meet coco. here’s a video i just took of my beloved coco. i love her more than what would be considered psychologically healthy but can you blame me? she is so smart, cute, and greedy with herself i cannot help it. resistance is futile.

one of the first things you need to know about coco is that she has many unique hobbies which include opening cabinets, and collecting cotton balls, water bottle caps, rubber bands, and hair ties. sometimes she will “capture” her toys and put it in her food bowl. she also snores like an old man

here is the first thing i see when i wake up:

and the last thing i see before going to bed:

and what i did labor day weekend:

i’m happy right now. literally. right now. :D

oh yeah, i tried giving my cats the organic cat food today and they hate it. :(

my friend and i are ordering chicken strips with our pizza…

friend: what kind of dipping sauce do you want for the chicken strips?

me: what kind are there?

friend: ranch, blue cheese, buffalo, honey mustard, garlic, barbecue, …

me: all of them!

i don’t know about you, but i love dipping my chicken strips in all kinds of different sauces. mmm-mmm. 

i just realized this is my third post this year about deep-fried chicken. :/

i am currently enjoying a relaxing sunday night after one of the busiest weekends i’ve had all year. i realize that i am one huge homebody and i prefer to stay home unless absolutely necessary to go out.

i’m having an awesome spring break. tomorrow i am going on my trip across the country for a couple of days. i return friday. i conveniently lost my driver’s license so i’m going to have to take my passport with me to get through airport security and stuff. just great. also, i thought someone stole my wallet a couple weeks ago so i had to cancel all my cards (actually, i just left it in a coworker’s classroom… silly me) so now i have no credit cards or debit cards so i just have cash. cash and a passport. feels like i’m going to cambodia all over again. :/

i found the perfect eyeshadow: Dreamy Eyes Eyeshadow from Flirt! cosmetics. I bought my first two shades (Golden Lady and Bronze Splash) this summer and they have been my favorite all year. the pigment is rich and bright, i love the shimmer and it’s very wearable and blendable. the best part is that the color stays on forever and are only $10 a pop. compare this to mac eyeshadows which i have spent hundreds of dollars on and they seriously barely last me a couple hours. not only that, but they are a little too sheer for me. i have to pile on the layers just to see the color (i always apply using mac makeup brushes). if i wear them as eyeliner, it starts disappearing by the time i get to wherever i’m going. i’m so used to this happening to me that i bring the damn make up kit with me and have to reapply my makeup before i even get out of the car. it doesn’t look as good anymore because i tend to overcompensate so i end up looking overly made up and thus, starving for attention. even with one of the best shadow primer’s on the market (I use Urban Decay’s Magic Potion), it barely gets me through half the day. today, i went back to Kohl’s and bought three more shades of Dreamy Eyes Eyeshadow (i feel like a retard every time i have to type out that name): Peach Champagne, Coconutty, and Chocoholic. I can’t wait to wear them! The only problem with this brand is that the color spectrum is pretty limited compared to mac’s which has every freakin’ color you could possibly want.

my new obsession is making my laundry smell really good for a long time. i recently bought downey dryer sheets that is scented with vanilla and lavender. i used them last week to wash my sheets and i was really surprised that every night before i went to sleep, i could smell the sweet mixture of vanilla and lavender. wow…. it’s so nice! it lasted ALL week and wasn’t even beginning to fade. today, i did my usual 5 loads of laundry and i wanted ALL my stuff to smell as good as my sheets do i put like 3-5 dryer sheets with each load even though the directions calls for 1 or 2. ahahahaha! it worked though… now my own bedroom and closet smells like lavender and vanilla.

I’m getting older and life is getting more stressful. In response, I decided to make a list of things that comfort me. :) 

1. country music

2. golden girls

3. my cats

4. instant ramen

5. the twilight zone 

after over a week of my sucktacular (yes, i realize i am a loser for using that word - but what else is new?) viddler videos, i miss the inextricable beauty and simplicity of written words. this morning one of my cats jumped on my pillow and rubbed her chin, cheeks, and neck against my head for like, 10 minutes. she doesn’t do this very often. right when she finished my other cat started to do her massage thing on my left leg. haha. it was random how they were consecutively affectionate like that but i’d have to say that is a pretty good start to my sunday.

i’m going to start writing in a paper journal. i just hope i can do it consistently.

here are some pictures from last night.

tonight my roommate and i went to the cheesecake factory for dinner. she told me that she had this weird sub (to cover for her when she had to go to a meeting for part of the day). he was this geeky looking guy and as he entered her classroom he waved to them and then totally tripped. i don’t know why, but i laughed at that story for at least ten minutes. it was so funny to me! i know, i have a very simplistic and idiotic sense of humor but it felt good to laugh heartily again.

today marks a one week anniversary of my breakup and all things considered, i think i’ve made an amazing amount of improvement since i totally shaken up originally.

a few months ago i was feeling nostalgic and thinking about how when i was young and growing up in chicago, feet pajamas were one of my favorite parts of winter. they were so cozy, comfortable, and warm. they would fit like a glove. i was talking about this with one of my friends and she shared the same sentiment. tonight, i went over to her house and she showed me the feet pajamas she found at target. they were for kids but we are pretty small so she got a L and it fit her perfect (and even a little loose). i was so excited, i drove to target from her house and got myself a couple. it was a really good price too: $12 each! i got a pink one and a green one in XL children’s sizes. the only bad thing is that it’s a pain when you go to the bathroom… especially when the bathroom is cold. anyway, i’m excited and happy!!!

i’m trying to get back into blogging and i’m gonna try to post everyday. this time of year was when i first really got into blogging.

i can’t believe thanksgiving is this week! eek! time went by sooo fast! it still hasn’t hit me yet. i still feel like thanksgiving is a month away - haha!

i love my job right now.

tonight my high school’s marching band hosted a field show competition and i went because i was a band nerd in high school doing 2 years of marching band and one year of color guard. i had a really good time and it felt really good to support my many students who were in the band and colorguard. i was definitely proud of them and impressed with the quality of all of the performances.

on my walk back home from my car i looked up at the sky and was suprised how clear it was and i could actually see more than a handful of stars. it was so beautiful that for a moment i forgot all my cares and was completely taken by the beauty and magnifance of the night sky. it was a really nice moment.

(the title of this post is not in reference to van gogh’s painting… sorry to all you art buffs.)

last night i slept 13 hours. i think it’s been 2 weeks since i’ve had a good night’s sleep so had to make up for lost sleep. when i woke up, i was so hungry. it was like i just woke up from hibernation! now i am just vegging around the apt with my roommate… it’s so nice. the weather is cloudy so it feels like fall. tonight, we are going to a halloween party at my friend’s house. i am going as harry potter. i’ll post pictures if there are any worth posting. have a happy saturday everyone!

my family took me out for my birthday dinner tonight. it was a nice gesture by my dad, who i haven’t seen since july. i had a really good time with my brothers, parents, friend (lesley), roommate, cousins, and other family friends. it was nice to eat cambodian food again, since i haven’t had it in a long time. i am very content!!! it’s getting late (for me) already. last night i went to bed at 10 and still had a hard time getting up so tonight i told myself i’d go to bed at 9 but it’s already 9:21. well, i will try to go to bed soon. *yawn*

this is yet another edge of your seat exciting post brought to you by the people (person) who brings you plog!

too tired to write full post. just wanted to share some pics:

my mojito fr last week… scrumptious!

one of my bday presents: a pedicure!

pretty present… i love this card!

it is also a collage!

the box that my present came in… looks just like my computer!!! one of my favorite parts of the night.

last night was my last night of summer vacation. i spent it at the standard hotel’s rooftop lounge in downtown LA. dude, the place is sooo awesome! i loved it! it was so chill and i had a blast dancing with my friends. we were outside on a rooftop w/ a pool, bar, and dancefloor. it was also b/c the backdrop was the LA skyline and it was such a nice breezy night. the only sucky thing was there was this creepy stalker guy following me around and who couldn’t take not-so-subtle hints that i wasn’t interested. i came up with what i thought was a pretty clever way to say no which was “I want to be single FOREVER.” after i said that, he was like “you’re sweet.” i couldn’t tell if he was being scarastic or if he was just plain dumb. anyway, it got really annoying b/c he started creeping my friends out and i felt really bad that i wasn’t assertive enough to make him go away. so stressful.

today, i went back to my school for teacher meetings and getting ready for the new year. it was great seeing everyone again but what sucked was some of my closer teacher friends were asking about the lsat and it wasn’t really something i wanted to talk about. telling them i have to retake it isn’t exactly great news. =/ we had a really good motivational speaker this year. he was so much better than last year’s guy and really highlighted to me the absolute best parts of being a teacher. the day went by fast but i got a lot done and my room looks great already (not to toot my own horn)!.

anyway, one of my old students from last year emailed a picture that we took together on the last day of school:

(my classroom looks like a huge mess :[)

in an attempt to be more positive, i have created a new category in my blog called “happy thoughts.”

yesterday my entire extended family and i went to a picnic by the a lake in a suburb of chicago. my favorite part of the day was swinging on a swing in the playground that overlooks the lake while i was listening to Happy Girl on my ipod shuffle. It was the happiest and most at peace i felt in a long time. my cares were miles away and i was very very content.

tonight, i am having my second mocha iced coffee from burger king. i had my first one on a road trip from cinncinati to chicago (thanks Joy, if you’re reading this!) and now i am addicted. it is so good and makes me so happy.