"nothing worth having comes easy"

aww.. as quoted on tonights scrubs.. along with howie day's collide. awww.. i would cry if i was that type of girl. like beth :P it was weird though because it was back to back episodes about parental death. it was like a sign or something. interesting.

*sigh*

i don't know why i always wait until the last minute when i get these urges to blog. why didn't you do it when you needed something to do? this won't be long or comprehensive. i haven't posted about what i've been doing in awhile. if i decide to it will be one of those HUGE long ass posts that everyone complains about and probably won't read anyway.. so we'll see. but.. i did turn in my papers for benefits today. yay. as of the end of this week i can go see the doctor. yay.. not that i've really gone in the past year and half or so.. out of lack of insurance and lack of necessity (except that time i got beaned with the line drive to my chest.. but i'm alive right?).. i can go to the dentist, optometrist, doctor paid by my company.. and if i die i get $20,000... who wants to be my beneficiary. hahah. i have a eye doctor appt on apr 2nd.. my second day of coverage. hehe.. i waste no time. yay for new glasses.. finally. and contacts.. although i'll probably have to pay for one.

ooookay.. time to go home. finally.

having a three day weekend makes work on monday that much harder.

*oops* sorry to the people who caught this post times six. haha.. it kept not posting, and i kept trying over and over again (as you saw).. i guess it was working, but on a delayed schedule. hahah.. but now it's fixed. hurrah.

happy birthday joan!! :)

naaasty.

kabahead: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/24/chili.finger.reut/
kabahead: that is NASTY
jeanyah: i think i just heard about this on the radio!!
jeanyah: ewwwww
kabahead: haha
kabahead: SICK!!
jeanyah: yea... the guy on the radio said it was fully cooked but not decomposed
kabahead: ewwwww
kabahead: fresh finger
jeanyah: yuk
kabahead: this puts a new meaning to "finger-licking good"
jeanyah: ew keri...
jeanyah: gross

today this guy said to me "i heard a lot of people died in the tsunami because they didn't know how to swim."

omg. are you serious? genius.

i opened this window up 1 hr and 44 minutes ago.. but have been wasting time on other windows since then. oops. so now i have 13 minutes to write.. this will be quick.

did you feel it? i did... it was a little rattling. haven't felt one in awhile.. but it was a sharp jolt. short though. some people thought i was crazy at first.. but i'm not. don't doubt me man :P it's kind of scary that the earthquake was in the ocean.. so near my house. it wasn't as big... so not too much to be worried about. and a lot of people didn't even feel it.. so no biggie.. but jarring a little. at least i'm not sitting underneath the stairs like my counterpart in the other building. hahahaha.

rain, thunder and lightning oh my!!

in addition to the small earthquake we had a fast on coming storm that probably totally messed up the freeways for my drive home. (because it's ALWAYS about me :P) it was decently nice this morning and then the grey rolled in, and then the sprinkling and then LOTS OF IT.. pouring down. it was funny to watch everyone come in through the doors with the same "argh rain!" expression on their face. everyone asks me "where does that rain come from?" or "oh my it's raining so hard" like this is new to me, or the person before them didn't just say the exact same thing. but i just smile, grin and bear it and laugh like i am really amused because it's new to them. see.. my job is important :P

SJP is no longer the face of gap.. her contract is up and now they're going to use joss stone. blech.. i don't know why but i am not a fan of that girl. i don't get it. this article makes it sound worse than it really is. but i think the posters have been SO awesome lately. cuteness.

starting saturday and for a week+1 i'll be by myself ... someone come hang out with me please. i need the company.. i'll cook you dinner! who wants to come over and play? i will be sad and lonely.

a lot of theivery has been going on lately. sucks.. sakura lost her phone and some korean lady and hispanic guy who answered wouldn't really talk to her or pick up the phone afterwards. and then someone at my work stole this guy todd's jr kings jacket and wallet from his equipment bag while he was playing a game. BOO.. i hope karma gets you people.

the water heater @ my sister's house conveniently didn't want to leak while the plumber was out there to check it out, but now the problem has come back.. of course. gotta deal with the insurance and plumbing companies again.. grrr... trying to get it fixed before they return. its hard when you work 8:30am-7pm.... who's gonna want to help you outside of those hours?

lois and clark the new adventures of superman dvd comes out june 7th... WAHOO!!!

okay... enough babbling for now... time to goooo hooooome!

stay safe and dry kiddos.

ugh... i just finished doing my taxes. i feel so sad. before i've always gotten back money.. but this year i have to pay. yuk. i hate being a grown up.

and most of all... when you're using turbo tax.. and it says "balance due".. i was thinking.. 'due to me'.. not i "due" to them. they should not make those numbers green.. like it's a good thing. it's totally misleading... they should be red.. blood red... cuz it's blood money.. yuk.

ps... i've only saved like 1/4 of the money i earned from last year.... what is up with that?!

argh... no fun.

guy from my work jim: what's that really bad smell?
me: apparently it's some sort of sewage smell coming from the stage
jim: really, it's awful
me: i don't really smell it
jim: no?
me: yea.. i can't tell at all
jim: well maybe that's because you smell like poo anyways.


gee.. thanks.

happy st. patrick's day!

i drove by this bar called "brennan's" on main street in marina del rey/venice and at 8:30am it was already packed with more girls in green tube tops going in. i don't know if they're there to drink green beer or what.. but really.. it's 8:30 in the morning!! and don't you have work? hahaha.. maybe i'm just jealous. but i never realized that it was such a big deal to some people. one of the guys who works here took today off i know that :P but i just thought it was hilarious that from the street i could hear the crowd inside... i bet it was busy last night and will be PACKED tonight.. if people can even get in. yikes. 8:30 in the morning though? can't you sleep in and then drink green beer?

eh.. oh well... they're having fun though i bet.

there's also a lot of people at my work not wearing green. i thought people would totally get into it here.. but they're just kind of whatever about it :P i asked this one girl why she wasn't wearing green and she said because "she wasn't irish" .. so where you have the super st. patrick's day people, you have the extreme opposite. i guess it makes sense, but st. patrick's day was always such a fun holiday.. i don't know why i'm so compelled to wear green.. but maybe i'm just a sucker for hallmark stuff like that. :P

if i didn't have so much junk to take care of .. i'd totally tell linh that we should meet up at henessey's for "irish donuts." mmm.. yummy.

alright... move on to easter already.. i'm eating chocolate eggs right now :P

*excited for*
-benji coming back
-angelee coming to visit
-a week by myself

*sad for*
-jeffgu's family
-untaken trips

*stressed out by*
-all the stuff that needs to be done by tomorrow
-water heater troubles

*need to*
-go to disneyland
-finish recording american idol (plus others)
-go shopping for stuff to take back to taiwan
-catch up on sleep
-clean my house
-stop eating these chocolate eggs

"If anyone was still wondering what happened to the overzealous 'tween fans of 'Nsync and Britney Spears, the answer is now obvious: They grew up (just a bit) and became enamored of pop-rock artists like Gavin DeGraw."

this was the opening sentence of a review of the wb one tree hill concert in last friday's variety. friggin hilarious...

so i'm too tired or blah or whatever to blog.. so i'm just going to have pictures. which is sill because it takes more effort for me to load pictures and encode them and figure out layout and sizing.. as opposed to just rambling.. but then i have to think about how to make it somewhat entertaining and interesting and i'm not in the entertaining and interesting mood


WB ONE TREE HILL CONCERT



*"brooke" and "mouth" the hosts of the show
*tyler hilton

*"jake" <3 and tyler hilton
*the wreckers

*a very pregnant michelle branch
*some of the cast and tyler hilton saying thanks and fooling around with camera phones

*gavin degraw



RACHAEL YAMAGATA @ HOTEL CAFE


*the sold out rachael yamagata show i tried to go to. she came out and played in the alley way for all the people who were hopelessly waiting to see her. how nice!



THE ONE YEAR CELEBRATION




*drunk and cameras do mix



PHANTOM PLANET & MAROON 5



*phantom planet
*cell phones are the new lighters


*hotness

*this girl threw vivian's bra on-stage. vivian's bra on stage with adam levine

as always, more pictures can be found @ my imagestation.

*see benji.. you wanted more pictures.. and you got them. although i bet you won't even find this until next month. ps. i didn't do this for you, this comment was an afterthought.

oooh. i know it's silly to get excited over something that's just a cover. but i am. and the book doesn't even come out until july. hahaha. sweeet.

i am also very excited about the one tree hill tour that i'm going to tonight. yay! i know i was all mopey and retarded before. and then later that week i watched another episode of one tree hill which had a small gavin degraw performance and it made me excited again. i know... i'm so easy. i saw gavin on leno monday night and got excited all over again. and i've been listening to some wreckers and tyler hilton songs i "acquired".. so i'm pretty jazzed. just because i am looking forward to all three acts you know? it's not just going to see the main guy and wondering who the opener(s) are. i just hope i don't miss anything too significant before i get there since it friggin starts at 7:20pm.

AND i found out that rachael yamagata is playing at hotel cafe tomorrow!! yay! i was going to stay in tomorrow night, but i can't really pass that up. she's been touring in japan and is going to SXSW.. none of those things i can do... so i am stoked about tomorrow night. i have jill to thank for introducing me to her.. but i'm sad that she is not here to enjoy it with me. come back soon!! anyone else want to come? she was on the OC a few weeks ago.. for you pop culture-ites. she was playing in the club where alex was watching and mischa barton's character ..(coop?) came and they held hands. hahah. i don't usually watch this show, but i have been watching lots of tv i don't ordinarily watch in order to record it on to dvd for my overseas sister. it's okay.. but i definitely don't LOVE it like i do one tree hill. hahahah.

today is a slow day... slower than most.. or it just seems that way. yesterday i passed a good 3.5/4 hours reading cosmo that this other girl bought. the jessica alba interview, 65 ways to make your man tingle, and secrets about your body. or something like that. it was a good time killer though :) today... time killer of choice is blogging. after i've already checked my email a few dozen times, bought felicity season 4 today.. YAY.. and went on a text messaging rampage... i'm still looking for stuff to do.

the massage lady comes to our work tuesdays and wednesdays and offers massages in the afternoon. i send out the email and people will call me to sign up, or just come sign up themselves. before.. it was just kind of like a few appointments here and there. the past two times she's been pretty booked. she charges her customers $1/minute. today she is making $175 for 4 hours of work, plus whatever tips she may be geting. geez.

while checking out the different prices for felicity season 4 i came upon a warner brothers coupon t hat says if you buy multiple sets of seasons for various dvds, you can get a rebate. the more seasons you buy, the bigger the rebate of course. so i checked out the coupon to see which box sets qualify. the usual: friends, one tree hill (which are very exciting though.. because i want to get them.. eventually. especially one tree hill!!) hahah. some other sucky ones.. and then i noticed "lois and clark: the new adventures of superman" *GASP* really? has this come out on dvd? how did i miss it?! for those of you who don't know.. i loooooved (and still do.. but not quit as obsessively) dean cain. he was the cat's meow. hahah.. that sounded lame. sorry. but i liked him very very much, and that made me not like so much teri hatcher. so much that i didn't really even want to watch desperate housewives because of her. but since i had to watch it to record it on to dvd for my sister, i love that show now.. i still don't like her character very much. hahah. anyhoo... i frantically searched the internet for these alleged dvd's, and this coupon would be my ticket to getting however many seasons of lois and clark were out, plus one tree hill. :) but.. it won't be out until "summer 2005" but the coupon is only valid until june... SO.. it MUST come out before that... hehehehehhe.. i am excited. i LOVE it.. another collection to add of my already too many dvd's. plus it's dean cain.. where i have a few episodes of that show on vhs already. i also have my own collages that i made, cutting out every picture from magazines, newspapers, tv guides. and on one of them i think i even made up my own sloagan and wrote it alongside the pictures. i even have the large black and white posters somewhere... but it's funny because before him i had a ginormous love for luke perry. and when brenda was in paris and met "reeque" i was so angry than she could do that to dylan for that lame-o not even cute guy. hahah.. and then later when watching re-runs i yelled at my tv.. "GO FIND HIM, HE'S WAITING FOR YOU... HE'S WAAAAAY BETTER THAN DYLAN." dylan, btw was cheating on her with her best friend, (but better with) kelly. but anyways.. that is a tough decision. i have large posters of both of them. hahahahahha. i even have 90210 trading cards. i spent all of my money and every afternoon going to the "cigarette" store in the same plaza as steve's and little caesar's buying packs and packs of 90210 trading cards. i don't remember why i was so feverishly obsessed with them... but i was. 90210 is my ringtone on my cell phone now (i'm giving toxic a break) :P whenever it rings it makes me smile.

anyhow.. i am excited.

how hot is he. i melt at the smoldering look. hahhahahaha.

i stole this from maurene... she's all cute and in love i'm sure so it has a different meaning. but it gives me hope at least.. right? :P

you've gotta know
that there's someone for you
strange as you are
-jon brion

awwww.. poor joey potter!!!

holmes, klein break engagement

i don't think they're still together since it says they're still "good friends" how sad. if she can't make it work.. who can?

although this is good news for pete. she's single and waiting for you. :P

so my work's "yearlies" were tonight. it was a showcase of some of the work we've done in the past year. showed a few commercials, and movies that we did visual effects for.. the day after tomorrow and i, robot. also the trailer for stealth. it was exciting.. probably would have been better if the volume was turned higher... and indicated by the people near me yelling "volume!!" "crank it!!" but it seemed fun. i bet it is really exciting for other artist to see the work, because they're the ones who can really appreciate and know exactly how much work and effort it takes. or for you to see your work up there, with fellow co-workers. hmm.. i can't wait until next years so that i can be like "i remember when they were working on that project!"

beth came and my parents came plus one friend. beth was supposed to come for the 7pm showing and my parents the 8pm, but because of the mess of parking situation and the sucky security guard, beth had to stick around until 8pm. we ate food, chit chatted and waited for my parents to show and then i had to try juggling hosting my parents at my new job and entertaining my friend beth. i showed them my kick ass desk that i work at. haha.. i keep meaning to take pictures to post it.. but i keep forgetting. my mom was like "you want to take pictures??" but there was too many people around so i didn't feel like embarassing myself too much.

thanks A LOT to beth and my parents for coming, i hope it was fun and not too geeky or boring and not a complete waste of your early friday night. i do really appreciate you showing support.. even if you had no interest in it at all, or that i was a brat about it :P i hope you had a good time!! and if not.. at least you got some free food and beer.

so i was outback eating cereal on my break.. and overheard a conversation. it wasn't something that was super secretive, but not really anything that was important for me to know... in the business sense at least. it's good to know at least in a social sense .. just so that i can be aware.

there was this guy who used to work here, i guess for a long time. i never had met him because i started after the new year. but i got an email (that was distributed to the whole company) saying that this guy who was vacationing in thailand with his girlfriend had still been missing after the families had hired a private investigator, and although they didn't want to give up hope, there was only so much you can do you know? they still hoped for the best.. a miracle.

a few weeks ago they had a reception/memorial for this guy at our work, for his friends, family and co-workers. i didn't go but it started as i was getting off, and there were quite a bit of people gathering. they made up these nice programs and really just wanted to celebrate his life.

today my overheard conversation was that they found his body. it's kind of a .. i don't even know. they didn't find his girlfriend's body, but it's a little over 2 months later and it's closure, but also kind of sad. i guess the options were that they could ship the body back as is, or they could cremate it and then ship that back. i started thinking about what i personally would choose, and i'm not really sure. i mean.. everyone says "no one wants to see the body that decomposed" and while that's true, would it make it any easier to say goodbye (again)? i am no fan of dead bodies, or decomposing ex-living things.. heck i don't even like to be in, around or near cemetaries, but ashes seem so much less if you hadn't had a chance to say goodbye. i don't know... i can't fully wrap my mind around that stuff.

there was a guy who went to my high school that died while he was backpacking in spain. i think i vaguely knew him, i think he was the kid who used to bug me while on the bus. sweet annoying harmless freshmen... but they had the body shipped back and i guess there was a service.... i can't really fully understand, but it's just something to think about. sorry for being morbid on a friday.

oh yea.

i am in an antisocial pityparty kind of mood. and i think i'm starting to come down with something. no good. i am glad that i have my box of tissues handy. i might just take it home. hahah.

i have a few shows lined up that i feel like bailing on. there's the one tree hill tour with tyler hilton, gavin degraw and the wreckers. it's sold out.. i'm thinking about ebaying them and making a few bucks... especially since they changed the time to 7:20pm... wtf man! but will i regret not going to the show? i've not had the best luck selling stuff on ebay.. but who knows.

the sunday after i'm supposed to go to maroon5 with viv and her bf (.. the joys of thirdwheelness) but they are pit tickets... so it'll be kind of good right? i haven't seen them before, except at pepsi smash.. but i imagine it'll be a good show, if it's not too crowded. but.. i kind of feel like bailing on that.. it is a sunday night. but i don't want to leave her stranded with just one ticket.

in april.. i have coachella day 1 tickets... that show isn't sold out yet, so they're not going for very much on ebay yet. i'm kind of like .. wow that's a lot of money that i don't NEED to be spending, and it's all day in BFE and who knows if i want to go. plus.. this show and the one tree hill show i don't have anyone to go with.. so what's up with that....

i just feel like doing nothing. so i'm going to go home and do that now.

yuk.. it's raining... again... not that i hate rain or anything.. today is just not the day i want to deal with people's (and mother nature's) shit. but i am glad that i got my umbrella out of the car earlier. fcuk rain. i hope there's not a buttload of traffic.