TEN TRUTHS ABOUT WHITES, BLACKS, ASIANS, & HISPANICS

TEN TRUTHS BLACK, HISPANIC, AND ASIAN PEOPLE KNOW, BUT WHITE PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT:

1. Elvis is dead.
2. Jesus was not white.
3. Rap music is here to stay.
4. Kissing your pet is not cute or clean.
5. Skinny does not equal sexy.
6. Thomas Jefferson had black children.
7. A 5 year old child is too big for a stroller.
8. NSYNC will never hold a candle to the Jackson 5.
9. An occasional spanking helps a child stay in line.
10. Having your children curse you out in public is not normal.


TEN TRUTHS WHITE, HISPANIC, AND ASIAN PEOPLE KNOW, BUT BLACK PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT:

1. Tupac is dead.
2. O.J. did it.
3. Teeth should not be decorated.
4. Ranch is a salad dressing, not a side dish.
5. Your pastor doesn't know everything.
6. Jesse Jackson will never be President.
7. Wearing a ring on each finger is bad fashion sense.
8. Church does not require you to wear expensive clothes.
9. Crown Royal bags are meant to be thrown away.
10.Your rims and sound system should not be worth more than your car.


TEN TRUTHS WHITE, HISPANIC, AND BLACK PEOPLE KNOW, BUT ASIAN PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT:

1. You can't drive.
2. Disneyland is not the happiest place on earth.
3. It's not necessary to change your birth name to an "American name."
4. We have enough nail salons and dry cleaning businesses.
5. Taking pictures is fun, taking pictures of strangers is weird.
6. Feet were meant to grow.
7. You need girls just as much as you need boys.
8. Dogs were meant to be pets, not eaten.
9. You dont need above a 4.0 to graduate.
10. Fanny packs are not an accessory.


TEN TRUTHS WHITE, BLACK, AND ASIAN PEOPLE KNOW, BUT HISPANIC PEOPLE WON'T ADMIT:

1. Hickies are unattractive.
2. Chicken is food, not a roommate.
3. Jesus is not a name for your son.
4. Your country's flag is not a car decoration.
5. The only part of the car that should touch the ground are the tires.
6. "Jump out and run" is not in any insurance policies.
7. Ten people to a car or house is considered too many.
8. Buttoning just the top button of your shirt is a bad
>>>fashion statement.
9. Mami and Papi can't possibly be the nickname of every person in your family.
10. Letting your children run wildly through the store is not normal.

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU'RE NOT THE MOST POPULAR GUY IN SCHOOL

KEEP SHARPIES AWAY FROM MEXICANS

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SO CAL IF...

1. Your monthly house payments exceed your annual income.
2. You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.
3. You don't know anyone's phone number unless you check your cell
>>phone (this goes for anyone who has a cell phone).
4. You speak Spanish, but you're not Mexican.
5. You begin to "lie" to your friends about how close you are when you know damn well that it'll take you at least an hour to get there (see below**).
>> **Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what
>>the distance, "about twenty minutes".
6. You drive to your neighborhood block party.
7. In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on
>>the same day.
8. You eat a different ethnic food for every meal.
9. If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on
>>foot,you're definitely driving
10. Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.
11. You know what In N Out is and feel bad for all the other
>>states because they don't have any (besides NV and soon So. UT)
12. You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.
13. You really can never be too rich or too thin or too tan.
14. You've partied in Tijuana at least 3 times... You don't
>>remember at least 1 of them.
15. You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach.
16. You eat pineapple on pizza (yuck! I hate it).
17. Your cell phone has left a permanent impression on the side of
>>your head.
18. You think that Venice is a beach.
19. The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.
20. You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.
21. You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818"
>>would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is
>>ghetto/second class.
>>Best area code: "714." Nobody likes anyone from the "909" because
>>it stinks there.
22. You call 911 and they put you on hold.
23. You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.
24. The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.
25. You think you are better than the people who live "Over the
>>Hill". It doesn't
>> matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you
>>are just better than
>> them, for whatever reason.
26. You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will
>>find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.
27. You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "the five" mean.
28. You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?
29. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every
>>news station: "STORM WATCH"
30. The Terminator is your governor.
31. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends
>>from California.

THE WORLD'S SHORTEST FAIRY TALE

The World's Shortest Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, a girl asked a guy "Will you marry me?"
The guy said, "No."
And the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping,
dancing, drank martinis, always had a clean house, never had to cook, and
farted whenever she wanted. The End.

25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP

Like it or not, I think these apply to all of us in one way or another.

25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those kids next door
won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely
upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and
pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that
much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate
them instead of asking "what the hell happened?"
* Bonus:
26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that
doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old butt.

Then you forward it to a bunch of old pals & friends 'cause you know they'll
enjoy it & do the same.

it's chowdah, not chowdaire!

i got back from boston, mass couple days ago. chris needed a date so he asked me to come be his date for his cousin's wedding. awww, thanks for picking me chris. flew out with christy and we met up with chris. we stayed at the hyatt on the charles river. it was so nice to actually see boston when it's normal weather. last time i was there we stayed indoors most of the time because it was below 28 not including the wind chill or whatever.

museum of art. highlights included hopper and donatello.







Here we are...



Eating on the sidewalks of Newbury St.



Museum of Science



Fenway Park







Cheers!



Chris' cousin's wedding in NH



acting gay in Hahvahd






USS Constitution




(acting gay on the USS constitution, trying to be like the titanic)




freedom trail







having gelato in little italy




we also went to the boston temple, prudential center, and had some boston seafood. good times, yes.

they bring the 'bump' to the 'grind'

Hi faithful readers of my blog. I just got back from the Killers concert. An amazing show. Of course, I got there 3 hours before the doors opened and of course scored front row. I went with Jud, an old friend from Provo. A local band opened, I forgot their name but the vocalist's last name was Vegas. Anyway, I wasn't impressed. Louise XIV was pretty cool though. First time I've heard them, I'm planning on listening to more of this Louise XIV.

When the Killers came on stage I was blown away. All this confetti just came pouring down when they started out with Sam's Town. I could tell Brandon was so happy to be playing for his native UT; he would smile at the most random moments. Sound was good, crowd wasn't too pushy. Highlights included On Top, When You Were Young, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, For Reasons Unknown, and All These Things. He also played a Joy Division song and Can't Take My Eyes Off of You. At the very end of the show (after he played Exitlude), he talks to his band for a moment and then says: "We still have one more in us." They played When You Were Young a second time but this time it was all heart. How amazzzzing is that, huh?! At the end of the show, I caught one of the many flowers that decorated the stage. I LOVE THE KILLERS, AGHHHHHH!!!!

Here is a little footage I took on my cell phone camera, he's singing 'Bones.' Really bad quality but thought you would enjoy a visual. You might want to turn the volume all the way down.

What Happens in Vegas...

Last weekend I took an end-of-the-semester road trip with a couple friends. I vowed never to go to a club again. I'm so sick of the sleaze, claustrophobia, and pole dancers; plus my feet get really tired from dancing all night because I choose to wear improper foot attire (fashion before function, what's a girl to do?). Anyway, on our way there we were stuck in traffic because of a fatal accident. As we drove by the scene we saw two body bags. The driver was either drunk or tired and the victims obviously weren't wearing seat belts when the accident occurred, their bodies were thrown out of the vehicle. It was a serious wake up call: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS AND DON'T DRIVE IF YOU'RE SLEEPY/TIRED/INTOXICATED! I know you hear it all the time but life is so, so fragile.

So anyways, despite the mood killer, we did enjoy ourselves in Sin City. We ate at Chipotle, In N' Out, and some sushi place. We went to a few clubs-danced the night away. That picture was taken at Tryst, btw, Christy found it on their website. I love the outlet shopping there, picked up some items at French Connection. One of the girls I went with met with a well-to-do interior designer for a potential job offer. We went to her house to have brunch, supposedly. We were there for about 3 hours but she never offered any food, we were really hungry. Her house was incredible though, so it was worth the starvation.

Moz

I'm still on a high...it was amazing. Ok, where to start...I went to the show with Denise, we got there about 2.5 hours early to make sure we got good "seats." We ended up 2nd row and quickly made friends with some high school boys in front of us. In the middle of the show it got a little crazy and they let us squeeze in the front. So now we had this front row view of the Moz. He was spectacular, enjoyed his witty remarks during the show. Whe he came out he said (referring to the venue): "This will be the wierdest hockey you'll ever see." The E Center was not crowded at all, the GA section was full and the seats were about 1/3 filled to which he stated: "Why aren't we in a decorative theater with cushioned seats, do such places exists around here?"

During one of my favorite songs (Let Me Kiss You), he threw his shirt into the crowd, right behind us. There were about 6 people fighting for it for like 15 minutes. Moz then said, "Why is my shirt such a major concern...I only bought it at Target!"

He played 22 songs, he spoiled us; in previous shows he's played 19-20 songs.

And now for the highlights: He looked at Denise and and reached out for her hand and shook it! During the last song Denise and the high school boys were pointing at me so Moz could shake my hand since they all got a handshake. And lo and behold he did! I squeezed his hand a little to tight cuz when he let go he said "ouch!" oopsie

At the end of the show the band threw their set lists into the crowd and I was one of the lucky ones to get one.

It was everything I every dreamed of and more...

It's Official

Here is my mom and I at my graduation ceremony; what a memorable day. Thanks to all my supporters who came and those who've helped me trudge along the strenuous and horrific, yet rewarding path. I feel a wee bit smarter but hopefully you will observe the tremendous growth in my B.S.'ing skills without me having to point it out.

The Sweet Escape

My brother, sister-in-law, and I went to see Gwen Stefani last night at the E Center to celebrate my graduation. Let me tell you, she puts on a fantastic show. I don't think I've ever been to a concert where I've been impressed with all the aspects: stage set-up, sound, performance, dancers, etc.

Lady Sovereign opened, we only heard two of her songs. Obnoxious, the last song was too roudy. Akon was cool. I didn't realize, but I recognized many of his songs. He asked us to smack the person on our right when he sang "Smack That." Since my seat was in between a really fat guy and a really skinny guy both of which had girlfriends and didn't know me, I decided not to take his advice. Luckly, a teenie-bopper sitting next to my sister-in-law gave up her seat and I was able to enjoy the rest of the show with her and my bro.

Then Gwen opened up with "Sweet Escape" we yelled our hearts out. The stage was incredible, I can't even explain it in words. The Harajuku Girls were cute, the breakdancers were amazing. Gwen is a great performer, eloquent. I admired that she came to the back and sang a whole song, shaking people's hands and spending some time with those of us sitting way in the back. It was awesome, go see her if you get the opportunity.

I can hardly wait for Morrissey. I'm way too excited to see him. I actually had a dream about it last night, LOL!

Happy Birthday...

...to my blog. It is now 1 year old.

Free at Last! Free at Last!

I made it! I'm done!

I just got done "defending" my capstone project. I was prepared to supposedly defend it against a committee that was going to tear it down and grill me on various design and learning theories. But guess what? They just smiled and said, "Well done." I'm ecstatic to say the least!

On the down side, I can't pull the old I've-got-homework-and-lots-of-studying-to-do card any longer. I've got to find a new excuse to decline stale dates, but most importantly find a real job.

If you are single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you ...

... Hallmark doesn't make a Congratulations-you-didn't-marry-the-wrong-guy card. And where's the flatware for going on vacation alone?
-Carrie Bradshaw

This is why I'm having mixed feelings about finishing school. I don't know if I could face the realization that I won't be celebrated after graduation.

...oh the hell with it! School's a jerk, Gaby is out!

I'm almost done, dear!!! I defend on Thursday and after that, I close the coffin and bury school FOREVERRR. I hope I don't change my mind and decide to go for the Doctorate's. Please, if I do, save me; it's suicide.

Please pray that my committee will have compassion on me and accept my defense.

Good-bye and thank you...

I don't always prepare such rich meals. Sometimes I'll just serve a simple quiche, salad and dessert for dinner. During the week I try to eat lightly.

Yeah right! I eat, alot!

This week marks the dawn of a new era. For the first time in my life I'm going to start eating healthy. I hate eating fruits and vegetables. I don't eat vegetables and the only fruit I'll eat is half a banana or canned peaches but I was just informed that fructose-drenched peaches do not provide any estrength or nutrients (in the words of Eskeleto) to my body so blah. I got this idea from my roommate and went to Costco to buy about 15 pounds of fruit. I hope I can eat it all before it goes bad. Open to suggestions for a healthy diet (that includes carbs).

Dena's Wedding...more pics to come

Happy...New Year!

Well, it is a new year. I ususally write down all my goals and reflect to see if I accomplished last year's goals. This year I have two goals that I'm pretty excited about! One, I'm graduating and two, I'm planning on going to Italy!

Last semester was one of the hardest semesters I have had, EVER! It was seriously depressing and it gave me some anxiety. But in the end I got an A in both classes, it seriously was a miracle!

Christmas was nice, I was able to go home and spend some time with the fam and then Daisy, Micah, and I headed to Las Vegas for Cammy's wedding. It was nice, but it was nicer to come back to Utah to get to know Brett a little better. We've been dating since November and on New Years day he went 90% and I went 10%.

Homework can go to Hell!!!!

I hate homework like I hate flies! I have all these assignments due and I feel like I'm falling behind on everything! I'm so angry! I'm getting a slight anxiety attack even thinking about it! I'm so overwhelmed I just want to quit school but I know that would be a stupid decision since I only have two weeks left but MAN....do I hate all the lame assignments that the teachers decide to pile on at the end of the semester! Homework should go to hell and stay there. I'm glad I'm going to heaven when I die so I don't have to deal with it in the next life.

Sorry for being so negative, I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.

Hula

I just got back from Hawaii. It was soooo rad! I went with my sisters Carmela and Daisy; my brothers-in-law Shawn and Micah; couple of Micah's friends Andy and Angel; and their friend Caroline. We had an amazing time! We went to Oahu and stayed there for a whole week. I've got to say that I'm so proud of myself for catching a wave and standing up on the longboard. I was told it's big deal for a girl to stand up her first time surfing so I guess that makes me sort of a big deal. My favorite adventure was the snorkeling at Shark's Cove; my favorite encounter was with Jack Johnson. I had the best shave ice and coconut cream pie a girl could ever dream of and the best hamburgers, pizza, and pineapple my taste buds have ever stumbled upon. One thing I admire about the people of Oahu is that they value and protect their land. Despite the size of the island, the green pastures seemed endless.

The creepiest thing that happended to me while I was there was I got a phone call from some random guy I've only met once. I have no idea how he got my number (If you're a guy and you're reading this, let me give you a word of advice: Don't call a girl if she didn't give you her phone number; at least a have friend in common before you do). This guy was so nerdy and aggressive; I didn't know these two characteristics could coexist in one being at the same time. Anyway, he just left a psycho message to no avail.