ducks, DUCK: i haven't mentioned how much i "LOVE" my feathered friends in a while...

for the past couple of days, my lunch has been interrupted by that stupid cardinal again. that freak bird tweets very loudly and insists on flying to my side mirror. so i've had to bang on my window several times until he finally went away. but that bird is the least of my worries now...

last year we had a family of ducks living near our pool. several ducklings hatched underneath our bushes and the momma duck and her kids would swim around in our pool. yeah, it was cute, at first. but soon, they became a huge nuisance. if one of the ducklings couldn't get out of the water like the others, it would chirp. and chirp. and chirp. and chirp. it would keep doing it until somehow it got out of the water and that was usually us; grabbing our pool net and scooping it out of the water and dumping it next to its mother. that duck family lived in our backyard for a couple of weeks until we couldn't stand the chirping anymore. my dad even put an exercise mat as a bridge for the ducklings, but they were too stupid to use it. so we had animal control take them away. (probably released in the wild, i dunno.) anyways, a couple of weeks ago, my dad and my sister said that they have noticed a duck that has visited our pool a couple of times. i hadn't seen it yet, but i got a rude awakening last night.

you know when you have one of those dreams where you think it's a dream, but when you wake up, it's real life? ok, that was a lame thing to say, but yesterday i thought i was dreaming of a car alarm. then i woke up and realized that it was a STUPID DUCK quacking like there's no tomorrow. O.M.G. so i proceeded to bang on my window. it stopped. i quickly got into my warm bed again and was about to fall asleep when...HONK HONK HONK HONK!!!! and the annoying thing was...it was in tempo. like it was some kind of HONKING/QUACKING machine. so i got up again and banged my window. this time it didn't stop. so i opened my window and screamed, "BAH!! RAH!!" it stopped again, but it was still swimming around in the pool. HONK HONK HONK! BAH RAH BAH RAH~! i was so mad that i went downstairs (this was like 2am) and turned on the backyard lights. it didn't even budge. i wanted to bang on the kitchen windows, but i thought i would wake my parents. yeah, they're downstairs and they can't even freakin' hear this thing! so i put a blanket around me, grabbed my dad's walking stick and went outside. that thing still didn't budge. i didn't have my glasses on, but i could see it staring straight at me. i was about to open the pool gate when i accidently hit the walking stick against the gate and it BOLTED out of the water and flew away!! SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!! =O it could have easily flown to me and attacked me, but dang, i got in a kimchi squat fast and watched it fly away. STUPID DUCK!! >.< if you come next time, i'm not going to be so nice. there will definitely be some more violence goin' on. trust me. *evil grin*

so b/c of that fiasco, i couldn't fall asleep for like 30 minutes. so i've decided to eat duck next time i go to an asian restaurant just to make myself feel better. HA.

i was reading this week's "parade" magazine that comes with the Sunday paper and it was on "what people earn". i know this might sound so DUH, but it is amazing how much actors make. keanu reeves? $30 mil. sandra bullock? $38 mil. cameron diaz? $40 mil. and for others? kobe bryant? $13.5 mil. (lower than i thought.) george lucas? $200 mil!!! and then they had us "normal" people. college prof? $52,000. senator? $151,000. teacher? $43,000. i mean, there is such a huge difference. i mean, come on people, keanu reeves??? this world is messed up.

you know how some blog/xanga survey/poll thing catches on for a while? well, this one seems popular these days...

thank you's:
*thank you to my friends who always make me laugh and smile.
*thank you dallas mavericks who not only play great, but are genuinely nice people.
*thank you to the wons for guiding me these past 6 years.
*thank you to the young adults who are not like my family, but ARE my family.
*thank you to my family who provide me with shelter, food, and clothing more food.
*thank you korean television stations who produce endless entertainment.
*thank you to my company who has given me a job.
*thank you God for giving me life.

and now the negatives. they're the F#$% you's, but i'm going to be a lil nicer and called them...

screw you's:
*screw the people who cannot drive with a cell phone.
*screw the co-worker who always bothers me.
*screw the sucky economy where i'm stuck in a low-paying, over-qualified job.
*screw saddam, osama, and kim jong il.
*screw backstreet boys haters.
*screw the dictator-like hold my dad places upon me & julie.
*screw satan.

i feel much better. :D

found out that the goobers, um's IM bball team beat sean & taneki's team. and that sean was pissed. wish i was there to see that!! would have been dang funny to see sean pissed off. of course, i wouldn't be laughing at that moment, i'd be scurred. but it'd be funny in retrospect. right? haha.

"i guess that's all for now. how'd u like that?" - kellie raspberry.

song of the day: i want it that way - by who else? THE BACKSTREET BOYS!!! (^.^)v

Squirted 10:23 AM by E-J Yi

a general and a bean: ok, i told u yesterday that i was probably not going to the radio show to see eduardo ("the mexican jumping bean", as bobby puts it) najera and avery johnson ("the little general" as he's called) , but i lied...

i didn't know what it was going to be like at buffalo wild wings so i took won, ho, and the-token-white-guy-who-only-hangs-out-with-asians, preston, with me. i figured if i had kids with me, they'd let me get autographs and pictures. we got their pretty early and got a good table. there were tables much closer, but i didn't want to be all up in their faces, ya know? anyways, eddie comes in first and omg, he's freakin' huge!! 6'8", man!! and he has this big other mexican doode with him. ya know, his posse. then avery johnson comes soon after and they just grab a seat at a random table and start mingling with people. they're that nice and cool. then they got ready to do avery johnson's radio show. then the espn radio people start handing out numbers so that during commercials we can come up to them, in order, and can take pics and get autographs. well, they didn't call our numbers the first time and at the 2nd commercial break, eddie was leaving since he's only a guest. so then i quickly grabbed won and got him to come up with me so he can take the picture. right when he was getting up to leave and wasn't signing anymore autographs, i asked him, "can i take a picture with you before you leave?" and he said sure. man, i bet it was a sight seeing this korean shorty (hehe) and this tall spic. jk!! no, but my mom couldn't stop laughing when she saw the videotape (ho taped) of us taking a picture. (what she laughin' at??? she's the SHORT ONE TOO!!!) and right when we were going to run after him into the parking lot so that the boyz could take a pic, our waitress grabs ho b/c she thought we were running out on the ticket (we hadn't paid as of yet). so while i was explaining to her manager, who didn't seem to care whether ot not we paid, we were too late b/c he was taking off in his black range rover decked out in ugly altezza(spelling?) lights and huge, rather ugly, rims. anyways, we stayed for the rest of the show, got the check controversy cleared up, got a free brownies (b/c the waitress apologized and said that running out on checks occurred often on radio days), and waited for the show to be over. i took a pic with avery johnson and took a pic of the boyz with him, too. all in all, we had a good time. =)

quote from the board (there's a board outside the entrance to our dept that is updated each day by one of my co-workers):

nothing sharpens sight like envy.

ain't that the truth!!

song of the day: yoo seung jun - na na na (one of the best "old school" kpop songs ever!) (^.^)v

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mavs up in da brain: dang, it seems like so much of my life is being consumed by the mavericks...

yesterday me, julie, larry, eddie, and little joel went to the AAC to watch the mavs play the nets. not a real exciting game. i actually yawned twice. but afterwards don nelson said it was a "playoff game" atmosphere. where was i during all this? we got our mark cuban bobbleheads so that was cool. looks just like him. and comedian steve harvey was at the game. (everybody say 'YEAH') he was such a cool host on "apollo". miss that. anyways, it was chick-fil-a night so a cow was throwing a bunch of little stuffed animals (cows that had a sign that said "go mavs" on the front and "eat mor chikin" on the back) and eddie caught one! it's so cute. i wish i had caught one. =( anyways, all in all, it was a fun game and i have eddie & linda to thank for it! :)

tonight najera is going to be avery johnson's guest on his weekly radio show. the show is taped about 5 minutes from my house. i don't know if i should go or not. i love eddie, but i dunno if it's worth it to wait and not get a signature like last time. plus i'm pretty tired. =\ dunno what to do.

today i have been busy like a mofo. so glad it's over. my eyes need some rest. -.- i'm feeling really sad about my present job right now. i'm starting to hate it. i want to do something in sports or entertainment. i really do. something that will keep my interest. and no one's hiring. totally sux. i'd love to work for a record label or a sports organization. i know that's not what my parents want, but that's what i really want to do.

i forgot to mention that the other night, when we went to go see steve nash, i got to meet brian custer (sports anchor on ch 11). he's extremely nice! i took a picture with him b/c i felt sorry for him. he's super-friendly and is a definite people-person. i sorta think he's a white man trapped in a black man's body, but he was cool.

me & alley might not be going to austin this week. seems that alley will be finishing really late on friday and my pastor (her dad) and my parents think it would be better to go next week. i'll let you know asap about this ann. sorry to keep changing things on ya. =\

people keep commenting that i talk about farting, peeing, and pooping too much. well, folks, i'm a FARTIN' MACHINE today. haha. =)

song of the day: nrg - yohng suh (^.^)v

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i'm a celebrity! get me out of here!: we saw steve nash yesterday @ cape buffalo. i bet this is what he was thinking...or not.

yesterday was incredibly hectic for our family. my car is messed up again and we had to take it in. stupid car. i know toyota's are good, but i think u should replace cars after 100,000 miles. even though i know they can last 200,000. i'd only keep a mercedes that is built to last a quarter-million. sounds like alot, right jimmy? :)

anyways, young picked me up from work (thank u!) and we headed to cape buffalo. place wasn't quite packed, but my sister had been waiting for a good hour until we came. she got a great table b/c of our view. perfect angle to see him. unfortunately, the whole floor had been reserved so we were right next to the bar. sharing a 2 person table for 4. food is unbelievably cheap there. but that's b/c they make their money on drinks. anyways, we waited for about another 30 minutes and more people started to show. especially kids. he came in an escalade limo and julie and grace told me to go film him coming in. he's wearing a gray euro-style turtleneck with sweat pants and his girlfriend on the other side. very small, petite girl. but more on her later. hehe. the interview was somewhat interesting except it was kinda hard to hear b/c of the people talking and nash has a lower voice. he's smaller in person. probably about 6'1". i'm a fan of his, but not hard-core like some of the girls there. he has nice, sharp facial features, but i wouldn't say he's handsome. he's just...normal. more intelligent than other players i think. actually fills his mind with other things besides basketball and women. anyways, the sucky thing about the whole experience is that we couldn't get his autograph. too many "reserved" (people basically paid to see him) people (and their kids) got first priority which left no time for everybody else. sucked hard. i feel for my sister b/c she waited the whole time for nothing. well, almost nothing...

"why is his girlfriend here? she's stupid." grace and julie said. i think she was watching out for dem ho's who would try to hit on him. anyways, she had been sitting at a table with her back facing us so we couldn't get a real good look of her. so when she got up to go to the bathroom my sister bolted to the restroom. and grace soon followed. my sister went into a stall and pretended (? i dunno how) to go to the bathroom and went to wash her hands. finally, alejandra (or something...i read on espn.com somewhere) came out to wash her hands and julie makes eye contact and here's how it went:

j: excuse, are you and steve nash dating?
a: no. i'm his girlfriend.
j: oic. how long have u guys been together?
a: since june.
j: oh, where did u guys meet?
a: in new york. i'm from new york.
j: oic.
a: but i live in dallas now.

at this point, grace walks in and "pretends" to wash her hands. then, alejandra was slowly walking towards the door to leave, but julie goes on:

j: so is he a good guy? is he a good boyfriend?
a: yes! he's so nice. he's so smart. so funny. i'm so lucky!

then she leaves and julie and grace bust out laughing like crazy~! :D grace couldn't believe my sister was talking to her. funny this was, young saw her coming out doubling over in laughter. weird. but it was pretty funny. alas, the interview is finally over and there's a mad rush to get his autograph. a good crowd had lined up at the front entrance where he came through so then he starts to go upstairs to another room, but i see that he walks into another hallway. looked like he was going out the back way, but he has to come out to the front anyway to get into the limo. so julie and grace grab their cameras and i grab my video camera and we go outside and wait next to the limo. a crowd starts walking towards the car and we see (barely) see him slowly trying to make his way to the limo. a couple of guys are pushing kids and girls away but i ran up to him with my video camera and got REAL close. he smiled probably b/c of the mania that was surrounding him and this girl is just whiny-begging to take a picture with him. but he had to leave and hops into the limo. i got a real good shot of him. i'll see if i can do some kind of screen capture or something to prove it. hehe.

tonight we're going to the mavs game with eddie, joel, and larry. should be fun. and we're going a lil early to see if we can get those mark cuban bobbleheads. hehe. can't wait! :D

i am really, really beat down by this stupid thing i'm doing at work. i'm fixing the product pages for our website that somebody jacked up. argh. it's so freakin' frustrating. >.< taking me forever to fix the spacing on each freakin' page. i'm thinking of telling them that i don't want to do this again. should i be so bold? probably not.

i'm going to austin this weekend! yay! a break from all the drama of the wons leaving. i need to get some fresh air. ok, austin doesn't have fresh air, but my friends give me a breath of fresh air. not that my dallas friends don't, but i need to see ann and sean from time to time or i go crazy. taking a couple hours off on friday to pick up alley and will return saturday evening. hope that alley enjoys UT as much as i do. =)

lunch @ the company today. blech. sux. i have a rolling stone with me to keep me company. sux that avril is on the cover. you should see her school pics. she looks like a big dork!! lol.

song of the day: g. gorilla - young won toh rok...been lookin' for this song FOREVER and finally found it!! yay!! (^.^)v

Squirted 12:20 PM by E-J Yi

it's so hard to say goodbye: dang, what a freakin' busy weekend...

friday, we had a farewell get together at the pyuns'. larry, bobby, kristine, james, tiffany, steve, and the "machine's" sons (daniel and david) joined us. we had some great laughs. even found out that tae had a big secret, but not a secret no mo' thanks to larry. haha.

saturday, i was awaken early by the jung bros who desperately needed a ride to school for orch dork practice so i spent most of my morning doing that. then i worked on some work from home. =O i know. but i could only do so much so then i headed over to the wons'. place was a mess. and a buncha people there to help out. it was great seeing that. me, daniel, steve, won, and charles went along with jimmy to deliver stuff. sprained my freakin' ankle while unloading. dang. haven't done that in a long time. still hurts. >.< came back to sam's place while singing "teenage mutant ninja turtles! heroes in a half shell! turtle power!" :D much fun. the boys helped out more at sam's and then me and won took off b/c we were both tired and hungry. so we went to fuddruckers and had a great meal. yum! before we ordered, won said that he would get a stuffed animal from one of those claw games, but a lil girl beat him to it. then we see another lil girl win one. suddenly, i wanted one. about $5, we left empty-handed. we headed to wal-mart so i could get some film and won could get his 50-cent cd. to his dismay, wal-mart doesn't sell "parental advisory" lyrics so all those cd's with cuss words? ALL EDITED versions. eminem, jay-z, 50-cent, etc, all edited versions. so he didn't buy it and i dropped him off and i went home. i wrote a letter to sam and hanna and cried myself to sleep.

sunday i woke up early to type up my letter (i couldn't write it, i just couldn't) and headed to Church with my video camera. everything was going alright for me until missionary ahn started saying how their lives while during missions. (he went to papua new guinea.) and then after that, the "old school" members like my dad, jimmy's and eddie's dad, along with the pastor prayed for them. and i saw hanna crying so i lost it. my mom was crying alot, too. (hanna later said that she couldn't even look over at my mom b/c she thought she would lose it, too.) then i opened my eyes and saw alot of the congregation crying too. it was really nice. =*) then jimmy's dad started crying while praying so i lost it there again. sobbing while trying to videotape. didn't work too well. after service, i regained my composure, but i was still pretty fragile. then rachel started crying like crazy and that's when ALOT of people lost it. susan and linda had held it in until then. we decided to eat dinner that night so i stopped myself from crying too much. i come home and watched the first "lesson" (episode) of Great Teacher Onizuka. steve let us borrow it. dang, it is kinda messed up, but it made me laugh alot. me & julie head over to abuelo's which eddie picked. great mexican food. (we should go there some time with the plano chickies.) took lots of pics there and then headed to the pyuns' again for dessert. we ended up watched this korean children's video that has a character that farts. it's really funny. i think one of the things i'll miss the most is sam's laugh. it's totally contagious. and he was cracking me up making up lyrics to the children's songs. "geu ruh kkeh mok geu myun, buh ruht shi ub suh..." then it was time to leave. and i lost it again when rachel hugged me real hard. then hanna started crying. and sam hugged me and said that even if i found someone while he was gone, he would probably never approve of anyone for me. (i had told him earlier that i was happy that he was probably coming back here so he could preside over my wedding. he replied, "i think i'll finish my dissertation before that." funny, sam, funny.) i cried all the way until i got home, but i didn't cry again after that. i don't think it has hit me yet. and as i write this, they're on their way to chicago, but my heart still doesn't believe it. it will probably hit me in a week or so. sux.

gonna go see steve nash tonight. i'm not really feeling up to it, but i'm going b/c julie is. she's had a rough day so i can't not (double negative) go if she is. then tomorrow's a mavs/nets game with larry and eddie. hopefully that will take my mind off sam and hanna. and i *might* be heading down to austin this weekend with alley. but we'll see how that goes.

song of the day: yoon do hyun band - oh pil sung KOREA!! (^.^)v

Squirted 5:08 PM by E-J Yi