~~2003~~ A New Year

2003-04-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

*** SHOULDA WEEKEND *** April 25 to 27, 2003
So I left work at 11:30ish on Friday so that I could get my ass to have my nails done. After that I went home to pack up the car and then pick up Chona & Fritz. By the time we got onto the road to Vegas, it was about 1:00… Chona drove the first leg and we stopped at Barstow to eat at Tommy’s for lunch. YUMMY – cheeseburger and strawberry shake . Fritz drove the next leg and within the first 10 miles, we already hit traffic. Someone’s car had burned down and caused all the traffic with the nosy ass people slowing down to check it out. So then we were off again for about 5 miles and then more traffic… That’s when I switched off with Fritz for the next leg. I drove for awhile and then I got to drive in traffic. What sucked was the fact that I hit traffic on a freaking hill… What the heck was that??? After traffic eased up, I told Fritz that my leg was sore, so I asked him to drive the rest of the way to Vegas…
We got to Vegas by 7:30 and checked into the Castaways hotel. It was pretty ghetto there but it served it’s purpose… Chona & Fritz ate while I took a shower. Our shower was sooo psycho. One minute it was warm, then cold, then hot – all without touching the knobs… I was ready by 9ish and by that time, Matt was already in the lobby… We met with Chona & Fritz and went down to the bowling alley so that we could practice on the lanes. The approach was really really slippery, but we were able to adjust….. After we were done bowling, I walked Matt to the door and went upstairs to bring my ball back… I called BD because he wanted to go party. I met up with him and his brother and friend and ended up partying at MGM Grand… I danced from midnight to 4 in the morning… After the club, I stopped by a crap table and played for about a half an hour. I lost $80 at the table and looked at BD and told him he SHOULDA told me ‘let’s go….’ Oh wells, on our way back to the hotel and I called FB to see what he was doing and he was going to go eat. So he told me to have BD drop me off… I got dropped off and was so faded that I went straight to the bathroom and puked… FB’s sis & cous were like, ‘Are you okay??’ Man – Red Bull and Vodka SUCKS… anyways, we ate at the café at the Flamingo til around 5 and then headed to their room… The room was already packed, so I told FB we should just go back to my hotel since there was a bed there. We took a taxi there and got there by 6 in the morning… When we got back to the room, I started bugging Chona and jumping on her bed… She was like, ‘shut up ‘n go to sleep…’ Finally got to sleep between 6ish and 6:30ish…

Saturday, we woke up when Chona & Fritz were getting ready and go ready too… We went down to the café and ate $1.95 Steak and eggs… It was pretty good… After that, I stole Gabby (one of the bowling alley beybey kids) from her mom so that her mom could eat. Ask me why the security guard came up to us and said that we couldn’t have the baby near the slot machine… I was like WTF, she’s ONLY 4 months old!!! And then, the machine was broken, so it’s not like we were going to play or anything… whatever… We started bowling at noon and I was so anxious that I got myself a drink. After the drink I relaxed a little but not enough so FB gave me some cranberry juice and vodka… I bowled like crap. After bowling, FB & I hit the pool and I got a great foot & back massage (THANKS!!!) and laid out for a couple of hours… It was hard to sleep because the rest of the Bowling Alley BeyBay Kids came out to the pool and started playing ‘Marco Polo’. They were so freakin loud that it was hard to nap… After being at the pool, we had to hurry up ‘n get ready to meet up with FB’s famz at the Sahara so we could eat at the Rio… We planned on partying on Saturday night, but since we had to wait til 8:30 to eat dinner and we were still tired from lack of sleep the night before, we just ended up going back to the Sahara and sleeping at 11:00. What party poopers!!! So like, we SHOULDA slept in, instead of eating breakfast with Chona & Fritz and we SHOULDA took a nap in the hotel room instead of going to the pool…

Sunday, woke up at 5:30 and called Chona to pick me up. I got picked up at 6:30 and we were on our way home. Fritz drove the first leg and I switched with him around 9ish when we got to Victorville. I got Chona & Fritz home by 10ish. And when I got home, I unpacked and started cooking lunch… my brother invited people over for a BBQ and to watch the Laker Game… GOOO LAKERS… My daughter and her dad came over to enjoy the festivities. They all ended up playing ball instead of watching the game… I left to go bowl in the Sunday league from 2 to 5 and then went home and chilled with the famz the rest of the day… THANK GOD we left Vegas that early, it gave me a chance to hang out at the house instead of sitting in traffic on the freeway!

2003-04-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

*** EASTER WEEKEND *** April 17 to 20, 2003
Once again, my weekend started on Thursday night. I had a company holiday on friday and ended up arranging a whole Happy Hour thing at Nationals with my co-workers... I love them Happy Hour things! The old guys that work there are really generous with the drinks and I got so drunk that I couldn't even drive home and had to call FB to pick me up. After that, his friends wanted to go to Live Beezie to party. It was 18 and over - Blah! When we got there, the line went all the way to the back parking lot and I didn’t want to wait in line. Luckily, Ramil was in the front and got me and everyone else in. So we hung out there most of the night and danced and I drank some more…

Friday, I did some shopping at Melrose with FB and bought some slippers and a skirt for work. Ate at Johnny Rockets and fell asleep in the car on the way home… After FB dropped me off, did the whole Friday night bowling thing and got drunk again at the bowling alley... Hung out with FB and his friends after that and ate at Tapioca Express – they have some gooooood fish there!!!

Saturday, I was sooo tired the next day that I just stayed in bed and did absolutely nothing... I took a three hour nap and woke up at 5pm… When I woke up I asked my moms what she was up to and so I went to play Bingo w/ my mom instead of partying at Century Club with FB and friends... After Bingo (I lost), I caught up with my sis, Faye, and Ross and watched 'Malibu's Most Wanted'. The movie was aiight. Pretty stupid but some of the antics were kinda funny... We hit up King Taco after that and I got a call from Nelson because he couldn’t sleep. So I told him to come over and chill with the famz @ my pad. Faye and Ross started going at it with each other, talking about man-boobs and bros instead of bras and then being all ghetto… Faye kept making fun of Nelson and his jail time and I fell over when she started asking him more personal stuff. FUNNY… They all left at around 4:30am…

Easter Sunday, I woke up around 10ish and ate my leftover fish from Friday night. Then I started getting ready and watched some of the game… I started some laundry and hung out with FB & friends to celebrate 420… Hit up Mulligans and played a couple rounds of miniature golf. Haven’t done that in awhile… Then chilled and talked to FB for awhile in the car and then went home & slept…

2003-04-16T13:31:00.000-07:00

*** LIVE BEEZIE NIGHT *** April 15, 2003
Went to Live Bait last night for the first time in what seemed like YEARS... I followed Chona & Fritz there because I had a feeling that I might be taking off a little early. So I get there and start on my 3 glass of Chardonney... Then I see Money Mike - Joel's friend. I end up kickin it with him and his friends most of the night. Joel was there but he didn't really come up to me. Guess it worked out better that way. I just talked and talked and talked all night. I talked to Lera about her and Monart for a minute then went out to the dancefloor to get my dance on... At midnight, I was going to turn into a pumpkin so I decided to leave. I called FB and he had just gotten there when I left. Oh Wells...

2003-04-14T09:58:00.000-07:00

*** TURN-AROUND TRIP TO VEGAS WEEKEND *** April 11 to 13, 2003
After bowling on Friday, I just went home and finished my M&M’s Fried Chicken and then went to sleep. I figured that I needed the rest since I was doing the whole last minute trip to Vegas. Woke up around 9ish and started making the 7 layer dip for Faye’s baby shower. Went to the park and ran two miles and then to the grocery for the chips and the sour cream. After making the 7 layer, took a shower, got ready and started packing for the overnight in Vegas. Faye’s baby shower was uneventful – guess that’s how it is when it’s not your own party.

The reason I decided to go to Vegas was because I knew that FB was going to be there and then Dingo from the Bay text msg’d me and told me he was going to be there too. They both wanted to party and of course, I did too so I decided to drive up by myself since none of the girls wanted to roll up with me. I left the baby shower at 4pm and made it to Vegas by 8pm. I had two pit stops to pee and to put on my face so I didn’t have to worry about getting ready. Got to Harrah’s at around 8ish and FB’s friends were getting ready. I kept trying to get them to hurry but they didn’t and we were at the Palm’s by 9:30. The line was already near the parking lot door!!! So we waited. Rain usually starts letting people in at around 11 but since the line was so long, they decided to let in people at 10:15. So we waited, took turns gambling and waiting. I found Dingo at around 10:30 and he waited in line with us. Every time I left to gamble, I would come back with more money that I left with… At around midnight, we still weren’t even close to getting in, so we decided to go. Ended up at Studio 54 at MGM. There was a line, but we were in the club within an hour. That place was PACKED too. I dropped when we were close to the front of the line, so by the time we got in, I started rollin… Great feeling,. We took a tour of the club and found a place to sit down. I did the whole dance-sit-dance thing. I was too scared to walk around, cuz I was wearing Charlotte’s stilletos. I did alright though. We partied til 4am and then had to get Dingo to the airport. Got him there by 5am and then got back to Harrah’s at around 5:30. Did the whole walk around the hotel thing, but I wasn’t feeling the winning vibe from the tables so I said let’s just go nite-nite. Fell asleep –kinda – from 6am to 10am. I kept getting up every half hour to take a piss.

Finally go ready around noon on Sunday and then went to Stateline to eat. Some of us gambled and rest did some shopping. We were at a couple of tables and then hit the crap table. Didn’t do too good there, so I found a BJ table near a TV and watched the fourth quarter of the Laker game. It was funny trying to figure out if we were cheering for the game or for the dealer busting… We left Stateline at 4 and got to Barstow around 6:30 – stupid traffic. Ate there and started for home around 7:30ish. Got home and then went to sleep…

Man these weekends go by soo fast!!! I had a good time though and ended up with $75 more than I went there with… wooo whooo!!!

2003-04-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

*** Weekend at Home *** April 4 to 6, 2003
I have finally spent a weekend in Carson (kinda sorta)... Did the whole bowling thing on friday, maybe I should have left to go somewhere because I dunno what happened to our team - we all bowled like CRAP!!! After bowling, I was stuck on what I should do. Should I go out with Nelson, or should I go out with FB. I finally decided to hang out with Nelson and his friends since they were 'doing' something - shooting pool at Irvine Spectrum... And I actually let my brother drive my car home. After hanging out at the Spectrum, I got dropped off at home and checked the celly... 2 missed calls and 2 text messages, funny... Why do you seem so helpless when you don't have your phone???

Saturday, I stayed home during the day and cooked some steak and watched some movies on the box... I chilled the wine and cooked dinner for Chona. Funny how a year ago we were partying our asses off and now, it's dinner and a bottle of wine... During dinner, i got a couple of calls to go out... another night of decision making... Should I go to Century Club or hang out at Pier Ave... Pier Avenue won, figured I would hook up for sure if I went there and I wasn't ready to pay the $15 at the door at Century Club... So I'm hanging out at Shark's Cove and Sis calls me to tell me she's getting dropped off... I meet up with her and she meets my new friend, DOD... We hang out for awhile and then walk Lotte over to Paddy Malloys. After that, I go to bed...

Sunday, did the whole bowling thing again and bowled 'aight'... Went home afterwards and took a nap. Then I decide to go to La Mirage with Lotte... It was pretty fun. I haven't danced my ass off like that in a LONG time. Guess that was my workout for the weekend. I met a guy there that looked like Colin Farrell. My sis was laughing at me when I said it. But really, he DOES... I haven't called him and I doubt that I will. God knows I don't need another friend right now... Besides, Santa Ana is a BIT far for a new friend.............

So Monday, I didn't make it to work... I spent the WHOLE DAY IN BED. Watched 'The Net', 'Swept Away', 'One Hour Photo', 'Brown Sugar', 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', 'City by the Sea', and some of 'Insomnia'.... Talk about a fulfilling day : )

2003-04-03T09:51:00.000-08:00

*** Palm Springs Weekend *** MARCH 26 to 29, 2003
So my division had it’s Annual Meeting in Palm Desert… My co-worker Regina is the admin for the whole department and she had the task of putting it all together. So she gets our division managers to approve our presence at the meeting and from there IT’s ON!!! I picked up GiGi on Wednesday morning and we get to the hotel around 10ish. We check into our rooms – mine is on the first floor right above the lagoon… and then we hop into the jeeps for our jeep tour around Palm Springs. We visited an oasis and took a nature walk along the riverbed. The weather was nice in the oasis area, since the river water was cold… But in the jeep, MAN it was hot as hell!!! Anyway, the jeep tour lasted about three hours and from there we were dropped off at the hotel again… When we got to the hotel, I decided to jump in the pool for a minute and that’s exactly what I did – for a minute… The sun’s rays weren’t strong enough so I worked out with one of the other girls. Good girl : )
After our workout we had to get ready for the cocktail reception which was happening right outside my balcony… Being my first meeting and all, I didn’t know what to expect. Turns out the main point of the cocktail reception was just that – to accept cocktails… Lemme see, I consumed Champagne, wine, apple martinis, a shot of tequila, a shot of kamakazi, and a shot of goldschlagger. How I held up all night, whoever knows, but I did…

On Thursday, with a slight hangover, which was relieved with two advil and a mimosa, I attended my first Divisional meeting. It’s interesting how you walk by all these people at work and you don’t know what the hell they really do. So during all the presentations, I learned about everyone’s job in my division. This was cool… After the meeting, I took a nap and then got ready for another night of questionable actions… We got on a bus that took us to a FABULOUS restaurant in Palm Springs, where I found myself drinking two glasses of wine and 3 or 4 glasses of white chocolate martinis… YUMMY. It was good going down but the next day… So after dinner, we all pile onto the bus and head back to the hotel. I guess the word of the night was DANCE because that’s where everyone met up. It was fun watching the old fogies make a fool outta themselves… I got a couple more drinks – bad – and I don’t even remember how I got back to my room…

Friday, I woke up with the WORST hangover in the world. I tried to calm it down with bread, banana, and milk but ended up throwing it all up. Luckily the presentations weren’t as long and we were done by 11:15… I went straight back to my room and slept til lunch at noon. I made it to lunch, but ate a few bites and felt nauseous so I went back to my room and went back to sleep for an hour… Regina and I left at 1:30 so that we could meet with some reps from another hotel in Palm Desert. They gave us a quick tour, a free room, and then we left to pick up some snacks. After picking up the snacks, we went to the pool to lay out for an hour then went back to the room. I left to pick up some junk food – IN ‘n OuT, which we scarfed down, and then took another nap. When I woke up, GiGi had ordered “Hot Chick” and we watched that and as soon as the movie was done we went to sleep… Yeah, sounds boring but it was actually a nice relaxing evening to recover from the two nights before…

Saturday, we woke up at 7ish and got ready to go to the pool. We laid out and I took a water aerobics class, that was pretty fun. I was at the pool from 8am to11am and now I’m little brown girl again… We got ready, checked out and started for home. We ate at CoCo’s real quick and was on the road by 1:00 am… I got home by 3:00 and just hung out at home for the night…

Sunday, I got up, went to the laundromat, and then went bowling… I finally won the ladies side pot, which was nice… After bowling, I called FB to see what he was up to and we ended up watching ‘Dreamcatcher’. Interesting movie. After the movie, we got coffee and walked up and down Pine Street. Then I told him to drive up to Signal Hill so that he could check out the views from the top. It was a nice and clear night so it was BEAUUTIFUL : ) Afterwards, he took me home about 11:30ish and then I was out for the count…

2003-03-24T15:04:00.000-08:00

*** My Birthday Weekend *** MARCH 22, 2003
My birthday was on thursday the 20th and on the drive to work, I started crying. Turns out all the other girls in Rhena's family did the same. How funny. It was weird because I woke up all refreshed and ready to go and then as I was driving and getting closer to work I sat there and started thinking, "Wow... I'm THIRTY....." then my eyes started to water and I was full on crying. Man that was weird... Anyhow, my co-workers sent me a plant for my desk. Let's see how long I keep this thing alive... I spent the day working and got home by 5:00 so that we could start cleaning the garage for the party. Fritz 'n Chona helped out so that I could get done sooner so that we could go to National's for the Lamers - I mean Lakers vs. Kings game... Madonna 'n Hess showed up and I hung out with them for awhile. Nelson called me around 8ish and said that they were going bar hopping in Huntington. I called Dinno to see what the kids were up to and they were going to the Pier (formerly Live Bait)... So I decided to go home and maybe go with the kids but as soon as I got home, Jay had his attitude and Alison wasn't friendly either, so I told Nelson I would meet up with him and Thomas. I'm glad I went because I never partied in Huntington before and it was actually a trip to watch the white people party. Anyhow, I got home at around 2:30 or so and then hung out with FB. .....Interesting.....

Friday wasn't much to talk about, but I did decide to just stay home and clean my room... Stupid dust...

Saturday, I woke up at 6:30am and went to Smart 'n Final for stuff and to Brenda's to pick up the Kahlua Pork (YMMY!) Then I started BBq'ng at 9:30 til people got there at 1:30. There I was, bbq'ng the BBQ pork, the teriyaki chicken, and frying the korean chicken. I'm so talented... I got ready at 1:30 and everyone started getting there. It was fun hanging out with all the old school people and Rhena's famz... We all just kinda bullshitted and ate and bullshitted some more. Rhena's famz wanted to see Charlie and my new peircing, so we hung out in the room for a bit. At around 5:30, I started playing Mahjohngg with moms, auntie Rose, and Brenda. For once, I actually won some $$. We stopped playing at around 8:30 because the 2nd party was about to start. The second party was fun too, my good friend Leo was sweet enough to bring his equipment and play some music for us... THANKS LEO!!! There were a few people that showed up that I haven't seen for awhile and that was nice. All in all it was a VERY fun day and I'm happy to have the memories of this birthday added to my list of fondest memories... LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

2003-03-17T09:21:00.000-08:00

*** What a Mess Weekend *** MARCH 14 & 15, 2003
My weekend actually started on Thursday. After work, I went to the gym and worked the treadmill. After that, I got ready and went to the mall to find a cute top to wear. Then I met up with Madonna and Hess at Kabuki's in the Howard Hughes Center. Damn, nothing beats 2 for 1 sushi and some Sake... Hess was trippen on me cuz I was out drinking him AND I was getting all demanding on the waiter. "Can you bring us some more Sake???" LOL. I was pretty funny. All I kept hearing was, "I like kicken it with Anna... She's funny..." Thanks Hess... After dinner, I meet up with Nelson and Thomas and some other people. They take me to some bar/club in Newport Beach. It was pretty cool there. Didn't really dig on the 'college kids' too much, but it was still a good time. I think I was telling people I was only 23... LOL... After partying, we went to Nelson's friend's house and I ended up baby sitting a 7 week old baby girl... She was sooooo cute! Geez, I can't even remember when Karissa was that young. I ended up getting home by 3:30.

Got to work on friday by 8ish. It was soo hard getting up! I don't know how I did it last year. Was I on crack??? Anyhow, I tried to do as much as I could at work, then took Le's sister to the mall with me during my lunch hour. I found a cute dress from Charlotte Russe then headed back to work. I left work at 3:00 and then went home and took a nap. Got ready, then headed to the bowling alley for another night of getting our asses kicked... Which of course, we did. We lost 3 and won 1. BOOO... Oh wells. Of course, I started my drinking at the bowling alley, then went home to meet up with Charlotte and Faye. Drove up to Sumo's and partied with everyone over there. It was an interesting evening. Danced a little with Nelson and a little with FB... At the end of the night, I found out that Nelson, Nino, and their friends got taken in by the cops. I was like, 'WTF???' I wanted to go hang out with Nelson's friends to make sure the guys got out okay, but I didn't have a ride so I ended up hanging out with FB and his friends... As soon as I get in the limo, why was Diet Pepsi calling me? I asked him what he wanted and he was like, "I just saw you get in the car..." I tell him, "Dude, I just got into a limo, not a car. What do you want?" He couldn't give me a good answer, so I just hung up with him. I kicked it with FB and his friends most of the night, and Diet Pepsi keeps texting me. I call him back a couple of times and have some incoherent conversation with him. Finally, after getting a psycho ass text at 5 in the morning, I have FB take me home.

Saturday, I woke up to the rain around 10ish and debate on whether I should go to the wedding ceremony... I decide not to and take another nap. I start getting ready around 4:00 and leave for the reception. I get there and head straight for the bar. By the time we sit down for dinner, we're all drunk as hell. Madonna, Rob, me, Mike - we're all having a good time, laughing at this or that. Reminiscing... I had a great time. I get a text from Charlotte that Gene and Ashley had their baby. It's a BOY... Rob is trippen cuz he didn't even know Gene HAD a serious relationship, now he's hearing about the baby and how Gene got married. lol... Anyhow, the Bouquet fell next to me and I just stared at the thing. Oh well, i figured it wasn't my time yet so I let it go... After the reception, I head over to Keegan's to meet up with Char and Faye... I had a good time seeing everyone and we're all faded and having a good time... We leave around 1:30ish with some cake that we stole from some girls that were having a birthday party there. THAT CAKE WAS GOOD. It was a coconut cake. YUMMY... Too bad we can't find out where they got that thing. All I know is that it was GOOD.. lol. Well, we get home and decide to go to King Taco. More good food... On the way home there was some traffic on the freeway because there was a REALLY REALLY bad accident. Some car went RIGHT into the back of a Semi. IT WAS AWFUL. After seeing that, we all kinda shut up and thought about life, you know? We got home and went to sleep.

Sunday, I woke up and got ready. Went to take Karissa to the hospital to see her baby brother. Logan Cody... Babies are so cute when they're that small and as soon as they start talking, they somehow lose their cuteness... After that, I went to the bowling alley and bowled another 3 shitty games. GEEZ, what's wrong with me? Maybe i should just stick to one league at a time. When bowling was done, I just went home and took another nap. Nothing beats those Sunday naps :) Ended up just staying in bed all night, trying to find old movies to watch...........

2003-03-11T07:47:00.000-08:00

*** L A K E T A H O E W E E K E N D *** MARCH 6 to 9, 2003
What a weekend... I leave LA for Tahoe on Thursday morning with Joel and we get there pretty early. I arrange a boat trip over the Lake and end up drinking during the little boat ride. So I'm hanging out with Joel and Nelson and some of the peeps from the ski club and then I get a call from Diet Pepsi. He's talking about how he's in the LA times Sports Page. It's nice to know that he thinks of calling me to brag about this, okay?

We board on Friday and the conditions SUCK. I hate icy mornings and and slushy afternoons... Anyhow, I'm drinking Red Bull 'n Vodka all day so just call me Ms. Giddy. It was a pretty good morning and I got some good LITTLE jumps in. Anyhow, in the evening I stay in my room and eat leftovers and got ready. We end up going to Ceasar's where I won a little bit of money then end up at Harrah's to party at 'Altitude'. It's a cool spot to kick it. Much bigger than Nero's at Ceasar's... After an hour there, i go out to gamble and win some more money. So here I am feeling good with money in my pockets and kicking it with a cute guy named Caleb. We go back to the club and i see that Joel and Nelson are kicking it with some girls, which was good. After a few minutes in there, the guys tell me that they want to leave. I'm like, coool.. go ahead. and so i thought they left. Turns out they didn't. After a half an hour or so, I was going to the bathroom and there they were, chillin outside.. I was like, DAMN.. What are you guys doing here. So Joel and I have a conversation which ends up pretty bad and him and Nelson go back to the hotel. I stayed with Steve at Harrah's because I wanted to gamble and now i'm kicking myself because I should have just left too... I end up losing BIG - I guess that head change really f*ed me up... anyhow, i end up walking my ass back to the hotel at 3:30am while talking to Diet Pepsi on the phone. We talk for an hour about 'us'.. hehehe. WHAT US? and come to the conclusion that we would never ever work out. I guess after almost a year of being friends, you really get to know someone, and find that interests aren't the same - so what's the point? Never mind that I'm miss crazy outgoing loud obnoxious and he doesn't like too much attention. All in all, I'm glad that this chapter in my life has ended... No more Joel and no more Diet Pepsi... how's the saying go? Out with the old and in with the new?

Saturday I wake up at 6:15 and get ready for another day of boarding. I'm not hungover, just lacking some sleep... I end up boarding a half day and go back to the hotel at 2:30 to sleep. I get ready for another night of drinking and gambling. And of course end up losing some more money. That's the LAST time I do that!!!

Sunday, we head back to Reno - a little late. One of my guys end up staying in Reno because the flight was overbooked and we got there a little late. I felt bad, but I couldn't take a chance of getting stuck in Reno for another night - since I don't have all that vacation time, you know?? So we're home around 5:00 and I take Joel home. On the way home I stop at FOUR TARGETS - Bloomfield and Del Amo, South and Gridley, South and Downey, and finally Atlantic and the 405. I was on a mission to find a REALLY cute Bed in a Bag set, but NO GO. oh wells. I go home, eat some ceviche and carne asada and then fall asleep....

*** BACHLORETTE PARTY IN L A S V E G A S *** MARCH 1 & 2, 2003
Stephanie Clemente is getting married on March 15, so Michelle planned a whole weekend in Vegas for her Bachlorette party. Donna & I didn't have enough funds to be there for both nights, so we decided to drive up late on saturday. Anyhow, on friday night after bowling, I went out with 'FB'... Why? I dunno, guess I was just ready to do something different. I guess I've been feeling that my life has just been so damn *blah* lately. Anyhow, instead of going to Redondo to party with Leigh's sister Olivia, to La Mirage with Char & Ross, to a bar in Huntington with Kat, or to Koreatown with Ana - I ended up at Miyagi's with 'FB'... It was alright. I typically don't like that club because it's sooo-Hollywood and cliche-ish but I kicked it. FB was really cool and didn't make me feel the least bit uncomfortable. So it was nice. Anyhow, I didn't get home til 5:30 in the morning because we hung out at his homie's house...

Saturday morning I woke up at 8:30 to the little monster's voice screaming in the house. F*ing KELLY! GEEZ, does that THING have a MUTE button? Anyhow, I ended up waking up and rolling some lumpia. Got the nails done... picked up some 'stuff' from Rhena... and then went back home to roll some more lumpia... After I was done rolling a couple hundred lumpia, I decided to get ready for Ashley's baby shower. Everyone always askes me if I feel weird hanging out with Gene and Ashley, but what's there to feel weird about if there are no hard feelings? I'm happy for them, shit at least they found the person they're supposed to spend the rest of their lives with, you know? I ended up winning most of the baby shower games - much to the surprise of my ex. hehehe. He knows I got skills. COME ON... Well, I leave the baby shower at around 4 and pick up Donna.

We're on the road by 4:30 and then end up just going to the Rio and getting ready there. The girls have planned to watch 'Chippendales' at the Rio and then just club there after the show. The show was interesting....... CUTE GUYS. but are they GAY??? sometimes you just don't know.... Anyhow, so we're hanging out in the club and then start dancing with each other. Along comes Matt. What a little cutie. What's up with the 22 year olds though? Seems like the older I get, the younger they come at me. hehehe! Well, I hang with Matt and dance a little. Soon it's 3am and the club is thinning out. So I ask Donna if she wants to go to Drais... She says SURE, and I'm like COOL! I love it when girls are down to party!!! So I ask Matt if he wants to go and he's down too. Never mind the little boy didn't drink all night... So we get to the car and I find my phone. Voice message waiting. It's 'Diet Pepsi' and he tells me to meet him at Rain. Fuck that. I call back and tell him to meet me at Drais...

So we're at Drais. It's 4 in the morning and I have to buy water. A freaking bottle of Avain for $7. WTF??? I buy two and the three of us just chill and watch everyone there. I'm rolling pretty good and it's interesting to watch people there... People were sniffing coke in front of us and mixing up stuff in their cigarettes. INTERESTING. Anyhow, it's 6 in the morning and poor Matt is falling asleep so I say, 'Let's go......'

Matt was kind enough to offer his house as a place to sleep, but since I was still kinda rolling and I had some Red Bull, I said F* it... I'm drving home. So we get to the car and I check my phone again. How about 15 missed calls on the screen??? F*ing Diet Pepsi, drunk outta his mind, talking about "Whhhaaasssup? Come to Excalibur...' As my sister would say, "WHAT EVS........" I call him back twice and he didn't answer, so I just leave Vegas. Left at 6:30, stopped at the casinos before stateline for gas and to pee, stopped at Baker to pee, stopped at Barstow to pee, and then finally make it home around 10:30ish... I crash for a couple of hours and then end up bowling.

That was a BADDD idea. I bowled like CRAP! Anyhow, I went back home and sleep a little more. Woke up to watch Real World, and then go watch 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 days' with... Oh man... No nickname for this one... I guess I'll just think about that for a minute... Anyhow, after the movie, he takes me home because he knows about my crazy weekend and I CRASH...

2003-03-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

*** P A R K C I T Y , U T A H *** FEBRUARY 21 to 23, 2003
The third weekend in February, I went to Utah with Joel and Tone. GOOD GOD, talk about TIMING!!! Turns out Park City was having one of their worst seasons ever and didn't have too much to call 'snow'. Kinda sounded like Big Bear... Anyhow, when we arrived, it snowed. ANNA BROUGHT SNOW!!! I made the guys get up extra early to board and I'm sooo glad we did because we got FRESH TRACKS in on both mornings. There is NOTHING better than the feeling of floating on some fresh dry powder... They got in at least 1 foot both nights we were there... It was GREAT!!!

Even though it was a quick weekend trip and the DAMN lift tickets were $67 EACH DAY, it was was well worth it...

*** C O L O R A D O W E E K E N D *** FEBRUARY 5 to 9, 2003
So the first weekend of February, I make it to Colorado for the first time. Colorado snow kicks ass!!! It was sooo dry and powdery. Like, if you were to fall in it, you wouldn't get WET, it would just feel like you sat in some marshmallows... I went with Madonna and our homegirl from high school Michelle, who brought one of her close friends, Jan. Jan was asking Michelle how we all knew each other and Michelle literally gets a light bulb on top of her head. She remembers that we all knew Jan's ex-husband and we all start laughing about the whole 'it's a small world' deal. GEEEEZ..

Colorado was good. We only boarded half days, which was fine with me because it was pretty tiring... During the night, it was toooo dang cold to try to get out so we would grab a quick dinner and go back to the condos for some late night Poker sessions. Poker... The guys that went were surprised that I blended in like one of the guys. Guess when you grow up a tomboy, it's always easier blend in like that... Needless to say, I met some cool guys to board and play poker with... Too bad I lost $60 that weekend.....

2003-03-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

Okay... My life has been a whirlwind of ESCAPADES... Plane trips, Rebel Cruises, Birthdays... GEEZ.

Anyhow, Mammoth was good. The night before the game, I went to watch the Lakers play the Nets - and LOSE... I got some tickets to a luxury suite and took advantage of the free drinks. Thank you for my whole bottle of Chardonnay... After the game, I was drunk as hell and started an argument with everyone that I knew. My sister, my mom, my ex... Then I had the nerve to get in the car and drive out to Naga's for Doralynne's birthday party... Good job. This made my mom call Chona to call me to make sure that I was okay. Then Chona left me in Rhena's hands... gosh, talk about all out drama. I wish I could see the pictures from that night.

So I make it home, start packing up the car, pick up Tone, and make Tone drive my ass to Mammoth. There I was blabbing my whole story to him about what happened earlier at night. All I hear is, "okay, anna.. okay..." I fall asleep and the next thing I know we're in Mammoth... Mammoth had some good snow but boarding with a hangover SUCKS... We boarded pretty slow since the people we met up with were kinda S L O W, which was fine with me... We ended up boarding half day and even more crazy, I ended up driving HOME the same day. We got home around 8ish and I slept the rest of the night...

First Lesson of the Year - DON'T GET F*ED UP THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE GOING TO BOARD...

2003-01-22T08:43:00.000-08:00

Wow... Funny how time flies. I spent last weekend in bed. Literally. Thanks to the box, i watched A Beautiful Mind for the first time. Then I caught for the 10th time - the Fast 'n the Furious. Saturday night, I ended up going out w/ Char & pregnant ass Faye. We went to Club Rio and saw 'Latin's Finest'. Yeah right. Not necessarily all that FINE, but they could WORK IT... I guess the last weekend was my chance to finally catch up on some rest AND I washed my car, my sister's car, AND my mama's car. Geez - talk about productive. Next weekend's going to be another wild one. After bowling on friday, I'm headed out for my FIRST boarding trip of the season. MAMMOTH HERE I COME! I'm planning a quick one day trip out there and coming back on Sunday so that I could bowl again on the Sunday league and catch the Super Bowl party that I just found out last night, that was happening at the pad. I guess I'd better get my ass to work now. My friend Monet emailed me today and was shocked that I gave up my clubbing shoes for bowling shoes. I guess Life is FULL of surprises, isn't it???

2003-01-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

Went to Vegas for the weekend. This was the first time I actually stayed in one general area, usually I have to meet people here or eat over there. This weekend was spent at the lovely Treasure Island Hotel. It was actually a very nice hotel -compared to Jack Low Budget Palace Casino, where I stayed at with Bro & Alison & Dinno in November. Watched Cirque de Soliel's Mystere and it was a very good show. Next trip to Vegas will be to watch another show, can't wait!!!

2003-01-03T06:45:00.000-08:00

Doesn't it suck when things don't turn out like they are supposed to? When I left work on tuesday, I was supposed to be on my way to Vegas so I stop by Madonna's man's job to try to get stuff. Why did i have to wait two hours for it??? And then my cell phone gets temporarily disconnected because I didn't pay my bill in full (somehow, Christmas presents became more important than cell phone bills). By the time I got in touch with Doralynne, it was 2:45 and I wasn't even packed yet!!! Well, Doralynne tells me that Claudette & B didn't want to go anymore, so we wouldn't have a place to stay. So we said 'Neber Mind'... I ended up partying at Ernest's house, then at Tita Mel's house, then at Claudette & B's place. I decided to go home instead of going to Boardners with Doralynne & Claudette. It was kinda a stressfull New Years Eve, but it did make me think about how I was going to spend this upcoming year. Like, is that how I want to spend the rest of the year? Moving from place to place, trying to find what feels right?

2002-12-31T06:19:00.000-08:00

So I made it to work... All because I have a hidden agenda. I need to get the HELL OUTTA here by noon so that I could run all these errands before I pick up Doralynne. And so the vote is in. WE ARE GOING. Party in Vegas. I wonder what type of trouble we're going to get into tonight. H O W F U N ! ! !

2002-12-30T15:28:00.000-08:00

Okay... So like, so many things can happen in a day right? Right now I'm sooo torn about what to do. Should I stay in Cali for New Years Eve and party with Joel and his friends or go to Vegas with Doralynne and Sandra so that I could party with 'The Girls'????? What to do... What to do... Whoa is me!!!

AND THEN... Rhena tells me to sneak on to AIM so that I could get in touch with Sandra and then I get all these TESTOSTERONE IM's. What the hell! All the old homies see my screen name pop up and all of the sudden it's, 'SOO, do you have any homegirls that want to KICK IT???' Whatever...

2002-12-30T12:18:00.000-08:00

And so it starts... 2003 is a new year, but what is this year going to bring? Whoever knows... I guess I will be the only one to decide what this year will bring me.

~*~2003~*~ A New Year

~~2003~~ A New Year