Thank God for camera phones! (Not my best picture, but a cool story nonetheless!)

Hehe - so here is the pic with Roger from the Less than Jake show at the Roxy a couple of weekends ago...That was seriously the greatest night...Aside from discovering that "everything is going to be okay", I also took my pic with the coolest guy from one of my favorite bands - and I completely have Luis to thank for it! I would have just kept walking and staring, but he stopped him and asked him if "...would take a picture with [his] girlfriend?" i was speechless, (much like the time I met Mark Hoppus - a reference for those fearless few who were with me during that momentous occasion), and tickled pink all at the same time...ah....my boyfriend kicks ass...i love going to shows....(sigh)

I helped 'win' an account today at work - that utterly made my day...especially when a good 6 of the 8 hours of my tedious workday i spent denying that i was actually retaining any knowledge - let alone doing any of my job correctly/efficiently...It was a very validating sensation...

Monday I had a 'corporate bonding session', in which a few members of my firm went to Dromo 1 in Orange to race a certain type of go-kart on a special indoor track. We all had so much fun - pictures of that event to follow. I suggest we get a group together to check it out - it was intense!

What else is going on...OH, my parents, grandparents and a heap of my Aussie family all took off for Tahiti yesterday...I am happy that my dad is actually taking a vacation and resting with my mom - he deserves a little bit of relaxing paradise right about now. I am just bummed I couldn't go with them (WAY bummed)...instead I am tethered to my reporting databases for quarterly attribution - or whatever that is supposed to mean...blah...

Luis and I spent some time on saturday in La Qunita with my Aunt Rosemarie...it was kind of like old times...and I got a little misty eyed reminiscing...I am going to try to continue to make trips out to the desert as much as I can...But more than anything else, I was ecstatic that she had an opportunity (at least a more recent one) to spend an afternoon with Luis...I wanted them to be able to hang for a bit...

On that note, I hung out with a blast from the past on monday night at the Improv- Rosemarie's son, Michael. I couldn't remember the last time we saw each other (potentially 7 years ago?), but it was good. He hadn't changed much - and I really enjoyed spending time with him.

Last sunday Luis and I went to Canoga Park to celebrate Don's birthday...as always, it was good times. I fell in love (again) with their puppy, Penny. She is a 4 month old boxer and just awesome...Each time we hang out at their house I want to take her home with me. I really enjoy hanging out with them.

I am procrastinating cleaning my apartment...I am sick of TV...too tired to read...not interested in working out...and really just want to be lazy...

And with that, I'm out...

FUN!!!!!

Ain't we cute?? :)

Electrifying Ennui...

7:46 on a Tuesday night...What's a girl to do...

**Caution! What follows is merely me venting about nothing and everything all at once...it was mostly written as stream of consciousness, so either read it with a 'grain of salt', or move on to the next, more interesting, and certainly more cogent blog. **

I find myself questioning everything as of late - which I suppose is a normal response given recent circumstances - but a frustrating one nonetheless...I have reached an alarmingly poignant epiphany - one which the layman would have seen as obvious quite some time ago...But for some reason, it took me a little longer to achieve this conclusion. I have spent the better part of the last 2 months dwelling in an abyss of funkiness and lacking motivation to complete even the most base tasks...I began to lose sight of purpose in the daily mundane activities of which one needs to complete in order to lead a productive existance...I was unable to conceptualize or rationalize my way out of various atrocities...until this weekend...I have embraced the postulate that worrying about things that are no longer in my scope of control cannot and will not alter what is meant to be...Simply put: being mopey, pouty, teary-eyed, upset, and angry will not change what is destined to happen...Inner strength springs eternal from this very essence of thought...And so, I have emerged from my clouded state of disenchantment...And awakened to all that is possible...The control freak in me is finally on a hiatus....

Enough drivel...

As an aside, a person from my past has made a reappearance. I think we have become reaquainted for a reason... a family friend - of whom I used to refer to as 'my brother' - has gotten back in touch with me...I haven't talked with/seen him in over 6 years, and I am looking forward to 'my brother' being in my life as an adult...I don't keep in good touch with too many people from my Solvang days, so it is nice to relate to 'family'...Even my mom has been in touch with him, which is awesome.



Here is a recap of what I have been up to:
Friday night Luis and I went to go see Less than Jake at the Roxy in Hollywood. This was one of the best shows I have been to in quite sometime - AND, I took my pic with one the members (or as I like to call him, dreds) :)
I needed to go out and drink profusely and listen to some damn good music with my fella...All in all it was super cathartic.

Saturday, Luis, Silvia, Patrick and I went to Bakersfield for Stacey & Lee's wedding - details to follow.