Who thinks I'm gonna break down and buy this?? I can't believe this is a $20 DVD - I guess they gotta try to make their money any way they can. I noticed that the record companies kinda anticipated Jessica Simpson's new CD sucking so they sold that for $7 debut week... this DVD should be way cheaper! I should just wait until they sell it for $5 at Blockbuster (the previously viewed stuff) - it'll probably be another week or two before they start doing that anyway. :)

Oh - I got a new cell phone and a new cell phone number - email me if you didn't get my email with the new number. The new cell phone is so cool - I've been playing with it all day yesterday and today. It's a Motorola C350g - I guess its a new model cause I can't find too much info, downloads, etc. for it online.

Roommate thing is too complicated to explain. Her boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn't stop talking to other guys. She says they're just friends but we all know those guys want more. So he breaks up with her Sunday night and a guy comes over at 2am that night, then someone else comes around 11a, then when I get home from work, she's hanging out with an ex. Dante and I go see Freddy vs. Jason and when I get home, that ex is still there. Then the boyfriend that just broke up with her comes over and the ex is lying on her bed watching TV... they have a fight in my room and the boyfriend takes off. Then 2 other guys come over with a girl and a little kid... yeah I know - GEEZ. Dante and I are hanging out in my room and one of the guys comes in and was talking to us about how she's saying crazy things about suicide, etc. He says he was over at 2am the night before to make sure she was okay and she was throwing herself all over him, etc. but he didn't do anything because he has a wife (the girl who came with them) and a girlfriend already and he's not interested in her but his friend (one of the guys who was over) was crazy about her. It was about 3am by then and Dante and I were playing around in my room, he was tickling me and throwing me on the bed, etc and the kid was laughing at us. Then I guess my roommate started feeling lonely and she started crying uncontrollably and I had to stay with her in her room to make sure she didn't do anything to herself. I was feeling a little annoyed and I feel bad for saying this but it was one of the few nights Dante spends at my place and I wanted to be with him. Am I too selfish to want that? It was already 4am, I needed sleep because I have to work at 9am and she wouldn't go to sleep. I couldn't find that boyfriend's number so I call her dad and he comes over so I finally went to bed. The next morning, her boyfriend is IMing me telling me how much it hurts, etc. and I tell him how bad things were the night before (I didn't tell him other guys were over, of course!) and after an hour, I finally convince him to give her another chance. She called him when he was IMing me, telling him she needed medicine for her stomach and he told me he was going over. Then she called me on my cell just to talk and after a while, she mentioned that HE called her and then he said he wanted to come over but she told him, naw, it's ok :). I spent the whole morning at work making sure things were ok with those two, got no work done. These young ones... I just don't want to deal with anyone's problems anymore!

Damn... add to my day yesterday - a suicidal roommate (her boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn't stop talking to other guys, even as friends) and 4 hours sleep. I'll go into more detail later. Did NO work at all today cause I was trying to mediate, etc. Plus, I'm reallllllllllllllly sleepy.

Yay! Big Brother on tonight. Damn, I'm pathetic.

And I was expecting a normal day...

So one of our clients called and said she thinks one of her employees is stealing money from her and that we're her witnesses in case the employee tries to kill her. Turns out the employee confessed and she "won't do it again." Yeah whatever. I hope the client fires her. The employee's sister also works for the client and the sister is way more trustworthy. The sister and her husband were the ones who sorta ratted on her. Oh yeah, and their mom stole about $5000 from the sister and the husband a couple years ago. Great family.

My sister called me on Friday and was asking me what to do if they found out someone was stealing money from their company. Someone wrote two checks totalling $14,300 from the company bank account and deposited it in a bank in two peoples' names in Torrance. How freaking stupid can you be?? Like the embezzler here who stole from the clients and wrote the checks payable to her name. Dumbassssssssssss. Anyway, I told my sis to call the cops, report it, and file charges later on.

My friend's credit card was stolen in the mail twice and activated both times. You're just sitting there minding your own business and people decide to involve you in some fraud shit so you have to take action to protect yourself. We totally live in a messed up world. You can't trust anybody.

And last but not least... drama with the assistant. I had nothing to do with it! I guess she messed up her computer AGAIN this morning and she had to go to the big boss (he's the computer guy) and maybe he was lecturing her or something cause I heard her cry out and then I heard the door to the empty office next to me slam shut and then I heard her say something like, "I'm tired everyday, I don't know what I'm doing here..." and then she left and I haven't seen her since. Eileen was eating in the kitchen and she said the big boss came in and had a talk with her - the assistant might not be back because she was miserable and unhappy here. Oh well. Its not like my workload is gonna get any bigger cause I never gave her any work in the beginning. She did all Eileen's shit. The only extra thing I'd have to do is the deposits and that doesn't take me that long.

Other than all that... same old shit, just another day.

I miss Justin already. Watching Big Brother isn't the same without him, but I know why he had to go, so its ok... gotta get rid of the strongest when you can.

Group Probing Schwarzenegger's Father - Oh my god. Get over it already! Why do they keep wasting our time with something a candidate's DAD did a million years ago?? The guy is freakin DEAD already! So if someone's dad did something questionable when a kid was young, the kid who grew up to make something of themselves could never be truly successful without someone mentioning what their dad might have done? Lets take Kobe's kid for example. Lets say Kobe is acquitted, and in thirty years, Kobe's daughter is running for Congress. Is the press going to come back to this story and try to dig up more info?? Why doesn't the press concentrate on what a candidate did himself TWO years ago?? Bustamante Scrambling To Salvage Credibility Using the N-word in a speech to black union leaders. Niiiiiiiiiice. I think someone was saying that the word doesn't come out accidentally unless you're accustomed to using that word in real life. Has the media brought this up at all since he announced he was running for governor? Stupid liberal biased media.

FOOTBALL?? No Big Brother tonight!! Normally, I would be psyched for football, especially a Raiders game, but I need my Big Brother fix, and I�m not gonna spend $25 to get the live feeds on the internet. Even if I felt like ordering it right now, it would be a waste of money because the show is halfway (or more) over and because my favorite guy was kicked out last week � Justin. He coulda been a jerk for all I know because I only started watching the show three weeks ago but he�s cute! Maybe I just like his name :). I was looking through the message boards where people posted screen caps and I found this absolutely hilarious picture of him in the shower pressing his butt against the shower door. Goofiness wins my heart every time. I started watching the week Dave was kicked off but he seemed like a funny guy too. I saw this segment where Dave would cannonball into the pool every time someone was relaxing or sleeping on the hammock and finally someone managed to get Dave back when he was off-guard. The guys on this show were actually good looking � Justin, Dave and Nathan. They were all kicked off and only the ugly ones are left. Some people say the same thing about the girls � the pretty ones have all been kicked off and only the ugly ones are left.

I watched that Newlyweds show with Nick and Jessica and I have way more respect for Nick now. He has tons of money but he doesn�t want to spend money to get a maid or hire movers. He does everything himself and I totally respect that. Some may call that �being cheap� but for a celebrity, its called �keeping your head straight�. Jessica is a total spoiled brat though but that�s the way she was raised. Her mom still does everything for her, picks up after her, etc!! I loved that look Nick gave her when she asked, �Why is tuna called �chicken by the sea�? Its tuna!� (It�s the same look I want to give the dumb assistant. A �I can�t believe you�re that stupid� look). Overall, a good show. Love their house though. I�ll probably keep watching just cause there�s nothing on Tuesdays at 10:30p.

I'm running into random people everywhere this week! I got into the elevator in this sorry ass building one day and this Asian lady got on the elevator two floors down. I thought she was looking at me but I wasn't sure so I just ignored it. Then she asked me, "Do you know Mona??" It was Brandon's wife! Brandon is the immigration attorney whose office was next to Mona and Don. Brandon, Mona, Don and Anthony always had their Christmas parties together and Brandon's wife (can't remember her name!) recognized me from that. And today, I went to Panda Express (3rd time this week) and saw Steve there. I never see my friends randomly in Culver City! Just Westwood.

The first two times I went to Panda Express this week, I went with Dante and there was this cute black guy there who looked like a way more mature version of Dante. I was sitting at the table facing Dante and the guy sat a couple tables down, facing me, so I got a look of the two of them side by side. Same coloring, same face structure� I woulda totally tried to get to know that guy! I was really attracted to him, unlike the gas station guy a week ago. So today, I was just there by myself just picking up the food and I didn�t see the guy there. Oh well.

Stan told us he sold his condo (on Sunset in Pacific Palisades) and he's just going to rent now. In the meantime, he's moving in with his mom. Imagine that. A 60 year old single man living with his mother. Heeeee. We've been laughing about it for two days. I don't want to end up like him. He's 60 years old, divorced, no kids, no property now, and a leased ES Lexus (the ones that look like the Corollas). I think we just like making fun of him because we need something to do. When I'm 60, I want to have the house, the husband, the kids, hopefully the grandkids and the job where I can just sit back and boss people around.

Ooh, I just realized my underwear matches my shirt today and my nails match everything! Ok, I know you guys didn't need to know that :). Steve - sorry for your pending nightmares, heehee.

Stupid Blogger. Save your posts before you click the "post" button.

You guys will be proud of me... sorta. Dante and I got into a huge argument on Saturday and I was so pissed off I was helping him sort his clothes (from mine) so he could move all his stuff out. I also asked for my key back... Don't open the bubbly yet. We talked and made up an hour later and I gave him back the key. Oh well. I'm getting closer to kicking him out of my life though.

I spent half the day yesterday trying to unclog my toilet. I went to Rite Aid and bought the cheap plunger they had, didn't work. James suggested I go to Home Depot and get the "master plunger" and I did, didn't work. I called the manager yesterday and left a message but I didn't expect them to come anytime soon. I got home today and my roommate said the maintenance person was here, fixed it in less than 5 minutes! It bugs me that I wasn't able to fix it myself because I am so used to finding my own solution to everything and not having to depend on anyone else.

My roommate and I decided to sublet our living room to my roommate's friend's brother (we have no furniture in there) and save a little on rent. My part of the rent is going down $100 a month! Every little bit helps - that $100/mo is going straight to my savings account though.

Sex and the City last night - I did NOT need to see Harry naked like that!! Its taken me a while to get over my shallowness and start really liking him. That said, damn, Blair Underwood is hot!! :)

Hey - just a word of warning to those of you who go down the stop signs on Manning... I've been going down that street rollin through the stop signs for about a year and a half now and yesterday was the first time i ever saw anyone get pulled over. Luckily for me, Dante was driving and he stops fully at the stop signs (he gets pulled over for little shit so he doesn't want to make it easier for the cops).

Freakin computer is so slow right now and Quickbooks freezes everytime I try to open a different client's file. That, on top of Ms. Incompetent (me: "Have you seen the Writers' Guild Declaration forms?", 5 seconds later, her: "uh, Wr-i-ters' Guild??", me: (think) "FUCK!" (say) "Oh, it's ok - I'll find it"). You think she does this to get out of working hard?? Play dumb, they won't give you work to do. I don't know what it is about this company. They hire the ones no one else wants to hire (with the exception of Dante) and they don't think about firing them when they realize how incompetent they are. The lady who had the assistant job before I started here was a 60 year old Russian woman who could barely speak English and they just moved her over to another part of the company. Thats what we're hoping they'd do with this girlie. Pay us more, we'll handle everything. Hire a student part-time to do the filing 2-3 days a week.

I'm quitting. Can't stand this anymore. I need to call my immigration attorney and my head hunter.

So much to say, so little energy.

First off, some guy gave me his number at a gas station yesterday at lunch. Should I call? And if so, when should I call him? He was ok looking, he's black, from England, looks older than me and drives a Benz CLK (I didn't forget about the other black guy in a Benz E-Class I met a month ago on my way to Target, but who I didn't roll down my window for... thats the only reason I took this guy's number - so I can call him, just in case I felt interested). He wanted to talk but I told him I was running back to work before my boss got back so I didn't have the time right then.

This morning, I was exchanging e-mails with a client's personal manager -
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Hi Harriet -

FYI - we got a check from the DGA yesterday because they did an audit on *** and found that "***" owed Michael some residuals... The check was for $77,558.85 and I will be mailing you your 15%commission check today.

Lucy
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Lucy

Go kiss Stan for me RIGHT NOW ...

Thank you ...

Harriet
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Harriet -

Ewww! NO. Haha.

Lucy
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Those of you who have seen a picture of Stan know how gross that is! A client got him in the Hollywood Variety last year and he had to send them a picture to publish... it was just a small square picture but it was NOT a pretty sight. Didn't help him get more clients either. I wish I had a cuter boss. The guy I would've worked for at the Beverly Hills company was way way cuter!

Couple of things from watching too much TV this past week -
*On Tuesday's episode of Big Brother, they showed the housemates talking about the Lakers and what a wonderful devoted family man Kobe was. Just made me realize how sequestered they were and how much news you miss in a couple weeks. Hey! Eagle County - There's your jury right there! You don't have to worry about all those "leaks" the sheriff's dept/DA's office has let out. I don't think I can stand being sequestered like that and not knowing what is going on. Every half hour or so here at work I'm checking "My Yahoo" to see if anything new happened!
*Last week I watched The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for the first time in a long time. It was hilarious and I keep watching now to see segments like the one that night but it just hasn't been as funny. Jon was talking to an "Iraq correspondent" - it was supposed to be 4am Iraq time but the sun was shining brightly in the background. The correspondent was telling Jon about how we were only 24 hours behind Saddam, then 6 hours behind Saddam. Then he says something like, "We're getting closer to capturing Saddam any day now but our fear is missing him and ending up 2 hours ahead of Saddam. The chasee will become the chaser."

Dumb assistant burned her hand trying to fix the copier yesterday. Why does this not surprise me?? Oh and she "broke" her computer again. I thought it was a problem with the network connection cables in the walls (cause it happened to me the week before) but the computer guy came and checked it out and he said the connection was fine. The assistant started April 1st and you know how many problems she's had so far with her computer?? Too many to count... and thats not counting the a) not plugging the printer power cable into the printer, b) not plugging the power cable into an outlet and c) changing the damn computer settings unnecessarily so nothing works unless you know the original settings. AARGH!!

I'm sure I have more to say but she's in here filing (or "FILLING" like she had on her resume) and she's bugging the hell out of me right now so I need to take a walk.

I was just watching Big Brother... ha! They didn't get me with the product placement this time - it was Subway and it does look good but I'm not going to be craving it like I was craving Burger King the other week. I am craving a soda though. Fast food sodas are always better than the liter and can ones you have at home. We go through so many liters of soda, lemonade, ginger ale a week here at the apartment, I have to buy a liter or two of whatever everytime I go to the store.

My niece messaged me during Big Brother to let me know Justin was on TV (the Miss Teen USA pageant) so I had to switch for a couple minutes. I can't believe how hooked I am on Big Brother though. I avoided the first 3 seasons like the plague. I was never into Survivor either... although I loved Steve's shirt with the "DON'T VOTE ME OFF!!" on the back.

One request though - Jun, the Korean chick - PLEASE put on some clothes!! She's always wearing bikinis and last week they showed her body from the day she moved in the house to the current day and damn, she gained a lot of weight. Almost makes ME want to go workout. Almost.

I don't understand why the assistant comes with a soundtrack. She's just filing and I have to listen to her sighs, grunts, deep breaths, etc. Oh, and I need to hang around more people who speak proper English. I'm starting to talk FOBBY now! The other girl I have lunch with sometimes graduated from UCLA but she didn't grow up speaking English so her intonation is all off and I'm trying so hard not to do that. Anyway, the assistant continues to bug me because of her incompetence. Last week she did a chart for Eileen detailing a client's maid's personal charges on the client's credit card. She labeled the spreadsheet "Visa Charger Make by Myra" and gave it to Eileen to give to the client. What the hell?? We can't give the client something like that!! I won't even send out a cover letter with one little spelling error or some irregular spacing no one would care about. So unprofessional. She wrote this memo last week telling us she's not gonna be here this and that time the next day and she added, "if anything need me done by Friday, please tell me." This is supposedly a college grad too!! Cal State LA... sigh...

I saw another commercial for "The O.C." - since when did OC deserve a "The" in front of it?? "The" is reserved for shit like "The Rock" or "The Hulk". I admit, I did watch the show when it came on the first time. It was on and there was absolutely nothing else on TV. I swear, thats the only reason I watched it! The main character seems like a poor man's version of Russell Crowe. It doesn't look like the show is gonna last that long. It doesn't stand out - looks like another 90210 wannabe, like Malibu Shores and some other shows that came out after it.

So I bet Kobe is happy Arnold decided to run. The news media started focusing on the recall instead of Kobe's case. The recall is a huge thing but the media wouldn't care shit about the recall if Arnold hadn't run. We forget the news is entertainment also - they need their viewers. Poor Laci Peterson - she had the attention of the news media until the war started. Now you hardly hear anything about her case. I learned about stuff like this in either a communications or poli sci class. The media tells you what to think, what's important and what's not. Korea looks like a dangerous situation but the news media doesn't care enough about covering it so we don't think its that big of a deal. We've had a standoff for like nine months but Korea gets no media coverage.

We just had a pizza lunch at the office. When the big boss is gone, the other partner throws a pizza party for us, on the company. The other partner is such a sweet guy and I'm sure he's a wonderful father. He was telling us that he took his kids somewhere this weekend and he got a terrible sunburn all over his chest. His daughter goes up to him and hits him where the sunburn is... instead of being adult about it, he hits her right back on her sunburn!! Makes her cry and run to mommy. Heehee, awesome guy.

Oh my god. It's 2:30 am, it's freaking hot and I can't sleep. I kinda knew this would happen already though. Steph and I had boba tea tonight and this was after I took a 2 hour nap at 6 pm. Good thing Evolution is on right now. That is my current favorite dumb movie... replacing Dumb and Dumber. I know I'm gonna regret this when I have to wake up tomorrow morning.

Oh my god. Serenity now, insanity later. So freakin true. Started yesterday. I've reached the breaking point and I pissed off at everyone, everything. Was pissed at Dante yesterday but what else is new? I've been so patient with him, put up with his shit but I reached the breaking point with him yesterday morning. I was yelling at him and after he left, my roommate came out of her room, "Oh my gosh, I've never seen you that mad!" I called the phone company to change the phone number to my apartment cause I was sick of girls calling there for him (for those of you who didn't get the email with the new number, let me know). I was ready to change the locks too but I wanted to make sure it was what I really wanted because I didn't want to change the locks and end up giving him the key again. I also wrote this letter to him just for my sanity. If I wanted to break up with him, that would be the letter I'd give him. I must've cursed every other sentence in that letter. It started with, "It's over. I don't want to talk to you or see you ever again." and I go on telling him about how he's a nobody and he'll always be a nobody with his attitude and work ethic and having people like him in my life only brings ME down. I didn't give it to him though because when I went back to the apartment for lunch, we just talked and we didn't make up but we're at least civil. I'm waiting until I'm ready to get him out of my life fully before I give him some letter like that.

Then I was back at work and Stan was majorly majorly pissing me off. He wanted me to come in last weekend to work and I DID but it wasn't on Saturday like he wanted. Some people have freaking lives dammit and I see his face enough during the week already. I came in Sunday morning did my filing, etc. and I thought I got the job done but I didn't know he wanted me to sort through all the other junk in the office Eileen and I share. The guy who had the job before me made about 10 freakin copies of everything and I know all this junk is extra copies of shit that has been filed already. He told me yesterday he wanted me to come in this Saturday for 5-6 hours and finish the filing. There's NOT 5-6 hours worth of filing here!!! When he told me he wanted me to come in on Saturday he was saying, we gave you the raise because we like you and we want you to stay but we need to get the filing sorted out. I was just thinking, those 2 other companies who wanted to hire me were offering me $6,000 more a year than I'm getting here and I don't have to deal with bullshit panicking over every little thing. I just stayed cause I feel sorry for the guy. I'll probably just stay another year or so anyway. I can't quit right before tax season either cause they'll freak and if they freak already for every little thing, that'll be a major freak session. Mona never panicked, even when she had a defense reply to whatever motion due at 4pm in the courthouse and it was already 3pm and she hadn't started yet.

Today he has me looking for files I've never seen before just because I need to know what these two people did on our client's tour in 2001. I have a list of about 20 people, I found the information on 18 from other sources and he kept insisting I find this one file. After two hours, I find the file and it tells me nothing I don't already know. Oh, the employee's name is listed - what the hell does that do for me, I already know the name! Then when we were looking for that tour file, he finds this other file for a retirement plan tax return from last year. We need to do one for this year but no hurry... and he wants me to find those files too. So I was digging around for the past hour looking for those files. I understand those are my clients and I should know where the files are but am I responsible for people taking files from me or not putting them in the right place afterwards? I can't check everyone's work! Most of the files we're missing are sitting on the floor in Stan's office anyway. And if he hired some competent assistants for us, we wouldn't have this damn problem! I didn't even think of asking the assistant where these investment files were (she's the one who does the filing for the investment statements) because she wouldn't know! I ask her to do the simplest shit and I spend so much time explaining stuff to her I might as well have done it myself. Ugh!! It's just one of those weeks.

I did a buttload of laundry last night. Missed the Teen Choice Awards, Big Brother and Making the Band II. This is why I need TiVO!! I always forget when the shows I want to watch are on, especially Sex and the City. Every Sunday night at 11:00p, I think - oh shit! I forgot about Sex and the City again! I made sure I watched The Tonight Show last night too and I already knew it would be a good show but to have a segment with Ross the Intern (he's so flaming gay its funny) just made it so much better.

Ah-nold!!

I'll spare you all those dumb headlines I've seen lately. Give the man a chance - California is f---ed up already anyway. Ronald Reagan did as awesome job as governor of California and I don't think Jesse Ventura messed up Minnesota that bad during his term... not as badly as Gray Davis f---ed up California, anyway. Arnold did a good job in the last elections with his after school program thing.

I was wondering why Richard Riordan wasn't the Republican candidate for the elections last year and one of my friends from high school told me that the Davis campaign threw lots of money to Bill Simon in the primaries. When Arnold was thinking of running last time, the Davis campaign leaked some stories to the newspapers alleging Arnold had some extramarital affairs. Get ready for some dirty campaigning... The man should spend less time trying to save his job and more time doing his job! Besides, Democrats should have nothing to say about womanizing... *ahem* Clinton??

My old boss Mona, Ms. #1 Democrat, was at Gray Davis's inauguration ceremony when he was first elected governor. Now she hates the man. And what happened to that thing about Democrats sticking behind their man and not putting up another candidate? They can't say that the Republicans are trying to steal the office because other prominent Democrats (the real politicians, not Larry Flynt, Gary Coleman) are running now too.

If Arnold wins, I'm going back to school - a California public university - to get my MBA or whatever. "Lucy, why did you get your MBA?" "Because I wanted Arnold's signature on my degree." I finally bought a frame for my UCLA degree - one of those floating frames - and it has Gray Davis's signature on it. The only way to distinguish my degree from any other UC is Albert Carnesale's signature. Otherwise, coulda gone anywhere else and gotten the same looking degree (not to be elitist or anything, I just love UCLA and I worked hard for the BA).

I took a 2 hour nap tonight and I can't sleep right now so I've been watching a bunch of TV (yeah, whats new right?) I was cracking up watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He tells it like it is and I like how he'll make fun of both Democrats and Republicans. Usually Hollywood only makes fun of the Republicans. Steve and I were on AIM and watching the show and he messaged me, "Jon just said, 'Suck it bitch!'" It was funny though - I need to catch this show more.

I also tuned into the Orlando Jones show for the first time ever. One of Jay's client's was on! She's really pretty and she has a pretty cool personality. Then, Orlando announced the band that was gonna sing - the Pharcide or however you spell it. I recognized that name but I didn't know from where. Then he said something about Tre Hardson and I remembered! Tre was the guy Amaya dated on Real World Hawaii to make Colin jealous!! Then I realized how pathetic I was for remembering this shit.

edited: Oops, I guess I'm not pathetic for "remembering" cause Kaia was the one who dated Tre on Real World Hawaii... My memory sucks.

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.").

Just got back from the gym 15 minutes ago, except I have no evidence to show I was there (except my bulging muscles of course!). I didn't have my membership card so I was gonna use my drivers license but the guy just waved me through. More proof I actually did go to the 24 Hour Fitness in Santa Monica - every weight machine I was on has the stick set at like 100 pounds or so. I know Eileen does this too - after we get off a machine, we put the stick down a couple weights so people can't tell how weak we are (example - we do some exercises at 35 pounds and after we're done, we'd set the machine to like 90 pounds so the people who saw us on the machine and who get on the machine after us would say, "wow that girl is strong!") But hey, seriously, I'm not joking about my bulging muscles. I can truly see a difference everytime I go to the gym (which is not very often). My stomach is tight again, even when I'm sitting down, I totally have arm muscles and my thighs look thinner!

The Trading Spaces rerun on right now is one of my favorite episodes... Doug did an amazing kitchen (even gave them more counter space and new wood floors) and Vern did an awesome living room complete with new wood floors, some feng shui coffee table with sand, and fish in glass pots hanging from the ceiling. Vern came in at exactly $1000... some people accuse Vern of using his Trading Spaces name and connections to get cheaper prices so his rooms look better but who cares?? As long as the homeowners have a nice room, why does it matter? People at home won't be able to do it exactly the same way anyways. Thanks for the Trading Spaces book Jenny :) Paige (her full name is Mindy Paige Davis and she married Patrick Page so she's Mindy Paige Davis Page) annoys some people because she's so cheery all the time but I was reading her section of the book and I loved how she was saying politics is her "sports" - during the State of the Union address, she and her husband were on the phone analyzing it - so cute!

I'm about to shock the hell out of everyone I know...

I'm off to the gym!! :0 And yes Steve, its still at the same place it was last time I went (I think). I can't believe I couldn't keep my New Years resolution of going to the gym at least once a month. I'm only going right now because Dante was parked in my spot when I came back here and now that he left, I need to go down and move my car because I parked somewhere where you're not allowed to park after 7am.

Bunch of random stuff:

Everyone's friendster says they're "in a relationship"... I'm sorta in a relationship, does that count?

Everytime I go to Home Depot, I always get hit on by some of the workers there. Is it because there aren't too many females my age who go there? I just go because there are so many useless people in my life and when I want to do something or fix something, I gotta do it myself. Too bad there aren't workers there who look like Ty from Trading Spaces or Andrew from While You Were Out.

Luke Walton Follows in Dad's Footsteps in LA - the third paragraph - "He's got a big body and he knows his way around the court," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.... For a second there, I thought Phil had said - He's got a big booty :) Makes me think of what Mike pointed out about Rick Fox. He uses his big butt to push people out of the way for rebounds and to protect his rebounds. I never noticed it until he said something but thats all I can think of now. Kinda like when Asha pointed out that Dan Gadzuric (ex-UCLA basketball player, now with Milwaukee I think) has a head thats too small for his body.

I found a new show to watch - Modern Girl's Guide to Life on STYLE network. Cute little show, no thinking necessary. Also, why is Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) doing 10-10-987 commercials now? Can't he just live off his wife's money and his residuals from Full House? Or borrow some money from the Olsen twins? They're worth about $40 million each.

The benefits of having a cute roommate - (the conversation between me and my brother)

PoLox95: hey
PoLox95: im headin up to la today to help a friend move
PoLox95: you need anything?
Lucyla8: not really
Lucyla8: maybe dad's carpet steamer but i think its easier if we rent a smaller one from ralphs
PoLox95: carpet steamer
PoLox95: haha
PoLox95: im gonna be the janitor to your roommate
PoLox95: aight igotta run gonna take dads truck for a ride hehe
PoLox95: oil change actually =P
Lucyla8: man, come take my car for an oil change
Lucyla8: heehee :-)
Lucyla8: jk
PoLox95: if your roomie comes with the car
Lucyla8: heehee
PoLox95: free oil change
PoLox95: haha
PoLox95: wat time do you get off work?
PoLox95: maybe i'll drop by
PoLox95: i still owe you 50 bucks
Lucyla8: i get off at 6
Lucyla8: no you dont
PoLox95: cool if im in the area i'll drop by
Lucyla8: you paid me everything already
PoLox95: yes i do
Lucyla8: ok
PoLox95: would you just take the 50
PoLox95: i need an excuse to drop by dork
PoLox95: haha
Lucyla8: heehee
PoLox95: ok gonna run
PoLox95: ttyl
Lucyla8: bye

Darn you Steph!! Why did I waste half an hour of my life watching House Hunters on HGTV?? That show is almost as bad as Before and After (HGTV also) and it took me a couple months to stop watching that show. I can't believe they put shows together like this with people who have absolutely NO personality at all!! There's a random house hunter and real estate agent in every episode and I can't believe they've managed to find so many boring people! Damn, you're buying a HOUSE, look a little enthusiastic!! After they enter a room, the house hunter will say something about the room and on cue, the real estate agent will say, "Lets check out the blah blah blah room." followed immediately by an "Okay." They do this enough times per episode you could have a drinking game and be wasted in 30 minutes. Yeah, yeah, you guys are saying, "what else are they supposed to do for the show?" I'm way too jaded with reality TV - its not like I expect the house hunter and the real estate agent to start making out, fighting or voting someone off or something, but damn, make it a little interesting! If I were in charge of producing a show for HGTV, any kind of show, I bet I could make it funny and have it be the highest rated show on the network.

I watched a shitload of bad TV today. I watched two episodes of America's Next Top Model (stop laughing, I think I like stuff more when people start making fun of me for it), Real World, the Osbournes, House Hunters, Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed (TLC) and part of If Looks Could Kill (Richard Grieco!!). Top that off with Days and Passions this afternoon and my day is complete.

I have so much more to talk about but its time to sleep... otherwise I'll be kicking myself in the morning.

I had a Mocha Cappuccino Blast last night from Baskin Robbins and it was soooo gooood (haven�t had those since I was in college and those suckers kept me awake in so many classes) but I was regretting it at 3am when I couldn�t sleep. My roommate and I did the hair dyeing thing last night. I didn�t know that I could use blonde in my hair to lighten it up a little bit but I�m so glad I did because I love the color. The ammonia smell is bugging the hell out of me though. I also finished a photo collage for my wall last night. I bought one of those big clip frames from IKEA for $6.95 and I�ve been working on it for the past 2 weeks.

Dante came over after work on Friday and he saw the Justin Guarini CD on my desk� all I heard for the next 10 minutes was him mocking me with a girly voice �Justin, I love you Justin, Justin is cuter than you� blah blah blah� then he spoke in his normal voice � �Babe, I�m gonna dub this.� He called me yesterday to tell me, �hey, this CD is pretty tight.� I was like, �DUH! I know!� heehee.

Eileen is rambling again � this time about her friend who went to a Harry Potter thing at midnight. �If it doesn�t involve a man, it�s not worth it that late at night!� Eileen, Mike, Mike�s friend Clarence and I had our �master of my domain� contest � I�m not gonna give details or tell you who won, but the contest lasted a whole 6 days! (total and complete SARCASM) :)

I completely wasted my day off of work. I took the day off because my mom is being sworn in today and I wanted to go to be supportive and I figured I could use a day off. Guess what I did today... went to the ceremony, came home, went to 2 stores at Westside Pavilion (kept running into people I knew there - someone from college (Katrina @ American Eagle) and someone from work (Felita on my way out)), then Dante and I had our cars washed during his lunch break, had Panda Express, came home and SLEPT. I had so many things to do too!!! I just came back from Sav-on though - picked up my pictures and bought some hair dye so my roommate and I can have our hair dyeing party tonight (took me an hour of looking through magazines and old newspaper ads to find my L'Oreal Preferences coupon - to save a freakin BUCK). Those pictures I took were awesome though - Dante is gonna be so mad at me when he finds out I took a picture of him bent over (in boxers and socks, butt sticking up) cleaning the tub. We also had other pictures where he was trying to pose like a model (the pursed lip thing, the jacket halfway off on the arm thing... it was my fault for putting up a Tyson Beckford calendar last year).

Shit is gonna hit the fan next week. Felita told me she was giving her two week notice on Monday. The company is already trying to hire two people (one to replace me, one for the other side where Felita works cause they're short one person) and they have been interviewing for like 2 months now - no one!!! I can't live on my current salary anymore and I've already given them 2 months notice so if I leave anytime soon, I shouldn't feel bad.

Wow, the room they did on While You Were Out was amazing!! An Asian zen room... the room looked cool before but this was amazing! Not sure if this is a repeat or not. And why does it seem like Mr. People's 50 Most Beautiful Andrew is doing all the work?? He should be saving his prettiness for ME! :)

I gotta go... I gotta clean the apartment before Amy gets here tomorrow.

OK, so who�s going to go see From Justin to Kelly with me tomorrow?? My roommate is suddenly MIA.

Remember the Friends finale when they got to Barbados and it was raining the whole time? Then the sun came out and the weather was perfect but they had to attend Ross�s speech and then after the speech it started raining again� When I have free time, it is cloudy here 90% of the time but last weekend, when I had to go to Amy�s graduation in Santa Barbara and then I had to drive back to OC for Father�s Day, it was perfect tanning weather. I got sunburned a little bit and it turned into a nice little tan, but I definitely still need to work on my tan � I�m still butt-white. It�s LA, it�s June, we�re supposed to be sweating our asses off!!

I�m gonna be making a Costco run either today or tomorrow if anyone wants to go � I *promise* I won�t drag you to the theater once I have you in the car! I need to get my disposable camera developed and I need to get some Equal sugar for Eileen and I to share (believe me, we can finish a Costco-sized box in a couple months).

I have a ton of stuff I need to do ASAP... clean my bathroom, mop the bathroom and kitchen floors, do my laundry, organize my room (i.e. throw everything in an orderly fashion into my walk-in-closet) so I can have my brother bring his old dresser, clean out and organize the refrigerator, wash my car, buy a vase to decorate for Eileen's birthday (I'm going to Costco again next Tuesday to buy a bouquet of flowers), get a sheer white shirt from American Eagle Outfitters to wear underneath all my other sheer shirts (some of the ones I have are too see-thru) - I don't think they have my size anywhere anymore though... go to Best Buy in Westwood because supposedly they give out a Justin Guarini poster if you buy the CD there, return the Justin CD I just bought at Target 3 days ago, write my cover letter for my resume...

Dante works 2 blocks away from my apartment now so he comes over at lunch to raid my fridge. We have a contest to see who can get to my apartment first from our jobs... he wins but that's cause he drives like hell and he's closer. Lets see how long this job lasts though.

I HAVE to get a new job. I was just writing this little cover sheet for a fax and I had to look up a word in the dictionary to make sure my wording was ok: "The service charge corresponds to the 5/16/03 wire to..." I can't believe I had to look up such a simple thing. The reason my vocabulary/grammar has deteriorated is because I'm surrounded by people who can barely speak English (my new roommie, the assistant) or speak ghetto English (Dante). I love my roommate and I love Dante but I just need to be surrounded by college grads or something. When I was working for Mona and I talked to her attorney and judge friends all the time, my grammar was so much better and I felt way more intelligent. All Dante really talks about is his car, racing, what he wants to get for his car, and what girls are "on" him. We talk about the Lakers occassionally but anything 'intelligent' is me talking and him listening. When I hang out with Don (Mona's former boss), Denise (his assistant) and Mona, we would always talk about current events, politics (they're strong Democrats but thats ok... the other attorney who hangs out with us sometimes - Brandon - is a strong Republican and we're gloating half the time), sports and what clients Don feels like taking on (Scott Peterson doesn't have enough money for Don to consider taking him).

Freakin A... The assistant just came in here with a check from Vivendi Universal and she was telling me - we only have 'Universal' set up. (See my journal entry on 5/21/03: I NEED to do a huge ass memo for this job... 1. Yes, for the 20th time... Vivendi Universal is Universal Studios and it really doesn't matter who you put down as the 'name', just be consistent. ) Need to find a new job, need to find a new job... It's sad when you'd rather find a new job than deal with an assistant you have.

My weekend was fun - went up to Santa Barbara again for my friend's graduation. It is so fun hanging out with her friends up there because they are so nice. There must've been at least 30 people sleeping in the house the night before graduation - we fit 8 people into one little little room (the girl who lived in there moved out that morning), Amy's roommate Jenn had her family sleeping in the room she and Amy shared, Justin had a friend in his room, the other Amy had her room to herself, and there were a couple people sleeping in the living room. Grace and I didn't get up to Santa Barbara until about 10pm Saturday night because we stopped by my friend's housewarming party first for some free food. My friend's roommate is a fireman so there were a bunch of firemen at the party... yum, and I don't mean just the food :). We went bar hopping in downtown Santa Barbara and didn't get to sleep until about 5am. Amy's graduation was at 9am so the Amys and their families left early while all of us were still sleeping. I woke up around 8:45 and no one else was up yet but we were planning on going just in time to see Amy walk so it was ok. At 10:30am, Rob (Amy's boyfriend) was still sleeping and I didn't know how to wake him up so Justin starts poking him with the wrapping paper core and we made it just in time to see the Amys walk. I took a ton of pictures (some with a digital and some with my disposable) - yay, Jennifer, I can finally develop that camera and give you the second part of your Christmas gift - the picture we took at that dinner! There was a barbeque after the graduation and then Grace and I headed back to LA so we could make it in time for Father's Day with our families.

Stan must have a girlfriend or something... He hasn't been bugging us about work, he hasn't talked to Eileen about being late and that cheap ass is shopping at Nordstroms and Banana Republic.

Eileen forwarded this to me:

Five Secrets to the Perfect Relationship

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.

2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on and who doesn't lie to you.

4. It is important that a man is good in bed and loves making love to you.

5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

I think Dante fits #2 only... except he makes me cry more than he makes me laugh.

Darn US Open!!! Days isn't on so what am I gonna watch right now at lunch? ... E! True Hollywood Story: Clueless.

Last night I watched a completely random show - MTV True Life: First Year and a couple minutes after I finished watching it, Steph IMed me and asked, "did you just watch True Life?" I was shocked. I know its MTV and most of the time I'd have the TV on MTV but still, how did she know?? I don't know why but it felt like I was caught watching porn or something (NOT that I know what that feels like cause I've never watched one in my life even though there's one in the VCR everytime I come home - damn boys...)

Stan's story: Eileen and I were asking Stan if he saw The Italian Job yet and he gets into the story about how he went to an unannounced preview for the movie in the Marina a couple weeks before it opened and he was sitting behind this gorgeous girl so of course, he has to try and talk to her. He asks her, "Have you heard anything about this movie?" She turns around - it was Charlize Theron! :) - and she tells him, "I think you'll like it." heehee. He also told us a month or two ago that he has breakfast at the same place in the Palisades than Jennifer Garner goes to and I asked him, "where was her husband??" (This was before they announced the divorce). I can't remember if he tried to talk to her or not but a couple days after he told us that, I saw in the news that they were getting divorced.

Gregory Peck died... I always thought he was one of the cutest... him and Cary Grant. I went through an Audrey Hepburn phase when I was in high school and I watched all her movies - I loved Roman Holiday. David Brinkley died today too. I know I'm getting old when I actually know who these people are and have seen their work.

I was watching a tape of the Friends finale tonight and I just can't get over the beginning.... "Sarah" is exactly like our college roommie Sarah (except TV Sarah is way prettier) - they both wear dark rimmed glasses, are short, and are into archeology. Joey's line at the end is the best!

Charlie: Wow! This place is beautiful!

Ross: (very excited) Look at all these paleontologists!!

Joey: I know, there are gonna be some pasty folks by the pool tomorrow! (A woman goes towards them)

Woman: Oh my God, I can't believe you're here!

Joey: (to Charlie) I think I've been recognized, this happens all the time!

Woman: Doctor Geller, I'm such a huge fan!

Joey: That... never happens...

Woman: I've been following your career for years, I-I can't wait for your keynote speech.

Ross: Wow! This is very flattering, uh...

Woman: I would love your autograph. (hands him a notepad)

Ross: Uh, uh... Sure! Um... "Dear..." (he takes the notepad)

Woman: Sarah.

Ross: "... Sarah. I dig you", Uh? "Doctor Ross Geller".

Sarah: Thank you so much!

Ross: Yeah, oh and Sarah... I'd like to introduce you to my colleague, uh, Professor Wheeler, a-and this is Joey Tribbiani.

Sarah: (to Joey) Are you a paleontologist?

Joey: No, God, no! No! No no, I'm an actor. You'd probably recognize me from a little show called "The Days of Our Lives".

Ross: Dude, it's just "Days of Our Lives"... there's no the.

Joey: (thinking he's kidding) Ok, Ross! It's... It's fun, yeah! No, I-I play Doctor Drake Ramoray.

Sarah: I'm sorry, I don't own a TV.

Joey: You don't own a TV? What's all your furniture pointed at??

Found a link to that Music Video Boy Kmart Ad :)

You know I talk about Justin Guarini way too much when my friends are having dreams about him too!!!

petard03: i have to tell you...i had a dream about justin and its all your fault
Lucyla8: heehee
Lucyla8: what was the dream??
petard03: i only think about him cuz of you
Lucyla8: heehee
Lucyla8: i didn't go buy the album last night :-(
petard03: he was having like a signing at some store and i was there
petard03: and he followed me outside
Lucyla8: this is so funny... now my friends are having dreams about justin!!
petard03: and i was eating a box of snacks or something, but thats irrelavant
petard03: and then i was looking for the bus stops so that i could get home
petard03: and he said he was outside cuz he was smoking
petard03: but i couldnt figure out the bus stops so i decided to walk home
petard03: and he just followed me
petard03: i was like "dont you have a in store you have to be at?"
petard03: hes like "its ok"
Lucyla8: look at you steph... taking the BUS to go to a justin signing
petard03: so he just followed me
Lucyla8: see, he's so sweet!!
petard03: i didnt take the bus, i was just there...but for some reason i wanted to take the bus home
petard03: so i was walking home thru this city
petard03: and it was a busy city, like tokyo or beijing
petard03: asian-ish
petard03: and then i get home and kelly clarkson was there
petard03: i think she was my roommate
Lucyla8: heehee
Lucyla8: oh my gosh
Lucyla8: oh
petard03: i was like "this guy followed me home"
petard03: then he totally ruined it cuz he goes "my friend and i had this bet to see if i could get some girl to let me stay overnight
Lucyla8: oh, that sucks
petard03: and i was pissed
petard03: but he was like "i'm sorry, but i had to tell you"
petard03: i was like "i dont care...you can stay here if you want
Lucyla8: dont worry steph, he wouldn't do something like that in real life - he's too sweet
petard03: it was a weird apt
Lucyla8: :-)
petard03: anyways, i just remember walking thru the apt looking for my room and stuff
petard03: thats it
Lucyla8: heehee
petard03: its all your fault
Lucyla8: did you wake up happy cause you dreamed about justin?
Lucyla8: heehee, sorry steph :-)
petard03: actually, i was a little happy
petard03: hahhahaa
petard03: but i dont even like him
Lucyla8: totally... justin just makes people happy!
petard03: i think its cuz a boy followed me home
Lucyla8: damn, i do talk about him a lot huh
petard03: hahahaha
petard03: yes you do

Oh my god!! I was flipping through the Kmart ad from this weekend looking for a cheap microwave cart so I can get my microwave off the floor and I saw my Music Video Boy ... bottom left, page 6, in Joe Boxer men's loungewear and pajamas. His robe (on sale for $13.29) is open too soo you can see his chest and his abs... damn danm damn. (look at that, I'm so excited I can't even type right)... I'm cutting this out and putting it up on the wall. Have to find out his name somehow...

My new roommate and I were just in my room for the past couple hours just talking, watching TV. I just found out she did some modeling. She gave me a copy of the Chinese magazine she was in and I think she was in a calendar too but she didn't have a copy. She's awesome so far... I'm so glad Kristi moved out - the whole atmosphere around the apartment is just so much more positive. She is always cooking for me too - I feel bad when I go into the kitchen to heat up leftovers or whatever. I really need to go to the grocery store so I have something to share with her.

SURVEY!

last cigarette: never had one.

last car ride: to Titos Tacos cause Dante wanted to go for lunch... then my apartment, then work

last kiss: real kiss - way too long ago, peck on the lips - 2 hours ago

last good cry: whenever the last time the asshole broke up with me was, I can't remember - its happened so many times

last library book: What's a library? Is that what this card in my wallet is for? It says Anaheim Public Library but I haven't used it since elementary school!

last movie seen: in the theaters - The Bourne Identity (yes, it has been that long!), on TV - The Family Man on STARZ

last book finished: Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella... FINISHED is the key word here

last beverage drunk: Sunny Delight... I need to go grocery shopping

last food consumed: Titos Tacos - 2 tacos - it was gooooood

last crush: real life or celebrity? real life - just Dante unless you count those fleeting crushes.... celebrity would be Justin G of course

last phone call: dialed - to the audi dealer to see how much it would be to replace my headlight bulbs ($25-30 each), received - client calling to ask me to put $12,000 into his personal account... ah, the life.

last TV show watched: Days of Our Lives, at lunch... last real show watched was the Making the Band II rerun at 2 am last night... last real non-rerun show was a long long time ago.

last time showered: last night

last shoes worn: cute shoes/sandals I bought from Robinsons May - high heels, beige straps...

last CD played: some mix CD... I'll be playing Justin Guarini's new CD tonight after I go to Target!

last item bought: Lysol Cling toilet bowl cleaner - can't get around that cause I tried to be cheap with Comet cleaner, but it doesn't work as well

last downloaded: "If You're Not the One" by Daniel something

last annoyance: oh my gosh - don't get me started... dumb assistant! last annoyance was probably like 2 minutes ago

last disappointment: uh, last real disappointment was not getting that Deloitte job... other than that, I'm always disappointed at something or other but I get over it

last soda drunk: last night, my roomie's green 7 up

last thing written: besides journal entries and work related stuff?? I don't know

last key used: office key

last word spoken: o.k.

last sleep: this morning

last IM: Steve, proposing a Seinfeld-like "Master of Your Domain" contest between me, Eileen, Mike and whoever wants to join.

last weird encounter: so many freaks in LA, can't remember

last ice cream eaten: Thrifty's mint chip ice cream a couple months ago (yeah yeah I missed the free ice cream nights cause I was lazy)... shit - that ice cream box is still sitting in the freezer - I need to toss it out.

last time amused: watching Seinfeld last night - "The Contest" episode

last time in love: only time in love... Dante... yeah, I need to get over that.

last time hugged: 2 hours ago, goodbye hug - Dante

last time scolded: this morning, by my boss cause I couldn't find some home mortgage refi papers... I KNOW he has them, he always does this.

last time resentful: last week, that the client's MAID was buying a house

last chair sat in: my desk chair

last lipstick used: Garden Botanika Sheer Ginger... love that color, too bad the stores have all closed.

Oh no!! The Family Man is on... and so is "It's Good to Be... Brad and Jennifer" What do I do, what do I do??