i'm jumping ship for a while. you can find me here. it's my old xanga page and i've decided to try it out. sorry blogger, but it just wasn't working out. :)

Squirted 1:22 PM by E-J Yi

don't have time today to post, but in the meantime...learn more about me!

a quiz on me!

Squirted 11:34 PM by E-J Yi

happy bday...well, to me!: i am now 25 years old. omg. that sounds so old. >.< can't believe it. i'm a quarter of a century old. and i'm still living with my parents. with no boyfriend. i'm depressed. jk! b/c...

i got so many bday wishes from pple today! i really didn't expect much. i expected a couple of pple (ann & sean), but not really anybody else, but i was so pleasantly surprised by all who wrote, called, or text messaged(andrew!), or both (ann!). it really did make my day. cuz what did i do today...?

woke up with a dull headache. not good. took a freakin' 2 hr test. sheesh. then had a crappy lunch. went to school for only an hr. then the freakin' principal traps my car in b/c NOBODY told me that i parked in her space. so she takes her darn time to get out to move her volvo (since when did DISD principals gets VOLVOS???). but after that, things were good. well, kinda. i went to michael's to buy more cross-stitch floss (string in laymen's terms), however, they didn't have 1 color so i ended up not buying any. then i went to the container store which is like 7th heaven to me. bought a receipt organizer (my dad makes me save my receipts) and a newspaper organizer (for my dad and his endless collection of newspaper piles around the house). then my family and i went to the elephant bar for dinner. cheaply priced, but i guess it coincides with the quality. it looks nice, but ends up being only ok. but we had a 20% coupon and i got a free bday sundae so it was alright. i guess the "highlight" of my day was watching the red sox/yankees game where the red sox won. which leads me to my current fixation these days...

baseball! man, if you're not watching the red sox/yankees series...you're missing out. the houston/st louis one ain't bad either, but nobody cares about them. haha. but you just want the yankees to lose, ya know? my dad's rooting for the yankees and me, of course, the underdogs, boston. and boston came back from 3 games DOWN to tie it up. that's amazing. and really fun to watch. who thought baseball would or could be this interesting? i think what started it for me was when the rangers were kinda in playoff contention. they were doing really well for the last 2 weeks, but the rangers just aren't good enough. maybe next year. but yeah, baseball's intriguing these days.

well, the Church situation SEEMED to be over, but it ain't. and that sux. it was all coming to a close when someone decided to step in again. when all is said and done i'll write about it, but then it probably won't be of much interest to any of ya'll anyway.

i think the worst thing that has happened to me since i got back was realizing that most of my pics from korea/japan are probably lost. i made a data cd of my pics and found it to be cracked yesterday. both my and my sister's computers would not read it and i called around only to find out it was hopeless. i could feel tears welling up in my eyes. for someone who loves pictures as much as i do, it's a big deal. maybe not for some of ya'll, but for me, it was huge. i was relieved to find that i had saved a few of my favorites on my extra memory card, but it's not all. and the stupid webshots, NEVER USE THEM, has deleted most of my pics. those that i'll never get back. so my only hope is to have my cousin send her cpu back with my mom so i can get some of the saved photos i had on her computer (she had no burner...long story) so i can get maybe about 50% of my pics back. but yeah, i probably don't have 60% of my photos. sux.

2 of my cousins are getting married in november. one cousin in korea and one cousin in america. i'm going to the 'american' wedding (in florida) b/c my cousin, the groom, needed more family members to attend. and i hardly know him. sad, huh? my aunt's even paying for our hotel and plane tickets. so i'll be heading to florida the first weekend of nov for a beach wedding. no kidding. should be cool, i guess. my family is set on me NOT wearing black to the wedding (or to any of the wedding festivities), but we'll see about that. my family seems to be fixated on PINK which i absolutely HATE. they all claim that i SHOULD like it and that's the 'popular' color now. wtfreak? pink makes me sick. and the funny thing was, my mom and my sister kept PICKING PINK outfits when we went shopping last saturday. and my mom gives me PINK ROSES (i don't like roses either...i like calla lilies & gerber daisies), a PINK envelope with a PINK card with PINK roses inside it for my bday today. i think my family thinks i like pink deep down inside or something b/c they could not be this stupid. could they???

alright, enough blabbing. other than that, things are alright i guess. i feel like i'm kinda at a lull right now. things are just THERE. but hopefully that lull will go away soon. thanks for all the birthday wishes ya'll! ;D have a great week! (^.^)v

Squirted 1:16 AM by E-J Yi

moving on: wow, it's been a LOOONG time since i've updated, huh? well, let's go on wit it!

*julie moved out! she got a place with cindy and is having a blast it seems like. it's alot more quiet at home now, but i think the move is good for our family. julie feels like she's living in a hotel. haha. newayz, i'll be going there alot when the mavs season starts because...

*we cancelled our cable! wahhh~! my dad didn't want to pay for it and plus he says our family watches too much tv. geez. i can't really afford it with my part-time salary if i want to save some dough. so i sacrificed my mental well-being (jk) and decided i was just gonna drive over to julie's place for mavs games. :) cuz she can't live w/o her cable!

*i'm finally into a routine. i'm a creature of habit. i must have a routine and finally i do.

-mondays: school & work
-tuesdays: volunteering
-wednesdays: school
-thursdays: volunteering & night school
-fridays: work

*volunteering is so fun. well, it's an experience. i go to an elementary school in dallas (near n.park mall) and teach TAKS (like TAAS) and help kids with their hw after school. the students are mostly hispanic so i'm picking up on their accents these days. "heeeey meees" (hey Miss~ which is what they call me). "i wanna be like shakeeerra" (i wanna be like Shakira). "my mom drives a mooostang" (my mom drives a Mustang). it's hilarious. and a bunch of fun. btw, i'm doing this for extra credit so don't think i'm an angel. hahah. jk. but i'm doing extra so i guess i'm a half-angel. again, jk.

*the world really is small. in my night class, i found out that one of my classmates is my sister's childhood friend! it was sooo "what a coincidence!" i had already talked to her a couple of times (b/c we'd always get the same problems correct or incorrect), but i NEVER figured out it was her! so i heard her talking about her mom being a teacher at PSHS so i asked her and it was mrs. maloney! even more coincidence, my sister had her mom for pre-cal. very small world indeed. :)

*car's doing well, but man, i got a flat the other week and it was a PAIN to get it fixed. it's such a long story that i won't get into details, but the freakin' tire cost me $155~!!! low-profile, performance tires are so freakin' $$$. i feel like a tire expert now. lolz. newayz, NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM TOYOTA OF PLANO!!!!! they have BAD, BAD after-sale customer service. trust me. go to any other toyota. please.

*i saw "taeguki" here in dallas! w/ english subtitles! the pple i went with enjoyed it and even a grown man cried. :*) definitely worth watching. it's only playing at 1 theater here in dallas (amc 8 on 75 & walnut hill). hopefully it will get to more theaters.

*i guess the big thing going on for me right now is Church. i've become totally immersed in it. not with activities, but there's this huge thing going on. unfortunately i can't really spill the beans about it (which is so rude of me, i know...but maybe you don't really wanna know...haha), but it's so mentally consuming right now that it's exhausting. as a loyal, loyal church go-er, it really tests everything you believe in and who you believe in...which the latter, is so much harder. you trusted pple, but slowly that trust fades away and it's disappointing. i dunno what will happen in the next few weeks, or months, but all of this has just been a big ordeal in my life right now. it makes me feel sad, dejected, unwanted, and useless, but with all these hardships, i know there's a reason for all this. so i just gotta trust Him with all of it. i can't do anything so i know that it's not up to me.
anyways, sorry to end a down note. well, maybe not. actually, if you haven't seen "the bernie mac" show, you SHOULD. really hilarious stuff. oh and "the apprentice" is good too. oh and "america's top model". i'm a tv junkie, i know. maybe that's why my dad cancelled cable. hehe.

not sure when i'm gonna update again b/c of all that's going on & me being super-lazy, but for now, i'll c u when i c u. (^.^)v

Squirted 11:10 PM by E-J Yi

tech geek-ed out: wow, i got 2 big things this week. dang, that did NOT sound good...

first: my car. whoo hoo~! :) i can't believe i'm driving it tho. i feel like it's not my car. i guess b/c our family has always had to share cars. the stupid salesman, aaron (that's right, i wrote his name! but no last name. i'm scurred.), was so freakin' strict about giving us stuff. ya know? like floormats (refer to previous posts). well, me & my dad decided to go all out. "give us the tire pressure gauges", we said. he still said no. so while i was signing a FAT check to pay for the car (no loans), he comes into the finance manager's office and tosses me 4 tire pressure gauges. we said "thank you" like he had just given us $500. so that's the freebie i got. whoopee. and man, writing out that check...whoa. never wrote a check that big before. and what about all my $ from korea? ALL went into that car. and yesterday, jimmy put wheel locks on my rims so i feel much more safe. :) but this is not as exciting as...

MY NEW PHONE! cell, that is. i got a sanyo 8200 in RED. it's niiiiice. speakerphone, camera, lcd screen...what more could u want? now before u start saying/thinking, "ooh, joyce is a lil rich, spoiled girl", i want to tell you how much the phone was: FREE. and my car is a necessity. if i could, i'd get a better one than that, but i'm trying to save $. anyways, the phone's awesome. the car's cool. and i'm a happy camper.

which brings me to...our Church retreat this weekend(!) ok, not sure if i'd put the "!" on the end. in some ways, i'm excited since i missed out on 2 retreats while i was in korea. retreats can be fun...if planned & carried out correctly. which leads me to...this retreat isn't being planned correctly. well, i guess not correctly, but definitely not effectively and u know, t. teddy, that i thrive on efficiency. so we'll see how this weekend goes. hopefully good.

i started kumon this past monday and it was pretty easy. i have a couple of nice co-workers (i already knew them before) and a couple of pple i'm not so sure about. on monday, being my first day, i wasn't used to the "routine". this one lady, chick, b, whatever, was like giving me attitude b/c i wasn't picking up the math homework to grade. well, i'm SORRY but it was my FIRST day. some pple can be so ______y. today will be my SECOND day so hopefully she won't be as ______y. :) i might have to take up roy's advice & start race-grading my co-workers like he did.

also looking forward to playing poker tonight! i played last week and won $5 (winner takes all) so we'll see if i can keep my streak alive. hahaha.
have a good labor day weekend! (^.^)v

Squirted 1:36 PM by E-J Yi

no more tears: man, i cried so much today...

today's was my friend's mom's funeral. she was like a mom to all of our friends in high school. saw some high school friends i haven't seen in years. hardly anybody changed on the outside. anyways, this was my 2nd funeral and it was painful to think of their family but at the same time it was great to see how strong the lee family is too. everybody else cried more than them. they were making jokes while everybody else was smiling through the tears. what a great family. :*)

i saw "monster" yesterday b/c tommy said i should. :) dang is charlize theron UGLY in there. i kept trying to look for scenes where she looked even a speck beautiful, but nope. she was just this ugly, ugly, thing the whole time. amazing. and she definitely deserved the oscar. how any actress can play a part like that or like hilary swank's "boys don't cry" performance is beyond my comprehension. both movies are hard to watch at times (more so for "boys"), but i think since they're both based on true stories, it just makes it more powerful.

went to my 2nd math class last night. man this prof is ANAL. & i mean it with all CAPS. she has a point system. come in 15 min late? -2 pts. come in 16+ min late? -3 pts. no supplies including MINI STAPLER to staple in hw? -3 pts. absent? -6 pts. geez, am i in high school or something?? i tried to understand some of her "anal-ness" b/c i like to be organized too, but she goes overboard with it. crazy.

my parents are coming back from vancouver tomorrow. wow, this week went by so fast without them. but i'm happy for them to come back. i want my new car, my new cell, and some food on the table. JUST KIDDING!!! it feels weird without them at home. i don't like the feeling. even tho i'll prob regret my words later...haha...

team usa lost to argentina in bball @ the olympics. boy, were they stinkin' it up! geez. no outside shooting whatsoever. nobody could make 3s. very pathetic. hopefully they'll get some perimeter guys in there next time.

i think i'm a lil sick. i developed a cough from (tommy you'll get annoyed with me) too much air conditioner. i lowered the A/C so low & it was just hounding me when i was sleeping that i got sick. seriously. my sister said she's never been that cold. haha. i guess i'm trying to make up for all that time w/o A/C in korea.

well, have a great weekend ya'll...miss those on the other side of the world. (^.^)v

Squirted 4:34 PM by E-J Yi

can't believe it: i just found out that my good friend's mom passed away. she was a strong Believer and i know that she's in Heaven now. makes me wanna go and hug my mom. but she's not here. she's in vancouver now, but i'll definitely give her a huge one when she gets back. r.i.p. momma lee...T.T

Squirted 11:51 PM by E-J Yi

cheerleaders, car salesmen, & other things that make me mad: lots of drama this weekend...ok, not REALLY~

saturday morning was our Church car wash. we made $623 from 8am-2pm. but not without a fight! that day a nearby high school cheerleading squad were having a car wash too. right next to us. they were at wal-mart (huge, of course) while we were at chick-fil-a (a small location). those @#$@^%, er, girls, decide to come over to our entrance (basically our territory) and try to get pple to come to their car wash. it was aggravating to say the least. but since we were more in #, we surrounded them and basically confused alot of drivers into coming to our car wash when they thought they were supporting the cheerleaders. OH WELL. when u hear a cheerleader say, "what are they saying? why don't they speak english? why don't they go back to their own country?" you're not exactly in a Church-y mood. they eventually gave up and went back to their site. anyways, we surpassed our $500 goal so we quit and went home satisfied.

car salesmen suck. they lie to your face. can't trust them as far as i can throw them. it's EXTREMELY rare to meet an honest one. i think i've only met 1 but he's not working as one anymore. well, i guess our current salesman didn't make me mad, but he's trying to play with my emotions. we put the deposit on my car and he told us it would come in after the 28th. it came in yesterday; the day my parents leave for vancouver. i can't go out and get it of course since my dad is my co-signer. i told the guy, aaron, that i couldn't come in till next week and he says, "well, i hope that nothing happens to the car." wtFREAK? i put the deposit on MY car. geez. so i told him, "well, you better make sure nothing happens to it then." what a bastard!

the men's gymnastics judges: they SUCK. HARD. how can they make so many mistakes? i blame the head judge (from japan). he is screwing EVERYBODY over. he screwed the US team (telling them the day before the team competition to change their routines), not checking the messed up scores for the korean gymnast (who got the bronze in the all-around) and alexei nemov who got screwed last night on the horizontal bar (that caused a score change: crazy!). so yeah. they suck. hmph!

i started school yesterday. i could barely keep myself awake. when class started, i knew why i hated college. cuz i hate studying. i guess that wouldn't be good for a future teacher but o well. i was freakin' learnin' about graphing yesterday. o.m.g.

well, i guess i better get started on my HOMEWORK now. >.< and watch some more "celebrity poker". tonight's "world series of poker"! woo hoo~! (^.^)v

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