Asha sent me this forward...
Just in case you ever got the two mixed up. This should make things a bit more clear . . .
IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.
AT WORK ... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.
IN PRISON...you get three meals a day.
AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it.
IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior
AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior
IN PRISON...the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON...you get your own toilet.
AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat.
IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family.
IN PRISON...the taxpayers pay all expenses with no work required.
AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK...you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK...they are called managers.
***** So again, why is it that we work? *****
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Monday, April 28, 2003
I was just checking out the results of the NFL Draft this weekend and I noticed there were only two UCLA players drafted this year (which is an accomplishment considering the terrible terrible season we had) and they were both drafted in the third round by Carolina. The Raiders will always be my favorite team but I root for teams with Bruins - I used to root for Dallas because of Troy Aikman (and because I met Michael Irvin at the Forum Club but thats another story), I rooted for the teams Cade McNown (Chicago and Miami?) was on even though he never played or he sucked it up, I root for Philadelphia because of Freddie Mitchell and I remember liking Carolina for some reason or other. I just looked up their roster and I realized that there are four Bruins on the roster and I followed all 4 during my time at UCLA. I will definitely be rooting for Carolina this year.
I'm watching the American Idols DVD Steve gave me now and I just can't get enough of Justin :). That boy has a great personality (I love goofy guys) and I love how he knows what he wants to do and follows through with making his dreams come true. He's going to be singing a song from his new album on American Idol this Wednesday so you guys know where I'll be... Hmmm... Wednesday 8-9pm... Thats going to cut into my Baskin-Robbins hopping night (free ice cream scoop day 6-10pm) - someone (I think Eileen or Mike) suggested we go from store to store getting free ice cream "by the time you get to the next place, you'll have finished the cone you got from the previous store."
I was going to complain to Steve how there wasn't enough Justin on the DVD but I popped in the Bonus DVD and I'm happy now. "The Day in the Life of Justin" - such a great bit. Amazing personality.
I was going to complain to Steve how there wasn't enough Justin on the DVD but I popped in the Bonus DVD and I'm happy now. "The Day in the Life of Justin" - such a great bit. Amazing personality.
Sunday, April 27, 2003
I'm watching an X-Files repeat right now - its the episode where Mulder and Scully are on a ship trapped in the Bermuda Triangle in the year 1939. I remember this episode being amazing because they shot the scenes with one camera, no cuts (i think its called panning?). This episode came on when I was taking History of American Motion Picture at UCLA and I remember my TA pointing out the specific methods they used. Oh yeah, and this was the first episode Mulder and Scully kissed I think. Ah, college memories... you don't know how long we were waiting for that :).
I've had dreams about Justin Guarini two times this past week and I couldn't figure out why. Then yesterday Steve tells me, "Guess who came into Best Buy a couple days ago..." Justin and Kelly. First of all, I couldn't believe Steve didn't call me the second he saw him so I could rush over there... but thats ok because I didn't tell him 'something' a little while ago so we're even. Now that I think of it, it's probably better he didn't tell me because the headline in the newspapers the next day would've been "Justin Guarini tackled by a crazy lunatic in Best Buy store." Why is it I love all these people (Justin, Kobe, Shaq, etc.) but everyone else sees them in person except for me? Back in college, I got to my Plants class before my friends did and one by one, they came in - Monica, Steph and Steve - each telling me they saw Kobe... Then, one night I was working at the student store but I was over at the computer counter instead of the main one and Sebastian came over, "hey, Shaq was walking by a couple minutes ago." and now this! I never have any luck. The only person I do remember seeing around campus is Jaleel White (Urkel from Family Matters) - big whoop.
I've had dreams about Justin Guarini two times this past week and I couldn't figure out why. Then yesterday Steve tells me, "Guess who came into Best Buy a couple days ago..." Justin and Kelly. First of all, I couldn't believe Steve didn't call me the second he saw him so I could rush over there... but thats ok because I didn't tell him 'something' a little while ago so we're even. Now that I think of it, it's probably better he didn't tell me because the headline in the newspapers the next day would've been "Justin Guarini tackled by a crazy lunatic in Best Buy store." Why is it I love all these people (Justin, Kobe, Shaq, etc.) but everyone else sees them in person except for me? Back in college, I got to my Plants class before my friends did and one by one, they came in - Monica, Steph and Steve - each telling me they saw Kobe... Then, one night I was working at the student store but I was over at the computer counter instead of the main one and Sebastian came over, "hey, Shaq was walking by a couple minutes ago." and now this! I never have any luck. The only person I do remember seeing around campus is Jaleel White (Urkel from Family Matters) - big whoop.
Friday, April 25, 2003
My boss and I were trying to figure out who we wrote a $2500.00 check to (a client's account was overdrawn) and he was relieved that I couldn't remember. Stan is hitting 60 years old so he has an excuse. He started talking about how his memory is fading and then we started talking about selective memory... I said, "Yeah, I have that too - I don't remember what happened to the Lakers last night." He was telling me how he's usually asleep by 10:30 pm but he stayed up to watch the rest of the game and he's sure his neighbors heard his well-timed "F*CKKKKKK!"
Oh my god. I can't deal with this assistant any longer! First of all, I can't believe I'm giving orders to someone who is 10 years older than me. Secondly, I can't believe someone who is 10 years older than me is as dumb as she is. She's been here three full weeks now, she's still spelling clients' names wrong, she can't connect the client to the clients' corporations (almost everyone in the entertainment industry incorporates themselves (the so-called "production companies") so they can get income from the studios without tax withholding - the studio pays the corporation (could range from $200,000 payments to 20 cent residuals), we take business expenses out of the corporate books and every so often, we pay them a huge salary - thats when the tax withholding comes in) and today, she came in here at 9:20 am and asked me if we had any deposits for today yet... it's freakin 9 am - we've barely been here a couple minutes (although I've been here since 7:00 am but thats a different story), messengers don't come this early and the mail doesn't get here until noon - how would I get any checks for deposit? It doesn't sound like a big deal now but I'm just getting frustrated at all the questions!! My old boss Mona used to love it that I'd ask questions to make sure I was doing things right so I tried to take that philosophy with this girl but she keeps asking the same things over and over and she'd ask me about every little thing. You need to think for yourself sometimes. Earlier this week, Eileen and I were trying to have one of our X-rated conversations (gossip) and the girl buzzed me 5 times in a span of 2 minutes to ask how to do this one deposit. Eileen was getting frustrated but I couldn't just take my phone off the hook because then she'd come into our office and thats more annoying.
So glad I'm leaving this job soon. They don't pay me enough to deal with any of this shit.
So glad I'm leaving this job soon. They don't pay me enough to deal with any of this shit.
Thursday, April 24, 2003
I love the 80s is on VH1 right now - its the 1989 edition and they're talking about New Kids on the Block... I have to admit I was a fan. Hey - I was 11, what the hell did I know?? Didn't they change their name to NKOTB later on to sound cooler? For those of you who haven't seen I love the 80s, they interview various celebrities about their memories of the 80s. There was this 30 second montage with a couple different celebrities saying who was the cutest one - Donnie, Joe, Jordan, John, or Danny (personally, Jordan was my favorite back then).
They're talking about Tetris right now - this guy said you were mesmerized playing the game and then afterwards you were still playing it in your head... so I'm not the only one that happened to!
Oh my gosh - the memories!! Arsenio Hall (whoo hoo hoo), Bobby Brown (My Pregorative, Every Little Step... and they were making fun of his hair - he started the writing thing in the hair)...
I gotta go to sleep, I'll catch this again on rerun.
They're talking about Tetris right now - this guy said you were mesmerized playing the game and then afterwards you were still playing it in your head... so I'm not the only one that happened to!
Oh my gosh - the memories!! Arsenio Hall (whoo hoo hoo), Bobby Brown (My Pregorative, Every Little Step... and they were making fun of his hair - he started the writing thing in the hair)...
I gotta go to sleep, I'll catch this again on rerun.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
I had a great weekend... nice long weekend too - 3 days instead of my usual ONE! I hung out with practically everyone I knew this past week/weekend too! Friday was my day off and Dante came by in the morning after his night shift and we just slept for a couple hours (while we were sleeping, I had a n-i-c-e dream about that cute client - the Rick Fox lookalike... is that bad?), then I went to lunch with some friends, then I went downtown to talk to an attorney and I stopped by to visit Mona, Don and Denise from my old job. I ran some errands on Saturday morning, hung out with Dante for a little while, visited Steve at work, and called Amy to tell her I was headed back to OC but I had to change into frumpier clothes cause my mom thinks anything remotely fitting is too hoochie. Amy suggested we go up to Santa Barbara and I was game. We went to her place in SB, ate an all-you-can-eat sushi dinner, hung out with her friend at the studio while he was working on a photography assignment, went back to her place and watched American Gladiators! I didn't know that show was still on. I didn't see Nitro though - I remember him being the cutest one but what did I know? We came back early Sunday morning, I slept all day and hung out with friends for dinner.
Going to Santa Barbara this weekend was just the getaway that I needed. It was a change from my normal life and I got to see how my friend lived. I love her living arrangement though - its sorta like that Friends living arrangement I was talking about earlier this week, except they all live in this one house and everyone hangs out in the living room til all hours of the morning. I need to get out of this college mindset - maybe when I start earning more money, I can finally grow up.
Going to Santa Barbara this weekend was just the getaway that I needed. It was a change from my normal life and I got to see how my friend lived. I love her living arrangement though - its sorta like that Friends living arrangement I was talking about earlier this week, except they all live in this one house and everyone hangs out in the living room til all hours of the morning. I need to get out of this college mindset - maybe when I start earning more money, I can finally grow up.
bananame69: i can't wait to use my new phone
bananame69: so eager
Lucyla8: :-) if no one calls you by tonight, i'll call you ok?
Lucyla8: heehee
bananame69: i have to charge it overnight before i can use it
bananame69: so tomorrow
Lucyla8: oh ok
Lucyla8: heehee
bananame69: but totally, you should be my first
Lucyla8: so nerdy
bananame69: whatever that means
bananame69: =)
Lucyla8: ok - IM me when you're ready
bananame69: i'll do so tomorrow
bananame69: totally
we're such nerds... I think this might be better than the online typing test contest we had a couple weeks ago (I lost bad - 52 wpm and I think Mike got like 103 wpm or something).
bananame69: so eager
Lucyla8: :-) if no one calls you by tonight, i'll call you ok?
Lucyla8: heehee
bananame69: i have to charge it overnight before i can use it
bananame69: so tomorrow
Lucyla8: oh ok
Lucyla8: heehee
bananame69: but totally, you should be my first
Lucyla8: so nerdy
bananame69: whatever that means
bananame69: =)
Lucyla8: ok - IM me when you're ready
bananame69: i'll do so tomorrow
bananame69: totally
we're such nerds... I think this might be better than the online typing test contest we had a couple weeks ago (I lost bad - 52 wpm and I think Mike got like 103 wpm or something).
Where were you...
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963)
non-existent
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980)
I think we were either still in Taiwan or we had just moved to Brazil... too young to have any memories
3. When the Challenger exploded (January 28, 1986)
I was in second grade in Anaheim and we watched it live on TV - the whole class was silent and I don't think we fully understood what happened.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989)
6th grade... I remember hearing it on the news I think but because it was far away it didn't affect me that much. I remember everytime there was a earthquake in LA, I was freaked out about earthquakes for the next month and a half.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
I saw it on the news but I thought these people were just having fun knocking down that wall... again, I didn't fully realize what was happening, unlike now, with the Iraqis...
6. When the Gulf War began (1/16/1991)
7th grade... all I remember is yellow ribbons and we might have done something for that at our school but I don't remember.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (6/17/1994)
I watched it on TV until my English tutor came and I missed the ending. Ugh, and that was the damn English tutor I hated too - I felt like he was sexually harrassing me but my parents didn't understand... maybe thats why I'm as messed up as I am today.
8. When the building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/1995)
11th grade... I think I found out about it when I was in class. I remember being amazed that they were able to find out who did it and arrest the guy real quick.
9. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/1997)
I was in Taiwan... trying to watch and understand the Chinese news. I couldn't turn to CNN or something I'd understand cause there were only 3 freakin channels!
10. When Bush was first announced President (11/7/2000)
5th year senior at UCLA, I was in front of the TV like I had been all election cause I was taking Intro to American Politics that quarter and we knew everything that went on, every recount, every court case, etc.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001)
There was a earthquake? Where the hell was I? I think I was working for Mona then.
12. When terrorists knocked over the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
I was over at Dante's apartment and when I went into the bathroom to get ready for work, I saw his cousin Johnny watching TV in the living room and knowing Johnny as well as I do, I was so surprised to see him up that "early" (he usually gets up around noon or so)... I went into the living room and he told me what happened and we just sat there watching TV - I knew I wasn't going to work that day... downtown LA is a total target if anything were to happen in LA.
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963)
non-existent
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980)
I think we were either still in Taiwan or we had just moved to Brazil... too young to have any memories
3. When the Challenger exploded (January 28, 1986)
I was in second grade in Anaheim and we watched it live on TV - the whole class was silent and I don't think we fully understood what happened.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989)
6th grade... I remember hearing it on the news I think but because it was far away it didn't affect me that much. I remember everytime there was a earthquake in LA, I was freaked out about earthquakes for the next month and a half.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
I saw it on the news but I thought these people were just having fun knocking down that wall... again, I didn't fully realize what was happening, unlike now, with the Iraqis...
6. When the Gulf War began (1/16/1991)
7th grade... all I remember is yellow ribbons and we might have done something for that at our school but I don't remember.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (6/17/1994)
I watched it on TV until my English tutor came and I missed the ending. Ugh, and that was the damn English tutor I hated too - I felt like he was sexually harrassing me but my parents didn't understand... maybe thats why I'm as messed up as I am today.
8. When the building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/1995)
11th grade... I think I found out about it when I was in class. I remember being amazed that they were able to find out who did it and arrest the guy real quick.
9. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/1997)
I was in Taiwan... trying to watch and understand the Chinese news. I couldn't turn to CNN or something I'd understand cause there were only 3 freakin channels!
10. When Bush was first announced President (11/7/2000)
5th year senior at UCLA, I was in front of the TV like I had been all election cause I was taking Intro to American Politics that quarter and we knew everything that went on, every recount, every court case, etc.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001)
There was a earthquake? Where the hell was I? I think I was working for Mona then.
12. When terrorists knocked over the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
I was over at Dante's apartment and when I went into the bathroom to get ready for work, I saw his cousin Johnny watching TV in the living room and knowing Johnny as well as I do, I was so surprised to see him up that "early" (he usually gets up around noon or so)... I went into the living room and he told me what happened and we just sat there watching TV - I knew I wasn't going to work that day... downtown LA is a total target if anything were to happen in LA.
Monday, April 21, 2003
Why am I watching Mr. Personality?? I swore I wouldn't get hooked on any of these dating shows, even though I love reality programming - mostly MTV ones though. I didn't watch The Bachelor or any of the sequels, didn't watch Joe Millionaire, didn't watch Married By America, etc... Damn American Idol for drawing me in on this show - I was too lazy to get up and find the remote. I'm missing Everybody Loves Raymond for this!
I wonder how hard it was for her to keep that "interested" look on her face and how hard it was to not show relief when some guys she rejected unmasked. Those masks sure do hide a lot. I don't know if I'll keep watching this show - no one really stands out as cute to me (for me to root for) but I guess thats the point of the show - personality! I can't help being superficial - I've only dated one guy in my life and I sure didn't go after him for his personality or his brains.
I wonder how hard it was for her to keep that "interested" look on her face and how hard it was to not show relief when some guys she rejected unmasked. Those masks sure do hide a lot. I don't know if I'll keep watching this show - no one really stands out as cute to me (for me to root for) but I guess thats the point of the show - personality! I can't help being superficial - I've only dated one guy in my life and I sure didn't go after him for his personality or his brains.
Saturday, April 19, 2003
I'm so happy. The Ally McBeal reruns on FX right now are the ones with Robert Downey Jr. He is so talented... I love him! I stopped watching the show after he left. I still remember when Jenny and I walked past him at the UCLA Medical Center (his driver was putting quarters in the meter) a couple years ago (I think it was during his first bout in jail). I smiled at him before I realized who it was and he smiled back and said hi. I was so happy! Then I asked Jenny if she realized who that was and she didn't even notice!!! I knew it was him for sure because I was watching the news that day and he had a court date that morning - he was wearing the exact same clothes I saw him in that afternoon. (Thats what I miss about UCLA - celebrity and athlete sightings!)
I think the problem with me is that I spent my college/post-college years watching too much TV and I know its not real but I want certain aspects of my life to be/not be like those shows...
Ally McBeal depressed me because these women are in their 30s and still single and I don't want to be like that. I want to be married by 30 but it seems a little hopeless now even though its still 6 years away. I've had one boyfriend in my 24 years and I'm still completely stuck on him, I can't move on. When Robert Downey Jr.'s character came on the show, it just seemed like she finally found the one. He was amazing, so loving and so cute! The show used to depress me a lot because 80% of the episodes ended with Ally walking ALONE in the streets of Boston. She's a successful lawyer, she has the other aspects of her life together, yet she can't find love. The one thing I love about the show is the work environment. Richard Fish opened a practice with his best friend and they hired people they knew back in college to work there. And because it was his own practice, he could run things the way he wanted to.
I always wanted my home environment to be like Friends... Living next door to your best friends, hanging out in each others' apartments 24/7... It reminds me a bit of dorm life. Freshman year in the dorms, I was always in the lounge or in my friend's rooms but I had a room to go back to when I felt like it. And it was all within short walking distance! Now, when I want to hang out with anyone, I'd have to drive and I go home at a decent hour. I remember the countless nights when I was hanging out with friends in the lounge until 3-4am... The show gives me hope about my professional life though - when the show first started, it was about people in their 20s struggling to make ends meet and gradually everyone finally found their way (except Phoebe - I don't know how she ever managed but now the show doesn't focus on money problems anymore). Joey has a steady acting job, Monica is head chef at a restaurant, Ross is a professor now, Rachel works for Ralph Lauren and Chandler was good enough to be head of an office in a different city, then switched jobs and struggled but now he's set. Everyone says the 20s are a time of confusion and by the time you reach your 30s, you just enjoy life. I hope so.
I think the problem with me is that I spent my college/post-college years watching too much TV and I know its not real but I want certain aspects of my life to be/not be like those shows...
Ally McBeal depressed me because these women are in their 30s and still single and I don't want to be like that. I want to be married by 30 but it seems a little hopeless now even though its still 6 years away. I've had one boyfriend in my 24 years and I'm still completely stuck on him, I can't move on. When Robert Downey Jr.'s character came on the show, it just seemed like she finally found the one. He was amazing, so loving and so cute! The show used to depress me a lot because 80% of the episodes ended with Ally walking ALONE in the streets of Boston. She's a successful lawyer, she has the other aspects of her life together, yet she can't find love. The one thing I love about the show is the work environment. Richard Fish opened a practice with his best friend and they hired people they knew back in college to work there. And because it was his own practice, he could run things the way he wanted to.
I always wanted my home environment to be like Friends... Living next door to your best friends, hanging out in each others' apartments 24/7... It reminds me a bit of dorm life. Freshman year in the dorms, I was always in the lounge or in my friend's rooms but I had a room to go back to when I felt like it. And it was all within short walking distance! Now, when I want to hang out with anyone, I'd have to drive and I go home at a decent hour. I remember the countless nights when I was hanging out with friends in the lounge until 3-4am... The show gives me hope about my professional life though - when the show first started, it was about people in their 20s struggling to make ends meet and gradually everyone finally found their way (except Phoebe - I don't know how she ever managed but now the show doesn't focus on money problems anymore). Joey has a steady acting job, Monica is head chef at a restaurant, Ross is a professor now, Rachel works for Ralph Lauren and Chandler was good enough to be head of an office in a different city, then switched jobs and struggled but now he's set. Everyone says the 20s are a time of confusion and by the time you reach your 30s, you just enjoy life. I hope so.
Friday, April 18, 2003
I have GOT to shut my blinds at night... I think the neighbor in the next building figured out that Dante moved out and he put this note on his window - I don't know for sure what it says but I saw that there was a phone number on there. I am the only one who can see the note so I know its directed at me... We live on the second floor!! Stupid freak.
What is it about guys that they have to notice everyone coming and going in every apartment building within a 2 block vicinity? Don't they have anything better to do? Dante lived with me for 5 months and he knew/recognized more people in my apartment building and the surrounding buildings than I did and I've lived here since January 2002. I told Dante about that note the guy put on his window and I said that the note disappeared during the day but now its back. I was trying to figure out why and Dante said, "maybe his girl was over"... why are guys so scandalous?? I'm sure there are nice guys out there but I'm surrounded by players and 99% of them are not even cute! Of course, my standards are too high.
NO WORK TODAY!! WHOO HOO!! I thought the boss was being nice cause he saw how hard we worked during tax season but now I find out that a lot of other people have the day off or have half day because it's Good Friday. Oh well... have fun at work Steph :).
Oh my gosh - I just glanced over at the window and the stupid freak is there and he saw me look over - what the hell do I do?? Thank god Dante is coming by in the morning... hopefully this idiot will see that Dante is still part of my life and hopefully he'll leave me alone.
What is it about guys that they have to notice everyone coming and going in every apartment building within a 2 block vicinity? Don't they have anything better to do? Dante lived with me for 5 months and he knew/recognized more people in my apartment building and the surrounding buildings than I did and I've lived here since January 2002. I told Dante about that note the guy put on his window and I said that the note disappeared during the day but now its back. I was trying to figure out why and Dante said, "maybe his girl was over"... why are guys so scandalous?? I'm sure there are nice guys out there but I'm surrounded by players and 99% of them are not even cute! Of course, my standards are too high.
NO WORK TODAY!! WHOO HOO!! I thought the boss was being nice cause he saw how hard we worked during tax season but now I find out that a lot of other people have the day off or have half day because it's Good Friday. Oh well... have fun at work Steph :).
Oh my gosh - I just glanced over at the window and the stupid freak is there and he saw me look over - what the hell do I do?? Thank god Dante is coming by in the morning... hopefully this idiot will see that Dante is still part of my life and hopefully he'll leave me alone.
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Damn, tax season is finally over and I've been way too busy these couple days to post like I used to... too busy getting myself in trouble.
I've been stuck in a rut for the past couple months and its been really really bad this month because I've been working my ass off this tax season (long long hours) and because of all the problems I've had to deal with recently (not all of those problems are personal life problems either). Yesterday I came up with a solution to my most pressing problem and I know a lot of people I know aren't going to like what I'm going to do, but I feel like its the best solution for me. With most of my friends, when I tell them what I want to do, they're against it... then they hear my reasoning and they understand why I want to do what I want to do and they agree that the good outweighs the bad. It will take so much pressure off my life and it will open doors that were never open to me before. You need to take chances to change your life for better or for worse and if you don't make the decision to take those chances, you will be stuck in the same rut you've been at for a while (unless you're happy with the way life is, which a lot of people are). I already threw the idea out to my mom and she said she will never talk to me again if I decide to go that route. I don't want to live my life making other people happy - I need to make myself happy. Life is short and if I die tomorrow, I will have lived a miserable life trying to be what everyone else wants me to be. I already went against my parents' wishes once in my life already but that wasn't that big of a deal... choosing UCLA over Berkeley. Berkeley just wasn't my style but because Berkeley carries more bragging power in Taiwan (supposedly), my mom wanted me to go there and had my whole family pressuring me about it. I've always loved UCLA (anyone who knew me in junior high/high school can vouch for me) and this was a way of making my dreams come true. 7 years later, I'm still happy with my decision - no regrets. I've always known I was going to UCLA, I've always known I would work in downtown LA and I did that, I always knew I'd marry someone non-Asian and I'm about to do that and I always knew my parents would disown me... hmmm... I've always known I will work for the Lakers someday, maybe that'll happen too.
I've been stuck in a rut for the past couple months and its been really really bad this month because I've been working my ass off this tax season (long long hours) and because of all the problems I've had to deal with recently (not all of those problems are personal life problems either). Yesterday I came up with a solution to my most pressing problem and I know a lot of people I know aren't going to like what I'm going to do, but I feel like its the best solution for me. With most of my friends, when I tell them what I want to do, they're against it... then they hear my reasoning and they understand why I want to do what I want to do and they agree that the good outweighs the bad. It will take so much pressure off my life and it will open doors that were never open to me before. You need to take chances to change your life for better or for worse and if you don't make the decision to take those chances, you will be stuck in the same rut you've been at for a while (unless you're happy with the way life is, which a lot of people are). I already threw the idea out to my mom and she said she will never talk to me again if I decide to go that route. I don't want to live my life making other people happy - I need to make myself happy. Life is short and if I die tomorrow, I will have lived a miserable life trying to be what everyone else wants me to be. I already went against my parents' wishes once in my life already but that wasn't that big of a deal... choosing UCLA over Berkeley. Berkeley just wasn't my style but because Berkeley carries more bragging power in Taiwan (supposedly), my mom wanted me to go there and had my whole family pressuring me about it. I've always loved UCLA (anyone who knew me in junior high/high school can vouch for me) and this was a way of making my dreams come true. 7 years later, I'm still happy with my decision - no regrets. I've always known I was going to UCLA, I've always known I would work in downtown LA and I did that, I always knew I'd marry someone non-Asian and I'm about to do that and I always knew my parents would disown me... hmmm... I've always known I will work for the Lakers someday, maybe that'll happen too.
Friday, April 11, 2003
Eileen and I decided to have that $1 fish fillet from McDonalds for lunch... when I got back from lunch, I was IMing Mike and he told me he was supposed to have dinner with a friend but on the way home from work, he stopped by McDonalds. "99 cent fish filet?" I ask, and he replies, "They're $1.11 over here, but yeah thats what I got." (he's in Rhode Island). We joked around about how we were on the same page and how great minds think alike. I was chatting with him tonight and I told him I was hungry but I left the extra fish fillet I got at work so I could have a snack tomorrow. He says, "that's what I'm eating right now"...
Damn Clippers game. No Friends today cause of the dumb game. Tune in to see them lose - whoopie. Back to Fox News Channel I guess... Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. looks exactly like his dad. Breaking news - US intercepting chatter among lower level Iraqis claiming Saddam is dead... cool, but they could be doing that to throw us off.
The only good thing that has happened to me today is the $1 fish filet from McDonalds... Eileen and I were in the kitchen eating our fish filets and I was flipping through a Garnet Hill catalog - they had some really cute stuff in there - I loved these sheets with the little drawings of the Eiffel Tower and other French stuff, but being the good Republican that I am, I gotta boycott that stuff. I'd do that German boycott too but they haven't been as vocal as Jacques Chirac has been against us... besides, I love German cars way too much. I'm pissed France, Germany and Russia want a piece of the action now, after what they did before the war and after we (the US and Britian mostly) put in all the effort... damn "Axis of Weasel" trying to jump on the bandwagon now.
Eileen was flipping through the People Magazine with Jessica Lynch on the cover (I admire her so much, I couldn't have done half the shit she did) and there were pictures of Russell Crowe's wedding to Danielle Spencer. I don't like his long hair but he has it for a movie role... I think if I was getting married to someone, I'd wait til they can look their best - like Brad Pitt at his wedding. The newly crowned Mrs. Crowe looked great and I wish them all the best.
The only good thing that has happened to me today is the $1 fish filet from McDonalds... Eileen and I were in the kitchen eating our fish filets and I was flipping through a Garnet Hill catalog - they had some really cute stuff in there - I loved these sheets with the little drawings of the Eiffel Tower and other French stuff, but being the good Republican that I am, I gotta boycott that stuff. I'd do that German boycott too but they haven't been as vocal as Jacques Chirac has been against us... besides, I love German cars way too much. I'm pissed France, Germany and Russia want a piece of the action now, after what they did before the war and after we (the US and Britian mostly) put in all the effort... damn "Axis of Weasel" trying to jump on the bandwagon now.
Eileen was flipping through the People Magazine with Jessica Lynch on the cover (I admire her so much, I couldn't have done half the shit she did) and there were pictures of Russell Crowe's wedding to Danielle Spencer. I don't like his long hair but he has it for a movie role... I think if I was getting married to someone, I'd wait til they can look their best - like Brad Pitt at his wedding. The newly crowned Mrs. Crowe looked great and I wish them all the best.
Oh my god... I seriously want to rip my head off and kick it into the ocean or something. On top of all the shit going on in my personal life and me trying to get over not living with Dante anymore, I have to deal with a stupid stupid and believe me when I say stupid assistant, tax season is down to the wire, the time change is still throwing me off, I'm broke until payday (when I get a huge ass check because of all the overtime I worked), and now I have immigration issues to deal with... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I cannot deal with this new girl anymore. My work piled up from the last assistant because I was sick of correcting things he did and he's not half as bad as this girl. I have tried to be mega-patient because my old boss Mona used to tell me she liked that I ask questions instead of do things wrong but I don't think Mona can stand this many questions. She has been here 2 weeks now and she's still asking the same questions. I've mostly been giving her filing to do to get her out of our way but she comes in every 2 minutes asking where the client's files are even though she filed something in there 2 days ago. Every deposit she does, she comes in asking what the "account" section and the "memo" section should say (when we enter it in Quickbooks) for that particular check, even if she's already done a similar check the last deposit day. I wish Stan hired someone who knew a little about entertainment and what shows are on TV. I guess I take it for granted I know the clients well and I know what each client specializes in - acting, directing or writing. The checks that come in would either be income or residuals for the particular specialization and 99% of the time it'll say on the check what its for and if it doesn't say, SAG will send us a list a month or so later and for now we'd just write SAG in the memo section. In the memo section, we'd put the name of the project (also written on the check) just for our knowledge. We get weekly checks for a lot of our clients - same production company, same amount, same project... and she's still asking what to write under account/memo - it says "Royalties" and "Dawson's Creek" (capitalized and bolded) on the check stub!! She doesn't even have to enter everything every time - I saved the weekly checks as "memorized transactions" and all she has to do is pull up the memorized transaction and change the date! And thats just deposits... On the checks, she spells things wrong and it looks totally unprofessional, she doesn't put the account number on the memo section of the check... aaargh!! It's like she's never written a check or paid a bill before in her life. She came in here with the credit card statement that she's coding (categorizing expenses) and she asks what's that?... geez, it says "PAYMENT" on the thing, what do you think that means?? dammit.
I cannot deal with this new girl anymore. My work piled up from the last assistant because I was sick of correcting things he did and he's not half as bad as this girl. I have tried to be mega-patient because my old boss Mona used to tell me she liked that I ask questions instead of do things wrong but I don't think Mona can stand this many questions. She has been here 2 weeks now and she's still asking the same questions. I've mostly been giving her filing to do to get her out of our way but she comes in every 2 minutes asking where the client's files are even though she filed something in there 2 days ago. Every deposit she does, she comes in asking what the "account" section and the "memo" section should say (when we enter it in Quickbooks) for that particular check, even if she's already done a similar check the last deposit day. I wish Stan hired someone who knew a little about entertainment and what shows are on TV. I guess I take it for granted I know the clients well and I know what each client specializes in - acting, directing or writing. The checks that come in would either be income or residuals for the particular specialization and 99% of the time it'll say on the check what its for and if it doesn't say, SAG will send us a list a month or so later and for now we'd just write SAG in the memo section. In the memo section, we'd put the name of the project (also written on the check) just for our knowledge. We get weekly checks for a lot of our clients - same production company, same amount, same project... and she's still asking what to write under account/memo - it says "Royalties" and "Dawson's Creek" (capitalized and bolded) on the check stub!! She doesn't even have to enter everything every time - I saved the weekly checks as "memorized transactions" and all she has to do is pull up the memorized transaction and change the date! And thats just deposits... On the checks, she spells things wrong and it looks totally unprofessional, she doesn't put the account number on the memo section of the check... aaargh!! It's like she's never written a check or paid a bill before in her life. She came in here with the credit card statement that she's coding (categorizing expenses) and she asks what's that?... geez, it says "PAYMENT" on the thing, what do you think that means?? dammit.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
I set up Eileen on instant messaging now and its great because instead of our bosses hearing us chat all day, they'll hear us typing and think we're working extra hard. And, we can talk about them without them knowing. I think it was easy to figure out who we were talking about before - we nicknamed the new girl Kiwi (long story, its the whole Steph and 'grapefruit' thing), our boss Stan is Bonehead and the managing partner is Fatso. The best thing about IMing someone right next to you is that you dont have to use the smilies and the heehees when you laugh...
I had a great dream last night but it was so hard to wake up this morning - I went to bed at 3:30am for no reason at all except that I thought I wasn't tired. This whole week has been like this. I curse myself when I wake up and I tell myself to go to bed earlier that night and I do it all over again! That dream was amazing - It was my birthday and we had a little party... Oh - I was dating Justin Guarini and he sang "The Look of Love" to me, kinda like in the movie Family Man when Nicholas Cage sang to Tea Leoni. Those amazing eyes, that charming smile and that great voice... I loved Justin and he kept telling me he loved me in the song... Woke up with a smile on my face for the first time in a long time. I've had dreams like this but not in a while - back in high school, I had a dream about Grant Pearsall (football player from my high school, All OC Player of the Year, signed with USC and started at free safety, signed with Dallas but didn't make the team). I also had dreams about the guy I sat next to in Spanish class - Sam, and this random cute guy I saw on my way to the cafeteria at lunch - Charb.
KIWI is driving us nuts! I don't know how I get along so well with my friends, the way Eileen and I act. I understand she's new, she's the nicest person and I've been MEGA-patient with her, but it is seriously like trying to teach my mom how to do something. My mom barely speaks English and she's never used a computer before. This girl, oops, I mean "woman," (thats what Stan told us last week - a "woman" is starting on Monday) is a Cal State LA grad but she's about 10 years older than me... she smells like mothballs, I have to explain everything to her a couple times, even when she takes notes, and she can't write hard enough on the deposit slips to make the carbon copy. Glad to get that off my chest. Back to trying to be patient. I know Stan was desperate for someone to start during tax season and the qualified girl he hired quit before she started. I was complaining to my family that she's worse than teaching mom and dad something and Paulo (my younger bro) said, "Hey, lay off on mom and dad. You mean, the first time you sat in front of a computer, you didn't pick up the mouse, swirl it in the air and ask how it works?"
I had a great dream last night but it was so hard to wake up this morning - I went to bed at 3:30am for no reason at all except that I thought I wasn't tired. This whole week has been like this. I curse myself when I wake up and I tell myself to go to bed earlier that night and I do it all over again! That dream was amazing - It was my birthday and we had a little party... Oh - I was dating Justin Guarini and he sang "The Look of Love" to me, kinda like in the movie Family Man when Nicholas Cage sang to Tea Leoni. Those amazing eyes, that charming smile and that great voice... I loved Justin and he kept telling me he loved me in the song... Woke up with a smile on my face for the first time in a long time. I've had dreams like this but not in a while - back in high school, I had a dream about Grant Pearsall (football player from my high school, All OC Player of the Year, signed with USC and started at free safety, signed with Dallas but didn't make the team). I also had dreams about the guy I sat next to in Spanish class - Sam, and this random cute guy I saw on my way to the cafeteria at lunch - Charb.
KIWI is driving us nuts! I don't know how I get along so well with my friends, the way Eileen and I act. I understand she's new, she's the nicest person and I've been MEGA-patient with her, but it is seriously like trying to teach my mom how to do something. My mom barely speaks English and she's never used a computer before. This girl, oops, I mean "woman," (thats what Stan told us last week - a "woman" is starting on Monday) is a Cal State LA grad but she's about 10 years older than me... she smells like mothballs, I have to explain everything to her a couple times, even when she takes notes, and she can't write hard enough on the deposit slips to make the carbon copy. Glad to get that off my chest. Back to trying to be patient. I know Stan was desperate for someone to start during tax season and the qualified girl he hired quit before she started. I was complaining to my family that she's worse than teaching mom and dad something and Paulo (my younger bro) said, "Hey, lay off on mom and dad. You mean, the first time you sat in front of a computer, you didn't pick up the mouse, swirl it in the air and ask how it works?"
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
TOP TEN REASONS WHY I SHOULD BE HAPPY DANTE MOVED OUT:
10. Save money on toilet paper - he uses half a roll everytime he goes to the bathroom. Save money on groceries too. Also save time and money on laundry.
9. No more listening to neighbors complain about anything and everything he does. He is a pain in the ass to a lot of people though.
8. No more trying to watch TV while someone is chatting on the phone. I can watch my sitcoms or reality shows or war coverage in peace. No more fighting for phone time either. No more fighting for computer time - its all me baby!
7. No girls calling every 10 minutes asking for him - actually it was this one pathetic girl he met online who calls him every night, every 10 minutes and if I pick up the phone and say he's not here, she'll wait a whole 30 minutes before calling again. He doesn't want to talk to her either, even when he was home. The magic of Caller ID - I think she thinks when we don't pick up the phone, we don't know who called and how many times.
6. More room in bed - I can sleep in any direction I feel like. More room in the closets and the drawers and the room is cleaner. And, my carpet doesn't serve as a napkin anymore.
5. I don't ever have to see that gross neighbor downstairs anymore. I don't have to smell his stinky body odor in the apartment anymore. Idiot also smokes marijuana too and you know that stinks.
4. No more listening to a bunch of bullshit promises I know are lies anyway - Oh wait, I still have to... and I get more of that than when he lived with me.
3. I can start surrounding myself with intelligent people again. No more dealing with Dante and the low-class people he chooses to associate with. I want to hang out with more people with the same background as me (college educated), who can also understand Conan O'Brien and Dennis Miller jokes, who have seen every episode of Seinfeld and who knows a little about politics, etc. Bring it on!
2. I needed to get over it sometime anyway. It wasn't ever going to work out and this way he's out of my life completely. I'm 100% single instead of 50% single. First move - Thomas, the apartment manager! :)
1. I can stop having to act like a mother to an unappreciative and irresponsible kid. Dude, there's a reason you're still unemployed!
I don't know if I mean everything on the list. I'm just trying to get it in my head that I'm better off not living with Dante.
10. Save money on toilet paper - he uses half a roll everytime he goes to the bathroom. Save money on groceries too. Also save time and money on laundry.
9. No more listening to neighbors complain about anything and everything he does. He is a pain in the ass to a lot of people though.
8. No more trying to watch TV while someone is chatting on the phone. I can watch my sitcoms or reality shows or war coverage in peace. No more fighting for phone time either. No more fighting for computer time - its all me baby!
7. No girls calling every 10 minutes asking for him - actually it was this one pathetic girl he met online who calls him every night, every 10 minutes and if I pick up the phone and say he's not here, she'll wait a whole 30 minutes before calling again. He doesn't want to talk to her either, even when he was home. The magic of Caller ID - I think she thinks when we don't pick up the phone, we don't know who called and how many times.
6. More room in bed - I can sleep in any direction I feel like. More room in the closets and the drawers and the room is cleaner. And, my carpet doesn't serve as a napkin anymore.
5. I don't ever have to see that gross neighbor downstairs anymore. I don't have to smell his stinky body odor in the apartment anymore. Idiot also smokes marijuana too and you know that stinks.
4. No more listening to a bunch of bullshit promises I know are lies anyway - Oh wait, I still have to... and I get more of that than when he lived with me.
3. I can start surrounding myself with intelligent people again. No more dealing with Dante and the low-class people he chooses to associate with. I want to hang out with more people with the same background as me (college educated), who can also understand Conan O'Brien and Dennis Miller jokes, who have seen every episode of Seinfeld and who knows a little about politics, etc. Bring it on!
2. I needed to get over it sometime anyway. It wasn't ever going to work out and this way he's out of my life completely. I'm 100% single instead of 50% single. First move - Thomas, the apartment manager! :)
1. I can stop having to act like a mother to an unappreciative and irresponsible kid. Dude, there's a reason you're still unemployed!
I don't know if I mean everything on the list. I'm just trying to get it in my head that I'm better off not living with Dante.
Thursday, April 03, 2003
Jim Carrey's ex-wife says his daughter can't live on $10,000 a month... geez. I wonder how much he pays in addition for alimony per month (if its not included in the $10k). The ex is saying she can't give the daughter the life she has when she is with her dad (10% of the time) and in order to do that, she needs to move to a new residence or build a $200,000 addition to their house, etc. I know Jim Carrey can totally afford it, but still. Don't ask for more money under the pretense that its for the kid, not for you. My client pays his ex-wife $6,000 a month for alimony and child support and the kid just turned 18 - we're not sure if she can live on $2,000 less a month so they're going to have to come to an agreement about something.
Is it wrong to make fun of people who aren't as bright as you (not to their face of course)? I turned Dante into a Republican a while back and yesterday he was having an argument with this Democrat but he was IMing me asking what to say. I'm assuming this girl is uneducated too cause thats the type of people he likes to hang around. At one point, she was blaming Bush for the economy and I just threw in Reagan, "trickle-down economics", the first Bush, business cycles, Alan Greenspan and his interest rate changes, how the economy was going up when Bush left office, how the economy was bad already when Bush II came into office and how it takes time to make a change. Then I talked about how Bush really doesn't have that much power in that sense because he can't pass anything without the approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Democrats had control of the Senate until this last election in 2002, yada yada yada. I was IMing Mike at the same time and telling him what I was doing and saying how they're just gonna take it cause it sounds like I know what I'm talking about. Then Mike IMs me back, "yeah, they're going to ask about the House of Representatives and the Senate - they're in Washington DC right?" I reply, "Is it a real House?" and he says, "Apartment of Representatives". Then she gets into the war and how Bush is only doing it to finish what his dad started and I go off about how we had different objectives back then (to get Iraq out of Kuwait) and then I told him to read her that thing I posted a couple days ago about how Bush would be blamed for not taking action when Saddam finally does use his weapons of mass destruction, etc... Dante IMs me, "baby, I love you. I love me a woman who knows her stuff. you should go into politics" so I'm assuming she conceded.
Is it wrong to make fun of people who aren't as bright as you (not to their face of course)? I turned Dante into a Republican a while back and yesterday he was having an argument with this Democrat but he was IMing me asking what to say. I'm assuming this girl is uneducated too cause thats the type of people he likes to hang around. At one point, she was blaming Bush for the economy and I just threw in Reagan, "trickle-down economics", the first Bush, business cycles, Alan Greenspan and his interest rate changes, how the economy was going up when Bush left office, how the economy was bad already when Bush II came into office and how it takes time to make a change. Then I talked about how Bush really doesn't have that much power in that sense because he can't pass anything without the approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Democrats had control of the Senate until this last election in 2002, yada yada yada. I was IMing Mike at the same time and telling him what I was doing and saying how they're just gonna take it cause it sounds like I know what I'm talking about. Then Mike IMs me back, "yeah, they're going to ask about the House of Representatives and the Senate - they're in Washington DC right?" I reply, "Is it a real House?" and he says, "Apartment of Representatives". Then she gets into the war and how Bush is only doing it to finish what his dad started and I go off about how we had different objectives back then (to get Iraq out of Kuwait) and then I told him to read her that thing I posted a couple days ago about how Bush would be blamed for not taking action when Saddam finally does use his weapons of mass destruction, etc... Dante IMs me, "baby, I love you. I love me a woman who knows her stuff. you should go into politics" so I'm assuming she conceded.
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