I planned the annual bonfire my friends & I started last year 2 weeks ago, but no one had the time. I guess it was just me & the besties that decided to make our own bonfire.
Nicole couldn’t make it out originally, but she surprised me when she texted if there was room for her the night before. I was hella excited cuz we all haven’t hung out in sooo long. Went to Bel-Air in the morning to pick up some supplies: soda, water, paper towels, wipes, s’mores stuff. Was already running late, went to go pay & realized I left my wallet at home. -_- Had to get back home really quick, came back, & left to pick up Nicole. Got to Kuya AJ’s around 1 & we went to go get donuts cuz Nicole was hungry, lol. Leesh’s GPS was acting hella cray cray on us, so we were driving aimlessly for a while trying to find the right direction. haha. Finally got on the road around 2, cut off a Greyhound cuz I was about to miss my exit. I seriously was about to get into an accident. LOL. Brought my “Would You Rather?” book that Zachs bought me for my birthday. I never read it unless I bring it in the car. I decided to keep it in there for road trips. It took us about 3 hours to get to SF when it would normally take about an hour & a half. We realized there was a 49ers game playing. Plus it was RTB that night, so hella football & Hip Hop heads were rushing over. *sigh*
Nicole wanted to spend some hard earned money on some new clothes, so we went to American Apparel first. Everything there is poop now. She said she wanted to get her nose pierced, so we hit up this place called Braindrops on Haight. Nicole wanted a little something to drink beforehand, so she drank in my car. haha. They were closing at 7 & we got there at 6:30. They told us we were too late. Booo. Nicole got buzzed for nothing. LOL. We finally got to the beach around 7 but went to the Safeway across the street to buy some wood. Walked up the beach to find unclaimed fire pits. Walking in that sand was hella killing Nicole & I, so we decided to walk on the pavement, haha. We watched Leesh & AJ try to find a fire pit as they walked down the beach. No luck. Being the spies that we are, Nicole & I spotted a family that was packing up. We got a fire pit. (: It was in the shape of a Starfish. Uhh, ok? I went to go move my car closer while AJ saved that spot. We started unloading the stuff & he goes, “Who are they talking to?” & I see that there’s 3 other people that are talking to Leesh & Nicole at our fire. Leesh then texts me “New Russian friends LOL” ahahahaa. We get the supplies down & Leesh tells me that the two Russians in the white just randomly came up to the fire & said “This feels good.” They obvi can’t tell them to go away, so they were just like “Uhhh, yeeeah.” ahaha. Then all of a sudden, this random Austrian guy comes up to the fire too. We all thought it was some sort of plot to like, take our food or kill us or something. Nicole tried to come up with ideas to make them leave, so she told me to pretend to make out with her so they’d feel uncomfortable. We pretended to make out & all we did was laugh. LOL, fail. We hella held out for an hour & didn’t eat anything cuz we kinda didn’t wanna share our food. LOL. But we were like “Fuck it” & offered them chips, beer, & hot links. We were waiting on Manang Dani & Kuya Drexel to come over. They were stuck in traffic for 69years. ): Leesh & AJ decided to meet them at the Safeway to pick up some stuff while they left me & Nicole, the two vulnerable black gurls, to the foreigners. I got bored with them really quick so I decided to start lying about everything that happened in my life. I told them Chris Brown was my 2nd cousin, that I’m 1/16th Italian, that I used to work in Vegas & got sold to some pimp, that Nicole & I went to Paris last summer & got kidnapped, that I speak 7 languages (one of them being Swahili) & we went to some rich kid high school where they taught us all these languages. Nicole offered them the UV we had & she asked if they’ve ever heard of it. They said no & I acted “surprised”. I told them that UV is a really “high class, high quality American vodka.” ahahahaha. Long story short, I just lied about everything LOL. Leesh, AJ, Dani, & Drexel came back & the foreigners finally left and we exchanged facebooks. hahahaha.
We were finally all settled & laughing about that whole situation and how that would happen to nobody but us. AJ & Nicole were drinking Blue Moons & Nicole asked me to grab a Sunkist out of the cooler for her. I gave her a Sunkist & saw two people with flashlights walking towards us. I thought they were just random homeless people walking the beach (or as I like to call them, “witches”), then they came up & said, “Cops.” Nicole knew they were cops so she hid her beer & AJ went to go hide his beer & the lady cop said, “No need to hide that. I already see it & you’re CLEARLY not 21.” I was scared shitless, & he just said that he was over 21. They told us that alcohol wasn’t allowed there & to pack up and leave. I had stuff to put back in the cooler & they were standing by the cooler, waiting for me to open it, probably to see if we had more alcohol. I hella knew what they were trying to pull so I just stood there watching them, & I put all the stuff on top of the cooler. Slyyyy. We packed all the bottles in a clear plastic bag & rushed to the car cuz there were cops patrolling the parking lot. I had to hid the bag behind Leesh cuz shit, the bottles were totes exposed ahahaha. We quickly put everything in the trunk. AJ said it was cool to stay & make s’mores, just as long as the alcohol was put away. Some guy at the fire next to us got arrested for being drunk, so we decided to leave. I got all the chairs & put them in my car. I couldn’t put them in the back, or the cop would see all the alcohol in the trunk. I freaked out cuz I saw him issue the car next to Dani’s a ticket. I started calling her & she didn’t answer. I called Leesh & she didn’t answer. I was about to die, ahahaha. But they all made it to the cars in time & he didn’t issue anything. Cool. We decided to meet at Safeway to see what we were gonna do. It was only like, 10:40. The night was young.
Got to Safeway, decided to go back to Sac & just drink at AJ’s. Manang bought an iced tea I think & the total came to $1.05. None of us had any change at all & all she gave was a dollar. Yeeah, the day just kept getting worse LOL. But the nice old Asian lady said it was ok. (: So we were heading back to Sac and my tire pressure gauge went off. I was so scared & confused. I got my tires replaced last month cuz there was a nail in it, & every time I went to patch it up, it would still deflate. Then my dad went to go check the tire pressure the morning before we left cuz it went off again. I exited & found a gas station to check the pressure on all my tires. I pull into where the air is & Nicole sees this old man in a truck next to us, sleeping. I hella didn’t see him until I got closer & it freaked the fuck outta me. AJ was like, “Can you please get out of here?” ahahahaha. He seriously looked dead & he was grey, sooo. haha. Kuya checked my tires & said they were all the same pressure, the right pressure. Odd. Maybe my light is just acting up. We went back on the freeway & 20mins later the light turns off. wtf? We all realized we had to wake up early & we were hella tired, so Leesh texted Dani. I feel hella bad for manang. ): Drove hella long to SF & only stayed for like 20-30mins & had to drive back. I’d be sooo mad/sad. Sorry, manangggggg. ):
Regardless, I’m glad I spent yesterday with my bests. I love them. <3
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
American Idol
So, Tuesday was American Idol auditions at Arden. Regina told me about this a few weeks back, so I was going to pre-register on the Fox website. I asked Mags if she was doing anything that day so she could pre-register too, but she said it was Zach's last day here. I signed up anyway. Come Saturday, Mags asked if there were auditions on Tuesday & I said yes. I pretty much decided to audition with her cuz I didn't wanna do it alone anyway. I guess Zach's last day was some other time?
Anyway, we arrive to Arden around 8:30 & we were expecting a huge line outside since the mall wasn't even open yet. There was no one there. We waited for someone to attempt to walk in the mall & we followed that person. Sure enough, the mall was open yet empty. Like an airport at 2AM. We finally saw a huge crowd in front of Nordstrom's upstairs & went up. The lines were pretty unorthodox, but we found the back of the line. It was hard trying not to do our ghetto black gurl voices cuz of all the black people in line with us, LOL. But we ended up making friends with two of them. Man, were they hella funny. One girl, who looked like Solange, was suuuper nice. She had a tattoo on her left boob that read "Rajon", her son's name. hahaha. She told us her whole life story. Like how her boyfriend is white & her brother's girlfriend is white and how they don't discriminate. ahhaha. This one girl in particular, Gabby, was mad annoying. Mags & I just could not handle her anymore cuz she just kept taaaalking. At one point she complimented Solange's sister (Shamani) on her purple & black sweater she was wearing. Shamani hella just mean mugged her & Gabby was just like "I'm just...saying." ahahah, poor thing. Gabby let us know that she didn't have any form of ID with her cuz she didn't know, so Solange was like "OMG, DO YOU HAVE YOUR BIRF CONTROL?......I mean....birf certificate?" omg, Mags could not keep it in. ahahahaha. Another thing was Solange hella had her birth certificate in her hand & she accidentally let it go & it landed on the roof of a storefront. She started panicking & started saying "I'm thinking, I'm thinking" then goes & grabs a mop stick in front of a store. It hella didn't reach so she put her sweater on it. She asked Shamani to go down to go catch it when it fell down, but she didn't realize there was a lip on the roof so she slipped it under the lip. She hella had to call for someone that worked there & ended up dropping the stick down to the first floor too. LOLOL.
The line was finally moving around 11, which was weird cuz pre-registrant auditions were from 10-12. I guess no one showed up? We were halfway there until they announced they found a top 20 already. There were 20 spots left. Then the top 20 performed downstairs on stage with a mic. They all suuuuucked. I have no idea how they all made it. We were finally in front of the old Calendar store where the auditions took place & we waited for a good 30mins. We got really scared cuz at that point, there were about 7 spots left so we thought we wouldn't be able to audition. While we were waiting, some lady got hella hood with security that I was getting a little scurred myself. ahaha. But anyway, we were lucky enough to get into the room. I sang "Bust Your Windows" & they asked me to sing another song, I sang "Black & Gold". I made it through top 40 as number 39. Maggie auditioned & didn't make it cuz she was super nervous. I felt super bad. ): All they told me to do was up the tempo when I perform downstairs.
So I get downstairs & wait to perform with the last 10 people that made it. This time, there were judges to critique. Odd, they didn't have that for the top 20. Whatever, I'm not tripping. So I went to perform my song & one of the judges said "Are you kidding me?..." In my head I thought, "omg, he's probably kidding around." & he goes on to say, "that was...awful." My jaw fell to the floor & I pretty much tuned whatever the rest of the judges had to say. I pretty much felt like Carrie Bradshaw when Big left her at the altar. I hella had to get out of there. hahaha. I was just bitter & sad the rest of the day. How the hell am I so awful that I even placed top 40? & how the hell was I the only bad critique? Ugh, whatever. Mags treated me to Olive Garden afterwards & we went to the driving range.
Went to Kuya AJ's later that night & chilled/drank with the bests. We're so random. Pizza, cake, alcohol, & "Teen Mom". haha, I love them.
Anyway, we arrive to Arden around 8:30 & we were expecting a huge line outside since the mall wasn't even open yet. There was no one there. We waited for someone to attempt to walk in the mall & we followed that person. Sure enough, the mall was open yet empty. Like an airport at 2AM. We finally saw a huge crowd in front of Nordstrom's upstairs & went up. The lines were pretty unorthodox, but we found the back of the line. It was hard trying not to do our ghetto black gurl voices cuz of all the black people in line with us, LOL. But we ended up making friends with two of them. Man, were they hella funny. One girl, who looked like Solange, was suuuper nice. She had a tattoo on her left boob that read "Rajon", her son's name. hahaha. She told us her whole life story. Like how her boyfriend is white & her brother's girlfriend is white and how they don't discriminate. ahhaha. This one girl in particular, Gabby, was mad annoying. Mags & I just could not handle her anymore cuz she just kept taaaalking. At one point she complimented Solange's sister (Shamani) on her purple & black sweater she was wearing. Shamani hella just mean mugged her & Gabby was just like "I'm just...saying." ahahah, poor thing. Gabby let us know that she didn't have any form of ID with her cuz she didn't know, so Solange was like "OMG, DO YOU HAVE YOUR BIRF CONTROL?......I mean....birf certificate?" omg, Mags could not keep it in. ahahahaha. Another thing was Solange hella had her birth certificate in her hand & she accidentally let it go & it landed on the roof of a storefront. She started panicking & started saying "I'm thinking, I'm thinking" then goes & grabs a mop stick in front of a store. It hella didn't reach so she put her sweater on it. She asked Shamani to go down to go catch it when it fell down, but she didn't realize there was a lip on the roof so she slipped it under the lip. She hella had to call for someone that worked there & ended up dropping the stick down to the first floor too. LOLOL.
The line was finally moving around 11, which was weird cuz pre-registrant auditions were from 10-12. I guess no one showed up? We were halfway there until they announced they found a top 20 already. There were 20 spots left. Then the top 20 performed downstairs on stage with a mic. They all suuuuucked. I have no idea how they all made it. We were finally in front of the old Calendar store where the auditions took place & we waited for a good 30mins. We got really scared cuz at that point, there were about 7 spots left so we thought we wouldn't be able to audition. While we were waiting, some lady got hella hood with security that I was getting a little scurred myself. ahaha. But anyway, we were lucky enough to get into the room. I sang "Bust Your Windows" & they asked me to sing another song, I sang "Black & Gold". I made it through top 40 as number 39. Maggie auditioned & didn't make it cuz she was super nervous. I felt super bad. ): All they told me to do was up the tempo when I perform downstairs.
So I get downstairs & wait to perform with the last 10 people that made it. This time, there were judges to critique. Odd, they didn't have that for the top 20. Whatever, I'm not tripping. So I went to perform my song & one of the judges said "Are you kidding me?..." In my head I thought, "omg, he's probably kidding around." & he goes on to say, "that was...awful." My jaw fell to the floor & I pretty much tuned whatever the rest of the judges had to say. I pretty much felt like Carrie Bradshaw when Big left her at the altar. I hella had to get out of there. hahaha. I was just bitter & sad the rest of the day. How the hell am I so awful that I even placed top 40? & how the hell was I the only bad critique? Ugh, whatever. Mags treated me to Olive Garden afterwards & we went to the driving range.
Went to Kuya AJ's later that night & chilled/drank with the bests. We're so random. Pizza, cake, alcohol, & "Teen Mom". haha, I love them.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
I just wanna be famous
so I don't have to worry about school. I'd be making hella bank.
School stresses me out too much. I still need to switch my major & I have no idea what to take. I was looking at Computer Science & there's so much math & physics involved. I'm not that Asian to be taking those classes. LOL. I'm riding between Apparel Marketing & Design and Graphic Design. They have classes that I know I wouldn't get bored with. At my school, Graphic Design is an impacted major. But I'm not too worried about that. I'm just worried about career opportunities. Apparel Marketing & Design has many options, but I saw store manager as one of them & thought, "Ew. Why would I wanna do that?" Designer, magazine editor, etc. are all the paths I can take with that major. Graphic Design is pretty slim. I'm just worried about how much I'll make or what not. I know I've made the argument that "money isn't everything," but I mean, I HAVE to make a living out of something, right? Science & math aren't exactly my cup of tea, so the medical field isn't for me. This nursing thing isn't cutting it. My parents already have my back with me not doing nursing anymore, but I feel bad that their expectations of me aren't what they had in mind anymore. Regardless, I know they support me 100% now. Nurses make hella good money & I applaud anyone that sticks to it. More power to you. It's just... not me.
I just need to decide fast. I wanna be on my own already.
School stresses me out too much. I still need to switch my major & I have no idea what to take. I was looking at Computer Science & there's so much math & physics involved. I'm not that Asian to be taking those classes. LOL. I'm riding between Apparel Marketing & Design and Graphic Design. They have classes that I know I wouldn't get bored with. At my school, Graphic Design is an impacted major. But I'm not too worried about that. I'm just worried about career opportunities. Apparel Marketing & Design has many options, but I saw store manager as one of them & thought, "Ew. Why would I wanna do that?" Designer, magazine editor, etc. are all the paths I can take with that major. Graphic Design is pretty slim. I'm just worried about how much I'll make or what not. I know I've made the argument that "money isn't everything," but I mean, I HAVE to make a living out of something, right? Science & math aren't exactly my cup of tea, so the medical field isn't for me. This nursing thing isn't cutting it. My parents already have my back with me not doing nursing anymore, but I feel bad that their expectations of me aren't what they had in mind anymore. Regardless, I know they support me 100% now. Nurses make hella good money & I applaud anyone that sticks to it. More power to you. It's just... not me.
I just need to decide fast. I wanna be on my own already.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Hooligans
I love my friends.
Wednesday was Manang Dani's 20th birthday, so on Tuesday I decided to bake cupcakes in the theme of "UP" to celebrate her's & Alisha's birthdays. Alisha's was last week. It was a last minute thing & I hella didn't even plan it out ahead of time. Come Wednesday morning, I went to Bel Air to buy some stuff I needed (food dye, frosting, etc.) & found gift bags to put their presents in. I bought a pink bag for Dani & a purple bag for Alisha. Oh, & matching tissue paper. LOL. I was going to to these cupcakes & bake Cookie Monster cupcakes, but I couldn't find white chocolate melts to make eyes. ): So I just stuck with the "UP" motif. I just thought it was a cute idea since we all watched it together, while drinking. Yeeeah, we would. I was so crunched on time because we made plans to watch "Despicable Me" at the drive-ins that night. I couldn't find our cupcake tins & pastry decorating things, so I called up Mags to borrow hers. She was out for a while so I ran a few errands while I waited. I went to Party City to grab ribbons (for the cupcake balloons) cuz I couldn't find any at Bel Air. I found white chocolate melts there too! I was mad. Whatever. But I saw that a huge spool of ribbon was around $3. I wanted two colors, so I was like "Whatever" about it. Then I saw that latex balloons were 99cents. My frugal thinking decided to get two balloons & ask for extra ribbon. I bought a pink & purple one. I thought it would be hella funny to be all matchy-matchy on their presents. I had around 5 hours to bake, decorate, & print/assemble the house I found on the Disney website. I got it all done with an hour to spare. Scoreeee. They were butter pecan & I added a splash of Amaretto. mmmmmmmm. Went to Dani's, they blew out their cupcakes & we headed out. We took Alisha's mom's van & all decided to hide so that we didn't have to pay so much. Oh gurl, I get paranoid when it comes to shit like that. But we successfully hid under blankets & hoodies and paid $2 instead of $7. Yeee. It was a cute movie & I want a minion & an Agnes NOW. haha. (:
Today (Friday. I don't count a day as "tomorrow" until after I wake up.) we went to Great America. I've never been there so I was pretty juiced. I left around 9:30 to scoop up Alisha, Nicole, Dani, & AJ. We got some sandwiches at Subway before we left so we wouldn't have to buy food there & burn hella money. Got on the road around 11:30 & we played the "Would You Rather?" game, which turned into the hypothetical situation game. hahahaha. It passed time pretty fast, so. We got to Great America around 1ish & ate half our foot longs. $5 ftw! Our first ride was the 2 story carousel & Dani made the fun idea of switching to a new horse once we go around out of sight of the ride operator. We agreed. We went around, ran to a new horse, & with my luck I would go to the one that was on it's way up. Everyone was on their hose & I was trying to straddle that shit before the operator saw me. My shin hit the horse's ass & made a loud noise. We were in his sight already. I gave him a sad look & said "Maan, I fell off my horse." After the ride was over, we had to pass him so I told Nicole "OMG. How the hell did I fall off that horse!?" Ahhh, we're so bad. (:
Went on a couple of roller coasters & forgot that I brought clothespins with me. I hella wanted to play the clothespin game. It's where you clip a clothespin to a victim's piece of clothing. With each clothespin, you get a point. With each employee, you get five points. I sucked. Really bad. Every time I would go to clip someone, my clip would fall to the ground & people around me would look. It's funny how when you're up to no good, everybody in the world always stares at you. We were walking to go find funnel cakes & saw that people were in line to take pictures with Snoopy. He counts as an employee so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to do some damage. I was recording all our shenanigans on my camera, so I just gave the chick my phone. We all get up to Snoopy & clipped that bitch. Well, I sucked at it. I clipped his fur, then it fell. So I clipped the shirt he was wearing. LOL. The chick taking pics already knew I did some shit. We took the picture & everybody got the fuck outta there. I forgot about my phone so Alisha ran to the chick. I was recording us while we were leaving & told Snoopy "Byeeee. I love you!" & walked out hella fast. Nicole turned around & told us that they found the clothespins on him. Whoooooooops. hahaha. At the end of the day, Alisha won. That slut. -_-
I still have a pack left. We'll probably FSU at the State Fair.
Wednesday was Manang Dani's 20th birthday, so on Tuesday I decided to bake cupcakes in the theme of "UP" to celebrate her's & Alisha's birthdays. Alisha's was last week. It was a last minute thing & I hella didn't even plan it out ahead of time. Come Wednesday morning, I went to Bel Air to buy some stuff I needed (food dye, frosting, etc.) & found gift bags to put their presents in. I bought a pink bag for Dani & a purple bag for Alisha. Oh, & matching tissue paper. LOL. I was going to to these cupcakes & bake Cookie Monster cupcakes, but I couldn't find white chocolate melts to make eyes. ): So I just stuck with the "UP" motif. I just thought it was a cute idea since we all watched it together, while drinking. Yeeeah, we would. I was so crunched on time because we made plans to watch "Despicable Me" at the drive-ins that night. I couldn't find our cupcake tins & pastry decorating things, so I called up Mags to borrow hers. She was out for a while so I ran a few errands while I waited. I went to Party City to grab ribbons (for the cupcake balloons) cuz I couldn't find any at Bel Air. I found white chocolate melts there too! I was mad. Whatever. But I saw that a huge spool of ribbon was around $3. I wanted two colors, so I was like "Whatever" about it. Then I saw that latex balloons were 99cents. My frugal thinking decided to get two balloons & ask for extra ribbon. I bought a pink & purple one. I thought it would be hella funny to be all matchy-matchy on their presents. I had around 5 hours to bake, decorate, & print/assemble the house I found on the Disney website. I got it all done with an hour to spare. Scoreeee. They were butter pecan & I added a splash of Amaretto. mmmmmmmm. Went to Dani's, they blew out their cupcakes & we headed out. We took Alisha's mom's van & all decided to hide so that we didn't have to pay so much. Oh gurl, I get paranoid when it comes to shit like that. But we successfully hid under blankets & hoodies and paid $2 instead of $7. Yeee. It was a cute movie & I want a minion & an Agnes NOW. haha. (:
Today (Friday. I don't count a day as "tomorrow" until after I wake up.) we went to Great America. I've never been there so I was pretty juiced. I left around 9:30 to scoop up Alisha, Nicole, Dani, & AJ. We got some sandwiches at Subway before we left so we wouldn't have to buy food there & burn hella money. Got on the road around 11:30 & we played the "Would You Rather?" game, which turned into the hypothetical situation game. hahahaha. It passed time pretty fast, so. We got to Great America around 1ish & ate half our foot longs. $5 ftw! Our first ride was the 2 story carousel & Dani made the fun idea of switching to a new horse once we go around out of sight of the ride operator. We agreed. We went around, ran to a new horse, & with my luck I would go to the one that was on it's way up. Everyone was on their hose & I was trying to straddle that shit before the operator saw me. My shin hit the horse's ass & made a loud noise. We were in his sight already. I gave him a sad look & said "Maan, I fell off my horse." After the ride was over, we had to pass him so I told Nicole "OMG. How the hell did I fall off that horse!?" Ahhh, we're so bad. (:
Went on a couple of roller coasters & forgot that I brought clothespins with me. I hella wanted to play the clothespin game. It's where you clip a clothespin to a victim's piece of clothing. With each clothespin, you get a point. With each employee, you get five points. I sucked. Really bad. Every time I would go to clip someone, my clip would fall to the ground & people around me would look. It's funny how when you're up to no good, everybody in the world always stares at you. We were walking to go find funnel cakes & saw that people were in line to take pictures with Snoopy. He counts as an employee so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to do some damage. I was recording all our shenanigans on my camera, so I just gave the chick my phone. We all get up to Snoopy & clipped that bitch. Well, I sucked at it. I clipped his fur, then it fell. So I clipped the shirt he was wearing. LOL. The chick taking pics already knew I did some shit. We took the picture & everybody got the fuck outta there. I forgot about my phone so Alisha ran to the chick. I was recording us while we were leaving & told Snoopy "Byeeee. I love you!" & walked out hella fast. Nicole turned around & told us that they found the clothespins on him. Whoooooooops. hahaha. At the end of the day, Alisha won. That slut. -_-
I still have a pack left. We'll probably FSU at the State Fair.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Breathe
Didn't do much today. Went to the Galleria with Nicole to get birthday presents for Alisha & Dani. It's really hard buying stuff for someone else, especially if you're super picky about what to buy, like me. I kept thinking, "If I don't like it, then they won't like it." I'm pretty sure our presents did my personal mantra for the day justice. Ooh, they're opening a Gordon Biersch there in September. There was construction on the second floor next to the food court & it looked strangely small for a restaurant. Like, not even the size of a McDonald's. idk, I guess we'll see what it looks like in a month's time. We went into this new store that looked a lot like the Hollister storefront called Gilly Hicks. It was like the Victoria's Secret of Hollister. It was dark & sexual. No, really. Pictures of nearly naked people all over the walls. I love how A&F, Hollister, & Gilly Hicks were all in the same area. Seeing as how their storefronts look like actual buildings, it was like walking in a rich white person's neighborhood. Not my cup of tea. haha. We got into my car & Nicole realized she didn't have her phone so we ran all the way back to Gilly Hicks where she left it. Some trashy white girl told us she gave it to the people up front. It's nice to know there are honest people in this world, even if you look like a hot mess.
I was craving Leatherby's ice cream, so I treated Nicole to some. Every time we eat, we talk about hella serious stuff. I love that as unserious as we always are, there are those serious moments that we have that always makes me think. She definitely made me think today. Friendships, love, the future, relationships, whatever. She's like my own personal Oprah. Except not old. haha. But anyway, I'm trying to reevaluate a lot of things I'm going through right now & just take baby steps in dealing with them. I don't know how I'm gonna get there or how long it'll take. At least I have a handful of friends that will help me get through some rough times. Lately I've been really irritated with the smallest things & I really just wanna be alone most of the time. A lot of stuff has just been piling up that I don't feel like dealing with people. I've been such a homebody lately that the only place I ever go to now is the gym. But I really like all this time to myself.
I guess I'm doing better. So far.
I was craving Leatherby's ice cream, so I treated Nicole to some. Every time we eat, we talk about hella serious stuff. I love that as unserious as we always are, there are those serious moments that we have that always makes me think. She definitely made me think today. Friendships, love, the future, relationships, whatever. She's like my own personal Oprah. Except not old. haha. But anyway, I'm trying to reevaluate a lot of things I'm going through right now & just take baby steps in dealing with them. I don't know how I'm gonna get there or how long it'll take. At least I have a handful of friends that will help me get through some rough times. Lately I've been really irritated with the smallest things & I really just wanna be alone most of the time. A lot of stuff has just been piling up that I don't feel like dealing with people. I've been such a homebody lately that the only place I ever go to now is the gym. But I really like all this time to myself.
I guess I'm doing better. So far.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Note to self: Check your credit card statements often.
A few weeks ago, I went into the Apple Store to buy a bumper for my iPhone. I used my credit card to pay for it. I swiped my card, confirmed my information & the employee asked me to swipe my card again because he "messed up on confirmation." But he told me not to worry because it "didn't charge twice." I was thinking to myself, "What if he did charge me twice?," for a few days, but didn't think nothing of it really.
After this whole free bumper/case ordeal with Apple, in which they gave you refunds for recently purchased bumpers if you bought them with a credit card, or you could order another one for free. I got an e-mail confirming my refund & I managed to order a free bumper. For a few days, I've been checking my credit card statement online to see if the refund went through because I thought it would right away. Nope. It just refunded me a few hours ago. I checked my statement & saw that I was refunded for more than what I payed for ($31.74). I got refunded double that. That fucker did charge me twice.
I'm really bad at keeping track of what I purchase. It's not good, seeing as how I am using a credit card, which makes you more susceptible to fraudulent charges & everything. Time to put myself in check.
But whatever, it's all good. I got my money back. His name is on my original receipt though. Maybe I should complain to the manager.
After this whole free bumper/case ordeal with Apple, in which they gave you refunds for recently purchased bumpers if you bought them with a credit card, or you could order another one for free. I got an e-mail confirming my refund & I managed to order a free bumper. For a few days, I've been checking my credit card statement online to see if the refund went through because I thought it would right away. Nope. It just refunded me a few hours ago. I checked my statement & saw that I was refunded for more than what I payed for ($31.74). I got refunded double that. That fucker did charge me twice.
I'm really bad at keeping track of what I purchase. It's not good, seeing as how I am using a credit card, which makes you more susceptible to fraudulent charges & everything. Time to put myself in check.
But whatever, it's all good. I got my money back. His name is on my original receipt though. Maybe I should complain to the manager.
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