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2002-12-02, 4:08 p.m.

31 December 2002

2:35pm i ate too much cheese and now i have the chills. dangit!

9:40am yuck. i'm getting sick. new year's resolution for 2003 is to eat more vegetables. 2002 was the first time i ever really made a resolution (and even kept it!). living where i do, the produce selection isn't that great. and living with the boys i do, vegetables don't cross their minds when they're making dinner--unless you count kimchee. and potatoes and corn don't count either. happy new year!

30 December 2002

5:40pm forgot to mention that i went to the spa. definitely the best one i've been to in the sf-area. one must be comfortable naked, however. at first, i was apprehensive. but i looked around and now i consider it an ego boost. with that, karma will probably have me sagging soon. off to kickboxing!

11:30am so i had to go to mass on christmas eve. stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down...blah blah blah. but at least it made my mom happier. and i finally succeeded in counting all the squares on the church's ceilings--something i've failed to do ever since i was a kid. i'd always lost count...but i don't know why it never occured to me earlier just to do some simple multiplication. 744 complete squares. and hopefully it will hold my mom off until next christmas.

holidays are much more fun when you're a kid and totally oblivious to adult problems. i had a good time watching my nieces squeal with delight as we all opened our presents. and its comforting to know that a lot of other people i know feel the same way. holidays would be easier without the adults--the older they get, the more insane they become.

hanging out with friends over the weekend, the topic of zines came up. i had a zine years ago...but these days, i doubt i could fill one up with anything interesting. my life is pretty boring. same boyfriend, same job. i'm pretty content, so i don't really have anything of substance to talk about. another major factor is that i don't have a great desire to impose my views upon others like i used to. and since i've been keeping a journal online for the past 5-6 years, i've covered a lot. most of what i write nowadays is just brain static. i'm not as passionate about this medium as i used to be. plus the Web is instant gratification. a zine is more expensive and labor -intensive to produce. ok, i'm just lazy.

yes, j has poor posture.

23 December 2002

11:05am ugh. and the drama begins. i used to think life would get easier when i lived on my own. but nope. several people have confirmed that parents just get wackier as they get older. maybe i'll just bring down a few bottles of wine and go to church drunk.

18 December 2002

10:30am today, i am a gimongous nerd. i have to go to the eye doctor because i poked myself real good in the eye. and then after that, i might have to wear an eyepatch to an 8pm screening of the two towers. ahhh, but i'm wearing a cashmere scarf and cashmere sweater. its a cashmiracle!

16 December 2002

4:20pm it is amazing how fast i can squander my money. to think people raise families (including my own for a while) on my income. oh well, this is what my parents wanted for me, right? to have money to spend without counting pennies. ahhhh cashmere. but it was on sale AND thirty percent off!

11 December 2002

11:00am paying off one's car is very anticlimatic. yesterday, i received a letter from the bank stating, simply:

Dear Ms. Nguyen,

This is formal notice that you have paid off your car. Thank you for choosing us.

Sincerely, The Bank
i dunno. i was expecting at least a token tchotke. i'm having a blah day.

10 December 2002

12:45pm Good things:

  • Made a post-Christmas appointment at Kabuki Springs & Spa for a Swedish massage and body polish--time to spend the last of my company's flexible benefit plan. I've benefited greatly from wonderful spa visits this year to Sonoma Mission Inn, Watercourse Way, Mirage Hotel Spa (Las Vegas), and Azul Day Spa.
  • Champagne Shrimp and Pasta
  • Fresca (Peruvian food) for dinner
  • Christmas shopping is done. Almost done wrapping.
  • Cashmere
  • Good friends
  • Seeing Steve Urkel at a club in LA. Next time I come down, I need to hit up Thai Elvis.
  • Great family (and by that, I mean cousins)
  • Plans to travel in 2003: "5 cities in 14 days--Europe 2003," Peru/Brazil in July, Rio for Thanksgiving. Hooray!

2 December 2002

4:10pm thanksgiving could have been worse. but thanks to the help of some red wine, it wasn't too bad. family events with the adults will never be dry again. even still, next year, my cousin and i have decided it be wiser (and a billion times more fun) if we went to rio (brazil).

i've been drinking a lot of red wine lately. of course, i don't spend much more than $10 per bottle, so that leaves me with the selections from trader joe's and cost plus. for that cost, this one is my favorite. i picked up a rojas with my name (LAN) on it yesterday. better be good! i also like the pinot noir from Peterson Winery but I haven't been able to find it in a store anywhere--we had a bottle at Ginger Island for my birthday back in August. $30 is a bit more than I'd spend for an everyday bottle of wine anyway.

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