6.26.2003

La vita è bella.

Yup still unemployed. Rather, not unemployed but on "sabatical." Twan'll know where that's from. haha

So this past weekend, yeah I'm late on updating because I'm lazy, I went to L.A. with my aunt and cuz and her "friend" and his kids. Got the call from Kris Thursday around 11 to see if I wanted to go while I was at The Apartment. It was random but hey, spontaneous things are cool. So drank way too much like usual because it was half price drinks, woo! Went to Barleycorn because Blu had $10 cover, bogus. Then headed home for some quick shuteye before the flight.

Woke up around 6 to get ready and pack and shit, yeah a lil bit of a headache. Cuz picked me up we went to O'hare to wait for our flight.

Had a Sausage McGriddle, let me tell you how good those damn things are, damn good. I enjoyed it thouroughly. So we get our seats, we were flying standby and we ended up in United First Class on a 747! Nice digs, each person got their own like little compartment. The seats turned into beds, you could adjust it to whatever freaking position you wanted and you had your own little entertainment system to yourself. Watched Lilo & Stitch, The transporter, Shanghai Knights, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 days. How you ask? Because you could switch to whatever freaking movie you wanted to see. Had lunch on the plane, eh kinda nasty but I was hungry.

Got to L.A. and was surprised that it was actually pretty chilly. Went to the hotel and changed and unpacked. Went down to Hollywood and Rodeo drive. I didn't even want to get out of the car and go into any of the stores because I just felt inadequate. Everyone there drives an automobile with a sticker price of no less than about 50k. Ferraris, Jags, Beemers, Benzs, Masaratis everywhere. Oh and in hollywood, there is a lot of good looking people, by people you know I mean girls. Also the Silicone and Saline was flowing uncontrolably. Thank god for aspiring models/actresses. :-P Went back to the hotel and I passed out without even changing.

Next day went sightseeing again, what else do you do with family and you're the only one allowed to go out to the clubs? Went to a bunch of beaches, and saw a lot of nice ass houses. New goal when I retire: own a beach front property! Found Jollibee in Carson City. Haven't eaten there since I was a 'lil F.O.B. Still good, ate the spaghetti and fried chicken in record time. I think I disgusted the two halfies with us.

Sunday went to the beaches again because it was nicer and we decided to go in the ocean. I didn't stay in the water as much as the kiddies because I don't like the taste of the ocean, and the film it leaves on your skin. So I sat on the beach and listened to my cd player and just contemplated life and enjoyed the scenery. Two words: first bikinis, second, revolution yeahhhhhh. I kept stealing my cuz's digicam so I could take pictures haha. Then got cleaned up ate dinner at some filipino place. Yeah they are everywhere there, and the number of FOBs is immense. Especially at this one place, all the titos and grandpas were all smoking so I decided to sneak away and smoke with them haha, fun stuff. Cigs I bought were 7 bucks!!! So I enjoyed those very much with a taste of bitterness.

Went to LAX and waited for the flight, almost didn't make the midnight flight but we got it anyway. Fell asleep on the flight for a bit, apparently I was the only one that did in our group because they were all still tired. Woke up and found out that you can listen to the pilots radio conversations on United flights, kinda cool. Outside the plane the clouds were everywhere and cause mad turbulance. There was a lot of lightning everywhere so that was cool. Thank god I'm not afraid of flying because I think some people were and they were clutching onto their seats like mad.

Landed and got dropped off at home, went to McDonald's cuz I was feeling McGriddles again haha!

So to sum it up, Cali's a nice place. Like any city there's some ghetto ass places. The beaches are pretty, the girls are beautiful :-P. Overall the trip was fun. Only thing that got to me was the two 'lil kids with us. They're from VA so they have this southern twang in their voice which is annoying. They were overall annoying, and they were trying to annoy my cousin and I. You all know those Juicy Juice commercials with the 'lil kids? Well Twan knows how much I despise those kids. The whole trip I had to restrain myself from just throwing them out of the van. Or maybe I just had a short fuse. I dont know. But yeah Cali's a nice place. But It's good to be home.

6.09.2003

Freunde des gutenmorgens!

   It's June. So it's been almost 6 months since I graduated, and yes I'm still unemployed. Though I did take the first 4 months off, the job search is brutal. Can't seem to get any bites. No one wants me! All good, I'll end up doing something great, JUST WATCH! I've been seriously considering becoming a cop for the great city of Chicago. So when their next exam comes up I'm going to take it. Hopefully it comes up soon because yeah the parents are wondering what I'm going to do with myself haha.

   So as of late I've been cutting down on the smoking. For three reasons: a)It's cheaper not to smoke b)It's good for my health. c)I don't feel it anymore. I'm not craving it as much. Yay for me! Next up: Cutting down on the drinking and starting to work out.

   So what's new? Not much, been chillin, going to grad parties and such. Saw Finding Nemo with some peeps. Ading Thara enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps even more than the 8 year old and the 14 year old who were with us. Henson and Jerome were also riveted to the screen. Other than that I've been doing my thing, going out to Free bars and drinking and such.