I made sure I came to work on time / a little early this morning because a client's assistant was going to stop by and pick up some packages for the client. He made it sound like he wanted to stop by as early as possible but now its 9:30am and he's not here yet. I'm so sleepy - I only got 4 full hours of sleep last night because I took a nap around 9pm and then Dante called me and woke me up. I fell asleep again around midnight and guess who calls me again and wakes me up. I took a shower around 2am and I was still fully awake at 3:30am. I need to go get the smog check done on my car and I need to go to AAA to get my renewal stickers ASAP but I think I'm just gonna go home at lunch and SLEEP!

New $20 Bill - It took 67 years to redesign the bill to the one we're using today and now, 7 years later, they redesign it again?? I still can't believe it's already been 7 years since the last new $20 bill came out. It will always be the NEW bill to me. I guess I'm old school like that - I'm still calling Costco - Price Club... I think it went from Price Club to Price Costco and now its just Costco. I still remember how Sav-on Drugs changed their name to Osco Drugs and then changed it back. Rite-Aid will always be Thrifty to me (how wrong does Rite-Aid ice cream sound?? It should always be known as Thrifty's ice cream). Albertsons bought out Lucky's... The Great Western Forum loses its advertising value when there are no more Great Western Banks. What went first? The buyout or the Lakers and Kings moving out of there? Maria and I had this conversation a couple years ago and she brought up something I vaguely vaguely remember - Ralphs used to be Alpha Beta!

Yippee! Stan is leaving tomorrow to go to a convention in Vegas. I swear, this is the first time he's left for a couple days since I've started working here (November of 2001). I think he had some kind of surgery last year and he was back in the office 2 days later. I wish Eileen were here to help me enjoy the 2 1/2 or 3 1/2 days (not sure yet) but she's still on vacation...

Oh yeah - and my roommate told me yesterday she was moving out. Oh well :). I'll do the usual ads in westsiderentals and probably the Daily Bruin and hopefully I'll find a roommate who isn't a prick like this one was. Eileen was talking about how we can scheme to kick her out so Eileen could move back in but its probably all talk. Dante didn't move in (kinda, sorta) until after Eileen moved out but it would've been fun for the three of us to live together. Anyway, if you guys know anyone who needs an apartment in Palms - $600/month for a private bedroom/bathroom in a 2BR/2BA apartment, just call or email me. I would say that Dante won't be around much but he just told me he's stuck paying $1000/month (by himself) for that apartment in Pasadena so I know he's not going to be able to keep that apartment for long (oooh, he's paid rent for 1 freakin month and he's already complaining) - I give it another month. He just lost another job after working there 2 weeks and he's going back to security guard work. Even if he finds 2 security guard jobs, how is he supposed to pay $1000/month for rent, $300 for his car (which is still in the shop), $200 for his car insurance, at least $100 for utilities, $$ for food, etc... ha, good luck sucka! Oops, am I sounding too mean or bitter? :)