It was fun while it lasted. We dropped three straight games to the Phillies. We can't shake these guys off, even if we wanted to. Their offense killed us. Slapped us silly. I mean, all you can do at this point is sigh. But I'm sad and heartbroken. So until next season, Think Blue.

Two midterms tomorrow. Both of which I'm not exactly prepared for. In other words: I'm screwed.

Anyway, Glee was hilarious tonight. "Are you questioning my badass-ness?"

My Dodgers advance to the NLCS!

( baseball ramblings... )

It took the Dodgers a week and a half to clinch. And yesterday, they finally did it. Can I breathe now? It was terribly embarrassing to lose to the Pirates and the Padres. I was losing my mind, hoping to get a win. And our division title was on the line because the Rockies kept winning. But last night was the night. NL West Title. I was hoping they would clinch Friday night since I was in attendance, but that didn't happen because we still think we're a curse. Anyway, game 1 on Wednesday. Bring it on Pujols!

Last night was also fun and important for other reasons. My whole family came to the restaurant to celebrate two birthdays, my mom's and Kaitlyn's. It was a great time, for the most part. But we were so busy at the restaurant, we kept delaying our dinner. We didn't officially start eating until about 8:30. And after that, we got a call saying that we had a party of 20 coming in. So that was ridiculous. But the food was great. The cakes were awesome. My mom was happy. And Kaitlyn is the cutest 2-year-old ever.

We also helped our cousin come up with some ideas to ask this girl to homecoming with him. It involved 6 polaroid pictures, 5 cardboard papers that read "Will you go to homecoming with me?", and a bouquet of flowers. It was really cute. A family effort.

My friend Paul sent me a care-package last week. It was really sweet and so awesome of him. In the box, I found: a Minnesota Twins Foam Finger (go Twins! Clinch the AL Central!), a bag of Sweet Martha's Chocolate Chip Cookies (delish), two bags of Dunn Bros coffee (haven't brewed it yet, but I will tomorrow morning), two home-made and awesomely crafted fairy/bird houses (his mom made them!), and endless amount of CDs to listen to. All wrapped up in a box, wrapped up in duct tape. I love it. Thanks Paul!

Classes have officially started. 3 chemistry lectures, 2 labs, and a computer programming course. Sigh. It's going to be so brutal this quarter. I'm gonna try to sit tight and hang on. The professors I have are pretty ridiculous and it's hard to not complain about them to the department, because they don't give a shit about what we think. I'll hope for the best and pray that things will look up on my end.

That's a wrap!

last week's wrap up:

monday: attended the Flash Forward screening in Hollywood. My sister got invited and she had an extra seat so we decided to go. We got free drinks and popcorn - neat. Then they screened the pilot for us. I heard about this show a few weeks back and found it to be interesting, at least of all the new shows this season. Basically, this is a show for people who like 24 or Lost, both of which I've never watched before but I think I'll tune into this one. Very interesting. A lot of easter eggs, loopholes. All that good stuff. After the episode, the cast came out and did a panel for the audience. John Cho was there and he looked as good as ever. So was the guy from Lord of the Rings, Dominic something. The panel interview was probably the worst one I've ever witnessed. A writer from EW conducted the panel questions and she was just off the entire night - talking about stuff the audience obviously had no clue about. And she hardly incorporated the cast in the interview. But anyway, this show looks promising and I'm giving it a chance.

tuesday: Fleece Blanket Night at Dodger Stadium. Sat in our usual spots as we watched the Dodgers play the Pirates. Randy Wolf pitched that night, coming off from a minor injury. He did alright, but Andre Either saved the game - again. He had a walk off homerun in the 13th, giving the Dodgers the victory. What is that - 6th walk-off hit to his name, this season alone? The best clutch hitter in the league, hands down. But in our typical fashion, we left early in the 8th because it was getting late. We'd like to think that if we didn't leave, the Dodgers wouldn't have won. Go Blue.

wednesday: saw Colbie Caillat at House of Blues. My sister got off work late so we drove out to the venue late as well. We didn't think the show was sold out, considering it was a school night. We were so wrong. We got there and the guy told us it was a sell out crowd. The venue was packed so we stood in the back the entire time. Howie Day's set was a bit annoying. But he did alright. Colbie was next and she looked terrific. I was pretty indifferent to the show. But my sister had a good time, so that was cool.

thursday: my night off. so were the dodgers.

friday: giants vs. dodgers - game 1. My brother got me these tickets for my birthday a couple months ago and we sat in the front this time. It was a sweet view. My brother & Co. sat a few sections over. We sat with a bunch of huge guys who were the nicest group of people. The Giants fans were booed out of the stadium the entire night. Nothing new there. but it's all in good fun. No fights this time. Dodgers lost this one, 8 to 4. And we stayed the entire game. WTF.

Dodgers killed the Giants this weekend. What was that, Brad Penny?

Anyway, got tickets to see the last Friday home game of the regular season. We're playing the Rockies and it's going to be a good time. Can't wait.

Had lunch with Lindsey a couple weeks back. Haven't seen her in a while so I thought I'd catch her before she started classes that day. Panera Bread lunch date. Good times. Also had lunch with Jesus. He drove out from Irvine, which was nice of him. Talked and caught up. I missed that guy and it was nice to see him. Doctor in the making.

Classes start this Thursday. Finally. $300 for books. 4 lectures + 1 lab.

Dodgers are off tonight. 13 games left to play.

Ah, it's September. Baseball season is winding down and the Dodgers aren't looking so hot, as of late. This is the time we NEED to be hot. We just need to hold on tight, brace ourselves, and see where it goes from here. About a month of baseball left. Eek.

So I'm officially declaring our tradition "Debbie Dodger Day." We went to the game last night against the Diamondbacks. It's our 5th year doing this. I'm telling you, it never gets old with that girl. Debbie and I pretty much spent the entire night trying to get Matt Kemp's attention, which, at one point, we did. We sat around a bunch of dumb hecklers. It's one thing to be a heckler, but it's another thing to be bad at it. These guys were terrible. But it was a fun night, for the most part. Dodgers were down, so we got discouraged and left. Good idea, because the final score was 4 to 1. But Yogurtland made up for it afterwards.

We still have two more games to go to for the remainder of the season. Only because we bought tickets in advance like months ago. But I think we're going to keep it at a minimum of two, because all the home games we've gone to this season, we haven't won any of them. I'm positive that we're a curse.

Oh, and great news. For me, anyway. My sister's new co-worker is a season ticket holder at Angel Stadium, which only means one thing: Joe Mauer. I definitely need to see that guy play before he gets too old to be a catcher anymore. My ass is going to make it out there when the Twins are in town.

So I'm sorta torn between two classes right now: one class I need to take since it's a class in sequence, and the other is a class that my favorite professor is teaching. It should be a no brainer, but I really wanna take this class with Dr. Rego. Such a good teacher. Hopefully I can work something out. I still have two weeks to come to a decision. We'll see.

The little one starts day care next week. I'm beyond excited because she has worn me out this summer. I seriously can't wait to take a break from her.

White Out premiere next week @ UCLA. We want Mr. Macht.
Colbie Caillat on the 16th
Dodger Fleece blanket on the 15th.
Dodger vs. Giants on the 18th.
And TV season is back!
Classes begin on the 24th.

Never gets old. Dodger love.

Came back to win it in the 9th inning. Andre Ethier is the king of walk-off homeruns. What is that, 5 to his name? You can't get any more magical than that.

Vegas was neat. Yay for 21st.
Megan got me an oil paint set for my birthday.
Brand New killed it at the Troubadour.
Glee Panel was fantastic. Season needs to start now!
Dad left for Asia; back in three weeks.
Adele has been on heavy rotation. This chick is so good.
Philadelphia trip is in the works.
School needs to start so I can stop being bored.

I recently finished my first canvas for the summer. It didn't turn out the way I wanted but I think it'll be okay for my aunt to take home and hang on her wall. Haha. I've got two more pictures lined up and it'll probably go to my other aunt and uncle. But a thumbs up to finally painting!

A couple weeks ago, I finally got the balls to say hi to Vinnie Caruana. This great man was doing an acoustic show at Chain Reaction and pretty much had my name written all over it. The set was incredible although he seemed sorta weird/out of it. Played some of my favorite old jams, some new ones. Saw some of the dudes from Set Your Goals. Anyway, met Vinnie afterwards and got all embarassed and nervous. He kept saying, "Don't be nervous!" It was pretty sweet. Forever & always.

My 4th of July was bombtastic. Spent it with family. BBQed the entire day. My brother was the honorary chef. And the food was delish. Concluded with fireworks; watching $100 literally being blown away.

Apparently, we have a dog now? Yeah, pretty random. The dog just showed up in our yard. And didn't go away. We decided to keep it since dogs are a good thing. The whole karma thing comes into play too. Haha. Actually, we're not too sure about keeping it permanently because we don't know if the dog has a chip or not. But anyway, Megan and I are gonna take him to the humane society and get him checked out/clean/vaccinated, all that good stuff. Shit is gonna be expensive.

My birthday is coming up and it's gonna be sooooo fun. So far, I have these things planned out:

- GLEE Q&A panel/2nd-episode screening @ Outfest in Santa Monica (Saturday)
- Brand New @ the Troubadour in Hollywood (also Saturday)
- Vegas with family Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
- Bakersfield for the rest of the week

There goes it. And I think we're stalking Zooey Deschanel next week. Get in on it.

Haha, I love you Zach Morris. I just saw the picture of the throwback character Mark-Paul did for Jimmy Fallon. Love it. Zac Attack!

Finals week, thank god! I only have two finals to worry about, which is a little odd since I'm used to more than that. Guess it's kind of a good thing, right? I guess. I wish they were earlier in the week so I don't have to wait until Thursday to finish them. But when 11:30 rolls along, I am officially free for the summer.

This summer is gonna really chill. Brenda's making me want to paint again so I'm gonna set myself up a little table outside in the backyard and PAINT. Also, Brand New is making a pit stop in California near my birthday and you bet my ass will be there. A day before my birthday, to be exact. Then, the next three days will be Vegas with my family, so it'll be a fantastic weekend.

Just got back from dinner with Lindsey. I overkilled on those chips and salsa. Also, the ice tea did me over.

Got a new phone this week. I caved and got a Crackberry. Too bad I had to switch to a new number. I'm gonna get around to updating everyone with it. I still have two weeks on my old plan, so I'm gonna wear that out first. Be alert!

Top Chef this week! EEPS!

i just took a dose of NyQuil and i'm about ready to pass out.
not much to update; other than, school is kicking my ass right now.
but i love my ochem professor.
he made fun of me because of what happened to manny.
mini bbqs the past couple of weeks. so much fun.
my girl lindsey's birthday today! love you!
4 more weeks to go. and summer is here.
friends, swimming, painting, bike riding, tv watching

I'm so swamped this quarter.

I know I say that about every quarter, but I really mean it this time. There's this chemistry class I've been avoiding to take for the longest time. Well, not so much avoid. It's more like there aren't enough spots open to take this course. But somehow, this quarter, I managed to get in, and it's probably the worst time to take it. With o-chem, two GE's, and a lab, I don't know how I'll get through this quarter.

I'm also enrolled in this Women Writers class that I can barely pay attention in. Read a book and discussion with the entire class. It's like a book club, basically. Not my style at all. Probably the least of my worries, as far as priorities go.

Had some free time this weekend. First, went over to Brenda's mom's house. They were throwing a party for the Mister. I went to the party a little too early where the entire house were all family and I was the lone asian. But it was all good when Lindz and Merayda showed up. Brenda made margaritas for us and I only drank it for the slush. It was a good time. Fatima made the party.

Then Lindsey and I went over for Michael's 21st party at his mom's house. They waited for us to do the cake thing, which was nice. Everyone had jello shots but us. Sat and talked with Michael. Tried to talk to a drunk Chris but I can barely make out the words he was saying. Met some other nice folks. And it was good seeing Michael's mom. I haven't seen her in a while. Anyway, Happy 21st Mikey. Love you babe.

Other than school, I'm just trying to make time with family and friends. 7 more weeks to go. Yeah for summerrrrr.

I finished season 3 of Friday Night Lights this weekend.

I wasn't suppose to. I told myself I'd save it for spring break, but I sorta caved in and killed every episode.

I cannot express how much I love this show. I think this season brought out every emotion in me. I literally cried, at one point, in every episode. It's true: you get so invested in these characters because there's always someone or something you can relate to. But what does it for me are Eric and Tami. They're the best TV couple, hands down. If you watch this show, you know why.

And please, jump on the Gambit bandwagon before Wolverine comes out. I just know girls are going to love FNL for the wrong reasons when they see Taylor in Wolverine.

School sucks terribly right now. Probably the worst quarter I've had thus far.

I can't stand my ochem teacher. At all. He cannot teach a class for the life of him. He doesn't refer to anything in the text book. Everything that he writes on the board comes straight from his head and he expects us to pick up on it a second later when he explained nothing conceptually to us! It's ridiculous! And his exams? It's all theory! I mean, when the class average is 45%, you have to know something's wrong. It'll take a miracle for me to pass this class. And we're already 6 weeks in.

Took a biology course this quarter. I honestly don't know why I'm taking this class but they're making me do it. It just doesn't make sense to me at all; this course doesn't correlate to my chem courses at all. But whatever, it also takes up at a GE requirement, so at least I have that. I hardly ever attend lecture. Lab is the only one I'm truly concerned about. But my instructor is some grad student who's teaching for some extra side money. She's terrible and difficult to understand. I think she's Russian or something.

Also taking a film class. I don't know why but my sister kept telling me how fun it was when she took it a couple years ago. And it is. It's probably the only class I'm semi-enjoying. I'm saying semi because it's a 4-hour lecture with no breaks from 6 to 10 at night. That's really the only thing that's wrong with this class; it's the scheduling of it. The material is great; fantastic movies, useless but awesome trivia, bad-ass professor, good people. It's fun, just inconvenient.

I just wanted to bitch about my classes. & my ipod just froze on me. fuck.

I'm still around. It's been crazy hectic lately. And still is, actually.

The quarter ended a couple weeks ago. I can't believe that I only have two weeks left of break. I barely got used to the idea of having a break and now classes start the first week of January. Story of my life. But this quarter was mad. I've never been on campus that much before. The time spent wasn't even on lectures or labs. I was mostly there for group-study sessions. One for each class because they were all crazy difficult this quarter. I think there was one time where I stayed in the library until midnight to cram for my physics final, which was pointless because I didn't even do that well on it. Come to think of it, a lot of my group study sessions barely helped because a lot of the people didn't really know what they were doing. Too late now. I finished the quarter with semi-good grades. The only one I'm pissed about is my physics one. I won't get into that, but I'll take it. I'm done with physics. I'm done with math. Here's to next quarter! O chem will, once again, kick my ass.

We finally moved into the new house. We're about 2 months in now. My sister just moved in last week so we're getting her things settled. Other than that, the house looks great. I can finally invite people over without having to worry about the house being a complete mess. I'm also still waiting for the internet cable. My uncle's supposed to route the damn thing to our room, but he hasn't since it's been raining mad over here. Hopefully he got around to it this weekend.

I'm spending so much money on gifts this year, it's ridiculous. Everyone is pretty much set. Minus two or three people, which I will be getting around to today. My favorite one has to be my aunt and uncle's. We got them a gift card to this expensive steak house. We're giving them a date night; we babysit the kids while they enjoy an awesome paid dinner. We made reservations already so I'm praying they don't have anything planned that day.

It sorta sucks that I'm stuck in Bakersfield this week. I promised some people I'd hang out with them during break but now I have to push that back one week. Debbie is leaving early January so she's a must. I told Helen I'd go down to Irvine to visit her, so that will be priority too. But I'm also glad I'm here too. I haven't seen Brenda in a while, and her birthday is Tuesday. So it'll be cool, if that beez will answer her texts. Merayda came by yesterday and dropped off her gift. So neat; she got me this Hershey's Kisses Fondue set thing. Adorable. Oh, and Lindsey on Tuesday too! Excitedddd.

Anyway, I don't know what the deal is today. Dinner with Merayda later. I'm supposed to hang with Brenda? Otherwise, I'll be out shopping, finishing up some gifts. Til next time!

I haven't broke down in a long time. It felt fucking good.

You know, I don't mind taking care of the kids. I've been doing it all summer. I get them 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, from 6 IN THE MORNING until 4 in the afternoon. It's more than enough for anyone who's taking care of kids that aren't their own. But the fact that I get them on the weekends I don't go back to Bakersfield, really ticks me off, especially when they're unannounced. It's really frustrating to deal with. Like today. I had them for about 12 hours in total. Didn't step foot outside. And the parents checking in every 4 hours is bullshit. It really pissed me off. I tried so hard not to talk back when they got home, which wasn't until 10. I left with my sister because I couldn't deal being there anymore. I got in the car and just started crying my eyes out. There's seriously more to it than just those facts alone. But it's gotten to a point where the kid is calling me Mom. That's pretty pathetic, right? I've counted the hours. I see the kids more than their parents do combined and I'm not even counting sleep time. For god's sake, I witnessed Kaitlyn's first steps last night. And her parents were MIA. I know I'm making it sound like my aunt and uncle are bad people. They're not at all. But I feel that they're not my responsibility all the fucking time. They're not my kids. It'd just be nice if they did their job every once in a while.

So it's safe to say I haven't been up to much because the kids are my life as of late.

But I managed to get a day off on Wednesday. Megan, Alfredo, my sister, and I went to Disneyland and spent the whole day there. It's nice to have a friend who works there and has free passes to go every year because I wasn't about to pay 90 bucks just to get in. I was glad I invited my sister because well, Alfredo and Megan were in their own world. Besides, my sister hasn't been there in a while, so she got to experience some new rides.

On to some good news: I got a new car! Sure, I fit the Arcadian cliche and got myself a Honda Accord but it's the sweetest thing ever. Fully loaded and it has everything I wanted. I felt a little bad when we sealed the deal at the dealership because there was a lot of crap I didn't need. But I honestly went in, picked it out, and made a deal with the salesman. It sounds so fucking spoiled of me, but for those who know me, knows that I'm far from it. As far as the deal went, I got the car for an extremely low price, or that's what everyone's been telling me. So I'm pretty happy about that.

A couple days ago, I found out who'll be my organic chemistry teacher this coming quarter. I just have to say how relieved I am because I hear she's the best one on campus. I also have her for lab. But to be honest, I'm fucking terrified. This will either make me or break me. But just to be prepared, I went to the bookstore to buy some books on o-chem, just to get familiar with the material. I don't know how well I'll absorb the information, but at least I'll get a head-start.

My Dodgers are in first place! Go Blue!

Anyway, I'm gonna go sleep off this frustration.

Did a little test driving tonight with my uncle and sister. I tested out the Toyota Matrix and the Toyota Rav4. I gotta say, I was looking forward to the Matrix but the thing was too goddamn small. I don't even know if I feel comfortable driving it. However, the Rav4 was real nice. I can see myself with that thing. I like the size and it runs real smooth. My uncle totally flipped a shit though. He really wants me to get an economy car because of the whole gas prices situation. But last time I checked, I was the one buying the car, right? I don't know. He got real pissy on the car ride back when I kept talking about how much I liked the Rav4. Anyway, tomorrw: Honda.

I'm stealing internet from someone and it's a decent signal. My router fucked up on me AGAIN so I need to get that checked. Waiting for pages to load totally sucks.

Got the new Jack's Mannequin & new Valencia.

I'm so sad the Olympics are over. I'm saying this now and there's about 3 days left. The Olympics were over last week. Haha, swimming and gymnastics are the only sports worth watching. For me, anyway. A little volleyball too. But ugh, another four years...winter olympics don't count.

The Vegas trip was fun. It was the four of us: my aunt, her daughter, myself, and my sister. We spent about 4 days there, just dropping a lot of cash and eating some delicious food. It was a nice time relaxing, without having to worry about anything back at home. I'm still not 21 yet so I couldn't gamble, even though I wanted to. I spent most of my time with my cousin, who barely speaks a word to me because I think she's intimidated by me. She only talked when I asked her something, which got real annoying by the second day. Anyway, our first night there, we got into the hotel around 11. We stayed in the rooms, watched the Olympics, and knocked out. I remember sleeping really good. The next day, we spent the entire day walking up and down the strip. It was tiring, to say the least. We also did a crazy amount of shopping at all the indoor malls. Decent damage. Oh yeah, while we were in Caesar's Palace, we bumped into Kim Kardashian (who was rehearsing for her show with the Pussycat Dolls). My cousin wanted a picture but by the time she told me that, Kim was on her way to the opposite end. We ended up chasing her through the casino floor (which was funny because no one recognized her but 5 people) to see if we can get her, but she was already getting into the elevator. Oh well. I hear she's nice. But yeah, after dinner, we walked back to our hotel and my sister and I spent the night downstairs with a bunch of people watching the Dodger game and Michael Phelps' epic 100m butterfly win. The crowd went NUTS. That day was probably the only day worth talking about. The next two days were kinda meh: arcade games, more walking, more shopping, more eating; you know the drill. I got some sick blisters on my feet though. I had to urge to pop them and crap just starting gushing out. Haha.

Yay for friend-time. I got to see Brenda and Meryda a couple weeks back. They came to the restaurant to freeload and I met them all back at Joshs' place after I got off work. It was a nice time, just hanging out. We talked about some ghost stories and watched some hilarious sick animation clips, when I finally figured out where Brenda was getting all her one-liners from. I also got to see Helen. We did Olympic night at her house: pizza dinner, women's gymnastics final, and more Phelps. Helen was getting live feed from ONTD and once in a while, someone would post some hilarious GIFs of various athletes. By far, the best one was the dragon one. We couldn't stop laughing at it. I also bumped into Greg as Trader Joes. He was on his work-shift, counting stock and I ended up talking to him for 20 minutes. He told me that RX Bandits are playing Bronco Fusion! I'm real stoked about that; free show on campus. It's about time they get someone decent to play. It's a total public thing so ya'll should come out.

I'm gonna be car-less next week. Ugh.
Possibly another Vegas trip? Idk.
I love, love, love The Bridges.
Ryan & Rachel are back together. :)
School starts in a month. :)/:(
That's it for now.

I've been so out of touch with the music world lately that I didn't even know Tilly and the Wall came out with a new record. I managed to snag a copy the other night and I've only listened to about a third of it. It's definitely the same old Tilly, which is a great thing.

Currently purchasing the Bridges CD on iTunes right now. I regret not getting it at the show when it was available but I can't listen to those low quality rips from myspace anymore. I want the real deal and it cost me 8 bucks. Now I gotta figure out how to convert these protected files into mp3s...

This weekend was suppose to be Vegas with my aunt and sister but apparently New York, New York is reserving their entire hotel for the Black Jack Tourney; fuck that. I guess my aunt is rescheduling it for next weekend, which means I might not be going to Warped Tour with all my friends. We'll see. Kinda bummed, kinda not.

While watching Kaitlyn all this week, I've been reading Breaking Dawn, which is the last book of the Twilight series. I must admit; I'm really not digging it. I'm about 3/4 done and I don't even want to finish it. I read somewhere on one of the communities that there was a Brand New reference in one of the chapters. I didn't look to see which reference because I didn't want to get spoiled. I still haven't found it yet. Anyway, you guys can give me shit for reading this series. I'm a total Twilighter. :)

I managed to squeeze in some time to see some friends over the past couple of weeks. The girls came over to my place and had pizza for a very tiny get together. From what I remember, we mostly gossiped and talked about sex. I also got see Lindsey for the first time in months. We had dinner at Bucca's (it was delish) and we walked around Old Town afterwards. I hung out with Debbie for a couple of nights; mostly spending as much time with her before she leaves for Chicago (she's actually in Turkey right now). I also went to Six Flags with Garret, Megan, and her sister. I got real sick on Batman this time and I wanted to throw up. I managed to hold it in and I slept in the first aid room for about half an hour. I know, I'm a wuss (but this was the first time I've ever been sick and I've been to six flags 4 times already). It was weird to say the least. And now; Helen's back from Spain and we're definitely doing dinner soon. Greg also wants to catch up and I'll definitely see him before the summer ends. I still haven't hung out with Lily, even though that bitch told me we were gonna do something real soon. We'll see.

It's official: We are finally moving out of this dinky apartment!
Also official: I'm finally getting a new car! Test driving real soon.
Opening Ceremony tomorrow night; I'll probably end up watching it.
I love you Michael Phelps, under-bite and all.
Kay Kay fell through; Greg is broke as hale :(
Exchanging emails with an ex is surprisingly not awkward.
Kaitlyn will be 10 months! Cutest thing alive.
That is all.

I thank fate for everything that happened this weekend. Tonight espeically.

Put here are tidbits of tonight before I forget:

- random traffic on the 5 (heading towards downtown disney)
- randomly standing there, looking like idiots while we decide what to do
- Two random girls coming up to us with free meet and greet passes for Rooney
- couldn't get rid of them so she shoved them in our hands
- the four of us going backstage
- Rooney's dressing room
- Rooney
- Robert Schwartzman!
- Thisclose to making a setlist with them
- Asking for Believe In Me to be on the setlist anyhow
- Acting like an idiot in front of Robert
- Mischa Barton smelled REALLY good
- "You just missed Jason [Schwartzman]"
- Matt, bassist, telling us that if it weren't for us, the song wouldn't have been on the setlist after the show
- Telling Robert to "keep the videos coming"

Haha pretty fun filled weekend. Real update later for myself and memories.

Celebrating my birthday with the Rooney boys in Hollywood on Friday. Get in on it. Lets party.

I've been bored out of my freaking mind since school let out. Taking care of an 8-month-old baby for 10 hours every day of the week is starting to get to me. And it's only the 2nd week of summer vacation. She's lucky she's cute though.

Summer school was a bust since none of my classes were being offered. The internship failed too; I gotta admit, I really wanted to do it this summer but family obligations always win me over. So I opted to babysit Kaitlyn. I mean, it's not so bad. She's pretty well behaved and hardly complains. Besides, her parents are paying me pretty well and my sister gets to go back to working full-time.

So yeah, I've just been bumming around, watching movies that I've put off for the past school year and rewatching some old ones:

- The Girl in the Park
- Delirious (dug it)
- The Mighty Ducks Trilogy (YEAH! CHARLIE CONWAY!)
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- The Painted Veil (loved)
- The Dangerious Lives of Altar Boys
- Hard Candy
- Little Children (wasn't as good as I thought it'd be)
- Becoming Jane
- Alex Rider (dude, this kid is so hot)
- Hoodwinked (will never get sick of it)
- Casper
- Flipper (haha, oh young elijah)
& some other ones, which I probably skimmed through.

Though I wouldn't say I've been spending every waking hour watching movies; I caught up with some friends for much needed bonding time. Lunch and Dodger game with Debbie. Lunch and dinner with Helen (she left for Spain today!). Dinner with Greg. BBQ @ Garret's with Megan, which was totally fun. I met some of Garret's friends, who were super chill. We all played 2 rounds of Cranium and it was probably the most fun I've had in a long time.

I also saw Merayda last weekend, which was refreshing since I haven't talked to her in a couple of weeks. I really want to just have a free day in Bakersfield so I can see everyone. I've been losing touch with a lot of people from there and it's the worst feeling.

I paid $35 for a haircut. For a haircut that I don't even like. I don't know why I didn't ask her to trim off a few more inches. It doesn't even look like I got a haircut. And these bangs are not working for me. I should probably go to another salon and ask them to fix it. Totally sucks.

Kay Kay and RX Bandits with Greg in August.
Brand New with my regulars in July.
NFG & Crime in Stereo in September.
& someone should come with me to stalk the JoBros in Anaheim.

What are some of their memorable show moments or best shows either that they have played or been to?

Matt: Bamboozle Left was honestly one of the best days I've spent with this band since our inception. I went to sleep that night on cloud nine just reminiscing over how gratifying it was to play to that crowd and to have my band be involved (though I wasn't directly) in what turned out to be an amazing experience in The Movielife set as well. It was the closest I'll ever come to seeing my own band live which is deep down every performer's dream in a way. It was truly incredible.

Matt Wilson, you are awesome.

So are you, Vinnie Caruana.