I am a wrist watch that has stopped at 10:10...AM or PM...doesn't matter...
End of June Recap...
This last week, dating back from Thursday, well actually, the ENTIRE week was sooooooooo damn long. Things to do EVERY single minute of every day. Not exactly what I had in mind when I thought about keeping busy. That was just too busy. But nonetheless it was way fun. Thursday I went into work and went home at about 2 PM to meet up w/ my cousin so that we could go try on and pick up our tuxedos from Friar Tux and proceed to LA for the wedding rehearsal and 70's theme dinner that was to follow. So after the rehearsal, we went to dinner, and then went to go grab some coffee and have a cig w/ Lan and Mike and friends before heading out...then it was back to Irvine...and that was pretty much the end of that day. Seeing my lil cousin smoke was a trip by the way...I know he doesn't really do it that often from observing HOW he smoked(since I've had such a long history of smoking), but it made me realize that he is growing up. He's a good kid though...just curious, and we had that whole experimentation, being careful chat on the way back to Irvine. Just yesterday, I remember when he used to cry cuz my sister would tease him. My goodness he'll be 20 this week...where does the time go? Friday, I went to work for a couple of hours...had to go to the bank, wait for traffic to die down, and then drive to LA to meet up w/ my mom, sis, and niece. But the drive home was quick because I had a friend accompany me on the phone the whole time...so thanks dude! Upon my arrival, I was urged to eat dinner quickly, which I did, and proceed to unpack my things for the weekend. So I hang up my tux, make sure it's all there, unpack my other stuff, i.e. toiletries, jammies, books, etc. Then it was off to Target to buy the happy couple's wedding gift, as my sister and I had been quite late to get to. We proceed to Target and find a beautiful cutlery set and go to spend some quality time w/ the Bride and Groom-to-be's families. We leave after about two hours...so it is not about 11PM. After getting home and wrapping the wedding gift...I have to tutor my sister in Calculus and help her finish as much homework because she needs to turn it in earlier before she leaves for Idaho. So we stay up intil about 1AM doing her homework and then catch up for another hour or so...we hadn't really REALLY talked in a while. Wedding plans, where we are in life...etc. it was really good. Saturday I had to wake up my sis at 5:30 AM so that she could be at the bride's house by 6AM so that the bridal court could all go and get their hair done and get their makeup done and stuff...I wake her up, go back to bed and sleep in until 9, when I get a call from my friend Cheryl asking me if I could drop off the backpack for another friend of ours. So I head out to Santa Monica and give her the backpack, have a few strips of bacon over a mini-conversation w/ Cheryl and Kyle, and go to the store to pick up some milk for London and some socks...because I forgot some black dress socks for the wedding. After doing these mini-errands...I ate a lil brunch...and then had to shave my head and start getting ready for the wedding... That took a lot longer than I thought, maybe because I was moving a lil slowly, I WAS tired and all, but I was ready by 12:30 w/ 1/2 an hour to spare. So then it was time to get London, who had fallen asleep while I was in the shower, ready w/ her lil flower girl dress and everything. That was pretty tough because she was lil miss crankypants cuz we had to disrupt her nap. We got to the church at around 1:05PM, not bad considering all the things that were going on during the whole getting ready process...the Bride arrived at quarter til and the wedding started promptly at 2PM. Beautiful beautiful ceremony. Then the usual pictures and hugs and kisses after the ceremony, and after the bridal court headed out to the hotel(IN THE LIMO) with the bride and groom, we groomsmen proceeded to MacDonald's on a food run for the girls and to Ralphs for some drank. Then to the hotel room for some drinks before the dinner reception began. The rest of the evening went by in a blur...but it was SOOO fun. Drinking, dancing, mingling, drinking, taking pictures, eating, drinking, dancing, and well, you get the picture. Got home around 1-ish and was still a little tossed so I text messaged a couple friends of mine, all of whom one was still awake, thank goodness. So she stayed up w/ me until 4AM so that I wouldn't have a hangover...sweet, don't you think? I owe her BIGTIME and that's MAJOR brownie pts. Sunday, woke up around 10-ish played w/ my lil niece and then had to go to my aunt's apt in Culver City to fix her phone(if this sounds a lil weird, you're about to realize that you're right)? First of all, a wee bit of history w/ this aunt...the last time I saw her, I had to "fix" her computer at her apt and the lil knowledge I have of computers, I wondered why me? Well, even the most basic knowledge(which I happened to have) about computers allowed me to make the decision that her computer was way too old and that she just needed to buy a new one. So I just talked to her AND her NIECE about what kind they could get and dadadada. She tries to keep me there longer, but I have to go. Turns out she already KNEW that she should just get a new one, she jsut wanted me to meet her niece. OH....MY....GOD....what the? I told my mom to tell her, no thank you...but it was funny. So now back to the moment at hand. Of course I was a lil suspicious when I first was called for this new duty. But my mom had told me that her niece already moved out and she was alone. Not so, I was to find out. Turns out she has another niece staying w/ her...at least I THINK it was another niece. Damn!!! Duped again!!! Could I be wrong? No...and my justification for arriving to such a conclusion is that the damn directions for setting the phone time and display were RIGHT ON THE PHONE!!!! So again, they were trying to get me to stay and eat a little bit, but I couldn't, PLUS I felt a lil uncomfortable...I don't like that kind of setting...the trying to set me up w/ someone I don't know setting. But I did stay longer than I had planned to talking to my aunt...but really had to go cuz I had to meet up w/ the folks and fam at the new bride's house for the opening of the gifts. So I was out the doors, down the stairs, out of the parking lot, and rolling east on Venice Blvd in a flash. Partied and watched the gift opening for a couple hours and it was on the way back to good old Irvine w/ my sister and niece. Dropped off the tux, dropped her off at her place and headed to Church. After church, had some boba w/ Lori at this new place...Upper Lip? Lid? I don't remember, but that place was sweet. And then went back to my sister's where I did some MORE tutoring til about 10:30. Then, went home, went to bed, woke up, ran a couple errands BEFORE going in to work. I did get to eat breakfast for once though... and NOW, Here I am... pretty busy, non? Still looks to be a busy week, but I'll take it in stride...there some things I am really looking forward to this week, so being busy may not be so bad...it's defniitely not gonna be like the busy-busting week like that of the end of June.
Music to my ears
Never underestimate the power of a song. I am always amazed at how I feel after hearing my favorite song, or just hearing any song for that matter. Listening to music always puts me in the best of moods...which is why I think that having a more eclectic taste really allows you to enjoy music in all of it's glory, whether it be classical, raggae, hip hop, rock, oldie, whatever... So next time you're stuck in traffic wanting to step out of your car and bash everyone w/ a bat, just tune in to your favorite local station, turn up the volume, and sing and dance your lil heart out...
"Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
End of June Recap...
This last week, dating back from Thursday, well actually, the ENTIRE week was sooooooooo damn long. Things to do EVERY single minute of every day. Not exactly what I had in mind when I thought about keeping busy. That was just too busy. But nonetheless it was way fun. Thursday I went into work and went home at about 2 PM to meet up w/ my cousin so that we could go try on and pick up our tuxedos from Friar Tux and proceed to LA for the wedding rehearsal and 70's theme dinner that was to follow. So after the rehearsal, we went to dinner, and then went to go grab some coffee and have a cig w/ Lan and Mike and friends before heading out...then it was back to Irvine...and that was pretty much the end of that day. Seeing my lil cousin smoke was a trip by the way...I know he doesn't really do it that often from observing HOW he smoked(since I've had such a long history of smoking), but it made me realize that he is growing up. He's a good kid though...just curious, and we had that whole experimentation, being careful chat on the way back to Irvine. Just yesterday, I remember when he used to cry cuz my sister would tease him. My goodness he'll be 20 this week...where does the time go? Friday, I went to work for a couple of hours...had to go to the bank, wait for traffic to die down, and then drive to LA to meet up w/ my mom, sis, and niece. But the drive home was quick because I had a friend accompany me on the phone the whole time...so thanks dude! Upon my arrival, I was urged to eat dinner quickly, which I did, and proceed to unpack my things for the weekend. So I hang up my tux, make sure it's all there, unpack my other stuff, i.e. toiletries, jammies, books, etc. Then it was off to Target to buy the happy couple's wedding gift, as my sister and I had been quite late to get to. We proceed to Target and find a beautiful cutlery set and go to spend some quality time w/ the Bride and Groom-to-be's families. We leave after about two hours...so it is not about 11PM. After getting home and wrapping the wedding gift...I have to tutor my sister in Calculus and help her finish as much homework because she needs to turn it in earlier before she leaves for Idaho. So we stay up intil about 1AM doing her homework and then catch up for another hour or so...we hadn't really REALLY talked in a while. Wedding plans, where we are in life...etc. it was really good. Saturday I had to wake up my sis at 5:30 AM so that she could be at the bride's house by 6AM so that the bridal court could all go and get their hair done and get their makeup done and stuff...I wake her up, go back to bed and sleep in until 9, when I get a call from my friend Cheryl asking me if I could drop off the backpack for another friend of ours. So I head out to Santa Monica and give her the backpack, have a few strips of bacon over a mini-conversation w/ Cheryl and Kyle, and go to the store to pick up some milk for London and some socks...because I forgot some black dress socks for the wedding. After doing these mini-errands...I ate a lil brunch...and then had to shave my head and start getting ready for the wedding... That took a lot longer than I thought, maybe because I was moving a lil slowly, I WAS tired and all, but I was ready by 12:30 w/ 1/2 an hour to spare. So then it was time to get London, who had fallen asleep while I was in the shower, ready w/ her lil flower girl dress and everything. That was pretty tough because she was lil miss crankypants cuz we had to disrupt her nap. We got to the church at around 1:05PM, not bad considering all the things that were going on during the whole getting ready process...the Bride arrived at quarter til and the wedding started promptly at 2PM. Beautiful beautiful ceremony. Then the usual pictures and hugs and kisses after the ceremony, and after the bridal court headed out to the hotel(IN THE LIMO) with the bride and groom, we groomsmen proceeded to MacDonald's on a food run for the girls and to Ralphs for some drank. Then to the hotel room for some drinks before the dinner reception began. The rest of the evening went by in a blur...but it was SOOO fun. Drinking, dancing, mingling, drinking, taking pictures, eating, drinking, dancing, and well, you get the picture. Got home around 1-ish and was still a little tossed so I text messaged a couple friends of mine, all of whom one was still awake, thank goodness. So she stayed up w/ me until 4AM so that I wouldn't have a hangover...sweet, don't you think? I owe her BIGTIME and that's MAJOR brownie pts. Sunday, woke up around 10-ish played w/ my lil niece and then had to go to my aunt's apt in Culver City to fix her phone(if this sounds a lil weird, you're about to realize that you're right)? First of all, a wee bit of history w/ this aunt...the last time I saw her, I had to "fix" her computer at her apt and the lil knowledge I have of computers, I wondered why me? Well, even the most basic knowledge(which I happened to have) about computers allowed me to make the decision that her computer was way too old and that she just needed to buy a new one. So I just talked to her AND her NIECE about what kind they could get and dadadada. She tries to keep me there longer, but I have to go. Turns out she already KNEW that she should just get a new one, she jsut wanted me to meet her niece. OH....MY....GOD....what the? I told my mom to tell her, no thank you...but it was funny. So now back to the moment at hand. Of course I was a lil suspicious when I first was called for this new duty. But my mom had told me that her niece already moved out and she was alone. Not so, I was to find out. Turns out she has another niece staying w/ her...at least I THINK it was another niece. Damn!!! Duped again!!! Could I be wrong? No...and my justification for arriving to such a conclusion is that the damn directions for setting the phone time and display were RIGHT ON THE PHONE!!!! So again, they were trying to get me to stay and eat a little bit, but I couldn't, PLUS I felt a lil uncomfortable...I don't like that kind of setting...the trying to set me up w/ someone I don't know setting. But I did stay longer than I had planned to talking to my aunt...but really had to go cuz I had to meet up w/ the folks and fam at the new bride's house for the opening of the gifts. So I was out the doors, down the stairs, out of the parking lot, and rolling east on Venice Blvd in a flash. Partied and watched the gift opening for a couple hours and it was on the way back to good old Irvine w/ my sister and niece. Dropped off the tux, dropped her off at her place and headed to Church. After church, had some boba w/ Lori at this new place...Upper Lip? Lid? I don't remember, but that place was sweet. And then went back to my sister's where I did some MORE tutoring til about 10:30. Then, went home, went to bed, woke up, ran a couple errands BEFORE going in to work. I did get to eat breakfast for once though... and NOW, Here I am... pretty busy, non? Still looks to be a busy week, but I'll take it in stride...there some things I am really looking forward to this week, so being busy may not be so bad...it's defniitely not gonna be like the busy-busting week like that of the end of June.
Music to my ears
Never underestimate the power of a song. I am always amazed at how I feel after hearing my favorite song, or just hearing any song for that matter. Listening to music always puts me in the best of moods...which is why I think that having a more eclectic taste really allows you to enjoy music in all of it's glory, whether it be classical, raggae, hip hop, rock, oldie, whatever... So next time you're stuck in traffic wanting to step out of your car and bash everyone w/ a bat, just tune in to your favorite local station, turn up the volume, and sing and dance your lil heart out...
"Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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