Sam's Blog

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I can't believe how fast time is flying. Everyday I come home from work and I want to post something, but never get around to it. Work has been extremely busy since the other assistant quit. I am doing both jobs right now until they find someone new. I don’t mind so much, but it is a bit stressful at times and it requires me to stay late everyday. I don't mind staying late because I get paid for it, but it threw me off for a few days because I really couldn't get much done in my personal life as I had hoped. All in all, it’s not that bad, it is what it is and it's only temporary, so I don’t mind too much.

I have been productive in some things like keeping up with my television shows and watching most UCLA football games. They are doing really well so far this season and I hope that they keep it up and beat USC this year. That would be so awesome. But considering that USC is the #1 team right now, I am not too sure (though I still think that Notre Dame was robbed at their game today, they totally should have won, in my opinion, but fair is fair, I guess). It was an excellent game though. Josh and I have been going over to Emud’s place to watch Lost after class on Wednesday nights. There's usually around 8 people there and it's nice because we can fast forward through the commercials and everyone sees or catches something in the show that I didn't catch. We would have a discussion about it and make up theories about things on the show. It sounds like we're all nerds, but really though, it's awesome. I really do hope that they answer some more questions next week. I have a feeling that there will be a few more seasons, so I doubt that we will get any absolute resolution any time soon.

On a side note, I finally finished consolidating my student loans. I was hesitant before because they said that it's not the best thing to do if I still plan on going to graduate school in the future, but after switching jobs recently, I am not too sure if I will be going to school anytime in the near future. I am still not ready to go back yet. I'm taking a class for work right now and it's a lot of work for me right now. I guess the long hours at work don't help because I have to stay up late some nights doing homework, but it's not that bad. It is so hard for me to get back into the school mode. I still have to get myself into doing homework and getting ready for my presentation next week. I still get terrified speaking in front of people. I used to do it all of the time in high school because I was on the speech and debate team, but I always get so nervous right before. I hope to get over it soon, but realistically, I know it's gonna take a while. And after many emails back and forth and planning, I finally booked flights to San Francisco for New Year's Eve. I am lucky because we coordinated it so we all can fly there and back on the same flight. Kate, Monica, Alexis and I are going to have a smashing time there! Oh, the excitement!! Also, I am in the middle of watching the 6-part version of The Men Who Killed Kennedy. Eva and I are fascinated about JFK and we found out that Sunil was as well. So we all went over to the girls' place and watched the first two installments of the series. It provides some interesting angles to the story and I hope to learn more about it. I can't wait to watch the rest of it!

The past two weeks have definitely been a blur. Some of the things that I did included:

Coffee and studying with Angela at the Coral Tree Café.

Dinner at Newsroom with the boys, (Kurt, James, Josh, Wen and Tripp). We watched the boobie girl sitting next to us most of the night. Good times.

Josh and I went to Ventura to visit his family and to celebrate his dad and brother's birthdays. We went to Aloha Steakhouse and the steak was yummy! I must go back there when I am in town again. It is making me hungry just thinking about it. Josh's mom and I discussed what we should do for Thanksgiving now that Josh is vegetarian (for the most part). It will be an interesting holiday season, to say the least.

Had dinner and dessert with M the other night. She is doing so much better and seems way happier than the previous week. I am glad that she has found some stability and peace.

Had dinner and coffee with Lisa. I hadn't really talked to her since her little cousin passed away and her trip to the east coast. It was nice to just chill and talk to her. She’s doing a lot better and things are becoming more "normal" to her, which is always nice to hear. It just takes time and I am glad that things are slowly coming together for her in general. I was really worried about her for a while, but I know that she's a strong cookie and that she deals so amazingly well under many situations. But I did miss her, hence our rendezvous to Beverly Hills that night.

And lastly, Josh and I had a party at our place last night. We were afraid that our place would not be able to accommodate a lot of people, but it worked out smoothly. At one point, it was packed, but people left early because there was another party for someone else in Josh’s program. We made a makeshift "VIP" area in my bedroom, but it was just me and some friends hanging out because it was too crowded in the living room. Anastasia brought cupcakes from her work and they were fabulous. I missed them so much. Now that I don’t live with her anymore, I never get to eat any cupcakes (which is probably a good thing for my body), but they’re oh so good! I had a lot of fun and many thanks to those that came!

Josh and I went to see a screening of Chicken Little with his friend Matt. It was a cute movie overall, but the tonal change in the middle of the movie made it hard to transition for a while. It is a great kids movie, I suppose. I was kinda mad because most of the songs in the movie were not original, which struck me as odd for a Disney movie. They had a lot of modern older songs in it (such as "I Will Survive" and "If You Wanna Be My Lover") and I am not sure how I really feel about that. We picked up Kurt afterwards for dinner at The Palms, but they were super crowded so we decided to go elsewhere. There was a new vegan restaurant down the street and we went there and it was really yummy. Tastes just like chicken!

Alrighty, time for bed. I will be doing homework all day tomorrow. It is way exciting and I can't wait to wake up for it! Haha!

S&TC quote of the day:
Aleksandr: I love your house. It's so you.
Carrie: Small and artless?
Aleksandr: No, warm and lovely. (Season 6 – Out of the Frying Pan)

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Sam is: :zz: tired and sleepy!
Current Music: "Love Will Come Through" by Travis