YAY! =) it was a good day! =) First of all, the rain took a break from its reign of terror. (HAHAH... get it? Rain? Reign? hahaha... shut up. I thought it was rather clever.. =P) Then I had my meeting... =) hehehe.. It was good even though the suprise presence of some overbearing advisor made me a lil bit nervous... OH and the fact that we had elections and the person who was supposed to be nominated as President was LATE!! But it all went well... we have our nominations.. and then some. =) WHEW! I'm just glad that it looks like next years board will be awesome and LOTS OF FUN! =)

Afterwards I went to the library to get some computer stuff done... heheh.. afterwards I went over to the north side to read.. and there was some guy who was sleeping and he was MOANING LOUD and TALKING IN HIS SLEEP! hahahah.. it was pretty hilarious. The whole time I was thinking..."gosh I hope I don't do that when I'm sleeping in the lounge... we hopefully not AS bad."


In my ad writing class, I learned how to play with the Powerpoint.. =) that was rather exciting considering I'm a CDA... COMPUTER DUMBASS. hehehhe... hey.. at least I know how to connect onto the internet and how to work NAPSTER. =)

I got out of the lab early and once I got home, I pretty much crashed. I feel bad though cause I miss Joe's meeting and I wasn't able to get my ashes. =( I know... I feel horrible. I'll probably stop by church tomorrow...

Kathryn's the MOLE!! That was such a suprise... I totally thought it was JIM cause he was just too perfect.. also.. NO ONE SUSPECTED HIM! But then he got excuted... so then I was screaming at the tv.. ITS STEVE ITS STEVE... but no... he was the winner and Kathryn was the mole!!! That was pretty interesting... poor girl... I would hate to be the mole cause I would feel bad I was screwing everyone over. But boy.. that was a really good ending.... =) OH and how cool is ANDERSON COOPER!! hahah.. I remember that dude from CHANNEL ONE!! I swear... he's just sooo kick ass! I feel as if I grew up with him cause we used to watch him at Holy Name and at SL. hahahahah... same with Lisa Ling and that Serena chick from MTV news.... WEIRD! =)

OHH and to add.. all the couples on Temptation Island stayed together!?! YAY!! =) Thats soo awesome... Isn't Billy the cutest!?!?

grateful things...
1) I'm grateful for Keri... cause she made me these really cool CDs... hahahha.. I put them into my car and I was laughing everytime a song came on cause they were SOOOOOO old!! HAHAHAH.. I completely forgot about MR WENDEL!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
2) I'm grateful for Band-aid sheer strips... one of my nails ripped and its on the base... so if I were to cut it, it would be VERY PAINFUL. So... to protect it, Ive been using these baby band aids... =)
3) I'm grateful that I have a *nominated* board for next year..=).. actually.. I'm VERY VERY VERY grateful for that. And trust me.. they are going to do a wicked awesome job. =)

today was one of thoe "BLAH" days.... i guess you can blame it on the rain. I woke up... realized i was single... went back to sleep. HAHAHA.. NOT EVEN.. it was more like.. I heard my alarm clock go off at 8am... listened to the oldies for a good hour...finally got out of bed around 9... got ready and left the apartment at 10:20.... got crappy parking and walked in the COLD to the box office for work. Work was pretty good... my supervisor was kinda in a crabby mood (as usual) but eventually got out of it. I think she's leaving or something going on with the higherups but she told me that whatever happens in the future, she's reccommending me to the "PEOPLE" cause she sthinksI have potential. =) So i guess thats a compliment... I have potential to be the BEST TICKET SELLER EVER!! =) hehehe.. yeah... i know.. being sarcastic again.. but yeah..I'm happy. At least I know she doesn't HATE me... and she's not planning on FIREING me. so YAY!

Well... remember how I spent over $400 for my books!?!? Well... one good thing is that the bookstore has some kind of redemption program where they give you $5 for even $100 you spent. So I went there today and showed my reciepts and got my $20 gift certificate. HERE I COME NEW SWEATSHIRT! =)

Well, tomorrow is the start of Lent and its time for me to give up something to hopefully better myself as well as sacrafice for God. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do because sometimes it seems like "giving up" something is like a contest of the sort.. when really, it shouldn't. I want to do something that will make me grow stronger. I guess I've been out of the loop when it comes to my religion. I know that God is there and he loves me unconditionally. Isn't that insane...he loves me unconditionally!?!? With all the stupid things I do and WILL do in the future.. he is constantly going to be there for me. I don't even think I can say that about my own dad.... Its a good feeling to know I have God. Sorry, didn't mean to get preachy.... just a realization I had while typing. I really should go to mass more often....

Last night I was on the computer, and Fred was sleeping in my bed. So he was snoring away... and all of a sudden I hear the jingle of his collar and a THUMP. HAHAHAHAH... FRED FELL OFF MY BED!! Poor thing. he climbed back up and just went back to sleep. hahahha... silly doggie.

MEN ARE DICKS. We are not WHORES! You guys are JUST AS CONFUSING as us.... maybe even more. Why can't you just INTERPRET THINGS CORRECTLY!! EVIL!! If its true that men think about sex every 5 seconds... then you thought about sex like 10 times while reading this??? EWWWWWW!!

okies.. the 3:
1) I'm grateful to have GOD. Things would NOT be possible without him.
2) I'm grateful for my spiffy umbrella and the titan shuttle... =)
3) I'm grateful for Life... this moment in time... the experiences I've had.... everything. =)

heheh... yesterday was an ADVENTURE for sure. =) In the morning, I was having another bad reaction to my medicine... so I pretty much laid in bed and waited for the room to stop spinning. But its all good cause it eventually did.

So then I Keri and Tina came over around 8ish and we went over to Hottie Todd's house. I must admit, I had my doubts about going because last time we were there... we ended up watching videos of him making speeches in front of his class. But now there was more than 5 people.. ran into Susan, one of our old classmates from SL who now goes to LB but is friends with one of the friends of JP (small world huh!)... and no speech class videos. =) During our first 2 minutes, we were all signaling like crazy to each other the "DUDE GET ME OUT OF HERE" hairsweep. But we stayed for a while.. even though no one could remember Keri's or my name for the life of them. I swear..I have met Hottie Todd how many times and he NEVER remembers... eh. Anyhoo.. people were grabbing asses and touching abs.. (lucky tina) and our original plan of dropping by died when I called the IMAX theater and the last NSYNC CONCERT showing was already done. =( So then we decided to go to the OH SO POPULAR 24 HOUR WALMART. SO as we are leaving, thats when conversations and situations get interesting... Todd's talking about wanting to consumate his desires and JP's screaming "NIIIICCCCCOOOOLLLLEEEEE" and pretty much everyone elses name at the party cause he was SMASHED. (he had that oh so attractive asain glow that went well with his "need to be cut and fix those roots" hair. ) But we eventually leave.. after digits are given.. *ahem keri... * hahahaha.

SO.. then here we are... happily driving back to the 57 when all of a sudden this van full of guys pull up to next and the passenger is giving us the "roll down your window" signal. I tell Keri to talk back to the homie and they are like.. "soooo where you girls going" and we were like... "um..... " Anyhoo.. these guys are going to the "PLACE"...( i dunno.. never heard of it...) anyhoo.. so the light turns green and we drive ahead. Then the light turns RED again and of course.. homies are next to us again.. =) This is when we decide to be "SMRT" and we take a picture of them.. (yes.. we had a camera handy!) and off on the 57 where they waved goodbye to us from Katella. =)

Continuing on... we make it to the wallmart after some "sex talk" and pretty much partied there until 2am. =) I don't know why walmart.. but its just so cool! Who actually needs FUSHIA PUMPS for $6! (i swear.. if those shoes were only a different color I'd sooo buy them.. but FUSHA?? ewww) There were these REALLY hilarious toys that made this really freaky LAUGH noise when you pushed a button... and Keri and I had the BEST TIME torchuring Tina with them... we had them synchronized so they'd make that midget "hee-hee-hee-haah-ahaaaaaaaaa" at the same time!! HAHAHAHAH.. it was too funny! I completely fell in love this this cute POUND PUPPY there... it was soo adorable, when you pet it.. its tail would wag and make a cute noise! but nooo.. didnt buy it. =) Anyhoo... we eventually left the walmart and came home. =)

Anyhoo.. today I had a convention meeting.. lunch with Armando and Beth, (where I listened to them chat about the EVILS of 2by2) and then went over to Laura's to somewhat practice our convention talent skit. BUT since it was only Beth, Laura, and I...we're missing others... and we need to find one or 2 more guys who would want to dance.... it was more of a "YEAH.. WE CAN DO THAT" and "LETS WATCH NICOLE MAKE A DORK OF HERSELF" gathering. =)

Came home after a drive in that GOSH AWEFUL RAIN!! Took a nap and Carlene came into my room, jumped on my, and woke up in time for THE SIMPSONS with NSYNC! =) Now.. wasn't that the funniest?!?! I swear... Ralph Wiggum is soo hilarious!! (My cat's breath smells like cat food!) They kids were a boy band named THE PARTY POSSE and the were singing "I saw you at a spelling bee.... Now I think I'm in L-U-V..." HAHAHAHA... And Justin kept on going "WORD!" That definitely ranks up there along with the X FILE spoof, the B SHARP and MONORAIL episodes. =)

yup.. the usual:
1) I'm grateful for WALMART! =)
2) I'm grateful that Carrie, Beth, and Laura want to do the convention talent show with me... =) YAY!! tis going to be kick ass... now we just need to get our guys to help us out too!
3) I'm grateful for Keri cause she got NSYNC tickets!! =D THANKS KERI!!!!!!

I got this really HILARIOUS email from Melissa today... =)

the time is approximately 4:06 pm.
































i am in the Le Conte computing center.



























guess who is sitting to my left?






































YES
































its YES



















no really!















oh shit. are you jealous?

































hahahahahahahahha. just wanted to tell you that.









































heheheheheh. ok bye.




































=)
melissa


HAHAHAAHAHAH.. what a dork she is!! =) I told her that she should have dropped a pen onto his lap or something and be like.. "OOPS.. let me just get that." Wouldn't that have been wonderful!?!!? (For those of you who don't know who YES is.... He's this REALLY REALLY FINE guy from ROAD RULES... SEMESTER @ SEA on MTV and he goes to Berkeley... sooooooo cute!!) Too bad she didn't talk to him or anything... but how WICKED is that! =) Completely random!

grateful time!!
1) I'm grateful that Mel is coming down for the weekend!! =) YAY!! Its been a while since we've been able to kick back and catch up on life.... you know... how mine is sucky and how hers is too.... CAN'T WAIT!
2) I'm grateful that I cleaned out my car.. =) YAAY! For a while, its been like my closet, locker, and CKI file cabinet.... =) Now baby just needs a car wash.
3) I'm grateful for Manny... cause he's burning me a CD with all these old school songs...=) THANKS MANNY!! You are the Mac, cheese, and then some! =)

hehe... last night was soo much fun! =) OK.. so yesterday, Beth and I planned to go kidnapp Carrie for her birthday. We left Pomona around 3:40 and Carrie was scheduled to get out of class at 5:00... unfortunantly we caught traffic on the 405 around 4:40. Then.. we got lost around UCLA... (I SWEAR!! THAT CAMPUS IS FREAKING HUGE!! ITS BIGGER THAN CPP AND CSUF COMBINED... and then SOME!) So... we didn't exactly KIDNAP her because she called us while we were roaming around UCLA... but we found her... sang happy birthday as loud as Beth can... gave her the offical Carrie BIRTHDAY CROWN, SASH, and SEPTER... and off to dinner!! =D

19 miles and 2 hous later... we got to JOE'S CRAB SHACK... a place where my co-workers told me is the BEST for BIRTHDAY HUMILIATION! This place is SOOOOO cool... very colorfully decorated with good decent priced seafood... =) Our waitor was VERY FRIENDLY... kinda cute... and just really nice. So.. here we are... Laura (who just woke up in her car), Beth, Carrie (who refuses to wear her birthday crown with dignity!!) and I... just chilling.. waiting for our food.. when all of the sudden.. the waitors and waitresses proceed to dance around the restaurant in a giant conga line!! Sooo... one of the SMART waitresses sees Carrie's crown and makes her dance along with them... =) HAHAHAHAHAHA.. i swear.. this line was dancing for the LONGEST TIME and Carrie manages to esacape when our food arrives. Soooo... good food and conversation... and then our waitor appears with a BULLHORN and a HULA HOOP!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH... YES... he announces.. ITS CARRIE'S BIRTHDAY. SO.. we all sing a very rowdy rendition of HAPPY BIRTHDAY while Carrie struggles with her Hula Hoops.... its too awesome! (dont worry... I WILL have pictures ready... !!)

So.. after taking a lobster bib, several matchbooks, mints, and for Beth... wet naps... I follow Laura speed through MANY red lights... and we get to DOWNTOWN DISNEY for some fun! =) Park and get on the doubledecker bus for a 5 min drive to the stores.... (but we were sitting in that puppy for a good 15 mins just chatting) We stop by YARRIBA YARRIBA and talk to the bouncer for a while... he think's im SPECIAL.. =P and tells Laura she has to wear clothes to get inside. =) OK...First store... *DUH* Sephora.. but its closing soon.. =( Then its off to the front of the parks cause although we've been there many-a-time... we've never gone pass the SEPHORA. Took some pictures (STRADDLE THE C!!!!!) and peeked inside the California Adventure theme park...then off to HAGGAN DAAS cause CARRIE WANTS ICE CREAM. =P So.. we are walking back and decide to go inside YARRIBA YARRIBA just to check it out. This place is SOOOOo cool.. i think its going to be our new hang out now because. 1) they have really cool stage shows with dancing.. 2) the stage goes down and turns into a dance floor for everyone in the restaurant... 3) they have a live band... 4) we're already homies with the bouncer..=) and 5... ITS ALL FREE!! isnt that insane!! =) At first we were reluctant to dance cause.. hmmmm.. NO ONE ELSE was doing it.. but then Laura and Beth with her KUNG FU grip drags me out onto the floor (Carrie reluctantly follows) and we learn how to salsa by these to girls that come and dance with us. Its easy! =) Just move those HIPS!! =) ( or like Laura said.. "pretend you are having sex"...ummm.. yeah.. =P) Then we just go kick back and watch the rest of the dancers... and Beth play with her straw and fire. SOOO. you'd think the night ended there.. but NOOOO.. it ended with the very kick ass ride back to our car in our very own double decker bus... =) The driver was humoring us and honking the horn when we asked for it.. while beth yelled at them to go FASTER!! hahahahhaha... did you know that the offical speed limit at disneyland is 14 mph?? hehehe.. yeah.. it was lots of fun.. =) SO that was my adventure last night. SOOOO much fun... that offically goes down in the books.=) WHO'S BIRTHDAY IS NEXT!!

grateful 3:
1) I'm grateful for MEDICINE... although it makes me want to throw up.. but it WORKS!!
2) I'm grateful last night's "good time"... it was hilarious girls.. we need to do it again!!
3) I'm grateful for the very cool $7 phone head set i got at walmart... its SOOO cool! =) i can use it on my cordless phone and my cellie! =)

YAYYYYY!!! The convention backdrop is done and it looks REALLY spiffy. =D It took the WHOLE day to cut out paper, draw, tape and paint that puppy... but hey.. its done! =D So.. MAD PROPS to everyone who helped... Tina, Stephenie, Raquel, Keri, Carrie, Manny, Lamar, Chrissy, Beth and even my sister and Fred who who came out once and a while to entertain us with their crazy HIGHJINKS! Sorry guys for turning into the PAINT NAZI... but I just wanted to get it done. =D Also... I was kinda getting nervous cause it was supposed to rain... ( even though my mom made me offer an egg and pray to St Lucy asking for the rain to stop... I dunno... but hey.. it worked! ) The day was lots of fun though... I found my old STAR OF THE WEEK packet from first grade and there was a letter from Keri in it that I showed her... hahahah.... Carlene was making a collage of Fred outlines... Manny and Carrie bickering... Lamar and his crazy stories.... it was fun just sitting around, talking, and painting.

After we were done, the remainder of us, Carrie, Manny, Beth, Chrissy, and I played CRAINIUM! HAHAHAHAH.. that was sooo hilarious!!! Manny is the master at charades! I swear... TOO FUNNNY!! His rendition of "snake charmer" had us all rolling on the floor!! And Carrie and Beth had to sculpt NIPPLES... HAHAHAHAHAH... too much. We have to play this game again... =D

Well, that was yesterday... today I finished my packing over at the house and said my final goodbyes.

Afterwards, I met up with Beth and Carrie for dinner at DOWNTOWN DISNEY and playtime at SEPHORA. =D I think we were there for a good hour just trying on makeup. Theres this one lip-gloss that Beth bought that tastes like COTTON CANDY! Talk about a seduction tactic! I didn't buy anything... =( but had fun making mental lists on what I want to get when I get my paycheck. =) Once we were all dolled up and GLITTERED DOWN...we went over to the RAINFOREST CAFE where we were watching these tourists from boonieville USA play with these light magic toys and called the tree an "asshole" cause we thought there was an microphone in it and we were describing our waitor. He never gave me my teaspoon! =( But although the service was ICKY... (he tried kissing ass in the end though... he probably saw us flicking the tree off) the dinner was great. Thank god for great friends... good company always improves the crappiest day. THANKS GUYS!! I NEEDED IT.

Here's my grateful things... =)
1) I'm grateful that it didn't rain while we were painting the backdrop yesterday... WHOOOOOO!!! I don't know what we would have done... and I think everyone's knees were aching so another painting day would have been out of the question... but yay!! We're done!! Now.. I just have to work on the centerpieces!
2) I'm grateful that my medicines are working.. =) My ears are almost better and are on/off pluged! =) HORRAY!
3) I'm grateful things are DONE. Let's move on.

Yesterday, Carlene finally crossed over for her sorority. =D YAY!! It was a really really nice ceremony and she was glowing cause they called her by her FULL NAME like the other actives. They had a slide show and did a waltz with their escorts what was cute... =D Pretty good for one weeks practice. The dinner was in this old steel mill factory or something.. and when they got their pins... they opened the ceiling!! =) Really pretty.. just REALLY COLD! brrrrrr!!

Although everything was really pretty and I was happy for my sister.. I was in sooo much pain cause of my freaking ears!!! The plugging sensation was soooooo bad and I felt really icky throughout the night. So right after the presents, my mom took me to the ER.

Soooo.. there was a bunch of people over there ( I SWEAR.. ALL WITH BABIES!!) and I had like this 2 hour wait until I was able to see a doctor. OK... the Emergency room is NOTHING like the television show ER. Its boring you don't get treated right away... theres a lot of just sitting around waiting.... paperwork... calling out names... waiting again... not at all exciting. ANOTHER THING.. I didn't get a real doctor.. I got a PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT! whats that about?? Anyhoo.. he looked into my ear and simply said.. INFECTION. UGH!! So yeah... I have a crappy ear infection. At least its good to know that I'm not going deaf or anything and I won't have to learn sign language. =) Just take the drugs and I should be fine. =)

Today... I WAS supposed to get some bed rest... but nope... I had to go over to the house in San Dimas and help move. I was kinda depressing. Carlene and I were going through our stuff and kept on reminicing... looking at our UGLY PICURES and laughing our asses off... looking at old notes... just old memories that were around the house. My mom used to keep our porcelin dolls (which we were never allowed to play with) up on a shelf in the closet and we laughed that it was only now we can play with them cause we are old and moving out. We found alot of old stuff... and we realized that with all the good memories, those all have built a foundation to a happy and content life. Old letters.... old books... pretty much everything... it made us see how they shaped us to what we are today. Am I making any sense?? Probably not... so basically... while the day was kinda sad cause life was really moving on and we were saying goodbye to our youth but we are going to be using those experiences to capture our future... =) cheesy.. but true.

1) I'm grateful for everyone who has helped us pack, shove, pull, carry, and PIVOT all the furniture. =)
2) I'm grateful for the medicine.. cause I think its helping out my ears and this crappy bronchitis.
3) I'm grateful that I was able to live in that house for 19 years.... there were ups... there were downs... but thats the nature of life. You only pray for the best and look beyond the rock for the shine of the diamond.