"kids" these days..

hola hola everyone.. yup.. that's my tell-tale sign.. i'm blogging from mexico.. i got here last night.. MINUS one bag.. which, of course.. is the one that had all my work stuff in it.. plus all my fun stuff.. meaning hair stuff (that doesn't really work).. jewelry.. (that's fun to wear).. and a bunch of other last-minute things i threw in there.. but i got it today.. it came via Guadalajara.. how, why?? NO clue.. but it's here.. and it's fully intact.. so i'm happy..

now.. about my plane ride.. ok.. i'm 29 and was sitting in between a 10-year old boy on my right.. and a 15-year old boy on my left (some background.. the 10 year old is super chubby and cute.. very hyper and just makes no sense like 90% of the time.. the 15 year old, on the other hand is on his way to the world cup with his family tomorrow.. the smoothest 15 year old i have ever met.. and i guarantee he already is a hit with the ladies.. seriously).. nightmare, right?? seriously people, it's the most fun i've had on a plane in foreverrrrr.. some extracts of our conversation:

part 1:
hour one of three..
10: my girlfriend broke up with me.. she just came up to me and said "i broke up with you"
me: why?? what did you do (already blaming this poor innocent kid)
15: did you sleep with her?
(in my head HUH??????????????????)
10: no, she wanted me to kiss her and i told her i wasn't ready
(awwwwww.. cute)
15: so if you didn't kiss her, how was she your girlfriend?
(good point)
10: well, i wasn't ready.. i am not going to kiss her till i'm 18.. i'm not ready.. (now he's getting super excited).. just not ready.. just not ready.. i can't..
me: i'm sure that you will think differently in a few years..
(get a knowing look from the 15 year old.. i'm shocked)

part 2:
like 30 minutes later..
10: so, are you still in high school?
me: (ahahahahahahahh).. no, i finished a loooong time ago
10: so you're mature?
me: mature??
10: yeah, you know.. older
(gulp)
15: yeah, she's like 22
me: add a few years to that kid
15: 25?
me: try 29
15 AND 10: NOOOOOOOOOO!!! really??? are you married, do you have kids??
(how sad.. even THEY think it's time!!)
me: no, neither one of those..
15: do you have a boyfriend?
me: i'm seeing someone
15: so how many people are you seeing?
me: just him
15: and how many people is he seeing?
me: just me
15: so he's your boyfriend?
me: well, i don't know.. it's different when you get older..
15: ohhhhh.. i get it.. he's your friend with benefits!!
(I SCREAM IN MY HEAD.. HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT EXPRESSION KID????)
me: HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS??
10: a friend with what?? what does it mean.. tell me.. i have friends.. i want to knowwwwww!!!
15: of course i know what it is.. i had one last year
me: when you were 14 you had a friend with benefits?
15: yeah
(silence)

part 3:
one hour from landing..
10: where do babies come from
(seriously people!)
15: a big bird carries them to the window
me: yeah, a big stork delivers the baby to the parents when they are ready
10: no, it doesn't (he starts giggling)
15: oh yeah, so what happens?
10: i know
me: so what is it?
10: you know.. (getting shy)
me: no, i have no idea
10: but you're mature, you should know
15: so you don't know then?
me: ok, i know.. but this is not about me.. it's about him
10: ok, the mommy and the daddy go inside and then a baby comes
me and 15: HUH?
10: you know.. go inside.. close the door.. and their clothes come off
(damn this kid knows his sh*t!!)
15: there's more to it
me: yeah.. but at the end the stork delivers the baby
(10-year old gives me a look of you must be retarded)
10: i know everything, you can't fool me
me: oh yeah.. and how do you know everything?
10: i watch family guy
(stunned into silence again)

and in conclusion..
the plane had literally just touched down.. next thing i know, the 15 year old is out of his seat.. and doing a push-up in the aisle as the captain is slowing down a plane that's going super fast.. and the 10-year old.. is pretending to ride a crazy horse and making cowboy sounds..

as we're getting off the plane:
10: bye bye!!
me: bye javier.. take care..
10's mom: i hope he wasn't too much trouble..
(i smile and keep on walking)
15: lates
(seriously???)
me: bye reuben.. stay out of trouble and have fun in germany
15: you know it (and adds a wink)

Honestly people.. i could not have made this up even if i wanted to.. i couldn't write about it last night because i think that i still cannot believe that it happened.. what a bunch of crazy kids these days.. wow, i feel so old.. but i can tell you for sure that when my brother came home when he was 10 and i was 11 and told my mom that his friend had just broken up with his girlfriend because she wouldn't "sleep" with him.. i can bet you money we both thought "sleep sleep" and why the hell would you want to sleep next to anyone when you're a kid.. staying up was like the COOLEST thing ever.. yeah.. little did we know :)

"mature" nounou :)

this is pure evil.. and i think it's funny..

disclaimer: i am just writing what i read on another website.. these are not necessarily my views though at this very moment, i do find it funny. in addition.. i know babies don't get cute till a few months in.. and i have no doubt that this one is going to turn out beautiful.. and i promise to post a great picture the second i find one :)
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ok.. so here's some celebrity gossip for you.. heidi klum and seal are expecting their second baby.. for those of you who don't know who she is.. SHAME on you.. but here's a sneak peek.. and seriously.. she's perfect.. but here comes evil nounou.. i was reading the superficial and they said the most evil thing ever.. which, for some odd reason.. i cannot stop laughing about.. here it is:

"It's hard to imagine she's (Heidi Klum) getting pregnant on purpose considering she's always in the middle of taping Project Runway or being at some fashion event. Although maybe they were so disappointed their first child turned out as a mole creature they were hoping they'd be blessed with a human on their second go around. And yes, this is what we do here, people. We make fun of babies. And when we're not doing that we're eating kittens."

seriously people.. click on the link and read the article.. once you get over the whole evilness of it.. you'll crack up just like i did.. ahahahahahah.. what an evil website (not this one.. the superficial!!).. thanks for the heads up kiddo!! (that's you reys!)

muaaahahahahahahah.. evil nounou :)

silence..

ok.. i've said it before.. and i'll say it again.. silence is worth a million words.. i know that i haven't been blogging as consistently as i used to.. and trust me.. i'm doing y'all a favor by not blogging at this time.. my thoughts haven't exactly been the most positive they've ever been.. so i better keep them to myself.. know what i'm saying?

anyway.. on a more positive note.. the world cup is looking awesome.. especially group e.. i mean.. who would have though.. ghana over the czech republic.. and the usa.. tying with italy.. with 9 players.. that's just insane.. and alex, as much as i'd like to believe this.. i know it's not true.. i had NO influence on that game.. your boys are just going to have to play harder.. this thursday specifically.. because once again.. i will be cheering for the czechs!! :)

other than that.. i'll be seeing southern comfort tonight.. that'll be fun, i have no doubt.. it's also my last week of work until i get my answer from the ins.. so at this time next week.. i might be blogging from mexico.. i'll definitely be there.. but not sure if i'll want to write.. maybe it's best if i wait till mid july.. for all of your sakes!!

a special shout-out to my cutie-pie michael owen (england).. get better soon.. we need you!! :)

nounou :)

it's funny how i can write so much about the world cup when the rest of my life is a soap opera.. oh well :)

one more try..

i have started and stopped writing something here for the past few days.. it's not because i don't have anything to say.. but more because there's just TOO much to say.. and then comes the question of how much do i keep to myself.. and how much do i share.. so tonight, i'll share.. just a little bit..

southern comfort and i finally had our talk.. it was the one talk that i have been avoiding ever since i knew that i would have to have it.. you'd think that by this age (29) i would have figured out how to have these conversations.. but you'd be wrong in this case.. i have no clue.. so my strategy is avoidance at all costs.. the thing is.. i'm leaving in 10 days.. this dance has already gone on too long..

we tried to talk about it last night.. but i decided to have another drink instead.. he tried to get some clarification.. but i just couldn't give it to him.. i guess i didn't want to.. but today.. we spoke.. and we're both on the same page.. i swear, for someone younger, he's just more mature than i am.. and yes everyone.. i know he might be reading this.. but there's no censorship here and i'll take the risk :)

so now it's just up to the INS.. let's see what they have to say for themselves.. i'll know by july 11th or july 12th.. so you can imagine how i won't really be breathing till then.. the worst thing is not knowing.. and right now.. even though my lawyer tells me this is a "strong case".. it doesn't mean anything till i see it in black and white.. "approved".. a lot of things are dependent on that one word.. southern comfort.. my job.. my apartment.. my peeps and life in LA.. basically.. everything..

i need to get to bed soon.. so i need to end this on a less taxing topic.. the world cup! my teams are doing well.. (that's england the czech republic).. and this weekend.. there are some exciting matches coming up.. i'll definitely be watching the italy - usa match on saturday.. not sure who i'm cheering for yet since i generally go for the underdog.. and in this case, that's the USA.. but Italy is Italy.. and well, i guess they will have enough people cheering for them.. both at home and abroad.. so i'll take the underdog.. they need this win if they want to stay in the game.. so go USA!!

off to bed..
nounou

oh wow...

so it's been since wednesday that i haven't posted anything?? wow, wow.. wow.. that's a record, i think.. but i have reasons.. i promise.. not any that i will get into now, because as you already know, my way of dealing with stress is pretending it doesn't exist.. i just mature more every year :)

anyways, i had a great weekend.. one of my former best friends from college came into town (well, san diego.. close enough) for a job interview.. so i went down on friday night and hung out with her and caught up on old times.. realizing how much we've both changed.. and then again, how we really haven't... i drove back on saturday afternoon and was surprised by southern comfort wanting to hang out.. he had a baby boy's birthday party in the daytime.. ok.. not baby.. but he just turned 2.. so that's closer to baby than anything else :) anyway.. so he called me and though i wasn't thinking i'd see him till sunday.. we hung out.. and it was fun.. it always is with him.. even if we do absolutely nothing, we have a good time.. which is going to make my upcoming "talk" all the weirder.. wish me luck.. on that and my upcoming ins petition.. i swear, my life is a soap opera.. for someone that tries to keep drama out (well, in most parts of my life at least).. this is really not part of my "plan".. but here we are..

today i met up with an ex-roomie for brunch.. and that was fun as well.. it's weird to think that in a few weeks, i'll be blogging from mexico.. for who knows how long.. i will keep my fingers crossed and believe that things will work out.. only because they should.. but you really never know.. i am doing this by the book.. i am taking the legal route.. i just hope that it doesn't all blow up in my face..

the clock is ticking..
nounou

the change..

so i finally took my car in for its oil change.. i knew that there was no way in hell that i would wake up early enough to get it done before work.. so genius that i am.. i called my buddy paul at the gas station up the street and left him my car tonight.. i'll walk up there in the morning to pick it up.. and check out what he told me.. i thought that i was SUPER late for my oil-change since the sticker said i was supposed to get it like 1500 miles ago.. but he told me that all the companies make it seem like you have to get your oil changed every 3000 miles when in reality it's cool to do it every 5000-7000 miles.. who knew???

so that's basically taken care of.. the urgency? well, i'll be driving down to san diego after work on friday.. so i don't want any issues on the road, for obvious reasons.. one of my best friends from college is interviewing down there.. and if she does get it.. that would be awesome.. one more girl on the west coast that i can hang with.. seriously, it's way harder to meet cool and fun girls when you get older.. i wonder why that is.. some people would say it's the whole competitive thing.. you know.. supposedly there aren't enough guys out there for all of us.. but i don't know about that.. i think that it's just because some girls don't realize the whole reason of having friendships with other girls.. but there are benefits.. and no, it's not just to talk sh*t about guys.. though that could be one of them.. :)

what else?? hmm.. well, the roomie is off on location till august.. and i'll be out of this place at the end of the month.. so the apartment will be empty for at least 3 weeks.. at at most.. 6 weeks.. that's when she comes back.. and hopefully i'll be back before then.. fingers crossed..

hoping.. nounou

rain, graduation and MORE rain!!

ok.. so you would think that a school that charges tuition amounts of well over $25,000 per year would have an alternative plan for graduation JUST IN CASE it started raining and the parking lot wouldn't do.. you would think that, right? well.. you'd be wrong!! i'm not kidding now.. i think it was one of the most chaotic graduations ever.. but you know what.. it was fun.. and it "fit".. this is an art school afterall.. so they do things differently.. and i have to say that it was evident in EVERYTHING just how different RISD is.. from the speeches made at graduation (lots of symbolic references to constipation and the need for fiber - no joke) to the way the students decorated their gowns (ripped in shreds for example).. and to those that decided to just do away with the whole gown thing and wear bikinis instead (in like 50 degree / rainy weather).. i am NOT kidding here!!! :)

now that you all have a visual i can go on.. but in all seriousness, it was great.. dima had her supporters there flying in or driving in from all over the place.. lebanon, miami, kentucky,nyc and los angeles.. fun times.. exhausting as well.. here's how it went for me.. (you should skip this part if you don't want to fall asleep)

i flew out on thursday night, arriving to nyc at about 7:30 am (i don't sleep on flights, btw).. got to pinky's place and rushed her out the door so we could get down to manhattan to get the last parts of dima's gift.. got that done.. and by 10:50 got on a train to newburgh to pick up brendan's car.. got there at like 12:15.. dropped him off at work and got on the road.. a 3-hour drive.. we drove and drove and drove.. stopped at this diner in cromwell (shout out to you D!!) and finally got to Rhode Island at about 5:00.. that night we went out to dinner and back to dima's place.. so we could get to bed and wake up early for the graduation.. next day spent like 3 hours in the rain.. went out for lunch.. got back to dima's place so we could chill out before going out for dinner.. watched southpark (won't you come up my wishing treeeee - SHAMONA!) Ahahahahahah.. oh wow.. if you saw that episode, you're laughing now :) Anyway.. back to my extravaganza.. went out for dinner.. then drinks.. then back home.. got to bed at about 2:30.. woke up at 7.. took a shower.. got back on the road.. drove for about 3 hours.. went out for lunch.. hopped on the train to NYC.. hung out for about an hour.. hopped on the next train to JFK.. landed in Vegas which is SUPER INSANE even at 12:00 am!! And finally.. made it back home at about 1:45.. and was in bed by 2:15.. phewwwwwwwwww.. my hands are about to fall offffff - still awake?? :P

and that's how it went for me.. now i need to get home and try to fix the apartment that the roomie and i rushed out of on thursday night.. fun fun fun.. and i'll also be seeing southern comfort tonight! :) so, that will be fun, i have no doubt.. my pirate mama was supposed to be flying in on wednesday.. but she'll be going to nyc instead.. so i might be going down to san diego.. one of my best friends from college is interviewing down there this week.. so we'll see how that goes :)
k.. back to work for me.. i've been on a rampage since i got in.. so i thought i'd take this little break.. break's up..

sleepy but wired at the same time..
nounou :)