It is now March. New Year's Past, Lunar Year's done, and Persian New Year is coming up, and this is only my 2nd post of the year. hardy har har.

well, i feel like i should mention some happy things in continuation of my resolution. thanks btw for the comments last time.

Helga, u luv u. u know this. =)

5 Good Things About the Past Two Months

1. I Made the Cast of Eve SD

      Eve is this HUGE dance show that Boogiezone.com is putting on in August. They're combining the dance industry with the dance community and dancers from anywhere were invited to audition. there were 4 auditions in 4 cities: seattle, san diego, irvine, and la. to my happy surprise, i auditioned and got casted in SD! i'm still in shock. this is an amazing opportunity. sure, i have to drive 1-2 hrs to SD at least once a week for a 6 hr reshearsal for the next 6 months, but hey.....it's worth it. i'm thankful beyond words. that doesnt even sound right, but eh. =)  I'm gonna do my best to rep CG to the fullest. We have another member who made the Irvine/OC cast, and we're waiting on the results from the LA audition. If things go well, we could have Common Ground members representing the dance community in three out of the four Eve projects! I love my team....

2. I'm Surviving at Work

       My manager is on a 2 week vacation and i'm left to run the office by myself. and on days the doctor's there, i freak out cuz we're so busy and sometimes i can't communicate with the patients because of language barriers. she didnt really prep me either till her last day at the office. great, ya? but i survived my first week without any major mistakes, hopefully. so one week to go, and i don't feel the need to hyperventilate any more.

3. Family's Doing Perdy Good

       Mom got a new job. it's in la, so pretty far for her, but its in the field she's been trying to get in. she was lucky for a reference and now she's getting the experience she wants before doing more stuff in medical coding. she's excited to finally get out of her old job that stressed her and the rest of us out for years. hopefully her blood pressure goes down now. =)  and keith, my 15 yr old brother, made the golf team at south hills high school!! yay!! we were worried he wouldnt include himself in any extracurricular activity but he finally tried something! and he's #2 on the team too! so i'm a lil relieved in regards to his social development. not perfect, but this is progress. yay for extracurriculars that get him out of the house and require some type of ACTIVITY! xbox360 is killing our children.....haha

4. Me and Manfriend are A-OK =D

      1 year and 7 months this tues/wed and we're still not bored of eachother yet. i think that surprises us more than anyone else at this point. we actually scheduled a date for this weekend and upon his request, we're 'dressin up'. by dressin up he just means jeans and a decent shirt. cuz for the past few months we haven't seen eachother in anything much other than sweats/practice clothes and pajamas. it hasn't been forever, but it has been a while. but i still like him. and he may deny it (bastard...) but he likes me too. =P

5. I'm Alive!

     yes i am. and pretty healthy. not perfect, but i'm doin ok. that's something to be thankful for in itself. i've had a lot of friends go through a lot of tough family/health/personal issues lately and it makes me sad. but it also reminds me how fortunate i am to just have my health. ya, i'm forever gimpy, but at least i can still dance. and walk. and laugh. and breathe. and eat pretty much what i want. (cept on fridays cuz its lent and i'm proud to say i've been good the past two fridays and ash wednesday on the 'no meat' rule YEAH!!). and i'm slowly starting to organize my life again, starting with school and the team...tho i'm neglecting keeping my room and desk clean. sorry jackie!! and my car has changed color with the dirt from the seasons. haha. BUT IT'S OK!!

live, love, laugh, and DANCE, man. u'll learn so much once u realize that that's all u gotta do!

~Kim

Happy New Year.

Wow...I don't recognize anything about xanga anymore. My last entry was how long ago? Ha, it is awesome to have a life beyond my laptop. And no, I'm not back because I lost that life...things are still super good and super busy. Quick rundown update....GO!:

Family: same (2 bros, 1 sis, mom, and me-the 2nd mom). i still hate teenagers, but my bros are lovable in small doses. my sister's all grown up and awesome as ever. mom's still stressed and i worry, but i try to help her out when i can. everything she does is for us kids. =)

School: last year at UCI...plus summer school...then more classes at IVC/MSAC for 1 year before applying to Vet School at Western U

Work: workin at a cosmetic laser center/dermatology office since late july 2006. almost pays for rent + flexible schedule + super nice manager - mental stimulation (kinda boring sometimes I admit) = pretty darn good for now

Volunteer Work: 1-3 Saturday mornings a month at Santa Ana Zoo. yay monkeys! boo monkey poo. lots of boo to mucho monkey poo.

Common Ground: is still my life. i have kissed high academic achievement goodbye in exchange for more involvement with my team. i no longer remember what 8 hours of sleep 2 nights in a row feels like. i eat only when i remember or 3 am fast food runs. and i think i now look older than i am. but i accept the sacrifices made and difficult lessons learned. dance through cg gives me a lifestyle i feel privileged to have.

Manfriend: is still here! a-mazing. today/tomorrow = 1 yr 5 mths. it's a generally insignificant number of a month, but they're all significant to me. and the fact that he actually sees many more insignificant numbers in our future...kinda cool. i'm pretty sure by now he's gotten to the point where he actually likes me and i no longer embarrass him. grrrrreat. now i just have to get him to admit that he's not taller than i am and we are set. ^_^

K...rundown done.

I'm writing here to help with part of my resolution this year....and record how long i last.

Goal: to note daily...or maybe weekly...3 good things about each day, and reasons behind their goodness. =D i have to do this, at least mentally, no matter how shitty my day may have been.

Motive: to regain some lost optimism in my life and expel the bitter/pessimistic thoughts/actions before they become perspectives/habits that may be detrimental to any categories listed above.

I'm a lil late, but I'll start with today. Most of the future posts will prolly be private, since i doubt anyone really cares what happens during my day. But this is day one, so if you're bored, knock yourself out.

Saturday, 1/6/07

1. Actually got to interact with some primates at the zoo

       Volunteers are generally restricted from handling any primates ever since some girl got bit right when i started volunteering, so i was never allowed to train them or even be in the same room as them. and that sucked balls since my entire reason for volunteering at the zoo was to gain hands-on experience to see if i really want to go to vet school. but this morning, a zoo keeper was with me and let me try to befriend some primates. a monkey trusted me enough to hold my hand today. i don't care if u don't get it, but it was worth the monkey poo.

2. I had dinner with Jeff.

       True, it was supposed to be a surprise anniversary lunch but he wouldn't get up till 2 hours after i got to his house and he didn't remember what day it was till i dropped my monthly hint, but it didn't matter. If i was grumpy, it was only from hunger, not from anger. Point is, every month, once he remembers, he always makes time for me and i for him. no matter what, we have tiny celebrations our own way. it's a mutual "do my best to make u happy" time. and he is still my favorite way to end my day.

3. Mom didn't get mad at me today!

      When mom is stressed, we children get in trouble, no matter what we are doing. i came home later than i should have from irvine, but she was happy when i came home. that means she isn't stressed, and that makes me happy, because it sets a happier tone for the entire house and helps end the day without any screaming in the house. yay mom. =)

Alrighty. till next time....toodles!

VIBE hip hop dance competition's coming up. cg's 2nd yr as a team. 1st yr competing. maybe i should be scared shitless. but honestly, i'm just excited as hell. i can't wait. i've dreamed of sharing that stage with my heroes ever since i saw vibe for the first time. closest i ever got was pcn. lol. but it's really happening this year. i have faith in my team and that everything will work out even if i don't get how things are getting done. TRUST!!! so what's there to be scared of? i can't wait!!!

please go! ask me for ticket info.

not to mention battlefest the night before. i hope i dont get burned out. anyone wanna donate to the "help kim pay for battlefest traveling/lodging/costume dues" fund? i need a total of $100 something dollars in order to be able to go. i accept any form of cash, from benjamins to pennies. every lil bit helps. heck checks are cool too! lol. i have no shame right now. i'm freakin broke. help, please?

If you don't like mush/reading about relationship stuff, GO AWAY. thank you!

last weekend, the manfriend and i had our late christmas/anniversary celebration with a weekend getaway that we had been planning for a while. well, i asked him to plan everything and surprise me. i was really looking forward to this since i barely got to see him over winter break and we hardly ever get a long period of time together as it is. anywho, i pretty much had an idea where he'd take me, tho he did really well keeping the secret the whole time. but then he pretty much gave everything away once i got in the car saturday morning. a lil anxious, maybe. lol. it's ok, it was cute. so off we were to spend 2 days and a night in San Diego (we couldn't go too far since we had to get back sunday evening). i was super excited!

Saturday:

-both of us woke up on the way there pretty much....we're not two of the biggest morning people. but we always have good talks whenever we drive down to SD, or anywhere really. i don't quite remember what the talks were about, but i remember smiling/laughing most of the time.

-stopped by a sushi place that jeff's friends recommended. semi-serious dance talks during the long wait for the food. YUM. 4 rolls. plus dessert. i luv being a pig.

-drove around hotel circle of few times figuring out where to stay. lodging was my responsibility so i had to pick, and that usually takes a while. ended up checkin into the bigger Comfort Inn (i don't know why they had two). jeff was like a lil kid wandering around the lobby. we really liked the room, and the bathroom was clean!!! most important aspect for my OCD-ness.

-1st thing we did: NAP. then took our respective showers and got ready for dinner.

-drove to GasLamp, which is kinda like downtown SD i think. we got lost after one block, but it was a pretty block. found a Red Lobster on the way back and ate there instead. SO GOOD. for once, i had no room for dessert.

-planned to see a movie but was way too tired. so movie night back at the hotel instead. yay STARZ channel. watched wild things 3, the skulls, and princess diaries 2. my boyfriend is weird. knocked out.

Sunday:

-woke up way too early. continental breakfast buffet. sad that they had no eggs, bacon, rice, or ne hot food watsoever. ate quietly while we pondered bout the people around us. where did they all come from? where are they all going?

-watched hitch/napped again in the room. yes, even on vacation, we are bums.

-checked out at noon. then off to the ZOO!!!

-we had no idea there was so much to see at the zoo. or that it could be so entertaining, or tiring, for that matter. several highlights of the day (pix to be posted later):

-the snake named the Bush Master who was "a master at finding the bush" or something like that. both of us tried so hard not to crack ne jokes as the 5 yr olds looked in the display next to us.

-the camel that wanted to show everyone how he peed. spread his legs, looked us in the eye and everything.

-the elephant that kept hitting its head with the container of treats

-gorillas that tried to be slick and steal food from each other and run away

-finding the pig from my home province. so proud that somethin from back home actually made it into the san diego zoo. haha. tizite.

-the opportunity to watch live turtle porn

-finding out the true color of a zebra's penis. what do YOU think? black? white? or striped?

-the exhibitionist monkey that posed with a branch up its butt/crotch at the top of the tree

we unfortunately didn't make it back in time to take CG class, but we woulda been too tired to dance neway. once we finally got home all we did was knock out till he had to leave. then i knocked out some more till morning. sweetness.

it was an awesome weekend. somewhat planned, somewhat spontaneous. wish i had more pictures , but i won't forget the experience.

he probably won't ever read this, which is probably a good thing, but...

thank you. you are full of surprises. good job, manfriend. good job. g.g.