Shopping loot
07.29.05
Song of the Day: Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes
Pictures of what I bought in Santee Alley:
Turquoise shoes.
Pink dangly earrings.
Fairy necklace.
And all that only set me back $25. Be jealous!
03:13 PM [link]
Back home
07.28.05
Song of the Day: Atomic Kitten - It's Okay
Back in my wonderful city. I always realize how much this place is "home" when I come back to it after being away.
Food did not magically appear in my cupboard while I was gone. What gives??
11:49 PM [link]
Travel diary
07.27.05
Song of the Day: All Saints - Pure Shores
Some updates to the travel diary:
Monday - Saw Wedding Crashers. Decided Owen Wilson will marry me. Hot damn is he hot.
Tuesday - Went to Santee Alley in downtown LA for some totally awesome shopping. Santee Alley is where all the shops on Melrose go for their merchandise, and then they jack up the price 500%. It's quite an experience, as the place is run entirely by Mexicans, and as you walk along the endless, crowded alley, they're screaming out price pitches in Spanish, and there's Latin music blaring all over from hidden speakers, and the whole thing feels a bit shady (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the so-obviously-bootlegged DVDs being sold everywhere). Nothing has prices on them, and you simply haggle with the shop keepers. I ended up with to-die-for turquoise shoes for $18, earrings for $3.50, and a fairy necklace to keep my fairy tattoo company for $4. I'll post pictures once I get home.
For dinner, my uncle and I joined two of his friends at a Japanese restaurant that was delicious, but totally Famima!!-ish...bad Engrish everywhere, and the menu had a seafood salad on it that included "scalps". Mmm, scalps, better than Hello Kitty marshmellows any day.
12:50 AM [link]
Party over
07.25.05
Song of the Day: Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
I am now the only Kallurian in Los Angeles, as Melantha went home today. Someone tell her that she doesn't NEED to go to class tomorrow, because her best friend is missing her like mad already!
To bring everyone up to date on the amount of drinking we did for the rest of the Kallurian Bikini Beach Party: we went through some beer while wearing our bikinis and lounging around the pool in the afternoon yesterday, and then last night we had mojitos (I had to make a face every time I took a sip, it tasted like mouthwash), Butterfinger martinis (absolutely heavenly, and totally worth the $10 they each cost), and tequila shots. The bar we were at was like something out of an LJ Smith novel, which was totally Kallurian-appropriate. At the end of the night, poor Staid had to haul our drunken arses home, because I (I can't speak for Melantha, but I suspect she was in the same boat) could not walk very well, at all.
And in case anyone thinks that we're just a bunch of drunkards (we are, at least during the time we spend together), we spent plenty of time yesterday soberly shopping, falling in love with MAC eyeshadow, watching Some Like It Hot, and eating Brazillian food.
And as retaliation for her leaving me to go to school, I just want to say, "Dane Cook is having a signing at the Tower Records on Sunset Bl. on Wednesday, which is five minutes from me, and if you hadn't gone home, YOU COULD GO." Now how am I going to pull off this Dane-napping plan?
10:04 PM [link]
More beer
07.24.05
Song of the Day: Rob Thomas - This Is How A Heart Breaks
To add to the Kallure Beach Party booze total: two mini bottles of wine at the Getty and two pitchers of beer at a bar where we watched Team America and mocked everyone around us. Because no Kallurian get-together would be complete without mockery of some type. Melantha totally pwned me in table air hockey tonight, 7-5. That bitch.
Two discoveries about Staid: he's aggressive when playing hockey (Melantha and I cheered him on during his hockey game today), and he has the market income potential for having two girlfriends. So take that, internet stalkers who are obsessed with Melantha.
My blog entries will become more relevant to people who aren't close, personal friends in a few days. I promise.
04:47 AM [link]
Drunken Kallurians
07.23.05
Song of the Day: Thalia - Amar Sin Ser Amada
Alcohol consumed at the Kallure Bikini Beach Party in the last 36 hours: margaritas, two types of martinis, a bottle of champagne (with the help of Melantha's mom), two bottles of sake (ditto), and a pitcher of beer.
That would explain those voicemail messages some of you are getting.
That would also explain why I agreed to eat eel (which was, surprisingly, not bad), why I bought a bikini that doesn't fully cover my boobs (but at $7, and after lunchtime sake, who cares?), and why Melantha and I were strangely amused (much to Staid's strange amusement) by a styrofoam box.
Without the help of alcohol, I've also had dinner with Staid's family (how often do you hear people say, "I met my best friend's boyfriend's family today"?), found a denim minkskirt that fits perfectly after years of searching, and almost finished Harry Potter.
In serious need of sleep.
03:07 AM [link]
160 gigabytes, baby!
07.18.05
Song of the Day: Eden's Crush - Get Over Yourself
I don't believe I've introduced everyone to my new baby yet:
160 gigabytes of external hard drive space sitting right on my coffee table, complete with glowy neon blue buttons.
I'm not exactly a gadget girl, but this thing has me giggling with glee. I have no idea whether I'll ever use all 160 gig, but just the fact that it's mine is so exciting. I've always been so jealous of people I know who have desktops with hard drives that size, but now my laptop can play with the big boys.
And here's the best part: once my rebates come in, I'll have all that space for less than $100.
I only wish it was this easy to up the space in my iPod.
01:08 PM [link]
I'm so drunk
07.16.05
Song of the Day: All Saints - One More Tequila
There's nothing like being drunk off horrible whiskey shots after a really, really bad first date and talking with your two best girlfriends who you love more than you could ever love any guy. 'Cause guys who stop calling you after four dates are totally lame, and guys who are lame on the first date are totally lame. And whiskey is lame, but it's all I have, sadly enough. And after that first date, I need to be drunk. He was so lame. I think I've had six shots now. I'm shutting up now.
11:37 PM [link]
IEIEIEIEIEIE
07.16.05
Song of the Day: Diana Fox - Running On Empty
OMG, HARRY POTTER, IEIEIEIEIEIEIEIE!!!!!
02:43 PM [link]
Kallurians and the City
07.14.05
Song of the Day: Tina Cousins - Angel
Chatting with the wonderful Kallurian ladies tonight reminded me of my belief that if the four of us all lived in the same city, we'd be just like the women on Sex and the City, only with more snark.
11:59 PM [link]
*drools*
07.12.05
Song of the Day: Chely Wright - Single White Female
My first thought upon waking this morning was, "I can have In & Out next week!"
In & Out is a fast food hamburger joint that only exists in California, Arizona, and Nevada, and it makes my heart sing and fly high above the ground. Eating one of their hamburgers makes my happiness meter go higher than Christmas, an endless supply of chocolate, puppies, and an all-day Buffy marathon combined. I believe that when I die and go to heaven, I will get to eat In & Out hamburgers all day long.
I'm not obsessed. Really.
Okay, I might be lying there.
10:43 PM [link]
Kallure Beach Party 2005!
07.11.05
Song of the Day: The Corrs - Long Night
I am thrilled to announce the Kallure Beach Party 2005 - Melantha and I are meeting up once again in sunny Los Angeles for some boozin' and shoppin' and sushi eatin'.
For the next week and a half, I am going to be so bloody impatient. I so rarely get to see any of my very best girlfriends these days, and it's been too long since I last saw Melantha. I have to get through exams first, which are surprisingly such a non-issue in my mind right now. Probably because the classes I'm taking this summer are very straightforward.
IEIEIEIE, L.A.!! I'm so excited. :D
To further improve my excellent mood, I bought a pair of white jeans (which I've very much so needed) that fit like a dream for only $15 at the Gap, and Victoria's Secret just sent me a coupon for free underwear from their Pink line, which is my favorite. Too bad their new stuff says "Phi Beta Pink" on it...cute, but I am NOT a Phi Beta anything!
12:49 PM [link]
Can you read this?
07.08.05
Song of the Day: Coldplay - Clocks
Can anyone else figure out what my shirt says? I understood it the first time I saw it, and bought it more for the color than for the text, but I'm always shocked when people stare at it and just don't get it.
The first letter on the bottom line is a 'T', in case you can't tell.
And just as I suspected, you can't tell in the picture that I'm tan. That's sad.
03:34 PM [link]
For God's sake...
07.07.05
Song of the Day: Ben Moody feat. Anastacia - Everything Burns
Last Friday morning, my calf muscle spasmed in one of those asking-God-for-mercy cramps. I hate them, and I'm always tempted to punch my fist through a wall when I get one. To make matters worse, the same muscle has continued to spasm every now and then over the last few days, and when it's not cramping, it's sore as hell. I keep stretching and increasing my calcium intake, since I've heard a lack of calcium can cause muscle cramps, but it seems intent on giving me hell. Does anyone know what I can do to end my misery, aside from chopping my leg off?
02:36 PM [link]
Flashing them all
07.05.05
Song of the Day: Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Today I put on a pink camisole that still had the tags on it and forgot that I had adjusted the straps on the green one I had already worn so that it fit correctly. It occurred to me when I was out in public and bending over to pick something up that I was just about flashing anyone who might have been looking.
Sigh.
I hightailed it to the nearest restroom to fix the problem and figured if anyone actually got an eyeful, they should just consider themselves lucky.
Hey, I gotta make light of it somehow.
10:41 PM [link]
Barefeet?
07.03.05
Route-1 feat. Jenny Frost - Crash Landing (DJ Demand Remix)
Yesterday, I saw a sign on an escalator asking people to not ride it with "barefeet".
Needless to say, this made me cringe. Whenever people mash together two words into one, I want to grab something and smash them over the head with it. And this was an official, professionally made sign!
You can be barefoot, yes, but you do not walk around with barefeet.
It is not "eachother" or "alot". I don't even understand why so many people seem to think those two "words" exist. Do they speak too fast, or slur their words, and just assume that it's written the same way? I'm trying to think of other ones I see frequently, but I seem to be repressing the horrific memories.
Honestly, people, let's use the space bar. That's what it's there for.
04:14 PM [link]
