I finally got around to watching Tuesday night's Daily Show and Jon was talking about why they weren't covering the State of the Union address on the show that night - "We have made an administrative decision not to report the results of the state of the union address and I'll tell you why. Because we've heard that there are people who have TiVoed it on the West Coast and we don't want to give away the ending. I will give you one hint - Bush tonight comes out as pro-heterosexual. So that, and for those of you who are wondering, no one dies. And for others of those who are wondering, it is tonight, the state of the union address." These writers are brilliant!!
And The O.C... I need to stop talking about that show but I love it so much... they were talking about TiVoing the Daily Show last night. Thats like a double shot for me!
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Yahoo! News - Sources: Hollings to Endorse Kerry - I don't know who this Senator Hollings is but do you think all those people (Al Gore, Bill Bradley, et. al) who endorsed Dean, thinking he was the front-runner, are itching to change their endorsements now? They jumped the gun way too fast. The Clintons stayed quiet cause I think they want to see how Wesley Clark does. Either that, or Hillary is running...
Eileen went to see "Torque" last night and she was telling me about how much respect she has for Ice Cube because he is a cash machine, he knows how to market himself to make the most of his potential. I told her thats the reason I love P. Diddy. He knows how to get the job done and I respect him so much because he is so motivated. She also brought up Snoop Dogg and how he's managed to get himself in every commercial on TV. It's all about the money.
This is a bad mindset to have though. Respect is measured by a person's net worth. I think that's a big part of the issues I've been having with my life lately. I just don't make enough to not feel like a failure... I graduated from an awesome university and I should be doing more with my life. I know I can leave and make more money but until I actually do get out of this place, I won't feel it.
It doesn't help that I'm working on clients who make millions for what they do. Comedy Central gave one of my clients $200k to develop a show and even though they didn't end up using it, the money is his. Another one of my clients makes millions for her series (acting and residuals) even though she doesn't get that much screen time (her character is essential to the show though). Those clients are older though and they're really accomplished so I shouldn't feel bad about how I've done nothing with my life yet. I just found out the creator of The O.C. is 27 though. Now that makes me feel like a failure because he's only 2 years older than me and he's so successful. Athletes my age or younger who make tons of money don't count because its different.
I don't even have a real relationship to go home too. I'm jealous of all those people with good jobs and faithful husbands/boyfriends. I need to be less picky and I need to get away from all these players.
For those of you who can't understand why I am a Republican, and why I support our president, this person explains a little bit of it - Why I like Bush... Bush is a genuinely nice guy and I don't know if anyone coulda done better after 9/11. I'm a Republican cause I grew up in Orange County and because of Alex P. Keaton. Its a wonder how such little factors in your childhood subconsciously affect the person you become.
Speaking of how little factors (one little comment) affect the way you think, I finally traced back my Justin Timberlake love... I thought it was because I saw him on Punk'd and saw what an awesome guy he is when he didn't know the cameras were on him and how nice he was to these people who are taking all his stuff. I realized yesterday the love started when I was watching TV with Dante and the Cry Me A River video came on... Dante made a comment that the video was 'tight' and somehow that started my obsession with the guy. I told Dante about it this morning and he said he was sorry he ever said anything cause my love for Justin has surpassed my love for him. :)
Ok, back to that meaning of life stuff I was talking about earlier... This one line in True Lies from Jamie Lee Curtis really stood out for me - when they were asking her why she agreed to work with the (fake) spy and she said, "I needed to feel alive. I wanted to do something outrageous. And it felt good to be needed. To be trusted. To be special. There's so much I wanted to do in this life, and it's like I haven't done any of it. And the sand's running out of the hourglass. I want to be able to look back and say: See! I did that. It was wild and it was reckless and outrageous and I fucking did it!" I loved the whole movie but that line just stood out and its probably affected my mindset. I want to go skydiving just to be able to say I did something not too many other people do. My dream job (besides working for Lakers management) is with the FBI or CIA. I'm even jealous of the three people I know who work at Raytheon cause they have to have security clearance and they know defense secrets the 'public' is unaware of. I just have this stupid need to "be someone". I've asked Dante before, would you rather live a long boring anonymous life or would you rather have the life Tupac did? He chose the long boring life but I'd rather have Tupac's life, without all the violence and stuff... Marilyn Monroe or James Dean are better examples, I guess.
I just feel this stupid need to 'be someone' to make myself feel special but I need to get over it. There are too many famewhores in our society (reality show people) and we don't need another one.
This is a bad mindset to have though. Respect is measured by a person's net worth. I think that's a big part of the issues I've been having with my life lately. I just don't make enough to not feel like a failure... I graduated from an awesome university and I should be doing more with my life. I know I can leave and make more money but until I actually do get out of this place, I won't feel it.
It doesn't help that I'm working on clients who make millions for what they do. Comedy Central gave one of my clients $200k to develop a show and even though they didn't end up using it, the money is his. Another one of my clients makes millions for her series (acting and residuals) even though she doesn't get that much screen time (her character is essential to the show though). Those clients are older though and they're really accomplished so I shouldn't feel bad about how I've done nothing with my life yet. I just found out the creator of The O.C. is 27 though. Now that makes me feel like a failure because he's only 2 years older than me and he's so successful. Athletes my age or younger who make tons of money don't count because its different.
I don't even have a real relationship to go home too. I'm jealous of all those people with good jobs and faithful husbands/boyfriends. I need to be less picky and I need to get away from all these players.
For those of you who can't understand why I am a Republican, and why I support our president, this person explains a little bit of it - Why I like Bush... Bush is a genuinely nice guy and I don't know if anyone coulda done better after 9/11. I'm a Republican cause I grew up in Orange County and because of Alex P. Keaton. Its a wonder how such little factors in your childhood subconsciously affect the person you become.
Speaking of how little factors (one little comment) affect the way you think, I finally traced back my Justin Timberlake love... I thought it was because I saw him on Punk'd and saw what an awesome guy he is when he didn't know the cameras were on him and how nice he was to these people who are taking all his stuff. I realized yesterday the love started when I was watching TV with Dante and the Cry Me A River video came on... Dante made a comment that the video was 'tight' and somehow that started my obsession with the guy. I told Dante about it this morning and he said he was sorry he ever said anything cause my love for Justin has surpassed my love for him. :)
Ok, back to that meaning of life stuff I was talking about earlier... This one line in True Lies from Jamie Lee Curtis really stood out for me - when they were asking her why she agreed to work with the (fake) spy and she said, "I needed to feel alive. I wanted to do something outrageous. And it felt good to be needed. To be trusted. To be special. There's so much I wanted to do in this life, and it's like I haven't done any of it. And the sand's running out of the hourglass. I want to be able to look back and say: See! I did that. It was wild and it was reckless and outrageous and I fucking did it!" I loved the whole movie but that line just stood out and its probably affected my mindset. I want to go skydiving just to be able to say I did something not too many other people do. My dream job (besides working for Lakers management) is with the FBI or CIA. I'm even jealous of the three people I know who work at Raytheon cause they have to have security clearance and they know defense secrets the 'public' is unaware of. I just have this stupid need to "be someone". I've asked Dante before, would you rather live a long boring anonymous life or would you rather have the life Tupac did? He chose the long boring life but I'd rather have Tupac's life, without all the violence and stuff... Marilyn Monroe or James Dean are better examples, I guess.
I just feel this stupid need to 'be someone' to make myself feel special but I need to get over it. There are too many famewhores in our society (reality show people) and we don't need another one.
Monday, January 19, 2004
I KNOW I went overboard with the whole Justin Timberlake thing on Saturday because Saturday night, I had a dream that Justin was my boyfriend :) I'll spare you the details but I woke up sooooo happy!! I'm smiling now just thinking about it. He was everything I thought he would be as my boyfriend.
I watched the Philly-Carolina game yesterday and I am so happy for DeShaun Foster and Ricky Manning, Jr. I didn't even know Ricky was on the Panthers until the start of the game. 3 interceptions baby!! And DeShaun had a TD. Freddie Mitchell did OK for Philadelphia but it wasn't meant to be. I miss those days when it was fun watching UCLA football games because you knew they'd win, you just didn't know by how much.
Eileen just called her husband... Right now she's saying "Why are you answering the phone so nice? Expecting your girlfriend to call?" Those two are so vicious to each other it's a wonder they stay married.
Fire at Westside Pavilion! Anyone know what happened? No American Eagle Outfitters for me today then.
I watched the Philly-Carolina game yesterday and I am so happy for DeShaun Foster and Ricky Manning, Jr. I didn't even know Ricky was on the Panthers until the start of the game. 3 interceptions baby!! And DeShaun had a TD. Freddie Mitchell did OK for Philadelphia but it wasn't meant to be. I miss those days when it was fun watching UCLA football games because you knew they'd win, you just didn't know by how much.
Eileen just called her husband... Right now she's saying "Why are you answering the phone so nice? Expecting your girlfriend to call?" Those two are so vicious to each other it's a wonder they stay married.
Fire at Westside Pavilion! Anyone know what happened? No American Eagle Outfitters for me today then.
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Couple of random things -
I can't choose between Philadelphia or Carolina tomorrow in their playoff game... I gotta choose between 2 players from UCLA I loved - Freddie Mitchell and Deshaun Foster. Football has sucked this year (cause of the freakin Raiders) and I'm just trying to find some motivation to watch a playoff game.
When the hell is Rick Fox coming back???????? I've been waiting forever to see his pretty face on the court. Everyone is injured on the Lakers and it sucks. I read something about how Horace Grant said they have to get a bodyguard for Gary Payton because he's the only one of our FOUR superstars not injured.
The Newlyweds marathon is on MTV right now and I'm so pathetic I can answer all the stupid trivia questions they put up on the screen. Nick is so freakin romantic!! He planned that whole San Diego hot air balloon surprise and those flowers in their hotel room and the dinner... almost too much!! Sex and the City last week was all about the 'Ick Factor'. Wish I could find a romantic guy. Maybe I think that because I've only been with an asshole...
Dante pissssssssssssed me off so much this morning. I found a good anger relief strategy though... it works for me but it might not work for most people. I just put on some Justin Timberlake music and amazingly that calms me down. I have some music videos downloaded onto my computer and that helps more cause you can see the wonder that is JT. :) One of the videos I watched was "Bye Bye Bye". Should that be telling me something?
I've been watching way too much Oprah recently. This week there was a show on "Automatic Millionaire". Everything the guy said made sense and I'm really gonna try it. The guy said pay yourself your first hour of work everyday. You're supposed to put it in a retirement account but I don't have one of those yet so I just decided to put it in a savings account. Steph was telling me about the savings account at ING - you get a higher rate of interest, you can do things over the internet and it links to your checking account. Its so much better and more convenient than that stupid account I have at Kinecta Credit Union. The guy also said to pay half your monthly mortgage every two weeks and because there are 52 weeks, you end up making an extra payment and it saves you 5-10 years off payments. I don't have a mortgage but I do have a car payment so I'll apply that to my car payment. The key to everything is to do it automatically though, cause people are too busy to make sure they do it every time.
Jon Stewart has been pretty funny lately. Carol Mosley Braun was on the show the night before she quit the race and Jon said that he thought her entire presidential campaign was just a ploy to get on The Daily Show. There was also this one line where one of the correspondents said the reason Bush is promoting the space program is because he has given up on Earth. "Arsenic in the drinking water; the Clean Air Act is pretty much dead; Bombing all over the place... You don't trash the hotel unless you're checking out the next day..."
I can't choose between Philadelphia or Carolina tomorrow in their playoff game... I gotta choose between 2 players from UCLA I loved - Freddie Mitchell and Deshaun Foster. Football has sucked this year (cause of the freakin Raiders) and I'm just trying to find some motivation to watch a playoff game.
When the hell is Rick Fox coming back???????? I've been waiting forever to see his pretty face on the court. Everyone is injured on the Lakers and it sucks. I read something about how Horace Grant said they have to get a bodyguard for Gary Payton because he's the only one of our FOUR superstars not injured.
The Newlyweds marathon is on MTV right now and I'm so pathetic I can answer all the stupid trivia questions they put up on the screen. Nick is so freakin romantic!! He planned that whole San Diego hot air balloon surprise and those flowers in their hotel room and the dinner... almost too much!! Sex and the City last week was all about the 'Ick Factor'. Wish I could find a romantic guy. Maybe I think that because I've only been with an asshole...
Dante pissssssssssssed me off so much this morning. I found a good anger relief strategy though... it works for me but it might not work for most people. I just put on some Justin Timberlake music and amazingly that calms me down. I have some music videos downloaded onto my computer and that helps more cause you can see the wonder that is JT. :) One of the videos I watched was "Bye Bye Bye". Should that be telling me something?
I've been watching way too much Oprah recently. This week there was a show on "Automatic Millionaire". Everything the guy said made sense and I'm really gonna try it. The guy said pay yourself your first hour of work everyday. You're supposed to put it in a retirement account but I don't have one of those yet so I just decided to put it in a savings account. Steph was telling me about the savings account at ING - you get a higher rate of interest, you can do things over the internet and it links to your checking account. Its so much better and more convenient than that stupid account I have at Kinecta Credit Union. The guy also said to pay half your monthly mortgage every two weeks and because there are 52 weeks, you end up making an extra payment and it saves you 5-10 years off payments. I don't have a mortgage but I do have a car payment so I'll apply that to my car payment. The key to everything is to do it automatically though, cause people are too busy to make sure they do it every time.
Jon Stewart has been pretty funny lately. Carol Mosley Braun was on the show the night before she quit the race and Jon said that he thought her entire presidential campaign was just a ploy to get on The Daily Show. There was also this one line where one of the correspondents said the reason Bush is promoting the space program is because he has given up on Earth. "Arsenic in the drinking water; the Clean Air Act is pretty much dead; Bombing all over the place... You don't trash the hotel unless you're checking out the next day..."
Monday, January 12, 2004
Nebraska Names Callahan Football Coach - can't believe someone hired that ass so quickly. I think this was his ulterior motive all season so he made every Raider/Raider's fan's life miserable. Tim Brown is a classy guy and he wouldn't just come out and blast his coach like this if there wasn't something wrong.
Anytime I think I have my "life" figured out, something always comes up to throw me off. I had a plan set out - stay at this job until January 2004 and in the meantime, take my CPA exams, get certified (because I already have 2 years work experience under a CPA), get 2 more weeks accrued vacation time, get my Christmas bonus... Last week, Debbie calls me and tells me they have an opening at her company (mid-tier tax firm, better than my current no-tier business management firm) and someone is going to call me to interview me over the phone. Debbie gave them my resume a while ago. I talked to the person on Thursday and she made it seem like the phone interview went really well - she loved that I already have experience working directly with clients, that I'm signed up to take a CPA review course, that I know Debbie, etc. etc. and she said they would like me to go into the office for an interview and that she would call me on Friday to set up a time for early next week. :( I haven't heard from her yet. Hopefully she'll call soon... I know they take a while with human resources stuff and its tax season so they're busy.
There is no question I'll take the job if they offer it to me but if I do, I'll have to commute again and I can't slack off like I do here sometimes. I won't be able to go home for lunch, I'll have to dress more professional than I do here, I'll have to learn new clients, etc. I realized how comfortable I am in this job and I realize that I'm going nowhere with this firm. I'm already at the highest level I can get at this firm and I've only been here 2 years! I'm stuck in a rut here and I need to leave, either with this job or a job I'll find sometime early next year. I seriously feel brain cells dying here!! My grammar has gotten so bad because I haven't had to use it and because I'm surrounded by assistants who barely speak English. When I was working for the attorney, I was cranking out professional sounding letters left and right. Now it takes me an hour to come up with a shitty cover letter - "Dear blah blah blah, Enclosed is a check for this and that amount, which is payment in full for blah blah blah. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the numbers listed above." The 'If you have any questions' line I stole from my days of working for Mona. She ended all her letters that way. Oh - I actually know the attorney who took care of Britney's annulment... he is really good friends with Mona's former boss Don (Don and Mona have offices next to each other) and he used to come in to chat with Don and Mona whenever he was in LA.
One of my new clients came in last week and I was just thinking about how screwed he'd be if/when I left. I'm the only one that knows everything going on in his account and I set up all the Quickbooks files for him. The books aren't complete yet because he still needs to give us more info. I think all this stuff will be easy for someone to take over, but this company is so cheap and they like to hire so many FOBs who barely speak English, I don't know if they'll find someone who the clients will be happy with. Daniel was good and he's still here (not for long either cause I know he's sending out resumes too - we chat on IM all the time) but the big company isn't gonna give him up - they need him to go out on audits. If they send any of these other people we have working here, the clients will be pissed. I don't know how to tell Stan I'm quitting too if I get that job. He's gonna panic (cause he always does) - it takes him forever to hire someone and its almost tax season. I have to tell him the truth about why I'm leaving too, I can't do what the other people who have quit have said - examples: I'm moving back to Hong Kong, The commute is too long, or I'm getting married and moving to Las Vegas...
Anytime I think I have my "life" figured out, something always comes up to throw me off. I had a plan set out - stay at this job until January 2004 and in the meantime, take my CPA exams, get certified (because I already have 2 years work experience under a CPA), get 2 more weeks accrued vacation time, get my Christmas bonus... Last week, Debbie calls me and tells me they have an opening at her company (mid-tier tax firm, better than my current no-tier business management firm) and someone is going to call me to interview me over the phone. Debbie gave them my resume a while ago. I talked to the person on Thursday and she made it seem like the phone interview went really well - she loved that I already have experience working directly with clients, that I'm signed up to take a CPA review course, that I know Debbie, etc. etc. and she said they would like me to go into the office for an interview and that she would call me on Friday to set up a time for early next week. :( I haven't heard from her yet. Hopefully she'll call soon... I know they take a while with human resources stuff and its tax season so they're busy.
There is no question I'll take the job if they offer it to me but if I do, I'll have to commute again and I can't slack off like I do here sometimes. I won't be able to go home for lunch, I'll have to dress more professional than I do here, I'll have to learn new clients, etc. I realized how comfortable I am in this job and I realize that I'm going nowhere with this firm. I'm already at the highest level I can get at this firm and I've only been here 2 years! I'm stuck in a rut here and I need to leave, either with this job or a job I'll find sometime early next year. I seriously feel brain cells dying here!! My grammar has gotten so bad because I haven't had to use it and because I'm surrounded by assistants who barely speak English. When I was working for the attorney, I was cranking out professional sounding letters left and right. Now it takes me an hour to come up with a shitty cover letter - "Dear blah blah blah, Enclosed is a check for this and that amount, which is payment in full for blah blah blah. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the numbers listed above." The 'If you have any questions' line I stole from my days of working for Mona. She ended all her letters that way. Oh - I actually know the attorney who took care of Britney's annulment... he is really good friends with Mona's former boss Don (Don and Mona have offices next to each other) and he used to come in to chat with Don and Mona whenever he was in LA.
One of my new clients came in last week and I was just thinking about how screwed he'd be if/when I left. I'm the only one that knows everything going on in his account and I set up all the Quickbooks files for him. The books aren't complete yet because he still needs to give us more info. I think all this stuff will be easy for someone to take over, but this company is so cheap and they like to hire so many FOBs who barely speak English, I don't know if they'll find someone who the clients will be happy with. Daniel was good and he's still here (not for long either cause I know he's sending out resumes too - we chat on IM all the time) but the big company isn't gonna give him up - they need him to go out on audits. If they send any of these other people we have working here, the clients will be pissed. I don't know how to tell Stan I'm quitting too if I get that job. He's gonna panic (cause he always does) - it takes him forever to hire someone and its almost tax season. I have to tell him the truth about why I'm leaving too, I can't do what the other people who have quit have said - examples: I'm moving back to Hong Kong, The commute is too long, or I'm getting married and moving to Las Vegas...
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
MSN Entertainment - 2003's Most Daring TV 2 things...
1. re: 24 - Chase does NOT look like Justin Timberlake!! For some reason, I just don't like him that much - maybe its because he's dating Kim and she's annoying. (Don't read the rest of the paragraph if you haven't watched last night's 24 yet and you're planning to). She's the one who started the whole 'Tony isn't competent to work today' thing on yesterday's episode... I love Tony and I take offense when people question him. He was so pissed at his wife yesterday for going to their boss and questioning his mindset and he sure showed her!!
2. page 2 of the article- re: The OC - everything they say about that show is true! I was making fun of it a while back and I'm hooked now. The writers on the show are good - they play on your intelligence (kinda like Scrubs). And, the writers know what people say about the show (i.e. The lead boy looks like Russell Crowe so they had the lead boy and his girlfriend talk about renting a Russell Crowe movie and the girlfriend said, "I don't know, Russell Crowe doesn't do it for me.")
Comcast changed all the lineups and now I have to get used to the new numbers but at least one good thing came out of it - I have my cable split (one to the TV and the other is connected to the TiVO/cable box/VCR) and somehow I can get all the regular channels now on my TV. I used to only get the network channels on the TV so if I wanted to TiVO one thing and watch another, I could only watch the network channels.
I need to be studying this year for the CPA but dammit - too many new shows are starting this month!! America's Next Top Model, Celebrity Mole, American Idol, The Apprentice... and I have a lot of shows I'm hooked on already - 24, The OC, Sex and the City, Friends, Scrubs... I need to stop.
I was reading somewhere that back in November, Matt Lauer was talking about the Justin Timberlake special that night and he said something like, I'm TiVOing it as we speak. Then Al Roker said, "Wow... her TiVo thinks he's a 12 year old girl." I started thinking about it and my TiVo has been taping 'suggestions' like "That's So Raven", "Step by Step", "Sister, Sister"... stuff my niece watches! Jenny was telling me that her friend's TiVO thinks he's gay so he had to go 'thumbs up' some manly shows.
I need a life. Too much TV. I haven't gotten my CPA review books yet (they were supposed to mail them late last month) so I still have an excuse. I don't have an excuse for not going to the gym yet though.
1. re: 24 - Chase does NOT look like Justin Timberlake!! For some reason, I just don't like him that much - maybe its because he's dating Kim and she's annoying. (Don't read the rest of the paragraph if you haven't watched last night's 24 yet and you're planning to). She's the one who started the whole 'Tony isn't competent to work today' thing on yesterday's episode... I love Tony and I take offense when people question him. He was so pissed at his wife yesterday for going to their boss and questioning his mindset and he sure showed her!!
2. page 2 of the article- re: The OC - everything they say about that show is true! I was making fun of it a while back and I'm hooked now. The writers on the show are good - they play on your intelligence (kinda like Scrubs). And, the writers know what people say about the show (i.e. The lead boy looks like Russell Crowe so they had the lead boy and his girlfriend talk about renting a Russell Crowe movie and the girlfriend said, "I don't know, Russell Crowe doesn't do it for me.")
Comcast changed all the lineups and now I have to get used to the new numbers but at least one good thing came out of it - I have my cable split (one to the TV and the other is connected to the TiVO/cable box/VCR) and somehow I can get all the regular channels now on my TV. I used to only get the network channels on the TV so if I wanted to TiVO one thing and watch another, I could only watch the network channels.
I need to be studying this year for the CPA but dammit - too many new shows are starting this month!! America's Next Top Model, Celebrity Mole, American Idol, The Apprentice... and I have a lot of shows I'm hooked on already - 24, The OC, Sex and the City, Friends, Scrubs... I need to stop.
I was reading somewhere that back in November, Matt Lauer was talking about the Justin Timberlake special that night and he said something like, I'm TiVOing it as we speak. Then Al Roker said, "Wow... her TiVo thinks he's a 12 year old girl." I started thinking about it and my TiVo has been taping 'suggestions' like "That's So Raven", "Step by Step", "Sister, Sister"... stuff my niece watches! Jenny was telling me that her friend's TiVO thinks he's gay so he had to go 'thumbs up' some manly shows.
I need a life. Too much TV. I haven't gotten my CPA review books yet (they were supposed to mail them late last month) so I still have an excuse. I don't have an excuse for not going to the gym yet though.
Friday, January 02, 2004
I've been waiting forever for the second season of America's Next Top Model but just as I was adding it to my TiVO, I realized it's on the same time as 24... there is a repeat but its at 9pm the next night (Weds) which is the OC time (yes, I'm forced to admit, I'm hooked on that show).
At least I can add Celebrity Mole Yucatan to my TiVO Season Passes - no conflicts. I got hooked on that show late last season but I taped the marathon on ABC Family Channel (yes, TAPED, with that thing called a VCR).
Comcast is changing all the lineups around in early January - I don't know why. Steph and I have all the channels memorized already and this really screws us up. I wonder if TiVO will catch all the changes or if I'd have to go through the manual setup again.
At least I can add Celebrity Mole Yucatan to my TiVO Season Passes - no conflicts. I got hooked on that show late last season but I taped the marathon on ABC Family Channel (yes, TAPED, with that thing called a VCR).
Comcast is changing all the lineups around in early January - I don't know why. Steph and I have all the channels memorized already and this really screws us up. I wonder if TiVO will catch all the changes or if I'd have to go through the manual setup again.
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Thursday, December 25, 2003
First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Secondly, Whoohoo - there's gonna be a Seinfeld DVD! Kramer Cracks in "Seinfeld" Feud! Even though we've all seen every episode of this show ten million times, the DVD will be good to have. I wonder if they'll have deleted scenes like they do for the Friends DVDs.
Secondly, Whoohoo - there's gonna be a Seinfeld DVD! Kramer Cracks in "Seinfeld" Feud! Even though we've all seen every episode of this show ten million times, the DVD will be good to have. I wonder if they'll have deleted scenes like they do for the Friends DVDs.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
I'm sitting here at work looking at all the cars going into Westside Pavilion from Overland (this is the view from my window - thats the mall on the upper left)... damn, the traffic is bad! Westside Pavilion sucks too and its this crowded? Yesterday I was trying to get to Westwood and stupid me decided to take Overland up. After needlessly sitting in that traffic for 15 minutes, I turned on a street and decided to take Manning instead (one street over - parallel to Overland) to pass all the mall people - saved me a lot of time. I'm so glad I know this area!
Damn Raiders... found a way to get their asses beat bad on Monday Night Football.
Yahoo! News - Poll: Dean Trailing Bush by Wide Margin - will this turn into a repeat of 1996, when the media was successful in having us believe Bob Dole had a chance even though the polls said differently?
There's a lot of things I regret not doing in my life but one of the major ones is this journalism program at the Republican National Convention in San Diego in 1996. I got the brochure my senior year in high school and it was a good way to spend the summer break before college. I had the summer free and money wasn't a problem so the only thing that stopped me was sheer laziness. I'm so bad with follow-up. How different would my life have been if I had done this? I might have still ended up as a boring ass accountant ("business manager" sounds better) but at least I coulda said I did something most of the public don't get a chance to do (attend one of those conventions). Back in high school, I wanted to do something journalism related for my career but life doesn't turn out the way you plan it. If it did, according to my college plans, I'd be working at a Big 5 (4 now) accounting firm, working my ass off, married to a guy who wears business suits to work everyday, living in a modest house with a nice front yard with our 3 kids.
I watched Only You this weekend (Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr.) and everytime I saw the Italian guy Bonnie Hunt's character hooked up with in Italy, I kept yelling - "NO!! HE'S EVIL!! He tried to shoot Kiefer!" (He's the bad guy this season on 24).
I am now the proud owner of a From Justin to Kelly DVD (thank you Steve!)... so that means, 3 people in the world own that DVD now. It's not a bad movie, just really really cheesy.
Yahoo! News - Poll: Dean Trailing Bush by Wide Margin - will this turn into a repeat of 1996, when the media was successful in having us believe Bob Dole had a chance even though the polls said differently?
There's a lot of things I regret not doing in my life but one of the major ones is this journalism program at the Republican National Convention in San Diego in 1996. I got the brochure my senior year in high school and it was a good way to spend the summer break before college. I had the summer free and money wasn't a problem so the only thing that stopped me was sheer laziness. I'm so bad with follow-up. How different would my life have been if I had done this? I might have still ended up as a boring ass accountant ("business manager" sounds better) but at least I coulda said I did something most of the public don't get a chance to do (attend one of those conventions). Back in high school, I wanted to do something journalism related for my career but life doesn't turn out the way you plan it. If it did, according to my college plans, I'd be working at a Big 5 (4 now) accounting firm, working my ass off, married to a guy who wears business suits to work everyday, living in a modest house with a nice front yard with our 3 kids.
I watched Only You this weekend (Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr.) and everytime I saw the Italian guy Bonnie Hunt's character hooked up with in Italy, I kept yelling - "NO!! HE'S EVIL!! He tried to shoot Kiefer!" (He's the bad guy this season on 24).
I am now the proud owner of a From Justin to Kelly DVD (thank you Steve!)... so that means, 3 people in the world own that DVD now. It's not a bad movie, just really really cheesy.
Saturday, December 20, 2003
States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest ... figures. See why I said East Coast was way more intense? I was in New York for first grade and when we moved to California the next year, I was learning the same things in second and third grade that I learned in NY. I love LA though and there's an explanation for the low rankings here... all the people who can barely speak English and still manage to graduate from COLLEGE! There are plenty of smart people in Southern California... its just the masses bringing down the average.
I was at work all day today... Why wasn't I complaining? You know I'm good for that. Seriously, I don't know why I was fine with going to work. I'm not even getting OT for it. I took Tuesday off for a ton of errands and instead of using one of my personal days, I decided to just make some of it up on Saturday. I was working on this new client's accounts, basically putting a whole years worth of transactions into the computer. Its been a while since I used my brain to figure shit out and it felt goooooooooood. I miss having to think.
I was at work all day today... Why wasn't I complaining? You know I'm good for that. Seriously, I don't know why I was fine with going to work. I'm not even getting OT for it. I took Tuesday off for a ton of errands and instead of using one of my personal days, I decided to just make some of it up on Saturday. I was working on this new client's accounts, basically putting a whole years worth of transactions into the computer. Its been a while since I used my brain to figure shit out and it felt goooooooooood. I miss having to think.
Friday, December 19, 2003
I think I'll eventually move from LA... Check out this house in North Carolina (here's the virtual tour). It looks amazing and it is a third of the price my parents paid for their new house. Real estate is so expensive in Southern California!
You know how sometimes you just question the life you lead and you wonder what life would be like somewhere else? I love LA but what would it be like to live in a small town where everyone knows everyone? I guess I'm thinking of situations like Sweet Home Alabama or Hope Floats. Maybe its that Simple Life shit. I've dealt with traffic all my life, even in OC - what would it be like in some other state?
If my parents hadn't moved to California from New York, I'd be a completely different person than I am now. What if we had stayed in Louisiana?? Or even Brazil or Taiwan? My life would be so different. People are so much more intense on the East Coast. They're more passionate about stuff than people in LA (in general).
I wanted a job like my friend Sebastian had for Andersen Consulting (I think they changed their name to Accenture or something like that now) - they'd send him to different cities to work for a short amount of time and the company pays your rent, etc. You get to experience so many lifestyles and when you're finally ready to settle down, you know where you want to be.
You know how sometimes you just question the life you lead and you wonder what life would be like somewhere else? I love LA but what would it be like to live in a small town where everyone knows everyone? I guess I'm thinking of situations like Sweet Home Alabama or Hope Floats. Maybe its that Simple Life shit. I've dealt with traffic all my life, even in OC - what would it be like in some other state?
If my parents hadn't moved to California from New York, I'd be a completely different person than I am now. What if we had stayed in Louisiana?? Or even Brazil or Taiwan? My life would be so different. People are so much more intense on the East Coast. They're more passionate about stuff than people in LA (in general).
I wanted a job like my friend Sebastian had for Andersen Consulting (I think they changed their name to Accenture or something like that now) - they'd send him to different cities to work for a short amount of time and the company pays your rent, etc. You get to experience so many lifestyles and when you're finally ready to settle down, you know where you want to be.
Why is it so hard for me to find something I want to buy for $5.01?? I found this awesome deal on a cute dinnerware set I don't really need and now I'm trying to find something for $5.01 so I'd get free shipping. I want the Evolution (David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott) DVD but I don't feel like paying $13.49 for it. At least this has kept me busy all morning.
I've been so busy/lazy I haven't blogged in a while...
Sunday - I spent Saturday night, Sunday morning and afternoon at my parent's house in OC so I completely missed the biggest news this year. How can someone who prides herself on knowing all the news, political and celebrity gossip, etc. not know that Saddam was captured until after everyone and their mommas knew?? In fact, my mom was the one who told me and my dad had told her! My parents barely know English and they knew!! I'm losing my touch. My roommate barely watches American TV (she sticks to Chinese programming and videos) and she was the one who told me on Tuesday night that there was a Primetime Live interview with Pres. Bush.
Monday Night Football was awesome because a former Bruin finally did something in the NFL! Freddie Mitchell (wide receiver for the Eagles) threw a 25 yard TD pass in the game. He did that all the time at UCLA... oh my gosh, I miss my college years... when UCLA was actually good in sports. How the hell did UCLA's basketball team just lose to UCSB the other night??
Tuesday - don't read if you haven't watched that episode of 24 yet and you're planning to... I yelled NOOOOOOOO when Tony collapsed and I almost started crying but then he got up so I was ok. Why is his wife acting like such a bitch though?? It's all part of the job, especially that job and if one person is higher up on the ladder than the other one, they'll know top secret shit they can't tell the other person. It's not like he was cheating on her or anything. Steph thinks it's hilarious how into the show I am. I can't believe we have to wait 3 weeks for the next "hour".
I knew it was too good to be true to have a competent assistant. Stan has this agreement at this office where he gives the big company a percentage of his profits in exchange for office space, computer help and employees the big company pays for (the employees - me, Eileen and Daniel - work just on Stan's stuff). The one employee (he was smart and he was from UCLA) the big company had left last week and they hired this Asian girl (Jane) to take his place but she's not as bright and she doesn't speak English as well as Daniel so the big boss tells us he's going to have Daniel and Jane "split up" the work between Stan and the big company. This is just a nice way of saying, we're gonna take the smarter employee and leave you guys with the other one because your work isn't as important. I understand where the big boss is coming from though - he sends Daniel out on audits, etc and its better to have someone competent go out to the clients instead of someone quiet who barely speaks English. I miss having Daniel to give work to though - whenever he had questions, he'd IM me instead of come into the office every 5 minutes like Jane does. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
On Wednesday, I saw something that will scar me for life. Stan had changed to go jogging and I guess he had to come into our office to tell us something before he left. I shudder now just thinking about it. He was wearing what looked like biker shorts and his legs are so freakin white. They're also skinny and the skin is a little wrinkly. EWWWW. I told Dante the next day that his legs look so much better than Stan's and he said, "Thanks for comparing my legs to a 60 year old white guy's."
Through the magic of TiVO, I'm watching All My Children again and that soap is far and away better than Days and Passions! The actors and actresses really know how to act on that show and the writers are also so much better. None of that people talking to themself shit.
My ringtone on my phone is "Rock Your Body" - JT of course... Dante has been getting that song in his head lately (he's been singing it) and he hasn't figured out why yet. He doesn't get the words right either. He keeps singing, "It's been so hard to walk away..." and I correct him every single time - "IT'S Don't be so quick to walk away... dance with me... I want to rock your body... please stay." Why do I get offended when he sings it wrong??
I've been so busy/lazy I haven't blogged in a while...
Sunday - I spent Saturday night, Sunday morning and afternoon at my parent's house in OC so I completely missed the biggest news this year. How can someone who prides herself on knowing all the news, political and celebrity gossip, etc. not know that Saddam was captured until after everyone and their mommas knew?? In fact, my mom was the one who told me and my dad had told her! My parents barely know English and they knew!! I'm losing my touch. My roommate barely watches American TV (she sticks to Chinese programming and videos) and she was the one who told me on Tuesday night that there was a Primetime Live interview with Pres. Bush.
Monday Night Football was awesome because a former Bruin finally did something in the NFL! Freddie Mitchell (wide receiver for the Eagles) threw a 25 yard TD pass in the game. He did that all the time at UCLA... oh my gosh, I miss my college years... when UCLA was actually good in sports. How the hell did UCLA's basketball team just lose to UCSB the other night??
Tuesday - don't read if you haven't watched that episode of 24 yet and you're planning to... I yelled NOOOOOOOO when Tony collapsed and I almost started crying but then he got up so I was ok. Why is his wife acting like such a bitch though?? It's all part of the job, especially that job and if one person is higher up on the ladder than the other one, they'll know top secret shit they can't tell the other person. It's not like he was cheating on her or anything. Steph thinks it's hilarious how into the show I am. I can't believe we have to wait 3 weeks for the next "hour".
I knew it was too good to be true to have a competent assistant. Stan has this agreement at this office where he gives the big company a percentage of his profits in exchange for office space, computer help and employees the big company pays for (the employees - me, Eileen and Daniel - work just on Stan's stuff). The one employee (he was smart and he was from UCLA) the big company had left last week and they hired this Asian girl (Jane) to take his place but she's not as bright and she doesn't speak English as well as Daniel so the big boss tells us he's going to have Daniel and Jane "split up" the work between Stan and the big company. This is just a nice way of saying, we're gonna take the smarter employee and leave you guys with the other one because your work isn't as important. I understand where the big boss is coming from though - he sends Daniel out on audits, etc and its better to have someone competent go out to the clients instead of someone quiet who barely speaks English. I miss having Daniel to give work to though - whenever he had questions, he'd IM me instead of come into the office every 5 minutes like Jane does. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
On Wednesday, I saw something that will scar me for life. Stan had changed to go jogging and I guess he had to come into our office to tell us something before he left. I shudder now just thinking about it. He was wearing what looked like biker shorts and his legs are so freakin white. They're also skinny and the skin is a little wrinkly. EWWWW. I told Dante the next day that his legs look so much better than Stan's and he said, "Thanks for comparing my legs to a 60 year old white guy's."
Through the magic of TiVO, I'm watching All My Children again and that soap is far and away better than Days and Passions! The actors and actresses really know how to act on that show and the writers are also so much better. None of that people talking to themself shit.
My ringtone on my phone is "Rock Your Body" - JT of course... Dante has been getting that song in his head lately (he's been singing it) and he hasn't figured out why yet. He doesn't get the words right either. He keeps singing, "It's been so hard to walk away..." and I correct him every single time - "IT'S Don't be so quick to walk away... dance with me... I want to rock your body... please stay." Why do I get offended when he sings it wrong??
Friday, December 12, 2003
Today is the worst day ever... just been so irritated and pissed off this week and it came to a boil today. I don't function well when I'm pissed off. I scratched up my car at lunch today trying to find a parking space because Dante didn't leave me enough room in our long ass driveway to park behind him and he wasn't picking up his phone. I was driving through the back and the space is really narrow - I scratched it up bad... this is gonna end up costing me $1000, I just know it. Its taken me a long time to save to get my front bumper fixed from a previous accident and now this happens. I don't know what is wrong with me either... its not that time of month. Dante has been taking the brunt of my stress. Yesterday he had a huge headache and I was going off on him about something minor because I was pissed off from something else that happened with someone else earlier. I can't go into detail about what has been bothering me all week on the off-chance the person still has the address to this journal, so email me if you want to hear it... if you're a friend from college or a friend I've made recently, its not you :). Email me - I need advice on how to deal with it. Anyway, Dante was trying to make me feel better today (he knows what has been stressing me out and he wants to do something about it but I don't want him to be mean) and he offered to help me fix my car, but I just snapped at him, "Why do you even care about me?" I don't know where that came from and I feel so bad taking it out on him when he's trying to be nice. He has a BMW now named Bridget (I don't know why) and he considers my Audi (I named it Justin, what else? :)) Bridget's "boyfriend", so he says he has to take care of Justin too because Bridget can't be seen with someone bruised up. I guess I'm so not used to someone helping me out, I don't know how to deal with it when I do get help.
Anyway, about the other thing, I feel like a friend has been taking advantage of me recently and I don't know how to tell her to stop because I've been so nice in the past. You know how you're fine with a person and you overlook the little things but then when you decide you can't stand it anymore, every little thing starts bugging you? Thats the stage I'm at right now.
Steph and I were just talking about this yesterday - how some "friends" think because you have a job and you make money (however little that might be), they think you should pay for shit when you go out, just because. I think this friend thinks that because I let Dante live with me, I help him out with stuff, etc, that she should get the same advantages. She doesn't understand that its completely different when its a relationship (however screwed up that relationship might be at times). I work hard for my money (even though it may not seem like it at times) and I should be the one deciding how I spend that money! I want Dante to stay with me and that should be my decision.
Ugh, now that I think about it, I feel like a whole set of friends take advantage of me (still not you :))... I never had a problem with my college roommates re: money because it always evens out in the end. I pay for some shit, they pay for some shit... its not one-sided like it is with this set of friends. I'm always the one getting screwed! Anytime I go out with this friend, she only has a couple dollars so I always cover her for the rest ... "I'll get it next time." Is it next time yet?? Am I just being selfish??? Its my fault for always trying to be nice, for being a doormat and I don't know how to change things now. I just feel bad because I take my frustrations out on the wrong people sometimes.
Anyway, about the other thing, I feel like a friend has been taking advantage of me recently and I don't know how to tell her to stop because I've been so nice in the past. You know how you're fine with a person and you overlook the little things but then when you decide you can't stand it anymore, every little thing starts bugging you? Thats the stage I'm at right now.
Steph and I were just talking about this yesterday - how some "friends" think because you have a job and you make money (however little that might be), they think you should pay for shit when you go out, just because. I think this friend thinks that because I let Dante live with me, I help him out with stuff, etc, that she should get the same advantages. She doesn't understand that its completely different when its a relationship (however screwed up that relationship might be at times). I work hard for my money (even though it may not seem like it at times) and I should be the one deciding how I spend that money! I want Dante to stay with me and that should be my decision.
Ugh, now that I think about it, I feel like a whole set of friends take advantage of me (still not you :))... I never had a problem with my college roommates re: money because it always evens out in the end. I pay for some shit, they pay for some shit... its not one-sided like it is with this set of friends. I'm always the one getting screwed! Anytime I go out with this friend, she only has a couple dollars so I always cover her for the rest ... "I'll get it next time." Is it next time yet?? Am I just being selfish??? Its my fault for always trying to be nice, for being a doormat and I don't know how to change things now. I just feel bad because I take my frustrations out on the wrong people sometimes.
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
I have to wait until my client gets here to sign some papers before I can go on lunch... I'm so sleepy right now.
24 is soooooooo good!! Steve and I were complaining last week that this season has been pretty boring but both of us have definitely changed our minds after last night's episode. This season had been BLAH to me because my favorite guy got shot and was in the hospital the last 3 weeks (the equivalent of 3 hours). He's back and damn, that was a good episode. At the end I must've yelled WHAT?? like 20 times at the screen. Thats the beauty of 24 though - you never know what to expect.
Whoohoo, Eileen has Ricola! I only had 2 cough drops (Fruit Breezers) left here at work and I had them both already... I'm waiting for a client to come in and sign some papers (single black director -gotta flirt :) too old for me though) and I don't want to start coughing. Anyways, I ran out of cough drops and Eileen gave me Ricola cough drops - love those things! Steph and I were just talking last night about how her friend ODed on Ricola in high school - I was laughing so hard.
24 is soooooooo good!! Steve and I were complaining last week that this season has been pretty boring but both of us have definitely changed our minds after last night's episode. This season had been BLAH to me because my favorite guy got shot and was in the hospital the last 3 weeks (the equivalent of 3 hours). He's back and damn, that was a good episode. At the end I must've yelled WHAT?? like 20 times at the screen. Thats the beauty of 24 though - you never know what to expect.
Whoohoo, Eileen has Ricola! I only had 2 cough drops (Fruit Breezers) left here at work and I had them both already... I'm waiting for a client to come in and sign some papers (single black director -gotta flirt :) too old for me though) and I don't want to start coughing. Anyways, I ran out of cough drops and Eileen gave me Ricola cough drops - love those things! Steph and I were just talking last night about how her friend ODed on Ricola in high school - I was laughing so hard.
Monday, December 08, 2003
A certain cross-town rival school got S-C-R-E-W-E-D this weekend... I feel for you guys, but what can you do? I'll put aside hating you guys for the month. It sucks. AND, how does a school lose their last game of the season by a blowout and still get to play for the championship game?? When UCLA was on track for the championship game back in 1999, we knew as soon as we lost against Miami (because of one stupid play by a back-up QB turned WR who plays for the Titans now), we didn't have a chance at the championship game.
I've been gathering more info about the CPA test... They let you take it in parts now! Back when I studied for it years ago, you had to take all four parts when you take the test and it was an 8 hour test over 2 days. Now, you can concentrate on one part, take that part of the test, study for a month for the next part, that that, etc... pass the test in stages. This means instead of studying my ass off for 5 months, I'd have to study hard over 8 months. It delays my Hawaii celebration trip a couple months but it'll be worth it. Since I already have my 2 years work experience, I'll be certified when I pass the test and pass this ethics exam. Then... CHA-CHING! By 2005, I should be making $18k more than I'm making right now.
I've been gathering more info about the CPA test... They let you take it in parts now! Back when I studied for it years ago, you had to take all four parts when you take the test and it was an 8 hour test over 2 days. Now, you can concentrate on one part, take that part of the test, study for a month for the next part, that that, etc... pass the test in stages. This means instead of studying my ass off for 5 months, I'd have to study hard over 8 months. It delays my Hawaii celebration trip a couple months but it'll be worth it. Since I already have my 2 years work experience, I'll be certified when I pass the test and pass this ethics exam. Then... CHA-CHING! By 2005, I should be making $18k more than I'm making right now.
Friday, December 05, 2003
NBA Suspends Malone for Elbowing Nash - I've gone from hating this guy for the past 11 years to loving and defending him... but seriously, that "elbow" he threw was just his regular game, I don't know why they made a big deal out of it. And the worst thing is, the game he is gonna be suspended for is Sunday, against UTAH! His former team. At least let the man play (and BEAT) his former team!!
I was just getting better from my cold recently, but I feel worse tonight. Stupid Dante was making me laugh so hard, I used all my energy and now my throat is sore again. We were listening to the radio in the car and because we watch way too much MTV Jams (the ONLY "Music TeleVision" channel that actually plays freakin music videos), he was lip-syncing along to the songs and acting out what the singers in the videos do... No Doubt's It's My Life - he was doing the Gwen Stefani thing, crying to the cameras and all. Jessica Simpson's With You - trying to act all cute for the camera; there's a part where she's just lying on the floor singing so he sinks down in his seat to where he's lying on it, lip syncing and swinging his legs back and forth every once in a while. Argh, I feel all light headed from laughing so much.
Tonight's What Not to Wear... they're making over an actor/director who wears way too much high school, college shirts; tank tops that show too much of his armpits; sporty clothes even though he doesn't play sports, etc. He even surprises the hosts with a Wonder Woman outfit when they open the fitting room door to critique him. Stacy and Clinton throw all these things out and send him out shopping so he goes to FCUK and buys all these shirts that say FCUK High School, FCUK University, Inter-course Activities FCUK Polytechnic... he did clean up nice though.
I was just getting better from my cold recently, but I feel worse tonight. Stupid Dante was making me laugh so hard, I used all my energy and now my throat is sore again. We were listening to the radio in the car and because we watch way too much MTV Jams (the ONLY "Music TeleVision" channel that actually plays freakin music videos), he was lip-syncing along to the songs and acting out what the singers in the videos do... No Doubt's It's My Life - he was doing the Gwen Stefani thing, crying to the cameras and all. Jessica Simpson's With You - trying to act all cute for the camera; there's a part where she's just lying on the floor singing so he sinks down in his seat to where he's lying on it, lip syncing and swinging his legs back and forth every once in a while. Argh, I feel all light headed from laughing so much.
Tonight's What Not to Wear... they're making over an actor/director who wears way too much high school, college shirts; tank tops that show too much of his armpits; sporty clothes even though he doesn't play sports, etc. He even surprises the hosts with a Wonder Woman outfit when they open the fitting room door to critique him. Stacy and Clinton throw all these things out and send him out shopping so he goes to FCUK and buys all these shirts that say FCUK High School, FCUK University, Inter-course Activities FCUK Polytechnic... he did clean up nice though.
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