almost doesn't count.

just watched when did you last see your father and sunshine cleaning. both movies were MEH. i'd already read and heard that sunshine cleaning wasn't very good, but i love emily blunt so i watched it anyway. i hadn't heard too much about when did you last see your father, and from what i gathered, that movie was just alright. a little bit depressing, cinematography didn't amaze me, the story didn't really either. i do like colin firth though. i have my brother's ps3 in my room right now so i have the luxury of netflix instant watch for the night. it's too bad i won't be home tomorrow or friday, i won't get a chance to use it until saturday/sunday.

i have to be awake in about 5 hours, so i can get ready and do my hair and stuff. jr said he would be picking me up around 11-12 tomorrow. he asked me awhile back to be his guest for some conference thing the company he worked for was having down here in anaheim. he lives in santa barbara, but his parents live in rancho cucamonga, and i think that is where he will be driving out from tomorrow. i'm not quite sure what the plan is but i do know that tomorrow we are all going to california adventure, and then some big dinner afterwards. i believe he is going to be in meetings on friday, so all the novacoast guests are going to the long beach aquarium. i will admit that i am pretty excited about that. after that, i think it's casino night (somewhere) and then we all get smashed and go home the next day. sounds like a good way to end my winter break. well, saturday night is really the end of my winter break. but we'll see if plans follow through.

feelin' downtrodden, fresh kid turned rotten.

can i fit all this into one week? we may have to make it a week and a couple days. saturday, may 22 - wednesday, june 2. i think this may be manageable. i won't feel like i have to rush, and i'll have enough time to fit all this in there. i imagine i'll need a large suitcase.

Cafe Blossom
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
466 Columbus Ave
(between 82nd St & 83rd St)
New York, NY 10024
(212) 875-2600

Curly's Vegetarian Lunch
Neighborhoods: Gramercy, East Village
328 E 14th St
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10003

Red Bamboo
Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
140 W 4th St
(between Avenue Of The Americas & Mac Dougal St)
New York, NY 10012

Lula's Sweet Apothecary
Neighborhood: East Village
516 E 6th St
(between Avenue A & Avenue B)
New York, NY 10009

Vinnie's Pizzeria
Neighborhood: Williamsburg - North Side
148 Bedford Ave
(between 8th St & 9th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Boneshakers
Neighborhood: East Williamsburg
134 Kingsland Ave
(between Beadel St & Lombardy St)
Brooklyn, NY 11222

Atlas Cafe
Neighborhood: East Village
73 2nd Avenue
(between 1st Ave & 4th St)
New York, NY 10003

BabyCakes NYC
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
248 Broome St
(between Ludlow St & Orchard St)
New York, NY 10002

Wild Ginger
Neighborhoods: Little Italy, Nolita
380 Broome St
(between Mott St & Mulberry St)
New York, NY 10013

Lan Cafe
Neighborhood: East Village
342 E 6th Street
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10003

Vietnam Banh Mi So 1
Neighborhoods: Little Italy, Nolita
369 Broome Street
(between Elizabeth St & Mott St)
New York, NY 10013

'Snice
Neighborhood: West Village
45 8th Ave
(between Jane St & West 4th St)
New York, NY 10014

Foodswings
Neighborhood: Williamsburg - South Side
295 Grand St
(between Roebling St & Havemeyer St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Theaters:

The IFC Theater - Waverly Cinema
323 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10014

Sunshine Cinema
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
143 E Houston St
(between 2nd Ave & Chrystie St)
New York, NY 10002

Museums:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
1000 5th Ave
New York, NY 10028

Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
108 Orchard Street
(between Broome St & Delancey St)
New York, NY 10002

Museum of The Moving Image
Neighborhood: Long Island City
3601 35th Ave
Astoria, NY 11106

New York Transit Museum
Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

il y a.

i'm feeling really anxious to go somewhere. i'm looking at plane tickets for new york right after spring finals get out. 300 for a roundtrip flight, from may 21-28. that doesn't sound too bad, right? if i wanted to go to canada for spring break, it'd be around 500. what else can i do? i've been talking about a california road trip for awhile now, but it has yet to come to fruition. i have certain destinations picked out, but getting friends along for it and the money as well has yet to happen. another big downside is that my car is not gas efficient. if i want to go somewhere far, i need a car that's gas efficient. can you rent hybrids? sigh. if i had a hybrid, i'd probably be tempted to drive all over. anyway, here's a short list of ca destinations i have been longing to visit:

1. hearst castle
2. national john steinbeck center
3. monterey bay aquarium
4. old fisherman's wharf
5. winchester mystery house

not that long of a list.. yet. i want to throw in some camping in there as well. we'll see. it's a work in progress.

by the way, i am molting like no other. my hair seems like it's falling out kind of. or maybe i'm just noticing because i've been running my hands through my hair quite a bit lately. MUR.

you like me when i'm not waiting for you, but i like you most all the time.

brunch yesterday morning went pretty well, i got french toast at avanti with some of the boys yesterday. i liked it, but i think i prefer m cafe's. after leaving costa mesa, i went to megan's house and hung out with her for all of the middle day. she made really amazing pasta salad (really simple, but so good) and a lentil wrap for me. we went to starbucks for coffee earlier and we ran into aria there. now, keep in mind, i don't think i've ever met him in person but i see his updates on myspace all the time (railcars), and that was really strange. he was very good looking in person. after megan and i ate, we watched chasing amy. i feel like i've heard so much hype about this movie, i even wiki'd it long before yesterday. it was alright. i'm not a huge kevin smith fan, but this movie was just ok. afterwards, bethany and chanel picked me up and we went to meet up with the boys at the uci theater to see a single man, that tom ford movie. i thought it was alright. us girls went to loco after, that was pretty neat. i love the pasta nights there.

megan is making me dinner (like old times)

your eyelashes tickled my neck, with every nervous blink.

let's sum up new year's eve in a nutshell: so great. i was initially stressed at first a teeny bit, but everything ended up working out. met up at z's place in long beach, and we hit huntington first for the ramp party. i got kind of drunk here. seeing z eat shit was so awesome. i mean that in a good way, of course. everyone who lived in that house was super cool, and the girlfriends were all too nice too. i also ran into a kid that i met while i was working at american apparel too! he works at the art center up the street from there AND goes to school at ivc (where i've bumped into him before too). so awesome. good hangs. we went to his friend molly's party in hb as well after that, and i ran into haley (who used to work at santa ana AA) and z bumped into someone who went to elementary school with him in burbank. random! first party was better, though. after we left there, we sped on over to MV where andy and co. were at. it was a huge ass party with strobe lights and stuff, and all the employees of urban/the union line/hardcore kids/people who shop at urban were here. ran into a good number of classmates, and also another guy who i met while i worked at AA. so strange! we didn't make it inside the house by the time the countdown ended, so we kissed right outside the house. too sweet. there was a blue moon tonight too! shit, this night was all sorts of good. went back to z's and hung out and napped for an hour or so and i just picked up some del and came home. good recap, huh? good riddance, 2009. you brought me one good thing, and i'm taking it with me to 2010.

i forgot to mention that at the ramp party, one guy messed up some trick he was doing and his skateboard came shooting in my direction and hit my on top of my foot. i pretended like it didn't hurt while it happened (can't show weakness, of course), but now that i am in the comfort of my own home i'm going to be a baby about it now. it hurts! it is swelled up right now.

THIS is a new year's party.