1. Best moments of 2007?
new years. a week in Los Angeles. "work". reno. my small group. norway. popscene. santa cruz. photo class with steph. birthday weekend. oregon. san jose skate. meeting betsy and holly and re-meeting brooke. mandy moore. disney parties. sleepovers at lindsays. hume lake. moving to los angeles. virgin megastore. roommates. celebrities. shows. visiting san jose.

2. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
moved out of my parents house. started paying rent.

3. Did you keep the new years resolution you made last year?
I don’t make resolutions, I just tell myself to do one thing every year. Still hasn’t happened.

4. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope

5. Did anyone close to you die?
no, thank God.

6. What countries did you visit?
none

7. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
money.

8. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory?
April 6-9, September 21st

9. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
moving to los angeles

10. What was your biggest failure?
not saving up enough money

11. Did you suffer illness or injury?
nope

12. What was the best thing you bought?
an apartment

13. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my friends are amazing

14. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed??
boys, atleast at the beginning of the year

15. Where did most of your money go??
gas, food, rent, bills

16. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
moving out

17. What songs will always remind you of 2007??
My Blue Heaven – Taking Back Sunday
When Did your heart go missing? - rooney
Hello, I'm in Delaware - Dallas Green
Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
I Just Do - Dear and the Headlights
1234 - Feist
Breaking Up - Rilo Kiley
Misery Business - Paramore
Gardenia - Mandy Moore
Love Song - Sara Barielles
Taken Aback - The Rocket Summer
Best in Me - Sherwood

18. Compared to this time last year, are you
a) happier or sadder? happier.
b) thinner or fatter? thinner.
c) richer or poorer? poorer.

19. What do you wish you'd done more of?
saved money.

20. What do you wish you'd done less of?
complaining.

21. How did you spend Christmas?
working. dinner and movie with roommates

22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
nope

23. How many one-night stands?
zero

24. What was your favorite TV program??
grey's anatomy, gossip girl, the office, LOST, ugly betty

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i dont hate people

25. What was the best book you read?
blue like jazz

26. What was your greatest musical discovery? ?
bob dylan, steel train, dallas green, a fine frenzy, the reign of kindo

27. What did you want and get??
new life. a boy =D

28. What did you want and not get??
puppy.

29. What was your favorite film of this year? ?
hairspray, juno, lars and the real girl

30. What did you do on your birthday??
friday - the lashes in sf, saturday - hgb/blg/ths in sf, sunday - the actual in sf, monday (my actual bday) - rooney and everybody else in la

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
i hate to say it, but $$$$

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
comfortable

33. What kept you sane?
friends

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
christian bale & john krasinski & paul rudd

35. What political issue stirred you the most??
dont really follow politics

36. Who did you miss??
adam, chris, band losers and now i miss my family and friends in san jo

37. Who was the best new person you met??
my roommates, chris, holly, betsy, brooke

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
i learned to be responsible.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"an untold 22 year story"
"oh, it feels good to be free'

40. Any final comments?
i just decided to make life my own.

41. Was 2007 a good year for you?
yes

42. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
bad "breakups", leqving my friends and family

43. Where were you when 2007 began?
at a party in willow glen

ALSO
Favorite Album of 2007: Dear and the Headlights
Least Favorite Album of 2007: did nickelback come out with a cd in 07? cuz im sure it sucked
Favorite Show of 2007: the office
Favorite Movie of 2007: juno
Favorite Color of 2007: awkward yellow
Favorite Holiday of 2007: valentines day was pretty rad
Favorite Drink of 2007: diet coke with lime
Favorite Person of 2007: there's alot
Least Favorite Person of 2007: haha i think my roommates and i all agree on this one

44. Where will you be when 2007 ends?
i was at home

45. Who will you be with when 2007 ends?
myself, my phone, and my bale

46. Do you have a new years resolution for 2008?
meh

47. Did you fall in love in 2007?
nope

48. Did you breakup with anyone in 2007?
basically.

49. Did you make any new friends in 2007?
a buttload

50. Who are your favorite new friends?
didnt i answer this already?

51. What was your favorite month of 2007?
i dont know. this whole year is worth mentioning

52. Did you travel outside of the US in 2007?
nah

53. How many different states did you travel to in 2007?
2

54. Did you miss anybody in the past year?
there is never a moment when i dont miss someone

55. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2007?
how much is too much

56. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2007?
none to be exact

57. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
not really

58. How much money did you spend in 2007?
too much

59. What are your plans for 2008?
visit chris, move out of this apt, get a new job, save money, go to new york

60. Any advice or last words?
live for yourself. do things you wanna do. your life is what you make it.

SOME PICTURES FROM 2007

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DECEMBER

i'm dreaming of a white Christmas

i didnt realize how long it had been since i lsat blogged. is blogged a word? whatever.

im not even sure what to write about. but alot has happened since i last wrote. im working at virgin and LOVING it. alot alot. like more than any job. "more than nannying aka getting paid to watch tv?" yup. "more than getting paid to work with 12 little 3, 4, and 5 year olds?" yup. those were jobs, but they didnt feel like jobs. this is actually a job that feels like a job and i actually like it. everyone i work with is awesome. the customers are really great (for the most part). and another plus is that atleast one 'celebrity' comes in every single time i work. yes. every single time. sometimes it will be towards the end of a shift and i will recall that no one has come in, and 5 minutes before closing, dane cook, or someone else but yes, he did come in, will come in and help me stay true to my statement. i think dande cook was the biggest one. also kelly from the office, ken marino (no one knows him but he is in one of my favorite movies wet hot american summer), ethan embry and others that no one will know who i am talking about. either way, i love it. i love this job and i dont want to quit. ever.

my roommates and i had a little christmas photoshoot. we've been wanting a tree for awhile then finally realized we're too poor. except michelle. she's making bank. so she decided to buy one. FINE BY ME.


NICOLE AND I


ME AND JORDYN


ROOMIES


NICOLE AND I


and then there's this.



since you can't see my face right now, ill just tell you.
there's a GINORMOUS smile across it.

day off today.
work tomorrow.
day off/cleaning thursday.
work friday morning.
family here friday night!
disneyland saturday!

im excited for the next 2 weeks.

home sweet home?

this week was pretty rad.

i had orientation on sunday night at Virgin Megastore. weird people i trained with. but the trainer was really cool. so i was excited. the schedule wasnt ready yet so i said peace out LA and left monday morning to go back to san jose.

i arrived around 3, showered, and hung out for a bit. then my mom cooked me some her delicious homemade chili. yum. brooke came over around 7 and then betsy came over around 8. we hung out and chatted for a bit and then brooke and i saw Dan In Real Life around 10. it was really good. and the soundtrack is amazing as well.

tuesday i got up around 8 and stacy made me waffles for breakfast. they were perfect. then i went to get my car looked at to see how much it would cost to get the dent fixed...oh yeah, i got in a fender bender last week. oops! anyways, it was too much so i'll have to wait until im rich to get it fixed. after that, i met up with ashley and matty and we went to Sweet Peas then to Best Buy so ash could buy Hairspray, then we went to ash's house to watch Hairspray. I then met up with shannon and we went to Icing on the Cake to get some treats. After that, my mom and i went to Holly and Betsy's and they made us Lasagna. then i went to their small group to saw hi to the Garcia's. after that i met up with Greta and we went out to coffee and got to catch up.

Wednesday morning i went in early to my dads work to help with some filing and Christmas wrapping to make some extra $$$. then i had a dentist appt and then got my haircut after that. feels so good...my hair, that is. then i went over to the guys apartment cuz they made their own thanksgiving dinner and hung out with them and lindsay for a little while. then we headed to ashley's to hang out and dance. after awhile, lindsay, matty and i went to john caine's house to say hi to the boys and that was fun.

thursday was thanksgiving and my parents and i went to my dads brothers house in cupertino. it was weird not having my brother there. i thought it was going to be horrible since its the 2 of us and one other cousin. but my cousin had 2 friends from college so it was good having more young people there. then we got home and watched Premonition. it was good, until the end where the didnt really end it. i dont really know what happened.

friday morning my mom and i went shopping...yes, i know, we went shopping on Black Friday. but it really wasnt that bad. she bought me some jeans and a few other things. ashley came over around 2 and we went to get coffee downtown willow glen. brooke met up with us a little later and we walked around wg taking pictures with brookes new camera. then ash left and brooke and i went to her house to get some music for me. then we drove to los gatos to take pictures by the giant gap ad of john krasinski. yum!! we then headed to downtown san jo, took some more pics and then went to La Victoria and got some nachos...YES! betsy and holly met us there and then we went back to my parents apt.

then it was party time. it was just a lot of hanging out and smore making. much fun. here's the guest list.

brooke
betsy
holly
the allens
stacy
robbie
lindsay
matty
ashley
drew
jeff
shannon
craig
my parents of course
john renfro
tony and some girl
alex woodrow
and a bunch of farm drive kids.

it was really fun getting to hang out with pretty much everyone i wanted to see all week long. i left saturday morning, got home around 2:30 and then went to work at virgin. my first day, it was pretty cool. i was the only female working and there's pretty much only about 3 other girls who work there and one is my roommate. it was 7 hours but it went by pretty quickly and its pretty fun too. everyone is really nice and even the customers were pretty cool too.

i havent written a blog entry like this in a while. one where its more like a "dear diary" scenario. but i felt like it. my roommate and i are sitting in the cyber cafe at our apt building because the internet we've been stealing in our room isnt working today. and the internet we pay for only works on little T's computer so we aint paying that extra $6. so yeah. we're both blogging. good times.


"Pictures only prove what you can't convince"....

i'm doin' everything for you

...And I just smile and say whooooaaaa
Cause you just got to know
That every time you stay
It never goes away
Your reach is to the stars
And shines like the clouds and lights up this whole world

Bless your heart you’ve made me happy again
It’s been so long and I’m sick of pretending
You’ve enlighted the brain in my head
So stay
I’m going to do everything
I’m gonna make it right
I’m gonna make it good
I’m gonna do it alright
I’m gonna write it down
I’m gonna make a sound

Cause I’m doing everything for you
Because I love to be near you
Something just takes me away to place where I’m happy
I’m doing everything for you
Yeah you know that I adore you
And I just can’t take it

kiss me beneath the milky twilight

life couldnt get better.
ok. it could.
my friends and family could be here.
but other than that, its all good.

ive never felt so good about who i am. who know a few kind words could really boost someones confidence. but it has. oh boy has it!
not only that, i finally got a job and they seemed really excited to hire me. they said they really liked me. i had beeen so frustrated (something i rarely am) and was beginning to get really down on myself. i was really doubting my choices and constantly wondering why people werent hiring me and it was definitely doing a number on my self esteem. and ok yeah, only one place hired me (technically 2 but i dont wanna get into that) but one is definitely better than none!

man. im just feeling good.
now all i need is some friends and a great church.
ill keep you updated on those.