BS Fridays

This is an idea borrowed from YB and Peachy :) You have to guess whether the story is true or false. Happy guessing! :D

I suppose it was my sophmore year in college and I got in touch with this composer who was putting on a solo concert at the biggest Catholic church in LA. Apparently, he led a choir (he called it the "Choir of the Worlds") all across the world singing his compositions and even wrote a grammy award winning song for Mariah Carey! :D

Well, I got to the church and the concert started. We played a bunch of songs with the choir and then the composer breaks out in a piece for solo guitar and voice. I've never heard such an amazing and beautiful male voice in my life! He was seriously better than Andrea Bocelli! :P

But I guess you want to know about my celebrity sighting... Well, in the audience in the third row, right in front of me, was Nicholas Cage! :D He was with a bunch of people including his mother who called him by his nickname - Nicky :P hahaha ;)

You Guys are Scary :P

Okay, here's what I've decided:

- If I leave college now, I'll have to start repaying my loans, and if I already can't afford to go to college now, then I REALLY won't be able to afford going to college while also repaying my school loans.

- I talked to the professor that I had the scheduling conflict with and he told me that he'd make an exception just for me and just for this semester (I have to take the same class every semester), and I already cleared up the scheduling problem with my boss for the Spring semester. So, there shouldn't be anymore unexpected scheduling problems.

- As for the burnout, you guys are soooooo right! I would never end up going back to school :( So, it's better if I just stick it out now.

So, today, I'm going to lift my last registration hold at the library and just suck it up and register for classes. Even though it will be hard finding the money to pay for all of this stuff, it sounds like the alternative will be even harder.

Good job. You have successfully scared me back into school :P High school and college drop-out programs should hire you guys ;) No, really. Thanks for the advice... you scary mo fo's :P

To break or not to break?

I only have 2 more semesters before I finish my degree, but I've been thinking of taking a semester off from college. The reasons are the following:

- I'm a fifth year senior and I received no financial aid or grants for school this year. I still have to talk to the financial aid office at my school about how I can finance my education. Maybe I can work something out.

- There's a scheduling problem between my work and one of the classes I'm required to take. Because I survive solely off my job and would be using it to pay my college tuition, work is my first priority.

- I've been burned out on school for awhile now. I just feel like getting this degree isn't necessarily enriching my life as much as it's just an exercise in "jumping through the hoops", and I hate tedium.

The reasons why I would stay in school are because I'd have to start paying back my college loans, and I just want to get it done and over with already... *sigh* Do you guys have any advice?

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Glamour

Glamour is defined as "an air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring." Ever since I started this blog, my life has been decidedly glamorous: late nites, dirty dancing, strong drinks and careless romance. I wanted something different than what I had experienced the past 2 years. Everything seems so exciting: the attention, the loud music, the bright lights, the sheer audaciousness of it all. You're so over-stimulated that you hardly have time to think. And when you do think, it's like a tunnel. It's not, "What am I going to be doing next year?" It's "What am I gonna do next weekend?" It's so easy to get caught up in planning your life around other people and other events and subconsciously trying to create your own events from theirs. But at the end of the day, you grew a little smaller, you thought a little bit less, and the only thing waiting for you tomorrow is another party, another guy, and another drink.

I just got done watching an amazing Kurosawa film called, "Dreams". It's a montage of artfully done dream segments that weave themselves together into a surreal landscape that makes you think of things in a different way (and by different, I mean romanticized). It speaks of less complicated times and more virtuous values. And above all, it makes you think about the world we're creating for ourselves. And it made me think of my life and the directions I'm heading in, and I've decided that this is not the type of glamour I want to personify. I don't want my life to be cast in a series of dates and club events, but rather, I'd like it to be set in accomplishments and living well.

And I start to find that glamour can be the dangerous, sexy, and exciting girl I am now. But glamour can also be the intelligent, composed, compassionate girl I was before. As my friend, D'Amato, says, "Glamour is as glamour does", and whether I'm dancing and drinking it up in a club with cute boys or sitting at home typing up a thoughtful blog, glamour isn't about what you do, but how you do it. In fact, it's inside us, waiting to "wow" our most important critic - ourselves.

VEGAS

OMG...

Vegas was AMAZING! (and I never use caps) :P

I drank like a fish! My "drink" this weekend was a double Grey Goose on the rocks with extra lime. I drank so many of those that I had hangovers in the middle of the day. I got so toasted that even though I wanted to leave the table, I had to keep gambling because if I had gotten out of my seat, I would have fallen. I drank so much that it even stopped tasting like alcohol! One time, I had them bring it back because I told them it tasted like water with lemon. My liver hates me right now :P

On Sunday nite, I went to go see Celine Dion! Yay! :D We had the best seats too - 3rd row from the stage! :D The show was amazing! Celine Dion is one of the most amazing vocalists of our time and can do things with her voice that no one else can. The dancers and musicians were amazing and Dion gave a stellar performance. It was actually so beautiful that I sat there in my seat and cried! Sitting there crying in my corset top and strawberry daquiri... There were tons of hot male dancers and the one I was totally eyeing the whole show came down into the audience and started dancing with me! Swoon! :D

On Monday morning (okay, it was more like afternoon since it was 2PM, but it was morning for me because I went to sleep at 7AM the night before :P), I woke up, washed my face, and went down to play poker (you know you're a gamble-holic when you won't even brush your hair or teeth before hitting the tables again :P) Well, I met this cute guy, and he was totally flirting with my tore up self. So, I made a date with him for 11PM that nite.

In an effort to not look like shit again, I got all glammed out for our "...stays in Vegas" date :P We ended up hitting Rum Jungle and The Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. I got so many compliments on my dancing, and other guys were giving my guy a thumbs up on me the whole nite. The best part was that not only was my guy a good dancer, but he was a freak on the dance floor! We would be grinding and he'd reach behind my neck, grab a handful of my hair in his fist, and pull my head to the side and bite my neck. So fucking hot. I found out later that he was a Marine. I guess what they say is true. Marines really are only good for two things - fighting and fucking ;)

All in all, the weekend was amazing. I hit a $400 jackpot on the quarter slots, played Hold 'Em poker for the first time at a casino, drank more liquor than I thought I could handle, now have a surplus on my "male attention meter" (:P) and (for the first time in my life) cried because something was so utterly beautiful. :D

I Hate Trying on Bikinis!

I fucking hate it! >:(

I never realized how out of shape I was and how splotchy my skin is. I think I might even have some cellulite :( I swear. The florescent lights in those stores have to be the WORST lighting ever for looking in a mirror.

The reason I was trying on bikinis is because I'm going to Vegas, and I'll be staying until Tuesday. I'm going to see Celine Dion! Whoo-hoo! :D You can be sure I'll also be playing plenty of Pai Gow, and hopefully, I'll do a little dancing and maybe get a tan if I have some time ;)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! :D

I'm getting antsy...

I'm seriously in the mood to take some new pictures, but this time, I want to try something more daring ;) With all the Kung Fu weapons I've been accumulating, I've been leaning towards a "Women of Kung Fu Calender" type project. It would feature hot girls in compromising positions posing with one of the 18 classical Shaolin weapons! :D

Just imagine, Miss January is featured running a cool pair of nunchukas across her toned tummy, while Miss February shields her nipples from view with the steel fan. March features Miss January and Miss February duking it out in bikinis and April shows them getting down and dirty with the nunchukas - a la two sided dildo ;) Are ya feelin' it? ;)

Kung Fu Kitty

In the past week, one very good thing has happened to me and one very bad thing has happened to me (there's some more news in the relationship department, but it's not ready for press yet :P)

The bad thing that happened was that I was given an ultimatum: I could be evicted or get rid of my cat, Toasty. Sadly, I had to get rid of her, but I didn't want to take her to San Diego where she'd be sold off on Cragslist by my mom or drop her off at the pound :( So, I gave her to Chris who I knew would take good care of her. I miss her alot. The night that I came back from dropping her and all her stuff off at Chris' place, I sat in my car and cried before going inside. When I got inside, there were all these places where her food used to be and her litterbox, and it broke my heart to see all the empty spaces. And when I laid down in bed at nite, I felt her little cat paws next to my head on my pillow, except no one was there but me. That was the dealbreaker... So, the next morning, I decided to rearrange my furniture to help keep my mind off of her absence. Now my place looks fun and modern! :D Chris says she's doing well, although a little depressed and is not eating. :( Maybe I'll have to go visit her soon.

The good thing that happened was that I was at kung fu class last nite and my Sifu gave me a sword! (well, actually, I had to buy it for $25, but that's beside the point :P) So, I am now learning 3 weapons: 2-section staff (nunchukas), steel fan, and straight sword :D Pretty soon, I'm gonna give Adam a run for his money ;)

I'm 22! :D

On Friday nite, the guy I'm dating (we'll call him O' since he's Irish) took me out for a celebration dinner. He knows I love Italian food. So, he took me to this really trendy Italian restaurant in Pasadena called Mi Piace. I had this amazing martini called a Zentini which uses Green Tea liquer! Now, I'm on a quest to find Green tea liquer :P Afterwards, he took me up into the mountains to look out over LA and watch the stars :)

On Saturday nite, I arrived in San Diego and got ready to go clubbing at On Broadway, a premier nightclub in SD. I saw all sorts of old friends and even some guys from my kung fu class down there! I got so drunk! Everyone was buying me birthday shots, and I must admit, my new favorite shot is a Scooby Snack ;) I totally fell on the dance floor like 4 times! Can we say party foul? :P But at least I took the guy I was dancing with down with me bwahahaha :P We eventually had to leave because some drunk guy pinned me up against a wall and started licking my boobs! :( Then, when some guys pulled him off of me, he kept following me around. Scary! On a lighter note, that guy from kung fu told me that he can never think of me the same way again :P Apparently, he thought my corset top was "hot" ;)

On Sunday, I went shopping for new clothes and went clubbing later that nite to the Onyx Room. It wasn't as fun or posh as On Broadway, but I still had fun :) Apparently, I dance like a go-go dancer :P So, here's a tip: If you want me to dance on you like you're a pole at a strip club, buy me a double Grey Goose on the rocks! ;) Afterwards, we had some Mexican food at this total pickup joint. There was even a guy on crutches who was winking at me and asking me to come sit with him. Apparently, not even a broken leg keeps some people from the clubs :P

On Monday, my mom BBQ'd and my cousins came over to help celebrate. We played Donkey Konga 2 and Cranium all day :P It was so much fun. For my Bday, I got a lot of cute new clothes, like 10 bottles of premium liquor to add to the bar I'm trying to start, a modern art sculpture, money, and a lollipop from my extremely poor older sister :P

Now that I'm back in LA, I have to go see all of my friends and claim all my presents from them :P I wonder what they all got me :P

Happy Birthday, Quyen! :D

So, my Bday is on July 4th (What can I say? I'm a firecracker :P) and I'm leaving for San Diego tomorrow after work. I'll be 22 y/o! Can you believe it? I'm still a baby :P I'll be staying in SD until Tuesday. So, I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July weekend :)

BTW, I'll be going clubbing for the first time since last time. Let's just hope nothing dramatic happens this time ;) I know one thing for sure - I'm getting fucked up in the car before I go in :P Have fun! :D