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.:: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 ::.

ohmigosh, another high school friend also just found out she's pregnant, and they're both due around the same time! cah-razy.

so an old coworker of mine invited me to lunch. she left RC and went to work at the 4 Seasons. and i don't blame her...it's a really nice hotel and the guestrooms are soooo nice. i guess i'm just so used to seeing my own hotel that it's nice to look at different walls and carpet. we had a fabulous lunch at the seasons restaurant, and now i'm suffering from food coma. :P we had appetizers, entree and dessert. didn't finish anything but it was nice to endulge.

i think i need a nap.

:: joyCleeP 5:39 PM [+] ::
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homemade curtains on your car? that's one way to block out the sun i guess...

:: joyCleeP 12:18 AM [+] ::
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you know that this "low carb" craze/cult following is getting outta control when they start making low carb dog food.

:: joyCleeP 9:10 PM [+] ::
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the first of my high school group of friends is pregnant! that's so exciting...but seems so crazy to me! i can't even begin to imagine what that's like, even though i'm not that far from it myself. well, sort of. we don't plan to have children anytime soon, cuz quite frankly, after our mortgage, property tax, insurance, etc etc etc, we hardly have enough money to do anything even somewhat exciting. hmph. plus, there is no way we're ready to have kids. nonono...

:: joyCleeP 7:32 PM [+] ::
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worked 12 hours today, day 6 of my 7-day work week. ugh, i think my director is trying to kill me. either that or drive me to kill someone else. ;P

but the hotel is abuzz with activity, and about 50 of the world's top french chefs and master chefs. "incroyable!" the ballroom looked amazing! they stacked wine barrels all along the ballroom to form a wall, 3 barrels high. there were white rice paper balloon lights all over, candles EVERYWHERE (a major fire hazard with all those wine barrels, but oh well!). even the base plates with sticker menus on them were amazing. and to be amidst all those chefs, masters of their craft... oh, and can't leave out the 8 course menu with wines to pair. and the reason for all this? our very own executive chef was being inducted as a maitres cuisiniers de france, or french master chef, one of only 300 in the world. incroyable...

the only reason i don't mind working 12 hours is the much needed overtime. it's nice to be paid hourly. :)

:: joyCleeP 11:22 PM [+] ::
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my car is broken. okay, not really. she just needs some work done. :) finally, after over 105k miles, her brakes just don't want to brake like they used to. the awful screeching/grinding noise is really getting on my nerves. and one of her headlights is out. grrr... and she is way overdue for an oil change. oops.

:: joyCleeP 10:35 PM [+] ::
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roommate's fiance has these "ideas." they're more like inventions i guess, but we usually just ignore him. or laugh at him. :) last night we were watching TV, and a commercial came on for this, an idea that g had. he wanted to invent a "finger toothbrush" that you could slip on your finger to brush your teeth. don't ask why... anyways, then roommate reminded me of g's "visor" invention. in high school, g cut the top of his baseball cap off and invented the "half cap." suddenly, visors started popping up, and g swore someone saw him and stole his concept. hahaha, the half cap... too funny.

now, if i could just invent something that will really bring in the money...

:: joyCleeP 7:03 PM [+] ::
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things i'll miss about living on the peninsula:
1. i'm just a 10 minute drive to the city, 15 minutes to union square/downtown
2. being 3 miles from the beach (a very cold beach, but that's okay)
3. eggettes (where they have the best boba drinks ever)
4. the "cool" climate

things i will not miss about living on the peninsula:
1. the fog, and "june gloom"
2. the world's worst drivers ever
3. all those thugs that just "loiter" around
4. the loud rumble of exhaust pipes from all those rice rockets

things i look forward to about living in the east bay
1. sunshine in june (and not having to turn on the heater in the middle of summer)
2. exploring another part of the bay area
3. being closer to my parents (but not TOO close)
4. sunshine in june (it's big enough to mention twice)

things i do not look forward to about living in the east bay
1. the heat. i've become quite accustomed to the cool temps of the upper peninsula
2. the commute to my job, about an hour's drive across the san mateo bridge...ugh
3. being so far away from eggettes
4. and being so far away from my friends! :( *sigh*

:: joyCleeP 11:54 AM [+] ::
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i need a new book to read. any suggestions?

:: joyCleeP 10:47 AM [+] ::
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i used to hate TV commercials, always flipping the channel to the next remotely interesting channel not showing a commercial. but there are some really funny ones out there lately that i actually like catching. like the sprint PCS commercial with the room full of kids drawing and painting, and the new girl joins the class and the teacher gives her the huge deluxe painting set because "she's new." "how does YOUR wireless company make you feel?" ahaha, so true... or that honda commercial with the owners that look like their cars...i like the one with the guy with big ears! ahahahah...funny. and of course all those citibank identity theft commercials. soooo funny.

:: joyCleeP 4:36 PM [+] ::
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saw madonna last night, for the 2nd time. although the stage/set wasn't as extravagent as her drowned world tour, i liked it just as much. she's a good live performer. some ppl just can't sing live, let alone dance around the stage for 2 hours. but she is one tough lady. half of her songs were old, very nostalgic. i think my fave song she sang was "into the groove." even her costume change performances rocked.

i think this time for reals, this is my last concert. concert meaning large venue with tens of thousands of other screaming fans. and anything more than $20. :) well, except that i really want to see morrissey at lollapalooza... he needs his own show. my first ever concert was lollapalooza 2, the summer after my freshman year in high school (gosh, that seems soooo long ago). red hot chili peppers, pearl jam, jesus and mary chain...what a great memory... i remember lollapalooza 4 was even better...smashing pumpkins headlined but i thought they sucked, and i just stopped listening to them all together even though they were one of my favorite bands in high school. funny how that happened. i remember i loved shonen knife, and i met them and they signed my program. hahaha... in high school, i wasn't much into rap/hiphop, and didn't appreciate tribe called quest or pharcyde being there! i just remember there was way to much going on with two stages, so we didn't get to see everyone we wanted to. now that i think about it, i wouldn't mind going to that type of concert, like an all-day-sit-on-the-lawn-with-good-friends-and-enjoy-great-music thing. hmm...

:: joyCleeP 4:53 PM [+] ::
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saw this tonight. dunno...it sounded interesting when i walked by it at the video store. it had some interesting scenes. yeah...it was...interesting. okay, i didn't get it really. it was weird.

:: joyCleeP 12:37 AM [+] ::
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