ahh finally something to blog about. 4 things actually.

1. went to see the body worlds exhibit at the calif. science center on tuesday. AWESOME. and not just from like someone who would naturally be interested in that kind of stuff. it was very educational and the dissections/specimens were INSANE. my personal favorites were the severe scoliosis and the pregnant woman.

2. later that night, i finally went to the indie night at the in cahoots club in riverside. kyle's been raving about it for months now and i could never go b/c it's a tuesday night and i always had school the next day. anyway, i thought it was pretty cool/interesting. the main reason i wanted to go was to see the ppl dance. the majority of the ppl weren't dancing all that different from how I'd dance. but they do this dance where you like step and flail your arms about...kyle thinks it's cool in it's own weird way, but...i dunno i can't do it haha. the vibe was totally chill; only a select few low self esteem girls trying to get attention by showing their bras. but bottom line was that it was just a place to have fun. i didn't get the huge feeling that everyone was there to hook up. the music was ok. i danced to a few songs. OH and the cool thing is it's $1 well drinks ALL NIGHT. i didn't drink that much cuz i was driving but you can order like 10 drinks at a time. lol.

3. i tried roscoe's chicken and waffles for the first time ever. we went to the hollywood one last night before watching les miserables at the pantages. it was SO SO good. i got the chicken w/ gravy and onions and 2 waffles. yum yum yum. service was fast, food was good. i give it an A.

4. watched les miserables FINALLY and i loved it. not as good as RENT but it was really good. the cast was very talented, especially the guy that played jean valjean. great night.

anyway, hope everyone is having a great holiday. the mountains are all green now after the rain. love it.

happy new year!

I was at the gym today and caught a TV show called "Big Man on Campus" on the WB. It looks like the "Bachelor" but I guess for the college set. It was pretty repulsive. Perhaps it was all phoney but such artificial sweetener that poses as true emotion is more distasteful than Sweet and Low itself.
The rain yesterday surpassed the former record of 4" of rain by 1 inch. I enjoy the aftermath: fresh air, large puddles, unexpected rainbows.

the tsunamis washed through houses south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. the earthquake-spawned tsunamis killed thousands of people and displaced a million others.

DONATE NOW !!!! they need the money and help.

the raining is scarying me ... actually the thunder and lighting is freaking me out more. yikes. hope you guys are all staying dry.

Hope everyone was nice this year....Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Rancid girl - are you kidding me? Traffic exists in Orange County too, i.e. the Orange Crush. Just ask me, New Wave, or Darth. We have all braved the traffic at one point. I think an hour drive from Costa Mesa to Irvine is even worse bc it is only 12 miles away, it should only take 20 minutes. I hate holiday traffic.

Okay, for my Christmas "party" we had a Christmas buffet lunch set up in the hallway, where everyone lined up like we were in prison or Hometown Buffet (same diff?). We had picnic benches set up in our downstairs sales department, complete with fancy tablecloths and colored napkins. And afterward, they had a "Chinese" raffle, which I'm still trying to figure out. Can anyone shed some light on this? At my old job, they also used the term "Chinese overtime" which basically means you don't get any overtime. Why so racist?!

Also, Darth - your capacity for useless trivia amazes me.

Sorry to hear about your ticket New Wave. Did you try arguing or did you fess up to your crime??? Today, I left Long Beach at 6:30 AM and I arrived at Irvine at 8:25AM. It's only suppose to be a 30 minute drive!! I thought when I moved away from LA, I wouldn't have to deal with the traffic anymore....but I was so wrong. On the plus side, I did mange to listen to the Keane album all the way through.

(sigh) i got yet another speeding ticket ... my third one so far. :( man this sucks. oh well. the last time i got one was in dec. 2001 so i think i worked off my point ... but i'm not sure. i hate getting tickets ... that means traffic school and a huge bill. i deserve it though ... i'm a pretty reckless/fast driver. i guess. on the plus side the cop was nice to me, he wasn't those dick cops that make you feel all bad and start yelling at you. he was those sorry to do this but i'm doing it anyways.

wow rancid girl, your office party sounds awesome. my company had a dinner at the hollywood museum, which was pretty nice. no bracelets or anything. my old company had a "party" in their lobby. i think that's even worse.
i like how pitchfork wrote, it's the end of the year and you know what that means in journalism: lists! haha. yes, it's fun to do best ofs. brit pub nme named pete (formerly of the libertines) no. 1 on their cool list. i guess because he does crack and is off his rocker. that's always entertaining for the sane.
just came back from the moving units show at the el rey. i swear there were so many 12-year-olds. not that there's anything wrong with that. i mean they're allowed to go to shows. but when there are so many of them and there immature energy takes over...argh. the sound was awful as well. as comic book guy from the simpsons would say, "worst show ever."

I had my company's Christmas party on the 11th. We had it in a fancy Italian Restaurant at a mall (fashion island)...go figure. The food was great...but the party was sooo boring and long. As soon as I got there, I started drinking. During the entire dinner... the bosses were handing out awards ...( ie: attendance award). I just started work there and I've already missed days (like ditching work to go to concerts with New Wave :) Anyway, at the end of the night all the ladies at my work received a Tiffany's bracelet, which made the whole night much better.

dang it ... today was one of those days where everything bugged me and i let stuff get to me that usually i would never care about. i hate that feeling. you feel so blech inside.

things that bug me: smug people, playing favorites, not being fair, smug people, politics and more smug people.

on a happier note saw phoenix on sunday. they were wonderful. you could tell there were happy to be there and to play and the audience was eating up their engery.

ituning: honeymoon - phoenix

on friday i hung out with pigern, dorkus melorkus, rancid girl and a few friends. we watched a nice bootlegged version of napoleon dynamite and the topic of best movies of 2004 came up. dorkus felt napoleon and garden state were the some of the best movies of 2004 but i have to disagree.

ever since i began my relationship with Netflix back in april 2003 i have become more of a movie fan. (please note i said fan .. i'm not a movie snob because i have no idea what i'm talking about). i've really stared opening myself up to film ... especially asian film :).

i decided with the end of the year coming up we could do some lists ... you know top films, albums, books, tv shows and so on of 2004. we could even do a worst of list as well.

i know the house is not as interesting as it was before ... a few people have made that comment and i know outsiders who read this site find our page filled witn asinine topics (a bit harsh don't you think). but hey i never claimed this page would be anything more than a place to rant, rave, shout and talk.

ituning: stop whispering - radiohead (i'm starting my love relationship with them again)

had our office christmas party today. pigern is right ... office party is an oxymoron. think about it .....

i won't bore you with the details of how my party went but i will say it was better than last yr. and it was a casino night. what i will talk about is two comments made regarding my office party. the first one was brought up by dorkus melorkus when she asked me if i got to bring anyone to the party with me. the answer is no and i'm glad. if i don't even really want to go to this function why the heck would i drag another poor soul with me who knows nothing about my job or any of my coworkers. seems like torture to me. the second comment was brought up by some friends when they were surprised to find out my office party was on a weekday and not a weekend. let me get this straight ... i already see my coworkers 5 days a week and now you are asking me to spend a weekend with them. pfffft. NO WAY. i'm just saying.

me sleepy now .... work is so busy.

i need new music to listen to. sometimes i wish i could quit my job and just work in a music shop spacing out.

well hello everyone. new wave, i am sorry i have not blogged. it has been 3 months since my last blog. ha. new wave got on my case about not blogging even though i distinctly remember that the new blogging rules were that there were no rules. right?

anyway, it's been busy around here. been travelling a lot in the last 3 months. no new orleans, but i did go to philly, montreal, sf, new york, and chicago. i actually don't mind it bc it's like i'm getting paid to go on vacation!

i finally figured out how to turn on the heater at the apt so rancid girl and i no longer have icicles hanging from the tips of our noses.

also, the other day, i actually used the word "shat" in a sentence.