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| Hello hello xanga world.
I think one of the last times I posted here, I said I would make it a goal to post at least once a week. Yeaaaah... I gave up about 1 week in. Am I making any promises this time? Outside of promising to being lazy, no.
I dont even know when the last time I posted was, but I'll just start at the summer. After talking with my closer friends, I just realized I needed to get the hell out of my house. I originally stayed there to save money, but then the sheer insanity of my parents drives me to go out... where I spend money on entertainment and drinks, so in the end I dont save as much money. I guess I had some sort of epiphany in the beginning of summer... and I wanted to change that. I needed to move out, get my own place... and saving money is how I would get that plan started.
... then summer came. 1 trip to cancun, 2 trips to Vegas, 1 wedding, and 1 cruise later, Im broke. Oh well.
Right now, Im trying to grow up. By growing up, I mean getting the hell out of my house. The 1 hour commute is killer. I know some of you drive longer, but I dont care about your commutes. I care about mine. Your commute doesnt affect your sleep. Mine does. That, and my parents want me to chop my balls off and stick em in my ears as earplugs. For some reason, my mom loves to reogranize my room, without my knowledge. So 1 day socks are in an entirely different drawer. An important bill has suddenly gone missing. I think Id rather move out further and drive 2 hours than deal with this. k i was just kidding.
So im trying to save money now... going out less, dont buy stupid crap... things like that. it sucks, but once i get my own place, itll be worth it.
Thats my life right now. Im having fun still. Just got less creative and dont try as hard for these posts. =T
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| 5) John Legend - Get Lifted
4) Common - Be
3) Jay-Z - MTV Unlpugged (featuring the Roots)
2) Boyz II Men - II
1) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
Honorable Mention:
- Linkin Park - Meteora
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
What's your top 5?
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| 7:30pm
I go to the gym after work (after chillin at home for a little bit). I pack some water, and only take my money clip, cell phone, and car key (I leave my home keys since I'm driving, and use the garage opener, and don't take my superman necklace or jesus/mary/saints bracelet, which i wear almost whenever i go out).
9:10pm
I was hunngry after the gym, so I stopped by El Pollo Loco (random transition, I know, but bear with me). There was one guy at the register, and I was next in line... but yet it took me 10 minutes to get my food. absolutely annoying. i was tired and wanted to get home, and i get fast food, well, because its supposed to be fast. i dont go to joe's crab shack to get steak (i did once, and boy did that FAIL), and i don't go get fast food because i just want to chill and not get my food and go.
9:23pm
As I drive home, I reach the last light before my home, which is about 30 seconds to 1 minute away. All of a sudden, it was like God was at a house party, was chillin by the lights and hit them on accident. All lights just turned off and it was pitch black - sans everyones headlights. I know the streets, so 30 seconds later I get home... and I realize I'm screwed. The power went out everywhere, so my neighborhood has no electricity.
Even tho I pressed the button 8 times, the garage won't open... duh, no electricity. Let me press it one more time, just in case. Yep, still no electricity.
That's ok, I can use the front door... oh wait, I left my house keys inside. Not good.
Although everyone's asleep, I can call home. The phones are powered by the phone line, so it shouldn't be affected the power outage. I call home, and I can hear the phone in my garage ring. But after calling 4 times, no one answers. WTF. That's right.... all our phones inside the house are either cordless or somehow electronic... the lack of power made them useless. The phone I heard ringing is the only lan-line phone, and that's in the garage. The catch is that we have a garage door as thick as the walls of Mordor. That, and everyone's a heavy sleeper. If I keep calling, I'll be the only one who can hear the ring... the only Oduca that can hear the ring is the Oduca calling.
Oh wait, they have cell phones! And as soon as it connects, it goes straight to voicemail. Who the hell turns off their cell phones when they sleep?
I doorbell, but I might as well touch my penis... just as effective of getting their attention, but touching myself at least feels better. I knock as hard as I can, but I still get no response... we got so used to the doorbell.
Here I am, unable to get in my own house. Better yet, I'm hungry, with food in hand, and I'm stuck outside, in the complete dark. It's been 15 minutes, and there's no telling when the powers going to come back. Why? All because el pollo loco took 10 friggin minutes to get the second guy there a breast and a wing. no combo, no tortillas. just 1 piece breast, 1 piece wing. one minute less, I woulda been home... in the dark still, but at least I can sit down and eat, and not worry about being gang raped by squirrels.
I ended up climbing over the fence and knocking on my parents window. I couldn't find any candles, so I just sat down and ate by flashlight. Since I was back from the gym, so I had to shower by flashlight also... a very different experience showering in the near dark, I must say.
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| If you know me, you know that I'm all about being optimal. Why waste time and resources when you can be efficient? Well, the catch with being optimal is that there isn't much room for error.
Opening the door as usual...
As I briskly walk out, I took a longer-than-usual-right-step, making my right foot a little farther than it was supposed to be. Now it happened to be in the path of the door's opening trajectory path .
Wait a minute... that wasn't supposed to happen...
My right foot stops the door, it doesn't open as wide as it's supposed to, and being optimal as I can be, I'm already heading out the door... or supposed to... until the door stops my face.
NooOOoOOoooO!!!
Then I quickly look to make sure no one saw me, and quickly walk away in shame. And the annoying thing is that as I write this, I just noticed the background in the first picture is a different color from the other 2 pictures, and I'm too lazy to change it and upload. Friggin annoying.
In another unrelated story (except this took place in the same bathroom) I was taking a crap - and if you've been reading my xanga for some time now, you know I have pretty good crap stories. Well, as I sat there, I felt a pretty big booger in my nose. Since I was alone and it's been a while since I last groomed my nose hairs, it was a perfect time to get that sucker out of there. One quick swipe, and the booger was free from his nostril cages. I didn't want to flick it onto the stall walls or on the floor - thats kind of rude, no? Well, conveniently I was sitting on a toilet. If it can take my crap and piss, then surely it wouldn't mind a booger also. I spread my legs a little further to create more of an opening, and flicked away into the toilet... and it landed on my dick. HAHAHAHAA!!!
Of course I took it off. Just because I pick my nose while taking a crap doesnt make me some dirty Neanderthal. Geez. Man, I couldn't help but crack up. That just made my day... and the funny thing is that I got a promotion earlier that day. LOL. I thought this would make for a pretty funny addition to my MS Paint series, but I figured making a paint picture of my penis was arguably inappropriate.
Oh, and I just had 2 consecutive dreams where I was in the audience watching Wicked. Except in my second dream, I was a fireman in Chicago, and there was fires in the city I had to put out immediately, but I didn't leave until intermission, because I really liked the finale of Act I.
That's all I got for now. Keep those xanga's coming people. I need more reading material at work.
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| heres my response to everyones comments:
- i really didnt know there was a northwest. is it cheaper than southwest?
- everything you mentioned that made baseball fun, you can get with football, but with significantly better entertainment. furthermore, all those you mentioned, id assume you can also get with nascar or tennis. (tennis is awesome btw, i actually watched a match over a laker game, but hey, it was the finals of the australian open)
- i havent lost faith in the lakers... just frustrated that were a bit hampered by the injury bug. at full strength, we can take ANY team in a 7*-game series. but right now, weve got kobe with a messed up finger, no bynum, no pau as of yet, no ariza, fisher playing through pain, and vladrad injured so often. this is the best chance weve had to win in how many years, and then injuries happen. curse the basketball gods.
- negative on myspace. there will be no trifecta. fnag, im anti-myspace. why? i dont really know why... but bc everyones doing it, i kinda refuse.
im at home right now on sick leave with the fever. last week i took a sick day also, but that was bc i went with mah and her family to sea world. so now that im actually sick, i feel bad using it for something legit. kinda like the boy who cried wolf. like i said, i got the fever... and its the first time ive had the fever in a LOOOOONG time. ive got my share of common colds and what not, but man, i forgot how brutal the fever was. they say you need to rest, rest, and rest some more when you have the fever... and me running 2 miles (for the first time in years), going out for some japanese food and sakebombs, then taking my sisters to speedzone didnt make things any better.
sea world btw, hasnt changed much since i last went, which was, i dunno, 10 years ago. still got shamu, still got dolphins, and still got other sea life. thing is, the word on the street is that sea world has beer tasting... and oh boy do they. i gotta admit, i left pretty informed about the world of beer... buzzed, but still informed. little pieces of advice i can give:
- if you can, dont drink beer straight from the bottle. pour it into a glass. also, when you pour it into a glass, dont tilt the glass to reduce the head/foam. instead, pour it straight down the middle. this maximizes the taste of it at the cost of a little foam.
- rolling rock + grapes = very good. doesnt do you too many favors in the manly dept, but they pair very well
- shocktop + oranges = even better. if youre like me, youve never heard of shock top. if youre bored one day and want to drink, i suggest trying this.
i know its how long past easter, but i wanted to talk about my lenten sacrifice. i gave up:
- alcohol
- road rage
for alcohol, i gave myself an A. road rage, a D, at best.
alcohol was tough. i dont drink a lot and get drunk, but its the times you just kinda wanna drink socially that makes it tough. eating at hooters, watching a basketball game goes well with a pint of beer... unless you gave it up. mah and i watched wicked about a month ago, and we got there early. there was a bar next door. i had no intention of getting drunk or anything, but a drink to pass the time woulda been nice. instead, we just stood there and ppl watched. and the worst was ppl's birthdays. i just stood there and took pics for friends for 3 or 4 bday parties. it sucks to not be able to celebrate. oh well, i guess it makes the sacrifice all the better.
road rage was going great for about 3 weeks... then i just ran into every possible bad driver and lost it. i dont speed (excessively) or change lanes like crazy, but i like my drives to be very "efficient" and stay relatively within speed limit. so thank you, those of you who drive with one or several of the following thoughts in mind.
THEIR THOUGHTS: hmm, the speed limit says 50mph. let me drive 40 mph, just to be on the safe side.
MY THOUGHTS: b*tch, were in california. unless youre a minority in irvine, the actual speed limit = speed limit +10 (or + 5, if youre not as adventurous)
THEIR THOUGHTS: the guy next to me is driving slow. i think ill drive next to him, just as slow, so we can be best friends on the road.
MY THOUGHTS: common courtesy people. i understand you want to drive slow (k i dont really), but at least stay in one lane so other ppl who want to drive, oh i dunno, faster than half the speed limit can pass you.
THEIR THOUGHTS: i need to go straight on this street. let me try and squeeze between those 2 cars in the second lane, partially, or even better, completely blocking the right turn only lane. im sure they dont mind.
MY THOUGHTS: really? just had to make sure you can get into that lane. who cares about all the ppl youre blocking right? yeah, thats right, dont look at me. cuz you already know i, and everyone else youre blocking, are burning holes through your logic and courtesy-absent head with our eyes.
THEIR THOUGHTS: hmmm, theres a car going faster than im driving (cuz i like to drive 10mph below speed limit). why wait for him to pass? let me just change/turn into his lane for no good reason... even if theres no one in front of me.
MY THOUGHTS: 8 years in elementary/junior high + 4 years in high school + 5 years in college, specializing in a major that focused on logic has given me nothing in understanding why such an an action makes ANY sense. wait 2 more seconds, and im in front of you. you still get the lane, and my drive remains efficient. everyone wins. why do you insist on getting in my lane, specifically to slow me down? see that sign that says "speed limit 40 mph", thats how fast im driving. im not breaking any laws. and the best part is? a minute or 2 after changing into my lane, what do you do? CHANGE BACK INTO YOUR ORIGINAL LANE!!! and to put icing on the cake, you have to slow down to change back into your original lane.
THEIR THOUGHTS: i know i live here and drive this route all the time, but let me stay in the left-most lane, until about 100 feet before my turn, then cross 3 or 4 lanes then make the right turn, thereby slowing everyone in EVERY lane.
MY THOUGHTS: oooooh, my personal favorite. instead of being slow in your lane, why not be slow in every lane? makes complete friggin sense! for you, i have a special place in my heart. i wish to correct you of your wrong doings. so, next time you think its a good idea to stay in the left lanes several hundred feet before you make your right, i will stay in the right lane, and block your ass from getting into the lane. that way, youll think, "hey, i cant get into the right lane. you know what, maybe its a good idea to be in the right lane when i want to make a right turn."
I used to be such a patient driver too. hey, if you guys want to change lanes in front of me, i dont mind at all. youre blocking everyone behind you, thats fine, ill get there eventually. but that was back in college. when time didnt matter. now, i need to get to places. i always afford time for the above drivers, but some days, it feels like theyre giving me everything theyve got. i dont speed (k, 5-10 mph over speed limit, depending on what street im on). but i would say im pretty far from being a crazy driver also. common courtesy goes a long way. if i see someone driving faster than me behind me, i let him pass. i need to get somewhere, i stay in the according lanes. is it too much to ask for?
* EDIT: thanks to FNAG on this one. although, it can be like soccer where they have 2-game series, and if each team wins one, then it comes down to combined points scored, and if its still tied after that, then its total away-goals scored.
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