So, no one won the lotto last night. I think we got the mega-number right in one of our 65 chances. Whoohoo! A buck split 13 ways. They don't do it right... you gotta go to the ghetto to buy the tickets, not West LA. How many times do you hear of someone from this part of LA winning anything? Give Dante $5, he'll go to the ghetto to buy some tickets and increase our chance of winning.

I was watching Making the Band II last night and damn, these kids don't appreciate the opportunity they have been given. Every episode there's a fight (everyone) or someone not working hard (everyone) or someone taking off when they're not supposed to (Babs) or someone saying they're gonna quit cause they didn't get their hair done (Babs) because the person who answered the phone (Ness) didn't wake her up. Yeah, dumbasses. Stop bitching and moaning and start writing some songs! They complain about what P. Diddy wants them to do and he's only doing that to keep their heads from swelling up. P. Diddy even helped one guy (Dylan) stay out of jail. I'd be kissing his ass if I was Dylan. Diddy can be an ass but get used to it. There are plenty of asses in the world and they are like that cause they can be. Good thing these kids aren't working for Suge. Successful people have a great work ethic. I don't like J. Lo but she works her ass off. So does Mariah, Britney, et. al. On yesterday's episode, P. Diddy was giving them this talk about work ethic or whatever and Frederick fell asleep sucking his thumb. WTF?? The American Idols people work hard and I'm not saying that cause I love Justin. Eden's Crush and O-Town never fought as much as these kids ('Da Band', yeah, that's their name. Recipe for success right there.) do, as far as I can remember.

I'm looking out my window and oh my god, that lady in the BMW can't drive!! She spent the last 15 minutes trying to get into that spot. For those of you that don't know, THIS is the view from my window. My desk faces the window and I look down on the little plaza all day. (BTW, the Chinese food place in that plaza totally sucks). I took that picture weeks ago cause I was bored. See that structure on the top left? Thats Westside Pavilion. I work that close to Westside Pavilion and I hardly ever go there.

CA Lotto Time again - the jackpot is at $41 mil so the office is doing another pool and I just wasted $5. We NEVER win anything but we don't want to be the only one left out just in case this is the time. $41 mil split up between the 13 people who did go in on the pool wouldn't amount to too much after taxes but its something (it'll come out to like $1.5 mil per person after the lump sum and after taxes I think). I keep thinking that winning the lotto is a once in a lifetime thing and you don't want to waste your once in a lifetime on a small jackpot.

Eileen and I were talking about what we'd do if we won. Buy property, pay off my car, sell it and get a new Audi... We'd still work because what else are we gonna do all day? My roommate and I have a pact that we'd dump our boyfriends if we won the lotto. Her boyfriend is actually good to her too. Dante is an asshole so I'd be better off dumping him anyway, even if I didn't win. I've told my mom I'd pay off their mortgage if I ever won the lotto and I found out a couple weeks ago they only financed about 25% of the value of the house and the cost of upgrades so I wouldn't have to pay too much :).

I watched Sex and the City again last night. "Hot Dog" (Berger) was a complete asshole for what he did at the end. I'm done dealing with moody men. Where are all the fun ones??!? I'm not moody and I don't feel like having to deal with a guy who is. Anyway, back to Sex and the City. Baryshnikov Swoons for "Sex". They're gonna have some Russian dancer who is way older than Carrie be the final man she falls in love with, before ending the series. I'm depressed now cause I wanted her to either end up with David Duchovny's new character or Mr. Big. I even liked her with Berger! Wow, too much analyzing for a TV character's life. Do they still sell the DVDs to Season 4 at Costco?? I still need to get that one.

I had to get Burger King for lunch today because I was watching Big Brother for some reason last night and they brought in Burger King food. Looked way too good and I was craving it all last night but I was too lazy to get in the car so I decided to just go today. Tasted so good. Damn, they got me with that 'product placement'.

My day was just brightened - The Onion | Gigli Focus Groups Demand New Ending In Which Both Affleck And Lopez Die - don't know what the movie was about, don't really plan on seeing it. Didn't even watch the Dateline interview they did a couple weeks ago. Rumor has it, Ben wants to run for Congress and they're trying to makeover J-Lo into the sweet loving politician's wife, with Ben wearing the pants in the relationship. The Smoking Gun came out with this story a little while ago about how Ben has voted once in the past ten years, and it wasn't in 2000, when he joined Al Gore on his campaign to get out the youth vote. How does someone so blah get named Sexiest Man Alive?? By being associated with Jennifer Lopez?? J-Lo wasn't even a huge name until she dated P. Diddy. Oh well, as long as they're happy. But I'm willing to bet my "lotto winnings" this marriage won't last :).

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FUNNY THINGS ABOUT MEN

Men are like ... Laxatives ...They irritate the shit out of you.
Men are like ... Bananas ... The older they get, the less firm they are.
Men are like ... Vacations ... They never seem to be long enough.
Men are like ... Weather ... Nothing can be done to change them.
Men are like ... Blenders ... You need One, but you're not quite sure why.
Men are like ... Chocolate Bars ... Sweet, smooth, & they usually head right for your hips.
Men are like ... Coffee ... The best ones are rich, warm, & can keep you up all night long.
Men are like ... Commercials ... You can't believe a word they say.
Men are like ... Department Stores ... Their clothes are always 1/2 off.
Men are like ... Government Bonds ... They take soooooooo long to mature.
Men are like ... Mascara ... They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
Men are like ... Popcorn ... They satisfy you, but only for a little while.
Men are like ... Snowstorms ... You never know when they're coming or how many inches you'll get.
Men are like ... Lava Lamps ... Fun to look at, but not very bright.
Men are like ... Parking Spots ... All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.

Maybe I'm just paranoid but ever since I took my car into the dealer two months ago, I've been having more and more problems. My car has too many miles so its not under warranty anymore. Do you think the dealer would intentionally do stuff to your car so you'd have to go back in? I had all these repairs done two months ago, then I had to replace some chip on my engine two weeks ago and now my ABS light is on and the Brake light is flashing. What the hell?? I can't afford to fix every damn thing on that car and I didn't have problems until after I went to the dealer to get the check engine light off!

Andy messaged me Friday night - "Come over! We're having a party." He's the king of not giving anyone any notice. Anyway, I went, and Asha was there - I hadn't talked to her in months. Everyone assumed I was an engineer major at UCLA cause I knew all of them so well. I had to tell them, no, I met Andy through his ex-girlfriend Denise and I met Asha through Andy. Asha was saying she didn't know Andy was dating Denise until a couple months after they got together, when she saw them kiss. Shocked the hell out of her. :) Denise and I used to go to all the UCLA games with a group of people and one day, she just introduced him as "This is Andy. He's going to go to the games with us." That was it.

The whole incident made me think about how I meet people and who stays in my life. I've been friends with Mike the longest and we met in junior high band. I don't even think we were that close back then. I switched school so often in elementary school that I didn't have the same classmates/friends for more than a couple years. I started being friends with Nozomi after she started dating Mike. I thought Leila was my best friend through junior high and high school but obviously not, we didn't even bother keeping in touch after high school. I was friends with Grace because she was Mike's younger sister and I didn't get to know Grace's best friend Amy until a couple of years later when she started hanging out with me, Mike, Nozomi and Grace and now Amy is one of my closest friends. We had so much in common we just started hanging out together.

I met most of my current friends in college, most of them freshman year. Jenny was the first friend I met at UCLA because her friend Noelle was in my orientation group. I think we all went in UCLA as history majors but graduated as something else. Steph lived down the hall in Sunset Village. Steve lived next door and we became friends after my "is that the Hut guy?" comment - he had a picture of Darth Vader on his door and I'd never seen Star Wars before. We became friends with Jennifer and Monica after they started making fun of me for that also. I picked up a few more friends later on in college but I don't talk to/see them as often.

I've only picked up 2 significant people in my life since I graduated college. Dante and Eileen. Eileen and I met at work, had a lot in common, got an apartment together and we've shared an office since I got my promotion a year ago. I see her the most so she knows everything going on in my life. Dante just came into my life because I had been flirting with someone else and I chose Dante over the other guy. We became boyfriend/girlfriend a week after we met and everything just happened way too quickly in that relationship.

What are the factors that allow a person into your life?? How does a person go from just someone you see on the street to an acquaintance to a friend? What compels you to care about another person enough to entrust them with things that mean a lot to you? Damn, I'm starting to sound a lot like Carrie Bradshaw... I forgot Sex and the City was on last night too so I missed it. This is why I need TIVO! :)

One of our clients is the executive producer for a show on the Lifetime network and this actress sent us her headshot and acting resume to forward to her. Eileen started bitching about why the client can't produce a show with 4 hot guys instead of all those women. "Lifetime: The Women's Network has shows with mostly women, and now that Spike TV: The Network for Men has shows with mostly women. Where do we have to turn to find shows with MEN??"

I found a new job for all you guys - Chicken Sexer.

Oh my god - it's done!! 100 Things About Me. Took me about a week to do it so I've been neglecting this page. I'll post more later, just need to get some work done first.

Saddam�s sons killed in U.S. raid: "The United States had offered a $25 million bounty for Saddam and $15 million for each of his sons. Sanchez said that the raid Tuesday morning was based on �a walk-in tip� from an Iraqi source and that the U.S. government expected to pay the reward."

Wow - someone is $30 million richer today. Hey, there's still $25 million up for grabs... hmmmm.

I talked to the headhunter about my interview this morning and after the conversation, she said there is another company in West LA she wants to submit my resume to. She told me the name of the company and I started laughing because we lost a big client to them last year. Of course I would love to work there! I think right now, I'm just looking for big companies in office towers that pay around $5000 more than I'm getting right now (after the raise). Cute boys in those towers would be a plus.

I went to Beverly Hills this morning to interview with a business management company (I had to go because I've rescheduled 3 times already and the guy still wanted to see me) and I'm not sure how it went, they do exactly what I do here so I know I'm qualified... Anyway, I'm giddy right now because when I got off the elevator in the lobby, I saw a guy who looked just like Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees! Coulda been him for all I know, going to see his business manager, etc. (The company I interviewed with does business management for celebrities also but mostly television producers, writers, etc.) Except, it was 8:45am and I don't know if celebs wake up that early. I'll definitely take his look-a-like. Nick is married anyway. I also saw another cute white boy when I got into the other elevator to get to the garage. I miss working in office towers with lobbies and lots of companies - you meet so many people who you don't work with. Cute employed white boys... what a concept. Also, what a change from my normal cute unemployed black boys.

My old roommate must've hated Dante so much she moved out to move into the next building. I think all her hate started when Dante was in the living room talking to the idiot who lived downstairs and they said something about my roommate being fat (I think she's 6'0, 180 lbs at least... big boned). Anyway, so glad she moved out and my current roommate moved in. The atmosphere at the apartment is so much nicer, more like an apartment instead of just 2 people living in 2 rooms with the doors shut 90% of the time. I found out she moved next door when my neighbor mentioned something to me about it and I saw a car like hers parked in the garage over there. But I still wasn't sure until I was taking out the trash last night and I heard her familiar *cough**cough*. It used to bug me a little to hear that every 10 minutes when she was living with me but damn, if I can hear it from the backyard of a different building... GEEZ.

So, no one told you life was gonna be this way.
Your Job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear.
And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year ...

I don't know how many times I heard that this weekend. Actually, I heard - So, no one and I just pressed the fast forward button on the DVD. I bought all 4 seasons of Friends DVDs on Friday from Best Buy (they had a deal for $40 off if you buy all 4 seasons and that's like a free season right there!) and I spent the entire weekend with that on TV. I love it though - they have so many deleted scenes added on the episodes! Considering the fact I've seen every episode almost 4 million times because of syndication, I can tell when they add a scene I've never seen before.

So, because I watched so much Friends (I'd turn off the DVD when the channel 5 syndication came on, watch that episode and go back to the DVD afterwards), I didn't get a chance to blog about the Kobe thing. I think it was consensual but who the hell knows. There are seriously tons of girls who'd do it with him willingly so what makes her so special that he'd try to rape her? And another thing, have I been hanging around assholes (Dante & Co.) so long I'm not even surprised he could cheat? They're all the same. Not to offend anyone, but are there ANY black guys (cute/decent looking ones) out there who are faithful?? And if there are and you're single, can you e-mail me? heehee, just joking. uh, not really. *whispering* e-mail me.

Spike TV to air new 'Joe Schmo' pseudo-reality TV program - Premiering September 7 at 9PM ET, "The Joe Schmo Show' will feature a law-school dropout named Matt Kennedy Gould who thinks he's competing for $100,000 on a "Big Brother"-style reality show called "Lap of Luxury," but is in fact the victim of an elaborate prank designed to torture him. All the other "contestants" (and the "host") are secretly paid actors, and they are all conspiring to make Joe's time on the show miserable. How awesome does that sound?? Oh my god, I've turned into a heartless b*tch. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

I don't know if anyone has ever seen Most Extreme Elimination Challenge on Saturday nights, but that show is hilarious. I watched it once when I was in Santa Barbara and we could not stop laughing. The fastest 30 minutes ever. I love TNN/Spike TV. :)

A lot of drama this week, but I just don't feel like talking about it. I'm stuck in a rut, I need a new man, a new place to live (preferably a place that I own, but I don't see that in my near future), a new job, a new everything. ... working on it ...

A couple years ago, Andy was supposed to introduce me to his friend Stacy (a guy) who looks like Gary Payton... never happened but that's ok - I don't know if I could date a guy who has a girls name :).

I've been feeling BLAH this week. I don't know why. This week has just sucked and I can't pinpoint anything exactly. I spent a lot of time with Dante this week (more than I usually do), I have money in my pockets, I have my car back, the weather is fine... I just don't know what it is and I don't know what it would take to get me happy again. I even went to American Eagle Outfitters and didn't buy anything!! What is wrong with me??

At least I have my car back now. I made these mix CDs a week ago and I've barely been able to listen to one CD - when your commute is 1.8 miles (according to yahoo maps) and it takes you 5 minutes to get to work, you only get to hear one song per trip. Anyway, one of my CDs is a sure cheer-me-up. I made 2 80s CDs - one with good songs from the decade, the other with New Kids on the Block (Step by Step, Hanging Tough), Wham! (Wake Me Up Before You Go Go), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Relax), J. Geils Band (Love Stinks)... no matter how mad you are, who wouldn't start laughing when they hear...

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
[Rap:] Just get on the floor and do the New Kids' dance.
Don't worry 'bout nothing 'cause it won't take long.
[Rap:] We're gonna put you in a trance with a funky song, 'cause you gotta be
Hangin' tough, hangin' tough, hangin' tough.
[Rap:] We're rough.

... sung by 5 white boys with funny hair and funny outfits. Thinking about that just cheered me up a bit right now. Puts me in the mood to watch The Wedding Singer tonight.

One of the girls here quit a couple weeks ago and last Friday was her last day. She was driving to West LA all the way from Temple City everyday. I don't know how she did it and why she did it for so long - I found out how much they were paying her here and DAMN, I'm surprised she stayed that long. I heard she got a government job closer to where she lived that paid almost twice what she was getting here. I thought they were paying her way more than they really were. She has an MBA and she was working for that cheap?? It took her an hour and a half each way in traffic everyday and she still did it. I complain about the three lights and six stop signs I have on my way to work! :) I don't know why people would commute anymore, especially in LA traffic. It just makes the workday that much longer. We work 9-6 but if you have a commute, its like you're working 7:30a to 7:30p everyday, if you're lucky and there aren't any accidents. My workday is 8:55a to 6:05p and I love it. I miss out on morning radio talk shows though. They're usually playing commercials or music (the one random song they play every morning) during that time. Oh well, I'll deal.

I have such a crush on Tony Blair and I don't know why!! Guess I'm just power hungry these days.

AAWWWW... now that's what I like to see! :)

I had the longest day today. I took the afternoon off to go pick up my car in Norwalk. I can't tell you how much I miss my car. No more ugly ass guys honking at me at the bus stop :). Anyway, Dante took me to get my car and we left West LA at 2pm to "beat the traffic". We did beat a little traffic but the car wasn't ready yet so I ended up waiting at the dealer til 6pm!! In that time, we looked at a couple Porsches, Audis and BMWs and talked to a salesman about trading my car in because my lease is up soon. They told me my payment right now is really low ($437/month including tax) and if I traded in my car to get a new car, my payment would go up. I'd trade it in in a second but I am SOOOOO over on mileage on my current lease and its probably better for me to buy off the car at the end of the lease. The salesman was telling me how much better it would be to get a brand new car with 0 miles, warranty, clean slate, etc... of course it would be, but my raise wasn't that high!

I had to go back to Orange County tonight too - my sister in law is going back to Taiwan tomorrow (actually, today cause its 1:40am) and we had to go see the nephew one last time. My sister picked me up and we went together. My sis got these new TV screens (for DVDs and video games) put into her car (on the back of the headrests) and she was trying to hide it from my parents because they'd yell at them for spending more money. I know if I did trade my car in and get a new one and manage to hide it from my parents (cause thats gonna be a huge lecture), my sis would rat me out first chance she gets... scenario: my parents find out about the TV screens and they'll divert attention away from themselves and tell my parents, Lucy got a new car!

The repeat of one of the funniest Friends episodes ever was on tonight - it was "The One Where Ross got High" - Thanksgiving dinner, Monica and Ross's parents are joining them and Monica and Ross ended up ratting each other out on everything. The whole yelling part was funny but my favorite part of the episode was when they found out Rachel messed up on her "beef truffle dessert" because the pages in the recipe book were stuck together and Joey immediately yells out, "Chandler!"

Dems Blame White House for Iraq Claim - OH MY GOD... It was 16 freakin words in a speech that was probably hundreds of thousands of words long. So sick of seeing those stories on my My Yahoo news page. And it wasn't the ONLY reason we went to war. It was based on British intelligence (that they got from the French) and that they still stand by. LET IT GO! To be fair, I was getting sick of the whole Bill Clinton lied thing a couple years ago and I started feeling sorry for him after the Republicans attacked him on it. Difference here is Bush didn't "lie" intentionally - intelligence isn't perfect - if it were, we wouldn't have any problems.

Find Your Spot - Find out where you were "meant to" live. What the hell? I got Seattle 1st, New York City 2nd, Kent, Washington 3rd, Wilmington, Delaware 4th and so on. I thought I was Westside (LA) til I die. LA didn't even show up anywhere on that list and there are 24 cities on the list. I wouldn't mind Washington DC or anywhere in Hawaii either but those weren't on the list. Oh well.

I talked about making a decision last week and sticking to it. Its hard to stick to something when you're getting good offers! Well, I haven't gotten those offers yet but I've gotten the opportunity to get those offers. I sent out a couple resumes the first week of July and after my bosses told me they were giving me a raise, I just stopped all job search activities. Then I was hearing back from the jobs that I did apply to. On Friday, a company called me to interview me - its another business management company with entertainment industry clientele (exactly like the one I'm with right now except bigger company, more and better clients) in Santa Monica by the beach. They liked my resume and they liked the fact that I was already doing what they do. I remember applying to the job too - they offer around $10,000 more than I make at my current company, even after my big raise. I'm going to go to this interview just to see what happens. I have to reschedule though because my check engine light in my car started blinking and I had it towed to the dealer today so I'm carless at least until the end of the day tomorrow.

Dante has been really PMSy lately and its pissing me off because he's taking it out on me. I was talking to him today and I think I've figured out why. He has been sending out hundreds of resumes the last couple months and he hasn't gotten any legit opportunities for good jobs. I sent out 7 resumes 2 weeks ago and I got 3 calls from companies that offer good salaries. Then, my company gives me a raise without me having to demand one. It pisses him off because he thinks my life has been so easy and that I haven't had to work for anything but I worked DAMN hard for my UCLA degree and who cares if my parents paid for my education? My parents worked hard to give me opportunities for a better life, just like I'd like to do for my kids if I ever have any. I'm not going to apologize for them. Also, I know that when you start a new job, you have to prove to them what a hard worker you are and show them what you can do. When he does get a good opportunity, he shows up late to work every other day, he spends a lot of time on the phone on personal calls and he emails personal shit. Companies keep track of that stuff, dumbass, especially on your probationary period! Thats why he's stuck at the low-end jobs he has right now. I offered to help him pay for his education a couple months ago but the idiot hasn't even checked to see where he wants to go and what he wants to study. He SAYS he wants to be an actor (like every other person in LA) and I have producer/director/writer clients who can possibly help him out. I've invited him with me to some client parties so he can meet these people but he flakes on me every time. My other boss Jay has told me that if someone isn't completely motivated, they won't make it in the industry, so I've stopped trying to help Dante out with his "acting". I need to get him out of my life because people like that only bring you down.

I found a new show to watch - Stripped on the STYLE Network. The show shows you how beauty products are made. I am such a product junkie (less so these last two years because I've been broke), but I'm sure Monica can vouch for me - I had a million products in the bathroom we shared in college - makeup, shampoos, body scrubs, body washes, lotions, etc. I'd use them 2 or 3 times, get sick of them and buy something new next time I went shopping. I've become way better though - there are only 3 sets of shampoo/conditioners in my bathroom right now.

Oooh! My client is on the X-Files right now! I love my current clients but I'm curious to see who that other company represents. Jay has awesome clients too. I can't make up my mind!!

My horoscope for the day:

Dear LUCY, This is an important day for you to make valuable connections with others, LUCY. You will find yourself engaged in fast paced, witty conversations and debates from which you can learn a great deal. You are good at seeing both sides of an issue, but the problem is that this can lead to indecisiveness and an inability to make commitments. Choose a path today and stick to it.

I'm trying to figure out if I should cancel the interview I have set up this afternoon. You guys know how I sent out some resumes last week and I met with a headhunter yesterday morning right? Yesterday I get called into the big boss's office and I was wondering what I did wrong because I usually don't have to deal with him. Turns out its time for performance reviews (July 1st) and they're giving me a big raise and they really want me to stay. I don't know what to do now. The headhunter called me this morning and had 2 companies interested in me. I'm such a wimp I'll go on all those interviews because it would be easier than calling and cancelling (because I don't want them to have an unfavorable opinion of me and I wouldn't want that to somehow get around to other companies).

Eileen was on the phone just now and she used the word "snippy". I just started laughing because it just hit me that was one of Al Gore's words during the debates in 2000. Steve and I were talking about those debates last weekend... and the Saturday Night Live parodies of them. Al Gore's sighing, interrupting, "snippy," "lockbox"... George W. Bush's "strategery," "fuzzy math," "Don't mess with Texas!"... Darrell Hammond and Will Ferrell were awesome impersonating the two ("*Cough* That was not a sigh!!" ). I found this site with jokes from the campaign. Good times.

Eileen was cracking me up on Monday. She said she was trying to be nice to the assistant because "it's Monday, it's early and I think I have B.O." Amy and Andy recently saw a picture of Eileen and they were surprised because they said the way I talk about Eileen, they thought she was old, white, ugly and fat. (Amy and Andy don't know each other either, they both told me this though). Do I really give that impression of her? For the record, she is in her 30s, Filipino, pretty and normal sized (Dante says she has thick thighs but I think she's about the same size I am).

Little things - old news, but I just forget to post:

Britney: Not Like a Virgin - well, duh... and besides, who wouldn't want to do it with Justin?? heehee, unless you're a guy, of course. well, some guys... nevermind.

Damon Stoudamire, Darrell Armstrong and Kobe were all arrested recently... What is it, "arrest a NBA player" week? I'm still waiting to hear what Kobe did. And that hospital, DNA story makes me really wonder.

Gary Payton is going to be a Laker, Karl Malone might be next. Welcome to the club... but what bothers me is Gary Payton's agent making a big big deal about his client taking less money to win a championship. I commend and love him for doing that, but Rick Fox had been there, done that (taken less money for a chance to win a championship). Lets just hope Kobe clears up his matter before the season starts so we have no distractions.

Whoohoooooooooooooo!! Adrianne won on America's Next Top Model. I can't believe how I got so into the show. Normally, I'm a person who doesn't want to be surprised, I'll look at the spoilers (from the east coast people) to find out who won what - American Idol, Bachelor, Celebrity Mole, Making the Band II, etc... but I wanted to be surprised tonight. I had tears in my eyes when they announced she won. Yeah, I'm pathetic. What am I gonna do Tuesday nights now?? I feel like this whenever some show ends. :( depressed now.

I got tired of looking at Dante's ugly feet today so I took him down to the salon down the street. A pedicure for $10. I was too lazy to take off my old nail polish and reapply polish so I wanted a pedicure also. The butthead wants to go every week to get a pedicure now. Geez. But seriously, his feet are U-G-L-Y... I'll wait til he falls asleep to take a picture of them - you guys won't believe how ugly they are. There were these two nice girls at the salon that looked like models... one of them is in this month's Lucky magazine. I'll have to go check it out.

I was getting depressed yesterday because I sent out resumes last week (about 7 of them) and I had not heard back yet. People were trying to make me feel better last week saying how it was a holiday weekend and people didn't want to start their interviewing processes with a 3-day weekend coming up. When I didn't get any calls yesterday I was sad... But today! Someone (a headhunter) called me at lunch to set up a 15 minute meeting tomorrow morning (I don't count this as an interview though because its not the same thing) and then someone called me in the afternoon to set up an interview Thursday. Phew. I still have "IT". Last time I was looking for a job, it took me a week between the time I sent out resumes and got hired. I sent out 5 resumes and 2 people called me back. I took the first one I got though and that was a mistake. This job that I'm interviewing for on Thursday pays more than I make currently but not as much as the other jobs I've applied to. Oh well, we'll see what happens.

Press conference on Kobe on TV right now. You can totally tell that the DA in Eagle County, Colorado don't have the national TV experience that the DAs in LA do. I'll have to wait til I hear the facts to make my judgment on the case. There are NO charges filed against Kobe yet. These are ALLEGATIONS of a felony, not a misdemeanor - makes me wonder what they think he did. And why the hell did the sheriff's department go to the judge instead of the DA for the arrest warrant? Seems shady to me. Whatevers. Kobe is way too faithful to his wife. And he was in Colorado for arthroscopic surgery ... who finds the time and energy to sexually attack when you're up for surgery??

If it were any of the other Lakers, I would have an easier time believing it (no offense to anyone) - except maybe Rick Fox. He knows he married someone way better than he is :).

Will reporters stop asking the same questions over and over already?? I need to go back to work.

Happy Birthday to the Prez. I was helping out my parents today so I took some reading material home. I just bought Bush at War by Bob Woodward last week and I decided to start reading it. I'm gonna be going through interviews soon and I'm trying to be a more well-rounded person. I'm only through the first 23 pages (too many distractions!) but the one thing I've realized is that not everyone gets along with everyone on Bush's Cabinet. Donald Rumsfeld and Bush's dad didn't get along, Colin Powell and Bush aren't that close, Rumsfeld blamed Cheney for stuff that happened in Gerald Ford's administation, etc. Also CIA director George Tenet had a chance to kill Bin Laden back when Clinton was president (these people (called Seniors) they hired to track Bin Laden wanted to just shoot everyone in Bin Laden's entourage and just run for it) but President Ford had signed a presidential ban on assassination decades ago so they couldn't do anything. All this from 23 pages! And the book is 362 pages.

One of the distractions at home was the Soapnet Channel. I don't get that channel here but my parents have DirecTV. I watched a whole weeks worth of All My Children this afternoon. I can't believe how superior that soap is to Days and Passions. I used to watch All My Children but when I lived with Steph, she got me hooked on Days. Passions was my own fault. I used to watch Sunset Beach before that was cancelled and they replaced it with Passions.

I don't know about this Trading Spaces Family, it isn't cast well. The carpenter and the host are too similar and those are the two people on every episode.

Why are my boys getting in trouble these days?? First Justin Guarini and the waterboat thing and now Kobe?? Part of me wonders if this is overblown because they are celebrities and people just want to take advantage of them to be on the news.

I had a very productive day yesterday... had lunch with Steve (was on-time for once!! or as close to on-time as I can get). Then came home and did nothing til 8:00pm when I realized Bloomingdales was open til 9. Eileen gave two $15 gift cards (from her client) because she hated parking at Century City Shopping Center and the cards were gonna expire today. She also gave me two $25 rewards certificates (also from the client) that expire in September. I decided to go because I needed some new jeans and all the jeans there were at least $120. I just got makeup instead. After I left Century City, I decided to rush over to Westside Pavilion because I had some clothes to return (I bought them back in March) and I got about $80 back. I decided to go to Home Depot afterwards to return these other things and I got $15 back - my old roommate had a PUR filter on our faucet and in order to install that, she had to take off the aerator (I've become an expert on aerators because I've been to Home Depot 4 times to try and find the right size) and I don't know what she did with it so I've been obsessed with trying to fix the thing myself. I got back to the apartment, saw all the dirty clothes here (mine and Dante's) and decided to head to the laundromat. 8 freaking loads!!

Sunday night... work tomorrow. Sucks. I need a life to make my weekends more interesting. At least I have America's Next Top Model to look forward to on Tuesday! Its the finale and I want Adrianne to win but we'll see. I got Jenny hooked on it last week. :) Her friend worked on this show a little bit and she knows who won... hmmmm.

There was a really good episode of While You Were Out on just now. They transformed a patio into an Irish Pub and it looked amazing. Just being able to watch Andrew the carpenter in action is reason enough to watch the show but when the idea and the outcome look amazing, its totally worth it. The host Teresa was wearing a My Little Pony tank top and I noticed she has on the same Tiffanys necklace I do! (its the one thing Dante has given me that I've loved and worn every day - he went to a Dodger game a couple nights ago and gave me a Brian Jordan bobble head doll - said he bought it for me because he was thinking about me when he went to the game... I knew better - it was a promotion giveaway).

Anyways, I found more things to do with my new digital camera - 26 Things International Photographic Scavenger Hunt. So now I have things to do with the camera besides let Dante take stupid pictures of his stupid car.

Still have a buttload of laundry and cleaning to do. Guess I shoulda done something besides sit on my butt all day. :)

What is wrong with me?? Last night I was on my way to Target and at the light, a cute black guy (my age!) in an E-class Benz tried to holla at me but stupid me, I didn't roll my window down. He was cute!!! and he had a Benz!! He was probably tall too. Damn. (I did roll down my window but the light turned green at the same time so oh well...) And the day before, I parked on the street and I was walking to my apartment and my cute young apartment manager Thomas said hi to me. I was like, "oh hi!!" really enthusiastically and we were just walking together but I had nothing else to say to him :(. I've lost my flirting skills and I'm only 25...

Heehee, Eileen is talking about how hideously ugly Nicholas Cage is... I can't believe how much I love the movie The Family Man despite him. That hasn't been on STARZ lately. My life sucks.

VH1 has the 50 Greatest Teen Idols on right now and how can NKOTB be only number 19?? (The website and the show have different rankings - I don't know why) They're the ones who started this whole boy band thing. It was so cool to have anything New Kids back in 5th/6th grade. Michael J. Fox is also on this list #13, I think... Alex P. Keaton is the reason I'm a Republican. I wanted a DeLorean so bad (yeah, I know they're UGLY) and I always thought that even if I messed up anything in life, I could go "back to the future" later in life and fix it. I was 8, what the hell did I know?? Boy, do I wish I had a time machine. It just seems so simple with the flux capacitor and the plutonium. Other teen idols... Scott Baio (#44 New boy in the neighborhood, lives down stairs and it's understood. He's there just to take good care of me, like he's one of the family. Charles in charge of our days and our nights. Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights. So I say I want Charles in charge of me.), #31 Donny and Marie Osmond (Fez had the best line from That '70s Show - "Its hard to work with someone after you have sex with them. I don't know how Donny and Marie do it.").