Acrata's Oyster Fest

Today was the Oyster Fest in Arcata. (did you know that there's a town law that was passed a while ago that stopped corporate businesses to not come into the town anymore?) they still have some businesses like Bank of America that opened before that law was passed.

Welcome to hippie-ville.

Anyways.. I went with jeff and his co-workers.. We mainly just walked around the vendors selling food and types of oysters, like grilled, fried, raw, etc.. I had a fried prawn sushi roll. I love it. I've had it before when I went to Roy's in Orange County. It was cloudy that morning.. But the sun came out later, thanks to the gusty wind.

We all went to Healthsport gym afterwards and played my first racquetball game. Its actually pretty fun, I was good at it, since I made a bunch of points and I used to play tennis..

Yeah. And I didn't eat any oysters. Yuck.

~Lor

Eleven '7-Eleven' stores become Kwik-E-Marts to sponsor The Simpsons movie!

As part of The Simpsons Movie’s marketing efforts and promotions, the convenience store chain 7-11 proposed a plan to change eleven of their 4700 stores into Kwik-E-Mart imitations, which would even feature and sell Simpsons products such as Buzz Cola, Slurpees served in Squishee cups and Krusty’o cereals.

Kwik-E-Mart, a fictional chain of convenience stores on the animated series The Simpsons, is owned by the Indian American fictional character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Over the years, viewers have watched various story lines that have taken place on the highly priced convenience store. Even though the items are quite pricey, Homer and the gang consistently drop by and patronize the said store. Now, avid Simpsons fans can enjoy edible Simpsons commodities in an accessible and convenient manner.

Other promotional strategy of The Simpsons: The Movie is the hosting of a contest which would determine in which Springfield city The Simpsons: The Movie will premiere in.

The much-awaited Simpsons movie is scheduled to open in the United States in July. Meanwhile, avid fans can catch the whacky family every Sunday at 8/7c on FOX.

Source: BuddyTV.com

Upgrade..

Oh no.. I upgraded to a venti frapp today. :O

~Lor

YouTube videos during my NC trip :)

they're finally uploaded & online!

"Sunset Beach #1"

"Sunset Beach #2"

"Chillin' in Myrtle Beach"

"Ocean Blvd During Senior Week #1"

"Ocean Blvd During Senior Week #2"

"Don't you know that you're Toxic?"

(hahaha.. a random dance video i happened to spontaneously record at that time..)

WTF is a Lotus doing here?

Yeah, I was a bit surprised today to see a Lotus car parked near starbucks. I thought to myself, the reason why its here is because the owner probably lived down in south cali and couldn't handle the traffic and couldn't handle the car. I thought it was funny how it parked right in front of some fucked up pickup truck. I admire the car, one of the reasons why people buy them for.. But to bring it in this small hippie town is just for some cheap ego-boost.

There's another "Washed-Up" californian for ya.

~Lor

a score of 90% again!

View Attempt 1 of 3

Title:	214quiz2
Started:	June 14, 2007 2:00 AM
Submitted:	June 14, 2007 2:30 AM
Time spent:	00:30:31
Total score:	18/20 = 90% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 20

hell yeah!!! i got another 90!!! wooooo. im relieved tho. after reading a bunch of philosophy for hours, it kinda wears ya out. i got a 90 on the first quiz.. and sooo surprised i got a 90 again for the 2nd. *knocks on wood*

i did a dance.

haha. in the living room.

~lor

Panhandlers are IDIOTS.

I saw this Eurekan walking to our car. We immediately closed & locked our doors. She came up to our window and we just shooooed her away. She's going to every person walking in the parkinglot. The employees at Staples said she's been doing that for 6 months telling the same story. Her family died and she needs money to travel. Yeah. Totally working out for ya. Get a job you meth-head.

~Lor

"TAR-BUCKS"

I'm in Target. At the "licenced starbucks". I'm on unfamiliar and very bad territorty. There's one barista working and it seems she doesn't even know what she's doing. She couldn't even repeat the woman's order, as the woman gave weird glances at what the barista was doing while making drinks.. There's a long line of people waiting and a few are leaving. Probably going to a REAL starbucks. Good choice..

~Lor

Another drug bust. How typical..

After picking up jeff from work. Its 1:30 late at night. It's so quiet that you can hear the ocean (and any type of loud noises.. Such as drunken fights between couples out in front of their houses, the loud 'vrooming' exhaust/tailpipe sounds of cheap cars as they go 20mph down the streets, etc..). We drove down old town Eureka on hwy 101 and passed by a police car with 2 sheriffs, a suspect handcuffed and laying on the trunk of the policecar. There was a black Scion tc, I think, with the trunk open and clear plastic wrapping paper (or saran wrap however you spell it) literally everywhere. You can tell that the cops checked for everything. I thought the cops in this town were leniant on the 420 and drugs.. But after seeing that tonight. I'm glad they're doing their jobs..

~Lor

I'm allergic to this place..

*cough* *cough*

i knew something was wrong the moment i got off the plane when i arrived back in Humboldt County here in North California. my coughing started. my throat wasn't irritated at ALL during my trip in North Carolina.

now i'm back here, and my coughing is really bad. i don't know if it's bronchitis. my tonsils aren't swollen. it's just that whenever i breathe (apparently i must do this to live..), i cough. then another cough. repeated coughs until i lose my breath.

i can't live off of HALLS Fruit Breezers forever.. although, i've been eating them like candy for the past few weeks.

i'm allergic to Eureka. i was told that it might be the pollen, the mold, the paper/pulp mill (that spews out white clouds [maybe toxic vapors?] from it's towering smokestack near the Samoa Beach area). i'm not allergic to anything. *knocks on wood* But being here has made me sick very often. unusually more than usual. Jeff has been sick at least 5x. and i rarely get sick. the last time i was sick was probably more than a year ago since i've moved here to Eureka.

Do you think that people here are dying? I suppose. Slowly dying.. the stores are closing and moving down. i saw an auto dealership that used to be full of cars suddenly abandoned (like who can afford nice cars here? everyone has 'dinged up and fucked up' looking cars).

hopefully there will be a chance for me & jeff to move outta here right after this summer. i hope. i seriously can't take it.

a day or so ago, a regular came in and we started talking about how i ended up living here from North Carolina. i get this question SOOOO MANY times. it's not fuckin' funny. and of course, i can't tell strangers something like this: "well, to be honest with you.. my boyfriend was hired for job here and i happened to come along because we are obviously in a relationship". Well, that's pretty awkward to tell someone. I'm out, but i'm not like FLAMING out. i don't play that homie. i still act professional, whether you know that i'm gay or not. Anyways, i usually tell them that he's my roommate who got a job here and i 'spontaneously' wanted to experience California since i've never been here before. that's partially true.

well, i lost track of what i was writing about. i'm taking a break (again) just to type this. sipping on a cup of orange juice, and that's soothing my throat. i haven't coughed since i've started typing this entry. so that's cool.

that's it for now.. i really don't want to spend my entire summer dealing with classes. i'm starting to feel like i should just temporarily stop my online classes at NC State for this Fall. until i resume classes again ON campus and in a REAL classroom, where i can fall asleep in class.. haha. I'm also thinking about transferring to a new college once i move somewhere different back on the east coast.. maybe in Miami? i wish. i really don't know. i can only hope..

~lor

CHANEL Cruise 2007/08 Fashion Show

..and to think, you thought that fashion shows involved a runway walking to 'point A' and back to 'point B'. well, this show was definitely in the runway category.. at the Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles.. haha.



~lor

On a break again..

I really like the pic of me slightly smiling above. Its cute :)

I'm on a 10 min break. Sippin' on a dulce de leche frapp again. Not a light, heh. Way to ruin a great workout after going to the gym huh? Lmao.

There's nothing interesting going on now that I'm back here in California. I did have sooo much to talk or write about during my NC trip though, as you can tell from my multiple posts from last week..

Break's over. g2g.

~Lor

Green Tea Lattes & Hanjia!

I finally made a cup of GTL for Hanjia, since she*'s obsessed with them. lol

~Lor

I love Pad Thai!

Yumm.. I save a bunch of cash when I buy thai noodles from Target instead of going to Subway each time I'm on my lunch break at starbucks. :)

~Lor

Reno, Nevada copies NCSU wolf mascot logo!

In the News & Observer newspaper, an article about this copyright lawsuit about a college in Reno, Nevada using a similar wolf as their school's logo. In this case, it is NC State's wolf used with a tophat instead of the NCSU cap. Their team is called the 'wolf pack' with 2 words and NC State is one word, the wolfpack.

Well, that's lame. Get your own wolf design Reno.

~Lor

Dolce & Gabbana 4018: my new obsession

this is what i fucking want.

the Dolce & Gabbana 4018 sunglasses.

it's so hot. i love it. and with it's interesting shape and design, it's perfect for me and i can definitely pull it off, unlike typical ppl.

i compiled these photos from the Dolce & Gabbana website, since the ones on eBay weren't photographed well.. and my 1st choice is obviously at the top!

and i happened to fall in love with it after i tried them out at the Dolce & Gabbana store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. believe me, they're sooo much better with the Swarovski crystals on the D and G. especially the brown frames. i wonder if they have a Swarovski style for each of the frames..

it's like priced between $200-$250, but costs a lot more with the Swarovski frames. (which is why my Chanel 5085-b's are wayyyy expensive and RARE too!!! they're finally DISCONTINUED!!! .. you can't find something like mine anywhere. and if you're lucky, you manage to see someone wearing it. but i doubt it.)

~lor

NEW Juicy Raspberry at Starbucks!

Ok.. Well, not yet.. But for the 2nd summer phase, we are unvieling a new syrup: Juicy Raspberry!

In the picture above is my drink, a tall Juicy Raspberry cappuccino with the juicy raspberry drizzle :)

Its not available in starbucks stores till June 15th I think..

~Lor

Overworked and no time for Myspace..

i'm a bit scared to check my myspace account. i haven't logged into it since before i left for my trip to North Carolina. i actually tried to resist being actually 'online' during my trip. i didn't want to do my online summer classes & homework. i didn't want to do myspace. i didn't want to do anything other than fiddle around my Treo phone and post blog entries. that's about it. haha.

i do want to go on myspace. but if i do, i'd have to devote a couple of hours to respond to everyone and accept the friend requests. i'm guessing i'll have more than 13 pages of friend requests (which was the amount the last time i was gone for a week).. and about 6 pages of messages.

oh shit, i feel lightheaded as i type this. i just finished watching some video lectures from my philosophy class and realized i have to re-read about 42 pages from my textbook and like 65 pages of an PDF article again because in order to do a good job on the quiz, i have to know what im being tested on. LOL. so i guess you've guessed it, i've already forgotten what i've read.

im telling you, i have like a limited amount of space in my brain. i have like 60GB of brain storage. i gotta delete the old files to make room for more interesting ones. like porn. hahaha. im joking.

Calculus 2, Philosophy & a Math lab. those are the 3 classes i'm taking this summer. it fuckin' blows because i wish i WASN'T taking anything. i just want to relax and work at starbucks. to NOT have to wake up early just to do hw during the summer is desirable.

my feet hurt. i've spent the last few minutes during my philosophy 'class' rubbing the arch of my feet. i wish i had some foot massager from the Sharper Image or Brookstone. heh. or maybe a foot massager/spa thing from Bed Bath & Beyond. my mom has one. i should probably ask her if i can have it, if she doesnt use it. heh.

anyways. time for a calc 2 video lecture. i watch em thru dvds. recorded back in 2003. to teach a class without having to actually teach. it's genius! and i still pay tuition for doing this class. cheap lazy bastards. haha. but that's how college is.

damn calculus 2. i fucking hate you.

~lor

Do you think it's psychological?

That traveling back to somewhere you don't like living in will cause psychological distress to your body and mind?

I think so.

I'm already coughing with a slightly runny nose. Maybe its from being in such a warm climate back to cold? Jeff has been sick at least 5x ever since we moved here. I've just finished a coughing spell that lasted for a little more than a month. And I don't EVER get sick.

Back to taking my summer classes online. With homework and tests to do & take. What a great way to return home.

No more shorts. What's the point when it's like 50°F outside. Just in my PJs all day.

No more dressing up in a different outfit everyday. Nothing much to do that I haven't already done, unless going out to eat. But we usually get takeout or i'll make mac & cheese at home.

Back to work at starbucks. I actually love working there. I'd rather be making lattes & frapps instead of doing homework. And dealing with crazy ppl who don't usually go to starbucks.

No more shopping. I went to 3 malls during my trip: Asheville mall, Southpark mall & Carolina Place mall. Each mall probably had at least 10x more stores than Eureka's Bayshore Mall. And that mall is half-empty. The 3 malls I went to probably had about 1 to 3 empty stores, each with a 'coming soon' sign. Nothing at bayshore mall. Some stores have been empty since i've moved here.

Ok. Enough for now. I'm tired and I want to sleep in my bed.

~Lor

Back to eureka. Damn..

On the propeller plane. Stuck in a seat across the aisle from some dumbass woman who couldn't even retract the luggage handle (during the shuttle ride). She even broke it. Idiot. It looked like a monkey trying to put a square in a circular hole. Ehh. Time for my iPod with the volume to the MAX. I can't listen to the stupid chitter chatter of this woman and her company.

~Lor

Back in San Francisco.. *sigh*

I love this city. But its just depressing to return to "abnormal" in north cali. I'm still dressed in my shorts and flipflops, and its currently 55°F in SF.

I'm going to miss the warm weather. :(

I'm sporting a nice tan from laying & boogieboarding under the sun for 3 hours in Sunset Beach in NC. I wonder if ppl around town will ask how I got a few shades darker. Hmm..

Now we're waiting for my next flight. 2 more hours for a hour or so flight on a smaller propeller plane. Back to Arcata airport and the rest of Humboldt County. Oh joy.

~Lor

In Charlotte..

At the terminal. With 30 mins left till we leave. There's a terminal starbucks, but I'm desperate for a frapp. Fatass. Oh whatever. Heh. Chelsea is like a few rows away in our 5-hour flight. Yay.....

~Lor

Omg! Its chelsea!

Who knew we're flying on the same plane to Charlotte & San Francisco! Lol. (fyi.. we went to the same high school)

~Lor

Speedy check-in at RDU!

Screw the long lines and the self-check in machines. We went with the curbside check-in. $10 tip for checkin' in 4 bigass luggages. Hehe. Now were just chillin', waiting for a good time to check thru security.

~Lor

50th month anniversary!

Yup. Who knew we can last longer than straight couples. Haha. I Love You! <3 :)

~Lor

Packin & leavin NC :(

*sigh* I really don't want to leave this place. Its so nice and warm here. I'm in my shorts and a shirt absorbing the last amounts of summer in North Carolina before I return to cali.. Ehh. My plane leaves in a few hours..

~Lor

A&F and Crabtree Mall

I miss it here. I really do. I'd quit my well paying jobs just to work here again. Seriously. I don't care about the minimum-wage amount every hour I danced and folded while working there.. lol

Marisa Cooper played by Mischa Barton on The OC once said in an episode about being in the mall how "all of life's problems can be solved here" with the right nail polish or shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch.. Hehe. That's how I feel.

~Lor

Junk in the trunk

For the past 6 hours, I've been sorting and organizing my stuff that I've left behind when I left for California. These were things that I had in my apartment at the College Inn at NC State. They were left behind with Jeff's parents at some storage place. I had a bunch of clothes that I used to wear, I didn't want to bring them with me. I only wanted a few that I could probably customize or re-design. The ones that I didn't want, I put em in a box for the next yard sale that Jeff's mom sets up in the future. $5 for miscellaneous shirts. $10 for nice (expensive stuff I bought) shirts, bottoms & sweaters. Also there were a bunch of crap I just needed to get rid of.

I really need to start an ebay account and sell my shit. Wheter it's my used crap or stuff I've made. Idk when I'll do that. Like I have the time.. Hahahaha..

~Lor

Sratbucks Fatty-ccinos

I can't help but drink em. This is my drink:

Grande Dulce de leche Frappuccino Light with 3 pumps of syrup and whipped cream.

I'm a fuckin' fatass.... J/k.

I started cutting down and switching to the lighter option. Yeah. U should try it. I can see a little bit of excess baggage that ur carryin' around.. Haha :P

~Lor

Outback Steakhouse on Capital Blvd!

Ahh.. I had dinner last night at my old outback I used to work at. I was greeted at the door by my old boss, Amy, I think she recognized me.. Anyways.. I saw a lot of new ppl that was working there. I only saw a few that I used to work with last summer, and a few of them recognized me instantly. I'm guessing there are many that were off that night.. Lol it was great. I miss working there. I used to work in Curbside Take-away. The tips and the interesting ppl I had to take orders from.. Lol. Can you believe restaurant servers in North Carolina make $2.13/hr plus their tips? That's what I was making. Wow. And when I started working in California, servers get minimum wage AND tips. Omfgwtf. Yeah, ppl I've told this to in NC were a bit shocked.

I had the Alice Springs Chicken, my favorite thing to get.

~Lor

Myrtle Beach during 'senior week'

I finally reunited with Jeff's dad's CANON 7.1 megapixel PowerShot A620 camera and I can finally record some high quality video & pics! I can't wait to upload the pics I've taken at the beach! They look so professional! :)

Myrtle Beach was having its Senior Beach Week. Ocean Blvd was packed with teens. I love it.

~Lor

Texas Pete & Sweet Tea

It aint a meal, not unless you drench your food with Texas Pete hot sauce and REAL southern style sweet tea. Hehe. They were out of marinara sauce for my mozzarella sticks, so I had to resort to Texas Pete. Lol :)

~Lor

Rednecks..

Interesting how there are still 'confederate rebels' around showing their pride. I don't think its cool to drive your dirty mud covered cheap pickup truck, what are you trying to do? Impress me? No..

But can they classify themselves as democratic or republican (since they were against the Union in the civil war)?

~Lor

I should've bought this shirt..

A shirt from the Stupid Factory store. Lol.

~Lor

Couldn't update..

Sorry I haven't updated till now. A Sprint cellphone tower wasn't nearby.

I wish it was hot like that in Eureka in the summer. But I think the ppl living there would die if it got that hot. Lol.

~Lor

Sunset Beach!

It was cloudy and a bit rainy.. But that didn't stop me from jumpin in the ocean. I went boogie boarding, but I didn't catch a wave tho :( I didn't want to risk being caught in a riptide..

~Lor

Calabash!

Stayin at a gated resort community called Brunswick. And also having a Snowball! Its a cup of shaved ice with ice cream and syrup. I had Birthday Cake ice cream and Cotton Candy syrup. OMG it was SOoOOo goooood.

Now we're off to Sunset Beach to lay on the sand and swim in the ocean. I gotta be careful of the riptides tho..

~Lor

Mike & Mark at The Evening Muse

Woohoo! Jeff & I went and saw jeff's favorite band in Charlotte. It was another great show. We sat at the front row to the left. The woman sitting behind me kept fuckin' rocking the bottom of my chair with her feet. I'm like taking pics with the camera and then all of a sudden my chair shakes. I had to scootch up my chair away from her and turned my head towards her. She stopped soon after. Stupid bitch.

~Lor