9 days until my birthday!

on September 9, 2009 (that's 09-09-09) I'll be 27! OMG!

ok, not so much OMG but more "will this birthday be just as crappy as the last one?" (birthday 25 was AWESOME because I saw dolphins and sea turtles at a beautiful beach in FL and I got to meet one of my best online friends and see my twin nieces and my brother & sister in law)

For all the plans I make and all the things I'd like to do, none of that happens. I celebrate it at church with another person who has a birthday in September. For what it's worth, it is fun. Movie, cake, ice cream, some kind of food. On my actual birthday my mom either makes me a cake or buys one (of course pink is somewhere on it).

I guess, I just wish my friends (who are almost all in other states) would be able to celebrate with me.

This birthday...who knows what'll happen. There's an Angels baseball game (against Seattle) that I'd like to go to...there are a few restaurants I'd like to go to and I probably will by myself.

Serious Request

I want to go on a cruise. There's a great 4 day Baja Mexico Cruise January 18-21, 2010 I'd like to go on...but not alone (I will if no one can go with me).

The cruise leaves Monday, Jan 18 from Long Beach at 530pm, arrives at Catalina Island on Tuesday, Jan 19 and is there from 730am to 430pm. From there, it arrives on Wednesday, Jan 20 in Ensenada, Mexico and is there from 900am to 10 pm. Thursday, Jan 21 is a Fun Day At Sea and Friday, Jan 22 returns to Long Beach 8:00am

Yup, that's everything. There are shore excursions at Catalina Island & Ensenada, Mexico, but as far as that actual cruise, that's everything.

For me to go by myself it's $489.70 with a $199 deposit when I actually book the cruise. I could totally swing it by myself, but I don't want to go alone. You know, safety in numbers when you go out and all.

But yeah...that's it. I'm hoping I can get some money together to book at the beginning of September. If not, I'll have to pick a cruise in February as the rest of January looks to be very busy.

i think my dad sends some of my calls directly to voicemail. he said that I'm the ONLY one who hasn't been able to get through to him hmmm

he asks what i want and I tell him abt needing laundry soap and he does this over dramatic finger snapping thing and walks away

I go to kitchen & there's laundry soap. wtf! he could have told me he got some! i tell him that he's like you didn't give me a chance

wtf! HE walked away from ME while I was still telling him why I was calling him! UGH

in which I rant about tv

I squandered my Friday and now Saturday I have to go to work. No fun and not fair.

in tv news for myself...there's a local station in southern CA called KDOC-TV. Their tag line is "Endless Classics!" and have been showing the original Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Perry Mason and they just (or at least I just noticed) started showing Charlie's Angels and Starsky & Hutch. in my eyes, those are classics. They also show Fraiser and Cheers but I can put those aside in my mind. what I can't put aside, however, are the shows they will be playing in September. they are not, by any stretch of the word, a classic.

what are they going to be showing? Chappelle's Show, Everybody Hates Chris, My Wife and Kids...and 2 other shows. I can look past the first 3, but absolutely, 100% do not approve of the last 2 shows. Laguna Beach & The Hills. Yes. That's right. Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, Lauren Conrad and Brody Jenner ( don't have a problem with the last 2) and the rest of them.

did I miss the memo going around that changed the meaning of classic? If they wanted to bring other shows, why not The Brady Bunch, The Cobsy Show, Family Ties, Family Matters...there are lots of other shows! why these ones?!

I understand it comes down to what shows the original networks would allow to be shown on this station, but include 2 MTV Shows?!

*sighs and steps off soap box*

so...I did it!

I was a "big girl" and went to BJ's by myself. I saw Kelly but the section she was working was busy, the patio area hadn't been cleaned so I got to sit at the bar. Oo fun!

My server was Jamie. She was nice. Kind of pushy (barely set my purse down and she was asking what I wanted!), but that was okay. I ordered the pomegranate sunset (don't remember what was in it, besides pomegranate but it was good)*, flipped through the menu and decided on the fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken.

from the time I ordered to the time my food came, I waited at the most, 10 mins. seemed a lot longer than that tho. Sad thing, the guy sitting next to me had been waiting 45 mins and all he ordered was a salad...and I got my food before he did! Manager ended up paying his bill.

I ate and watched like 4 different sporting events. there was just too much going on that I couldn't focus.

I ate as much as I could (wanted to take a pic of my food & drink but felt silly doing that at the bar) and got the rest of it to go. There's enough left for dinner!

I paid the same amount at CPK as I did at BJ's and today brought home much more food!




*POMEGRANATE SUNSET - Created by Amber J. from Cerritos, CA
Don't let the sun go down without trying this mix of Stoli Razberi Vodka, PAMA Pomegranate liqueur, BJ's fresh squeezed lemonade, orange juice and Monin Pomegranate. (very very yummy!)

you go to hell now!

PETA has reached to a new low! They have a new ad in Jacksonville, FL...and it's aimed at women and to get them to go vegetarian.

PETA wants to save the Florida Whales - Fat Women

Since it will be a few months before Michael Vick takes the field, PETA has decided to target someone else in preparation - fat people.

A new ad campaign, which recently launched in Jacksonville, takes aim at overweight people in about as direct a way as you can. A huge billboard in the city reads, "Save the Whales. Lose The Blubber. Go Vegetarian." Next to the words is a pretty large woman, who looks to be about a biscuit away from becoming a whale dressed in a polka-dot bikini.

Now, that's a low blow.

"Our goal is help overweight Jacksonville residents - the best way to do that is to go vegetarian. We're not trying to insult anyone," Ashley Byrne, a senior campaigner for PETA told Huffington Post. "Vegetarians look and feel better than meat eaters. This is a life-saving message."

Could this message find its way over Interstate 95 in the magic city? Don't be surprised if it does. PETA has become a pretty noticeable force in South Florida recently.

But the billboard could also get local PETA protesters sat on by upset chubby folks who more than likely will take offense to the billboard. As far as we can tell, this is PETA's first real harpoon shot at large people. Usually the organization goes after seal clubbers or fur hunters and recently the group's M.O. has been to use sexy images to draw people into their message.

But instead of sexy models barely covered in pieces of lettuce to push a vegan lifestyle, PETA is going with the shock and awe approach. It doesn't appear that the billboard will be coming down anytime soon and its unclear what city the anti-fat message will show up next.

Maybe next month, PETA will be trying to save the hippos.

excuse my language, but BULLSHIT they aren't trying to insult anyone! and seriously, overweight and being called a whale are drastically different! I am so...incensed that I can't get my thoughts in the proper order to verbalize how mad this makes me!

Can it be Monday?!

so I posted yesterday that I fell and really hurt my knee, well today one of the animals I've been watching (there are 2 cats, a rabbit and a bird) went crazy. It was the bird. I don't know what it was doing but somehow the cage it was on crashed from the perch it was on and water and bird food spilled to the floor. I went to investigate and the bird flew/bounced my way scaring the crap out of me and I stumbled back...hurting my knee even more!

I was in so much pain that I nearly fell twice trying to get to the sofa (which was even more of a no no) to call my dad to come help me. I got the cats closed in the bedroom and waited for my dad to come get the bird.

My dad told me 30 mins but it took him 45 mins to get to me. In that time the bird flew at me (i swear it wanted me to break my knee/leg) 2 or 3 times! When my dad came, the bird flew in my face 2 more times! I screamed like a little girl. heh my dad was like "haven't you held the bird before?" uhh NO! it's never been out of the cage while I was here...I've NEVER seen it out of the cage!

so he gets it back in the cage, I give it fresh food & water and then clean up the spilled stuff. my dad gave me some muscle relaxant cream and a wrap for my knee. the relaxant kind of helped, but I still get a sharp pain whenever I step the wrong way. Thing is, I don't ever know which way is going to be the wrong way until it happens and I have the crippling pain.

So can it PLEASE be Monday? I want to go home and snuggle with my cat? at least there's no flying birds trying to attack me!

There are helpful people out there, right?

There are people who'd help someone if they fell...right in front of their house, right?

Good luck finding that in Compton!

I was walking to the bus stop and was maybe 2 blocks away and I tripped, felt my left knee lock up and I fell. I'm pretty sure on the way down I screamed (maybe it was just in my head?) and kind of rolled on to the grass by the curb. It took me a good 5 mins to stand up and limp to a fence to regain my balance and put my shoe back on.

While this was going on, there was a guy, no more than 5 feet away from me washing his car! Does he stop...ask if I'm okay...come to help me stand up? NO! he kept drying off his fucking car! I was in front of his damn house and fell!

I don't know when he noticed I was leaning on his fence for support but he stopped drying and looked at me. I was like "oh no, don't stop drying your car on account of me! I'm fine. I'll just limp my way to the bus stop." apparently sarcasm is lost on him, just like being a good Samaritan. He watched me limp off, saying ouch, ouch, ouch with each step and he went back to drying off his car *rolls eyes*

Now my knee really hurts when I put pressure on it. casual walking and stepping up some steps is ok, but running or walking quickly makes my knee give out and feel like I'm going to fall.

needless to say, I made it to work, I'm done with my work and going to head either to taco bell or just ride the bus around

wow! 3 days in a row of going out!

Sunday I went to church
Monday I went to the mall and California Pizza Kitchen
Today I went to the nail salon (I now have bright ass pink nails. wish I could take a pic of them but I can't) and the grocery store. Did all that in a matter of 4 hours? It would have probably been like 2 or 3 hrs had the original nail salon I planned on going to to doesn't take credit cards so the only time I go to them is when I have cash (I pretty much hate carrying cash). I ended up going to the place by my house, which is another 45 mins away. get my nails done in about an hr, wait for 5 mins for the bus then when I get back to Compton I spend some time in the store getting food so I won't have to go out to eat...which also means I probably won't be going out much either. lol

Trip to BJ's Restaurant & Brewery will have to happen with my next paycheck...or maybe for my birthday in September. even tho it's during the week (it's on a Tuesday), I'm hoping some of the ppl I went to high school with, who I'd like to reconnect with before our reunion next year, will be able to go (doubt it tho)

Gonna nap now. Toodles ya'll!

and...I went out today!

yay I got out yesterday (Monday). somehow I found the motivation to get dressed and leave and went to the mall. I would have done some shopping but all of my paycheck didn't post to my account from when I deposited it on Sunday at the ATM.

anyways, I walked around the mall, mainly deciding where I wanted to have lunch and get my dinner from and decided on California Pizza Kitchen. Before I ate there today, I'd only eaten there twice and both times I got the Carne Asada Pizza. Got the same thing again and just like before, it was yummy. I also got a passion fruit mojito. also yummy

a lot of my friends think it's silly when I take pics of my food, but it's cute when they do it *rolls eyes* I took pics of my food (and drink)

my mojito


my pizza


A week from Today, Lora, her parents and Staci (shh that's a surprise) will be back and I'll be back in my bedroom (yay?). I'm saying this now, I'm not looking forward to seeing Staci. Yeah, I guess we're friends, but I have a hard time grasping change. Not change for myself, but change in others. like I find it hard to believe they've changed for the better when for the last 5 yrs or whatever they've been out partying and doing what not to hear they've done a 180*...I can't grasp that. Maybe it's because the change that everyone has said she's done goes against what I'm struggling with...I don't know. it always seems to come down to church with me.

why am I up so early on a Saturday?!

the house I'm staying at has an alarm system and I was showed how to use it. last night I turned it on because I heard police sirens and this neighborhood isn't all that great.

well at 5 am, I was going to the bathroom (the room I'm in is in the back of the house - behind the kitchen) and just as I got to the living room the alarm went off and scared the crap out of me. I rushed to stop it and then turned on every single light in the house before going to the bathroom.

here it is 20 mins to 7 am, all the lights are on and I'm waiting for it to be a bit later before opening the curtains so I can turn out the lights.

Also I have to call my friends I'm house sitting for and tell them/ask them if they knew why it would go off so early in the morning. I mean if I'd had still been in bed sleeping and it went off I would have crapped my pants from being scared.

can it be Thursday already?!

starting tomorrow (really Friday 830 am) I'll be house & animal watching for Lora & her parents while they're in Texas for 10 days. Tomorrow afternoon/evening Lora's going to pick me up on her way home from work and take me shopping for food. I see their freezer being packed with many planned meals so I don't have to do much of any cooking using their stove/pots & pans and the like...plus I'm sure I'll have left over food from planned trips to BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse and California Pizza Kitchen.

anyways, my bags are packed, for the most part, and it feels like I'm taking too much stuff. lol I have a suitcase of clothes, duffel bag of shoes, travel bag for hair/makeup stuff. plus my laptop and purse. Lucky for me I'll only be 20 minutes from home so I can go home if I need to get something else or drop something off at home.

I can't think of anything else and I'm kind of starving so I'm going to find something to eat and finish this episode of Supernatural.

omg so yay

Thursday night Lora is picking me up to start house sitting for her and her parents while they're visiting Anastacia & Pablo for 10 days in Texas.

Lora is also going to take me grocery shopping so I can have food to eat (and I'm sure so there is food for the menagerie of animals they have)

I did a quick scan of my bills and it looks like I'll be able to shop for fun! There are 2 malls a mere bus ride away so yay!

also, cable and wireless internet access! I can spend the entire 10 days catching up on all the downloading I've neglected over the MONTHS.

Can't think of anything else so I'm going to try and watch Sherlock Holmes (for the 4th time tonight!)

why can't my horoscope ever be spot on when it comes to money coming my way!?

Today's Yahoo! Horoscope was about work:

Virgo
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You're pretty good at self-discipline, and today that trait comes in handy as you face a daunting to-do list. Force yourself to tackle it in the right order, instead of doing the fun stuff first.

It's not that what I wanted to do first was "fun" but it was definitely easier & faster. Copy-Paste-save-print out tomorrow. But what I ended up doing first was what I needed to do first. The Bulletin's for Sunday's Church Service.

There's still a lot left to do and my "to do list" but that'll have to wait until tomorrow. we got a late start and still have to take my mom to work in the next 20-30 mins and I'm almost positive my dad is going to come back and finish the lawn. there were lots and lots of weeds that needed to be whacked lol

eta: we have no home phone. apparently Verizon was working on the phone lines yesterday and now we don't have service...but we still DSL service. I told suggested my dad call Verizon to have them fix it. he never responded. This is exactly why I give everyone my cell phone number and I'm glad someone near me has unprotected wireless. Barring our power & water being shut off, I'm okay. I have my cell phone & wireless internet until it's settled. And as of this morning before we left for the church, we were still without landline service. *shrugs*