Adam Lambert

I was sooo bummed that AI ran over last night and Adam's performance was cut off on my dVR! =p

For those of you who missed Adam's performance last night, here it is:

Online Shopping deals

When I was in shopping in Vegas a couple weeks ago, I tried on the CUTEST black dress at Arden B. It honestly doesn't look that cute just on the rack, but looks super cute on:


Unfortunately, there was only one left, and it had a broken zipper. So I told myself I'd go back and get it online. Sometimes when this happens, you end up forgetting about it and moving on.. but i did not forget about it =) so finally i went online and ordered it today.

In the process, I also found this cute dress:
and got it in yellow =) yay preparing for the summer time!

Both dresses were on sale for only $48, AND i got an additional 20% off discount with this discount code: ABBDAY0209

woohooo!

-s

Ever been de-friended?

I just saw this post on yelp forums about de-friending which I thought was kinda interesting:

Some dude deleted me as a friend on FB a couple days ago. No idea why.
Barely said more than a few words to him. Thing is, on FB you can just click "see less from this person" if they really annoy you. Why he went so far as to remove me leaves me a bit puzzled.

I've always been the de-friender (on Yelp mostly never FB) not the de-friended.
Guess there's a first time for everything : /

Adding friends on facebook is not something you should do nonchalantly because you are essentially giving people e-stalking access to your life -- access to information like what you've been doing, who you've been hanging out with, pictures of you, conversations you have with other people, etc. Some people add only their close friends to facebook, but as for me, I've generally been pretty open with facebook friend adding. As long as I've actually interacted with a person before on friendly terms, I'll generally be open to adding people initially.

However, I de-friend ppl all the time... and to me it's never anything personal.

What's my general de-friending criteria?

1) Wait, who is this person again? Oops, I don't know you at all, how the heck did you get on my friends list? (Delete!)

2) I barely know this person but they requested me so I add them... and it doesn't seem like they are really trying to get to know me better. They just want to quietly e-stalk. If I ran into them in person, would they even say hi to me?! probably not... (Delete!)

3) Oh yah, I remember you from years and years ago. Were we even friends? Maybe we could re-connect... months later you've been on my FB for a while and you never respond to me. (Delete!) Sometimes I add people I haven't seen for a while thinking we're going to reconnect... and maybe it doesn't always work out that way. (delete!)

4) After adding someone, I realize they are just adding ppl for the sake of having a huge friend list... they don't actually care about me personally... and probably won't even notice if I delete them. (Delete!)

5)Some people delete friends because they have too many irrelevant updates, or spam and it get's annoying. I don't have much of that on FB, but I get it on myspace all the time, and I go and delete those people.

I think it totally makes sense why this guy would delete the girl above if she has barely spoken to him. If someone on my friend list decided to delete me for any of the reasons above, I probably wouldn't think much of it... I would care more if there was some kind of 'falling out' that I didn't know about.

I think the best thing to do if you are feeling hurt or offended by being de-friended w/o an explanation with, is to reach out directly to them rather than sitting around wondering what went wrong. And if it is someone you barely spoke to and don't really care to speak to, just let it go... people drift apart.

Inu n bev

twistori

I think twistori (http://twistori.com/) is pretty dang cool. There's just something uniquely therapeutic about passive discovery... whether it's discovery of a stranger's random thoughts that you can somehow relate to ... or the discovery of a product you didn't know you wanted until it crossed your visual periphery.

...kinda reminds me of the "eBay window shopping" idea we tried to pitch but didn't pan out...

Tracks of my Tears..

People say I'm the life of the party
Because I tell a joke or two
Although I might be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears..


LOVE THIS!

awkward tree!!!!!

Awkward Tree - A term describing the arm placed above and next to your head with the hand splayed out in the form of a tree and simultaneously declaring "Awkward tree!..."; this is used when a particularly awkward moment occurs.

hehehehe many awkward tree moments this weekend. LOL

Goodbye Apathy

I can't sleep, no, not like I used to
I can't breathe in and out like I need to
It's breaking ice.. now, to make any movement
What's your vice? you know that mine's the illusion
And all at once (as i'm trying) I can help you out (
just to keep things right)
I'll be what you need (I kill myself to make
everything perfect for ya)
Goodbye apathy, so long apathy

Now I'm really boycotting chris brown!!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/05/chris.brown.charged/index.html

Just can't believe she's taking him back after all that =( Makes me feel really sad for her.

adam lambert is fricken hot! =P

Happy bday to Roel

VDay flowers from my Hubby

The most recent home improvements!!

JT and I got our second wind and have been working on our house hard-core again. Yep, this is what we've been doing with our spare time!

Check out our latest improvements:
This was my own personal initiative... after I painted the fireplace white, I thought the nook would look way better white as well! But I do have to give some credit to JT, as he was the one to help me finish it off nicely.

PROJECT NOOK

Before


After:


Then, I purchased these awesome new white roman blinds from JCPenney, ON SALE, and JT installed them:



PROJECT LIGHTING
All our old 70s style fan lights are switched out!! JT did all the installations himself. he's awesome. woohooo:

Before:


After:




PROJECT WINDOWS
For a while, I was freezing my butt off with the old single pane crappy windows that came with our house. So I started doing some research and interviewed a bunch of general contractors, and found Ruben's Construction! They gave the BEST deal and his team did an amaaaazing job installing them all in one day. We replaced a total of six for.. under 2k!

BEFORE:


AFTER:


Aside from those things. I also FINALLY installed a doorbell, and switched out our ugly mailbox

San diego sunset

Beverly gets groomed after her bath

Awwww she's so well behaved!

Home Improvements

JT and I busted our asses this weekend fixing up our house. John has been working on the front yard for quite some time, and I must say it looks REALLY awesome right now.

I think once he gets really into something, he can get quite obsessed with making it perfect. This is a trait we share...

I woke up Sunday morning and found him outside fixing our NEIGHBOR's lawn. HAHAHA The part that connected our lawn to their lawn was a drastic difference... Our lawn is really nice, well kept, and healthy. Their area was dirt, rocks and weeds. So he got frustrated with it. hahaha... funny thing is, the neighbor from across the street saw he was doing this and offered to lend him a heavy duty weed pulling tool. HAHA I guess we're not the only ones annoyed of that house.

So my big project of the weekend was the fireplace. It had been bugging me for quite some time, and I finally got around to painting it. =) Here are the pix:

Before:


After:


So not only did I paint the fireplace white, I also cleaned all the nasty soot from the red brick fireplace and restored it's vibrant brick red color. Thanks to the internet, I did some research and came up with my own three step process:

1) Get a bucket of water and rags or a sponge and clean off the area as much as you can.

2) A lot of the soot gets stuck in the brick, so take a foaming bathtub cleaner and spray the areas with soot. let is sit for a while as you will see the soot in the foam. Wipe away with water and sponge.

3) Most of the soot should come off by now, but if not, this last step should take care of it. Wipe down all the bricks with a cloth dipped in household vinegar. The bricks will start to look brighter. Then get a clean bucket of water and wipe once more after you let it sit for a little bit.

I got pretty obsessed and spent almost all of Sunday by that fireplace...painting, washing, and vacuuming. So I ended up with bruised knees =(. But it was worth it!!

We also finally finished up painting the stairwell hallway, and JT also painted a wall in the garage.

Jason and proud dad of lawyer

Jason n me after he is officially sworn in

Happy Thanksgiving!

I went down to LA for thanksgiving and had a blast. It was my third Thanksgiving at the Tso's, but my very first as PART of the family. =) It's definitely starting to feel a lot more comfortable for me, although I am still not used to calling my new in-laws 'mom' and 'dad' or (in chinese)'mama' and 'baba'. Everyone in JT's family is so relaxed and chill so it's quite easy to fit right in.

For Turkey day, I made two side dishes - Recipes I got from Food Network.
Ultimate Potato Gratin by Tyler Florence


and a squash/zucchini casserole recipe my friend han had made before for a southern-style cookout. It was delicious!

I got a lot of positive reviews on my yummy, but fatty American style dishes. So JT's dad jokingly challenged me to cook some Chinese food next time. Little does he know, yummy chinese food is my SPECIALTY!! I'm now kinda glad I didn't pull out all the stops in attempting to impress JT's parents before getting married - because NOW I still have some tricks up my sleeve. muhahaha

It's also nice to know I am appreciated as I am at a comfortable state. Life can get tiring if you're always trying to be on top of things and pleasing everyone all the time. That's how you burn out.

So anyway, I did a ton of shopping and the highlight was I ended up with *Gasp* four new pairs of boots. But honestly, they were MUCH needed! I realized all my main boots are either cracked or totally old and messed up. So I thought...It's about time I treat myself to some nice stuff eh!? Isn't that part of the reason why I work so hard?!

So I got a pair of really cute cream and tan colored Charles David boots, a pair of comfy tan Nine West boots, some black sketchers, and these cute brown jessica Simpson Boots:



So I think I'm all set in the boots department for the next like.. 5 years (I hope). AHAHAH (no, I'm not one of those people who say "OMG that's SO outta season!") If I like it, I'll wear it till it breaks!

What else? I got some cute tops and sweaters, and a skirt. Honestly, I think Los Angeles has way more fashionable stuff than up north.

It was nice hanging with Margaret, Sherry n David, Marcus, etc. Gotta plan some more get togethers.