pineapple salsa.

I realized that my bank account had been overdrafted a large amount due to unauthorized charges. Perfect. Just what I wanted to have to deal with today. And to top it off, the man at the bank told me I looked tired. Thank you sir, I didn't already know that.



good thing pineapple salsa saved the day. thank you trader joes :)

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you - ray bradbury

Interesting Person of the Week #1

Name: Tina Hoang

Age: 27

Relationship Status: single

Place of Birth: West Covina, CA

Nicknames: Tina Turtle, "I got this nickname because when I'm thinking or running, its pretty slow. I am also slow at getting jokes" ( i beg to differ about the running slow part).

Favorite thing to do: Read anime

Favorite Band: Destiny's Child

Patronus: Cat

Favorite Color: Purple. Tina always wears purple to work, and has a purple rolly backpack

Fun Fact: Tina is double jointed. Tina rides the bus to and from work. Tina wears her cell phone around her neck. She doesn't watch movies in the theater because she likes to make comments and people tell her to be quiet. Tina is a fan of High School Musical and recently attended the Anime Convention in Los Angeles.

Tina brightens up my day, and that is why she is Interesting Person of the Week #1 :)

Stay tuned for next week....if you have any suggestions, or if you think you're interesting enough to be featured as the person of the week, let me know.

Happiness is a f i r e c r a c k e r sitting on my headboard

Happiness was never mine to hold

Careful child, l i g h t the fuse and get away‘

Cause happiness throws a s.h.o.w.e.r. of s p a r k s

what a woman!

Gramma Joan. What can I say about Gramma Joan? Other than she is the most wonderful woman I've ever known. Being the mother of my mom's best friend, Chris, she is not my biological grandmother, and yet she has been just as much a grandma to me and my sister as the real deal. Always with a smile on her face, and a big warm hug waiting to greet you, her presence in my life has been so inspirational. Living with pancreatic cancer for the past 2 years, you never would've known she was suffering. She still traveled back and forth from her home in Hawaii, to Santa Barbara, and to other countries, making sure she fufilled everything that was on her "bucket list". Joan is such a beautiful lady, and had many male suitors dropping to their knees at her feet. Her sense of humor never ceased to crack me up and her outlook on life was truly admirable. It is so difficult to see someone you love so much come to the end of their journey in life, and to not be able to help ease their pain. I hope to someday be at least half the woman Joan is, and I feel truly blessed to have been touched by her life.

Fray Concert!

August 3, 2009

Tina leaves Friday. Nobody will ever know how sad inside that makes me. But I will miss her every single day. I need to blog more. There are a lot of interesting things that happen in my life on a daily basis that I'm sure everyone would like to be informed about. I didn't fufill any of my goals for spring...no suprise there. I have been practicing commitment though, I havent missed a day of work yet! WOO. I also changed my life plan. I kind of forgot about it for a while. Life has been busy, which is good because I do better when I'm busy. The new plan is to move to New York next June and work for a magazine or newspaper. I really should put my Creative Writing major to use...considering how much debt I am in after completing it. I want to live in a big city, I think it would be so exciting. Plus, a change of scenery could only do me good. I dont know how well I'll handle the cold weather in the winter, but I have a few pairs of long underwear so I'll figure it out. Then after New York, I am going to teach abroad in Italy. I'm in the process, or rather my mother is in the process, of helping me obtain dual citizenship in Italy, so once that is approved, I'm leaving the country indefinitely. ENOUGH SAID!