DRUMLINE!!: i am looking sooooo forward to seeing this movie! omg~! if you haven't seen the preview or heard about it, it's a movie about black drumlines like grambling state, prairie view a&m. i can't wait! julie thinks it will be another "bring it on", but i don't think so. it will look more like "center stage" type of movie. who would've thought they would make a movie about marching bands? and of course, the greatest section, DRUMLINE! yay baby~! (^.^)v

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underlining is better: right? i need it to stand out more...

HAHAHAHA!!! HOUSTON SUX!!!! MAVERICKS BEAT YO STUPID DIRRTY BUTTS~! YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON US! YOU DIRRTY H-TOWN FOLKS! thank you. =)

that game yesterday was so good man. i'm so happy that we won. and probably is edward. he gets a steak dinner now. good for him.

i'm sooooo glad today is friday. last night, me & julie went to sam's place to watch the game b/c sadly, we don't have cable. it IS sad man. we probably were way too loud for rachel's sake, but it's hard to keep your excitement when watching the mavs, right?? omg! caleb is soooo cute~! hanna's gonna give me some more pics that i can post up of him. i just want to squeeze him and kiss him! he's only 9 1/2 months old, but he can do the "touchdown!" move! isn't he smart? of course, he can't say it, but omg...he's the "Church" baby~

i went to sleep late last night b/c i was watching "ee nuh ah gah shi" (little mermaid) with my parents. this girl, who's fiancee broke up with her after 5 years of being bf & gf, starts going psycho. they don't have many psycho characters in korean dramas, but man...i was getting chills up my arms & stuff. she started eating rice out of the rice cooker & put all this food in there and mixed it up b/c "it tasted better that way". and she had this psycho look on her face, o_O , while her mom was screaming at her to "please stop! what's wrong with you?!?!" man, would this happen to me? if i was dating the only boyfriend i've ever had, and he breaks our marriage engagement for another woman he's met for only 6 weeks AND it's her 1/2 sister (another long story)?? it's such a great drama people! ;)

okie enough for now. see ya'll later~! (^.^)v

Squirted 9:54 AM by E-J Yi

I KEEP FORGETTING BOLD DOESN'T WORK: that is just so weird.

my sister wrote me & grace an email today. read on:

well, i just wanted to tell you what happened to me today. i really really wanted to go to the Mavs game today and i was calling wild 100.3 for tickets (you had to make turkey gobble sounds at your mom and get your mom to ask: why are you gobbling?) but i knew my mom would never do that. so then i called kiddkraddock and they wanted people to call in with anti-houstin cheers! so i called them got through, and here's my cheer:

houston houston you really bite,
you're gonna lose so don't put up a fight!
who cares if you have a big china man,
you can't beat us cuz i'm a mavericks fan!
houston you will need a lot of luck,
cuz no matter what happens you Rockets suck.


they never took her call b/c too many people were on the line. what a shame. even the phone screener thought julie had a great poem. oh well. i guess it wasn't meant to be. but good poem, right?

there is this overly, cheerful mail guy at work. his name is paul and he's overly enthusiastic. so much, that i'm not sure if he's being sincere or sarcastic. EVERY morning, "GOOD MORNING JOYCE!" and he comes 4 times a day. grant it, he doesn't say something EVERY single time, but he'll put in a "HOW ARE YOU DOING JOYCE!" oh but he ALWAYS says at the end of the day, "HAVE A GOOD NIGHT JOYCE!" i never knew his name until a month later b/c i had to ask someone else. i didn't have the heart to ask him after he had said my name for 2 months. even though it sounds totally forced, i guess it's a good thing. better than being quiet, right? but there are times where i want to get up and go somewhere else when he comes. or look REALLY distracted.

a co-worker recently gave me a cd of some korean songs he liked. (he's malaysian.) so in turn, i made him a cd of korean songs i liked. and he enjoyed them very much he said. it's so nice to share music with others. especially when you have a lot of pride in it like i do. korean music can be extremely cheesy sometimes, but man, there's NOTHING like a good love song. don't ya'll think so? =) and there's NOTHING like a good Backstreet Boys song!! right ann?

i'm getting off my pissed-off-ness now. my parents constantly have to nag me. my mom leaves a voicemail on my cell saying, "WHY DIDN'T YOU PICK UP THE PHONE? I CALLED YOUR WORK PHONE & YOU DON'T ANSWER YOUR CELL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" ok. let me clarify a few things. i'm at WORK RIGHT NOW. the reason why i didn't answer the phone was b/c...i was WORKING. and you know what she wanted? "WHAT DO YOU NEED AT SAM'S? AND FIND OUT WHEN YOUR HEALTH & DENTAL BENEFITS START. DAD SAID TO." oh yes. the "wonderful" dad. first of all, i don't need anything at sam's. if i needed something, i would have told them. second, i'm not sick. i don't need a dentist (now). i don't need to know this info NOW. and don't talk to ME in that kind of tone! i can never say any of this to their face. and of course, i found out my health (11/1) and dental (4/1) benefits dates. b/c they'll grill me at home if i don't. oh the joys of living at home!

it seems like i have a lot of anger, right? well, i'm over it now. this blog is soothing. oh btw, is it hurting anybody's eyes? the blue is a lil TOO blue, huh? i might have to make a bgcolor change to a shade that's easier on the eyes.

k, imma stop now. (^.^)v

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WHAT IS SEXY?: the victoria's secret fashion show, that is. yes i sat in amazement at all the beautiful bodies. and the not-so-beautiful. not beautiful, you say? yeah, i thought there were a couple of girls who shouldn't have been there. esp the one who had to wear that plastic red overlay. awful on the designer's part & she didn't do a good job either. gisele was too skinny, heidi klum seemed like a diva, and tyra looked like she was having fun.

this morning i was actually swamped with work! okay, let's not get too excited here. they were mundane and repetitive and glad i'm finished with it. yesss~ but now i got this woman making me type up her notes?? what am i? her personal secretary? man. some people. >.<

hello, what's my name? yes, it's JOYCE. and yes, we got another "winner" today. again my name is NOT julie, but i got called that today. lovely, isn't it? :) and this gets on my nerves even though i need to be more patient. my name is spelled j-o-Y-c-e. i have someone i know spelling it "joice". that's the ugliest way to spell it. my pet peeves? people who can't get names write & can't spell, either. just doesn't make sense to me. at all.

ahh. the bachelor. brooke should have "won", but i was so surprised that she didn't cry or tell aaron the truth. when he asked her if he made the right decision she said yes, but when she got in the limo, it was a WHOLE different story. and that helene! man, she didn't cry OR say "i love you". (right?) i HATE how she kept talking while they kissed! it's so weird!! man, i bet aaron's gonna fix that. it was ridiculous! she has ugly fingers, too. glad that beat down is over. i'm ready for trista, the bachelorette. that will be better.

there's a lot on tv today. charlie brown's thanksgiving special on ABC @ 7 (central time). will & grace. repeat of osbournes interview on 20/20. eminem's mom interview on primetime thursday (after 20/20). AND the MAVS VS. the rockets. dude, i hope we SMASH houston so all them dallasites can talk some smack to them houston people in austin. edward's got a bet with mellow over steak (or was it sushi?) dinner. lol. go mavs! OH and my mom wants to watch "ee nuh ah gah shi" (little mermaid...not the disney film, but a korean drama). oh but we have but 1 vcr and 1 working tv. there's gonna be some discussion over what to watch tonight!

okie, time for lunch. =) (^.^)v

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GO MAVS: ok, my blog template before looked so much better, but i messed it up and i couldn't get it the way i wanted. this is a dedication to the mavs, but i'll probably change it soon. i also added a "comments" section where you can comment on what i write. credit to duke. please, no cussing.

BOLD DOESN'T WORK. so instead i'll CAPITALIZE. doesn't mean i'm SCREAMING. lol.

i know i said i wouldn't do anymore quizzes, butt...becky had one & this one looks more "scientific" than the others. notice i said "looks". but it's interesting anyway!

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	Moderate
Antisocial:	Moderate
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Moderate
Narcissistic:	Very High
Avoidant:	Moderate
Dependent:	Low
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Moderate
-- Click Here To Take The Test --

their definition of "narcissistic" is: Narcissistic
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by self-centeredness. Like histrionic disorder, people with this disorder seek attention and praise. They exaggerate their achievements, expecting others to recongize them as being superior. They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend. They tend to make good first impressions, yet have difficulty maintaining long-lasting relationships. They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them.

haha. if i am being picky about friends, then that's a good thing. to me. i am not friends with just anybody. my friends are SUPERIOR!! (^.^)v

Squirted 3:29 PM by E-J Yi

proof that kids are getting stupider: for the full article go here.

WHERE IN THE WORLD
Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:

87 percent cannot find Iraq

83 percent cannot find Afghanistan

76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia

70 percent cannot find New Jersey

49 percent cannot find New York

11 percent cannot find the United States

omg. how sad. that's just sad.

listening to charles barkley on espn makes me think he's hilarious & i envy his honesty. of course, he could probably beat anybody up so people probably wouldn't talk back to him, but man...i'd love to have the ability to bark back at people and put them in their place. sam's good at it, too. he scared off some white kids calling him "chink". serves them right!

this morning, my post would not publish. it was so frustrating. >.< but it got to working now. and i'll be adding in some cool stuff. :) hehe. okie, i gotta tweek da page! (^.^)v

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thought of a title, but forgot it: you want to see some hilarious stuff on conan, go here.

yay mavs won!!! :D it was very exciting. up until the last minute b/c the mavs were at 98 and everybody was yelling, "CHA-LU-PA! CHA-LU-PA!" unfortunately, najera had a chance, but was unable to convert. but it was still very fun. :)

who's watching the victoria's secret fashion show tonight? yeah? i am too. do i sound weird saying that? i love fashion shows. if i had to pick one to go to, i probably wouldn't pick victoria's secret, but it's interesting. they were talking about it on the radio today and how women wouldn't want to see men parading around in thongs. ew gross! never. yuckie!! guys with hard bodies gross me out. as with most women. seriously. women really don't like male strippers. atleast the "normal" ones. maybe the white trash ones do...

yesterday kiss fm finally called me! i even had them saved on speed dial so it was quite a surprise to see them calling me. actually it's paul who called me last time and flatly denied me when i asked if i could get tix in case nick performed in dallas. anyways, at first he asked, "do you want to come in the studio when lifehouse performs?" LIFEHOUSE?!?! they're a one-hit wonder with "hanging by a moment". i kindly said, "not really" even though i was like, what da heck?? and then he asked if i wanted to go to "jingle ball 2002". that's the kiss fm Christmas concert. the lame line-up includes avril levigne (who i hate), o-town (who suck), justin guarini (what happened to kelly? she LIVES HERE!), cam'ron (i hate his song...it sends a horrible message), and destiny's child. now they are the only "okay" ones to me, but i'm not a big fan of them so i don't care about them much. i never enjoyed any of their songs. maybe if they weren't overplayed so much. but they're from texas so i gotta respect them. anyways, he asked if i wanted to meet them, but i told him i'll be out of town. (i have a prison ministry that weekend.) he put me on hold for about 10 minutes (i thought he was looking for something else to offer), but he was talking to an engineer. whatever. alas, nothing came out of the conversation and he said he would call again if nick (or something close to him) came up. i thanked him for remembering me and he said he wouldn't forgot. man, i wish i got that on tape!

i am totally beat down by "the bachelor" so i don't give a crap who "wins". it seems to be helene, but they surprised me last time so i'm jumping ahead and think it's brooke. that's enough of that.

man, i want to spend one day to clean my room and watch movies at home. like instead of working. man, i'd clean my room sooo clean. why can't i do that on saturdays? hey, that's my weekend! sounds ironic, i know, but man, there's so many movies i want to see. and they're mostly on rental from blockbuster. i can't take any days off work until march. man. *sigh*

on the other hand, young & grace want to go las vegas. i've never been and REALLY want to. it seems like sooooo much fun. grace said it's so much better than anybody can describe. that's awesome. =O she says you have to see it yourself. she goes every year. man, i wish i had money like that. =\

wow, time is going by fast(er) than usual. :) cool. (^.^)v

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i'm baaaack: man i love the smell of popcorn!! :) (even though an evil lady was popping it.) it's better than actually eating it b/c you don't have to get the kernals stuck all up in your mouf. right?

last night (or early this morning) there was a meteor shower. i forgot what the name of it was, but i woke up at 4:30 specifically to see it. i woke up, put my glasses on, opened my window curtain, pressed my forehead against the cold window, and stared at the night sky. nothing. before i fell asleep, they warned it could be a dud, but the best viewing time was 4:30. no such luck. i hoped that if i saw a "shooting star" that maybe it would bring me some luck. anyways, i looked for about 5 minutes and decided sleep was going to bring me luck instead. -.-

espn103.3 has YET to name a female contestant for the "ultimate mavs fan experience". they betta or i'm gonna get NOW all up in their face!!!

i want a career change. and i *think* i've found something. but it's a very skeptical something. will provide details once i found out some details. ;) a sanrio store was too expensive for me to start up. around $175,000. yikes!

blasted calendars! i can't find one that i like. the one i ordered yesterday turns out to be too big. it's freakin' 7x11 inches. who wants a calendar that big?? geez. i think i should return it. if it was 3x6, it would have been perfect.

i finally got some credit today at work:

Dear NCH Associates,

North American Chemical in alliance with International Marketing are pleased to announce the launch of the Certified Labs and Chemsearch web sites. Both sites were constructed to allow each country to manage their own content, such as News and Promotions, as well as display the information in both English and a countries' native language. The idea is to show our customers that NCH not only offers the best customer service at local levels but that we are also a global company and are able to help larger Fortune 500 customers with their maintenance needs worldwide.

At this time, I would like to thank the following persons for all their hard work in developing these sites.

Kyle Blonde
Alexie Gomez Choberka
Jose Antonio Aldeguer
David Wilson
Millie Otero-Wiesley
Audrei Moron
Jung Hu
Joyce Park


and so on...not to be violent or anything, but if my name wasn't on that email list, that would have been it.

a lil over an hour of work left. man, time goes by slowly sometimes. =\ i didn't look at my drum book before, but i think i will now...(^.^)v

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new template!: i decided to change it up a lil. 'currency' was good, but i think this is cool, too. only thing, i spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to put links up there and put my archives on another page and nothing would work out. another accomplishment! getting my archives linked. i dunno what i did, but it came up! :) thing is, it's taking an awfully long time to "generate my page". oh well. need to tweek it later.

i had a GREAT time at dinner last night. even though the food (to them) wasn't up to par, i enjoyed it. then we went to applebee's for dessert. i was happy to hear "all i have to give" there. hehe. :) highlights of the evening (if they're not funny to you, it's ok, i need to write it for my memory):

1. when i was describing the guy cindy tried to set me up with, grace said, "dark, wears a uniform (west pt grad), smart, well-mannered? GROSS!" i couldn't stop laughing. that's grace for ya! :)

2. i brought up the discussion, of course, about being called the wrong name. namely, JULIE. this happened to young, too. some guy at work kept calling him, "WON" and he actually corrected the man several times to no avail. later on, the man comes over to young and says, "did you know they spelled you name Y-O-U-N-G?" LOL!! young replied, "yeah, that's how you spell my name~" me & grace couldn't control ourselves for about 10 minutes. :D

i think i'm getting carpal tunnel syndrome. ouchie. =*(

mavs vs lakers tonight. can't wait to see that!

i think i'm going to lay off the quizzes for a while. but it is fun to see what kind of ____ you are.

i feel incredibly overweight these days. i'm serious. okay, so i'm not this hippo, but for my height, i'm not skinny anymore and it sucks. i want to exercise, but i HATE sweating. i know, impossible. i am still slightly sore from Sunday. can you believe that? i'm soooo out of shape. my dad says getting an elliptical machine has nothing to do with my exercise mentality, but to me, it does. once he gets that thing, imma be on that everyday. forrealz. i have willpower!! ROAR! but i can't really say anything about the pilates thing. geez. what a waste. i'd love to do one of those ab thingys that electronically work out your ab muscles. i better ask joo for that...

orange juice has been tasting so good to me these days. this morning i drank too much. =P it was good, but too much and i paid for it this morning with 1/2 a dozen trips to the ladies' room. sheesh!!

omg, i'm hungry and it's only 10:46. this is not good.

alright, i'm going to make myself smarter by looking at drum rhythms. music = smarter person. right? yeah, whatever. i made that up.

payce. (^.^)v

Squirted 10:48 AM by E-J Yi

randomness: i realized that i basically update 2x a weekday. how pathetic of me. =P









it stinks of burnt popcorn in here. argh.

ann, nick carter is going to be in houston for a radio station's jingle ball concert. dec 5th. wish i could go. =\

i found out that i get Christmas eve off from work, but not New Year's eve. how odd.

i did something bad today. i got myself a planner from our Staples catalog. everybody else got one so i picked out one for myself. thing is, i already got one last week that i didn't like. so i decided to get one i wanted.

today, as i was checking the mail, i got all this ink crap on my white shirt. i was so mad. >.< but it came out eventually, but it was frustrating. good thing nobody called me "julie" today. *knock on wood*

a woman at work told me if i wanted to keep on with my teaching career, i should take some classes to get certified right now b/c i have a low-stress job. low-stress? mmm. i guess, but it's stressful when you don't have anything to do and the internet ACTUALLY gets boring. but i'll think about that.

wow, texas lost to tech? ouch. texas = no mo bo(wl).

cowboys. suck. hard.

a co-worker gave me popcorn covered in milk chocolate today. he carried it around the whole dept looking for me. how nice. =)

@#$%^. that lady who always sneaks up behind me at work just @#$ing pissed me off just now. why? first of all, i heard her blaming me during a meeting. let me explain. for some reason, there are 2 people assigned to the "webmaster" mailbox here at work. me & her. even though she gets to go to all the meetings and stuff, we both have to check it. so i don't really give a crap and just delete junk mail. i figured since she gets credit for doing it, she should do the grunt work. i hear her telling other people, "well, JOYCE also has access to the mailbox and maybe she just overlooked that." wtf? SHE needs to look at everything. dude, i'm not going to look for a couple of days and see what she says. then she comes to my desk to use my letter opener and makes a mess and instead of throwing away the scrapes, she BRUSHES IT OFF ONTO THE FLOOR. she has no friends in this dept and it's no wonder why! >O

*deep breath* wow, it's already 4:08. good. get away from that evil woman!! grrr. and get to eat a nice dinner. =)

man, i wish i worked for the mavs or rangers. *sigh*

oh well, i'm here now. (^.^)v

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go mavs!!: dang, they are playing sooo well!! even though steve nash is looking "more like John the Baptist" as sam would say. haha. they're freakin' awesome right now! even shawn "praying mantis" bradley! whoo hoo~! ;D

let's see...friday: Bible study. short & fun. :)

saturday: homeless outreach. it's hard for me to talk to them b/c i have a hard time just talking to strangers. =\ so i distracted myself by helping out with hotdogs. but "lucky" for michelle, she's a great talker and when she told one of the homeless guys, "hey, i like your pants", he looked at her and said, "do you want to see what's underneath them?" mmm. glad i wasn't michelle. but we all got a good laugh out of it. =) we had praise & prayer afterwards which was also good. julie, alley, and soo jin went to go see "harry potter" afterwards, but i was too tired to go. and it was 7:00! o_O so instead i stayed home and watched the mavs vs. nets game (soooo awesome!!) & "independence day" with my mom. wasn't planning on it, but we got bored. i had a version that i got in korea with korean subtitles for my parents, however, while i was watching, i noticed some scenes i've never seen before. like randy quaid's son being ill, his daughter flirting with another guy, and another pointless scene not worth mentioning. however, to my utter dismay, they neglected the cool scene of will smith & jeff goldblum, actually leaving area 51 & when they escape the mother ship. i felt jipped out of my $4 i paid for the vcd. blah! =P

Sunday: Church. man, i took my kids outside to play and i was running around after one of my students, tony, to prove to them that i can run fast. and today, i'm paying for it. =\ my legs are sore. and i didn't even run that much. but i ran hard. quality, not quantity, right? ouch. >.< and man, yesterday NOTHING was on tv. so boring. so i did some laundry and slept somewhat early.

today me, young, julie, and grace are having a monthly dinner. yay! :) we're eating cristina's. mexican. i hope they like it. grace & young aren't big on mexican food so hopefully, they'll be okay with it.

aite. 'nuf for now. (^.^)v

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