maureenie.

on the lot

2007-06-16T09:59:00.001-07:00

finally downloaded the episodes for on the lot. ya know? the competition reality show on fox about aspiring filmmakers wanting a million dollar deal from dreamworks studios. well i've been watching the shows all morning and here are some videos i found amazing! watch em!

"time out"

"random acts of kindness"

2007 Camp Pendleton Mud Run 10K Results

2007-06-11T16:58:00.000-07:00

For all who went this saturday, here are the results:

CIVILIAN WOMEN Age 20-24 Division
16th Me @ 1:14:48
22nd Jean Armas @ 1:18:47
23rd Monica Ferrer @ 1:18:49
24th Cheryl Banares @ 1:18:51
36th Nicole Cruz @ 1:26:32

CIVILIAN MEN Age 20-24 Division
24th Gregory Cabrera @ 1:08:57
25th Jonathan Nazareno @ 1:08:58

AWESOME JOB, EVERYONE!!!

friday tomorrow! here's what happened last weekend!

2007-05-24T20:26:00.001-07:00

pumped up! starting line at harbor & 5th in gaslamp.

conquered the bay bridge run/walk!

at kim's bday dinner in balli hai.

2007-05-21T17:24:00.001-07:00

monday!

i'll have the weekend adventure pics up soon.

peas & carrots!

2007-05-18T14:22:00.000-07:00

gotta love fridays!

got a couple of sdsu friends graduating tomorrow. looking forward to a lot of eating and drinking again. congrats, ron and genesis!!! you guys did it! this weekend's going to be one helluva adventure! decided not to go to lala land tonight anymore. i think i'm just going to burn myself out since i have a whole saturday dedicated to toasting to grads and the sunday bay bridge run plus x-fest til midnight. sound fun?!

may bdays:
18th - cheryl
19th - carlynie
23rd - marky

"stay classy, san diego." - ron burgundy

2007-05-12T08:23:00.001-07:00

so far, may is turning out to be one of the best months ever. this past week is especially going down in my memory bank as one of the best weeks ever!

sunday: still at vegas! cindy brought us to harrah's outdoor bar where we had one of the best sex on the beaches 1/2 yards. stopped by o'sheas where i watched my friends gamble the little money they had left (the JET $40 cover really killed my hunger to gamble on sunday). ron taught me how to play craps, which by the way, this time i understood and still remember to this day how to play it. beat that my short term memory! after o'sheas, crawled over to margaritaville where jon bought a round of pina coladas! woo-hoo! it was the best! i was craving one the whole time i was in vegas because i kept smelling coconut everywhere (found out pam carried a travel size coconut smelling lotion). sipping on the pina colada and heading over to caesar's palace to watch the grand statues was the last thing i remembered enjoying before i got weary and lethargic. i spent a good half hour or was it an hour (?) power nap in la salsa at caesar's. now fast forward to waking up and heading over to circus circus where i ate the best #1 meal at mcdonalds.

monday: flight was not delayed! yay! i arrived at work on time and not as tired as i thought i wouldve been. got all my shit done and spent a 1 1/2 hour lunch with erin and scott. ooh scott... foreshadow for now! anyhow, it was a terrific hot sunny san diego day and at the end of the day, finally got the rest my body was longing for.

tuesday: highlight of the day was probably finally getting a new case for my phone (it's pretty) and watching spiderman 3 on imax at mira mesa. i still enjoyed the movie despite the corny parts and totally having to tolerate close-ups of kirsten dunst's fugliness. fantastic movie! i'm ready for f4, pirates, transformers, and ocean's 13.

wednesday: easy day at work. went to work in a dress and sat out in the sun midday to soak up another splendid day in sd. it was hot but breezy and i loved it! i should really spend some time at the beach and get some leisure reading done. felt too lazy to run the wednesday 5k but forced myself to go and ran it faster than i had before. i'm still the slowest of my coworkers, but i finished at around 28 mins which i thought was awesome. afterwards, carbo-loaded at o'briens like usual.

thursday: these are like my fridays... i checked my email at work and found out i won two tickets to 93.3's your show 8, ipod nano, and chicblvd ear buds! i've been having a lucky streak lately and i love it! okay, i'll skip the work bullshit this time and flash forward to the exciting evening gala extravaganza. my coworker, scott, treated me out to dinner at some hole-in-the-wall mexican restaurant in OB. the food there was a mixture of fast food mexican and otmc. i ordered a carne asada burrito that was a bit different from all the carne asada burritos i've had before. this one had red bell peppers and it totally added that extra zing to it. drink number one for the night was a large glass of margarita. after a fun dinner, scott and i met up with everyone at brick by brick to watch sentinel. downed drink number two and three of hefs while listening to fantastic metal music. totally am a fan of the band's marky-mark-in-rockstar-singer! after the short set the rest of the gang headed home but i continued my thursday night with scott at some bar in OB. met his friends and roommate and more drinking ensued, drink number four and five conquered! after that... wasted.

friday: got to work hung over, hungry, and thirsty the first few hours of the day. i literally was thinking and working slow that i was borderline retarded. went to my work's closet sale (kinda like the vogue closet but we only have athletic clothes and shoes) where they sold everything under $20. bought a bunch of shit i don't need for $30, 2 pairs of shorts, 2 running tops, and 3 pairs of new shoes. thee best bargain ever! i got to leave work early to get home and change and get to the show on time. our seats weren't as close as i had assumed, but damn, they were free! bev and i only stayed for four acts, robin thicke, ciara, frankie j with first class fiction, and some early ludacris. by the time luda came on, i was freezing my ass off and was ready to bizounce outta there. we missed fergie and paula deandradana whatever. oh well. met some crazy old lady, as we were exiting coors, who was totally fugly and bizarre and continued to pester us about hilary duff. oh by the way, duff cancelled due to symptoms of the flu... yah... right. bev and i grabbed some dinner at jitb and ate our shit at j music! we sang all the hard ass xtina songs for a good hour (only $25/hr/room) and ended the night adventure there. will mos def do that again some time!

saturday: beer olympics.

the vegas

2007-05-07T11:07:00.000-07:00

just got back from the vegas this morning and working the 9 to 5. i've just been drinking lots and lots of water since i got to work. time to cleanse my liver and eat healthy again (only for the weekday of course). pictures will be posted tonight on my yahoo so check before you sleep tonight. peas and carrots!

coming and going...

2007-05-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

vegas here i come! believe it or not i haven't been to vegas since i was twenty years old, circa new year's 2004. my sister, bev, and i actually decided to go on a whim... of course bev planned the whole thing, i.e. booked our hotel and lead us to most of the touristy places. man, i totally remember now... i was a teeny bit of a late bloomer but it was the time in my life when i felt like i was growing out of my childhood, learning new adult things/responsibilities, and exploring boundaries (self/people/geographic). at this exact time the only people i really hung out with were my bffs plus the CAL. i think one day we were bored at starbucks(?) or buca(?) and my sister and i were discussing how we always spent our new year's outside of sd... the previous several years in norcal then london. it was fun and exhilirating to us at the time... looking back now, it was a much simplier happy part of my life. oh how we've grown...

today, i read a final-destination type of article about an ex road runner sports employee from seattle who died just a few days before her bday this year. it described the way she died and it went something like this... she woke up bright and early to join her TNT. she was the first to arrive at the meeting spot, and as she was waiting for the rest of her teammates to arrive, a car had lost control (it was probably a typical seattle rainy day with slippery roads) and hit her. she died on the scene. it wasn't an obituary. it was, instead, a tribute to her and an introduction to a new charity her family and company (brooks) began... what was bizarre was that they included a small detail in the article that gave me the chills. a coworker was reported saying in the article that the dead girl's desktop said, "life's short... run long." it's like she knew life was short and death came for her, hence me calling the article final-destination-esque!

30th place yay!

2007-05-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

la jolla 5k results :

bib#5502
Maureen
Liwanag
San Diego
CA
23
F
chip time - 30:09:00
clock time - 30:54:00
overall - 428
female - 192
age place - 30
age grade - 0.8%

i hated this race. half of the race was downhill and the other half uphill. you know the intersection from herschel and torrey pines road... ya there! i swear it was like a mile of uphill. i ran out of gas fast because of that!

good-bye april!

2007-04-30T22:26:00.000-07:00

the last days of april:

4/26 @ pb bar n grill

4/28 @ johnny v

4/20 fun day & frances' reunion rain or shine!!!

2007-04-23T18:43:00.000-07:00

4/20

Friday the 13th

2007-04-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

bev the storyteller.

wii bowling is fun!

jon singing "still in love."

more magic mic...

lala land.

2007-04-09T23:26:00.000-07:00

friday... left work early!
saturday... tennis & then beer hunt party in la
sunday... kabuki

2007-04-09T10:54:00.000-07:00

Watch this trailer: Halloween (2007)
The young Michael Myers, Daeg Faerch, was the kid I used in my short film, Reminiscence. I knew he would make it big.

2007-04-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

great seats, great show! wicked is the best musical i've ever seen. if anyone is thinking about seeing it, please invite me. =)

sfc trip (03.22 - 03.26)

2007-03-27T14:18:00.000-07:00

eat. shit. shop. sleep. bart. sing. dance. drink. dance. pass out.

i don't have a lot, but here are the rest of the phone pics.

2007-03-19T09:01:00.000-07:00

i will be in kent, wa. from today through thursday if you guys need me. call the cell.

2007-03-16T16:19:00.000-07:00

im ready for st. pattys.

2007-03-10T12:11:00.000-08:00

after waking up with a bad wine hangover, first thing i did was take a long ass piss (i swear it was like the austin powers piss where he kept stopping and going a few times!) and make my way to my kitchen to look for some frozen burritos in my fridge. but damn, i found no burritos. i was scratching my head, sat myself down and started thinking about where and who the fck ate all my frozen burritos?! who the hell ate a whole box of my burritos?! then an epiphany [queue the allelujah music] i remembered that my sister from arizona and my parents were home last weekend watching tv all day and munching on burritos. ugh! how dare they not save me at least one jose ole burrito?!

on another note:
i'm pretty proud at the fact that when i come home messed up and semi-conscious, i can still manage to rummage through my mail sitting on my counter then crawl back upstairs to brush my teeth, splash water on my face to remove make-up residue, undress, and most of all... remove my contacts without gouging my eyes out. all of this probably took me a good ten to fifteen minutes last night but i could've accomplished all this more quickly if i had my balance. thanks bffs for getting me home safely and thanks g for trying to feed me nuggets. i know i acted like a difficult, childish, vulgar baby last night. i just wanted to take a nap. was that too much to ask for?

oooh tgif tomorrow already!!! i still remember last friday and last weekend. here's last week in review...

2007-03-08T21:53:00.000-08:00

SUNDAY
visited balboa to stop by annie leibovitz's exhibit at sdma. then grossology at the fleet and shopping at horton & gaslamp.

SATURDAY
tennis w/ the gals

FRIDAY

baby boy! cindy's cute ass puppy, bear! i just wanted to throw her puppy high up in the air and pull on its tiny little ears! so cuuuute!

@ the xtina concert waiting for DK to get on stage. cindy took this pic. ew there's a pregnant chick in the bg...

DK finally on stage. set time: 30 mins tops! aubrey was rockin some funky denim + tutu skirt. weirdo!

PCD. set time: i think 45-60 mins. i forgot! in the pic it's nicole on the mini-jumbotron. didn't have enough great shots of all the dolls cuz this was the b4-xtina-bathroom-break time for me.

XTINA!!!

2007-03-07T07:59:00.000-08:00

hump day already!

weekend review

2007-02-26T18:17:00.000-08:00

high school musical. the tunes are still stuck in my head! find the batboy, stop the batboy, kill the batboy...find, kill, find, kill!!! this isn't a great picture, but the bald guy in the middle is batboy wearing a blood-splattered wife beater.

later that night... more beer pong! unfortunately, i lost... again!

open magic mic. here's cindy singing "i will survive," i think.

azn flush. you can't see it in the pic, but after losing to rj in jack and coke pong, alvin was effen red!

work bash. 6pm - 7pm

2007-02-22T20:12:00.000-08:00

me + guests. starting from the left, bev, marc anthony (?), and genesis.

food. a minute ago this had a turkey croissant-wich, chocolate clusters, and chocolate diabetes-filled balls. mmmmmmmm....

wine pyramid. ha we had free yellowtail chiraz, for all ya'll who missed out. i know i drank everyone's left overs.

long lost twin bro. after this pic, random people formed a line to get his autograph.

masseusenator. the little lady who performed massages on me, bev, and genesis was totally angry or something. it sorta hurt after awhile. not to brag and all, but i think i was her fave... she massaged me for about a good ten minutes. =)

location picture. just the shoe wall and 1/3 of marc's face.

sat. night & morn

2007-02-18T17:58:00.000-08:00

rufio and city guys. pic with the basco bros. last night!

the gift of barong q&a session.
exec. producer: nicole's mom
writer & dir: benito bautista
actor: dan moreno

songbird divas. mon, gen, and bev singing and harmonizing to "la isla bonita." twas a long karaoke night at ben's.

wine tasting w/ quiz

2007-02-17T10:59:00.000-08:00

lotsa wine and then some yard house to meet up with l and k.

happy singles awareness day!

2007-02-14T08:54:00.000-08:00

<< work was cut short due to another power outtage. yay!

<< after a small, short dinner at seau's, bowling in filipino town with the homies.

breaking news

2007-02-12T19:31:00.000-08:00

it's just one shock after the other. first lance bass and reichen break-up, anna nicole dies, now this?! marty schottenheimer FIRED!

2007-02-12T07:46:00.000-08:00

i woke up so early today... i got home yesterday, showered, did some laundry and fell asleep around 6pm. i set my alarm to wake me for the grammys but i guess i was totally out of it that i woke up today at 6am.

it was a great run yesterday. rj and i finished our 5k under 30 mins and we waited for greg to finish his 1/2 marathon at the beer garden. there was free hef and yellowtail ya'll! i only had three cups but i could've had more but i couldn't really enjoy it as much cuz of the rain, cold wind, and the tree water drops constantly falling in my cup. but i can't complain... free stuff is awesome! afterwards, we carbo-loaded at buca with mon and jon joining us. delish lunch, guys!

for the rest of you who missed yesterday's race, join us next month for the st. patrick's race at mission bay park. hint hint, there's gonna be free pizza and another great beer garden!

i was born ready

2007-02-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

while everyone was at bear, we (l, rj, g, me) ran about 4.5 miles on silver strand today. it was a refreshing run and we seriously could've gone all the way to the naval amphibious base but ehhh... next time. i'm very much goddamn ready for tomorrow! grrrrrrrarrrghhh!!! [insert chest high-five] it's gonna sprinkle/rain tomorrow, hope i don't get sick... but ya know, getting sick wouldn't be a bad thing cuz i can call in sick on monday! =) if and only if i continue to train from now til the end of the summer, i can possibly, maybe, perhaps, hopefully, run the rock n roll marathon.

the 4th consecutive day: last night i figured out one thing about myself. i dislike huge crowds of azns. l, rj, g, and i hit up club montage and oh my gawd! we were totally surrounded by unpretty azns! the gogo dancers were butta faces but the guys said they would still hit it. eek! this club is unlike any other posh or lounge bar i've ever been to. yah they had bumpin music and three levels to wander about, but damn man! they don't accept amex [gasp] AND i wanted to dance more but i was having a wardrobe malfunction AND MOST OF ALL there weren't any hottt guys. maybe because i was taller than most of them azn boys but i just wasn't feelin the vibe. [sigh] well on the flipside, i had fun at bar d thursday night.

the 3rd consecutive day

2007-02-09T13:17:00.000-08:00

watched smokin aces then another night of fun! finally didn't flake this time and made it out to bar dynamite. i rolled with the usual peeps and additional fun folks followed along. freakin greg and rj are alkies (is that how you spell it?). i totally controlled myself, since i was dd, but i was very tempted... the music was good but damn, where were all the people? there were a mixture of jap fobs, thugs, and filipinos. insane!!!! i will be resting tonight so sorry if i miss your calls. i need time to recharge for saturday and especially sunday.

love where i work! got new mizuno running shoes and running pullover to advertise for sunday. yay!

2007-02-07T21:49:00.000-08:00

i just got home from my 5k happy hour at work. ran 5k like i had one lung working and afterwards drank 3 glasses of yellowtail and a half glass of bloody valentine like nothing... seriously!

i picked up my mail just now and i found it kinda funny that i got my ICE test results and a victoria's secret coupon for a free panty. well the good news is that i passed my ICE test (yipee!!!), bad news, i can only get a free panty if i purchase more than $50 on a bra. what shall i do?!

oh and yesterday's taco tuesday was delisioso! although i've been drinking too much, i think i'm having the fuckin best time of my life! seriously!

fun week

2007-02-05T08:45:00.000-08:00

my week began un-soberly on tuesday til superbowl sunday. freakin bears lost... i hate to lose bets, but i really believed they would win. who's to blame?! rex grossman lost the game for the team.

went to the gun range with rj on friday before a night of debauchery. hit up luna lounge, visions, and club altitude. it was just us three amigos but we made the most of the night. it was very fun, guys!

time to be serious now. okay, this whole week is all about training for the 5k. it might seem mediocre, compared to greg's 1/2 marathon, but it's going to be sorta difficult for me. i feel recovered and not hungover, but i feel more lethargic than i've ever been. either that or it's monday =(

Snowboarding Trip

2007-01-30T20:12:00.000-08:00

YAH SNOW!!!

There haven't been these good-of-a-times in a long time!

2007-01-16T14:09:00.000-08:00

i still can't get over the fact that the patriots won! the smarter team won not the better. i'm still not over the loss... F F S F!
i read the recent chargers article and the top of the crop is staying in sd for 2007 season.

Golden Globes recap

to my dismay...
- what i couldn't believe was dreamgirls won for best comedy/musical picture. really?! dreamgirls? really? out of all the movies in the same category, i didn't think dreamgirls would've won. yes i liked the movie, but really? i wish borat had won. i was yearning for 2 acceptance speeches from him.

rooting for...
- borat, meryl streep, and UGLY BETTY! america ferrer won and she had a tremendously inspirational acceptance speech. she was so elegant and articulate that she made me a proud fan of the show. i love this show!
- brad and angelina looked so damn gorgeous together!
- im glad beyonce didn't win. is it just me but didn't beyonce look fake smiling at the camera during all those times she and her table were shot?
- borat had the best acceptance speech!
- 24 and kiefer. they didn't win, but i'm glad greys anatomy won. i think 24 will dominate the upcoming emmys.

awkward...
- jt and cameron were in the same room...
- j.lo and diddy were also in the same room...
- forest whittaker was totally speechless that i felt embarassed for him.

played out...
- no disrespect and all, but what's up with the queen elizabeth movies/tv series?! okay, we get it... queen elizabeth was a bomb ass queen that ever ruled england. i can just imagine cate blanchett rolling her eyes during helen mirren's 'the queen' and 'elizabeth' acceptance speeches.

2007-01-11T16:10:00.001-08:00

it's almost the end of the week already, again! and so much has happened since then.
sun: watched tv all day. what a surprise... watched football and janice dickenson modeling agency show on oxygen.
mon: work. then went to my bf's show. he was outstanding by the way. i love him even more than i used to!
tues: taco tuesday turned out to be sushi tuesday. had dinner w/ bev and mon at haiku sushi then danced a lil at pb b&g bit 'til 1130.
wed: signed up for fantasy football in hopes of a miracle - winning superbowl tix. had dinner at el bizcocho in rancho bernardo inn. that was delish, huh greg?!

present day: work and sickness. i woke up with a sore throat and no voice. wth happened? i was perfectly fine and dandy yesterday. seriously, wth? i guess no stingaree for me tonight. i gotta rest ladies. sorry!

jt

2007-01-09T17:13:00.000-08:00

wildcard football

2007-01-06T20:20:00.000-08:00

i just witnessed one of the biggest f-ck up in football history...

romo's huge blunder will haunt him, the team, and the total cowboys franchise history forever!

4th quarter, 1:19 left, 20 dallas, 21 seattle, dallas on 4th and goal. at this rate, i was celebrating a cowboy victory and thinking, 'poor seattle, maybe next year, sucka!' and then, something so unexpected happened... something so awful i couldn't believe my eyes!
romo mishandled the ball for the fg attempt!!! in other words, ya know when the fat guy crouched down throws the ball under his legs to pass it to the player who sets it down for the kicker? well the ball setter for the kicker was romo. he must've planted his hands in butter before heading out to the field or something cuz he totally didn't have full grasp of the ball. yep, no gramatica kick which means what could've been and should've been didn't happen. Augh it was such a major blow to the team and to his ego but i hope he learns to let it go.

after the clock had run out, throngs of reporters and photographers swarmed romo as he took his walk of shame on qwest field. the scene was so tragic and so so sad -- but still, even to this minute, all i can think about was how i wish i were carrie underwood right now. she's the lucky one who'd be the one to console him... and love him... i'm so damn jealous of her success and total body makeover! seriously!
(i still want a romo fathead.)

Hiatus

2006-12-28T20:01:00.000-08:00

24 season 5 was only $20 at best buy!
see you guys in 3-5 days!

first time in a long time

2006-12-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

hello winter season!

it's already past mid-december so here's a quick update:
- snowboarding and more snowboarding.
- offered 2 new jobs but accepted the one which sounded more elite, retail operations administrator for road runner sports.
- bought a new pair of nike shox already. =)
- spending xmas this year in sd.
- thought i was finished but not quite finished with xmas shopping.

2006-12-01T09:38:00.000-08:00

fav new show i can sorta relate to... my boys.

you can watch all the eps online.

2006-12-01T09:04:00.000-08:00

no work and no play makes me DULL.

i've been bummin for the past few weeks cuz i'm finally on a vacation i've always wanted. i have no work, no school, no nothing! jealous much?! monday, went to a job interview for road runner sports. i hope i get it. it's a semi-travelling job and it pays good money. afterwards, nothing. tuesday, caught up on my fav shows from last week. wednesday, woke up bright and early for mountain high only find out my posse was lagging. UGH! so we lost an hour of driving time and got stuck in rush hour traffic in san bernardino. only 2 lifts and 3 trails were open. the snow depth was only 10" and i freakin fell hard on an icy patch. i totally boarded over some snow stones or something round and dense and fcuk, it sounded like i was carving on asphalt. AND retrieving my season pass was such a hassle! the posse and i made our way to the main resort entrance, spent 30 mins complaining about the freezing temperature and spent another 30 mins getting all our gear on. once we get to the box office, they tell us we have to go elsewhere to obtain our passes. i was so pissed. i drove that day and i don't have an automatic car, meaning i had to take off both of my boots that took me 30 mins to put on and lace up. i drove to the east end of the resort and there were no signs directing us to a ticket office. the posse and i wandered around peeking into windows and finally we ran into other snowboarders in possession of season passes . long story short, we got our passes, we got even sweeter parking, i fell a few times and bruised my ass, grew angry with the awful conditions of the trails and went home at 2pm. lovely day...

hiatus

2006-11-21T23:21:00.000-08:00

i will be in norcal from wed-sun. shucks, it's cold up there!

new shiny shoes

2006-11-17T18:55:00.000-08:00

lunch break @ work

2006-11-15T12:49:00.000-08:00

my car's in the car hospital for the whole week! what am i to do?! i can't gym it nor can i buy lunch at any of the fast food joints around here! man it sucks here. we're lacking a working refrigerator so i can't bring lunch either. i have to beg others to buy me lunch, which i feel embarassed to do. i hate being an inconvenience to people AND i'm petrified to ask others to spot me for anything. 'naw mean?

i'm gonna quit here soon. i think i'll follow my dreams and pursue what i believe i'm destined to do. i'm going to be sydney bristow! i bet youre thinking, "what?!" "huh?!" "makeover?"
NO! i'm gonna be a special agent. (to be continued...)

i would like to be john mayer's friend. i don't know if i'd ever get over his uncanny ability to create ugly amusing facials while singing. it would be fun to karaoke with him though. he'd probably try to sing celine dion songs and beat his chest much harder than celine does during the high parts of the song. i think we would get along just fine and dandy don't you think? i like his sense of humor too. he tickles my brain like no one else can. read his mind here > http://www.johnmayer.com/blog

pain in the neck!

2006-11-09T15:22:00.000-08:00

i woke up at 5am with the worst neck pain! it's almost 4pm and the pain hasn't gone away. i popped pain killers and had some of my coworkers massage my neck, but it still hurts. do you know how it feels? it feels like a swimmer's leg cramp in my neck! but seriously, this morning i thought i would end up paralyzed... can't recall where i heard it from but my misery reminded me of the stories of people who woke up paralyzed. can you imagine?! waking up feeling numb from the waist down? luckily that didn't happen to me. i wasn't numb at all, i was suffering from excrutiating pain... and the worst part, driving to work cautiously and having to withstand the pain when i turned to view my blind spots. safety first.

Election Results

2006-11-08T07:50:00.000-08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eln_election_rdp

CNN HEADLINE!!!

2006-11-07T13:41:00.000-08:00

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/07/britney.divorce/index.html

US weekly was correct from the start about their rocky marriage! i had an inkling too... i'm so psychic!

election day

2006-11-07T12:02:00.000-08:00

don't forget to vote today! im voting strictly democrats for office...

http://www.angelides.com/greeks/
http://www.garamendi.org/
http://feinstein.senate.gov/

2006-10-31T17:17:00.000-08:00

BOO!

happy halloween!

laguna beach 3

2006-10-28T09:58:00.000-07:00

vs.

this year's lb is laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame! first of all, none of the girls are as interesting as kirsten cavallari. the main girl, tessa, she's too mellow to have the story revolve around her. i wonder why no one wants to "hook up" with her? by the way, "hook up"? who really says that? whatever happened to "scam"? no one ever scams anymore? everyone just has sex and "hooks up"? and on another note, NO CUTE GUYS! stephen was thee cutest! no contest!

2006-10-27T13:55:00.000-07:00

looking forward to tomorrow's halloween funkyfresh party! finally received my costume yesterday and IT FITS! i'm ready.

the 'rents returned home with a big bag of goodies! eating lots of dulce de leche, polvuron, and clover chips right now. and if that wasn't enough, i also have a bucket full of butol pakwon waiting to be consumed. i can eat a whole bag until my lips turn white and numb. can you do that?

i need a broadway musical buddy.... =(

'a moment with you'

2006-10-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

bev's movie for sdaff tonight. i'm missing my spinning class for this. jk. 'course i wasn't going to miss this! hopefully it's improved since the raw cut. i'll see wassup...

fckin mondays

2006-10-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

typing right now to fool my boss that i'm working. maybe it's my morning latte on an empty stomach talking but it's too damn early to work and be awake at this hour. at my old job, this is what time i would be waking up for my 9-5 shift. i don't really know how long i can do this. i'm in this for the experience. i promised myself one year at this job then vamoosh! off to another more rewarding job. i don't think profit-companies are my thing. they're all about strict deadlines and frequent analyzation of financial reports. i mostly enjoyed my old job, a not-for-profit work environment, even though i had the worst coworker in the world. i will still pursue a job for the government because in actuality, though customer service may be a bitch, in retrospect, i admit i enjoyed a tad bit of it. stupid huh? i've only been working here for a week now and i'm already talking crazy. i hate mondays.
p.s. the best and most fun job i ever had was at sbux.

2006-10-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

HOT.

baby girl

2006-10-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

kelly's a crazy mofo! she's already devirginized my perga floors and bit the hell outta my sandals. luckily those sandals were bought at bargain price for a dollar or maybe even less. she doesn't settle for the floor, throw rugs, and pillows. she can only sleep on my fluffy WHITE sheets, otherwise she howls, whimpers, and barks until she gets what she wants. however, she is a tad bit house trained. she's found a perfect little corner in my room where she frequently defecates and urinates. i really need to buy pee pee pads asap. despite all that razzle dazzle, she's super adorable and a mad cuddler. how do you say 'no' to a puppy? how do you say 'bad doggy' when she confusingly stares at you with those large glossy eyes? HOW?!

2006-10-11T20:23:00.000-07:00

savion glover

past weekend
fri: la gran tapa (Mmmm) with greg before savion glover at copley. met up with the rest of the gang at belo to celebrate tgif!
sat: learned the cowboy cha-cha at in cahoots with my howdy-doody partna greg/rj. bev and cindy, lovely couple by the way. =) greg and i spontaneously drove to irvine to join nicole's 23rd bday celebration. unfortunately, we arrived too late. everyone was already inebriated!
sun: spinning class and laundry.
mon: happy columbus day aka spread-euro-trash-disease-to-indians day.

2nd day on the new job. so far doing great with the early morning commute. can you believe there's traffic at 6:30am?!?!?! so how's the job? so far... on the job training is easy. believe in wtawtaw.

#1 + #2 = #3

2006-10-03T16:07:00.000-07:00

i feel like a greasy pig! i just ate a bag of flamin' hot fritos, a plum, a quiznos flatbread caesar salad, and a slice of vanilla cake. i think i may have to go #3 tonight.

new sheeeeet

2006-10-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

heroes is one of the best new shows this year! i missed last night's episode, but i've got it downloaded and ready for viewing. oooh i also recommend ugly betty on abc. it's kind of like the devil wears prada with an uglier anne hathaway. the girl who plays betty isn't hideous in real life, though. her resume dates back to the sisterhood of the travelling pants. remember carmen, the half white half hispanic girl crying on the phone while she yelled at her dad for neglecting her and her mother? yah her.

just do it

2006-09-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

it felt like was long ago that i ran the 5 mile nike run hit remix but it was just this past sunday. we all had a bunch of fun besides the aches and pains we were feeling in areas we hadn't realized could be in pain. it was greg who finished first among us all, 2nd was louis, 3rd was me, 4th was mon, 5th and 6th was one of greg's sisters. my time was 52 mins... not bad i guess... at the end, we were all rewarded with free jamba, propel, earth water, loads of clif bars, blue chips, and a short concert by de la soul. great job everyone! we'll see who finishes first next year! OOOH, since the theme was 'the 90s' i saw jason priestley, vanilla ice, digital underground, and coolio. i heard tiffany amber thiesen was there, but she was nowhere in sight. UGH! kelly kapowski is sooo pretty! it would've been a dream come true if i had met her, taken a picture with her, and hugged her....sigh...

gridiron gang was a great movie. very disney-esque feel good movie.

taco tuesday tonight!

we should all go to SILK at pechanga! whose birthday is coming up?!

who's having the best week ever?

2006-09-21T09:43:00.000-07:00

monday: i went on my 2nd interview with the vp of EAX Worldwide on monday... it's some international shipping company, kinda like a smaller more intimate fedex or dhl. i got offered an accounts payable/auditor position with a starting salary, which is a paycut for me, but the hell with it! i just want to get up outta here and start anew. i fckin hate my mid-life crisis, biggest-moron-i've-ever-met coworker! i've been drowning in all the office politics here that any job will do... for now.
tuesday: called in "sick" because my eyes were irritated and embarassingly puffy. around noon i got a call from the wedding videography company i worked for in july for only one day. they finally returned my phone call after 2 months!!! why would i want to work for a company who takes their sweet time to call me back for another wedding gig? puh-lease! it felt really good to say to them, "oh you finally called me back! ... well thanks but NO THANKS!" *click*
wednesday: found out my cool coworkers scheduled a going away luncheon for me at panda inn. i wanted hooters chicken wangs, but chank food is fine with me. rj attended my kickboxing class with me last night. he's a great boxing partner only because i was kicking his ass with the ab and routine drills! after class, though, my skin on my fists were peeling because they ran out of gloves for the class. i guess i'll buy my own for next week's class.

aside from the fact that my car was dented by an anonymous reckless driver (no sorry note or insurance info left on my windshield... like seriously? who gets into accidents with parked cars?), i feel like i'm having the best week ever... for now.
new cds: lionel richie/commodores gold, michael jackson number ones, and janet jackson 20 y.o..

promise breaker

2006-09-16T19:04:00.000-07:00

so i smoked a cigarette last night after on broadway. ugggghhhhh! it was just one! i don't think i have black lungs [yet] because i can still run non-stop for 30-35 mins. but i'll see how i feel after my sunday morning spinning class. oh by the way, my body's not sore anymore and i actually kept up with the dancing in the techno room at on broadway. yah... fo rils... i've got my endurance back!

new motivation to get fit: nike remix run and hot gogo girls from on broadway.

no pain no gain!

2006-09-13T11:06:00.000-07:00

i saw my reflection as i passed by the macy's street level entrance near jamba juice and it looked like i was walking with a baseball bat stuck up my ass. believe it or not, my thighs and my upper back are still sore from my monday night kickboxing class. i've never been this sore... EVER! Not even in high school! i have kickboxing again tonight, but seriously, no more suicides or kick-punch back and forth drills. it's fun and addicting though! PLUS the instructor goes over 10 mins of self defense and UFC tactics.

very excited for the upcoming nike remix run ! thanks mon for the invite! there's only two weeks before the event so hopefully that's enough time to train. time to eat right and no more cigs. promise!

11th of September

2006-09-11T12:52:00.000-07:00

i'm pissed cuz why?! i came to work lax with a warm cup of joe in hand and find my desk disheveled. i put my bag down and literally when on a tangent fckin mumbling like a crazy bum on the streets. who the fck sat at my desk and had the audacity to leave it messy and disorganized?! rude ass people working here! i probably knew who it was but i can't point fingers because i'd make her cry. psh, whatever...

went to the happiest place on earth last week. six flags magic mountain! there were NO LINES and i had enough time to ride everything twice. lucky us! it was a very liberating experience that helped me clear my head. thank you to my bffs for taking me there even though i haven't told them why i've been so down and out. but hey, i finally have most of my friends back home in sd.

yesterday, watched the puppies play for 5 mins and sleep for hours with bev. puppies are little butterball weaklings. they walked around for a bit like drunkards then fell fast asleep. i touched them and rolled them over so many times, but they were in deep hibernation mode. but whatever, theyre still so damn cute!

september time

2006-09-07T13:41:00.000-07:00

it's september already... let's go to vegas!!! (sept. 22-24)

newborn puppy, kelly, has opened her eyes (penelope cruz accent).

i'm old and my military dependency has expired. good-bye tricare, gym, nex, and commissary! BUTTT! i have a membership at bally's now! very anxious to start my spinning and hip hop classes! pump it...

post-graduation blues

2006-08-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

ya know how i always thought after ucsd that'd be it. no more homework, no more boring lectures, no more academic related stuff. i've been job hunting and to my dismay... no luck... i want a job relating to my major, but seriously there's nothing for me here in sd. i've decided that i will be here in sd for another 3 years or less until my sister and i officially become norcal-ers (moving to SF of course) so for the time being i've registered for accounting classes at the local cc and probably will take my sweet time. i've thought about it and i might pursue another degree since i was planning on going to grad school anyhow. i checked the curriculum for MFA in Producing at UK's metropolitan film school-london and their core curriculum is pracdtically business oriented. and i thought, business school? hmmm... state has one of the best business schools in the country. it's local so it'll be waaaay cheaper than a school overseas. so what the hell... i'll try it. one more degree can't kill me. as much as i like visiting buddies in lala land and even though all my career opportunities are there, i have no intention in living in a crowded city like that. SF is another great city (love their downtown) with okay weather and admirable scenic views. love it love it love it! i'm still in my twenties and loving it... my advice, carpe diem!

7th heaven (i hate this show... i just mean i'm increduously happy!)

2006-08-28T10:56:00.001-07:00

58TH PRIMETIME EMMYS

triumphant news!!! last night's emmy awards show was hosted by one of my fav. comedic icons AND my tv lovah had the best night of his life!

i was very satisfied with the winners from last night's emmy awards show. my tv boyfriend, kiefer, won for lead actor in a drama series and his show mothereffin won for best drama series and best director of drama series! FINALLY! i have yet to watch the whole 24: season 5, but ya know, every year the terrorist plots get better and better! 24's the shiite! btw, who took my season 3 and 4 box sets? seriously, where are they?

kiefer kiefer kiefer!

p.s.

- congrats to the office for their glorious best comedy series win!

- i wish project runway had won... aww next time.

- biggest disappoint of the night: colbert lost to barry manilow?! where's the truthiness in that?

2006-08-23T21:02:00.000-07:00

who the hell is janie t.? and michelle kwan?! gross! she's a great ice skater but sometimes her nose looks gigantic on tv! i weeey...

2006-08-23T16:39:00.000-07:00

super great film! soooo did not expect it to be so fun and entertaining! i still hate snakes and all reptiles (except turtles).

2006-08-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

wait for a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you.... the one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'”

2006-08-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

back from glendale, az... and i must say, san diego is by far the best place to live. who wants to live in the scorching heat all year long?! i really despised the weather there... it was sooo hot i got a shorts tan on my thighs from driving. fck! i hope my sister doesn't adapt and decide to reside there in the future. i don't mind the visiting and all, but i really do wish she moves back to cali. i guess the only plus side to staying there was that i got a lot of swimming done. swimming at night was the bizzesst!

the puppies are born!!! im so excited! =D

good news

2006-08-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

when i got to work i saw the cutest k9s on the first floor of my work building. i was petting them and tried to baby-talk to them... god theyre so cute and friendly yet dangerous. but the big question was, why were the police and swat team oot and aboot with the k9s. were there suspicious bomb packages found in the mail room again or were some civilians caught in possession of drugs?

when i get to my desk and respond to my coworker's email, he FYI'd me about one of the arellano-felix brothers transferring to our detention area today. since the good news, all i've been thinking about is how i can "accidentally" meet him. my other coworkers are crossing their fingers and hoping they're The Chosen One to create his file. but seriously, i want to be like capote and ask him some questions about his family, his childhood, and his life. how does one become the druglord king?!

update: the felix brothers don't speak english... BUMMER!

paris hilton 2006

2006-08-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

i have it. i hate to admit this... it's tolerable. ugh! BUTTTT! there's one thing i find funny, there's heavy back-up singing on all of the songs. haha! i guess the producers don't think her voice alone isn't enough. she's definitely no xtina aguilera. and O! all the pics in her album have her hair covering her wonky eye. puahahahaa!

so you think you can dance, huh? we'll see about that.

2006-08-13T20:21:00.000-07:00

i don't really follow competition type reality shows, besides antm and project runway, but this year it's all the rage! i'm really into the fox reality tv shows... like SERIOUSLY! i used to be so negative about these type of shows but i can honestly admit that i was missing out on all the comedy! anyhow, im rooting for the girly-guy swing dancer, Benji, the spawn of THEE number one swing dancer back in the 70's or 80's. watch, i betchu he'll win!

2006-08-12T09:52:00.000-07:00

happy 23rd birthday, monica!

2006-08-09T21:08:00.000-07:00

christmas in july, august 6, 2006, acrylic on cold press, 15"x20", unfinished. i was watching the Today show last month and the crew gave a disease-stricken kid a car for his birthday. i couldn't paint a car, but what xmas in july means to me is basically this... literally a hot day with snow.

2006-08-09T20:11:00.000-07:00

i know theyre doing their job by screening me every morning, but today i saw the morning security guards allow another government worker pass by without forcing them to walk through the metal detector. i was surprised and saddened simultaneously because HELLO? i'm nice, they know my name, i conversate with them every morning and we have a few 30 second laughs now and then. it's such a waste of my time walking through that metal detector and running my bag under the conveyor belt screener thingy. god, what are those called again? anyhow, i hate running my bag under the screener sometimes because once a month i stash personal things in there that i'd rather not share with a couple of security guards. i bet after i leave they whisper to each other what i had in my bag and crap. but seriously! i know they know me because they even noticed my haircut and change of hair color. either theyre gay at heart or they have the worst type of short term memory, worse than my short term and belieeeeve me, on my bad days i have the shortest short term memory (right bev?). n/e wayz, what i'm trying to point out is that they know me therefore they have gained my trust -- i'm not a terrorist! -- therefore i shouldn't have to be screened every goddamn morning! perhaps tomorrow i should finally get those cute little baby scones at starbucks for them.

p.s. it wasn't my intention to post something so long and boring, but yah, i do go on tangents.

scare day

2006-08-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

caught an early showing of the descent today. very enthused about the fact that i watched it during the day because i think i would've had nightmares if i had watched it so late... going to bed with the horrific images still fresh in my mind. bejeezus! i had my hand over my mouth the whole time to muffle myself from screaming so loud. i still remember back in the day when i had watched the ring with bev. i really thought i was going to get a heart attack screaming like i did in the theatre. luckily it was cold that day and i wore a scarf which i used to muffle my end-of-the-world screams.

speaking of scary things... i seriously think britney spears was raised by hillbillies in the appalachian mountains. you can hear k-fed trying really hard to have a deep conversation with britney but i get the impression that they confuse the shiite out of each other. what's up with the "what?" "huh?" spasms?

2006-08-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

i can finally breathe now that the heat wave has passed. i've been bummin it at home these past few weeks so don't be surprised about my sudden urge to call anyone and everyone to party it up all over sd. nowadays, i live alone with my occasionally m.i.a. mother and from time to time my father and siblings visit. i've got the house to myself and i'm thinking about throwing a house party.

our 6th annual photo shoot was last week. twas fun and exciting as usual.

tasted the nastiest sex on the beach last night. it consisted of too much jose which overpowered the sweet flavors in the rest of the drink. it's supposed to taste fckin like candy! big bummer!

guess what i did?! i chopped off a big chunk of my hair. i actually wanted it shorter, but mrs. henry thought shorter hair would sadden me. haircuts aren't a big deal to me since hair grows back. so when i see those girls on america's next top model crying over tiny makeovers or makeunders and short mia farrow haircuts, i get very riled up and pissed. they have this great opportunity to become a ditzy reality tv star/model but they blow it because of a miniscule haircut. tyra, i feel you! anyhow, my hair is short and chocolate-colored. wanna see? spend $2 you-call-it's with me tonight. =D

i've got back to basics already!

my summer trends:
- boba at t.e.
- min sok chun(?) chan(?)
- work
- shopping (so much free time now)
- homebody movie nights

check out the funniest third world country bakla: www.bryanboy.com.

2006-08-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

happy birthday aching melinda! haha

2006-07-23T21:40:00.000-07:00

why is it so fckin hot?!

i know why... GLOBAL WARMING.

2006-07-06T20:09:00.000-07:00

happy birthday, bevalee-ah!

friday plans

2006-06-27T23:01:00.000-07:00

dancing at aubergines.

currently:

2006-06-26T01:24:00.000-07:00

- working and trying to get back in shape
- enjoying the nightlife
- trying to spend more time w/ bffs and bf
- reading the time traveller's wife
- catching up on netflix'd movies

graduation day

2006-06-18T11:47:00.000-07:00

up at 6am and lookin' good.

2006-06-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

chris and i.

2006-06-18T10:24:00.000-07:00

the fam.

2006-06-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

posse.

griot news:

2006-06-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

poor girl

2006-06-11T09:55:00.000-07:00

ms. dennis:

are you fckin kidding me? don't be stupid. don't go back. what do you think will be different this umpteenth time?! do i have to choke a korean asshole?

2006-06-06T21:26:00.000-07:00

cerebral palsy guy has a good chance at winning last comic standing.

(cue the god music)
this is my last week of lectures!!!
yesterday was my last class at warren lecture hall!

2006-06-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

must we wait until the entire world is freed of political control before even one of us can claim to know freedom?
- hakim bey

2006-05-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

i'm doing anything and everything to avoid my homework.

jammin to: best of the boy bands

countdown: 2 more weeks!

2006-05-23T09:44:00.000-07:00

Greener and cheaper, ethanol could fuel rural America — and won't feed Mideast terrorism

2006-05-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

beverly! i'm very proud of you! can you believe The Day has finally come?! wasn't it just yesterday when we were chillin in your loft bed jammin to one of our Chix w/ Pix songs?! crazy!

congrats!

: our short, "reminiscence," won 2nd place at the UCSD film fest! we lost to a claymation. bummer... but yay, 2nd place!

: everything is coming to an end, but for the best. i'm finally retiring from college for good. and i will forever miss my alias. the show wouldn't have been over if ben hadn't inseminated jen. why god?! i'm praying for j.j. abrams to recreate a new alias. i don't care if the plot and character developments reflect alias... i just want another marvellous show with undercover agents posing as double-agents whose parents were previously kgb or ex-cia... i don't care! btw, lost is too slow for me. i can't hang.

: happy birthday, carlynie weenie!

my countdown: 3 more weeks!

2006-05-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

2006-04-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

bev, where are the party pics?

excited about cindy's bus party!

homework, reading, studying, stuff... will end in 6 weeks.

kellie pickler is a dumb girl.

disciplinary actions

2006-04-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

dad makes school skipper hold sign on street corner

dog gets stuck in pipe

2006-04-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

weekend

2006-04-15T07:40:00.000-07:00

watching:

grey's anatomy season 1

hotel san diego implosion

youtube antm marathon!

who wants to come?

i got 3 extra advanced screening tickets for stick it. it's this wednesday, the 19th, at amc mission valley, 6:30pm.

2006-04-08T23:20:00.000-07:00

im butt lazy this quarter! been bummin it and catchin up on my netflix.

i swear, today i thought i was imagining things... the hillcrest coffee bean has relocated! =(

waiting for my big fat tax refund! woo-hoo!