Eyes on the road kids!

I was taking part in one of my very favorite internet past time...voyerism, when I kind of get ticked off. One of the GH stars was tweeting about her family heading to the snow (she didn't say where) and this was one of the tweets..."yep! While listening to book on tape. Kids have video in back. Audrey finally just fell asleep... Oh. And michael is driving." The part that ticked me off was "kids have video in back". Then she was tweeting pictures and this was a really neat one...


I know I'm a dork, but it wouldn't hurt the kids for the parents to say "Hey check out that mountain." Technology has cooped up our kids and I think that is bad. Somethings a long a road trip are boring, but others are really cool. Then a few years later one of those kids will be in a geography class learning about sedimentary rocks and they would realize that they saw it up and close. When my family is in the car the kids can a) watch stuff outside, read a book if they can, C) take a nap , or D) actually interact with their family. I will say that DVDs and video games on planes is different, because in some case you are flying over water and it's not interesting until about 45 minutes before you land. Then there are other times when you flying across country and the pilot points out different points of interest. I guess you can call me old fashion, or a dork for all the geography classes I took, but observing your environment is much more important than tuning out and watching Sponge Bob.

Memories of 10th thru 12th grade every time i see them. Its just weirder beyond weird

Watch your "Blind side"

Everyone who is goo goo ga ga about "New Moon" needs to get over it and spend their next $8 to see "The Blind Side". I'm sure you've seen the previews but if you haven't, in nut shell the movie is a true story about a wealthy family taking in a homeless boy, Michael Oher, and the story of him becoming a great lineman, getting a scholarship to play football at 'ole miss, then being drafted by the Ravens. Sandra Bullock's character Leigh Ann is the backbone of the story and I sat there thinking, "Oh my God! That is my mom with a southern accent!"...if you have had the pleasure of meeting my mom you would see it too.

For example- Leigh Ann is looking for Michael after he ran away and she goes to the projects where he used to live and all the guys were cat calling her and threatening Michael...

"You threaten my son you threaten me."...

"I'm in a Bible study with the DA, I'm in the NRA, and I'm always packing"


Though my mom doesn't "pack" if we lived in the South she might... hehehe. When we got out of the theater, almost on cue, she turns and says, "I want to go pick up a sweet, homeless black boy and adopt him." (Luckily we were able to restrain her from driving down to Imperial Ave. in search of that person). If you are tired of pasty vampires with dirty hair, and want to see a true, funny and heart warming movie I strongly suggest The Blind Side

John 3:16...

I really hate trying to have a conversation about a verse and the other person not even attempting to understand my point of view. We were discussing the "reason for the season" and I brought up John 3:16 and the person's snap reaction was, "that verse is not about Christmas. Christmas didn't even exist when it was written." WELL DUUUUUH! That's not the point. I have always believed that John 3:16 was a compact way to explain why God sent Christ to earth. To me that has EVERYTHING to do with Christmas. If God didn't want to send his son to our world in the form of a human to live a sinless life and pay the ultimate price for our eternal salvation than there is no reason to have the holiday. I felt like I was talking in circles so I just left. I try not to get overly emotional, but it is important to me so I can't help it.

You are blessed...

If you are sitting at a computer reading this, you are blessed. If you live in a your own place, or with parents, you are blessed. If you are in school, of graduated, you are blessed. If you have family and friends that love and support you, you are blessed.

Yesterday I spent 2 hours at a domestic violence shelter where woman live with their children in order to get away from abusive relationships. The apartments have three beds in the common area, a room with 2 bonks, a small kitchen, and one small bathroom. These women literally walk in with the clothes on their backs and all this combined makes you look at your life and realize how luck you are. So next time you complain about not being able to go to that concert, just shut it... b/c there are families that can even afford to put food on their tables.

Lastly. With Veterans Day coming up we should really take a moment to acknowledge what the military has done for us. If you want to get some chills watch this commercial. It will make you cry and/or feel a little more patriotic...

Another weekend...another party

My pledge sis and others never fail to tell me I live the life of a character out of the OC, and I just roll my eyes, but I've started to feel like I am going/having as many parties as they did on the show. First it was the black tie CF gala. Two weeks later it was the Southbay Community Services event at the roof top club of the Ivy hotel. and finally two weeks later it is my dad's retirement party at my house..."Not your typical backyard bbq." So far there have been 55 people RSVP for Saturday and my mom is taking Friday off to set up. We hired a bartender and are having it catered by a Hawaiian food restaurant. I guess the one similarity b/t fact and fiction is that now that we are all adults we go to these events together, which in turn means that I have to get a new outfit b/c I can't wear the same dress from last year (please slap me. I can't believe I said that). The truth is however, after 6 weeks of these things I'm kind of glad my weekends are going to calm down. Life in the OC must have been really hard!!!


*please read into the heavy sarcasm

I wish that plans would work just once.

Being a girl sucks 5 days of each month.

If i had a punching bag... *punch* i try but always seem to fall short

Wifi is down. Hip is bruised. Lets all go get crazy tonight!

My 5 minute rant...

I'm not sure if you saw the VMAs, but I watched for the first time in like three years and I have never been so shocked as I was by what Kanye did to Taylor Swift tonight. He truly fulfilled the typical rapper stereotype by being arrogant, rude, disrespectful, and out of line when he bombarded the stage and stole the mic from Taylor. I know he has said he is the "best rapper ever", but Taylor Swift has more overall talent, tact and grace in her pinkie than he does in his entire body. She's 19 and writers her own songs and plays guitar and piano. What does Kanye do? Rhyme words into an audio phone? wow. I used to tolerate is cockiness b/c I liked some of his songs, but that ended tonight. I give total props to Beyonce for having such class and allowing Taylor to come back onto the stage and give her acceptance speech when Beyonce won her award. I really wish I could have seen Kanye's face, but luckily he had been kicked out. He has released an "apology", but it was so half-ass he might well have not. I'm sure this incident will create quite the raucous for 3 days, and I too will get over, but I wanted to voice my disgust.

If you didn't see what happened here are the clips and a link to his "apology"

Kanye's ambush


Beyonce giving Taylor the mic



Kanye's Apology

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/


Ultimately, today was great b/c my very best pledge sis is in town and in my house for the next week!!!

Days long gone...

High school feels like it was so long ago and so much has happened, but sometimes I'm bombarded by what I don't have anymore. When I get bored in the grocery store I usually flip through the soap mags b/c I only watch one show so many times it's not worth buying it. In each magazine they always bold the names of the actors/characters so you can scan the things you want to. Well there is one actress on GH who's name is "Megan Ward". Since she's on GH and I see it all the time I don't usually stop and think about her name, but sometimes "Ward" brings me back to HS. My best friend's name was Rachel Ward and for 13 years, K-12, she was the only Ward I knew of. If I was an only child Rachel would be the closest thing to a sister for me. We were so different, but there was never a time when we really at odds. Then college crept up and we both kind of went our separate ways. I don't regret anything and I still feel immensely blessed by the life long friends I have made these past 5 years, but she was still my best friend and there are still times when I see "Ward" and I realize how much I miss her.


Me and Rachel Ward


The other Ward that makes me think of Rachel



*The hair color is the same...hahaha

Quick up date and another entertainment observation

Here we go. I've been out of school for close to two months. caught some rays on a cruise, then many, many more rays in Hawaii. I got a sick new car (Mazda 3) and I had a job for 3 weeks, but then they stopped calling me... So now I hang out with the pup then meet my mom for lunch, come home, get my OC on, then watch General Hospital when my mom gets home...

I just watched Encino Man for the first time today and I freaking loved it, but it made me realize how much teen movies have changed. It seems that movies from the early 90s were primarily centered around the male characters. It was always the dorky guy trying to get the cute, maybe a lil oblivious, girl and all the shananagins that follow. But starting around 2000ish teen movies really shifted to where the primary plot was centered around girls. Some examples include, ten things I hate about you, mean girls, Sydneywhite, and She's the man. Maybe there was a movement from "stoner" movies to more "chick flicks" in the teenage comedy genre.

If you haven't seen Encino Man... you need to. I'm gonna go buy it for $7 so lets all watch it together. :)

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It's been a long time

This isn't really a "update" entry b/c I have a lot to do, but I have to share the hilarity I experienced last night. This might only be funny to pledge sis, b/c she loves snl. but I swear I listened to a podcast hosted by "Coffee Talks" own Linda Richman.

I stumbled across an interview of one of the actresses from GH and I thought it would be interesting to listen to while getting ready for bed. So I turn it on and I'm listening to the host introduce the show thinking, "OMG! This woman sounds like Linda Richman!!" The accent wasn't as think but the way she was pronouncing words like Caller as "colla" and talk as "tawk" I was in awe. Then... she said it. She sealed the deal. The actress, Megan Ward, was late and this woman, no joke, said, "Talk amongst ya selves"!!! hahahahahaha. I really wanted her to give us a discussion topic... "It's called General Hospital, but it's mostly about the mob...discuss" I was waiting for her to get ferklempt and call Megan "Buhta". She could have taken "Barbara Strisaind" out of the script and inserted "Megan Wawd (Ward)". All I could picture is this woman with a big black hair-do, long red nails and a big sweater with shoulder pads. So while I enjoyed the interview I could have listened to her "tawk" to the janitor.

PS- It might have been so funny b/c I was tired, but I'm still a dork so I'm outta here.

"Talk amongst ya' selves"

Here's Coffee Talk for your view enjoyment

Sunny with the high in the mid-80s praising God

I'm so excited about retreat. you literally have no idea. A weekend with my best friends in a city that's meant to chill in (well metaphorically). Palm Springs is like my third home...San Diego, Hawaii, Palm Springs. I'm so excited that it's going to be warm b/c we NEVER go places where its warm and so it will be easier to pack. I am also excited that there is a pool in the backyard. Devo time is going to be so different. Give my bathing suit, sunscreen, hat, glasses, towel, a Bible and journal. what could be better? and forget card games and would you rather, I'll be chillin' trying to catch some sweet rays. I am actually serious about the whole laying out thing b/c in the next 3 or 4 months I'll be in Vegas for 3 days, Mexico for 4 days, and Hawaii for 2 weeks!!! This white girl needs a base tan. hehehe. Well one more day of dreaded school and then it's 4 hrs stuck in traffic on the 15 north. God Bless Palm Springs and Mou Rou for setting it up.

Just thinkin'

First things, first- I'm pretty sure ever actor(ess) has been on CSI at one time or another. From my mom's high school bff, to the OC's leading mothers, even the "fashionista" of gh... but that's not what this post is about.

While I was looking something up on imdb I came across the profile of my mom's bff/maid of honor, Susanna Thompson and it made me a little sad. This lady was my mom's bestie through high school, in her wedding, worked at Sears together and now they aren't in contact. My mom always says that she doesn't really have any real "girl friends" and that my sister and I fill the spots. It made me think my high school experiences and my "bffs"... not really any more. I had a huge falling out with one and the other is living across the country. It's not that I'm lonely or friendless, it's just that you share a connection with these girls and *poof* they are gone. My sister was right, college is the place you meet your real friends, and I have, I just get a little nostalgic about the EastLake High Class of '04

Melo-drama addict

As I wasted precious time this morning online I realized I'm freaking addicted to melo-dramatic soap operas. I sit at the edge of my seat every monday to see the next Gossip Girl and dive on to the couch every afternoon to watch General Hospital, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing b/c it just means my life isn't dramatic so I have to live vicariously through cheesy shows.

GH sweeps ad- hahahaha

Gorgeous Dresses and Long Speeches

I love awards season. I do. Mostly because I love to see what people people wear and either mock them or envy them. This year started off with a bang. There were so amazing dresses that graced the red carpet at the Golden Globes and I want to honor some of my favorites

OMG! some of the speeches were so long. This is a three hour show people and there is a lot to get through. We know you're excited/emotional but get a grip. My God, Kate Winslet won 2 and while I love her, she's butta (Linda Richmond "Coffee Talk"), I'm not sure you need to thank your make-up artist for making you look like betta butta. When she pulled out her first thank you speech for The Reader I thought she was reading an address to congress (or Parliament). Then she won again for Revolutionary Road and while she didn't have one ready she seemed to talk just as long... and she was crying. I kind of wanted to throw a sock, because I think it would do less damage than a shoe to our tv. So I have come up with a template that I will send to help condense the speech for the Oscars... since the golden globes are usually a precursor to the Oscars-

(read emotionally in an English accent)
"Oh my gosh. I'm so excited to receive this award. I'd like to thank the director_____, and the producers for allowing me to be a part of this fantastic project. I'd like to thank my costars, (Leo D.), _______, it's been an honor to work with you and I'd like to thank the rest of the cast and crew, without you none of this would be possible. Finally I'd have to thank my husband, you are the love of my life (blah, blah, blah), and my kids, Mummy loves you. THANK YOU!

see that's all you really need to say. Obviously they don't know how to "cliff note" things across the pond. Anyway, that's going in the mail tomorrow, b/c otherwise the Oscars could be a long night. hahaha.

In conclusion... I love award shows and when I can add pics of my favorite dresses I will. Enjoy the last week and a half of break

Golden Globe Picks

Best looking couple (OK, they aren't an actual couple but they might as well be)- Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (OMG OMG! IT'S LEO!!!! AHHHHH :p)




Prettiest vintage dress- Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)



Prettiest bold color dress- Polly Pocket sized Eva Longoria-Parker




Prettiest Simple black dress (nice lil touch with the broach at the hip)- double winner Kate Winslet



Prettiest white off the shoulder dress- Sandra Bullock




All around prettiest sexy/form fitting dress- Beyounce





In conclusion, I'm so jealous of all these gorgeous people and the fact that they get to wear these beautiful dresses and jewelry. The only one I think I would ever be able to pull-off is...Beyounce's...HAHAHA. just kidding. No really it would probably be Kate Winslet's. Hey man, I'm dropping the LBs, banquet is in 3 months I just need to work out and find a way to get my grubby (OK, I'll wash them) hands on it. and the Jewels, but I'd probably get arrested :X

Scholarship...

So I just got an email from school and the title was, "SDSU Scholarship", so I open it up and it is the "Cesar Chavez Memorial Scholarship".... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Obviously it is a blanket email that they send to everyone. I think I shed a single tear of laughter. If it wasn't a blanket email they must have saw I lived in Chula Vista and figured I would fulfill the requirements (poor and Hispanic). Oh geez. What a day. I should be studying for another horrible standardized test, the CBEST, but I'm sitting here listening to Maggie snoring and watching tivo.

I love legit English accents!

I seriously love English accents. I watched The Holiday today and every time I fall in love with their dialect. They sound more educated than Americans. They don't shorten words and they enunciate each part of the word. For example, Americans say "Kitten" like "kittin", but the average Britain says "KittEN" like it should be. I think we should all start learning from them. I also noticed that they say "I am" instead of "I'm"... We're (we are) just lazy! Lazy Americans. Sometimes I wish I was British just so I could sound more edjimacated. But then there is the whole cold weather thing and I could not handle it.


Listen to the trailer!

A New Year... A New Diet

Yes it's that time again. After stuffing our faces with unhealthy food from Oct to Jan we step on the scale and realize it's time to start all over again. As usual I weigh the same as I always do after being a lil porker so 10 lbs and I'll be happy. This year the diet is called, "The Flat Belly Diet". In addition to eating less you cut out certain foods to specifically target your marcy. The first 4 days, we are going on day 3, are detox, which means we have to drink "sassy water" (mint, ginger, cucumber, and lemon), eat 1 pint of tomatoes 2 of the days and eat a handful of sunflower seeds with your bland cereal and sassy water. I'm really trying not to complain, because if there was ever a time to lose some lbs it's now. I'm going to Vegas in March and Mexico and Hawaii in May... and I want to look gooooood. When I start a diet I go in knowing that I don't want to lose 20 lbs b/c I've done that before and it's almost impossible to maintain. I want to be healthy and have a flat stomach, but not be forced to eat a pint of tomatoes when I don't even like tomatoes! If I could go from an 8 to a 6 I'd do a cart wheel, in theory. Dieting always makes me think about the world we live in and how much pressure there is to be "thin". Not everyone can be "thin", but ppl can be healthy and thats what maters. Just the other day I was looking at pictures on OMG (yahoo gossip) and I was reading the comments under a picture of kate winslet and someone said, "I worked on the set of Titanic and she was over weight". That comment made me sad. I responded and was like, "she was probably 130 and if you think that's fat there is something seriously wrong with you". I mean whats wrong with people in general. I bet she was the same size as my sister and if you've seen my sister you would NEVER say she's fat. We wonder why people are self-conscious about their bodies. I see pictures of skinny celebraties and just think, "I'd never want to be that skinny and shapeless". I want to be healthy and not flabby, yet keep my curves. We need more reasonably sized actresses out there that aren't 5'4" and weigh 105 lbs. Teach young girls that it's way hotter to be healthy and curvy. I guess that's my rant. I'm glad that I'm not super self conscious about my weight and compare myself to the rich and famous b/c if I did, I don't think I'd like myself.

*btw- I illegally watched like 3/4 of Revolutionary Road and I can tell you that while it's good, Titanic is a more up-lifting movie (yeah, I know right?).... but I didn't see the end so that's just my opinion as of right now