So... March is halfway over and I STILL haven't filed my taxes or turned in my AFLAC reimbursements for 2007...

I'm taking so many mini-trips this year... I went to Seattle to visit Leila last month, have a flight booked to Chicago for Grace's graduation in May and will probably go to Puerto Rico to visit Asha the first weekend of May. It's always nice to get out of LA.

There are so many celeb look-a-likes on American Idol this year...

Harry Hamlin
Orlando Bloom
Jessica Alba
Ellen DeGeneres
Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air


Anyways, I found my W-2s, so I can finally do my tax return... I want my $600! I won't be filing an extension on April 15th this year... yes I know all I have is a W-2, and 3 1099s (interest income) and I did about 20 tax returns last year before April 15th - I don't know why I do (or don't do) the things I do (or don't do).

So Lucy, how did you spend your Saturday? I went to work, got my nails done, and watched Center Stage on the Oxygen Network. Did you know it was possible to have a dance off (!) in a ballet movie??

I went to the LA Times Travel Show so I could see Phil Keoghan (host of Amazing Race) - he's even better looking in person!! Two minutes into his speech, I told my co-worker, "Brad Pitt is officially off my Celeb 5 list and Phil is on!" He had a very motivational speech though - he was talking about his program NOW (No Opportunity Wasted) and it was about making your life list and finding a way to accomplish them. 99% of the time, our jobs are the biggest obstacles in fulfilling our life list. He told a story about a subpar musician who wanted to travel the world and get paid for his performances. The result? He found a cruise ship looking for musicians. A 40 year old brown suit wearing accountant reevaluated his life and decided he hated his job (duh) and just wanted to drink and get paid for it - he became a wine taster. Phil talked about his life experiences also - he had a 5 star dinner on a mountaintop with a erupting volcano in the background, he renewed his vows underwater, and hit a golf ball coast to coast in Scotland, ending at the St. Andrews golf course.

My boot camp people arranged a discount at lucy a couple months ago - 40% off everything. I bought these capri pants and I love them!! I was looking at the label the other day and wondered how they knew... :)

I remember telling Steph a while ago that I wanted Mighty Putty after seeing it in an infomercial... I saw it at Target a couple weeks ago and couldn't remember why I even wanted that stuff. I just saw the commercial again - did I want to pull a fully loaded 80,000 pound tractor trailer?? I don't think that's it. I'm glad I didn't impulse buy this!

What happened to my new year's resolution you ask? Um...

It is already the 6th day of the new year and I still haven't done anything about my new year's resolutions... #1 was to blog more (I mean, blog AT ALL), #2 was to work out, lose weight and #3 is to get my CPA this year. Here's my attempt at getting off my butt and getting something accomplished this year.

How do I even begin to update this blog on everything I've done (and not done) in the past year?? I'll start with this - I moved! I live in West LA now instead of Santa Monica and the apartment is so much nicer. We had so many problems at the old apartment - the dishwasher didn't work, the shower was so small and the shower door didn't close right (I put in a rubber band to hold it shut). The trees outside weren't treated, so anytime you park, all these berries would fall on your car and on the pavement... It was just convenient to stay and we talked about moving all the time but never did anything about it until we were forced to. Our 3rd roommate, also a co-worker, had been charging a lot of stuff on some clients' credit cards and was fired. We knew we couldn't live with him afterwards so it was the final push we needed to sign up for Westside Rental and move. I love the new apartment - the bonus is we live across the hall from a UCLA football player - the cutest one on the team this year (looks like Maria's ex) and one of the best defensive players in the country.

Speaking of UCLA football, I am sooooo happy about our new coach!! I've always been supportive of UCLA coaches (liked Lavin & Toledo) but Dorrell just had to go! We gave up on the season after losing to Utah and Notre Dame. The last couple years have been the same - we start out great and fizzle out halfway though the season.

It's confirmed - I'm on the VIP list for the Big Brother finale next week!! Too bad I can't stand the final 2 but at least I'll be able to see the rest of the people... I'm so ready for this show to end because of the final 2 and I can't wait for Survivor and Amazing Race to start!!

Oh my gosh, I just had an Extreme Mocha Ice Blended from Coffee Bean (had a coupon for a free one) and I'm just restless right now... too much caffeine!!!!! I thought I was immune to this because Red Bull doesn't affect me anymore (free Red Bull at work does that to you) but I've never been this bad with Red Bull.

September is going to be an awesome month... I'm going to the Big Brother finale on the 12th and a Showtime premiere on the 19th (Dexter? it's supposed to be really good but someone told me something about serial killers in this show so I dunno) and a Kings/Ducks preseason game on the 25th...

Will Ben Olsen be my new Cade McNown? :)

I got sooooooo bored tonight I decided to go to the gym... now I can't sleep and I just ate a ton of Pringles :(

Last week I did a bunch of shopping because I had plenty of money in my account... then, all of the sudden there was a levy on my account from some credit card Dante had opened without my knowledge years ago, and now I have $80 to live on until the next payday... He saw one of those credit card offers they send you in the mail, signed it himself, and sent it in and they freakin gave him the card!! Don't you idiots check to see if the mother's maiden name matches?? Freakin idiots. Then, he proceeds to have a girl call in as me and add him to the card, charge up the account and not pay. That freakin $1000 he spent has cost me over $3500 now and it's been so long I can't do anything about it. I am sooooo glad I smartened up, listened to my friends and dumped that asshole almost 2 years ago. Thank god I've had some money saved because they've taken a whole month's worth of paychecks out of my account in the past 3 months and I'll be ok after 8/31.

Sorry for canceling scrapbooking and shopping on Saturday Monica!!

I have made so many mistakes in relationships it's sad... Dante was the biggest mistake I've made in my life and if I had a time machine (like Britney Spears thinks exists), I would go back to 2000, find a real job back then instead of going the easy route and working for Mona (a guaranteed job but didn't pay crap - didn't matter then either cause I was living at home)... I would not have met the scumbag downtown and messed up my life.

I kinda consider Don a mistake also - all I can say to him now is LIGHTEN UP!!... I needed him back then to show me how guys are supposed to treat a girl but if I had never met Dante, I wouldn't have needed Don. Also, never never never date someone who you will see in the office every once in a while... he moved to Florida! I thought it was over but he hated it there and moved back here. I was watching Treasure Hunters this summer and one of the evil genius really annoyed me because he reminded me so much of Don (it was the nerd who kept yelling at the asthma kid teammate).

I can't make fun of nerds though, I am a total nerd. My co-worker Vrunda and I want to get "Chill Town" t-shirts because we're one of the few people who watch and love Big Brother.

I don't like Justin's new song Sexyback that much...

I found this picture on Bruin Nation with this intro: This pic. just showed up in my inbox. Check out the kid (with big ears) in no. 44 (love the big ears part!)

I thought the picture was so cute and then I read the caption... 1996? That was the year I graduated high school and started at UCLA and Jordan looked that young?? I am old!!

I wish Jordan luck with the Lakers and I guess I have to start watching the Lakers again... it is the best situation for him because he gets to stay in LA.

... my butt really hurts!! ...

Yeah, I know thats more than you want to know but I took a spinning class yesterday and I've forgotten how much the seats hurt!

A couple co-workers went to the "Click" premiere in Westwood tonight and I'm so jealous I don't work on that account...

oh my gosh, almost one year later and this is still so frustrating to watch...

HE'S CHEATING ON YOU JESSICA!! GET OVER IT!

1st day of Memorial Day weekend and I'm cleaning my room and watching the LB marathon! I had breakfast with Jenny and Jim so I haven't completely wasted the day.

I was planning on going in to work today but I just don't feel like it right now. Next week is going to be hell at work but the light at the end of the tunnel comes on June 4th when Adriana comes back from her maternity leave. I will miss the clients I work on right now but I have a feeling I'll still be involved with these clients for a while (depending on how well Adriana's new assistant does with her). I will be working on other clients mostly with my promotion - I keep 2 of the current ones and I take on a lot of new clients I haven't worked on before.

One of my current clients even called me on Friday to wish me a happy birthday this weekend - I am surprised she remembered! She is so sweet - she is getting married in July to one of the nicest (and richest) clients we have and they are so down to earth. I'm going to miss working on their account.

...back to cleaning...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to the ending of Amazing Race... my teams NEVER win this show!! The only exceptions have been Season 1 with the attorneys and the Family Edition with the Linzes...

Shoot, what am I going to do now on Wednesday nights?? :(

I can never make fun of Monica's husband and his friends for being nerdy and bringing their laptops to a house that has 4 computers already, to play Starcraft because I was just in Marilu's room with my laptop and we were Google Earth-ing everything for the last 2 hours...

Why did I just waste a whole weekend day watching Real Housewives of Orange County?? I was too lazy to go into work today even though I desperately need to. I am paying the price for my Maui trip - there is a ton of stuff I need to get done ASAP. I only took 3 days off work!!

Maui was beautiful and the wedding was fairy-tale, but I don't have time to really get into it so I'll save that for another post.

You know I'm studying too much when I come up with the nickname "LIFO" for the new girl I work with... In cost accounting, LIFO stands for Last In, First Out. I have been working with her for over a month now and it seems like she has an excuse for being late every freaking day!! I can't believe the work ethic some people have. If you're at a new job, don't you want to try to do things to impress your new bosses, especially when you're still on probation?? She comes in at 9:30 on the dot when she's 'good', and 9:30 is the cutoff for being on time and being late. I feel like such an Office Space nerd when I keep emphasizing the scene in Office Space when Jennifer Aniston's boss gives her a hard time about her flare because, "What do you think of a person who only does the bare minimum?" Another thing about her coming in at 9:30... when we close the office at 5 on certain days, that doesn't mean you leave at 5 also!! She doesn't understand the concept of making up time. Even the slackers our office make comments about her - they just don't know enough accounting to know the term LIFO :) Alright, I gotta stop before I get more annoyed. Our bosses are way too nice - they give everyone a million chances.