Hung out with Jon

So my good buddy Jonathon, who's from Australia, has been traveling around North America and was in the area this past weekend. However, he was in C-mont and I didn't have time to go there to visit him. He changed his plans 3 times within an hour and was still in the area Monday night. He gave me a call and we hung out. I showed him around LBC and SH, gave him a little tour of the city, ate Mexican food, and we had a great time. I haven't seen him in over a year and it was good catching up with him. I dropped him off at his hostel and I think he's on his way to El Paso, TX right now. He said he'll be back in the LA area in February so maybe I'll see him again before he goes back to Australia.

UCLA jersey

My UCLA basketball jersey came in the mail today. It is pretty awesome... although kinda big on me, but what can I do? It's a men's jersey and it was the smallest one they had: a size small. Oh well... and I don't know if I like the letter "C" being a different color than the "U," "L," and "A," but I'm not too bothered by it. Some bruin fans hate it though, but I think it's alright. I mean, it's their way of celebrating their feat of being the first school to get 100 NCAA wins. Pretty amazing if you ask me. YAY!

March is the best month out of the year because March = March Maddness and MY BIRTHDAY! Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm sick...

but I don't feel sick. Like, I don't feel like I have a cold or sore throat or anything. I have the chills and I'm a little light headed and I feel a little weak. Luckily I'm not in pain or suffering too badly.

Mother effer

USC just beat UCLA... mother effing... ugh!

At least Maryland beat UNC.

How bad is my family for scheduling things around NFL playoffs? Next week is my sister's birthday, but because we're doing something for the anniversary of my grandmother's death... she wanted to do something this weekend.

Dad: Either we do it today (Saturday) or tomorrow (Sunday) and you know tomorrow is football. Me: Then let's do it today, but I have plans at 2. Let's eat out tonight.

Then we got into an argument over it because my sister wanted to do it around noon, but I had plans around that time and I wanted to do it later tonight. Then she said we should do it tomorrow (Sunday). Then I was like, "But football is tomorrow!" And she's all like, "What time does football start and end?" And I'm like, "It's from noon to like 6 or 7 pm." Then we just started arguing over the times and crap. And my dad is like, "Okay, fine we'll do it tomorrow." And I'm like, "But we'll miss football." And he's like, "It's ok. Football isn't that important anymore." Grrrrrr. But I changed plans with my friends and so I'm watching the movie tonight instead of at 2 just so my family and I could eat out for lunch today and still be able to watch football tomorrow.

2 years and counting...

"She gave so much and expected so little."

It's been 2 years and somehow it felt so long ago. Maybe because so much has happened since then and maybe because I matured a lot since them. As the days pass and as the years grow, I will never forget you.

Holy Mother of..............

Stocks Extend Plunge; Dow Falls 306

I lost a bit of money lately in my stocks and IRA funds, but luckily I'm still young enough to ride out this wave and I know it will pick up again eventually...

I got a raise

So my boss proposed a toast in the office... and we raised our plastic cups as he told me how much he enjoyed working with me, how much work I get done, etc. and etc. because I am just an amazingly awesome person. So he said he was raising my salary by $2 an hour. Wooo and I've only worked there for less than 4 months. I have the best boss in the world.

UCLA > USC

So I've been wearing a UCLA t-shirt all weekend long to support the bruins. My sister had the nerve to tell me that USC is better and is a better school. I started pinching her and attacking her.

Diana: STOP!
Me: Take it back!!!
Diana: Okay!!! I take it back.
Me: What are you taking back?
Diana: I'm taking back what I said.
Me: And what did you say?
Diana: That USC is better and is a better school than UCLA.
Me: Okay... *stops pinching her*

Allocating my assets...

If "allocating my assets" makes you think about body parts, then you have no idea what I'm talking about...

I've been thinking about my finances and different ways to allocate my assets. I'm thinking 80% in stocks (45% in large-cap, 20% mid-cap, 15% small-cap, 10% international), 15% bonds, and 5% cash. I don't know.................................. maybe I should talk to my financial advisor, Claude. Maybe I'll name my first child after him: Claude for a boy or Claudia for a girl.

MSU loses to Iowa 36-43...

Dude... I totally thought that was like the halftime score when I first saw that... but seriously, that is like the one of the lowest scores for a college basketball game that I have ever seen. I don't even want to know what the actual halftime scores were... Anyway, Michigan State is still looking good. This is only their second loss so far.

UCLA is doing amazingly well. Only one loss, but no losses in the Pac-10, I believe, which makes them #1.

Arizona is doing pretty well, considering Lute Olson is not coaching them because of his leave of absence because of his divorce. :( And I know I just used the word "because" twice...

Stanford is also doing alright. I don't remember why I started liking them... maybe it's because I secretly hate Cal... yes, I believe that is the answer.

Drinking beer might cure colds

So my mom has been sick for the past few days. I think it's a cold or the flu... I'm not sure which. She's been drinking hot beverages, like boiled water and tea... but this morning I saw a bottle of Corono on the kitchen table around 10:30 AM in the morning. I teasingly asked my sister if she's been drinking. Turns out my mom has a kooky friend who told her that if she mixed beer with pickled lemon it would help... weird. I don't think it will work, but we'll see.

Oh yeah, and my sister was drinking apple juice out of a glass earlier in the morning and my mom thought she was drinking her beer and started yelling at her! LOL... good times...

I only have a couple more months to live...

... until I turn 23.

Haha, made you look. I'm sure you're all bummed that I'm not dying anytime soon, but don't worry; my time will come, slowly, but surely. Although, some of you are helping me get there faster (like my alcohol poisoning on New Years Eve, thanks!).

So I rang in the New Year by laughing, drinking, puking, crying, vomiting, climbing, barfing, falling, crawling, etc. all in one night. I prayed to the toilet gods that they would make the nauseating feeling go away. Then I started crying because I felt so sick. I felt a lot better after puking a few times. Great start to 2008, eh? I do have a hilariously long voicemail from a very wasted Ludy after Gidti took my cell phone away and after Kevin took my car keys. Ludy tried to help me look for my phone, but ended up leaving a long ass voicemail: "Cheryl, find your phone! Find your motherfucking phone now!!!" Fortunately, as the drunkest one, I got to sleep in Gidti's roommate's bedroom. So I pretty much got my own bed and my own room while everyone else slept on the floor or couch. Sweet!!!

Today, Gidti had a football party because his friends are Charger fans. Lame, I know... but it's better than being a Raiders fan, that's for sure. One guy came in a Raiders jacket though. I don't know what that was about. I didn't drink as much as New Years Eve. We argued with the people at Subway about what deals they had, watched the games, played Taboo (our team won because I'm good at guessing and giving clues), played beer pong, had a serious discussion with Gidti's French roommate and friends about why they hate Americans, and watched "American Gladiators." Here are some quotes of the day:

On the 2 coaches:
L: "They're coach [Tennesee] looks serious and mean. I feel indtimidated already."
D: "Yeah, our coach [San Diego] looks like Al Gore."

Jeff Fisher vs. Norv Turner vs. Al Gore

After Rivers called a timeout:
C: "Why the fuck are you calling a timeout right now?!"
D: "He wants to talk to Al Gore."

J on his mom going to an NFL game for the first time:
J: So my mom was confused when she went to her first football game. She was wondering where the yellow line that they show on TV was. I told her that it was computer generated and magic.

After C spilled her drink on her boobs:
L: "Did you spill your drink on your shelf?"

After watching a commercial with Scooby Doo gang capturing a cable guy:
L: Oh my God! The cable guy came to my house to install the cable box and I caught him looking at porn in my room.

After I told C that I felt old:
C: How old are you?
Me: 22.
C: Girl! I'm 26 and you think you're old?!
Me: Uh... I turn 23 soon...

Gidti and his neighbors arguing over which beer tasted worst, Keystone or MGD:
Neighbor: MGD can suck on my balls. I'd rather drink my own piss than drink MGD.

Our team playing Taboo and G got the word "turnover":
G: Eli Manning does this a lot.
"Fumble?"
"Sacked?"
"Turnover?"

G had never played nor seen beer pong before and after seeing it set up:
G: This don't look like a Black person's game.
Neighbor: Hey man, it's just like basketball. It's just like the NBA.

Watching "Country Fried Home Video" on the Country Music Television channel:
Neighbor: Are you guys watchin' pig wrasslin'?
J: No, we're watching a bunch of people chasing a pig and putting it in a bucket.

Anyway, I'm sure 2008 will be a good year. January 17 will be the 2 year anniversary of my grandmother's death. Who knows if my grandfather will commemorate it now that he has a new wifey. My golden birthday is coming up because I turn 23 on the 23 de Marzo (when you're the same age as the day of the month you were born). I can't say I'm excited, but I'm definitely not afraid of the future. Bring it on...

2008

Is it bad if I'm bummed about not being able to get free drinks at Chipotle now with my student ID? They ended the free drinks if you show proof of a college ID December 31, 2007.

I'm actually a little glad because I just graduated college so I was using the ID for only a few months. I don't know how long I could pull it off.

FUBAR for New Years

If you know what FUBAR means... I was FUBAR for New Years. If you don't know what it means, then look it up. It's an acronym... check out I'm FUBAR at www.imfubar.com

Gidit had a kick back at his apartment and Ludy and I went. We watched the end of Blades of Glory (FUNNY movie) while Kevin made me and Ludy a mixed drink. Ludy was already red within the first few sips because she's Asian and I'm not (or I don't have the typical alcohol Asian gene). Then we watched the beginning of Delirious with Eddie Murphy (haha, I watched this for the first time in college and still find it hilarious). We never finished it though because everyone had to take a shot of Goldshlager. Can you believe NO ONE had a shot glass with them? Gidti didn't have one so Kevin had to measure and estimate how much he thought a shot was. Goldshlager is sooooo good and cinnamon-y. And the rumor about the gold flakes cutting into your throat and stomach making you drunk faster is a myth: http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/goldschlager.asp

After that, I asked Kevin to make me another drink and he made one with Bicardi and Coke. Then right after that we all had to take another shot with Bicardi. That's when we all got crazy. Ludy started drunk dialing people and I started getting woozy and nauseous. I managed to crawl to the bathroom. Marci held my hair back and kept telling me to stick my finger down my throat and I told her I couldn't do that! I can puke without having to do that! I complained about the toilet having public hair to everyone. It finally came out... ugh. Anyway, that was puke #1.

Ludy drunk dialed a million people and I was almost passed out on the couch. Gidti took my phone away for some reason... like WTF? It wasn't like I was going to call anyone, but he was like, "Where's your phone? Give me your phone" and put it in his pocket. I'm not like Ludy. She's the drunk dialer. I kept bothering Gidti and Kevin and searched Gidti's pockets for my phone. Gidti kept telling me that he didn't have it: "I gave it back to you!" I was like "FUCK no. I'm not that drunk. I know you have it hidden somewhere." I wanted my phone back! I searched almost everywhere. Heather and Marci helped me look. They called my phone. Ludy drunk dialed my phone to help me find it... and now I have this long ass message with Ludy being drunk: "Cheryl... find your phone! Find your motherfucking phone now!!!!!!!!!!!!" and then later on, she's all like, "OH MY GOD! I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo drunk!"

Then someone thought it'd be cool to get on top of someone's SUV. I was so drunk I didn't think I could climb up, but then EJ was like, "I'll help you up. You can do it!" So he gave his drink to Ludy, who started drinking/playing with it while I drunkenly struggled to get on top of the car and EJ let me stand on his hands and pushed me up. But soon after I got on, everyone wanted to take a freakin photo and I had to struggle to get down again. I lost my flip flop and EJ and I were looking for it all over the ground and in the car. We couldn't find it for some reason and I think it was like right in front of our face because we found it maybe 2 or 3 minutes later just lying on the ground.

Anyway, after the photo, I went back inside again. Again, I lay lifeless on the couch, wishing the nauseating feeling would go away, but it wouldn't. I complained and whined about not being able to find my phone again and Kevin reassured me that I'd get it back LATER. FUCK, I want it now! He then took my car keys away. WTF? It wasn't like I was dying to go back home or anything. I went to the bathroom a few more times because I felt like puking again, but it wouldn't come out. I'd sit on the floor in front of the toilet and feel so sick, wishing the feeling would go away! Finally, it came out (puke #2) and I started crying because I felt out of control and I didn't feel good. Ludy and Kevin saw me crying in the bathroom and came.

Ludy: Cheryl, why are you crying?
Me: I feel so sick....................... and I can't find my phone.
Ludy: Gidti has your phone somewhere.
Me: But I checked all his pockets.
Ludy: He probably hid it up his butt then.

Kevin and Ludy pulled me off the floor and gave me a hug. Then they told me that I had to go to bed. They led me to Gidti's roommate room and bed because he was out of town and told me to go to sleep. Ludy ended up sleeping with me too. I remember being cold and not having a blanket.

Me: It's so cold. I want a blanket. I can't go to sleep without a blanket.
Ludy told me later that she was thinking that I was spoiled.

I remember waking up a few times during the night and finding myself alone in the room. I don't know what happend to Lu, but I was so fucking cold. Gidti's roommate is really messy. There were clothes on the bed and I used them as blankets. Finally, when I woke up one time, I managed to find a blanket amongst the clothes and used it, but it was a thin-ass blanket that barely kept me warm.

I woke up around 7:00 AM and heard talking outside in the living room. I woke up and stumbled there and everyone was asleep on the floor or couch. They were like, "Feeling better?" And I was like, "No. I think I'm hung over" because I was still nauseous. Ludy told me that she wandered out of the room and locked herself out, but I was passed out so there was no way for me to hear her knocking. Haha... I guess I was the lucky one who got a bed and a room all to myself. I think I got the most sleep, which was like 6 or 7 hours (besides Gidti who slept in the comfort of his own bed and in his own room). Everyone else got the small, uncomfortable couch or floor. Kevin finally gave me back my phone and keys! Then we watched Chuck & Larry, then Made (on MTV) before going to Denny's.

Kevin, John, and Gidti suggested that I should eat carbs to help my hangover, but I was like:

"I want meat. I want a burger!"
Ludy: The girl wants a burger. Let her have a burger.

I ate my burger and finally felt a lot better.

I drove Lu back home, but then I had to drive back to the same area to hang out with my college friends because Anita is going to Malaysia for her Fulbright.

We hung out in Molly's apartment, where I dominated everyone in Apples to Apples. Then we played Cranium, which was fun, but my team lost (it's ok). We went grocery shopping and cooked spaghetti for dinner, which was amazingly good and it really hit the spot. Waaaaaaaaaaah!