k.. maybe it's finally time to update. i talk to linh everyday, what possibly could she need to read this for? :P but i guess reading something (even if it's stuff you already know) still gives you something to do at work. so here goes.. but there's not really much to say i guess. i'm not in the blogative mood.

my sister's baby's due date is this week supposedly.. so we'll see. each day i am waiting for a phone call or email saying "your sister has gone into labor!!" hahaa.. not yet. this guy who works here's wife just came with their baby girl. she's so cute! (and you should see all the girls (and guys!) go gaga over the baby.) man oh man.. hurry already baby!! just kidding.. hahahah. i reserved my plane ticket to go visit and i have to put the vacation request in. i'm sure it won't be a problem, but i wanted to wait until i know exactly when i need to be there, and then factor in jetlag and all that junk. but i set the reservation so at least i have that. sucks though that i might be missing our company halloween party which i hear is always so fun. i'm kind of over missing it just because people here probably get SO into dressing up and their really creative artistic costumes. and i'm so like ready to just grab a white sheet and be a ghost. haha.. so lame. plus.. you never want to miss an opportunity to bond with your co-workers and lots and lots of alcohol. hahaha

so i went to a family friend's wedding in place of my mom since she is in taiwan.. and it was cute. not as good as my sisters!! hahah.. jk.. i just had to say that. but heck.. you can't compare any weddings to my sisters. plus.. since i didn't really know them.. it's harder to be elated you know? but.. when she walked down the aisle with her dad to the same song as in my sister's wedding (pachebel's canon in d) i got a little choked up. i don't know why.. it was so weird.. what's happening to me?!! :P after the ceremony was the drinks/hor'deurves and dinner part. 10 course chinese meal! but.. i have decided that they are a gargatuan waste of food and money. even if you only eat a little, you are still so full by the 5th or 6th course, and then the "good stuff" at the end like the fish, rice or crab are kind of just a waste. BUT.. the highlight of the wedding for me was that they had a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN. man oh man.. the whole lobby smelled like chocolate, and i just thought it was really good cake. but i turned the corner and there it was! *gasp*... whoo!! i had seen them online before.. i think beth showed me. but it doesn't compare to seeing them in person. and eating them. there was strawberries, pineapple and bananas, and then brownies, rice krispie treats, and angel food to put on skewers and dips into the chocolate fountain. YUM. if wish i had actually seen it in person so that i could have gotten one for my sister's reception. or even her baby shower!! haah.. next time. maybe for my birthday. hahaha.. jk. that's a little too extravagant.

we've been playing softball. same team name (the menacers) sorry.. haven't changed it to "the ministers" yet. haha.. but a lot of new people. alot of people that i recruited at work. aha. and we're also in a different league. a higher up league. and i know what you're thinking... how come the team that took 5th place went up to the higher league? haha.. we're all thinking that too. it's because i registered too "late" and all the spots were taken. now we just get our asses whooped everyweek and run around like maniacs. never before have i been so glad for the 6 run/inning cap. haha.. i'm hoping the season will somehow get better or be okay. but i guess we also just suck it up and play and try to have fun anyways :P we go to the batting cages a little bit, which is fun too. so yea. that's that. go menacers :P (for the record i'm not exaggerating.. first game score was like 40-1 - something horrific like that.. at least 30+, second game score was 24-3.. go team!)

last sunday sakura invited us out to the taste of santa monica! it was so fun!! and SO MUCH FOOD. there like 30-40 restaurants doling out their goods, and we somehow managed to sample some from each booth. okay.. that's a lie.. i didn't eat some of the stuff.. but only because i didn't like it.. like raw oyster shooters or gaspacho... totally not my thing.

but i did eat a whole damn lot.. and it was almost painful. above are just a few of the faves :) you get to that point where you've been eating so much that nothing really tastes good anymore. well sort of. haha. but it was fun and i'd definitely do it again.. and again :)



last night i went to carlene's portfolio show. yay! it was kind of like all the students who were graduating, showcasing their work, inviting their friends, and hopefully impressing some potential employers. it was fun and interesting to see all the different student's works. also to see the different way people acted and watch how some of the students acted towards you (or other people) when they assumed whether or not you were important. how lame. i liked carlene's presentation the best because it was great looking and professional, and well lit, but not in a tacky manner (aka.. book lights), but also she was friendly and took time with everyone, not just the people who seemed important. cuz really the most important people go incognito :) unless their head is just huge and have to toot their own horn of self importance. hahah. but then again.. if you're tooting your own horn.... anyhoo. nicole and carlene's parents are super awesome... (cue parent trap theme song).. ahhaha.. sorry.. running joke of the night. but seriously.. they're parents are so cute and nice and friendly and interact so well with their friends. maybe i just think this way because they're not "my parents" hahah. carlene's dad brought plants and chocolate for her display... hahah.. and bought everyone drinks :P i continually stalked the servers with food trays and scarfed down an assorted array of spinach and cheese stuffed mushrooms, meatballs, chicken, tartlettes, and mini tostadas. yum!! nicole and i were joking about how we should wear our work badges and go harass some students... ahaha.. well not harass.. but just uhh.. play pretend :P but of course we didn't.. but i did have fun looking at the different booths and even grabbed a few reels and dropped them off to our recruiter. how funny would it be if some of these people got hired. not funny.. but i'd tell them they owe me some sort of manager's fee. ahaha.. jk. after that was dinner at BJ's... yum!!! too bad we met the bitchiest hostess ever! if it was my party i totally would have told everyone to go somewhere else. and do that whole i love lucy thing where she dresses up as different characters and pretends to leave because ricky wasn't playing at the club.. but instead it would be actual people .. a friggin party of 30! but nonetheless..we stayed and had our fill of 10 pizza's and 4 pizookie platters. we ate until it was ready to "roll" home. and i mean literally and not gangster like speak. but it was definitely a lot of fun and we got a sneak peak of the amount of "crunk" carlene will be on saturday. hahah.

this is just all the stuff that i have pictures of (sans softball).. but not much else. work and junk. slowly starting to go back to working the 2nd job, and trying to find how to mesh job #3 in. oh.. went out labor day weekend to hermosa. and i somehow found myself riding the bull (oh i guess i have a picture of this too.) haha.. linh "tricked me" .. and i was kind of mad because you think that everyone just wants you to do it so they can laugh at you. but then you just learn to laugh at yourself and then it's okay.. i guess. hahah.. i guess you just have to get over the fear of riding it once, and then you just want to be better at it and not fall off immediately after you get on so that when it becomes second nature :P next time you're totally riding it linh. haha. aside from being super sick last week, not much else. some co-workers of mine saw pierce brosnan in a restaurant down the street yesterday :P and i had busy bee and el tarasco in a 48 hr period. (yum), got totally sunburnt from taste of santa monica because my dumbass wanted a "tan".. now i'm in a little bit of excruciating pain. constantly applying aloe in hopes that i don't peel.. at least too badly. went to cabo cantina on monday for happy hour with linh and tony... which was exciting because working until 7pm you pretty much never get happy hour.. but theirs is until 8!! whoo hoo!! buy one get one free margaritas and nachos that are super yummy.. we may have found a new watering hole :) so that is my life in a nutshell. this week is waiting for my new nephew (!!!!!), lucky strike for carlene's birthday and possibly disneyland, and then softball. laundry, sleeping and watching tv all packed in there somewhere. oh.. right now it's time to go see who won big brother 6.. but it's one of the "nerd herd" so i'm not really excited .. bah.

gosh can you believe it's almost october!!!???