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| Yuri's baby shower
Like the card? When Nancy and I get together, there is no end to our cheesiness. We got Yuri a gift card. Personally, I'd rather have 8 gift cards than like 8 blankets, which is what she ended up getting I think. So I hope she doesn't think we were being lazy! We didn't wanna be the 9th person to give a blanket! We actually told her to go buy something for herself. She got a ton of baby loot, but nothing for herself!
See a picture of that meat? (the green stuff is actually cactus-like leaves from a tequila plant) IT WAS SO GOOD. Nancy and I went back for seconds! We would have prolly gone for thirds if we hadn't already filled up on the finger food like hummus/crackers, and rice, beans, tortillas, tomatillo sauce, and pozole (I LOVE POZOLE). Yuri's family makes the best Mexican food. Hands down. Too bad I only get to eat it like once a year since we all moved out. When we were aptmates she used to bring back tamales that her momma made. Yuri, I miss your 7 layer bean dip. Mmm!
There was a guest at the baby shower who wouldn't stop yapping. She thought it necessary to dispense her wisdom/nuggets of baby knowledge/who the hell cares at every given opportunity. I guess she felt that way b/c she's a mother of two. I don't doubt her experience with kids, but I don't care to hear all about it either. Nancy, being the nice gal she is, humored her. I just tuned her out. Later Nancy said, "Well I had to be nice to her! What if she sat on me!" Hee hee Nancy is bad.
Candycane Lane
Even though it had started to rain, Nancy and I still went to check out Candycane Lane in Winnetka (somewhere in the Valley). We made it our mission to find the house that had UCLA spelled out on the roof. Some of the households go all out! Very crazy indeed. It must suck to take down decorations. Maybe when we give in to suburban life we'll decorate too. Ooh, it'd be cool to have nothing but... just UCLA spelled out on the roof. Nancy wants a life sized xmas snow globe. Johnny wants a giant blow up snowman. My friends are crazy. I'm just too lazy to do anything. Ooh I know, make the hubby do it. Doh. What else are they for? I kid : )
Bobby Lee Korean Drama Skit
For those of you who have watched a Korean drama, you'll find this pretty funny. Part 1 & part 2. From Dawn who got it from angryasianman.com.
I've only watched 1.3 korean dramas in my life, and I already know that someone gets cancer, is switched at birth, falls in love with a sibling, becomes poor, has an evil parent, and/or dies. Sometimes all that happens to one person! The .3 drama? Well, I started on Jewel in the Palace but it got boring so I stopped watching after a couple dozen eps. There's over 70 episodes! I don't have the patience to sit there I guess.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
I can't put this book down. I'm only done with part I, but already I've learned so much! Call me ignorant, but I had no idea that almost everything we eat comes from corn. All the livestock we eat mainly eats corn so it's like we're eating corn. Soda is 100% corn byproduct. You name a proccessed food, I tell you, there's corn in it! Every handful of pages, I have to re-read certain parts aloud for my coworkers. The running joke in my office is that now everytime we eat something we point and say "corn!"
Some of my lazy friends haven't done their xmas shopping. They've been bugging me to post an xmas list, so fine, here it is.
1. $$$
Ok, being serious now.
1. Gift cards to H20+
2. Gas cards (mobil)
3. Any season of Alias, The Office, Everybody Hates Chris or Scrubs, and Veronica Mars (season 2, someone already got me season 1) on DVD
Yeah, there's not much I want or need. I have more clothes than I can wear, I prefer to buy my own books, and I am not a product whore. So no bath/body products or make up! Or I will re-gift it, simply b/c I have no need for it for myself. Just being honest. Hope that helps! 
I think I did good this year on presents. Most everything for my friends came from local vendors, fashion trunk shows, small shops and boutiques, etc. I was able to completely avoid the mall this year (wait, except for one present, but that was a giftcard). Tar-zhay was the closest thing to a corporation that I shopped at. Even though this year I spent more on people (because the places I shop at don't have ridiculous sales) I didn't mind because I was able to support local shops and vendors.
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| *edit* Trojan Tyrone commented. How friggin' condescending. But hey, you can't blame him. To each their own. We get bragging rights for a year!
My office got USCed on Friday. Seeing that NO ONE from my office went to USC and the "decorators" are simply USC "fans" b/c most of us are UCLA alumni, does this make sense to any of you?
Talk about going all out huh? My coworkers and I promptly tore that shit down. We're leaving it there for them to clean.
The thing is, I know our fb team was weak and young. I didn't expect us to do great things this season (remember the Notre Dame game?). UCLA didn't win b/c we were the better team. We won b/c USC choked. If we were as good as Michigan or Ohio then it's excuseable for USC to have lost. But we're not up to the caliber of these teams, and it's quite an embarassment that USC lost to a subpar team. YES that's right, I'm a proud UCLA alumni and I called my own team subpar. B/c as a true sports fan, I recognize quality defense/offense when I see it. And UCLA doesn't have it this year. But UCLA does have heart and passion, never doubt that! And sometimes skill/experience doesn't always win games. It's who wants it more. And believe me, after 7 years, we REALLY wanted this.
13-9, UCLA.
*edit* You know another reason I'm glad we beat USC? B/c now the BCS
folks are scratching their crotches b/c they can't figure out who's
gonna face Ohio. It's not a no brainer anymore b/c now you have
either Florida or Michigan in the running. And each team has a legit
reason for being there. And you know that Michigan almost beat Ohio a few weeks ago. (And what about unbeaten
Boise State?) I hate the fomulaic structure of the BCS. I've been
advocating for a playoff system for as long as I can remember. (Yes I
know we have this system b/c that's how schools make money. Whatever.)
Who the hell gives a shit about the pc.com bowl or the
insert-your-corporate-name-here bowl?
Here's my proposal (I know, I drew it out and it doesn't completely make sense, but I'm sure details can be ironed out). The winners of each conference draws for a place
on the bracket. Sudden death. You lose, you're out. You win, you
move on. And then, there was one.
Oh this sounds familiar. Don't we have this? OH YES IT'S CALLED MARCH MADNESS.
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| Anyone recognize this song? If you watch TV as much as I do and are too lazy to channel surf during commercials then chances are you've seen the Tar-zhay commercial with the ugly Hello Kitty hair clip. Anyways, I used my mad google skills and found out the name/artist of the song. Enjoy!
Speaking of TV, I was one happy camper last night.
My Name is Earl- the scenes with Joy and Marlee Matlin are hilarious. Last week's episode "Robbed a Stoner Blind" with Christian Slater was pretty funny too. I already can't wait for the DVD to come out next year so I can be a geek and quote the characters. We're able to entertain ourselves for what seems like hours by quoting lines from our favorite movies. Don't even get us started on Pulp Fiction or Office Space.
The Office- "Prison Mike" "He's black!" "You think prison is fun?!?" Hahahahhaha. Oh and Jim's prank on Pam was fuuuuuuny. I love love love The Office. I want this show on DVD too.
Grey's Anatomy- another very good ep. I REALLY REALLY wanted to watch Scrubs and 30 Rock. But since I don't have tivo I had to make a choice so I chose Grey's. I can catch up on NBC re-runs during the summer though. (Same with CSI) I'd watch these shows on the website but I hate how sometimes it lags and then the show starts over.
Luckily, no other TV scheduling conflicts for me. I decided to stop watching Ugly Betty. It's gotten really boring. I only watched the first ep b/c who could resist the scene with her Guadalahara poncho?? And we all know that the OC only has what, 5 fans left? And I am not one of them. Doh.
Oh and if you haven't already, start watching Veronica Mars!
Good quality TV is the perfect way to end a long day at the office, and an even longer commute home.
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| UCLA tops AP poll this week, woohoo! We are second in the coaches/ESPN poll though. That's ok. We beat LB state tonight, so we're still undefeated! But holy moly, Florida won by 56 pts. That's so sad.
Christina and I had another one of our cooking/TV nights on Monday. A very simple meal that was thrown together with mostly what we had on hand. She did most of the work. I played with her dog and ate beef jerky. Christina was REALLY liberal with the butter and garlic. Our fish were swimming in it. Hee hee. I am lame.
Christina, get your camera off Vietnam time! 
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