i forgot my nautical themed pashmina afghan for the boat party.

but that was okay, because it was totally fun! i was kinda sketchy about it at first, but it turned out to be really cool. there was about 10 people there, andy made ice cream and we all played games aboard a boat docked in newport harbor. we met up with everyone around 9, and then carpooled over to the dock. the first game we played was charades, and we split the team up with 3 boys and 2 girls on each team. in the end, my team (me, aj, ryan, jon, and madison) won. i haven't played that game in a really long time, and i forgot that it can be fun. second game was never have i ever, and peter and bethany were the last ones standing, but bethany got beat out by "never have i ever had a vagina". such a cheat, but funny all the same. last game we played was truth or dare, via my iphone. this one was hilarious. this game lasted until around 3AMish. my voice is really hoarse from all the yelling that went on during this game. overall, really fun night. i feel really satisfied with all the hanging out that is happening over winter break. it's probably because i usually work during winter break. first winter break i haven't worked since sophomore year. that's ridiculous.

tomorrow.. so i guess burbank fell through since collin (whose house it was gonna be at) has to film travis pastrana jumping some ridiculous jump in the long beach harbor on his subaru. i guess he wasn't gonna get home in time to have a party. z said he had agreed to go to a ramp party beforehand that he had forgotten about and that i could join him and we could see where to go from there. options: someone from the union line is having a party in MV (bethany says), adam's girlfriend is having a party in HB, josh southall and his roommates are having one in rsm at their apartment, and pita is going somewhere on a party bus (that christina was going to inquire about). who knows. all i know is, six flags on friday, brunch saturday and hopefully stuff i eat on that day.. and then the hollywood farmers market on sunday. let's see how the rest of the week rolls.

a taste of life

i think i am coming down with something. half of me believes it is that room heater being left on all night that is making my throat hurt to begin with. i feel like this happens often when i leave it on overnight. another is that my mom was sick for a long time, then my brother got sick right after, and then my sister had swine.. i don't know. i have a pretty good immune system though. i drank some tea earlier (this could be the reason i'm still up right now at 5:11AM). i really want to see sherlock holmes, the young victoria, and a single man.

boat party later today at ryan's.. i still have to go new year's dress searching. i have a feeling this search might end at h&m.
side note: infomercials at this time of night are so ridiculous and entertaining.

what else is on the agenda for this week? six flags on friday for ryan's birthday, then brunch the next morning at avanti cafe. i really want to go to the hollywood farmer's market for some vegan 'mcmuffins' before he leaves for portland though. AND, i'd like for us all to go to stuff i eat. since i feel like they would be down to go since they are both away for school for most of the year. him, benny and i went to posers on melrose where he got some new clothes, and then we all went to cruzer's to get some calzones before going back home to watch broken embraces at the university 6. dean was actually working for once, and he gave me a carrot cake and two cookies and a drink (all of which i distributed pretty evenly). the movie itself was like a C+ status.. it was very long, but it didn't seem like it needed to be. the main actor in the movie looks like a spanish patrick swayze (i said), kelsey grammar (andy said) and robin williams (benny said). haha. i want to see the young victoria really bad.

i need to get some different tea tomorrow from the store and maybe throat drops. i need to be better soon.

tom dale at j.c's bean in dana point.

tauntaun...

no, i never got my tauntaun sleeping bag for christmas. good hangs all day with tom dale. started at jc's bean in dana point. it was the cutest coffee shop i've been in lately, and i mean the actual place itself - unlike alta. that's just a coffee shop filled with beautiful people. then we went to loco because i was super hungry. then! a trip to mission mall. we stopped in the apple store to say hi to a bunch of people, then went into the microsoft store because tom had yet to see it. spent a couple hours talking to his mom and dad after i took him home. they are such nice people. AND THEN, i got my alejandro's fix (finally) and went to see emmie in yorba linda (since she's going on vacation to washington until school starts).

whittling down the amount of info about me that's on my fb. it may be dumb, but i think i want less of me out there. if you want to know me, knock. come in.

girl you know i-i-i

christmas was bland as expected. i don't want to talk about the bad stuff right now. let me recount some good.

went with cody and brian to santa barbara today. it was actually a really good drive. we stopped at vegan express on the way, NOT GOOD. that was only because:

1. cruzer's wasn't open until 4. what kind of hours are those?
2. pure luck was closed. MEH.
3. vinh loi is closed until new year's. REALLY?! i really really wanted to go here. bumout.

at least i know never to go that route again. the drive itself was pretty good, no traffic at all. we went to cody's house he shares with like 5 other people (very similar to the house in suburbia) to get his work clothes and dropped his stuff off, then went to the starbucks he works at with brian. brian and i killed some time there, and then i drove home to meet up with nakita and dan lee to see the frog and the princess. but on the way home, i made a pit stop at cruzer's to pick up a calzone and use their bathroom (cody made me a coffee drink and it traveled fast). the princess and the frog was interesting, to say the least.

i have a bad habit of making too many plans and not being able to follow through with all of them.

1. i never made it to tara's.
2. didn't get to hang out with emmie (she was supposed to sleep over).
3. didn't get to hang out with andy (he got super bummed, i feel really awful about this).

ultimately, i feel really relieved to be home. i'm not stoked about the verbal beating i am going to receive from my mom about not being home, but i honestly would have to be a masochist to willingly want to hang out with her. i've decided not to talk to her for awhile.

christmas 2008/2009