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Monday, December 30, 2002

.another.end.to.another.year.

so the saga of going to a's cousin's house for new years is over now. we're spending this year at the condo, and are throwing a 'small' new years eve party. 'small' will probably turn into 'bigger than we expected, so people might want to sit on the floor'. but it's all good in the hood, right? at least we will be all together...and it'll be my first new years celebrating with just friends! woohoo!!! should be a good time.

i haven't written much lately, just because of all the hooplah that is known as the holidays. i haven't been online as much, just busy shopping and running last minute errands...but here's a quick recap of the happenings of the past week:

christmas was the same ol same ol...as usual, my friends and a's fam get me much better presents than the family. oh well. it's not like i was expecting much. but whatever, i appreciate anyone getting me anything. i went to my freshman year suitemate's wedding on saturday. all the way down in bloomington-normal. good times. and a was kind enough to go with me and actually do all the driving. we only stayed for an hour and 1/2, but it was still nice to see her wedding. she was beautiful and the wedding was so sweet...then drove all the way back to g heights for annie & marcel's engagement party...good times good times...and i got a nice surprise...they asked me to be a bridesmaid! woohoo! woohoo! and since marcel is one of my faithful readers, lemme just say that i am so honored to be asked...and hopefully they'll decide on a date soon!
hehe...woohoo!

so now i'm in the throws of deciding what to serve at this 'small' new years eve party. i've been looking on allrecipies.com for some ideas, and right now, i only have one. so tomorrow night, i'm going with mari to get all the stuff that i don't have yet...which is almost everything. i have to remember to get those plastic champagne flukes and cheeze new years favors. hopefully this new year will bring better and more good times good times...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!



Tuesday, December 24, 2002

.merry.christmas.eve.

maybe i'm just a scrooge, but i'm not feeling the spirit this year. my family parties are going down the drain. no one wants to get together. no one wants to throw the parties. is that what old age does to you? you just don't feel like doing anything anymore? if this is what happens to us as we age, then i believe that's what i'm feeling right now. all the presents are fun to shop for...a little hectic at times, but still fun to buy your loved ones present that you'd hope they'll like. maybe i'm just sleep deprived. christmas used to be my favorite holiday of the year...what happened? yeah, i just need sleep...

went shopping today and completed everyone on my list! i hope. i hope i don't think of something i forgot tomorrow. that would be really bad.

i hope everyone has a wonderful christmas!



Sunday, December 22, 2002

.sunday.night.and.no.packing!.

i can't describe how excited i am to not actually have to pack tonight. i only have 1 work related thing to do this week - go out and get my new ibm badge. i probably should clean out my LN inbox also. and catch up on all this transition crap. i'm sure i missed something somewhere in those emails.

had lunch with a friend today. lots of catch up time. made me realize what i have in arch. there are so many guys out there who are so shitty and don't know how to treat a girl or how to make them feel special. but in his own little way, he does make me feel good about myself. at least good for him. and that's really all that matters. so i guess i am lucky to have someone like him around. and he still makes me laugh. after almost 4 years, his stupid antics still crack me up.

this weekend has been another weekend of catching up with my soaps. and it's sunday night at 10PM, and i'm all caught up. however, i did miss last friday's episode. too bad. this courtney/jason storyline is so good. they have a lot of chemistry...much more than elizabeth. i don't know what happened with liz, but she became
so damn self-righteous.

i still have not completed my xmas shopping. that's a bad sign considering it's 2 days away. shoot. so i say once more...i whole heartedly apologize for my xmas presents this year...

we got a christmas tree saturday night. but we only have few ornaments and only 1 set of lights. we got lucky and found a christmas decorations sale at menards. 50% off already! so we found 3 boxes of ornaments and 3 stockings. maybe i'll be able to find something tomorrow at target or something. hopefully there will be more sales...i also wrapped the majority of my presents already. arch thinks i spend too much money on wrapping, but i seriously think that's what makes the gift. if you make something look so nice, maybe that will make up for the cheapo gift. who's with me?!

lets see...what else did i do this weekend? i finally unpacked my suitcase and did not have to repack it! woohoo! what a relaxing day...tomorrow, i'm supposed to go shopping with reneelyn. hopefully i can finish my xmas shopping tomorrow. but i guess tomorrow's my last chance! man, i hope everything works out...

and just to make everyone laugh, click on i promise you'll laugh!



Thursday, December 19, 2002

.THAT.AMAZING.RACE.

ok everyone, i saw it. so leave your comments below. let me say that i don't think the show is a farce, like i commented in another post. but it is very surprising. it really doesn't matter if you come in first in all the other legs of the race. if you have a little luck at the very end (which zach and flo had a lot of at the end), then anyone can win the thing. i'll write more later....actually have a little tedious work to do...but it was quite amazing how it ended...

.amazing.

shout out if you saw it.

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

.that.joe.boxer.dude.

before i get into the topic at hand, i just want to make one note: PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS/HINTS ABOUT TONIGHT'S SEASON FINALE OF THE AMAZING RACE. i have a work holiday party tonight, but i'm taping it at home. if i get home early enough, maybe i'll catch the ending...then i can watch the winner on the early show tomorrow....BUT AGAIN, PLEASE...NO COMMENTS!

anyways, i'm sure most of you have seen that joe boxer commerical..well, i found an article of his rise to fame...check it out: joe.boxer.dude this guy is pretty appealing. and the story of his audition makes him even more charismatic and spontaneous. and man, those commericals crack my shit up. esp the 'raunchy' holiday one. i was a little surprised by it, but i think that might be my favorite one. good times good times. whenever i'm in a bad mood, i just have to think bout that dance, and i just start laughing.

so if anyone is on ym and saw my status, you would know my mood this morning. i am seriously starting to despise this state. i don't know how anyone can live here?! the roads are total crap. it's like the engineers never thought about what would happen in the event of traffic, or what would happen if more than 100 people were to use the road at 1 time...route 17 is probably the worst. i don't know why i take it everyday. but it's just the quickest without traffic. whatever. stop complaining..

the pwc/ibm team holiday party is tonight. i guess i'm looking forward to it. nah, not really..

i went into hoboken again last night to meet up with mj. that girl just up and quit her job yesterday. i didn't know whether to be happy for her, or be scared. i mean, she's been treated like shit for the past year and 1/2, working for this executive at this record company. and she finally had all she could take. so i'm proud of her for finally moving on and getting out of the hellish situation. maybe now she can finally have less drama in her life. we went to the sushi lounge and it had pretty good shizz..the marguarita kinda got to me. but we had a nice long talk..and then i had a craving for the fruit and yogurt parfait from mcd's. good stuff...

i guess i don't have much to say today...maybe i'll write more later....





Tuesday, December 17, 2002

.lots.to.catch.up.on.

first things first - AMAZING RACE - do i need to say again just how much i dislike flo? for how long can you just cry and bitch about something? she really just drags things out and brings zach down so much...how can he even stand her?? i just had that feeling where i wanted to jump into the tv screen and punch the daylights out of her! and like A said, it was painful to watch. as i was watching derek and drew roam aimlessly, searching for that roadblock clue, i had that dreaded feeling of their impending doom. and i kept hoping against hope that they wouldn't be eliminated...but of course, they were...too bad. now there's no more eye candy...so what's the point of watching the show now? jk...it is exciting now..i wonder if teri and ian are going to win. that would be exciting..but the o brothers team winning would be good too. but if flo and zach actually win, the whole show would be a farce. they have only gotten by these past 3 episodes by riding the coat-tails of the other teams. i guess that's part of how teams need to win, but it really isn't based on merit. and that team defo does not deserve to win.

the weekend was jam packed. dave matthews concert friday night. saturday was suburb day. we had to try to go xmas shopping, get my car washed, ordered our good bar stools (i'm excited about this one), visitied arch's mom (she's in a lot of pain), went shopping at one of my fav stores - ulta - and then target, then finally made it back to the condo. sunday we went to julia's bday party, saw a bunch o family - including april, edsel and fam - , then went back to the city for my volunteer gift wrapping shift. that was a ton of fun. i really do like gift wrapping! and for charity...what could be better? =) i think i'm going to try to do it again this weekend.

supposedly this is my last week out here. it's bittersweet, i'd say. i mean, i'm happy to be getting out of here, since i'm doing shizz...but i do like coming out here and being able to see mj, and being so close to nyc. it's kinda like i have a 2nd home. and it's exciting! they were talking about having me come back out here, which wouldn't be horrible. but i would love to get staffed directly in nyc. how awesome would that be?? i might try to ask my rdm about that. i think there are more possiblities now esp with the ibm transition. i just have to keep my eye out for that. i'm back to being behind on my soaps. by the time i get home this weekend, i will be 3 weeks behind. hehe. this will probably be another marathon weekend of watching and fast forwarding...

i realized that i have 108+ hours of vacation! i don't want to use it until i absolutely have to. woohoo! almost 3 weeks! i thought i had much less than that. too bad i don't have any money to actually go anywhere next year. maybe me and archie can muster up some funds...we'll see...

i met this cool guy on the plane ride over to nj yesterday morning. he works for espn, mostly during the football season. he does something with computers for the football games...creating some kind of line for the tv audience? i have no clue what i'm talking about. i thought i did, but apparantly, i don't. because i was asking everyone about the "E L line" ?? and no one knows what the hell i'm talking about. any ideas about what i'm talking about here?? help!

i know i have tons more to say, but i just can't remember it right now. more later..









Thursday, December 12, 2002

.i'm.toast.

consider this my formal apology for all my xmas presents this year. there are a select few who i knew exactly what to get them...but that's only about 2 or 3 people...to everyone else..I AM SO SORRY.

seriously, i'm sorry.

there is some major pain in trying to do all your xmas shopping online and still trying to make it personable.


i really am sorry.

.mini.nyc.trip.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY SHOUTOUTS ABOUT AMAZING RACE...I HAVE NOT WATCHED IT, AND WILL NOT WATCH IT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. I HATE FINDING OUT THE ENDINGS OF SHOWS, ETC., (biggest pet peeve) SO PLEASE DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE A SHOUT OUT. thank you for your cooperation. =)

had dinner last night in the village. so nice to go back into manhattan. although i did miss amazing race, archie was able to tape it correctly, and i actually had a more interesting conversation than i've ever had in my 3 months out here. haha - not to say that these guys out here aren't interesting. they are...to a certain extent. but they don't really talk a lot about stuff that actually matters to me. my one recommendation to my friend last night: make sure you go shopping on canal st.! you can get dirt cheap, sometimes fake, stuff there...but it's always good for those little accessories that make the outfit. like hats, purses, and watches. lets not underestimate the importance of these little things. they really do complete the outfit. and if you want the brand name but don't want to spend the brand name buckaroos, then canal street will be your fav street in manhattan. i know that it's my fav. =)

apparantly it's the client xmas party today. starts at 3PM and ends around 7 or 8PM. it's in the building which is nice, but i guess there's a lot of food and drinky drinkies to go around. i wasn't planning on going, but i guess i might have to. i should at least make an appearance. but i'm sure, since the party is early, it'll make the day go by much faster. =)

i started thinking about actually moving to this area sometime and just live. i know it's only in my dreams now, esp with the closing of the condo, but a girl can dream, can't she?? maybe i'd get sick of all the traffic, etc, but it is damn nice to not have the stress of driving anywhere...i really do enjoy that part. maybe i'll start using public transportation a lot more in chicago. i really need to go exploring more...and since one of my coworkers gave me his L ticket, now i can get on the L for free! hahaha

and yes, i am bored again at work. nothing to do...


Wednesday, December 11, 2002

.my.bad.

for you faithful reader(s) out there, i must correct myself. left eye's new nickname is 'flappy', not 'flapper'....MY BAD! please forgive me, left eye...=) harharhar.

i hope the roads aren't too bad out there later tonight. planning on going to tomoe sushi tonight in the village. meeting another friend to do some major catching up...i know what you're thinking..."BUT IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT! WHAT ABOUT AMAZING RACE!"...fear not friends...i plan on calling arch to tape it..hopefully he can figure out how to work the vcr...sometimes he can be so clueles....but shhhhhh don't tell him that...hahaha

and if you're avid watcher of the show - and i know most of you are closet AR3 watchers, please DO NOT leave any shoutouts about what happens tonight..i will have to wait until friday night to watch it....that means avoiding the web site as well...shhhhhhhh....

.being.self.involved.

have you ever had a convo with someone who just talks about themselves? even though you haven't seen this person in 7 years, they don't seem to be interested in you at all...they just like talking about themselves? well, they may just not like silence, that's why they keep talking...but then you realize that they don't even care to ask you how you've been all these years...and it becomes even more apparent that they don't really listen well because when you do say something or ask them a question, they pause...and then say "what?" they aren't really having a convo with you, it's like their talking to themselves in their head. and then you end up thinking of ways to get out of there. whether you have to fake being sick or tired, it
doesn't matter. no amount of time is short enough to get you out of there quick enough. it's never really happened to me until recently. and i find the whole process painful. i mean, i can be a quiet person. but there are times when i can be loud as all hell. but when a person is that disinterested in me and my life, it makes me become even more quiet. i guess you can take it both ways. you could say that i'm too self involved, since i want people to ask me how i'm doing. but no, i didn't say that i didn't like hearing what the other person is saying and how they're doing. i love hearing about other people's lives. that's what makes me a good listener. but it really irks me when that's the whole conversation. that's it. like there's only 1 interesting person. ugh. ok, enough.

so i'm trying to figure out how to link a video to my site. i figure it's kinda hard, since i don't see many people's sites with this functionality. i'm sure all i need to do is ask around...if anyone knows, give me a shoutout.

oh, the disney store is having a sale on all their plush stuffed animals..they're so cute! the medium sized ones are $10, large is $20, and the huge ones are $30. the big dwarfs (from snow white and the 7 dwarfs) are only $20 each! what a steal! those would make cute xmas presents. but i have no one to give them to. oh well. i did, however, buy angel a cute eeyore (is that how you spell it?). i also bought sabrina a nice soft sebastian from the little mermaid. i figured that she would already have winnie the pooh stuff from gabrielle, so i should get her something different. i just like it because it's nice and soft and cute. the disney store is so cute! i could have just waited to buy it at home, so i don't have to lug it in my suitcase, but i didn't want to hit the disney store over the weekend. madhouse! esp with a sale like that...

i've found that i really don't like shopping for clothes anymore. i really need to be in the mood. i don't like just browsing, when nothing ever really fits me. and whatever does fit me isn't on sale. i think i'm in that wierd stage of not being sure how to dress. should it be hoochified? or professional? ack, who cares, right? but yeah, i was shopping for another top to wear this week, since i'm low on clothes, and just found that i don't like trying on clothes. it hasn't been that often anymore that i've found nice clothes to buy and wear. i just don't seem to care anymore. and i guess i'm losing my patience with trying to find something that fits me. blech.

ok, enough complaining..can we please be a bit more positive next time?? sheesh.


Tuesday, December 10, 2002

.wheres.the.work?.

ok, i know i'm kinda lucky, because i don't have much work, but common people...it gets so damn boring! i mean, i can only search so much of the web. i really tried thinking of ways i can 'add value' to this project, but there is nothing that i can do. i've asked several people if they need help with anything, but i never get anything substantial to do. ok, so i did do about 1 hours worth of work today...believe me i tried to stretch it out as much as i could. but if i would have stretched it out any longer, people would have started to wonder why it was taking me so long.

enough about work.

so i am giving up my usually reserved tv time tomorrow night (dawsons and amazing race) to meet up with one of my friends who is now living in nyc. i've figured out how to get there from my hotel and it's pretty painless. i just might have to pay for parking, but a small price to pay. besides i have extra passes for the PATH, so i may as well use them while i can, right?

i sat through another star wars filled lunch. how many of them can i take? i was thinking that if i can't beat them, i may as well join them, but i really have no interest. and i don't have the desire to actually learn more about it. sorry to all you star wars fans out there...but count me out.

i drove over to hoboken last night to catch dinner with mj. she's always got interesting stories for me. i swear, she has more bad luck than anyone i know. maybe it's not bad luck. ever since high school, her point of view has always been different than mine. but she does have it tough. it's a rough business out there, and she is putting up with a lot of shit. so all i could really do was just listen to her and encourage her not to give up. she's made it this far, so i would really hate it if she had to start over from scratch after 2 horrible years. anyone in the music industry, i know now you're not kidding when you say this is a dog-eat-dog world out there...

gotta do a little bit o shopping tonight. need at least 1 more shirt/sweater for work this week. i might just reuse a couple clothes from last week, but i still need 1 more shirt to not seem totally gross...sick...i hate reusing...blech.





Monday, December 09, 2002

.another.nyc.weekend...

this weekend was so much fun with marcel in nyc. totally laid back. we totally did not make plans for anything, but we ended up having more fun than i thought we would. and this is just proof that you can get away with not making reservations anywhere, and still have fun. we walked for a while friday night, but finally found john's pizzeria on 40-somethingth street, by times square. very good food, for not too much of a price. good times everyone, i highly recommend it. the restaurant is in this old church/cathedral, which added to the charm and the ambiance. then we just crashed back at the hotel, but not before we stopped in at everyone's favorite convenience store - duane reede. =) good stuff there - had to stock back up on shampoo and conditioner and lotion.

saturday we got up so late, but we were well rested. we tried to grab some lunch at nobo - the famous shishifoofoo sushi place where a lot of celebrities eat, but it was closed for lunch on the weekends...and no, we're not that dumb to not call first, but when i tried to call earlier, the line was busy, so we decided to make the trek down there. so we ended up eating at a diner across the street..haha. ah well...at least we were close to it! then we did some shopping in soho and chinatown...hoofed it back over to jersey city to drop off our purchases, then met up with jackson at a sushi place down in the village. the first sushi place we tried was sushi samba, but the wait was an hour and 1/2 (no weekend plans, remember?) so we went to this other sushi place (i forget the name, but it's one word and was rated the best sushi restaurant in 2001 by zagat) maybe it was called yoma? ok, that's a funny name now that i think about it...if you knwo the name, shout out below...anyways, jackson took us to the merc and angel after dinner...good times, although marcel and i kinda died out at angel, so we decided to leave...ended up going to this falafel place to eat..the food wasn't that great, but oh well...we got home around 5AM, which only left about 4 hours of sleep for me (marcel got 5) before i had to get up, pack, and get ready for the nbc studio tour...the tour was shorter than i expected. but we did see the dateline studio, tom brokaw studio, and the snl studio (it's damn small). too bad we didn't get to see conan's or last call with carson daly. and unhappily to report that we did not see 1 celebrity. oh well...but i found out later that i could have gotten tickets to whitney houston's performance out at lincoln center! my friend works for whitney's label, and she told me later that night that if she had known that i was gonna be in town, she would have given me a ticket. oh well. not a big deal.

so overall, it was an awesome weekend. me and marcie did some crazy stuff at the nbc store, but i won't bore you with the details here. maybe some other time...*cough*cough*

one of my friends has developed a severe eye twitching problem. i won't name names, but lets call her 'left eye' for the hell of it. she seems to be under a lot of stress now, which is probably the main reason for the twitching...but apparantly whenever she tries to look at the twitch in the mirror, it stops! i said that it might be self-concious of her. it's been twitching for the whole weekend, and her friends are getting a kick out of it...and now left eye is the proud owner of the new nickname "flapper"! so if any of you know who i am talking about (and you should considering the nickname), next time you talk to her, say "hey flapper! how's the twitching coming along??"

another piece of news: archie has finally joined the internet world! he's gotten on aol AIM. woohhoo! so if any of you are getting wierd ims from strange names (i won't broadcast his screenname here), ask if it's him...

have a good monday!

ps. marcel and i saw a really cool kitchen gadget on late night tv friday night....i really want this now! .pasta.pro.










Thursday, December 05, 2002

.amazing.race.update..

WARNING: if you haven't seen this week's amazing race, and you don't want it ruined, then skip this entry.

so my favorite team got eliminated today. john vito and jill. they were the most charismatic couple/team on the show. they had brains, braun, patience, courtesy, and good looks. they weren't as catty with each other as almost all the other teams have been throughout this entire race. and the reason they made the show made them likeable also. but it was just that one task that kept them back. too bad. i guess it just wasn't meant to be. it's wierd that she works for E&Y, though. our competitor. just shows that there are good people who work in business.

and let me just say that i want to smack flo. she's such a whiny little girl. zach totally deserves better and i hope he does get someone better. she doesn't even really do anything to help them. she just piggy backs on the other teams and that's the only reason they survived last night. she gives up too easily, always yells at zach, and is so condescending and negative. blech. people like that annoy me. but whatever, it's only my opinion.

i'm excited for this weekend. i was able to get a hold on the fairfield inn in newark, but i would have to call back again to confirm, if i didn't find anything else. but today must have been a lucky day because i was able to get the courtyard marriot in jersey city. it's not the best area, but it's connected to the path, so me and marcel can come and go as we please. that will be so much better than having to take the nj transit. woohoo! nyc - here we come again! =)

friends was so good tonight. very funny. the writing is getting better and they finally have chandler and monica doing something. but i will say that ross not giving rachel the message is very typical. he can't give her the number or else they can't really go on with that story line. we'll see where this leads...

i've heard that i really must go to short hills mall. maybe i'll leave work early tomorrow and try it out, before i pick up marcel from the airport. i don't know how i'm going to bring it home though. my suitcase is already packed as much as it can be. i'm sure i'll find a way...maybe get a big bag and stuff my purse in there, so i only have 2 carry-ons. united can kiss my ass anyways. don't they know i'm premier?!? haha, i have to laugh at that. there are so many premier flyers out there, a dime a dozen.

now the big question...what in the world am i going to get everyone for christmas?!










.dangerous.

it took me 2 hours to get into work today. and i think i'm just going to go back to the hotel now. this snow is supposed to continue until around 3AM tonight. scary. so i'm going back now. stay safe everyone!

wanna go play in the snow?


Wednesday, December 04, 2002

.hrm...

ok, now i'm starting to get worried about where i'm staying this weekend....


.burrr..

new jersey is damn cold. everywhere in the NE is cold, i think. just like chitown. can't go outside without my damn hat. how will we survive this weekend? burrrrrrr....

i finally have work to do. it's very boring work, but i'm sure i'll figure out what exactly needs to be done and what the implications are of my findings. i just hope i can have enough concentration to get it done today.

i talked to my friend (bridget) who's getting married on the 28th of this month. her reception will be early (like around 4 or 5PM, so i will be able to drive back up in time for annie and marcie's engagement party. hopefully i'll be back in the suburbs by 8PM...is that ok? even if the reception starts late, bridget told me not to feel bad about not eating at the reception..i really want to make the wedding and at least part of the reception. i mean, it's bridget! this girl was my suitemate my freshman year at bromley...those first friends you make in college are the most crucial. and we clicked just like that. she's like twice my size
(in height), but we're like 2 peas in a pod. she's just too crazy, and i hate to miss it...little bridget from bloomington, illinois. can't believe the girl is getting married....

i should probably start working now. that's what they're paying me for, right?


right.

oh, one more thing. i saw that mariah carey special on dateline last night. i don't know why, but i like her. she's defo got charisma. and she may have been lying last night and no one would be able to tell. she seems to have this aura about her and she doesn't seem to be fudging the truth at all. maybe that's how the j.lo interview went. i didn't see that one, but many people have said to me that after watching her on diane sawyer, they liked her even more. i think i'm going to get the mariah cd after work today. but i have to make sure i get back in time for the 2 hour amazing race! woohoo! can't wait!



Tuesday, December 03, 2002

.still.lalalah.la.

since i've been bored at work all day, i decided to clean out my work inbox...and this is what i found and sent out:

----- Forwarded by Myra Olympia/Chicago/IBM on 12/03/2002 03:34 PM -----
Time starting: 4:45pm (EST)
Date: December 2nd, 2002
*Name on Birth Certificate: Myra Calinog Olympia
*Age: 24
*Birthday: 06/14/78
*School: Done. Benet Academy. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in MIS
*Location: the most hated state in the U.S.(by me of course). new jersey. blech.
*E-mail: bubba4u77@hotmail.com
*Colour of eyes: Brown-eyed girl
*Hair: black
*Height: 5'2" (on a good day) =)
*Shoe size: 7 1/2 (big feets for a short person)
*Who lives with you: jeffie lee and archie - 'come and knock on our door...' (threes company theme)
*When is your bedtime?: i'm old now. midnight..but if i'm out (which isn't often, because i'm never home), whenever i get tired.

------------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------

*Been hurt emotionally: sometimes
*Kept a secret from everyone: yes.
*Had an imaginary friend: yesh.
*Wanted to hook up with a friend: isn't this how i got archie?
*Cried during a Movie: yes - when a man loves a woman is horrible like that
*Had a crush on a teacher: don't remember - he must not have been hot
*Ever thought an animated character was hot?: no
*Had a New Kids on the Block tape: of course! why do you think i watch boston public now?
*Been on stage: Yes - those psa fashion shows!
*Cut your hair yourself: no. too high maintenance for that
*Been sarcastic: who, me?

------------------FAVOURITES------------------

*Shampoo: bed head - sexed up shampoo
*Color: red
*Day/Night: night
*Summer/Winter: used to be winter, but it's becoming more summer now
*Smiley: for those of you on yahoo messenger: b-( and ;;)
*Lace or Satin: satin
*Fave cartoon character: both tom and jerry
*Fave Food: Sushi
*Fave Movie: Notting Hill
*Fave Ice Cream: Mint Choc Chip
*Fave Subject: anything on E!Online, People, US Weekly, or InStyle mag
*Fave 'normal' drink: propel!
*Fave Person to talk to online: mariza and jeff because they always say something ridiculously funny and i make fun of them afterwards.

------------------RIGHT NOW------------------

*Wearing: the lavender sweater steph gave me for xmas last year, black banana republic pants, 9West knee-high boots that i just got fixed last night
*Hair is: front bang parts clipped back
*I'm feeling: like i'm wasting my time by being at the client site
*Eating: nothing
*Drinking: poland spring water - i think they have a monopoly out here
*Thinking about: what i need to do to make me feel like i'm advancing in my career (any ideas?) these past 2 years have led me no where, with barely any new skills
*Listening to: jenny from the block - it's within my winamp playlist
*Talking to: myself in my head
*Watching: my computer screen

------------------IN THE LAST WEEK------------------

*Cried: once
*Worn a skirt: once
*Met someone new: from the other family
*Cleaned your room: once - bills were starting to build up and new people were seeing the condo
*Drove a car: rental and my own

------------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN-----------------

*Yourself: yesh, most of the time.
*Your friends: defo.
*Santa Claus: never.
*Tooth Fairy: never. my parents didn't let me have any fun.
*Destiny/Fate: yes.
*Angels: yes
*Ghosts: no
*UFO's: no

------------------FRIENDS AND LIFE------------------

*Do you have a g/boyfriend?: yesh.
*Like anyone?: top 3 list (who i would leave arch for if they wanted me too): 1. justin timberlake 2. mark wahlberg (he's slowly inching himself past justin) 3.jimmy fallon
*Who have you known the longest of your friends: mary jill
*Who's the loudest: archie and family
*Who's the shyest: me.
*Who's the weirdest: tie between archie and mariza
*Who do you go to for advice: mariza and marcel.
*Who do you cry to?: mariza and archie.
finish time: 4:58PM

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can you tell by the title of this post that i'm bored? i really am. i don't really know what to do with myself. what's with this? i've been thinking about my career and what i feel i've accomplished in the past 2 years. and it's very hard for me to materialize what i've done. that's a sign. that means i've barely done anything in my life. the first couple years is where you're supposed to gain the most experience, isn't it? i think i need to change companies. i think i need to go into industry. get some more direction. learn a lot more. i feel like i'm lost right now, no real direction. no one to really guide me. i guess i'm not an entrepeneur. does that make me a failure? i feel like i'm just coasting in this job. while others are accelerating. i don't find iming as fulfilling anymore (hahaha). or email. i want to do something. i've said this many times, and then i just get caught up with not doing anything about it again. why do i just let that happen?

i'm searching on monster and careerbuilder.com right now for a new job. but it's hard now. no one will really be hiring until the start of the new year. hopefully then, i can find something that i like better.

someone just asked me what i'm doing for new years...a and i are debating whether we should have a thing at the condo. he doesn't want to go out (what a surprise), and fight all the crowds and traffic. i wouldn't mind going out. i mean we've never done it before, so why not now? but whatever. it's not that big a deal to me. we'll probably end up having some people over...that would be the easiest. maybe we should invest in a blowup mattress before then.

i'm trying to shop online to do my xmas shopping, but it's not working. why do we all put ourselves through this? the pressure and agony to buy our loved ones xmas presents?! it really is very stressful. esp when you don't have time or money to do it. but we all do it. i'm trying to do most of mine online, but i don't know what to buy anyone. and i think that makes me a bad friend. why can't i think of 1 thing to buy anyone this year??


Monday, December 02, 2002

.what.i.accomplished.thanksgiving.weekend.

well this past weekend was very relaxing. totally chilled. i was thinking that i might want to go out sometime during the weekend, but i ended up not wanting to leave the condo. so we bought a lot of beer and skyy blue (again), just in case anyone wanted to come over. we had some guests saturday night. annie, marcel, lisa, & paolo came over late at night. and when i say late, i mean late. annie, marcel, g, & christina came over around 1130PM until about 2AM. then lisa & paolo came around 230AM until 4AM. good times good times.

anyways, thanksgiving was fun. well...it was ok. archie's family party was loud and different. the dynamics are kinda changing. rho won't be there anymore (although i'm still crossing my fingers)...and i love seeing april and her family there. and it's always nice seeing their family...but the questions about marriage have been coming up, and when it happens ALL the time, it gets a little tiring. but whatever. what can you do bout that, right?

my family party was VERY quiet. i don't know what's going on with my fam. we're just not close at all anymore. i mean, the palos heights & downers grove parts of the fam are close, but whatever happened to the chicago fam? it's like we're not related anymore. everyone is just so selfish to me, now that we're older...

my bro & janet came over on sunday to see the condo for the first time. that was exciting. i love showing off the place. and leese, benj & fam came over to see the condo later that night. angel came too...she's so cute! i will have to put pictures of her up. she's adorable. oh, that reminds me, i have to put up pictures of my other goddaughter (angel is my first goddaughter), sabrina. it's so cool to have one of archie's cousin's ask me to be her daughter's godmother. i totally respect and admire april as a parent too. she talks to her kids and pays attention to them and makes them feel loved. and her and edsel aren't panicky parents. that takes a lot. i wish they'd have more kids, but they said sabrina's the last one. oh well...

so i'm finally PREMIER on united! woohoo! and how did they treat me on my first leg of being premier, you ask? by rewarding me with a seat in the last row, middle seat. oh, and like the extra chocolate on top of the chocolate covered strawberries, the seat did not recline. there was a mock recline button on the armrest instead. how's that for premier?? i kept thinking in my head in mock shock: 'don't they know who i am?! i'm premier!' alas, it was all in vain. ok, enough. how dramatic can i get?? at first i was annoyed, but whatever, at least i got on the plane, right? yay. oh, and like the whipped cream on top of the chocolate covered strawberries, hertz rewarded my faithfulness with a lincoln towncar. omg - how embarrassing... why the hell did they give me that boat?! granted, it's nice and classy, but lets face it..it's an 80 year old grandpas car! geez...why does nj hate me so??

ok, enough dramatics...in my hotel room and hopefully i'll be able to go to sleep early. oh! i forgot to mention, i got my boots fixed tonight! they had some quicky instant shoe repair kiosk in the garden state plaza mall...just my luck! so they're good as new, except they're shorter than when they started. too bad...i don't like them as much anymore..i mean, they still got some heel on them, but it's not the same. and i think they're a little unever too...what do you expect for work done in 10 minutes for $8.99?

one more accomplishment this weekend - i successfully ALMOST caught up with all my soaps. 6 weeks worth...i just sat and watched and fast forwarded and watched. i was able to do that only because jeffie and arch bought a new video game and played that the entire weekend. they switched off between that and porn (skinimax). what a lucky girl am i. blech.