.:: y'om say'n? word. ::.

.:: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 ::.

*phew* that was too close for comfort. (ruben almost got voted off! wtf is america thinking...hullo??)

i don't understand how girls can run wearing a regular bra. that just isn't healthy. (didn't mean to throw that out, but it's interesting what you find at the gym these days)

:: joyCleeP 10:00 PM [+] ::
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i just thought of another childhood memory related to dogs. when i lived in fresno, my parents had friends with 7 kids, and i used to hang out at their house all the time, especially during summers. one day, a few of us were walking back to their house from somewhere (can't remember where...the park where we usually played maybe??), and jay-yi uhn-yi was walking next to me, two others in front of us, when jay-yi uhn-yi stops talking and shushes us. i could hear jingling behind us. i turned around, and holysh*t there's a huge black dog right behind me! i freak out, and start walking faster. by now, everyone's noticed this large dog. we're about a block from their house, and we just start running. well, running from a dog is just about the dumbest thing you could ever do. but we ran. luckily, other kids were home and the door was unlocked, and we all ran as hard as we could into the house. the dog chased us for a little bit, but lost interest i guess, cuz by the time we were all save behind the screen door, the dog was just trotting along the sidewalk. *sigh* i was about 6. scary. and yet i'm once again amazed that i don't have a fear of dogs...

:: joyCleeP 8:17 PM [+] ::
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after three attempts and three failures, i've come to realize that i'm not very good at baking cakes. i think i have the cookie thing down. but cakes...sheesh. i even took a cake baking class, and the instructor reassured me that i didn't need to be afraid of meringue. grr...if i can't figure it out soon, i may have to just stick to boxed cake mix. *sigh*

:: joyCleeP 6:29 PM [+] ::
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since i had such an eventful weekend, thought i'd tell you about it (since most of my weekends are spent sitting in front of the tv...).

friday: met up with viva, j, and v's friend b to watch better luck tomorrow. i didn't know much about the film, but thought it was pretty good. i won't talk about it, cuz i know a lot of ppl have yet to see it, don't want to ruin it... but it was great to see v and j as always.

saturday: went shopping at santana row with my mom, to check it out. very "high class" boutique-y, ended up at valley fair. my mom's bday was thursday, and my dad and i wanted to get her something nice. i bought her new golf shoes. then took my dad shopping for new work shoes.

sunday: w's dad invited us and some friends to his house for an easter bbq. we grubbed...it was my only meal that day. that night, met up with threedot at great american music hall to see versus! great show, had a fantastic time. the ringing in my ears was definitely worth it. i wonder how deaf i'll be when i'm like 50... anyhoo, thanks to koji for telling me about the show in the first place, and getting us tix, and hanging out with your chipotle chips. :)

i came to this revelation not so long ago. my coworkers at BAL were a lot more interesting to me than my coworkers now at RCHMB. BALers were just into things i hadn't been exposed to, so it was refreshing, you know? RCHMBers are, well, a different breed in a sense. my coworkers in my dept are all sales-based, so everyone is into drinking heavily and shmoozing (which i hate!). i kinda miss my BALers...but i'm sure it's a much much different world there now.

:: joyCleeP 7:22 PM [+] ::
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it's kinda weird for me to hang out with coworkers for some reason. i'm not used to the idea of hanging out with people i work with, outside of work. you see a side of them that i sometimes don't want to see!! tonight my department went to bacar to celebrate exceeding our 1st quarter budget. the food was really good, and one of my coworkers used to work there as an event planner, and knew the manager, so we all got totally hooked up!! but like i said, get a few drinks in people and they're a totally different character...tho it made for a very interesting evening!! but the food is really yum...especially this one dessert with bananas...it was the best darn banana i've ever eaten! :) i didn't drink too much (surprise surprise) cuz i don't think i'm ready to show my coworkers my "asian flush." hehehe...it's so embarassing...

:: joyCleeP 10:30 PM [+] ::
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i love the 80's marathon on vh1!! okay, there goes my entire saturday.

:: joyCleeP 5:08 PM [+] ::
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e_mc has inspired me to share my first childhood memory. i'm actually surprised i'm not scarred for life! physically and emotionally. i was 3, and my parents and i were living in coalinga, which is the mid point between SF and LA (my dad worked for john harris, of harris ranch, you know, off of i-5 where all the smelly cows are??). my dad was a mechanic, and the garage was only about 100 yards from our house. on this memorable day, i decided i wanted to go visit my dad. so i got on my little tricycle and pedaled over to the garage, said hi to my dad who strapped 2 bottles of coke for me and my mom onto the back of my tricycle, and i proceeded to pedal back home. my mom could see me from the kitchen window, so all was safe...or so they thought! just then, mr. harris pulls up in his big truck and opens the door, and out jumps his two HUGE dogs, a st. bernard and a doberman. i kid you not, they both started running straight at me. i stopped pedalling and screamed bloody murder. little did i know they were very old dogs and had no teeth. they just wanted to play, and actually knocked me off my tricycle. my dad ran to my rescue, laughing, cuz apparently this was funny to him (he knew the dogs had no teeth). my mom came running out to join us and carried me home, bawling. so there it is, my first childhood memory. just great, isn't it? actually, i vaguely remember my first earthquake, just after we moved to coalinga from korea...but it's not quite as clear. so you'd think i'd be deathly afraid of dogs, but i actually absolutely adore them and can't wait to have a house with a yard so that i can have 1, 2 maybe... :)

:: joyCleeP 7:39 PM [+] ::
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debacle. i like saying that word. like superfluous. they're two words i've never actually used in a sentence, but like the sounds of them.
debacle.
superfluous.
superfluous debacle.

hehee...

:: joyCleeP 8:36 PM [+] ::
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for w's milestone b-day, i surprised him with a trip to vegas!! and i pulled it off, he was actually surprised! i was very proud of myself cuz i've never done anything like this before. anyways, we stayed at the brand new ritz-carlton, lake las vegas, which is 17 miles southeast of the strip, and right down the "street" from lake mead. anyways, we went to kind of scope out the place, check out the new property, look at some houses. i've learned 3 things: 1) you can buy a REALLY nice house for REALLY cheap; 2) the way the market is, i think it will be a great investment and a great opportunity to make some money...but 3) vegas is vegas. it's still got that trashy feeling... *sigh* i don't know...i go back and forth about moving out there. we'll see... anyways, got some really great picks of the strip from the top of the stratosphere on saturday night so will have to post those soon... still working on my hawaii album (sorry it's taking so long...) but will share it as soon as it's ready!

:: joyCleeP 7:51 PM [+] ::
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woa, scary flashback... on my way to the gym tonight, i nearly hit a big raccoon! about 3 years ago, some animal ran into my car while i was on the freeway (okay, so maybe i ran into it, but it was definitely suicidal). i don't know what i hit, but the damage to my car was greater than i expected. my bumper was cracked, the blinker was shattered, and the metal piece that holds up my blinker was broken. i remember the second after the collision, my cd skipped, and not just your usual 1/10 of a second skip...i'm talking for at least 2 whole seconds. i couldn't believe a little animal did that to my car. i was afraid i'd find animal fur and/or blood on my car, or worse, the dead animal still hanging on...but luckily, there was nothing, just a busted bumper. i was very upset at the thought of having to get a new bumper for my car (especially when i had it for less than 2 years!), but i was very sad for this suicidal animal. rip.

okay, so i really want ruben to win american idol.

:: joyCleeP 11:01 PM [+] ::
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how did april fools day start, anyways??

:: joyCleeP 8:21 PM [+] ::
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