Grand entrance for Shaq in Miami - they're having so much fun in Miami I'm jealous. It just feels like the party ended and its starting somewhere else but you're not invited :(. Are we supposed to be excited we got Mr. Flopper?? There are rumors Karl Malone is going to Miami too... geez, I remember 1 year ago when I hated Karl Malone and now I actually like the guy. Maybe these Lakers can change my opinion like that because I'm not looking forward to this season at all. I might have to jump ship. I talked to my friend Maria for the first time in years (we used to go to Laker games together with binoculars trained on Derek Fisher and Rick Fox and 'the cute guy in the brown suit in the front row') yesterday and she told me she jumped ship already. "Where ever Derek goes, I go. Sorry, I gotta support my man."

You gotta love a work environment where someone asks a partner about his new baby (born last week, Adriana (the girl I work together with in our little teams - she's the bookkeeper, I'm her assistant) won the "Bacon Bowl" - a little pool we had going around the office on when the baby would be born. The partner's last name is Bacon, hence, Bacon Bowl... we had fun suggesting baby names to him) and he replies that last night the baby ate at 11, woke up for feeding time at 3 and woke up again at 6 and "those are my feeding hours anyway so I didn't mind". When he said that, a couple people started cracking up (with our dirty minds) and he finally realizes what he said and he was mad that he didn't think of that in the first place. "I'm usually the first one to think of that!!" How many bosses (another partner, not Bacon) would be cool with his assistant sending out an e-mail to everyone in the office (to let us know when he won't be in to sign checks) and ending the e-mail with a WHOO-HOO!.

I think I've been spending way too much time with people at work because I had a dream I was making out with one of my co-workers. We spend all day at work together in the same office and every Thursday, we go to the beach to play volleyball (they started doing that at our office - we can leave at 5:30 and carpool to the beach to get in a couple games.) He's an awesome guy, great volleyball player, etc... I'm just not sure of his preferences... It was weird for me on Friday because I kept getting embarassed thinking about my dream.

Oh my gosh, how addicting is the Amazing Race?? So addicting I had a dream last night about Dante and I being on that show! That is the first time I watched it (because of Allison from Big Brother) and I am hooked. I don't have any favorites though because Allison was eliminated already (hated her but felt sorry for Donnie) but Brandon might be taking over Justin Guarini's role as Sideshow Bob (especially now that Justin cut his hair). I've also been watching Big Brother - rooting for Drew - he's the major eye candy and they're usually my favorites.

Wow, so much to cover but also, so much work to do... I leave you with this rumor - again, it's just another rumor and I refuse to believe it until JT is waking up next to me. Heehee.

I'm alive, I'm alive!  Sorry, I've been just wayyyyyyyyy too busy to post lately.  The Blogger "create posts" page even looks different now.  I worked on a post last week but I never got a chance to finish it so I'll do that later. 
 
The property company that owns my apartment building is repiping the place this week so I don't know when I'll be able to set my computer up at home... by Thursday at the latest but I hope they finish sooner.  I love my TiVo but I need my computer access at home too.  I'll probably be bored and go to Target 4 times this week instead of my usual 2... :)
 
Can't believe Shaq is gone and all we got is 3 mediocre players... I woulda wanted a superstar in return for Shaq - a Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, et.al or a young up and comer stud or BARON DAVIS, but naw, we get Lamar Odom (I don't care how "good" he is, he's tainted by the Clippers uniform), Brian Grant (was he the one who couldn't guard Shaq in the playoffs?  oh wait, that was everyone.) and Caron Butler (WHO??).  The appeal is gone.  Derek Fisher is leaving too and I doubt Rick Fox will be back. I'll still be a Lakers fan, but I'll start watching more Miami and New Orleans (love me some Baron) games now.
 
Which freakin girlie men are offended by Arnold Schwarzenegger's comment??  Get a sense of humor, ladies.
 
Post more when I get a chance - I gotta get ready to leave for class...

FOXSports.com - Coach K in 'serious discussions' with Lakers - finally, one good thing I've heard about the Lakers this off-season.

Did you guys hear that tabloid rumor about Rick Fox cheating on Vanessa Williams and Vanessa is filing for divorce?? Dammit, Rick, you were my last hope in "real" men! Although the tabloids have been right a lot lately (Britney and her boy, J.Lo getting married, etc), some rumors still turn out to be false (Justin and Cameron breaking up), so lets hope its not true.

I haven't been blogging lately because I have nothing to complain about... And you guys don't want to hear about how wonderful my job is, etc. This is a complete 180 from a month ago when I hated my job like I've never hated anything before. I'm trying to figure out if I like my new job so much because I went in with a positive attitude or if my company is just that awesome. When people are trying to sell you on a job, they'll tell you anything but it's not until you're in that you realize what the company is like. On one of the interviews with one of the partners, he told me that this company is different from most companies because it's run like a family operation. That partner is the son of the main partner and another main partner is a family friend. We're starting this new thing next week where we can leave a little early on Thursdays and meet up at the beach for volleyball. Last week one of the partners had a party at his house and he sent out an e-mail inviting all of us.

I was talking to the receptionist earlier today and we were talking about how nice the partners were, how pleasant the work environment was. People don't walk around with scowls on their faces - what a concept! I feel lucky just to even work at this place. The turnover rate at this co. in the last 2 years is 1 person... (Daniel and I figured I was #18 to leave at my old job in 2.5 years).

I bought a thank you card to send to my head hunter but I can't find it! I guess the best thank you I can give her is to tell all of you, if you're looking for a new job (accounting), e-mail your resume to Linda Laufer, Interface Financial Recruiters, linda@interfacerecruiters.com. She'll meet you once at a place convenient for you and then she'll call you up whenever there is something available for you, she'll give you interview tips and what those companies like to hear (she knows most of the companies she sends you to well). She is amazing - I just sat back and she gave me more interviews than I could ever imagine and with good companies too! She negotiated for me too - I'm such a pushover I need someone to fight for me. I've learned from experience, if a company is willing to pay a referral fee to a head hunter, they're not going to be cheap on everything. I remember talking to my friend Debbie (she lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvves her job too) a year ago and Debbie told me that if I'm looking for a new accounting job, go through a head hunter. I ran into Maria's sister at the mall the other day (I haven't talked to Maria in a year!) and she told me Maria quit Deloitte and she's working at DirecTV now and she's so much happier. I think we all just need a change of environment. I know Dante is happy with his fairly new job and my roomie's gf is happy with her new job at Sony. Join the club! Get a new job! :)

I'm still alive... been soooooooo busy!

I've had 2 CPA review classes a week the last 2 weeks and it's exhausting!! Tomorrow Jennifer and I are taking this interior design class with the Learning Annex. I can't go shopping because I don't get home until 10pm most nights. Last night my roommate and I went to Costco because that was the only time I was going to be home after work this week.

Bare with me while I complain about how crappy my last job was and how much better this new job is. I promise I'll try to make this the only time I complain!

I don't blog at work because I have a million checks to cut and the first round of bills is always the hardest because you have to figure out which ones are personal charges and which ones are business expenses. Credit cards are hell too because you have to code all the charges and these clients have 3-4 pages of charges per credit card! These clients are big big big time clients, people you guys have actually heard of :). Like I was telling Dante last week, our broke-est client right now is richer than Stan's richest clients. I've already deposited two huge residual checks - $107,000 and $238,000. I was telling my mom yesterday about one of our firm's clients - he made $40 mil last year (just off fresh work, not including residuals) and she didn't believe anyone can make that much! This is the difference between my old job and my new job... Stan was trying to convince his main client (a TV actress, series regular on a drama) to get a Hyundai as her new car to drive around in. She gave her Benz SUV to her daughter because she needed a car to drive. First of all, a working actress in a Hyundai?? That's freakin embarassing! At this new job, they just told a client to extend his lease on his 2001 Porsche for another 6 months... so he can get the 2005 ones when they come out! I was wondering why his wife was driving the 2004 Porsche and he was just in a 2001 one until they explained it to me. Usually its the wife that drives the older car while the big shot husband shows off in his better car.

I love my new job - the company treats us all so well... so good that I felt like I was a neglected kid who finally found a loving family who adopted me. I'm so appreciative of every little morsel I get! It's the little things that make a difference. At my old job, they had the cheap Bic pens, they wouldn't buy us Post-its or white-out so if you wanted that, you'd have to bring it in yourself. At this new job, the supply closet is stocked with Liquid Expresso pens, tons of Post-its in every size and 2 different kinds of white-out (the liquid ones and the correction tape ones. I used to call my old firm a "Third World firm" on AIM with Steph but now I realize how right I was. At this new job, everyone (down to the receptionist) has business cards, at my old job, I was a business manager who the clients contacted whenever they needed something, but I didn't have any business cards.

I used to message everyone to "kill me now, take me out of my misery" at work... now when people complain to me, I can't say anything. :) Dante tells me I love that job because it's new, it won't last long, but my first week, these co-workers took me out to lunch and this girl was telling me, "there's not much to complain about here, I just complain because that's what I do." The work environment is just so much more positive at this firm - people are actually friendly and they have lives!! Whoo, families to go home to, etc. At my old job, people were at the office allllllll the time, til 8-9pm because they have no lives. Stan was in the office Monday through Sunday.

Stan has been calling me up lately asking me if I could go in to work "AS A COURTESY"... am I right in assuming "AS A COURTESY" means, no pay?? Even if he paid me for the hours I went in, I wouldn't because money doesn't mean THAT much to me to have to put up with all the dumb crazy shit I left. I have been so busy lately, why would I waste time going in for free? I have classes, studying, and friends! The main thing that got me off my ass to find a new job was because I got pissed off when Stan had a talk with me a couple months ago - I basically got the feeling during that "talk" that Stan didn't want me to get my CPA, etc. and who wants to work for an unsupportive asshole? I'm sorry Stan, I should put this low paying, high stress job priority over studying for my future. Let me work my ass off so I can make the little little amount I got paid from you guys for the rest of my life. Yeah. Stan used to give me shit all the time about leaving early to go to my CPA review class... at this new job, they tell me, just leave whenever you need to, just make it up later. They take in consideration when you come in early, when you leave late - just put in your 8 hours. There were so many times in my 2.5 years I went in at 7:30/8am because Dante had to use my car - they would still give me shit if I tried to leave a little before 6pm.

So anyway, I got a new cell phone (Verizon!) and I'll be cancelling my old one next month, so I won't have to deal with the dumbass calling me and leaving me 5 minute messages of just crap. If I haven't given you the new number, let me know. I tried to email everyone to let them know but I might have missed some people.

ARGH, if Dante would get off the damn computer at a decent hour, I can write about how much I loooooooooooooooove my new job. As it is, I'm so tired right now I gotta go to bed. I actually care about being on time to work, about looking nice, etc now.

It's been a long week - new job, class Monday and Wednesday and I have my stupid ex-boss calling me every day asking if I can go into work "AS A COURTESY" (Translation: NO Pay) Yeah, right. "As a courtesy", please stop calling me - I don't freakin work for you anymore!

kiss my bitter ass - I just spent the last hour reading this site - it's sorta like punk'd - you sorta see what celebs are like in real life... Jennifer Lopez, Brandy and Julia Roberts show up here a couple times for being 'difficult' and not tipping well (if they tip at all).

First day tomorrow! I'm excited and nervous but I know I'll be so much happier.

WHOOOOOHOOOOOO!! Last day... will post later cause I have a bunch of shit to do.

Writing memos for all the stuff I do for all my clients because, BIG SHOCKER, they didn't hire anyone yet. Also doing time sheets - hate these things! Hate them so much I'm thinking I should have taken that production company job instead. Jay had the right idea - all clients are on 5% income... I heard that Steven Spielberg's business manager is on 5% with him and it came out to a couple million a year and the business manager asked him if he wanted to have a different arrangement instead (have a limit to what the business manager gets per month/year) but Spielberg said it was cool.

Counting down to my last day of my 2.5 year sentence... and these two weeks have been the longest of my life. I just want to get out of here and everything that bugged me before about this job is still here, some things are even worse than before.

"Tell Me About Yourself": The Toughest Question in the Interview - Career Advice Article - this article was on MSN today - yeah, it woulda helped if I saw it a month ago! I've been answering that question wrong this whole time. I don't think my new place asked me this question or she might have just found something else she really liked about me because my standard answer to this question was so off base.

RIP

This just put a damper on my good couple weeks. :( I want to go to the public viewing just to pay my respects but none of my Republican friends are in town. I remembered when Nixon died. I was in high school and a couple friends stood in line all night to go to Nixon's viewing in Yorba Linda but my mom wouldn't let me go because I had school the next day. You guys will never believe how sheltered I used to be.

Reagan was larger than life - when I think about the 80s, the first thing that comes to mind is Reagan's image. In high school, some teacher had us do a brief paragraph on who we thought was the greatest president ever. Half the people said Ronald Reagan (keep in mind we were in Villa Park, one of the most conservative cities in Orange County). What I loved about him was his optimism, his humor and his conviction in his beliefs. Everything is so negative these days, its sad. He is part of the reason we remember the 80s so nostalgically, the era of optimism. I was too young to understand everything he did when he was in office but as the years progressed, I gained more respect for the man. He was an econ major too! The only thing that makes me feel better is that it's the end of "the long goodbye" and he is in a better place now.

After watching last week's Punk'd, I hate Brandy more and I lost a lot of respect for Mekhi Phifer.

Brandy and her brother were pulled over by a cop and she tried to use the "You know who we are! You're black!" "We're good kids, you see us on TV every week" and the "Nice cops would just let us go" shit. I think she also said "I have millions of dollars" at one point. Yeah, you have millions of dollars, so why don't you get insurance for that BMW 745i?

They had someone break Mekhi Phifer's window on his car and then they pretended to look up his info and he had a thousand dollar ticket that he supposedly didn't pay. They were going to take him in for that. He was acting like a jerk to the cops and then this girl who worked in the store he was at asked him - do you need a loan? He says, "I'm rich baby. I don't need loans." The only redeeming thing about him is when he was insisting to the cop he paid the ticket. "I gave autographs to all the ladies behind the window!"

I can't reiterate enough - when they punk'd Justin Timberlake (he owed the IRS $900,000, they seized his house, his cars and even his dogs!), he was nice to them, tried to figure out what was going on, etc. He probably had $900,000 in his back pocket but he never brought that up. I didn't like Justin Timberlake then, but after that episode of Punk'd, I started loving him.

2 WEEKS IS 2 WEEKS, DAMMIT!

F-it, I'm trying to be nice and suggest I can work part time on nights, weekends if he needs me to but he still wants a week or two more. There is no way I'm gonna jeopardize that job for this crappy place.

More on the resignation - I was sitting in my office on Friday doing work and trying to come up with the resignation letter, trying to get the nerve to tell Stan I quit. Then, Stan leaves early so I just left the resignation letter on his chair, with a handwritten note on top saying, "sorry I didn't get a chance to tell you this in person, etc". I always put stuff he needs to see/sign on his chair because every where else in his office is like the Bermuda Triangle.

He calls me up on Saturday when I was on my way to Orange County and he's telling me he was expecting it, that work wasn't getting done, that 2 weeks isn't enough time for him to get someone in... basically telling me I was a bad employee in the first place and that pissed me off. If "work wasn't getting done" its because I spend all day looking for his freakin files that he loses in his office!! That just made me more happy I was out of here.

If I'm such a bad employee, then don't ask me to stay a couple weeks longer. Who the hell hires someone if they say I can't start for a month because I'm giving my current company a month's notice. If I were the person doing the hiring, I'd say, "NEXT! No job for you!" in the Soup Nazi voice.

I started actively looking for a job when he had a talk with me about not putting my CPAs priority over sitting here in the office keeping people company when they were trying to figure out how to do something (which is what I basically did if I stayed after 6pm during tax season). It just sounded like he didn't want me to get my CPA, to advance in my career and don't we all love working for bosses like that?? Mona was so supportive of me when I worked for her. She wanted me to go to law school, etc. She was always inviting me to events (she was president of an asian bar association one year) so I could meet judges, make connections. Her friends have a lot of influence politically... bad thing was, she was a die-hard Democrat :). Compare that to Stan - he spends his time writing letters to newspapers, etc complaining about UCLA coaches... it's not like he has any influence because he doesn't even contribute to the school!! If you're donating millions to the school, they might listen to you. If you donate a little bit, they'll take your input in one ear and out the other, but if you don't even donate anything... WTF.

First of all, thank you eraine for sending me the Justified DVD! (she used to have a blog!) I've been in a good mood lately because I've been able to watch Mr. JT whenever I want.

Also, Jenny gave me a cute Mrs. Timberlake shirt for my birthday last week. Sooooo cute and the writing is pink! I love pink. My mom took me shopping last weekend (we were at the mall from open to close on Sunday!) and I bought this really cute Tommy Hilfiger underwear in the same pink/green as my journal layout. Tommy underwear is the best - it doesn't sag like the Victoria's Secret ones do so you don't get panty lines.

Elisha Cuthbert to Marry - if you can't have the man, I guess his best friend is good enough :). Congrats to her though.

I'm still sore from my workout Tuesday night - it's worse today than it was yesterday. I guess I went overboard trying to regain my muscles.

So I gave Stan my 2 week notice last Friday and he tells me 2 weeks isnt enough time. "Some people give a month's notice." Yeah freakin right. The only person I know who gave a month notice leaving here is that girl Felita and she was leaving to move back to Hong Kong so it wasn't like she had another job to go to. Daniel gave a week and a half notice and Bhanu gave them a week notice. I told him 2 weeks notice is standard and I stood firm on that. My head hunter Linda told me to tell him, they wanted me to start right away but they understood I had to give 2 weeks notice. Stan said some shit to guilt me into staying longer but whatevers, he's had me as an underpaid employee for 2.5 years longer than he should have. I've been here 2.5 years and you just don't pay college grads, esp. UCLA grads, what they paid me. When I started here as an assistant, I didn't care as much about the salary because I was living at home and driving a car my parents bought for me. Three months after I started, I moved out and took over the lease on my sister's Audi and I've struggled ever since. I've been pissed because they promoted me to business manager (handling accounts on my own) after I was here for 6 months and they waited a year after that before they gave me a raise. I think our assistant was making the same or a little more than me for a while there. At this new job, I have way less responsibility and they're paying me way more starting salary. One of the other head hunters I went to before I got this job called me up yesterday to see if I was still looking. I told him I got a new job and he said that the company I'm going to is a good firm, they'll take good care of me. He has no reason to lie/exaggerate to me. I understand that Linda (my head hunter) and Liz (the lady who hired me) would exaggerate to get me to take the job (Linda - so she could get her commission) but a head hunter that has nothing to do with this transaction telling me that this is a good company, means a lot. Linda asked me if my current company wanted her to find them a new employee and I told her the company is too cheap to pay a finder's fee and I wouldn't want any of her people stuck in a dead end job like this. It'll be hard for her to sell the company to anyone looking for a job.

After 2 months of interviewing and getting nowhere, right after I get this offer from the business management firm, the other place I interviewed at right before I got the final ok, calls me up to give me an offer. The business management firm is offering me a little less than I wanted but it is still more than I'm making now. The 2nd place - a production company with innovative technology, etc - is offering me $10k more than I make now and more than I was looking for. I didn't like the place as much though because I miss the whole downtown feel and the production company's offices are like any of the offices in Hollywood - looks like a warehouse. The accounting department is only 5 people and I know I'll get sick of them quick. The overall company is doing great though - they're pioneering the digital age when it comes to movie distribution but since some theaters are just being built and companies just don't want to switch to digital (from film) equipment until they have to, they haven't exploded yet. The company started 2 years ago, they had 60 people... now they have 120 and by the end of next year they want to be at 200 people. It's expanding and its exciting to think about but I think I need the business environment right now. I didn't even think I did that great at the interview because he was talking the whole time. I'm going to do the stupid thing and choose the better work environment over the money. Kick me next year if I regret it. :)

Went to the gym!! It's sad... every time I go to the gym, it's documented on this journal :)... yeah, I don't go very often.

I have so much more to write but my arms are tired right now. What a day, what a day.

Stupid "10 Days of Madonna" on MTV Hits... Are the 10 days up yet?? I haven't been able to wake up and watch music videos for the past week and it's throwing me off track. The Comcast channel change a couple months ago still have me off track and I haven't been able to memorize the new channels yet, except for MTV (58). I can't even tell you what #s the other channels are on. Steph and I had all the old channels memorized but I haven't had a chance to get the new numbers straight.

Free Resignation Letters Samples - IQUIT.ORG - check out the last couple ones...

Don't use any of those though - The best place for resignation letters is I-resign.com. Daniel and I are going to have the exact same letter, except I was a little nicer in mine and I added: "I have learned a lot in the past 2 1/2 years." and "I will also work next weekend if you want me to, to organize
the desk and do some memos."

Way to ruin someone's 3 day weekend, huh?

I GOT IT! Now I can get excited. And now I have to figure out how to give my 2 weeks notice. Stan is gonna be pissed and he's going to take it personally. I'm going to give the 2 weeks notice tomorrow and I don't know what to say but I'm sure Stan is going to piss me off at some point during the day and that'll make it easier on me.

Enjoying my day off... checked out a couple apartments and went to Target. I was good though - I didn't buy anything. The interview this morning was cool but the business management co is my first choice and while I liked the company and what they do and how they're expanding, my heart wasn't in it. I only know business management accounting and thats different from regular staff accounting stuff.

MSNBC - Kobe gets good news on eve of court appearance - she might have lied to detectives?? hmmmmmmm...

I literally screamed when I was watching the 24 finale Tuesday night. Usually when I watch TV by myself, I'm low-key. I've had tears in my eyes when I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and the OC Finale, but that's the extent of it. When Jack grabbed the axe in the finale, I just couldn't watch and when I heard the axe come down, I screamed.

I think I messed up my scalp this weekend. I washed my hair Sunday morning before I went home to Orange County and my mom was going to the hair salon so she took me along with her. She hated the "highlights" in my hair (I write highlights with the " " because I did them myself and I didn't know what I was doing - I've given up trying to use the L'Oreal Colour Experte because I've done it twice and messed up twice) so she wanted me to get them done in a salon. You're not supposed to wash your hair before you color it because your natural oil is supposed to protect your scalp. I don't think my four hour oil buildup was enough to protect my scalp cause it was hurting like hell. Now its flaking like crazy. I had dry scalp before, but it was never as bad as this!

Oh yeah - Soul Plane sucked... Dante bought the bootleg 2 days ago and we haven't finished watching it because Dante fell asleep and as soon as he did, I turned back to my TiVoed soaps. The movie is so stereotypical but I don't know why I expected anything else. The movie is supposed to be funny! I love Tom Arnold but this movie was just dumb. I don't even know if the movie has a plot! Waste of $10.

I gotta move.
I gotta move.
I gotta move.

My new roommate hasn't moved in yet and she's already pissing me off. If I'm paying the ENTIRE rent for this month (and making myself broke for the month because of this), I expect to be able to come home and park in the driveway without having to come up and ask her to move her freakin car so I can park either in front of or behind her. We can fit 3 cars in that driveway and she always parks where no one else can park behind her. I expect to have the freakin apartment to myself a couple days a week without seeing her the second I come home from a long day of work at a job I hate. If you say you can't move in until June 1st and make me responsible for the whole rent, DON'T COME BY EVERY DAY!!! It's midnight and she's still freakin here!!!

I should have just let the Korean dude move in May 1st. I wouldn't be broke right now and he wouldn't have given me any problems.

The business management firm in Santa Monica gave me an offer! The people seem awesome and I love their office building. The boss looks like George Hamilton. They're finishing up the background check and they'll let me know tomorrow morning. Until I get the final OK, I have 2 more interviews lined up for tomorrow. I'm taking tomorrow off for the hell of it and my other headhunter decided to take advantage of that. Both those interviews are production companies. They're supposed to call me with the final word on the business management firm tomorrow morning but I have to go through with these interviews because I've already scheduled them.

Argh!! Stupid Minnesota and their hack-a-Shaq... This game better end before 9:00 because the second it hits 9, I'm turning to 24!! The Lakers never make it easy, dammit... just kick their asses and we can relaxxxxxxxx.

I read the funniest thing on the TWoP Forums yesterday... re: 24...

Oh, no they DI'INT!!!

Oh my God! They killed Sherry! YOU BASTARDS!!!

I can't believe they killed both Sherry and Nina this season. I'm more concerned about Tony not coming back next season because he faces the death penalty for what he did to save his wife (treason). I was sooooo touched when Jack stuck up for Tony on the phone with the guy in charge. Tony looked super cute this episode though, great lighting.

2 interviews this morning... both went well I think. The second interview was for this rich family and it was my second interview with them - I met one of the sons today and he was super cute!! 29 years old, has an MBA. He likes Bush too!!! Their main concern at that job was that I'd get bored and leave and because they found me through a head hunter, they'd have to pay her and it's not worth it if I don't stay for a couple years. I guess that's why I haven't been as successful in my job search this time around. I've gone through a head hunter for most of my job interviews and they find me jobs I'm qualified/over-qualified for but because the companies need to pay the head hunter, they don't want to take a chance of me being bored and moving on. Anyways, I was kinda iffy on that family job - I like their office/office location (Brentwood) but there are only 5 people working there! It might be worth it if the cute guy was working there everyday but he travels a lot and he doesn't know if he wants to continue doing this job (goal is to retire at 31).

I really liked the first company I interviewed with this morning - they do business management for entertainment clients (like I do now) and they're a small firm (20 people) but they all do business management (my current co. is 16 people but only 3 do business management). Their offices are so nice - the Water Gardens in Santa Monica (lunch Steph!) and the people seem really nice. The first lady I met with loved me (according to my head hunter), I took an accounting test and met with two partners and there is one more partner I need to meet with on Monday. I was at that interview for 3 hours! Hopefully things work out, they're my first choice. The lady knew I had a 2nd interview at that other job and she asked me not to take that job without letting them know first. I think thats a good sign! :)

'Plane' could have steered Bryant clear of trouble - hindsight... The story is Kobe was offered a cameo role on "Soul Plane" that was filming the exact day he was in Colorado. He turned it down because of the surgery and Karl Malone was offered the cameo.

The movie looks soooo stupid but if Karl Malone is going to be in it, maybe its worth watching. I can't believe I actually said that... a year ago, I hated Karl Malone so much! Now that he's a Laker, he's cool with me. Like they say, "love the jersey, not the player." I would still love Rick Fox even if he wasn't a Laker though. First time I noticed him was in that dumb movie Eddie (Whoopi Goldberg) and I was so excited when he signed with the Lakers a year later.

Top 10 list: worst celeb baby names - Can you believe someone is running around with the name Tu Morrow?? Talk about messing up your kid for life! If you don't know already, I'm naming my kid Justin if I ever have a boy... unless my husband's last name is Time or something weird like that. Don't want the kid to get beat up.

I finally caught up on a lot of TV last weekend. I watched the Oprah from last Thursday with the Shrek 2 cast... the whole time Cameron Diaz was on, I was muttering "luckiest girl in the world" (Dante didn't appreciate that - he said, "You've got me and she has a Timber-worm" and I corrected him - "It's Timber-snake"). I love my clear skin (thank you Accutane) but I'll take her acne anyday if it came with Justin Timberlake and the $10 million Shrek 2 paycheck for a week's work. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas and Julie Andrews were also on. At one point Oprah asked Melanie Griffith about her nickname for Antonio and she says, "my very large Spanish cat" and while the audience reacted and Antonio looked embarassed, Mike Myers was telling his wife (who was sitting next to Melanie), "Honey, say something nice about me! Say something nice about me!" He just seems so fun to be around but that could just be his public persona... Shrek 2 looks good though - if I can find someone who wants to see it, I'll go. Maybe I'll drag my 12 year old niece to see it. That's the benefit of nieces and nephews, they're up for going anywhere.

I also added Chappelle's Show to my TiVo season passes because the season has ended for most of the shows I watch. Dave Chappelle's stuff is soooooo offensive but soooooo hilarious. My favorite skit so far has been The Racial Draft - blacks picked Tiger Woods #1, Jews drafted Lenny Kravitz #2, Latinos - Elian Gonzalez #3, Whites wanted Colin Powell but since he isn't white, the blacks made them take Condoleeza Rice too and the Asians drafted the Wu Tang Clan #5.

Why do I always feel like I'm getting jipped?? And I'm never on the other side of any jipping! I paid $1200 this month for my apartment (I usually pay $600) because we were waiting for the manager to approve my new roommate before she moved in and the manager was gone from April 28 to May 4 so he didn't get back to us until May 7th. My roommate had already paid rent on her current place so she wasn't planning on moving in until June 1st and that makes me responsible for the entire rent this month. Since I doled out the $1200 I thought I'd be able to have the apartment to myself this month, that I would be able to walk around in my underwear IF I wanted to, etc. My old roommate still had some stuff at the apartment the first week of this month. I gave my new roommate the key to the apartment last week because she gave me the security deposit (which I had pre-paid to that lying, stealing roommate the end of last month to get her out) and now my new roommate and her gf have been over at the apartment the last 4 days painting, etc. I guess just wanted another week to myself but oh well... I'm too much of a wimp to say anything and it's not that big of a deal. I just feel jipped as usual.

I have a million more things to post but right now I'm just feeling irritated. 1) Does anyone honestly think someone else would be interested in listening to their bullshit ALL DAY? 2) If you're gonna talk all day, TALK!! Don't mumble - thats more irritating!

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!

I have to calm down before I post more... but all you Laker fans can thank me for single-handedly saving the Lakers. Right before Duncan made that shot with 0.4 seconds left, Dante went to the closet to put on his Laker jersey and I yelled at him - "You're gonna jinx them now!!" (He jinxed the Raiders by putting on a Raiders shirt during the Super Bowl 2 years ago just to piss me off). So Duncan makes his shot and I'm yelling at him to take off the freakin jersey! Right after he took it off, I told him, "OK, now they're going to make it because you took off the jersey." I didn't actually believe it myself but damn, I look like a genius now.

Let me say it one more time - OH MY GOD!! Right after Derek made his shot, 3 people IMed me the exact same thing - "HOLY SHIT!"

Yahoo! News - Schwarzenegger Signs Calif. School Degrees - now I remember why I wanted to go back to school. Too late now, I don't think I can enroll and finish by the time he's out of office, unless he wins re-election, but if he doesn't that would suck. I think he will, but you never know. Yeah, I would have another degree and it would help me out in my career, but it wouldn't have Arnold's signature.

I wonder if Arnold Schwarzenegger signs the CPA degrees too...

AMAZING 24 hour! I can't believe any TV show has the budget to have 2 freaking fighter jets... I love the Tony/Michelle stuff - Tony loves Michelle so much, it's always my favorite part of the hour. Poor Tony, the next hour is gonna suck.

New layout! Not as cool as the old one but I had that one for a long time... I might put that back up, but I'll try this one for now.

Archive pages work now, at least. Tried out the new comment thing on Blogger but I don't know what's wrong with the posts before May 6 so whatevers, I'm pooped. I gave up and I put the old comments back.

Argh, now that I figured out how to do archiving, permanent links right on this blog, I can't get it to look right when you click on the permanent link thing (the time published).

Got this in a e-mail from my high school friend Steve -

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF.....

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word 'PSYCHE'.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' ...and can do the 'Carlton'.
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that 'WOAH' comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched 'Fraggle Rock'.
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and 'spokey-dokes' or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to 'Duck Tales' (Woo ooh!).
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House).
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples..
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do... getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes.. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
50. You remember watching "Rainbow Brite" and "My Little Pony Tales"
51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.
57. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool!
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World"
62. You tight rolled your jeans.
63. You owned a banana clip.
64. You remember "Where's the Beef?
65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!!

I really like my CPA Review: Audit class... everything makes sense to me!! I'm going to try to do the homework, we'll see how that goes. I have really good notes from my Audit class at UCLA too (I took it with Gardner) so I'll look through that too. I thought the instructor was awesome before last night's class but he said something to make me like him more... People were trying to convince him to let us go early because there was a Laker game and he starts talking about TiVo - telling everyone they should get it. He has it too and mentions how you never watch anything on time anymore and how it takes 40 mins to watch an hour long show, etc. I don't know what I ever did without it. I like coming home whatever time I feel like coming home and knowing I have The OC ready to watch on TiVo when I'm ready. I remember Jenny coming over to watch Sex and the City one time and she was hurrying to get to my apt... when I opened the door, she asked if she missed much and I didn't know what she was talking about. I had paused it when it first came on so it was ready whenever we were.

Word of the Day on Yahoo! today is: LOQUACIOUS. It means talkative... I've been using that word way too much today to describe someone.

And lastly, word of advice to anyone with roommates, especially random roommates: TRUST NO ONE!! Arrrrrrgh. Who should I believe? The mail lady who described 'the incident' and my ex-roommate to the T (including the way she talks) or the ex-roommate who just keeps denying everything? How would the mail lady know this shit unless it happened just recently and unless she had interaction with her??

In honor of tonight's series finale, there are my 13 favorite Friends episodes... (I can't narrow it down anymore). I've seen all of the episodes at least 10 times, they will be showing it forever in syndication and I still bought the DVDs. These people are marketing geniuses! They add a couple deleted scenes to every episode and that makes people go out and buy them, just to see those scenes.

1. The One Where Rachel Finds Out - Chandler accidentally lets out the fact that Ross liked Rachel and when he realizes this, he rubs his temples... Joey says, "Yeah, keep doing that. It'll turn back time."

2. The One Where No One's Ready - the sight of Joey wearing all Chandler's clothes and doing lunges while "going commando"....

3. The One With the Embryos - I loved the game where Joey and Chandler win Monica and Rachel's apartment.

4. The One With All the Resolutions - My brother still cracks up when he sees Ross with leather pants down to his knees, in some girl's bathroom, with lotion and baby powder all over his legs, trying to get the pants back on and then hitting himself in the head cause his hands slipped.

5. The One With the Cop - 3 words: PIVOT PIVOT PIVOT!

6. The One Where Ross Got High - I liked the part where Monica and Ross were yelling out each others' secrets to their parents and then Phoebe, Joey and Rachel get in on the action. Joey's was: "I want to goooooooooooo!" and Rachel realized she wasn't supposed to put beef in the dessert truffle. Oh yeah - when the rest of the guys found out the pages in the cookbook were stuck together and Joey immediately accuses Chandler.

7. The One Where Chandler Can't Cry - Reese Weatherspoon guest starred and at the end of the episode, she was telling all of them off... to Ross she said: "I throw myself at you and you say no? How gay are you?" It was the way she said that...

8. The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs - They're playing a game where they have to name all 50 states in six minutes. Monica forgets 14 states, Rachel forgets 2. Chandler asks Joey how he did... Joey: "Say hello to the new champ of Chandler's dumb states game." Ross: "Wow, how many have you got?" Joey: "Fifty-six!"

9. The One With the Holiday Armadillo - I loved the way Ross said "I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states... annnnnnd MexicO!" in the armadillo costume. I love that little kid from Big Daddy. Joey bursting in with a Superman outfit was hilarious too.

10. The One With Joey's New Brain - Ross was funny playing the bagpipes, but Phoebe was beyond hilarious when she started singing along. You can see Rachel trying hard not to laugh. I also loved when Joey ran in and started talking about DOOL, and the others didn't know what he meant... "Days of Our Lives"... The way Joey says that is funny, like you should already know what he meant. I thought only internet nerds knew "DOOL" so I started cracking up.

11. The One With Joey's Award - I liked seeing the Days and Passions people, plus I loved Joey's actions after they announced that he didn't win.

12. The One With the Rumor - Brad Pitt! There was a scene when Brad Pitt was looking for someone to give him a high 5 and Phoebe runs to hug him... she says, "It's just like I always imagined it would be." I want to use that line... when I meet Justin Timberlake!

13. The One in Barbados - I loved Joey and Ross's argument about whether Days of Our Lives has a "THE" before it. Ross says yes, Joey says no. Some girl tells them she doesn't have a TV and Joey asks her, "You don't have a TV? Where is all your furniture pointed at??"

Still can't sleep!! I got American Wedding from Netflix this weekend so I'm watching that right now.

I was so caught up in the Michael Vartan lookalike last week, I forgot to add that there's a Will Ferrell lookalike in the CPA class too - he sits close to us and he looks like Will Ferrell trying to be serious. I was soooooo pissed off at work today, more pissed than I usually am (half my day is wasted looking for stupid ass files Stan loses, which are in his office half the time, then he gets on my case about getting shit done), so on the way to my CPA review class, I put on the Justin Timberlake CD. Then when I got to class, I sat next to Michael Vartan lookalike (his name is Kyle) again and all was good in the world again. He promised to wake me up if I started dozing off :). I didn't get too much sleep last night so I left work early to have enough time to buy a Mocha Cappuccino Blast at the Baskin Robbins in Kerchoff. Those babies work wonders!! kept me and Maria awake in our Econ classes. They still work. The CPA review instructor wasn't a UCLA prof and I'd usually think I was wasting my time sitting in a class a non-UCLA prof taught, but this guy was young and he was awesome.

Dammit, I think those Mocha Cappuccino Blasts work too well... I'm not sleepy at all.

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - AP - First thing I thought when I saw this was... Voltron! I still remember how my brother and I had the action figure for Voltron when we were living in Louisiana and the yellow leg fell off into this dark 'scary' gap between two cement walls... neither of us wanted to reach into that gap and get it so we ended up with a one-legged Voltron. It's amazing the stupid little things you remember from your childhood.

My neighbor freshman year in college - Jeffer - said he wanted to have a statue of a real sized Voltron in his backyard. He was smart as hell too - I'm sure in a couple more years, he'll be living in his mansion with his Voltron statue in his backyard.

I spent $100 last weekend on Chanel stuff and I totally love it... some things are just worth the outrageous prices you pay. I got the foundation (looks really good and it doesn't feel like you have anything on) and two lip glosses - Blizzard (when I'm feeling conservative) and Tickled Pink (it may look weird in the container and on the screen but it actually looks really really good when you put it on).

I haven't cared what I look like in 2 years because this job just makes you not care... no one is gonna see me everyday but these old folks. I'm trying to get back to the days when I spent an hour getting ready every morning so I could look good and I'm starting by replacing all my makeup. I need to toss out all the old stuff I had because I'm sure they're full of bacteria by now!

This interviewing is tough! I have never been rejected so many times in my life! I'm overqualified for some jobs (the huge business management co in Century City) and I'm underqualified for others (the video game co, the porn mag co, and the pineapple co). Most of those huge non-financial co jobs want someone who has done straight accounting and my business management skills are different. There is no question I need to get my CPA in order to really advance professionally. I have another interview on Friday, this time with a financial co in downtown LA. I miss downtown LA. My head hunter told me I'm definitely qualified for this job and to just handle this interview the way I handled the porn mag co interview because that lady told her she loved my personality but I just don't have enough experience. I think the job I was most depressed about being rejected for was the Century City business management co. I totally loved the atmosphere of the office building, etc. It's like a classier downtown LA.

Found a roommate... my current roommate and I want to get everything done ASAP so we don't have to worry about stuff but now the stupid mean manager is out of town until May 4th. My roommate is moving out April 30 and she wants her security deposit from this new person but the new person wants to make sure the manager approves her before she moves in so she won't have to deal with moving back out. I'm trying to hold on to this Korean dude who definitely wants the apartment just in case this girl changes her mind and I'm gonna feel so bad when I have to tell him, sorry you can't move in. I'd like to get that done ASAP so he's not waiting on this one apartment. Why must there always be a problem?? (-- George, on Seinfeld) story of my life.

LAPD Receives Threat Against West LA Mall - this is nice to hear... especially cause I'm sitting here in my office looking at the mall! Westside Pavilion is the closest mall to the Federal Building. I was telling Eileen I thought it would be the Century City Shopping Center instead because they're more high profile and she says, "Then your boy [the Michael Vartan lookalike] will get hurt!" Oh no!! I just met him!

I've seen 3 firetrucks this morning and a bunch of motorcycle cops. Everytime we hear a siren, all eyes go towards the window. Steve told me if I see Jack Bauer running around, then I should start feining sickness (I already did that last week though!). Even if its not a bomb, the terrorists could release a virus at the mall and even if I don't go to the mall, people in this building go to the mall for lunch and they're going to bring it back here! If I see anyone with a bloody nose today, is it too late for me? Would I be infected already? How close do you have to be to an infected person to be exposed? Oh my god, too much 24! Why would they target Westside Pavilion anyways? It's not that popular of a mall. Have non-UCLA people even heard of it?

Hi Lucy

I'm looking for a roommate asap. Your area looks really good. Looking to move up from Manhattan Beach where I'm living right now. Male actor with money originally from downunder. Allergic to cats. Good at changing lightbulbs.

Matt


Should I call?? OK who wants to meet my new roommate? Dante will be madddddd :).

I'm so giddy right now... I sat next to the cutest guy yesterday in my CPA review class. I'm so giddy I'm not as pissed as I should be about everything that has happened to me in the last 12 hours. Yes, the guy is that cute. He was taller than me, even with my two inch heels. He's nice too... works in Century City, graduated college a year ago. Who says accountants are boring and ugly! I have a reason to look forward to class now - this is what I miss about college... meeting new people. Oh my god he was cute. I feel like a 12 year old girl...

When I got home from my CPA class, my roommate's boyfriend was parked in our driveway just enough so I couldn't park behind him... that pissed me off because our driveway is tandem parking but we can fit 3 cars! I had to park down the next street and walk. When I went into the apartment, my roommate tells me, "I'm moving out May 1st no matter what so if you can't afford it on your own or you can't find someone, then you need to move too." Nevermind we're gonna be breaking our lease... She said she has been looking for someone to move in but she couldn't find anyone. I knew of only 2 people that came by to look at the place. I believed her because I figured it was close to summer, UCLA students are moving out instead of moving in, etc... I didn't think she'd just leave without finding a new roommate first but never underestimate anyone I guess. I went on craigs list and put up an ad last night - 2 people called and I got 3 emails already this morning!

Then my manager calls me. I thought he was cute when I first moved in but he's been an ass lately so forget him. I told him I was just going to call him and tell him my roommate is moving out and I told him what she said. He told me that she called him this morning asking for an application, etc. Then he says, "I need to talk to you about something else also - Dante. We know he's been staying there, I don't care what you say." I'm pissed off he added that "I don't care what you say." because the last time we talked about Dante (March 2003), he had already planned to move out that next week. He came up cause my last roommate got pissed off she heard him talking to the neighbor downstairs about how fat she was so she called the manager and complained that he was staying with me. He just moved back in 6 months later. Anyways, I just didn't feel like dealing with the manager so I just said, "how much is it to add an extra tenant? $120? fine, I'll add that on my rent." And then the manager adds, "If she can't find someone, you're liable for the full amount." No shit, Sherlock. Wish I had more than freakin 4 days notice. At least I don't have to deal with any stalker boyfriend drama anymore. Whatevers, I'm moving as soon as this lease is up. I want a one bedroom anyways so I don't have to deal with shit anytime someone needs to move out.

If I knew what my job situation would be like, I'd be in a better position to decide what I want to do. Whatever job I get next will pay at least $8k more than I'm making right now and with $8k more a year, I can afford paying an extra $300 rent/month - I'm looking to spend about $900-950 for a one bedroom, I love this area so I'd stay around here. I have my porn magazine co. interview tomorrow morning and my headhunter wants to talk to me about another job opportunity downtown.

Just got another email from someone off craigs list - she's 45 and a liberal... um...

I have 2 legit female potential roommates - both are 26 and work around here and they sound down to earth. 1 is ok with Dante staying with us because she said she went down that road before. I haven't heard from the other one yet.

Alright, for us cheapskates out there (I'm looking at you Mike) - Ben & Jerry's has Free Cone Day on Tuesday April 27 (12pm-8pm) and Baskin Robbins has Free Scoop Night on Wednesday April 28 (6pm-10pm). Krispy Kreme has a coupon for buy 1 dozen, get 1 dozen free (valid until May 31). Jamba Juice has a buy 1 get 1 free coupon for their new enlightened smoothies (expires May 31).

This is the cutest American Eagle Outfitters underwear (the white one)... here's the close-up... click on the picture to see the back. This is cuter than my Abercrombie & Fitch underwear that says "unwrap me" across the ass. :)

I have two interviews coming up after the video game company... accounting positions for a pineapple co. and a well known porn magazine co. :) What am I gonna do if I get that porn co. job?? I think the company is Fortune 500 and I know they will pay well but what am I gonna tell my mom? It's a challenging job too - I'd deal with a lot of their international stuff and I'd learn a lot. It's in Silver Lake but the commute won't be too bad because traffic is going the opposite way for me. The pineapple co. is offering a lot more money than I'm making now, but it's in Westlake Village! Thats like a 2 hour commute both ways and I have to deal with the 405. It's a cash analyst position and it sounds interesting but I don't know if I'm qualified enough for that job. I guess the video game company is my first choice if all the offers are around the same figures. It's in Santa Monica and it would only take me 20 mins max local streets to get there. All 3 interviews are for major corporations that have offices internationally. I know the grass isn't always greener on the other side but I'm so sick of working for sole proprietors and small firms, I need a change. I'm just excited to do something different and to get paid more.

I can probably afford to get my own apartment by September (my current lease is up in August). Everyone else I know either already had their own apartments or just got their own apartment and I'm so jealous! :) My current roommate is moving out because she's always with her boyfriend at his place, so it was just a waste to keep paying $600 when she was never at our apartment... so if you know anyone who needs a place to stay in West LA, let me know. They can stay past August, because even if I do move out, its easy to find another roommate to take over my room.

Dante and I have this bet - whoever accomplishes our tasks first wins. If I get a new job before he finishes his 20 days community service, he has to buy me a Tiffany's bracelet. If he finishes first, I have to buy him some exhaust for his car.

First of all, a big WTF re: American Idol... I don't care about most of the contestants this year but it was so wrong to vote Jennifer off when John and Diana are still on the show. George bugs me a little bit with his actions - he acts like he's scared of the air or something.

The Apprentice people were on Larry King Live tonight... I'm going to try to catch the repeat at midnight (9pm is The OC and nothing can make me miss that show), but I heard that Donald Trump offered to pay for Troy's college education, wherever he decides he wants to go. And Omarosa said she lost the Herbal Essences commercial because she didn't get the moan right and that she should have taken lessons from Amy. WTH? That bitch is rude! Hate her, hate people like her. Supposedly she's going to be a paid consultant for the Kerry campaign. Heehee. She can ruin them the way she ruined Kwame.

I had an interview yesterday... this huge company in Century City in one of the towers buildings. I loved the environment. They were offering 8k more than I currently make and the job was specifically to do receivables (deposits). I didn't get it. :( I was overqualified for that job. Thats the first time that has happened to me but I haven't really interviewed in a long long time. If this job that I'm overqualified for pays $8k more than I make now, what would a job I'm 'perfectly' qualified for pay? I have an interview coming up soon with this huge video game company... we'll see what happens but the thing I like most about it so far is that the office is 0.2 miles away from my 24 Hour Fitness. I'd have no excuse!

The highlight of my year is here... the Rick Fox lookalike client is here to sign his tax returns. Tall, dark, handsome with a sexy British accent. I wait all year to see this guy and he's totally worth it.

Oh my god, they're gonna release Knight Rider on DVD now?? I remember watching that show when I was younger but I watched a lot of crap that I didn't understand when I was young.

Sorry about the not posting... its so hectic around here until Thursday... I've been doing everyone else's taxes but I haven't done my own!! And I only have 1 W-2, no interest income. I'm such a procrastinator.

My favorite episode of Ally McBeal was on this weekend and TiVo caught it for me! It was Ally's 30th birthday and her boyfriend (Robert Downey Jr.) had a deposition so he was busy all day. She kept waiting for him to show up at the bar where her firm was holding her birthday party and when she was about to give up and go home, he shows up singing "Every Breath You Take". Then he goes off to the side and Sting starts singing. (He was representing Sting in the deposition). Such a sweet moment. I stopped watching the show after Robert Downey Jr. left. It just wasn't the same anymore.

I've always wanted a guy to sing to me on my birthday like that :)... They did it in Family Man too. And if someone could bring Justin Timberlake to my birthday party, I'd love them forever. I'll even settle for Justin Guarini. Heehee.

I spent so much time in college watching Ally McBeal. She had such a successful career life (the firm had an unreal winning %, thats how you know it's fiction) but her personal life was just pathetic... then she meets the perfect guy (I LOVE Robert Downey Jr., have loved him since Only You) and even when they're happily together, she thinks he's going to leave her, just like everyone else has. He eventually does (because of actor related issues), but thats not the point. Is that what's going to happen to me? When I meet the perfect guy, am I going to be paranoid he's going to eventually end up hurting me?

I was watching I Love the 80s Strikes Back a couple days ago and it hit me who my boss reminds me of - BOB SAGET (Danny Tanner from Full House)!! This is partly why I have an unbearable work situation. Can you get more annoying than him?

Jennifer Lopez's Mother Wins $2.4 Million - wtf... some people have all the luck.

And lastly, I wasted about 2 hours last night watching a movie (Holes) just to see Rick Fox at the end for like 30 seconds. I knew he was in the movie but I didn't know when. He was probably on in the beginning too but I missed it.

The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman - Jerry Seinfeld was on The Daily Show last night promoting these long American Express commercials... check out "Uniform" - just like watching a Seinfeld episode. We'll have to check back later for "Hindsight".

Times Ledger - I don't know if this is good or bad... Justin Guarini's CD was part of this counterfeit operation... "Musical titles included N.E.R.D, Guns N Roses, Usher, The Vines and Justin Guarini."

Thats bad because he didn't sell too many official CDs but isn't it a compliment that people considered his CD good enough to counterfeit?

Thats it for me... I'll still watch but no more waiting all week for Thursdays... dammit.

Freakin Apprentice!! That was such a producer set up... there's no way someone would have gone in there with 2 minutes left and signed a freakin lease for $40k, especially cause Nick and Amy were sitting on their ass all freakin night up til the deadline. Who would spend $40k to rent a place out for a New Year's Eve party when you have to clear out of the place by midnight?? I can't stand Nick or Amy. I don't even know who got fired yet and I'm pissed off right now. I love Troy and I like Kwame and Bill. Nick has always been 'eh' to me.

My love for Amy died last week. She had to copy all the other teams' ideas - couldn't come up with any of her own! And then when Trump was asking her if she and Nick were in a relationship, she kept saying, "Nick has a crush on me." She has such an ego problem! Trump asked her who's stupid idea it was to auction off a $300 car rental in Atlantic City (if you're already on vacation, why would you want to rent a car and drive somewhere else?) and it was clearly Amy's idea (as shown earlier in the hour) but in the boardroom, she "couldn't recall".

I watched Hollywood Squares for the first time tonight cause Justin Guarini was on. Hal Sparks was on too, which is a total bonus. There's this one section when the contestant is given 30 seconds and he's supposed to answer a true/false question about each 'square'...

Here's Justin waiting for the host to say the question...



Host: "He dots his i's with hearts when he signs his autograph."



Stupid Contestant says: "TRUE." Look at Justin's face!



Heehee. Poor Justin. Supposedly the true/false question last night was "He was only paid $500 to make From Justin to Kelly" and that same contestant says True to that! :) heehee.

Chicago, L.A. towers were next targets - that is scary! In 2001, I was working a couple blocks away from the Library Tower. I think Arthur Andersen were in that building and I had a friend working for them. I never thought they'd really consider LA that big of a target. Well, LAX yes, but not downtown. It's just that most people consider LA and the West Coast lightweights.

Oh yeah - Justin Guarini is gonna be on Hollywood Squares this coming week... The source of all my Justin info? - this message board. Yes, I'm 12.

Trying to study for the CPA exam right now... as you can tell, its not going well :). I gave up trying to do the homework on the computer tonight cause they time you and unless I'm fully concentrating, its unnerving. Besides, I don't know the material well enough yet to attempt to answer those questions. I'm going through the material and making flashcards instead. Hey, its a start!

Only You is on TNT right now... love this movie! I have the DVD but I'm too lazy to look for my VCR remote so I can switch it to DVD input mode so I'll just watch it with commercials. This movie is serioulsly a Department of Tourism video for Italy - it showcases most of their big cities - Venice, Rome and Positani. Heehee, Billy Zane before Titanic. Speaking of Titanic, I've wanted to watch that for a couple weeks now but I can't find my DVD. Yeah, my room is a mess. How'd you guess?

Left work at 3:45p today... the last two hours, I worked on my time sheets for the past 3 weeks so the admin person won't get on my case Monday. And so I can get paid on Wednesday. 28 OT hours!!

Again, it's Saturday and I'm in the office. We've been wasting so much time at work on this stupid project Stan wants to do (probably for billing hours) just in case this couple gets divorced. This project probably shoulda been done 5 years ago when they got married!! But I think its a waste of time because the couple is still so giddy in love. They're both over 50, they've been married 5 years, (2nd marriage for both) and they are so compatible with each other! The wife even told Stan not to spend too much time on this (when he first suggested it to her) and 2 months later, we're still working on this project... during TAX season when we have so much else to do. His excuse for why this couldn't wait until after tax season - the husband is going off to New York to do Broadway and he wants to finish this before the husband leaves. But seriously, I know you never know about divorce but just observing them when they're in the office, reading the interview articles about them and the projects they work on together, etc... I know way more couples more likely to divorce than those 2.

If anyone goes to Carl's Jr. in the next couple weeks, please let me know when it's Rick Fox week. :) These bobbleheads don't look right but I just want it to have it.

Justin Guarini cut the hair!! Sideshow Bob is officially dead. :(

In other news - is this really news?? "Idol" judge Simon Cowell denies obscene gesture. Don't people from other countries not think it's a big deal what finger you just happen to be sticking up? People just need to R-E-L-A-X! In Chinese restaurants when someone is pouring tea, I notice that the recipient taps their middle finger on the table until it's time to stop. (Isn't it pretty obvious when you should stop if you're pouring the tea into those little cups though?)

Why am I watching E! True Hollywood Story - New Kids on the Block (on TiVo)?? Why did I TiVo this? This is taking up 2 precious TiVo hours too!

I actually thought these guys were cute (Jordan!!) and that their CD, oops, CASSETTE was the best album ever back then?? heehee...

Jonathan Knight dated Tiffany? Tiffany is blonde now?

memories... NKOTB!

I didn't cry today watching 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'!! The last 2 episodes I watched, I cried at the end when the families saw their new houses. LeAnn Rimes suprised the family in the last episode I saw and she was crying so I started getting tears in my eyes... crying is contagious. The other episode I saw, the father was a military man who was serving in Iraq and he suprised his wife and kids by being there at the big "reveal".

I had a dream last night that I was dating Mark-Paul Gosselaar (yeah, Zack from Saved by the Bell. STOP LAUGHING! And don't ask me why, I don't know). We had a good first date and the next week, he came over and saw me and Dante just joking around, etc. He was mad and I tried to explain to him Dante and I were just friends... um, who live together and share the same room, etc... He still didn't like it. Oh well. I'm still mad I can't remember what happened in my Tyson Beckford dream the night before.

I found a dress I want from Victoria's Secret... this dress is in the same print as the Swell duvet cover I want for my bed... I'm totally into pink these days.

I just called Dante and told him not to let me do anything tonight but send out resumes...

Freakin idiot comes in here and sees this letter I have ready to go out, ready for him to look over and sign and tells me, "We need to have this out today!" Nevermind the fact the mail isn't going to pick up in this building until 5pm Monday... I told him, "I THOUGHT you wanted to look over it since you've given me shit over the last 2 weeks about wanting to see shit going out." His response was to change the subject to some stupid thing he saw on TV the other night... What the fuck?? I get lectured for sending shit out because he hasn't looked over the fucking COVER LETTER and then I get lectured for not sending other shit out that he SHOULD look over??

If you hate your job more than me, I'll give you a million dollars. I don't think its freakin possible.

I had a dream about Tyson Beckford last night!! I can't remember what the dream was though cause all I can think about today is how much I hate this job. I think it was a goooooood dream too, but not as great as the Justin Timberlake one. (We watched a little bit of Biker Boyz last night, thats why Tyson was in my dream).

They added another stop sign to my commute!! So now, I have 2 lights and 6 stop signs to get to work instead of 5... yeah, I know, people drive hours so I should stop complaining.

I hate this job. I hate this job. I seriously hate this job more than anyone has ever hated their job ever. I hate my job more than Peter hated his job on Office Space. You know that stuff he said to the psychologist? "So I'm sitting in my cubicle today and I realized that ever since I started working, every day in my life has been worse than the day before it. So it means that every single day you see me, that's only the worse day of my life." That's ME!!

It is tough working for a spaz who panics over every little thing... since we supposedly have so much fucking work to do that you need me to stay 2 more hours every freakin day, 3 more hours on Saturday, why do we need to waste time looking for the file with the hard copy of the document when we can pull it up in 2 seconds on the computer?? And why are all the missing documents shit you worked on recently and said you gave back to us (even though we KNOW you didn't)? And don't get on my case about being 5 minutes late to work the one day you get here on time when I'm the first one here almost every day. Yesterday Stan came in and he was asking for this one piece of paper with my client's 2003 Canadian income... he said he gave it to me last week. I know he didn't give it to ME personally because I know exactly what file I would have stuck that piece of paper in. I created the fucking file! I know where the document should go! He starts spazzing, "we need to find this form. I gave it to you... blah blah blah." Takes me 20 minutes of looking through every tax file we have on the client and it was misplaced in another file. I just took that document, went to the copier and made 20 freakin copies of it, put a copy everywhere just to make a point. That was strike 3 for me... I was so close to just walking out and quitting. Yesterday was not the day to mess with me because I was so pissed off already at him because of things that happened earlier... when a perfectly capable assistant (they finally hired a fucking assistant who can do shit right) hands you your mail and says, "this is your mail!", do I need to go back to the mail room just to see if she gave me all my mail?? What the fuck? I guess Corinne gave me my mail from earlier before the people sorted the mail from that day cause Mr. Spaz came by and lectured me, "you didn't check your mail today, there were some checks that could have been deposited." (Strike 2)... Strike 1 was when he called me when he was out of the office and lectured me on how he needs me to work more hours, etc. Just because no one else here is under age 35 and no one has a life of any sort so they want to be in the office til 9, doesn't mean I'm not pulling my weight because I leave around 6:45-7:00. Eileen fucks around all day, disappears for hours during the day (I havent seen her for the past 2 hours), so cause she stays til 8:30, she's a dedicated worker?? I wish Daniel was still here... He's the king of leaving at 5:59. When the hell am I supposed to study for my CPA exam?? It's not like they pay me anything equivalent to a CPA's salary so it would be ok if I didn't pass everything the first time I take it. I get OT for all these extra hours I work but at any other job, I'd get paid more without OT.

I love my clients but the work environment here is too stupid to deal with. I will give my 2 week notice either on or before Tax Day (April 15th)... I don't even care about waiting for a CPA firm opportunity. I just want to get out of here.


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101 Reasons the '90s Ruled - this show is NO WHERE near as good as VH1's I Love the 80s and I Love the 80s Strikes Back. I can't wait til VH1 comes out with their I Love the 90s (it's supposed to air in May). These commentators on 101 Reasons are so boring! There is no one near as creative as Michael Ian Black or Hal Sparks. The only shows E! is(/are?) good at are the E! True Hollywood Story stuff. Even Best Week Ever on VH1 is better than anything on E!.

I went to the kitchen earlier this morning and there was someone in there already. I said good morning to him just to be nice (there are only 14 people in this office, we all know each other), but he didn't say anything... We were in the kitchen maybe 5 minutes getting our coffee, etc. and I can't believe how quiet it was. Even if you don't feel like talking, don't you at least utter a good morning when someone says that too you?? I even utter it when I'm pissed off and I don't feel like dealing with anybody. I only said it to him because I thought it would be rude not to.

Daniel nicknamed the guy D.M. (dorkus maximus)... this guy is the quintessential Asian nerd. He has no social skills, he walks around not saying anything to anybody and anytime he utters anything, he acts like its a big deal. He is smart as hell (already passed his CPA exam (all 4 parts on the first try), had a 3.7 GPA at UCLA, etc.) and he's working here for pennies cause he can't get a job anywhere else. If I had his brains and his GPA, I'd be doing big things by now - I'd at least be on Apprentice 2! Daniel shared an office with D.M. and he said they didn't talk at all ALL day!! You can't get Eileen and I to shut up in here!

Magazine Reveals Simon Cowell's Paycheck - Judge Judy made $25 million last year?? WTF!!! Judge JUDY?!?? That is one hell of a smart businesswoman, I'll tell you that. I wonder how much the People Court judge (Judge Wapner?) made at the height of the show's success. (By the way, Simon made $2.3 million).

I need to get my own place, I need to get my own place... or at least find a roommate who doesn't have a stupid stalker boyfriend who leaves the door open when there is no one home!!

Dante has gone home a couple times when there is no one there and the door is wide open. Sometimes the boyfriend will leave the door open even when I'm there and my roommate isn't. The door was wide open this morning when I left!!

This is what I think happens. The stupid boyfriend comes over to check up on my roommate (to see if she's home) (he has a key to our place) and when she isn't there, he'll get pissed off and leave and just leave the door to the apt open. He'll either leave entirely (probably to go to the next place he thinks she's at) or go wait outside to see who she comes home with. Aaaargh!!! There is nothing in our living room because I spend the bulk of my time in my room but if someone were to go to my room and steal all my shit, I know her stupid stalker boyfriend isn't going to pay to get everything replaced!! He's as broke as they come. I need to either get renters insurance or get a lock for my bedroom door. I'd be a little less pissed about this if we lived in a gated building but we don't! My roommate is a cool person but this is just stupid shit no one should have to deal with.

Should I get renter's insurance?? The only valuable things I have are my 4 year old computer (time to get a new one), my LCD monitor, my laser printer I've had since 7th grade (12 years! and I've only changed the cartridge 3 times), my $150 flat screen TV from Costco (it's awesome, I love it), my TiVo, my cheapass VCR and my cheapass DVD player. Everything is replaceable, it'll just take me a while. My mom doesn't want me getting renter's insurance because she doesn't want me having claims on my "record" for such little stuff.

So I'm here at work on Saturday... we're supposed to be here at 9. I've been here since 9. Stan and Eileen are nowhere to be found. Not that I care, because if Stan isn't here, he isn't asking me to find files I know are in his office or stupid shit like that. BUT, don't get on my case about being 5 minutes late to work when you guys can't even show up on time!! It's 10:03 right now. The big boss mentioned something about Stan having a problem with me being a little late to work to me a while ago, but my comeback was, "I stay late" and the big boss was cool with it. No one takes Stan seriously around here. You know its sad when you're 62, and the big boss (who is prob 10-15 years younger than you) yells at you for turning the thermostat lower. Or, makes fun of you for not knowing how to use Excel.

I've had a couple job opportunities but I can't decide if I should hold out for a CPA firm opportunity so I can get certified (after I pass the tests, who knows when that'll be). If I jump ship right now to go to a place that pays at least $8k more a year, I'd eventually have to leave that place to go to a place I can get certified. I think a CPA firm would pay that much too but I just have to wait for that opportunity to come along. I've had headhunters call me about 3 positions already - two in business management firms in Beverly Hills (exactly what I'm doing now, except more pay and less responsibilities - yes, I typed that right) and "a Fund Accounting position, in downtown LA. It's a great opportunity, with a large company, that believes in promoting from within." If I hadn't already devoted time and money into the CPA review class, I'd jump for any of those jobs. I'd love to work in downtown again too - I miss that so much.

I'm so mad about American Idol right now... I loved Matthew and he didn't make it :(. That guy is HOTTTTTT!!!! He was gonna be my Justin Guarini this year. He has an amazing smile and he seems to have a nice personality. I've watched his performance a couple times on TiVo and he puts a smile on my face cause he's so damn cute. Yeah, I know its a singing competition but I wanted something to look at!

I liked the Pen Salesman (Jon Peter) last time but his performance just didn't do it for me yesterday... Something about George bugs... Leah bugs too... Jennifer is a good singer but she's just weird. I don't know why but I liked the 4 that didn't get picked better than most of the people who did get picked, even though Elizabeth and Katie are blah too. This season is just blah to me... probably better than last season for me but I liked Justin and Kelly and Nikki the most.

I think thats the thing about reality shows - the first season is always the best... I loved The Mole the first season because of the people (I told Steve - there's no way the Mole could be the female attorney because attorneys would never do that!! I wanted to be an attorney back then.), I liked the first season of America's Next Top Model better because of the people (Adrianne, Shannon and Elise). I don't think next season's The Apprentice will be as good because I love Troy and Amy and I like Bill and Heidi.

Pac-10 berth surprises Bruins - how the hell did we get into the Pac-10 tournament?? How bad are Oregon State and Arizona State? Didn't it seem like we were on a long long losing streak? We just lost to Oregon State last week!

By the way, Steve Lavin would have pulled off a win against Stanford this year - he always manages to win a huge game to shock everyone. We didn't even have that this year.

JEM! is coming out on DVD March 30th!! Two articles - this and this. They need to release Beverly Hills Teens on DVD now. I loved that cartoon. The OC is also coming out on DVD sometime in the fall and a Seinfeld DVD (season 1 probably) is coming out in December. This site has good info on TV shows on DVD releases.

Someone called me yesterday re: a bookkeeper position in a West LA business management firm that specializes in entertainment clients (exactly what my current company is)... I'm already at a business manager position in this firm though cause I handle the accounts of several clients. I'm assuming the bookkeeping position means less responsibility than I have here because everything the recruiter asked me about, I already do that and more. I don't even remember applying to that job (cause I lied, I didn't send out resumes Thursday night, like I said I would). Anyway, I was pissed off all day yesterday because the recruiter told me the job paid $8k/yr more than I get here. If I made $8k more a year, I could get my own apartment, get my car fixed, save more $$$...

I didn't set an interview for that job because I need to be at a CPA firm so I can get CPA credit and that company only did business management. I was on hotjobs.com today and everything I was qualified for was paying at least $8-18k more than I get here, so I sent my resume. Recruiters are the way to go though, for accounting jobs - they'll find you some awesome jobs because they get paid a lot by the firms if they hire you. Recruiters do the job for you, you just need to let them know you're interested.

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Geez, guess what I'm up to tonight? I'm not just talking out of my ass this time either. I'm really gonna send out the resumes.

Stan just doesn't have anyone to take his shit out on and I guess I'm the nice person he can pick on who he's not scared of. He's scared of Eileen and I guess there is no one else in his crappy life... He said he has been looking for me since noon (I didn't leave for lunch til 1pm but I was in An-Chi's office talking to her around noon) because he wanted to see these papers to a project I was working on and we needed to have the stuff faxed over to this guy today. He goes on and on and when he finally stopped I told him, I faxed that stuff over to the guy at 11am because HE (Stan) told me to. He says, "I'd like to look over the stuff before we fax it" and I show him the stupid memo he wrote for me after I had shown him the papers that morning - "Fax to Phil... 1. Salary was paid 5/27/03 in the amount of... 2. Contribution of $20k was paid on ..." Am I stupid to assume "Fax to Phil" means FAX TO PHIL?? I've never given him shit to review after he already reviewed it. He should be reviewing the shit the assistants give him instead cause he'll sign anything and then I go back and look later and its freakin wrong!

I don't know why I've stayed. I don't get CPA credit for this shit so its a total waste of time for me. Even if I were able to use these 2 years experience, I can't be a real CPA cause I've had no audit hours so I can't do audits. I am gonna leave cause the peddly little amounts I get for the OT I work (I don't even bill them when I stay later everyday, just the hours I work on Saturday) will be nothing compared to the regular base salary I'm gonna get elsewhere.

Dante has chewed me out for putting up with Stan cause he knows I'm miserable at this job and they don't pay me what I'm worth. He said if he was Asian and he was a cute girl with nice legs and he had my B.A. from my school, he'd be making WAY more than I make right now but I've settled for this job cause I'm comfortable. I need to listen to him for once and do what he says.

Dante is feeling down on himself again and I'm sick of all the negativity he exudes... it's hard enough sitting in an office listening to someone bitch and moan about anything and everything all day, 6 days a week (i.e., I don't need to hear "what the fuck does he want?" after I get off the phone when a client calls... I don't mind when my clients call, I like them), I don't need the negativity at home.

I think he resents that I've had an "easy" life because my parents paid for my college education, they take care of me when I need help, etc. I'm not even gonna go into how this pisses me off because UCLA was no cake walk. I had to work hard to get through and graduate. He says he wants to go back to school but he doesn't want to struggle for a couple years while he's going through school and I told him "What makes you so special you shouldn't have to struggle (financially) through school?? Have you heard of the term 'starving college student'? I've had friends who put themselves through school and they're so much better off now because of it!" I also went on about 'struggling for 4 years through school vs. struggling for the rest of your life!'

This was part of our conversation in the car this morning...
me: Arnold [Schwarzenegger]'s parents didn't do anything for him and look at him now.
Dante: How do you know they didn't do anything for him? Did you read a book on him or what?
me: E! True Hollywood Story.
Dante: And how long was that?
me: 2 freakin hours! He came to the US with $20 bucks in his pockets. His parents didn't do shit for him, so stop feeling sorry for yourself!

On another note... I found my necklace!! It was in the closet, on the floor under one of Dante's boots. Thank god I found it too because I was gonna replace it without Dante knowing I lost it... The necklace is $140 now and I remember it being around $80something when he bought it for me. That woulda been my O.T. on my last paycheck.

Oh yeah, and my clients didn't win that Oscar on Sunday but they got some airtime on TV.

I had another CPA Review class last night. I guess Daniel got off work late because he didn't show up to class. We carpool together when we can. But anyways, Prof. Klein was teaching again and he was wearing a pink polo shirt. I was sitting in the front on the side and I wearing a pink dress shirt. The girl sitting behind me was wearing a pink sweater. Klein comes over to us and he said, "I guess you got the memo." Later he tells us, "I have a homework assignment for you guys. We need to decide on a color for the next class. Make it more manly this time."

Thursday's Oprah made me cry!! In the four months I've had Tivo, Oprah has made me cry more times than Dante has and that says a lot!! :)

The show was about a black guy having consensual sex with a white girl but she cried rape. Oprah interviewed her and she was so unconvincing it was sad. She kept looking off to the side (like a liar would) and she was really defensive when Oprah asked her questions. She looked like she was trying to make herself cry and she dabbed her eyes with tissues but I didn't see any tears. Supposedly she was an honor student too but she talks/tells her story like a 10 year old. She said she had no idea he existed before the incident but how can you not know someone (or know of someone) you have a freakin class with?? Honor classes aren't that big either. Anyway, the jury acquitted him in 20 minutes but there was this charge involving child molestation (she was 3 months from being 16 and he was 18)... the jury found him guilty of that (she had injuries and she was a 'minor') but they thought it was a minor charge and that he'd go home that day. They didn't know the charge carries a 10 year mandatory sentence with no possibility of parole. Can you believe that shit?? He got 10 years even though he was acquitted of rape. He might have gotten less time had he been found guilty of rape!! So there went a promising future... he had really good grades and he had a full football scholarship to Vanderbilt University but he's been in jail a year with the possibility of nine more if the Georgia Supreme Court doesn't overturn the charges. I hope Oprah does a follow-up on this when they come up with a decision. Damn you Oprah, for making me CARE!! :)

I've been so hooked on the Apprentice lately... since they switched teams and made the game more fair. I was on the website reading about the people and they made me feel depressed because they've done so much with their lives and where am I?? Most of those people own business or work for huge companies. I can't stand Katrina but she is only 24 and she's one of the top 3% real estate agents in the country! Troy has no college education and he owns 7 properties... I love Troy and Amy. I'd be happy if either of them win.