bumblepug

new name for girl and dog

i decided to change the name of the site to it's a pug's life because girl and dog was causing too much of a stir!  i was tired of people ending up here because they were expecting to see something obscene.  the url will remain the same because that is what the people who know me have bookmarked (though i'm sure they could handle the change).  hopefully the new name will not yield similar results.

it's a pug's life, after all!

busy blogger

i haven't been able to post in a few days because life has been too fast.  studying for the lsat is making me crazy, mainly because the more "prep" classes i endure, the worse my score gets.  last night i took a stand by skipping class, which was a workshop and i spent that time studying on my own.  it was a last minute decision and i'm glad i did it because i made it through some of the "big book of arguments."  the class often confuses me more than the test itself and i think i'm doing worse because i'm trying to take the test their way.  i just talked to a classmate and she said that everybody has gone down and it was a major discussion last night.  can i get a refund?  please!

it was nice to have monday off this week.  it's amazing what a difference one day can make.  i saw million dollar baby (a+) and in good company (b-).  mdb was amazing (and i don't even like boxing!); it deserves all the great recognition that it is receiving!  ralph and i had massages and i wish we could've gotten our money back!  his masseuse had a gas problem and mine was plain weird.  at least i left feeling like i needed a nap which is always a good sign of relaxation (at least for me).  then i had my haircut yesterday.  i don't like it because she put too many different layers around my face.  i feel like a doll that would dance to a sesame street song- if you watched sesame street about 18 years ago, you know what i'm talking about.

i haven't been able to take dog anywhere fun lately.  too many things for me means too few for her.  we'll recover after feb. 12th (the test date).  i guess it doesn't help that the weather has been miserably wet which she refuses to walk in, anyways.

i bought a lotto ticket for tonight and i can feel that i'm not a lott winner this time.  i know i should be optimistic to increase my chance but i really don't think my thoughts control those randomly drawn balls!

i'm famished and in a bad mood.  a co-worker has totally been annoying me and i didn't have enought to eat for lunch- leftover halibut with week old brown rice hardly qualifies as a satisfying lunch.  my oven/stove better be working tonight!  they should give me a per diem for the food i've been having to buy since i can't use the broken oven! 

almost time for more studying.  better go find some food or drink to wake up...

i wish the bachelorette was on tonight.  i'd hate to have to date 20 some odd guys at a time to try to find a husband in less than a few months!  what a major stress!  my life seems real easy after watching that show...

happy birthday lee!

i hope you enjoy your cake and candles!

in a nutshell...

here's my weekend in a nutshell (i love when austin powers says "this is me in a nutshell" and he acts like he's in a nutshell in ap1!  best movie moment ever!):

fri.

nola @ 5:30p

apply frontline and give hearguard to dog

buy movie tix for sat.?  (i'm way ahead of myself!)

ZZZzzzz...

sat.

lsat diag #3 @ 9a-12:30p

study

gym

clean

massages @ 5:45p

movie/dinner?

ZZZzzzzz...

sun.

lsat class 10a-1p

try to make it to z gallerie and crate & barrel outlets by closing

pilates video

mon.

haircut @ noon with terra (finally! my hair is going to sing)

hike/gym

finish cleaning

diner with debbie?

enjoy mlk day and no work- is ralph off today, too?

100,000 mile mark

neo the geo hit the 100,000 mile mark yesterday some time on the drive home from work.  it's funny because i didn't even notice but ralph did when he drove us to trader joe's in my car.  poor little car gets no recognition from me!  so today i drove him, neo, like a ferrari.  go ahead, go ahead and laugh... 

statute of limitations?

is there a statute of limitations on new year's resolutions?  how about on holiday cards?  i suppose i could call them new year's cards as long as they get to the recipient by jan. 31.  yes?  no?

list of slightly revise n.y. resolutions (this is really for my own good):

exercise more

read more

wear my glasses more often (so i don't have to wear the coke bottle kinds next year)

eat healthier

cook more---meaning eat out less which helps save $ and eat healthier

volunteer more in the community

save money and/or spend it wisely---meaning don't buy anything full price (well, unless it's really cute and i think they might run out)

stay in touch with l.d. friends better

remember bdays!

dog has her own set of resolutions, too:

try not to act so needy in the presence of momma, ralph, and grandma

create clever new ways to get them to give me more of everything (beach days, treats, play dates, food, walks, all of it...)

sleep more because 15 hours just isn't cutting it

go on more adventures involving a car (as long as it's not going to the vet)

finish destroying the rest of my toys that don't need stitching so i can get a whole new set for the new year

congratulations paul!

p."s."t. just accepted an awesome new job at the american political science association.  maybe we'll be in touch for work since many of my bosses have business with them. ;)  it's so exciting that you just picked up and moved to d.c. and you got a job so quickly.  way to go!  you inspire me.

btw, i am not a millionaire today!  just checked lotto numbers and of all my tickets i only had one number in common with the selected numbers.  better luck next time.  somebody from oc won $81 mill.

i'm feelin' lucky!

things seem to going in my favor lately...which is rare and appreciated.

the other morning when i walked dog, i found $1 on the sidewalk.  i looked around to make sure it couldn't possibly belong to anyone else who may have dropped it.

this morning as i was looking for some pictures to send to sonal, i found a stack of mail that included a christmas card.  i opened it and became $100 richer.  perfect timing because i needed the $ for lsat reg. and the deadline is today (unless you want to pay a $56 late reg. fee).

to top it off, at lsat class i was one of the few students who hadn't registered for the feb. 05 test (yes, this is good...continue reading).  they told me that there weren't any more seats at santa clara county test centers.  i would have to drive to s.f. or santa cruz at like 7 am!  i began registering and had a seat at usf but it expired because i waited more than an hour to check out.  i did another test center search and santa clara was miraculously available.  that just made my day!  so i have a seat there for feb. 05 exam.  i'm excited despit my 7 pt. drop in diagnostic exam #2.  almost everybody went down this time.  i can only wish for improvements.

today during lunch i left my $20 bill on the deli counter so when i went to pay i only had $1s.  i went back to the counter and it was still there.  thank goodness for honest people.

despite lsat score dive, things are going good!  i played the lotto today- 3 tickets.  i don't normally play but i'm feelin' lucky!  i actually chose a set of numbers and bought 2 quick picks.  wish me and dog some winnings!

i have some funny things to post here so i can read them won a day when i'm not so happy (wild guess but this may be read again on 2/13)...

in response to my oscar party evite anthony responded, "i will bring my tiled carpet from my mansion to your mansion."  the irony of this was enough to make me laugh out loud for 15 minutes at work.  mainly it's humor comes from the fact that his carpet looks like disco linoleum and that our places are seriously 4'X5'.

and debbie sent me some spam mail that made me laugh and think of some interesting moments:

New FDA Alcohol Consumption Warnings


 

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALERT


 

Due to increasing product liability litigation, American liquor


manufacturers have accepted the FDA's suggestion that the following


warning labels be placed immediately on all varieties of alcohol 

containers:


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the


hell happened to your bra.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are


whispering when you are NOT.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a


retard.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends


over and over and OVER again that you love them.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can SING.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that your


ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the


morning.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically


converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical


Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your ass kicked.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the


morning and see something really scary lying next to you.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable


rug burns on the forehead, knees and lower back.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are


tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people -- and may


prompt you to loudly tell them that.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you are


invisible or (worse) bulletproof.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are


laughing WITH you.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause a disturbance in the


time-space continuum, whereby gaps of time may seem to literally


disappear.


 

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy.


 

WARNING: the consuption of alcohool mayy Mack you tink you can tipe real


gode.




 

i think my hair is thinning...

my hair suddenly fits into a barrete that used to only fit half of my hair.  what's going on here?  stress, poor diet, decreased brushing...must be a combo of all three.  when i get my massage on saturday, i'll ask them to focus on my scalp, neck, and shoulders for sure!

my vision is getting worse, too.  i actually had to wear my glasses last night and the night before because the eye strain was becoming too much to stand.  if this becomes a regular thing, i may need to start wearing them all the time.  maybe those people who wear them regularly are on to something...

eating bugs

today during lunch i ate a bug.  amanda and i were entering a door where lots of gnats were buzzing around.  as i was talking, one flew into my mouth and stuck to the back of my throat.  ugh...i tried spitting it out which was funny because i was already inside but continued to spit on the carpet since i was so disgusted.  this disgusted those around me.  it was stuck in the back of my throat so i had to drink a soda for the fizz to get it down.  this is the first bug i've ever noticed eating but who knows how many have crawled into my mouth during sleep.

today sucks.  i'm bored and i wish i was on vacation again.  the weather isn't helping either.  dog dislikes it, too.  when i take her out to potty she goes instantly, which is nice of her to keep us out of the rain.  i miss our walks and i bet she does too.  she refuses to walk in the rain and going out for potty is met with much resistance.  where else does she expect to go?  my bed?!  hopefully not!  to make up for her walks, she's been playing with her boyfriend next door, dolce (the pug neighbor).  when she comes home from dolce's house she is exhausted!  i watched the bachelorette last night and she snoozed on my legs.

i'm annoyed at princeton review right now.  i logged into my "student account" to check on lsat diagnostic #2 score and it was a lot lower than my first diagnostic.  how can that be?  well, as i was looking at my previous score, i noticed that the score on my analysis sheet was different that what i saw online.  i'm hoping both were entered incorrectly- probably the case if our instructor was entering them.  i'll find out for sure at tonight's class when i get the analysis sheet.  if i've gone down, i feel i must wait for the test after february.  :( 

i can't workout tonight because i have class until 9 pm and i'd like to relax before bed.  i have to do the pilates tape for sure!  i'm trying to work out everyday- one day at the gym, days that i have class: at home.  we'll see how long this lasts.  i emailed a personal trainer and she's $70 per session.  i'm not sure that i'm that desperate yet.  we'll see where my own motivation takes me and i'll use her as a last resort.

current netflix:

the village: a-

little black book: tba

cardio bellydancing (oddly enough this had the longest wait to receive.  it was listed as "very long wait": tba

hi ho, hi ho...

off to the gym i go.  it's been a long time but i need to head back to my old pal, the eliptical.  i'd love to buy one so i could sweat in the comfort of my own place but i'm not sure where i'd place it. 

this weekend i had some one of the worst lsat classes to date.  we worked on very hard games that i would skip on the real test anyways!  so annoying.  the dyslexic teacher is really making things extra confusing and to top it off, i'm beginning to think i'm dyslexic.  i get my diagnostc test #2 score tomorrow.  hope i've improved.  i'm sound like an old record...no more complaints.

mi cocina

my mom and ralph convinced me to re-arrange my kitchen and i'm not so sure i'm feeling it!  they think there's more space but i feel it's not very feng shui now (my flow is trapped in the 2 feet between sink and fridge).  my mom wants to see less clutter and ralph wants to see me cook more, like the good ol' days of large kitchen living.  hmmm...ulterior motives?!  i suppose i could give it another week before defaulting its previous arrangement.

happy birthday chris!

happy 23rd, chris!  have fun and rock out at your gig tonight! 

to hear some of chris's tunes click here.  he's one of the most talented musicians, songwriters, and vocailists i've ever heard and i'm not just saying that because we're related.  and, it's pretty darn amazing that he can do all of those.  i'm truly impressed!  have an awesome year and continue to do great things!

stiff sorts and arguments

my neck is stiff and my back/kidney area feels achy.  how many pillows have i been using?!  i need a massage asap and i'm certain i'll not want to go to my lsat arguments #2 class tonight but i must!  i think there's enough arguing in my personal life for me not to need a class on it.  hmm...maybe it will add to personal argument victories.  i'm kidding...

i just received an email titled "gentle reminder."  what is gentle about it?  why can't it just be a reminder?  that doesn't offend me.  ther are some things i'll never understand.  i wonder if one has been sent titled "forceful reminder."  maybe i'll try that soon to check out the response.

i learned that chris will be playing at a tsunami benefit concert this weekend.  it's in salinas which is a bit of a drive but i mapquested it and it looks like i can do it in less than 1.5 hours- less time than i was anticipating.  what a fun way to spend your bday (it's his bday on sat.)- helping others!  i can't wait to check it out.  more details soon!

acid reflux

last night's lsat class was one of the most miserable yet (though i've mised 2 so i'm not sure my judgment is fair at this point).  it was a "games" night so we worked on "in and out" games which are by far my least favorite.  i really disliked spending 3 hours on a game type that i would totally skip on the real test anyways.  oh well, i did learn some random stuff about symbolic logic and contrapositives.  oh, and birds in the forest- that's what one of the games was about.  how many birds would be in the forest?  honestly, who cares about birds in the forest?!  there's a reason i'm not going to graduate school for (insert word here meaning the study of birds- will find later).  during our break i bought cheez-itz from a vending machince.  they tasted like cinnamon but that may have been because the flavor of thai sweet and sour chicken was still in my mouth, or it could be that they were sitting in the vending machine for longer than i'd care to know.  the cheez-itz, the odd food combo, and/or the "birds in the forest" game gave me acid reflux, or at least what i imagine acid reflux must feel or be like.  i kind of puked some acidic stuff but it went back down the tube.  yeah, i know this is disgusting but believe me, it felt 100 times worse than what i just described.  long story short, i can see why ashlee simpson would act like a nut on snl if she's always getting this battery-acid like stuff in her mouth and throat.  she should probably quit singing while she's ahead.

one of the most annoying things during lsat class was the fact that our teacher had a portable tv to watch the trojans game.  every half hour he'd get text messages from somebody and he'd interrupt the "games" to write the score on the board- ok, like any of us paying lots of $ to be in this class care about the score!!!  my favorite moment was when he was teaching us symbolic logic and he was totally confusing us and all the class was correcting him because he got it backwards, and then he said, "i'm dyslexic so i sometimes get things reversed."  ok, then why are you teaching 12 students something where order is totally relevant.  long story short, i mentally checked out from class because i felt like he was a bullshitter. 

ugh...class tomorrow and diagnostic test #2 on my lovely saturday morning!

i smell like men's cologne.  why?  i think it's leftover burberry but why did it turn to man-like smell?!  hmm...note to self: don't spray burberry on outerwear because it eventually begins to stink!

highlights of my day

today was my first day back to work after a 4-day weekend, then a 5-day weekend.  i've come to the realization that i wouldn't miss work if i never had to work again.  maybe i should start playing the lotto more often than once in a blue moon!

work was busy and i was in a meeting when i noticed my boss picking his ear.  yuck!  something fell out of his ear and he dusted it off his pant leg.  ugh.  please don't pick any part of your body while in a meeting, especially something like nose, ears- where something could potentially fall out and disgust those around you.

for lunch, amanda and i went to the v.s. semi-annual sale.  v.s. is running quite a scam...while i was paying at a register, the woman next to me was getting a credit for being charged the original price on her pjs- which were 50% off.  i was buying the same pjs as her so i said to myself, "pay attention to your total so you don't get ripped off."  the cashier said "an even $40 is your total."  it sounded right to me so i paid.  when i went outside i reviewed my receipt and i was overcharged!  i told amanda to check her receipt and she was overcharged too!  we went back for refunds and it was so time consuming because i had to return it and re-buy it.  that's what happens when you get a new cashier!  on the way out to the car, we figured a large part of their "sale" profits must come from overcharging- how many people don't look at their receipts?  and how many people wouldn't go through the inconvenience for $5?  well, we did but were totally annoyed because we couldn't go to crate & barrel to find amanda's snowflake things for her engagement announcement.  so, if you go to the victoria's secret semi-annual sale...check your receipt at the register!

i headed to lsat class tonight only to find that i missed yesterday's class, and that there wasn't a class tonight (it's tomorrow).  i can't win with this weird schedule.  oh well, it gives me a night to rest!

my neck hurts so bad it's burning and the burning has now turned to coldness!  i need a massage!