blabber this...ramble that...it's scratch paper!

nothing new

2007-10-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

So many things have changed in the last few months...new jobs, new boyfriends, new residences...i guess we're moving on and becoming adults *yuck*

Nothing new with me...just super-busy with classes and other things that I volunteered to do. I got my thesis back today with Allen's comments...I LOVE how he starts with "great job...really interesting...etc" and then proceeds to give a 3-page bullet-point list of things I need to change.

I am also now officially working with Michael Hogg (I seriously love him!!!), but have not officially broken up with Will. I think we're gonna need to have the break-up talk soon (although I just found out that he's on sabbatical this semester).

ummm...nothing else is going on except that I think I definitely want to teach! I'm TAing Research Methods this semester and it's fabulous! There is actually a cute guy in my lab (although I think it's very inappropriate for me to have a crush on him). Dana has been calling me Mary Kay Letourneau and him Villi Fualaau.

I miss you guys...we need a reunion soon.

*muah* Nams

Georgia on My Mind....

2007-10-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

Hey Ya'll!

So I made it through week 1 (yahoo). I moved into my place, it's cool! it takes me exactly four minutes to get from my condo to my office, and yes I drive. (I have to keep that Cali in me!) I haven't bought furniture yet so I'm been doing a lot of yoga positions until that day comes when I can find a substitute alternative (AKA as a couch), and no my blow up mattress isn't as comfortable as Pam's, but hey at least there's no neighborhood kids coming in and out :)

The cable guy wasn't able to hook up my cable, mainly b/c i think he didn't want to crawl in my attic. I was really mad at comcast on saturday b/c I sat around the house all day when i could have been furniture shopping and they didn't hook up my cable, and they only brought one box. So consequently I'm sitting on the floor right now on my "holiday" waiting for them to come back, when I should be furniture shopping. "where is good customer service when you need it" [although it's Columbus day and I'm technically off, I would like to put in my disclaimer that I do not support this holiday or the fallacy that Columbus discovered America, but hey the government said I couldn't come to work :?]. {Jen, I know these are your ancestors but no exceptions!}

Other than that....life is grand, I love the job, ATL is cool, other than they drive a million MPH. "and I'm not a slow driver"

I wish I could offer some great relationship advice, but that's not really my expertise [i'm eternally single], but when if your relationship ends I am willing to tell you that I never really liked him anyway and give you a list of justifiable conclusions to why it never would have worked.

Nevertheless, I did meet a really cute guy in the gym today but he grunted to much, however he was friendly. (yeah, Imagine that Rashon working out! that's what happens when you read heart disease and stroke prevention stats all day and realize that you meet every risk factor) In the south people speak to you, the other day this guy waved at me and I just looked at him puzzled, j/k I waved back! Oh, and my co-worker always opens the car door and stuff (I'm so not used to southern gentlemen). Okay let me stop rambling......wait that's the purpose of this, right???

TTYL

RIL

P.S. Heart Disease and Stroke are the #1 and #3 leading cause of death.....eat healthy, stay active and go to the doctor. That's what I've learned in week one! More stats to come...........

Continuing the madness

2007-10-02T20:24:00.000-07:00

I'm so with Jen on this ship. More signs that you are in the most dysfunctional relationship of your life and why it might be time to break up:

3) If you get back from the gym (sweating your ass off), he calls and asks you why you would rather shower than talk to him, it MIGHT be time to break up.

4) If you're throwing up after another night of partying with your girls, and you're praying to the porcelain god while saying "I'm sorry" because he's mad that you had fun that night and he didn't, it MIGHT be time to break up.

5) If he calls you in the middle of the night to tell you that he slept on his arm (which btw is totally not even remotely has anything to do with you!) and asks you what he should do about it.. and you tell him to roll over, and he gets mad.. it MIGHT be time to break up.

6) If he get mad because you have dinner with your roommate every night, it MIGHT be time to break up.

<3:pam

So, this could be fun...

2007-10-02T00:26:00.000-07:00

Considering that some pretty sucky relationships have been ended within the past year or so among us ladies, it might be fun to make a list of obvious red-flags in a relationship that should have told you that things weren't going to work. So, I'll start it off, and I'm encouraging you ladies to post your own "red-flags" whenever you think of them. Of course, ones stemming from personal experience will always be more hilarious... Ready, set, go!

1. If you're not allowed to go to the beach with your friends because your boyfriend claims it's "your thing", it might be time to break up.

2. If you bring your boyfriend to meet your best friend and he sits in the car through the whole "get-to-know-you" lunch you've planned, it might be time to break up.

Get the idea? Good times. I know you ladies have to have some gems, so let 'em rip!

Lazy Sunday

2007-09-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

So, I got out of the shower last night and I had a cold. It was the weirdest thing. One minute I was fine the next I literally had to have a kleenex under my nose 24/7. Anyway, so today I'm feeling a lot better, perhaps it will dissappear as soon as it came on. I am currently sitting outside under my portico to avoid the stench that is eminating from my house. Apparently we're having plumbing problems. Everything works fine but an exremely unpleasent odor is permeating the house. My roomate things it might have something to do with septic tank. Joy. I also have to be sparing in my trips back and forth to the house because a lizard has decided to take up residence under our doormatt. Being still slightly ill I don't have the energy to catch him but at the same time I don't want him to scurry into the house when I open the door so I'm doing things very slowly. That's the news from here. I'm wondering what all my non-claremont area friends are up to. How is Atlanta and the Phillipines, for example?
~JBC

Midnight train to Georgia

2007-09-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

hey all,

As some of you might know I was negotiating a position in Atlanta, of which I will Officially accept tomorrow. yeah :)...I will be working at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention...I'll be working as a public health analyst, but my position is conducting technical assistance/evaluation capacity building/ training etc...SO yeah, I'm on a midnight train to Georgia...(sing with me).....Actually, I'm getting ready to pack my car back up and drive across country (fun times:/). [thank god I never unpacked that stuff I picked up from your house Pam!]....This is surely a transition I wasn't expecting... so keep me in your prayers as I prepare to quit my current job and transition into a new position...So, what does this mean for you? it means you need to start planning a trip to ATL soon....I'll be starting the new J.O.B oct. 1st....I miss you now, but will miss you even more when I'm on the other side of the country.....(I'm excited about picking up my southern accent again!)....Talk to Ya'll later!

Love Always,

RIL

GREAT to be home!

2007-09-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

its amazing how much you start to STRONGLY dislike your family after you've been with them for 9 days straight. =P As much as i LOVE my mother, (and for those of you that have met my mother, she is AWESOME) she is still a psycho bitch. her latest drama session was that i left my pillow in her bedroom on accident. GOOD freakin times. =P so to say the least, i do not envy jen on her three week adventure with family.

on another note, i heard you guys played phase 10 AND catchphrase last week. SO jealous! i am so there next game night. okay maybe not next game night because i won't be there this thursday for jessica's housewarming. =( sorry, i'm vegas bound tonight.

hope everyone survived the summer and this damn weather. miss you all!

<3: pam

I'm off!

2007-09-04T08:58:00.000-07:00

So. Here I am, just a few hours away from my flight to Oregon... And about 24 hours away from my flight to the Philippines. I'm pretty excited to be travelling again, but I'm worried that the 3 weeks abroad might wear on me. You all know how I handle heat! (Er, rather, how I CAN'T handle heat!) And I'm worried that spending all of that time with my family will also wear on me... (Exhibit A: Pam.) Oh well. Wish me luck! And let me know if you'd like me to bring any souvenirs home for you! ;)

Have a good September, and good luck with classes for those of you returning to CGU. I'll miss you ladies!

<3,
Jen

it's saturday night. and i'm home. how wonderful.

2007-09-01T21:28:00.000-07:00

actually...it IS wonderful. i've gotten to that age where i kinda appreciate just staying home and relaxing. besides the fact that it's about 92 degrees in my house, i find it quite pleasant. =\ maybe because im dreading school next week and this is my last chance to just sit at home and do nothing. eh. anyway....i wanted to let everyone know that if you blog, please sign it at the end with your name or something. [cause all of our blogs are posted under the same author name cause we all share this account.] =) sometimes it's obvious who's writing...and sometimes it's not. =\

moving on: rashon, your blog cracks me up. the whole "sex in the city" theme....LOVE IT. and i totally agree that when your birthday isn't one of those significant ages...it's just another year for you. but then again, birthdays aren't usually a big deal for me anyway. eh. but i'm glad you had a great day hun! we miss you down here!

i wanted to give everyone an EARLY heads up that this year, i am DETERMINED to go on a SNOW TRIP of some sort. DETERMINED i tell you. and the more people that go, the more affordable it will be for everyone! =) not to mention, if we want to book a cabin, time is already ticking. i'm OOBER broke but if i'm going to save up for anything this year, it will be a snow trip. btw, considering my budget, im giving out big huge hugs for christmas this year. =\ so, who's in for a snow trip?? i was thinking maybe early january since we have a huge vacation. once i get a good idea of how many people are interested, i'll send out more details. i've been researching this all summer long dang it. =P

hope everyone has a safe and happy labor day holiday!!! and jen, have a safe trip to asia. you're going to have a GREAT TIME! =D

<3 alisa

Evesdropping

2007-08-25T22:50:00.000-07:00

My roomate and her boyfriend are currently discussing the role of gender and spirituality. I'm half way between chuckling at them to myself and wanting to join in on the conversation. I have only one more thing on the list of things to do for the day but instead of doing it (it involves writing an email to my advisor) I'm blogging. I hope you all don't mine my detailing the mundane trivia of my life as well as the major events. Because that's what I do when I'm bored. Let's see, major events. I don't know if I told you but the doctors were a little bit worried about my unborn niece or nephew (thought I was pregnant for a minute there didn't you?). But they ran more tests and he/she is perfectly healthy; just small and doens't move around a lot. Yesterday I went to Temecula to see two of my friends from highschool, both of whom are also pregnant. While I was shopping with them at Gymboree I got a call from another high school friend who needed to tell me she was moving to Norway with a guy she met at her Yoga class. She announced that "the best thing about it is he's really hot." Am I alone in thinking that moving to a country that only recieves sunlight for half of the year for a man whose best asset is his exterior anatomy is not the wisest of decisions? Ho hum, alas I can not expect the rest of the world to attain the hights of sagacity that graduate school inevitably bestows. (btw that last was sarcasm).

All grown up..now

2007-08-24T20:58:00.000-07:00

So it's official...23 hit me.....I'm in Monterey and today was sooo beautiful. I came down today and spent the day at the spa, which was lovely...until I was getting up from my massage and noticed one of those black bubbles in the ceiling..you know like the ones in the store that are cameras...hmmm, I thought about giving them a little show n' tell, but decided against it...anyway, it wasn't "the press" but it was nice...Also, if anyone is ever in the area, I would recommend the Jabbewock Inn, it's a really quaint bed and breakfast based off of Alice and Wonderland....Anyone notice that years that aren't landmark years (i.e. 18, 21, 25, etc.) just seem like another year gone by when you are wondering what exactly you're celebrating?.......After watching many episodes of sex in the city, if I'm planning to live in my role model Samantha's shoes I realized something is missing and it ain't "the city".....I'm thinking being grown is supposed to be funner, so I'm banking on lucky number 23............Talk to ya'll soon.

-RIL

I'll try this out

2007-08-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

Things have been calm around here. It's really nice. I've settled in finally. I've been looking for a job, working on the dang paper, and wife-like things around the home like laundry, ironing, cooking, and cleaning. Thang bought me the 1st season of Supernatural, so you know I've been busy watching that. Whoa, it's kind of uncomfortable writing "I" so much, like anyone cares about my boringness. :P Um, Thang's sister and her bf are visiting here until Saturday. We are all going to a magic show thing tonight, that should be fun. I can't wait 'til I get to see you girls! I have missed you all! We'll be in OC next weekend, so if you are free... :D Here's a little something to enjoy, it's the cutie on Supernatural... haha

Ouch!

2007-08-16T11:17:00.000-07:00

Wow, this is kind of fun... I love our password, btw.

Anyway. I have to remember to check this thing to catch up on what everyone is doing!

Personally, I've been going to the beach nonstop for the past couple weeks. Unfortunately, it's caught up with me. I racked up an all-time high of 6 hours in the water yesterday. For us fair-skinned ladies (uh, I mean... Jessica?), we know that this can't be good. My body is a nice brown color, but my face didn't withstand the sun as well. I look like a lobster... Or like I put my face in a frying pan. It's horrible. All swollen and red. Reeeaaallly red. At least you all have something to look forward to once I see you in SF! Yay... Hopefully the swelling will go down. :/

I'm very excited for our first night out on the town in SF! I'm hoping that I'll be able to handle the massive load of Patron shots that I know I'll be pressured to take. We all know how I held up last time at Mood. (Blech.)

See you all soon!

<3,
Jen

namaste

2007-08-15T13:08:00.000-07:00

i was wondering what this was...i got an email from this site with no info on who sent it. anyhoo...i love the idea Alisa!

I just talked to Dana yesterday (she got into the states the night before) and of course she had an amazing time in europe. i told her that we were hoping to celebrate her birthday on saturday in sf...and i think we should celebrate Rashon's b'day then too since it's only a week later. I can't wait!!!

Right now I am getting ready to go get my eyebrows done...must attract those sf boys! i'm also watching bridget jones diary. just finished watching pride and prejudice and needed another dose of collin firth. watched it with my mother, who loved it and said my dad and bro wouldn't enjoy it because "it was all about feelings." [love mothers!]

ok, i can go on and on but will stop now. see you all in a few days! whoo hooo!!!

nams

Greetings

2007-08-15T12:02:00.000-07:00

I like it Alisa, good times. So let me update all you all on my life. I just got finished cleaning the bathroom. I did the basics, tub-sink-toilet, but I'm waiting for my roomate to leave and then I'm going to attack the walls, there's hair and lint clinging to them (think it has something to do with statiic) and it's grossing me out but I need to wait till my roomate leaves because she thinks I clean too much as it is. You should have seen her look of shock when I cleaned our mini-blinds. Hey! an allergic girl's got a do what an allergic girl's gotta do! I'm all packed for San Francisco. I'm going to leave here at about 4:00 in the morning to make my LAX flight at 7:00. Me an Nams will see you all soon! Are you guys totally excited or what? Nams, Dana and I won't leave for Chico until late afternoon/evening on Sunday so we can hang out during the morning/day with y'all then too. Oh! Also, on Saturday you guys can feel free to stay in our hotel and chip in (the price divided by all of us would be super cheap) in case we stay out late at night and you guys don't want to drive back to Rashon's. Just a thought. Okay, see ya soon!
~JBC

welcome!

2007-08-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

hi girls!!! SO...i was bored at work. and didn't want to work. =P go figure. so i decided to make a blog for us. maybe we can all login and type to each other and stuff. i know it's probably more complicated than simple emails. but maybe we can have fun with it, post pictures and etc. just another way to keep in touch i guess......

miss you all!

love,
Lis