So, um, we were supposed to be at BAJA Cantina tonight. Not Cabo Cantina. Nor Q's (but that was just an afterthought after we showed up at Cabo w/o recognizing a single person, except for the older guy leaning against the pillar, though Stacy wasn't sure where she recognized him from so we thought we should just avoid him altogether).

But hey, take a table given to us by some old guys, the trio we shared the table with, the plate of chips and guac they bought us for sharing the table, and the oh-so-tasty (even post bad bad night) patron margaritas, and some quality time w/ Stace, and we've got one hell of a Wednesday night.

Life should always be full of spontenaity and back up plans. Especially after kickboxing the hell out of those BIM bags. To sexy Jay's commands. Oh the butterflies.

Good god tomorrow morning is going to smart.

Mell and I need to begin blogging like that other Angela and Melissa duo out there. Then we'll see who the REAL Angela and Melissa are.

I procured this from Michelle's site.
10 Firsts
First Best Friend: Brook Craig. She was quite the gymnast, and upped and moved to Arizona. Wonder what she’s up to these days.
First Screenname: MsReeves. Oddly, it was Cal who suggested it. And I who actually used it. My brother and I are weird.
First Pet Name: Sugar, my blue-eyed rabbit.
First Piercing: Ears. Then ears again, followed by a trip to Urgent Care.
First Crush: I chose him as my 4th grade square dance partner. His name was either Ray or Jon (without an h).
First CD: Wish, by the Cure. Jenn Lin gave it to me for my birthday.
First School: Rolling Hills Country Day PreSchool. I scraped up my left cheek on a tree there.
First House: 25604 Amberleaf Road in Torrance, near Crenshaw and Rolling Hills Rd.
First Kiss: Young. Parked in front of my parent’s house in his Honda Accord. We were in the FRONT seat.
First Car: Bub, a 2001 Silver Jetta with a lot of pep.

9 Lasts
Last Time You Drank: Shared an Asahi out of a giant can with Vicky whilst trying to prolong our Arizona trip. It still counts, it still counts.
Last Food You Ate: Leftover spaghetti squash with pesto and watermelon.
Last Car Ride: 10:26am, from Union Ave. Elementary to home. Lots of traffic.
Last Movie You Watched: EuroTrip on DVD. Scotty doesn’t know, you know?
Last Phone Call: Thad at 6:30am, wondering if I had woken up to teach.
Last CD You Listened To: a Beck sampler I made.
Last Bubble Bath You Took: Sometime within the past 3 months, candles, bath oil, the whole deal.
Last Song You Listened To: Something on KCRW. Not a huge fan of what plays on the commute back from Downtown.
Last Words You Said: "You too”, as a response to “have a great day.”

8 Have-You-Evers
Dated A Best Friend: Yes.
Been Arrested: No.
Been On TV: Yes, on the Channel 9 news, devouring a garlic roll from C&0 Trattoria.
Eaten Sushi: It’s more like, have I ever NOT eaten sushi?
Cheated On A Test: Yes.
Been On A Blind Date: Nope.
Been Out Of The Country: Lots of places: all over Europe, all over Asia, a smattering of East and West Coast cities in both Canada and the US, but oddly not Mexico. Yet.
Been In Love: Unfortunately yes.

7 Things You Are Wearing
1. Green long sleeved Henley purchased 50% off at the Lucky Brand store in Vegas.
2. Undergarment #1.
3. Undergarment #2. (I picked those up from Michelle)
4. (that’s about it. The beauty of working from home… does my laptop count?)
5.
6.
7.

6 Things You've Done Today
1. Met the new morning Barista at local Starbucks #1 (what happened to Ravi??)
2. Counted M&Ms.
3. Was pretty shocked and amazed by Jeffrey.
4. Drove home half-asleep, as usual.
5. Read about the development of moral judgment and continued to procrastinate on my commentary.
6. This.

5 Favorite Things
1. Climbing.
2. Cooking.
3. Good company.
4. Good wine.
5. Good wine + good company + good food + good climbing, all at once.

4 Favorite Smells
1. the after-shower one, no matter what you actually use in there.
2. Mom’s cooking.
3. Aunt Kay’s cooking.
4. “Love” light massage oil. Haha.

3 Favorite Names
1. Silly. (“No, YOUR name is Silly” –Joshua)
2. Pong Wa Wa. (what my grandma used to call me, we’ll ignore that it actually means Fat Doll)
3. BFF #1.

2 Choices
Vanilla or Chocolate. Chocolate, always.
Hugs or Kisses. Situation-dependent. Unless he insists on lots of unnecessary tongue, then hugs.

1 Thing You Want To Do Right Now
1. Blend up a smoothie and blade on the beach.

Recent flights (**recent flights purchased but not actually taken):
LGB to LAS**
LAX to LAS
LAS to LGB
LAX to OAK
OAK to LAX
LAX to STL
STL to LAX
LAX to PHX
PHX to LGB
PHX to LGB**

Recent heartbreak moments:
1. the "so we're not together anymore" voicemail
2. the posts that just keep coming
3. the recap of the phone convo over a pint of Anchor Steam

Recent enduring realizations:
that no matter how long or short it's been, I'm just not over it. any of it. and maybe I'm in dire need of a few pointers to figure out how to get over it. even if those pointers work for others but not me. except that I need some that work for me. so I can actually accomplish something. soon.

Recent things that I absolutely cannot stand:
vagueness
over-the-top exaggerations

Recent funnies (because this post is just plain depressing):
"that's gouda"
"sake it to me"
"I've got two words for you."
"randall doesn't know"
"miranda is an ICQ clone"

Recent public places where I've been completely passed out:
the Arizona Biltmore poolside lounge area
US Airways seat 12C

I'm supposed to post about how amazingly fun AZ was, (and it was amazingly fun-- thanks Michelle for having us all weekend), but I need to hold off on that for a bit.

There's just something unfair about life and cirucumstance and timing and all that crap. Really, it's just crap. That's what I think about it.

So I haven't posted a "such the proud aunt" post in awhile. It's TIME.

So Lleyton just had his 1st birthday a couple of weeks ago. Homeboy has finally learned to tolerate car rides, thank god, and soon will be walking up a storm.

Bethany is a cute little button these days, imitating everything Joshua does to the T. And I can't wait for her new Old Navy outfit to make its way out onto the runway: camo green cut off mini skirt with woven belt, linen sleeveless blouse with a little ruffled design. Watch out boys!

Joshua just GRADUATED... (from preschool). He starts kindergarten in August and will be quite the overachiever.

And my newest addition, Isabel!! No, don't worry, Cal and Christine didn't pop out another kid while you weren't looking (though I wouldn't put it past them, given their track record). Isabel was born in January to my good friends Kristine and Ben, and I love being her a yi as well. And if I married Kristine's brother, I would be such the proud jiu ma. haha. here's a link to Kristine's blog, with a million pictures of Isabel (and a pretty cute one of me and Kristine). PS, I freaked when I saw Isabel in the high chair. she's so big now! (and of course we're going to set her up with Lleyton. obviously.)

Ok, enough of campus for today. Can you tell how much work I'm getting done?

Great lunch, btw. Dan rocks.

I heart my friends. (I wish I could heart cake, but apparently not these days).

It's a nice reminder of how beautiful life can be when people go out of their way to do something nice for you.

happy Friday y'all. I have a date with the dolphins later.

Sometimes a posh and overpriced Montana Ave. pint + a good cry are more rejuvenating than that power nap. Especially when you top that off with a TAD 11a (of its own kind).

Agenda items:
-Feast from the East
-kayaking
-the Counter
-Westwood Country Market and Cafe
-LAX to PHOENIX!

oh yeah, work in there somewhere.

Eric: That's it. I've got a date with a beer.
Ang: Hope she puts out.
Eric: Beer always does.

One of my FAVORITE Friends' moments is on syndication. Monica is sent home from work sick, but won't admit she's sick. "I'm fine...d. Fine...d. Oh, it's a hard word to say." Then someone knocks on the door, and all the friends look around at each other because they're all there.

(how's that for FOUR in a row, matteeeo?)

Topped out that V3 orange X (that "counted" for all intensive purposes, even though I didn't start it from the bottom my last time around)! Not only have I gotten comfortable not just hitting the moves but trying different versions of the moves, but Pacey and I were working the same route, and he usually climbs so much harder than me. Mell says I should date him because "we all know he's cute." Haha. The target guy is cuter AND less bitchy when he doesn't climb well. :)

Etiquette tips:
1. Ask your neighbors to turn down the party before you call the cops on them, you crazy old hag (or non-crazy young 20's guy).
2. Careful with the money talks. Money talks, but not well when it's all judgmental and stuff.
3. Jump right on in checking out the hot girls when there are no hot guys present. Which is usually.
4. Let your friends gush about their boyfriends. If they're happy, you should be happy too. No matter how single you feel, dammit. :)

Two blogs in a row. I MUST be procrastinating.

I think I'm really itching for some sense of accomplishment. I don't think it's this impending birthday that's putting the pressure, it's just feeling uncomfortably unmotivated and unproductive for way too many months now. Maybe that's why I really want to climb Half Dome this summer. Because it's something I know I'll have to train to do but will still have an extremely difficult time with, and lots of opportunities to give up and turn around. And it gives me incentive to make it up to 7000' as many weekends I can from now until the end of July. Last weekend was one. And boy was it gorgeous.

OK, time to goal set. Put it in writing and publish it, dammit.
1. Send off unfinished proposal by Friday.
2. Finish 2nd year project before next school year.
3. On-sight a 10b featured face climb out in Holcomb by the end of June.
4. Lose 5 lbs. by end of June. had to slip that one in there.
5. Reach full emotional health by the end of June.

Ok, that works for me for now.

confused, doubting, and kind of tired, but oddly liberated.

I'm ok.

(how's that for obnoxiously vague? haha)

Extra light olive oil, anyone? And can I say that I'm so using the word "reacquainted" from now on?

Festivities ensue Friday night. Hopefully all that meat, beer, and spiked Capri Sun neon fun won't take all the energy away from climbing.

And also, Happy Birthday David!