1.28.09 blah

so today i woke up to snow! i mean it snowed a few weeks before but this is actually interesting. Cuz today there about 5+ inches of snow on the ground. So walking in the snow was quite interesting. i pretty much had to be walking like i was in the army or something....
but back to the blah. today Pruitt the free people blogger came around the office and took some candid photos of everyone and posted them up on the Internet.
this is a photo of my boss Alex and the girl to left behind her is Courtney the design assistant and me? well, i am to the right of her, do you see me? look to the bottom right, you see my feet? well that is me. But overall today was very uneventful, i just worked a little and got tired and was just hanging out. Not so good 2 months into the job ya know.
photo taken from the free people website of course

1.11.09 my boots hurt

when i have the weekends off i tend to wake up about the same time i usually wake up for work. Today i woke up about the same time. But i ended up just laying in bed until 9:30am until i really had to get up to get ready for church. If i were at home i would have gone to the 8:30 service and then after that i would have been off to the swap meet to see what treasure i could find. Here in Philly, I really can't do that. NO car and everything here is either closed on Sundays or does not open until noon. Why? it is a day of rest but seriously I am a bit bored on Sundays with nothing to do.
I head off to church and when mass was almost over I noticed one of the old men wearing a really amazing sweater. I wanted to take a photo of him so bad but obviously being in the church and it being totally rude..... wait... why am i thinking about stuff for work at church? wtf! urgh! so i obviously did not take a photo of it, i will try to describe it, it was a long slv, crew neck, the top portion was a cream color, in the middle of the sweater was an image of an eagle with its wings spread, and the lower half of the sweater was black. then the back of the shirt it was the same as the front but there was only an outline of the eagle. Lets just say i was jealous of it. I really wanted it. I love old man style! After service i usually walk past a coffee shop named 'B2'. Kathy and i went there last week and it was really cute. So i went there again today to try their hot white chocolate. I have never had hot white chocolate, i was too nervous to try something new last week but this was the week to try it. It was way too cold not to get anything. I took one sip of it and about died! I immediately texted Kathy to dish about my new fav hot chocolate. I head home and make myself some eggs and chat with matt for a bit and then i went off to explore more of east philly.
I walked down passyunk, then east on Washington and then up 5th st to go to the fabric store that was closed yesterday. I was a bit scared walking down 5th st cuz it looked like i was walking thru the projects a bit. I was the only one on the street. I get there, and that was a bust, only found glue! Then walked to south street to go to pearls art and supply and got tape, another bust! then walked even further east on south st until i got to front street, so i proceed to walk down front street to see how far i could walk. I walked all the way past Washington, past Dickinson, and to Oregon and decided to walk back to go the jo-mar (a fabric store that the girls at fp like to go to). I have so much fun walking around fabric stores i never know what i find. It is amazing! I ended up finding a lot of remnants of fabric and a few for work. At this point my heels start to hurt and irritate me a bit. So i decide my exploration is over for the day. So i walk back up front street to Dickinson and walk toward my house. On the way home i decided to get myself a treat, being it uber uber freezing, i picked up some ice cream for myself and chips. I mean if i walk for about 3 hours, i need to get myself a treat right? right!
here is a photo of how far i walked.

So at home, i try to finish my sexy dress and then get side tracked my looking up some new music. For some reason i looked up the Detroit bar in Costa mesa to see who is playing. I miss that place, they sometimes have some really great local music. So then i discover 'Mothers Sons' CHECK THEM OUT! http://www.myspace.com/motherssonsband I really like them so i try to buy their ep but they are not equipped for MP3's yet. WHY? so i decide to buy their cd instead from an online store. I fill out all the info and hit check out and see that shipping is $5! WTF shipping costs the same as the CD, I immediately back out of the purchase and then text BFF and tell her she needs to go and get me this cd! If she really loves me then she will got get it for me! hehehehehehhe I have an addiction! I need to stop buying music!

1.10.09 I am a thug!

So today did not start off so good for me. I did not really get any sleep whatsoever the night before. Just could not sleep. So I got up at like 7 am to take a shower and just hung around the house until things opened up in center city. I first go to I. Goldberg on chestnut- it is an army/navy surplus store. Then went to sleepys to buy a bed, but everything was super expensive! So i then proceed to walk back down to south Philly and remember there is a thrift store that i did not go into yet. It is a Philly Aids thrift store. It was about 12 and they were just putting stuff out in the street so i walked past it and went into a fabric store across the street for a while and then PNC (my local bank) to deposit a check. Then about an hour later i head back to the thrift store and look around a bit. It was a bit pricey but not bad. Then i notice a guy looking at me. He looked harmless so i just smiled and went on my way. Then he walks by me and says to me, you have really nice shoes, it matches the store. I then smile and say thanks and walk away, my signature move! :) so i leave and walk across the street where they is another thrift store that just sells furniture. It looked more like a big garage filled with junk.... oh wait... that is a thrift store. Well anywho.. I am looking around and i am about 1/4 thru the store and i step back and i bump into this woman- we will call her crazy #1. I apologize and mind my own business while she walks past me to go check out the rest of the store. The entire store only has one walk way so I was behind her the entire time. She kept looking back and i kept minding my own business. After Crazy #1 gets to the end of the store she proceeds to walk back out. Then i proceed to walk out cuz the end of the store is just junk. But crazy #1 stops half way in the middle of the store and turns around and looks at me and mummers 'stop following me.' I look at her and say excuse me? and she says again 'stop following me.' I try to tell her i am not following her and then she jolts her head back and says go! go! go! i walk past her and burst out laughing! OMG! Someone was terrified of me? So you all out there better watch out for the little asian girl! I am gonna get you! hehehhehehahahahhahahehhehehahahahah

1.09.09 the bestest shoes EVER!

So i have been debating on where i should be documenting my everyday outfits, no matter how good or bad. Still not sure if i should do it or not but here is a little snip it of my style. Can you guess which pair of shoes i am?

check it out on the free people blog.
http://blog.freepeople.com/
dated 1.09.09 office feet

1.06.08 o no he di'n't

so..... how do i start this off...
Some of you may not know this, but I have a guy landlord. A really nice guy, we get a long fine. Only thing is that he does not have a lock on the bathroom door. I thought i was weird, so i asked the other girl that use to live there and asked her about it. and she said that the door does not lock. So i was like... umm.... okay sure
Well, today after work i get home and reheat my fried rice and have dinner and chat with Matt. Then we go our separate ways. About 45 minutes later, i need to go #2. So i go the restroom and close the door. I thought the common rule i the house was that if the door is closed in the restroom someone is in there. Well i heard someone coming up the stairs and then the restroom door opens 1/4 of the way and in am my glory i say 'uh hi!' and he says ' oh i'm sorry' and the door closes. So i get the hell out of there, performance issues, i am my dad's daughter but damn! NO F****ing way! So i get out of the restroom and proceed to embarrass myself even further by telling Kathy and Thu and now the whole entire world what happened. Thank you and good night kiddies.

ps... i am sure you can all visualize this right! no need for photos! DIrty bastards!

1.02.09 great start to the new year

okay by popular demand! meaning from two people! you know who you are! I have to tell this story....
So i got a new roommate. The other girl roommate-we'll call her 22- moved out cuz her parents got her a place closer to center city where it is a bit safer and closer to her boyfriend. So my landlord found a new roommate-we'll call her 29. I did not get to meet her before she moved in, i mean two girls can totally live in peace in the same house right? anywho. back to the story.
I went to NYC for New Years Eve and had a really great time, and spent new years day in Manhattan shopping at places where i should not have been anyways! The next day i took the train back to Philly cuz i had to work! Lame yes! But being the newbie, i had to, it was my civic duty. So powered my only 7 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days, i set off to work on the train.
But i got really exciting news from Kathy, she decided to spend the weekend in Philly with me! My first visitor! She took the Megabus for $20 round trip. She got there around 11:30 am and walked around center city while i worked. Later in the day she was to meet me at my work so that i could show her around.
It was just another day at work, but my boss left early so that she could pack for her vaca to San Fran. She left about noon. So it was pretty much just me and the other newbie Whitney in our department. Around 3 pm my friend Jess came around and asked if i wanted a ride home. Of course i said yes to a free ride and save $1.25 on a token. So Whitney and I left work pretty early, when we should not have. But we did anyways with an quick email to the boss telling her that we had left early! Better safe than sorry! I am always sorry! When i try to be safe, i am always sorry!
Anyways I tell kathy to meet me off the tasker/morris exit, but i get a ride basically to the corner of my street. SO with my cellphone in my ear talking to Kathy and my house keys in the other to drop of my bags at the house, i start to walk down my street. I walk 1/3 of the way and i think to myself, i walked too far, and i look at the address of the house and yes i did walk too far. So i look back up the street and i get confused and have a really confused look on my face...... i know you all can imagine this! I walk back up a few paces and I look at my house, but i don't realize it is my house and there is girl at the front door that i have never seen before. So i get even more confused, and with Kathy on the phone getting confused from my directions to my place. So i pace back and forth a couple more times, getting more and more confused. Then finally the girl that was at my door walks pass me-but i don't realize that she was at my door and asks me, um excuse me, 'are you lost?' and i reply, 'no i am not, i am just really retarded right now, i live on this street, and say thank you!' I tell Kathy i will call her back and I finally find my house.
Obviously i tell Kathy what happened, and she just looked at me at me with a blank face that tells me that i am retarded!
The weekend was just a relaxing weekend, just two girls hanging out and drinking a bit too much with the roommates. Well, then sunday hits, and the night before i made spring rolls and we end up having it again for lunch the next day. So it is Kathy, Matt and I at the dining table eating lunch when the front door swings open. Being the amazing person that I am, i get up and introduce myself. We shake hands and she says, didn't we meet on friday in the street and i asked you if you were lost. At this point i go from being delighted to mortified! Then Kathy started to laugh and makes me tell Matt the entire story. They all laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. Obviously I am embarrassed by what happened but wtf! I can't do 3 things at once, only one thing at a time. Don't try this at home kinds! The end!