being old and single is funny because everyone tries to set you up.. and not that they're looking for someone that's perfect for you, just someone that's older than you..

so the latest attempt was by my gramma, bless her heart...  so the other day i get this email:  (and i apologize if the writer of the email ever runs across this site, but dang it!  i just couldn't resist sharing it...  edited, of course)

Hello, and Happy New Year.

I am the son of the niece of your grandmother's
classmate.  I believe you and your family have already
met my parents.  This is really not the way I would
like to communicate with someone for the first time,
but I hope you'll get an idea of who I am.

The reason I am not practicing pharmacy in California
is a bit complex.  I actually decided to stick around
"x" and work here after graduation.  I don't mind
the weather, for one thing.  There is also much more
paperwork involved when one wants to take the
California pharmacy board exam upon graduation as
opposed to taking the exam following at least one year
of pharmacy practice in another state.  I went the
latter route, and have not yet passed the exam.  I
found that one tends to forget a lot of what is
learned in school after a while.  As you can see, I am
in no hurry to go anywhere. 

As for me personally, I keep to myself most of the
time and am not too comfortable being in large-group
settings such as big parties or social gatherings.  I
am not very sociable.  Work has been keeping me
extremely busy, so all I do for fun these days is
listening to music and hanging out in bookstores with
cafes.

That's my introduction.

oh man....  so you think i should write back?  i was thinking something along the lines of.. "i have no teeth, no hair and every now and then i scream "hallelujah" at the top of my lungs.."

geez i hope he never reads this.  so mean.

hi. 

just got back from a youth conference in anaheim.. 
we've all committed to this 40 day fast while going through david nasser's devotional 'a call to die.'  i've decided to fast from TV from 8pm and on.. which is basically the only time i ever used to watch TV anyways.. but i wanted to leave open the option to turn on the TV in the am while i get ready for work.. and maybe the weekends too..

either way, the point is to use that time i'd normally be watching TV and do something meaningful.. i got so much done tonight!  but it's 11:26 and i'm still not tired.  right now i'd normally be watching reruns of 'will and grace' accompanied by snippets of that awful show 'elimidate' but i think i'm probably better off without.  

this means i'll most likely be updating my xanga more.. .now that i've got my laptop and haven't done anything really useful with it except for surf the net.. so now it'll be my xanga laptop.

good night.

how many times have i turned away
the number is the same as the sand on the shore
but every time you've taken me back
and now i ask you do it once more

don't you hate it when people write out song lyrics? me too.

went to a third day/michael w smith concert last night..



at one point the lead singer of third day has the cameraman focus on a woman in the front row... and up on the big screen we see this little asian lady hugging her purse! we're at this christian concert and she's afraid of getting mugged in the front row... i will never understand people. too bad it was an asian woman..

i also ended up sponsoring a child through world vision... i figure, i forego a pair of pants, a dinner, a few movies a month and do something worth something.. trust me, not the easiest decision, but i gotta try and be less selfish..



his name is mkhuleko mkhwanazi.. the only thing i can pronounce is nazi, but i'll keep practicing.

i developed 5 rolls of film the other day, here's my favorite from the bunch:

dude, she's the cutest baby in all the world!  and that's a completely unbiased opinion.  although, she does look a bit like a boy.  hope she doesn't grow up hating me for posting a naked boy picture of her on the internet....

it's also the screensaver for my mac so she's getting all kinds of exposure.

went to go see matrix reloaded last night.  i was disappointed to see that only a handful of people dressed up in matrix gear. the movie was pretty entertaining, a little cheesy and besides the scene that reminded me of britney's i'm a slave 4 you video, pretty daggone good. 

was watching the oh! oxygen network tonight ... don't ask... mtv was running old boring episodes of punk'd and the 90210 reunion special was just making me feel really old...

anyways, this woman said something that caught my attention: how society views mothers as iconic, how we feel that motherhood is this amazing feat, something that we hold in high regard yet at the same time, as soon as a woman becomes a full-time mom we view her as a second-class citizen.. that somehow she's not living to her full potential, there's even less of a desire to have a conversation with mothers...

dude. so messed up. but kinda true, ay?

we interviewed a graphic designer today who also happens to be a manager for a verizon seller... and she was the 10th person to tell me my motorola i720 sucks. taking this as a definite sign to review my options, i went to the redwood city to return the sucka. good news is.. armando is going to let me wait past my 15-day limit and exchange it for one of the new phones coming in..

i definately have the option of exchanging it for the new samsung a530:



or possibly if it comes in soon enough for:



the new camera phone! either way, i'm looking forward to a phone that doesn't feel like a toy and that doesn't drop my calls every other minute..

armando rocks.

i shoulda just listened to my wise yet mysterious cousin in the first place.

but then i would already have a decent phone and wouldn't be waiting for a cool new phone..

hmm... guess things always work out somehow..

i slept 10 hours last night and had a hard time waking up this morning because i was busy dreaming that the morning dj for 94.9 was a cult leader!  he was brainwashing all these random people including this one girl that goes to my church who i barely know..

anyways, i had a clear picture in my head of what the dj looked like and so i went onto the 94.9 website to see if i got it right.. and their website is pretty sucky so i had a hard time navigating and couldn't find a decent picture of the dj so i still don't know what he looks like. 

i think i'm going to switch morning radio stations because the dj's are really tickin' me off.  every morning i have to wake up to these guys convincing the world that all these random songs have messages that lead to god.  which is fine except that they say that buddha, and allah and god, etc are all the same.. just different paths to get to the same god and that one thing that shows their connection to each other is the fact that they all have the same "ah" sound in their names. 

what's worse is that people call in all the time thanking these freaks for showing them the light.

ahhhhhhhh!!!

i'm switching to alice radio tomorrow morning.  or maybe the spanish station.  anything is better than this stuff.  i really miss z100 and greg t the round-headed frat boy.

so yesterday i went to the newly-hatched women's fellowship for my church. i was a little hesitant to go at first because i thought maybe there were better ways to spend a sunday afternoon...

but i'm glad i went because i was reminded that i'm surrounded by so many people that i can learn from and yet i overlook because i'm so wrapped up in myself. it's always awkward getting to know a new group of people but i walked away feeling like my sunday afternoon was well spent...

and then i went to see X2. so good.

and then i contemplated throwing away my lash tint:



i wish i took a "before" picture because i swear now my lashes are thinner and shorter... but i'm not sure, just pretty sure. the funny this is, the one i'm using is the second one i've bought because i lost the first one. so i'm not ready to give up on it yet. so i may be lash-less soon but at least i've gotten my monies worth.

the love affair with my phone is over. i took it in because i thought it was broken and the guy at verizon powers it down and powers it back up and it works great. kinda embarrassing.

as i inquire about how to install my new will and grace ring tones, my cousin asks another rep about my phone. apparently it's a piece of crap. i don't think i'll trade it in or anything tho, maybe i'm in denial, but at least i've stopped staring at it while i'm driving on the freeway.

tonight i discovered girl scout samoas cookie ice cream..




i include this little tidbit not because i'm trying to endorse the ice cream but because i was told that xanga sites without pictures are boring. it's VERY GOOD. GO GET SOME NOW.

so i drive to redwood city last night to get a new phone from a guy that my cousin knows of..

i'm in love with my phone!  i almost got into a couple of accidents on the way home last night because i couldn't stop admiring the dang thing...  and i got such the hook up too!  free face plates, free car charger...

until i get home and my mom tells me she always gets that stuff for free.

and then i realize my phone is broken.

does that mean i have to drive back to redwood city?

that's ok tho.  i'm still in love with my phone.  i've already downloaded the will and grace ringtone from modtones..  too bad it's broken so i can't hear it yet.