bar to meet them and later Jean where we gorged on nachoes and talked. It really was a lovely night and I am oh so grateful for them because they made my night extremely special.

OH!! And you can't forget the birthday cake...


Is that an Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich a top of a napkin with 12 crazy candles on it?


Happy Birthday to me.... oh my gosh, I think Happy Birthday to me... is this thing is on fire?


Nothing like spending the last few hours of your birthday with some of the folks you love...

:) Thank you for a wonderful night!!

Tra-la-la-la

I'm feeling very pretty at the moment. I'm wearing a skirt, my hair is all soft and shiny and although my toes really aren't up to parr right now, it doesn't matter. I need some chapstick and well... I'll be set. No where to go really. I'm having a "early birthday dinner" with my family in a couple of minutes since I'll be working tomorrow night.

Yep. In a couple of hours, I'll be 25.

Goodness. I remember thinking when I was 22, "in 3 more years, I can rent a car without the young person's fee."

Oh my gosh, I can rent a car without the young person's fee!

In a couple of hours that is...

Exciting I tell you! I'm not nervous or scared about it, I'm happy. 24 was a terriffic year, so goodness knows how 25 will be. Maybe it will be even better!!

We'll see what's written in the stars...

Where did all the pink go?

I was feeling lazy and picked this nifty template. I can't add links until I figure out what that header font over to the side is so that everything will be in uniform. Matching makes me happy.

Oh the pain...

Little girl at the front desk: Does your face hurt?
Nicole: No... (thinking that the rash has covered my face and left me looking beastly)
Little girl: Oh.. cause you smile a LOT!

Thanks kid... I think.

Scratch scratch scratch

Currently at the moment, I am SLATHERED in Calamine lotion. It was werid thing, today for lunch, I went to Henry's to pick up a Panini and some cookies... and a short while later at work, I broke into HIVES!! At first, I thought it was a bug bite because I did have one on my left shoulder... and perhaps it was my clothes, so I changed, but then the itchiness that felt like it was only on my shoulder and arms began creeping out of my blouse and and attacking my neck!! So off I went to the medical center, and got some of the "good stuff" (aka Benadryl) and was told that it was some allergic reaction. Weirdness. Anyways, so the sweet magical drug did work its wonders for some time and I did manage to knock out for 15 minutes in the break room due to its "magical side effects" but abrupty woke up only to find myself DROOLING on the the table. Drooling girl with weird red bumps all over is definitely not a pretty site.

Luckily, I got through my day, stopped at a Save On for more drugs and lotion, and got home to find out that its ALL FREAKIN OVER MY BODY. On my chest, legs, back... everywhere. I am an itchy, sticky, mediciny, miserable girl right now... now if only I can figure out what the hell I'm allergic too so this can NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!

Curse you Henry's and your organic foods!!

Just kidding. You really ought to try their sandwiches... they put alfalfa sprouts in them! YUM!

~*~
Before work and the arrival of the hives, I went to Joe's P-grad! HORRAY FOR JOE! I am very very proud of him and goodness knows he had a very active cheering section. Now hopefully we can hang out because seriously, it has been too long!

~*~
At the graduation, I saw a guy I thought I knew... but it turned out that it wasn't the guy. Don't you hate it when that happens, you're thinking "yeah! I know that person... yeah thats the one!!" but then you start talking to them and and calling them by the name that you think they were given and they're looking at you like "um... what do you want dumbass?" Yeah... it sucks. It sucks even more when Mondo is next to you, witnessing your folly, and giving you the "L" hand signal. Bastard.

I did see and talk to a guy who crashed my 16th birthday party almost 9 years ago. I knew he looked familiar!

Eww.. did I just say "16th birthday" and "almost 9 years ago" in the same sentence? Nasty!

~*~
Ok. Even my ears are itchy. Time to call it a night!

When I say Obi... you say Wan!

Yay! Finally went to see REVENGE OF THE SITH last night! Yepp... I got all dolled up because anyone who's anyone knows that STAR WARS secretly means geeky male meat market... but I was too late. Prime pickings was LAST Thursday around midnight. And the STAR WARS I saw that night had J-Lo in it.

No wonder it didn't make any sense.

Anyways, didn't you think that when Obi-Wan was giving Luke to Beru, Beru was on the verge of saying "Oh cool! A baby!! Gee thanks Mister!"

Upchuck. Update. Upsomething.

Darnit... look at the time. And I was getting good at making regular posts...

Anyways lets play some ketchup shall we?

Ok. Well first of all, lets go back to LAST Monday. That day I went to Disneyland with Mondo and kicked his butt at the Buzzlight year ride... TWICE. Yes. TWICE. Not once, but TWICE. The first time, he blamed it on the fact that he didn't know what he was shooting at... but the second time.. well yeah. I still kicked it. My only letdown was that they didn't keep the ASS KICKING SCORE on the picture that they took of us on the ride. See...


where are those darn targets?!

But if they did show the score, it would look a lot like this...


I think that looks right...

Seriously.

I know. Brat brat brat.

~*~
The week took a very serious turn on Wednesday when we got a call from my Aunt in Seattle who told us that my Crazy Uncle Sonny (The crazy one from Seattle) was being rushed to the hospital. So the next day, Mom booked a flight and was off... it was only till that afternoon that we found out that he was "getting better" although they weren't too sure what was wrong with him. On the bright side, I did get to speak to him on the phone and at least he was up to his same ole crazy antics:

Nicole: Hi! How are you feeling!?!
Crazy Uncle Sonny: Are you callling to find out if you're getting anything in the will?
Nicole: Whatever. I know you're in there for an EXTREME MAKEOVER. Do I need to call you Auntie when you're out of the hospital?
Crazy Uncle Sonny: Yep. I'll be mailing you your inheritance shortly.

Apparently when he was coming to and the doctor was telling him that he had some sort of blood poisoning, he was alert enough to say...
"My wife did it."

To which she replied "I didn't do it enough."

Ahh family. How I love them so.

Anyways, with Uncle Sonny in the clearing, Mom arrived yesterday with a loot of food from Seattle, including some goodies she found in Uncle Sonny's pantry AND the delicious jackpot of Seafood Chowder and Clam Chowder from Pike Market. Talk about heaven... well until I accidently bit into a clam shell... but talk about going down in glory. It was to die for. :)

~*~
Saturday night, I made the mistake of having ONE LEAN CUSINE the entire day and going on to enjoy the night with Joey and Stephanie down in Hollywood. Although, at the moment, it wasn't all too bad. The "horrid" part all came afterwards and right into the next morning where I seriously attempted to get ready for work... but didn't quite make it out the door. You know its bad when you're watching cartoons and thinking "why do they have to keep running around... er... ugh... I think I'm gonna throw up." And then it happens. On the bright side though, I made $10 just making some mango bars for Carlene. I'm just waiting for the check.... (insert Carlene here saying that she never meant to pay me and she was only kidding and well.. HA to you sucka!)

~*~
Today was my day off and I spent a good majority of at down in the boonieville of HEMET with Mom where they have 1 of only 2 SUPER WALMARTS in California. Where you walk in and you see a beauty salon on your left and a full grocery just across the way. Insane I tell you... absolutely insane in a good way of course. How can you complain when you can Sleepless In Seattle and Jerry Maguire on DVD for $15... together! :) Hemet doesn't seem too much of a bad town now.

Anything else I can think of? Hmmm...

By the way, have any of you seen those Venus Vibrance razors... you know the ones that VIBRATE!??! I dunno about those, but I knick myself on regular razors, how can ones that shake be any safer!? How would you manuver around your ankles and knees??

Just a thought...

Ask my why I'm smiling...

Well, its mostly because I had a fabulous weekend! I called in for the very first time on Friday and Saturday after much debate and well, those extra 2 days of rest and relaxation really did work its magic on me. At first I wasn't too sure of it, but figured that after 5 months of working and seeing others take their own personals, well, why not me? I don't plan on doing it anytime soon again because goodness knows I like to keep things available for those "just in case" moments... but still it was nice to splurge a bit. Not to mention, I was in the terriffic company of friends... one of which competely suprised me Saturday considering that I didn't think that they were in the country! But there was that voice on my voicemail well, after hearing it, I really didn't feel too guilty about calling in.

I'm a rebel.

Sorta. Kinda. Not really...

Anyways, I'm in a happy, smiley, "oh how I LOVE everyone" sort of mood right now.

Sunday it was back to work, but then a delicious (seriously, DELICIOUS!) dinner with my Dad and some quality time with my sister and Sonny, shopping and running to catch random trains.

ANNNNDD... I'm proud to say the Britney the puppy... is offically a woman. Now she can prance around in an embarassing daisy duke-y diaper thats made out of denim and trimmed with gingham. YAY!

(insert embarassing photo of dog here)
Awwwww...

So how was your weekend!? Do tell do tell!!

Movies galore!

I got this "challenge" from my fabulous cousin Kristine. Along with having the same bloodline, we BOTH have pink rooms. Hers was pink way before mine though... she's the trendsetter. I'm just her wimpy follower.

1. total number of films i own on dvd/video
Too much. Really. I found an copy of Sister Act in a box full of videos... still in plastic wrap! But I can't complain because there's practically something for any mood.

2. the last film i bought...
"Wayne's World" Chelle, I think, stil has the VHS version of it since HIGH SCHOOL which I bought for $16.99 at the San Dimas Werehouse in 1993... so it was a TOTAL bargan to find the DVD at Walmart for $10 2 weeks ago. Oh how I love cheap DVDs.

3. the last film i watched
In the theater: Hitch On DvD: House of Flying Daggers

4. 5 films that i watch a lot or mean a lot to me
1. Singing In the Rain- I have to agree with Kristine... Gene Kelly is kind of a babe, althought he looks like he would be a bad kisser in the final scene. But the movie reminds me of when Carlene and I would stay up late during the summer, make waffles, run into the bedroom once my dad would come home from work... and returning back to the living room when he went to bed. Oh to be a young "rebel".
2. Anne Of Green Gables - Ok. So it never was in the theater. But my mom would borrow the movie from the San Dimas library on a weekly basis for us that eventually she copied it (oh the evil with 2 VCRS!) and we would watch it all the time. Oh how I love Jonathan Crobie and boys named Gilbert.
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Harrison Ford in khaki. The asain kid (Data!), monkey brains, and vodoo priests ripping still beating hearts out. Nuff said. I love love LOVE this movie!
4. The Little Mermaid - If you don't sing along or cry at the end, you must be a cold cold bastard.
5. That Thing You Do! - The scene where they hear their song on the radio for the very first time ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. It always make me wonder what would have happen if I persued my OWN recording career...

*crickets chriping*

...or not.

I want to pass this meme on to:
Ryan- because he needs to update and goodness knows hes a huge movie buff.
Luc- a netflick fanatic, he knows his sh*t!

Meet Arrowhead...


Yo!

Arrowhead will be going to Africa. Specifically Kenya where he will be entertainng orphans at the Ushindi 2 Orphange.

Arrowhead will be departing on Monday with my new found friend Kristen, whom was one of my coworkers @ the hotel. Its funny because for the last 3 weeks, Kristen, Krisine, and myself have been packing it all in with dinners and outings since Kristen will be gone for a year. Before that, we were just co-workers... now I can truly say that I have brand new friends who are touching my life.


Kristine, Me, Joey, and Kristen on a night "off"!

Cheesy but its true. Really!

But all of it has me thinking and extremely grateful for ALL the friends and family I have in my life right now. I really do love you all.

*Aww*

Anyways, so like I said earlier, Kristen is going to Africa and I really proud of her. I am also in awe because of her commitment and faith. If you'd like any information on how to donate... go here.

Me: I was thinking that we can send different outfits for Arrowhead, but then that would suck for the kids. They'll be like "even the bear gets clothes!"
Kristen: yeah... thats like you and your dog clothes. A kid is going to look at it and go... "Is that for me? Oh wait... No. Its for the dog."

:P

Luckily I still have Kristine with me at work and we have "plans" for Kristen's care packages. :)

Still... I'm going to miss this girl!

My head is killing me. Advil work your magic please...

I'm trying to figure out of its hurting because
1) its been a long day
2) horrible timing
3) my eyes are bothering me
4) all of the freaking above.

... also my neck is bothering me again. Its stiff and with my head being all achy, it feels like its supporting a 20 pound bag of rice. That analogy sucks, but its the best I can come up with at the moment.

Boo.

When people say that something is the "coolest thing since sliced bread", don't you think they are totally disregarding all the great technological discoveries and inventions we've have for the past 100 years?

Or maybe it was just really REALLY hard before sliced bread.

I could be wrong.

Just a thought.

I'm in a downloading frenzy!!

I realized the other day that I have had the same CDs in my car for at least the last 2 months. Seriously. As much as I can't stand J-lo the person, I gosh darn LOVE "Get Right." The song makes me want to stand up, throw up my arms and DANCE. Just thinking about it right now makes me want to go buck wild!

Do the lawnmower! Clean your ears and throw the q-tip away!

:)

Anyways, so here I am, downloading and planing playlists for CDs. Any suggestions? (Kristine!) Luc had me get the entire Garden State soundtrack and well, I'm a little happy camper at the moment.

Also I'm a happy happy mood because I finally found Kohala's In a Little Hula Heaven on Limewire. I kid you not, I have been searching for this song FOR.EV.ER. Summer can now offically come now because this is the perfect soundtrack for just lounging in the sunshine with an ice cold drink in hand. Sunny... and yet you can feel the wind on your bare shoulders.... Mmmm. It sounds so delicious and romantic...

Yet, in reality Summer usually means HOT and SWEATY and STICKY. All in a non-romantic way. Just grossness with frizzy hair and broken airconditioning.

But I'm sure if you listen to the music it will make it much better. :)

Sweet!! I won a "Mondo" for my FTC-ness! And to think, the guy NAY'ed me oh so long ago. Yeah... I'm not bitter about it. Not bitter at all...

Did I mention that before he NAYed me, he stood up and basically said I sucked. THEN, he NAYed me. Nice and loud too.

:P

But that was a long time ago and now we're cool.

Still... he NAYed me. Hmmm...

Anyways, thanks Mondo!! That is too funny. :)

The bastard who never calls, Petey, is leaving for Europe on Monday. It doesn't hurt to ask for a little something right?

spaznik: get me some wine!!
doubleup144: I'll see about getting you the French guy with the striped shirt
doubleup144: you want some wine too?
spaznik: well... if the french guy isn't available...
spaznik: the wine will do.
doubleup144: hahahah
doubleup144: I'll give him your #
spaznik: OH! and you have to make sure he's wearing a beret...
doubleup144: true true
spaznik: or else he's not really French...
doubleup144: hahaha
spaznik: and he has to carry a grocery bag with a baguet coming out of the top.
spaznik: and he has to do the freaky french man grunt laugh...

... And to make it more exciting, I should see him in June. Petey, that is, not the french man... or possibly both if Petey does bring him over AND actually calls. But with my luck, he'd bring over Gérard Depardieu. If thats the case, I'll take the wine too. ;)

Anyways, happy belated Mother's day to everyone who is a mom out there! I spent my Sunday working, but afterwards had a lovely dinner with Mom, Carlene, and Sonny and later walked it off at Disneyland where we "camped" out for the fireworks. The fireworks itself were AWESOME. Really really. I don't lie about fireworks. Remember that one time (for you dedicated stalkers) when I was at Indianapolis for ICON and was subjected to a minor league baseball game on the 4th of July where a mini tornado ripped by halfway through... they had fireworks at the end and well the Disneyland fireworks made those fireworks look like they set a box on fire and pushed fire etch-a-sketchs of boats across the field. Oh wait they did!!!

July 4, 2003... drawn to scale.

But yeah, definitely if you have the chance to go to Disneyland for the 50th, you have to see them. And you have to see them in front of the castle. Really! Pinky swear!

Lets see... whats been going on lately.

LANNOF! (Luc and Nicole's Night O' Fun!)
Well, last Saturday, I actually got off somewhat "early" from work and spontaneously decided that I wanted to go to Disneyland for some swing dancing... and the only guy who I know who can swing like a cool cat would be Luc! (of course!) So Luc drives over and what do you know, its been like 5 years since he's been to Disneyland AND he's never seen Fantasmic... so bye bye swing dancing and hello Mickey. :) Oh and Mickey ears...


Its the start of LUC AND NICOLE'S NIGHT O' FUN! and boy does Luc look excited!


How exciting!! Its Luc's first time getting Mickey ears!!


Yay for the pink ears!!


Just because I'm wearing ears doesn't mean I'm HARDCORE!

Anyways after the show and some rides... it was off to the Lost Bar for some nachos, drinks, and good company. :) Oh how I heart Luc!


Wow... what a night!! Is someone tired or what?!

So yay and thanks to my dear quasi-bf Luc for coming out and entertaining me! It was a good night!

Since we both had the day off, Mom and I went to our local Chik-fil-a for lunch. Inside, there was a what I call "a future family" for NANNY 911... or SUPERNANNY... whatever "naughty" parenting show you watch. Anyways, watching the mom scream at her 2 young boys who were running amok and allowing her baby to wander around the restrauant BAREFOOT, prompted my mom to say...

"If I had a kid today... I'd put them on a leash."

Good thing I'm not 4 years old or else I'd be tethered to the woman.

It was a pretty chaotic scene and we opted to sit as far away from the kids as we could... and yet there was little barefoot baby wandering by with her mom remarking that she "lost her good child" and laughing about it.

All while George Michael's "I WANT YOUR SEX" was playing the backround.

Weird weird weird.

It's Sonny (the Canadian's) birthday today!! Sooo....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONNY!!

... you old folgie you.

Cheers!

Ok. Really quick randomness!

-Friday night, drove out to Riverside after work for Maritza's birthday and saw a whole lot of old faces whom I haven't seen in ages! Well, cept for the faces that I saw last week... but you know the drill. I was very afterschool special in a sense that I stayed away from the alcohol and the circle of folks who were screaming at me about anal sex. Instead I stayed on the balcony with darling Luc and made out. (One of these days, our tongues will actually touch and it just may be one of the grossest things in the world. ;P) Poor Ryan got help with a bottle of vodka and I got home in time to wake up the next day for work... the story of my life.

-After work Saturday night, the plan was to go drinking as a last "hurrah" for Jillian since she's moving to Missouri. Unfortuntantly, Jillian wasn't able to come, so we drank for her. Drank and exchanged "wild" stories of puking and other stuff. Its funny because since starting work, I've had several "lets go drinking afterwork" excursions. There wasn't any "wow lets go relax and drink afer that final" or even "lets stop by the bar after this service project!" Working kick ass!!

-Oh apparently my next door neighbor was arrested some odd weeks ago for cooking crystal meth and dealing in the house. You know, we figured they were doing drugs because they were just slightly off... but we never thought it would be crystal meth! No wonder we haven't seen anyone there lately... it also explains all the hooligan kids that used to hang on her drive way. Yeah, so I guess one Saturday, the cops and the FBI came, roped off the neighborhood, and it all went down. No one at the house knew about it because no one was home at the time... crazy I tell you! CURSE YOU OC... WE REALLY ARE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS!

-We've been bringing Britney and Sonny (the dog) to puppy school every Saturday lately. Britney, though extremely hyperactive, is getting better and better everday. She can sit and when I tell her to come... she'll gallop over and then pounch on her like any adorable 20 pound beagle would. Sonny (the dog) on the other hand is still really timid and shy and tends to always cower at the other dogs. One girl in our class, who seems to be on the "slightly ditzy" side asked "Is YOUR DOG CONCIETED? BECAUSE I HEAR THAT SMALL DOGS ARE CONCIETED." No... is your dog a milk tea because I think BOBA is a stupid name for a dog. Ugh.

-I've been having a chocolate craving...
Guest: Do you have any sweets?
Me: Noo... but there are vending machines in the far tower that has candy.
Guest: I meant suites. As in rooms.

... Oh yeah of course! Oops.

I still want some chocolate though.

Its funny, everytime I have a day off and Carlene is involved... it somehow turns into the "WORST DAY EVER!"

For example, 3 week ago, I had a day off. My intenerary for the day, go to the eye doctor. My appointment was for 1pm, so I planned on lounging around until it was time to go. Unfortunantly, Carlene was having some problems with her car, I had to wake up extra early to follow her to get it fixed. We get back home, and I still have an hour before my appointment, so I think "YAY! Make up on my sleeping in with a little nap!" But there's a gasp of horror in the room next door and it turns out that Carlene's brand new cell phone has broken. To make matters worse, her and Sonny had been going through "brand new cell phones" like cotton balls because everytime Tmobile would send a phone, there would be something wrong with it. So it was off to the Tmobile store to get it fixed, and then finally going to my eye doctor. Then right after having lunch, I hear a scrapping noise underneath my car... turn my wheel slightly, hear a loud POP, and freak out. When I pull over, I discover that for some FREAKISH reason, my right fog light had fallen out of its socket, and I had ran over the bulb. Ugh.

Fast forward to yesterday. It was my day off and sleeping away when Carlene runs inton my room at 8:45am. Turns out that her car is acting up again on the 91 and because my phone was off, she assumed that I was dead because I wasn't answering when she wanted to have me meet her at the car place. So downstairs I go and unfortunantly now the car is COMPLETELY DEAD and we call AAA to come to our rescue. After 2 hours, they arrive and they manage to get the car working, but just in case, we take her car to the shop, and I'll follow along in my car if we need a ride back. Since Carlene felt bad about waking me up, she offered to buy my a car wash... and I took it up! Yay for carwash!!

You know something is gonna go wrong right?

So the carwash is done and Carlene and I get into the car and we're ready to drive away... until I hear scrapping on the ground. AACK! We got out, I'm on my knees and I see that there's a giant piece of plastic that's supposed to guard the wires underneath my car... broken and completely dragging on the concrete. Apparently while on the carwash track, it had been ripped out completely!

OH MY FREAKIN GOODNESS!!

Anyway, long story short (plus writing about it is making me pissy), the manager ZIP-TIED the bottom of my car together (while telling me never to get a VW because they are poorly made... you're preaching to the choir, baby!) drove it across the street to a mechanic, who then told me that the part was already falling off of the car and well... the carwash manager didn't want to pay for ANYTHING! He also kept on saying "Well, what do you need that piece for... you don't need it!" Um, ass, they wouldn't put the piece there in the first place if it wasn't NEEDED!! Nor did he refund the carwash... which wasn't THAT GREAT anyhow seeing that the dash is still dusty. But he did offer to give me 2 free carwashes that valued a whopping $20.

Thank you so much. Really.

UGH.

And so the saga with the car continues....

I'm watching the GILROY GARLIC COOKOFF on the Food Network at the moment... and I just recognized one of the contestants from the GREAT CAKE BAKEOFF that they showed awhile back. I mean, a white woman with big 'afro' hair and big glasses who tries to steam cook a almond cake cake is someone you really can't forget. Plus from what I remembered from the bakeoff was that 50% of the score was made up of the STORY.... meaning how the recipie came about and I remembered thinking "well... that's crap. anyone can BS a cheesy story about a cake and they can already have a heads up in the game!" And perhaps this is all a sign that I really need to get a life huh.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a beautiful Easter. Today on the way to church, a butterfly slammed into the windshield of the car and stayed for a bit. Do you know how creepy that is!? One of the creatures the symbolizes life and spring and it kamakazis into your car.... on Easter Sunday of all days! But it eventually moved (perhaps after getting over the shock of what it had just done) and flew away. I hope its alright... In any case, the rest of the day was nice. Lunch with mom, lunch with dad at my aunt's, and playing with the babies. :)

Work has been.... hectic. Welcome to spring break. I like to think of it as training for summer because goodness knows its gonna suck hardcore once May rolls around....

Oh no. Did they they just use Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring in a eye drop commerical!?! Ugh.

Which reminds me, Kristine... have you seen the starburst commerical where the guy creates a sculpture of a girl using starbursts. And in the backround, they play Lionel Ritchie's HELLO.... Its a beautiful beautiful thing.

...Anyways back on work. So the other day, I had a guest throw her shoe at her husband because he didn't book two nights for their reservation and when they tried to extend it upon check in, they couldn't because we were completely sold out. Craziness huh. Right before the shoe thrower, I had another irate guest that resulted with an interview with security AND an almost run-in with my scary lemon guy in the break room. This was the same day Jerad gave me a 'lucky' penny. Lucky my ass.

Oh and my phone broke last Saturday...

But hey I got a new one on Thursday...

With a rebate that ought to be coming in 5-6 weeks.

So that just means I'm poor at the moment.

But hey at least I have my nifty new glasses...

But also means double the poorness.

Boo.

Oh shit... is this a TAMMY movie marathon on AMC!?

Well bless my soul it sure is!!

:)

So yesterday while in LINE to make a left to turn into Church... this woman in an SUV cut us off.

Carlene and Mom started getting pissy... and by pissy I mean their mouths took on the habits of dirty drunken sailors.

Sonny and I, in the back attempted to calm them down by saying "we're going to church..." because really, one shouldn't get pissy right outside of chuch. Just let it be and focus on other things right?

But then the woman who cut us off, looked outside her window and saw that Carlene had edged up, indicating that she wouldn't her her in the lane... she looked as us with disgust and rudely yelled...

"I'M GOING TO CHURCH!"

I know, I know what you're thinking... oh no she didn't.

But she did and it was OVER. No we didn't throw down and beat her senseless with heavy purses and shoes... we GLARED. There was no calm in our glaring because along with the glaring, we proceeded to talk mad SH*T about the woman who cut us off... On the way to church....

I mean it probably would have been different if she had apologized or waved an acknowlement as if to say "oh oopps... I cut you off, but thanks to much for understanding. This line to get into the parking lot sure is a bitch, but really, thanks for being so kind and letting me in."

But no. She yelled at us.

EVIL WHORE!

I know, its not very nice to call the woman who cut us off and yelled at us in front of church an evil whore... but I guess I just did it again. Oops.

But how awesome would it be if next time we see her at chuch, we cut her off at the communion line and yell at her. "I'M GETTING BREAD!!"

Oh how horrid.

I went to my eye doctor this week and FINALLY got a new contact prescription as well as a brand new pair of glasses. YAY I HAVE NO REASON TO BE BLIND! Let me tell you, dear dear stalker, how bad my eyes have gotten. Since 6th grade, my prescription has been the same. -3.25 in each eye... do you know how PERFECT it has been!?! Sure when I break glasses, my backup pair were chic fashion last centuary, but at least I had several ugly and geeky "backups". My contacts have never changed and when short on cash, I could make do with one box! But now, my right eye is -3.50 and my left eye shot up to -4.00. Good gracious! If only there was a pill I can take. Actually I didn't think it was too bad... I mean sure, before when I was driving, I couldn't see signs, but I just figured that my contacts were dirty or something... OH wells... at least now I can see.

Oh how I love benifits though. Next, STOCK OPTIONS and 401k!

Eww... I'm a grown up.

So today, an older gentleman carrying a handful of books approached me and asked "Where can I find a restroom and a place where I can sit down and relax?"

To which I thought to myself "AT THE SAME TIME!?!"

And actually said out loud...

...in a very high pitched voice...

...at work...

...where EVERYONE heard and proceeded to laugh their asses off.

He then gently explained to me that NO... he didn't need them at the same time, that he actually needed to stand up in the restroom and afterwards just wanted to read.

How embarassing.

Last night, I had an impromptu dinner with Lisa, Tam, and Melissa... which was pretty much a miracle that we all had Tuesday night off with all of our crazy schedules. Tam brought her new guy, Mike, whom I think we all heartily approve of (YAY!) and we indulged on delicious conversation and even more tasty cheesecake. To think that 10 years ago, we were talking about rallies and dances... now Lisa is planning our upcoming bachelorette parties (that won't be happening in a long time.. or so I think.) and babysitting future children (who hopefully will be concieved after the bachelorette parties of carnal sin.) How time files...

And on the way home, I drove by our old haunting spot: the 24 hour WALMART and decided that I needed a glade plugin refill and brown liquid eyeliner. Gosh, how I miss that place and those good times ofbuying flavored water and yarn at 2am.

But if I have to grow old, I'm glad that I'll be growing old with them in my life.

So Carlene and I went to Disneyland today and got to try out the brand new BUZZLIGHTYEAR ride. Ohmygosh talk about CUTE! And FUN! AND in the end, you can email the picture of yourself on the ride to anyone and everyone!!


So my score isn't as high as Carlene's. I'm just non-violent like that... or have really bad aim. :P

At work, I wear black socks.

Before I went to work yesterday, I bought black socks because I haven't done my laundry yet AND I need more black socks.

When I got to work, I realized that I forgot my brand new black socks in my car... and I couldn't go back to get it because its about a 10 minute walk from the parking lot to the office and well, I just didn't want to be marked down as late.

So I looked in my locker to see if by any chance I had any extra black socks in there.

I had ONE black trouser sock.

What's a girl to do with ONE black trouser sock.

Well... she cuts it in half. One end has a resemblance to a PED, the other looks like a TUBE, which she sorta ties the end and turns into a ghetto sock. It looks a lot like a sock sample when you're trying on shoes.

You know this makes PERFECT sense to me right?

Hi Beth! I'm alive!

:)

Yesterday, I got a tip in the form of TOGO'S coupons. Kick ass!

Hmmm... I'm trying to think of what has been going on lately. Mostly work... the story of my life. Oh! Monday, I had a little work party where Jean was my date and they showered us with sugar and perks. Tuesday, after shopping, went to an expo at work, and met up with Mondo for dinner. Thursday, after work, got some drinks with Lindsay and John.... and Friday just worked work work. Yep. Thats it work work work.

I've been very cautious about walking alone at work... and whenever its time to go home, I walk out with someone... or 2 or like the other night 6. They wouldn't snap like the JETS for me, but it was still comforting.

"What makes you think that we will save you if you're getting kidnapped?"

Awww... love.

I think I scratched my left eye because its been RED for the last 2 days. I swear its making me self conscious. I'm afraid that if a guest gets mad at me, they'll make a report on the GIRL WITH THE RED EYEBALL who ruined their vacation. Erp. Since I'm on my last pair of contacts and my "cool" glasses are broken, I'm doing my darndest to keep the contacts alive so I won't have to walk around with my 8th grade glasses. According to Carlene, today I look like Harry Potter's girlfriend in them... CRAP! Hopefully my health benifits will kick in soon.

Boo. My life is boring... later I shall post pictures of the puppies to make up for all the empty space. :)

Err...

So... here's what's been going on in my life lately.

Friday night, I'm walking to my car at work. Its late and I'm walking alone because I did a little overtime. A hotel employee, who's in his 40's, whom I've never seen before comes up to me and starts talking to me as I'm walking. The conversation goes from "getting off of work" to "what department do you work at" to "long drive home" to "where's home" to "who do you live with" to "how old are you", to "are you single" to "you should stay single..." to "is that your car.... what a nice car... how much was it... how much were the payments... you should always check your oil."

By the time we got to the "car" conversation, as you can imagine, we were already at my car, I was inching closer and closer to it with the door open and ready to race away. But the guy just kept on talking... and finally when I had the chance, I said "bye" and drove away.

Cut to Saturday. I told Kristen that this creepy guy walked me to my car and I really wish I walked with someone to my car the night before so I didn't have to go through the whole thing.

Later that afternoon, the GUY shows up at the desk. I'm actually with a guest, but I notice him in line and I start fudging up so I'm stuck with my guest a little longer than necessary. Kristen mistakes him for a guest and apparently he asks for change. Later when I'm alone, he says "hi" and asks what time I get off of work. I say 11pm, but actually, I get off at 11:30.

11:30. I'm off of work, but because of the guy showing up, I really don't want to walk all by myself.. so I wait another 30 minutes so that I can walk out with David and Caroline. At midnight, we get to the parking lot and I notice a man in his van. I assume that its just someone getting ready to drive away...

In the parking lot, I tell David and Caroline that I'm ok and we seperate. Once I get into my car though, I notice the van lights go on and its moving forward... then stopping in front of my car. Its the GUY and he's getting out of the van. Keep in mind that its an HOUR from the time I told him I was getting off. I start panicking and call the first number on my phone (I HEART LUC! Jean too... she was my number 2 phone call). The guy comes up to my car, I roll down the window just a bit and he asks how I'm doing and offers me some lemons, but he doesn't have any lemons in hand. I say "no thank you" he says "Why dont you want any lemons" and I, in a panic say "CAUSE I NEED TO GO HOME!". Luc is still on the other line, thinking that I'm going crazy, and I roll up my windows and drive away.

Yeah. I'm just a little bit creeped out.

This morning, I had a sit down with my manager and sobbed the whole story out to him... he's looking into the situation and feeling a little bit better. We know the guy's name, what department he works for.. so hopefully someone will talk to him. I still need to write a statement... so I guess you can consider this my rough draft. Err. I don't know what else to do other than pray that I won't have to see the guy again.

Lucky for me I have some teriffic coworkers who got my back as well as a great sister with a great canadian boyfriend who drove my scared ass to work today and escorted me into the building... they picked me up too. Its sorta nice to have a posse.

"You can find out if he's gay if he's a good dancer..."
-Jean's advice.

Perhaps I jinxed myself earlier.... Damn you tasty desserts!

Oh wells. Although I think my boobs are shrinking. Would that score me some points?

Anyways, with the sun out and payday on the horizon amongst other things... it was a good day for shopping. :)

Life is pretty grand.

There is no such thing as a "normal" day. For instance, the other day, I witnessed the following conversation at work.

little girl: looking at a driver's licence What does that heart mean?
mom: That means that daddy is a organ donor.
little girl: So daddy gave away his organs?
mom: No. Daddy has to be dead to do that.

Wow. What a time to start the "every one is going to die" conversation with your 6 year old while on vacation and checking into your hotel. Oh... and not only will he eventually die, someone else might get his still beating heart. Talk about morbid.

Anyways, work is finally taking its toll on me, but not to the point where I want to scream bloody murder. Actually, yesterday was ok... but 2 days before I was on the verge of breakdown because it seemed like every one of my guest HAD. AN. ISSUE. And while I don't mind being the verbal punching bag for my friends and family, after 30 random strangers venting about not getting a resort view, well... you have to wonder if sleeping with your room facing the CITY can truely ruin someone's ENTIRE LIFE.

But then again, I have the families and guests who like me (yes, I'm sooo modest) and well, that makes up for the difficult ones. The other night, I had a little girl tell me that I was her favorite NICOLE in the whole wide world. I wanted to slather her with kisses and ask her to write me a letter of reccomendation on my direction-giving abilities so that I can give it to my managers. But honestly, it was something so little and so sweet that changed the course of my day.

And how I do love my co-workers. :) Last week, some of us got coffee afterwards... that's like ACCEPTANCE right!?! AND I've managed to ambush hug Sal almost a dozen times now without getting stabbed back. SCORE!

Tell me when will you be mine
tell me quando quando quando...

Excuse me, I'm floating in a bowl of ear candy. Michael Buble, how I love you.

I completely knocked out today... it was weird. I was up, out shopping with Carlene and Sonny, and the moment I got home I was completely knackered. Weird huh.

So anyways, for those who don't know, this is Pete.


Pete says "Hey... baby."

Wasn't he cutest?! I haven't seen him in a year or so... but I think he looks the same. Maybe taller... but still clutching the shamu. It totally makes him cute and sensitive.

And have I mentioned that he can dance? OH yeah... TOTALLY. And he'll do it at YOUR command.

And boy does he know his computer stuff. He says "site feed" and I go "what?" and he says "do it"!! I still don't understand what it is exactly, but right at the moment, this baby is SITE FEEDING!! I think that's kick ass... or something.

AND HE'S SINGLE!

I know. What the...

But that only means YOU can be the one to capture this adorable, shamu loving, law school embarking, computer-knowing piece of MAN MEAT... who can DANCE. YOU!!

SO what are you waiting for!?!

;)

Because I'm bored and feeling absolutely cheesy... not to mention the fact that I love Luc...


spaznik: if i could, i'd TOTALLY hug my screen right now.


i heart luc. :)

Not in THAT way of course. :) He's the bestest though.

Oh btw, your drivers license ought to be good enough if you're driving into Canada, says Carlene and the Canadian.

Well, HAPPY belated VALENTINES DAY folks! :) The day where all the new year's resolutions for diets and eating healthy stops because wether you're coupled up or just single, you're gorging on chocolate because it is ALL AROUND. You're in love, you get chocolate. You're alone, you buy it or your fellow single friend buys it for you and you eat it together in hopes of erasing the fact that you're alone on this sad sad evening...

or something of the sort. It kinda makes sense in my head. ;P

Actually, yesterday was pretty good... and in a way it could have been worse. While on lunch, I was watching tv and they were showing this man during the Orlando Magic game, proposing to his girlfriend during halftime... and instead of saying "yes", she ran off the court. OH and did I mention that I was watching THE NEWS and not the actual game itself? Poor thing... its one thing to be rejected in front of thousands of people, but its another to have your clip of being rejected being played over and over again on the news... or having an article about on the internet like so... ouch.

spaznik: my neck is a little stiff...
TooMuchPete: ...not going to ask...
spaznik: nah.. i just slept on it weird...
TooMuchPete: It's really unsafe to do that to the driver.
spaznik: EVIL!!!

So a week ago, I woke up during the middle of the night, turned my head, and BOOM, suddenly it got stiff on me and the slightest movement made it hurt like a mother. I decided to sleep it off and thought that by morning, it should be gone.

Nah. My neck is still aching a bit. Sure it's not as intense, but it's damn right bothersome. So in hopes of avoiding the doctor and hearing that my stiff neck is a symptom of meningitis, I've booked my mom's massuse to come over to the house so that her magical fingers will do the job. If not, I have quite a bit of ibuprohm that ought work... I'm just scared I might become addicted to them. That's what happen to celebrities... one painkiller takes them down the road to self destruction. Or maybe its ok just as long as I don't down it with a bottle of vodka. Yeah, that might be it.

**update**
The massuse is gone and I'm feeling much more relaxed and my neck is feeling better. I'm also greasy from head to toe and I think I smell a bit like bengay. Since she had a brand new table that was bigger and heavier that her old one, instead of having the massage upstairs in the bedroom, I had it down in the living room. Scary thought. As I was laying on my back for the first half, everytime I would feel "cool air" on my chest from the towel moving... I kept on thinking "Please don't let anyone come home right now. Don't let the gardeners come through the gate that this moment." because really, how awkward would that be. Exactly.