I saw a 3-legged husky peeing on the sidewalk. Yep, i had an interesting day.
Happy Independence Day. I find it ironically fitting that Karen, Dy, and I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 today. It put all of us in such a somber state, that I didn't feel like going to OC for Tyson's bbq, nor attending the get-together that was happening at dy's house. Even dy didn't wanna stay and get rowdy with the boyz. So i invited Rudi ovah and cooked some steak, hebrew dogs, and corn on the cob for our mini feast. And for dessert, some mangos, strawberry shortcakes, ice cream sundaes, and cake-cookies... making me feel real mew-mew sleepy. I think i've gained my weight back this weekend.
so overworked from work. dq fsi's are kicking my ass. all i want to do is drink tonight. drink and maybe get lifted and go to sixspace for 'the summer show' exhibit. i dig cute art...
I have not drunk pepsi in 2 weeks, and have had the energy of a large moose. No. A medium cat. No. A rabied squirrel... So many good photos out there of the parte'. Will share in due time.
Aunty Vivian's party was a smashing success. I'm still awaiting pics from Tyson, and from the emails i received from the birthday girl (Happy B-day Rudi!) her slammed finger is fine, and she is babying a lingering hangovah (2 dayz later? damn! how much didja drink?) The food was awesome, too bad i couldn't savor & had swallowed most of it, and we wrecked Par Avion like there was no tomorrow. Mong was doing her bumping dance with everyone, and Viv got molested many-a-times on the dancefloor. There was also this cute j-poppy group that did a live song in the dj's set. They were so kawaii, waving their light sablers and tamborines. With double the amount of people then the last time we were their, i hopt it doesn't turn into another trender club...
and seems like everyone dealing with heavy workloads. I got so much on my plate now, it aint even funny. And Dy and i have found a new guilty pleasure show - 'Nip n Tuck'
Those who wanna view the party flyah' peep this. Address has been blurred to stop party crashers and riff-raff...
I am so SICK of soupy meals. I long for something i can sink my teeth into and rip2shreads at my own natural free will. I thought i was like Wolverine, and would have healed partially by now. but low and behold, as i tried in vain to brush my front teeth tonight, my spit was laced with crimson... need to take more hydrocodone/Acet....*
So i'm collabin' with Rudi to throw an 'Aloha Punk' party in honor of her 20th birthday, hehhee it will consist of hawaii food (courtesy of L&L and Kahala's) and a booze-fest into the wee nite. And if we get island/cabin fever, then we jump ship and head to a club or bar etc etc etc...
I have acquired a liking to tomato soup flavored with thyme. It is wholesome and filling and warms my belly to no end. And i want to make some fairy cakes, but will hold off til mid week, in chance i'll be able to actually eat the fruit of my labor. Still bored, i downloaded and labeled accordingly 3 more gigs of music onto my iPod...
So i'm on a liquid diet, and i talk funny, but I SURVIVED!! The extracting went well. They first pumped me full of oxygen and nitrous oxide, and man, that thing made me soo loopy! I just didn't give a fuk bout anything. Then the doc gave me an IV full of drugs. And the last thing i yapped with him about was the best time to go to Greece. He said September was when the weather was nice... Though, i must admit, it was eerie, because i could hear the doctor and nurses during my space trip. I know they took out the right then left side, and the left had a lot of drilling and shaking going on. and then felt a tap on my hand and had a mouth full of gauze. And there was no teeth. They had both been crushed out of recognition.
So now i'm swallowing soup and dreaming about Krispy Creme donuts which i cannot have and being bored out of my mind. But some exciting news, I got an email from Dao that she's here in the US and will be in LA soon! and another email from the CS peeps saying that they will be calling all the people that submitted during the coming week! Excitement looms ahead...
So i had my consultation with the doctors today about my wisdoms. I am past the point of being freaked out and just wanna get it ovah with. And i am definitely NOT looking forward to tha recoveries. Now i've heard good stories, and i've heard bad stories, but i realized, these are all stories coming from my friends who go their wisdoms pulled when they were much younger, hence, their wisdoms had not grown roots nor to full size. Mine are both plus growing horizontally. I asked the doctor what was to take place during the surgery. The surgery that is; du-dun-duh.... this Friday. (i already payed for it to keep me from calling up and chickening out*)
First, he's gonna slice open my gums so that my jaw bone is exposed. Then he's gonna drill the opening (in my jawbone), where my wisdom is peaking out of, a bit bigger. There is apparently not enough room by itself to remove the tooth even though he will be drilling my tooth until it cracks into little pieces to thus be extracted. And after that, he will then split the other side of my gums and remove my partially surfaced wisdom. This is suppose to happen under the time frame of 30 mins. Supposedly, i will only be aware of them pining me with an I.V. of sedatives, then waking up the next minute with gauze stuffed in my mouth. I can hardly wait...
I did it. I mailed in my portfolio today to CS. God, this was causing me so much stress and tension and spazzing-ness. I am exhausted and need a little cat nap.
OMG, Kami-sama is teasing me. For on Iron Chef tonight, the theme ingredient is SCALLOPS! Coincidence? I think not.
Yesterday was Dy and I's 2nd year anniversary! I didn't think anything too much of it and just decided to have a nice dinner at a nice resturant. Per Mark's suggestion, we made reservations at R23 located in the artist district by j-town. It was a cute blingy place with art on the wall and a nice foreign waitress. She kept discouraging what i wanted to order(stuff Mark recommended), so i took her advice. BIG MISTAKE. I ended up getting some kind of whole bodied scallops thing-e that had this orange leg (which latter i found out to be its liver) and all these organs still attached to the damn things. I was only use to eating the medalions of scallop meat. This was disgusting. It was served with hugh steamed mushrooms that i took a bit of in hopes of it milding my disgust. I swear, i never wanted to spit out food sooo badly. This was Children's House Flashbacks, thank you very much! I was about to spit it out in my miso soup, when Dy gave me the disapproving parent look and told me 'think of it as fear factor!' and so i told myself i'd get a hundred million dollars if i swallowed it. And i did, followed by 2 cups of sake. Needless to say, the rest was left untouched. The rest of the meal was a great joy though.
as a sign being such a bad girlfriend for being giftless (he got me an iPod!! *thea~does~monkey~happy~dance*) i graciously picked up the tab. After our exciting meal adventure, we walked around the shadiness of the area and came across walls of graffiti. (see below, yeah that's me...)
i'm in a drabby mood cuz i feel stuck in the mundane. i want a new haircut to give me an instant fashion uplift. i want to get rid of my rice-belly so i'll look good in low waist jeans. i want to throw away half of my closet and raise my zen. i want to succeed in my next adventure and enjoy life...
Yesterday was so surreal. First off, me and Robert were working till 10:00(!) to get all the bridal shower bullshite and F.Fed party stuff ready. I think i'm getting burnt out at this job real quick. I think Rob is past being burnt and has turned into a working zombie (poor thing). Everytime my boss pulls this kind of shite with all her personal stuff, my hate meter goes up 10%. It's probably at 250% by now. I mean, we knew about this shower for a couple of months, but she doesn't give us anything till the after noon, when she comes into work at fukin 1:30. And we had to get her to approve all the other work that we did, to move on... *sigh* i'm sik of bitching about work, but at the same time such injustices must be made known.
so anywayz, i get home before 11-ish, and am gabbing away with Kat, cuz i drank some pepsi, and she's telling me about the nite she saw the freaking skunk by her bedroom window. I'm getting ready to go to Andy's to meet up with the boyz and drink, and then it happens. We see the skunky by the cat food outside! And it's not just one! It's a MOMMY and BABY!!! We were freaking, and kat runs and gets her camera, and start taking pictures like a rabied tourist. Surprisingly, though all the flashes, they carry on eating like nothing's going on. then her phone rings and she screaming at Dan about the skunk and how she had to call him back. So i took some pictures. the momma then came right up to the glass with it's rodent-like head and i started screaming my head off cuz i thought i was gonna spray. Finally they left when there was no food. Kat took a good parting picture of the tail going underneath our fence. Giving me the total heebee-jeebees!
I am yet amazed to find out how much shitty people are still actually out there. Today revealed one for the top 10 list.
Dear Etsu didn't wanna accummulate bad chi, so as an obedient little sistah, i've taken down the nasty words i had in place, explaining the injustice bestowed upon her person. May only happiness and lollypops, toasted marshmello-e goodness bless her and hopefully she will not have to face any more back stabbing assholes in the future...
This weekend was extra long, and i loved it. First off, i had half a day on friday, which i dedicated to cleaning the kitchen floor and vaccuming the house. Saturday, it was a mad rush to find shoes and accessories for me to wear for the wedding. A miss communication with Akemi the nite before lead me to believe that i had a major fashion crisis on my hands. I thought we had the same dress! so i ended up wearing my old designated wedding dress, only to be stress for nothing for it was a totally different ensemble. I was so creapy. So yeah, we go to the wedding on sunday, and it was simply beautiful. Cornell made her beautiful dress and vail-train, and the reception was breathtaking. so much detail & attention. her papa sang their wedding dance song & kicked ass. Lots of emotion, excellent dinner, and i even forced myself to eat 1/4th of the salad in their honor. Saw handsome Rami and exotic Ting Ting there. Models and model agents all around mixed and danced with the family. Even grandpa got out there to try to catch the garter. Akemi was cute and Steve and Rachel was nutz as ever. i got a small mpeg of them doing the electric slide. Those kids love to dance! Maybe i'll post some pics later...
thanks rudi, for adorning me with the gift of new music. It'll come in handy on the drive to irvine this weekend for Saam's special day. God, this wedding is costing me $$$. Perspectively, if i wasnt going, i would have been able to purchase round trip tickets to hawaii... and everyone and their moms is either there or visiting LA. Kevin's driving down from SF, my cousin and his family is coming from sunnyvale, and my betroth's mom (aunty D) just called me up at WORK today to get together for dinner. Damn, the best i can do is maybe try to meet my cousin for lunch on monday.. kyahhh! And through the grapevine, i heard that zak, jacky, and mary guys are all on the aina for party-party. But all in all, i luv Saam, and am looking forward to see her as a bride.
Can i handle 2 nites in a row of 'rudi' behaviour? Hell yeah, bring it on sistah. I have to make up for it, since i WON't be going back to the aina with the others to party-party... damnit.
*Mental note* pick up a bottle of vodka and some red bulls...
slowly but surely, i'm creating my online portfolio. I'm actually having more fun building it then designing it. Taught myself a bit of flash, and mastered frames, so please excuse while my ego inflates my already big head. And guess what? the designing part is driving me nutty! Maybe i'm in the wrong line of work, and my true calling is to do web building? this is an infuriating thought, considering i'm getting so old. I'm almost thirty! and by that age bracket, i wish to dwell in my 'Dwell-like' glass and metal home by the shore. Just comparing myself to my parents, in like 7 years from now, i'm suppose to have got married, had a kid, bought land, and built a house on it. Things just aren't the same anymore. I can only hope to keep paying rent by not going bananas and leave my steady job. Time is moving on, i better get with it before it's gone...
'TROY' was such tragic movie. Karen and i walked out of the theater, revealing in the 'orrible aftermath of witnessing such a thing. I cannot believe a movie script was even sold to the fine actors that starred in it. I would have burned it following the immediate firing of my agent. They took a brillant, beloved novel (the Illiad), and smeared the pages with first class hollywood style shite. After sitting though such a disaster, i promply stood up in the theater and proclaimed, "get me the fuck outta here..." Though, i have to confess, our commentary of it was mad fun.
I did it. I payed off my car, mailing an $8-grand-plus check to the freaking finance place. I hope to god this goes smoothly and painlessly. As i sent in a request to cancel the extended warrenty the car dealers 'insisted' that i get for my ride, and called to confirm with them that they got it, i was rudely confronted for not knowing 'exactly' who to talk too with these fukers. They were just pissed that they won't be squeezing any more liquide outta this gurl. I really hate car dealerships. i am convinced they are minons of sub-demons, punished to walk the earth and create living hells for the rest of us while living in their own worthless lives.
On a nicer note, last nite me and Dy went to eat dinner at Tangiers, and goddamn, it was yummy. Sure our bill came to about 100$, but it was pure masculating pleasure. I got the salmon filet, and dy got the filet. We both had some lushy merlots and topped it off with a flourless chocolate cake. Tres'Bien!
So E3 is in full force and my boy's just invited me to the Activision party tonight. Armed with a tragic experience from a 'party' at the Anime Expo in 01', i am somewhat hesitant to get full on enthusiastic about it. Too many images of geeky drooling otakus following me around can be quite unnerving... But then again, Dy doesn't really do the party/clubbing thing, and i should take advantage when situations arise. Actually, i'm all caught up with painting and redoing my online website right now. I am determined to learn some kind of simple flash to make my nav bar rule. I'm in the throes of creativity, and the last thing i wanna do is go out and waste my time getting pished. Wait, did i just say that?
So the trip to Vegas was somewhat interesting. My dad and Dy hit it off, but my mother was silent and when she did partake in conversation, wouldn't even look at him. This mostly was noticable during mealtime. He would sit directly across from her, and she would only look at me. It was strange, i noticed it too. And for the next meal, he actually tried staring at her to get her attention, but to no avail. But i think all went well since at the end, she gave him a hug and told him, 'take good care of my daughter' (i felt like she was giving me away to a GI or somethin'... Wished we'd gambled a bit more. wished i'd brought my lip balm and currently suffer wind/sun burned lips because of my folly. and wished my dad's knee wasn't so jacked so maybe we could have done more. Poor daddy, he now has arthritis in his knee and hobbles on like the old man by the sea. And such crushing news they brought!!! One of my main reasons for returning time and time again to hawaii, was for the ono'icious plate lunches at kewalo basin near fisherman's warf. NOW IT'S GONE. What's the point in ever returning? I so love that food, i am willing to drop everything and go back there to take over business for them to save the food! i NEED that food! i'm so craving it now it's sik! it's like as if there was no Gina's for Etsu or Cyril, or Helena's in Kalihi for Kat, etc.... and after such other unsettling news i heard from friends back home, i feel as though my connection to hawaii is being severed with a dull butter knife...
Right now, an ice-cold can of Hawaiian Sun Green Tea is hitting the spot. ahhhhhhh
Happy B-day momma! And happy boy's/children's day! and happy cinco de mayo! Da haps of da day? Refreshing mojitos in the afternoon with coworkers, poor robert's $2000 work flat screen monitor died, called my rents to finalize that within 2 days i'll see them in Vegas, and teasing Mistress with catnip... oh what a day...
Man, i'm freakin' burning up in my apt right now. It's nitetime & feels like fukin 100 degrees. I'm just sitting here, sweating, while i type this.
So this weekend was a nice scorcher filled with fun time with Todd 'Bukes'. Friday nite, a bunch of us attended the Quannum 2004 World Tour show at HoB on sunset. I was a good show, except it ran late. Wegot there at 11 & were in a long-ass-line for like almost an hour (doors opened at 1030!), and chowed some Del Taco afterwards at Todd's. I really do like Gift of Gab, Latef, and Lyrics Born. Dj Shadow's set wasn't too impressive. But then again, all the white people were going nutz ovah him. It was funny. Oh yeah, and i kept thinking about how Lyrics Born could be one of Kathy's brothers... hahahhaa*
Sat me, Dy, & Bukes went to Burbank to abuse my special Urbn card which unleashes mad discount this time of year, then got some margaritas across the street from LaLa's on Melrose. And today me & dy caught some lunch with Skillz/Mong then got some culture at the 2 MOCAs with Bukes topping it off with a stroll through J-town.
Include into the weekend mix: that i watch Dim Sum for Rod (went to Coachella)from friday to sunday, did laundry, washed my car, & cleaned the living room, this weekend was packed with multitasking. Gotta get all this outtah the way cuz next weekend will be spent in sin city. Meow*
I just inherited more sad news. One of my favorite grind spots out here, The Hillmont, has changed owners and will probably never be the same again! I had so many fond memories there; from famous Eljah-hobbit sightings, to birthday bashes (minez and Karen's) to just plain good ass merlots, thick juicy butter-steaks, and heavenly honey-corn bread. My stomach is weeping, and when gary hears this (he introduced me to the spot), i'm sure he'll weep too...*
I fukin' hate fukin' Mattle and Barbie. Maybe, in an earlier time, and place, when i was a wee' lil' one, she was my dear friend, but some things are unforgivable. She is my enemy now. I wish i could poo on whoever was responsible for making the horrendous pink shite i saw at the mall on friday with Kat. I felt like destroying them all, for they have NO RIGHT to bestow a fuggly looking foo-foo in a vomitous shade of pink the name Mimi. And it being a poodle and all, makes it all the worst. It fills my heart with rusty pins and needles.
Today I fought a grueling war with plaque and have overcome, but not without a few battle scars. Damn, the oral hygienist scraped da shite out of my gums. Then she gave me a demonstration on the "correct" way to brush my teeth and floss, cuz obviously the past 27 years i've been doing it all the fuk wrong. As she gave me a mirror to hold up while she flossed and brushed the 'white way' i couldn't help notice the dried blood splatters on my chin and my gums were still bleeding. I have never remembered being this sensitive and sore after a cleaning and have only now (4 hours later) made a meager attempt to eat some food.
The hygienist was blonde. I bet she was a nazi.
My belly is content with the fine consumption of Nippon delights i partook with my mates Rudi and Gar-bear in Lil'O. Oh snap, just realized it was 4.20 today. Was this feast for celebration? As a look fondly back 5 years ago this twilight, where i , *cough*, attended a 'special' party that scarred me for life. Life I Say!!! But as with all tragic things, there seems to be a small beckon of light up ahead, in the form of a vaporizor...
So the Amplitude junkies are at it again, and i just got back from seeing Kill Bill 2 with Dy. Kat, PJ, and Tyson went to chinatown and PJ picked up 2 pet turtles. As for the movie, i loved it's storytelling, but was again, a tad bit long and made my tushy hurt. The wierdest thing happened as me and Dy were going to get coffee prior the matinee'. A car filled with Paul and Stephanie (my ex-TP coworkers) did a crazy turn on the corner of cap'n cork and pulled ovah to say 'hey!' I couldn't believe they recognized me on the street like that! i guess i will forever look the same to people. Getting that feeling like when a gradeskol playmate's mom recognizes you in Longs drug store after 18 years and is able to remember your full name and where parents lived... sticks me in the fukin' twilight zone.
last nite, we plus evan, got to see Go Jimmy Go do a short set. They were really good, but unfortunately hit the stage like at 1:15am, and the club shut down at 2. We were still roaring to go, but unfortunately, the secret house party downtown turned out to be to rich for our partying asses. 20$ for 2 hours of fun with no headlining dj? no way.
And the lesson learned this week? Vaporizors rule!
Last nite i hung out with Candra and her 2 nieces. They are such the Urbn-ittes, i felt so unkool. Right down to not wearing my belt sideways (i guess that's how they do it up in SF). The girls were so cookie-cutter cute but quiet, and we took a trip into the banks of hell. Yes, we went to the funds-sucking Amoeba's, were i instantly blew 80$ on the Dandys, B&S, stereototal, AND a fukin' 4 dvd collection, season 1 & 2 of JEM and the Holograms! It was a used one going for 45-bones. i carried it around with me thoughout the store for like a half an hour to talk myself in the splurge. Upon getting such a useless nessessity, i felt my earier (insanely) devised plan to pay off my car in 6 months (instead of 5 years) with 1000$ payments flew outtah my head.
I would like to have a Jem marathon, anyone interested?
Question: What is the sound of a dime hitting bullseye the forehead of a cat?
Answer: The loudest bonk-thud ever, spreading darkness everywhere. Darkness, everybody, darkness is spreading... (sucken' gary...)
Happy Good Friday! Where, oh where, has Candra have gone, oh where oh where could she be?...
Cruzin' down the street in my 6.4 (actually, Becky's Honda), we headed on ovah to Trader Joe's during lunch. (how boring) And as we haul ass to get back and eat some yums, who do i see driving by? The freakin' lavender Ricer Ryde that that chick got from 'Pimp My Ride'! It was definitely it, can't miss the unique body paint, ricer-stripes and huge ass spoiler in the back. I was faggy-screaming my head off as if it was Brad Pitt and almost cause B-Chan to get into an acciddente'. Hahahaha, not like i'm into cars or the such, but that show is so much fun to watch, i have dreams of Dy's car getting submitted. J'eah...
So OMG! I had a craving for some tea-smoked duck and made Dy go get me some at Chi Dynasty, when who should he see there but fukin Karen-O! And he is not for 100% sure, but the guy she was with AND holding hands with looked, sounded, and acted very much like Spike Jones!!! Oh nayy!! could this be trouble in the Jones-Coppala household? Or maybe they are just 'good friends' and he's gonna direct the next vid. I dunno...
and my daddy turns 60 today! Yay!! happy b-day pops!
Thanks to Gar-bear for sending me some good April Fool's jokes my way. I OWE u one back, my man....
And at work today, Andrea brought for 'show and tell' her dad's crazy ass SOLID 24K GOLD riding crop with a horse head jeweled encrusted handle (All precious stones present: emeralds, diamonds, rubies, & saphires) that he was rewarded with in Dubai for his horse taking first in the races.... It weight over 6 pounds and i got to hold it in my hands. It was so crazy, the most expensive item I have ever had in my posession for about a minute. Estimated cost of that puppy was over $200,000.00!!!!! The sickest thing ever.....*
oh yeah, and Dan flew in today from da aina. Kathy was so happy, she wasn't even the slightest bit ticked off at the crazy rainy traffic this evening.
I really wanna learn how to sew.
I really wanna go to Mexico.
I really wanna see Fannypack tomorrow nite.
I really need to get dsl.
I really need to get a new bra.
I really need to water the plants.
I really gotta redo my resume'.
I really gotta get in shape.
I really gotta go to the bathroom...
Lets start rabbitin' on.
my geezahs
vivian • ty • zac • alex
steve • ewan
the bands on high rotation
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Refused • T(I)NC • the Dandy Warhols
WiR • Pretty Girls Make Graves
Adult • Yeah Yeah Yeahs • Duran Duran
Ladytron • david bowie • Interpol
Freezepop • Hello Fever • Rome • Linus
Hong Kong Counterfeit • Stereo Total
recently acquired audio pleasure
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Stereo Deluxe ‡ 2
Stereo Total ‡ monokini
Dj Cam ‡ Fillet of Soul
Boom Bip ‡ Coryomb
Deep House ‡ disc 1
Interpol ‡ Antics (adv promo)
Sixtoo ‡ Chewing on Glass
Large Proffessor ‡ First Class
The Streets ‡ A G don't come for free
Gomez ‡ Split the Difference
Modest Mouse ‡ Good News for People...
David Cross ‡ It's not funny
Seely ‡ Winter Birds
Electrelane ‡ The Power Out
The Unicorns ‡ Who Will Cut Our Hair...
+/- ‡ You Are Here
Metric ‡ Old World Underground
Basement Jaxx ‡ Kish Kash
The Dandy Warhols ‡ Plan A (7" vinyl)
Electronicat ‡ 21st Century Toy
Stereo Total ‡ Oh Ah
Dot Allison
the Lovemakers (sf)
Belle & Sebastian ‡ Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Franz Ferdinand
Tocotronic
the Capricorns ‡ In the Zone
Junior Senior
Ascii Disko ‡ Ascii Disko
Flaming Lips ‡ Fight Test EP
Broadcast ‡ Extended Play part 2
the Cigarettes ‡ will damage your health
Par Avion Mix ‡ Dj Soju
~linkies~
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The power of FK!
Ruby's a true gem.
My clepto Toy collecting fix!
Rice sustains me.
Some sassy good Eats.
The flair of Blair.
LoLo66 decorates my desktop.
Buy me one of these!
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