Death by Parking Tickets

So I've now accrued 15 Parking Tickets... many of which are overdue. Guess who wants to die?

I'm now dealing with my parking ticket problem... through a series of mishaps and forgetful moments, I've managed to round up 15 parking tickets. Of course I couldn't pay all of them as I'm a student with no money and no job at the time... but of course when I called the Parking Violations Bureau they said there was no way to stop payment and I could go fuck myself. Basically after 21 days, each ticket would increase in amount... and since there was no way I could get the money for all these tickets within each ticket's 21 days, I didn't know what to do.

Two times after that first call I called back and asked if there was any way to extend payment or stop the increase in penalties, and every time I was told NO... so I perused the Parking Violations Bureau website and FOUND a Financial Waiver Request Form... so I'm requesting a waiver, as well as an administrative hearing to clear my name of all the bullshit penalty fees that I shouldn't be paying since they lied to me about extending/delaying the payments on the tickets. Be glad you're not the LA Parking Violations Bureau... because you'd definitely be on my shit list... and I'd be coming for you.

Other than that life is great!!! Chris Alexander just bought the 6th Season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on DVD and is very excited about it... so I think we should all congratulate him... Congrats Chris! I saw my friend Darren today for the first time in a LONG time and that was fun... especially when I saw a picture of his mom in her younger years and she looked exactly like Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark), who, I must confess... I love a great deal. Did you know she was in Sandlot? And The Perfect Storm? Let's not forget about In the Bedroom...

I'm seeing Fahrenheit 9/11 with Jordan tomorrow... it will be the first Michael Moore film I've seen... YEAH YEAH I know... Bowling for Columbine is still on the Netflix list. And even though I won't hold it against his films, I really hate Michael Moore... I just don't care for his existence, is all. I think he pushed my distaste for him over the edge at the Oscars last year when he went off on President Bush during his acceptance speech.

Oh don't get me wrong, I dislike Bush as much as the next guy... I just think there's more appropriate places/times to voice that kind of opinion... hmmm... what better way could Michael Moore voice his opinions...? Oh... A MOVIE!!! Fuckin' asshole... he ruined the Oscars for me. And by ruined I mean he made me shake my head.

Still haven't heard back from my dad... I DID, however, get a piece of mail from him... but it just consisted of financial aid documents and two magazines that had come to his house for me. So, nothing of actual substance from him... he even put USC as the sender instead of him... because USC now sends me my magazines and all. Duh. I just found out my mom and brother might be coming to visit me this summer... don't know when though. Good thing since I can't afford any more trips home.

I think this is officially the longest blog I've ever written in my entire life. I just have a lot to say tonight, I guess... and I'm not even talking about personal things! Muahahaha! I'm updating my website... putting a few new features, changing a few images, adding more pictures, tweaking the interface and such. I saw this little ditty, if you will, in a friend's away message... I think I'll close with it:

I asked you if you liked me, you said no.
I asked you if I was pretty, you said no.
I asked you if I was in your heart, you said no.
I asked you if you would cry if I walked away, you said no.

So I walked away... you grabbed my arm and said
I don't like you, I love you...
you're not pretty, you're beautiful...
you're not in my heart, you are my heart...
and I wouldn't cry if you walked away, I would die.

Oh sap... how I love you.

Current Status:
Mood: Anxious
Food: Root Beer
Song: "Anytime, Anywhere" -Sarah Brightman

Personality Disorder, and "Dili" Explained

They sure hit it right on the nose about my personality disorder! And just in case you didn't know what "dili" means...

That's me alright... what kind of personality disorder are you? Find out here.

Today I found this email conversation I'd had with a friend a while back and thought it was a good explanation of the word "dili" for those of you who have not yet come to terms with it...

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Email I sent:
so what's the dili?

Email received:
the dili? i figure that's some sort of "east la" way to say "deal" so i'll humor you? the DEAL is i never went to bed and it's a shame. what's YOUR deal?

Email I sent back:
hahaha... well yes i guess "deal" is an adequate substitution for the highly dignified "dili." "Dili" in it's most common use, carries with it a meaning similar to "4-1-1" or "low-down." So, "Hey Bryan, what's the dili?" is basically "Hey Bryan, can I get some information on the plans? What ARE the plans? I sure would like to know what you're thinking we should do." Thus, "dili" has a myriad of questions all contained in a single word. However, it is NOT an east la thing, because i was saying it w/ my home fries in tx before i came to ca. And i've been up all night as well. the end.

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I hope this clears up any questions you all might have had about the word "dili"... if you have anything else to ask about it let me know.

Today was also the evening of my Ice Cream Sunday... well I guess it was technically yesterday, but who cares. It was fun, but it got quiet and awkward at times. Next time it will be more fun, I promise... because there will be other things to do besides eat ice cream and get fat... woohoo!!! Hope you can all come.

Current Status:
Mood: Satisfied
Food: Ice Cream
Song: "Baby Elephant Walk" -Henry Mancini

Happy Fucking Father's Day

My Dad's great, except that he hates my guts...

So for father's day, I sent my dad an email trying to stop him from ignoring me altogether and cutting me out of his life. It was a real treat, let me tell you... I don't think I've ever had a relationship with someone that was as difficult as this to keep going. And it's not the same as most people... I mean at some point with friends, etc... you can just cut them loose if things just don't work out. It's understandable, people change, friends become more and more distant... it's a natural thing.

But with a parent, or at least for me with my parents, I can't do that. I wouldn't just let go because we have our fucking problems... but I don't get that courtesy. He could obviously not give a shit whether he talked to me ever again... so I've spent the last week deciding whether it's worth it or not... worth fighting with everything I have to keep a relationship that the other person doesn't particularly care about. I've decided it is... and that was how I spent Father's Day morning.

Of course I can't say all the things that upset me, because then there would be no chance of recovery... I have to say all the good things, then talk about the bad later... maybe... if he will listen. So I don't know what's going to happen... if the email goes over well, then great! If not... I will probably be moving soon. As dramatic as that sounds... I'm not even kidding a single bit.

Current Status:
Mood: Overwhelmed & Depressed
Food: None
Song: "Perfect" -Alanis Morissette

Stefanie & Justin Reunite

A friend from home is all I need.

So my friend Stefanie moved to LA from San Antonio where she used to live right down the street for me. I've known her since I was in 8th grade... so I guess she's really the one I've known longest of all my current friends. Cheers to that! The only thing is she now lives 45 minutes away instead of a brisk 30-second walk down the street, not to mention now instead of worrying about being attacked by that crazy neighborhood dog, I have to worry about dying in a car wreck or impalement... from a car wreck. But at least now whenever I want to visit her I don't have to wait months until I go back to Texas again. It's kind of old news that she moved here... by only like week and a half... but I didn't have time to write about it before so GET OVER IT!

On a more upsetting note, I had a brawl with Yas today... really upsetting to me. I don't know what's happening to us... she feels like I am wrapped up in my social life and am rude to her. I feel like she takes my friendship for granted... and I don't think she understands where I come from because she has a loving and committed relationship in her life, and I don't. Which I guess explains why I rely on friends to keep me sane a lot more than she does. I guess I am dependent on my social life... and I do whine a lot. And I especially don't like talking about feelings, but I'm working on that... so she has a point. I just think she takes things to personally... like the way I treat people is a personal attack on her, but fine when I do it to other people. This isn't really any of your concern, so the keyboard stops here.

I now feel physically and emotionally exhausted and I don't think I want to go out tonight... and I don't feel like eating for a week. I need a job... :-(

Current Status:
Mood: Sad
Food: None
Song: "Everything I Said" -Cranberries

7th Level of Hell

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished me to the Seventh Level of Hell!

The wretched King Minos has decided your fate. His tale wraps around his body 7 times.

The sweet light no longer strikes against your eyes. Your shade has been banished to... the Seventh Level of Hell!


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So yes, I'm going to the 7th level of Hell according to this test... can't wait. It could be worse, right? HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORDAN! You 21-year old, you.

Current Status:
Mood: Happy, though sick.
Food: NyQuil
Song: "She Wants to Move" -N.E.R.D.

Today Sucks! Weeee!

Yeah this day just sucked big time, and I don't know why.

I think it had to do with the fact that I really had no human interaction whatsoever, except the occasional 'hi' and 'bye' with my roommate. I wanted to go see Laws of Attraction and everyone I invited bailed, oh well... and then everyone was like gone or busy, or... gone and busy, so I just watched True Lies, then went to Taco Bell and got food, then came home and watched "Family Guy." Then I ran aimlessly for quite some time. It was honestly one of the most boring days of my college life.

It reminds me of these weekends I used to have when I was in elementary school, where everyone in my family would be home but no one would really be doing anything... just, sitting around reading something or watching some stupid TV show... and I would walk around the house hoping that excitement would somehow jump out and smash me in the face, but it never did. I hated those weekends... they were usually Sunday's, I think.

Of course my family didn't go to church, so that probably is why Sunday was so boring... everyone else I knew was at church or having Jesus BBQs, or something of the like. Not that I have anything against church or Jesus BBQs... but they were stealing all my Sunday thunder, you must realize. I guess the evening turned out okay because it was my roommate I watched "Family Guy" with, and I love my roommate!

Current Status:
Mood: Bored
Food: Shrek Plain M&M's
Song: "Jolie Louise" -Daniel Lanois

Call People!

I said it! When you say you're going to call someone... DO IT! Or burn in Hell!!!

I've had numerous complaints this evening about people not calling them after saying they would, including a complaint of my own... which I didn't really hear, I just... thought about it.

Well yes, for starters... Chris didn't call Tiff. Unfortunately this has happened many times before with her and therefore definitely deserves some bitching. So Chris, if you're reading this, which you're not... CALL TIFF NOW!!! Because I swear to God you little prick, if you hurt that sweet girl I will cut your balls off and beat you senseless with them. No joke, I will hunt you down and make your life miserable.

Moving on, Jordan has TWO people who haven't called him... I don't know who they are, but I'll kill 'em! So if you're reading this right now and you should've called Jordan like you said you would, you better pick up the God damn phone and make some calls... or rather a call... because I will do the same thing to you that I'll do to Chris. Unless of course you're a girl in which case... I'll... cut off your boobs!

Now I also have someone who didn't call me, and it's not really a big deal because I don't care... BUT TIFF AND JORDAN DO! I'm pretty sure these people have done this before with both of them and I won't stand for it! Those of you who are not involved in this scandal better heed this warning: if you tell someone who cares about you (who I care about) that you'll call them then don't and I hear about it... I will find you. Either back that ass up and pick up the phone... or watch your back, I'm coming for you.

Current Status:
Mood: Disappointed
Food: Chick-fil-A
Song: "Dragula" -Rob Zombie

Haunted Apartment

Hector and I have decided our apartment is haunted, and it possibly has to do with water.

The first sign of strangeness was when I came back from Texas last week... I was the last one to leave the apartment, as Hector had left for China the day before I left for Texas, and I got back to CA the day before he got back.

When I came home and went in the bathroom, the right part of the toilet paper holder had fallen off the wall (it was starting to fall when I left, and was now completely off). Only, the piece that had fallen off the wall and the roll of toilet paper were not on the floor where they should've been had the laws of gravity applied to our bathroom at the time of the incident. Instead, they were lying on the toilet seat cover. That means, when the piece broke free of the wall, it and the roll of toilet paper jumped at least 1.5 feet from the wall, and landed perfectly on top of the toilet seat, without rolling or sliding off.

What you must know about our apartment is that before we moved in, the heater had previously caused the sprinklers to go off and flood the apartment. Of course, everything was dried and fixed before we moved in, but the fact that water has plagued both the life of me and my roommate is a strange fact.

Numerous things we've both owned have been affected by water damage at some point... my laptop, for example, and Hector's cell phone, among other things. FURTHERMORE, the connection between us and water is interesting because... now pay attention... we're both water signs. I KNOW, it's shocking... I'm a Pisces and he's a Scorpio.

So water haunts us, is my conclusion, and I'm sure that the evidence I've presented you with today has more than convinced you as well. With this I must retire... don't worry though, water doesn't haunt us in a bad way, per say... it just makes us go insane.

Current Status:
Mood: Giddy
Food: Baby Carrots
Song: "Donnie" -Ace of Base

Julia Roberts and a Shopping Spree

According to US Weekly, Roberts is having twins: one boy and one girl.

(On left: Jordan's unnamed penguin in the flesh... but fatter, and not as cute)

So Julia Roberts is having babies... and it's about damn time. Oh just kidding... it really pisses me off though, that when I read about it on CNN.com they only refer to her role in Pretty Woman. Like, "... said the Pretty Woman star was due to give birth..." and "... first children for Roberts, who starred in 1990's Pretty Woman." I don't know... call me crazy, but I don't need to hear that she was in Pretty Woman twice in one article. How about her role in Steel Magnolias? Or My Best Friend's Wedding, or I Love Trouble, or Stepmom, or Ocean's Eleven, or Hook?! For God's sake Hook!

Julia aside, I have decided that car shops are indubitably the biggest scams on the face of the planet. That's right fake Rolex-sellers, you take second place today... those auto shops have one-upped you yet again. I waited two hours today for my car to be ready when it was supposed to be done Saturday at 4 PM... according to my calculations, the delivery was off by three days. So as you can imagine I was not a happy camper, but then again you never really hear anyone say they're actually a happy camper...

On a better note, I had Chick-fil-A today with Mo and Tiff!!! I never see them anymore so it was a royal treat, along with the Dairy Queen we had right after... mmm mmmmm! And then, and THEN, I went to Wal-Mart with Kirsten, which was a BIG mistake. DVDs for $9.44? Who can resist?! So I bought Batteries Not Included, Galaxy Quest, True Lies, and The Fifth Element. Weeeee!!! They had many others but I just didn't have the money... but if they'd had Flight of the Navigator, I would've bought that bad boy, don't you doubt it for a second. Does anyone remember that movie? Well I do, so fuck them and fuck you too.

Current Status:
Mood: Content
Food: Gatorade. You heard me.
Song: "Dip It Low" -Cristina Milian