Tuesday, May 25, 2004

find me and follow me

why is franz ferdinand so good?

find out here.

watch the matinee video, it's brilliant.

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

you are the quarry

so this past saturday, we said our goodbyes to shawn. there were some emotional moments, which we tried to laugh off to make the moment a little less awkward. there was some drinking, but not so much drinking, unfortunately. in the final moments, at the very end, the seven of us (shawn, carlin, scott, kevin, jay, rob and i) stood near shawn's car in the the parking lot and savored the end of an era. i enjoyed the night's cool breeze.

shawn said that he enjoyed the toilet in his temporary apartment in japan because of the combination of a remote-controlled ass washer and dryer. things to look forward to.

friday night, we had a peudo-birthday party for gordon at his house. actually it was just horror movie night for deidra and gordon. however, she forced me to go, so i in turn, enlisted bi, tiffany and michael to go as well. it was rather fun and the food was excellent. who knew costco made such wonderful salads? inbetween the eating, drinking, watching horror movies, kimmy made everyone talk to my parents. it was pretty cool listening to deidra talk to my parents for the first time. i was a little nervous, but probably nothing compared to how she felt. good times.

i'm still debating whether it'll be better to go to usc or long beach state. sc is ridiculously closer to me than lbsu. but sc is also RIDICULOUSLY more expensive than lbsu. i have a feeling that i'll be lost in the cogwheels of a big university at sc, while getting more personal attention at lbsu. sc certainly does have the name recognition and incredible networking possibilities. but lbsu isn't some crappy, second rate school, either. so a lot to think about.

i'm impatiently waiting for my last day at work. ugh. say it with me now... JUNE 18th! after 5 years of working here at the VA, i can certainly say that i'm immensely happy to get my ass out of here. working for mintz and sun has been one painful, bitch of an experience. sometimes i wonder about the ethics of these people. for instance, mintz expensed a trip down to texas that he took with his daughter so she can look at a certain college. gotta love that.

things i'm currently thinking about:
for some reason i want to play grass volleyball really badly.
i know if i went to get boba right now, i will not come back to work.
why is the franz ferdinand album so much better than morrissey's?
i should really leave work and get some boba.
ugh!

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

howdy, roomie

let's see what's been going on...

deidra moved in with me a couple of weeks ago. the owners of her apartment complex in long beach were going to raise her rent to $750/mo and it wasn't worth it. and anyway, my place is close to her school. so now i'm residing with a woman and three cats, and it ain't too bad. except for the fact that she complaints that i watch too much sports. i, in turn, tells her she watches crappy movies on lifetime and usa network.

i'm finally nice to the kitties (zulfvig, durgha and milton), but it took a shitload of suffering (read, cha ching) to do so. but they are coming up to me somewhat wanting love. i also find fixing food for the cats quite enjoyable. we definitely have a dry kitty food dispenser on hand in the kitchen to service them when they get hungry. but twice a day, i would mix in some wet food in a plate for milty (the only cat who doesn't have a sensitive stomach). he's such a smart kitty too, cuz he comes running when he hears either a). a can opening or b). the clinking of spoons to a dish. great fun.

but then there's cleaning the kitty litter. it's not so fun. bearable, but not fun.

let me tell you why today is a pretty good day. first, the new morrissey album is out. i'm still debating whether to get it or not. years ago this would be a no brainer. here's my $15, give me the damn cd. but now... NOW, i'm not so sure. it's like i'm getting too old to be obsessing about a singer who doesn't sing about my life anymore. maybe if i was single and depressed, i would be more into him. but now, i'm not single and nor am i depressed. having said all that, i may go out and get it just cuz, it's fucking MORRISSEY.

second, the 3rd season of coupling is out today as well (british version, of course). i love that show. it's outrageously funny. the last episode of season 2 was spectacular. in a french accent "i'm giselle, the french bitch!"

third, deidra and i get to go see the new nicole kidman movie, the stepford wives, for free. and this means that i'm leaving work early so i can make it there by 6pm. how great is that?

it seems like everyone is leaving us recently. shawn's leaving for japan in a couple of weeks. taeko left several weeks ago. i wonder if anyone else is going to move away from la. i think i would like to move to seattle later on. and maybe england for places out of the US. for now, i'll be commuting from south pas to long beach for grad school.

yep, long beach state university, school of education, here i come. i'm a little bit nervous right now. i'm sure i'll be even more nervous when september comes along. in the meantime, i'm going to visit my parents in hk in july (yeah, fucking high season) and shawn and taeko in japan in august. then i'm coming back in mid-august for a meeting for all the new students at lbsu and then sometime in late september, we're suppose to go up to the mountains to bond or something. i'm certainly not looking forward to that. *sigh*

how many times do i have to hear the two songs from maroon 5 and hoobastank on the radio? i hate the fact i actually like the songs. they're crap, but i like them. i guess now i know why so many people watch american idol. it's crap, but you can't help yourself.