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:: Sunday, July 07, 2002 ::
thursday - happy fourth of july! or happy america (according to kim and the immigrant). i slept in til noonish today. did a bunch of laundry. no plans. sad! eventually alex and i got a hold of shaun and we met him at sam woo's w/ his dad for dinner. oohhhh soo much food. alex seemed to enjoy trying everything (except the lychee).
we got a bunch of panseeey fireworks (morning glories, piccolo pete's...) and the three of us went to long beach to hang on pine street. we saw MIB2 (i loved it except for one part and the very very end). then to the pier to light up some morning glories and just be kids. in the end, i was glad i did this instead of going to one of the MANY bbqs that i wasn't invited to. : P but i stayed out waaaay to late and went to bed ridiculously tired.
the next morning was MY BIRTHDAY!!!! happy birthday to me.... i am 22 now! woowoo!!! yeah i hated 21, bad stuff happened. i decided that odd years are not my cup o tea. they are just lame. 22 is already great. anyhow i got up early and set up some stuff for my party. lots of purple, red and blue lights in the house, set out candles to compliment the christmas lights and lanterns, and a shimmery purple doorway decoration for the steps. helped my aunt bring her stuff in the house, and then went to my appointment. after, i went to the coffeebean and got my bday drink courtesy of vajojo. then i went to pick up my cake in west hollywood. but it was MIA. they LOST it. so i gave them my address and they delivered it like 2 hrs later. it was probably better that way, i would have squished it somehow i'm sure.
my aunt REALLY stressed me out all afternoon. do this do that blahblah. she is VERY high drama and high maintenance, has a nervous breakdown every 20 min i think. and she LOVED to stress herself out with this party. and she loves to be stressed out by her dog. he is sooo spoiled. at one point she was chewing up chicken and spitting it out for her dog. she had fun though, loved the attention and loves to cook. good thing too cuz the food was SO good. marinated chicken, sweet and spicy pineapple sauce, veggie platters, fruit platters, veggie skewers, tomato rice, pasta salad, olives and feta, bruschetta, bean dip, guacamole, and salsa. all home made! she attempted to make tortilla chips at home but they weren't so good. she had me try some for a laugh, and i felt like i was eating a dog chewtoy. baaad idea....
for the first few hours there was maybe 20-30 of us standing around eating and eating and eating and a ton of alcohol NOT being drank! everyone brought me alcohol as presents and i don't have any left cuz by the end of the night it was all licked up by the herds of partygoers, most of whom i know pretty well. i was glad to share though, even though i had a total of four drinks myself. the last being the one to do me in. i won't go into THAT but i didn't get home til 4 after leaving to watch a movie wink wink. when the cake came out it was sooo nice and there were dozens of people singing happy birthday to me and jose. they even got a picture of us cutting the cake together, like a wedding couple, his hand on mine. i wanted to stuff cake into his face but the cake looked so good and we would be cutting it into 30 pieces as it was for my guests. the night was beautiful and the party looked so pretty and my friends were so happy.... sigh....
back to the party - faust and his crew were there, always a joy! they don't go to school here anymore so it's not often we can get together and just hang like that. : ) yay faust! they brought like four bottles of alcohol in all. nickolette came w/ a teddy bear for me, soo cute, and ebeth brough me a sweet bday card and a target gift card. she knows my weaknesses. ian b got me a little sticky frog, abe brought me a starbucks card, and phu brought a jesus night light (which is now in the bathroom!).
earlier i got a card in the mail from brian from HB. sooo nice, but he didn't end up coming cuz he had a terrible sunburn and wanted to sit at home in a vat of aloe. jordan had my car washed and vacuumed, bought cups for the party, beer, AND godiva for me....mmmmm... what a sweetie. all after he and terie had already paid for alex's dinner and mine as my present! ian gave me a purple garbage can full of purple goods... air freshener, candles, plastic flower, night light, plastic cups, a bowl, etc, AND a beautiful mermaid pinata full of candies!
the party was a success, and not broken up until almost 2am! that is a good 8 hours of festivities! my brother even had a good time. he made a bunch of new friends. when the majority of people left (after the dps had us go into the house, apologetically - they were really really nice for some reason!), we took the pinata out to beat it open. alex was harpooning her, and somehow shane broke the one-dollar broom and all hell broke loose. it was exciting!
people started getting beligerent again by 3, and after i walked a drunk neighbor home after he puked in the bathroom sink and spit on ian (i told him that i had a girl coming to hook up w/ him and somehow he believed it and went back to the house to pass out). then people started yelling at each other and i hid up at the neighbor's house w/ their friend who was a pretty nice guy. he seems to rub a few people the wrong way, i think he is a little too honest for his own good. but for the most part i thought he was cool.
at 4am when i got home, terie and joe were arguing over whether usc or brown was a better school. and about hotel management. i found dano on my bed, fully clothed, and shane at the other end IN HIS SHOES. it was awfully cute. would have been cuter if i didn't have an interview today and didn't have to sleep w/ my alarm. it was funny cuz it looked like shane had fallen asleep while talking to alex. i wondered how late alex was up... : P so i slept in my clothes also for a few hours, then woke up cuz dano is kinda ... cuddly when he sleeps. i put on my pjs and remembered i left the stereo outside. so i went to get in and found TERIE asleep outside w/ it. so i left it again cuz i didn' want to wake him up. ian and i cleaned up the yard a bunch cuz i was afraid the gardeners were coming (they didnt' come til noonish though) and then i tried to sleep again at 9am. i couldn't, cuz i was on the floor next to my brother's foldy bed. eventually i got up to get ready for my 10:30 interview. that all went well, so i played some frisbee w/ jordan then we went to universal to watch MIB2 again w/ shane this time. he went to work after, and jordan, alex and i did the whole window shopping thing and played w/ a bunch of toys.
on the way back we picked up some stuff at beverly connection. jordan got a new frisbee and wiffle balls and a baseball, and some clothes. alex got a dreamcast tennis game, and i got my nephew two t-shirts and red swimming shorts. they are adorable. we talked to him on the phone and he was using big words. he just turned three so he told me 'me had birthday! mommy makes me chocolate birthday, me had chocolate birthday with my friends'. he meant mom made him a chocolate cake, it was sooo cute! and he asked me if i was coming to see him and if i was far away and if i knew his other friends and why i was calling him. ohh i wish i could see him again, and i hope i can get this second job so i can send roxy money to help out.
on the way home the three of us stopped at tony roma's (alex's favorite) and had a nice little dinner. we played alex's confusing version of name that tune. i am sooo full and tired still! i still have a little yummy raspberry chocolate and cream cake hidden away, and some leftover foods. i will never be hungry again! clare left a present of smirnoff ice's w/ a purple ribbon for me in the fridge! yay!!!
there was a huge cockroach in jordan's room. i think jordan maybe peed his pants. i almost vomited on myself. ian saved the day and pulled the good ol' squash-n-flush routine. : )
:: meggy spilled the "beans" at 12:05 AM [+] ::
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