Bbora's Totally Random Thoughts
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Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:44 a.m. Riiiight. So this is what's happening... I'm moving this blog to LJ! Cuz Kalyan was so nice n gave me 2 months free n he changed it to look the way I wanted it to, so no more problems with friends links n such. So yeah. www.livejournal.com/users/rtuko/ Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:28 p.m. mmm. Let's see. In eternal boredom, I began watching Fruits Basket last week. After the first ep, I was, >_<;;; "Okay, little perky Sally house-wife..." Then by the third ep, I was, *_*;; "Well.... this isn't so bad..." and then by the seventh, I was, *^__________^* "Kawaiiiii desu ne!" I have succumbed. Then from Sun-Wed (today) I went to Vegas. I didn't gamble much (lost $40) but enjoyed watching Minh, who is much better than me at random number games like roulette and walking around other casinos checking out the astronomical amounts of bling-bling. My favorite casino decor was the Venetian, and I visited the Guggenheim and saw some Warhols and Lichtenstein (sp..?). And, also caught a Seigfriend n Roy show, which comprised of a bit of your average magic (levitating, sawing in half, vanishing) mixed with a lot of special effects n theatrics. Was fun, tho. Am in San Jose right now, need to take care of some business. Even though I was spectacularly bored in Irvine, I miss it. Friday, August 15, 2003 09:16 p.m. Just overheard from the apartment next door: Female: *exasperated bordering on amused voice* Are you wearing my underwear? Male: Hehehe. No.... Female: Are you SURE? Male: Uh.... Female: *exasperated bordering on pissed* Where is it. Male: *indistinct mumble, and door slams* *snerk* I love university towns. Thursday, August 14, 2003 02:48 p.m. *easily amused*
Thursday, August 14, 2003 02:12 p.m. Well. Vanished for a bit, didn't I? On Sunday I moved down, with two cars full of crap (mostly bulky furniture), and spent a HORRENDOUS day chasing down roommates who were /supposed/ to be there to let me in, but weren't. (The leasing office got my lease all nice and done, and then nicely informed me that I /still/ couldn't get my key until all the roommates signed it. All the roomies are in NoCal. Grr.) Once we got the key from an almost-former roomie (involving driving out for an hour to Universal City, then back), we had to move the bunch of crap up a flight of stairs into my room, in 100-degree heat. I /hated/ Irvine. Nice to have mom n Alex around, tho. Sucked to be them. Anyway. The rest of the week, I caught up with my friends around LA n such, saw Pirates of the Caribbean for the third time w/ Cindy (bwahaha)... read most of Alex's Sandman collection.... went shopping for groceries and a fan .... and proceeded to be bored out of my skull. I have no internet cuz no one can figger out what the heck is wrong with the cable connection thingy (and my comp); the Sims is not quite so interesting when you have no place to have to be or nothing else to have to do; and the tv I was supposed to bring down is AWOL, so no PS2. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DONATE A TV?? *ahem* I've been looking into buying one, but since no job yet, spending over $100 is not advisable. My mom constantly worries that I won't eat enough and come down with something because of malnutrition (like my brother, who came down with scurvy his first year at Davis, hahahaha). I try to assuage her fears, but am slowly going insane with boredom. Please let school start soon. Please let me find a job. There's a childcare center (not YMCA) down the street from my apt; am considering applying, if only because of convenient walking location. So.... yeah. No internet. Am on Alex's comp now. Dial-up driving me crazy. So.... no contact with anyone online for a while. Sorry. ^____^ I like UCI, though. (Spent most of this morning there at a transfer orientation and then walking around, looking for various buildings with a new friend I met at the orientation.) The rest of Irvine is suburban and rather boring, although I've found 2 Ranch 99s, so am satisfied. Wednesday, August 6, 2003 10:48 a.m. Intense craving for Cluck U chicken. It's Wednesday! Only two more days... O_o Sunday, August 3, 2003 11:05 a.m. Switching from pitas to LJ: Pros: -no more extra HTMLing -automatic archiving -I like using my LJ icon -cute little mood icons -built-in comments system Cons: -More complicated updating/editing systems -Not allowed to customize HTML without paying $$ -Only LJ friends allowed to be added to the 'Friends' list, and the majority of my friends are not LJ -LJ server is slow n cranky at times (a lot) What do you guys think? I'm sorta leaning against it... Saturday, August 2, 2003 11:11 p.m. Just finished reading Amy Tan's Bonesetter's Daughter. It's a very, very well-written book. At the risk of seeming maudlin, I have to honestly say that it's the only book that can make me tear up every time I read it. I saw Pirates of the Caribbean today w/ Cindy in SF. I am very pleased to report that it is much, MUCH better than I had expected--it is pretty entertaining, the dialogue and acting (on Orlando Bloom's part) is not painful, and Johnny Depp is a very, very good actor. (Loved him in Chocolat, my favorite movie.) Bwahaha. And I finally really understood Cindy's LiveJournal icon which has a pic of Depp with the caption, "Swish bad boy swish"! We spent the whole movie chortling while Minh alternated between trying to sleep and giving us "you guys are too wierd" looks. It's also good to see him trying different roles other than the gothy, angsty pretty boy roles that made him famous. And oh--- as of Friday, I am officially UMEMPLOYED!! GWAHAHAHA! ...but poor. With one more paycheck coming (that will cover me for Aug), I don't mind just yet. But if I haven't found a job by Sept, I am so screwed. ...but I don't care yet. *grin* Fuck being responsible, if even for a week. But, this week, I will still be insanely busy. Sunday, might go jet-skiing with Minh. Monday, go to Great America with a passel of people. With having thrown out my back (gigantic muscle spasm, as my job tries to kill me in my last 20 minutes of employment on Friday, after which I could barely walk or bend over until late today, two Motrins later) I will have to see if I can go on any rides. I am very determined to try the Delta Flyer just to see if I can force myself to, and as one last hoorah before I jet for SoCal. Tuesday, I'm going to try to take my mom to SF to the Legion of Honor to see their exhibition of medieval manuscript art. Wednesday, go back to Steve's, get more car fluids checked, and figure out what the hell he did to my door to make it more fucked than before (before, it just didn't unlock, but now, pulling the handle from either side locks it and makes it impossible to open the door at all). Thursday, I go get my tires checked n rotated (for free, cuz I fucking paid near $400 for 80,000mi tires, and they /better/ be under lifetime service, dammit) and spend the afternoon at my old childcare site because my former coworkers tell me that the kids miss me and ask about me, and you know... I sorta miss them too. Friday, I pack, and attend goodbye party thrown by the aquatic staff for me and some other ppl also leaving around the same time. (Unless something else comes up.) Saturday morning, I leave. Want to do something? Call me. ^_^ It's so sad however; we (me and the people who are quitting) all started employment around the same time together years ago... and slowly, the old crew who remembers what it was like when the pool first started, is slowly trickling away... Leaving aquatics now is pretty good timing (as well as for some other ppl) because we've just gotten in a new aquatic director who doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground, and is too stupid to figure it out. She's nice, but dumb, but /bossy/. Not a good combination. I don't know about other people, but if choosing between intelligent and mean, or stupid but nice, I'd choose the smart one every time. Right. I'm not going to rant or write more on that subject, because I DON'T CARE, because I QUIT! BWAHAHAHAH! Oh, that feels good. Scary, but good. Tuesday, July 29, 2003 09:47 a.m. Lately I've been having issues getting enough sleep. I /like/ to go to bed around 12 or 1 or so, just because all the good shows are on tv by then (esp Futurama)... but then I get woken up early. Since I quit childcare (so happy) I don't fucking care what my work/school schedule is like from now on; I AM NOT GETTING UP BEFORE 9. But between perpetually energetic man and obsessively cleaning mom.... that doesn't happen. Minh takes quickie cat naps throughout the day, and that works for him, since he /does/ use up a lot of energy running around and doing all that exercise /for fun/. But that means that he wakes up all perky at 6 in the morning... and guess what, feels the urge to wake me up too just for company. Ugh. For over two years, I've tried to hammer into his perky head "YOU DO NOT BOTHER BBORA AT 6 IN THE FREAKIN' MORNING!" which works sometimes--he flops around in bed for a while, while I grumble and whack him to make him stop moving around, and then with a dramatic huff he goes off to turn on his computer or exercise. But sometimes.... just sometimes, he can't resist, and squishes me against the wall, or starts talking, or something else that wakes me up instantly, since I'm a fairly light sleeper. I thought that with my mom, it'd be a little easier. You know, 'my baby girl is spending the night and needs her sleep' sort of thing, and she /tries/. At least, I think she does. But /she/ wakes up at 5 or 6 and having nothing better to do, starts cleaning. O_o I set up her tv/dvd system for her in the hopes that she would be distracted out of her obsessive 'I'm very, very bored' cleaning, but it doesn't seem to work on her until afternoon. And then she sticks her head in the door and inquires if I'm /still/ sleeping at 8. Blugh. I have bags under my eyes. Glasses hide them, but contacts make them all too obvious. Funny, I used to be an early bird too... Monday, July 28, 2003 10:52 p.m. Today's entry is brought to you by the letter J! (And a bit of poking by Drew... *ahem*) Busy, busy weekend. On Saturday, I went to traffic school and pondered rolling my traffic school workbook into a pointed cone and jamming it into my eye. There was this one guy next to me who would punctuate every sentence uttered by the instructor with a pithy, "Uh huh!" or "Amen!" or "That's right!" like he was at a religous tent revival. It was worse than when we watched Harry Potter 2 and the lady behind us chuckled tonelessly and loudly (Huh huh huh) through every scene. And then, every time, he would turn around and gaze at me for a long moment. *eye twitch* Death... After that, I had to jam over to my mom's house to help her set up for her housewarming party. She cooked (typical Asian mom) enough for thirty people. Kalyan, James, Drew, Bborie, and his gf also showed up, and we wound up in our own little group (Drew called it 'the kiddie table') while my mom was busy with her own friends. It was a close shave when the priest, in the process of blessing the house and everyone in it, blessed Nicole (Bborie's gf). She began laughing from the beginning when he crossed her with holy water and I seriously thought that she was going to bust a gasket trying to hold her laughter in and tip my mom off that Bborie's wonderful gf was a total atheist and earn my mom's eternal disapproval. *LOL* It didn't help Nicole's self-control that after blessing her, the priest went on to open every single cabinet in the kitchen and bless all of them to 'ward off evil spirits' or some shit like that. O_o Even I had a problem keeping a straight face through that one, good lapsed Catholic though I am. *snerk* We spent the rest of the time watching 'The Little Mermaid'. Kalyan had some interesting observations about Disney attitude towards fat people, to which we pointed out that it's not towards /people/, it's /octopuses/. Is 'octopuses' a word? Octopi? On Sunday, I went to a late lunch with Kalyan, James, and Frank, and discovered that the pies at Baker's Square are not as good as they used to be. Then, I went to a wedding for Minh's step-cousin. No hundred-dollar bottles of cognac this time, so no drinky-drinky. It also helped that it was Sunday night, and most people had places to go the next day. I amused myself by nodding and smiling and pretending to understand Vietnamese, and looking like a lost North Korean refugee amid a sea of Vietnamese faces... Today, I drove over to San Leandro to visit Steve and he did all sorts of interesting things to my car-- cleaning my throttle (NOT a euphemism), changing the coolant.... and adding a strut bar. O_o (BWAHAHAHA!) He also washed my car for me. *LOL* I think that he, being a fanatic car geek, was just horrified and filled with pity for my gray-brown car. And oh-- he gave me the Soot (from Spirited Away XD) that Cindy bought for me from AX! XD XD Lacking a suction cup, I attached it to the crucifix hanging from my rearview mirror. I wonder if that's a bit sacrilegious? My back feels better. Can't swim the butterfly though, cuz when I do, I feel a twinge and a crunch and I go 'AAAAAAGH!' underwater. Not good. Friday, July 25, 2003 12:27 p.m. I think I strained my back yesterday, digging around hunched over in the crawlspace/basement of my mom's house and pushing very heavy boxes around. I can't bend over. That, and standing for three hours straight at a time while lifeguarding has so ruined my back. I'm getting contacts again. I'm happy. Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:10 a.m. I know I need to wash my car when the neighborhood kids start writing their names in the dirt on my bumper. Been very busy lately--been splitting my time between my apt and my mom's house (she insists it's my home... well, if it makes her feel better to think that, I won't disabuse her, but it does get annoying) and I been feeling rather like the child of a bad custody battle right now. She wants me over there all the time unpacking stuff and finding stuff for her, and she doesn't seem to realize that while I'm happy to help her out, I have /other things/ that take up my time as well, such as work. *deep breath* Right. Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:55 a.m. Huge craving for bacon. And english muffin pizza. No, Kalyan, still am not pregnant. :P On a more serious note, does anyone smell a SCAPEGOAT? "Oops, uh,... we didn't find any WMDs.... but it's not MY fault, it's my CIA director's fault! I just set my country on the road to a long-term guerilla war and killed a bunch of young soldiers because I just read what was set in front of me! He lied to me!" Very nice. I bet they caught the CIA director in bed with several buxom blonde interns and blackmailed him into taking the fall... I am in a state of deep disappointment and anger towards our government right now, and am taking absolutely no pleasure in being able to say, "I told you there weren't any WMDs in Iraq, they were just an excuse." Tuesday, July 15, 2003 07:21 p.m. Finished HP#5 (a while ago, actually.) I was /very/ happy with the ending. Oooh, I love charas with issues. And the cockles of my little heart was warmed as I heard the traumatized screams of 9 year olds all over the world. Am I the only one who's beginning to think Rowling's not really appropriate for the young anymore? One children's novel I would definitely recommend is The Great Good Thing. ....And am very tempted to see Pirates of the Caribbean. Not cuz you know, it'll be such a thought-provoking Oscar contender *snerk* but *SURPRISE!* Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are in it. *cough* Wow, I feel dirty just admitting it. Because I usually refuse to go see movies of questionable quality just for the pretty faces in it, because then I'll wind up resenting said pretty faces for making me waste my money, and I feel embarrassed for them for making such a horrible movie. Hmmm. Sunday, July 13, 2003 07:11 p.m. I've begun packing. I never realized until now just how much stuff I'd accumulated over the last three years! Seven boxes so far, not counting however many more needed for the rest of my clothes, computer parts, and turtles. My books alone took up one huuuge box that I have no idea how I'm going to move without herniating a disk. And then, I need extra space for my bed and desk. Hmmm. I need to borrow another car besides my mom's minivan, I think. Saturday, July 5, 2003 09:01 p.m. Came back from the beach today; although I used spf45 sunblock (hence, I'm not /tanned/), I have sunburn on places I neglected to cover, like the backs of my knees, my eyelids, and my scalp where my hair was parted. *LOL* Interesting. Another inneresting fact is that my skin is now incredibly smooth, like being deluged into icy cold salty water made my skin clap its proverbial thighs together and say, 'WHOA, I'D BETTER BEHAve!' Maybe there's something to be said for salt scrubs, and lots of sand in itchy places, in addition to a healthy dose of UVA. hehe. Have also found an apt in Irvine (3bd, 2bth) and two roommates through friends of friends stuff who both come with good recommendations. Am happy. No cat, however, because, long story short, was adopted out. Am pissed. Oh well. I have begun reading Harry Potter #5. I hadn't planned on buying it until I read it, but then I discovered it for sale at Costco for $15, and snapped it up. I definitely like this one much better than the previous four, because its tone is much, much darker, and the characters in it, especially Harry, actually show evidence that they're HUMAN with ISSUES! Harry, for instance, changes from the usual 'I'm such a happy boy even though I've survived years of emotional abuse and I'm super-famous for something I don't remember, but I like to help PEOPLE, and like, STUFF, and I'm a HERO!'...from previous novels. But then, that's Rowling for you--highly predictable, 2-dimensional characters. So, I was pleasantly surprised by this change in Harry. I suppose in the book it'd be called puberty. I prefer people with issues, and Harry's the major candidate for that, IMHO. Then, there's Ron. Was pleasantly surprised by that too. Though not quite as angry as I'dve liked, there is now evidence that he does mind being second in everything (clothes, pets, achievements) to everyone, especially Harry. Then there's all the secondary charas with new sides to them (has Rowling matured?? I think so. Though she still has an annoying propensity to use too many '....' things.) Unfortunately, I don't think such new 3-dimensionalism is in store for Draco Malfoy. *sigh* He, of course, needs to be the EVIL EVIL EVIL RICH BRAT that needs to take a smack-down in every book so the kids reading it learn a moral lesson. It is my personal belief that he will die a horrible, groveling, pathetic death (probably by Voldemort) in either the next book or the last one. I don't want him to, but that's the way things are looking, just because GOOD HAS TO TRIUMPH OVER EVIL. I've heard rumors that Malfoy n Potter might team up in the end to defeat Voldemort, but still... Malfoy will probably die. I certainly hope he doesn't get redeemed like that, if he does. If anything, I'm hoping that he'll kill Harry. *ahem* Either that, or Draco becomes Harry's bitch. *snerk* |
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