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Monday, December 29, 2008

So Many Beaches in one day

Spent the weekend visiting friends. Got back last night. A lot of fun and definitely very tired. I got food poisoned on Friday after eating some sausage & pepperoni pizza from Papa John's. Both my brother and I were the only ones who ate it and got really, really sick. I sucked it up and worked up the strength to drive to LA the next day while my cousins from SD and Washington state went to Disneyland and San Diego.

I finally saw Gattaca while I was trying to recover from the queasiness of my stomach flu. Jude Law is actually pretty hot. lol. Poor guy. I really liked it. Definitely not as sterile as I thought it was going to be. Next day I woke up at 7:20am to go to church. I set up my alarm, but I guess I didn't set it up correctly and it didn't set (I blame my sickness). Luckily I have a good internal clock. I actually went to church at 8am and had breakfast with Art, Ricky, and Mia in Venice at a nice quaint and comfortable restaurant called Benice (HOTTOO).

I will definitely come there again. Service was great, food was comforting and decent. I had a simple French toast with sausage, eggs, and hash browns and chamomile tea. The French toast was cooked to perfection (light and crispy on the outside with a nice subtle sweetness from the powdered sugar and softness on the inside...no syrup necessary!). I originally wanted to try the banana pancakes (Ricky ordered them instead) or the Greek omelette, but my stomach needed something sweet and less salty. The French toast did the trick :) Art ordered the curry omelette (which was actually delicious, but nothing beat's Art's chicken curry <3).

After breakfast I met with an old friend Thomas. He is on break from his last sem of vet school on the east coast and drove down from San Francisco to meet with me. I haven't seen him in 3 years or so since he left for school. Kathleen, my college friend invited me down to Laguna Beach at Tutto Amore. The owner made a special event for my friend (she is a foodie aka food critic), and all the people she could bring in would get a free scoop of gelato and hot cocoa or espresso. I had the salted caramel (super awesome flavor). Thomas had the miso strawberry. We chatted for a bit and met up with some old Yelpers I saw from the Ruth's Chris Steak house hangout in Beverly Hills. There were a couple of really cute Asian guys there too XD. too bad :P

After the dessert, Thomas and I decided to walk down to the beach right across the street (the place was pretty crowded full of tourists and beach goers). The beach was really nice though. The weather was near perfect. Sun was bright and warm and wind was slight and subtlely chilly since it is December. Definitely lots of pretty people and frou frou dogs being walked (it is Laguna Beach after all). Lots of beach bodies and families and young people. Too bad my camera was stolen along with my wallet and cell phone two days before Christmas :(.

Thomas and I chatted and caught up a bit. Kathleen actually was responsible for a bit of our topic of conversation, much to my slight dismay, but it was okay. After the walk, we decided to eat some lunch at Pomodoro Boccincino‎. It's a nice casual Italian based dining. I decided to eat there rather than 230 Forest since it looked like a more relaxed environment. The food is based in Milan. Fresh, light. They started with a cold baguette with pesto sauce to dip.I ate the ravioli stuffed with spinach and feta with pomodoro sauce (light fresh tomato base sauce) and some peach italian soda. Thomas had a spaghetti dish with clams and muscles. If you want something more heavy with a bigger bang for your buck, you may want to venture else where though--it is Laguna Beach. Nevertheless, portion or half portion was perfect for me since I had no appetite (i.e., pretty small). I actually prefer the food at Maria's Itallian Kitchen on Pico Blvd. See below.

(Art and I ate there the day when my poor bag got stolen *sigh*. But yeah the food there was excellent. I really liked their freshly baked breads for our starter. I had a simple chicken marsala and Art had an Eggplant Parmigiana- Hoboken Style (very delicious and highly recommended baked eggplant with generous portion of parmesan cheese on a freshly toasted bread roll). Art liked it a lot and he hates egg plant. Why did he order an eggplant parmigiana when he hates egg plant? I don't know. He's weird like that. Our server was a little out of sorts though. Poor guy. He must have been new.)

After lunch we headed down to Manhattan Beach to visit my friend Rahil. We exchanged our presents and I got to see her upgrades to their condo. I am loving all the new art work :). She gave me a very cute ceramic measuring spoon set that look like giraffes, a crafted mini book, and a handstiched patch work apron from anthropologie. She's always so thoughtful. Since Thomas and I were still very full from lunch, we declined all the desserts, teas, and all other forms of food she offered. I gave in to the sparkling orange type juice she gave though. It helped my stomach I think. After listening to Rahil's stories about how one of her autistic children humped and broke her glasses, we headed back to LA/Beverly and I met Art's sister and sister's bf. Very nice people. I'm so glad I got to meet them. They are also from Redondo Beach where Rahil's family is from. I wish I had more time to chat and relax. All in all, I came home pretty early after a very long and eventful day. Big thanks to my friend and driver Thomas for everything. I'm glad you liked your nothing gift. It's definitely full of air and I hope it brings you comfort on your long trips ahead.

Twinkie pumpkin, you shouldn't abuse the candle (be careful and don't leave fires unattended). I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for being so understanding and letting me hang out with my friends all day. Next time, we'll gather everyone so we can all hang out. I'm sure we can do it. We definitely need to get out more.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Moving on Up

We had a random free day yesterday aside from apartment checking and it turned out really well. I got to see two cool places with two really cool people. The first one I immediately loved. Homey, clean, awesome kitchen and in unit washer and dryer! Plus it's across the street from the Bahay Natin store and two blocks from St. Agustine's!

The other is a cool artsy place perfect or aspiring artists, actors, film makers, photographers, etc. The girl I met is a professional photographer and had so many cool post cards, posters, pictures and such around the place. It was pretty tight inside, but it definitely had character everywhere. Red stained floors, unique 50s style cabinets, surf shop closets and bathroom. Definitely trendy to say the least.

In the end, I chose the homey one near downtown Culver City, just because it was more comfortable and homey. I'm a bit past the cool and trendy chic Hollywood feel at this point. If only I found such a place while I was in college, I would have definitely had fun with that. Both girls were very cool and matched my personality on different levels. While for the artsy place, we were walking towards the back of the building when she saw a huge canvas being thrown out. It was such a shame and very cool too. The only thing was the canvas was warped a bit, but that's nothing a little restreching couldn't handle. Definitely someone I could talk artsy with. She liked me and I'm sure we would be pretty good friends if I decided to move in.

So this morning, I spoke with the girl I'm moving in with (her roommate is the one who interviewed me). She is very cool and very sweet. I know if all goes well that she will be an awesome roommate. We both love baking and cooking, so that will definitely fly pretty well. I just hope everything will work out and I get my name on that lease asap. The only thing I'm worried about atm is moving my stuff. I need boxes and help throwing the furniture out. Anyone need a refrigerator?

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Things that nerdy people have fun doing

grocery shopping for unhealthy food
trial and error cooking with minimal expectations
watching a stupidly funny movie about tea bagging drum sets
talking about things the average 12 year has better experience with
singing old school R & B without shame

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Still Confused

We checked out another place today and it has potential. I have my own bathroom and a nice sized bed. While the place is kinda dirty, at least the room is a good size and I can do my bathroom however I want. I don't think I'll be doing much cooking if I decide to take this place though. We'll see. I have two more to check out and hopefully I'll be able to choose one among the three. I'm tired of searching through ads even though I've only seen 3 places so far. It's been getting better. Cris was right. I'm glad I followed his advice and didn't make a jump decision.

Today we also had the talk, but I guess I'm still confused about the whole thing. The more it gets discussed, the more confused I am on how I feel about everything. It's a scary thought to not know exactly what to do for once and not be able to fully develop a logic behind your emotions. All the while, I got locked out of my apartment for the first time since I moved in. Luckily my onsite manager was home and had a master key, otherwise that would have been really sad.

While I was trying to get my life in order, my friend Kathleen calls and says she's in Beverlyhills. She is with her Yelp foodie friends at Ruth's Chris Steak House on Beverly Dr. It's fine dining, but casual. We had a party of 9, so we had a nice private section away from full on noise. The food was actually good, although not something I would really pay that much for. I ate portabello mushrooms, mashed potatoes, cherry tomatos in garlic sauce which was $20. It was definitely good and very filling. Don't know if it was worth $20, but I preferred eating that over rib eye. I was so not hungry when I got there and everyone was just piling on the food, appetizers, and deserts. I had a bit here and there, and when the bill came, everyone decided to split the appetizers evenly. The bill totaled about $1,100 for 9 of us. Not bad considering there was 9 of us and a corking fee for the wine that was brought. With tax and tip plus the appetizers I didn't really eat, but Katheen dumped on my plate, I was supposed to pay about $70 more or less. I also had tea. After all the confusion and money being thrown around, I ended up just paying for the portabello. I was appalled that I would pay that much for food I didn't really eat (yet again), but whatever, I wasn't going to complain. But for whatever reason I was spared. I was glad since I'm so poor right now. I'll pay that much for clothes and electronics, but not food unless it is a good week's worth of groceries. I guess I'm cheap like that.

After the dinner, we head to Melrose for some ice cream. I forgot the name of the place. I think it was called Scoops near LA City College. Anywho, the place around it was very creepy and ghetto considering we were in Beverly Hills only moments before. I tried so hard to not go, but Wes was very kind to invite me in such a way that I found it very difficult to say no. I ended up coming along and ate bread pudding? ice cream and fig something. I really liked the fig. They also had the most unique combination of ice creams. They had chocolate wasabi and pistachio jalapeno just to name two of their weirder ones. The owner was really nice. I think he might have been Korean. The shop was small and filled with urban hipsters/urbanites. It was nice. The art was very iam8bit like. After that was all said and done, the group went to Abbot Kinney in Venice to go eat at a taco bar or something. Yes, I know these people are real foodies. Anyway I pretty much said no thanks and they finally let me go. The parking (given that is was Beverly Hills I guess, was $12 for 2 hours. -_-. I should have just drove there myself. I rode with the group and so my car was left in the parking place that had a fee after the first 2 hours were done. I was parked for 4 hours since the group took forever to leave the restaurant.

All in all, it was a fun experience. I got to take pictures with the Yelpers. My face might be plastered on Yelp for all I know. Everytime I eat with Kathleen, it's a stomach churning expereince I regret at the time, but enjoy in retrospect. I'm just glad she's my friend. Never thought we'd still be friends for this long since we graduated, but we did. :) Speaking of which, I have to buy her a present. Crap. Ok must run.

Griffith Observatory

I've been so busy these past few days looking for a new place and mananging my work and life in general that I haven't been able to keep up with my posts :\ but anyway. We went to the observatory on Friday as opposed to shopping (which I still need to do D:). On the way we tried to use Tom Tom to get to the post office to pick up an overdue package (I still don't get why you thought it was near downtown >_>). Anyway, after getting some subs to eat, we head up to Griffith and getting slightly lost on the way. We finally give up on Tom2x and I tell Art to ask the ranger. He gets out and asks a lady ranger and a few seconds later, another Asian guy walks up to them. I am sitting in the car watching all of this unfold. Then I see the Asian guy begin talking to Art and hands are flailing everywhere and pencil and paper is being exchanged. I think to myself, "You can't be serious." So Art gets in and apparently the other guy was also lost using his GPS. What is up with Asian guys and poor sense of direction? :P

Anyway, we finally get there and it is beautiful outside. The sky is super clear and blue and the sun is bright. It is slightly chilly, but nice. We decide to eat on the patio until a bee comes out of nowhere and tries to attach Art's food. Both being mortified by a potential sting, we head to the indoor eating area and finish our lunch. After a bit of talking (another one of those learning experiences), we walk around the observatory and see the city of Los Angeles from atop of the mountain. It so nice even with the bit of haze. We soon move inside and see a periodic table with all the elements inside. It's very cool :) Of course he just had to point out there is an elements named after Berkeley and not UCLA (hey, it's only a matter of time we get one. Our school is better than yours! :P). We check out the place and check out the sun in it's different phases, gases, and effects on the earth. We later find out that there is a planetarium in the place and I am super excited. I've always wanted to go to the observatory since they remodeled it and the fact that there was a planetarium in it made it even better. I couldn't wait! Oh and we used our "student" discount! :P That was a good $4 saved. lol.

When we got in, it took me back to high school and I just wanted to sleep there. I love planetariums. I also applaud the voice actor/host of the presentation. It was a good 30min at least of non stop talking all done live in coordination with the visuals. I almost thought it was recorded, but she was very professional and did not break a sweat. I was very impressed.

As night fell, the city lit up with lights and the view was even more spectacular. It was freezing though and I blame Art for my chills since he said I was lame for even wearing a wool pea coat in California. I say screw that! I am cold and I don't care if I wear a wool coat with a scarf and beanie in LA! At least I'm not freezing :P So we decide to call it a night and head off to eat. We talk about Jon and Kate + 8---our favorite show! on the way to Mimi's. The food was excellent and comforting. I wish I had room for dessert though. Now I want to check our Mimi's in Ventura since I had such a nice experience over there.

We headed home and I uploaded the pictures. I think they're pretty good considering I didn't take that many. We really wanted to stay up there and watch the meteor shower, but we weren't sure what time it was, so we decided to just go home. That would have been nice though. I remember the last meteor shower I saw was during my senior year. I watched with Teresa, Daren, Henry, Jen, Hui, and two other girls (I forgot their names :P). It was 3am and we all had finals due. We walked up to the roof of our apartment complex and decided to lay down with all our heads together and look up at the sky. It was the best feeling and I'll never forget it. I told Art and he said he saw the same shower somewhere in Valencia. It's comforting to know we were looking at the sky around the same time so many years ago :) kind of like An American Tale! Awww.

Edit-Jan 1, 2008
Two weeks later I've posted the pictures. I appreciate your patience. I highly recommend going there if you have a chance. Definitely see the planetarium too, and if you decide to go during December, have a picnic and bring some food and warm jacket. It's definitely beautiful up there. Just don't rely on Tom Tom.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Bolt

Last night, after a horrendous 45 min 6 mile drive down the 405, Art and I finally met up at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. I finally got him to set foot on campus and I gave a quick tour. I miss walking there "slowly" with Cris :( but anwyay it was still fun. I was in a hurry cause we were going to eat and then watch Bolt afterwards. So I weaved through mid, parts of north and south campus before going through LS, the old medical center and down to Enzo's. of course it had to be Enzo's. Since all of my friends have eaten there, there was no way I wouldn't take Art there. That was the first time I had a calzone. Art had the lasagne (which was sadly very dry), but my calzone was yummy and fresh. Luckily we shared. We actually had just enough time to walk down Bronxton and get to the movie before the preveiews even started. It's funny how the 4 people there saw Transporter and the guy behind the counter was a bid miffed when I asked Art what the movie was about. He said it was just some movie about a car and things blow up. Lol. Yeah, I could care less, but the counter guy said it was by some director who he claims to be a God. Whatever. So we went in to watch Bolt. The theatre was nice and wide and clean just for us 6 people or so. It was nice. The movie was pretty good and I even got teary eyed near the end. I think it's because I missed Riley. Art missed pancake. Before the movie began he kind of dared me to not say anything until the end of the movie. So I stayed silent. He got freaked out as the credits were running that I still wasn't talking. I felt bad cause he thought I was angry. All I could do was smile. I had to give in, although to me the end of the movie is once the credits are completely over. Damn those long credits.

I was initially wearing a wool coat and scarf, but Westwood was just so packed it was warm. I had to ditch my scarf and coat. Unfortunately it got cold later, so he gave me his jacket and I essentially had a mini blanket on me. lol. xs to XL. go figure. Art the giant. :P so we ended the night after the movie. It only took me 10-15 mins to get home vs 45-50 mins going there. That was just stupid. So I make it home just before 11. It was nice. In all, the movie was cute. I'm glad I didn't know who the voice actors were, cause if I did, I would have been pretty pissed and wouldn't have been able to concentrate on the movie. it's cute. Bolt was especially cute as the baby. What I will definitely give to Disney is their ability to make their surroundings seamless and so realistic even with the cartoony characters. Anyway, after a day of testing and IEPs and ethical discussions, i'm so done for today. I want to go to bed. As for tomorrow, I guess that day is reserved for just the two of us.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Changes

I don't know how it happened, but I guess two days ago was the first real step. Somehow it's kind of sunken in and I have to admit I'm a little scared, but I guess we're in it togther. With everything that's been going on, I don't know what to do. I'm at that drastic point of transition and I'm wondering if everything will really be okay. This time, however, I'm not running away.

Some people say that it's best not to think and just let everything fall into place. I think that brief period of not thinking has ended its course. The reality is, good things don't just happen on its own. We influence our own happiness. So what now? I guess only time will tell.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Moving Pains

So it's that time of the year again. Getting ready for another move. I just got back from having dinner with Cris and Mark. The place I checked out today was even worse I think than the last one. I was still kind of considering it given how desperate I was getting, but Cris said "absolutely not." He said maybe he would be able to stomach it, but he wouldn't let me even consider the place. *sigh* He said he knew my standards, and well I guess he's right. I'd commit and then regret it heavily. Mark offered their place for me to stay, but of course I couldn't do that to them, especially since they only have one bathroom :P but it was nice a cozy at their place with the Christmas tree and all. Felt a little bit like my parents' house but more trendy furniture.

While we were eating dinner, Mark and Cris were telling me about the clients they've had. Mark is a manager at a major retail store in Century City, so they get a lot of celebrities there. Sometimes when I hear him talk about it I can't help but drop my jaw at how often they get to mingle with them. Cris, part-time works at another branch of the same store and also does side jobs as a personal organizer for major execs and high profile celebrities. One of which was the ever so hot RDJr. I couldn't help but squeal. Of course Cris, being the so out of touch guy that he is, didn't even realize who their client was until he put two and two together after seeing so much Iron Man memorabilia in their mansion and the receipt that said Downey. Oh CRIS! I can't believe you were able to go through his mansion and touch and organize his stuff. What a lucky bastard you are. UGH!!!! So hot. lol. Anyway...it just makes you realize how surreal your life can be living in LA. Mark is in constant contact with celebs including Paris, Christina, Britney, Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Rhianna, and some other people I could care less about. But it's just so funny to hear about how some stars are really nice while some are full of themselves and others have their PA's basically OCD because they are so anal. They get paid so well to just organize things it's ridiculous! It makes me think that I've definitely gone into the wrong job and wonder why I wasted so much time and money on my education. However, in such a business, it's certainly a "who you know" kind of thing. So everything in that business is via word of mouth. I can only imagine how much they make per hour let alone a "day rate" for someone to fly them over for 3 weeks to organize their mansion in Connecticut or something. Geez. And I'm here busting my brain and breaking my back for free. *sigh* I'm sure if I wanted to Mark could get me a job, but just thinking of people treating me like a faceless void to do the job that I do just because they threw money at my face doesn't sit well with me. It would feel too demeaning even if that was my job to be invisible, organize, and stay silent. I'm not a mindless drone and I'm not your servant. I'm definitely not one who would ever want to sit there and shut up and not be acknowledged even if they did pay me $100 an hour.

So anyway that was interesting. It's fun to talk to Cris all the time. This time I didn't feel as rushed since Cris invited me for dinner and wanted me to stay and talk. Our dynamic hasn't changed at all and he agreed. I told him that he hasn't changed much since we were in college and he said that's true that our dynamic hasn't changed. I told him I think I've changed though. He said he said he definitely noticed. Which made me curious. He said he noticed last year when we went out in Manhattan Beach, that I was more outgoing and talking more and leading the conversation. It's funny how he notices small things like that. I guess I have never been out with Cris without the regular group of people we hang out with, so that was a side of me he never really saw. Whenever I am with him and our regular group, I tend to let them talk, because I know they need to expel that energy, and I listen. Cris needs that venting. I only vent once he's done and ready, so I don't tire him out. Now that he seems a lot happier, I no longer have to be the wall that stays silent and listens, but can finally talk :P, but it's not like my life is all that bad. I actually really like where I'm at and I feel really happy (despite poverty and homelessness). I told this to Mark and he laughed. It's really hard to get a word in with Cris and Rahil when they're together. That's why I like it when it's just Cris and I, because I eventually can relax and laugh and poke fun (at Cris) and be myself...kind of. being around Cris sometimes makes me feel so young, as in like I'm his little sister he needs to coddle, even though technically I'm older than him by 4 months. Cris said he misses walking around with me and staying up at 2am going out to watch a movie and just remembering how relaxing and destressing it was. I never knew how much he enjoyed those times we just walked aimlessly around UCLA, but it was definitely a lot of fun to me too. I miss it a lot as well.

While we were walking back to his place (the apartment we went to was close by), we were talking about friendships. He wanted me to come up for dinner and I didn't want to intrude, but he insisted and said he wanted me to be there, so that made me feel bad to not come up. He has a way of doing that--making me feel guilty. So anyway, we talk about his job and his position. He's making such a great progress, but he hasn't fully been emraced by the staff. I told him he needs to open up and be more friendly. Cris said that he knows, but he's just socially awkward. To a degree it's true, but I think it's more with him being rigid and particular than really anything else. He comes off as strict, scary and cold. But he's very sweet, caring, and very reliable. I can always call Cris out of the blue and if can help me, he will. I feel bad sometimes at the few times I ask for his help, but it seems like he enjoys it whenever I do >_>. I always feel like a helpless little girl when I'm with Cris cause he's just that much more mature and independent than I am. But then I hang out with my other friends, and I feel like I'm so old. Oh well. Cris is a very old soul I suppose.

Anyway, Cris says it's hard for him to be social, and I said, but I said "you're friends with me aren't you?" but then he said "yeah well you're kind of socially awkward too" lol he has a point. But people aren't as afraid of me and intimidated by me as he is. I'm just glad Cris is my friend, my friend who got to manhandle RDJr's stuff. *sigh* I wish I could have done that XD

Cris even thinks I'd never get a eyebrow piercing. Oh I'll show all of you one day. I'll get a tatoo or something just to spite everyone and then lazer it off lol. Anywho I'm tired and have two papers left to finish. Cris says he doesn't know how I can work, do school, practicum and research. Well I don't know how he is able to be a social chair, teach 1-4 Magnet, and work on his teaching cred plus work on the side. See Cris, we're pretty even. :P

Friday, December 5, 2008

Apartment hunting...again

Apartment hunting is always a pain. I've been pretty lucky thus far with my current place. I'm quite spoiled I would say with how I have it atm. If rent wasn't going to increase and my roommate didn't have to leave, I'd just stay here and make it really nice. Unfortunately that is not the case and I've decided I'd rather find a new place than look for another roommate. I would rather not pay another month of rent if I am unable to find someone to take my roomate's spot.

So today Art and I went to check out a possible place. It's located in Palms. The apartment is eehh ok I guess. The potential roommate is an older woman who seems to be really nice. The room is pretty big with walk-in closet, dresser, bed and additional storage. I also get my own room and parking. What sucks is the place is kinda dirty. It's very old lady style and messy. I really want a place that is clean where I feel like I can feel comfortable in. I hate the bed and dresser (call me picky, but it's really eeeh). However, I do realize given the situation, rent is definitely cheap for having my own bathroom, bedroom with closet and parking around LA. *sigh* I'd also have to pay for my own internet. Otherwise all other utilities are included.

Since Art has work in the afternoon, Cris will be checking the place with me. This one is near Cris's place (literally 3 streets away). I could walk to his place if I needed sugar or something. The rent is slightly higher, but since I don't have to open an online account, I'm good to go. So in the end, it comes out to the same thing. The down side is I would be sharing the place with 3 other people. One girl, and a couple. I'd still have my own room, but parking is on the street and I'd have to share 1.5 bath. That's kinda meh. But I will reserve complete judgement until I see it. I'd like to secure a spot asap though. I'm scared I won't be able to find a place that cheap that is month to month with utilities included. That definitely would be better than having to worry about how much of the utilities to use when it's just set like that. Another perk is it's a lot closer to my practicum site, so the drive won't be as bad as if I stay here. It has direct access to the 10, but I'm far from the 405 unlike when I'm here. Plus, I'll be farther from school, so studying there will be a bit harder. It might be more feasable to study at UCLA instead. Maybe I should apply for parking and renew my volunteer status...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Trust your gut

It's usually right. *sigh*

I decided to cancel my last Harry Potter related purchase on Amazon "Tales of Beetle the Bard". I'm sad, but it's another thing I don't really need and can't afford to waste my money on at this point.

I've been waiting for the day my roommate would tell me that she'll be moving out and that day has come. As a result, I'll be moving out as well and immediately sent my 30 day notice and began canceling utilities in my name and filled out a change of address form. What a freaking pain it is to move! I just hope my next apartment is nicer, cheaper, and my roommate(s) are decent. That isn't a lot to ask is it?

Monday, December 1, 2008

Christmas time is near!

Back from home. Several pounds heavier, several dollars poorer, and more than anxious to finish this semester.

That said, I can't find the picture of our Christmas tree from last year anywhere. I'm a little bummed cause it was such a nice set up. Anywho, here's our current tree just as we finished decorating it. I apologize for the fuzzy dark picture. This was taken with my phone since I forgot to bring my camera with me for Thanksgiving.

On a side note, I retook an old quiz I saw in my blog while looking for the old Christmas tree picture.

You Belong in 1958

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?