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Alright, I know I need to update at least once more before the year is over. I've been such a bad livejournaler this year, I can't believe it.
So I totally thought I posted about this already, my christmas display theme was a big hit. I got paid to reproduce it at the reflection in Cerritos. That was tons of fun because I also got to do the christmas decor for the inside of the the store, plus the Cerritos store is more upscale, so their store was already cute to begin with. A few weeks later, I was asked if I could help the Montclaire reflection with their displays, because they were too plain, so I did my theme there too. I got all sorts of compliments from the main office, apparently they liked my work so much that next year I might get a budget and do the christmas theme for all the stores. Yay me!
Christmas was a lot of fun. Adam's family was in Arizona, so he spent the holidays with my family. I was suprised at how well he was received...well...maybe not. We have to take into consideration that my sister's boyfriend's family somehow managed to invite themselves to our christmas dinner. Did I mention that my sister's boyfriend lives with us now? My mom dislikes them now more than ever, I guess their crude in conversation and ubber personal. Meh.
So my sister had her baby on the 26th. Her name is Ariel, and she looks like my sister when she was a baby.
Let's see, what else. Well, a few weeks ago, I had my CD collection stolen from my car. My mom warned me not to take the big book with me in the car, but I didn't listen. That was a huge downer, I didn't even know how to feel about it. So much was taken from me, the book had pretty much all the cds I've ever owned. I didn't even know where to start buying my collection back. It took me a week to buy my first cd again. I bought pavement. I'm not the biggest pavement fan, but for some reason the purchase seemed appropriate, considering I had lost the cd a while back.
I got some pretty awesome gifts this christmas, I picked most of the stuff out myself ;) . The best gift/gifts (some are still on their way) are the ones by Alicia, John and Diana. I got Alicia's first, she gave me a panda cd case with copys of cds we had in common. I wanted to cry. That's the most considerate thing I've ever received. Thanks. :)
I really don't know what else to say. I'm still not sure what I'm doing for new years. I really wanted to spend the holiday with all of my friends, but everyone seems to have their own plans already, and I don't know where to go.
I liked 2004. It went by super fast.
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[14 Nov 2004|08:06pm] |
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So I did the christmas window display for work, and I had complete creative freedom for it. Of course I chose to do a complicated theme, with frosted picture frames, hanging candy canes and irridescent glitter! I was completely stressing out when I was looking for the supplies. Nothing was going right. The frames wouldn't take the white paint, the candy canes were ugly, I couldn't figure out what wrapping paper to use, hella problems.
By some miraculous artistic twist of fate, everything came together. Thanks Alicia and Adam for your help, I was seriously going to cry. I have yet to hear Mrs. Kim's thoughts on the displays, but she's stopping by the store on monday, so I'll know by tuesday. I hope mine is the best out of all the stores. I'll be mega happy.
So right now I'm at demi's dorm, we're throwing Frank a birthday party. I helped make brownies, but we didn't have eggs. I'm hoping it comes out okay. Oh, and I invented a dip today, with sour cream, ranch, grated cheese, salt and pepper AND I made a good mix drink with vodka, oj, and iced tea. So yeah, I'm a little bit tipsy.
So I am at cal state SAN BERNARDINO and some guys bought some MD 20/20, that is some hardcore hobo booze.
The end.
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[07 Nov 2004|07:49pm] |
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Alright, I'm giving in to the livejournal gods, here's a new entry.
I'm so increadibly sick right now. All day at work I wanted to go home. No one could understand what i was saying with my horsey, raspy, sick boy voice. It wasn't fun at all.
Yesterday we all (jaime, frank, jose, demi, shiva&her friends, adam and I) decided to drive out to fancy, as is the bi-weekly tradition. However, it turned out that fancy isn't every other saturday, but every 2nd and 4th saturday. So, there was no fancy this saturday. We all ended up at the knitting factory for planet earth. We still had fun. I got to dance with my little boyfriend adam, which was mega fun. And yeah, the top right side of the dancefloor was designated the gay area, because we hella took over. They played a lot of madonna. It was weird, I hadn't been to an 80s club in months, so planet earth took a little getting used to.
Oh yeah, big scare of the night, I felt my pockets and my keys were missing. Adam and I run around the knitting factory, retracing our steps in hopes of finding my keys. We even go out to see if I had left them IN the car. We give up, and figure it must me somewhere on the floor, so we'd look for it when it cleared up at 2. But out of nowhere this diva walks by and asks what's the matter, and I'm like "i lost my keys" and she's like "oh really???" then does a little dance and pulls my keys out of nowhere. Thanks Frank!
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[24 Oct 2004|10:07pm] |
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So Alicia and I went to the mall on Saturday to meet Hello Kitty. It was awesome. She had two costume changes, and wore outrageous red shoes. You thought Hello Kitty was 2'3''? You are so wrong, she's probably about 6'1!!!!
When we were at the mall, Alicia was on the phone, and i was just standing there, and this girl came up to us and was like "omg, are you two fashion designers?" I was like, "huh?...well, kind.a..." and Alicia stops her conversation on the phone and interjects like "Yeah! Actually, we are!" and then she resumed to the phone and ignored the girl. It was soooo funny! Then she was like "cool! blah blah" and started talking, I was too busy paying attention to Hello Kitty, and she asked what our lines were called, and I was like "Skinny Parrot" and she asked Alicia the name of her's, and Alicia was like "Alicia Corona" and the girl was like, "...no, the name of your line" then we see our friend Frances, and Alicia hangs up her phone, and runs towards her, and we leave the girl in the dust. It was so chic.
Oh did I mention Alicia and I were unintentionally matching to perfection, AGAIN! We both had on pink sweaters, with black pants, and stripped shoes. It was scary.
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[23 Oct 2004|07:06pm] |
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So what's better than watching the Style channel at 4 in the morning in the arms of your new boyfriend? Not much. :)
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[11 Oct 2004|08:10pm] |
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So in the past 24 hours I've had two interviews. The first one was sunday night for this skate store called Zumies. It was a group interview, and like, i've been in group interviews before but this one was crazy. First off, there had to have been at least 50 people there and like only three people conducting the interviews. We played broke into groups where we played games, sang, drew, rapped, crab walked, acted, it was crazzzzyyy!!!!!
All the while we were being evaluated on our performance and group work. Too bad I was stuck with a group of stupid skater boys, but we did pretty well. I don't know how that interview went, these two scene boys stole the show with their rapping, so who knows. They're like hiring 25 people though for seasonal. But I'm not sure how much I would like wearing volcom shirts and roxy pants.
So today I get a call from John who's like "come to an interview at 6". I seriously thought I wasn't ever going to be interviewed for starbucks, the process was taking way too long. But hey, better late than never? So John tells me what to wear over the phone and gives me some pointers, and I come in about a half hour early so John can prep me during the break. The interview went really well, I wasn't sure who was going to do the interview, I thought she was in the back somewhere, but hte manager was this girl that was at the bar the entire time, who asked me if i wanted a drink on the house since i was going to be interviewed. And like John asked what was going on with her hair and she was like "i look like a lion today" and she rawred and pawed so i did the same to her. Then she was like "i'm ready when you are" and i was like thinking to myself "omg, i just went 'rawr' and pawed at the manager".
The interview went really well though, she was super nice and really relaxed, we were talking about work ethics. I could really relate to her too because she was a new assistant manager, and so am I, so we had a lot to talk about. That and she was black, and I get along with black girls?
So I hope I get hired, and I can start soon because I'm super bored not going to school. I've been waking up at noon everyday, and i don't imagine that all too healthy. k, that's it.
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[05 Oct 2004|02:56am] |
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How hard can it possibly be to find a fitted v-neck, long sleeve, sweater in either brown or yellow? Pretty darn hard, I've been looking for weeks. Can anyone help? Please keep an eye out divas, your assistance is needed.
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[01 Oct 2004|02:12pm] |
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So today I had a nightmare? I was dreaming that I was driving on a freeway with my cat. The freeway was like above ground though, like maybe two stories, and we drove off the end somehow and fell. It was scary. Luckily we fell right side up. I was like stunned and the cat was even more freaked out, like running around the car. So I'm freaking out and I try to start the car again and pray that it works, and it did. The only problem was that one of my tires had been blown out, and the rim was all funked. So I had to go change it.
There was this autoshop place, for some reason I think we were in TJ. The guy that operated it was really cute, but he was closing down because he had to go meet his girlfriend at a show, but I was like "please help me, i fell off the freeway and i need to get home" and he helped me. While i was waiting, some black girls were sitting on a bench and htey were like "we saw you fall". So the boy got me a new tire, i said i needed a new rim, but he said i didn't all i needed was a new tire. So I was like okay, and i was like I'll pay anything. And for some reason i guess inflation had taken over because i was willing to pay 700 dollars for this tire change. ANd he was like "pay whatever you want" because i guess i was his girlfriend's friend. SO I was like "awesome" and i wrote a check out for 375 but then i realized i didn'th ave money. And he was like "here" and he took my 375 check and he wrote me a check for 325. How sweet i thought. Then I woke up.
BUt really does that make any sense? I'm sure i had 25 bucks in my pocket. But it was really cute in the dream.
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So I decided to quit school. This will be the second time I drop out of college. My life is a little to complicated right now for me to attend any sort of school.
Anyhow, before you start thinking that I'm some lazy fuck, I've decided that since I won't be going to school for a few semesters, I have to do something just as productive in the meantime. I've decided to get a second job.
I'm still in the process of finding that job, but hopefully it won't take too long. In the meantime I will make shoes, go out, and sleep in. Fun huh?
Maybe I'll update more often. Maybe.
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[20 Sep 2004|03:46pm] |
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So I made these shoes for a friend as a birthday gift. I also have a handbag division now. Hahaha.
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| school is cool! boo-bed-e-boo! |
[16 Sep 2004|08:16am] |
So like, last night Alicia and I went to see devon play at The Smell. We got home kinda late, and of course I had to go online, so I didn't go to sleep until 2:30am and I had to be up for school by 5:45am.
Needless to say, by the time I got into class, late of course, I was dead tired. Even after my soy, caffeine shower, I couldn't help but fall in and out of sleep in between lecture. The only thing that kept me up was this really super cute asian boy in my class named Kai. He had a black and red track jacket on, and we were wearing the same jeans. <3
I think he's gay, or just asian. His voice is kinda soft and feminine, with a hint of confusion, ala Jessica Simpson. He's ditzy, but asks really intelligent questions. He has a louis vuitton planner. Ahahaha. I'm almost completely certain he's Japanese.
So yeah, luckily our professor let class out early, before I started snoring.
I don't think I'll be attending my design class today. I just don't feel like sitting in a room for 4 hours, playing with construction paper. Call me crazy, but I'd rather be sleeping, or hunting lions in south africa.
My cat broke a plate today in the morning. My parents were mega mad at me. I'm pretty sure, I can't control the cat. If he wants to break a plate, then gosh'darn'it he can break a plate!
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[14 Sep 2004|02:03pm] |
So I went to trader joes to pick up some veggie rolls, but I ended up buying a party platter, because like, it was only 2 more dollars. Seriously though, it took me 20 minutes to come to that decision.
So like, the girl was ringing me up, and she was like "is this lunch?" and i was like "yeah" and she was like "so you're having a party by yourself?" I felt like a fat girl.
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[13 Sep 2004|10:13pm] |
There's this new ad campaign that says "studies show that having three servings of dairy a day can help you burn calories".
This means I'm going to have a shake, a grilled cheese, and gogurt every day!
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[10 Sep 2004|01:24am] |
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So I kind of skipped class today? My intentions were to skip english and go buy some art supplies, but all the supply stores were closed! I drove all around riverside to like 5 different stores and they were all closed. Damn 8:00am.
So my design class starts at 9:10, but there was only one store that was open before my class started, and that was Michaels at 9am! Anyhow, Michaels is at the other end of town, by my house, so I had to take the freeway back. By the time I got done buying supplies and drove back to school, it was already 9:40, and I couldn't find parking. So what's a boy to do?
I decided to take the morning off and go antique shopping. Then I went to some thrift stores. I only had 6 dollars so I couldn't get much. I found some neat stuff though. I bought a Wham! and a random record for myself, I also bought John a Judds record. I dropped it off at reflections riverside for him to be surprised at work. I had lunch with Marianne and we talked about boys. It was fun. John, Piyadha wanted to steal your Judds and not tell you....shhh, don't say I told you.
We hired a new girl at work. She's asian, and she likes Metric. She's an english major and wants to start up her own art magazine. She was wearing a very lovely grey-black tweed skirt.
My new ATM card came in the mail today, and I'm now upgraded to Wells Fargo's Gold card. I have absolutely no idea what the gold status means or how I got it, but it's a neat card because it looks yellow. I like yellow.
So I thought I might be getting sick, so my mom was like "puedes tomarte una sudafed pero the va a poner a dormir, y vas a estar en clase, so piensatelo." I was like "whatever, i don't get sleepy" sure enough, somewhere in between my day, I had to stop by home and take a power nap. I got mega sleepy.
This entry makes no sense. I'm half asleep. The end.
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| Rocking Out on 66! |
[07 Sep 2004|12:46pm] |
So like, I was in design class, and we had like 1hour left before class was over, and I totally had nothing to do. So I start reading the campus paper, finding all the editing errors, and I stumbled on this neat article on an upcoming event. Firestone presents the Stater Brothers Route 66 Rendezvous which is like a car show/festival/fair thing similar to orange blossom, i'm assuming, but in San Bernardino. Pretty lame, I though, until I came across this....
On September 19th, the 5,6,7,8's will be performing. Heaven help their little asian souls in that ghetto. I can't wait to see them!
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[07 Sep 2004|12:36pm] |
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So we went to see Barr yesterday at Koos, and I think he was stoned, because he kept on slurring his spoken-words. Ahaha. It was funny, but awkward, considering he was playing for a crowd of about 20. I didn't think it would be appropriate to laugh, because shoddy as it may have been, it was his perfomance and it was mega intimate. This didn't stop Alicia however, she laughed through most of the set. You're so brave!
Snowsuit was pretty good. I think he can do better as a dj, than a performance artist. His beats are awesome but aside from him speaking to himself on pre-recorded music, he's just running around crazy-like. Barr is a great dancer.
Par Avion was fun, but hot. We left kind of early, and rode a cloud to back to Riverside while Alicia ate slabs of meat.
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| School is off to a rocky start, but at least it's starting |
[02 Sep 2004|10:22am] |
So I just finished my first day of school. It was kinda fun, except for the getting up at 5:50 part and still being late for class. This means I have to get up earlier, ugh.
I'm so broke right now, it's no joke. I'm not getting any money from school or mom and dad. Sound bad? Well it gets worse.
My parents are expecting more of a "contribution" from me. First off, they're not going to pay for my insurance anymore, which means I have to come up with 123093523 dollars, and second, they are requesting more of my time at home? This is their plan: I rotate between going out and staying home every other weekend. This is damn near impossible! On top of that, to ask me for both money AND time, they may as well ask me to change colors every now and then. In between 40 hours of work and 15 units, I will be surprised to find the time to eat and/or (yes I may only be able to do one now), let alone spend time at home.
I can never start school on the right foot! Dare I say I may just have to take out a loan? Maybe the thought of that extreme will catch my parents sympathy. I hope they don't find it to be a sign of "maturity" because I will steal their checking account information and transfer funds into my account.
Lets look on the bright side. Cats are still cute, doing the darndest things.
Awww. I live for bright sides!
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[01 Sep 2004|10:57pm] |
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I am in love. Yes. I am in love with the new Gap commercials. "How do you wear it?" is one of the best devised ads campaigns ever. Sarah Jessica Parker is so adorable, and incredibly multi-functional when it comes to fashion. And Lenny Kravits, well, it never hurts to have a hot black man in an ad, especially when he can play guitar.
I wanted to upload a picture from the ads, but the gap.com is protected or something. So here is a picture of Danny Glover.
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Ugh! I had this long entry about my last two days. Anyhow, my car is getting fixed. So now I'm drinking my mom's tequila and watching ultimate film fanatic.
Long live Friday nights at home.
Who's going to par avion with me tomorrow? My phone isn't working so you'll have to call my house before 1pm or call work after 1pm. I'll be there until 7pm. I think I want to leave around 9pm, so call me.
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So like, I had the worse day ever. I went to check on my financial aid and come to find out I'm not getting any money from school. Then I pick up my phone to call alicia and it turns out my phone is disconnected because I haven't paid the bill. What bill? So I'm starving and I pick up alicia so we can go have shrimp burritos and shrimp enchiladas. I don't know why it sounded so good, it really wasn't.
Then on our way to go on our great sweater shopping spree my car gets stuck in park and like my brake isn't working so I can't get it into gear. I swear I hate volkswagen. It's happened before as a way to force me to check the engine, but like I checked it and there was nothing wrong. Anyhow, it finally gives after pumping the brake. K, why does a 2002's brake need to be pumped? I'm pretty sure my 60s MG didn't need that much brake pumping, and like that car HAD NO brakes.
So we go to salvation army and like, we're looking at these funky grey and blue snow boots with a corduroy stripe? I think I was in love. Anyhow, yet another 50 year old man hits on me. This grey haired fiend comes up behind me and says "those pants are hot" in a very seductive tone. So I turn around hoping there's a boy in hotpants or something, but he was talking to me. And he said that not once, but twice! I said thanks and ran away. I should seriously start wearing clothing that fits me.
So we leave with some stuff, no sweaters mind you, get into the car, and BAM! it's stuck in park!
And all the while Alicia wants nothing more than to capture our misfortune on camera (which I should thank her for, it makes this entry so much more fun). So I freak out and call my mom, but my cell isn't working so I have to call her from a payphone! Ugh, I was mad. She told me to wait it out, that it happened to her before. So we wait for a while, but it still doesn't go, so we give up and WALK to the mall.
The mall made up for it, shopping with Alicia is the best, I have so much fun. We have the same shopping patterns, and patience, and yeah, it's all good. So we visit diana who is taking pictures for imeldas and I see the biggest shoe on display. These hideous chunky sandals by Jadd, so I had to try them on.
I was so tall, for a second those shoes made sense. So then Alicia and I go to Macy*s. We went to the little boy's section, and I found these awesome shirts. One was a blue and red stripped ralph lauren which was a great find, and the other was this questionable marvel comics shirt.
I had the toughest time deciding whether to get it or not. Alicia convinced me not to though, it was a little too skull/slipknot. But it was DOOM! Ugh, sometimes I wish I was 12 again so I could get away with wearing that kind of stuff.
Anyhow we finally go back to the car and I broke this friendship bracelet Alicia had given me like years ago. I'm surprised it lasted this long on me. My wrist felt so weird without that piece of multi-colored yarn.
I was mega sad.
You would think that was the end, but I got stuck in neutral again at the gas station after dropping Alicia off. I had to call my dad. So then we get home and he turns the car on, and everything is fine. It only acted up once! Ugh. So I have a date with the dealer tomorrow.
Okay, so maybe my day was kinda fun.
I'm sorry I didn't call you John. If they ask me why I did it, I did it for love! I DID IT FOR LOVE YEAH! THAT'S WHY WE DID IT!
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