yay! its thursday.. that means no school tomorrow! =) i love having my fridays off.. well tomorrow is going to be EH though cause i have to go to the hospital to get some tests done. nothing serious folks.. so no worries. but still its a visit to the hospital... at least i have the comforting thought knowing my mom is there with me.. somewhere else in the hospital working.. but in the same vicinity nevertheless.

yesterday was a cool day... went to work ( LATE cause i woke up at 8am... i guess i was just dreaming of LANCE.. *sigh*), had my CKI meeting (go lamar!! he had a cool ice breaker where we each had a name on our back and we had to go mingle around and play 20 questions with everyone else in order to guess our identity. but lamar messed up big time on mine... i was supposed to be marilyn manson... but on my back was the name CHARLES manson... ugh.. so for a while i kept on thinking that the identity was of a somewhat short somewhat old white man in jail. ooooooo.. options galore.), class.. (GO ADVERTISING!) and then came home. ohhhh.. so sad.. i missed NSYNC on leno. =( no one reminded me... *sigh* how heartbreaking. now i have to watch it next wednesday when they replay it at 2am.

OH BY THE WAY... miss lisa.. you said you were going to the UCLA meeting yesterday.. but my sources said you didnt go.. *sigh* hehehe.. its ok... next time i'll go WITH you. =) *** gotta love the 6 week winter break!***

today i went to go look at a possible apartment with my mom. it was ok... except that the place that was to be my room didnt have a door. hahahahah... it had this wanna be sliding wall... and there was one bathroom.. it was kinda like the brady bunch's kids bathroom. yeah.. so my mom and i decided that we would stick it out in chino hills for another 6 months and hopefully by then the house will be sold and we can move to another house. *cross fingers* chino hills is way too boonie for me. need...to... live... near... CIVILIZATION!!

and if you were SICK of me talking about NSYNC yesterday.. here is more. tonight was like NSYNC NIGHT part II. they showed the NSYNC holiday special on channel 11 ( i taped it of course..) AND the christmas special on disney channel (yup.. taped that too). it was kinda hard to miss since like everyone and their mother CALLED me to make sure that i was watching and had my VCR all ready.... gotta love my friends. gotta love NSYNC! =D

ok... for my 3...
1) im grateful for the people i work with.. they are soooo funny and my job would be sooooo boring without them. plus... there has GOT to be a reason why im still working there since they only give me 5 hours a WEEK!! its sooooo the people. damn stephenie and her highlighters.. she connected them all together and started poking me with them while she chanted *im not touching you... * hahahaha.. gotta love her and her DORKINESS. =) hahahhaha.. good thing i got her and raquel to join CKI. rock on!
2) im grateful for my tito sonny up in seattle. he is my FAVORITE uncle in the world.. or so he seems to think he is. =) but he's super duper cool. yesterday... my mom got a package from him and it was some filipino food that he cooked for us, froze it and mailed it down. he's always doing the coolest things for my mom, sister and i. =) when we were younger though.. he would terrorize us whenever he came to visit cause he would be tap dancing down the halls and always doing something stupid. i think its because of my mom and my tito sonny that my sister and i are sooo quick with our comebacks, sarcasm and our wittyness. (though it can be seen as being a smartass.. oh well.)
3) im grateful for conan obrian.... he too funny. =) if only i can meet a guy who is like him. hey.. i think conan is very sexy in that goofball way! =D and also.. im grateful for his writers... if i cant be an ad excutivie... i would LOVE to become a writer for a tv show as funny as that.

I LOVE NSYNC... I LOVE LANCE... I love justin, jc, joey, and chris too of course... but i LOVE LANCE most of all. =) I LOVE NSYNC. they are soooo wicked.... I just LOVE them! ok.. so you may have guessed by my gushing... i went to the NSYNC concert today with carrie, chrissy and mary. (it was mary's first concert!! shes been having a GOOD week... first that guy she was eyeing at FTC emailed her back... i had a picture of him for her.. AND the NSYNC concert. go mary!) =D I LOVE NSYNC! i am soooo on cloud nine right now... i think carrie may have some marks on her arm from me grabbing it whenever our boys did anything KICK ASS... **ahem** grinding the floor or any form of pelvic thrusts... ;) but boy.. it was pretty awesome. the concert was basically the same thing as the HBO concert... same as the one as the rose bowl concert.. just i had somewhat better seats this time... OH and instead of singing I THOUGHT SHE KNEW.. they sang OH HOLY NIGHT for the holiday season. **sigh** it was awesome. I LOVE NSYNC!! i have said it once and i'll say it again.. NSYNC is not a BOY BAND.. they are a MAN BAND!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! I LOVE LANCE!! =D I LOVE NSYNC... ok.. thats enough.. =D

they had that one group DREAM.. (missed them... was stuck in on the 405...), LIL BOW WOW.. (missed him.. in the parking lot and shopping for you know what memorabilia) and the BAJA MEN (got to see them.. it was interesting... they sang WHO LET THE DOGS OUT and then they went "WHO LET THE CATS OUT?".. and the audience went "MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW"... it was cute.) as the opening acts. i think by the time the boys came out.. i was partially deaf cause there was this one 12 year old.. and she was screaming on the top of her lungs those HIGH PITCH BLOOODY DEATH screams every 5 seconds. UGH... oh well.. kids will be kids.. and teenyboppers will be teenyboppers. =D

alrighty... the grateful things..
1) im grateful for NSYNC.. =D *duh* sooo talented.. soooo cute... soooooo... just SOOOOOOO great! just one more time ok?? I LOVE THEM!! I LOVE LANCE!! I LOVE NSYNC!! GRRRRRRRR! ok.. thats the last of it. really.. it was. =P
2) im grateful that i reserved the rooms for the mistletoe project a year ago... =) not too stressful this year...
3) im grateful for my history professor. he always manages to entertain me every tuesday and thursday with his HIGH ENERGY lectures. =) and.. he doesnt give homework... and he allows us to have a "cheat sheet" for our HARD tests. really they are hard.. they have those a....b...c... ab&c.... ab but no c.... questions on his tests. but still.. hes a good professor. =) if only i remembered what his name was.

i don't want to go back to school tomorrow. but alas the day has come and thanksgiving is over. CRAP. oh well... look on the bright side.. only 3 more weeks left of school and then its CHRISTMAS vacation!! =D

more and more i am loving NAPSTER... it never ceases to amaze me. the other day, i was searching for "rockin around the christmas tree" and one of the files that came up was the KARAOKE version. so.. on a whim... i put KARAOKE on the search.. and out came a plethora of karaoke files and backround tracks!! i was on cloud nine. =) they even have all the britney songs on karaoke!! (so all you britney fans can dance AND sing to it... get a pipecleaner and attach it to your ear.. and there you go.. a microphone!! =D)

yesterday i went to a wedding anniversary for my tito mon and tita ellen.. they've been married for 25 years. the ceremony was really nice... my aunt kept on laughing and crying... =D i can't wait till i get married and hopefully it will last as long as that. not planning on getting married in the NEAR future though.. EEK!!... its kinda weird cause my best friend from kindergarten is planning to get married in july... and gosh... i feel sooo young that i can't imagine myself gettting married and settling down just yet. its crazy.. ive never had a serious relationship and here she is with a fiancee!! im not jealous or anything... but the fact that she's GLOWING whenever i see her kina makes me long for that special someone. but then again.. i rarely see my family.. how can i throw a relationship into my life. *sigh* i dont want to get into this now cause then i would be rambling all night long and you would think to yourself.. DAMMIT NICOLE.. QUIT YOUR BITCHING!!! YOU'RE SINGLE.. YOU'LL SURVIVE. THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE FOR YOU... ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.... i know this cause this is what comes to mind when im talking to my fellow single friends. =D oh well....

i bought the christina aguilera christmas cd.. its REALLY REALLY good. =D i think i'll start decorating the apartment... today they were showing WHITE CHRISTMAS on tv. i cant wait when they show the 24 hours of a CHRISTMAS STORY on TNT.. i can watch that movie over and over again. OH RALPHIE!! =D

ok.. the 3.
1) im grateful for BOBA!! that stuff is GOOD! yesterday i tried the strawberry one... new favorite flavor!!
2) im grateful that my sister has DSL, NAPSTER and a burner... ohhhhh... am i going to have fun when i go over there with blank cds!!
3) im grateful that this week i was able to just chill and relax. the next 3 weeks are going to be HELL and i think i've been able to rest up for it a bit.

OH GOSH!!.. still full. sad thing is.. my mom, sister and i have been picking at the leftovers all day. UGH! guess it probably cause we never have food here in the apartment...

yay!! I LOVE LUCY marathon!! "hello friends... im your vitameatavegamin girl. are you tired... run down.. listess?? do you poop out at parties... are you unpopular? well all of you answers are in this little bottle. vitameatavegamin. yes with vitameatavegimin.. you can spoon your way to health. all you have to do is take one teaspoon after dinner. its so tasty too. tastes just like candy! soo join the hundreds happy pappy people and get a bottle of vitameatavegamin tomorrow. thats vita-meata-vegamin." *wink* hehehehe... couldnt help it.. its one of my favorites...

today... i'll incoporate my grateful things with my daily summary. =) save time and space.. kinda like online recycling?
1) im grateful for my mom and dad...
today, i was supposed to meet my dad at the tire rotation place at 8am. i woke up at 9:30am... EEK!! so i raced over there and my dad was there waiting patiently. he wasnt too angry... in fact.. i dont recall him being angry at all. =D and then afterwards, we went to the autobody place to get an estimate on how much it would cost to repair that BIG ass scratch in the front of my car from that chick that backed up into me at the gas station. seems its going to be about $400+ to fix cause they have to take apart the whole front bumper. good gracious.
my mom yesterday noticed that the scarf i was crocheting was getting all crooked.. so shes helping me fix it by so it won't do that fuinky twisty thing anymore and its looking pretty spiffy. next.. shes going to teach me how to make a matching hat! =) go me!
i guess its really the little things that count.

2) im grateful for leftovers...
yay!! didnt have to cook today... yeah yeah.. we just picked at everything... but hey.. it works. actually.. my mom did a lil cooking when she converted the leftover meat into some yummy-licious fried rice. with all the food that we have... we won't have to cook for the next week!

3) im grateful for the holidays...
i was just watching OPRAH.. and she gave her whole studio audience everything PLUS a bag of chips... she was showing awesome christmas gifts.. and giving them away as well!! so her audience got a cd player, 2 of those new pagers with wireless emals, cameras, lotions, candles, etc.. it was pretty awesome. (if anyone can get me into the Oprah audience when next christmas rolls around.. CALL ME!) i love this time of the year cause it brings the best out of everyone. i was thinking that if i were that rich... i probably go crazy and go grant everyones wishes... if it were possible. like.. i would totally get NSYNC to give my friends and i a private concert... carrie, tina, mariss, and tina would probably go crazy... and i can already imagine joe asking them to teach them their dance steps so that he can teach it to his club so that they can perform it at convention or something... =)
next week at work.. we get to start saying "HAPPY HOLIDAYS, CAL STATE FULLERTON" and people are usually caught off guard and we don't have as much irate callers. they are much more cordial.
plus also.. during this time.. you get to actually SPEND time with the family... and see the friends with whom you havent seen in a while. =) even if it does mean that you are just sitting around watching tv or doing nothing... its doing nothing with your family and spending that quality time together. i dunno.. im cheesy like that. =)

I AM SOOOOOO FULL!!! its not even funny. ok.. so for lunch.. my mom decided to cook the prime rib with the potatoes, stuffing, greens, it was DELICIOUS. i made the gravy!! =) it was pretty kick ass gravy.. i saw them make it on LIVE WITH REGIS. =) GO ME GO ME!

ok.. so after that.. we got ready and went to have DINNER at my aunts.. and she COOKED A LOT!! there was lobster,shrimp, potatoes, filet minon, pancit, soup, apple pie, chocolate cake, baklava, and even a TURKEY.. which i was very suprised to see cause that side of the family isnt very traditional when it comes to thanksgiving. oh well.. we had some interesting conversation.. it was really cool cause they had all my cousins and i at the KIDS table, even though we arent kids anymore. the youngest is 15 and my oldest cousin is 26 and married. but still.. we all got to bond and talk... then we watched WILL AND GRACE. =) love that show.

well SINCE it is thanksgiving.. i should say what im thankful for...
1) family
2) friends
3) my creativity
4) my brita water filter (OH HELL YEAH!!)
5) my tiny apartment
6) CKI... everyone associated with CKI is pretty kick ass.. and i'd have no life without it.
7) my car
8) my computer
9) school... although i HATE it.... i love it at the same time. freaky huh.
10) NSYNC... enough said. =)

i love vacations... =) its so wicked yesterday i got to just chill.. wait... i took carrie to LAX and we were checking out this adorable baby with her pretty hot daddy. HE WAS!!! =) kinda pierce bronsen-ish. the night before we had a late snack at DENNYS (dressed in my pajamas... EEK!) since there is no other place here in BOONIE chino hills that is open 24 hours.

so today at work... i crocheted. i crocheted for 5 hours straight while answering my calls. my fingers are soo sore and stiff.. but i was DETERMINED to get something done. its sad.. all that crocheting and i only have 3 rows done.. keep in mind though its like 4 feet long... but only 3 rows wide. EH. anyhoo.. today was the first day for me to work in the new office. before we used to have this tiny CRAMPED office in the dungeon of the library.. now we have this office OFFICE that we share with the web guys... it kinda sucks cause we cant be as loud or have as much fun or else we might be bothering the web guys. =( also.. we cant put pictures of your MEN up... we used to have our walls decorated with 98*, NSYNC, Matt Damon, David Duchovny.. etc.. but we have new desks and theres no places to put up the pics. how tragic is that!!

after work, i pretty much did some PRE-pre christmas shopping at the mall. i didnt buy anything, but i got some ideas of what im going to get for my friends and family. at least thats what i think im going to get so far.. unless i find something better...

then off to BJ's for dinner with tina, keri, marissa, crystal, jp, jr, and 2 other people i dont remember what their names where.. they were jp's friends. fun and interesting dinner... seems that jp doesnt know how to operate a cell phone.. and has a hearing problem/short attention span.. whatever... we celebrated his birthday with some pazookie..( did i spell that right?... if not.. mariss may kill me.. oh well..) and then drove to the block for more window shopping. once keri and i parked, we noticed the people in the car in front of us were sucking face.. on a whim... i set off my car alarm. HEY i tried high-beaming them first.. but they were so enamored with each other that they didnt notice the flashing lights. anyhoo... saw some REALLY CUTE shoes at TILLY... but alas.. no money.. so maybe next time.. =). also keri and i stared at the tv at virgin for a wihile cause they were showing the NSYNC concert. i listened to the christina christmas cd for a while and now im in the process of downloading some of the mp3s off of napster. =) YAY NAPSTER.

ok.. so then afterwards, went over to tinas were i learned how to play memory on mariss's phone and watched tina and mariss go crazy with keri's hair. took some interesting pictures... had some juice... listen to the fire crackle... for some reason... tina's parents dont utilize the bedrooms upstairs and were downstairs sleeping. so we were all extra quiet. =)

okies... its TIME!
1) im grateful im still get to kick it with my *denny's crew... now known as the BJ's crew*.... you guys kick ass!!! =) its good to know we are all thinking the same things and when we need some good gossip... we can always go to keri. =)

2) im grateful i know how to crochet.. or else i would have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bored during work. good gracious!! at least we have those new spiffy chairs that dont hurt my back anymore. =)

3) im grateful its winter.. i love bundling up and listening to christmas carols.. i love the season... =) it makes me feel all warm and happy inside. =) its begining to look a lot like christmas....

What a KICK ASS weekend!! =D FTC was a BLAST!! I LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEE my club!! they are soooo dope. =D ok.. so on friday, we got off to a slow start up to sonora cause there was a giant van mix-up. insead of 2 mini-vans, we got one HUGE 15 passenger van which was good so then we all got to ride together. 8 hours later after singing tv show theme songs,telling bad jokes and MANY winding CURVES up the mountain, we were at the camp and we were all super delighted that there was SNOW on the ground!! =D ok.. so off we went to register and the opening session (where my new members looked a bit confused and overwhelmed... i kinda got worried for them.. but they got into it)... and then afterwards, my happy lil club had a HUGE snowball fight in the field! it was soooo much fun!! crystal and tina even laid in the snow and made some snow angels... sooo cute!

so then that night, we all seperated... caroline, stephenie and raquel got a REALLY NICE cabin on the TOP of the hill... whereas mary, crystal, tina and i got this shack on the bottom of the hill... the guys all got to stay in the same ARMY STYLE cabin. =D but the only thing that really mattered was that there was central heating.. and there SURE was.. it was freaking HOT in our cabin.

saturday morning, we woke up early, had some breakfast, and off to our workshops and so on. hmmm.. some highlights at my presidents workshop we had to craw underneath other people's legs.. (dont ask any questions)... got to make some cute cards for kids in hospitals with my club... listening at the convenion meeting despite the RUMBLE up above at the swing dancing workshop. after dinner, we had the new member installation and i was JUMPING up and down for my new members.. I LOVE THEM!! they all are soooo cool!! =D they rock!! and then as MAGIC KINGDOM we had the bestest SKIT!! =) we had our boys dress up in tutus and run across the stage and chrissy proved her love to the division by dressing up as a scary LEPRECHAUN. what a sight that was. after all that madness, we had a dope dance and CSUF went about and gave anyone we can SNEAKY FREAKS! =) oh by the way.....hey UC DAVIS GUYS!! hehehe.. some of my members think your boys are cuties!! LETS INTERCLUB!!

this morning, we had closing ceremonies and watch CARRIE get pied.. hahahaha...***carrie shoutout*** sooo sorry carrie, but it was HILARIOUS!! at least you didnt get it flying into your face like ryan had it. plus you got a semi revenge when you hugged minh back! you go girl!!! pie never looked better. =) then we packed up and drove back down... but the ride was sooooo much fun!! everyone was more social after the weekend... and we were dancing to NSYNC's I DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY (yes.. it is a slow song.. but we made it very INTERESTING by our dramatical interepration) as well as COLOR ME BAD's I WANNA SEX YOU UP... hahahaha.. that got everyone awake and alert. the ride pretty much consisted of "picking up the opposite sex 101" by lamar... DAMN MARY, YOU GOT BALLS FOR TALKING TO THAT GUY" .... and other relationship talk. it was lots of fun and i am sooo happy that we all bonded this weekend.. GO TUFFY TITANS!! =) i think this was my bestest FTC all because of my memebers.. they really made my weekend! i really hope they had fun.. it seemed like it.

ok so now i get to rest cause I HAVE NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK!! yay... im loving cal state fullerton more and more! so... i get to wash my car... do laundry.. and just veg out. WICKED!!

ok.. my grateful 3... bet you can't guess what they are!!
1) im supergrateful for my club.. *duh* =) i love you guys soo much... my job as president would suck hard if i didnt have such COOL ass memebrs to keep me motivated.. you guys are the bestest!! plus they can really make me laugh...

2) im grateful that we got to and from FTC saftely... it was a really trecherous journey... some got car sick.. but im grateul no one puked. that would have been GROSS!

3) im grateful that CSUF always gives a THANKSGIVING VACATION! YAY!!!