tickle, tickle: my throat tickles. it was bothering me yesterday morning & then afternoon. and it has been scratchy all morning. i need to keep clearing it. *ahem* *cough cough*

today people at Church are playing football. lucky them. i just wish i was there to watch all the pathetic, er, um, fun plays. jk. i would videotape it.

i think i have it very difficult in the mornings to "wake up" b/c i don't drink coffee. yes, i don't drink coffee and have never, ever had a cup of coffee. i've had a sip once and yes i've eaten coffee ice cream (ONLY haagen-dazs), but that hot cup of coffee that everybody raves about. now you know why i'm tired all the time. i actually thought about drinking it once to see what all the fuss is about, but then, i don't want to be addicted and lose calcium to my, what my dad thinks, already deteriorating bones. me, i just don't want to be addicted to something. but then people could counter-argue and say, "you're addicted to mcdonald's, backstreet boys, korean videos." true. but that's enough, right?

15 out of about 40 people are off in my dept today. that's alot. and they're FRIGGIN' lucky. =P

i had such a great conversation with yvonne yesterday ("hi yvonne!" *waves*) and she just cracks me up. i love her!! :) she is just so cool & stylish. both of which i strive to be. and it ain't workin', i KNOW, you DON'T have to TELL me. [i dunno what just came over me.]

this lady at work told me that she is training her RED toy poodle (she got it specially bred) to be a pet therapist @ children's hospital. so like for patients who don't want to do therapy with grown ups, they seem to be more responsive to dogs. (i.e. like them bringing them the ball and not talking back to them, which is totally understandable.) and she's hoping that she will have her dog trained to help those with alzheimer's disease, too. isn't that nice? i was very touched by that story. she's using her dog for good. oh and after she started all this, she found out that congress might pass legislation so that pet therapists will be covered by insurance. so then she says, "i'm putting my dog to work!" lol.

i am, slowly, but surely, getting more tired. T.T (my eyelids are dropping.)

i hope this Thanksgiving holiday that i get to watch a movie in the theaters. i don't remember the last movie i saw. oh wait. it was "brown sugar". how sad of me.

funny to probably, me only: today on the kidd kraddick show, (yes i still listen b/c they said they wouldn't forget about my "nick" prize) they were having this contest and it was 3 women. two of them white and one black. but that wasn't a matter until big al said, "i'm going for ____." and the dj's asked, "why? you don't know her." and he simply replied, "b/c she's black." and then everybody started laughing, albeit, uncomfortably. of course, he was joking, but then kellie said, "i'm going for the whiteys!" more laughter. and then kidd goes, "i'm going for the whiteys too! BEAT THE BLACKS! BEAT THE BLACKS!" and everybody erupted in laughter. i was laughing out loud. which i usually don't. it was all take light-heartedly. it was pretty funny. :D

i'm confused. backstreet boys is suing their record company b/c they felt that the company pushed back their album to promote nick's. and in the article, they stated (in another article) that nick was "unable and unwilling to participate in any of [the group's] production or recording efforts." what? even though they said that they're a group, it doesn't really seem like it. i understand the trademark violation and feel like the album is pushed back but that's b/c of a.j.'s wedding, brian's baby, and nick's album. not just b/c of nick. and that's what it seems like they're making it out to be. and they want to be one group still. this doesn't make sense. and for $100M?? $5M for pushing back, ok. $70-something M for trademark infringement? for having people directed to nick's site from bsb's? it doesn't seem like they're supporting him much. i dunno if this is a wise move...

anyways, that's my schpiel for the day. did i spell that right? oh well. happy Thanksgiving everybody! (^.^)v

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BLOGGER SUX: this is the 3rd time i'm re-posting...it BETTER!!!

1. IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
probably in la, looking over a beautiful cliff...no, wait, mudslides, ok, dallas.

2. WHAT`S YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING?
my gap black tee, although i just bought a red banana tee that's rapidly becoming a favorite.

3. FAVORITE PHYSICAL FEATURE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?
intense eyes. that DON'T gross me out.

4. WHAT`S THE LAST CD THAT YOU BOUGHT?
nick carter's "now or never"

5. WHERE`S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
hanging out with the young adults @ the pyuns or hanging out at a restaurant with plano friends

6. WHERE`S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
in a smelly bathroom at work or at work

7. WHAT`S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE MASSAGED?
i don't like to be massaged.

8. WHAT`S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY?
strong mind.

9. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING?
6:05 or 6:10

10. WHAT`S YOUR FAVORITE KITCHEN APPLIANCE?
rice cooker, of course!

11. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY?
people calling me "julie" or nagging parents

12. FAVORITE COLOR?
black; it covers everything

13. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SPORTS CAR OR SUV?
sports car.

14. DO YOU BELIEVE IN AFTERLIFE?
nope. you're either going to heaven or hell.

15. FAVORITE CHILDREN`S BOOK?
"the hungry catepillar"? i dunno.

16. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
fall.

17. WHAT`S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE?
takin out the trash.

18. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
to make people disappear.

19. IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
n/a.

20. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
nope.

21. THE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO?
i have no idea.

22. WHAT`S YOUR FAVORITE DAY?
fridays - signals weekend; Sundays - obvious

23. WHAT`S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
smushed kleenex box, jumper cables, dust.

24. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
i prefer bof.

25. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CURSE WORD?
don't cuss.

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ARGH!!: I WROTE A WHOLE FRIGGIN' POST AND IT GOT ERASED B/C THE STUPID BLOGGER WOULDN'T LOAD UP PROBABLY. AHHHH~!

of course, since i have a buttload of time, i am re-posting. how pathetic of me.

but it will be considerable shorter (to me).

ok i really hate, HATE doing car stuff. i know lots of dads who do it for their daughters. but noooo, not my dad. i HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT.

ok, that wasn't in my last post. oh well.

my finger still hurts. ouch.

it seems like i'm not in a good mood anymore. mmm. yeah, i don't think so. in my deleted post i talked about how happy i was that our family was getting along great, but a recent phone conversation in which my dad says, "do you think lunch is more important or getting in a car accident?" and he says I'M sarcastic???

i wonder if anybody's going to show up to plano's turkey bowl. (not to be confused with my Church's.) guys seem to be growing in number while the girls are few. clement (haven't seen him in a long time!) is excited about it. wish OTHERS had that same mentality...

i have a dilemma. i have a friend, who's Christian, and her boyfriend sleeps over at her apartment. do you think it's right? i don't. and i don't know if i should say something or not. i'm leaning towards not b/c none of her (& his, for that matter) friends have said anything. i'm good friends with her, but it would probably ruin our friendship if i opened my mouth. do i do what's right or do i save our friendship? i'd rather do what's right. but too many people have told me not to. i am not at all implying that they have been doing something bad b/c i doubt it, but it only takes a spark when you're playing with matches. what do you think?

mavs play tomorrow. and i get to watch it at the wons' again! yay! yay for cool pastors (& pastors' wives) with cable! ok, i sound dorky.

movies i want to see: 8 mile, 007, umm...i guess that's it. rick yune speaks korean in the film & andrew says it's so bad that he has a hard time understanding. gotta watch it for that!! lol.

ok, i see that "i've got mail!" (^.^)v

Squirted 10:31 AM by E-J Yi

go blue!: spanx to duke for the lovely michigan cups! :) very much appreciated. u gotta tell me ur secret to being thin...

semi-okay weekend. i cut my left index finger on friday with a bread knife @ the pyun's place. ouch. it's about a cm long & a mm deep. it bled for more than 2 hours & it wouldn't stop. they were saying i should get stitches but i wasn't up for that. so i didn't go and just used up alot of bandaids.

saturday i had my drum lesson even though my finger was throbbing. we took lots of breaks. but he said i was still improving alot which made me happy. =) i did a lil shopping (*gasp*) b/c i'm sending a box of soaps (from my company), hot cheetos (which they LOVE), and some clothes i bought for my cousins. after that i decided to stop by blockbuster video & rented 2 things. 1. notorious c.h.o.: margaret cho's stand-up movie about her life. it was okay. i couldn't stop laughing when she did imitations of her mother b/c she sounds like MY mother, but when she got into all her sexual experiences with boys AND girls, i was just too grossed out after that. =P 2. 40 days & 40 nights: i expected it to be worse, but it was okay, too. made me laugh in more parts (but not as hard as c.h.o). i *think* i can see why josh hartnett is a heartthrob to other girls. i really could care less for his face, but i like his body frame. skinny with a lil muscle. not too much. but ew, his face is not good-looking. the girl in the movie was pretty even though she looked bohemian.

*drumroll please* and THEN it was time for the MAVERICKS GAME!!! :D omg! it was da bomb~! if you saw it, you KNOW what i'm talking about. we sucked for about 3 quarters but came back in the 4th to win it!! yeah baby!! 13-0! my parents bet my sister (mom: $12, dad: $5) that the supersonics would win, but my sister had this unwavering faith in the mavs. more than me, i'll admit. seattle was REALLY good. they had an answer for everything. they just had bad luck at the end when they went scoreless for 8 minutes! and that's when the mavs stepped in. my sister was screaming the whole entire time while my parents were very quiet except for when seattle would score, my dad would let out a "WHOOOP!" and my mom would ask, "DID WE WIN?" (that was a long sentence.) my sister made $17 and was a very happy person to say the least.

Sunday was our Thanksgiving meal at Church. it was okay. i'll have to say my mom's cheese/broccoli/rice casserole was the best. sam spoke yesterday after not speaking for more than a month. and we surely missed him. it was such a great sermon and it almost made me cry. i know someone who really did. =*) so i'll repeat part of the story that almost did me in:

there was a mentally retarded high school senior named jack porter who was on a school's football team. no, he wasn't officially on the team, but the coach let him come to practice & team meetings all year and jack was never late. all year they practiced one play where jack would take a knee signaling an end of a play and hoped to use it before the season was over. the last game of the season, jack's team was losing 42-0, and jack's coach asked for a timeout. he wanted to speak with the opposing team's coach. unheard of in most football games, the other coach was surprised, but he decided to hear him out. jack's coach said to the other coach, "i know you're a great coach and you have an opportunity to put a shut-out on your record books, but i was wondering if one my players could end the game by taking a knee." jack's coach explained jack's condition and what jack has done for the team. the other coach said, "you know what? taking a knee isn't good enough. let's have him score a touchtown. i'm going to tell my defense the play and we'll have him run the ball for a touchdown." jack's coach was shocked & touched. "no, it's okay. you don't have to do that. you can have your shut-out, the play we practiced is good enough." but the other coach insisted and went back to his sideline. by this time, jack's team knew what was going on & told jack, "instead of taking a knee, we're going to have you score a touchdown, ok, jack? you have to run all the way to the endzone, alright?" jack was so confused, but everybody had faith in him. so the play started and jack was ABOUT to start taking his knee down, but his teammates yelled, "NO JACK!! RUN! RUN TO THE ENDZONE!" jack started to run towards the endzone, but tried to turn back around, but his team ran with him towards the endzone. the other team's defense also started to run with him towards the endzone. and everybody in the stands were on their feet cheering & crying (GOSH! i'm having a hard time typing this...*sniff*) for jack. jack finally made it 49 yards down and scored for his team! and to this day, he thinks he won the game for his team. his mother, who was unable to see the play b/c she was at the concession stands asked her son what had happened. jack said, "well, we were losing the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters, but i scored a touchdown in the 4th quarter and we won!"

doesn't this story just renew your faith in people? it does for me. and while they were talking about this story on a sports radio show, all these men were emailing the host saying, "i'm a 6'2", 240 lbs guy and i'm bawling like a baby!" , "is the allergies in l.a. as bad as it is here in michigan? i can't seem to get my eyes to stop watering!" my pastor said he was driving along and bawling his eyes out and couldn't see straight. *deep breath* what a wonderful story, right? =*) watch the clip & read the story here.

okay i KNOW this was a long post & my finger hurts (& strangely my throat has been sore since 3am...i hope i'm not getting sick!), but it was worth it. (^.^)v

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