cuz i'm bored: dang. when it going to be 5? anyways, here's the friday five!

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?

just like ann, i can be if i want. my room's not very organized, but my desk at work is spotless and perfect. if i get my own place, it will be just like it is here (at work). i hate the way my room is so i don't really put effort into organizing it.

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?

i have a planner i got from work and i write in it occasionally, but i harder check up on it. worthless basically. grace basically got me into using one. she's really anal and organized, too. and it always looks so clean and pretty.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?

work = yes. home = no.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?

no, it doesn't matter. but i put the ones that are "popular" with me first.

5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize?

my life.

there. i'm out. (^.^)v

Squirted 4:38 PM by E-J Yi

more than words: there are so many titles that i could think of, but man, i'm speechless at the mavs game last night. =) most of the entry will be dedicated to last night's game. here are some visuals:






here's what the espn.com's daily quickie had to say:

The Lead Item
Two Words For You:
SCORING. MAVALANCHE.

Whatever new Mavericks consultant Paul Silas did, keep doing it: He shows up and all of a sudden the Mavs blow out the Kings. Dallas' 83 points in the first half (NBA record) was ridiculous, and the Kings were either looking way too far ahead or thought Mavs-style defense was worth a try.



Fearless Nick Van Exel (36 pts in 30 min) is the Mavs' answer to Sacto's Bobby Jackson (who suffered a fractured cheekbone), but here is the series' new big question: What's up with C-Webb's knee, injured last night. Between the two injuries, the formerly super-deep Kings have lost some weight, troubling enough to make a once "lock" of a series up for grabs.

i had a chance to go to the game last night, but i'm glad i didn't go. it was freakin' fun for julie and her friend, tushar. and i'm glad. i think i would have been physically sick and exhausted if i went last night. julie said her arms are sore from last night. haha. i had an AWESOME time watching the game and totally regret not taping the historic first half. 83 points?!?!?! that's mind-boggling. they were shooting over 70%!!! imma breakdown on what i thought of (almost) each player's performance last night:

nick van exel: man people had all these names for him: "nick van exel-lent". "nick van slick". "nick van shut up and listen". i'm just going to say "NICK THE MAN". he's our hero right now. he's our "tough" guy. he told the mavs and the media, "F THEM!" (not the cuss word, but the actual letter "F" which is hilarious!) he's not bashing them, he's telling the mavs to ignore them. just PLAY. and that's what he, they did last night. nick could have made any shot with his eyes closed. he made 3s and floaters at will. it was an AMAZING performance and i'm so thankful for him.



dirk: he's a scoring machine. and he showed it last night. although he ended up with (only) 24 pts, he didn't need to waste any more time on the floor. he scored 18 in the first quarter!!! the highlight of his performance last night? FOUR-PT play! wonderful.



steve nash: he was feelin' IT last night. he was shooting out of his mind, too. when he's driving underneath those big men, he's unstoppable.

adrian griffin: the quiet hero. a surprising start and omg, he did an A+ job last night. 15 points?!?! he NEVER gets 15 pts! he was driving into the lane like no other. he's a super-nice guy and a strong player. even though he looks like a deer in headlights sometimes, he doesn't back down. ever.

eddie najera: what more can i say about this mexican jumping machine??? he's our energizer bunny. david um thinks he's "annoying", but that "annoying" presence is what makes him so great. AHHHHHHHREEEEEBAHHHHH!!!!!! :D

raja bell: so what if he layed an egg last night? (0 points) he stopped the kings from scoring. D'ed them up. and that's all that matters to me.

raef lafrentz: he did a great job last night. and that's what he SHOULD be doing. that's all i gotta say about that.

excuse me, but we're leading by more than 20 pts, WHAT DA FREAK ARE MAVS "FANS" BOOING?!?! b/c bradley came in the 4th quarter? that's ridiculous!!! it's terrible and it makes me hate the spectators sometimes. don't be booing them. they put on a show for you! what greedy people. =P

now i'm not saying the series is over and the mavs will beat them. but it shows people that we can play. WE CAN PLAY. i'm kinda shocked that both c-webb & jackson both went down last night. those are huge losses. and while some people would be thrilled or atleast happy that they're hurt and questionable for any of the remaining games, i think it's unfortunate. if the mavs end up winning w/out having to play both of them, nobody will give us credit AGAIN. i'd rather play with them and beat them. like last night.

ok, that's alot of mavs talk, huh? :) i could go on & on.

song of the day: thunder!! i don't know who sings this song, but it's kinda like the "battlecry" at the games. and this one hilarious male fan lip-syncs to this really well. (^.^)v

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can guys and girls be friends?: ahh, the age-old question...here's what a friend sent me. some guy wrote this:

this has always been a rather controversial topic, i must say. so CAN they be friends? YES. Can they be really really close friends??? the answer: NO. they can't. at least not without feelings getting in the way. does this mean that every close co-ed friendship is tarnished with feelings for each other? no, but i think every guy-girl friendship has had feelings get in the way at one time or another. either the guy likes the girl or vice versa. and if there are no feelings in the present, then there were feelings in the past. it's that simple.

why? cuz guys and girls never just INTEND on being close friends. when i say close friends, i mean friends who are almost like best friends. in order to get close, there had to be motive to get to know the other person better. and the motive is usually an attraction to the other person. sure, the initial motive could've been pure, but the end result is the same.

i only have a couple close girl friends, and i've liked them both in the past. i think you gotta get that attraction stuff out of the way if you ever want to pursue a close relationship, otherwise there will always be the "what-if" question hovering over the two of you forever. plus, if you guys are soooo compatible, how could feelings of attraction NOT be on your mind? it HAS to get in the way at one point or another. so if you have a close friend of the opposite sex....and you guys never had feelings in the past, then i believe that there must be feelings in the present. you can't just be friends with a girl.

now remember, this just pertains to close friendships. shallow acquaintances are no big deal...but those "best friend" type of friendships don't exist. you either like them now or have liked them in
the past. if you deny this, then you are an idiot. i dare you to prove me wrong with ONE case where it didn't happen this way. just ONE. i mean, why else would a person open up their heart to another? why not just go to someone of the same gender? but the opposite isn't always true: just cuz you liked them in the past, it doesn't mean you guys are still close. i'm only close to a couple, even though thousands of girls have liked me in the past. (hahaha. sorry, i couldn't help myself.) and also, just because you liked them in the past and are over the person, doesn't mean you have the green light to be best friends with them, with no chance of feelings resurfacing. Liking them in the past may have paved the way to a plutonic friendship, but no one says that it will always stay that way.

i think a problem with a lot of guys getting led on has to do with the guy's mentality. the guy tends to assume that he really knows the girl well, even though it might have been just a few weeks or months. i think a lot of guys need to understand that it's REALLY hard to get to know a girl...and even when you think you know them, you really don't. i don't think a man every really does.

i think its good to keep everyone an arm's length away, only because of the validity of my point. don't become best buds with a guy/girl you don't like...they might get the wrong idea. stay away from all that crap and just mind your own business. never try to dig deep into a person's personal life...just enjoy the mindless, shallow conversations and keep things fun. don't let them know you, don't try to know them. If your friendships with others of the opposite sex naturally progresses to the point that you get to know them well, then that's great, but never go OUT OF YOUR WAY to "get to know them" or "see how they are doing b/c you are worried about them". let guys worry about guys and let girls worry about girls. if you like the guy/girl, do your thang, but if you TRULY want to be their friend, then do them a favor and stay out of their lives...know them, understand them, but just don't get too close. you mess things up that way, and then the friendship gets all weird. and then you become a bigger stranger to them than ever before. that's not what friendship is all about.

true? hmmm...just some food for thought. :)

btw, i am SICK AND TIRED of getting junk email!!!!!!!!!!!

Squirted 4:43 PM by E-J Yi

it's almost friday...almost: dang i can't wait to get off work. and it's only 10am...

i'm feeling tired today. not as much physically, but mentally. i don't feel like going out. i have a ticket to the mavs game tonight and people will probably think i'm crazy, but i'm not really up to going to go watch it tonight. i'd rather watch it in the comforts of my home. and be able to see/hear stats, replays, etc. we got great seats and it's not that i don't want to go b/c of julie...it's just it starts at 8:30 and i know, again, i'll be exhausted tomorrow. and i don't want that. julie will probably be mad if she found out, but i gotta do this so i don't get sick. any takers?

my second toe on my right foot itches. weird.

i don't think i've mentioned this, but it's no secret: i LOVE apples! anything apple, i like. i like apples in all sorts of things: pies, cookies, salads, soaps, soju (technically i haven't tried this, but i know i'll like it), beer (?: not sure if it was beer...was it ann?), juice, air fresheners, apple sauce, and of course, au natural. grace thinks it's so weird (as in funny/weird) b/c most people find "fruit thing" that they don't like. i.e., i love strawberries, but i hate strawberry ice cream. (how come they don't make apple ice cream?) some people like bananas, but not banana-flavored candy. btw, i don't like bananas that much. i don't know why. i only can eat banana nut bread. no other banana things. oh there's another fruit that i like everything: orange!

i still haven't gotten any calls back from kiss fm about me winning the whole "nick" contest. should i call them? cuz they haven't called me in a while. hmmm...

i wrote an email to a korean-american singer, jini (who's link is located on the left), and she wrote me back! very cool, huh? if i go to korea, she said she would show me around her record company and let me meet some other famous singers. cool, huh? if only i could get over there...=\

i watched "star in my heart" last night. omg, it's fuuurrrreakin' good. i wish i had it in english so i could have all these people watch it. ahn jae wook is soooo....wow. :)

sorry for the boring entry. have a good thursday!

song of the day: ahn jae wook - chingoo (friend) (^.^)v

Squirted 10:22 AM by E-J Yi

teenybopper movies: i'm not a big fan of those "teen" movies like never been kissed or she's all that, but probably one of the best one i've seen is 10 things i hate about you. it's witty, somewhat "hip", and has the best poem (which i also usually don't like)...(taken from joanne's friend's xanga)

I hate the way you talk to me
And the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car.
I hate it when you stare.

I hate your big dumb combat boots
And the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick --
It even makes me rhyme.

I hate the way you're always right.
I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh --
Even worse when you make me cry.

I hate it that you're not around
And the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way --
I don't hate you --
Not even close, not even a little bit, not any at all.

everytime i see that scene, it makes me cry for some reason. i'm so weird. =P

i also absolutely love the song "03 bonnie & clyde" by jay-z featuring beyonce. i love that "us against the world" mentality. it's kind of romantic. most korean dramas are like this so maybe i've been brainwashed. romeo & juliet. let us be together or we'll die. ok, i wouldn't go that far, but it's all about "me & my boyfriend".

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you must be a bandwagon mavs fan if...: YOU LEAVE DURING THE 3RD QUARTER! >O oh, but i saw my boy, joo there...boy got a free suite with his bro, dad, and grandpa. lucky b.

dang, we had some JOKE fans (wait they aren't fans, they're spectators) leaving during halftime and the third, and of course, fourth quarters. YOU CAN'T LEAVE DURING A SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF GAME!! especially the jokesters sitting in the lower level. there are more DIE-HARD mavs fans sitting in the upper sections. anyways, yesterday's game was embarrassing and disappointing. didn't know the kings were doing a bball clinic. it was freakin' LOUD at the beginning of the game and when najera did a huge dunk and a 3pt play, but after that, everything else went pretty much down hill from there. dirk couldn't score. steve, fin, and nick did, but it wasn't enough. i mean, freakin' peja/bobby/christie were getting these huge open looks. horrible. even when the mavs dancers came out onto the floor (which occurred like 5 times MUCH more than their normal 2 appearances), they couldn't get the crowd going AT ALL. only 2 perks: during the halftime show, these 2 guys did a cirque du soleil thing and then in the 3rd quarter, those "pleasantly plump" mavs maniaacs came out and put on a SHOW. freakin' hilarious AND they dance very well. the mavs dancers choreographer really knows how to make dances look good. the highlight of the whole thing? during the 4th quarter when more than 1/2 of the fans gone, i asked julie if she wanted to go down to the lower level to go watch the rest of the game. she finally agreed and we went down there. unfortunately there was a huge security guard there...

security guard: uh, can i help you?
julie (quickly thinking): uh, we're looking for somebody...me & julie quickly look like we're looking around...i'm looking for seats
sg: ok~

and i push julie to go to her right. we're angled somewhat behind the mavs basket. there were a bunch of empty seats near the front, but another security person was 1/2way down there so i just decided we should just sit in the back. well, we sat in the last row and MAN! it is a DIFFERENT LIFE down there. women dress up, men dress up, they don't have clappers, but thunderstix. luckily a few more security people walked by, but they didn't do nothing. so me & julie got to sit there for about 15 minutes. excellent viewing and it made it look so REAL. haha. i sound dorky, but those people who sit there don't appreciate those seats. really...

i'm really frustrated right now. i can't really explain until i found out an end result. but it's driving me nuts. this waiting game. when is IT going to start happening???

forgot my cell today. dang it. it's my alarm clock. i'm get so tired from the late games that i usually take a nap during lunch the day after. but no phone today. so that means probably no nap or i'll oversleep. >.< i use my cell phone as an alarm clock more than using it to receive/make calls. embarrassing, but true. can you believe that out of the 8 months that i've been working here, i have NEVER been late to work ONCE b/c of something i did/could have done? (i've been late a couple of times b/c of traffic, but of course, that's beyond my control.) i've never overslept (although i think about doing that purposely EVERY DAY NOW) and i've never mistakenly set my alarm clock to another time. unbelievable, huh? linda is amazed by that. i'm patting myself on the back right now. :)

i hate birds. you guys all know that. i think God is punishing me somewhat for not showing love to our "fine-feathered friends". this bird chips FREAKIN' loud EVERY MORNING at 6AM. i set my alarm for 6:10. so i lose those 10 minutes b/c of that bird. i got fed up with it yesterday morning that i got my mavs clapper, opened the window, and started yelling and clapping that thing like crazy. it stopped. but i was already awake. this morning, it done chirped again! this time it was 6:08. i had set my alarm for 6:15. julie had told me last night to wake her up and she would take care of it, but i felt bad for waking her up so i just layed in bed until my alarm/cell phone went off. next time it happens? i'm taking julie's airhorn and waking up the whole neighborhood. i'm not joking.

short update: ever since the "very interesting" man saw me in the parking lot, he has started to park backwards into his parking spaces like me! he never did that before (remember: i saw him first, but hid...this was before he waited infront of my car). what da freak.

song of the day: shania twain - i'm gonna get you...i find this song so catchy! they play it at the mavs games alot. (^.^)v

Squirted 9:42 AM by E-J Yi

ready to scream my head off!: in more ways than one...

tonight's game 1 against the kings. again, this is a MUST-win. yeah i'll be screaming my head off tonight. =)

i want to get out of this job now. it's a totally humbling job in which i sit on my butt all day. i almost fell asleep like 5 times today during our quarterly IT meeting. i'm not cut out for the IT dept. i'm not cut out on working for the corporate world. i'm not cut out on dealing with weirdos. i'm not cut out on dealing this stinkin' job!!!

i'm very disappointed that the stars lost last night. T.T btw, i found out where mike modano lives. hehe. in highland park. =) but that's a secret i'm keeping to myself. about $7 mil for his bachelor pad. $$$!!!

for julie's graduation present this year (from the 'rents), she's asking for cable. AMEN! sam said he went without cable until he was 25. i'm 23 and born in a different decade than him. i think it's a great idea and it's about time. my dad's main concern is that me & julie will be O_O to the tv all day if we get it, but ya know, just like a relationship, you get bored of it soon after. haha. jk.

speaking of relationships...i had the WEIRDEST dream last night. (isn't it strange that we both had weird dreams, ann?) i dreamt that i was dating this korean tv actor who is younger than me AND WAS DATING ONE OF MY FRIENDS AT THE SAME TIME AS ME!!! i kept thinking in the dream, "no, joyce, no way..." but somehow i justified him dating, i BELIEVE it was DANA (of all people!), another woman b/c we REALLY like each other unlike he didn't really like dana that much. i woke up thinking, "omg! what da heck was i dreaming?" i know why i dreamed about a guy cheating b/c da mee came over last night and we talked about that for a lil bit. anyways, i remembered enjoying being with him very much and didn't care one bit that he was with dana. that could never happen. this dream totally surprised me. =O this is the guy who i dreamed about...(the tall one is the guy, haha.)



i'm so freakin' tired right now and i need to go to the bathroom (if you know what i mean...) haha.

song of the day: the who - eminence front <-the starting lineup song for the dallas mavericks. (^.^)v

Squirted 3:55 PM by E-J Yi

The girl next door, through and through! You have a kind heart and a good sense of right and wrong. Your down-to-earth nature doesn't allow yourself to become swayed by petty distractions. Your pretty face and a sweet soul draws admiration and respect from everyone around you! Do be cautious that you don't become blinded by your morals and ideals. Sometimes, to get along with others, you must be willing to compromise and offer a little understanding.
Which Love Hina Girl Are You?

Squirted 4:38 PM by E-J Yi

do you believe???: that's the question...





images from the mavericks game 7 win over the 'blazers. it was a nail-biting game. sportswriters are sayin' that dallas breathed a sigh of relief. i can't agree more. the hero of the game was definitely nick van exel. i like his smug smirk that he gets when he shoots a floater over these guys that are 7 inches taller than him. i like how he yells and shows his emotions when he sinks a 3. "nick-the-quick" or "nick-at-nite", however you want to call him, nick is da man!! (all nick's are pretty nice, right ann? hehe.)

most fashionable university? how come i'm not surprised SMU made the list! haha. that's one of those double-edged honors.

ok, here's a weekend recap:

friday: @ Church, we watched the guys play some bball and then watched "spirited away".



that director musta had a incredible imagination. there were alot of grotesque characters, i think. and i think it was kinda scary at some moments. the main character was rachel, sam's daughter, reincarnated. good movie to see atleast once.

saturday: me and julie headed over to united artists (macarthur & 635) to watch "X2"...



movie? okay, but i think it was ruined by our "movie-going experience". see, our freakin' theater's sound was distorted and the voices would echo slightly. it was freakin' annoying. julie went to complain after watching 15 minutes of previews, right before the movie started. yeah, they said they were going to fix it. 30 minutes later, it wasn't happening. so i went to complain. the skinny, pimply-faced said, "yeah, we'll fix it" with that look of "yeah-right-over-my-dead-body". and they didn't. and to make things worse, the middle-school aged boy (who was my height) sitting next to me, bursts into sobs when the (i'm not giving anything away) "mutants are in danger". freakin' it was like his dog died!!! and then his mom (!) was rubbing his back the rest of the movie which was REALLY LOUD. who would have thought rubbing would be so distracting! anyways, after the movie, me & julie head over to another manager and complain (very nicely, of course) and she said that we could get our money back. i was annoyed that the theater knows that particular theater is messed up and they're getting engineers to fix the sound, yet they're making people pay $6.25 to hear crappy sound? what a rip-off!! i absolutely hate bad sound at a movie. i can handle the crybaby, but not the sound (which i would hope to drown out the sobs). i wish i could call the boy's middle school and tell everybody what a crybaby he was. ha. btw, kelly hu looks so pretty.

afterwards, me & julie come home to watch korean vids. (i watched ALOT of entertainment this weekend.) then after dinner, we watched "two weeks notice". a disappointment. well, i guess not b/c i'm not a fan of hugh grant. although he was probably the better actor in this movie. very uneven and sandra bullock wasn't pretty at all. funny lines, though.

Sunday: nice day @ Church. came home to watch THE game. then went to meet ann @ cpk. :D great conversation + very good food = happy joyce! :) soon ann had to head back to dallas and i came home to, guess what? WATCH MORE korean dramas! i actually ordered this over the internet to a "could-have-been-crook", but she turned out to be legit and i have a copy of "star in my heart" (byul ahn neh gah sseum eh). arguably one of the best dramas ever and i hadn't watched it yet. i've seen 3 episodes and omg, it has lived up to the hype!!! cinderella-type story of an orphan who is taken in by her dead father's (rich) best friend who wants to put her through high school & college. the wife of the friend is a snobby designer and has an insanely spoiled daughter the same age as the main character. the main character wants to be a designer and her orphan friend wants to make it as a singer. two guys (one is a savvy businessman while the other also wants to be a singer) are after the wannabe designer. there's alot of fighting, slapping, kissing, and hilarious lines that makes this oh-so-watchable. i can't wait to watch more!!

me & julie got tix to see playoff games 1 & 2 to see the kings. we're sitting one row behind our seats from last playoff game 1 for THIS game 1 and the same exact seats (from portland game 1) for game 2. it's going to be HECKA loud and crazy so i'm pretty excited even though i don't look like it. me & julie were furiously dialing from 10am today and i got through around 10:15. pretty nice.

song of the day: jaley - yujahs (ladies). <-d/l. (^.^)v

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