It's My Birthday!!!

It’s my birthday and I’ll laugh if I want to, laugh if I want to! You would laugh too if happened to youuuuu!!! J

Hello there empty space! Today I turn 31. Wow… I never could picture myself turning 31, not that I pictured myself dying early, but I always tried to push the thought of my thirties out of my head. Now I’m here and I’m happy happy happy! Why?

2008 was a very rough year for me. I had a lot of downs but while in those low moments I always had my family and friends reach down and help me get back up. As stubborn as I was in sometimes refusing help, they insisted and were always there. In my planning of my informal birthday celebration at my fave bar these last few weeks I have also realized how lucky I am. A couple of months ago I did not want to celebrate my birthday this year. I wanted it to go by unnoticed by everyone. I guess it was me hating the idea of getting deeper into the Thirty-something pool. Then I realized that what I love about my birthday every year is that I get to spend time with my closest friends and also friends I usually don’t see or keep in touch with on a regular basis. That’s when I decided that I would spend my birthday at my favorite bar and whoever wanted to join me was welcome. So here I am today – Dec. 26^th and so far I have about 25 RSVP’s. I have also received tons of wonderful phone calls and text messages. My two awesome friends Yaz and Weenie are making sure I’m properly fed. Yaz is coming to downtown (cuz I’m working today) and taking me out to lunch. Weenie is taking me out to breakfast tomorrow. Yummmm!!!

Thank you to the Friendship Gods and Family Gods for blessing me with such wonderful people in my life. How can you not believe in God when you are surrounded by the best family and the best friends a person could ask for? Yup, not possible.

Today I am bursting with love for my family, friends, and God.

Tis the Season to Give Give Give

I know that the typical thing to do this season is donate time, food, clothes, and whatever else. In years past when I had more money in my pockets I wouldn't donate. Don't get me wrong, I have volunteered at events and donate every year to the United Way.

Times are tough right now. Historically tough. Hearing about all the job losses has really broken my heart. What would I do and where would I be if I lost my job tomorrow??? Anyhow, just like everyone else I've cut back on many expenses. But for some reason I'm more compelled to donate whatever I can.

This is a Test... Of the Emerge- uhhhh

Hi Empty Space! No need to worry, freak out or whatever. No emergency... yet. Haha! Just testing this groovey thingy where I email blogger through my phone & it immediately posts my emails. Technology is awesome!!!

I'm an addict!!!

Jeez! I've discovered that I have a slightly addictive personality. ONLY slightly!

So a few months ago I stepped into the black hole of YouTube. I was only suppose to watch a couple of episodes on my fave novela that I missed. Next thing I know I'm staying up to 2 or 3 in the morning for a couple of weeks straight watching novelas on YouTube. Those were my most unproductive weeks at work ever. Weekends came around and I didn't leave my house or my computer. Fortunately I ran out of things to watch back then and was able to pull myself away from my YouTube "crack" addiction.

... Now I have a new addiction... Yup, I can't get enough of the Sex in the City DVD's. Last night I stayed up 'til 2 am and woke up and 6 am the same morning for work. I'm so tired right now and should have been in bed a long time ago but I had to finish watching all the episodes on one of the DVD's. It's a great show and I'm about 1/3 of the way done with season 3. Carrie just started dating cutie Aiden!!!

I'm done with my TV watching but I needed to update everyone in Empty Space Land on my week so far. Especially the Weenie-meister. ;-) haha!

OMG! BTW, tomorrow is my company's holiday shin-dig. Looking forward to it but a I'm freaked because I have nothing cute to wear. :-( Sucks I didn't get to go shopping for the occasion.

Sorry for such a lame blog post today. My brain is functioning at 40% right now. Lack of sleep sucks for your concentration, metabolism, and beauty.

Adios mi amigos!

Huh? What? Huh?

Is it Saturday already?? Wow, the tail end of this week flew by. What have I done??

On Wednesday night I hosted a Sex in the City night at my house. **A little background for you - I've never watched any episode of Sex in the City - ever.** So this was brand spanking new for me. Two of my buddies came by and we saw 12 episodes of season 4. We started about 8:30 pm and didn't finish until 3 am!! While we watched the super funny episodes we were also playing the Sex in the City card game. It was tons of fun!

The next morning was Turkey Day. My dear aunt called at 7:30 am and woke me up. So I was running on 4 hours of sleep on T-Day. Anyhow, besides my lack of sleep, this day was perfect. I spent most of the day in the kitchen with my mom cooking. I've never really done that before, sad I know. Well growing up I would watch and listen to my mom cook with her sisters. They would constantly talk while preparing whatever complicated dish they were working on. Their conversations would usually consist of catching each other up on the latest gossip or life updates of family and/or friends from the past. Well this day, T-Day 2008, my mom and me had a similar bonding experience. She just started opening up to me. We discussed things and people that in any other occasion she would feel completely uncomfortable talking about. I couldn't believe it! It was awesome. We shared pots, pans, the stove & oven, and wonderful stories of the past. Throughout the day my sisters and I were in touch via our cell phones and text messaging. We all cooked at our respective homes and finally met up at the home of one of my sisters. We warmed up our dishes and sat down to have a wonderful meal. I had a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving this year. :-)

Friday was such a Saturday! Slept in and took it slow. Late in the afternoon I joined Yaz and went to visit Weenie. We spent a couple of hours with her and the baby before we left. While at Weenie's we watched a show on the Food Network on BBQ food and restaurants. This show inspired my taste buds so Yaz and I went to Baby Blues BBQ in Venice for dinner. Yum Yum Yum!!! After that great dinner we went to a pretty cool event in downtown. A Spoken Word event was hosted at the Lost Souls Cafe in downtown. The cafe is pretty cool and is located right across from Bar 107. I'm definitely going back! After the event ended we hopped in the car and went to the Backstage Bar in Culver City. Wheeew! Lots of driving but Yaz and I split the driving duty. :-) Our night at Backstage started a little slow but it later got really fun. Too bad we didn't get to see Yaz's bro sing. :-( We will save it for another night.

Today IS Saturday. I have a small party to attend but I hope to exit quick because I was just invited to another party at an art gallery. One of my fave current artists will be DJ'ing the event. Can't wait!!!

Okay empty space, this is it for today.

Adios mi amigos!

Memories...

I do this pretty often. I go into email archives, old boxes of memories, and old journals to read and remember. Well I did it again today. I went into my inbox in MySpace and read some really old messages from someone who I was once very close to.

The messages were very long and started friendly and apologetic. Then they turned into pretty angry messages. I couldn't see my responses unfortunately but I have an idea of what they were. They were probably just as angry and unforgiving. What's done is done and there's no turning back, I know. Reading these messages today, two years later, made me realize that we should have never written them in the first place. We held a very important conversation via MySpace and it should have been at the very least over the phone.

Lesson learned: Never say important thoughts or feelings via email or messaging (text messaging included)! You never really get to say what you want in the way you want. The other person reads feelings / emotions that are not there and things can go in a whole other direction that was not intended. Gather your courage and have a conversation in person or at the very least on the phone. It's hard but in the end well worth it.

Happy Tuesday!

Hello there empty space!! Nothing much as happened this week. I have been an exceptional couch potato the last two days. All couch potatos in the world would be proud of me.
Yesterday I spent the entire day indoors on my computer. Ahemm... that's when I created this blog. I did see a movie. It's a Tyler Perry movie and called "Why Did I Get Married". It was mailed from Netflix and I finally decided to check it out. I was pretty impressed with the movie and its message. Good movie for all you married folk. :-) After the movie I saw Dancing with the Stars and that pretty much sums up my Monday.

Today, Tuesday, was a little more active. After hours of TV and computer I went grocery shopping at 3:30 pm. Ummm, that's it. :-) lol! Just kidding, my day isn't over. I still need to see Dancing with the Stars final episode. haha!

I did have some human interaction today. I talked to my sisters and Yaz. With Yaz we laughed about my endless health issues. Actually I laughed at my health issues, Yaz was laughing at me laughing. :-) My conversation with my sisters was mainly Turkey Day recipe talk. I can't wait!! I also told my younger sis about this funny story I've shared with a select few. You see, it all started when a question was asked. "How was your weekend?" A full blown relationship status/I found my soulmate story quickly followed. Yeah... weird huh? lol! Whatev!!!

Anyhow, tomorrow I must raise my heartbeat slighty higher than these last two days. I plan on cleaning my room (that's a huge cardio workout itself) and go grocery shopping again and prepare for Turkey Day.

Adios mi amigos!!!

No Big Deal...

So my BFF Weenie started a blog today. I'm so happy for her & in my attempt to subscribe to her blog I ended up in the middle of creating my own blog. WTF???? I know... lame. Anyhow, I normally use MySpace for blogging but I may do more babbling here. hahaha! Not many people know but I've kept a journal since junior high. I don't keep them up as much as I'd like to but I'm also almost thinking of doing something similiar here. Hey! Wait a sec there fast thinkers! No crazy romance novel material here just random & ridiculous postings. Okay for example...

Yesterday was a pretty fun day for me. I woke up at the crack of dawn because my niece spent the night and was running up and down the hallway laughing & screaming at 6:30 am. My sister and bro-in-law came by a couple of hours later to pick up my niece and brought with them yummy breakfast from Celaya Bakery. Yum Yum Yum! Anyhow, they remind me that my other niece is performing in a play so off we all go to Granada Hills. We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Family time at the play, dinner, and coffee later was awesome. I LOVE my family!

After family time I drove from Granada Hills to Highland Park in less than 30 minutes. Yup I flew. No idea how fast I was going but the next thing I knew I was about to pass the 2 so I "busted a crazy" and went from the left most lane to the right lane like a person with a death wish. Anyhow, I made it to my destination safe & sound (sort-of) and arrived at Yaz's house and even found a prime parking space in front of her house. The parking space is a big deal people, trust me. :-) The plan was to go for coffee and a movie with Yaz & her bro Alan. The coffee plan was killed when we discovered that we all had plastic & no cash for Zona Rosa Cafe. So went to the Laemmle (spelling???) in Pasadena to see Slumdog Millionaire. AWESOME movie everyone!! The poop scene was priceless. :-) hahaha! This movie is a must see for all of you.

Anyhow... that was my fun Sunday. A bit of family, Wizard of Oz, and Slumdog Millionaire.

Adios mi amigos!!!