Friday
December 15, 2000

Damn, I didn't think it had been *that* long since I last wrote. I thot I added something on the 5th or some reason.

My sister and I went out that Sunday. She called me at some crazy hour, like 11am. But I stayed up to continue working on my paper, which you all know I said would have been done DAYS beforehand. Haw!

Well, we met up and foist went to get pho and then to the theatre to see "Little Nicky." We were running late. The dude at the window printed tix saying "Rugrats in Paris." Um, no. But we figured the ticker-ripper-uppers would be fine with it.

Nooooooo! They were like: You don't want to see "Rugrats?" No, we want to see "Little Nicky" which already has STARTED. They asked us to go back outside to get the RIGHT tix, and I wanted to complain. Make us be later cuz you can't do your damn job? Whatever. But Betty went out, got our tix, then we went back inside and were rude to them. Jerks.

The movie was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. I actually place it above "The Waterboy" and it's along the same level as "Big Daddy." So I was pretty satisfied with it. Aftewards, we went to Trader Joe's and I bought some random things...tomato basil hummus!!

We didn't want to end things yet, so we went to U-Village and looked around. I stared at people who were buying stacks of clothing from Banana Republic, Lucky Jeans...stacks of cosmetics from Sephora. Where

do they have all this money? :P But! I actually bought something from BR. It's beautiful! It's a soft, velvety skirt..with a 4x4" square pattern of soft pastel colors. Soooooo pretty. I had to have it! And I'm surprised it actually fit. *haw* But I bought it!

I now have a theory on the nice, expensive clothing stores. All the little people or normal ppl will buy out the popular sizes, leaving the rest behind..which end up on the sale rack. And that's where I swoop in and snatch them up! Steals and deals at the expensive stores. But now I have to build an outfit around it = more money. :P

So I finally ended up back at home and tried the hummus with this really good, crunchy, spicey, nutty French bread..and it was SO GOOD.

It was a good weekend.

But the TA strike didn't happen even though the deadline of midnight on Sun/Monday passed...somehow, they reached an agreement at 3am on Monday. So no strike. That didn't change much for me, but for Annie, both her finals were back on. *chuckle*

My paper was still extra credit, since it was due that Monday and he couldn't take it back or anything. But now that meant the TA would be the one reading my paper so I'm a little worried. It actually turned out okay, despite me putting it together at the last possible moment, and making up the data. I think the topic is interesting and if I had truly put in real effort, it would have been a substantial paper. But oh well!

And Wilson just let me know that that grade is posted, but since it's after midnight, the grade thing is closed, so I'll have to wait til the morning!

But two weeks ago, was the last week of class. Okay. We only had class until Wednesday, but I was pretty much calling it over on Tuesday. Then I remembered I should go to my 400 class cuz it was still on. :P

Wilson and I went downtown that Monday and it was pretty cool. We just looked at all the things we couldn't have. *heh* It was fun though.

We finished up on Wednesday and I was ready to relax and hang out with Jennifer! Cuz she was coming up Thursday and staying until Saturday. And she was staying with US, so that's lots of quality time. I was looking forward to it!

So Wednesday, I had my last 400 class...we didn't clap or anything at the end..cuz that sometimes happens. I had to print out some pages, so I went to the lab. But I had to buy a $5 card just to print $0.23 in copies! I left, went to a copy center on the Ave and paid $0.50/copy instead. I figured that was better?! But then I realized I prolly could have gone to my old work and printed for free. D'oh!!

I went to the psych building to turn in my stats project and I saw a job posting! I went in there to ask about it and she interviewed me right there. I reluctantly handed over the resume I had printed because it was meant for the following day--I was interviewing for this internship thing...where I'd learn some pretty cool shit!

Anyways, we talked and it was pretty cool. The job was basically everything that I've already done and for $7-8 DOE!! I wanted to get that eight! So I was feeling really fortunate after leaving there cuz the job was JUST posted and I was right there!

Later on Wednesday I visited Annie at the library so she could print me a resume. We talked for a while and it was coo!

The next day I interviewed..rather, she just wanted to go over the duties again, as if they weren't on the flier? On the application? But she was really cool. And I felt dumb cuz she didn't need to see my resume but did it to be polite and my resume came out wrinkled!! ARGH. Oh well. So we just yacked and it was fine.

Jen showed up Thursday afternoon. We were gonna go look for parking, but then she had to go to Bellevue, so best we did that foist. Lar got a ride to campus for a study group and we were off! The funny thing was, I only know the way to Bellevue up to a certain point, to Bellevue Square, but we went waaaay past that. She wasn't really sure of where she was going either? But took an exit, drive this way, made a turn here and we ended up at the house!

We were there a while. She dropped off her gramma's bills, which have been building up and talked to her uncle. I looked at their aquariums and a sleepy bird. :) Then we went to get her gramma and her [great-] aunt. They all caught up and then we went back home!

Since we were there longer than I thought we'd be, I figured it was best that we just meet Wilson downtown since he was already there for work. I left a message and we set off. The first thing was to go to the new Uwajimaya! The sucky thing was, even THO we were on an express bus, it did all its stops aboveground and that took forever! It was practically an hour!

But the place is nice!! Like some supermart! We were starving, so we ate at the foodcourt. Jen knew what she wanted foist so she did that and then I followed. As I was paying (with card) the woman behind the counter looks at Jen and goes: You pay now?! And we explain that she already DID pay. The woman didn't look like she believed us. Then my credit slip printed out, so I signed and put the boxes into a basket I had been carrying. I leaned over to get a water cup and then the woman goes: You pay for that now? Okay?!

Er, it's the SAME box, the same PAID box that we told ya it was one minute ago! God, so Jen showed her a receipt to make her shut up and we went to eat! The food wasn't that great and in fact, I should have stuck with my instincts to get a humbow, which I felt a taste for. *shrug*

We looked at various Sanrio things for a long time and returned to the cookies&candy aisle. They still did not have her Pocky! That kind of pissed me off since I had been literally looking for it for 3 months or so! You'd think this store would have everything since they had been sending it to this new location rather than the old one. Haw.

While we were looking at the stuff and deciding what we would get, this random man comes up to me and is like: Do you know where I can get some of this? He has an empty plastic bag in his hand. Er, what was in it? Seaweed? Jen jumped in and told them to go "over there because she saw some green stuff there." They thanked us and left. She claimed they asked ME because I was the Asian in the Asian sto. *LOL*

Went back to downtown and waited for Weese at the Christmas tree. It was pretty cool. We then went into a ton of stores, Nordstrom's..The Bon, where he got his Dockers:Recode pants he's been wanting for months (cuz he saw her wear some). Old Navy where I got a $2 skirt!

The funny thing is, I had been liking, looking at this skirt for a while. It went on the sale rack but was still $17 or so so I waited. That morning, Annie called to tell me she got a $2 wool skirt and I had an inkling it was this one. At first, we couldn't find it, but then I found it in the back and it was cool!

Then we went to the GAP, but by then, I was exhausted. Cuz the day before I did some lunges with my weights and they seriously hurt my upper legs, I was dying! Wilson and I sat while Jen did the looking around by herself. *LOL*

We missed the last tunnel bus by one minute so we rode the other bus, which took a long time. We went back to his room to hang out for a bit. He took us to the Back Door and bought me chapstick since I was out. I thought that was nice. Then he took us home since he was having some meeting at 9.30pm.

Lar was studying for a final the next day so we just sat around and read together. It was cool.

Then on that Friday, he woke up late! See, his exam was at 8.15am. He wakes me up at 8.10 and asks if my alarm went off. I told him I had no alarm to go off cuz I'm sleeping! He tells me that he's late for his exam. I ask him what time it was..and then I wake up. Damn...talk bout those nightmares you have coming true! Then the phone rings, it was his friend asking where he was. *LOL*

He was mumbling about being late, not finding his clothes and about me not being able to drive stick. But then I remembered that Jen could. So I went to her room and asked her and she was totally cool about it. Hopped right out and didn't even need me to be there to give directions. Really cool.

I ended up staying up anyways, watching Chipmunks..which I've been doing when we would come home from working out (which we AREn't doing this break. d'awww) She came home, asked if we were working out and I told her I gave Lar's ID back. But then she goes: Let's go for a walk!

I told her I hated her since she wouldn't let me sit, eat, and watch tv. *LMAO* But I got dressed and we went walking to Gasworks. Might I add that it was fricking COLD out there?! Cuz it was. But I felt good that I didn't sit like a lump and watch TV all morning, or something.

We got cleaned up and waited for Wilson to call since we were going to IKEA. But the problem was that Larry wasn't back yet. And I didn't want him to be mad that we left w/o him cuz he hadn't spent that much time with Jen yet. Stuff. So we waited and waited. And when we were getting ready to leave, he comes back! 1) he totally forgot about it and 2) he took his friend (who called) to breakfast, so that's what took so long.

I made him go, and he fell asleep in the car. *L* But it was fun...I bought the SKUBB, which is this closet organizer thing. Cuz lately I don't hang up my clothes, I just keep them folded. Yes, I know there will be wrinkles, but I just prefer them folded. So now I had organizing to look forward to. Yah! I bought other random things and ended up spending thirty bucks. Haw. But what I really wanted was the picture frame to go with this print I bought months ago...but then why? The plaster here is so old I doubt it could hold up a framed print. :P

We dropped Lar off so he could finally sleep, then went to U-Village to look more. Had a snack early on since we were hungry again. Jen paid for my bagel and called it "rent." Awwwww. *heh* Then we ended up at Target or some reason. By then we were hungry enough for dinner and went to Agua Verde. It was pretty goo.

For some reason, they claimed to not split checks, tho W and I have done it before. No matter, Jen paid and once again said I didn't have to cuz it was "more rent!" AWWWW! Then I was feeling pretty tired. I had been having difficulty getting in and out of W's car cuz my legs were still hurting. I'm old.

Lar and I hung out, started a game of Monopoly, but he thought I was cheating cuz I decided to whine whenever he wanted to purchase a property.

Jen was shortly returned to us since W decided to be on the computer and watch the Sonics. :P I had had a white Russian so I was feeling mighty nice. I made her one too, but she doesn't like vodka and I can't drink that much so I ended up dumping it. *shrug* She said she'd get some hard cider and that'd be goo! We were getting ready to go but I was feeling nasty, so I went her and Lar off.

They got home kinna late and she went to bed aftewards. Lar and I were still awake, so we did our own thing for a bit (me: computer, him: games) then we went to QFC. I bought more of that yummy bread.)

And we finally went to bed!

The next morning, Jen already left. I guess she didn't want to wake us or something. But I spent the rest of the weekend cramming!! Without much success. I hadn't read anything for 400 and hadn't done any homework for psych since the 2nd exam.

I emailed the psych office lady and gave her my reference page since I obviously didn't print it out and also told her that I finished my schedule! Rather than wait out for animal lab (which is NOW just OPEN, snork) I went for human and my schedule works out a lot better now. I have a lot of hours to work and it's great!

On Monday, she emailed and offered me the job! I called her up and arranged to meet her after my first final to do my paperwork. EEEEE. I also emailed the internship place to tell them I wasn't interested any longer. blahblahblah.

So my finals were last Tuesday, both of them. :P I had 400 at 8.30 and psych at 4.30. Suck. It was FREEZING in the morning when I went to my first test. It was okay, much like the midterm but with more questions that were worth more points. That really sucked. Afterwards, I picked up the eval for my final project (the website).

I got a fucking 2.9. That totally bummed me out. I was very sad and disappointed. The only good thing was that I found out after I took the final, otherwise I'd be more stressed out and pissed!!

SO MAD!

I had some time before meeting with the work woman, so I was in the lab for a bit. I met up with her and she chatted about how I got a "glowing reference" from my old job and stuff. The old job said they even wanted me back. *heh* (Btw, I contacted them once I knew about this job cuz I thought they still wanted me to come back? They told me they found someone for workstudy. So I'm glad I found this new job!)

She also said something funny. She said that she sensed a "spark" in me when we first met. Uh, okay. :P Then I did some paperwork and told her I'd start the next day!! Oh, and I'm getting my eight!! Yessssssss.

I went home to study for psych but it wasn't really happening. I still didn't know how to do 2-way anovas and I knew that was gonna be a big part on the exam.

I watched my soaps and left for the test. I was NOT gonna lose my seat to some stupid bitch person who decides to move seats on the day of the exam to get more room or something! But with my luck, there was still a class in there and they just started their exam. So I just waited for like 2hrs!

When the :20 bell rang, I rushed in there and got my seat. I'm glad I rushed cuz the girl who took my seat last time? She was right behind me! She actually took the seat behind me and messed up the old bat (who used me) and her 2 stupid friends. That amused me for a bit. Ha.

The test was long. Just so very long. The anova problem was 2pages with lots of little parts. Blah. I handed in my exam and my eyes hurt...from looking down at my paper and stuff. I picked up homeworks and my project...which I did GOOD on, for ONCE. HAAAAAA. I got a 47.5/50, when I noticed other ppl getting the low 40s. Ha. That made me happier.

I sold my stats book back for $26. Felt like treating myself, so I got sushi for me and katsu for the boy. Then I finally came home! *Whew!* Finally done!

But the sick thing was that I had to go to bed early and get up early for work!! BLAH!!!

It was a little easier than normal, since Lar got up too for his last test. It was freezing on the way there. And when I got there, she asked me if I wanted to come along to get coffee. So I wasted some time doing that. Various sick people insisted on shaking my hand when I was intro'd..which I DON"T GET.

But it's a lot easier than my old job. I don't have to deal with the phones! Or the public! I just check voicemail and email...add requests into the database, print out labels..mail them applications. Very much like the old place.

The main big thing I'll be doing is going thru the apps and putting them in folders so that the reviewing committee can go thru them!

But what gets me, is this is HER job. She really does this on her own. It's not some crappy project that she's passing onto me. We are sharing this! It's crazee.

She likes me though. She says I work fast and I'm tireless.

She likes to talk to people and goof off a little. Plus, she starts shutting things down at 4.20. *LOL* My first day there, this grad student invited her to get some food at this babyshower. We worked for 5mins after she knew about this and then wanted to go eat. *L* I felt kind of bad for just showing up and eating and not saying anything..but that bagel was soooooo good!

I was tired and very cranky when I got home. I sent Lar out for food and then did some laundry.

It was difficult to get up the next morning, but I did it. And the 2nd day was a lot better. I wasn't as tired and she really liked me for working fast. I also met this bitch of an advisor who obviously didn't remember me when I said that we had met before. She is terrible!!

The woman I work with had an afternoon meeting which ran an hour, when I thot it'd go for 15mins. So I did nothing for 45mins. It was pretty cool.

I'm thinking off working a LOT this break. It's the only time I'm able to. PLUS, I can do overtime! I know I have to talk it over with the woman foist..but I can put in a lot of hours this break. I have 2wks!!

I went to bed early since I was very tired getting up..but then this morning I felt terrible. My sinuses are all fucked up. Plus working there, I get sneezy from dust and working with all that paper. My hands get dried out from it and from washing my hands all the time. Blahblahblah. During the night, I had woken up three times to sneeze a lot, blow my nose a lot and stay up. It sucked.

It was more lazy than sick, but I called in sick. *LOL* Well, I didn't give myself any kind of break after finishing on Tuesday, okay!!! Plus, I pushed off calling in sick from Thursday til today..so I'd have a long weekend. HA!

But it was coo, Lar and I hung out all day. I shaved his head for him, so he looks GOO. *ROWR* And I watched my soaps, cuz this'll be the only time I can see them while I'm on break, unless something else happens to me. *haw!*

We went out around 5pm. First stop: The O'boy Oberto factory outlet! So much jerky! So cheap! The nice old man there gave us so many samples! We bought bags and bags! *LOL* Then we ate at Outback, and I wasn't hungry after all the jerky, so I chewed on the onion and Lar had a sandwich. Our waiter was AWESOME and I tipped him goo!

Went to Northgate, to Electronics Boutique. Lar had in his mind he wanted the Sims...which I already BOUGHT, but I said it was for my sister instead. So I was trying to keep the surprise, but he's so friggin clueless he ruins it! It's happened before, but I can't remember the details, except the ruining part. :P

But it was expensive, so we went to Toys R Us and looked around, I decided to buy Life since I want it so bad and now I'm making money! I also wanted to buy these electronic fortune cookys as well.

However, we had to check out Best Buy and he was gonna spend $50 on that damned game when I told him to THINK about it and blahblahblah, and he finally got that I wanted to keep him from getting it cuz I already bought it for him. Duh!

Then we went to Target and I bought lots of tissues.

We went BACK to Toys R Us, and I bought my things. And HE bought a Dreamcast. How many game consoles do we have? *L* Then we went to Barnes&Noble and were there for a while. Then grocery shopping but we were pretty tired by then and just wanted to go home!

He's paying Dreamcast and I'm trying to finish up some online things I have going on.

Not much for the weekend, I think I'm going out with my sister and her bf tomorrow or something. I'm not looking forward to work and want to ask her if I can just take the box of mail home with me and I can set up folders there. :P It's bad tho..just the air is so dry! And my hands get so tight at the end of the day. Blah.

But I decided that I'm gonna start putting in the overtime next week or so. Hopefully an hour a day. That's $12/hr! That's nearly an extra day in money for the week! I can do it! I want to be able to get my LA tix first and then pay off the debt I have and then I can just LIVE. It will be so nice.

I think I've talked enough.