whew.. i am finally freaking done with that video. well really i finished like 6 hours ago.. but i was doing stuff until now. and really i shouldn't be looking at a computer because my eyes are pretty shot, from staring at the screen editing .. but i am addicted to my blog, so here goes.
i think my final finished product was.. okay. pretty good that i had less that 24 hours to do the actual editing. i would say it ranks #3 or #4 out of the 5 projects i've done lately though. it's also hard when you have absolutely no control over the footage, but i guess that's what "real editors" do. :P or so i've been told. i hope they liked it, i hope my sister liked it... i was kind of nervous because she didn't get a chance to see the final product. she saw like 75% of it and then i tacked on the end part. oh well, it's all over now, presumably they've watched it and hopefully liked it. my sister swinged it so i got a little compensation for it... that is nice :)
thursday i worked at the gap and helped this customer who said she was clueless for like 2.5 hours, helping her pick out the right clothes, and then trying to find ones in her size since we didn't have them in our store. i sat at the register for an hour with just her and everyone thought it was a big deal that i was still so pleasant with her. but i dunno, i guess that's just the way i was trained, or also how i am usually, but moreso if i'm getting paid to do it. like helping the customers have a really good "experience" in our store. i think too often, people just don't care, and it does have that ripple effect. i heard bad stories about other people from the gap who sucked, and have a few stories of my own. a few times i'm sure people have thought that about me, but i try not to make it a habit. it's weird there is something satisfying about finding that pair of pants that the customer really wants. i know, i know.. i'm a dork. but i also think that it transcends into other factors/aspects of people's life. a lot of times people will brush people off for small reasons, or just because of other factors, maybe some they don't even know the whole truth about.. or people don't really try hard enough to stay connected, or make an effort. it has a ripple effect, but i guess if you didn't care in the first place, you never really will.
phew.. that was a tangent. friday i made my 90's flashback cd for my sister's video, drove up to LA and started to work on the video. throughout the night i armed myself with a supersized starbucks, mountain dew, vitamin water and bought some shrimp rolls for dinner. i took a "nap" at 2am, because i was pretty useless at that point, and was supposed to wake up in anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours, but slept until 8:30am. oops. it seemed okay, but then i went with my sister to the "cams get together & tour" which i thought would be a bigger deal, or cooler than it was, but really wasted a few hours time that i could have been editing. but i think seeing some of the 94 people made me want to do a better job for them to enjoy it, instead of just ending it as quickly as possible. so yay for that i guess. had a quick lunch at home and browsed through my pictures that i ordered from imagestation online. they turned out really good, better than costco's i think :) and s&h was only $2.. so not too bad. maybe that will be my option next time. drove back up to la to finish the video, finished 1 hr later than i was supposed to, drove down to long beach to drop it off (i was way late, but it was okay because they were still mingling). drove home to shower because i was a pile of filth and gross from the semi-all nighter. then drove up to beverly hills to see one of ryan's favorite bands - relax to paris. they were pretty good, i was too tired and hungry to properly enjoy them, maybe in the future. i saw an old high school friend, heather, at the concert. her roomie when to high school with some of the guys in the band, so i guess they go to all the shows. interesting.. what a small world.
so yea.. in the past 36 hours it was torrance->LA->torrance->carson->torrance->LA->long beach->torrance->beverly hills->LA->torrance.
man that is a lot of driving.
Friday, September 17, 2004
sorry for that angry burst of late night aggravation and insanity. in a town where EVERYONE is trying to be someone and trying to "make it" .. it's so hard to hear someone's relatively "easy" plight when you feel like you are just sitting here rotting. i remember when we went to go see napoleon dynamite @ the ucla free screening, it was filled with film students of sorts, and when they said it had been written by a 24 year old film student and his wife, i saw them all cringe and beth commented about how green they must all be. sitting there.. "it could be me" but sorry.. no it's not. that's me right now.
maybe it's not meant to be for me to do what i want to do. there is this depressing ass article about how if you want to do what you love, you will starve. gee that's great, thanks for the pep talk. i don't know man.. i just don't know. i'm sure some things look harder than they seem, and not everything is so easy, but sometimes it just is. i've noticed though, that when things are going to work out, they work out rather quickly. i just have to wait for the right moment. i hope it friggin comes soon.
maybe it's not meant to be for me to do what i want to do. there is this depressing ass article about how if you want to do what you love, you will starve. gee that's great, thanks for the pep talk. i don't know man.. i just don't know. i'm sure some things look harder than they seem, and not everything is so easy, but sometimes it just is. i've noticed though, that when things are going to work out, they work out rather quickly. i just have to wait for the right moment. i hope it friggin comes soon.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. i hate la sometimes. no.. not really la itself. but the industry... one that i am aspiring to be in nonetheless. and that i will never be a part of. i hate how nepotistic it is sometimes. and sure... when i was partying it up with johnny knoxville or hanging out at sundance i didn't mind so much. when it blows in my favor i'm sure i don't complain. but those are little things. not big things. right now i'm just super frustrated... aggravated.... and tired. of everything.
and i can't get this last song i need for my super 90's flashback soundtrack to be done with.
fuck fuck #$%^&*@!!!
and i can't get this last song i need for my super 90's flashback soundtrack to be done with.
and now i'm probably going to be late to work tomorrow... again.
and with so much to do tomorrow night too..............
fuck fuck #$%^&*@!!!
Thursday, September 16, 2004
hold on to your nickels everyone!!
they're gonna change them. crazy huh? who needs to change the nickel? apparently we do. i like the old nickels, and i think the new ones are kind of not so cute, but i guess it's not up to be. i'm just going to have to start hoarding my nickels and keep them with my old quarters, $20's, $5's and $10's.
hmmm... what's goin on? i'm slacking off at work yet again. i am quite apathetic today.. data entry just isn't the same anymore :P plus the people at work are being meaner to me. well not mean, just not friendly. it's weird... oh well. more motivation for me to get outta here huh? yesterday i didn't come to work and i stayed home to digitize footage for the video that needs to be done by saturday. eeks... i finally finished imputing it all into the computer.. but haven't started editing. ack. i have friday night and saturday morning. 24hrs for one piece? uh oh.
it's my own fault though, i went with my sister to go run some errands and we ended up shopping for 3 hours. i spent like $100 or so.. crap :P gotta go return some other stuff i bought. hahah.
tuesday i worked at hockey again after our mini between season break. it kind of felt like i had never left, but i also felt like i forgot a lot of things. i messed up a few times with the clock & penalties. it's okay.. first day jitters right?
a happy belated birthday to my cousin michelle for yesterday. she turned 21! yay.. legal baby :) she's living the college life @ columbia. if you run into eli swanson... club him on the head and bring him back to california :)
nicole is leaving for italy in less than a week!!! oh my gosh... i can't believe it. i almost want to go wrap myself around her ankles so she can't go anywhere... but italy will be amazing. but it will be hard to deal without her. who else am i going to disney whore it up with, or spontaneously go see the piano man, watch fantasmic or eat breadbowl chowder? who else will i talk to at 2am when everyone else is asleep but us? who will say silly things to me on im, put up with my dumb stories (and really act like they are amused) and have conversations about the amazing race? and who else will keep me updated about the chippendales? nicole... don't go!! *(she told me she was going to try to find internet cafes to get online and blog or whatnot.. and although i would LOVE it, instead she should go find some hot italian boys to show her the good times. ;P stallion doesn't rhyme with italian for no reason ... jk.)
they're gonna change them. crazy huh? who needs to change the nickel? apparently we do. i like the old nickels, and i think the new ones are kind of not so cute, but i guess it's not up to be. i'm just going to have to start hoarding my nickels and keep them with my old quarters, $20's, $5's and $10's.
hmmm... what's goin on? i'm slacking off at work yet again. i am quite apathetic today.. data entry just isn't the same anymore :P plus the people at work are being meaner to me. well not mean, just not friendly. it's weird... oh well. more motivation for me to get outta here huh? yesterday i didn't come to work and i stayed home to digitize footage for the video that needs to be done by saturday. eeks... i finally finished imputing it all into the computer.. but haven't started editing. ack. i have friday night and saturday morning. 24hrs for one piece? uh oh.
it's my own fault though, i went with my sister to go run some errands and we ended up shopping for 3 hours. i spent like $100 or so.. crap :P gotta go return some other stuff i bought. hahah.
tuesday i worked at hockey again after our mini between season break. it kind of felt like i had never left, but i also felt like i forgot a lot of things. i messed up a few times with the clock & penalties. it's okay.. first day jitters right?
a happy belated birthday to my cousin michelle for yesterday. she turned 21! yay.. legal baby :) she's living the college life @ columbia. if you run into eli swanson... club him on the head and bring him back to california :)
nicole is leaving for italy in less than a week!!! oh my gosh... i can't believe it. i almost want to go wrap myself around her ankles so she can't go anywhere... but italy will be amazing. but it will be hard to deal without her. who else am i going to disney whore it up with, or spontaneously go see the piano man, watch fantasmic or eat breadbowl chowder? who else will i talk to at 2am when everyone else is asleep but us? who will say silly things to me on im, put up with my dumb stories (and really act like they are amused) and have conversations about the amazing race? and who else will keep me updated about the chippendales? nicole... don't go!! *(she told me she was going to try to find internet cafes to get online and blog or whatnot.. and although i would LOVE it, instead she should go find some hot italian boys to show her the good times. ;P stallion doesn't rhyme with italian for no reason ... jk.)
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
so this is my blog about my friend philly. she is AWESOME and rad and smart and mature (so why the hell is she friends with me?) but... she is only going to be a freshman in college. i swear that she is my age or older, but that's just her brain i suppose. she's always helping me, giving me advice, or just keeping me company late at night with talk of hot dawson's creek boys or what not. but anyways.. i was reading one of those random "get to know me" surveys and here's one that she put:
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THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
01 fall in love - "ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love."
02 make my parents proud
03 make a difference
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wow.. i mean.. it's not really anything unordinary, but in that section most people put like "have sex in a public place" or "go sky diving" or "work on the olympics" :P but these are so good they make me want to be just like philly when i grow up :) when i read this, i was like "wow... she is so amazing." she even has cool quotes :)
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THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
01 fall in love - "ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love."
02 make my parents proud
03 make a difference
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wow.. i mean.. it's not really anything unordinary, but in that section most people put like "have sex in a public place" or "go sky diving" or "work on the olympics" :P but these are so good they make me want to be just like philly when i grow up :) when i read this, i was like "wow... she is so amazing." she even has cool quotes :)
yay!!! we won our softball game tonight.. yay the disabled list!! i'm pretty stoked. although right before the game started while warming up in the outfield one of the girls, lara, got hit in the face and started bleeding. yuk. it sucked, so her and her husband left to go to the hospital. and while the other team was being jerky "come on, let's play already", "oh that's a forfeit" we pulled 3 spectators that were from another team to play with us. they were really good. one of them pitched, so i got relief (which is good because she's way better than i am, and my shoulder/back is still really sore/tight from yesterday) can we say ... outta shape? haha. so yea.. and then this old guy asked if we needed another guy, and he was real good too. so we had 4 "ringers" so the other team was making snide comments "oh see you next time when we play your team" so we HAVE TO beat them next time. :P as always, hitting and outfielding are the weaker spots. but hey.. we won, so i'm not going to complain. it was a lot of fun - yay for winning! :) plus we like to cheer and scream and yell (while other teams just yell a little and clap). i think they probably think we're super obnoxious and peppy. hahaha.. whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Monday, September 13, 2004
what was oprah's big surprise?
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
check this out too...
swim with the stars
it's not quite like champions on ice, cuz there's only 3, but i guess there's only so much you can do. what about gary hall jr? or aaron peirsol? or brendan hansen? mm... that would make it much better.
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
check this out too...
swim with the stars
it's not quite like champions on ice, cuz there's only 3, but i guess there's only so much you can do. what about gary hall jr? or aaron peirsol? or brendan hansen? mm... that would make it much better.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
so.. this post is late.. sorry dude!! but
his birthday was 9/11.. and i didn't get a chance to post or hang out with him. :( sorry.. i suck. but you know.. he never reads this anyways.. so it's not like it quite matters. hahha. i'll just have to take him out later.. and i got him a present.. that's what really matters to anyone right? jk.
hmm.. well .. what have i been up to? not really sure.. a lot of this, a lot of that.. randomness here and there. this week was work and hanging out with friendies, my sister and more work. friday night i went up to LA and did some work for my sister, except i am dumb, and did it wrong, so really i accomplished nothing. which sucks a whole lot of ass. i have to finish a video by saturday, but i am working two days, and softball game tomorrow, so that leaves wednesday and friday.... ack. we'll see what i can come up with. it's gotta be good though. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. i got to eat this really good chinese chicken salad at this place near my sister's - california chicken cafe. i've been craving it everytime i've gone there but haven't gotten to eat it. i was quite happy on friday :) afterwards i went back to her house for a bit and watched some tivo - the complex:malibu. that show is pretty interesting... or maybe i'm just too easily amused.
saturday - worked @ the gap. good times as always. we have this new promo tool, it's these "how do you wear it" bands that come in like 6 different colors that we can pick to wear. of course, my greedy ass picked to wear all of them .. but yay rainbow! it's just funny, because it seems like a knock off on the whole "livestrong" bands. freaking EVERYWHERE. in fact, if i wanted to be "cool" i could sport the yellow one and pretend to jump on the bandwagon as well, but that would be even lamer than jumping on the bandwagon itself. but i do like my rainbow bands. except they make my wrist super sweaty :P
after worked i hauled ass over to chino hills. whoo hoo... i was glad my car made it. and the drive to chino hills wasn't too bad.. so i was grateful for that. it was carlene's birthday celebration!! those kids are so freaking skillful. first they re-did their floors - pulled out their carpet alllll by themselves and put in wood floors. .. and then they decorated their house (it was just like a restaurant! haha. and made it into a supercool birthday party scene. i want to rent their house and hire them to have my birthday party there. haha. they decorated the backyard all pretty, had yummy food that they made themselves (and some they ordered from daphne's) and were the best hosts ever. haha. they even provided some real entertainment national geographic style. in the middle of the celebration we heard a noise and saw two possums on the wall, but then one possum fell off (i think the other one pushed it), but then was trapped in their backyard. apparently possums are nasty and they like to attack, so we all went inside to continue the fun. there was the hookah, old school nintendo, poker and lots and lots more eating. joe provided the poker entertainment :) and the girls beat out all the boys. niiice. thanks for the good time concepcions!! i ended up spending the night to catch a few z's before driving back to lovely torrance, but ended up playing super mario with nicole until like 6am or so. yikes.... actually i played until like 6:30ish after nicole went to bed. i so wanted to rescue the princess... but i didn't :( i managed to get the 100+ lives in level 3, so i played for quite awhile, and then left the machine on (on pause) for nicole to pick up where i left off. i passed the seemingly impossible level 8-3 for her, so she's gotta do the castle. hahah. god speed nicole!
today i drove back this morning, which wasn't too bad, but i felt pretty crappy, either from eating too much, or being bloated, or too little sleep (or all three) - but i managed to make it to softball practice. we practiced for 3 hours, and most of the team showed up.. wow. it seems like it'll be fun. except i got sunburnt today :( i'm a little red, i hope it'll brown and not crisp :P
okay.. i should get some dubbing done. my mom is watching deuce bigalow on tv and really enjoying it. haha.. too hilarious.
oh.. and happy birthday carlene!! :)
i got the right date today... she is the big ol 23. she has mad skillz in web design, home decorating and general kick ass-ness. happy birthday old fart! :)
happy birthday benji!!(yesterday)
his birthday was 9/11.. and i didn't get a chance to post or hang out with him. :( sorry.. i suck. but you know.. he never reads this anyways.. so it's not like it quite matters. hahha. i'll just have to take him out later.. and i got him a present.. that's what really matters to anyone right? jk.
hmm.. well .. what have i been up to? not really sure.. a lot of this, a lot of that.. randomness here and there. this week was work and hanging out with friendies, my sister and more work. friday night i went up to LA and did some work for my sister, except i am dumb, and did it wrong, so really i accomplished nothing. which sucks a whole lot of ass. i have to finish a video by saturday, but i am working two days, and softball game tomorrow, so that leaves wednesday and friday.... ack. we'll see what i can come up with. it's gotta be good though. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. i got to eat this really good chinese chicken salad at this place near my sister's - california chicken cafe. i've been craving it everytime i've gone there but haven't gotten to eat it. i was quite happy on friday :) afterwards i went back to her house for a bit and watched some tivo - the complex:malibu. that show is pretty interesting... or maybe i'm just too easily amused.
saturday - worked @ the gap. good times as always. we have this new promo tool, it's these "how do you wear it" bands that come in like 6 different colors that we can pick to wear. of course, my greedy ass picked to wear all of them .. but yay rainbow! it's just funny, because it seems like a knock off on the whole "livestrong" bands. freaking EVERYWHERE. in fact, if i wanted to be "cool" i could sport the yellow one and pretend to jump on the bandwagon as well, but that would be even lamer than jumping on the bandwagon itself. but i do like my rainbow bands. except they make my wrist super sweaty :P
after worked i hauled ass over to chino hills. whoo hoo... i was glad my car made it. and the drive to chino hills wasn't too bad.. so i was grateful for that. it was carlene's birthday celebration!! those kids are so freaking skillful. first they re-did their floors - pulled out their carpet alllll by themselves and put in wood floors. .. and then they decorated their house (it was just like a restaurant! haha. and made it into a supercool birthday party scene. i want to rent their house and hire them to have my birthday party there. haha. they decorated the backyard all pretty, had yummy food that they made themselves (and some they ordered from daphne's) and were the best hosts ever. haha. they even provided some real entertainment national geographic style. in the middle of the celebration we heard a noise and saw two possums on the wall, but then one possum fell off (i think the other one pushed it), but then was trapped in their backyard. apparently possums are nasty and they like to attack, so we all went inside to continue the fun. there was the hookah, old school nintendo, poker and lots and lots more eating. joe provided the poker entertainment :) and the girls beat out all the boys. niiice. thanks for the good time concepcions!! i ended up spending the night to catch a few z's before driving back to lovely torrance, but ended up playing super mario with nicole until like 6am or so. yikes.... actually i played until like 6:30ish after nicole went to bed. i so wanted to rescue the princess... but i didn't :( i managed to get the 100+ lives in level 3, so i played for quite awhile, and then left the machine on (on pause) for nicole to pick up where i left off. i passed the seemingly impossible level 8-3 for her, so she's gotta do the castle. hahah. god speed nicole!
today i drove back this morning, which wasn't too bad, but i felt pretty crappy, either from eating too much, or being bloated, or too little sleep (or all three) - but i managed to make it to softball practice. we practiced for 3 hours, and most of the team showed up.. wow. it seems like it'll be fun. except i got sunburnt today :( i'm a little red, i hope it'll brown and not crisp :P
okay.. i should get some dubbing done. my mom is watching deuce bigalow on tv and really enjoying it. haha.. too hilarious.
oh.. and happy birthday carlene!! :)
i got the right date today... she is the big ol 23. she has mad skillz in web design, home decorating and general kick ass-ness. happy birthday old fart! :)
Friday, September 10, 2004
so i'm pretty bummed right now. i don't think that the star internship is going to be possible. i already got turned down at one place, and the other place hasn't called me back either. i thought about adding a class to do the cooperative career program, but i don't know if i have the time for a class or if i can even get into one at this point. i dunno, i mean i definitely didn't try very hard to do everything to get this spot, but ... it was an uphill battle to begin with. ugh. maybe that's just what i get.
i still haven't called the guy yet, i'm sure he's gonna be like "okay thanks bye." or he already knew just because it's been a week since i've talked to him. my friend ben tried to make me feel better by saying there was "no point in chasing after not-so-great jobs with no pay" so i guess that's true, because so many people questioned why i wanted to do it. but i did really like the facilities and thought i could definitely learn a ton. sakura told me if i didn't do it i wasn't allowed to complain anymore about my job situation. hah.
i have a dentist appointment today. i forgot to floss last night. shoot.
i still haven't called the guy yet, i'm sure he's gonna be like "okay thanks bye." or he already knew just because it's been a week since i've talked to him. my friend ben tried to make me feel better by saying there was "no point in chasing after not-so-great jobs with no pay" so i guess that's true, because so many people questioned why i wanted to do it. but i did really like the facilities and thought i could definitely learn a ton. sakura told me if i didn't do it i wasn't allowed to complain anymore about my job situation. hah.
i have a dentist appointment today. i forgot to floss last night. shoot.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
so i got off work a little while ago, redoing the walls and all. it was alright, it's never enough time to do what you want to do. :P but i did the bag wall in the men's section 1 if you go. hahah.. check out my handywork :P i should be sleeping but i need "downtime" from work... it's lame i know.. but anyways.
"Simpson's wardrobe checked by NFL"
are you kidding me? can you ever imagine jessica simpson flashin anyone? showing her boob to anyone that wasn't nick lachey? puhleeze. only if you were married to her maybe, and she's not a mormon. so yea.. i mean.. i guess they have good reason and you have to be extra careful and make grandiose gestures.. but seriously? jessica simpson? and then they say "Elton told me he won't take his shirt off," said Charles Coplin, one of the producers of the show. "He can do that. We've allowed him to do that." ew? yea.. i think that's scarier than anything janet and justin could have pulled off. :P
i was going to post something else from a friend's livejournal, but they are down and doing upgrading crap.. so it'll have to wait. but one more thing.. i was watching the end of closing ceremonies (that my mom taped) today and the closing sequence was soo good. and i love john williams and his music.. it just sounds "olympic" :) there was a sequence they cut together a lot of really fast action and winning shots, it made me smile really hugely, and as i watched the credits roll by for the different sport producers and editors, i thought.. "wow.. how awesome would that be" :P someday... someday... (maybe... haha.. yea right :P) the only thing i didn't like was that in both of the "remember the olympic shots" they ended with michael phelps (and that wasn't the only clip of him they used, like the 4th or 5th). ok ok.. i get it, michael phelps is great.. whatever.. it's kind of overkill. i guess he's really a hero to a lot of people, but my heart always belongs to gary hall jr. hahah.. (i'm a dork) but too, like to see the excitement in all the other athletes faces (esp. smaller countries) is so much better.. it seemed maybe he just expected to win so he was like "ho hum another medal" which makes him seem like a snot. but whatever.. he was only really excited during the 4x200 relay, and i guess he gave up his spot in the medley relay, which was nice, but it was like "i have so many and you have none.. so i will be nice and also get all this 'i'm so great' attention" haha.. whatever.. i'm not his biggest fan, sorry. i dunno.. it's not that i don't think he's good, i think it's just media overkill. i've seen lots of things that shows he's a nice guy, just a regular 'ol 19 yr old with million dollar contracts and an escalade with spinners. hahah. there's just something that irks me. also... they only used 1 or 2 clips (one might have been of him falling.. haha but i couldn't see the face) of paul hamm .. which is good because me makes me a little sick too. hahah.. paul hamm you ruined my olympics :P all in all i still *heart* the olympics mucho.
oh.. and like whoa.. i have 12, yes 12! gmail invitations.. they are just sprouting up out of nowhere. i think almost everyone has one now.. but if you'd like one.. let me know. and if you're nice and i like you.. maybe you can have one. hahah. jk.
"Simpson's wardrobe checked by NFL"
are you kidding me? can you ever imagine jessica simpson flashin anyone? showing her boob to anyone that wasn't nick lachey? puhleeze. only if you were married to her maybe, and she's not a mormon. so yea.. i mean.. i guess they have good reason and you have to be extra careful and make grandiose gestures.. but seriously? jessica simpson? and then they say "Elton told me he won't take his shirt off," said Charles Coplin, one of the producers of the show. "He can do that. We've allowed him to do that." ew? yea.. i think that's scarier than anything janet and justin could have pulled off. :P
i was going to post something else from a friend's livejournal, but they are down and doing upgrading crap.. so it'll have to wait. but one more thing.. i was watching the end of closing ceremonies (that my mom taped) today and the closing sequence was soo good. and i love john williams and his music.. it just sounds "olympic" :) there was a sequence they cut together a lot of really fast action and winning shots, it made me smile really hugely, and as i watched the credits roll by for the different sport producers and editors, i thought.. "wow.. how awesome would that be" :P someday... someday... (maybe... haha.. yea right :P) the only thing i didn't like was that in both of the "remember the olympic shots" they ended with michael phelps (and that wasn't the only clip of him they used, like the 4th or 5th). ok ok.. i get it, michael phelps is great.. whatever.. it's kind of overkill. i guess he's really a hero to a lot of people, but my heart always belongs to gary hall jr. hahah.. (i'm a dork) but too, like to see the excitement in all the other athletes faces (esp. smaller countries) is so much better.. it seemed maybe he just expected to win so he was like "ho hum another medal" which makes him seem like a snot. but whatever.. he was only really excited during the 4x200 relay, and i guess he gave up his spot in the medley relay, which was nice, but it was like "i have so many and you have none.. so i will be nice and also get all this 'i'm so great' attention" haha.. whatever.. i'm not his biggest fan, sorry. i dunno.. it's not that i don't think he's good, i think it's just media overkill. i've seen lots of things that shows he's a nice guy, just a regular 'ol 19 yr old with million dollar contracts and an escalade with spinners. hahah. there's just something that irks me. also... they only used 1 or 2 clips (one might have been of him falling.. haha but i couldn't see the face) of paul hamm .. which is good because me makes me a little sick too. hahah.. paul hamm you ruined my olympics :P all in all i still *heart* the olympics mucho.
oh.. and like whoa.. i have 12, yes 12! gmail invitations.. they are just sprouting up out of nowhere. i think almost everyone has one now.. but if you'd like one.. let me know. and if you're nice and i like you.. maybe you can have one. hahah. jk.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
boo.. so i blogged last night, but my computer sucks and i lost it. i was hoping there was a slim chance it got published before the error (it's happened before) but no luck this time. oh well it was lame post anyways. maybe it deserved to die :P
yesterday i got this email from my work:
"We have recently been advised that our National campus falls within an area in which there have been confimed cases of West Nile Virus found in birds. West Nile virus is an illness that is transmitte primarily by mosquitoes and is most often chracterized by mild flu-like symptoms, including headache, fever, body aches and, sometimes, swollen lymph nodes or a skin rash.
Local health authorities are investigating the area and are taking preventative measures to reduce the mosquito population. Nissan is working with them and taking additional preventative measures to reduce the risks to our employees. To prevent exposure to the West Nile virus, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recommends that employees working outside apply insect repellent containing the ingredient DEET and wear appropriate clothing (including long sleeves, long pants and socks) when outdoors. Effetive immediately, security personnel in each of the buildings on the National campus will have insect repellent available for use by all personnel working outside on Nissan's campus. Please read the directions on the repellent can carefully before application."
grrreeeaat. good thing i don't work outdoors, but now i'm all freaked, i drive with the windows up. it smelled really bad on the way to work yesterday morning.. i thought it was sewage in the water or something.. but it was SO bad. maybe it was a bunch of dead birds :P i have some rashes on my arms... i've been trying to rationalize it for awhile. it's all hypochondria.
also.. i almost burned my house down yesterday :P whee... i was in the bathroom and i was like.. "hmm it smells like something is on.." but i didn't really think twice because i hadn't turned anything on (smart huh?) later when i went to go get a q-tip i found that my straightener was on, and my travel toiletries bag was on top of it. i must have pushed the bag, which flipped the switch of the straightener. my bag was a little warm, but there was no melting.. thank gosh. and to think i wouldn't have found if it i wasn't getting a q-tip for my medicine for my dry skin. i would have went to bed at the straightener burned down my house. thanks skin rash, you saved my life. :P
yesterday i got this email from my work:
"We have recently been advised that our National campus falls within an area in which there have been confimed cases of West Nile Virus found in birds. West Nile virus is an illness that is transmitte primarily by mosquitoes and is most often chracterized by mild flu-like symptoms, including headache, fever, body aches and, sometimes, swollen lymph nodes or a skin rash.
Local health authorities are investigating the area and are taking preventative measures to reduce the mosquito population. Nissan is working with them and taking additional preventative measures to reduce the risks to our employees. To prevent exposure to the West Nile virus, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recommends that employees working outside apply insect repellent containing the ingredient DEET and wear appropriate clothing (including long sleeves, long pants and socks) when outdoors. Effetive immediately, security personnel in each of the buildings on the National campus will have insect repellent available for use by all personnel working outside on Nissan's campus. Please read the directions on the repellent can carefully before application."
grrreeeaat. good thing i don't work outdoors, but now i'm all freaked, i drive with the windows up. it smelled really bad on the way to work yesterday morning.. i thought it was sewage in the water or something.. but it was SO bad. maybe it was a bunch of dead birds :P i have some rashes on my arms... i've been trying to rationalize it for awhile. it's all hypochondria.
also.. i almost burned my house down yesterday :P whee... i was in the bathroom and i was like.. "hmm it smells like something is on.." but i didn't really think twice because i hadn't turned anything on (smart huh?) later when i went to go get a q-tip i found that my straightener was on, and my travel toiletries bag was on top of it. i must have pushed the bag, which flipped the switch of the straightener. my bag was a little warm, but there was no melting.. thank gosh. and to think i wouldn't have found if it i wasn't getting a q-tip for my medicine for my dry skin. i would have went to bed at the straightener burned down my house. thanks skin rash, you saved my life. :P
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
so a quick blog before heading off to bed. what jean? it's only midnight.. like 3 hours before you normally go to sleep. really i should have went to be like an hour ago... i've been pretty tired lately. i was falling asleep at work even thought i got like 9 hours of sleep! crazy.
anyhoo.. no bloggity blogs because nothing really excited has been going on. except it's been HOTT!!! it's so hard to fall asleep because it's so hot. during the day it's not too bad because i'm indoors. but yea... upstairs sucks in my house.
friday i was in a pretty good mood because i only worked a half day. it just made my day that much cheerier :P i drove out to go to my interview... still trying to figure all that shiznit out. argh... i hate the real world sometimes. the three day weekend was just relaxing. i didn't do anything big, no crazy going out, no re-doings floors, no sports game.. just chillaxing. saturday i just hung out at home and then went with my family to my sister's. my dad helped put together some tables that my sister got as wedding presents.. well we were supposed to all help, but my dad just did it, and i played double dash on game cube. hahah.. my dad really got into it...it was fun, except i felt bad because he kept losing :P for dinner we were going to go to talay thai for dinner, but my dad got frustrated because he couldn't find parking (hmm.. LA on a saturday night? :P) so we ended just buying groceries and cooking @ my sister's new house. it was interesting. that night my sister and i drove to tustin to stay before going to san diego the next (same) day for a shoot. we didn't get to bed until 2:30am or so and then left for SD @ 5:30am. yikes.
it was a short film for the san diego asian film festival. so i'm excited to see how it turns out and i can say "i helped!" :P it also made me really miss san diego too. i was walking through the ralphs in la jolla village square and i got all nostalgic... remembering all the times i went there and late night times shopping, but seeing a million other college kids there too... oh man.. i am a dork. i was all like "i gotta move back here" but who knows if that's even possible :P i guess i can always retire there. hahah. oh well.. it's only 1.5 hours away right? :P that night we came back (but not after getting california burritos from el cotixan's first!!) and my sister and i were supposed to check out the apple store, but we ended up sleeping too long. i was TIRED... 2 hrs of sleep was not good to drive on, but i survived and then crashed into bed. i was too tired to end up going out later that night.. so sorry guys.
monday i just hung out by myself :P my parents were gone when i woke up (apparently to visit relatives) but they were gone all day.. so i just waddled in my pajamas :P watched tv, went to the gym. i tried to go to dinner with my sister, but she fell asleep @ a friend's house, so she didn't pick up her phone. boo. and today... it was SO hard to go back to work, i SO didn't want to be there.. double boo. anyhow.. it's all very whatever to me and boring to you, so i'll stop now. :P
have a great day!
anyhoo.. no bloggity blogs because nothing really excited has been going on. except it's been HOTT!!! it's so hard to fall asleep because it's so hot. during the day it's not too bad because i'm indoors. but yea... upstairs sucks in my house.
friday i was in a pretty good mood because i only worked a half day. it just made my day that much cheerier :P i drove out to go to my interview... still trying to figure all that shiznit out. argh... i hate the real world sometimes. the three day weekend was just relaxing. i didn't do anything big, no crazy going out, no re-doings floors, no sports game.. just chillaxing. saturday i just hung out at home and then went with my family to my sister's. my dad helped put together some tables that my sister got as wedding presents.. well we were supposed to all help, but my dad just did it, and i played double dash on game cube. hahah.. my dad really got into it...it was fun, except i felt bad because he kept losing :P for dinner we were going to go to talay thai for dinner, but my dad got frustrated because he couldn't find parking (hmm.. LA on a saturday night? :P) so we ended just buying groceries and cooking @ my sister's new house. it was interesting. that night my sister and i drove to tustin to stay before going to san diego the next (same) day for a shoot. we didn't get to bed until 2:30am or so and then left for SD @ 5:30am. yikes.
it was a short film for the san diego asian film festival. so i'm excited to see how it turns out and i can say "i helped!" :P it also made me really miss san diego too. i was walking through the ralphs in la jolla village square and i got all nostalgic... remembering all the times i went there and late night times shopping, but seeing a million other college kids there too... oh man.. i am a dork. i was all like "i gotta move back here" but who knows if that's even possible :P i guess i can always retire there. hahah. oh well.. it's only 1.5 hours away right? :P that night we came back (but not after getting california burritos from el cotixan's first!!) and my sister and i were supposed to check out the apple store, but we ended up sleeping too long. i was TIRED... 2 hrs of sleep was not good to drive on, but i survived and then crashed into bed. i was too tired to end up going out later that night.. so sorry guys.
monday i just hung out by myself :P my parents were gone when i woke up (apparently to visit relatives) but they were gone all day.. so i just waddled in my pajamas :P watched tv, went to the gym. i tried to go to dinner with my sister, but she fell asleep @ a friend's house, so she didn't pick up her phone. boo. and today... it was SO hard to go back to work, i SO didn't want to be there.. double boo. anyhow.. it's all very whatever to me and boring to you, so i'll stop now. :P
have a great day!
Friday, September 03, 2004
Thursday, September 02, 2004
so i don't feel really like blogging, but i feel like working even less.. so here i am :P so far today i've checked my email, read everyone's blogs, and balanced my check book... it's good times. today one of my co-worker's said to me (sarcastically) "you always sound so happy to come in here in the morning." i do.. well do i? or am i just not a morning person. but i think i've seriously begun to really hate this job... i do even less work than i did before. :P
anyhoo.. sorry to have reverted back to the "i hate my job" posts.. i know those get boring, because who doesn't hate their job? well a lot of people, but anyways. last weekend was okay.. a combination of work and going out. friday for the first time in a long while sakura and i went to the "pain in the butt" class @ bally's together. working out and feeling lame because you can't lift flimsy 3 lb weights is always funner when you have a friend. that night i went out with nicole, mike, beth and ryan.. because i left my id at home we didn't get to go to the cool ski lodge themed "best new bar in LA"... sorry.. we ended up at the union cattle co and then the kettle. there was a little puking, but not from me :P although with two drinks and one shot i was pretty toasty, which is good i guess. i almost passed out in the kettle.. i was tired. i avoided my mom's evil eye that night .. so the rest of the weekend i had to be good, so stayed home and worked. although i didn't actually do any cleaning or "good stuff" not going out is okay as well.
monday i didn't go to work and instead i went to my interview for the internship @ star 98.7. sounds pretty exciting right? except i'm not really eligible. i have to find a way to get credit for it, and the people at elco (where i spent the afternoon) are soooo unhelpful. ack. i also found out that they're filming a movie @ elco with adam sandler and chris rock. i wish i could just walk up and be like "can i have a job?" but it's just not that easy. damn. i got a call about a job, that doesn't seem quite as exciting as the internship @ star, but it's paid... so i don't know how i feel. my interview is friday, so maybe i will love it after i see it. i hope so. i mean.. seeing as how the internship might not even be possible anyways.. but i got a mini tour of some of the facilities and they looked so cool.. i'd learn a lot about audio editing (thanks giovanna and comt175.. haha) and the way the job sounded when the lady described it, it seemed so... mundane and interney, even though i wasn't the intern. i know you gotta pay your dues, but i doubt they'd have me washing their dishes at star. i dunno.. i have this awful feeling that i will end up with nothing and be back here in my temp job forever and ever and ever. i tried to figure out numbers for if i got the job and if i moved out.. i don't even know if it'd be possible. how do people do it?! i hate that the world always revolves around money. i really want the star gig... i wish i could do both. i want to do everything, that is my problem. i turned down doing stage managing for the play that i did sm'ing for last year.. because i don't really have the time, and my schedule is still so up in the air. i felt really sad though, i really wanted to do it again. i want the job, i want the internship, i want to do the play, i want to still work at hockey, and i want the gap discount (haha.. without working :P) i want live on my own but without having to pay for anything :P i'm so fuckin greedy.
monday was nice though.. i met kathy up in h.wood @ hollywood and highland and we had a last lunch before her and her friend chris from england go back up north. sad.. it was really fun hanging out and talking with kathy. and now that we don't have that whole cki thing bothering us it was that much better. too bad we didn't get to hang out longer. sucks. but it was fun.. she's going to UCDC in the fall... she's going to have so much fun. (that's something else i wanted to do.. stinking cki.)
tuesday i had lunch with linh from steve's, but we ate it at her house with her loud ass dog that kept barking at me. it scared me a few times, and although i was assured it wouldn't bite, it's intimidating as hell :P that night i was supposed to go to my sister's and maybe later meet up with ryan, nicole, maritza and norma.. but none of that happened because... i got in a fight with my mom. ack.. story of my life. it was dumb, and me my mom just have this huge inability to communicate at all... so i just ended up sleeping all night. my mom likes to complain about how our house is so messy, but a lot of it is stuff that i can't really sort/clean. so if i try to do it, my mom just watches me, standing there, telling me how to do it and then yells at me if i don't do it her way, or if i question her methods. doesn't that seem like a colossal waste of time? if she's gonna do that, she should just do it herself.. i dunno.. but this is why no one wants to clean, because no one can.. but she constantly wants people to help out.. it's a vicious cycle. so for the past few i've been pretty quiet and homebody. for fear of going out, fear of my mom yelling at me more (although she's not really talking to me right now) and just in a general anti-social mood. sorry.. i do feel really lame guys.. i suck. thanks to nicole who has been calling and checking in. mucho appreciated. someone told me that if i get a real job and i still live at home my mom will ease up a bit. i wonder if that's true. i don't know. i feel like such a fuckin failure sometimes.. everyday these words come out of my parents mouth "so.. what kind of work are you looking for.." "you know if you lost weight, you'd be pretty" "so when are you going to find a real job" "when are you going to go to the gym" "you should find a job where you can get health benefits" "you're so fat" i know that all these things are true, but contrary to popular belief.. i don't enjoy hearing it everyday. thanks. growing up sucks.
anyhoo.. sorry to have reverted back to the "i hate my job" posts.. i know those get boring, because who doesn't hate their job? well a lot of people, but anyways. last weekend was okay.. a combination of work and going out. friday for the first time in a long while sakura and i went to the "pain in the butt" class @ bally's together. working out and feeling lame because you can't lift flimsy 3 lb weights is always funner when you have a friend. that night i went out with nicole, mike, beth and ryan.. because i left my id at home we didn't get to go to the cool ski lodge themed "best new bar in LA"... sorry.. we ended up at the union cattle co and then the kettle. there was a little puking, but not from me :P although with two drinks and one shot i was pretty toasty, which is good i guess. i almost passed out in the kettle.. i was tired. i avoided my mom's evil eye that night .. so the rest of the weekend i had to be good, so stayed home and worked. although i didn't actually do any cleaning or "good stuff" not going out is okay as well.
monday i didn't go to work and instead i went to my interview for the internship @ star 98.7. sounds pretty exciting right? except i'm not really eligible. i have to find a way to get credit for it, and the people at elco (where i spent the afternoon) are soooo unhelpful. ack. i also found out that they're filming a movie @ elco with adam sandler and chris rock. i wish i could just walk up and be like "can i have a job?" but it's just not that easy. damn. i got a call about a job, that doesn't seem quite as exciting as the internship @ star, but it's paid... so i don't know how i feel. my interview is friday, so maybe i will love it after i see it. i hope so. i mean.. seeing as how the internship might not even be possible anyways.. but i got a mini tour of some of the facilities and they looked so cool.. i'd learn a lot about audio editing (thanks giovanna and comt175.. haha) and the way the job sounded when the lady described it, it seemed so... mundane and interney, even though i wasn't the intern. i know you gotta pay your dues, but i doubt they'd have me washing their dishes at star. i dunno.. i have this awful feeling that i will end up with nothing and be back here in my temp job forever and ever and ever. i tried to figure out numbers for if i got the job and if i moved out.. i don't even know if it'd be possible. how do people do it?! i hate that the world always revolves around money. i really want the star gig... i wish i could do both. i want to do everything, that is my problem. i turned down doing stage managing for the play that i did sm'ing for last year.. because i don't really have the time, and my schedule is still so up in the air. i felt really sad though, i really wanted to do it again. i want the job, i want the internship, i want to do the play, i want to still work at hockey, and i want the gap discount (haha.. without working :P) i want live on my own but without having to pay for anything :P i'm so fuckin greedy.
monday was nice though.. i met kathy up in h.wood @ hollywood and highland and we had a last lunch before her and her friend chris from england go back up north. sad.. it was really fun hanging out and talking with kathy. and now that we don't have that whole cki thing bothering us it was that much better. too bad we didn't get to hang out longer. sucks. but it was fun.. she's going to UCDC in the fall... she's going to have so much fun. (that's something else i wanted to do.. stinking cki.)
tuesday i had lunch with linh from steve's, but we ate it at her house with her loud ass dog that kept barking at me. it scared me a few times, and although i was assured it wouldn't bite, it's intimidating as hell :P that night i was supposed to go to my sister's and maybe later meet up with ryan, nicole, maritza and norma.. but none of that happened because... i got in a fight with my mom. ack.. story of my life. it was dumb, and me my mom just have this huge inability to communicate at all... so i just ended up sleeping all night. my mom likes to complain about how our house is so messy, but a lot of it is stuff that i can't really sort/clean. so if i try to do it, my mom just watches me, standing there, telling me how to do it and then yells at me if i don't do it her way, or if i question her methods. doesn't that seem like a colossal waste of time? if she's gonna do that, she should just do it herself.. i dunno.. but this is why no one wants to clean, because no one can.. but she constantly wants people to help out.. it's a vicious cycle. so for the past few i've been pretty quiet and homebody. for fear of going out, fear of my mom yelling at me more (although she's not really talking to me right now) and just in a general anti-social mood. sorry.. i do feel really lame guys.. i suck. thanks to nicole who has been calling and checking in. mucho appreciated. someone told me that if i get a real job and i still live at home my mom will ease up a bit. i wonder if that's true. i don't know. i feel like such a fuckin failure sometimes.. everyday these words come out of my parents mouth "so.. what kind of work are you looking for.." "you know if you lost weight, you'd be pretty" "so when are you going to find a real job" "when are you going to go to the gym" "you should find a job where you can get health benefits" "you're so fat" i know that all these things are true, but contrary to popular belief.. i don't enjoy hearing it everyday. thanks. growing up sucks.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
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