moving on up... to the... ORANGE SIDE?!

a few years ago a friend of mine moved out to vegas with her sister and cousin. after a year she had to move back to the oc because she had no one to live with.... my last trip out to vegas while she was there we had briefly discussed living together. it was one of those, "we should move out here together" moments that was kind just a ha ha joke.

in the past year melinda (my friend/ramiros cousin) and i have spoke about moving out more frequent. about 3 weeks ago as we cut each others hair and girl talked we flirted with the idea of moving out again. just discussing if we could, should, can... blah blah. kinda got me stoked.

then this last sunday at mel's sisters bachelorette party we talked about it again and we're becoming more and more serious. i told her that i would want to do it around summer because i want to pay off my last credit card. yesterday she text me asking if i was really serious because she was going to start looking into rentals. im totally down with this plan. i had some down time at work today and i went on craigs list... ive found quite a few posts on 2 bedroom home rentals. all under 1000... i know we'd have to talk to the landlord as well as actually see the home and review the contract but under 1000... to rent a home... split between 2 people... factoring in utilities... i could TOTALLY afford it.... even while paying my last cc off. so is it possible that this dream could become a reality sooner than planned... in this time of economic strife, people are having a hard time paying their mortgage... people are leasing out their homes for extra cash... why not capitalize on that?! its a renters dream right now... if you have the cash lol.


im really serious and really excited about this.
"THUMBS UP" in 09.... so far, going super strong!

jobs, bitches, hook ups and pong.

so if you didnt already know, i have a new title at work. i am the customer service supervisor. pretty gnar title for a 22 year old... but i think i deserve it. ive been working since i was 15.5 and not because i needed to, but because i wanted to. as spoiled as i am/was. i always knew the value of a dollar. i've always had an appetite for material goods and in order to feed that hunger i knew i had to work. my parents satisfied my wants to a certain degree, but its just in my personality to always want more. but my hoarding nature is beside the point. what i was trying to get at is this; at 22, i have a long resume. so finally having an "adult" position makes me feel accomplished.

not to toot my own horn, but i think almost every job ive had, ive received the same compliment from all my managers-- "i cant believe how fast you pick up on things, youre definitely an asset and i know you'll move forward quickly". for the first time, i actually MOVED up. in my past jobs i busted my ass and always ended up parting ways because my bosses usually ended up being pricks, most seemed to have a cock stuck up their anal and stank in their eyes. this time around isnt like that. i've only been at my current job for 7 months... and already look where i am. stoked for sure.

what im not so stoked about is the new girl we hired. she's a good worker in the sense that she does what shes told and i never have to ask her to do the bitch work, she just gets it done. what erks me, however, is her inability to retain simple things. things that ive repeated consistently for the past 2 months. let me rewind and explain her position... she's basically a receptionist except she is never seen by clients.... you see, at my office we dont have a "front desk" because we are a lab so she spends a lot of time on a phone (99% of our clients are based in sacramento and san diego)... so she is to answer phones, call on cases i give to her, type case letters, input cases and photocopy/organize paper work... but for some reason even after 2 months of reminding her to get office names, contact info and note who you spoke to directly, she cant seem to get that to stick. she tries to ask who is speaking, but somewhere in the 7 seconds she asks to when she relays the message to me or the office manger she forgets or doesnt get the right name. like really?! i think 7 out of 10 calls she transfers, she gives us either a made up name to an office or client. seriously, from saying "one moment please" and hitting hold she forgets the name? that or she asks and doesnt confirm what shes hearing is correct. it really annoys me. then when she inputs cases into our system she constantly checks due dates with me. ive explained to her over and over give them 10 business days... if they need it quick, 5 as long as its no more that 2 units. i dont expect YOU to understand what i just said because you havent been trained or even informed of the details of what i do, but she has. i trained her for 2 weeks, i typed, printed up and outlined any and everything she needed to know and yet she STILL doesnt have it down pat. i learned everything i needed to know in 2 weeks then they threw me to the wolves.

i just hate having to repeat myself, especially when im busy.
i wish she could be a fucking robot that i could program. shit would be tight. lol.
only legit part of having her around is i can pass all the easy calls to her and she speaks korean.


on a completely different front...
since i sit behind a computer all day long at work ive been on myspace, facebook and blogger a whole lot.

lurking is fun.
especially when you find unflattering pictures of dumb b's. HAHA.
(whoa totally had deja vu right now)

ive also come to notice that my world is pretty small. my ex from like 5 years ago is from the 626 (duarte to be exact)... first person i had ever met from the area. met and heard about a lot of people through him. flash forward to 3 years ago. we were ok in the friend dept. civil with each other, mostly talked to each other just to vent. but in that communication i was "introduced" to a number of ladies he was friends with, talking to, dating, leading on yatta yatta. and now we dont talk... but oddly enough a large percentage of those girls im seeing more often than not. they are friends of my friends, which is totally weird. they dont know me (i dont think) but i know things about them they probably wished i didnt know. so strange. ive also come to realize that guys i have hooked up with in my past are rising from the dead LMAO. i didnt think id see certain people again or hear from them, but boy i was wrong. its not a bad thing, i guess. it not like i had feelings lingering for any of them. so seeing them or hearing from them now is nothing more than chill. it can be awkward in a sense... but w/e nothing you can do but laugh.


shit.
this post is long as fuck.


i guess i'll close it out with a thank you for everyone that came on on friday for rams surprise bday.

goddam' the prep for that shit was intense. running around, texting like mad.... secrets and more secrets. then day of, running late. having the slowest super bank nazi who was a bitch times 1000 when it came to cashing my check... then the chance of rain. baby jesus really wanted to test me.

all in all beer pong tourny was dope to the max.
got all crunked.
sent out some drunk txt (fml).
and made some amazing memories.

so far my plans of having a "THUMBS UP" 09 is still going strong.

ps.
cant wait for my bike to come!
(see previous post lolz)

queue freddie mercury.

say hello to my new purchase. she doesnt have a name yet... but as soon as she does, you will be the first to know. she is my 49cm windsor clockwork in burgundy. i had a rough time trying to figure out what bike to get. i went back and forth from the dawes sheila and the windsor willow which are both womens road bikes.... and both REALLY pricey (450+)... i was completely willing to spend the cash because i knew it would be hard to find a bike proper enough for my size.... but after last night and process of elimination (standing over both of chucks frames) we determined a 49 shouldnt be too big. im super stoked about this!!! ive already got plans to upgrade tires/rims and such...

and im no fool, i dont ride the bike i have as often as i should, especially long distances... so ramiro and i already agreed once my bike arrives (and his too, whenever that is lol) we will go on rides around the oc often... to condition my vag' to the seat... because, im sure you boys know how much it hurts your taint when you first start riding... unfortunately (or fortunately depending how you look at it) ladies cant develope a callus on our vag'.... hahaha. im actually pretty relieved i cant get a callus there, that would be rather unattractive and unpleasurable! LMAO!

im truly excited about this investment to better living... it gives me something to do and its an activity that all my friends can do with me.

this adds to my "THUMBS UP" plan for 09.

ps...

any one wanna buy me some velocity rims in popsicle purple?!

pleasssssee :)

loose ends.

have you ever done something even though you knew, that it was outright wrong? what am i asking?! of course you have. we all have. what motivates that? what causes a person with strong ethics and pure morals to do something utterly and completely rediculous?

i think its attention.-- no, i know its attention. ive noticed that people start with the most innocent of intent, then gradually it progresses into something beyond their control and thats when they get into trouble.

when you have something amazing, never risk it on a whim...

like the cliche line states "its all fun and games, until someone gets hurt"


theres no such thing as innocent secrets.
none what so ever.

you cant risk everything for "fun and games".

a music ménage à trois..quatre..cinq..six...sept...

for a long time ive been stuck in this musical quicksand of the same bands, the same music, same styles, same albums... over and over. its been this way for a good 2 or 3 years now. i use to be really big on finding new bands, singers and rappers. as of late--- not so much. i had grown complacent with the library my iPod contained, rarely updating, rarely straying away from the same artists. theres nothing more depressing than being in a musical stand still... at least for me.

so i decided to do something about it. i had tons and tons of albums on cd that had not been transferred onto my iTunes... so i did that. glassjaw, taking back sunday, tupac, pharcyde, bear vs shark, blink-182.... although its not "new" music... it was so refreshing to hear familiar sounds of good artists... songs i hadnt heard in a long time, just kind of brought me back.

not only did i do that but i also got some new-er music... a while back i dl'd adele's "19"... that is an AMAZING album, super slick... she deff deserved her grammy last night. after watching the movie "the wackness" i had to get the soundtrack!... come on, some of the best hip hop joints from 1994-ish... if youre a hip hop lover, deff check out the movie and the soundtrack. i got katy perry's "one of the boys"... her voice is better than anticipated, but content was lacking-- thank God i didnt spend money on that album... city and colour which was a nice mellow change of pace.... and confide which im still kind of on the fence about... i also found a group called the wedding which is now fronted by former LetterKills (FAV!) front man, Matthew Shelton.... totally digging that band.

these are my top 5 fave albums this month....

ADELE-19

THE WACKNESS- SOUNDTRACK


THE PHARCYDE- BIZARRERIDE II THE PHACRYDE

TUPAC- ME AGAINST THE WORLD

GLASSJAW- WORSHIP AND TRIBUTE

if you have any music you think i should give a try... let me know!

thumbs up or down on BOJANGLES?

so as you all know last night was the grand opening of Man-o-lo and Steve-o's BOJANGLES at the Airliner. it was an event that was hyped by all, but would it live up to the hype? after having a super stressful week at work trying to transition into my promotion smoothly... i was in dire need of a good time. so after much anticipation the night finally came.

of course it rained... all the ladies looked prim and proper RUNNING to the entrance of the club. for the first time in my life a bouncer question my ID... upon entrance i didnt know what to think. it was small, but filled with so many familiar faces. i was happy to see michelle (mama ice) and jason (jnaut), whom i hadnt seen in ages. it was relatively awkward at first. as it always is when the club just opens and there arent too many people there. we went to explore and ended up on the second floor just in time for BCK's set. there was a good amount of people there to watch them play. the set all in all was good, i just wished the crowd was a little more responsive.

slowly but surely as the night progressed, more and more people showed up. fyjy and hairface warmed up the 1's & 2's and definitely got us all loosened up. by midnight the 2nd floor was packed and my beloved friend DANN started his set, which was a hit. everyone dancing and acting a damn fool... l&o tossing tee's... me getting free drinks (thanks baby jase and bartender lady lol) by 1am i was feeling good and stress free.... i think i only stopped dancing to pee, get a drink, or go out side. i was wildin-out last night.

all my friends were there and everyone was having a good time, everyone. Jase was an AMAZING hype man. never skipping a beat and always getting the crowd involved... but then again thats always how jase rolls!

so aside from being fondled and rubbed up on by strange large black men...
and the rain...

i can honestly say i totally enjoyed myself.

bojangles: thumbs UP.



ps... moca salsa fish tacos... thumbs DOWN.

its the only way to live...