browsing the net aimlessly this morning, i found some good shit.

first up: the gallery of the absurd

i LOVE it! i hate renee and that's EXACTLY how she looks all the time. fuckin eh. good shit. i'll have to check out this site more often. along with go fug yourself which is just amazing as well. haha

second: britney spears' pregnant ugliness

most people by now know i am obsessed with finding pregnant britney photos that make her look bad. i read this morning that she is going to try and copycat demi on the cover of vanity fair. she'll never look as good! they'll airbrush that shit. gah! but i can't wait nonetheless. i hope it all goes thru cuz i wanna see that. haha anyway, i compiled some recent photos of her pregnant. enjoy!

bleh. i feel sick. worn out. i crashed out last nite and i have all this work to do! gah. i was gonna go to maximo park tonight but now i'm just gonna stay home and eat soup and do my work. can't get more sick for tubing. that would be NOOOOO good! today is the last day at our office and i think i'll be doing more packing today. it's going to be a mess. i just know it. not fun.

andrew found out he has to go to FL two times next month!!! poor thing. FL sucks. and that means i don't get to see him as much yet again. also sucks. =/ he'll never move into his apt!!! ugh anyway...

today was a LOT of packing at work. and i think tomorrow people are gonna be running around like their heads are chopped off. no good.

my new digicam came today!!! it's so cute and small. haven't really had time to play with it. but soon. yes o yes.

i hope to see batman begins on thursday and tomorrow maximo park with jen and shaun's crew. fun fun. and andrew comes back so once i get back from the show he'll be here! yay!

doesn't my bear look confused? he's going thru an identity crisis in this photo. the crown. the bear on his arm. what's going on aberdeen??

oh i love my bear. and i love messing with him...haha

anyway, the weekend was good. it didn't feel short either. so that was awesome. sake prom was a hit. i now have a boyfriend. and david byrne does a mean beyonce cover.

yes yes the weekend was filled with many events. andrew came back earlier than expected on friday night which was awesome cuz that meant more time with him since he's now in FL. this is his last trip for a little while i think. yay! he'll actually be here for more than a week. and maybe he can finally move into his new apt. cuz right now he sorta lives out of mine. which i don't mind but it just makes me feel like he's visiting me from out of town. friday night we got din din and then went and took photobooth photos. they aren't particularly great so i won't post them. they are very brown colored. the paper looks super ancient compared to my other photobooth photos. like the paper actually looks stained brown. or sepia. anyway, they aren't that great. we'll have to take more.

saturday was all preparation for sake prom. everyone had their roll. rick had to get the keg. lo had to get the decorations. and i had to get the sake and backdrop. andrew came along for the ride. we went downtown to the fabric district and got some lovely orange fabric for $15. made for a nice backdrop. the place i normally get the sake at lost their license to sell liquor temporarily so that put a huge wrench in the plans. we went to a bunch of places and finally we got the sake at the place we got the keg. only andrew paid for it i'm told! that fucker. i'll figure out a way to give him back his money!!!

overall the sake prom went well. everyone got drunk i think. we took a whole shitload of photos. they are hilarious and once i resize and color balance them they will be posted. i ended up puking even tho i felt fine the whole night. i laid down for a second and that was the death of me. i feel bad for andrew. i assume he had to take care of me for awhile. i don't really remember.

yesterday he and i got in 'n' out as our post drinking hangover food. even tho i wasn't hungover. thanks to the puking i'm sure. i found out his head is bigger than mine because i had been ranting about how i swore mine is bigger. but we finally measured and his is 1/2" bigger. i swear my face is wider tho. cuz when he put on my sunglasses they look bigger on his face than mine! oh well... and while riding in the car he made this hypothetical statement about giving blood and made reference to me as his girlfriend. woo! this means i've successfully made it past the one month barrier i always dred and it's unofficially official. haha altho i still have much self-doubt. but that's cuz i'm very used to things seeming completely fine and then they aren't. so i get scared still. but i'm trying to calm myself down internally because otherwise i'll have a fucking hemorage over nothing!!

anyway, last night was the arcade fire/david byrne show at the hollywood bowl and even our crappy ass $4 seats were fun. we picnicked first outside the bowl. drank wine out there. then people drank more inside. by the end of the night jessica and joe were smashed. it was funny. joe couldn't stop hicupping!! it was very weird to see the arcade fire from SOOOOOOO far away and on big screens. but i could still see and feel their energy even if i wasn't in their face. i had no expectations for david byrne but i must say he puts on a good show. i liked his music altho i'd never run to the store and buy it. it was nice to watch and listen. he had the arcade fire join him for one song and this marching band for the ending. and boy was it an ending. there must have been like 50+ people on stage and for his last song he breaks out into a cover of beyonce's "crazy in love." it was fucking awesome! everyone was up dancing and singing. goddamn. great way to end the show!

so all in all a solid weekend. today at work i felt like a zombie. i didn't leave the office cuz i brought my lunch. the office looks so sad since we are moving so it made me feel all weird. but now all is well since i saw the sun on my way home. tonight is roscoe's with rick, neil and his gf. woo!!!

so andrew got an earlier flight back and should be arriving at LAX any minute now. WOO! he was supposed to arrive at like 11 something basically rendering this night worthless. but now that he's coming sooner, we can play. yay! we still haven't taken photobooth photos, so maybe we'll do that tonight. we'll see.

yesterday was a movie disaster with me and adam. originally we were gonna go see this la film fest movie called promedio rojo. but then jessica told us about this adv screening of this indie film. so all 3 of us agreed to see that instead. but then jessica had to go to SD for work so she was out. but adam and i were still gonna go. so we went. but we apparently didn't get there early enough because we stood in line but then the theater filled up so no go. so then we figured we'd go to the la film fest movie since it was later on. so we went back to my place and figured out where to have dinner first. we went with the trusty ole mani's down the street. however mani's was SUPER slow for some reason and by the time we got out of there it was nearly time for the movie. that coupled with the theater being on sunset where there is no parking and us not having cash and needing to go to the atm, we decided it wasn't possible to make it and headed back home. we were considering meeting up with rick, neil and his gf to see batman begins but then we thought we'd miss that too because we didn't have much time (or so we thought) to get there. and there was no way in hell we were gonna miss 3 movies in one night! so adam just took me home. turns out we did have enough time to get to the movie because i remembered the showtime incorrectly. oh well. i called andrew and we talked for awhile. and then i completely passed out on my bed and rick had to come in later and turn off my lights and set my alarm. what a good friend. =)

anyhow, that was that. went to sami's sketch comedy show the other night. fantastic. some of the skits were fuckin hilarious. and she did a good job. so that was cool. still no word on the AD job. i went to talk to the old bosses and i did some more layouts. they are stewing over all the candidates i think. i REALLY want this job badly. it would rock my world. and also be a lot of work. but worth it. i'd love it. so yea. cross your fingers for me! time to get an english muffin.

i was supposed to interview today at this company that places people in creative full time and freelance jobs, BUT i got an email from the old workplace saying tha the art director is leaving and they are looking to hire a new one. so, i'm now in contention. gotta do a mock layout and meet with the bossman tomorrow. good shit. of course i'm nervous cuz i want this job badly. that would be awesomt to be the AD. i loved the office too! i fear i will lose to this one girl who has been helping the old AD for ages. i don't see why they wouldn't choose her. so i've got my work cut out for me. and i'm procrastinating. i gotta come up with some good layouts NOW.

sami's thing is tonight. i'm gonna go. it'll cut into my time but i gotta support sami. i think it's an improv dealie. not sure. i get nervous for improv people. i hope she does well. i'm sure she will.

spoke with kyla today about her trip with eric. she said that she's coming down to LA at the end of august for work and she's gonna stay the rest of the weekend. woo!! i can't wait!!! very exciting news. i can't wait to see her. she hasn't been down this way in ages!!

wow. i haven't written in a long time. good lord! let's do a little catching in the last few minutes of my lunch break...

thursday i went to my friend ricky's sr. project show. he was a design intern with me at the old place. he's graduating from UCLA with a graphic design degree. they had a group showing so i went. some decent stuff there.

friday i worked late which sucked. then went to ollie's party but was so tired i fell asleep! so sad. i feel bad. i haven't been in touch with him much lately. and now he's back home for a few weeks or months. i can't remember what he said. oh well. he said he was gonna call me for dinner on saturday but he didn't! oh well. i was a total lame ass this weekend when it came to partying tho. it's cuz i was so tired!!! i slept for like 4 hours at ollie's party. ridiculous! haha

saturday i woke up early and got andrew from the airport. i was so excited to see him! we spent the whole weekend together basically. it feels like he's visiting me. it's weird. like he's my long distance boyfriend who's in town for a few days. he leaves tomorrow and comes back friday. then leaves again sunday night and come back sometime during the week. so yea. freakin eh! but saturday we went shopping for sake prom stuff. i got an awesomely gaudy dress for $15. so good. bright pink with a huge bow and diamonds. haha saturday night we went to jessica's for zach's bday celebs.

sunday we went to the fairfax high swap meet. got him a pink ruffley shirt to go with my pink dress. good shit. lazed around a bit. went to sunset junction. called our dads at the same time. went to amoeba. then had fondu for dinner. then chilled the rest of the night. and now it's monday and back to work! he leaves tomorrow which sucks but oh well. we'll make the most of tonight and then go wild on saturday for sake prom. woo!

and that's my quick(-ish) recap of the past few days. back to work!

i got a free pair of shoes at work today. apparently someone bought a pair of size 9 black slingback banana republic shoes awhile back and never wore them. so they sat at work for ages. and when one of my coworkers was cleaning out her old desk she found them and asked if they fit me cuz she knows i'm a size 9. and by god they do! they are pointy ass things. cute with pants. i'm not a fan of slingbacks when not wearing pants cuz i don't like the way they look in the back. but the jeans cover that nicely. i can see myself getting blisters in them at first but they are cute enough. i'll probably wear them this weekend. ollie hasn't replied about sake. is he coming??? that fucker better come! i'm going to his party!!! i helped promote it too!

anyhoo, work was super long today. much stuff to get done and many deadlines. i stayed 1.5 hours later. at least i get paid overtime. i was going batty by the end though with a problem i just couldn't fix!! i hope i can resolve it tomorrow quickly. because i have a lot of crap to do! i got home and frantically finished my freelance project which i think turned out quite nicely. it was pure graphic design which i haven't truly done in awhile. so that was nice.

i think i'm gonna write some LONG overdue emails right now.

oh yea. my keen memory for faces has led me to a slew of familar ones in the past few days. yesterday i saw the mechanic who did my smog check. yes yes yes, that is the most ascinine facial spotting yet i think UNTIL you realize that i captured this man on camera for one of my photo assignments too. he was my "editorial portrait" so of course i'd remember his face better because i had like 2 or 3 shots of him and i probably enlarged at least 5 prints. so yea. but today i saw a few more familiar faces around century city as i tend to do. there are a whole bunch of former trojans running around the area. most i don't know at all but definitely recognize from classes. one guy looks like he's going bald rather fast. poor thing. one guy was this dude named kyle who kyla made out with one night randomly after a party or something. i remember that night. it was totally random. and that's when we met phil bob and some guy named gavin swore he knew me from the dorms freshman year. yes, i can remember these mundane trivial details of life but i can't remember if i bought breakfast for tomorrow or not. shit like that. more pertinent shit gets wedged out by the bullshit from my past. haha

anyway, andrew just sent me another email. yay! we try and email when we can. or rather he tries. i just email at will. he is most likely returning saturday and not sunday. woohoo!

i'm tired and grumpy. so much work to do and i don't want to do it. bah humbug.

the doves were really good! i really liked their lighting and they played visuals during some songs. some visuals were cool and some weren't. the best was this video of people dancing all funkily in a dance hall. goddamn! i want that video!!! i MUST find something like it. gah!

i feel like i'm getting fat. i know i'm not fat but still. i think i want to join a gym with a pool with swimming is the only type of exercise i really enjoy. everything else is midly fun to downright horrible. it's a sliding scale that trails off rather quickly. anyhoo, i found the 24 hr fitness closest to my house with a pool. it's the one by amoeba. that sounds like a bad idea! haha anyhow, once i get my act together i'll figure it out. the girl at work is thinking of joining that gym too. maybe we could be workout buddies!

i found a roundtrip flight to NYC the first weekend of august for $247 total on united. that's the cheapest i've found that leaves on a thursday night red eye and returns really late on a sunday. now if only andrew were available via phone or email to tell me if he could go that weekend i could book us tickets. damnit! oh and he might have to stay an extra day in japan. goodness gracious. that will mean only one day btwn his japan trip and his dallas trip. fun fun.

time to sleep.

MJ got off!! i dunno about these high profile celebs commiting crimes and getting off. i mean i guess they didn't commit the crimes legally since they were all acquitted but i have my own thoughts on that. OJ. MJ. robert blake. etc fucking etc. whatever. it's all hogwash. i knew this would happen. i'm not pissed but it was all a big waste of time. i heard it on the radio as they announced the verdicts. once they said no guilty for the first count i knew what was to follow. whatever. at least everyone can "rest easy" and stop hanging around the courthouse. (read: losers...)

anyhow, i got a bunch of free clothes today for toddlers. wee! and some undies for myself as well as a couple of tops. yay oh yay. it's all cuz our office is moving and we've gotta clean out some stuff. can't complain.

i miss andrew. this sucks. i hate to complain cuz i've been single so long that i feel like a wimp even admitting to it. but i miss him!!! i think it's a combo of two things. 1) it's the honeymoon phase and this is the time we are supposed to see each other entirely too much. yet it's the opposite. 2) i know he's gonna be gone a lot more this month even after he returns from japan so it's not like if i just get through this week i'll see him a lot after that. cuz i won't. so just knowing that makes me miss him even more. gah. i'm lame. i'm sorry. jen's turned to a mutherfuckin sap. please shoot me.

response to sake prom hasn't been all that high which makes me wonder how many people will show up. maybe it won't be all that crowded after all. i'm fine with that. if the numbers are low it makes it easier on all of us. less mess. less crowd.

a new week...tired but not too tired. i think this weeks is gonna suck. at least at work. we'll see. the doves are tomorrow which i'm super excited about. but the rest of the week probably won't be all that exciting. i got my materials to make my painting. i gotta get started today. that should be fun. i really miss andrew. more than i expected. i feel lame for it too. i don't know how people can do long distance. i don't think i could do it. although if i could talk to him daily that would be nice. but not while he's in japan. just sporatic emails. we're gonna go to the fairfax high swap meet on sunday while he's in town and shop around at some thrift stores for our sake prom outfit. yes, oh yes, we are having another sake bombing event. this one's called "sake prom 2005" and it's gonna be awesome. we want everyone to dress up and we're gonna have a backdrop and decorations and whatnot. good times. should be lots of fun!

(and yes, some of you will recognize the cute couple in the photo...i pulled this one from the archives.)

i've let the wall come down. i hope this is for the best. every time i do that i get burned. so we shall see....

i'm about to make an omlette for brunch. i can't wait. i hope it comes out real tasty. i think today i'm going to go to a bookstore or something to look for the new issue of W, get a canvas and some paint at pearl art, and go look at digicams at the store.

i love the doves.

andrew's gone! again..gonna be saying this a lot in the near future it seems. he sent me all the dates he's gonna be flying and basically he's only in town for like 10 days this month. sucks. on the plus side he's thinks he's going to NYC next month for 4 days (mon-thurs) and so we were thinking of both taking the friday off and me flying out there to join him and he staying those weekend days so could spend a long weekend in NYC. that would rock. i haven't been there in like 3 years. and he's from there. so that's cool. i could see shit i wouldn't normally see. so i hope that works out.

last nite was fun but a little off for me. i was super fucking tired and i felt a little too drunk. slightly pukey even. i almost just wanted to leave but didn't. i felt a little weird being there with andrew and i didn't really know how to describe it but rick captured it quite nicely. he said, remember how you were in high school and a new couple would start dating. u never really knew til u saw them walk down the hall holding hands together and it was a little weird. yea that's how i felt. i guess cuz i've never really gone out in a big group with a "boyfriend" before. so i felt so strange. not to mention ollie and joe were there. and they haven't seen me with andrew yet. so i felt weird. they both got haircuts too on a sidenote. haha ollie's hair is too short i think and joe's is just right. anyhow, i felt a little weird but overall it was fine. oh and brian said that he thinks andrew sounds (and sorta looks) like topher grace from that 70's show. jessica and i agree although we never thought of it. but he definitely sounds like him and has the same speech patterns. so funny. anyhow, today has been a waste of a day except that we are planning a sake bombing extravaganza to happen very soon. woo!

i've been checking out trailers to new films and these are some that i think i want to see. which means i'll probably only see half. haha

- wedding crashers (july 15)
- the island (july 22)
- war of the worlds (june 29)
- a scanner darkly (2006)
- march of the penguins (out for the LA film festival)

i'm not big on blockbusters so that's why i doubt i'll see all of these cuz they are blockbuster types for the most part. super epic big budget films. but for sure i wanna see wedding crashers cuz i LOVE LOVE LOVE vince vaughn. and it looks cute and funny. and march of the penguins looks rad cuz it's docudrama so to speak. documentary blurred with fantasy. and it's in antartica which i've been to! i've seen the penguins!!! so i wanna see the film. and a couple others at the LA film fest actually. i gotta get some folks to see these films with me!! i'll send an email around.

and while on the topic of films, mr. and mrs. smith. saw it last nite with andrew at norris theater. it was good. exactly what i expected and wanted. a fun and sexy movie. not rocket science. not brilliance. fun....sexy...god brad is hot. and angelina with him. mmm mmm mmmm. i recommend it to anyone who doesn't care too much about plot but just wants to go to the movies and mindlessly watch something that will arouse them slightly and make them laugh. i can't remember if the trailer showed humor but the movie has some funny little bits. snappy little remarks u can't help but chuckle at. anyhoo, enough movie geeking out. time to get to work. i'm SOOOO fucking tired today it's painful. and tonight is club underground!! i can't wait. except tomorrow i gotta wake up early to take andrew to the airport. he's going to japan for a week. =/

verdicts are still a little rough but white stripes and coldplay are definitely solid. i love coldplay so i'm biased and the white stripes is new and refreshing since the main focus isn't the guitar but the piano. must listen more to have a better more flesh out opinion. cloud room is decent. not mind-blowing. "hey now now" is the best song and i honestly think this mastering isn't as good as the one i downloaded from their website back when i believe it was only on an EP. i hate when bands do that. get a little more cash and a full-length and "touch up" the song so it's not as rough. sometimes rough is good. just look at the strokes and white stripes. rough as hell and awesome! "waterfall" by cloud room is also a solid track. haven't listened enough to voice about the rest. however, i can safely say that the doves latest album "some cities" is motherfucking awesome. i always LOVED "lost souls" and wasn't sure anything of their could top it. but this album is really fucking good. now even more i can't wait to see them next week. it's gonna be so awesome. oh yes oh motherfucking yes! i'm sad they cancelled coachella but at least i'm gonna see them live. goddamn this album is good!!!

andrew is back! =) his plane was delayed so i had to pick him up later than expected which meant no bowling for us. oh well. i wore the fro but no dark sunglasses. that felt just too weird. i got a lot of compliments on it while i was waiting with my little sign. talked to this one man for a long time. andrew thought it was funny. the fro that is. he quite liked it. good stuff.

once again i am SUPER tired. that's the one sucky thing about dating andrew. i never get any sleep! it was nice to get more sleep while he was gone. although him being gone was a little sucky too. and the fact that he's gonna keep going away for like the next month is definitely sucky. he asked me if i was ok with it cuz he said he was concerned about that. how cute. it's horrible cuz i continually think that he's gonna just drop a bomb and say it's not working and wants out. but then he'll say things like that which let me know that he cares and does wanna be with me. but yet i still worry. it's just all the bad past experiences. totally make me skeptical all the time. it's horrible. anyway, he's a doll. all is well so far. tonight is the screening of mr. and mrs. smith at norris theater. very exciting. can't wait.

oh and i went to amoeba last nite and bought the following cds:

+ coldplay - x&y
+ the white stripes - get behind me satan
+ oasis - don't look back in anger
+ the cloud room - the cloud room
+ doves - some cities
+ hot hot heat - make up the breakdown

the doves is really fucking good. different than "lost souls" but not worse. just different. can't wait to see them next week! haven't listened to the rest to chime in with any verdicts. although the hot hot heat is old and i know i like it. i just never bought it way back when. next week i'll probably buy the following:

+ foo fighters - in your honor
+ royksopp - understanding
+ maximo park - a certain trigger
+ hot hot heat - elevator
+ the tears - here come the tears

some of those albums are already out but i can't throwdown $100+ for cds in one week! although i did have $75 credit at amoeba so that helps a hell of a lot. oh music. gotta love it!

i just saved andrew's ass. so i doubt he'll be dropping me any time soon. unless he was a fucking asshole. but we all know he isn't.

andrew comes back tonight! yay! i guess i did miss him... we talked every night though but yea. i'm hooked. it's definitely "honeymoon" period. although he's gonna be out of town most of the time for the next few weeks. so some honeymoon eh? haha when he goes to japan we won't be able to talk either. oh well. i've got a plan to pick him up from the airport in my fro and dark sunglasses. i hope security doesn't think i'm gonna kill someone or something. it's all just a joke! i hope he sees me! haha that'd be funny if he didn't see me. this is all an homage to when ky picked up jason soph year in that crazy ass outfit. so funny! anyway, part of me worries incessantly that this won't work out though. me and andrew that is. just cuz i've known him a little over 3 wks now and it's just about getting on that time where shit goes wrong for me. that horrible one month mark. so yea. i'm starting to worry. i know i shouldn't but i am. it seems like it's going well but i know that looks are definitely deceiving. anyway, enough of that. bowling tonight! fun fun. back to work!

mayday was fun. the movies were goofy. the winner was one i didn't like but whatever. c'est la vie.

yesterday i went with andrew and his roommate matt (the guy whose couch he's living on currently) to their friend's baby shower. i expected it to be painfully awkward but it wasn't that bad. until ben showed up! haha no not really. but ben (adam's roommate...the one who wanted to fuck BEFORE the date) showed up! wtf? it was totally random. and andrew knows him a bit. back when andrew went to lots of straightedge hardcore shows. i couldn't believe it. this world is entirely too small! anyhow, the shower was fine. weird a little. i felt like i was in another world.

after the shower i hung out with matt and andrew. andrew went to check out this apt across the street that he might try to move into. i think it's a cute place and he should go for it. then we went to american apparel. i love that store! refrained from buying anything though. then we ate dinner at fred's. then went back to matt's and just chilled watching random tv. i ended up falling asleep on the couch which was shameful really. woke up at like 12:30am. said goodbye to andrew who is going to be in chicago til wednesday. went home and worked on some last minute freelance revisions. went to bed entirely too late. and now it's monday morning. the sun is shining very brightly and i'm super tired. =/ at least i'll be able to nap today when i get home. that will be lovely.

aww...i really like andrew... =)

bloc party was pretty good. not amazing but good. they've definitely gotten better since i saw them back in october. so that's good. and the crowd (ever so tragically hip) was really into them. but i'm glad i made the choice to not see them at coachella and get better positioning for coldplay.

anyhoo, shaun's party was decent. got drunk off of like 3 beers. got donuts at like 3am and ate them at brian's. his neighbor amit made me and omlette (it's a running joke) and it was delicious. i fell asleep waiting for it. god i feel old!

tonight is the mayday screening. good times. maybe for once i will go to bed NOT exhausted.

i've decided to take a silkscreen class at smc this fall. it was that or jewelrymaking. i went with silkscreening though because i don't know what sort of jewelry i'd like to make just yet. i don't wear rings anymore so i should hold off on learning for now i think. i'd love to take photography again but i fear it will take up too much time and i'll be too tired. but silkscreening sounds like fun. and it's only one night a week. the photography class i'd want to take (portraiture) is 2 nights a week, one of which is FRIDAY night! no thanks. taking up my friday night PLUS scheduling to use the studio sounds like a lot of work coupled with real work work. no thanks. bloc party soon!!

today is super busy at work. yesterday was super busy at home. i can't get a break! but yesterday was a marvelously fantastic day. yes, fantastic. i got home and ALL my packages arrived. remember that note about "just 10 days or less..."? well it took more than 10 days but my shit is finally here. come visit my room to see what i am talking about. andrew came over and helped me assemble it all!! what a lovely boy. he basically did the whole thing. i started but then had a shitload of freelance work to do so i didn't have time to do it and was incompetant anyway. but he's so good at that shit. he liked doing it. we even had to make a run to home depot and borrow dan's drill. ah good times. it's all done and wonderful. my fan also arrived. my gloriously expensive fan with an air filter and remote control. i love it! 3 speeds. 2 variations of blowing. timer. it's great!

but forget the fact that my wonderful gift to myself and my room that i've been waiting more than 10 days for finally came. forget that my fabulous fan which will hopefully cut down on the heat and dust in my room came. focus on the fact that the parking violations bureau sent me the decision of my complaint to my parking ticket and I FUCKING WON!!! i beat the muthafuckin system!!!! they will be issuing me a REFUND within the next 30 days!!!! i was so excited to read the letter. granted they still think i didn't provide enough photographic evidence but because of improper district citation or some legalise mumbo jumbo, they are saying i am NOT LIABLE. YES YES YES!!!! it was a glorious glorious thing to read that letter. FUCK YOU los angeles parking violations bureau. take that and shove it. haha

so that was my day yesterday. i was so fucking excited when i got home. andrew came over and we got take out from the cheesecake factory. he assembled my shit. i worked on my freelance stuff. then we watched an ep of the office and went to bed. we kept saying we'd start hanging out earlier so we wouldn't stay up so late yet it was still late when we got to bed. but that's cuz we ran around a lot for my shit. oh andrew. he's so nice to me. i swear i don't deserve it. sometimes i can be intolerable in my opinion. but all is going well as of now. andrew's slept over like 3 nights this week so far. but starting next week he's got a lot of business trips so he won't be around all that much. chicago. japan. dallas. indiana. and somewhere else. i can't remember. all week or less trips. but still. he will be gone. i dunno if i'll be happy or sad about that. we'll see. i'll probably notice his absence. that's for sure. oh and i don't plan on ever having "the talk" with him. although i think if i did it would go well. but still. not taking any chances. just gonna let it all go with the flow and see what happens. anyhow, tonight is bloc party with jessica followed by shaun's party. good times!

the bulk of my freelance work is done (there is still more here and there) and so i went to see crash last nite with andrew. (sorry jessica, i just didn't have the energy to go to a show.) everyone has been raving about this movie. although i don't know a single person who has seen it. so i'm not sure who "everyone" is. i guess critics? either way, i went into the movie expecting it to be good for whatever reason. and i left thinking it was definitely overrated. i guess most things are. it wasn't a bad movie. don't get me wrong. i didn't feel slighted for seeing it. i didn't want my money back or wish i could have been doing something else. but i did think it was overrated. or at least didn't live up to my "it's soooo good" expectations. the plot is too gimmicky in my opinion. it's short cuts meets magnolia set in LA playing the heavy race card. the cast is quite large and there are a lot of stories/characters that have to connect somehow. it's just not believable. none of those "we're all connected" movies really are. maybe people didn't care about that part of the plot but i did. the acting was good in it though. if it weren't for the fact that it came out now (pre-summer blockbusters), i'd think it would get some sort of oscar noms for acting. some of these people say some pretty heavy racial stuff. there are a couple really good fucking scenes. one tied directly to the movie poster below:

holy fuck that scene is good. the best in the movie i think. really got me for a good minute. there is also a really good one towards the end of the movie with ryan phillippe and lorenz tate. and a pretty decent one with matt dillon and thandie newton involving a car crash (not their first scene together...i wasn't a fan of that one). anyhow, i'm curious to see what my friends' reactions are to this movie. so i hope some more people go see it so i can discuss with them. doubtful my mind can be changed about the plot but who knows. i guess it's less to do with the coincidence factor and more to do with humanity and racism and how it plays out in all of our lives whether we can help it or not. and it's not til something really intense happens to us do we see who we really are and show our true colors. for that i give the movie good points. but i'm sorry, the coincidence/serendipity factor ruins it for me.

time to work. =/ oh yea, i think i'm really starting to like andrew. more on that later...