I know i said i would avoid the late night blogging, but when you're waiting around on your computer, and there's not much else to do, I can't think of a better thing to do than blog.

Yes, i know i said to go to perezhilton, but it's all trash and gossip anyways, and i'm starting to get tired of it all. Yea, I know. I grow up so fast....*tear*.

I have a scratch at the back of my throat. It's been there for a few days now, and then it went away, and tonight it came back. I hope its not strep...oh how I hope I hope I hope.

It's late and I'm tired.

Sad News

Just found out Randy Pausch passed away today. I've been following his story through youtube and oprah, and somehow i feel like i know him or something. I just didn't think it would happen, he always looked so happy and healthy, I thought, since he's got on TV maybe he'll be an exception.

My thoughts go out to him and his family tonight.

AM Radio

Talk radio is a powerful thing.

I've only recently discovered Rush Limbaugh, and boy....the anger and energy that comes out of that man makes me scared. Most of the time I wake up to him bagging on Obama. Which is starting to make me question Obama myself, because I agree with some of the things Rush says. And i'm hearing all this negativity when i'm just starting to wake up, so really, when i'm half asleep, so who knows how much of it has sunk into the abyss of my unconsciousness?? Yikes. Egads. Zut!

And then on the same channel theres Coast to Coast AM when I go to bed, which I call, Creepy Radio Show. Creepy Radio Show started out pretty interesting the first few nights I started listening. First it was about time traveling and cool sci fi stuff, interviews with writers and scientists...and then it turned into aliens, alien abductions, guardian angels walking the earth, witches, and interviews with people who have either witnessed these things or are directly involved. Most of the time i get so creeped out i have to turn it off. And then i'm wide awake, hiding under my covers hoping that the aliens didn't hear me listening to Creepy Radio Show, because once I hear it, and learn the truth about them, is when they'll come for me.

Like I said...talk radio is a powerful thing...

Can you guys suggest some other shows i should be listening to?

SH*T Squared.

Why, that's a whole lotta sh*t!

I hate when i post to the wrong blog. I just posted that last entry into a group blog, a blog meant for business communications, and now everyone knows I'm panicking over infertility. GREAT. Just what I needed.

And not that I'm panicking, mind you. I only say "panicking" because i wrote it in the last entry, as a joke....a joke that does not seem so funny now that I've posted to the wrong blog. Sigh.

What was that? Just hit the delete post button you say? Nay, dear reader, nay. For it was I that pushed everyone in the group into getting EMAIL updates whenever a new entry is posted. Yknow, so everyone can be up to date without actually reading the blog. Great job SH! All your willy nillying then has now left you red in the face. oof.

This is what happens when you post at 2am dear readers. Take it from me. Do not post late at night while waiting for your computer to slowly render. Go to perezhilton.com instead.

SH*T

In discussing general topics with a friend today, we came across the age to have children. I've always thought the "too late" age was 40, she says its 38, i just tried to google it and i'm coming up with 35. Crap. How and when did this happen? Aren't we in 2008? Aren't people living longer? Are we more technologically advanced? Why is the age still at a young 35? Why haven't they pushed it to 45? In fact, for the longest time I thought it was 40!! Damn, i feel like i've been living a lie this whole time.

I canNOT believe this is happening. People were telling me that you go through certain "changes" at 27. I didn't believe them. That's all hullabaloo, my brain said to me. And a week into it, i'm already starting to feel the pressure. First you find out your college roommate is getting married, then another roommate engaged, then jr high crush married....then you find out that its dangerously late to have kids after 35....WHAT NEXT PEOPLE????

Not that i'm even close to considering marriage or kids, but one always hopes for the option if one so desires to change one's mind some day. Now i find out that I was mistaken, and there is less time than one had thought. So now there's all this pressure to make choices and decisions, and my brain simply cannot hold so many thoughts at a time!


Shh...do you hear that? It's the sound of panic settling in....

Klean Kanteen Update

It's working great so far. I feel as though I'm saving the environment by not using those plastic cups at work. And I no longer have to buy water in plastic bottles. It also makes me drink more water during the day, which is great, except for the fact that I have to go pee once every hour now, which is not so great.


Oh, and today I also watched The Story of Stuff in its entirety. And now I'm afraid to buy anything.

Love, Ms Lopez

I never thought I'd be the type of person to be walking around with a headset in my ear while walking about town, but there i was today, at the grocery store, with my bluetooth headset in my ear. Ugh, so lame. But it's only because the buttons I have to press on my phone to connect to my headset is enough to dial someone's number manually! So i either stick to the phone, stick to the bluetooth, or keep switching back and forth, back and forth. Ugh. It's so not worth it. And I feel like i'm even MORE distracted on my little headset than I am when i'm holding my phone. I just feel like it's all so backwards.

And then I lost my clubcard today. It's usually there, but today when i went into the wallet, it decided to run away or something cuz it wasn't there! So i told the cashier that i didn't have my card, hoping she would let me just swipe hers, but instead she asked for my phone number, which is what the usual backup is when you don't have your card. Well, I knew for sure that my phone number wouldn't work because I signed up for the card with my OLD phone number which i couldn't remember, but I gave her my current number anyways. To my surprise, I saved $9, which made me think that maybe they just wanted the phone number for their records. Until....the cashier said to me: "Thank you Ms. Lopez, you saved $9." Which was followed by a weird look on her face. I missed what she said, but her weird look made me give her a weird look back, and made me look at my receipt, only to realize that my number once belonged to a Ms. Lopez.

And you know how I know this?? Because debt collectors call me all the time looking for Ms Lopez and asking if Ms. Lopez would be so kind to call them back. Damn this Ms Lopez....seeping in on my life. But she did save me $9 today, so I guess we're cool for now.

It's Here!!!

My long awaited for bottle is finally here!!! I came home from lunch to find it sitting in front of my door. I can't wait to use it tomorrow!

chug chug chug. ahhhhh...

It's a miracle!!

Sourpuss girl said hi to me today! And there was a smile attached! It was so unexpected that i didn't know what to do with myself.

This comes after
1) Waving enthusiastically (yet nerdy) from across the room on my second day, only to receive a blank stare in the eyes in return, before turning back to her computer.

2) Running into each other in the hallway, saying, "oh, hi!" only to receive another stare in return before walking away IN SILENCE!!! No hi back.

3) Being referred to as only "hey" in person.

But today she walked into the hallway while I was on the phone (with you sara!!), and actually smiled and said hi to me. What a breakthrough! She's so pretty when she smiles, just like I knew she would be. Let's hope she keeps this up!!

Bluetooth Challenged

I'd like to think of myself as a nerd, geeking out on geeky gadgets and what not. But the truth is, I can't even handle a bluetooth headset. How sad is that.

So I bought this headset a week before the July 1st deadline, and it just sat around until 2 days ago. I finally took it out, tried to connect it to my phone, only to realize that i have to fully charge it first for 2 whole hours. So i plug the baby in, sat on it for more than 2 hours, and returned only to find that it still wasn't working. It just wouldn't connect to my phone! So i returned it to the charger, this time i somehow saw a blue light come on. So I realized maybe i didn't even charge it the first time! (DUH! User error!) So i charged it for another 2 hours, and rushed out the door.

My poor bff Sara was the first victim of my bluetooth calling. First I couldn't hear anything, or she couldn't hear me, or it wasn't connected but she could hear me or something. And then i somehow got it to work. We were able to chat briefly only to get randomly disconnected 15 min later. I thought maybe it had already run out of juice. Damn bluetooth. Since i was driving i decided not to get distracted by trying to figure out how to call her back. But i left the headset in my ear while I drove so I could look like someone who knew how to use their damn bluetooth. And boy did i look like i knew how to use it!!

So then a couple minutes go by and the phone rings. AND the bluetooth rings!!! So it's NOT dead? What? So i press the little button (still trying to look like i know what i'm doing) and was actually able to answer an unexpected call on my headset. Who knew!

Fast forward to a couple days later, and I haven't touched it again once. In fact, as of this moment, I don't believe I know the whereabouts of the little sucker. Oh wait, there it is. Damn. It's as if it's sneaking up on me or something.

Until i get this doo-hickey down, i probably won't be talking much in the car. Although I am looking forward to the day when i can do my dishes with my bluetooth headset!

(And perhaps I'll even CALL someone while doing the dishes.)

It's Official!

Yes, that's right folks. After months of indecisiveness, I just bought myself the 27oz Klean Kanteen. WHeeeee!! I always try to get myself something nice for my bday, and this year, it was a water bottle.

I know, you're thinking: "whoa there SH, don't go all crazy now that you're a year older. A water bottle? Are you crazy?"

Yes. I'm crazy about chemical free water....except...now I'll have to worry about what's in the actual water, and not the container it's in. EH. Baby steps people, baby steps.

Thanks for all the comments and poll taking. I ended up buying it from REI.com, which after a 15% off coupon code for signing up for the emails, is still the best deal I was able to find.

Oh, and I ended up going with the original SILVER. As much as I loved the colors, I was worried about the paint maybe chipping off if I bang it around a couple times. Plus like Ms Parker says, its sexy and sleek, like me. ;-)

Stay tuned for when I blog about actually receiving said bottle... in about a week.

Potpourri

While looking for something to do while my computer renders for me, i've decided to blog. Since i'll be rendering sporadically tonight, so will my blog thoughts be. Let's get started!

27 Dresses.
Ok, this already looked pretty cheeseball in the previews, I admit. There are two levels of chick flicks. The good ones you can watch over and over again, like You've Got Mail! or When Harry Met Sally, or 10 Things I hate about you. And then there's the ones that are just trying to be good chick flicks in disguise. As in, they have all the pretty, all the gay best friends, all the cute apartments, but no substance. This movie would probably fall in that category. But I just can't pass up something with 27 dresses in it, you should know that by now. J was nice enough to endure it with me, although with several...SEVERAL rolled eyes in my direction. (Point it somewhere else buddy!)

The sad thing is, the movie actually had a few...no several! redeeming qualities and interesting ideas and somewhat humorous dialogue. But for some reason that I just can't quite figure out, it just fell flat. The jokes that should've been funny in theory...weren't quite. I wish I got to be in on the writing sessions and see how the magic (or lack thereof) happens.


Side Projects.
They're great for creativity sake, but not so good for the bags under my eyes. It's already 3am, and I need to decide whether to pull an all nighter and finish up this piece while i'm in the zone, or go to bed and try and get back into the zone tomorrow, AFTER my 8 hr day. Hmm...oh the choices.

Speaking of which...It's 3am. I can answer my own phones. Ha. Ha ha ha.

Today in the car I thought of writing down all my funnies and compiling them into a book called: The NOT SO FUNNY Funny Book. Or, The Funnies That Never Were. What do you think? New York Times Best Seller? Thought so.

Also today in the car I absentmindedly checked a voicemail on my cell phone, SANS HEADSET! (egads!) only to realize after I hung up that I could've gotten another ticket!! My driving record can't afford another one of those!

Of course, not to say that I'm an awful driver or anything. What, you think just because I happen to be an asian and a female, that I'm automatically a bad driver? Well you're wrong. I'm an excellent driver. Just ask my dented Corolla. (none of which were my fault, of course.)

Ugh, i think i'm out of material...or i'm just tired.

Until next time!

(In the mean time you can take my poll!)

Blog Memo

Fellow Readers (of California),

Please be advised that a FLEX-ALERT has been issued for this week. This means:

Turn off all unnecessary lights.
Use major appliances after 7pm.
Set your air conditioner to 78 degrees or higher.

This has been a public service announcement, courtesy of the hard working staff here at DB.

Thanks!

iPhone You?

So i just got an email this morning from Apple, reminding me that they're opening their stores early on Friday so that they can help get me set up and going on my iphone. How kind of them to remind me to spend my money. If only they emailed me when I have to go to the dentist, send me my weekly grocery list, and read me to bed, they'd be the perfect iCompanion.

But i came across this in their email:

What to bring.
To purchase and activate iPhone 3G, you need the following:*

Credit card
Social security number
Valid, government-issued photo ID
Your current wireless account number and password or PIN (if you’re new to AT&T)

Really? To buy a gadget that will supposedly transform my life, I have to hand over my life? Man. Well, you know what I'll be doing friday....


Crying over my noPhone.

But of course!

Anonymous reader writes:

Can you post pictures of these various bottles so we can better judge. Just a lot easier than looking them up myself. I've never heard of them.

Anything to help my readers decide my life for me!

But aside from that, everyone should be familiar with the fact that plastic bottles are 1)bad for the environment and 2) leak chemicals that you do not want to be drinking. I'm tired of using a plastic cup everyday at work only to throw it out at the end of the day. I'm guilty of being wasteful, yes, i admit it. Which is why the sooner you decide which color kanteen i should get, the faster i'll be on my way to reducing waste. Hooray!

Actually...I already think I might go with the green...but please take my poll anyways...I'd be curious to see what people go for.


And here are some helpful links:
KleanKanteen
and as always, on my blog list to your left:
AskWoollyM. She is the best!!

Parched.

For months now I've been thinking about getting a Klean Kanteen, but haven't been able to go through with it. They are rather expensive for a water bottle, but they don't leak contaminants, which is good i guess. And then there's those SIGG bottles, which look oh so cool, especially if i can have my own head as the bottle cap top. Except they're all out for now anyways, as demand has exceeded production. But either one beats using water bottles so i should just buck up and buy one. But...which color to pick? Green, pink, orange, or regular? I may never decide. Maybe that should be a poll question! Yess....

My Apt Smells Like Chicken Sausage...

More specifically, chicken MAPLE sausage...from TJs, of course. Too bad it smells better than it tasted. I messed it up when I cooked it, and i took a bite of sausage that wasn't thoroughly cooked....i hope i don't get sick now.

I really shouldn't blog about fellow co-workers since they could one day come across this blog...oh but i so want to!! I so want to blog about people who, as nice as you are to them, won't give you the time of day, or care to, just because they can! People who you end up being an idiot in front of, solely because you want to be nice, and they don't. I really want to blog about it, but I won't. Ha.

Travail

It's the weirdest feeling when your commute is about 1.5 minutes. When you literally walk down the hall, down the stairs, out of your apartment building's door, look both ways, cross the street, and in another door that leads to your place of employment. That's right ladies and gents, I work across the street!

Well, freelance for now anyways. But still...it's suh-weeeet...to work across the stra-eeet!

It's weird having to work again. "You mean i have to use my brain and think?" The ole brain was a bit rusty today, as it took me a while to figure out how to solve this one problem. Gotta get back into gear. First gear, that is. All day yesterday I was training, and all last night I had dreams of being trained. Suffice it to say, i did not really get a good night's rest...felt like I worked 2 shifts. Hate when that happens.

And how did July creep up on us so quickly? Almost forgot to pay rent today! Speaking of which, I should go do that now. Happy 1st of July.