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This sounds extremely petty, but I'm getting quite irritated with these people that keep posting about how perfect their life is on Facebook. "I have the perfect husband!" "I have the perfect dog!" "I have the perfect family!" "I have the perfect friends!" "I have the perfect home!" "I have the perfect wedding!" "I have the perfect job!" "I have the perfect life!" You may think that I'm exaggerating these quotes, but I assure you I'm not.  I've actually seen these statements posted on Facebook! And as happy as I am for these individual's happiness, I would really appreciate it if they turned down the annoying arrogance a few notches.  It doesn't help that the lives of some people, myself included, aren't as content as others. Many of us are not as fortunate in our given circumstances as these self edifying individuals and it does not help to see their proclamations all...

Well.  I got one. An iPhone 4. It'll be about a week before it comes in the mail. I've also decided to sign up with Verizon. This will be my first time using their network and I hope it's a good experience. From what I've heard and read about them from multiple sources, they provide good service. I'll have to wait to see if that's true. To be honest, I'm almost fit to burst with excitement! I've been meaning to do this for quite some  time but was deterred from the cost it took to buy it. However, ever since I began changing my spending habits, I've been able to save up enough money for it. Can't wait to do a review soon! I really hope it's worth the money and the wait. PS. The picture here has been changed due to a few jerks online who decided to not let me use their image of the iPhone.

RIP Steve Jobs The end of a great career and a great life. I can only hope that he was a Christian or at least made peace with God. It's such a sad thing to hear that the life of a great innovator, great inventor, and great visionary has passed.  I'll always admire his willingness and courage to take the risks necessary to make such a great company. And now I really feel like I need an iPhone XP

Premiering tonight on FX is this new show by "Glee" writer Ryan Murphy. A bit far from musicals and slushies I think. From what I've read about the show, it's about a family with a troubled past (and by troubled I mean the husband has had an affair) who move from Boston to Los Angeles to live in a run down house that they soon find out is haunted. To me, it seems hard to believe this is actually a series and not another horrible B horror movie. However, there seems to be high hopes for the show from recent articles on Yahoo! and other entertainment sites. Plus, look at the promotional poster! There's a pregnant woman, who seems to be lifted up into the air by a creepy looking dude wrapped in black trash bags who is hanging from the ceiling. Still, my curiosity is getting the better of me and I think I'm going to see if all the hype I've heard is worth it. Time to get some warm blankets and a salted caramel hot chocolate on this wonderful rainy ...

Courtesy of Yahoo! Now I may be asking for the worst here, but I can't help thinking that people must be crazy to think that Kristen Stewart is that beautiful.  I'm not saying this because I don't like Twilight (if you've read some of my older posts, you'll know that I used to love the books...before it was turned into a movie and before I realized what horrible writing it was). I'm saying this because I just don't find her attractive! There seems to be a trend lately; a trend consisting of average looking girls getting a lot of attention, publicity and praise for being so plain. I'm not trying to insinuate that this is a bad thing necessarily, but that it's a trend that is not to my liking. It's as if this view on beauty has all of us forgetting what beauty used to be like. I don't mean women like Megan Fox or Scarlett Johanson; more like Judy Garland and Billie Holiday, you know? Classic beauty, I guess. When sophisticated, class...

I can't handle this anymore. How do people do it? Work. School. Church. Family. Friends. Boyfriend. Sleep. It's too much. But every time I try to tell people that I can't take more, they always try to push more on me. I try to say that my body can't carry anything else, I get more. Not less. Why can't I just say no? Why can't people see that I'm deteriorating right in front of them? I realize that there are people who are able to work full time and go to school full time....but I'm not those people! I'm not like them.  And it really is quite unfair to say that I should be able to, "like everyone else." That's just assuming things about me that people don't know, isn't it? I understand that i"m going on a bit of a rant here, but I'm really tired of it. I can't mentally, emotionally, or physically handle the stress any longer. I find myself clenching my teeth in the morning for goo...

Read: Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex Personally, this is not one of my favorite books of the Artemis Fowl series.  Even after reading the teaser on the front flap AND the first couple chapters, the story felt lackluster in it's usual adventurous appeal. Well, okay, the premise seemed a bit interesting at first, but I felt as if the plot went nowhere after the first couple pages. Eoin Colfer surprisingly had no real surprises for me in this new addition to the popular and well-loved Artemis Fowl book family. However negative my review may be of this book, I hope that you will still give it a chance as it is still a chapter in the life of the Irish boy genius. Though the book lacks in an interesting plot, it does contain a lot of information about Artemis Fowl that is good to know.

Read: "Percy Jackson & The Olympians" series Wow. What a great series! For those skeptics out there, be sure to keep in mind that the movie is literally nothing like the books. In fact, it's a fun tale spun around the myths of the Greek gods involving monsters, labyrinths, spies, and great battles.  There are many dark moments in the book; the main characters suffer much and lose many friends. Still, it is a good well rounded book series, and I especially recommend it to those who loved Harry Potter. Rick Riordan's writing may be a bit more geared for a younger audience, but it is still quite enjoyable! And for those willing to give it a try, I hope you will enjoy it too.

Finding a job these days is almost an impossible task. You must be in contact with the right people, at the right time, and have a determination that will get you noticed. Before I got my first job, I extremely envied those around me who were able to find one. I was quite bitter for some time, and hated hearing people tell me that I just have to keep trying. I already had pretty low self esteem and even though I know those people were trying to help me, it felt as if I was being picked on for not being like them. I'm posting about this now because on a recent trip to Bath and Body Works, I was offered a job there; a job I tried to get the year before with no results. Of course I politely declined the offer, but it got me thinking, "why didn't I get this opportunity before?" I guess God has His own timing and it just wasn't meant for me to work there. I'm deeply thankful that I have a job now, and experience to put on my resume for whatever happens in t...

Currently reading: "Ms. Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs Yup. The author's name is indeed Ransom Riggs. I recently saw this book on the "Staff Recommendations" shelf in Barnes and Noble and decided to give it a try.  It is quite an interesting read so far. It's basically about a young man whose grandfather has regaled him with mysterious and eerie stories for years of his past on an island where peculiar children reside in an orphanage run by a Ms Perigrine.  From what I have already read, the plot almost immediately picks up speed with the discovery of evidence that his grandfather's stories may not be make-believe after all. Just looking at the cover creeps me out. Anyway, it's good so far, and I'm eager to find out what happens! I have heard mixed reviews about this book, but hopefully I'll still be able to enjoy the book as it is without too much bias. Hopefully. I guess that's it for now. In le...

Read: "The Hunger Games" series Illustration of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. I do not own the rights. I was able to squeeze a little bit of reading here and there during the summer. A book series I just finished is "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. For those of you who are familiar with the book/manga/anime called "Battle Royale," you will find that the two are similar. But only up to a certain degree. Both stories are based in a world where, for the entertainment of the masses, children are forced to battle each other to the death till there is one victor. Having not actually read "Battle Royale" I can't really say which series is better or make anymore comparisons. Moving on, "The Hunger Games" is definitely a unique series; being written in first person and present tense it pulls the reader into a journey alongside it's ingenue, Katniss Everdeen. Collins makes "The Hunger Games" a s...

What is it about Zooey Deschanel that's so attractive to the masses?  Is it her beauty, charm, quirkiness, music, or her similarity to Katy Perry (who is such a likable artist) in appearance? Possibly all of the above? I, however, do not find anything interesting about her. The characters she played from "(500) Days of Summer" and "Bones" did not appeal to me in the least.  In both roles she came across as unrelatable and too quirky for my taste.  I do suppose it's just a preference thing.  Many of my friends believe the very opposite of her.  They find her quirks unique and charming while I find her strange and mundane. What does it matter anyway? I only bring this up because of her new show coming out soon and I'm sick of people constantly raving about her. But to be fair, I think I'm going to give it a try and see the pilot. Besides all that nonsene, here's one of my favorite songs by the Plain White T's. Enjoy

Here's her new song/music video!

The term "spring cleaning" seems a bit, well, seasonal don't you think?  To someone who gets those random urges to clean an entire room from top to bottom at no particular hour of the day, the term is a bit silly.  And it's not just confined to a room. Emptying my inbox, deleting people on Facebook I know but don't even like much less talk to, getting rid of hundreds of pointless pictures on my computer, songs on iTunes I don't listen to anymore (I'm talking to YOU Nickelback); basically getting that breathing room that I've been lacking for a while. Room to fill those spaces with things that I'm going to eventually toss out later. Quite the cycle isn't it? And with each cycle I learn to be more careful with what I fill my life with. There is one thing I do differently from anyone else, however. See, I am one of the most cold-hearted people in the world. To cut anything out of my life whether it's a memory, a person, or a memory of a pe...

I LOVE it when I see people making obvious attempts at mocking other people without realizing how ridiculous and foolish it is.  Don't get me wrong, I've more than likely done something similar in the past, but thinking about doing that now seems so....dumb. What's the point? Really? What message are these people trying to get across? "Hahaha look at how weird you are, let me show you by doing the same thing!" Now THAT is hilarious. It's like someone who hasn't had a single drink make fun of how belligerent a drunk is by drinking as much as that person. Okay, maybe that was a bit extreme but do you see what I mean? It's foolish and pointless to pull off juvenile stuff like that.  It makes no sense! I mean, of all the things you could be doing, why waste time doing that? Truly, high school behavior lives on forever in these people's lives. It's sad and frankly, I pity them. Goodness gravy, now I'M wasting my time talking abou...

Boyfriends can be dumb sometimes. Let me rephrase that. Boyfriends are dumb A LOT of the time. I'm not really comfortable talking about my current relationship on here, but I'm not quite in the mood for yelling/ranting at someone through the phone. To me (forgive me if it sounds extremely selfish -- I'm often quite the selfish person) if a guy tells you that he'll do anything for you to make you happy then quite literally a few minutes later complain of a sore throat and refuse to just go SIT IN A CAR AT THE TOP OF A HILL AND JUST TALK, do I not have the right to be disappointed? Just a little?? I'm almost positive this is the ovulating hormones talking, but I just can't help it! Whew. Deep breaths. Maybe I'm just stressed that I have an 8 hour shift on Saturday that starts at 11 AM and ends at 7 PM.  Pretty sure that would give anyone stress. That shift is day killing. Seriously. It's not even Friday yet and I already consider my Saturda...

Finally got a picture for Grandma's grave marker. We're planning on flying my grandpa's remains here from the Philippines.  I don't know when; I mean, it took us this long to finally finish the grave marker. We'll just have to see, I guess... Have you ever seen an unmarked grave? It's incredibly sad when you see one; for me anyway. It makes me wonder why there wouldn't be one. My mom told me a story about one of our relatives; my dad's uncle.  He was a wealthy guy; good to his family.  When my dad wanted to marry my mom, the family openly protested against it because he had already promised to marry one of his cousins in order to bring her here to the States. He was going to divorce her once she was here, but my dad - always the ever impatient idiot - didn't want to wait till then.  So my dad's uncle gave him money to marry my mom. He said, "You want to get married? Damn them and do it anyway." When my dad's uncle died, the...

I've always had something against the month of June.  Maybe it's the beginning of summer; maybe it's the fact that more people are graduating and I'm still just starting college; maybe it's the birthdays of people I'd rather forget about; maybe it's just that Father's Day is coming up tomorrow. Father's Day. To someone whose dad doesn't act, well, like a dad, this day is one of the worst of the year.  It's extremely difficult to work up any gratitude, happy thoughts, let alone love for someone who's treated you worse than the shoe biting family pet. I mean, is it wrong to not want to take part in celebrating great dads all over the world? Especially if yours would rather get wasted drinking than spend any time with you? My mom called me about an hour ago asking what I wanted to do for him.  I was tempted to say, "nothing," since that's what he's done for me.  I mean, I get that he provides for us and all but he...

It's been so long since I've posted anything... To sum up the past few months...it's been amazing. I'm so incredibly happy and thankful for the people in my life who are holding me up....especially one person in particular who has supported me and who has been so patient with me.  I guess there's not much to blog about when you're this happy.  I'm so used to venting frustration, hate, and loneliness; feeling so happy is still a bit foreign to me.  Besides all that, I still kind of don't like my new job but I'm getting used to it.  Hopefully it gets better with time.  Hopefully I can finally start my life...

I normally don't like this style, but Jill Scott's such a great singer/songwriter. Plus, her hair is ridiculous, and I respect that.