Oh man, I have a week to renew my drivers license. And its not that I have to just sign the renewal form, pay the fee, and mail it in. I have to actually go in to the DMV and take a new picture. I guess that's okay cuz my picture and info is out dated. I think I was 17 when I took mine. And my height and weight isn't 5' 4" 115 lbs, respectively.

Come to think of it, that's almost a girl's height and weight. How gay is that?

But just sucks that I have to go in and do it. I looked on the internet and it said it can take up to two months for a new drivers license to come in. What also sucks was last Saturday was the only Saturday the DMV is open for the month. I guess I have to go in during my lunch break to renew it. And man, I have to pay $25 this time. I swear last time, it was only $15 at the most.

Finally got my DVD shelf up on the wall. Thanks to Ryan for all the help. Got my hockey trophies on top of them. Yeah, all 3 of them. Haha!

Wow, it freakin rained. First storm of the season. It didn't rain too much, but it was pretty crazy watching Lost with thunder and lighting flashing in the background. Hope there is more rain to come.

More rain = snow = calling in sick = snowboarding = having a blast!

Freak, I bought this DVD shelf from Ikea like over a year ago. And I've yet to put it up. One of the reasons was because I needed to buy a drill, and at the time, I didn't wanna buy one, and was too lazy to borrow one. Well, after moving I finally have the opportunity to do so. I bought a drill, and some new bits and drivers. Now I can put up the shelf and mount it to my wall right??

Not quite...the shelf didn't come with screws to mount them to the wall since every person has a different wall. So...Tommy has these screws with the anchors, but after drilling two holes, stickin the anchors in, I find out that the screws are too small.

So, today after work, I go to Ace Hardware, and not knowing what size I might need, I buy two sets of screws with anchors (like $3 total). I come home, and find out that I don't have the right size drill bit to drill the right hole size for the anchor to fit.

What the fuck dude?? All I want to do is hang this DVD shelf so I can put all my DVD's and games in there. I've spent so much time and effort on this stupid thing, and then I find out the drill bit size is too small for the hole. Frustrating!!

Oh well...

We lost our softball game again yesterday, 15-1. It wasn't as fun as last week, I guess since our opponents were a little bit more of cocky jerks than last week. Oh well, whatever. I was actually more pissed off that me and Jemm got shuffled around to positions we weren't comfortable with. Before the game, we spent over an hour at our normal positions (me at Shortstop, Jem and 3rd), and we both were doing good. So what happens when we get switched?? We mishandle everything during the game. I blame myself cuz I think I could've played better, but I thought that was a bone-head move by our bone-head manager.

Oh well, next week we have a double header, so hopefully we can actually win one of them.

Overall, the weekend was almost perfect. UCLA won, Michigan won (friggin about time), the Angels lost, the Kings won, I won my fantasy football and hockey games, but shit....USC had to freakin win with 3 seconds left. WTF??

It's official...

I'm addicted to LOST. That show is freakin awesome. I know, I'm late, but man the thing so addicting!

I bought Karen the DVD set of the first season, and we've been watching about 2 episodes a night. We have two more discs to go (eight episodes) so we'll be caught up by the weekend hopefully. And hopefully, we'll be caught up by Wednesday with the new episodes. We've just discovered Sawyer's past. Pretty interesting.

Note to self: give Joe a DVD-R to burn new episodes.

I don't think I've been this involved with a TV series since 2000 when I'd be watching Friends, New York Undercover, and ER on Thursday nights. I think that's the only night I'd watch TV. But thanks to Karen, and also my roommates, I've been watching more TV than usual. I don't have a set schedule on what to watch on what days. But as of now, its The Office and Law & Order SVU on Tuesdays and Joey and ER on Thursdays. Its cool cuz I get to do my ER discussion with Kristine. I don't really know who else to discuss and analyze ER with, but its cool. I would be watching Lost in between days, but I'll be caught up soon and will have nothing to watch.

Well, I could start on my ER Season 2 DVD set which I bought from Target last week for only $19.00 Not too shabby. I'm not sure if I've finished Season 1 yet. But I've seen them anyway.

Oh by the way if you are an ER fan reading this before 8:00 pm Friday, October 14, 2005, ER Season 1 DVD's are on sale at Fry's for only $14. This gives you an hour to finish reading the rest of this post, hop in your car, and drive down to Fry's. Or if you have today's ad with you, price match it at Circuit City or Best Buy since Fry's is just a fucked up place to be if you don't know what you're looking for.

Speaking of ER, I think its going downhill now. So far, this season is tanking. It's not as entertaining. I think they're trying too hard, trying to find new fill-ins like Danny Glover, that nasty chick from 3rd Rock, and John Leguizamo. The hightlight so far was seeing Nila in her skimpy nurse outfit, posing for Gallant. I think its time to close down the ER soon. There's no way Morris is gonna run that ER successfully.

Crap, we have free HBO for two months. Since I switched my account over from Greenmoor to here, the customer service dude offered it to me for free. I think I'm going to be a couch potato pretty soon.

So the whole softball/hockey thing...

Yeah from a competitive perspective, we'll probably be losing all of games this season. For both sports, they put us in a more competitive division. So in a way that sucks. But it's still a lot of fun.

We had our first softball game this past weekend. We played a team that has been playing for 10 years. I don't even know what the score was because we lost by the mercy rule. Shoot, by the time it was the 5th inning, we needed 8 runs just to be withing the mercy rule. But we lost...a billion cagillion to 4. Lou Lavarro hit a 3 run homer. That was our highlight of the day. But I'll admit, it was a lot of fun. I don't remember seeing a team getting blown out that much, and then end up laughing and smiling in the end.

Hockey...is slightly different. I think all but 2 of us haven't played hockey in two or three years. So we're all out of shape. We've lost 8-1 and 6-1. The first game was bunch of laughs. Last night's game, was a little more frustrating. But what do u expect, we're out of shape, have no chemistry, and we're in a division where the skill is more advanced than its suppose to be.

No goals or assists so far. Just 2 penalty minutes for holding. I blew an open net the first game, and blasted a slap shot just wide on the left side. Hopefully, next week we'll make some progress and score 2 goals.

Oh man, I just saw my first Christmas commercial this season on T.V. a couple of days ago. I think it was a commercial for Carnival Cruises. They had the Christmas lights, snow, and everything.

We're barely into October and they're already thinking about Christmas. WTF??

Christmas time is always fun cuz you get to spend time with friends and family, and its also the first few days of snowboarding season. But man, this year is going by too fast.

What's worse is I'm getting old! Boo!

Okay, its been a while since I've updated this sucker. A lot has happened, so lets see how much I remember to cover...

First things first, after 2 years at Greenmoor, and 5 years living with certain people, I have finally moved out. How do I feel? FREAKIN HAPPY!! My roommates are freakin awesome! Probably one of the best things about it...no more cats!!! No more fur on my couches and tables! No more fur I'd have to pick off of my food and throw away! (Gross huh?) and I can finally leave my door open and not worry about them walking in my room. The best thing, rent is finally fair. I don't have to worry about covering for people that refuse to pay or couldn't afford their share of rent. I still don't understand it...I worked part time hours with a lower pay and I was still able to afford paying rent for my own room.

Is there anything I would change? Well during the last few months of my stay there, yeah I would've changed. In the last year, I've questioned my friendship with a certain someone, and I've slowly found my answer. When a person doesn't show up to your roommate's suprise birthday celebration, and after making it clear what time to be there, because that person would rather play basketball with his friends and become the last person to show up, that starts to answer my question. When you do all you can for people, like saving them from unemployment and hooking them up with a job, and you don't get a thank you, that says a lot. When you carpool with others to work when your car goes down, and when you don't offer to drive the following week or don't offer to pay gas, sure that's gonna say something.

One word...selfish. I'm a very patient person, I've put up with a lot. But when you pile a bunch of bullshit on me, I'm gonna explode and become pissed. And when people become selfish, and rather think for themselves than others, that just adds to it.

I'm still pissed about the whole thing...but I'm slowly getting over it.

On to better things....

I've joined up a softball league with my friends in Cerritos. I've never played in a league before so it'll be fun. Bought a new glove and some batting gloves. Went to the cages a couple of times, practice the past two weekends. Now our first game is this Sunday. What sucks is that we have 20 people in our roster. So I dunno how we're gonna work that out. But what's cool is that it's co-ed, so that's gonna be a lot of fun.

I've also decided to rejoin hockey. With the return of the NHL, I've decided to lace them up again. My first game in two years will be this Wednesday at 10pm at the Anaheim Hockey Club. I bought brand new equipment, my jersey is on its way, and I'm ready to play. I went to slap the puck around at a park in Tustin. I got dressed up and everything. But I forgot something very important...the puck. So I just skated around the rink, trying to get the feel again. Its been the first time I skated in over a year. My only practice will be my warm up prior to the game. So I'll be ready, hehe.

Speaking of hockey, I had the chance to attend the Mighty Ducks meet and greet. Yeah I know, I stepped into enemy territory. But the only reason I went was to get my Sergei Fedorov Detroit Red Wings jersey signed. And plus it was free, thanks to my co worker, Jonathan. Click here for the pics.

Fedorov was really cool. He was able to sign my jersey and I was able to take a picture with him. He actually commented my camera, saying that it was cool and he had the exact same camera. I thought it was cool just meeting him. The rest of the time, I just went around and took pictures of players, like J.S. Giguere, Petr Sykora, the Niedermeyer brothers, and Teemu Selanne.

Life's full of ups and downs. But right now, everything's looking pretty positive.

Had a pretty nice weekend.

Friday, I went to the batting cages with Son, Don, and E-Man from work. Gotta prep up for the new softball season I'm joining in Cerritos. I bought new batting gloves, and got blisters on both of my thumbs. Its not too bad, they're almost healed up now. There were a few that I hit pretty hard. Hopefully that'll carry on to the season. I did better than I thought I would. But towards the end, I got tired and couldn't swing. I'm still pretty sore.

Yesterday, Karen and I went to the Kings/Ducks preseason game. Its been over a year since I last watched a live game. And what a way to start the season with free tix to a preseason opener. It was really fun. Karen wore here new Luc Robitaille jersey for the first time. It was a fight and penalty filled game. At one point the Ducks had a 9 minute powerplay that was unheard of. The score was 2-0 at the end of the 1st, but the Kings came back and scored 4 times to win 4-2. Alexander Frolov scored 2 goals, while newcomer Jeremy Roenick had 3 assists. We didn't see some other players like Mattias Norstrom, Luc Robitaille, and Valeri Bure in the game. I guess they wanted to rest some of the vets, and dress the rookies. Got to see Pavol Demitra and for the first time, Jeremy Roenick in a Kings jersey. I hope they do good. Click here for pictures!

Today, just watched football on T.V Also ran some errands, then packed up some stuff and moved in to our new place. Only a couple of more weeks left, but we'll be out pretty soon. I'm pretty excited, yet still pissed off. Oh well, change of scenery will be good, then I wouldn't have to come home with such a bad attitude anymore.

Today is the 4th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Its crazy how its already been 4 years. I still remember that day clearly.

I remember being waken up by Rozanno's cell phone. I guess his mom was saying two bombs exploded in New York. This was still around 6 am, so I was still half asleep. I went back to sleep and woke up around 8 to get ready for work. When I went to go outside to put my shoes on, the news was on in the living room and I was just shocked what I was seeing.

I then left for work, heading north on Main Street in Irvine. It was pretty eerie, as there was no planes flying into John Wayne Airport that morning. Throughout the day at work, they kept televising the planes hitting the WTC. I don't think I was more stunned that day. What sucked was that all the buildings and offices around the Center were closed. After awhile, the Center's administration office also closed for the day. But for us Box Office employees, we had to stay open. I found it ridiculous that everyone went home for the day, but we had to stay open. I understand that we're open 24/7 365 days of the year. But in the wake of a disaster, we have to stay open? Sad but true.

Today, Karen and I watched the 9/11 documentary that we Netflix'd. I've already seen this when they televised it on the 6th month anniversary. Its basically about two French filmakers that were suppose to film a rookie fire fighter, becoming a man in New York. It turned out to be a documentary of the tragedy, which depicts video o the first plane hitting, as well as the two towers collapsing while firemen were inside. It's a pretty interesting, yet sad documentary. I recommend you watching it. It just gives a small taste of what the people in New York went through that day.

On that note, my thoughts and prayers go out to those families and victims lost on 9/11 as well as those involved with Hurricane Katrina more recently.

Happy 2 year Anniversary, Karen! Dinner was great!! I can't believe I finished a whole 10 oz Prime Rib. It was soooo good!! Hope to celebrate many more anniversaries with you!!

Today, Michigan lost to Notre Dame. Chad Henne played an awful game and Coach Lloyd Carr called some awful plays. I hope he gets fired. He doesn't win the big games. On a brighter note, the Dodgers won 3-1 today, even though their playoff chances are slimming. And the last time I saw, UCLA was up 49-14 against Rice at the half. Oh yeah, and Ohio State lost today to Texas.

Watched the first episode of Lost today on DVD, followed by Crash. That movie is freakin awesome. Well written and well acted. It makes you think about life and what we face everyday. Sadly enough, its something that will take a long time to be fixed.

Also went to Ikea today. Saw some stuff I want to buy for our new apartment. I can't wait to move out. I can't wait where I can walk into an apartment where I can be laid back and free. Soon, I wont have to worry about fur sticking to my clothes since no one here cares to vacuum (a piece of equipment that is mine) the couches (that are mine also) from cats (not mine) laying down or their lazy asses all day. Nor do people here clean the dining table (mine) after eating, nor dust around the t.v./home theater system (mine as well).

Everyday, I'm getting more excited moving out from this place. I'm excited about living with my new roommates. They're a lot more responsible and take more initiative.

I've already heard them say 'Thanks, Joes' to me. Now that's a first.

I hate it here. I hate it here. I hate it here.

First full weekend of football tomorrow. That's something to be happy about.

Just got back from our Labor Day trip to Chicago. Probably the best trip ever! We did a lot, had a lot of pizza, watched Wicked, rode the El, went up top to Sears Tower, went to Millenium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Signature Lounge up the Hancock Tower, a Chicago River/Lake Michigan Tour, and Wrigley Field.

Click here for pictures.

Chicago is such a beautiful place, combined with both contemporary/modern buildings allong with old historic ones. Shopping and restaurants were down the street, with the subway station a few blocks away. I'd love to live here, though I'm not too sure if I can deal with the weather. We picked a perfect weekend to go, not too hot or humid. But I know its not always like that.

Wicked was a nice musical, although I was really tired Friday night. I only got 45 minutes of sleep and wasn't able to sleep on the plane. Southwest isn't that comfortable. I probably would've enjoyed it more if I wasn't too tired. But it was pretty good. However, it was overplayed at our hotel room by Karen and Kristine. Good thing I slept outside in the living room with Ryan and Jevon. Ana Gasteyer was really good. Ben Vereen played the Wizard as an understudy.

Honestly, its a good musical, but its getting really played out for me. Its a good musical, but its not the greatest.

Lots of fun and laughs. It was a great way to get away from California and all the shit that's been going on with me the past month or so. Now its back home for more bullshit the rest of the month.

I can't wait to move out of my apartment already.

One more week....

till I finally use my new DELSEY luggage, in which we will...

wake up early and drive to LAX to catch our 7:30 flight to...

CHICAGO!!!, where we also....

watch the Broadway musical WICKED!!!...

then afterwards celebrate the birthday of LOU LAVARRO!!!

4 days, 3 nights, with my friends who have been quoted as, 'too cool.'

I can finally get away from the bullshit that's being going on here the last month!!

Lately, I've been pretty excited about things that are coming up. Of course, one of them will be the Chicago trip. I've never been on an airplane heading past Las Vegas, though we did some traveling when I was very young when my dad served in the Navy. But I haven't been on an airplane vacation wise. I wouldn't necessariy count the 50 minute flight to Vegas, since its primary excuse is to avoid traffic on the 91 and 15. A little more than two weeks to go.

The other thing I'm excited about is the return of hockey, my beloved sport. After a full year cancelled due to an owners lockout, the game is back on the ice, with a whole new game. The new salary cap system has changed the economics of the game, and I'm excited about my Los Angeles Kings. We've resigned Luc Robitaille, traded for Jeremy Roenick, signed Pavol Demitra, resigned Alexander Frolov to a long term deal, and also signed Valeri Bure (that's right, Full House's Candace Cameron-Bure's husband.) We've lost Ziggy Palffy, but his lost doesn't take any excitement away from the game. I've already got my free pre-season tickets against the Ducks on September 17th. It'll be an exciting year.

The return to hockey has also prompted me to lace up the skates again. That's right, I've decided to return to league play roller hockey. I've rejoined some old teammates and we will be starting sometime in October at the Anaheim Hockey Club. I haven't played since 2002 at the old Gretzky Center in Irvine. So I've got a lot of conditioning and practicing to do. I also got to get new equipment and new skates. I'm probably gonna get new skates, new gloves, and a new bag. I've had my gloves for about 12 years so that needs to change. My current bag doesn't have a shoulder strap since it ripped off. My skates are currently uncomfortable. So I'm about to get these bad boys:



















These are the Nike Quest Hi Ho Silver. Yeah the name is pretty funny, but its practially the best boot out there. Funny enough, these skates actually run pretty big, so I can actually fit the biggest junior size. What's even better, it's a lot cheaper than adult sizes. I couldn't believe it myself when I tried these on...that I can actually fit a junior size. I wear a fitted size 8 shoe. With this skate, I can fit a size 5.5. Adult price, $400. Junior size, $200. Not too shabby huh?? Most hockey skates usually run about 1 to 2 sizes smaller than your normal foot. I'm just suprised these Nike skates ran really big, almost 3 sizes smaller than your normal shoe size. What's best, they're Nike's! I hope to get these sometime in the next week or so.

Here's a couple of action shots:















Yeah, that's iddy biddy me taking the face-off.

















Me, no where near the puck.

Maybe I'll have more action shots to post up this fall. Stay tuned!!

Busy weekend. Worked on Saturday for our Broadway Seat Sale. It was pretty fun, although we didn't have Lawry's catering this year. Pizza will do just fine. Thanks Karen for ordering! Afterwards, I went to Friday's with Chels and Karen, and vented about stuff going on. Got home, and knocked out for 3 hours. I was exhausted in the end. Had dinner and watched Coach Carter, which I may say is a pretty good movie.

Sunday, went to the beach to hang out with some friends and had dinner with Karen's family to celebrate her brother's birthday. Afterwards, went to Walmart and did some small shopping.

Monday, I went to work for a few hours to do my reports. My numbers were off, but I just wanted to get the heck out of there. Stayed at work till about 11, then took the rest of the day off using my comp time from Saturday, and met up with Karen's family and relatives from Illinois at California Advernture. It was very hot, but we had a lot of fun. It was suprisingly empty at the park, even though there was traffic for parking. California Screamin was closed due to a previous accident a couple of weeks ago, but we still had fun. Rode Tower of Terror 3 times, Grizzly Bear Run twice, and rode Soarin over California. Didn't get to go into Disneyland, but I have a passport that can take me there anytime I want.

On a sad note, it was back to work for the rest of the week on Tuesday.

On an even sadder note, long time ABC journalist and anchorman Peter Jennings past away this week. If there was another person that was a part of my life ever since the beginning, besides my family, it would probably be him. I remember coming home from school and watching World News Tonight every weekday at 6:30 with parents every now and then. Whenever there were significant events occuring in the world, I would always turn to him. Even now, before he left the air in April, I would occasionally watch the news.

I don't think there's another person that can cover the news better than he did. He was simply the best. I watched a 2 hour special tribute today on him, and I was just overwhelmed the job he did and all that he covered. From the Challenger disaster to 9/11, he was the best. I didn't even know he was Canadian until he became an American citizen in 2003.

Karen summed it up best earlier today. She said, 'They always take the good ones.' And that's really true, and sometimes unfair. I know all this does sound cheesy, but the guy was just a classy person...someone who cannot be replaced.

One month and counting....

CHICAGO!!!

5 more days till the Broadway Seat Sale at work.

Sorta reminds me of my old ASB days at Channel Islands. Coloring, not doing regular work/school work for a special activity. Though we didn't use any markers that would get you high, it still brought some memories. Hopefully, I can still help out. I'm no longer in the department but it gives me a chance to socialize with old co workers and friends.

Happy Birthday, Nicole! You and your 25 year old drunk-ass.

I feel really happy I fixed Kristine's new computer/printer at her house. I know its not a big deal, but for me, it always feels good fixing something. It feels like I've accomplished something that can be complicated, even though its not a big thing. I'm just happy I can help someone out that way. I just wish I had a career doing just that...fix computers and make people happy.

But no, I'm stuck reporting numbers.

Life's a bitch.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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!!!!