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Yea, so today is another multiple-post day. I just wanted to update on my weekend.

I really wanted to concentrate on my paper this weekend so I didn't make any plans but sometimes life has its own little plans. On Saturday I decided to go to the office and get some school work done because I knew that if I stayed home I would get distracted and ignore my paper. I did manage to get a lot done which was cool.
Saturday afternoon was a completely different story. I ended up running errands with a friend and Saturday night was totally wasted. I ended up going out to the bars with this guy I know. We use to kind of see each other...now we are just friends(?). But here's a funny story for you, while we were at the club we ran into this guy I am kind of seeing (notice how I only kind of see guys)and they were both totally sizing each other up. It was kind of funny and cute at the same time. I quickly got the situation under control and I was able to prevent a bar fight (O.K. I am exaggerating A LOT...there was never really a threat of a bar fight). But it was a little flattering... it was all over little ol' me. Today I got a call from the guy guy we ran into asking me if I was dating the guy I was there with.

The plan for next weekend - Go out, celebrate the completion of my finance paper, and get drunk! Anybody want to join me?

Break me off, show me what you are worth

I signed up for classes and I am pretty excited about the classes I am taking over the summer trimester. I know, I know its very dorky to be excited about classes but both of the classes sound pretty interesting. I am taking a process mapping and a negotiations class.
They should both be pretty easy but I am really looking forward to the process mapping class. I just found out that this guy I know is going to be in my negotiations class. He is a nice guy but can be a bit overbearing so I have already told him I will NOT be sitting next to him. I know it was kind of rude but if I sit next to him I won't pay attention and I really want to keep my GPA up just in case I decide to go to law school.

O.K. so here is the story that goes with the title. Sunday morning I was working on my paper (yes still) and I sent one of my friends a text message asking him how to calculate a companies tax rate. I get a call back, we chit chat for a few minutes and he say "I will help you but you have to break me off, it's been a while." I thought he was kidding so I went along with it and I said "Sure, if that is what it takes to finish my paper." We talked some more about what kind of help I need and just for the sake of clarification I said "I was joking about breaking you off, you know that right" to which he replied "I wasn't".
So here is the question for the day, when is it O.K. to use sex to get what you want? Is it ever O.K?

For those of you who don't know what break me off means, click here.

Just for the record, I would not have sex just because he helped me on my paper.
I promise to stop talking about this damn paper on Thursday. After that day I will no mention it again unless I get a really bad grade :)

It's O.K. to whore yourself out...as long as it's for a good cause

Have I mentioned how I really like my new boss'? I do. I think I am going to learn a lot from them. I kind of become the numbers/project/go-to guy in the department for the vp and the manager. I like that because I have a lot of free time on my hands and working on these projects gives me something to do. It also gives me visibility and hopefully they will think of me when they start hiring for the senior analyst. We are also going to start doing some projects that might require traveling, so I am totally on board for that. I guess you can say I am trying to get on their good sides. I am not kissing their ass, I am just doing my job.

On a similar subject - I was talking to a guy I know and he canceled our dinner plans because he needed to take someone to dinner and ask him for a favor for his non-profit organization. Non-profit work is all about whoring yourself out. It is all about who you know and how they can help you achieve your organizations goals. It's true, you have to whore yourself out. Some call it networking but lets call it what it is...whoring yourself out.

What do you have going on this weekend? Anything fun and exciting? I have absolutely nothing planned. I may try to catch a movie with my friend Hawk. We also have dinner plans for Sunday but I may cancel because it will interfere with Grey's Anatomy. Other than that I will just be relaxing at home.

Have Medical Insurance, Will Date

I was reading The Wall Street Journal yesterday and there it is an article titled "Got Abs? Personality? Health Insurance Won't Hurt, Either." Apparently having health insurance is considered HOT these days among online daters. I found the article a bit funny, it says that people who have health insurance "flaunt it as an asset". For those of you who are single, do you consider health coverage as a turn on or is the WSJ on crack?

On a somewhat related note, my friend Chico and I are thinking about doing the speed dating thing. Basically you go to a place and you have a date every 15 minutes. You sit at a table and men come to you, you interview each other and at the end you tell the organizers who you would like to see again. If both of you like each other then they give you each others numbers. It sounds fun, I could potentially have about 30 dates in one night...that could be more than I had in the last few months.
Have you heard of this before? Have you heard any positive/negative feedback? Would you do it?

Confession
I have one more confession that I want to share with you guys. I haven't shaved in 5 days. 5 Days!
Two days without shaving gives me the sexy stubble look. Five days without shaving makes me look like a homeless person. I am shaving tomorrow.

Confessions

So I mentioned I went to the doctor yesterday. It seems like my body hates me. Those of you that know me, know I have had some minor health issues over the last few years. I had some procedures done a year or two ago that was suppose to take care of everything but it seems like things are back again. My doctor put me on medication so hopefully it will take care of that. Anyway, so now my confession -

confession 1
Every time I go see my gastroenterologist I wear my trashy, sluty, whore's underwear. Not because I think anything is going to happen with my doctor but because every time I see him I have to strip down to my underwear and get in one of those hospital gowns. I don't buy special underwear for my doctor, apparently...according to some of my friends...all of my underwear is trashy, sluty, and whore's.
I am sure my doctor things it's a treat. ;)

confession 2
I hate talking on the phone. I hate it. And I hate returning phone calls just as much. Every time I call someone I secretly hope they don't pick up and it sends me to their voice mail and they forget to call me back. Next time I call you, send me to your voice mail.
(There are some exceptions...I love talking to my KB, Chico, SM, and Juan!!!)

Where does the time go?

It is almost 11 am and I have no clue where my morning went. I had plans of writing a great post today about how great my evening was. But I am afraid I don't really have time anymore.

I have been working on reports for my new vp and they are really consuming my every minute.

Now I am off to see the wizard doctor. Nothing serious, don't worry.

Have a great Tuesday!!!

Oh, one more thing. I am going to FW this afternoon (again) and I am planning on picking up some hand made flower tortillas, hand made corn torillas, fresh salsa, Mexican sweet bread, and tamales. I am so excited, dinner at my house :)

Turn Around, Don't Drown.

I really like the new Mary J. Blige video Can't Be Without You. I just love the lyrics.

How was your weekend? Mine was rather uneventful. Did you guys see the news? A lot of Dallas flooded so I was forced to stay in most of the weekend. I live about 10 blocks away from one of the places that was heavily flooded. It was scary. I was considering going to buy a canoe or a small boat in case the floods came into my part of town. It is a good thing I don't live in a flood zone. It is still raining pretty bad, keep your fingers crossed and hope it doesn't flood my house.

I went to go see the movie V for vendetta with my friend Juan and it is amazing. You should go check it out. It has action, romance, comedy...well no comedy but it was still very good. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars. I even jumped a little in a couple of scenes. There are a lot of similarities between the movie and the current situation in the U.S.

I also went to go watch the play I am my own wife. It was a one person play. I have never really been a big fan of one person plays but I was really impressed that the actor was able to keep up with all of the characters and made me believe that each time he spoke it was a different character.

After the play Chico and I went go the Latino gay clubs where we were joined by Sergio. They were empty so we decided to go gay strip. We drank a lot, danced a little, and had a good time. I got home around 4 a.m. and picked up some fast food on the way home. I woke up with a horrible hang over to a call from my tenant in FW. It wasn't anything major so we took care of it over the phone. The rest of the day was pretty lazy, I did laundry, homework, and chatted online.

Try to have a good week!

Update
So my home didn't flood over night, which I was very thankful for but others weren't as lucky. There was even one fatality that I know of.
On my way to work this morning there was a building that colapsed because of the weight of water. Isn't that crazy?
Also, the parking garage at work was flooded so there is all kind of debris and lots and lots of mud.

Let me see you One Two Step

I had an interesting evening last night. I had a meeting for the non-profit where I drank way to much. Afterwards I went over to the Round Up for a little country dancing. They have classes on Thursdays to teach you how to dance so a few of the people I was with wanted to go. I gave it a good try and I was very unsuccessful. I am not very coordinated when it comes to dancing with other people or doing line dancing. But I did try. I am thinking about going back next week and trying it again, although I would really much rather take some Salsa lessons.

I am not sure what I am doing this weekend. I am going to watch a play but I am not really sure what it's all about.

What do you have going on this weekend?



From Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II

533 - Create a little signal only your wife knows so that you can show her you love her across a crowded room.

Notify your Face

I am not ashamed to say that I LOVE Ricky Martin. There is no point to the story, I am just listening to the cd and I wanted to share with you guys. :) If he was here I would tell him "I don't care I just want to be yours".



O.K. so on to other news. I have a new VP and we get to meet him today. He is like a rock star in the Import/Export world. I have meet him before at seminars, industry training, etc. He has written several books and is always invited to speak at major conferences when changes in the industry are about to take place. I am not sure if I am going to faint when I meet him or if I will have my pen and book ready for an autographs. Every time my I think about it, my heart skips a beat.
Alright, I am joking about the autograph and the heart thing. But it is kind of exciting. He will add an additional layer between me and the Wicked Witch and he definitely knows what he is talking about, maybe there will be some good changes in this department.


From Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II

517 - When you feel terrific, notify your face.

My inner Diva

I am trying to pin-point the exact day and time I become so absent minded. This morning as I am driving off to work I realize I forgot to comb my hair. I don't know if I mentioned this before or not but the last time I flew I lost my ticket 2 times before I had to board. Yeap, twice. The gate attendants were not very happy with me.

A lot of times I just chuck it up to my sleep deprived state but I will have to get it checked out eventually, alzheimer's runs in the family.

Speaking of sleep deprived, I stayed up until 12:30 watching the first two hour re-run of America's Next Top Model. Is anyone else watching this show? I am hooked! It could just be my inner diva trying to get out but I love it. I am going to make my prediction now and say that the two finalist will be Nnenna and Kari. But Nnenna will be the winner. I also think Wendy and Brooke are very pretty but I don't think they will win.

How about American Idol, is anyone watching that show? Does anyone else think Ryan Seacrest is annoying and immature? I don't really know who is going to win yet, I just know it will be one of the women. I am not to impressed with any of the guys so far.

Back to my sleep deprived state. So this morning I hit the snooze button for 30 minutes before I actually got out of bed. This is my morning routine, the alarm goes off every 5 minutes...I hit snooze...it goes off again...until I decide to get up. I use to be such a morning person, what happened to me?

P.S. My little brother is coming into town today and will be spending a couple of days with me. I am not sure what to do with a heterosexual 21 year old male. Any suggestions? I have a meeting tomorrow afternoon with a bunch of 'mos so I may take him to that and then to a straight happy hour afterwards. Suggestions please?

From Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II

513 - Never laugh at anyone's' dreams.

Websites

I had a pretty uneventful evening so I don't have much to report. So instead I am going to share a couple of website I like.

Pandora
Pandora is an online music service that plays songs based on the songs you have told it you like. It goes off of rhythm, beats, etc. Give it a try.

Meebo
Meebo is a web based messaging system that allows you to be signed on to MSN, Yahoo, AOL, ICQ, and others at the same time from one window. I spend a lot of time on here chatting during the work week.

From Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II

512 - Believe in Love at first sight.

Monday Post 3

I know it has only been a couple of hours but I have some updates:

1. Do you remember the guy I talked about that was thinking of moving to my complex? Well, he isn't :) His bid was rejected. My friend told me this morning and I was a little sad because I had gotten use to the idea.

2. I just got a call from one of my friends and she is moving to Los Angeles. Her husband got a job there and now they are moving at the end of the month. I am happy for her because she loves it there but I am a little jealous because I am going to stay here.

3. I just took my Finance midterm and I totally rocked it out. And when I say I totally rock it I mean I didn't totally fail like I thought I was going to do. I think I will end up getting an 80 on the exam which is low, but it is a lot higher than I thought my grade was going to be.

4. I lost my hammer. I don't know where it is so I may have to go buy one today. I do have two Home Depot gift certificates so I will put them to good use.

5. I have a lot of gift certificates right now. When I moved and bought my condo some people gave me gift cards as a "congratulations on your new place" or "house warming" gift type of thing. Although I never had a house warming party. Isn't that nice?

I have more but I feel I should keep my rambling to 5 points. Any more would just be crazy.

Monday Post 2

Yea, so today is going to be a multiple post day. Mainly because I am delirious.

So I always have the most interesting conversations with my friend KB (see link on the side). This morning she calls me and gives me some GREAT news and to ask me for advice and in my delirium I am not really being very helpful so she tells me "Where you even listening? It's like I am speaking with a heterosexual male today." I love my KB (except when she doesn't call me back).

Did anyone watch Grey's Anatomy last night? I missed the first 20 minutes because a friend was over at my house, can anyone tell me what happened during the first 20 minutes? Anyone?

Am I going to Die?

That was part of a text message I sent my optometrist friend and my other friend that works as his office assistant. Before I tell the rest of the story I would like to say that I am sleep deprived. I went to bed at 1:30 last night because I was up working and the damn finance paper. I have made some progress but I still need to crank out some more pages this week to turn it in on Thursday.

Last time I was at the optometrist he changed my contact lens solution to one called "Clear Care" which is a peroxide based solution that helps prevent build-up on the lens. It clearly says "Do not use in eyes" and I got a spill at the optometrist office about how it would sting if I used it in my eyes.
Well, this morning without even thinking I used it directly in my eyes. As soon as the first drop hit my eye a string of obscenities came out of my mouth cursing everyone from the ground I walk on to the skies. It was horrible! Horrible!!!
My eye is now this big red mess. It looks like I have pink eye and it still burns every time I blink. According to my friend I am not going to die so you can all breathe now but if you want to send a care package let me know and I will send you my address :)

My weekend was pretty predictable. I helped out with a garage sale for the non-profit I am part of. We made a lot of money but for the most part we were just selling to each other. I ended up leaving the garage sale with a wireless keyboard, a Sarah McLaughlin cd, and a book life's little secrets. The book is hilarious and I may use it every once in a while at the end of my post to share some of the wisdom from the book. I was going to start today but I forgot it at home.

I also had a facial, went to the St. Patrick's day parade on Sunday in the West End, the Dallas World aquarium and spent some time with my family. I love the Dallas World Aquarium. If you are ever in town you should check it out.

How was your weekend? I hope you didn't burn your eyes like I did.

Friday

Friday could not have come soon enough. I am so ready for this week to be over, although I do have a lot going on this weekend. It will still be better than being at work.

What do you have going on this weekend? Anything fun? Exciting?

I don't really have much to report today so I am gong to post this conversation I had with my co-worker as we were walking out to our cars yesterday afternoon.

J: Did you see the job opening at IBM?
Me: No, what is it for?
J: It's a sales consultant for their trade compliance software and the best part is that you can live anywhere you want.
Me: Oh, I couldn't do sales.
J: Why not? You have a great personality.
Me: Yea, but I hate people.
J: That is a good point. I hate people too.

I don't even know who you are anymore

One of my friends had a near death experience this week and now it seems he has done a 360 with his life.

He was hospitalized for a couple of days and the doctors told him that if had waited a few hours longer he would have died. If he got in a car accident and lost blood, he would die. If he fell and got hurt, he would die. Basically, he was going to die.

So after a couple of days in the hospital, a few procedures, and $9,000 later he seems to be alright. We were talking late last night and early into this morning and he has decided to make some changes in his life.

Drinking - Gone
Smoking - Gone
Coffee - Gone
Drugs - Gone
Milk - Gone

I am not sure why he is giving up milk but he has switched over to soy milk. He has also decided to buy a house and sell his business.

In the year and a half that I have known him, last night was the first time I got to really "know" him. We talked about stuff that actually matters and I couldn't help but wonder how I would feel if he was no longer in my life. I am not going to say that I love him (because someone is keeping track of how many times I fall in love this year), but I will say that I realized how much I care about him during this whole ordeal.

I am a masochist.

Well, maybe not a masochist but I do like to torture myself.

I took on the responsibility of being the chair of a committee for a non-profit organization (the same one I have written about before). I am also on the board of directors of this organization and I think I am going to have to do a lot of work that I really wasn't planning on. I knew it takes a lot of time because I was the president of the group last year but I was kind of planning on staying low this year. Oh well, maybe I can lay low next year. If any of you mo's (or anyone else) live in the DFW area and want to volunteer let me know.

Mo is short for homosexual. It's my new word, try to use it as much as possible. If you don't like that word you can use my other word. Delicious. As in "You are looking delicious today" or "That shirt looks delicious on you" or "Isn't this weather delicious?".

In other news - I have learned that a guy I used to..umm..date? no, go out with?...umm. I am not exactly sure what we were. But anyway, I learned that he is looking to buy a condo in the same complex I am in. I am not sure how I feel about it. He did call me yesterday and asked me a few questions. I was nice and told him what he wanted to know. But I don't think I want him living here. I want to make up stories about how people got shot at that unit or how horrible the neighborhood is or something. Is that terrible?

I haven't started my finance paper and I need to turn in my rough draft next week. It is going to suck. Is anyone here a finance major? Can I pay you to write my paper? :) J/K. (I am only kidding if you are, if you are willing to write my paper I am willing to pay) J/K. (No I am not).

How is your week going so far?

What do you think of me?

I am totally stealing this from Swirly Girl but I thought it was interesting.

Click here and follow the instructions.


After you are done make sure you check out Swirly Girl's muffins.

Welcome Back

Welcome back my friends from SAS.

Dreams

I had a weird dream last night. I was at school listening to a lecture from some sort of Christian Science lady. She was introduced by Donald Trump who apparently was the president of the United States. The Christian Science lady hated Donald and she went off on him. Later a few explosions were heard and we thought it was a car bomb so we started to panic. Dirty water starts coming towards us and somehow my sister and brother-in-law were with me and we started to run, as we are running the waves of water are getting higher and we are desperately trying to find shelter. We ran into one of the school buildings and we try to get to the stairwell (b/c Oprah said that was the best place to be in case of a terrorist attack) but the military was forcing us to stay on the ground level (even with all of the water) so we try to look for another access to the stairwell. When the water started to get into the building they moved us to a big conference/cafeteria type place and that is when I woke up.

What does it mean? Is anyone good at interpreting dreams?

In other news - Chico and I started playing tennis yesterday and we suck. I am not being modest, we SUCK. I think we need lessons. It was fun making Chico run back and forth across the court :) I had a good laugh.

In other news - I am really, really, really excited right now. Yesterday I got a call and I have tickets to go see Cirque du Soleil later this month at the AA Center. I love Cirque du Soleil! I am watching Delirium. I can't wait.

Collide

I spent Saturday with my niece and nephews and they completely wore me out. I took them to see the spot where John F. Kennedy got shot, to the West End, and to the Science and History Museum to see the people from Radio Disney. I didn't realize kids (ages 12, 8, 2) had so much energy.

While we were out I also picked up some visitor guides, just in case I have out of town visitors and I need to be tour guide. I am prepared, if any of you want to visit :)

That was really as exciting as my weekend got. I did some studying and I thought about starting on my paper that is due in two weeks. I am sure I will be rushing at the last minute to get it done.

I have been listening to the song Collide by Howie Day and for some reason this song makes me get all teary eyed. This would be the perfect song for a romantic movie after a guy and a girl break up and the guy is sitting by a window in NYC and it is raining outside. As the song plays in the background he is thinking of all of the happy moments they have gone through and he rushes out to find her. I love happy endings.

How was your weekend?

I need some motivation

I need someone/something to motivate me to get up in the morning and go for a jog. The weather is perfect for jogging right now I just can't seem to get out of bed. I have set my alarm to 5:30 am all of this week but when the alarm goes off I just ignore it and go back to bed until 7 am.

What motivates you to go to the gym or exercise at home?

Oh the gays

Another reason why some gay men should not be allowed to use power tools.

This video made me laugh my ass off. I especially liked it when they call each other bolimia and anarexia.

Crush from the past

I may not dislike myspace as much as I thought. I got a message yesterday from a guy I use to crush on in college. He was in my Spanish class and we never really talked much but he was friends with one of my friends so we were introduced once.

After graduation we would run into each other at the gay bars and we were always very excited to see each other but we never really exchanged names, numbers, email addresses, or body fluids contact information. The last time I saw him was about 2 years ago and he was moving to Minnesota or Wisconsin, I can't remember which. Anyway, he is back in town and we seem to be in touch now. All I need now is to figure out his name, give him my number, and schedule a dinner. I am pretty sure he has a boyfriend so it won't be going past that, it will just be nice to get to know him better.

Hump Day

I don't have anything to report today. So instead I am pointing out the blogs I recently added (two days ago) to the Blogs I Read.

I have been reading most of these blogs for a while now but I have been to lazy to add them to my list. Check them out, they are all interesting folks.

Alexander The Gay
Bedtime Stories
Me Talk Pretty Everyday
My lil sock drawer
'til the cows come home
What does the world look like

Happy Reading!

It's a Brand New Day!

It is Monday and I am having a hard time loving my job this morning. I know I said I was going to start loving it today but to much drinking and staying up late last night are not helping me accomplish my goal. I went to dinner with my friend Juan last night and after he dropped me off my friend D called and wanted to grab some drinks. I was in the middle of my Nip / Tuck marathon so he just came over and we drank wine and stayed up late watching Nip / Tuck. I am ADDICTED to this show now, I just can't watch some of the surgery scenes.

The weekend was very relaxing. I had the board meeting all day on Saturday so that ate up all of my day. We had great weather on Sunday so I just ran errands and relaxed (when I should have been doing homework). I was freaking out this morning because I thought I had a test this week but it turns out it is not until the end of next week so I have two more weeks to study.

On a different note: I decided to sell my old books on Amazon.com. I put them online last week and I have already sold three books for a total of $81. I have decided that I am going to buy a fancy coffee machine with the money I make from selling my books. The machine needs to have a self timer and a coffee grinder. I really could have used coffee this morning.

How was your weekend? Are you awake? Did anything exciting happen to you this weekend?

Love the One Your With

Friday is finally here. I can't wait to get out of here. I am going through a board training on Saturday so I will be doing that all day. I don't really have plans on Sunday other than sleeping and doing homework.

My co-worker and I have decided to love our jobs starting on Monday. We can't seem to find jobs so we are just going to love the one we have (isn't that a country song? Love the one your with?). I know, I know, it is sad but sometimes you have to convince yourself you are happy right where you are. This can apply to relationships, jobs, or just about anything else in life.

In other news - I don't have any plants or pets. Does that say something about me? I am not sure but I don't think I am comfortable with that. I may have to go buy a plant this weekend.

It is going to be a great day!

I am pretty much done with one paper and I have sent it to my editor. You guys know how bad my grammar is, FWmama as been reviewing my papers for as long as I can remember. I also sent her a presentation I have to do for school.

Here's an embarrassing story for you - Once upon a time in a school not so far away I was assigned a presentation for one of my business classes. On the day of the presentation I did handouts and made a fancy copy for the professor. While I was doing my presentation in front of the class the professor stops me and asks me who reviewed my presentation and points out that my presentation says asses instead of saying assess (as in assessing the situation). I was very embarrassed and I cried a little...right there in front of the class (no, I didn't really cry) but he did give me an A. I think he felt bad. (Just to clarify FWmama didn't review my presentation).


Have I mentioned how much I love my neighbors (the elephants)? Especially now that they are moving? I haven't been so excited in years. I am afraid that if I they didn't move I would be doing this to them.

One more day till Friday!!!

Oh, I actually got a decent nights sleep last night. Do you have any good news?

Disappointment

I woke up thinking it was Friday. I was very disappointed when I realized I have a few more days of work.

I am really tired, I have not been getting a lot of sleep lately and my body is starting to feel it. I think it is just stress but I am not sure. I have three papers due for school and I need to get them done really quick. One of them is almost done and I started on another one last night but I had to stop because a friend came over, I got pretty far, I was able to complete three pages before I got interrupted. Now I have to start on the hardest one.

Other than that I don't really have anything interesting going on right now. Did I mention I was tired and sleepy? I think I am going home to take a nap during lunch.

Oh, I am also tired of pseudo-intellectuals!

What is going on with you?

Helping the Straights Out

I like to think I am doing my part in helping straight community understand the gay community. A few post back, KB's husband wanted to know if gay men didn't mind the smell of farts. The gays weighed in and the results show and we can safely say that gays, just like straights, do mind the smell of farts. This is just one more thing we have in common.

Now Mr. D wants to know if gay men play swords. Send your response now and we will let D know of the results.

Oh come on...don't tell me you don't know what swords are? If you have to ask I might have to show you :)

Weekend Update

So I am watching the Olympic partner skating right now and they are playing a lot of Spanish music. I just heard some Celia Cruz, Luis Miguel, I heard an old ballad earlier and now they are playing some bossa nova. Does anyone know why? Is it a requirement?
Has anyone been watching the Olympics? This is the first time I have watched any part of Olympics, I enjoy the summer Olympics a lot better.

Anyway, on to better topics (maybe). This was a very relaxing weekend. It was terribly cold here and the roads were some-what hazardous so I stayed home as much as possible. I was suppose to go to a party on Saturday night but it got canceled because of the weather. So a few of the people who were going to the party decided to swing by my place instead. They brought the food they were going to take to the other party so we had plenty to eat. We just talked, ate, and played poker. I don't know the first think about poker, I think I might have played once or twice but I don't know what I doing. But I actually won, I was surprised. My strategy? Do you really want to know? Get them drunk then take their money. No, actually the guys that come over don't drink so it was a very calm evening. No stripping or flashing, or drunk dialing.

I started reading The History of Love by Nicole Krauss on Friday and I finished it today. I couldn't put the book down, it kept taking little twist and turns that I just wasn't expecting and I was hooked. When I got to the last page I kept flipping through the pages hoping there was more. If you get a chance make sure you read this book.

Other than that I don't have anything else going on. I have to go back to work tomorrow but I think I may go in late and let the icy roads melt a little.

I hope you had a great weekend.

Class Reunion Update and Weekend Plans.

Well, it is settled. I am not going to my class reunion.
After an email with he time and place of our reunion was sent out a chain of emails got started in which people shared their live stories, called each other names, and just made asses out of themselves. Watching their childish actions quickly helped me make my decision that I did not want to be a part of any of this.
I was planning on sharing a few of the comments but I decided against it. What's the point?

Is anyone else glad it's the weekend? What are your plans for the weekend?

I am going to study most of the weekend. I do have a meeting at 9:30 on Saturday morning (Who schedules meetings on Saturday morning?), a dance thing to see a guy Chico is in love with at 2, and I have to hurry home and make a coffee cake for a party at 7 p.m.
I was asked to bring something home made but I am not about to cook for these fools, so instead I am just going to throw together a coffee cake.

I don't really have much planned for Sunday. I need to do laundry at some point, clean house and maybe head over to see my family.

Reasons I hate My Space - #1

Please who you may not care to much for contact you.

I got this message on My Space account today -

"I went to (insert high school name here)... do you know me?"

Why, Yes I do know you. And if I wanted any sort of relationship with you I would talk to you when I see you out at the bars, at the clubs, at restaurants, at the mall, or at our mutual friends get togethers.

Class Reunion, Stress, Naps, and other ramblings

My ten year class reunion is coming up in June and I don't think I am going. FWmama and I have been emailing about it and there isn't anyone there I care to see. Maybe it is because I am in a horrible mood this morning but I just want to see those people.

Did you go to your reunion? If you did, did you enjoy it?

Are you having a shitty day like I am? I so, do you want to come over and jump in bed with me and take a nap? Naps always help me when I am having a bad day, it's like starting all over.


Other random comments:

1. I decided to change my concentration for my MBA. My concentration was supply chain management, now it will be project management. I may have to take a few extra classes but I think I will enjoy it more.

2. I am kind of stressed at work. I normally enjoy working under stress but this is not fun.

3. My finance paper for school is going to suck. I can't even pick a topic that my professor likes. I have suggested 3 different topics and he has turned down all 3. I am going in for my 4th today. If I don't have a topic by the end of the day I will get 10 points taken off my paper. I don't like him very much right now.

4. Any takers on the nap?

UPDATE - Read all About IT

First - I am a little offended that only one person took me up on the opportunity to take a nap with me. Thanks.

Second - I have a topic for my paper. After much pleading and crying he finally said my topic was OHIO Well, I didn't cry but I did tell him I had no bucking clue what he was looking for so he agreed to go with my second topic "even though it doesn't meet the criteria". So I hope he doesn't take points off when he is grading it at the end of the semester. Do we have any finance majors in blogdom?

I am Green

I am green with envy. My co-worker got a beautiful bouquet of flowers that has the office smelling so good. And yesterday I got a call from a friend and he received a bouquet of flowers at work from a secret admirer. The card says something like - I have been admiring you from a distance, I hope you feel the same way I do - We tried figuring out who it could be but we still have no clue. I am very excited for him because he has been single for about 3 years now.

A long time ago my friend FWmama use to send me flowers for my birthday. I don't actually recall if she ever sent me flowers for Valentines. Thanks for the flowers SM!

Do you have a Valentine? If not, do you wish you did?

Which would you rather get Flowers or Chocolate?

I did get a coat for Valentines. My little brother called me last night and there was a sale on top coats so he got me one. I should get it in the mail in about a week. I love coats, I have way to many so one more wont hurt me. And it really isn't that cold here, so I am not sure why I need a top coat. Maybe I will live in a cold city one day, and I won't have to worry about buying one then.

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

Two Week Recap

I have decided to just give you a short recap of the last two weeks instead of making this a long story.

D.C.
I love D.C. and I really, really, really want to find a job and move there. It isn't because of David. It turns out he isn't as cute as my co-worker said he was. But he is very nice. He actually reminds me a lot of Wade (Wade called me last weekend and we had a very long conversation, I will have to post about that another day).

It wasn't a bad week, I was staying at the Sofitel in Lafayette Square, which is a block away from the White house and about two blocks from where I was working. Worked totally rocked, the guys I was working with are really cool. I went to work at 9:30 and left by 4:30. It was great, that is how every work week should be. I learned a lot and I am ready to start using what I learned.

Since the museums close at 5 p.m. in D.C. I didn't have the chance to visit many of them. But I was able to skip work most of Thursday and visit some of the sites.

Here are some pictures of the places I went to:

The White House


Washington Monument


WWII Memorial - This memorial wasn't there last time I was there.


Lincoln Memorial


Smithsonian Castle / Enid A. Haupt Garden


National Gallery of Art


While I was in D.C. I went to Ford Theater to see the play Trying and it was amazing. The performance by James Whitmore was great. He is such a great actor, it was truly an honor to see him perform. This is the first play that has brought tears to my eyes...twice. If you have the opportunity, see this play.

Ford Theater is where Lincoln got shot and this is the box where it all went down:



After the play I was walking back to the hotel and I got to see the presidents motorcade. He was going back to the White House after giving the state of the union address. It was kind of exciting.



And of course - no trip to Washington D.C. would be complete without protesters. These protesters were there to protest genocide in Darfur.




I also went to the National Theater,
The Freer Gallery,
The African Art Museum, and
The National Museum of Women in the Arts .

Oh, and I also saw
Damn Yankees at
Arena Stage. The acting was great, especially by Meg Gillentine who played Lola. She is beautiful, she can sing, she can dance, she is - in one word amazing.

Chicago was less exciting. Worked sucked. My co-worker and I went to see
Wicked at the Ford Theater. The Ford Theater in Chicago is the most beautiful theater I have ever been to. The detail of the building is amazing.

I also lost my phone in Chicago, I left it in the cab. Luckily my co-worker was smart enough to call the cab company and the cab driver dropped it off at the hotel. In Chicago I also stayed at the Sofitel but it was a ghetto version of the hotel in D.C.

I got sick in Chicago, I guess my body isn't use to walking around in snow and the 20 degree temperature. My co-worker got sick too and we were both going to call in sick on Friday to recover but my wicked bitch of a boss told us we needed to be at work at all cost. She is pure evil. EVIL.

I didn't read blogs for the whole week. I was going through some withdrawals. It is good to be back sleeping in my own bed.

I know I said it was going to be short but once I started writing it just came out.

I am Back! (Part II)

I am back for good this time and I caught a wicked cold while I was in Chicago so I have been home all day with a headache and body aches. I don't really have much to report, I will update over the following days on my trips to DC and Chicago.

I am going to a gallery opening tonight but I am only going to stay for a short while. I plan to be home and in bed by 9 p.m. and tomorrow I will continue to work on homework. I am two weeks behind on school work so I need to catch up.

Oh, my friend Chico came over last night and he helped me clean my place. It was a mess since I haven't been home in two weeks. Thanks Chico!

Oh, one more thing. I love drunken calls :) KB called last night to ask me some questions about gay men and farts. Apparently her husband thought gay men didn't mind the smell of farts. We took a survey of the gay men in my living room (Chico and I) and overwhelming results are in. 100% of the people surveyed agreed that gay men do not, I repeat do not, enjoy the smell of farts.

I am Back!

And I am so tired. My flight got in around 9 p.m. last night and I really wanted to go home and sleep but my sister was having a birthday party for her husband who turned 40. So I went to the hall where the party was being held and I had a really good time. I got to see one of my two favorite cousins and the food was delicious.

I will post about my week in DC tomorrow, right now I need to catch up on my bills, laundry, and everything else that didn't get done last week.

I leave for Chicago on Monday so I won't be posting to much next week either unless I decide to take my laptop.

I hope everyone is doing well. I will try to catch up with you and your blogs over the weekend.

Life Happens

I am really busy with school and work right now. Did I mention classes started a couple of weeks ago? Boy have they started. I thought I was taking one hard class and an easy class but apparently I was fooled. My easy class already has two papers assigned and my hard class only has one. I have been working on one of them for the last couple of days and I hope to have it done sometime next week. Oh, and I have a test tomorrow.

Yea, work is also kicking my ass!

You probably won't see many post from me over the next couple of weeks. I am going to be traveling to DC and Chicago for work so I am not sure what my schedule will look like. I will definitely be home during the weekends to do laundry and fly out again. It should be interesting.
I will try to post when I can but I will probably be working on papers or on homework. Or maybe even flirting with the boys ;) I get to see David. My coworker tells me he is hot. Maybe I can take a picture of him and post it when I come back.

I hope all is going well with you in your worlds.

The Things People Do

I went to bed early last night because I wanted to get up this morning and go for a jog but instead I slept through the alarm and woke up very late. But that is not what this post is about.

Are there things you do as a result something your parents told you?
Every night before I go to bed I take a drink of water. When I was young my mother told me that if I went to bed thirsty and if I died during the night I would spend the afterlife in search of water because I died thirsty. I know it doesn't make any sense but when you are 5 or 6 it scares the shit out of you so if you are thirsty you drink water.

Some of us would call them lies, but they are really just creative ways of scaring the hell out of your children to get them to do what you want.

There is also the story of el cucuy (the bogeyman), la llorona (the weeping woman) and countless other stories people tell their children to get them to behave.

What stories did your parents tell you to scare you into submission?

Is it to late?

I met a guy in December at an event I attended. He was very cute, funny, friendly, and seemed smart. We talked, we laughed, and had a good time. At the end of the night he asked for my number and I didn't have any problems giving it to him but we couldn't find a pen. So he gave me his number and I saved it on my phone but I still haven't called. I meant to call but one thing led to another and next thing you know a month has passed and I still haven't called. Is it to late to call? Would you take my phone call?

When he gave me his number I said something along the lines of "So now I have to do all of the work" to which he replied "I will do all the work later" and did this cute/sexy thing with his tongue.

Friday...And all is well

I am so glad the weekend is here. I plan to do absolutely nothing, I may go out to the country to visit my sister and spend some time by the lake if it is not to cold and if I decide to make the drive. I love it out there, it is so peaceful.
I do need to go shopping, I have decided I don't have any going out clothes. Everything I have is so two seasons ago. I will need to go out and buy a few shirts, new shoes, etc. I asked a guy I know to go with me b/c he dresses really cool, maybe it will wear off on me. And I need something different. Totally different from what I normally buy.

I give out horrible advice. If I ever volunteer my advice, please remember this post. Consider this your warning.

All Systems Down...Again

I find it a little disturbing that I work for a high tech/out sorcing company and our systems are down all of the time. They have been down all morning and they were down most of yesterday.

That doesn't leave me with much to do. So I read blogs, I surf the internet, and I yawn a lot.

Did I mention that they made me move offices last week? I use to have this huge office and they made me move to an even bigger office right next door. Yes, right next door. Why you ask? Well, they wanted to give my office to someone in Investor Relations and they didn't want to give her the big office. So I get the big office. Yay for me.

Did I mention I am moving again on Friday? Yeap, why you ask? Well, they are moving my department to a building that is about 20 minutes away from the main campus and I will be in a cubicle instead of my spacious office. So I will have to move again on Friday around lunch.
I am a little pissed about the move because it is going to increase my drive about 20 minutes. But I can now listen to NPR in the morning and I can listen to books on tape.

I feel like doing some shopping. I am going to run over the West Village and buy me something pretty to make me feel better. I will be back in two hours and if the system is not back up by then I am going home for the day.

I love my people

Yes, I have people!

I am not sure what it is about my culture but somehow it is considered a compliment to tell someone they have gained weight. I was with my aunt and she tells me "Te vez mas rellenito" which translates to "You look fuller". And what can you say? I know she wasn't trying to call me fat, I know she wasn't trying to be mean. She meant it as a compliment. But how can you really take it as a compliment especially when I am trying to loose weight.

Ouch

Yea, I am in pain. I started exercising again last night and my body hates me this morning. I went for a jog and I dusted off the old Power 90 dvd's. I will keep you guys updated on my progress. I really just need to eat healthy but how could I turn down my craving for fried food? It is going to be difficult.

My 5 minute drive to work took me about 25 minutes this morning. An 18 wheeler was blocking the street because he couldn't figure out how to make a right turn without taking out the side of the building. Unfortunately I couldn't go anywhere.

Then I get to work and there is a small fire in the parking lot. I looked at the fire and at the people trying to put it out and I just kept on walking. It was way to early to be brave and besides, I didn't want to smell like smoke.

On a more upbeat/positive note, I started organizing my pantry last night. I have so much more room now. I am going back to the Bed Bath and Beyond and I am returning some stuff I bought and I am buying a lazy Susan to put in my pantry. I know, I know, just because she is lazy doesn't mean I have to punish her and put her in the pantry but I think she would do wonders in there.

Have a great Tuesday!!!

P.S. The website I use to tell me when you have updated your blog has been all screwed up for the last few days so I haven't been reading. I am going to try to catch up on blogs today.

Picture Weekend Update

I had a pretty lazy/boring weekend. I decided to stay home on Friday night because school started last Monday and I had not opened my books or done any of my readings. So I stayed home and I read, a lot. The pictures below were taken on my way back home from picking up Vietnamese food for dinner.


I will take a better picture of downtown and post it later.



Saturday...more fun. I woke up and I decided to go visit my sisters and my friend Sarah. I love visiting my nieces and nephews, they say and do the funniest things. The pictures below were taken on my way to my sisters house.




I am thinking about making this picture my title bar. I will need to figure out how to do that.

Sunday I went to mass with my friend Juan. I have been wanting to check out the big Catholic Cathedral downtown. The cathedral is beautiful and mass was mass. After mass we walked around the arts district for a while and then we went and met "Horacio" and "Hawk" for dim sum. It turned into a day with Juan. After we went home and changed and then went to Bed Bath and Beyond to buy some shelves and then to see Pride and Prejudice. I loved this movie, I think it is the greatest love story ever told :)



Oh, one more thing. I got finally went to the library and got my library card. The library is HUGE, it is 8 floors and they have everything you can think of. I love it.

She said what?

I can't help but laugh every time I think of the comment that was left on yesterdays post. Did you see it? I am talking about the anonymous comment.

Maybe it is funny because I know who did it and that it was meant as a joke.

When I first read it I had tears coming out of my eyes and now every time I read it I can't help but laugh.

If you haven't read Kerry's blog check it out. She is witty and funny.

Also, I have moved my list of books to read for 2006 to the side bar. Thanks for the recommendations. I will let you guys know what I think of these books. I am going to the library on Saturday to check some of them out.

2006 Reading List

I have put together a list of books I want to read for 2006. If there are any books you have read recently and you think they are worth reading let me know and I might add them to my list:

Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman

The Interpreter; A tale of Crime and Injustice by Alice Kaplan

Zorro by Isabell Allende

The Language Police by Diane Ravitch

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff

Address Unkown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor

Breakfast with Tiffany, an Uncles Momoir by Edwin John Wintle

Assimil Language Books

Washington Square by Henry James

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Read so far this Year
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss LOVED You should read it

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Buying a fishing rod for my granfather by Xingjian Gao


Started reading but couldn't bear finishing the book
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Books on my original list but I decided not to read

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Farm Boys

I had an interview in White Settlement yesterday. The name of the city may sound familiar to you because recently they were trying to change the name of the city to White Settlement to West Settlement because of the perceived racial discrimination in the name.
Anyway, after the interview I stopped at this OLD gas station. It was one of those gas stations where you have to go inside and pay and you have to stop the pump yourself.
As I pull in there is an old beat up truck and a young guy pumping gas. He is one of those young guys that is country, he is wearing a baseball cap, an old t-shirt, boots, and jeans. I get out of my car and smile at him and go inside to pay. As I was pumping I went over the amount of had pre-paid so I went back in to pay again. When I was coming out he was already leaving and he pulls his truck up close to my car and said

Farm Boy (FB): Hey
Me: How's it going?
FB: Do you get good mileage with your car?
Me: Yea...blablabla
FB: I am thinking about getting a car, my old beat up truck doesn't get good mileage. Blablablabla
FB: Do you live around here?
Me: No
FB: We should get together some time..

So I gave him my number. Maybe I can change FB to Fuck Buddy instead of Farm Boy :) J/K

He was cute, if he calls I may meet him for a drink. I will keep you posted.

We are 11 days into the year and I have already accomplished one of my resolutions. I am in love. I know what you are thinking, "But Cesar, you just met FB." Relax, it isn't him.
His name is David and he works for one of the law firms I deal with on a regular basis. He has a great voice and sounds cute. I found out today he is from Spain and has the sexist accent. (O.K. I may be lusting...I am not in love). I get to spend a week with him starting on the 30th. :) I am going to be training with him in DC :)
I can't wait.

Pan Dulce

Pan Dulce
Originally uploaded by kai7710.

My friend Chico took me out to dinner tonight. We went to Veracruz, a great little restaurant in the Bishop Arts district. Like always, the food was amazing. If you live in the DFW area you have to try this restaurant.

Somehow, the conversation took a turn for the worse. We ordered cheeze with chorizo (mexican sausage) and some how that got us started on a sexual conversation.

I hope Chico makes a post of this conversation because he is really good at telling stories.

But anyway, I was telling him about a Panaderia (Mexican Bread Store) in Fort Worth that makes the best bread and I was telling him how the owners are really rude (they remind me of the soup nazi from Sienfield) but how people keep coming back because the bread is so good.

He then took that and converted into a sexual comment and how the guys I date keep coming back to get some more of my pan dulce (sweet bread) and made the sign on the lid of my to go container. (Yes, he drew a penis)

My Sunday Treat

Today as I was driving around I had the opportunity to listen to Azar Nafisi on Studio 360. If you have not had the opportunity to read Reading Lolita in Tehran I suggest you buy or borrow this book from your local library immediately. It has been on the best selling list for 2 years for a reason.
Ever since I read this book I have been reading all of the articles published by Azar Nafisi and I find her to be a fascinating woman. If you take my recommendation let me know what you think of the book.

Yawn - Saturday

It was a lazy Saturday. I didn't do much besides getting a hair cut and having a facial. It was really very relaxing.
I think I found a place to get a hair cut in the surrounding neighborhoods that won't cost $50. I found this place called Socorro's


Socorro's Beauty Salon
(sorry the picture is so small - I will figure out how to make it bigger)

The people there were very nice and friendly. The owner even offered me a gansito which I love. I think that won me over. They also paid compliments on my shoes and my shirt :) How could I not go back? And my hair looks pretty good.

Since I just moved to my neighborhood I have been trying to find out what it has to offer. There is a lot of hip and cool places to the north west of my neighborhood but to the east there are a lot of hole in the wall places. Those are the ones I am interested in, while I was running around I found an Asian market, an Italian shop with fresh pasta, and there are a lot of Mexican restaurants. There is also a little Thai restaurant and a lot of Vietnamese restaurants. Now I have to find someone to try these restaurants with me. I need to find a place that makes fresh baked sweet Mexican bread. That use to be my breakfast on Sunday mornings.

I have decided I will start incorporating pictures of the places in my neighborhood. Right outside of my place you can see all of downtown Dallas and it is a beautiful sight at night. As soon as I take one at night I will post it. I will need to figure out how to make the pictures bigger.


On a positive note: I did have another phone interview and I have a follow up interview on Tuesday. There are some pros and cons to this job.
Pros -
1. A lot more money (A LOT)
2. They are interested
3. They have two positions and they are only interviewing 3 candidates.
4. Great vacation benefits
5. Great medical benefits

Cons -
1. It is in FW (about 45 minutes away)
2. It is not the job I wanted.
3. It is in the defense industry. May conflict with my morals esp. the anti-war beliefs.
4. Once I get use to the money it would be hard to leave.

On a different note: I have been working with this guy on getting some stuff done. All of our communications have always been through email but yesterday he called me and his voice is SEXY. It is deep, masculine, and seductive. Yesterday we met up so he could give me some stuff and the voice matches the body and the personality. He seems like a really cool guy but he is really young. I think he is 22 or 23 and he is the artsy type. I love the artsy type...but the artsy type and my Type A personality don't really mix to well. Not that he showed any interest in me or anything. I am just saying.

Sleep Over's

I don't like it when men spend the night. It complicates things and it makes for a shitty day.
My reasons are:
1. You don't get any sleep (this is both a good and a bad thing).
2. He may be a snorer
3. He may be a sheet hog.
4. I am not use to having someone in my bed so every time he turns I wake up.
5. He gives off to much body heat and I wake up in puddles of sweat.

The sex was good though.

It's been a bad week!

Yea, a pretty shitty week indeed.

My boss quit yesterday so I decided to stay home today and continue my job search. It is pretty hard trying to find a job when everyone wants to know why I am leaving my current company after 4 months. Can I tell them that my current employer is corrupts? Can I tell them I feel like I am working in hell every time I show up to work? I have to find a better way to tell them why I am leaving.
On a better note, I do have some job leads and I had a phone interview this morning. At the end of the interview they tell me there isn't a job opening YET and that when there is it will probably be in Canada. I am cool with that, I like Canada.
I have been a ball of nerves. I didn't think my boss was leaving until the beginning of January but she said she couldn't take it anymore. She is trying to help us find jobs so hopefully her recomendations will help.

A dog peed on me. That is all I am going to say about that.

I am having my morning coffee right now (I know it is already 12:07 but I just woke up about an hour ago) and I am going to jump in the shower and go do some shopping to distract me for a minute. Tomorrow I am going to get a facial and make it a ME day. I need some pampering.

Predictions

O.K. So nobody is into making New Years Resolutions so how about we try to make some predictions (guesses) of what is going to happen for you in 2007, and if you want of each other.

I will start - feel free to join in:

I predict -
I will have a new job in 2006. Hopefully I will be living in DC and traveling a lot with my job.

I will loose 10 lbs and I will still not be happy with my body.

I will start talking to Wade again because I miss him but nothing will come out of it...I am willing to give it a shot anyway.

I will finish my masters program.

I will fall in love. Truly in love.

I am a Type A - That's not such a bad thing.

You Have A Type A Personality

A You are hyper, energetic, and always on the mood You tend to succeed at everything you attempt And if you don't succeed at first, you quickly climb your way to the top! You could be called a workaholic, but you also make time for fun As long as it's high energy and competitive, you're interested You have the perfect personality for business and atheltic success

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

New Year...New me?

I am not one to make new years resolutions because I don't follow through with them, and I really don't know anyone else who does. But there are some things I want to do this coming year but I won't call them new years resolutions.
This coming year I want to:
1. Finish my masters
2. Loose 10 lbs.
3. Dust off my camera and take more pictures.
4. Take karate or boxing lessons
5. Read more

That is it. I should be able to do all of these if I put some effort into it.

Do you make resolutions?

Happy New Year

This has been a very exciting year for me, both personally and professionally. I switched jobs and started working for a high tech company which turned out not to be the best decision I have made but I did learn a lot and I worked for the best boss anyone could ever ask for. Personally, I met some great people through some activities I was involved in and I made at least one life long friend. I also bought a condo this year and I love my new neighborhood. And hopefully around this same time next year I will have my masters and I will be done with school.

Overall, it has been a great new year and I hope this year was as great to you as it was to me.

Here’s my wish for all of you in 2006:
A year of happiness, opportunity, peace, luck, love and the power to make your positive dreams come true!

I am jealous

I am jealous of those interesting people that always manage to find something interesting in their lives to write about. I have nothing...so I write about nothing.

I could write about how I gained 4 lbs since I have been jogging but that won't be interesting.

I could write about how I really hurt my back, that would be interesting but it would also be embarrassing.

I could write about everything that is going on at work but I am afraid that would only manage to depress me and you.

Other than that I don't have anything new to report.

Ohhh, My Back

I decided to escape my family after two days. My plan was to spend Saturday, Sunday and Monday with them in Fort Worth but after Saturday and Sunday I packed my overnight bag and I came back home. No drama, I was just tired of sharing a bed with my little brother (or not so little, he is 21) and not having a moment of piece and quiet.

Yesterday I went shopping with my friend Juan and I got a great coat. I also found a really great pair of shoes but they only had the left shoe so I didn't get them. Later Chico, Juan and I went to see Memoirs of a Geisha. I was very disappointed with the movie. I was expecting it to be better because the book was so great but they left out so many of the good parts. I truly don't believe that anyone who hasn't read the book will enjoy the movie but Chico has a different opinion.

I am in so much pain right now. My back is killing me. I am not sure what I did (I do but I don't want to air out my dirty laundry) to deserve this. It hurts to walk, it hurts to sit, it even hurts laugh. I think I need some strong pain medication but I don't want to go to the doctor for back pain. I think I will just wait it out and hopefully it will go away in a few days.

Note to self: Don't try that again.

Christmas with the family

As always, Christmas was a big production. I won't bore you with to much details I will just say that kids performed, adults played games, and like the last few years we had a kareoke contest (which I did not win even though the judges were my parents) all in all we had a great time.
The picture above is of the gifts when I got to my sisters house. I was the first one there so by the time everyone else arrived there were a ton of gifts. I left my sisters house around 2:30 in the morning and the kids had opened their gifts and the adults hadn't even started.

I got some good gifts this year. My favorite was the one that my mom gave me, she made me a quilt that is just absolutely amazing. I love it and it is very warm.

I hope the rest of you had a great holiday!

Did you like your gifts?
What was the best gift you got?
Is it really the thought that counts?

Persona non grata

I have become a persona non grata at my previous place of employment. I received an email from one of my ex employees who informed me she was in trouble for communicating with me and was asked to cease all communications. I originally thought one of the analyst who I have also been communicating with told my old boss because she has been known to have loose lips but my employee told me her new boss had been reading her emails.

Can you believe it? She was reading her emails.

Her new boss also use to work for me and when I left she was promoted. Before I left I, along with the 2 other managers in the department, strongly discouraged my boss and my director from promoting her because of her lack of social skills and her negative attitude but apparently they didn't listen. Now they have people who want to leave because she is a complete and total Bitch and she lacks the basic social and communication skills the rest of us learned at the age of 5.

So...now that I know I am not suppose to be communicating with them I am dropping off Christmas cards at the security desk and I am sending them all an e-card. I am doing it because I too can be a total and complete Asshole but most importantly I am doing it because I worked there for 7 years and I made some good friends while I was there. If my old boss or the Bitch have an issue with me they can take it up with me directly and leave the people that stayed behind alone.

The greatest love story ever told

I saw King Kong last night with my friend Juan and the movie is amazing. It is action packed and I was scared so many times that I thought I had peed in my pants (no not really). I never saw the original movie so it was all new to me and in my opinion King Kong is the greatest love story ever told. Speaking of Love, I love Adrien Brody. Well I love his nose. Some of you know I have a thing for noses. No, I don't go home and masturbate thinking of noses but I think a guy with a great nose and good check bone structure is HOT. And by a great nose I don't mean small and slender, I mean big, crocked, or somehow different. I know, I am weird but I love noses...what can I do. On a side note, you also get to see Adrien shirtless and it made me fall even more in love with him.

On a totally different note:
I just paid $296 for my school text books. Why are books so expensive? I have decided to take 2 graduate courses this coming semester instead of three since things are a bit uncertain with my current situation. I also decided to take both classes online so I won't have to drive to class in case I have to move cities or states.
If all goes according to my plan I will be done with my masters in 2006. I can't wait to get it over with. I am still considering going to law school but I have to study for the LSAT and bring my LSAT score way up before I get to excited about getting admitted into law school.

On a completely totally unrelated note:
I get to go home tomorrow at 10 a.m. I am excited. I am going to go to lunch with friends and then I may go watch Brokeback Mountain. Not sure of the plan yet, I am just excited to be going home early.

If I don't get to write or read your blogs before the Holidays have a great time and enjoy every minute you spend with your friends and family.

I don't mean to brag

but although I never cook I am pretty good at it. My friend Kathy and I meet at my place for lunch about once a week. Normally we order food but last night I decided I wanted to cook lunch for us. So I started cooking and it turned out delicious. I baked pork marinated in lemon and basil/cilantro, I also made some couscous, and some rice pilaf. So today we met at my place for lunch and we had a wonderful lunch with great food and even better company. True to our tradition, Kathy brought the dessert, an Italian cake from Neimans. I don't mean to brag but the pork was heavenly...the couscous was divine...and the rice pilaf was so so.

One of these days I may cook for you :)

On a side note: Thanks for your help Joey Destino. I can now insert hyperlinks without appearing as if I had meant to do bullet points. Check out his website, great pictures but even better stories. (I am still trying to figure out who HSNB is.)

Oh what fun it is to ride.....

(I bet some of you were thinking dirty thoughts)

on a one horse open sleigh...

I am almost done Christmas shopping. I almost wish I didn't celebrate this holiday!!!! (notice the exclamation marks...I really mean this) I always feel obligated to get people gifts even if I don't like them just because they got me something. I wasn't planning on getting anything for my co-workers because I just started here and I really don't know them to well but they all got me something so now I have to do the same. I was thinking about going to Bath and Body Works and getting them a basket with goodies but I just remembered of a suggestion that was made by

Shigeki

about getting them

chocolates

and I may do just that.

On a positive note, I am almost done Christmas shopping. I need to buy a gift for my parents, my little brother, and 4 other miscellaneous gifts. I know what I am getting everyone though. GIFTCARDS! I know it is impersonal but my parents would really appreciate a gift card rather than buying them something they will need to pack and take back with them to California. My little brother is so picky that I just don't know what to get him and the other 4...well...I just can't think of what to get them. So tonight I am going shopping and I will be done.

On a side note - does anyone know how I can get rid of the bullet when I insert links in my post?

My Friends are Drunks

Last night there was a holiday/anniversary get together at Havana for the non profit that I use to be the president of. My friend Chico and I were only planning on staying there for a little while because we had other things to do but one thing led to another and next thing you know it is midnight and we are still there. I was planning on taking a cab home because I rode with Chico but his roommate took me home at a little past midnight while the rest of the crazy kids stayed behind and kept partying.

Around 9 a.m. this morning I sent three of the guys that stayed till the end a text message and this is how the conversation went:
Me: I drank to much. I may still be drunk.
Friend 1: I ha8 life right now.
Friend 2: Me 2 i am home rt now.
Friend 3: Oh me too. Just waking up.

I had a 2 hour meeting with my boss and I kept thinking...I am going to throw up, I am going to throw up. Luckily I made it out of there without throwing up but I almost fell asleep in her office.

I have a BIG decision to make this weekend and I was planning on thinking and drinking my weekend away but after last night I decided to speed up the decision making process and avoid the alcohol.

I am not as young as I use to be.

The Elephants

Ever since I moved to my new place I have been speculating about what my neighbors,

The Elephants

,are doing when they make all of the noise. First I thought they were training for a marathon because they walk from one side of their home to the other all day long, then I thought they were bowling because I would hear something drop and roll, I later found out that they had a dog. Last night I got to see this dog. I thought it was a BIG dog like a German Shepard, a Bulldog, or something along those lines but last night I got to see the dog that makes most of the noise (the humans are still the ones training for a marathon not the dog). Guess what breed this dog is? Go on guess.


Ready? It is a pug. A freaking pug. How can such a small dog make so much noise? It seriously sounds like he is dropping a ball and rolling it across the floor. I now have to come up with a plan to make this dog disappear.

One of the guys did apologize for being a heavy walker (I didn't say anything). We were all leaving our homes at the same time and he asked me if the noise was loud.

Nothing New to Report

I wish my life was more interesting but unfortunately I have nothing new to report.

I did start jogging last night. I went for a jog in my neighborhood around 9 p.m. and it was nice to do something physical again. I am committing myself to jog 3-4 days a week. I only joged about 1 mile last night but I want to bring that up to 3 to 4 miles a day. We will see how it goes, I need to loose about 5 - 10 lbs. which is not much and shouldn't take me very long to loose them provided I stick with it. I am also going to start trying out gyms in my new neighborhood this week. There are some really nice gyms a few blocks away but I don't really feel like paying $68 to work out. Although this gym has some really great amenities like... they wash your car for you, they have a full spa, they have two heated indoor pools, all kinds of classes, and did I mention they wash your car for you?
But still, I am not sure I want to pay $68 when I can go to another gym a few miles away and pay $30 (but they don't have as many classes and they don't wash your car for you).

I am also considering taking a karate/Tae Kwan Do (sp?) class at a place two blocks from my house. I think that would be interesting and I have always wanted to take a class like this. Well, I have always wanted to take boxing classes but since the karate school is so close I think I will give that a try.

Work sucks right now. It is very stressful and I am actually busy. We just received news yesterday that they are moving my department to another building about 15 - 20 minutes away. I am not really happy about that because I live less than 8 minutes from work right now.

That is all I have...send good thoughts my way.

Warning: Do Not Leave Candle Unattended

I am so glad they put that warming on candles. This weekend while I was unpacking I came to a box of candles so I decided to light one up. As the day progressed I kept doing other things and later while I was on the phone with my cell phone provider my smoke detector beeped once, at first I didn't pay any attention because I was trying to take care of an issue but then it beeped again, and then it just kept beeping so I turned around and I look at my coffee table and there on top of my favorite tray was a little fire caused by the candle I was burning. The fire was self contained in the candle holder that came with the candle. Well, it was self contained until I tried to put it out. First I started to fan it with some files laying on the floor, then I threw a glass of water and that only managed to make the fire bigger and the candle holder shatter. After all was said and done I had wax all over the tray, pieces of glass everywhere and a horrible smell in my new place.

To make things worse, I screamed like a little girl while I was on the phone with my cell phone provider. I will say, that was the best service I have ever had from Cingular, she had to call me back several times to take care of the issue and each time she asked me if I was okay and if my place had stopped smelling. Because of this I am nominating Alex Mendoza with Cingular for Best Customer Support of the Year.

And yes, the smell is gone. It is now safe to come and visit me.

Winter Mess

What would you have done if you didn't have to work today?

All week the weather reporters have been forecasting a winter nightmare with sleet and snow covering our streets. It was suppose to happen yesterday and we I was hopeing for the worst but all we got was some sleet that didn't stick and cold weather. Normally when it snows or sleet in Dallas/Fort Worth the city is shut down and hardly anybody has to go to work. I wanted to take the day to rest and read a good book but instead I am at work. I did wake up late though, I decided I would take an extra hour of sleep just in case it was bad and I didn't have to come to work but living a few minutes away from work doesn't give you much of an excuse.

I hope you guys enjoy your day!!

Unpacking Sucks

How long did it take you to completely move in to your current place? And by completely I mean how long did it take you to unpack all of your boxes and place everything where it belongs?

I think it is going to take me months. I am to busy in the afternoons to unpack anything so I am going to have to do it over the next few weekend. Every time I open a new box I take the stuff out and I put everything on the kitchen table and I pray and hope that by the time I get home the little elves would have put all of my stuff up. Do you remember the story of the elves that made shoes while the shoemaker and his wife slept? What was it called? Well, that is exactly what I want, minus the

shoes

. Actually, if they made me

shoes

I would probably be happier...I can worry about arranging my stuff later. Once I am done decorating I will post some pictures.

My drive to work

Today was the first day I drove to work from my new home. My drive has been reduced from 1 - 1.5 hours to...drum role please...8 minutes. 8 minutes, isn't that great? That is 8 minutes from the time I close my door to the time I open my office door. I even stopped at the cleaners to drop off some clothes. Incredible.

I even woke up an hour and a half later than I use to so hopefully I won't be sleep deprived anymore. Life is GREAT!

Move & My New neighbor's

I finally moved in this weekend and my new place is slowly getting to feel like home. The movers brought my stuff on Saturday morning so I had most of the afternoon to unpack and arrange. I made the guys from the moving company move my furniture several times before I was happy with the location. Actually, it really wasn't me, my friend Kathy was passing by and she came in to help me out. I had no clue what I was going to do with my furniture...thank goodness she has a nack for decorating.

I spent all day Saturday unpacking and decorating but I still have a long way to go. My furniture is a little to big for this place but I am managing to make it work. It is hard moving from a house to a condo...don't ever do it....although there are advantages. I will give you my final verdict in a few months.

Last night I had a few friends over to keep me company for a little while...that little while turned into hours, and hours. I have never drank so much beer and eaten so much pizza in all of my life. We had a great time but I was exhausted from unpacking all day. Needless to say my Sunday was pretty much wasted. I didn't wake up until 11 and by the time I decided to get out of bed and going it was way late. I did manage to go back to my old place and picking up some more stuff that I needed. As of now all of the stuff I brought back with my is sitting in my living room...maybe I will get around to putting it away this week...maybe.

I met some of my neighbors and one of them pointed out where all of the gay people live...apparently there is a lot of us in my little community. Hopefully they are all not full of drama. I can already tell I am going to strongly dislike my neighbors from upstairs. They are load but I am not sure it is their fault. Every time they take one step I can hear them and it is driving me crazy. I have never been in an apartment type setting so I have never had to deal with this sort of thing. I should have thought about that before I purchased this place. I am sure I will get use to it but sometimes it sounds like they are bowling up there. My mother came over last Thursday to help me do some stuff and she things I am exaggerating and my friend Juan things I am being a bit to dramatic but it does bother me. Right now I can hear their t.v. and it is loud. But I probably shouldn't complain to much because we were here until 3 or 4 a.m. last night laughing and being loud. Maybe with time I will get to know and love my elephant neighbors.