Playing Catch-Up III

Happy Family

Andrew and I woke up in the PM today after finally going to bed at 3:30 last night. I was pleasantly surprised by a phone call from June. She was on her way back home to Hollywood from Vegas and decided to drop by. We decided to go eat at a vegetarian restaurant called Happy Family in San Bernardino. I've eaten at a My Happy Family in Monterey Park and love it there..so I was in hopes that this one by our apartment would be similar.

This little guy greeted us from the windshield of my car! He was so tiny! Praying mantis season is fast approaching.

The Happy Family restaurant is oddly located off of Waterman, just south of the 10 freeway. It doesn't look like it's too welcoming of an area, but the inside of this place was so cute! We started our meal with some lettuce wraps that I think I want to eat every day for the rest of my life.

Mmmm!

I'm so excited that June is a vegetarian now! We also ordered the House Mushroom Chicken, Dry Sauteed Green Beans, Fried Bread Rolls and brown rice. I would have taken photos of all that food but I was waaayy too busy eating it all. It was delish!

Her fortune cookie.

The bill turned out to be $38. Not too bad for three people. The people there were so nice and super helpful with answering our questions about what to order..they even gave us free tea!

I heart the Bhongjan.

Playing Catch-Up II

Ikea & X-Men Origins

Andrew and I met with Jen to run some wedding errands (and to do some shopping for ourselves...but don't tell Andrew we premeditated that part of our day). The first stop...IKEA! The favorite amongst favorably priced, Swedish, put-it-together-yourself furniture!

He picked out his favorite chair.

Velvet furniture brings out the animal in anyone.
Andrew - coming out of the closet...or being put in it.
Chandelier - $79
Jen's Boobs - $MONEY$
Carry our things, boy! Next stop: Victoria Gardens.
Jen found a bra bigger than her's! What does the tag say? 42DDD..!!
What a boyfriend looks like after 5 1/2 hours of shopping.

So the three of us finally go back to the Leach abode to meet with Randal and Brandon. After debating what to do about food, we decided to throw back a few shots of finely distilled liquor and make our way to In-N-Out. I broke down and ate a grilled cheese (which violently made its way out of my body a few hours later).

In-N-Out (also an activity Jen & Randal partake in a few nights a week)

We saw the new X-Men/Wolverine movie. Pretty entertaining, I must say. The special effects were kind of a let down though. Afterwards the boys decided to eat the rest of the Reese's Pieces that were left over from the movie.

I think they spent a good 25 minutes doing this.
Parting ways...boooo!Back home - Fin!

Playing Catch-Up I

Jen's Bridal Shower

Last Sunday was Jen's Bridal Shower! It was a nice little Sunday afternoon filled with champagne, snacks, presents and, of course, ladies!

The Beautiful BrideGot the party started w/some of this sparkling stuff!

20 questions about the bride & groom (I won w/a score of 17...NBD.)Randal came! He brought flowers for Jen...what a great fiance!

Present time!! Apparently, everyone thinks Jen and Randal are heavy drinkers - they got like 4 or 5 different wine sets and a margarita set. But as you can see, Randal is VERY excited about the margs.CAKE. This vanilla-chocolate creation with strawberry cream was from The Local Baker in Upland. Mmm..Delicious! I'm so sad that my now-vegan body wasn't able to stomach it, otherwise I'd have more, more and MORE!Practicing.Yum yum!She is going to be the most beautiful bride!I love her!

Jury Duty

I am sitting at the Criminal Justice Center in Downtown LA. It's pretty cool that they offer free wi-fi here. The shitty thing is...they blocked almost every website I was excited about using. And I'm not just complaining about MySpace or the FB, I'm talking about denying me access to UrbanOutfitters.com, Hulu, and my banking sites. I suppose they do this for their bandwidth's sake and for our security's sake. But really though...no online games? Any site with Tetris, Bejeweled, Zuma...ACCESS DENIED!

Oh shit...! The tutorial video is about to start! I gotta pay attention.















NOT.

Ugh..FML. I hate the LA County court system.

Strange thing though: On my way here this morning, I felt like whatever LA-based-nostolgia I had melted away and I just kind of took it all in. And it felt nice. Yeah, weird. Despite the traffic, the smog, the people and noise...I was actually glad to be in this city. I guess living back out here won't be all that bad......we'll see how long I go before I say otherwise.

Spring Cleaning

"Where you live is your temple - treat it like one." - Buddha

Eff..gotta clean...

A day at USC!

Today was the Admitted Students Reception at USC. We went to check out the campus and to hear more about the program...just to see exactly where our thousands of dollars are going. The Health Sciences Campus is very close to home! It was only about a 25 min commute via surface streets from my parents' house. This is where I will be spending my days this summer...makes me kinda nervous to dive head-first into the program. But I suppose there's no other way to do it *shrugs*

The main campus is a little farther away. It's kind of weird to think that this school sits in the middle of LA...doesn't really feel like Southern California to me when I look at the architecture. I guess that's nice.

We had lunch here! Everyone got chicken breast topped with a cream sauce, mashed potatoes, asparagus and baby carrots. The vegetarians got cheese enchiladas...yippee..!

I wish I had a chance to snap a few pictures of the sweet marching band that came in after lunch. They played the fight song...really gave the reception a sense of occasion (and woke my dad up because he was dozing off as the faculty spoke). I'm really glad I attended the reception. I think today really helped me not only reaffirm my career choice, but also be really excited about the different ways I can implement Occupational Therapy and maybe even contribute to Occupational Science.

This is definitely the right thing. I feel it.

SPRING BREAK!

SHOW ME YOUR BOOBS!

I'm gonna have the longest spring break ever. With no school spring quarter, I don't have class until the start of the OT program in June. Yay! Ooh..and double-yay for going to Hawaii in May for Jen and Randal's wedding! They're getting Maui'd heehehehee

It's Official

Yep. Final decision.

Conflicted

I was pretty sure that this wouldn't happen to me, but I guess I was wrong.

USC sent me a packet in the mail today, congratulating me on my acceptance to their Occupational Therapy program. Go me...!

I have to sit on this for a few days.

Shit. And most of the time, when I make a decision for myself, it's between two horrible options. This is quite the contrary. I've never had to do this before. Fucking weird.

What the hell do I do?

Big Bear Fun

Another fun weekend at Bear Mountain was had! Randal, Jen, Lil' B, Andrew and I had an amazing Saturday of snowboarding. It was probably one of the funnest times I've had this season! We took my elph out to document the smiles and the boarding.

Quite possibly my favorite posse to share a day on snowboards.Jen w/some X-treme air time! Instead of nose-pressing box, Brandon Edward Ward lipslides rails.Me.

Andrew's getting downside-up with his first handplant.

Randal Regan w/a solid frontside boardslide.Andrew grabbing tail. His Blog.

Looking forward to another weekend at Bear Mountain! Hopefully the snow holds up so that we are blessed with another month's worth of riding. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Excuse me?

So I walk back to my car in between classes because I wanted to grab a book from the trunk. Access was denied!

Seriously?

Can you get a little closer please? I would like for you to actually HIT my car, thank you. I thought getting out of LA and Orange County would keep me away from kooky drivers, but I guess they're in San Bernardino too!

Bear Mountain

We went up to Bear yesterday for some fun and it turned out to be one of the best times I've had in a while! Andrew and I are finally not sick anymore so we were able to ride for more than an hour..yay!!

My being devirginized by the creeper box.


Andrew, then Kyle getting the wind knocked out of him.

Snow Valley

We went to Snow Valley for a bit of fun. It turned out to be a fairly nice day. We tried to follow Brad and his troupe of skiers up and around Chair 2, but because we didn't have gargantuan feet, we ended up hiking in thorny bushes and quik-snow. So that wasn't too fun. However, it was good day all in all. The skies were blue and the snow was good!

I wore the wrong lenses.

Andrew isn't wearing any pants!

And of course, this fur-ball was waiting for us at home.

I can't help but take thousands of pictures of her. I am a cat lady and I am proud.

Submitted!

I finally submitted all of my applications for graduate school this evening. Now, it's just a waiting game. I really hope someone wants me.

The list of the schools I am waving money at and begging for admission to:





Oh please please please grant me admittance to your institutions! I yearn for higher education!

Cute vs. Not So Cute

Cute!
Not so cute...


Cute!

Not so cute...