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Stalkers...

Yes Yes I know so why say it right? Where the hell have I been? Everywhere and nowhere....But bear with me as I ramble on a bit, maybe there's no point in explaining things lol let's see where this goes...

Well I have developed a corporate stalker...Huh? you may say(Im counting on the fact that anyone cares lol) but yes I have one now, damn....How it started, a favor... Well December is one of the busiest months of the year at one of my jobs, weirdly so I had a morning off before I an event to cater, well one of my co-workers who also has a second job cant make it to an early morning event in Torrance and asks me to do him a big big favor b/c canceling without replacement would totally suck being that it was the day before. So I agree, I figure that a lil' extra couldnt hurt and so I go...At the event there's this asian guy, early 30's maybe late late 20's who knows, the kind of person with an ambition to have a fortune 500 company but no idea how to get there, that maybe unfair to say I guess but his demeanor wasnt that confident oh well none of that matters...So things were going well, food was great, things looked nice, and most importantly people were happy...Im making sure things were running smoothly, I was asking one of the waiters to check on somethings and so Mr. corporate stalker "causally" comes up and asks what company it was and so on, then he starts asking about me as in do I work ther full-time, if I go to school and whatnot, so he then proceeds to tell me about a company that he has and blah blah blah and ask if I would be intersted, one of the things that is good about my job is that there is opportunity to network ( not flat out make it into a job or reference search but discreetly you know) so he said he'd give me his card but as everyone made there way out, he had left so I figured oh well but then a little bit later he came back and this guy who works there was also there and he asks him if he too would be interested, so he takes our cell numbers and gives us a card and that was that...Im driving to my other job and I glanced down a number I dont recognize so I let it ring---voicemail... 10 minutes later it rings, same number---voicemail, another 10 minutes go by and same number -voicemail...it was him, saying that his 6 o'clock cancelled and it'd be great if we could meet up for dinner and discuss what we had talked about earlier... too insistent, too many calls, did not sound like a "bidness" thing --yikes... the last voicemail said if he didnt hear from me he would try again at another day... Next day another 3 or 4 calls ---does this guy have an office? drinks? dinner? with a nervous hehe during the voicemail--- This went on for a good week and a half...Doesnt end there, see the company was happy with my work and asked if I could come back for a 200 person event they were having, I said yes, guess who I ran into...Damn... So it came down to explaining myself strategically and I thanked him for the opportunity but with my current work schedule ( busy december) and the distance I drove I couldnt blah blah blah, he didnt get it ....another week of calls and now the last one said I'll call you after New Year's to set something up... Excuse me sir I think I was polite...I'm no discrediting myself by saying the following but I dont think that at this point my resumee is that impressive to have someone be so insistent... You wanna know the funny part? The other guy he gave his card to--not one call( I asked when I went back)....

My other jobs have filled a lot of my time... I havent seen much of my friends, Im feeling some withdrawls...I think I just like reminding myself that I dont have a life...

You know what else I was thinking... what I was thinking a year ago...A year ago a few days before New Year's I had given things with R til the end of the year, it was hard because I knew that things wouldnt be solved by then... I think about my emotional state, and how much I was hurting and the mixture of emotions.... But I'm still here, and life does go on, as hard as it was to believe, but it did, Im not going to lie that I do think about him randomly (which I repremand myself for) it's hard to erase that amount of time, but now it doesnt hurt like it did, Things are the way they are and one can only go from there...I can say that Im okay, I have gained back some of the things that brought happiness to my life, and there seems to be a lil extra, K. He seems to want nothing more than to make me smile...

You know what Im looking forward to, my last post of 2004...


posted by Shaistie at 12:29 PM

 
Neglectful behavior...

The week before finals....Torture... the week of Finals...even more so...pile on a work and one of the busiest months in my line of work, um works(improper engligh hell with my communications professor now lol) but I guess it's a bit of a recipe for mental breakdown, just being burnt. Life threw in a cold to make things interesteing and oh yes for the second fall semester in a row I got my monthly visit... SO I say I hate my life... But now that I look at things I didnt break, I could of, I looked like a crazy person and probably sounded like one as well...But I pushed my limits a lil more and I got everything done, Yes I need to stop patting myself on the back...self-absorbed bastard...lol..

To sum up the rest of my month I think I have fallen into the damn workaholic stage...I've been working doubles and Im soo tired and the lil tiny bit of free time that I can conjur up has been spent trying to squeeze in Christmas shopping...and then if there's anything left over I sleep lol, actually correction there's one more thing taking up my time well thing isn't right I mean person...I do have some mixed feelings but they starting to not stand out so much...details to come lol... for now I need some zzz's.......

P.S hope this keeps you til next time Roxy , now try and get back to work...lol
posted by Shaistie at 1:31 AM

 
Happy Birthday Brissa!!!

So what if I sort of kidnapped you...wait can that get me in trouble? nah I brought you home safe and sound lol but I hope that you were surprised ( humor me if not but I think so)...Well what can I say that you dont know... I love your friendship.There to support even the craziest things, willing to go out in a minutes notice ( quite literally sorry about those lol)but good times, good times... Thank you for helping me feel not so crazy in my own head, and understanding the ways of my heart. Dearest Bris hope you had the bestest birthday you deserve that and more.... And you know that night I hope our ( yours, big's and mine's) shooting stars worked... but especially yours I hope all your wishes come true... Happy Birthday!!!!
posted by Shaistie at 11:11 PM

 
A bit of self torture....
Yes school and work are my life...I admit it, wow I feel like Im at an AA meeting...Hello my name is...and I have no life, yuck... If I sound bitter it's only out of tiredness but nothing to do but keep on keepin on right? Well life, lets see last Saturday after the crazyness of the day I met up with 'lys who called earlier and well ya know so she picked XES 'cause when it comes to pickin' it's either somebody does or we rely on the scientific method ( flippin a coin lol) and yes it sucks when there is more than one choice lol...So it was pretty cold out but after a bit we got it together a little and stopped shaking so much and we were just talking and I was occasionally "thinking" --> shush up 'lys... Then ya know how we roll we go through the VIP( hey let me sound a lil important lo okay I sound like conceited go ahead insert your insult here ____) So the good part we were up outta of the cold and proceeded to the bar area, I got my water lol so we're talking near a covered pool table and randomly this guy makes his way over ( first impression screamed gay---sorry) but anyway he was funny and then his friend came over and them two were only adding to the gay theory, I though they were a couple, I was very wrong later to find out... I had a fun time,there was this one guy who I like how he danced, I met a nice guy fun time dancing, nice all around and here's a story for the grandkids I got invited to the playboy mansion--random yes--why? go figure --Granted I dont believe I fit the type at all and just to throw the stereotype out there I was pretty covered up compared to some of the girls there, so yeah really go figure....Good night overall only downside was that I had to get up the next day to run a 5K at 7 am and I'll let you know why when I figure it out... to my surprise (and dismay) it was all uphill and all I heard was a voice in my head saying " but the club was fun last night wasnt it?" and all I could do was smile and reply "Yes it was...." Those are some of my lil adventures...Thanks lys' always good times....Bris' I wish you weren't soo sick feel better!!...
Emotionally, Im not where I want to be...It's been a process. My random days of being able to play basketball again have been a breath of fresh air, it's not so sad as it was at first...There's a bit of a light in my life that makes me smile, that makes me feel happy and although Im not fully ok yet 'lys tells me to enjoy it... I have to admit I did something that throws me back a lil tiny bit though, I looked him up knowing that the season had started up again, knowing how easy it was to, I dont know why I did it, then again I think I do, part of me wants to see if he's okay, I was surprised to see he hadnt played in the first 2 games, It's self-torture really I know I shouldnt and that it doesnt help anything. I'm still trying to figure it out, maybe knowing that he's okay when there were times he wasnt will help me not worry about it when I shouldnt, as much as I'd like to hate him, have ill feelings I cant I dont think I could ever. Maybe it's because I feel I should, regardless of what happened and all the time, everything, I cant. In the end Im still wishing his happiness. I dont know what things would be like should I ever see him face to face again, just him and me, one side momentarily would want to go off but I think more than anything I think there are a lot of questions with why? But I cant think of that anymore and I need to concentrate energies elsewhere, that bridge will be crossed if ever reached. For now though Im gonna enjoy the things that help my life be positive, my friends,K, basketball( including the best thing ever League Pass), etc. Cant do nuttin more....
posted by Shaistie at 11:50 PM

 
I feel like I took a crap backwards....
Okay this is a bit sad how little Im posting anymore maybe I think Im trying to make it seem that I have this incredible life that doesnt allow it, well true I am busy as hell but, here's the but I all not that interesting : work and school... what life? lol..... Let's see I think Im developing bitter feeling towards my professor, I swear this man needs a better hobby ( he's a member of the national resumee committee or something like that amogst other things) yuck! Work has just been that, work and a lot of it, and we have important events coming up so yeah... Here's good news to report though, last Saturday I went snowboarding with Rox and 'Gene you guys are absolutely the best I had a great time, granted I did end up a ll beat up but good times and guess what....I lost my snowman-building virginity lol....It was definitely a good day, lots of laughs ( I couldnt stop laughing especially when Rox landed on something and said I feel like I took a crap backwards--lol thinking about it again) ,pictures, film and I mean snowboarding c'mon sounds super to me thanks guys!!!
You know what? The Thursday before snowboarding Roxy Cheli 'Gene and me all met up to what might of been the last of our lunches :( you know what that day was a good day, I was neither happy not sad just normal, content if you will... Good lunch, some jokes, some shit talking, trouble splitting the bill but it was just nice...who knows if Im making sense.... and for the record, no Im not smoking anything lol ... I thought such a day should be remembered...
That Sunday night after the snowboarding trip I had a paper to write, it was Halloween, procrastination was calling, well no actually it was 'lys so we went out for coffee for a little bit setting a "curfew" to get me back home to write that damn paper... We talked awhile, good times lol... Although I should mention I was slightly creeped out by the Starbuck's employee. 'Lys was the responsible one and reminded me of my paper, damn.
Semester is almost ending I have a million papers due and research projests and Im getting tired just thinking about it...the sad thing is that I actually fully sleep in my bed, getting in the covers and all, like twice a week, the rest is spent in short intervals in my chair, on the bottom edge of my bed for little naps or something Im up finishing this or that... but like I said semester is almost over...
Alright I'll try to fill in some gaps here and there next time, hopefylly it'll be soon....
posted by Shaistie at 11:30 PM

 
...and she fell in the bushes...
It's things like these that reassure me that no matter how big of an ass I can be there will always be someone to laugh right along with me...Cheli poor Cheli, after we found out that you were okay all four of us had a good laugh and even though it was at your expense you laughed right along with us....Im lucky I've found good friends... Yes, sometimes I indirectly cause them to um miss class, but c'mon Roxy you were hungry right? Thanks for coming along you know its always good times withcha. hug? okay no, I know perhaps a high five? I knew you wouldn't leave me hangin...I hope lol...
Today's thoughts:
*why am I bad at recieving compliments? did I miss the
"how to" on that one?
*why cant I sit through an entire baseball game on T.V and
yet I can watch the last couple innings like an avid fan?
Go Yankees? lol
*Men suck
*Damn this sandwich is good--->Domingo your sooo good to me
*Cell phone--->off
*18 more days til Basketball New Year! ( tears of joy I'm well
overdue, Im deprived)
*Spain for a semester?
*Summer internship?
*Rain=cold =brrr=bad.....BUT snowboarding closer woohoo!!!

Neiman Marcus Brownies lot of work but damn, good pick me upper most definately....well Im developing a habit maybe bad maybe good but I come home on tuesdays to chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and a taped episode of that nights EVE, good looking out courtesy of my lil' bro. On the real, sometimes the kid can be useful, um I mean sweet. I think he noticed slightly, as much as a guy can anyway, and he's been pretty cool about it, the other day he left a bag of skittles on my desk with a post-it with just a happy face drawn on it, granted he'd kill me if he knew I published this part, lets keep this between you and me lol...

I found out that he went back.... I shouldnt think about it anymore.... guys suck
posted by Shaistie at 11:38 PM

 
It's always been me....
Going back to the start, yep. Trying to regain some of me back. You know the ball in my hands feels good. Although it did hurt and I had to swallow hard I allowed myself to get back to it. My hands dirty, the sound, all the feelings that I've known so well that I had forgotten. I cried hard. All the emotions pent up inside, everything. I think I've found an old friend. How could I forgotten? You've always helped me through and today well today will be a little easier. I stopped thinking after some time only one thing mattered. It didnt matter what I have to finish for work, school, anything, this was me. I have to learn to be me again. So my blog bare with me....


posted by Shaistie at 10:27 PM

 
Lately....
I've been gone. Gone away from the blog but I dont think Ive had the courage to write. I know that makes little sense. I have made choices and through my own choice ( redudancy) a lot has remained to myself. So I have to say Im losing my gift of changing the subject it's completely obvious when I do so. So let's see what's happened to me. I met up for a movie with an old friend J I hadnt seen him in awhile although emails were exchanged it's not the same. So it was a good time except there comes a point when you realize that it wasnt such a friends going to a movie night, not that anything happened but I dont think Im at a good point to go there, well he'll be leaving come Nov. and although I've been offered an amazing gift from him, emotionally not good timing. Let's see what else Im a lil excited Rom' will be coming home soon. I've been thinking and maybe in the next months my life wont be such a mess. Im hoping that I will have a clear head and that I will be able to ease my way on my way again. These last months, year hasnt been the easiest and well I need to take a good friends advice and take it one day at a time. Im not alright right now. But Im trying. I think I gotta learn some things over again, remember some, seperate definately seperate. I cant be afraid. Rom' is trying I think I've just closed myself up for so long that I dont allow for anyone to get close but as I think about it and maybe. I think that what I like and appreciate so much is that he makes me smile. This has been and will continue to be a slow process but one day at a time. Sometimes i get so mixed up but for right now I need to fix the damaged me and get back to a good place.
posted by Shaistie at 10:46 PM

 
We be clubbin'...
Labor day weekend cant be all work.... Or so I decided well technically I didnt want to think and well I was sure that it'd be fun, so I get off of work ( yeah I had a damn 14 hr day and 8 the night before) and I call Bris' and ALys' and well I lil convincing was needed for Bris' ( her leg was only cooperating when it felt like it Brissa take charge, the leg doesnt control you.... okay lame I know) Anyway we meet up at Bris' house and we drive up to the White Lotus and XES ( yes that is SEX spelled backward nice huh?) Anyway we , as in Aly and me decide that Bris is making the decision to pick either the white lotus or xes (we did park on Xes' side though) OKay but then I technically interfered with the decision and well we had to cross the street to get to whit lotus. ALl the while I was hoping that it wouldnt suck that night or I wouldnt hear the end of it. You know acyually the wierd thing is that we didnt opt for the scientific method of picking ( flipping a coin... lol) So this one guy gets us into the club, there was a wait yuck but anyway we got in and we were having a good time. The funny or wierd or odd or completely huh momnent of the night is that we ran to a teacher we had in high school, he's not old maybe 27 max now (according to Eugene) but yeah we talked and it was ok it was just a lil odd. Adding to other choice moments of the night there was a couple "dancing" next to us that well, they were um ... okay he straight up f'd her right there, yeah gross, it's something that I didnt need the "pleasure" of being next to. Lets see oh there was this one dude that was staring at lys in this sort of stalker slightly psycho mesmerized look. Crap maybe I shouldnt of reminded you, scary .... But overall a good night, near the end I was danced with this one guy that I thought was on the cute side who knows though maybe it was the lighting, Im kidding lol but he smelled good, he passed the teeth/smile test, and he had a good voice, and he was tall enough for me (if I can wear heels and he isnt shorter and even still a bit taller it's all good) I liked him, only bit of a down side is that he smoked... There was another guy too, this guy was really tall, good dancer, I was comfortable and he also had a nice smile. Both these guys got my number but I know that they probably wont call ( it be nice especially the first one but I seriously doubt it)but it's okay though it was a fun night with my girls and that was the important thing thanks for going along with my craziness and coming with and you know we have to do it again lol. By the way I got home in time to get an hour and a half sleep before getting up again to go to work. That's the only way to do things lol....Good times fun shit.......
posted by Shaistie at 10:45 PM

 
How things have changed, How nothing's changed

I ran into Mari today. I havent seen her since graduation ( knockin on 4 years, yes it's been that long). It's weird to talk about life, what we've done and what our future plans are. I guess it still hasnt fully sunk in that Im 21 not 16 and how life and time has passed. I've known Mari since 7th grade, I still remember passing notes across the room in Mrs. Stuart's math class thinking we were all slick. Although high school things changed a bit we'd still talk and a bit of the crazyness still went on in French class. Although things changed it' good to know that your doing well and that your on your way to doing what you want to do. She didnt recognize me at first it took her a second. I dont think that I look very different, I still see myself as the same only life and a tinge of time has gone by.
And now I go back to thinking that there are some things that are the same from high school, this feeling, many of my friends. It be great to see all the people that I have crossed my life's path. I'd like to hear that they're all doing great and that their dreams are on the way to being fufilled, that they are happy. That would make me happy.


posted by Shaistie at 12:36 AM

 
Had to...
It's true that I have been neglectful of my blog but more than anything I have been trying to avoid certaint things in life that well to tell the truth I still cant handle. Maybe it was my foolishness thinking that this year would be different concerning everything. I know that I have a near two maybe three month gap that I have yet to fill and maybe I will maybe I wont I guess it'll depend on life, I dont know it could be tomorrow, next week, month, or maybe never, maybe I'll let those things reside inside of me and when I look back at this maybe it'll sting a little less. I know Im being vague but just an accumulation of things have really tested me and I dont know how Im doing. I guess I gotta learn to breathe again, stand up once more, but right now it's hard, it's real hard.

posted by Shaistie at 11:35 PM

 
Range Rover Detour got us lost...
Well after my class I get a call from cheli like usual and she tells me she's with Artur at the Student Services Building. I havent seen Artur in who knows how long so I head over there. Eugene meets us there and we we're all joking around a bit reminiscent of our high school days. Well I had a nail appointment but I called to make it a bit later, Artur decides to cut class ( this wasnt under my influence I wont take credit) and we head over to the mall, I had already had gotten Alys' part of her b-day present but we all went to get her something together.It took us a bit but the boys picked part of it. After an awkward moment or two we laughed and headed to get food cause apparently these boys were famished ( they need to eat like every 30 min, ok Im exaggerating a bit but still). I totally miss my nail appointment by an hour with Long (my nail guy) and when I get there he had his two next appointments there so I had to settle for the next available person. Note to self: Dont miss your nail appointment wtih Long. Not that my nails were bad I just wasnt too crazy about them. But anyway continuing with the new places for birthday dinners after a bit of research the Barefoot Bar and Grill seemed like a good place to go. After a week of planning and phone calls, so much for the surprise Marc, did you really believe that Alys' wouldnt put that paper back together and then my total unsmoothness only confirmed it dammit. Well I picked up Brissa totally making it a point to do it early. I got to her house and then we headed off. The early thing was also because after my birthday I learned that this freeway always has traffic so I planned accordingly. Anyway getting off the freeway Brissa had the Mapquest direstions and we were driving down wilshire. Bris' and I were joking around and stuff trying to find the next street to turn on. Out of the corner of my eye I see this pearl white (yes Im observant) Range rover and the driver motioned for us to roll down the window. Partly because lately I have been feelin a bit um I guess for lack of a better word neglected, so I do and he starts off by saying "I'm not trying to jack you or anything..." We're trying to talk and drive at the same time (not safe) Im hoping there is no accident. But he gives me his number and my dumb ass doesnt press save so the phone goes back to it's home screen so he had already changed lanes. I told Bris' what happened so we try and catch up all the while looking for this street to turn on. Well maybe he saw that we were tryin to catch up who knows but we finally do and I tell him what I did so I get his number again and this time I catch hs name and then we realize that that's the street we needed to turn on so I make an abrupt turn. Anyway mapquest didnt work so well cause we got lost and apparently we werent the only ones. We were all pretty much an hour late eventhough I left early sucks huh? Well it turns out that this place isnt all that far maybe 3 blocks over from Il Fornaio where we had my birthday. Address totally threw us off cuz Il fornaio said Beverly Hills and the Barefoot Bar and Grill said West Hollywood and they really not that far apart. So anyway it's a bit different than described, it was described more casual than it really was but it was okay it was a nice place.I had some great pasta there and Roxy ate some near- exinct fish or something ( thanks for the bite now I can say I had it before it was illegal to) Marc bought a bottle of wine I think we all had a pretty nice time unfourtunately Aracely and Eugene had to leave a little early and Hiromi couldnt make it and Artur didnt call back. We had this waiter of whom we were debating whether he was straight or not but he did get a bit touchy with 'lys, and for some reason he thought it was my birthday until i told him otherwise. He was real nice though. We stayed til about closing. I took Briss' home we talked on the way , it was fun hope it was fun for you 'lys!
posted by Shaistie at 1:50 AM

 
Talks and walks
So I went out with Brissa had a little coffee at Citywalk. We seem to have great talks there about almost anything. Okay well we have great talks anywhere but we end up at citywalk most of the time, and it make a great place for people watching.Heard some good music, man Briss we definately gotta go into the Rumba Room or the Tu Tu Tango. I saw a couple people from school there but mostly we talked about stuff like future plans (sign of growing up? ) and I got to hear about "chicken" guy. Good times, fun shit lol. Thanks Briss'....
posted by Shaistie at 1:31 AM

 
Happy Birthday 'Lys....
I hope your having the bestest time in Vegas I totally wish I could be there. I think I may have been the first the text you for your b-day ( yeah I'll stop pattin myself on the back). Anyway many high five's hugs and best wishes. We've known each other near half our lives which is crazy if you think about it but I seriously doubt that we'll ever run out of things to talk about. We've shared so many things and as wrong as it sounds o many virginities lost lol, But thanks for being the beautiful person you are both inside and out (double stampies no erasies no nuclear breakies and anything else that I may have missed :P ) I know that I can be a handful but thanks for sticking it out with me. Love ya much girlie!
posted by Shaistie at 1:19 AM

 
Last minute flight perhaps...
Okay so I think for months ALys' has been telling me not to plan anything because we would be going to Las Vegas for her 21st, well as the world is obsessed with screwing me over and killing all my fun remember that exam I was suppose to have last Friday? well she postponed to of all days to tomorrow. SHe said something about them leaving tonight and I could of left right after my night class but yeah the damn exam messes my "strategerie" up. OKay so I was thinking of a plan b since I wouldnt be able to drive up there with them. So I proceeded to look for a one way flight up there and then just drive back down with them home. Well the flight that was available after my exam didnt arrive til like 5 pm and then I found out that it was sold out and that the next one wouldnt get in til like 7 pm well I feel bad they'd be gettting ready to go out or who knows so yeah so much for my Vegas plans. Sigh I had been looking forward to it I so need a break. Okay enough for right now I have to do some reading for the exam (bitterness inserted here) nice.....
posted by Shaistie at 11:08 PM

 
Ms. Carter of course Im coming!
A lil late but you know I wouldnt let ya down. Well after a bit of thinkin I got you the next best thing for your Birthday (the other would involve the kidnpping and wrapping of Mr.Carter and neither him nor the Raptors would appreciate it ) SO anyway I pick up Brissa and we head over to the place where she's having her party. After a successful arrival (Thanks mapquest) we debate whether to go in and wonder if Marc and Alys' were already there and then just then I get a call from 'lys asking for end directions to the place so we decide to wait and go in in numbers well speaking for myself damn selfconsciosness holds me back. Okay Okay I know one of my biggest flaws and Im working on it I think Im slightly better what d'ya think Roxy? Anyway so we wait and we're lookin for Marcs car to come by and then we get another call. Turns out that they were waiting for us at the entrance and so we tell them we're still in the car and they come. Since they were at the door they got a peek inside 'lys decided to change cause she didnt feel covered up enough and either way we were still sticking out to say the least. Well we finally made it to the door (an hour late) and we were met by Subha who looked so pretty. We were pretty much told to sit anywhere so we sat, talked, Justina and her boyfriend Carlos came, we joked around, sang Happy Birthday, gave some high fives, made our way to the dance floor some and then it was time to go. Alys' was tired so Marc took her home and I took Brissa home okay well not exactly see Bris and me decided we had some guy drama and drama to talk about and decided to talk over coffee. It was past midnight and the Denny's was right there and something about all you can drink Vanilla Cappucino's is appealing ( and we had some strawberry cheesecake) and we stood out there a bit too but it was that kinda night anyway we talked awhile then as always I have work so we call it a night I drop her off and now my brain is goin over ish that we talked about ... sigh.... Why are guys so damn hard to understand? Anyway A big ol' high five and hug to ya Subha your 21!! I hope that you had the bestest time and that your birthday wish, heck everyone of your wishes comes true, you looked so pretty Im jealous (but in the good way) Much luv girl !!
posted by Shaistie at 1:59 AM

 
Dammit, Damn April Fools
Okay really so you got me lys and I gotta admit it was good cause you had me thinking a million things at once and well yes no details necessary but for once I have to say damn text messaging. But yeah Happy April Fools, LOL (grr) okay it's funny now...
posted by Shaistie at 12:03 AM

 
Motown Feeling back again...

Alright my birhday has gone and past and I had fun. Planning it wasnt the highlight lol actually it was all worth it. Actually evites get a high five from me cuz they got info out and I got R.S.V.P.'s, driving directions were available, so yeah big up to evites. Anyway I got my nails done and then went about running a million and one errands ya know when is there one day when there ain't something to do? Well flahing forward I went and picked up Subha, it's so great seeing her, I miss her so much I dont get to see her so much anymore I think it had been a year , yeah Im a bastard I need to make time. The thing I love though is that it never feels like it's been long. Well anyway I failed to mention that we were running late. I finally get to Brissa's house damn near 7:50 and reservations were at 8:00, yeah so much for being there on time. Well anyway after getting Bris' we get on the freeway only to find that there's traffic yeah that was the kind of luck I was having nice huh? well we were about an hour late. We got lost. See I think it was something about being distracted by Louis Vuitton and Gucci that we seem to keep missing the restaurant that was right on the corner. And then Subha thought it said "Motown" so she didnt mention it. We're dorks and we do ish like that. I think Subha just wanted to Tiffany's and didnt mention it until she did ( I'd say j/k kidding but I think it's partly true, which part? the part that she wanted to see Tiffany's but she really thought that's what the sign said "Motown")It was the bestest to see all my friends there. Oh and Mary was there. Gosh it's been so long since I had seen her, there are so many things that we need to catch up on. Well my food was good, I mean lobster ravioli what more could I want? I had my first legal drink, good times. Artut showed up about 10 something which was also great since he had to work and he still came , he kept his promise, I have such great friends. I had the bestest time and I got high fives and everything, I even got alled a ravioli, yeah not the slickest move I mean italian is so close to spanish that you can deduce what the hell they're talking about and in anycase if ther was any doubt I got Bris' to handle that...
I think the only crackheaded part of that place is that some person cant hold plates because they kept dropping them or something in the kitchen, who knows maybe they were playing frisbee. We stayed til closing basically and then decided to freeze our asses outside trying to decide what to do afterwards as oppose to doing that inside. But wait that's no fun, we always do that. So anyway Mary had to go home and Agnes also left. Eugene and Cheli had left earlier but Im so happy that she was able to come, Subha needed to be home so we decided to drop her off and decide there.
We get to her house, we say goodbye and then we're just hangign out side her house kinda stalkerish, with any luck cops would be pulling up but no sprinklers get turn on soaking our cars and catching some of us a bit as we ran off in a slight panic lol . We end up at Denny's for hot chocolate/vanilla capuccino's ( free refills :) )
Artur hadnt eaten so he et food we hang out for awhile and then it was near two I think and since I have to go to work I decided to call my night a wrap to my dismay though. Nah but Marc and 'Lys offered to take Hiromi home and Artur took Bris' home and I was able to catch a few extra ZZZ's before having to get up for work ( ok so it was like 2 hours sleep so what it was fun). SO Anyway thanks everyone for coming and making it so special for me I love you all, high fives to all!!!!!!!!!
posted by Shaistie at 12:39 AM

 
How about I put it all in a lockbox... a camoflauge lockbox....
Yeah It's been a bit of a stress thing with the whole birthday thing, yeah note to self: cut back on the planning ish . Nah you'd think it would be so hard but it does get a lil "sticky" wait does that make any sense? "hard" doesnt fit well oh well fuck it. Thinking involves work and Im in serious debt with the brain. Figuring where to go, especially being on this trying new places kick is a bit hard, this involves "Stra-te-gery" (thanks SNL ) Anyway there comes the issue of picking a place that everyone can find something they'd like to eat and then price and then distance. Now that out of the way, calling everyone and their mothers, that's a whole 'notha thang, especially if your like me and with cell phone half the time I can t get it so yeah Im a big fan of the text message. Okay Im a REALLY big fan of the text so many uses for it, text message I owe you on sooooooooo many accounts lol. So then there's the R.S.V.P part actually I found a slightly slick approach ( here I go thinking Im the real dooky now) But apparently they have a planner and you can send e-vites and that takes care of directions, time, everything. Nice. Reservations. Now that gets to be a toughy, I dont think in all the times we've gone out had we ever had the right amount of ppl under the reservation. But the bestest part of it all after a million phone calls, some jokes cracked is when you see everybody around the table . Good food Good people Great times .... hope my attempt for this Friday turns out high five worthy.....

posted by Shaistie at 1:45 AM

 
Oh crap it's my birthday .....
Wow it's a little funny how you start to not be so excited when these come around anymore but what the hey yep it's Damn official no more sneaking, lying, pretending my ass is finally 21....... NIce huh? well come to think of it it might really be true that you do most of your drinking by the time your 21 but then again Im up to be proven wrong. LOL. BUt yeah my ass is getting old lol Im an old fart so yeah I think I should stop pattin my own back on this whole birthday thing. Im a dork. Anywho what kind of self-absorbed bastard have I become to write this before morning class , anyway happy birthday to me? Yeah what a bum... more to come..........
posted by Shaistie at 7:18 AM

 
BJ's Lip Gloss
Long ass mofo day. Long list of to-do including darkroom time to make prints for my photography class. Anyway was suppose to meet roxy for lunch at 12 but I ran an extra 20 minutes because my damn fiber paper takes longer to dry ... The night before she was craving Pizza ( craving sounds pregnant woman-ish) BUt anywho I get to her house to find her doing some yard work with her mom. We head to Bj's there's a it of a traffic problem and mandatory Valet conspiracy? I mean they only parked my car like a foot away. So anyway even though we initially had said pizza we still looked over the menu lol and Roxy gets her "weird" pizza, Okay it want that wierd she's the one who mentioned it somthign like green peppers and sundried tomatoes and olives was it? I had mushrooms olives and artichokes very good. We're talking about next Friday and stuff, I dont want to decide, Im in such a lazy mode now. Anyway towards the end food there's thos stand up things on the table and it sells BJ's teeshirts and stuff and I say that I want a Bj's big glass and for some reason or another Roxy hears Lip gloss, now what typw of beer flavor is that? LOL always making me laugh even when Im drinking lemonade and near choke on it. I swear you repeated exactly what I said verbatim as if it were new even though I said it a few second before, you deserve a high five for that.....insert high five here... Man Roxy we dont hang out as much as we used to but man it's always fun. SO when we go to get our car the guy is confused or something and doesnt look like he's gonna get my car and it's like 2 feet away so I ask if I can just get it being that it is right there walking distance and all, and being that I didnt need it Valet in the first place yeah I know but whatever . Highlight of the day Thanks Roxy for lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Shaistie at 11:23 PM

 
My 8 miles.....
I didnt work today. Feels wierd to just state that but it wasn to stay home , when does that happen? But anywho I was at the L.A marathon and fourtuantely I didnt get suckered into promotions I had a bigger mission at hand that day. See it's been a couple years now since my dad's incident and he has been working at building himself into running the marathon under our encouragement . See Im not a runner. I play basketball . How much sense does that make? See just plain running isnt appealing. But yeah I sucked it up al in the name of moral support. 26.2 miles for fun? who does that ish for fun? apparently my dad does along with all his running buddies. But anywho we were all there at the start of the race and then we all split . My brother would be at the finishline my mom would be meeting my dad at mile 8 and I would be at 16. So after he ran by and I got a glimpe of Big Boy who gave me the fist in the air and a smile I dropped my mom off at mile 8 and then I went to 16 where she would take the car to the near the finish. So my dad ran ran the first 8 alone and then my mom ran the next 8 with him . I was a little scared of missing them but then again my dad was wearing that brightass highlighter yellow shirt and my mom was wearing a more subdued shade of yellow herself. It was so hot that day but yeah after a brief exchange it was my turn, what the hell was I thinking? It was for encouragement and to keep an eye on him but he did it , all 26.2 miles of it. He was beaming at the end, I was thinking Im not a runner Im a basketball player lol though I dressed the part. But I shouldnt complain I failed to mention that at the start of it there were people who were blind, there was a man with one leg on crutches, and others that show us the meaning of determination. May be we dont have it so bad after all..... Congrats Dad you finished oh and he beat Oprah's time too lol 4:17:32 ....
posted by Shaistie at 11:09 PM

 
Unjigglin' JELLO, tossed salads, and a Very Happy Birthday to Eugene and Cheli!
OKay so change of plans and our Saturday took a backward trip to Friday. Long day, actually a bit of crazyness on Thursday but overall I think it was a good time had lol. We had our celebration at Cheli's house. She's so great she made food, although we're tripping where the Chicken came from since she disappeared from the kitcen hmmm, Marc suggested the front seat of her car lol. Plan to make a cake fell through with time constraints, so I bought Oreo cake. I had about 30 minutes to get their presents but sometimes we work well under pressure. When I got there Aly and Marc were already there, but Eugene wasnt so I wasnt that late.... I think Ive been pretty good at it for the most part. Anywho Eugene gets there and a short while later Justina and her boyfriend gets there with salad needing to be tossed. The Jello Queen (cheli) made jello to go along with all the other food that was really good. The Ice Queen (Aly) had the responsibility of ice and mind you she's excellent at it ;) . The cake queen ( me) isnt a title I think i deserver being that I didnt make it lol. The soda queen (marc) was responsible for the soda. Yeah all night there were random jokes of eugene looking like Marc's gay classmate, the salad Justina brought needing to be tossed, oh but the one that took the cake wa the Jello. See cheli made it with milk so it's jiggleness and see-through-ness was missing, see it's not so crazy for cheli carlos and me but it was funny teasing her about it but for the record and we reassured her troughout the night that it was very good because it was and that we were just joking. We played gestures, that was fun but that point that we gave you for free tied if and so we went into sudden death round and but of course we won , insert high five here.It was a lot of fun we laughed and I think that Cheli and eugene had a good time and that's the most important, Happy Birthday you guys !!!!
posted by Shaistie at 12:39 AM

 
Louise's, Man thongs, and candy apples....
Yep things like that tend to happen when Alyssa and me team up for a random night, a random night indeed, lol. So whatchu doing Friday? Well after a bitch of a day, argument at work not even worth mentioning but I ddid so that's contradicting but hey back on topic, fufilling other people's job description not mine is no reason to be bitter I mean I aint got shit to do I dont have enough shit that it's okay to throw a bit of your shit pile on to my growing grass, get it together people! Okay maybe that's a bit harsh and even bitchy but it gets old quick, we're all responsible for our job(s) we're all adults (ooh scary.......) But yeah its frustration talking anyway, so Aly comes over and we head off. Forgetting all the drama and ish good times were to be had. So we pick a random freeway and head over to Pasadena, get off at a random exit , turn on the second street, not the first one mind you but good call 'lys, we're driving down the street looking for a random place to eat and an ATM. Then the next mission wa to find parking, so what if we took a Kaiser Permanente person's parking spot I doubt that they needed it lol. So we're walking and we find an ATM outside the movie theater there but it's all picky and shit and so we move on to find Wells Fargo is a little ways away. We keep walking, Im so hungry I didnt eat anything the whole day and we walk by Cheesecake Factoy , point was to try something new and there on the corner there's a place called Louise's Trattoria. Random enough we go in and sit down and wait for a table. The manhost is screaming gay which is funny and then this is where sometimes I shouldnt be that observant but you could totally tell he was weraing a manthong , not content with this new found fact I had the need to share with Aly, not only were we starving but now we couldnt stop staring at this dude's posterior. Talk about a bit of torture the waiters kept going by us with food, not funny. We finally got a table ( only about a 10-15 min wait) and warm bread was waiting , which was good with olive oil and Balsamic. I love outings like this but for a minute I was reminded how old we really are sometimes I forget. Food was good , Broccoli ravioli was delish and Aly's chicken looked good---what do you say Aly? Anywho we spent a good couple hours there talkin. When we left we decided that it had been a good call goin there and on our way back to the car we saw a bunch of different dipped apples and the coveted snickers apple, we went inside and I got a normal one for my mom ( you dont undrstand she turns into a little kid when she had one ) bad store to go into theres so much chocolate and candy you could take out a small loan to buy all that your eyes are telling your head and stomach you want. Anyway had a super time, it never feels like I Aly enough and I love our talks. Hope to do it again soon .....
posted by Shaistie at 12:42 AM

 
So your Drinking....
So we went to the Elephant Bar and Grill for Hiromi's birthday dinner. We're on this let's try new places trip and so we usually stay somewhere iin the Northridge or Canoga are that well Burbank was a change. And super bonus was that this time I didnt have to stress on picking the spot Alys' took care of that. Anyway so I pick up brissa and meet up at Hiromi's house. We all get together there and then drive over to the restaurant. I needed gas so we stopped on the way to the freeway and then as we were heading off to the freeway entrance I sort of cut off a truck driver and kinda forced Marc to ( who was following me) , we heard this truck screeching and horn honked, did your life flash before your eyes marc? lol sorry about that. Justina, Agnes, Avani, and Justina's Boyfriend, and Roxy's brother met up with us there. Well we were a bit short on the seating but we all squeezed in and we all had a good time. Something about eating under the tree and over the tree happened as Brissa explains in her blog. Anyway Hiromi has her first legal drink ( although they got a bit generous with the alcohol for her) and we all laughed and I'd say had a good time. After we left the restaurant as tradition would have it we stood around in the parking lot for a good half hour or so trying to decide what to do next. We didnt come up with anything so I drove the girls back to Hiromi's and Brissa home. Overall good times hope you had fun Hiromi!
posted by Shaistie at 1:38 AM

 
So your Drinking....
So we went to the Elephant Bar and Grill for Hiromi's birthday dinner. We're on this let's try new places trip and so we usually stay somewhere iin the Northridge or Canoga are that well Burbank was a change. And super bonus was that this time I didnt have to stress on picking the spot Alys' took care of that. Anyway so I pick up brissa and meet up at Hiromi's house. We all get together there and then drive over to the restaurant. I needed gas so we stopped on the way to the freeway and then as we were heading off to the freeway entrance I sort of cut off a truck driver and kinda forced Marc to ( who was following me) , we heard this truck screeching and horn honked, did your life flash before your eyes marc? lol sorry about that. Justina, Agnes, Avani, and Justina's Boyfriend, and Roxy's brother met up with us there. Well we were a bit short on the seating but we all squeezed in and we all had a good time. Something about eating under the tree and over the tree happened as Brissa explains in her blog. Anyway Hiromi has her first legal drink ( although they got a bit generous with the alcohol for her) and we all laughed and I'd say had a good time. After we left the restaurant as tradition would have it we stood around in the parking lot for a good half hour or so trying to decide what to do next. We didnt come up with anything so I drove the girls back to Hiromi's and Brissa home. Overall good times hope you had fun Hiromi!
posted by Shaistie at 1:38 AM

 
So your Drinking....
So we went to the Elephant Bar and Grill for Hiromi's birthday dinner. We're on this let's try new places trip and so we usually stay somewhere iin the Northridge or Canoga are that well Burbank was a change. And super bonus was that this time I didnt have to stress on picking the spot Alys' took care of that. Anyway so I pick up brissa and meet up at Hiromi's house. We all get together there and then drive over to the restaurant. I needed gas so we stopped on the way to the freeway and then as we were heading off to the freeway entrance I sort of cut off a truck driver and kinda forced Marc to ( who was following me) , we heard this truck screeching and horn honked, did your life flash before your eyes marc? lol sorry about that. Justina, Agnes, Avani, and Justina's Boyfriend, and Roxy's brother met up with us there. Well we were a bit short on the seating but we all squeezed in and we all had a good time. Something about eating under the tree and over the tree happened as Brissa explains in her blog. Anyway Hiromi has her first legal drink ( although they got a bit generous with the alcohol for her) and we all laughed and I'd say had a good time. After we left the restaurant as tradition would have it we stood around in the parking lot for a good half hour or so trying to decide what to do next. We didnt come up with anything so I drove the girls back to Hiromi's and Brissa home. Overall good times hope you had fun Hiromi!
posted by Shaistie at 1:38 AM

 
So your Drinking....
So we went to the Elephant Bar and Grill for Hiromi's birthday dinner. We're on this let's try new places trip and so we usually stay somewhere iin the Northridge or Canoga are that well Burbank was a change. And super bonus was that this time I didnt have to stress on picking the spot Alys' took care of that. Anyway so I pick up brissa and meet up at Hiromi's house. We all get together there and then drive over to the restaurant. I needed gas so we stopped on the way to the freeway and then as we were heading off to the freeway entrance I sort of cut off a truck driver and kinda forced Marc to ( who was following me) , we heard this truck screeching and horn honked, did your life flash before your eyes marc? lol sorry about that. Justina, Agnes, Avani, and Justina's Boyfriend, and Roxy's brother met up with us there. Well we were a bit short on the seating but we all squeezed in and we all had a good time. Something about eating under the tree and over the tree happened as Brissa explains in her blog. Anyway Hiromi has her first legal drink ( although they got a bit generous with the alcohol for her) and we all laughed and I'd say had a good time. After we left the restaurant as tradition would have it we stood around in the parking lot for a good half hour or so trying to decide what to do next. We didnt come up with anything so I drove the girls back to Hiromi's and Brissa home. Overall good times hope you had fun Hiromi!
posted by Shaistie at 1:38 AM

 
So your Drinking....
So we went to the Elephant Bar and Grill for Hiromi's birthday dinner. We're on this let's try new places trip and so we usually stay somewhere iin the Northridge or Canoga are that well Burbank was a change. And super bonus was that this time I didnt have to stress on picking the spot Alys' took care of that. Anyway so I pick up brissa and meet up at Hiromi's house. We all get together there and then drive over to the restaurant. I needed gas so we stopped on the way to the freeway and then as we were heading off to the freeway entrance I sort of cut off a truck driver and kinda forced Marc to ( who was following me) , we heard this truck screeching and horn honked, did your life flash before your eyes marc? lol sorry about that. Justina, Agnes, Avani, and Justina's Boyfriend, and Roxy's brother met up with us there. Well we were a bit short on the seating but we all squeezed in and we all had a good time. Something about eating under the tree and over the tree happened as Brissa explains in her blog. Anyway Hiromi has her first legal drink ( although they got a bit generous with the alcohol for her) and we all laughed and I'd say had a good time. After we left the restaurant as tradition would have it we stood around in the parking lot for a good half hour or so trying to decide what to do next. We didnt come up with anything so I drove the girls back to Hiromi's and Brissa home. Overall good times hope you had fun Hiromi!
posted by Shaistie at 1:38 AM

 
Happy Birthday 'Romi
Yeah things have gotten a bit crazy and maybe the overwelming feeling I have is a lil my fault okay okay maybe my fault but yeah just gotta deal with it, right right........But Anyway this one is for you 'Romi " Have a wonderful Happy Birthday
and may you be blessed with many more. BUt on the real I still cant imagine you driving, walking is hard enough , nah Im just playing. I think a blog entry would go one for days to describe everytime you tripped, stumbled randomly fell out of your desk , off the stool and yep the list still goes on. But mostly all these funny memories you've filled our lives with one of the things that stands out the most, it was one day in math class , yep Sgt. Overton, I wasnt doing well and it was like most things that I kept to myself you sensed something through that half smile I carried and it's amazing what a few words can do. I keep them to this day, so for that and you I am thankful. Happy Birthday yet again much luv to you always.
posted by Shaistie at 12:48 AM

 
Happy Valentine's Day....I'm still seeing stars
OKay after forever of trying to get tickets tot he NBA all star game I got tickets to the next best thing and perhaps even better. I got tickets to the practice, granted that I did have to take the day off of work and that they did get a lil' pricey it was worth every penny, I can die now happy but more on that to come. So anyway last night I couldnt sleep the whole day I had been up getting things ready for it. I went bought the tape for the camcorder, film for the camera, batteries, shoes, making sure about a hundred times that I had the tickets. But anyway I couldnt sleep I was so excited but finally somewhere around 2 in the morning I forced myself to sleep only to get up at 4:50 am (yeah I set my alarm, actually 2 of them just in case) even though the actual practice didnt start until 10:30 in the morning but you know I had to blow dry my hair and do my make up cause you never know and I mean you never know. So yeah my brother and I left near 7 in morning. I think I was a bit too excited cause I got us there in 25 min with light traffic lol. Any way we got there in time to get parking inside the Convention Center at only $10 compare to the other parking options that were $20+. So we started off well, got there early, got great parking and we decided to go stand at the door instead of waiting a bit longer in the car. MIstakes made though: Decided jackets would get in the way do we froze a bit and I dont know how I justified to myself not to bring anything to get signed considering I have 6 brand new basketballs in their cases and jerseys who knows but I made up for it later. So we waited in line and finally they let us in at 9:30 after an extensive security procedure that was knocking close to feeling violated. Anyway our tickets also included a full day of Jam Session the interactive NBA theme park per say ( Do you think they had me in mind whenthey came up with this one?) The first thing that we did was visit the NBA store and got a couple of balls t-shirts pens pennants, maybe a bit overboard but not really last time the Allstar game was in L.A was 20 years ago.BUt yeah we saw Shaq taking on some people that by all means are way taller than me but who really isnt taller than me? And we took pictures but mostly we were more concerned with getting Sharpie's ready and camera/ camcorder combinations all set. Finally they let us into canter court itself and we got our seats and then Marc Jackson (not an all star but still a NBA player) is on the side lines oh I forgot to mention the best thing the tickets I got were 4 rows from the floor on the aisle perfect for getting autographs. Anyway Marc Jackson was the first to sign my ball and he was really nice about it too. Then here goes ( this one is for you 'lys) I saw Will Smith who was cracking jokes and was cute as a button( hey lys' remember it's not gonna last...lol). Anyway I have to admit Shaq is a pretty nice guy , and yeah I even got his autograph, the funny thing is that my hands look like a little kid's next to his. And now more fuel to my dislike of Kobe Bryant, bottom line he's a prick, and dont flatter yourself thinking I paid a penny to see you, bitter yes , mostly because the little kids that actually wanted to see his jackass didnt even get a sideways glance, no autographs, not even a wave, nothing. Talk about acting guilty (whether he's guilty or not isnt the issue). Anyway 'nuff about him blah. Oh and I guess he and Sam Cassell sat on the same sandpapered toilet becuz he was right alongside Kobe with the prick thing. So yeah anyway here goes my moment of moments I actually met Allen Iverson, and yes he touched my hand and smiled, yep Im good now, I can die ..lol.... oh if that wasnt enough I saw Nelly as well, I mean talk about a big ass bonus and candy apple koolaid style smile. yep I could stop here really I could. But then other highlights were that I got introduced to Paul Pierce and Kenyon Martin. I got autographs from them and Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Tim Duncan, Brad Miller, Dirk Nowitzki, oh and I saw Steve Francis strip lol he gave away his stuff he kept his short though keeping it pg rated per say. LOl. And yes Yao Mimg is a BIG man I mean as if I dont feel short enough that was ridiculous. I had so much fun there were so many things I saw Redman and Methodman perform although I missed glenn lewis. I saw bow wow and that kid needs some growwth pills or something he's on the short side, maybe he as a box to stand on or they get really short girls in his video. I saw Big Boy Fuzzy and Liz. There's so much to say but that'll be the "short" version of it. Oh and little ass me dunked, yep, I dunked, lol. So yeah I saw my men sihg Happy Valentine's day.........
posted by Shaistie at 12:00 AM

 
Dude, where's your car? No, really where is it?
Well I was about to call it a night and not do anything which is more than enough wvidence that I have no life or very little besides working and school, nice huh? Anyway, after a few calls I went to pick up Briss' which I havent seen in long ...time. Actually it worked out super because I was really in the mood to talk so yeah higgh five bris'! I had a lot of fun and on the for really bris' between ketchup and ranch I think your leaning more into ranch, sorry if I gave you ish to think about lol oh wait I dont think there should be a laugh there. Anyway we had a long walk and some coffee at citywalk which I havent been at in foreva. I saw two people from past classes, one that I really liked his clothes but it ends there and the other was the guy from my geology class last semester who is on the basketball team. I saw him twice and I failed to point him out in time so bris' could see him, that would of been helpful right? yep Im a dork but you know what it's about only one more month til my birthday and then I can finally participate lol. So when we leave all we remember was that I parked in the third floor, it took us about a good 10-15 minutes to look for my car, yep I was starting to get a bit worried ( Note to self: remember where you park , look, write it down, take a picture, do something, c'mon really, no , really). Finally found it and I met my car with a big hug ( dont I look proper hugging cars) and then I take Bris' home and on the way a ghetto bird was shining its spotlight and I drove in it and it was cool and yeah , highlights worth mentioning, right? Brissa just laughed. Anyway my night class last night is okay I think I mentioned before that I have the same professor and that it has a 48 percent failure rate so cross your fingers for me will ya? Actually I didnt realize that it is a real long time for a one a week class and at night, of all thing but I guess I gotta prioritize my time and I'll be ok. But yeah Im so wide awake and it sucks ass because I know damn right that I have to go to work and that I probably should be sleeping, ay why am I such a crackheaded child? Anyway works been tiring my back is sore just a smidge.But before I call it a night per say, I send a round of high fives to everyone,(insert high five here). Im a dork lol.
posted by Shaistie at 1:21 AM

 
Give me a couple weeks...
Well I started classes yesterday, yep. From the looks of it I think that my economics classes are gonna kick my ass all semester. Right off the bat the professor told us that there is a 48 percent failure rate...nice... and to make things spiffy Im taking two. For a brief second I thought about dropping them well I havent been to my MicroEconomics class yet but I have the same professor. Anyway It's a challenge that I'll benefit from. Im trying to be optimistic here so I gotta stay on top of things. Anyway I havent talked to anyone new and I think everyone is just there for class and that's it but we'll see how that goes. And with all this I even started considering taking that sociology class that Roxanne is taking. So yeah... Actually speaking of school I saw Cheli for the first time since december and we hung out during my reak on Monday. I saw Hiromi walking but then she wasnt lookin gup and I was on my way to park and she must of been one her way to class. Today Im not sure Artur saw me but he was behind me for a bit until I wove around the car in front of me to beat the red light. I feel sad thought that there isnt as much time with my firends. We can go for awhile before anybody calls anybody and sometimes I fear that we may grow apart, it's sounding a it dramatic but with some people more so than others but I still miss the old days. But at least there's still effort there to see each other. Anyway we'll see how life turns out but yeah give me a couple of weeks cause Im not the straight thinking person I should be lol wait I never am....There's still my night class to report on and any other random ish that happens alond the way.
posted by Shaistie at 11:51 PM

 
Maybe, who knows....
Let's see what has my mind been thinking about, hmmm.... Wait I've been thinking? Now that should scare me lol... Well class starts up again on Monday and I think it always happens that you start getting a tad bit aprehensive about it ya know , or maybe it's just me? Who knows you think by the third year of college these things wouldnt get to you but there's always that will my professor be a prick?, Will he be hard?, How much money this semester for books (that later cannot be sold back grr...)?, How early do I have to leave to find parking? Speaking of which damn I forgot to buy my parking pass you are an idiot. And who will be in my class? But then my mind goes off into more frivolous thoughts whether I should opt to go to the Allen Iverson after party paying the $60. I havent really been out out in awhile but then again I dont feel like heading there alone. So who knows.... hmmm.... And then I start thinking should I even attempt to go snowboarding again next weekend? And then the voice in my head says "Focus" and like every semester I promise to keep up with the reading and like every semester I slack off on one to finish the other. So yeah. And Iknow 'lys your gonna love this one: will they ever come out with the Fresh Prince of Bel Air DVD set ? Okay random I know.
Toning has become a tad bit complicated. See the gym closest to my house ( the next being near 15 miles away) is not up to par to say the least. It doesnt smell it stanks. Half the time shit dont work , so what do I do? Well lets see I have gotten up a 5 to go and shoot around and run the court a lil' , yes there is a 5 in the morning and it seems that it's one of the only times I can fit shit in, so much for trying yoga out lol. But Im trying to get my exercise in, not for weight loss or anything but just for health and toning reasons but due to stress I have lost weight . Blah blah who cares....
Blind dates. Hmm. Well never been on one and dont intend to. Story: Apparently co-worker feels like playing matchmaker and setting me up with her "he'd be perfect for you" friend. Now you can go several routes to get out of this one I chose the laugh-and-make-a-joke-while-changing-the-subject route. Lol strategy implemented because a simple decline wouldnt of served well in this case, nope. Anyway that was that
But highight of the day: I won a free meal off of the Jack in the Box cup thingy. Thanks Jack!!!!! and with that it's a wrap....
posted by Shaistie at 11:48 PM

 
I had a clever title.....
Yes I had a clever title, one tat Icame up with right as our snowboarding trip came to a close but my short term memory strikes again and for the moment I can't think of it .....It could of had something to do with baby squirrels or trucks who knows.But the snowboarding trip, ahh yes, I was up before the butt crack of dawn, 3 a.m. considering I went to bed at one cuz I was super excited anyway I took a shower and then gave 'lys a morning call. 'Lys and ROxy got to my house around 5:30 ish and after loading up my crap we were on our way. At one point we drove trough a truck resting stop (accident) had a good laugh and then sometime either before or after that with one of my random stories I managed to distract 'lys enough that we missed the exit, sorry... it was one of those exits that if you miss you gotta drive for awhile til the next one. WE were early I think 6:30 and we got to the Mc donald's that is on the way tothe mountain we stopped and ate in since Mt. High doesnt open til 8am. Well we left and on the way up the mountain a stupid baby squirrel with a death wish goes in frot of the car, according to alys' it may of been a dare to get into a squirrel gang you know how that goes lol. Anyway We get there and it turns out that we barely made parking. It was great. The snow was nice I couldnt be happier (insert high five here). Lys did great for her first time. One of my favoritest things was that the heavens opened up and snow came down. It was my first time seeing it snow. It was really light at first and it got a bit heavier not crazy blizzard style but it was so prettyful lol. We left and made a wrong turn somewhere and came to a road closed sign and it looked like a mini avalanche had occurred, a momentary thought of being trapped but we found our way back and headed to Chevy's for dinner. Orgasms, lol, great convo, especially how the guy in the booth behind us sat straight up when he heard that lol. I guess Im a bit modest and introverted on stuff like that. So yeah I had a great time, thanks 'lys for driving me home twice and I hope you've become addicted and will go again, high five? ANd yes I totally high fived roxy lol . I obtained 2 bruises one has a retarded story though I slipped and landed on my knee and the other was from some fucker on skies that according to some chick that came down near us had been knocking people over at full speed on purpose.Anyway it was super and cant wait til I get my own board......
posted by Shaistie at 11:49 PM

 
Another virginity lost.....
Yeah kinda was little tired yesterday and didnt have too much to add actuall y I did have something to add Im going Snowboarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was kinda sad because I looked forward to it all year long and I kinda wanted to go a bit more but damn work, grr.... Anyway yes another virginity lost, ay 'lys, How many is that now? See my 'lys is a snowboarding virgin and who better than to devirginize her of that than roxy and me........ Man good thing we've known each other this long or it would sound really wrong lol. Anyway goals of this trip:

*Teach 'lys to snowoard
*Try a better and more super jump
*High five Roxy at least 10 times while looking particularily dorky lol
*Have some crazy ass stories tell ( or at least funny ones)
*Obtain a really cool bruise that has a story behind it ( battle wounds c'mon Im not crazy)
*Fun lol this ones a given though

Anyway I'll tell you how it goes you know tail bone who needs a tailbone lol man I was thinking that I should get some sleep but Im too excited Anyway I got my board and Im off .............Would it be crazy to sleep strapped to it though? Im such a dork.......
posted by Shaistie at 10:51 PM

 
When they come knocking....
Maybe for once i got home a bit early, the family was out including my ucles that are visting anyway I'm tired and I was in the mood to sit a bit and have some tea, (trying to cut back on the junk food---> very easily I could of turned to the yummy Breyers sitting in the freezer but I was strong). Anyway I change into sweats and light sweater and as Im coming downstairs I hear a knock at the the door and I start slightly bitching to myself that no one but me carries house keys or are too lazy to pull them out to unlock the door. I open the door and there's a guy standing there oops and he says something about going to meet the neighbors or something. (and yeah if you must know he was cute, I was thinking he's so 'lys' type lol). Anyway On the real it was sitting a little on the wierd side but yeah we talked awhile, go figure. Random lol. That's that. Had a long day with the usual some bullshit but overall it was just long partly I think because my brother is having finals week and yesterday he had to finish this project and study for finals and so I took on the famous project (like you dont do ish like that roxy....) and long story short I put together only 3 hours of sleep last night. I think I gotta go get me some Valerian, insomnia is not fun, I guess I picked up something from all those health articles my pops leaves around, basically if your having trouble sleeping make some Valerian tea and put some lavender oil on your temples so there you go as the rainbow streams across with " The More you know...." lol, til tomarrow.
posted by Shaistie at 12:52 AM

 
Sixth grade...
To speak of elementary school isn't the best topic because there are a lot of not so super things, okay okay there were a hell of a lot of things not to mention that I went to 4 different ones. But anyway when I was in 4th grade there was a fifth grader that I had a lil crush on. Anyway it went on until the time that he graduated. As is my luck he was the type of guy that I knew would never look at me twice over, I was an admirer from afar, lol I'm such a dork. Anywho it went on until the time he graduated, he was a year older and I only saw him one time afterward when he came to open house or something with his brother who was a year younger than me. Okay this is going long enough, long story short on Friday I went to the ATM before heading over to ALyss' house and as Im getting out of the car he's there waiting his turn for the ATM. He's a lot taller (a lot) and he lost the ken doll hair that was "in style" with the boys of back then it's progressed into the next face of shaved and spikey which actually suits him well. Anyway it's funny because these are the type of people that you think you'll never see again. But anyway no I didnt say anything , big surprise, nah actually it was more because of the time period I knew him in. That makes little sense I think but to me but that's ok. So yeah that's the sixth grade boy.......

Well anyway 'Lys had to be back early to clean her apartment because her sister was coming to stay with her. We went to dinner at Macaroni Grill and no, the waiter wasnt there. Anyway after many artistice drawings and a good meal we called Roxane to see if she wante to find smething to do with us. She was with the cult, nah I'm only messing but we met up with them at Coffee Bean . Sat around, talked, laughed (at each other's expense lol). Anyway the place was closing and we proceeded to continue our converstation in front of the fountain. We were there for awhile and Roxy and her friends were going bowling but I had work and 'Lys needed to make her way back home. Got to 'Lys' and then talked a bit and then I went home.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that ALys' and me had our christmas present exchange, yeah whatever mid- January but who cares better late thatn never. It's funny really, how we think alike. Here's our present criteria for each other: Would I wear/like that? Well, if she doesnt like it I like it so ther's no loss......... What a way to shop lol. Fourtuantely for us we never run into that problem. Anyway she got me a necklace that totally goes with this sweater that I got so I'm in love with it and then she gave me the man of my dreams: Mr. Wonderful. He says all the right things, never complains, sigh.... If only he were for real ( and a lil darker too lol I need me some chocolate wink wink). Oh and by the way 'lys My mom loved the frog you got her thanks so much !!!

Monday and Happy MLK Jr's Day!!!! Not real eventful so yeah maybe next time lol........
posted by Shaistie at 12:42 AM

 
Oh hell naw....
Okay I gotta just mention that bitch of a bird again cuz oh no it fucking didnt..... Just because you little punk ass is out of the cage dont mean you gotta be chasing me or acting like your gonna peck somebody, this is MY house , yeah that's right lil' mofo, squakin' and shit like you own shit, yeah that damn bird made me get hostile, fuck the bird.....
Da other day I was texting with Roxy and i told her that everyone had gotten together to form an "ignore the Hell outta Shaistie" club, and then she told me she was in the same boat aww damn didnt see you on it but then again I missed that wall I ran into today, Yeah I ran into a wall. Not crazy style and in my own mind I played it off "Yeah I saw it I meant to do that" I know Im a damn retard but I work with what I got. Damn I miss my friends I hate this growing up and being grown up thang since when did we all get to be like this? But on the real sometime you just need to High five somebody, and No 'lys like you said it's not the same high fiving somebody over the phone.... (insert sad emoticon here) ....
Painting the town red........ now where the hell did that come from. See how much sense this makes : We live in L.A. and when we go out we have a hard time coming up with ish to do.....little sense huh? So yeah but I guess in the end it dont matter if your spending it with ya friends. So yeah mission at hand try something new put a little effort and we'll see how it goes. Yes the wheels are turning and it's been awhile.... But ya we'll see how it goes .....

posted by Shaistie at 12:11 AM

 
Damn Bird....
I dont know if I mentioned it but that bird that my brother has is a bitch. oh wait fuck technicalities it's a bitch. I tried talking nice to it, I gave it clean water to make peace with it and hell I even bought it a christmas present ( a lil' mirror) and that shit doesnt like me. But on the real, something about bird's feet gives me the heebeejeebeez dunno it's been that way since I was a kid, especially with pigeons. Anyway fuck the bird, damn bird.....
I failed yet again to obtain some time to myself really (not to mention my much longed for trip to New York) . Crap who knew it's damn near the end of January too.... Although work wise I have been productive I'm feeling a little like all work and no play makes me a dull girl ( Homer Simpsons' was better though....) Anyway I havent had much luck getting together with friends considering I still have a couple of Christmas presents that still need to be given haha procrastination..... So yeah maybe around mid March they'll get them. I do good work what can I say....

posted by Shaistie at 11:58 PM

 
Trying to take the pen cap off...
So yeah it's one of those things that lol I make no sense sometimes (ok most of the time but humor me a bit) I know somehow I havent been keeping this up as I should but on the real I could be doing worse and not bloggin at all. Anyway what's up blog how ya been? Well I really havent been doing much but work. I havent really seen my peoples since forever ago, Yep segregated from the world. wow that sounds so depressing nah didnt mean for it to sound like that , so misunderstood ... Works slowed down back to normal pace, Catering is back to normal to there's only so much holiday spirit in you ya know.
Random shit for ya though it's almost a year since I had eye surgery and it's been great seeing full-time... I remember this time last year I was scurred I guess the idea of laser pointed at your eye isnt very comforting lol Today tired: yes, but Im not sure how to descrie my mood only blah comes to mind yep Im very articulate. Im in the mood for something to happen... Damn you know what I realized I meant to get Sleeping Beauty being that it's my fav Princess movie ( that and Cinderella) something about vaults and going away... Ya know what? I need to get my thoughts together Im on shit crack, there's stuff to write but right now I need a cup of International Foods Coffee (something like that) and a book, reading when I dont got to, what a nerd........


posted by Shaistie at 1:18 AM

 
One more....
So a New Year starts. What I did for New Years hmmm.... Well ran around a bit getting ish together for my Pop's b-day. Made a cake, got balloons, food you know the works. The good thing about it all is that my pops had a good time and he was happy. Around ten they leave to go to their friends house and my brother has to go to his friends house and me well that's a good one. I got invited to go to a co-workers party (guy) but the thing is that I wasnt too crazy about going . Reason: I digress. Nah so I called some of my friends up but that didnt go over too well lol . 'Lys almost got me to go to a get together at I think her co-workers house but I dunno I guess I didnt feel right randomly showing up if that makes any sense. i dunno so what did I end up doing..... lol...... Well I called Malik's cousin ( female no Im not messed up like that) I havent talked to Carleese in months but she's fun so I call her and it turns out that she was in a similar mood/situation. Anyway we end up driving down Sunset no real motive or anything just going with whateva. Anyway we end up running into friends of hers that were heading to a party, I kinda felt like before about randomly showing up, anyway Carleese was driving and so she followed the other car and we get to the house that by the way was very nice. We get there and a few of Malik's friends are there so I dont feel awkward and then I do, I dont know if that makes sense. Anyway we kick it there and it was fun, met some ppl, the DJ was good and no I didnt drink (yeah New Years and no drinking lol). I'll digress there and end up by saying that I get home aroun 3:30 am yeah I know but I was dying considering that I had been up since 5 am the day before. My mom comes into my room I m not sure if she was surprised maybe she expected me to be home later or earler I cant tell I think because when they left I wasnt too chipper about going anywhere ( I said chipper lol) but anyway she tells me a lil about the get together they went to and then she goes back to bed I go to bed and that was it. I wake up and let's say I never watch the rose parade . Okay I watch a few floats here and there between channel surfing. The thing that didnt surprise me is that my mom had me cleaning with her. That woman, if a fly landed on the counter it would slip and break it's neck yeah but so much for a day of doing nothing. So one more year starts, here we go...........
posted by Shaistie at 11:58 PM