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political tshirt design contest: plz vote for me

2008-09-29T13:44:00.000-07:00

Sport Your Support T-Shirt Contest
Vote For This Shirt
Buy this product at CafePress.com

The contest is that you use the phrase "I'm voting for" but then instead of the name of a specific candidate, you choose an issue that you feel strongly about. I chose the pro-life issue. click the link above to view and vote for my design.

thank you!

contest ends October 12th - I'm entering late! help me out!!

you can also check out my shop at http://www.cafepress.com/bbpd

Johnny's shop!

2008-07-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Hey I helped Johnny make a shop so he can have some extra cash. He came up with some pretty awesome stuff too! He did the ideas, I did the art. TAG TEAM YAY!!

<-- here it is!

So far he's made about $3 bucks... haha.... ^^;; and all but 30 cents of that was stuff I bought.

http://www.cafepress.com/roffles

dunn dun dunn dun dun!

2008-07-15T02:14:00.000-07:00

..that was my evil overlord music, in case you missed it.

evil overlord of grammatical errors.
and spelling errors.
erronious.

sooo...my last blog post is now incorrect because taco bell changed their prices for summer. and i'm thrilled! but now i look like someone who can't count. actually i look like someone who can't use a calculator. sad. so yeah.. those burritos i like WERE $1.50 for a while.. now they are back to 99 cents...which they actually already were - prior to being 1.50.. taco bell thought they could do like gas prices and hopped on the inflation bandwagon. but i just stopped going there when they were 1.50, and they noticed no one was buying them anymore... (really it was just me, but shhh don't tell them) so they dropped it back down and did a whole advertising thing so i'd come back. nice, i know...

and my calculator is broken (lets not talk about that now) so i can't tell you how much my year of burritos everyday would cost at the cheaper price... unless i go into the handy accessories section on my computer.. but who wants to do that?!
good thing i went to school...haha.

i was going to try to pick blogging back up because i noticed it's material i could use if i ever take up stand up comedy (shut up it's true!). but on a new blog... because logging in and out of my old and new google accounts is just soo much work.

so hey

2008-05-04T23:06:00.000-07:00

i recently had to change e-mails and this blogger account is linked with the e-mail that i lost... >_> so just fyi, i can't update it often.

but in other news i'm excited to find out that if i could afford to eat taco bell for a whole year on just one paycheck :) yep, best news ever.

if i ate a burrito from taco bell every day for a year it would cost a grand total of $547.50 (actually right now that's about a months worth of pay because i'm cutting back my hours...) BUT!!! given the fact that i don't eat taco bell every day, this means that i'm saving a tremendous amount of money in the long run and can finally fullfil my life-long dream of buying a private island
just kidding....it's more like a 15 minute long dream from since i found this particular how-to...i love how-to's

and before you call me a fatty and tell me about the documentary about the dummy who ate grease sandwiches or whatever for every meal, let me tell you i'm an extremly healthy individual!! ......okay that's a lie, but i have good motabolism and i've been doing okay on weekly taco bell so far.... soo yeah...

i guess that's about it... i will probably start a new blog using my new e-mail account to make for easy access. don'tcha just love google? (don't answer that)

so untill then, later!

woah what's this?

2008-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

so it's spring and i'm working on my fake tan and hating my job and super busy... nothing new. but i'm blogging anyway?

i changed the url on my shop to http://www.cafepress.com/bbpd
it's easier to type than 'nemuiPanda05'. so yeah... that url won't work anymore.
i need to make some business cards i think...

i opened a savings account :D yesssss. i'm awesome. the guy at the bank was a little awkward...i hate it when i can't tell if someone is flirting with me or not. i guess if i can't tell that they are flirting then they probably aren't. but if they aren't then why do i still feel awkward when a guy asks the exact location of the beauty supply where i work? weirdo.
a guy came in to where i work a few weeks ago and while i was ringing him up, out of no where, he's like "by the way, you're gorgeous. you're the only reason i come in this store." ... if only everyone were so forward! or maybe not...? i'm horrible at responding to any kind of flirting anyway... soo i guess that's why i haven't seen him since? haha...

here's something i made in my shop that i might actually purchase:

i'm all for not wasting paper and stuff.. but some people need to chill out and realize that trees grow back and create clean air and stuff all the time! that's how God made it and it's working just fine. *gets off soap box*

in other news...
i bought 2 suze orman books. i've been obsessing over them for a while now, and discovered a $30 giftcard that i had no idea that i had.. so i finally bought the books :) go me!
she kinda scares me.. too much "hip" jargon for her age... but hey, she knows what she's talking about! so i'll deal.

other than that......well there's lots going on. but i'm done typing for now.
VISIT MY SHOP IT'S AWESOME!

i have a feeling it will be a busy year

2008-01-31T22:25:00.000-08:00

good lord january is over already!! i feel like i've been non-stop since new years... early morning dentist trips, working 30 hours a week, music practice or some other church event all evening.. EVERY SINGLE DAY! i have noooooooo free time!! i frequently find myself fantasizing about just organizing my closet, or doing my laundry, or even just sitting doing nothing! things i probably would have dreaded 5 years ago.

what i would really love to do is have time to go down to the beach and walk. but my work schedule is so intrusive to my whole life! i can't do much of anything because i have work hanging over my head every day.

i've been working on getting into the online art college.. but that is stressing me out too!! all these financial aid deadlines that i know nothing about...loans and stuff i'm afraid to think about. plus i hate talking on the phone still...especially with strangers. if my application isn't rejected for not filling out all the papers in time, i might be starting in mid february. i hope i have the time! jeez...

reaaaaaaally need to get a new job. i don't want to work so much. :( i need more "me" time.

and i hate sharing this god damn room. all these organizing fantasies are no good if i have no space to myself!!! grrrrrr.

quest for the tax return forms...OMGZ

2008-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:00

hmm.. apparently the government doesn't want to give me money? SURPRISE! but seriously. it's like a flipping easter egg hunt just to find the forms!

this morning i went to 2 different post offices AND the library and i still don't have them. the post offices were no help at all. the first one said "oh you have to go to our MAIN post office for those" so i did. "oh aren't they out in the lobby?" i didn't see any "well that means we're out, sorry have a nice day" out? OUT? don't you have one back there you could just HAND me, instead of making me SEARCH! what is it like a limited time offer? once they're gone, they're gone till next year? WTF people?! GET IT TOGETHER! so then i went to the library... CLOSED! at 11 am on a friday? apparently no one needs books untill after 12:30 pm on friday.. uggggh.

not how i wanted to spend my day off. my one and only day off this whole week :( apparently the schedule is being changed again too.. jeez. but this morning i had to get up early to let the plumber in - out kitchen sink was broken. i was reaaaally wanting to sleep in on my day off, but noooo. T_T *sigh* then couldn't take a shower or do laundry, because the water had to be turned off. so that's half of my day off wasted already......

people need to stop giving me things to do!!!!

epiphany-ish moment

2008-01-22T22:09:00.000-08:00

working my ass off for minimum wage with dental bills piling up.. actually they aren't really piling up, considering that the first one was 2 friggin grand, that's not piling that's like...exploding. but i figured out i can pay that off in 12 months if i pay $180 a month...which isn't too bad. but that means i can't quit my job any time soon......which sucks because i hate it sooo much now.

i don't want to be a cosmotologist anymore.. after this job, all the ones i've met are really fake, rude, and/or mean. so i've decided i don't want to go to school with these people and i definately don't want to work with them for the rest of my life! bleh. i'll just use my emplyee discount to buy some nice thinning sheers and stuff and keep doing what i've been doing - cutting hair for people i care about. aka friends and family only.

so i'm looking into an online art school. just gotta get the dental bills under control so i can start something like that... i don't like to dig myself in toooo deep financially. it'll be worth it though. then i can get a job designing websites for people. sooo many people i know need websites made. i'd even like one for myself for art and posting a resume to get commissions and such. so yeah. next goal! SCHOOL!

i have so much on my plate right now... i need another change - one with less responsibilities!!

californiaaaaa knows how to party

2008-01-13T21:39:00.000-08:00

got my tattooooo~ i told you it would be soon! i love it. <3 i'll post a picture later maybe.

know what pisses me off? when people argue with you and don't even hear your point. they're just waiting till you're done talking to repeat their point again and again.
"why didn't you...?"
"no one told me"
"well you should have known!"
"well i didnt know"
"well you should have"
"how can i know if no one tells me?"
"you should have known"

.... T_T seriously?

i need to move out. badly. i hate sharing a room with a nazi, and i hate all the rediculous rules that don't make any sense.... cuz i'm gonna have sex in the front room while you're in the other room...?! NO! dumbasses.

i want my own room.. in my own appartment.. with my own furniture.. and my own puppy... <3 *sigh*

work blah blah blah *~

2008-01-05T23:33:00.000-08:00

well now that minimum wage has gone up to $8.00 it would seem i'm working for minimum wage. :( that doesn't make me happy. i asked my manager if because of minimum wage going up if then our pay would go up.. and she pretty much side stepped my question by telling me how generous it was to start everyone out at $8 (back when it was .50 over min) so maybe she didn't understand my question? i don't know. but not happy...

come the end of this month i'll have had this job for 6 months! yikes, half a year.. i think i can probably only take another 6 months, then i'll have to find something better. my expenses for this year are already insane.

$730.90 for auto insurance.. which i'm gonna just pay all at once to get out of the way. then HOPEFULLY i can get a payment plan going for my $2160.00 dental bill! :x plus $100.00 (estimate) for a tattoo this week.. ahhh!! need more money! need to go back to schoooool.. oh nooo!

got information for a few art schools. i don't really want to be a cosmotologist anymore, as fun as that would be - art makes more money. which is fine. i like art too.. and hair stylists always have to be nice and talk to their clients.. if i'm doing graphic arts i can stay home and me a hermit...which sounds just lovely right now.
i wanna move out soooo bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hate sharing a room.. no one knows how much of a bitch my sister can be...she's such a moody snob.
blaaaaaaaaah............so either art school in LA or San Fransico.. or music school in the UK... just gotta get out of here.

apparently i ♥ grammar [quiz]

2007-12-25T01:22:00.000-08:00

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct.

It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors.
If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs.
As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human.
And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

pass the drugs plz .__.

2007-12-18T14:59:00.000-08:00

sooo had 4 teeth pulled yesterday... was just going to get 1, but for the cost of anastisia (sleeping drugz) they said it would make more sense to go ahead and get all the problem ones out. so that's 2 infected ones and 2 wisdom teeth... one from each corner of my mouth (cuz mouths have corners). they left the other 2 wisdom teeth in hopes that they might fill in where the others were pulled...
so yeah.. my face is huge and swollen now :( the ice doesn't seem to be helping with that anymore.. and i have a meeting tonight (in 3 hours) and 8 hours of work tomorrow...ugh.

my shop is doing pretty well for the holidays though!

so that's something to be happy about.. i changed the layout n stuff, so it looks good.

i'm kinda glad i got all those teeth taken care of at once.. now i just have a few cavities to get filled and then i can get braces ^_^ and have a nice smile in a year or so. ..not sure if i still need those 5 root canals. hope not.

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...you're in the middle of the ride...

2007-12-09T23:09:00.000-08:00

lately i've been obsessing over "behind the ear" tattoos. ♥ ♥ ♥

so that being said, you can bet i'll have one within a few months... kind of like i was obsessing over monroe piercings for a while. it's all a matter of money.. but it might be my new year's gift to me.... i think yes! :)

so cute! everyone who doesn't have one says it should hurt really bad because it's on a bone - but one girl who actually has one said it didn't hurt. so those are good enough odds for me.

also this love-hate relationship with my job is wearing me out. i just hate working regular, boring, 9 - 5 jobs. i can't wait till i can just work at home on my computer and get paid big bucks!

IT WILL HAPPEN! i've got like 3 different websites in the mix right now... i'm sooo excited! it's kinda hush hush though... (kinda like what i'm getting my tattoo of.)

but hey, then i can have tattoos anywhere i want and not worry about not being hired.. cuz you need my mad skillz, byotch!

so yeah... things are changing. and i love it!

the new love of my life +

2007-11-16T17:00:00.000-08:00

well, things have certainly improved since my last blog entry...

today was good because:
- i found my new favorite car ♥ ♥ i knew i liked it but now it's my favorite.

saw one outside starbucks on my way into work (all the good cars are at starbucks btw). wanted to take a picture of it... but i didn't have my camera and also i would have been late for work.

they called it "the best handling car in the world"... and it gets GREAT gas mileage!

watch it in action! it's amazing. and yes, i want it in this color. "racing green".

- today was also good because i got a $25 bonus with my paycheck! :)
- and because i don't have to watch a crappy movie tonight! we rented shrek 3. yays~
- and i get the weekend off from work! horray!

so that's why today was good.

bad parts of today:
- work today seemed like foreverrrrrrrrrr......
- the guy at taco bell charged me for water. ?! water is supposed to be free! and i'll bet it was TAP WATER... so i pretty much payed for the frigging cup. it made me a little mad.. but i guess a $25 bonus can make up for that... :( i just hate to waste money...

so all in all it was a good day.

california's burning, burning

2007-10-22T19:39:00.000-07:00

gotta go shoot augustana for writing that song.... it's been stuck in my head all day. know why? BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IS FREAKING BURNING!!!

yeah so we had to evacuate at 5 am this morning. 8 different fires burning pretty much all of southern california and down into mexico. got up and grabbed what we could.. got my laptop and guitar and some clothes. packed it up in all the cars and drove out into the traffic of everyone else leaving.

leaving this morning was like the worst scene in an action movie.. the sky was all black and smokey, ash was raining from the sky, and a line of traffic stuck going up the hill in front of the house while we're all packing up the cars and trying not to choke.

then it was stressful because we got split up.. dad and megan were at the church office and dad wouldn't leave. and mom and the rest of us (me driving my car and her in the van) drove around forever. we ended up leaving my car in a parking lot... i hope it's okay ><

so we figured we'd head north up to a friend's house.. but the 15 north was closed. so we had to take a very very very round about way... with the rest of san diego.

red is the route we took.

blue is the way we would normally go.

basically we drove around for nearly 10 hours... it was almost all bumper to bumper traffic everywhere. EVERYONE had to evacuate. we went even farther south for a while because it was the only way we could go.. and there was more to it than this. so yeah..

now we're finally up here and have been here about 3 or 4 hours.. and now they're saying that this area might have to evacuate too sometime tonight. ugh. and if we don't leave then it's still 10 of us in a house with 2 beds, 2 couches and some chairs... not fun.

luckily they're saying most of the fires by my house have died down.. but the power, water, and gas are all turned off.. they said we can't go back for a day or two. oy.

happy birthday to meee~

2007-10-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

DISNEYLAND WAS FANTASTIC.
<3333333

now i need to make some extra $$ to make up for it.

peace!

forget AAA! call tookpick arms 8D

2007-10-17T20:54:00.000-07:00

well today was wonderful..... was refered to a special dentist. paid $105 just to have him tell me the tooth that my other dentist wanted to do a root canal on should just be pulled, but 3 other teeth i have probably need root canals. awesome. so now that's 5 teeth to be pulled on my next visit to the oral surgeon. which means i'll have to ask for time off work to recover....ugh. my manager is starting me on 8 hour days soon here. bleh. and opening.. oy.

today i was walking around in carmel mountain and some girl came up and was all "can you help me? you look like you have skinny arms... i locked my keys in my car, but the window is open a crack. can you try to reach in and unlock it?" ...wow. i've never heard that one before. the window was open all of like an inch and a half, but she was able to pull it down a little more while i reached in... and was able to unlock it. she was very happy and thanked me. said she would have had to wait like an hour or something for AAA to come do it. heh..
so that was my super hero moment for the day i guess. HA! having skinny arms is a good thing! i can break into cars >:D .... hmmm.

and tomorrow is my birthday! i'm going to DISNEYLAND! weee~
i hope it's fun and not crowded or raining.... >_<;;
too bad it's only open till like 8 pm... stupid fall hours.

pre-birthday blahs

2007-10-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

8 days untill my 20th birthday! going to disneyland with a bunch of my friends :) unfortunately i can't bring all of them because they don't all get along :/ stupid drama... whatev.
i already feel 20...can i just be 21 now? that's what i really want for my birthday. so i can do whatever i want. (haha i doubt that would be the case)

annnd after i get paid again in 2 weeks i'm gonna go get (shhhh) a tattooooo~ ...hopfefully. we'll see if i can make up my mind on what i want. it's not IF i want the tattoo or not, it's just deciding which one i want FIRST...cuz i have like 3 i KNOW i want >< and where i want them, etc... soo yeah. just gotta think about work and having them show.. so i guess i'll get the more covered ones first, then go to more obvious ones once i have a job where i'm indispensable (sp?) regardless of tats and piercings. like a computer graphics job... cuz you ever see those guys on the behind the scenes who do movies? they can do their job looking like they just rolled out of bed! with stuff everywhere! so yeah... that's the plan. roll out of bed and go to work....

went back in time.

2007-10-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

the weirdest thing happened to me this morning! i stayed up till like 2am last night.. even tho i have to be at work before 11am.. so i have to get up by at least 10am. so i got up at [what i thought was] 10. got dressed and everything in record time. then go out to the kitchen and my sister is all "it's not even 10 yet" that's weird. i got up at 10... didn't i? told her the clock was wrong. went and looked at the VCR. 9:30. wtf?! go to my room where i swear i saw 10 on the clock... 9:41. (we keep it a little fast). so i figure since i have soo much time i'll turn on my computer to find out the truth. because the computer never lies... 8:34. HOLY CRAP!! *double click* november 4th 8:35 AM... okay really. who is playing a trick on me? jeez. so yeah.. my phone was dead, so couldn't check that. but at least it has time to charge now.
so that was my freaky sci-fi morning... (i think) it's 10:06 now, and i could have had another hour of sleep before work. :( what a waste.

so i noticed... i'm a zombie

2007-09-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

i know i have been thouroghly brain-washed now. from work. i recognize products when i see them in stores, and actually check to see if the prices are better than where i work. i know what the product line i used for a picture in the post where i told about when i first got my job...and i know it's not that great of a line. i was in the drug store today and i subconciously started to "front" some shampoo i saw...you know when someone picks some up and then there's a gap? at the store i work at we have to move the ones behind it to the front when someone does that. i almost did that when i wasn't even at work >< ahh1!!
♥
but i'm getting used to it. it's hard work for sure (not the "fronting"..but the dealing with [old] people and pretending like i know what i'm talking about when i recomend products and handling money and doing inventory and orders, etc...) but it's not so bad.
now if i can just figure out how long i'll be working there and figure out my 3 month trip to europe... hmmm.
that'll be fun~

teeth = bain of my existance

2007-09-19T10:57:00.000-07:00

soo yesterday i went to an oral surgion to have a tooth removed. it was already half way broken.. it broke at the air port in chicago, of all places...while i was eating chinese food. nothing to break a tooth on.. i thought it was a finger nail in my food at first. GROSSS!!
but anyway, getting the tooth pulled probably wouldn't have been so bad, except that i had a fever the day before (chills, throwing up, all that good stuff) AT WORK. ugh. came home and slept for pretty much the rest of the day/night. then mom got me up early and drug me to the dentist/oral surgion...i was so out of it. dizzy, almost threw up. the x-ray machine hurt my head.. they didn't put me to sleep for the extration. which sucked. they just numbed it. and it HURRRRT!!! and while he was trying to tear my lip off of my face, the stupid raido had to go and play the song i hate more than anything right now... that carrie underwood song, before he cheats.. i freaking dispise that song. i swear it plays every hour at work. it was the most miserable experience EVER.
then came home.. mom was 2 hours late getting my perscription.. so i was in quite a bit of pain. but you don't want to read about that.
so yeah, thanks to this last lovely dental trip we now know that i'll probably need to get 4 wisdom teeth removed.. plus that root canal i already knew i needed. daaaaaaamn. why me?! i take good care of my teeth, really. it just runs in my family to have bad teeth i guess.. ugh. not fair. all the most painful dental things you could possibly need done. and after all this i'm getting braces.
now excuse me while i ice my face...i have to be at work in 3 hours.

and so i'm back! from outerspace...

2007-09-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

or south carolina. whichever. it's rl different over there on the east coast. here's one little story for you.

08/25/07 south carolina - day 4:
tonight we went out for dinner with mimi (my mom's mother). she took us to a cafeteria style place called jackson's cafeteria. i embarrassed myself going through the food line... although anyone could make the mistake...there were the potatos sitting there, and next to it was the gravy in the same size dish thing... so then what was this darker liquid over here? i think deep down i was hoping it was teriyaki sauce, because it was right next to some white rice. the question came out something like "what's that dark stuff there?" and with all the attitude and "oh-no-you-di-nit" of a big southern black woman, the lady behind the counter told me "THAT'S GRAVY." oh. duh. i'm in the south and i don't know gravy when i see it... i forgot you have to have 2 kinds of gravy here; one of the dark people and one for the light peole. i'm sorry, i'm just an idiot from california. we only have one color gravy...because we aren't racist still. (ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! ......... no no i'm kidding!!) anyway, all she did was answer my question... but you know when you can tell that people just don't like you...or think you're stupid. it was that feeling. x1000

and yeah, that was one of my first lovely experiences with the culture... i won't bother with the rest. most people there aren't all too friendly UNLESS they already know you. southern hospitality must be from another part in the south.

so yeah, back to work. it's going a little better now. first day back was terrible. i messed up on a lot of things. but now i'm doing better... it's really a lot to remember how to do... but i got paid! and it's a nice feelin~

before the craziness continues

2007-08-20T23:39:00.000-07:00

well, off to the east coast tomorrow morning. got a full day of travel ahead of me... ugh. i hate flying. so boring. plus i've been sick all week, so that should make for a fun (not) trip. jeez...
johnny and i went cruising in the BMW before i left. we went shopping and had a good time :) <333
so now i'm finally all packed. finished my last day of work for 2 weeks. it almost doesn't seem worth it with what i make.. like nothing compared to my last job. :( sigh...
so yeah.. time to go try to sleep now. i wish i didn't have to go. it's been so hot here, i can't believe i'm going somewhere even hotter for the next 2 weeks. miserable! i hate being too hot. or to cold.. i guess no one does.
i feel so not ready to go. i don't know why...maybe because i'm sick? it seems like i just did this a few months ago... oh yeah... cuz i did! ugh.

why meee?

2007-08-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

sitting in bed sucking on a wheat thin... i have to be at work in about 40 minutes. i've been super nausious, threw up, and all that fun stuff. but i can't call into work sick or else the dragon lady will fire me. ugh. i'm tired of having a job already... i'm so over it. i haven't even gotten paid yet.
:(

i hope i'll have time to pack before my trip.. i'm pretty much busy every day now... oy. i don't even know if i'm working the day before i go or not. and it's hot and miserable here...i don't know WHY in the world i'm going to travel to somewhere where it's even worse weather than this. for 2 weeks. i hope i get better soon, or that will be totally miserable.
why me?

life is lovely

2007-08-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

my boss' had to go to the doctor and can't work this week... so everyone is picking up extra hours.. i'll be working 8 hours tomorrow, when usually i only work 5. bleh...

then the week after this craziness is over i will be going out of town for 2 weeks. into worse weather than what it is here XP bleh. it's been humid and gross here, so i can only imagine how it is on the east coast... darn you global warming! --i mean summer time.

sooo yeah..

have some toast

you can't just stand around and look pretty...

2007-08-09T16:25:00.001-07:00

wow, so yeah.. my first 3 days of work summed up in one sentance: IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS!!!
oh my gosh. i cannot even begin to tell you all the things i've had to do... i hope this gets easier as i learn what is what. jeez... i don't know why i'm still stressed, even after i'm done...
yesterday i went to get my car smogged.. ended up getting really bad cramps and throwing up...sitting out in the car in the lovely 90 degree poway weather. just lovely, i know. and i had to go to work after i got my car smogged.. but i could hardly walk! so the girl at work was really nice and sympathetic.. for the first 2 hours of work all i had to do was sit in the back and price things. so that was fine.. but the manager today gave me this whole huge lecture on how i need to just take midol (midol makes me sick) and just come in. WHICH I DID! so i don't understand WHY she was lecturing me about it... i'm not stupid, i understand how business works and that everyone needs to do their part.. *sigh* oh well, i'll just have to take it till i've proven myself i guess...

finally i have work!...no wait...

2007-08-04T22:14:00.000-07:00

yay i finally got another job! sales associate with the empire beauty supply store by my house. it was pretty crazy too.. i almost didn't even turn in the application there because i wasn't sure i wanted to work there. but i did, and i got a call the next day, then an interview 2 days later, then got a call the next day saying i got the possition, went in and signed paper work the day after that...which was today! wow. CRAZY.
so yeah ^_^ good stuff. i'm excited. i hope it'll be something i pick up on quick.. not be a newb for long.
i figure this is one step further into my career as a hair stylist if i wanted to do that... i was looking at a cosmotology school near by, so we'll see... this will definately be a long-term job if it works out. so yeah :)

comic con 07 - nerds unite!

2007-07-31T22:05:00.000-07:00

comic con this weekend was fun! really exhausting though! i woke up at 5 am friday morning and couldn't go back to sleep... just excited i guess. then my boyfriend picked me up at 8 and we went down to san diego (half an hour away), parked (friggin $10 to park!!), got our badges (pre-registered baby!), walked and got breakfast from a little corner cafe, then went back a little after it had opened at 10 and the line went away. saw lots of neat stuff and got good free stuff. saw my friend caitlin at the FUNimation booth (she does winrey's voice in FMA), and some other people, like the guy who plays goku from DBZ. he was funny, lol..

here are some pictures:

me with a young link we found

vader-banana? i don't know.. it was a whole display of these different painted darthvader helmets.

my bf (on the right) with a few of the people from red vs. blue! he also bought the season 4 dvd and got it signed. and we both bought buttons..

and at a different booth i bought the necklaces from nana <3 the lock and key couple ones.. aww :giggle:

right after we went to a local japanese place for lunch/dinner (i swear we aren't otaku lol) and then had to rush over to a beach birthday party before traffic got bad (which it did) especially since we got a little lost getting out of the city area.. lame. and then the next day i had to go to a wedding up in LA.. i was soo tired >< from walking for 6 hours at the con.. ahh!
then sunday was fun. went to a different japanese place for lunch (lol) then played the wii (that big brain academy one where you actually have to think!) at a friend's house for several hours and then baked cookies and watched nacho libre.. nothing like some mindless american humor after you've fried your brain on japanese thinking games >< ugh. lol... only the japanese would make a game of school! jeez. :ohnoes:

barbies are robots now // i'm still 5

2007-07-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

i was so shocked going into toys r us today... THEY HAVE TALKING BARBIE DOLLS NOW!!!! like the mouth actually moves when she talks. omfg, why not me? actually it was pretty freaking scary. and not to sound like a pervert but i really couldn't have one because i would always be tempted to put things in it's little mouth.....while it's talking. i know, i'm terible. [of course, i already know i'm imature... now you do too. horray for you!]

i almost bought a tamagachi lanyard.... to put my phone and keys on. yes phone. that's what the cool kids [in japan] do. it was pretty sweet. it came with a little phone charm thingie too... but i managed to walk out with my $6.99+ still in hand. go me.

but that doesn't mean much since an hour before that i blew $3 on a happy meal at mcdonald's...all to get the hello kitty toy.

so i rest my case. i'm not almost 20, i'm almost 5... and i want a talking barbie for my birthday.

jk i want this for reals tho. collectors editon = $$ later.

i suddenly find myself lacking in money

2007-07-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

well i've hit a slight road bump in my billionare plan... because i bought my first car today!!
it's a '96 jeep cherokee 4x4! and while i was able to pay for the whole thing upfront ($3500), i will have to make a lot of repairs and replace things... AND i need to buy insurance. so there's another grand or so to spend..

can't even drive it [very far] yet because the breaks need repare, so yeah... i like it though! :)

gonna be tough paying for all this without that job though.
help me out! visit my shop and buy something! i'd reeeeeeally appreciate it!

violent sneezing, jobs and jeeps

2007-07-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

today i sneezed so hard that i hit my face/hand on a chair. don't ask how. i really don't know, but i covered my face with my hand, so my finger took most of the blow. :( ...i don't think i have alergies?

i don't know why i'm applying for my summer job half way through summer...poor planning on my part. applying at a local beauty supply place and the grocery store. mostly because the ice cream places were already done hiring. so we'll see where i end up. since i'm starting college again in the fall.

the plan is:

take more art classes, graphic and web design classes, and some business and marketing classes
then use the skillz i aquire from those to further my online selling prowess on cafepress.com ...and whatever else i come up with.
and eventually rule the world and/or become a billionare

yep, i think it'll work out... >:D bwahahaha

also, going to look at a car for me today!!!!! actually it's a jeep cherokee. i'm so excited!! i like the idea of a jeep because then i can put my surfboards on top and go to the beach! so i'm really hoping it'll work out!

trapped in a time warp...thing.

2007-06-26T15:09:00.000-07:00

wow busy week. a billion graduations and parties... at my sister's high school graduation this weekend i was in the senior room helping her get ready and some guy walked up and was all "so are you next [to graduate]?" and i was like "no. i'm already graduated." he was just kind of like "oh..." i'm sure he was embarrassed, but i was pretty darn offended! i graduated 2 freaking years ago!! i'm in college! seriously like wtf man?! so yeah... i guess i'll always look about 16. don't be jealous.

also i updated my shop. http://www.cafepress.com/nemuiPanda05
trying to find some kind of character that people will like. so i give you PINK PANDA! if anything, i like it... i mean i bought this mug. so we'll see if it's any good.

the shop is doing pretty well... i make around $50 a month from it right now. would be nice to make more, but whatev. it's better than nothing. i still need to find a job though.
wish me luck!

ford morons - beauty tips from the pros?

2007-06-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

oh the ford models... giving me beauty tips on the most intricate and
detailed of beauty secrets! such as:
1. "i like to use lip exfoliator...it's really great for like, exfoliating my lips...to make them exfoliated." and
2. "i like to use a miror...so i can see my self."
yep, sheer model genious. thanks girls. where would i be without you?

oh right.. probably at my local drug store buying my average person beauty products that apparently don't work? but since you've convinced me that your expensive stuff is "like sooo amazing", i guess i'll just HAVE to go to france right now and buy it all! hmmm. no.

Your Seduction Style: Au Natural

2007-06-12T11:03:00.000-07:00

Your Seduction Style: Au Natural

You rank up there with your seduction skills, though you might not know it.
That's because you're a natural at seduction. You don't realize your power!
The root of your natural seduction power: your innocence and optimism.

You're the type of person who happily plays around and creates a unique little world.
Little do you know that your personal paradise is so appealing that it sucks people in.
You find joy in everything - so is it any surprise that people find joy in you?

You bring back the inner child in everyone you meet with your sincere and spontaneous ways.
Your childlike (but not childish) behavior also inspires others to care for you.
As a result, those who you befriend and date tend to be incredibly loyal to you.

What Kind of Seducer Are You?

3rd time's the charm?

2007-05-06T22:51:00.000-07:00

hmm nope. (no spoilers...much)

i give it a
4.5 out of 10
here's why:

i don't really enjoy watching people suck at life.

peter parker, you suck. why can't you just talk to your girlfriend? why hasn't your voice gone through puberty yet? why do you live in a closet of an apartment?
mary-jane, you really suck. why can't you hold a good job? or wear a bra? why do you also live in a closet apartment? why can't you just pick one guy? actually...why are you kirsten dunst?!
harry, you're cute but suck also. why can't you give some of your billions to your obviously not-so-well-off friends?! and some to sandman too... that would have saved everyone a lot of trouble-- i could go on.

of course, the movie had it's good points too... 1. revenge is bad and 2. don't be like these people, because they suck. i really did enjoy parts here and there... but towards the end i was ready to be done. i'm kind of a tough critic, don't mind me :)

but movies are more fun if they can be made fun of...
http://buthedoesntswingthatway.ytmnd.com/
http://parkerpanic.ytmnd.com/
http://spider-man3.ytmnd.com/

don't hate. i'm just giving an opinion. :)

don't believe everything you see on TV

2007-04-06T11:50:00.000-07:00

just to clarify, i like this bumper sticker for purely non-political and 100% selfish reasons. i just don't like being cold.

but since a lot of people don't seem to get it...

the idea of global warming has been around FOREVER. ever since the invention of the microwave. (they probably thought refrigerators would bring on the next ice age too)

this time around they've brought it back as a scam to scare people into paying more taxes...and to make you think stupid democrat leaders actually CARE about something besides killing babies and getting us all blown up by terrorists! imagine that :)

now obviously we should do what we can to help keep the environment nice... but the people who support this theory aren't doing any of the things they're trying to force on us! what does that tell you about them? either they really don't believe it, or they don't care. they just want to win the election and take your money. but don't take my word for it ;)

here are some good articles on the subject:
http://www.everythingiknowiswrong.com/global_what
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA512.html
Don't Trust Al Gore on the Environment

and here's more than you'll ever be able to read on it:
http://www.nationalcenter.org/Kyoto.html

my point being, think for yourself. don't believe every THEORY that people try and pass off as fact.

thank you.

p.s. i got the bumpersticker here: http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff

post #264.

2007-04-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

no lie. it really is. heh, guess i have more to say than i thought...
soo tomorrow i'm going to pay taxes for the first time. yippy skippy. :'(
tupid government.. you know what? the people who tax us, don't have to pay taxes! i bet if they did they'd stop raising them :) haha. no but seriously. the stupid stuff our taxes go to.. makes me mad. like welfare. i don't want to support people who failed at life! it's just wrong! those welfare programs should help people find jobs where they can actually succeed in life. not keep them in programs where they'll have to keep wasting the money of people who actually DO work for a living! "government by the people, FOR the people." not so the government can control everything. HELLOO! that's socialism.. which is borderline communism if you ask me. just a sneeze away. look i looked it up after i wrote that:

3. socialism
(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

hmmmmm... yep. that's not good. and i'm not really sure what to say after that... we're all (aka, america is) going down the toilet.. that's the end. goodnight.

nerdy.stuff.that.is.cool.

2007-03-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.nesbuckle.com/

a belt buckle that is a controller.. yeah it's real.

annnd... halo kitty.....
wow.... i wish i had come up with this. really!

unfortunately they won't let him sell it because it's too much of a parody... aww.

if the image isn't working you can look at it here:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/12335379

found it here: http://www.techiediva.com/weblog/fashion/index.html

lots of .... interesting stuff.

Prince Charles, you are stupid.

2007-03-01T15:16:00.000-08:00

i'm sure most of you heard about how prince charles suggested that "mcdonald's should be banned forever". if you haven't, it's at about 3:20 in this video. He suggests that "getting rid of mcdonald's is the key to improving physical fitness in the world."
RIIIIGHT.
get rid of ONE fast food chain and suddenly people will be inspired to excersize and actually take care of themselves! oh sure...pure genious! that's why you're british. go drink some tea you old crumpet.
people have to want to take care of themselves to be physically fit. it doesn't just happen because you take the temptation away. you can still get fat from eating healthy! people just need to learn moderation.

and is it me or are all governments becoming a little toooo controling? *cough* communism *cough*

updated shop~

2007-03-01T12:07:00.000-08:00

TONS of new designs! go see!

use the code: CLOUDPOINTS to get $5 off any purchase over $20 :) good untill march 7th 2007.

juuuuuury duuuuuuty

2007-02-27T18:13:00.000-08:00

yeah so i did my civic duty today. didn't get put on an actual jury (thankfully), just did the part where you sit in a big room full of people for HOURS upon HOURS of your life and wait for your name to be called. it's like the lottery backwards...because you DON'T want your name to be called. but at least i don't have to do it again for another year.
now i need to make up for the hours of work i missed. bleh...

quizes

2007-02-24T01:37:00.000-08:00

You Are An Iris

You are a unique woman who needs a lot of novelty in her life.
An inspiration seeker, you often have to change scenery to recharge.
You don't deal well with structure or rules. You need to do it your own way.
Your ideal relationships are free and flowing. No one can tie you down.

What Flower Are You?

You Are More Like Angelina Jolie

Bad girl with a heart of gold.
You are smart, sexy, and strong willed.
You aren't against stealing another girl's man...
If he's better off with you!

Are You More Like Jennifer or Angelina?

ramblings before work..

2007-02-21T10:22:00.000-08:00

i almost have enough money to buy my first car!! i feel like a workaholic for sure.. then after i buy it i'll have to work to pay for gas...to get to work...to pay for gas... and the cycle continues. so lame. oh and probably pay the car off, unless i can find one that's $3000...
ah but i'm sure i'll be rich one day.. and i'll probably always live bellow my means. i'll be the eccentric billionaire who lives in a regular house and wears regular clothes, but buys something totally crazy now and then :) lol.
or i'll just travel.. that would be cool.
i think i'm pretty good at shopping and getting good deals.. today i got some hair stuff, make up, chocolates, and lunch.. all for like $7.
megan says we have to go get ice cream now :3 because it's actually warm today...

i think that's my real one too.. imagine that.

2007-02-15T23:42:00.000-08:00

Your Inner Blood Type is Type B

You follow your own rules in life, even if you change the rules every day.
Sure, you tend to be off the wall and unpredictable, but that's what makes you lovable.
And even though you're a wild child, you have the tools to be a great success.
You are able to concentrate intently - and make the impossible possible.

You are most compatible with: B and AB

Famous Type B's: Leonardo Di Caprio and

What's Your Inner Blood Type?

^_^

2007-02-12T15:58:00.000-08:00

catalinaaaa

2007-02-09T01:37:00.000-08:00

ohhhhhhh eeee ohhhhh eeee aaay~
no more meetings this weeek!!! weeeee~
i can only take so many 5 hour meetings in a row! lol...
finally got pictures developed!
here's catalina island!

those are the boats and stuff... that camera kinda sucked. lol.
yay camp is coming up! boo i don't have a winter coat yet!
i'm hungry... it's almost 3 am... ahhhh!!

fall out boy . . . translated!

2007-02-05T13:41:00.000-08:00

WARNING!: this makes NO sense if you've never heard the song!!!
this is the result of several conversations on how fall out boy songs are difficult to understand.
helps if you listen to the song while reading :)
the song is: this ain't a scene, it's an arms race - by fall out boy, obviously.
okay...ready? set? go!

aye am and arm steala
poooleeooo with weapons in the form of worrrrrrr
eh domidy caaaa wish i wiiiiiiiiins
long is the road keep singing das just de bidnes i'm iiiiiyeh

dis ain't a scene is a GA DA AH FACE
this aina sence isa GA DA AHS FAS
dis ain't a scene is a KA DAH HAS HACE

om noda shoda to cry obbd
but i digress...
AMAMEDEMAND!
AN A LYSTOL WEVOL OLSTO EDGUCATE
OH SO EDGUCAAAH WEE HOOO OH YEEEAH
IMAMEDAMAM
AN A LYSOL WEVOL ALSO IF YOU CAN
OM SO EDGUAAAAAHEEEEOOOOOO

i woe fo gospul i gilin oh
you look pretty sinkin
by th ril bomb shells have already sun
rina down is on the gutta
at night we're painting your trash door wah yuh sleep
crashing the light hips of cause no mo like ho ho ho potties

this ain't a seed it's a GA GA AHS FACE
dis ain't a seeem is a GA DA AHS HACE
fish ana seenisa GA DA AHS HAY

bah wagons full plz enchaladaaah

i'm a leading man!
and the lasso evil also itcha caaaan
oh so educaaaaaaaaayaaa
ahm a leadin maah
and a lyso evil oh so evel caaaah
oh so educaaaaaaah eh yeha yeah woooah wooo ah

all boys with the dance floors getting low
and all the girls who's limbs couldn't move fast enough
SING! until your lungs give out.
this ain't a scene isa GA DA AHS HACE
dis aina seen it'sa GAD DA AHSACE (now you)
dis aina seeen isa GA DA AS HACE (waohwahathegrooove!)
is ain a seen is AGA DA AS ACE (sing out louuud!)
dis aina seeeeen isa gAD DAMN ASS HACE (oh!)
dis ain'ta (ho!) seeeen isa GAD DAN AS ACE

oma leadin ma
an a lysol weavol also educate
oh so educaaaaa heeeey yeeaah
ama leaden mah
ana life of evil also educaaaaaaaaaya

(fin.)

update time!

2007-02-02T22:55:00.000-08:00

yes, my shop is very much updated. with several new sections and designs. woot!

<-- mouse pad = awesome!!

my poor friends. always getting spammed with this stuff. heh it's okay, they won't mind it when i'm a millionare :)

http://www.cafepress.com/nemuiPanda05

be happy with me dangit!!

2007-01-31T15:09:00.000-08:00

i got a[nother] raise! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! :D
which means i can buy a car sooner! yaaaaaaay!!
life is good. i just need to work 6 - 7 hours a day...
oy, that's fun. at least it's mostly easy... cept for all the brain work.
but holy crap i get more money!!!!! XD that's awesome!
also the other day i was brainstorming new ideas for my shop.
now i just need time to draw the designs!
horray for productivity and multiple sources of income! :)
i really need to start getting up earlier...
ehhhh...
yeah.
but i got a raise!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

where is the love?

2007-01-27T10:38:00.000-08:00

well i'm home from catalina.. all in all it was fun. i wish we had more time there. also more money so we could have done more... everything was so freaking expensive. oh but we did get a good deal for riding the glass bottom boat/submarine thingie ^_^ here's a video i took.
go see mel's video!
it was cool. they put fish food into the water, so all the fish would swim right up.
and yeah....that's all.

omgz. free internets!

2007-01-24T16:46:00.000-08:00

amazing. so yeah, went to catalina island this morning.. staying for 3 days. rode the boat... i forget what it's called? catamaran? didn't get sea sick :) that was nice. but omgz. so much walking and waiting after we got here! waited for the shuttle (mini van thing) waited for a hotel room.. our reserved one was smoked in -_- laaaaaaame. but they get a $1000 fine.. so i feel somewhat justified.. although i wish we weren't on the bottom level with a bathroom door that doesn't close :/
oh but once we got here the motion sickness drugs kicked in >< so we were all super groggy and drugged... so all the sight-seeing was misserable. we found a teeny-tiny mexican place for lunch and we were all falling asleep.. cept mom, she had out her 4 foot long map of the island and was reading us facts about the island... horray for tourism.
anyway......i'm pretty sure none of this made sense.. so i'll just stop.

gone to catalina. brb.

2007-01-23T18:29:00.000-08:00

ahhh, packing is fun :) ...... well not really. because you never know exactly what you might need! but you don't want to over-pack.. but heaven forbid you get there and not have something you need! oh the drama!

gosh i wish i had a digital camera...

werd.

up here

2007-01-19T17:05:00.000-08:00

hm that was unexpected.

2007-01-16T15:31:00.000-08:00

so! both of the classes i wanted to take were canceled for the semester.....yup. crazy huh? it must be a sign - i'm not supposed to be in school right now :) haha. so i guess i'll be working full time. woot! :D i'm gonna be a workaholic! jajaja. okay i'm kidding about the workaholic part.
it's nice to not have to worry about school... for at least another semester, lol.
p.s. lookie! shop update!

i broke my hair and my guitar pick hurts.

2007-01-11T21:58:00.000-08:00

i'm kind of upset right now. "why?" you might ask. well... my hair hurts. yeah you read that right, my hair hurts. not my head. my freaking HAIR!!! gah! why do only boys read my blog now?! no one will understand!! you put your hair in a ponytail for a few hours and then for some reason when you take it down it HURTS!!!!! like putting your hair up reverses the growth pattern and so now it feels like it's growing down into my skull. ... ...
seriously, wtf?!

also i broke my favorite guitar pick today... the red fender one ;-; it's so pittiful looking...sitting there all snapped in half. i'd take a picture if i had a camera... but i don't. i couldn't even find a picture of one like it on the interwebs! (and that's saying a lot because finding crap online is what i do for a living).
i'd gladly take some of these hello kitty ones though! ^___^
happy un-birthday, melissa!

cheeeese?

2007-01-11T10:56:00.000-08:00

sooo the church is doing this 21 day fast. no meats no sweets.

as such, this week i've had a lot of quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches, and GOLDFISH. why is cheese stuff the only thing i can find that is okay to eat? i really suck at this :( even MCDONALD'S sounds super good right now. and it's only thursday! ahhh!

also my meeting for work this morning was cancled.. because the boss is still in las vegas....at the consumer electronics show. (i wanted to go! blarg!) oh well ^^;

and today is johnny's 19th birthday :) yaaay
he doesn't read this though, so w/e.

ho hum.. dum de dum.. so bored!!

2007-01-05T00:11:00.000-08:00

What do your lips say about you?

Wierd girl! lol. Your'e very weird and random, maybe even a bit crazy. But most people love you for it, so it's all good!
Take this quiz!

hmm.
wellll that's not very nice XD "weird girl!" but i do like the picture... so maybe i am weird. actually i know i am. so there! bah. and very crazy :3 hehehehe.

oh...

2007-01-04T15:24:00.000-08:00

cheese n crackers.

today

2007-01-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

is benjamin's 14th birthday.. he got to ditch school and go do fun stuff. lucky. heh, i'll be 20 this year. yeah... it scares me too.
found this.. it's funneh :) you just gotta click till you get a good one...

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Play in rush-hour traffic.

Get your resolution here.

there were better ones... but i didn't save them. and worse ones.. lol. you can even add some of your own. i haven't yet cuz...i don't wanna.
holy crap. i am sooo behind with work!! stupid holidays! gaaah

slave labor yay

2007-01-01T23:35:00.000-08:00

well no more graphics for me to do at work. now i'm back to slave labor. actually everyone is because it's crunch time and we have huge deadlines.. course it's not really good when you don't know what you're supposed to be doing. his advice? "just wing it." oh sure.. i'll just figure out all this stuff that people go college and get degrees for learning how to do... yeah, cool. (not)
also i found an old journal from like 2004 and 2005.. heh, back when i was struggling to graduate and get a job and my drivers licence. it was actually encouraging to see that i've accomplished a lot of what i was trying to do back then :)
oh and i got my first full body massage today! that was interesting ^^; lol...
well, nothing else to say.... nothing that isn't offencive, rude, crude, and just not okay to say, that is.... too bad i'm so tactful.
goodnight.

so uh

2007-01-01T01:19:00.000-08:00

happy new year n stuff :)

yeah, it's 1:24 and i'm up writing in my blog...... i know. i know. i'm a night person. it happens. anyway! new years resolutions! decided to make some this year! woot.

get a car! yay for going places!

be more healthy (excersize, eat less junk, etc..)

improve my art! i'm not too keen on taking that life drawing class anymore.. oh well :(

so yeah, stuff i think i can actually do :) that helps a little.. nothing too major i think. cept the car. we'll see how that goes...

another reason i'm up is keeping johnny awake via instant messaging. poor guy has to pick his mom up from work at 2 am tonight.. :( so he can't go to bed yet.

heh, my silly mom got me an ipod nano sock thingie for my zen nano... it doesn't really work so well.. the sock pretty much eats it! bwaha.

hmm, i think that's enough pointless rambling for one post..

cheers!

+ shameless plug +

2006-12-28T17:24:00.000-08:00

i've updated my shop for valentine's day and other things.

you must all see!

http://www.cafepress.com/nemuiPanda05

OMG.

2006-12-27T12:56:00.000-08:00

third month in a row i've started cramping at work!! my body hates me. :'(
after work i went to the drug store to get a sobe (because it makes me feel healthy).
and there was this little girl with her grandparents. she was pretty cute...untill she opened her mouth...
little girl: nana, can you buy me this?
grandma: no, you only get one thing today.
little girl: nana, you're no fun to shop with.
grandma: really? i thought i was lots of fun to shop with.
little girl: no, because you only buy me one thing!
grandma explains why she can't buy a whole lot of things.
*5 minutes later*
little girl: nana, can you buy me this?
grandma: no, you only get one thing.
little girl: nana, you're no fun to shop with.
grandma: really? i thought i was lots of fun to shop with.
little girl: *whines* noo, because you never buy me anything.
yep, the exact same conversation over again. like 5 more times. there was more too it, but i was like woah little girl.. and then she was like hollaring for her grandpa accross the whole store. "GRANDPA! WHERE ARE YOU?" "I'M IN THE CHECKOUT." "OH OKAY!"
blarg.
anywho... i think i've filled enough space. i'm doing some work and then megan and i are gonna re-arrange our room. cuz i might get a desk soon! so that i'm not messing up my back [more] sitting on my bed with the laptop all the time :)

um... cool?

2006-12-27T00:37:00.000-08:00

RESULT: Cucumber

You know - as in "cool as a cucumber." Because there's no cooler vegetable than you.

You've got a great attitude going on - friendly, laid-back, open to new experiences. Anyone should want to hang out with you, and if they don't - well, that's their problem, not yours. Just let it roll off your back. We're pretty sure you do that anyway.

Don't be afraid to show a little attitude every once in a while - it's cool being cool, but it's also pretty nice to get your way and influence the people around you. A little bit. We wouldn't want you to lose your cucumber-ness.

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super duper

2006-12-25T18:56:00.000-08:00

whew! i am soooo glad christmas is (almost) over. it's too much work and stress to be considered a holiday. seriously. our house flooded the day before christmas eve. (christmas eve eve?) and yeah... it pretty much sucked because it was at 3 am and we had church that day. all my sheet music is totally destroyed. :( *le sigh*

i actually got a lot that i like this year. cuz you know as you get older, no one really knows what you like or want.. so you just end up with a ton of gift cards and stuff. which isn't bad. but you know, it's kinda lame when people ask what you got... so here's a few things i got:

1. an mp3 player. zen nano. (not the plus though) and it's dark blue.
2. a co-edikit callender :) it's funneh.
3. a hello kitty shirt. ya rly! it's cool.
and a bunch of other random stuff like books, socks, chocolate, and a hair brush :) i'm not too expensive... lol.

only thing i'm not happy about with the year being almost over is that i start back with school in january. and sure i'm only taking art classes.. but still. school sucks. :( guess i really am antisocial... lol.

merry christmas again! more co-edikit!!

The Nativity

2006-12-22T22:55:00.000-08:00

i was basically forced to see this movie. didn't want to go at all.. i mean, c'mon.. i already know what happens! what more can you do?
but actually it wasn't as boring as i thought it would be. they do a good job of diving deeper into the story - showing the reality of how it would be to be in mary and joseph's situation. plus neat music, believable acting, and even some funny lines here and there. gave me warm fuzzies and stuff.
so yeah.. go see it and support the christian media industry! ...actually i think it may have been by a secular group? but still, more ticket sales lets them know that people actually like this stuff and then they'll make more. so go represent! :)

oh and i finally finished my christmas shopping! yaaaay!

~MERRY CHRISTMAS~

my brain is shrinking!!!

2006-12-19T12:47:00.000-08:00

just kidding.

i wouldn't call this my actual IQ though. i mean it was just 18 questions. i've taken better ones than that..
you try! :D

EDIT: took a different quiz (a real one rather) and my IQ is actually 124.. i don't know that this link will work for you but here are the results: http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/paidresult.jsp?test=uiqogt&where=paidresult

an interesting article

2006-12-18T15:23:00.000-08:00

researchers find that alcohol in moderation may extend life span?!

see the article

hmmm... probably just wishful thinking on the researcher's part.

any thoughts?

[sarcasm] happy holidays! [/sarcasm]

2006-12-18T12:23:00.000-08:00

well, i've been sick all weekend... but still managed to do everything i had to do. play lead keyboard for the sunday morning service. which actually went alright. then played piano for the primetimers christmas caroling thing at the nursing home. man i did sooo bad at that. i really should have just stopped playing when i got lost.. but no, i kept going.. and it sounded terrible. =.=;; also did the christmas light thing. yay for "being monopolized"! lol...because i'm a commodity? kay but really, sorry for not sitting up by everyone else. i will try to be more sociable next time.
also, i think i'm bad at talking to people. i say regular stuff that isn't meant to be offensive at all and people get all offended? *sigh* i need to take classes on how to socialize or something.. on second thought, that's lame. maybe i'll go live in a cave!
rawr.
so yeah, i'm still sick... coughing, sneezing, runny (more like pouring) nose, sore throat, the whole bit. and with one week till christmas to do the other 70% of my christmas shopping. horray. when i get a car i am going to get all my christmas shopping early!!

duh i'm the hottest place in the world!

2006-12-12T19:20:00.000-08:00

Which Extremity of the World Are You?
From the towering colossi at Rum and Monkey.
YOU ARE AL-AZIZIYAH, LIBYA

You burn with the fires of a million suns.

OK, so that's an exaggeration. Perhaps only a thousand. Or 0.0106 suns, to be less fantastically inaccurate: that's the proportion of the Sun's surface temperature you reached on the 13th of September 1922. Your record of 60.6 degrees Celsius beats any other recorded for anywhere else on the planet. That's enough to melt an ox, create mercury from thin air or spontaneously turn oil into soup. 'strue. Really.

p.s. i joined this rum & monkey whatever it is that i got the quiz from. so if anyone wants to be my friend on there? ...yeah seriously XD

80's rockstar barbie called. she wants her hair back

2006-12-11T00:10:00.000-08:00

i'm sorry but seriously?! why do we call this fashion? no one in their right mind would EVER wear these things in public. they are rediculous if not utterly HIDEOUS!! maybe artsy, but impractical - unless you live in a circus.

i give you: exhibit A and exhibit B and exhibit C (it's like a bad cosplay).
apparently strangely colored, "i-just-got-laid" frumpy looking hair is in... somewhere in the world. oh yes. actually i'm pretty sure it isn't and they just want people to try to look like that so they can laugh at how messed up they look...

what you wear and do with your hair should at least make you look good. why else would we bother wearing it?! if i can't even figure out how to put it on then i see no point. and don't get me wrong, i do like some fashion stuff. and i'm not saying i get it right all the time myself... but come on! this stuff here is supposed to be professional!!

but i guess if anything it has entertainment value. because i like to just look at it and laugh.

and laughing is always good. go ahead, look through those links and laugh some more :)

p.s. here's more. i guess i might sound mean... because you can tell these people are really excited about it and stuff. but personally i think they put most of this stuff together in the dark.

遠藤

2006-12-10T18:40:00.000-08:00

My japanese name is 遠藤 Endoh (distant wisteria) 恵美 Emi (blessed with beauty).
Take your real japanese name generator! today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

suuushiii (>+.+)>

2006-12-08T21:42:00.000-08:00

so tonight i had a few new experiences. my family was invited to dinner by some people. so, we went to a fancy seafood buffet in a fancy hotel downtown. so we had to all dress up nice and stuff. it was somewhat awkward because apparently these people eat there like ALL the time, they know like all the waiters and they were all greeting them like "hey! hi again! how are you doing?" and stuff. but yeah, i tried a bunch of funky foods i've never had before. some i don't even know what it was. stuff like scallops, caviar, sushi (tried before, but had some different kinds), and some Champagne. and of course the usual stuff like shrimp and whatnot. the dessert was yummy ^_^ they had a chocolate fountain! to dip strawberries and stuff in =) it was neat. although i'm sure you guys are around this kind of stuff allll the time and aren't really impressed by it.. lol.
here's some neat sushi shapped stuff. unfortunately they didn't have any of this.
k bye

sounds good

2006-12-06T18:25:00.000-08:00

Your Dominant Intelligence is Spatial Intelligence

You've got a good sense of space and how the world around you looks.
You can close your eyes and "see" images. You have innate artistic talent.
An eye for color and shapes, you're also a natural designer.
Since you think in pictures, visual aids and demonstartions help you learn best.

You would make a good navigator, sculptor, visual artist, inventor, architect, interior designer, or engineer.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

boo

2006-12-06T15:35:00.000-08:00

staff meeting for work today was real stressful. and i wasn't even part of most of the debates. but i'm still stressed. bleh... deadlines. i'm glad to be done with the meeting but i still feel stressed. usually i'm feel better after it's over. i guess because i was having to explain that i didn't get as much done as i should have because my internet connection has been on and off for a while. but still.....
i have too much work to catch up on.. besides that they are changing a lot of what i have to do, so i have nooo idea what i'm supposed to be doing, and neither do the people in charge of me? so then is it my fault i'm not getting anything done? yes.
also i offered to help the graphics designer with some stuff, cuz she's really stressed out too... i don't know what i'll be able to do.. i'll likely just make an idiot of myself. blah. this working on the computer stuff isn't as easy as you think!!!!!
anyway. complaining time over. i need to go sulk and kill things...
(video games, people! video games!)

japan's plan to solve the american obesity issue:

2006-12-05T16:38:00.000-08:00

the Wii. lets make the fat gamers get up and excersise! yaaaay. heh, just thought i'd point this out...

lol. they have a thing set up at the mall where you can play the wii XD it was so funny watching people play. you have to feel somewhat self concious doing that... in the middle of the mall.

yeah i went to the mall in december...i must be suicidal XD lol.. it wasn't too bad today tho, cuz it's tuesday and stuff. and i'm so excited ^__^ i found a specific gift i was wanting to get for someone! i asked in like 3 different stores if they had it... they just looked at me dumb and told me no :( but i finally found it!! horray for strange memorabillia type stuff :) heh.

before that i went to class day (school) with everyone... that was kinda fun. watched them do the christmas play and everything. and saw some old friends.. that's always interesting.

annd yeah.. that's it for now~

breakfast for lunch at 3

2006-12-04T14:39:00.000-08:00

still trying to figure out why i didn't wake up till nearly 2pm today after going to bed at 1am... usually when i do that i can wake up anywhere from 8 - 10 without any problems. also dad said the light in my room was on at 4 in the morning.. but i was in bed then? so i'm pretty sure i may have been abducted by aliens. or something....
no i'm joking... but man, i have a headache. stupid sleeping in. ugh.
saw casino royale last night... it was pretty good. i liked it :) i think the graphics designer who did the opening credits intro thingie was high though.. it was out of control.

Cramping 101

2006-11-29T20:01:00.000-08:00

warning: this blog contains descriptions of graphic violence, female issues, and stuff that is just plain gross. not for the faint-of-heart or the easily-offended. read at your own risk.

today's meeting for work was 4 hours long. bleh. and i basically have the worst luck ever. the past two months i've started cramping at work, of all places! due to female issues of the once-a-month sort. now i know that at least 50% of my readers are male, so if you've ever wanted to know how cramping feels try this:

YOU WILL NEED: a pair of scissors (non-safety), duct tape, a golf ball, some matches/a lighter, a rusty 6" - 12" knife, and a close friend (or enemy, either one).

TO BEGIN: take your non-safety scissors and cut open your lower stomach area, exposing your large and small intestine. locate your small intestine (hint: it's usually the smaller looking rope of gross pinkness) and proceed to pull it all out of your body, tie a few large knots in it (doesn't matter where) and stuff it all back in however you like. you can use duct tape to seal yourself back up.
STEP 2: have your friend kick you in your lower back a few times. maybe beat you with a baseball bat a little.
STEP 3: swallow the golf ball. it might get stuck in your throat... but that's all part of the experience :)now here comes the fun part!
STEP 4: take your rusty knife and begin stabbing yourself in the lower stomach. it should go nearly all the way in. then either you or your friend give your stomach a few good punches. proceed with rotating back and forth between the stabbing and punching for about an hour or so.
STEP 5: after about an hour has passed light yourself on fire and induce vomiting. then have your friend continue with the stabbing and punching to the lower stomach until either (a) you pass out or (b) your friend passes out.
sounds fantastic huh? i know you can't wait to try it.

so now that you get an idea of how it feels... next time a female friend/relative/whatever informs you that she is cramping you should do everything in your power to make her feel better - buy her chocolate, offer her a back massage (if that's okay), or just let her know that you can't really relate, but heard somewhere that it really sucks and you hope she feels better.
=)

soggy couches are in.

2006-11-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

i really like looking at professionally done interior design stuff... like the show rooms in ikea and such. maybe cuz it'll be a long time before i can do anything like that... but anyway!
was looking at this article today and saw this picture:

and i was like, yeah that's really pretty... nice little sitting area out on the patio/roof/whatever.. i wish i had something like that-- wait! what happens when it rains? those couches would get all soggy... ew. wow that would suck. kinda impractical. actually a lot of interior decorating is just rediculous. it isn't for real people. it's for people who are never home... who don't have any personality or STUFF. because you know in those pictures everything is always so CLEAN! where is all their stuff?! it can't sit out unless it matches the color of the room... so maybe it wouldn't be so fun to have a perfectly done house... haha.

nothing

2006-11-27T14:46:00.000-08:00

well, i finally got around to signing up for my classes this year.. i'm doing life drawing & composition (aka: the class where you draw naked people). i need to improve my anatomy drawing skills. i haven't decided on other classes yet, but i'll sign up later. i don't know how i'll do much school with working 30 hours a week anyway... i'm so lazy. normally i'm not into new year's resolutions (why bother, right?) but i guess if i have one it will be to start going to bed and getting up at regular times. like bed at 11pm up at 8am. that sounds do-able. i just need to buy better sleep drugs.... or something. ugh.
i don't want a lot for christmas this year.. i'm having trouble coming up with a list. really so far it's just stuff i need... like a car (i don't know why i even put it on there. no one will get me one), an mp3 player of some kind... because college art classes are so boooring without some kind of music playing for when you have to draw for 2 hours strait. and the only other thing on my list right now is a 2007 callender. which i'm sure i'll get like 5 of, cuz it's the only thing affordable... heh.

i suck

2006-11-26T22:34:00.000-08:00

no one likes me... i scare animals and offend people - without even trying.

=(

stop! break a fortune cookie!

2006-11-23T11:42:00.000-08:00

last night we got chinese food =) i luv chinese food!!
my fortune cookie said:

Time, once lost, can
never be regained.

and the fortune cookie was stale.....

hmmm. maybe it's a sign? lol. nah, i'm way to superstitous for my own good. haha.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

♥

hot wata

2006-11-21T13:25:00.000-08:00

well last week was interesting.. the water heater decided to start leaking and flood half of the kitchen.. luckily someone noticed before the whole house was flooded. and of course it would be while my dad is out of town and when mom is about to leave to go out of town... so we had no hot water for a while.. couldn't flush the toilets or take showers or wash clothes. yep, good fun.
and the past 3 weekends have been anything but restful.. 3 guest speakers in a row! doing 3 services a week. saturday night, sunday morning and sunday night. and having to play in the band for most of them. whew. glad it's over with!
and yeah.. guess i better do some work now. it's hard working at home!! i have to mannage my own time! which makes it easier to slack off! lol.

What superhero are you?

2006-11-16T15:13:00.000-08:00

You Are Elektra

There's really no superhero with more style than you.
Because who could beat being sexy assasin ninja?

What Superhero Are You?

sure why not...

no subject...?

2006-11-15T17:32:00.000-08:00

well, i got paid today. i'm getting paid bi-monthly now ^_^ so i went to go cash my check after work, got to the bank and they're all "oh, this check wasn't signed" XD sooo no new monies in the bank yet.. lalala
don't forget to check out my shop! http://www.cafepress.com/nemuiPanda

;aldskfja;jdf

2006-11-13T14:00:00.000-08:00

wow, busy weekend... i'm beat. even though i slept in till 12....
it was kinda fun though... some parts anyway.
working on updating my shop for the holidays! i'm actually finally making some money off of it now :) (not much...but some.) i've got more ideas for christmas stuff..
work is hectic...yay for fast approching deadlines and confusing ideas that people expect me to help them figure out :/
gonna be starting back with college in january... hopefully my work load will smooth out by then. i have noo idea what classes i'm going to take. i guess i could just do some general ed. and get that out of the way... but really that's so dumb. it's just high school all over again. the system is so retarded...

i voted!

2006-11-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

yay, i'm awesome! and i even got the cool little sticker :D hehehe. not this one...
work in the morning! weeee! i have an offical title now! i'm an "independant consultant".. hehe, sounds pretty official huh?
oops, guess it's tomorrow already! happy wednesday, shanell!

what punctuation mark are you?

2006-11-06T13:18:00.002-08:00

Ellipsis

...
Some people think you're wierd, and some people think you're just pretentious, but really, you just have a whimsical personality and aren't shy about it. You do what you want, and don't care much for what others think. Bravo for you!

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change o plans..

2006-11-03T23:09:00.000-08:00

i was planning to complain about the last two days.. but i'm over those and i'll just complain about today. not that they sucked any less. but i just don't feel like talking about them...
today i had a huuuuge head ache/migrain thing... it sucked. i hardly got out of bed because my head wanted to explode if it was any more than 4 feet above the floor (so anything more than sitting-in-bed-level basically)
didn't get anything done at all today. cept for some work 3 hours ago because i'm feeling well enough to type properly now... yaaay.
course now i have twice as much to do tomorrow...
i noticed i got mostly chocolate from halloween. doesn't anyone give out fruity candy anymore? i like fruity candy XD the plain hard fruit candy stuff. that's what i want...dangit.
this week went by fast... like there was sunday, and then it was wednesday and thursday in my all day meetings, and now it's friday night and i'm like "holy crap where is my week?" oh well... next thing i know i'll be 20 saying "dang, now i'm old". yep, cuz that's life in stuff. kay i need to go take my drugs now. goodnight all!

asplode

2006-11-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

ugh, so out of it right now...
today and yesterday i had all day meetings for work.
gotta crash now....
i'll come up with something to say later,
once i turn my brain back on again...
yeah...

so lets pretend i'm a cookie...

2006-10-29T19:51:00.001-08:00

You Are a Black and White Cookie

You're often conflicted in life, and you feel pulled in two opposite directions.
When you're good, you're sweet as sugar. And when you're bad, you're wicked!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

well, today i went on a lovely road trip... sorta.

2006-10-27T00:03:00.000-07:00

see, my mom see's this doctor up in beverly hills who uses "natural medacine stuff" annd she's pretty into that, so she goes to see him every year. and this time she was all "hey, wanna come to the doctor with me? you can go shopping on rodeo (row-'day-oh) drive while i'm doing that!" suuuure :)
hahaha. i forgot how much i hate going to LA. and long car rides.
soo yeah. got up early this morning, rode in the car for 2 and a half hours.. i'll spare you the boring details. finally got there and i was like "holy cow! every other car is a mercedes or a BMW!!!" no joke! XD it's insaaane!! there were like 5 BMWs in a row.. and a saw some ferraris and lamborghinis too :D actually being driven! that was neat.. you rarely see them being driven around where i live XD they just sit on display in shops or whatever...
saw lots of interesting people too. you get all types there. rich people. poor people. poor people who try to look rich. rich people who try to look poor...yeah. it's cool. and of course all the people who hang out there simply to "get discovered" by some movie producer or modeling agent. some guy standing on the sidewalk tried to make me listen to his CD.. said something about ill wish i had when he's famous? yeah kay crazy. i can't remember his name, so i'll never know.
none of the fancy, expensive shops really appealed to me.. the only one that came close to being cool was guess... and i didn't even know that was what it was till i went out. yeah so i guess i could never be in fashion... cuz i don't like name brands? or know them... infact i can't pronouce half of them when i see them!!! and you shouldn't wear what you can't pronounce. ever! or eat for that matter. pronunication is important. so is spelling, but i think i just killed it back there. dang.
ANYWAY!! i don't think i saw any movie stars.. oh well. mom's appointment ended at like 2 PM, so we were gonna go to one of the little cafes on camden or rodeo for lunch.. buut they were all real crowded (go figure). so we decided to go to a certain mall to eat.. so. 3 hours later!!!!!!!! who has lunch at 5 PM? oh, i do. and we actually passed like 2 other malls.. but she wanted to go to this certain one. but what was cool was that i was wanting wendy's (i like wendy's). and she was all "oh come on, you can get wendy's any time!" (no, not really mom).. and then we got to the mall and right on the front there was a big wendy's sign XD wendy's!! in the mall! am i lucky or what! hahaha. so yeah, ate my deeeelicous jr. cheese burger delux, and then shopped around a bit.. didn't buy anything all day though... save for food of course. heh.

and yeah.. i guess that's really the most exciting parts... that i can remember. saw the street corner for sunset and camden...from singin' in the rain.. but i guess i'm the only one who would care about that :) hehe

la de daaa... blah

2006-10-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

well, my boss wants me to work full time now, while i'm not in school... oy. oh and he finally paid me today after forgetting the past two weeks (and considering i only get paid once a month, that's not good..) i guess i have the time to work full time... the thing is do i have the motivation to actually sit down and work for 40+ hours a week... i barely make the goal i have now.. but only because i spend a lot of time drawing and doing stuff i enjoy...and i wouldn't really call the work i do exciting.. so yeah. this should be interesting. it would definately help me be able to pay for a car quicker though. i just wouldn't have any time to mess around. and messing around is like my favorite passtime XD lol.. oh well. guess i could be a workaholic... maybe.

kitty kitty

2006-10-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

a good example of photomanipulation to look like a cat... (someone's ID off of deviantart. not mine XD)
if you can't see the picture here's a link: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30692294/

BEST GAME EVUR!

2006-10-23T00:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/play it!!!
i'm so addicted XD
lol...

hmm ^_^

2006-10-21T23:50:00.000-07:00

today...was my favorite day of the whole year.
yep yep! ♥

un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras

2006-10-20T15:21:00.000-07:00

sometimes it seems like people are mad at me... and i don't know why?
annyway... enjoying playing with my tablet ^_^ heh.. and i managed to get a little work done too.
still not looking forward to going back to school.. just the thought of it makes me sleepy XD lol..
and my gosh.. i can't believe it's almost the end of the year AGAIN!! yikes..
yeah i really don't have anything important to say... just felt like saying something... soo yeah.

asldfkjasld;fjaalfjk1!!

2006-10-19T00:20:00.000-07:00

yeah i'm pretty much freaking out XD lol..
i got a TABLET for my buuurfdaaay!! chris is probably the only one who will really appreciate that fact. if you don't know what a tablet is then i'm sorry. educate yourself; google it. it's a wacom intuos3 4x5. know what that means? THAT IT'S FLIPPIN AWESOME!!!! XD
so now i'm pretty much gonna take over the world. i've been playing with it for like the past 5 hours. and it came with a bunch of programs, liiiike photoshop elements 4.0 (2 whole levels up from my old one! w00t! lol..) and painter, and some photo editing program that i probably won't use... so yeah. way cool. i'm excited :) who cares that it's about the only thing i got.. save for 5 whole dollars from my grandparents (they love me so ♥) and a few other neat little things.. :)
anywhoo, i'm off to go draw more stuff with MY TABLET!! *squeals in techy-girl delight* i probably won't get ANYTHING done the next few days. and i don't care XD
farewell!

oh hey. . . . .

2006-10-18T00:10:00.000-07:00

happy burfday to mee.
nineteen. my last year as a teenager... or so everyone keeps telling me. mentally i'm still 12.
doesn't really feel like it's my birthday. i remember as a kid it was like the best thing ever. after christmas. or maybe better cuz it's just for me? now i'm like "oh yeah... i guess my birthday is coming up huh?" and then i forget till the next person says something. i haven't had a birthday party in so long.. i don't think i've ever had a surprise party...that i can remember? that might be cool...
anyway... i should be sleeping.. because i have to go to work in the morning.. cuz i'm an adult or something.. i think i've complained about this before: i turn 18 and they say "congrats, you're an adult now! you get to be responsible and stuff!" and then i want to do something and they say "no, you aren't REALLY an adult until you are 21." ...........yeeeeah.... what's with that?!! i guess i'm having an identity crisis XD lol

mahalo

2006-10-17T02:46:00.000-07:00

i think i should be a tattoo artist. not the person who gives them, but just someone who comes up with designs and sells them. as yet another side job...
another update to my shop! i'm happy...it's actually looking good now :) yaaay!