It's Not A Lie

Goodness, How is it possible that I've not written here since January? It's not like I've been busy although these past few months have gone by so fast. I don't even know what happened between Feb to May. Seriously - I have no idea.

BUT

Since I'm here now, I just have to write my usual 5 things.

1) The Big Bang Theory - Because I can finally identify with fellow nerds who totally rock. I love Sheldon to bits because he's sarcastic and to the point but has no idea of sarcasm when it is thrown back at him. He and Penny are made for each other but I think that's just the typical nerdy fangirl in me.
Seriously though, how cute are they?


2) Spock/Uhura from Star Trek What is up with me joining millions of fangirls in shipping couples? Plus, my vocabulary has been awakened by using 'ship' and 'fangirl' in this post. Words I haven't used since I had the brilliant idea long ago of reviewing websites for fun. NuSpock is great. Zachary Quinto did an awesome job and I'm glad Leonard Nimoy liked his portrayal as well. Plus, Spock and Uhura are very 'For The Win!' - That turbo lift scene was just so touching. It was nice to see young 'emo' Spock put his head on Uhura's shoulders for comfort. It was completely logical to have them be together. I hope if there's a sequel in store, their geek love will continue to prosper. I'm so glad the main guy did not get the girl but it was a nice homage to have Kirk get with an Orion chick. Chris Pine did a wonderful job too as did Zoe Saldana. I still remember her as the Star Trek fan in The Terminal where she married Diego Luna's character who was also an ST fan.


3) FUN! My cousin just got married this past weekend and stayed in Vegas for the whole week, so for the whole week I think I've only slept for about 8hrs. It was so much fun hanging around with family though especially ones you haven't seen in such a long time. I don't usually go to clubs nor walk around the Strip like tourists do but it's so much fun and meaningful to walk around the city with family or friends beside you. It's the little things that count and I love having conversations with them because no matter how many friends you have, your family is really the one who knows your embarrassing little secrets that can come back to haunt you.

4) Starter for 10 by David Nicholls I'm still in the process of finishing it but the book is hilarious. And so true. Even though its a point of view of a young college guy still trying/pretending to find himself, it's so very universal. The main character Brian is just so normal and is faced with problems we all suffer from. I can so relate. It's embarrassingly honest.

5) Maple Sugar Cookies Cause I love food and most importantly sweet sugary stuff and maple sugar cookies are so good and indulgent and bad for you but what can you do. It's so tempting.

Happy New Year to All!!
Let's see what's new?
-My computer completely shut down New Year's Eve and so all my files including my 200 plus story are now somewhere in software heaven. I had to completely restore everything. At least I've typed everything up so I didn't loose anything really important. Lost pictures, movies, TV shows, and a load of music... BUT that's OK... I can live. BITTER bit I can live.
-It snowed in Vegas but we only had about a month of winter and after that... well it's January and it's 65degrees. Enough said.
-Our new load of concierge suck! They are completely incompetent and have no brain cells. What has my GM done? It's irritating and one of them is named "Bambi" seriously... But more seriously... can you take a girl named "Bambi" seriously?

Anyways I shall stop ranting.

Here are my usual 5 things
-Just so I will read this in the future and remember how stupid I was for being obsessed with them in the first place.

1. SLASH
Well, I'll always love Slash. I've loved Slash since I was in 5th grade when I first heard Sweet Child O Mine for the first time. He's awesome and his BOOK is amazing. I can't put it down. He tells it like it is and is damn funny! His mom had an affair with David Bowie, he shared a bed with Axl, he saw little green men when he was shooting up heroin, he stole snakes from pet stores... and that top hat he always wears? He stole that too. And on and on... I love it.

2. Cookies and Cream Martini
Happy hour over at Blue Martini is GREAT. Every night from 6pm to 8pm all martinis are half price. Enough said. Love Cookies and Cream where they cover the rim with crushed Oreos it's heaven... though when you wake up in the morning it feels like hell on earth.

3. Slumdog Millionaire
I still can't believe Dev Patel from Skins is in this movie. Anwar in a serious movie? Anwar who will do anyone standing on two legs? Anwar who spent most of Skins jumping around and being stupid? Wow!! It's a great movie but then again most ... 4. Danny Boyle films are. Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Millions, 28 Days Later and now Slumdog. Being a Boyle fan though, you immediately notice his signature film making style. Fast paced, toilets, chases, unchronicled order, closeups of people lying down, trains.... I think Millions though is a movie where Danny Boyle toned it down a bit. I love Millions... it was so innocent. I loved the character of Salim the best in Slumdog. He's very complex and played the part of the blacksheep well. The three actors who played Salim from child/teen/adult were amazing.

5. Mob Wars/Hitman on Facebook
God help me, I can't stop playing it. And this is coming from someone who a few months ago didn't even understand half of the applications on facebook. It's so addicting!

The Usual Five Things

1. Echo And The Bunnymen
-I've been a fan of Echo and The Bunnymen for a long time. They're another reason why I want to go to Liverpool someday just to check that place out. Of course there's also the Beatles but hell that's not the only reason to go to Liverpool. I want to hear the accents too. Hard to understand them sometimes though but at least those Liverpudlians aren't as hard to understand as those Gallagher brothers from Manchester.

So here are two of my fave Echo and the Bunnymen songs for you to download.

A. Bring On The Dancing Horses
B. Lips Like Sugar

2. The Weather
What is it with Vegas? It's December and it's 70 degrees. I actually want to wear a winter coat for once but I guess I'm not complaining - it's pretty nice out. It just doesn't feel like it's 24 more days til Christmas

3. Newcastle
My new drink of choice. So much for Miller Light.

4. Facebook
I actually like Facebook although I don't get it most of the time. I guess I'm getting too old but the application stuff blows my mind. I like it better than myspace - myspace sucks and it's a lot more private and it's easier to communicate with friends. Although I can't really find most of my high school friend.

5. Brett Favre
Because he still rules and I can't believe he lost on Sunday. The Jets have a better record than the Packers so it's a good sign for the playoffs. Unlike the NFC where it's ruled by teams like the Giants and the Cowboys - the AFC doesn't really have anyone other than the Steelers. The Colts and the Patriots are surviving but they are not as great as they were last year. The Titans have the best record but are they really Superbowl bound? Eh.. maybe the Jets have a chance.

Is it November already? Where has 2008 gone? This year has been the fastest yet, it just flew by me like some kind of tornado. Maybe it's because so many thinks have happened and sometimes you just want to pretend it didn't happen at all.

Both my grandmothers are gone, my job prospects are slim as for now because of this economy. It's really good news though that at least the hotel I'm working at is the only hotel in Vegas where they don't do any lay offs. It's been so slow in the hotel industry that so many are losing jobs faster than you can say, "I've been laid off."

About a month ago I was in Cali to visit shigure up in Cali again going to SF (my strange fascination with Hippies took us to Haight/Ashbury which was cool), Napa (where I got sick after all the wine tastings which was rather sad but nonetheless, Napa was so beautiful I loved it), Berkeley, Salinas (because I had to go pay my respects to John Steinbeck and my favorite book of all, East of Eden), Monterey (it was nice cold weather there, Cannery Row, The Aquarium and just the people everywhere) and last but not least, Pebble Beach (which was also nice and cold and very pretty with all the cyprus trees.)



4 Things I'm Obsessed With At The Moment

1) - Bookmooch.com
It's the best website ever created. You give the books you don't want away and in turn, you get the books you want all for free. You just have to pay for shipping to send to the recipient. I've gotten books from the UK, Israel, Ireland... It's interesting to see the stamps and and shipping notes from other countries and the different addresses.

2) - 30 Rock
Tina Fey is my hero and this show is so funny. When Arrested Development got canceled, I thanked my lucky stars 30 Rock came along. I love how realistic and idiotic it is with so much sarcasm too.

3) - Spam Masubi
It's so yummy. I always have to order it whenever we go to any Hawaiian BBQ res. It's filling but I can't get enough.

4) - Mr. President - Elect
Since 2004, I think everyone had him in mind as a possible President. He became Mr. Rock Star and I'm so happy to witness something great. Whether you don't like him or you're a Republican, or didn't even follow politics in the past, we all have to thank him for making most everyone interested in politics and its policies for the first time, especially for all the young voters who were so excited to vote for the first time. I've never seen so much enthusiasm over a Presidential election. More than 60% of 18-29 year olds voted for Obama. That shows you a lot that we as the "youth vote" can really make a difference and that we count. Obama received more than 65 million popular votes. He received more votes than any other USA President. Hopefully, "change" will come. It may take him awhile but we're all when it happens.

5 things I am obsessed with for the moment

1. Miss Vicky's lightly salted potato chips YUMMY!

2. Tina Fey's parody of Sarah Palin because it's like quoting the actual Palin. What a sad country we are if she somehow gets to be VP. I can see her now as VP, where she's somewhere in Afghanistan meeting with various world leaders and talking about "Joe Six Packs" and "Hockey Moms" not knowing what to do but check her notes people prepared for her and avoiding questions and talking about how she's a maverick (if she even knows what that means). Clearly she can't see Afghanistan from her backyard. I thought Dan Quayle was bad but she takes the medal for the most ridiculous VP candidate ever.

3. Pat McCabe's "Breakfast on Pluto" because it was so funny and I couldn't put it down and Neil Jordan's film depiction of the movie as well. Cillian Murphy makes a great cross dresser.

4. Dirty Sexy Money!!

5. FOOTBALL!! I'm so happy Sundays aren't so lazy anymore.

Well, my 50 books a year... isn't really working out. Maybe I should just lower that figure to 25 or 30 or something but hey - 17 books so far is pretty good right? Here's the list and maybe some recommendations for those of you who need another book to read.

I loved my experience in New York this past weekend. Although I only saw sunshine for about an hour and rain the rest of the time it felt great coming from a place where rain doesn't happen very much. We were at the Yankee game on the 4th and witnessed that whole Damon episode of him smacking against the wall and the baseball just stood there on top of that wall. It was so disappointing.

During the game we also witnessed the ultimate East Coast Italian stereotype. The stereo type called "the Guido." For reasons unknown to us, we were in the "alcohol free" section of the stadium (that's what you get for accepting tickets without looking at the seating chart)and the Guido comes up in his Jeter shirt and starts yelling out "Shut the Fuck Up" whenever the Red Sox fans started cheering (which was most of the time). He then sneaks beer up the stands, starts yelling "shut the fuck up" louder than before and eventually got thrown out of the stands. He was hilarious. I was paying more attention to him than to the Yankees losing another game. Why is it that whenever we go see/or watch a Yankee game they always lose? We should have gotten tickets to the game that was on the 5th. I mean, how cool was that game?

Next time, I'm going to wear a "MadRod #13" jersey just cause I know everyone else will do the same thing.

Speaking of those Italian stereotypes... here is the infamous "my new haircut" yahoo vid.

Hey my Friends - Let's make this summer fun with some somewhat old school Hip Hop!

I uploaded some songs for you including my lame attempt with cover art :)



Hip Hop Hooray

It's a rare weekday off for me so here I am writing in this here journal. It's been such a strange beginning of the month. It's getting hot again (but what's new?). I find it funny when people from up north have weather that is hotter. I was speaking to a lady from Maine the other day and she said it was 95degrees over there while the weather here was a rare 85 in June. I still can't get over the gas though. I can't see myself buying $4 plus gas. Last year, I was complaining about $3.50 gas, now I'm praying for that price but unfortunately, the $4.00 is here to stay until next year.

I had a friend tell me about an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry did everything the opposite of what he usually does and by the end it became a "happily ever after." She in turn followed on that philosophy and became lucky in love. I figured I need to do that as well. Not in love exactly because I'm not really interested in that part of my life right now but in everything else. Now I'm thinking "What would I normally do in this situation and how can I make this the opposite of what I usually do?" So far, it's been going well. I really like that advice. Do everything the opposite way and maybe you can play with destiny a little bit. Thank you Seinfeld!

OMG!!!
New Kids

On The

Block!!

Awwww - I feel like I'm in 4th/5th grade again.

They still look awesome-
Thank you Today Show for making me a big ass NERD today and screaming over Joe McIntyre.

>> Some insignificant rambling<<

I've never met a beer I didn't like (I am from Wisconsin after all) until last Saturday when my friend Melissa and I went to some radio promo sponsored by Fosters. Since the radio station was 102.7, the gas station where the promo stuff was held, was selling 12 packs of Fosters for $1.02 - not bad actually so we got a pack and it was disgusting, it was so disgusting I couldn't even finish half it and that's saying a lot!

Later on that night we played beer pong @ O'Sheas and I only lasted two rounds when I was the first to upchuck and that is just not cool when playing beer pong for about 2-3hours.

I blame it on the fosters.

Besides that though, I really like the smaller casinos here in Vegas. You meet so many interesting people. O'Sheas is just a little place (if you're just walking down the strip taking pictures, let's say, you'd probably miss it) but I've had more fun there than when going to places like the Venetian and Bellagio where I feel like I don't fit in because there are just too many plastic people. Where is all the normalcy? Then again this is Vegas so nothing is normal really and those places are just boring to me because though they are big and outlandish and beautiful they have no personality.

AND FINALLY....

--> Some Short Stories posted at afractured_tale

It's been awhile since I've kept up with 20th Century Boys but here is the official cast. I so can't wait to watch it. I just hope it won't turn out to be like my fangirl obsession over Battle Royale again.

It's a little strange how I had forgotten about this little HP story I wrote about Lupin and Snape. I don't even remember writing it really but I do remember writing the last line though. I still think Ewan McGregor in his "A Life Less Ordinary" days would have made the perfect Remus.

And after three years of fanfic haitus I actually wrote something again! afractured_tale will have a link with one of them. I'm going to post some originals soon, some I've written long ago.

It's a little strange reading stuff you wrote way back when. I'm constantly asking myself how in the hell I wrote some of them and what I was thinking when I wrote it.

So I've had a cough and cold for about two months and figured it was just allergies. I didn't really take it seriously until I started coughing a lot and everyone else started worrying about me. I finally went to the doctor on my day off and she told me I had bronchitis and asthma, which is kind of strange since I live in Vegas. But it's allergy season so... now $140 poorer after buying all kinds of medication - my cough is gone somewhat but it still has yet to heal all the way. At least I don't feel like I've been hacking my lung or something. It's all good.

-I've bought tickets for NY! yes! It'll be the shortest trip and most expensive ticket I've ever bought but hey, at least I'll get to see NY with a friend who will show me around the city, I have free accommodations and I get to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox in Yankee stadium, so it's all good I guess. Now all I really have to do is one day watch a Packer game in Lambeau field. Too bad my Brett Favre won't be the quarterback anymore but it's the Packers. It's still worth it, even if I have to wait for 60 some years for ticket availability.

Happy Post Earth Day!

I am sleepy but I can't sleep. My insomnia is creeping up again. I did sleep for a couple of hours. I just hope that my days of staying up 26 hours straight will be over. Maybe I just think too much but that's the thing, I don't really have anything to think about at all, just that my email at work might be going dead but that's my fault. My friends have left Alcatraz and I'm one of the only few left. I need to get out too but it's so fucking hard or maybe I just don't try? I don't know. I need to get out but I've been saying that for so long. All I know is sooner or later I will leave just not now.

And on a random note: I've been loving 30 Rock. Come back soon 30 Rock. That and Arrested Developement made me love TV again. The jokes are very funny and "smart" and Tina Fey is my hero.

It's weird. I haven't touched my LJ until recently. I haven't even touched my Myspace for that matter. I'm getting untterly bored by everything. shigure, I so can't wait til Aug. to do that roadtrip with you. I hope it's all good. I'm already planning for my BIG b-day in December. My friend and I were planning to do a cruise since our birthdays are days apart but I dunno. I want to go somewhere maybe by myself.

I was watching Living with the Mek and wondered if I can survive it all but I don't think I can survive being half-naked for four months. I can just see it now. They would totally disown me. I still find this product disturbing but I've already ranted on Myspace about and a couple of friends who also found it disturbing as well. Maybe it's just me. I want one though. Maybe I'm just contradicting myself.



I went to the Wynn buffet tonight with a couple of friends and I think I ate for like 10 people. I feel so blah. I can't believe I ate so much. I didn't want to go in the first place but since it was free I couldn't exactly cancel it. It's good to have free things you know? But it's Vegas. If you're a girl sometimes everything is free. haha

Hi again to all of you. I really miss this place and I wish I can still blog about nothing here. It's been such a lovely year so far. I've been obsessed with media related things lately and I shouldn't be. I skipped out on drinking because I wanted to watch the oscars, I skipped out on going to our new musical here because I'd be missing American Idol. AHH! I seriously need to stop it all. But I'm glued to it all. It's sad in a way but I like writing about it and listening to it and arguing about it. I'm so happy that The Departed won but I did like Babel very much. I HATED the Grammy's though. The Grammy's are always disappoiting so I still wonder why on earth I still watch it.

Visit me on my Myspace OK? More of my weirdness is there.

It's been awhile since I've been here. One reason is MySpace, only because my friends use it to interact sometimes. I'm not addicted to it. I never was. But it's good to search people who've you lost touch with sometimes.

The other reason is that I've been away to the Philippines for most of October. Although, the weather was so HUMID, I wish I was still there. I miss my family so much, especially my little cousins. I've written more in depth there for some reason, so if you would like to read my blog there... here's the link http://www.myspace.com/til_tomorrow.

I wish all of you an AWESOME Thanksgiving. I know I'm going to stuff myself tomorrow. I love the holidays.

-The MUSE concert in Phoenix was awesome. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The guitars man!! The guitars!! Matthew Bellamy is goddamn great.

I did get a scare a little bit because as soon as I was about to leave vegas to go to phoenix, Anna was all telling me about two serial killers on the loose there. But my cousin assured me they only attack late at night or early morning and in places like around Baseline Rd/Guadalupe and near Arizona Mills. Haha. Goodness though. I was like I hope I'm safe around here because downtown Phoenix really is a bit scary. It's even scarier than downtown vegas. Then again... downtown vegas really isn't scary it's just a bit gritty... with cash loan offices, wedding chapels, and strip clubs everywhere.

-My sis and I saw Elton John last night. I loved the show. It was almost two hours long but it didn't feel that way because I enjoyed every minute of it. So many sexual innuendos in both the screen and stage but hey that's all good too. Nothing bad about that right? haha.

-As for movies...
Run Lola Run was amazing
and My Life as a Dog was very innocent and funny.
I do want to see Miami Vice though. It looks way HOTTT.

I've been watching so many great movies lately, Transamerica, My Life as a Dog, Chungking Express, Red Violin I'm so glad I finally have time to watch them all. When I was in Jr. high I had the biggest crush on Elijah Wood and rented a movie of his called All I want which incidentally enough was out in the Philippines when I was there and was called Try Seventeen instead. I didn't like the movie at all. There was no point to it and there are so many other great coming of age movies out there but it's weird how, when I was watching that movie, I was reminded of Maison Ikkoku which I think, will always be my favorite anime other than Touch.

I've been distracted lately too and thinking alot about so many things. I guess things that I've regreted doing and things I wish I did. I drove for about an hour and a half the other night just to clear my head because everything came crushing into me and that drive really did help although, since I live a little close to The Strip, the neighborhood around the neon lights isn't that great and I wonder why I was driving down there anyway. I guess it's why Las Vegas has a large suicide rate because if you drive behind all those neon lights the city really does look pretty lonely and depressing.

And lets see what else... The Pearl Jam concert was great! I wish I can go to Mt. Charleston everyday so instead of enduring the 115 degree weather I can enjoy feeling the wind in my face in 63 degree weather.

I can't wait to go to Phoenix to see muse next week! and hopefully that san diego trip will work out the week after that. I've never been there before so... crosses fingers.

I have not written in here in so long. Myspace is taking over damn it. A few friends are in there and we use it to discuss things. It's not addicting but I do love how music is included.

Anyway... I am so glad I've been able to rest for two days straight. Lately, all I've been doing is just staying out of the house. I haven't been really home because there's always someplace else to go. I have not been able to read my book either and I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I'm in love with his words and his writing style. But I've been enjoying David Sedaris as well. He's so funny! you just want to keep reading.

For someone who doesn't like shopping, I tend to end up going with friends who like to shop. The other day, my friend dragged me to the Bellagio because there was a sale @ Gucci. $700 bags on sale for $300. Wow! Now that's a bargain. I was jealous. I wanted one! But then I keep thinking that I can buy so many other things with that $300. I really need a bike. It's good transportation without using gas. I hate my new car damn it. It's like $40 every week. Eck! I love my friend because she just says flat out what I'm thinking. We pass these blond girls all dressed scantilly in black wearing high, high heels and she blurts out really loundly... "Look at those blond girls, they're just looking for dick" - and it's so very true. Then again, if you're in vegas, I think 80% of people are looking for the same thing and the opposite.

I hate getting jerks on the phone. Why do people leave their commons sense when they get here? why do people question me when I say a show is cancelled or on vacation. "Are you sure the show is not on?" --- Yes ma'am I'm sure. I work here.

It's so HOT here. I don't want to go to work. I don't want to walk because it's so hot. I hate smelling like the sun as soon as I get inside the office.

And my lovely Angelina Jolie finally had her baby! Awww so cute. I want to marry Angelina when I grow up.