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.:: Monday, July 28, 2003
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i don't usually like going out on school
nights, but w really wanted to see steel pulse at the fillmore. i
don't know their music at all. don't get me wrong, i like reggae, it's
just that the extent of my reggae knowledge is basically bob marley.
does ub40 count? anyways, it was an amazing show. it was also my first
time at the fillmore, and i love it there! didn't get home til almost
1am, and had to get up early to take my car to the body shop. got to the
car rental place, and she asked for my license. woops, left it in my
jacket pocket. dangit! lucky for me, w hadn't left for work yet and was
able to drop it off on his way. by the time he got there, all the
compacts were taken, so i got the grand am. so i am temporarily driving
a lovely pontiac. nice.
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joyCleeP 9:17 PM [+] ::
... .:: Sunday, July 27, 2003 ::.
for some reason, w really got inspired to
play tennis. he's never played, just kinda messed around i guess. i
played in high school, but haven't touched a raquet in about 2 years.
but today, we decided to just do it. w bought a $30 wilson and i pulled
out my old head atlantis 660, and we had a blast! i think we've found a
new summer sport. :) i just know i'm gonna pay for this tomorrow tho...i
can already feel my muscles tightening in my forearm. *sigh* it was
worth it.
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joyCleeP 4:58 PM [+] ::
... .:: Saturday, July 26, 2003 ::.
while at the kinokuniya bookstore today,
i saw martha stewart's living, in japanese. woa.
i picked up
some things, we walked around, and got some green tea latte, YUM! i'm
sure it's just full of sugar, but it's so damn good. hmph. every once in
a while, i have to walk around and look thru all the cool stores in
j-town, especially the car accessories stores, anime video store,
stationery store, bookstore, and my fave, the store with all the gundam
toys and car mini replicas. i always want to buy more, but have to
remind myself that i still have to START working on my apex dome mugen
nsx and cbr400. i'll get to it someday. :) along with all my other
millions of hobbies i've accumulated.
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joyCleeP 9:39 PM [+] ::
... .:: Friday, July 25, 2003 ::.
finally, after 3 days, i got ahold of the
insurance adjuster so i can get my car fixed! what a pain! sheesh. i
can't wait til she's all fixed. i hate not having my car.
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joyCleeP 7:16 PM [+] ::
... .:: Thursday, July 24, 2003 ::.
hmm...looks like something's wiggin' with
my "comments" thingy.
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joyCleeP 7:33 PM [+] ::
... .:: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 ::.
in the words of my uncle, today was a
very good day. :) my aunt (dad's baby sister) and uncle are here
visiting their middle son, who moved to LA about a year ago. my cousin
in LA has twin daughters!!! the last time i saw my aunt was my last
visit to korea in 1985. *phew* my cousins and uncle, since we left korea
back in 1980. holy smokes. so it was really nice to be around my family!
my other cousin, the youngest boy, was also here. he's a year older than
me. it was so weird to be around so many people who were all my family!
all my life i've been used to just me and my parents, and all of a
sudden i have an aunt and uncle and two cousins and i guess the little
girls are my 2nd cousins (they are extremely adorable, btw) all at my
parents house having dinner! it was great! they met w too, and they
loved him! even with the language barrier, we still seemed to find a way
to communicate. my aunt and uncle live in korea, so they don't know any
english at all. neither does the youngest son. the oldest daughter
wasn't able to make it, nor my middle cousin's wife. but it was so great
to see them, and to see my dad with his sister. :) yes, today was a very
good day.
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joyCleeP 10:53 PM [+] ::
... .:: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 ::.
pain in my right knee is hindering my
running progress. tomorrow, i shall rest. hopefully my knee will be back
in working order by thursday.
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joyCleeP 9:34 PM [+] ::
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ohmigosh, someone hit my beloved car. :(
while she was parked in our employee parking lot!! luckily, the lady
stayed around long enough for me to get all her info. *sigh* so sad for
my little car...
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joyCleeP 7:48 PM [+] ::
... .:: Sunday, July 20, 2003 ::.
i can't believe it, i finally finished fast food
nation!!! it only took me like 10 months, sheesh. i took about 6
months off from reading it tho, just got distracted and read other books
in between. so now i can finally change the "book i'm reading" section
on my blog! hahaha... i'll try to read this next book faster tho, cuz i
have a ton of books i want to read, and they're piling up on my
nightstand!
so i've kept up not eating beef since june 23rd. i
thought i would snap out of it, and eventually forget about the horrible
things that go on in america's slaughterhouses, and revert to my
meat-eating. but at j & b's wedding a few weeks ago, i saw they had
tritip on the menu, and i was actually considering eating it. that is,
until i actually saw the slab of meat, and felt so sickened. blech. i've
never been so repulsed by food before. and the other thing i gave up?
coffee!!!! holy toledo! i've been drinking coffee since my senior year
in high school, when l and i used to go to the book garden cafe in
milpitas. there i had my first capuccino, which i hated, and then my
first cup of coffee. i loved it. i drank it here and there throughout
college, mostly mochas. then when i started working in september of
2000, it was every monday-friday morning. it was more a ritual than
anything else. i would get to work and have my coffee while i checked
all my voicemails and emails. i didn't like the coffee at work, so i had
my own coffee grinds at my desk and my very own one-cup french press. i
treated myself to tully's every friday (i miss tully's!!!). i continued
this ritual at my new job, but one day, i decided i don't want to drink
coffee anymore. sure it tastes good, but it doesn't wake me up, so why
am i drinking this? i proceeded to drink green tea in the morning
instead. so my last cup of hot coffee was on may 30th. i've had a couple
of frapuccinos since, but no coffee at all in the mornings. green tea
just has a lot more health benefits, and it tastes good too. now, if i
could just give up pastries!!! hahaha, i wish...
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joyCleeP 1:57 PM [+] ::
... .:: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 ::.
today, i ran on a treadmill that had
built in fans. wow, genious. it was fan-tastic! :) sorry, couldn't
resist. it also had a built in radio, but i think it was disabled. can't
have 20 ppl with different radio stations blasting at once, i
guess.
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joyCleeP 9:22 PM [+] ::
... .:: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 ::.
my burns are finally turning into a tan.
but now they're starting to itch. which means they're gonna peel.
gross.
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joyCleeP 8:48 PM [+] ::
... .:: Sunday, July 13, 2003 ::.
ohmigawd...I'M SOOOO SUNBURNT!!!
that's what i get for going to folsom lake, near sac, on one of
the hottest days ever! i don't know how i get talked into these things.
*sigh* the funniest part is that l and i are burnt in the same places,
backs of legs and back. we spent way too much time on our stomachs
apparently. l's mom suggested we spray vinegar, cuz she's heard that it
helps with the burn. i refused but l had no choice (she's in much more
pain than i am), and man she stunk! ahahaha...i shouldn't be mean, she
really was in a lot of pain, poor girl.
i kinda feel weird
whenever i visit l in sac. her mom actually lives just about 20 minutes
away from sac, and i swear i'm always the only asian person there. i've
yet to see another asian. i did see 2 african-americans. and a carload
of latinos. that's about all the diversity you'll find in their 'hood.
when we went to dinner, i was definitely the only non-caucasian in the
entire restaurant. it was very odd.
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joyCleeP 12:44 AM [+] ::
... .:: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 ::.
for good laughs, go here and type in any website. it
will instantly be translated into snoop-talk. ahahaha...funny stuff. fo
shizzle my nizzle.
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joyCleeP 7:40 PM [+] ::
... .:: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 ::.
i LOVE my new gym! the machines are brand
new, it's super clean, and the best part...it's never crowded! i decided
to try going at 6:30, after i got home from work (which i never would
have even dreamed of doing at my old gym), and when i got there, there
were soooo many cardio machines available! i'm taking full advantage of
this before ppl start invading! whee!! it's interesting how a nice,
clean, uncrowded gym is so motivating!
okay, i have some really
annoying neighbors. the two guys above us are weirdos that don't do
anything but sit at home all day (or smoke out in their car) cuz
they're ALWAYS HOME. they look like little white haole thugs, saggy
pants, crooked cap, sneakers, etc. the guy above my roommate's room is
really loud, but thankfully the guy above my room just walks around a
lot (i can hear the squeaky floorboards). then there's the guy below us,
who thinks his place is a 24-hour club. it's never ending, this "thud
thud thud" of music. one time i made w go and talk to him, cuz it was
1am and he was playing his horrible techno music soooo loud, i could
FEEL it. ever since, nothing. but he's at it again. *sigh* i wanna move
outta this place...but so many factors prevent that from actually
happening. i hate it here.
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joyCleeP 10:39 PM [+] ::
... .:: Thursday, July 03, 2003 ::.
i miss my emarker. i don't think i had it
for even a year, then sony decided to stop the service. i didn't really
appreciate what it did when i had it, but now that i don't, there are so
many times i wish i still had it! it was just poor marketing on sony's
part i guess, cuz i'm sure if more ppl knew what an emarker was, more
ppl would have bought it. i can't even link it cuz it no longer exists!
but basically, it was a handy little gadget that you use when you want
to know what a certain song on the radio is. now, i just have to go
singing the song to ppl and hoping someone knows what song i'm singing!
last minute, i decided to take today off. so i have a nice long
4-day in front of me! woohoo!
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joyCleeP 1:29 PM [+] ::
... .:: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 ::.
swiped from qtr life, who got it from
here. it's no longer tuesday,
but oh well...
Summer Fun
1. Lemonade or Ice
Cold Beer? definitely lemonade, preferably with some unsweetened ice
tea (aka arnold palmer...yum).
2. Swimming pool or beach?
pool, i'm a nutty swimmer who loves to swim laps!
3. Long
weekends here & there, or a 2-week vacation? i go for the 2-week
vaca. definitely at least once a year.
4. Destination: Acapulco or
Hawaii? been to hawaii, twice, so i'd like to see acapulco (among
other places)
5. Destination: Mountains or Beach? well, can i
cheat on this one? mountains in the winter, beach in the summer! hahaha,
okay, if i had to choose just one, i'd say mountains, as long as they're
covered with fresh powder!!
6. Hotel/motel/B&B or camping?
definitely camping! preferably by a lake!! altho i'd never pass up a
chance to stay at a 5-star hotel! ;)
7. Carefully planned
vacation, or play it by ear? just carefully planned on how to get
there and back, but play it by ear once i get there.
8. Sneakers
or sandals? sandals! sneakers are for running.
9.
Air-conditioning or fans? AC all the way. i hate being
hot!
10. Concerts in the park or baseball games? not a
baseball fan really, so definitely concerts in the park!
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joyCleeP 7:54 PM [+] ::
... .:: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 ::.
probably one of the biggest perks from my
job are the celebrities and such that visit. like a few weeks ago, i
literally almost ran into joe montana and ronnie lott, who were there
for a small meeting (joe is much larger in real life, and ronnie much
smaller!). not to mention the filming of american pie 3 aka american
wedding. this week? the filming of a special to be aired on travel
channel! with samantha brown, you know, the annoying chick that has my
dream job of travelling the world to find the world's greatest hotels!!
so we're all pretty excited to be featured on a 30-minute special! then
there are the "stars" that are regulars, barry bonds i hear plays golf
there quite often. and pierce brosnan stayed during the grand opening 2
years ago. i know pete sampras has eaten at our restaurant. and there
are countless other actors/actresses that just stay the night. i wonder
what it's like to work somewhere like the beverly hills hotel! imagine
how star-struck i would be!!
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joyCleeP 7:37 PM [+] ::
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