Wednesday, December 3, 2003 08:55 a.m.

The inevitable has happened. I have gotten sick. I would like to think that it was from T but who really knows. I am still on vacation and now sick. I need to go to the drug store and buy some Sudafed and Tylenol. Can you believe I don't have either at home. Everyhome should be stocked with some sort of headache cure and decongestant. Bad me!

Mom and dad return from Vegas today. I have to remember to pick them up from the airport. Isn't that awful, that I have to say "I have to remember to pick them up?" I can see myself getting so worked up over house stuff that I actually forget. I should tape a sign to the front door that says Airport 4pm. I plan on sending out my Christmas cards today or tomorrow. Normally I like sending it out on the first but what's two days. I'm just missing one address then i'm set.

I've been very very bad. I haven't gotten any Christmas shopping done. I don't know what happened the intent was there to get it done early but to no avail. I will be scurrying this week to get it done and then to send it out. I think I'll use Tela's postage thingy then I wont have to wait at the stinkin' post office.

My entries have sucked lately. I apologize as things have been hectic around here. Big summary of my daily life when things calm down a little.

Sunday, November 30, 2003 09:56 a.m.

Thanksgiving has come and gone. We did go to Canters, stuffed ourselves and came straight home. It was quite sad. We got home watched the tube and all passed out. I hate when that happens. I think that is the worst part about not having a planned Thanksgiving dinner. Since nobody is around to watch you reach your food coma you do it with no second thoughts. Everyone had the typical Thanksgiving fare except for me. I had a hot open faced turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. No dessert though, I was much to stuffed for that. As much as I enjoy going to Thanksgiving dinner at Canters it really doesn't fell like a special day. It's like every other day but with a turkey dinner. Maybe next year we can swing back to Hawaii for the holiday.

These past few days have been so exhausting for me. My dad's trip has not been planned well so we drive around aimlessly and I'm not real familiar with toursity type stuff so I don't know what to do. This was my biggest nightmare. I wanted everything planned to the tee. Mom was suppose to help me but to no avail. Instead she suggests things like Knotts or Disneyland, and I do not really want to drive down to OC just for a theme park. I love going to Disney but when its planned and in the evening when everything is lit up and looks so pretty and we can watch the fireworks. I have become extremely frustrated and irritable because of the lack of planning. Of course their are other factors at work here but as a result of some of the audience who may read this I am not at liberty to list all my "issues" here.

Parents leave for Vegas tonight for three days. I will take the alone time to rest, do some houses stuff, give my doggies some attention and primarily be a lazy bum.

We are off to breakfast more to come in a few.

Thursday, November 27, 2003 08:37 a.m.

The strangest thing happened this morning. Well, not that strange just semi-peculiar for me. After I had breakfast I had the sudden urge to listen to "Hands Down" by Dashboard Confessional. Reason this is so strange is that i'm not really a Dashboard Confessional fan. Hmmm.....so I'm now satisfying my urge via Launch.

T has been real sick, for almost two weeks now. Last night I had to take him to the Emergency Room. It must have been pretty bad because he didn't really have to wait to long. There were people there obviously waiting for a while (as their faces were stark and boredom had visibly kicked in) and we were whisked in rather quickly. They changed his prescriptions and he got some shots and pills while in the emergency room. I feel so bad for him as he is really sick. I have never, ever seen him so sick before and to top all that off he has laringitis to boot. I hope this new medication works well and he is able to get better real soon.

My mom and dad are now both in SoCal. My mom got in a few days before my dad did and we just shopped and shopped and shopped. I think I am completely shopped out for now. I chose out my Christmas gift but now i'm just trying to forget about it so i'll be surprised on christmas. At least my mom knows that I prefer to know what I am getting for Christmas from her and T because (this may sound selfish and ungrateful) if they are going to spend money on me I would rather them buy me something I really want then something i'm going to only kinda like or have to return. I bought T's gift last week and he knows what i bought for him. He has the same theory as I do and now I know he'll really like his christmas gift. I digress....my dad has only been here for two days (today is day 2). We got a late start yesterday and only went to Wacko. Dad seemed to love it. We were in there forever! I didn't buy anything but candy. They have a fabulous collection of old fashion and hard to find candy. Today my dad wants to head down to commerce to go to some casion he saw on TV. I don't understand why he wants to go to a casion because mom and dad are going to Vegas on Sunday night.

Tonight/today is Thanksgiving. And for year number 3 we are not cooking anything. It's not the time involved, or that I lack counter space, or the clean up its that I don't want to eat turkey for the next week to two weeks. hell know. I want turkey for one day and one day only. Instead we are going to Canters Deli (3rd year in a row). Canter's throws together a great Thanksgiving feast and you just can't go wrong with Thanksgiving dinner at a Jewish Deli *doh.

Is it just me or does Brody Dalle's (formerly Armstrong) voice sound a lot like Courtney Love's?

Another week of vacation to go. I wish I could slow time down so my one week could be stretched into two or three or four or more weeks. I dread going back to face the wrath of Overture.

I have been very, very bad. I have let my bills pile up and now I am faced with dealing with bills that are probably late. I hate that and the feeling of bills left unpaid, it makes me sick to my stomach. I did not deliberately do this but I have been so busy with my mon visiting that I just haven't thought about it. Now my computer is at my desk and the bills are literally 10 inches away from me. I don't want to deal with this while my parents are here so I have made a promise to myself that after I drop them off at the airport for Vegas I will right all the necessary checks and mail all the bills out or pay those online that I can. This topic is making me completely uncomfortable that I need to stop.

Thursday, November 20, 2003 07:43 a.m.

Wow three days have gone by since my last entry. It surely doens't feel like three days at all. I guess I've been busier then I imagined. M-day has arrived. Mom will be in at approximately 3:50pm. Unfortunately I have to drive all the way down to LAX. I wish she were landing in Burbank. Things would be much simpler. I sent T an email today instructing him on some last minute chores I need him to get done before I pick him up afterwork. I swear it takes him nearly 3 days to get the dishes washed it has now piled up so now he has even more to do from the date he orignially said it would be completed. But that is a different entry all together.

Somehow I managed to wake up the same time I always do, get dress and flat iron my hair and still get to work with time to spare. Im getting to be such a whiz and flat ironing my hair. I have stunned myself.

Today is my last day of work. Vacation time is here! I can't wait. I've been waiting for this day for about 2-months now. I am burnt. I am tierd. And I am bored and I really need this time off. I am so happy that I won't be returning to work until December 9. Yeah, for vacations!

Wow, this entry is extremely boring. I'll stop now.

Monday, November 17, 2003 04:36 p.m.

It took me two half days to fully clean my kitchen. It was so gross and really needed to be cleaned badly. On Sunday I woke up at 7am and immediatly started with the stove and oven. Let me back track a little. I have this super awesome vintage stove from the 50s (or sometime around there). It has a stainless steel top, two white, enamel faced ovens and broilers. A little back lit that totally lights up with a clock and functioning timer. The stove top has four gas burners and this amazing griddle top. Needless to say that the metal gets really gross after awhile if it isn't regularly cleaned. So Saturday morning I scrubbed the stove top until it was as shiny as a Tiffany charm bracelet. Once it was fully cleaned I got out my trusty Stainless Steel Polish and buffed the hell out of that stove. It is so super purty now! I moved on to my red hutch. It needed a complete cleaning. Once everything was removed I attcked with my all purpose, antibacterial cleaning solution. I also did about three loads of laundry in between. I cleaned the fridge and then needed a break. All those cleaning fluids was starting to make me feel queasy! I finished cleaning the kitchen today. The floor was so bad that I vaccummed it, swept it, swiffered it then mopped it and now its nice and clean. I wouldn't go as far as saying "its so clean, you could it off of it" but it is clean and slippery. Its funny watching the dogs run into the kitchen because the floor is so clean that they can't stop and end up crashing into a wall. I could watch that all freakin' day!

I did absolutely nothing today. Went to eat at Franks in Burbank. One of the best little coffee shops around here! Came home and cleaned, watched TV, talked to the mom. Today on the news they televised the innaguration of Arnold Schwarzy as the new Governor of California. There were press of 16 different countries as well as local news, and entertainment channels. I'm still a little baffled that the Terminator is our Governor. I don't know what to think of this but don't want to pre-judge. Im just curious to see what he will do for California. I also watched Oprah today which was her "budget" day. She went to Costco for the first time and spent $550 on stuff like Cashmere Sweaters, Lobster and toilet paper. Isaac Mizrahi was also a guest, he did hidden camera stalking/makeovers in an Illinois Target. As you can tell I had an uneventful day at home. There are the best days. Nothing to do, but curl up and watch the boob tube. I really should have spent some time reading but I seriously was not in the mood to pretend to be a brainiac.

T has been sick as a dog. I think he had/has the flu. He says he's getting better but the hacking cough remains and he lost his voice. He feels so bad being sick and is so paranoid that I will get sick that he sleeps in our other bedroom. The doggies have divided their time between the both of us. Its actually really cute. I just want T to feel better because he just seems very unhappy.

I gotta go and make some dinner now.

Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:08 a.m.

We experienced a very loud thunderstorm on Wednesday night. It was awesome. We hadn't received rain like that in about a year. There was rain, lightining and thunder it was such a sight. The thunder was so loud and booming that the house shook on several occassions. It was a little scary. The doggies were especially cute, with every boom the ran to the couch peeked out the big picture window and cocked their heads. The seemed very confused. They didn't know where the sound was coming from or why the house was shaking. I was just praying that we wouldn't loose electricity. I believe 12,000 people lost electricity that night. And in areas like Watts and Compton they received a shit storm of hair. The next day on the news those areas looked like a winter wonderland in the middle of LA. There were piles of "ice/snow" around homes and parking lots, very surreal.

The storm has now passed. We are back to our chili fall weather. It is starting to get even cooler. Its nice to be able to turn the heat on in the evenings and get nice and toasty in the comfort of your own home. Although there is an abundance of clues left behind with the changing of the seasons you do know that when you are sporting the scarf, hat, coat combo the holidays are right around the corner.

AR comes back from New York tonight. I can't wait to hear all about her trip. I haven't been to New York since 2000. I love that city! When I lived in Chicago it was so easy for us to fly to the east coast for a 3-day holiday but nowadays that's a cross country trek, the flight is longer then flying back to Hawaii. Speaking of which, I need to decide if I'm going to fly back or not in Jan/Feb. The days are just flying by.

I was let down and didn't get the job I applied for last week. Im not heartbroken about it. I just saw the opening as an opportunity to escape from my current work slump. I'm sure there will be more openings.

Im spending my entire work day pulling 88 quality audits on my department. What a big bore. I feel I am severly over paid for this and my talents are being completely wasted. Really, its easy just boring.

Back to work. More later, hopefully with more exciting adventures/tales.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 07:08 a.m.

Although yesterday was a holiday and almost everyone I know outside of the Overture world had the day off. We acknowledge 9 holidays a year and they still try to have normal operations on these days. They have forced management to work on holidays with a staff of volunteer OT people. That really sucks. I just found out that I have been included in this nasty holiday rotation. They didn't even ask if I already had plans, I have been forced to work on New Years Eve. I honestly didn't have any plans but its the principle of the whole ordeal.

Still, no Christmas shopping has been completed. Nor has a list been completed. I am such a procrastinator! I've just been so dead tierd that sleep and rest has become my number one priority.

I will need to run by Michaels after work today. I need to buy some knitting needles and yarn. Tomorrow my friend will be teaching me how to knit. I want to make myself a scarf, make my friends scarves and make my doggies each their own sweater. My friend has a knitting magazine and it has a pattern on knitting your dog a sweater. I'm excited. I once attempted to teach myself how to crochet but I could get the basic knot thing but when it was time to wrap it back up to start building the width I just couldn't do it and wound up with one giant knot! It was quite sad and I totally gave up. The one craft thing I can do well is sew. I love to sew! Unfortunately I don't have as much time available to devote to sewing as I would like. Maybe when I'm on vacation I can sew something for myself, I have this stock pile of fabric in my garage and I really need to start using some of it.

To reflect back on a past entry. I finally figured out the difference between HMO and PPO and I have made my decision with my knew insurance enrollment. Ultimately HMO had better coverage and outside of co-pays no out of pocket expense. The main difference between the two plans (with the exclusion of co-pays and out of pocket expenses) is the amount of doctors available to you. There are less doctors to choose from with HMO but that didn't bother me since my doctors are actually in the HMO network. Coolio! On Monday I went to Linden and ordered myself some new glasses. It took me about an hour to choose a new pair of frames. It was between four different frames but I was totally satisfied with the way they made me look. I wanted a pair that would make "my look" look drastically different in comparison with the frames I've had for the past year. At the last minute I passed by the Donna Karen selection of glasses and lo and behold there they were, the perfect frames! It was almost like there was an angelic glow around the frames. They are a dark tortise shell color and much more rectangular then the pair I have now, and much more sophisticated. I can't wait to pick them up next Monday. I can tell that my old frames will be abandoned and turn into house-only glasses. When my insurance renews on the first of the year I will be updating the supply of my disposable contacts. I normally buy a 3-month supply but since I wear contact only when I go out it normally lasts 6-9 months. More bang for my buck!

I liked to give a shout out (he, he, he...such a funny phrase, I could not pass it up) to my pal TexAm...thank you for the wonderful game set! I just got it yesterday and I love it! We'll be chatting soon.

Have a great day!

Monday, November 10, 2003 05:27 p.m.

I think I may have made mention about applying for a new position. Just checked my e-mail and I have an interview tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Monday, November 10, 2003 08:20 a.m.

Today is T's b-day. He didn't want anything for his b-day, I was a little shocked. Normally he always wants some sort of present. I swear T is the hardest person to buy something for. Instead he just wanted to go out for dinner and then to a movie. Last night we went to Market City Caffe in Burbank for dinner, which by the way was so yummy! then we went to see the Matrix Revolutions. I wasn't to thrilled about that since I just saw the movie earlier this week. Not to mention the theater was totally and completely packed. It was a stadium seating theater and the only seats available were in the first 3 rows. We ended up in Row 1! Wow, never going to do that again. I felt like the movie was playing, literally, right in my lap.

I plan on getting some house chores completed today. I'm off to a good start. I woke up at 6:30, watched a half-hour of 90210, folded some laundry, sorted through two weeks of mail, dusted the living room and dining room and took down and packed up all Halloween decorations. I need to do some laundry, clean the kitchen, Windex the windows (we have old paned windows) and find my winter sweaters in the garage. Its time for the twice yearly rotation of seasonal clothes. It's strange to think that living in Southern California I would actually have "winter" clothes versus "summer" clothes. I've become acclamated to the warm weather that when the temperature dips into the high 60s its time for a sweater, jacket/coat and maybe even a scarf. I think we'll aslo be swinging by Linden today to check out the sunglasses collection. My Overture insurance plan is good through the end of the year and my Yahoo! plan kicks in January 1 which means I can get a pair of glasses now and a pair in 2004. I think I will get a pair of non-prescription sunglasses now and wait until the new year to get some new regular glasses and i'll throw down some cash for disposable contacts. I've wanted a pair of semi-decent sunglasses for a while now and now I have the opportunity to get it at a discount. I'm tierd of five dollar sunglasses that continuously break. T and I have a joke that our fave store at the mall is the sunglass kiosk since we always end up buying cheap-ass sunglasses.

Wow, I really need to get a start on my Christmas shopping. I've procrastinated enough and need to get with the program. I should probably start with a list and figure out what I should buy. I only have one gift picked out but I need to order it because there's some customization to be had.

I logged into my My Space account for the first time in ages this weekend. Although I was completely obsessed with Friendster I'm not reacting in the same way with My Space. Not because its not a good site, that's not it at all, I think the novelty of online "six degress of kevin bacon" friendships isn't as entertaining as it used to be. I did find myself huddling over the laptop for two hours going thorugh the site being a voyeur but, unlike Friendster I'm not logging in at every possible opportunity. But once I get my server, the one storing all my photos, working right i'll log in and upload some photos. Or I'll make my self somewhat pretty, take some digital picture and upload today.

I'm totally starving and what to make myself a healthy, protein rich breakfast. I'm thinking an egg white scramble with tofu, spinach and cheese, wheat toast and vegan sausage links and a cup of tea.

Saturday, November 8, 2003 03:27 p.m.

I had the chance to listen to a lot of my MP3's today. Some of these songs emit such strange feelings within. I remember where I was and what I was doing when certain melodies and lyrics first fell upon my ears. I wonder where did that Amber go? I grew up I guess. I still love the songs and could listen to them over and over but I feel differently. Today a friend of mine was listening to an album he ripped to his laptop. Upon listening to the first few songs he said, "God I love that album, but...., it makes me want to kick someone or something." I totally got what he was saying. I too, feel the same way from certain songs. Its weird how one song can play so much with your emotion and get your adreneline pumping so hard. I wish my record player was hooked up there are so many albums I want to listen to. All my awesome music is on vinyl, and I really, really miss it! I want to burn, rip, copy whatever you do with vinyl to CD so I can listen to the music whereever I want to. One thing that totally needs to be preserved when copying from vinyl to CD is the scratchy, raspy background noise emitted from the vinyl.

T's birthday is on Monday. I think we're going for steak with friends on Monday but I want to do something with him by myself. I wanted to go to brunch tomorrow but breakfast isn't necessarily his favorite meal - sacrilege! He would much rather go to dinner. So tonight I will be scouring City Searcn for a restaurant.

I've been watching Viva La Bam on MTV. Its a Jackass spinoff and it rocks! It's so damn funny. If you haven't seen it, its basically a show about Bam torturing his family. Just watch it.

Again I applied for a new job. God knows what will happen with this one. I seem to have zero luck with attempted advancement within this damn company. I don't like the fact that my job plays with my emotion and stress as much as it does. It really shouldn't and I shouldn't let it. Lately though, i've been leaving a lot of my work baggage at work and that's helped a lot but there are some aspects that I just can't run from and really screws with my emotion. Work is work and it just needs to be that! Hopefully this new job application will lead to better things. Wish me luck!

So big Ro cancelled plans for tonight. He's broke. I'm broke. Everyone around me seems to be broke nowadays. But I totally understand and should probably spend the evening at home as the pad is a total pigsty. I wish I had the cash to pay some service and do a one time massive house cleaning for me. Give me a clean slate to start with in the future.

The weather has finally gotten crisp and cool. I really love it. I bought new tights in anticipation of cold weather. I need to find my giant rubbermaid bin of sweaters. It's hidden somewhere in the garage. We used to have all the bins labeled but the tape sucked and the labels all fell off. Now its just a big guessing game. Normally we end up going through all the bins and the one we actually want is the last one we look through. Go figure. I don't even remember what sweaters I own. Today I wore a black, turtle neck, pink Dickies and black old school vans. I used to hate turtle necks but now I have totally grown to love them. But I do shy away from wearing them in colors other then black. Kinda strange, but that's my hang up not yours. My most favorite thing to wear during cold weather is scarves and gloves. I have this awesome pair of pink (with slight threads of metallic) fingerless gloves I wear to drive with for better grip and when the office gets to chili I wear them to work cause they are perfect for typing with.

I think I'm going to the optometrist on Monday. I want to get an eye exam and a new pair of glasses. Although I've only had my glasses for a year now I would love some new frames. I think you need to change your frames up every now and again since they are worn day in and out they can really change the way you look and feel. I have contacts but i'm not big on wearing them all the time. I would much rather wear them when going out but for work, glasses are much more practical.

Time to go. It's almost 4pm and I want to get outta here on time.

Thursday, November 6, 2003 05:51 a.m.

I saw the Matrix Revolutions last night. I liked it but I won't say anything about it at this time lest I ruin it for somoeone else. So hurry up and see it! The sad thing is, the last movie I saw was the Matrix Reloaded. So I don't go to the movies much. I can't justify spending $20 for two people, pre movie snacks. Anyway, the reason why I went to the movies is because my company bought out the theater so it was free. T is a little jealous but he'll get over it. I want him to see it today so I can talk about it right now if I even start a sentence that alludes to the movie he gets pissy.

So Im a dork. Im sitting at work streaming the entire new Pink album. Can't really comment much about it seeing as though I'm only on song three. Song two was typical R&B fare.

I have another company meeting today. Its to do with the Yahoo! merger. I believe it is about our health benefits plans. Good, I'm so confused. Everyone says, get PPO its better but it doesn't seem like it, it seems like you end up paying more out of pocket with PPO. What do I know? I'll have to make my decision this weekend.

Today is going to be another hectic day. My job has slightly changed. Im doing quality audits on employees nowadays (yuck) and now I need to deliver my audits to unsuspecting employees. Why does this make me feel like the grim reaper? I feel like i'm policing my fellow co-workers and friends. This is a position I never wanted to be in, nor even imagined I would be in. It's not a great feeling.

Okay I'm now on song four. I suspect this may be another Tim Armstrong collaboration. Not so much by the melody but by the lyrics. This song is called Tonights the Night. OH yeah, now i'm certain this is a Tim collaboration, their are organs in the background as Trouble does and many, many Rancid and Transplants songs do. You know, i'm not even a Pink fan. I'm interested in this album. But there is something about Pink that kind of facinates me. I get intrigued by things really quickly. I obsess over it for a bit. Then something else comes along and I move on.

T just told me our friend from SLC may be coming in to town in the next couple days. I haven't seen Johnny in years. The last time he visited we were living in Chicago and he flew out for a week. It was a blast! Although we drank a lot more heavily then normal. Johnny went crazy at Delilahs on dollar beer night. He kept buying rounds for the entire second floor of the bar. It was kind of funny. Not really funny, just kinda funny.

I want to buy a new purse!

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 07:31 a.m.

I have heartburn, or at least it feels like heartburn. I don't have any Zantac 75 with me today. I swear by those little pills. They have some Pepto or some shit in the kitchen but if it doesn't come in pill form I won't take it.

I feel severly irritable. As if potential heartburn wasn't enough. Uuuggghhhh.....

My train of thought is completely blurred. Nothing is pacifying me right now. I ate a muffin, it was gross. Im sitting at my desk, and its completely uncomfortable. I'm extremely tierd.

I think i'm going to stop now until my mood brightens up and this doens't turn into one giant bitch fest.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 05:17 p.m.

Because my company was purchased by Yahoo! last month, Im having to re-enroll in all my health benefit packages. This is such a pain in the ass. One thing I'm struggling with is deciding what is a better plan HMO or PPO? I've always had HMO because I'm to cheap to chip in for my medical coverage but Yahoo! pays for all of this so I won't have to throw in any of my own cash. But when comparing the two types of plans you do ultimately have to pay a deductible before the PPO even kicks in and I need to decide if I'm willing to do that and in some instances PPO will only pay for, say, 90% of something that HMO will pay 100%. I need to print out the plans and comparison shop with T. I feel so dumb because I'm so ignorant to stuff like this, but now the learning opportunity has been presented to me. And I will di-ignify myself (whooo...did I just make up a word?)

Work was work, nothing to say about that.

My company Christmas party is coming up. It's slated for December 13 and it should be a blast. Previous years events were amazing so i know this year won't let me down. The word on the street is that the party will be held at USC Science Center. The company really enjoys renting out places for our party. Last year it was held at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. It was really cool because all the attractions were open to us and things like the actual bar and bar room for the TV show Cheers was being used as a bar and drinking area and so was the Star Trek set. Now to just plan what I'm going to wear. I know for sure I don't want to drive down to USC and I think a few of us may chip in and rent either a limo or town car, cheesy but it sure beats driving. More to come about that as the date approaches.

Gotta get back to helping T.

Sunday, November 2, 2003 05:21 p.m.

I feel a migraine coming on. I haven't had one in a while, I new it was to good to last. Whenever I get one of these I normally like to take some allergy pills (I know allergy pills are not headache relief pills) because they make me fall asleep. I have found the best cure for a migraine is sleeping right through it.

T and I hit the Sherman Oaks Fashion Square today. What a fancy name for a mall! I'm still on the quest for a great pairl of black boots. Smooth, black, calfskin, short, thin heel hitting just above the ankle up to mid-calf. Bloomingdales had a great selection but I really wasn't in the mood to try anything on. I think I may headback there during the week and try a few pairs on. I'm tierd of wearing flats and wedges with jeans, and many of my actual heels are way to tall and uncomfortable for work. I think a good pair of boots will last me through late spring!

We "cruised" the mall for a few hours. T really wanted to go to Macy's to check out the home department. He has come to find the joy in Macy's awesome clearance sections. There was a great 12 pc professional cookware set and the price was incredible, 40% off the lowest ticketed price. I wanted to buy it but T didn't want to lug it around the mall. Maybe we can swing buy Macy's when I'm ready to try on my boots. We were walking through the lower level of the mall and passed by the Betsey Johnson boutique and the employee that was in there was wearing these unflattering low waist jeans with a cropped shirt. Okay I have absolutely no problem with this look because if I could get away with it I totally would, but she couldn't get away with it. Between that little bit of space between the waistband of her jeans to the edge of her shirt was this gigantic gut popping out in all its glory and hanging over the edge of her jeans! When I saw that I wanted to turn around and pass the store again to get a second look, just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. Anyway, we were at the mall for maybe two hours and we bought absolutely nothing. I really wanted to buy this cute bag at Bloomies but there was no price and I wasn't in the mood to hunt down a sales person.

I got home and attempted to nap. Instead I layed awake on the couch watching the Melissa Joan Hart wedding special on the ABC Family Channel. Sad thing is, this was not my first time watching the reality series. The remainder of the night will be watching the Sunday Night Stew on MTV and Charmed and Law & Order Criminal Intent I am a TV junkie on Sunday nights. So freinds and family please do not ever call on Sunday nights 6-10pm pacific standard time. Yes, you are seeing the correctly, 4-hrs of focused TV time.

T is getting on the phone to call his mother right now. I want to hop in my car and drive off for a little bit. I really do not enjoy talking to my mother-in-law. The conversation is extremely boring and she is still asking me the same questions she was asking me 10-yrs ago. I should just tape record our conversation and play it back for her every now and then, then she wont ever have to talk to me. I know that is mean but the woman doesn't leave her house, doesn't have a computer, sits at home all day with her cat watching CNN. Whew.....That is really sad, and I feel bad but I can hardly understand anything she is saying and like I said i hate answering the same questions I answered years and years go. Lord help me, I know she's going to ask to speak to me.

Saturday, November 1, 2003 12:44 p.m.

The work day was so distracting yesterday. They had all these costume contests, pumpkin carvings, our kitchen was filled with a giant candy filled pinata, 100's of caramel apples, and gallons upon gallons of ice cream and toppings. People were literally bouncing off the walls, and nobody could concentrate! It was cool though, a nice change of pace. I ate so much candy that I couldn't nap afterwork.

It finally decided to rain last night. We really needed the rain. I think the last time it really rained was the second week of July. That's so sad. Its now sunny but very chili outdoors. I love it. This is the perfect weather. But back to last night. I think as a result of the rain, not very many kids were out trick-or-treating. Not that it mattered to much to me as I didn't buy any candy and didn't turn my porch light on. I wasn't deliberately trying to be a scrooge. Its just that my doggies go totally crazy when people knock at our door, and when I open the door they run out and jump at the poor by-stander waiting at the doorsterp.

Mo & Ro stopped by last night to watch scary movies and bad vintage television footage from TV Carnage. The video footage was so hillarious! Ro brought over a 6 pack of Englis Cider called Strongbow. I didn't have any though, but T, Mo and Ro all said it was terrific. In typical amberlina fashion I fell asleep while my guests were still at my house. I don't know how late they stayed but as I was lying in bed I could hear them laughing so loudly!

Another one of my pet peeves are women with such crazy facial hair and all they do is bleach it and not wax it off. Hello....bleaching does not make it go away and all you're left with is blonde facial hair! And if your skin is even slightly olivey or tan it'll stand out even more. So instead of a brunette beard you're staring at a blonde beard. There's a girl that I work with and she has a major beard, mustache and sideburns. Of course, she bleaches it and not shaves it. Her skin is so pale that you may not notice the facial faux pas right away, however, when the light hits her face just so, praise the lord the girl is like Kenny Rogers long lost twin. I want to secretly leave a jar of Nads at her desk and maybe she'll catch the hint. In this day in age, with all of modern conveniences, we don't need to have any bearded ladies running around.

There's this other bearded woman at my company (is this a new pre-req. to get a job here?) This one definetly waxes but must not be using a mirror. Her wax job is awful. It's splochy, I mean there are evident bald patches on her chin. I become fixated with the little black hairs poking out of her jaw line and upper lip. It is really quite disgusting to have to look at this on a regular basis. Does she not have friends? I mean I would tell my friend their beard is not attractive and to pay for a professional wax job or even better splurge on electrolysis. Of course I would dress that statement up so it doesn't sound like a personal attack. And I would expect my friends to do the same for me should I suddenly sprout a beard.

Just had to share.