i've had a full day. i had my very first facial at inSpa at uvillage with grace. then we went to lunch at westlake with jen and yee-fan, where yee-fan bought some dude lunch in an act of random kindness. random dude was being kind of picky and difficult, like, ordering something, having yee-fan paying for it, and then saying that he didn't want it. umm...i think if someone is committing an random act of kindness, it's probably best not to be a jerk about it. i don't think i would have been as patient, but that's me. sadly, we are the very ones being picky and difficult and yet, God is patient with us. thank goodness God is not like us.

after lunch, grace and i went shopping downtown and then made a brief stop at pike place market and the first starbucks. 'twas a fun time. in recent weeks, i've taken time to go shopping. there was a period of time [the first 3 years of college] where i would go downtown or alderwood mall weekly. they have most recently been replaced by target/best buy/costco - my trifecta [i know i'm using trifecta incorrectly, as it pertains to the betting of something in sequence, but i'm making my own meaning because i can] of shopping fun.

and even better, i don't work tomorow either!

today was a doctor day at work, meaning that it was a day where we were seeing patients. and usually, there are three of us who work those days. since one person was taking a vacation day, there should have been two of us. then the other went home sick, and then there was one...me. i was scrambling around all day and feeling panicky at a couple of points in the afternoon as there were people swarming the office.

i thought i deserved a prize for holding down the fort. so, i went to grace's house to watch korean dramas with her and dennis. grace and dennis, i shake my angry fist at you. they got me hooked...bad. i've spent the last 5 hours watching this korean drama. and i can't wait until i get to watch the next installment. i only stopped watching tonight because we have to get up for facials in the morning. yet another thing i'm addicted to watching...

i saw jersey girl on friday and darn it, i liked it. i don't care what the critics say. i found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable movie and ben affleck and liv tyler were great. it makes me want to watch armageddon again. but armageddon needs to wait in line behind the other 2538 movies i haven't made time to watch. after the movie and a late run to wendy's, i went to the uvillage starbucks to hang. i think that somewhere in there we talked about cartoons. and i couldn't remember the title of this one cartoon that had like cops and criminals. and guess what? today on amazon.com, i was browsing and i came across the cartoon! it's called C.O.P.S.. it was driving me crazy not being able to remember and having other people look at me like i was a nut. i feel triumphant.

yesterday, i went to james and joana's baby shower. baby shower and wedding shower games are always interesting. they're cute and cheesy of course. who gets to make up these games that seem to make their rounds at showers? i vote people play board games at future showers. i'm itching to play scene it again.

because the baby shower was so draining, i overslept and had to book it to church. pastor tom youn gave a message about anger. it was laced with entertaining and funny stories, but the bottomline was that it's ok to be angry, because Jesus got angry too. the difference is letting anger build and become resentment, bitterness, hatred, and/or rage, which takes us into sin and keeps us from becoming our full potential in God. i have implosive anger. note to self, must work on that.

then i got to play volleyball from like 5:30pm until past 9pm. we're got 3rd place out of like 10 or so teams. no prizes for us...sadly. just once, i would like to win a t-shirt. but now, hours later, my muscles are starting to feel sore and i can tell that come tomorrow morning, i shall be hurting. feels good.

our garbage disposal had been broken for a few days. kristie tried to dig around and see if anything was stuck, but couldn't seem to find a reason for it not to work. she called from hawaii and had some ideas that her dad had suggested i try. i was not successful. so...i did what anybody else would do, i asked for plumbing advice from some guys. and ryan offered to come by and look at our sink to see if he could fix it. and lo and behold, it is fixed. ryan, you're awesome. through this ordeal, i have learned many things about sinks and garbage disposals. for example, did you know there's a reset button underneath the disposal unit under the sink? and, that you can unplug the garbage disposal? and i now know what a u pipe is. so all in all, it was educational. may i never have to unhook the u pipe and clean it.

and i watched the rundown today because i went home sick from work. dude...the rock is sooooooooo cool. i decided, that i will have a rock movie marathon someday. and if you think it's just movies with the rock, you would be wrong. instead, it will be a marathon of the rock [alcatraz, sean connery, nicholas cage...etc], the rundown, and school of rock. how creative am i? action, action/comedy, and comedy. yay! and i can't wait until walking tall is out in theaters.

i am sad. matt rogers did not win. he is not the american idol. he is nice and kind. he looks happy when he sings. he makes other people happy too. he looked sad on tv. [that was a tribute to grace's 3rd graders]

so matt rogers got kicked off. bummer. even though he wasn't the greatest, he did have a lot of personality, which is more than i can say for camille. at least he went out in style. he sang "amazed" and made up his own lyrics to have some fun with simon. i'm seriously bummed he's gone. he was a fun guy.

and the oc is back! woohoo. only 5 more episodes to go. i just might be able to catch the season finale before i leave for spain...if they show a new episode every week from now on. if y'all don't watch the oc, you should start. do it. do it now. it's great [said with a mike myers scottish accent].

and...now i'm hooked on the storyline of a korean drama that i haven't even watched. grace has been getting me up to speed through like 10 episodes and i'm all like, "ack, i must know what happens next." i am my mother's daughter. scary.

i love cartoons. i have loved cartoons since i was old enough to sit up by myself in front of a tv, maybe even before then. as a wee lass of the 80s and 90s, i grew up with jem and the holograms [to which i would sing along as loudly as i could – i had her music tapes and halloween costume], he-man: master of the universe, she-ra [he-man’s girl cousin], care bears, smurfs, snorks, shirt tails, thundercats, teenage mutant ninja turtles, transformers, gi joe, go bots [the poorman’s transformers], duck tales, chip and dale rescue rangers and all those other disney cartoons, batman the animated series, and the x-men cartoons on fox. sadly, most of these classics are no longer on tv, with the exception of the few that continue to air on cartoon network.

though the cartoons on tv now just aren’t as super fantástico, i have come to enjoy jackie chan adventures, yu-gi-oh [i have no idea why…i just like it], static shock, x-men evolution [only so i can get some kind of x-men fix], and my most favorite, batman beyond [which is no longer airing].

i have recently discovered, with the help of extensive and obsessive internet research, that there are planned dvd releases of jem and the holograms and gi joe. i know they’ve already released transformers, but i can just borrow that from my transformer loving friends.

oh if they would only release all my favorite cartoons on dvd, like batman beyond. have i mentioned how much i love batman beyond? and just batman in general? i can't wait for the christopher nolan batman movie!!!

spain countdown: 36 days

in reading other people's blogs, i've come to discover that there two main categories under which blog entries might fall. daily summaries/random musings and challenging and thoughtfully written updates about the world around us seem to be the big two. there are a lot of people who use their blog as a way to inform others about the issues that are going on around us and to challenge us to be purveyers of change for good. basically, food for the brain and for the soul. if that's what you came here looking for today, you're going to be disappointed because we're currently out of stock.

instead, you will get the other variety. the weekend of nice and busy. putting together birth announcements, babysitting, hanging out, work, more hanging out, st. patrick's dinner party, more babysitting, volleyball [where i had my first real spike of the season], and a celebration/tribute to not working. we played scene it and it was fun. i didn't win, but seriously, with scene it, it really doesn't matter if i win or not, as long as i get to answer fun questions. it's super fantástico.

countdown to spain: t-minus 37 days and counting.

thank you for stopping by and have a nice day. please check back later when new inventory arrives.

i love american idol. love it. and out of all the seasons, this season's group of contestants are the most likeable. they did this cheesy but cute medley of songs - too cute! they're endearing and make me smile and are so super likeable that you wish for good things to happen to them and are sad for them when the judges comments are less than great [even if they're true]. it's going to be tough to see one of them get kicked off each week. if you don't already watch american idol, you need to. do it. do it now.

agua verde...so good. cora and i had dinner there earlier. i have to say, the waitstaff is quite attentive, or maybe they just wanted us to eat faster so they could go home. then we went to barnes and nobles to be loiterers. we love us some good books and magazines. i haven't gotten to hang out with cora in FOREVER, so it was super duper nice to have dinner, chat, and browse for reading material. just gotta love those friends that you can not see for awhile, but have that instant pick up right where you left off vibe.

i feel extremely full. the kind of full where i'm now thinking, i should've passed on those last two mangodillas (mango quesadillas). gluttony, the victory is yours.

i tried to be productive. i really really tried. but alas...my allergy meds made me all lethargic. i shall be drifting through spring in a daze, which i suppose it better than having to contend with a constant dry and peeling nose from all the tissue usage and itchy, itchy eyeballs all swollen and red. pollen has a hit list and looks like my name is on it. pollen hates me. well, right back at ya buddy.

but in yay-worthy news, my tickets to madrid arrived while i was away, along with my international youth travel card. woohoo! now i can book my tickets from madrid to granada.

yesterday morning at work, i opened up aol to see the headlines detailing a tragedy in madrid. the world is a crazy place. my mom told me that my uncle from jersey called, worried that i was in spain. 10 of the 13 bombs planted exploded on packed commuter trains in the earlier portion of the morning. news reports says it could be the work of basque separatist groups or the opposers of spain's decision to support bush's war in iraq. i suppose either way, it's a message sent. it is still difficult to think, even in this world laden with horrible acts of violence against one another, that there are people who willingly and knowingly inflict pain and suffering on others.

everytime i go home, i find that i revert to a lesser me. basically...i oversleep until the PM, i don't cook, clean, or do anything remotely productive. it's the craziest thing. this time however, i am determined to break free from this weirdo thing and be a contributing member of society. i've even purposely scheduled appointments early in the day to prevent myself from lazing about. yay for me.

oooh...and if anyone has any leads on cool jobs, pass them my way please.

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i keep seeing advertisements for "scene it" and my co-worker keeps talking about how much fun it is. i want it, i need it, i must have it. it's going on my wish list, along with fun movies and some old navy clothing. on sceneit.com they have a sample you can play. it's super fun. now that i've gotten a chance to flex my movie muscle, i'm determined to acquire this game.

"Ever have the feeling that you are the architect of your own unhappiness? It's not that hard, really... in fact, just making no effort to do anything at all is good enough..."

a few weeks ago...i had a rather bleak outlook on my life for the next few years. as i mull over the next 6 months, i have periods in which i hyperventilate and thus, have to consume a piece of chocolate. there's no scientific correlation between chocolate and the curing of panic attacks, but it totally makes me feel better. anyway, i found the above quote, totally stolen from garrett, a incredibly deep and thoughtful dude that is currently cavorting [hahaha...i said you're cavorting - "to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; to have lively or boisterous fun; romp" muhahaha. definitions courtesy of dictionary.com] in japan, to be filled with truth.

it's not that i didn't realize that much of my worry is of my own creation, of my own unwillingness to sit down and pray through it because i might not like the answer. over the last few weeks, the messages at church and other flashes of wisdom from varying sources (including that quote) have pretty much become a neon sign with arrows pointing to prayer. well, more prayer in general and more specific prayer. also, wendy said that once i no longer have a job, i will be that much more inclined to be actively pursuing other avenues. since i'm "comfortable" now, pulling in a paycheck, my survival instinct hasn't kicked in to full gear, so she says. so...take note, first step forward...

in other news, my friend jessica was in town today, so we went window shopping downtown, looking at all the pretty things we can't buy. there was recently a gilmore girls episode where lorelai and rory did the same thing, but we had more fun than they did.

and...over the weekend, i saw "cidade de deus" aka "city of god," a brazilian film about the lives of the residents in a slum area of rio de janeiro called "city of god." it was intense, violent, sad, and at times, funny. it's based on a true story, and i think that it's probably fairly accurate since at the end, they show a real news clip, and in the movie, they copied it exactly. which goes to show, when other countries make movies that are "based on a true story" they just might mean it with facts and all. whereas in hollywood, "based on a true story" has absolutely no credibility and just for kicks, they sensationalize until it bears no resemblance to anything real.