8.28.2003
just a friendly drinking version of the game bullshit
i had a mad craving for cake last night, but unfortunately we didn't have any eggs. i was trying to bribe andy and kyle to go out and get me some so i could make the cake mix that i had in my pantry, but both of them were unyielding. i decided to give my old trusty brother a try and he was willing to bring me 3 eggs from my mom's house and him and steve came over. i baked a cake, we played cards and practically cleaned out the alcohol stash that was on top of our fridge that had been collecting dust for a while. it was good fun. staying up until 4am... it's like we're all carefree young'uns again.
i remember when we were younger and we would play "bullshit" but had to call it "liar" cause we were just little kids. what fun.
i remember when we were younger and we would play "bullshit" but had to call it "liar" cause we were just little kids. what fun.
8.26.2003
de ja vu
how many moments of de ja vu do you have? i feel like i have them all the time. i wonder why that is. my friend, sheila, came over last night to have dinner at our house and it completely felt like a de ja vu moment. and i had one again today at work. maybe the matrix is all messed up. or whatever happens to the matrix when you have de ja vu.
we watched final destination 2 on pay-per-view last night (a big ZERO out of 10 stars). it was lame, predictable, gory, and just all around sad, sad, sad. this is going into the "starship troopers" vault of bad movie choices for andy. basically, don't waste any ounce of time on it. andy kept wanting to just stop it, but i just had to see how it ended. now having seen the end, i didn't really HAVE to see it cause it didn't help the movie one bit.
lotr: two towers comes out today. damn, i wish i had ordered that advanced copy of it so i could have my DVD waiting at home for me. such a nerd.
we watched final destination 2 on pay-per-view last night (a big ZERO out of 10 stars). it was lame, predictable, gory, and just all around sad, sad, sad. this is going into the "starship troopers" vault of bad movie choices for andy. basically, don't waste any ounce of time on it. andy kept wanting to just stop it, but i just had to see how it ended. now having seen the end, i didn't really HAVE to see it cause it didn't help the movie one bit.
lotr: two towers comes out today. damn, i wish i had ordered that advanced copy of it so i could have my DVD waiting at home for me. such a nerd.
8.25.2003
eh, whatever.
it's been an interesting weekend. my friend, brenda, got married on friday and it was a really fun wedding. they had some really alright food, then some really yummy food. they had this guy cooking up salmon, mahi, and halibut on this little hot tin, with potstickers, and for some reason it was really good. they had open bar (which made all the girls i was with completely drunk). andy was the pimpster at our table cause it was just him with 10 girls. it was all the girls i know from the lab at UCSD. they had the best DJ i've ever heard at a wedding because he was an actual "club" DJ that the groom knows. on saturday i got to spend some time with kate and her mom before they left so that was cool. today i saw the limited edition white chocolate kit-kat and had to buy it... it was embarassingly scrumptious. me and andy ran into michael in poway (whom we always seem to run into). and andy and i just finished watching a pay-per-view movie. the crazy weekend in a nutshell.
8.22.2003
i'm so fucking tired of people dying.
8.18.2003
47 things you don't know about me... or maybe you do
i've seen alot of surveys lately, but filling this one out seemed the funnest. here goes:
01. i'm nicknamed "ging" because that was a word i repeatedly said when i was a baby.
02. i've known andy since i was eight years old.
03. i've fainted 3 times in my life.
04. my favorite seinfeld episode is the one when george gets grapefruit in his eyes.
05. i've had two guys confess their undying love (well, that they liked me) in two different yearbooks, two different years.
06. i still cry for my dad every so often.
07. i truly believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason.
08. i snore like a bear in hibernation.
09. me and neneng used to fish for shoes on our dresser with hangers and fishing wire when we were younger.
10. i can seriously keep a secret.
11. i'm unforgiving and i honestly don't like that about myself.
12. for the first 13 years of my life i didn't realize there were other filipino parents out there that acted just like mine.
13. my birth certificate is on a piece of letterhead paper and looks like it was typed out by frank down the street.
14. when toto lived in LA, one night we talked on the phone for 3 hours.
15. when i eat, i will strategically eat my food so that everything ends at the same time.
16. i can burp like a boy.
17. the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me: andy once asked me to stop crying because every tear that i cried, an angel fell out of the sky.
18. i hate ironing.
19. i was nominated (but lost) for ASB Ball queen when i was a senior in high school.
20. i hate being late with a passion.
21. at one point in time, i wanted to be a child psychologist.
22. i love stationary and writing letters even though email is faster.
23. i once had my period in a van and tainted someone else's upholstery. talk about embarrassing.
24. i usually decide if i like someone within the first minute of meeting them... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
25. i used to HATE pearl jam, but will now tolerate them because of andy.
26. daisies are my favorite flower because of drew barrymore in "boys on the side."
27. it probably wouldn't bother me if i decided to never have children.
28. i LOVE cigars.
29. one of my most favoritest places to be is in my bed.
30. i've never been stung by a bee.
31. i can say the alphabet backwards.
32. i believe in dream interpretation.
33. i love the smell of softener when laundry is being done.
34. i taught myself how to crochet.
35. i've gotten emailed news updates from cnn.com since septemeber 11th.
36. i once spent 4 hours during a drive to arizona in the car by myself trying to learn the words to the beastie boys' "paul revere."
37. i still cry when i watch "steel magnolias."
38. bank teller is on my "never do" job list because i'm deathly afraid of a bank robbery occuring in my presence.
39. i hate being tickled because my mom would do it to me when i was little until i had to pee in my pants.
40. i got pneumonia when i was 12 from kissing andy out in the rain when he was sick.
41. i really do believe in heaven.
42. there are very few people in the world that i trust.
43. i've fallen in hot tar before.
44. when i was little, i used to make a little bed for my stuffed animals next to my bed because i believed they would come to life at night.
45. the first time i ever got cramps, my dad told me to drink hot water and to this day i still believe that works even though nobody else does.
46. the sound of my mom singing in the kitchen by herself makes me smile.
47. i stopped eating ramen for a year after i got my wisdom teeth pulled out because that's all i ate after the operation and after that it always tasted like blood.
01. i'm nicknamed "ging" because that was a word i repeatedly said when i was a baby.
02. i've known andy since i was eight years old.
03. i've fainted 3 times in my life.
04. my favorite seinfeld episode is the one when george gets grapefruit in his eyes.
05. i've had two guys confess their undying love (well, that they liked me) in two different yearbooks, two different years.
06. i still cry for my dad every so often.
07. i truly believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason.
08. i snore like a bear in hibernation.
09. me and neneng used to fish for shoes on our dresser with hangers and fishing wire when we were younger.
10. i can seriously keep a secret.
11. i'm unforgiving and i honestly don't like that about myself.
12. for the first 13 years of my life i didn't realize there were other filipino parents out there that acted just like mine.
13. my birth certificate is on a piece of letterhead paper and looks like it was typed out by frank down the street.
14. when toto lived in LA, one night we talked on the phone for 3 hours.
15. when i eat, i will strategically eat my food so that everything ends at the same time.
16. i can burp like a boy.
17. the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me: andy once asked me to stop crying because every tear that i cried, an angel fell out of the sky.
18. i hate ironing.
19. i was nominated (but lost) for ASB Ball queen when i was a senior in high school.
20. i hate being late with a passion.
21. at one point in time, i wanted to be a child psychologist.
22. i love stationary and writing letters even though email is faster.
23. i once had my period in a van and tainted someone else's upholstery. talk about embarrassing.
24. i usually decide if i like someone within the first minute of meeting them... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
25. i used to HATE pearl jam, but will now tolerate them because of andy.
26. daisies are my favorite flower because of drew barrymore in "boys on the side."
27. it probably wouldn't bother me if i decided to never have children.
28. i LOVE cigars.
29. one of my most favoritest places to be is in my bed.
30. i've never been stung by a bee.
31. i can say the alphabet backwards.
32. i believe in dream interpretation.
33. i love the smell of softener when laundry is being done.
34. i taught myself how to crochet.
35. i've gotten emailed news updates from cnn.com since septemeber 11th.
36. i once spent 4 hours during a drive to arizona in the car by myself trying to learn the words to the beastie boys' "paul revere."
37. i still cry when i watch "steel magnolias."
38. bank teller is on my "never do" job list because i'm deathly afraid of a bank robbery occuring in my presence.
39. i hate being tickled because my mom would do it to me when i was little until i had to pee in my pants.
40. i got pneumonia when i was 12 from kissing andy out in the rain when he was sick.
41. i really do believe in heaven.
42. there are very few people in the world that i trust.
43. i've fallen in hot tar before.
44. when i was little, i used to make a little bed for my stuffed animals next to my bed because i believed they would come to life at night.
45. the first time i ever got cramps, my dad told me to drink hot water and to this day i still believe that works even though nobody else does.
46. the sound of my mom singing in the kitchen by herself makes me smile.
47. i stopped eating ramen for a year after i got my wisdom teeth pulled out because that's all i ate after the operation and after that it always tasted like blood.
8.15.2003
what the problem is?
andy, kyle and i watched "national security" last night... it's with martin lawrence and that one guy from "riding in cars with boys." i figure i could look up his name, but i'm not really in the mood for that right now. anyway, martin lawrence kept saying that in the movie and it was the best title i could come up with. i'm being attacked by cramps right now and i'm not feeling too jazzy. eh, oh well. work was boring today. slow and uneventful. i'm going to a little get together after work, so i'm pretty excited about that. people that i like and have fun with so that will be a plus. i don't have a lot to talk about, so here's a joke that my boss passed on to me... enjoy:
a man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, i will grant you one wish." the man said, "build a bridge to hawaii so i can drive over anytime i want." the Lord said, "your request is very materialistic. think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. the supports required to reach the bottom of the pacific! the concrete and steel it would take! it will nearly exhaust several natural resources. i can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me." the man thought about it for a long time. finally he said, "Lord, i wish that i could understand my wife. i want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how i can make a woman truly happy."
the Lord replied, "you want two lanes or four on the bridge?"
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women... we're THAT difficult, aren't we??? ain't that the truth??!!! have a good day.
a man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, i will grant you one wish." the man said, "build a bridge to hawaii so i can drive over anytime i want." the Lord said, "your request is very materialistic. think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. the supports required to reach the bottom of the pacific! the concrete and steel it would take! it will nearly exhaust several natural resources. i can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me." the man thought about it for a long time. finally he said, "Lord, i wish that i could understand my wife. i want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how i can make a woman truly happy."
the Lord replied, "you want two lanes or four on the bridge?"
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women... we're THAT difficult, aren't we??? ain't that the truth??!!! have a good day.
8.13.2003
that's a 6, isn't it?
i haven't really had a lot to blog about lately, so i just thought it would be better left unsaid. the only news i really have is that i got my official scores from my GRE. the unofficial ones that i got the day i took the test were the same, of course, but i also got the score from the writing part of the exam. you get one score for both essays that i guess are scored by two people, and if need be - to make the final decision, a last person scores the essays and they come up with your one score. it's scored on a range of 0-6, with half point increments, and whaddya know... i got a freakin 6. i got a perfect score on my essays...bomb-diggity, man. they break it down into percentiles like the SAT, and i scored better than 95% of the people who took that part of the exam. wow, that even surprised me. but blah, blah, blah... what does this really have to do with life and what makes it worth living? nothing at all, really.
so anyway, a breakdown of last weekend doesn't really have much to tell. thus, why i'm reviewing it on a wednesday. i threw my dinner party: hors d'oevres, salad appetizer, main course, and dessert. baby luke didn't eat anything but cheese/crackers and cheesecake, but i guess babies get that option. andy's mom, sister, and sister's family came into town on friday, also. i picked up andy's mom in mission valley so that his sister's family could continue on to tijuana to visit andy's brother-in-law's family. they left on sunday and it was just a relaxing, chill weekend overall. rob, heather, and luke left on sunday to drive out to florida. maybe it hasn't set in with andy that rob has already left to the other side of the country, but maybe it will when he feels like calling rob up for something or to hang out. that'll be sad.
and oh yeah, my friend, kate, is coming back to san diego for a week this friday. yay!
so anyway, a breakdown of last weekend doesn't really have much to tell. thus, why i'm reviewing it on a wednesday. i threw my dinner party: hors d'oevres, salad appetizer, main course, and dessert. baby luke didn't eat anything but cheese/crackers and cheesecake, but i guess babies get that option. andy's mom, sister, and sister's family came into town on friday, also. i picked up andy's mom in mission valley so that his sister's family could continue on to tijuana to visit andy's brother-in-law's family. they left on sunday and it was just a relaxing, chill weekend overall. rob, heather, and luke left on sunday to drive out to florida. maybe it hasn't set in with andy that rob has already left to the other side of the country, but maybe it will when he feels like calling rob up for something or to hang out. that'll be sad.
and oh yeah, my friend, kate, is coming back to san diego for a week this friday. yay!
8.08.2003
a lesson in gnocchi
toto came over this morning to teach me how to make gnocchi (pronounced no'-kE). it's this potato based pasta deal. i've never even tasted it before, but i agreed to make it for my dinner party cause toto said it is good. it'll just be a side-dish with some alfredo sauce, so i'm hoping it will add to my carefully crafted meal. okay, it wasn't THAT carefully crafted, but whatever.
i don't have much to talk about... work is slow and i have a bunch of things to concetrate on... such as this, that and the other thing. have you ever thought about how funny life is? like it's funny the way things continually move and change and work out? i'm not saying it's funny, haha, but it's just funny. like something can be happening to you and you don't understand why it's happening, but then in the end, somewhere along the way, it makes sense... well, somtimes. if you watched sex & the city this past weekend you'd know what i'm talking about. i'm kinda like charlotte, i guess.
i don't have much to talk about... work is slow and i have a bunch of things to concetrate on... such as this, that and the other thing. have you ever thought about how funny life is? like it's funny the way things continually move and change and work out? i'm not saying it's funny, haha, but it's just funny. like something can be happening to you and you don't understand why it's happening, but then in the end, somewhere along the way, it makes sense... well, somtimes. if you watched sex & the city this past weekend you'd know what i'm talking about. i'm kinda like charlotte, i guess.
8.07.2003
where have i been? what have i been doing? why have i been so non-existent?
it's cause i've been busier than a mo-fo lately. i'm throwing a dinner party tomorrow night and i haven't been preparing for it so now i have to make it all come together. i'm going to a bachelorette party on saturday. i met some girlfriends at bennigans on tuesday and i went with my mom to her homeowners association meeting yesterday. not enough hours in the day, man.
the big boss man at my work is out of town. the cayman islands to be exact. so at work i try to make good use of my time by researching graduate schools. it's definitely not the easiest project. maybe if i had the best grades ever and a full-grown pocket full of money, i could just point and apply, but i'm not so lucky. i'm back in nerd-mode with my excel spreadsheet with about 25 columns of everything you could want to know about each school i'm looking at separating programs, degree types, their requirements and everything else in between. if i didn't do it this way it would just be a big old jumbled mess and i wouldn't even know where to begin. doing it this way is good, though... i eliminated about 5 schools from my list just by researching them further. a couple of them were clinical psych programs and since i have no interest in having my own practice or being a counselor, those got tossed out quickly. i spent about 3 hours working on it yesterday, i doubt i'll even want to glimpse at it today. i have to go pick up my cheesecake (dessert for tomorrow night... what else would i order but a kahlua cheesecake from marie callenders) after work, do the grocery shopping for tomorrow and prepare as much of it as i can tonight so tomorrow when i get home from work, all i have to do is toss my chickens in the oven (i'm making roasted chicken). oooh, i have to add more stuff to my grocery list before i forget. gotta go.
the big boss man at my work is out of town. the cayman islands to be exact. so at work i try to make good use of my time by researching graduate schools. it's definitely not the easiest project. maybe if i had the best grades ever and a full-grown pocket full of money, i could just point and apply, but i'm not so lucky. i'm back in nerd-mode with my excel spreadsheet with about 25 columns of everything you could want to know about each school i'm looking at separating programs, degree types, their requirements and everything else in between. if i didn't do it this way it would just be a big old jumbled mess and i wouldn't even know where to begin. doing it this way is good, though... i eliminated about 5 schools from my list just by researching them further. a couple of them were clinical psych programs and since i have no interest in having my own practice or being a counselor, those got tossed out quickly. i spent about 3 hours working on it yesterday, i doubt i'll even want to glimpse at it today. i have to go pick up my cheesecake (dessert for tomorrow night... what else would i order but a kahlua cheesecake from marie callenders) after work, do the grocery shopping for tomorrow and prepare as much of it as i can tonight so tomorrow when i get home from work, all i have to do is toss my chickens in the oven (i'm making roasted chicken). oooh, i have to add more stuff to my grocery list before i forget. gotta go.
