I'm in Oxnard this weekend. I wanted to get away from everything back at home in Irvine...the people, the weather, some drama, etc. Karen and I were going to stay here for one night, but the weather is so good here right now, we decided to stay another day. Luckily we brought extra clothes.
Its been really hot down in Orange County. Our bedroom feels like a sauna, even at night. Its been so hot, I've been having trouble sleeping. I'll have the fan on, and it wont help. Its been so bad, I've had to sleep in my boxers, which I rarely do. Its nice and cool here, maybe in the low 70's with a nice beach breeze during the day. Big change!
So that's one of the reason's why I decided to stay...the weather. If there's one thing I miss about living in Oxnard, its definitely the weather. Of course, my family is the main reason (and was my dog until she died this pass Thanksgiving. I still miss her), so its nice to come here now and then.
Before coming to Oxnard on Friday, Karen and I went to the Dodger game against the St. Louis Cardinals. We got comps and free parking when Karen went to the INTIX conference earlier this year. We got there pretty early, around 6 with the game time at 7:40 pm. When we got to our seats, the Cardinals were having their batting practice. It was a treat to see Albert Pujols hit the balls out during his practice. He hit one so far that it hit the top of the back wall of the Dodger's bull pen. The crowd even gave him cheers for doing so. We also had our first Super All Beef Dodger Dog. MMMM!!!!
I thought the Dodgers would get wupped on since St. Louis is probably one of the best teams in baseball right now. I'm glad I was wrong, the Dodgers won 7-5. Karen and I left after the 7th inning, didn't wanna stay in traffic getting out of Dodger Stadium. Its a bitch getting out there, and it would've been hell if I was fighting my way with 47,500 other fans.
It was fun, but I just wish Karen wasn't so sick right now. I could tell she was out of it. At times, I felt I'd be cheering by myself cuz she'd be so out of it. I can't blame here though, she's been like that for a few days this week. Poor baby!
Went to bed, with no problem since the weather is so nice. Woke up, had lunch, then went to the Camarillo Outlets. I must say, this would probably the first time I walked away with nothing in a long time. I was gonna grab a pair of jeans from Gap, but I figured I can get cheaper jeans for $30 somewhere. Plus, I have a weird feeling about buying jeans from an outlet. I've bought some before from there, and they ripped after a year of wearing them. So I walked away with nothing. I'm pretty excited, they're opening up an Aeropastle soon. Though I really like their clothes and their price, I'm thinking to myself, "how much cheaper can they get." Not that I'm complaining! They'd have crazy sales, like 2 shirts for $20 at their retail store. So are the shirts going to be 2 for $10 now?? We'll wait and see...I'll be back here for my mom's birthday in August and hopefully it'll be open by then.
After that, Karen and I went to Target then came home to have home cooked dinner awaiting for us. Karen wasn't feeling too good, so she knocked out early while the rest of my family sang karaoke. I just stayed upstairs and looked at some pictures on Karen's laptop with Incubus Alive at Red Rocks in the background.
My cuzins also told me I'm getting fat, which I don't mind. I've weighed the same for a long time. But I've gain some weight since the last time I've weighed myself (I'm at 150!!! I was 130 a year ago!) Its all the food I eat. I should cut down...but food is so good!! Damn carnitas! I'm eating too much of it! But its just oh so good!!
So now, its past 1 am, everyone is knocked out. I'm probably going to read a chapter or two with this book that Kristine told me to read. This is probably my first book I've read since college. The only other book I've bought in the last 3 years are Sole Provider (which is a book on Nike shoes - just looked at the pictures so far) and Frommer's guide to Chicago 2005 (gotta research for the big trip!) So far, the book (Me Talk Pretty One Day) is pretty funny. I'm actually laughing out loud when I read it. I wonder if I'm going to turn into some bookworm like all them Harry Potter freaks out there. (Not all of you are freaks, but damn there's a lot of you!) For now, we'll see how this develops.
Time to read a chapter, then go to sleep. Gotta take advantage of the weather before I feel the heat again in Orange County. Good night!
Sunday, July 31
Sunday, July 24
Another nice weekend...
Friday, work was pretty cake. My manager was off so it was just me at my end of the department. Very quiet, yet still got my work done.
Later that night, we had a black out in our neighborhood. It was pretty freaky cuz before it happened, I ran upstairs to get Karen's laptop and once I flipped on the light switch on, the power went out. So, I might be blamed for the outage, using that last bit of energy before it happened. It was a little fun actually. Sorta remind me how it was when I visited the Philippines...hot, humid weather, pitch black everywhere. We just lit some candles in the living room and upstairs. Karen was sleepin on the couch, Bert read his Harry Potter book., and Jean and I played Pusoy Dos. We were blacked out for about 45 minutes until the power came back. But it only lasted for 20 minutes then we were blacked out again for another 30 minutes. We all resumed our blackout activities. Jean beat me five in a row at Dos. I know she cheats, freakin cheater! j/k!
Saturday, Karen and I decided to double feature BeWitched and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She wanted to watch those two and we had a couple of movie passes, so we used one for BeWitched then snuck in to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I liked both movies. Will Farrell was hilarious and Nicole Kidman was cute. Mr. and Mrs. Smith was entertaining, yet there were parts that were too good to be true. It's still pretty good. Angelina Jolie is so hot in that movie. Then we had dinner at Fridays. Sucked cuz I left my leftovers there. Oh well, so all I pretty much paid for was the one ticket and dinner for a night of fun with Karen. Not too shabby.
Also got to witness the preview for Rent. Blah!! I'll admit, it does look pretty good as the story looks like it'll be portrayed better, and it has most of the original cast. But I'm not gonna watch it in the movie theaters. I can't stand being around Rent heads. They make me wanna kill them...slice their throats and blast them with a shotgun. So instead of taking the risk of being on death row, I'll wait till it comes out on dvd. or just not watch it all so I dont waste my time on it. Again, I'd rather watch porn.
Today, Karen and I met up with Jevon, Jovan, Cicely, Jay, John2, Ivy, Lou, and Belle at the Block to watch Wedding Crashers. Again, we had passes so it was free. I must say, a freakin hilarious movie! I was laughing at parts so hard, it hurt!! I'd probably watch it again. Then we all went to Fridays (Except for Jovan and Jevon) and had dinner.
I realized after the movie that we watched 3 movies, 2 with Will Ferrell featured, and 2 with Vince Vaughn. I have watched this many movies in a weekend in a long time. Not bad, we only paid for one.
Thank God for Gift Certificates and Regal Rewards!
Friday, work was pretty cake. My manager was off so it was just me at my end of the department. Very quiet, yet still got my work done.
Later that night, we had a black out in our neighborhood. It was pretty freaky cuz before it happened, I ran upstairs to get Karen's laptop and once I flipped on the light switch on, the power went out. So, I might be blamed for the outage, using that last bit of energy before it happened. It was a little fun actually. Sorta remind me how it was when I visited the Philippines...hot, humid weather, pitch black everywhere. We just lit some candles in the living room and upstairs. Karen was sleepin on the couch, Bert read his Harry Potter book., and Jean and I played Pusoy Dos. We were blacked out for about 45 minutes until the power came back. But it only lasted for 20 minutes then we were blacked out again for another 30 minutes. We all resumed our blackout activities. Jean beat me five in a row at Dos. I know she cheats, freakin cheater! j/k!
Saturday, Karen and I decided to double feature BeWitched and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She wanted to watch those two and we had a couple of movie passes, so we used one for BeWitched then snuck in to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I liked both movies. Will Farrell was hilarious and Nicole Kidman was cute. Mr. and Mrs. Smith was entertaining, yet there were parts that were too good to be true. It's still pretty good. Angelina Jolie is so hot in that movie. Then we had dinner at Fridays. Sucked cuz I left my leftovers there. Oh well, so all I pretty much paid for was the one ticket and dinner for a night of fun with Karen. Not too shabby.
Also got to witness the preview for Rent. Blah!! I'll admit, it does look pretty good as the story looks like it'll be portrayed better, and it has most of the original cast. But I'm not gonna watch it in the movie theaters. I can't stand being around Rent heads. They make me wanna kill them...slice their throats and blast them with a shotgun. So instead of taking the risk of being on death row, I'll wait till it comes out on dvd. or just not watch it all so I dont waste my time on it. Again, I'd rather watch porn.
Today, Karen and I met up with Jevon, Jovan, Cicely, Jay, John2, Ivy, Lou, and Belle at the Block to watch Wedding Crashers. Again, we had passes so it was free. I must say, a freakin hilarious movie! I was laughing at parts so hard, it hurt!! I'd probably watch it again. Then we all went to Fridays (Except for Jovan and Jevon) and had dinner.
I realized after the movie that we watched 3 movies, 2 with Will Ferrell featured, and 2 with Vince Vaughn. I have watched this many movies in a weekend in a long time. Not bad, we only paid for one.
Thank God for Gift Certificates and Regal Rewards!
Wednesday, July 20
Man, its warm and humid. Feels like I'm in Hawaii...just without the beach, the sand, the waves, the hula girls, etc. etc.
Happy Birthday Chelsea!! Hope you enjoy your new Ipod Mini.
I think I'm one of the few people that doesn't have one of those. Its not like I really want one tho. I have my 1 Gb IRiver which is just fine. I think its more like my 'Incubus' player than my mp3 player if anything.
Nothing new and exciting. Just waiting for my trip to Chicago to arrive. I finally gave in and got tickets to Wicked. I'm getting a lil more excited now because few have seen it yet its the hottest ticket in the country. It probably wont hit me until later. I'm more excited about the trip itself if anything. I get to hang out with almost 20 of my friends in another city besides Las Vegas and Orange County.
I've been doing some research also. Looking at what places to hit and on what day, researching the best way to get to our hotel when we land, what restaurants to eat at. Its pretty exciting.
So far this week has been pretty dead, but its going by pretty fast. Last Friday, I checked out Guys and Dolls with Kristine and Karen in Long Beach. I did that musical at UCI my senior year as the Light Board Op. Probably one of my best experiences in college. Hehe, I remembered one time when the Stage Manager didn't call out of the lighting cues. So when she called out the Go, the lights went to a blackout when it shouldn't have. Luckily, I was able to recover once I noticed the intensities of all lights were going to 0% at a fast rate. Its all good tho. Wasn't my fault.
My stomach hurts, I need some 7 up or Sprite.
Happy Birthday Chelsea!! Hope you enjoy your new Ipod Mini.
I think I'm one of the few people that doesn't have one of those. Its not like I really want one tho. I have my 1 Gb IRiver which is just fine. I think its more like my 'Incubus' player than my mp3 player if anything.
Nothing new and exciting. Just waiting for my trip to Chicago to arrive. I finally gave in and got tickets to Wicked. I'm getting a lil more excited now because few have seen it yet its the hottest ticket in the country. It probably wont hit me until later. I'm more excited about the trip itself if anything. I get to hang out with almost 20 of my friends in another city besides Las Vegas and Orange County.
I've been doing some research also. Looking at what places to hit and on what day, researching the best way to get to our hotel when we land, what restaurants to eat at. Its pretty exciting.
So far this week has been pretty dead, but its going by pretty fast. Last Friday, I checked out Guys and Dolls with Kristine and Karen in Long Beach. I did that musical at UCI my senior year as the Light Board Op. Probably one of my best experiences in college. Hehe, I remembered one time when the Stage Manager didn't call out of the lighting cues. So when she called out the Go, the lights went to a blackout when it shouldn't have. Luckily, I was able to recover once I noticed the intensities of all lights were going to 0% at a fast rate. Its all good tho. Wasn't my fault.
My stomach hurts, I need some 7 up or Sprite.
Tuesday, July 12
I gave in...I got my ticket for Wicked in Chicago. I don't really wanna watch the show cuz I hear it left and right wherever I go. But I guess I'm going for the experience. I'll eventually like it though, since I heard its really good. It shouldn't be that bad. Not compared to Rent or Mamma Mia.
I hate those musicals, especially Rent. Its such an overrated fucked up musical. I had to deal with all these stupid lil Rent-heads at work, asking for freakin front row ticket when it was here. Stupid idiots would camp out all night just to get the rush tickets later that day. You people don't have a life. I don't see the point in that stupid musical. I watched it twice, and hated every single moment of it. The first time I watched, I sat behind these two bitches that would look at each other and start singing to each other. 'Da fuck dude? The 2nd time, everyone gave it a standing ovation, but I sat in my seat. The musical's fuckin dumb. At the end the gay bitch is about to die of AIDS, then out of nowhere she's all fine and dandy, and they start singing and dancing? Who wrote this shit?? I heard the movie is coming out later this year, with the original cast. Will I go see it?? Probably fucking not. I'd rather stay home and watch porn than pay $10 to sit with other stupid Rent-heads singing their stupid asses off. I can probably plant a bomb in every theater in the country and kill every Rent-head out there.
Mamma Mia, I just hate it cuz I hate ABBA. Plus, where's the creativity behind that?? Creating a musical using music from an old band? Be, original you Broadway bitches. Write your own music.
So what's my favorite musical?? Les Miz! Lion King is up there, creativity-wise. Nice sets, well-done lighting design, and outstanding costumes. But the music/story is dumb. Its Simba's fault for killing his dad. If he wasn't so freakin stupid and mischeivous, Mufasa would've been alive. I'm sure I'd probably love Spamalot once it tours. Wicked...it could be up there. But fuck Rent!
Speaking of musicals, I checked out Movin' Out at my work. It was actually pretty good. The band was cool and the dancing was great. Some cheesy parts, but what musical doesn't have cheesy parts?? At least its not that fucked up musical Rent.
I hate those musicals, especially Rent. Its such an overrated fucked up musical. I had to deal with all these stupid lil Rent-heads at work, asking for freakin front row ticket when it was here. Stupid idiots would camp out all night just to get the rush tickets later that day. You people don't have a life. I don't see the point in that stupid musical. I watched it twice, and hated every single moment of it. The first time I watched, I sat behind these two bitches that would look at each other and start singing to each other. 'Da fuck dude? The 2nd time, everyone gave it a standing ovation, but I sat in my seat. The musical's fuckin dumb. At the end the gay bitch is about to die of AIDS, then out of nowhere she's all fine and dandy, and they start singing and dancing? Who wrote this shit?? I heard the movie is coming out later this year, with the original cast. Will I go see it?? Probably fucking not. I'd rather stay home and watch porn than pay $10 to sit with other stupid Rent-heads singing their stupid asses off. I can probably plant a bomb in every theater in the country and kill every Rent-head out there.
Mamma Mia, I just hate it cuz I hate ABBA. Plus, where's the creativity behind that?? Creating a musical using music from an old band? Be, original you Broadway bitches. Write your own music.
So what's my favorite musical?? Les Miz! Lion King is up there, creativity-wise. Nice sets, well-done lighting design, and outstanding costumes. But the music/story is dumb. Its Simba's fault for killing his dad. If he wasn't so freakin stupid and mischeivous, Mufasa would've been alive. I'm sure I'd probably love Spamalot once it tours. Wicked...it could be up there. But fuck Rent!
Speaking of musicals, I checked out Movin' Out at my work. It was actually pretty good. The band was cool and the dancing was great. Some cheesy parts, but what musical doesn't have cheesy parts?? At least its not that fucked up musical Rent.
Tuesday, July 5
Apparently, the Cerritos mall is a dangerous place to be.
No, not like getting hit up by anyone, but cuz of the stores and they're freaking sales! That mall is a dream come true, yet an evil place! I spent another $100 shopping in just an hour there this past weekend. Oh well, lucky I got a bonus and a raise!
Had a nice 4th of July weekend. Other than shopping, spent the weekend cleaning the house. I mean CLEANING. The place looks nice, did some furniture rearranging, threw away some old junk, cleaned the kitchen, fridge, bathroom, back porch, etc. Hasn't felt this clean in a long time. Good job roommates!
We also had a bbq with some friends and watched the fireworks out the door. Pretty busy and tiring all day but it was fun. Thanks for coming over everyone!
Next 3 day holiday weekend...Labor Day in CHICAGO!!!!
No, not like getting hit up by anyone, but cuz of the stores and they're freaking sales! That mall is a dream come true, yet an evil place! I spent another $100 shopping in just an hour there this past weekend. Oh well, lucky I got a bonus and a raise!
Had a nice 4th of July weekend. Other than shopping, spent the weekend cleaning the house. I mean CLEANING. The place looks nice, did some furniture rearranging, threw away some old junk, cleaned the kitchen, fridge, bathroom, back porch, etc. Hasn't felt this clean in a long time. Good job roommates!
We also had a bbq with some friends and watched the fireworks out the door. Pretty busy and tiring all day but it was fun. Thanks for coming over everyone!
Next 3 day holiday weekend...Labor Day in CHICAGO!!!!