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came across this girlies xanga listing things that make her happy...

i think i had one of the most enjoyable nights of my life on sunday...i cant even tell you why...its not like it was really anything out of the ordinary...it was just super enjoyable and i had a great time...went to dinner...watched deseperate housewives...just in a general good mood...

yesterday wasnt bad either...went to tea station wtih elaine and kc...just chatted for evers...not really out of the ordiniary either...but not really normally something i do...it was just...nice...the coolest part was when i was driving there the temperature thing on my car had a snowflake next to it...so freezing cold!!!

theres just no sense in getting caught up about things that really dont matter...i should just concentrate on the things that DO make me happy and go off of that. no point in getting upset...everything will work out...and i will be happy...=)

so what makes me happy...? the last happiest moment i can remember was stumbling upon a jewelry box with my doggie on it......for only $10 =) love...

the trial of the century - french kicks

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emotional ups and downs...i feel like my body is going crazy...more like my mind...its amazing how one second i can be so incredibly happy and the next second...nothing...its not really...depressed so to say...just emotionless...i just dont care about anything...i dont care how things end up...i dont even care about being happy anymore...werid...maybe im just sick of things not working out...but honestly...how bad do i really have it? not that bad...

theres so much to do at work now...i just dont want to do it...blah...

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i am so ridiculously happy right now =) whoo!!! dl dl dl dl dl!!!

thanksgiving weekend was great! it was so nice waking up friday morning...and having it only be FRIDAY! too bad it is now really sunday...and there really is work tomorrow >:/

what did i do this weekend...

tues of course of was the greenday concert...amazing amazing amazing...i think my ears are still ringing from it...no...but really...amazing...i cant wait til acoustic christmas!

wed they let me off work early so i had lunch with better friend at...pf changs...my first time there...and i dont really expect to ever go back...although that honey chicken thing wasnt all that bad...at night got a group of 4 and played majong...then watched bourne supremacy...my house is freaking cold...

thursday...thanksgiving...cindy and katie came over and we chatted chatted chatted for hours...and even snuck in one episode of the oc...haha...dinner was good...weird combination considering we had mashed potatoes and honeybaked ham with huo guo...hahaha....oh well...it was delicious...afterwards went and watch national treasure...yeah yeah...wasnt my pick =P

friday...BRAZILLIAN! needless to say...that was my ONE meal of the day...SO full...dinner consisted of 5 small clams and i was SO full again...ridiculous...SO GOOD...dunno when ill be able to go again =/...went to see my cousin and get CLEAR contacts...still have 2 pairs of the blues ones on reserve...but just figured...work = clear...night went to tommies and watched 13 going on 30...funny funny

saturday...slept in super late...so nice =) spent the whole day dling and watching tv shows...night got another 4 and played majong until past 3am...whoo...fun fun fun...

i found some real pictures from paris with the girls...so when i have time to scan them...ill post them up...the girls in paris =) sounds cool...

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GreenDay ROCKS my world...all about being in the pit...billie joe is a god...started with tracks off american idiot...threw in the dookie songs (still the BEST album EVER)...insomniac, minority, and a few more randoms...i dont even know how to describe it...

a lot of the show was reminicent of the last time i saw them...pulling the guys on stage, wearing the crown, the jazz guys, shout, we are the champions (i ever remember thinking how cool it would be to be in the pit when the confetti came out), and of course solo billie joe singing time of your life...

Is He Cute: the best part was during one of the slow songs
: you know how people put up their lighters...
: well now more than half is with cell phones
: so half the lights are orange from the lighters and half the lights are blue from the cell phones
: SO pretty!!!

american idiot - greenday

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wow...its been awhile...pretty uneventful...dont really remember doing anything during the week...friday went to jasons...champagne and majong...left early...sat spend with the family...then went to tommies and watched mean girls again...came home and watched half of i, robot...but fell asleep...sun...desperate housewives...

my internet is super fast today =)...makes it easier to post pictures =P

first...two pictures i forgot from last time

dubrovnik, croatia


thats vivian standing next to the flag...heehee


and thats the entrance to the "most beautiful view"

split, croatia


we left croatia from split on this ferry...


bye bye croatia or so we thought


looked more like this by the time the ferry was moving...heehee


me eating a cevapi


w00t

rome, italy


the colosseum


use the people at the bottom to imagine how huge this thing is


closer


inside


ruins


church


trojan something...


a whole story is etched into the column...


crazy...palatine hill...imperial forum...roman forum...


unreal...


side view


pantheon


ceiling...


walls...


fountain of the four rivers...with the gods from around the world...


how is she still so much taller than me?


ship thing...shaped like one...not is one


vatican...st peters


columns outside


there two rows of colums...at certain points marked on the group the columns line up exactly...its pretty ingenius...


fountain of trevi


closer


youre suppose to throw a coin in over your shoulder...so im throwing a coin in over my shoulder


and so did all these people...at 10pm...it was ridiculous


museum


vatican museum to be exact


the museum is free every last sunday of the month...which happen to be the day i was there


so it was ridiculously packed


the line was also extremely long


and i happen to meet this girl from LA...haha...


her friend had gone to see if they would find this secruity guard they knew to let them in...


so we started talking and of course i was promoting usc...she wanted to go there anywayz


but ends up her friend had been in rome all summer studying art history...


so she knew most the major art works and would tell us the history behind it...


it was like a free tour =)


and here it is...the rebel that i am...stolen pictures from the sistine chapel


"no pictures!"


"put away your camera" in 10 different languages...but no one listens


outside of a window


only a few more hours before heading to the airport =(


lame ass opera house that i spent FOREVER trying to find...>:/


i randomly found this store...yes...im lame

and that is the end of my trip...well a brief overview of my entire trip...we took about 1000 pictures...so obviously wouldnt post them all...but got the point across...the trip lasted exactly a month...posting the pictures took 4...haha...=) who wants to go back with me?!!?!? =)

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JasonfromCHlCAGO: why honey!

Auto response from Is He Cute: anti-social...leave me a cheerful message >:/

JasonfromCHlCAGO: honey dont be anti social
JasonfromCHlCAGO: honey honey honey ! lol
JasonfromCHlCAGO: bao bei cheer up kekee


how cute...no ones ever called me bao bei before...=)

welcome to the monkey house - the dandy warhols

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another weekend come and gone...but before recaps...check this out!

franz ferdinand, interpol, jew, keane, the killers, modest mouse, muse, snow patrol, tbs, the music, and the shins...dec 11...universal amphitheater...GAAHHHH!!!! $152 for two tickets...<stab heart>...night #1...kroq acoustic christmas...=

friday was feeling extra extra anti-social...even passed up watching a movie...jesus...what has life come to...saturday...spent some time with better friend and watched boiler room and the firm...<shrug>...then game time (49-9)...got some foodies and watched malibus most wanted at tommies...SO much better than i thought...tahaha...b-rad!...sun went up to LA to catch pink's 65th anniversary with 65 cent chili dogs...the dude from alias and felicity was there...random...then met up with the girls (minus sylvia...where are you girl?!) to catch up and get some coffees...

and i guess that was the weekend...ive been having trouble with my right eye being all funky...went to see my eye doctor...who also happens to be my cousin...today to get a new prescription and some CLEAR contacts...but shes gone for the next 2 weeks >:/ guess it'll just have to suck it up til she gets back...should i get new glasses? the last pair broke...emo glasses again? frameless? hmm...so $...

i love coming across a well written xanga...cuz well...i know mine sucks ass...haha...but it kills time for me...and when im killing time reading other peoples its nice to read good stuff...=)

anyone want to go to greenday with me next tuesday (23rd)?

Angels in America - HBO ... so heavy ...

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good morning...

updates updates?

monday had lunch at cpk with...who?...what?...steve? and charles? sure MIA...but yeah...caught up a bit with my "brothers"...charles and i are goign to watch season 2 of 24 in real time =) 24 episodes in 24 hours...its going to be awesome...gotta finish season 1...next tues...who's down for maki maki!? tuesday met up with better friend...wednesday went to watch the incredibles...definately funny...then hit up yardhouse after...ending up spending like $30 on a wed night?!?!...ugh...thur went to see alfie..."talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk"...whats going on tonight?!

SO! this buddy of mine told me awhile backthat him and his gf are goign to italy and told me to post pictures of rome...IM SO JEALOUS!!! i want to go back to europe...with a BF!!! italy would be great...but my fav was still...

dubrovnik, croatia


guesthouse we stayed at...


they grew grapes and kiwi in the backyard!


the old town of the city was completely surrounded by this fort


one of the entrances


square inside


alley ways...streets...


church i got kicked out of cuz i was inappropriately dressed

now for the good part...


harbor


theres this 2k walk that you can take around the wall...so this is the view from above...


we went as the sun was setting to try to avoid the heat...SO BEAUTIFUL


can you imagine living there?!?!


teehee


we stopped this place with a sign that said "cold drink with the most beautiful view" this was the view...pictures just dont do it justice


without my knees


endless water


there were all these kids jumping off the rocks/cliffs into the water...the water was SO nice...took me 1000 yrs to get in though...it was awesome...


other side


spot we ate dinner

next day we took a day trip to the island of lopud


look how clear the water is...this was taken from the boat...so the water is pretty deep


my fat ass on the beach


we left just as the sun was setting


this is on my desktop at work =P


how do you beat that?


lol


so we bought a bottle of wine for <$2 at the supermarket and split it...needless to say...drunk...well vivian was drunk...i was buzzing pretty good


old town at night

that night we went to the MOST AMAZING place ever...vivian always said that when she was in italy that she would go sit on the church steps and smoke out...so we went and sat on the chruch steps and this dude comes over from thats from amsterdam...yes!...apparently he was bosnian so he comes to dubrovnik every year... took us to this hole in the wall (literally a hole in the wall) bar that was RIGHT on the water...it was so surrealy beautiful... you just sit on the rocks and drink...we met the bar owner, who happened to be from zagreb...so we had something to talk to with him about...AND he gave us HOMEMADE croatian food...SO delicious...i remember thinking to myself at certain points that night...that it was the most beautiful moment of my entire life...i cant even explain it...and theres no way we'd be able to find that place again...but it was absolutely gorgeous!

theres so many more pictures...but i think thats enough for now...only 2 more cities...aww....

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br: i mean, i imagine that a bitch would be more insulted at being called a bitch than a non-bitch would be, me thinks

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hopes and fears - keane

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who watches northshore...?


Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
Lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before


redeamed the whole episode...so damn good =)

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had a pretty uneventful weekend...although i did hit up happy hour at bjs on thurs and sunday with groups of 7+...amazing...AND on sunday all 4 jlc girls where there which is a feat of its own...also watched the ring (american version) with a few people at erics...and thats about it...

rest of the weekend was spent watching the first season of 24...damn...what a rush...i realize yes that im very behind...but ive just had other things to watch...until now...

feels like a never ending cycle...

three cheers for sweet revenge - my chemical romance

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its interesting now that the election is over to come across xangas/blogs spouting each persons views on the subjects...and its not just..."your opinion sucks...only i am right" or those cult-ish christian beliefs...of course there are still some of those but...some of these are well thought out positions that both sides should be able to understand, im not saying agree...but understand...

where were you all when i needed people to flier with me!?!?!

guess i just asked the wrong people...next time next time...i think i found a couple people willing =) i understand both sides...i would like to get more involved...and get more people involved...if you know me...then you probably know where i stand on most of the issues...but i dont think thats the problem right now...its just getting involved...if only...

<yawn>...last night was nice =)

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jinx

bullshit

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hillary in 08



If you only once would let me
Only just one time
Then be happy with the consequence
With whatever's gonna happen tonight
Don't think we're not serious
When's it ever not
The love we make is give and it's take
A game to play along

All I can say
I should of said
Can we take a ride?
Get outta this place
While we still have time?

oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh

All the best DJs are saving
The slowest song for last
When the dance is through
It's me and you
Come on would it really be so bad
The things we think might be the same
But I won't fight for more
It's just not me to wear it on my sleeve
Count on that for sure

All I can say
I should of said
Can we take a ride?
Get outta this place
While we still have time?
Wanna take a ride?
Get out of this place
While we still have time?
Yeah - We still have time

oh oh, oh oh (ohhhhhhhh)
oh oh, oh oh (ohhhhhhhh)
oh oh, oh oh (ohhhhhhhh)
oh oh, oh oh (ohhhhhhhh)

Can't say I was never wrong
But some blame rests on you
Work and play they're never okay
To mix the way we do

All I can say
I should of said
Can we take a ride?
Get outta this place
While we still have time?
Wanna take a ride?
Get out of this place
While we still have time?
We still have time

oh oh, oh oh oh
oh oh, oh oh

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VOTE TODAY!

wow...i havent posted in quite awhile now...a week...man...what does that mean? guess ive been busy? my memory has been shot lately...sometimes i cant even remember conversations i had the night before...what's going on?!!?

ive been a lot happier lately...i guess when you get rid of baggage...things just start falling into place =) i dont know why i didnt take the advice of so many...i really should listen more...but you know me...stubborn as hell...guess i got the incentive i needed...

blah...what am i talking about? simply put...im just happy =)

recaps?

wed night was "nice"...started this japanese movie...but it was just WAY too slow...so instead watched like...3 episodes of the OC =)...then headed to mccormicks...

thurs packed the car...which is amazing in itself...and headed to dnb where more people were there! danny knew the waitress so she comped the food...needless to say...steaks all around...haha...then kristin and i chatted and looked through old pictures til after 2am...cheap date...teehee..."my floor my floor"

friday...teeheehee...then went to sleep...was awoken to go to honda ya...sake...sake...mmmm...sake...haha...thanx tommie for the livestrong bracelet =) ive wanted one for awhile...sucker for trends?

saturday was going to go to pauls to watch the game (42-12!!!) but instead helped erica get ready for HOMECOMING!...at night most people went to knotts or had their seperate parties to go to...knotts im just not a big fan of for halloween...and well...too tired to pull together a costume for the parites...so just ended up going to kennys...playing golf (card game)...and of course...drinking...crashed there...

sunday...something about brake fluid bleeding and fixing worn down screws...haha...dont worry about it...then after asking 10 people to go trick or treating with me and NO ONE would go...AND my internet going out...my better friend came over...watched tv...ate a bit...erica had a tight ass cat in the hat costume...and what can i say...i love jerseys...so hot...heehee

yesterday...steve finished taking his series 6 exam and something else...so we went to his place and watched white chicks...haha...some good laughs in there...then went to bj's...

that was a long one...was going to post pictures...but i guess ill wait til next time...bye bye!!! =)

futures - jimmy eat world <yesyesyes...i know...shutup>

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