I love Christmas!

Oh how I love Christmas. And it's not because of the gifts or holiday cheer nor the celebration of the birth of Christ. It's because I get a full week of no work. A full week of not having to deal crappy LA traffic. A full week of not having to deal with idiotic people who don't know how to do their jobs. A full week of not having to wake up at 7am. Oh sweet sweet Christmas.

On a side note, a big congratulations to JC and Glo on their new baby boy!

Tis the Season!

Oops, I guess I haven't been the diligent blogger that I hoped I would be. Work has been super busy even though this is supposed to be our slow time. But anyway, nothing really interesting has been happening, but I do have a slightly amusing story.

So the other day, I went with some coworkers to shop for hideous Christmas sweaters to wear at our holiday party. While my coworker was purchasing her awful green sweater, her credit card wouldn't swipe because of some magnetic strip error. So the cashier takes her card and full on LICKS the card. Who does that?? Why in the world would you EVER lick a credit card, and someone else's credit card no less! It was one of those surreal moments that kinda just happen in slow motion. I just stood there and she licked a card and then had to look away because I was on the verge of busting out laughing.

So yea, that was my story. I ended up not buying a sweater because I wanted to check if my parents had one. And sure enough, my mom found a god awful black sweater with rows of santas and christmas trees adorned with little fake pearls for ornaments and little ribbons. It was spectacular and so embarrasing to wear. If only it was a contest to see who wore the most hideous sweater. I totally would've won. Oh well, at least I won a battery powered toothbrush from the raffle. yay.

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving! I love this time of year. The holidays make me happy. It's the time of year where we eat lots of good food and get lots of time off work. Today, for example, I get off work at 1pm to kick off the long 4 day weekend. Four whole days of no work is awesome. It's a shame I'm still in school cuz I have to work on my final paper, but that's ok! no work! With each passing day, my desire to leave this place increases. But anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the weekend. It should prove to be a fun one. Annual Thanksgiving Drunken Fiesta! WOOOHOOO!

Completely Unnecessary!

Sooo...tomorrow, we have this all day staff retreat/training at the Radisson Hotel. We were told that we could dress casual, and then we are informed that we can wear jeans as long as it's not with tennis shoes. Honestly, what is the point for us to wear dress shoes? I understand wanting us to dress up when we're in the office and have contact with students and/or parents. But when we're going to be out of the office without any contact with clients, what is the point? If you're going to let us wear jeans, does it really make a huge difference if we wear tennis shoes? Why dress up just for the sake of dressing up? The whole point of dressing up at work is to look presentable and professional for the people you are serving. Soo if we're not going to have contact with any of those people, why make us wear dress shoes? AND even if we do have some minimal contact with these people, they're not going to be like, OMG YOU'RE WEARING TENNIS SHOES! HOW DARE YOU!

this place is stupid.

You can't stop the beat!

So I just got back from a weekend in New York. Many thanks Ms. Smileys for letting us crash at her place. Her roommates make me glad that I am not an i-banker.

We lived it up in New York and ate at some fancy shmancy restaurants and watched a couple shows.

Friday
When Wheelchair, Apricots, and I arrived early Friday morning we passed out at Smileys for a bit and then met up with Green Tea to eat pizza at the place that Peter Parker worked at in Spider-man 2. After spending the afternoon walking around in Central Park, we met up up with Smiley and her bf at this Korean restaurant near Koreatown. Much to our surprise, we were joined by marathon runner Justine, who we have not seen in literally years. It was really nice to catch up with her. After dinner, we went to a bar in Seaport near Wall Street, had a few drinks, and called it a night.

Saturday
We went to lunch at the Burger Joint at the Parker Meridian. It seemed like a really random place to have a hole-in-the-wall-ish type burger place, but it was really tasty. After that we walked around the MOMA for a couple hours. I am so not the artsy fartsy type and it is beyond me why a giant piece of square canvas painted completely white is considered art. Honestly...who couldn't do something like that? But it was cool seeing some famous artwork like Van Gogh's A Starry Night. At night, Scuz and I went to watch Grease. I've never watched the movie in its entirety but I thought the musical was ok. I shall have to download the soundtrack. After Grease, we met up with everyone else in St. Marks for the food and booze and some pomme frites. Tasty.

SundAy
Sunday was our fancy shmancy, livin' it up in style, day. We had brunch at the Blue Water Grille and then watched Hairspray, which was surprisingly good. After Hairspray, we ate dinner at Morimoto's which is the restaurant of some Iron Chef dude. I'm not usually a fan of super high class food because I don't tend to find the price worth it for the small quantities, but this place was quite delicious. We shared some really good appetizers and I had a kobe filet and hamachi salad for my entree. Everything tasted amazing and it made me wish I made enough money to eat like that everyday.

Monday
Didn't do much on our last day. We went to the Mac store and played with some computers and then ate lunch at the Gramercy Tavern, which was ok. I had an expensive pulled pork sandwich which was just eh. After that we went back to Smileys and packed up and got ready to go.

All in all, it was a very fun and pretty relaxing trip. It ended up being a lot more tame than I thought it would be. I thought for sure we'd end up needing another wheelchair or something, but alas, no. We had to settle for Scuz overflowing the toilet with kleenex.

I don't visit other states often, it's pretty much just New York and Vegas, but when I do, I always think about what it would be like living outside of California. The more I think about it, the more I want to venture out and just be on my own for a year or so. Although I don't know if I can be as brave as Green Tea and just go and see what happens, I definitely want to look for jobs outside of California just to see what it's like living in another state. And the more I think about it, the more I want this year to go by faster so that I can get my Masters and leave my job. I can't wait until I go to Boston in March and really begin my job search.

Big Apple

Start spreading the news...
I'm leaving TODAAAAYYY
I want to be a part of it
NEW YORK, NEW YOOORK!

Woohoo! Taking the red eye out to NY today! I'm in desperate need of a vacation. It'll be really nice to get away from work and school for a few days. Hopefully I'll be able to get some rest in, but usually our vacations end up being more tiring than work. Still, it shall be good times.

Bad Dog!

http://www.koreus.com/video/owned-chien.html

I saw the signs...

So I don't really believe in astrology and all that mumbo jumbo, but I still find it interesting to read and see how accurate they really are. Check your own free astro chart and see if it's true!

http://alabe.com/freechart/

Mine's like half true...

"With your abundant energy, you enjoy being outdoors, and you should be attracted to physical exercise or to those forms of sport which can help you burn off some of that excess energy. "

That is definitely the opposite of me...

Food Dilemma

Sometimes I actually miss dorm food and having a meal plan. Having to decide what I want to eat for lunch every is such a chore. I never crave anything. It was much easier to have what I ate everyday decided for me and already prepaid for. Life was so much simpler back then. I need to work somewhere that has a cafeteria. OR if only USC offered employee meal plans and not grossly over price them like they do with tuition. OR if only I wasn't too lazy to bring my lunch from home. Oh well, McDonalds again! Mmmm...chicken nuggets.

Stolen!

Someone stole my name! http://freystyle.blogspot.com! No wonder I couldn't use that URL when i set up my blog!. freystyle is MY name! and she stole it just to post ONE measly entry. Give me back my name!

Inspiration

So my buddies, Tubgirl and Mama Glo, have inspired me to blog again, even though I have nothing remotely interesting to write about, but whatever, if you're bored enough to be reading this right now, you'd probably find anything interesting! Work has slowed down quite a bit and I find myself needing something to occupy my time and distract myself from the drudgery that is my job. I'm not too sure how often I'll be updating this. I'm sure the newly revived novelty of blogging will wear off quickly. But until then, I will make you even more bored than you were before you started reading this! haha sucka!

Until next time, here's a Dilbert comic to keep you entertained.