LOPEZ x4

Friday, November 7- I got an extra hour to myself in the morning, since I was technically excused from first period, because the bus wasn’t scheduled to pick us up until the beginning of nutrition break. Went to Fashion Valley for P.R. and photo class. Walking all around the mall left my feet screamingly sore, with a few blisters here and there. OUCH. We met up with the P.R. lady for about 15 minutes before we got the next few hours to ourselves. Ate at Panda Express with Fernando, Ximena, Vico, and Katrina. I bought the cutest Catwoman shirt at H & M… the remaining balance on my ATM is about $19. YIKES.

I kind of, sort of ditched fourth period when we got back to school, which is something I never do, so give me a break! Stopped by at a couple Game Stop stores to see if they even touched my applications. Apparently, they’re not busy enough to be hiring. Greeeeeeeeat. I’m going to be unemployed for the fuckin’ holidays. I can only dream that I’ll get a call in the next week or so saying that one of those locations want me. I NEED A JOB.

A little while later, I went to Victoria’s house, where I gave her some tips on Mafia Wars and we discussed our increasing obsession with Twilight *WINK WINK* We also both decided to try out for the school musical… High School Musical, to be exact. I don’t really have a huge desire to actually be in it… because it’s just High School Musical, but… it would be cool if I actually got a part in it or something, then I’d have to be in it, but I’m not going to get all butt-hurt if I don’t make it. My singing voice isn’t exactly wonderful. (I’m still deciding on whether or not to sing “The Mixed Tape” by Jack’s Mannequin or “That Thing You Do!” by The Wonders… I have until Wednesday/Thursday to make my decision!) A little later into the night, we watched Diary of the Dead, because we couldn’t get around to it on Halloween. It left me paranoid, like all zombie movies, and I was glad my mom insisted on driving half a quarter mile down the road to pick me up, because walking home would have been a nightmare, lol.

Saturday, November 8- I had to wake up around 6, 7AMish for this lame college prep workshop/Filipino pride event down at Sweetwater High School. I walked into their gym, and the first thing I saw emblazoned on the wall was a huge mural of Satan. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. I had no idea their mascot was the Red Devils! Opening speeches/remarks were about 2 hours, and I noticed they did not stick to the time schedule and the first workshop rotation had to be cancelled. The second one I had to go to was about applying for financial aid, which was nothing I hadn’t heard before. The third rotation was some workshop regarding stereotypes and the importance of accepting all races, genders, etc. Tyler and Sam were there for that one, so it wasn’t as painful as it could have been. During an activity, I was randomly labeled as a “poor person,” LOL. Tyler was a “promiscuous male” and Sam was an “ASB member.” After all the workshops were done, I stayed a little longer for free food (abobo, pansit, and rice–nothing special) and I got two free shirts. I wasted a good 5 hours of my life at that damn pointless workshop.

A little later, I called Victoria to come over and help me kill time. After swooning over the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly (which had Edward and Bella on the cover… OH BABY) and kicking ass in more Mafia Wars, AND looking at the over-priced Twilight shirts and hoodies on the Hot Topic website (and then hatching the plan of making our own Twilight shirts), we went to Old Navy with her mom and sister. After getting back to her casa from Old Navy, we got picked up by Manny and chilled at his house for a while with Jo, and his college buddies- Janis and Angel. Michelle Bush stopped by with brownies.. YUM. Victoria and I obsessed over Twilight even more with Janis and Angel, which was really cool… and kind of nerdy, but oh well!

Sunday, November 9- Went to church, as usual. I felt really bad, because the sermon ended before I even started listening… I just zoned out for some weird reason. Kim came over after church, and then Victoria. We  went to go pick up Tina, and watched Diary of the Dead at mi casa. Halfway through the movie, my mom took us to Michael’s, so Victoria and I could get fabric paint for our Twilight shirts. We also got really cute iron-ons for the back design of the shirt. We had to swing by Old Navy so I could get my matching black wife beater. OH YEAH! The weather that day was really nice: cold, windy and rainy. I love fall/winter weather, and I can’t wait for it to get even colder and grayer. Back at my house we ate sweet and sour pork, then finished Diary. After that, we ended up watching Planet Terror. BRUCE WILLIS IS A BABE ;D

Monday, November 10- Spent most of the morning in Eastlake with my mom, because she wanted to check out this new Goodwill book store around there. It was a small store, but really well organized. I bought the entire Chronicles of Narnia collection for $5! I was hoping I’d see Eclipse somewhere amongst the old, used books… but that was wishful thinking. We hung out at the cutest Borders book store I’ve ever seen. And I had no idea there was even one in Eastlake-! I was looking through Eclipse, when this chick on crutches asked if I’ve read any of the Twilight books, and we ended up having a nice little chat about the series before she had to leave. I found one of my favorite genre sections (Reference books) and holed up there for the rest of the visit. I skimmed through a writing reference book about writing/publishing your first novel, which gave me more inspiration and motivation to get back into the habit of writing at least once a day, everyday again. I wish I could have bought it, but it was $16… and I had $0. On the way home, my mom and I picked up some food from Johnny Carino’s, which kept my mouth watering all the way home.

[Random quote from my mom while driving: "This driver in the red car must have itchy balls."]

I indulged in some delicious pasta and chicken when we got home, and shortly after, I was in a damn food coma. When I woke up, I had some phone talk, then went to Victoria’s casa to make our Twilight shirts. The first part of the shirts are a total SUCCESS. Picture this: black wifebeater, and silver text that says “Stupid lamb.” It might sound lame to you, but those shirts are our little masterpieces. You have NO IDEA what it took us to make those. We still have to put the iron-ons, but that’ll come later on this week, perhaps. We even decided to do our makeup and everything for the midnight show. OH YEAH. We’re going to the midnight show, since next Friday is a late start day at school. HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAA!

And if you haven’t noticed, I spent 4 out of my 5 day weekend with Victoria, hence the title of this blog, LOL.

WRITER’S… ROAD BLOCK –? !

Dear self,

hello, hope you’re doing well… with the exception of senioritis, unemployment, and being overcome by the deadly sin of sloth. I was just curious about something, and the best way for me to come about that is by asking… WHAT THE FUCK?! Why the hell haven’t you been writing lately? Remember One In Twenty and All You Wanted? Both of those scripts were completed years ago, and they still require your attention… given the changes you’ve been considering making for the sake of the characters and plots. And what the hell happened to that novel?! Cheese, Chocolate, and Grapes still has so much promise, don’t forget about it! You started that back in 8th grade, and now you’re in 12th. I think it’s safe to say you’ve made progress on it, however said progress is minimal. Get your lazy ass off Myspace and Mafia Wars and get back to writing! Whatever happened to that girl who carried around a notebook wherever she went? That girl who would write herself to sleep? That girl who would even write while soaking in the bathtub? WE WANT THAT GIRL BACK! Lord knows you’ve had enough inspiration to work with, so use it! Don’t waste such valuable writing resources. Don’t forget: everyday you don’t write something clever is one more day you’ve foolishly wasted; and one less word, sentence, paragraph, or page lost.

So what if Zack Braff stole your ending to Candy Hearts when Garden State was released? As brilliant as that ending was, work around it and come up with something better. And whatever happened to that “short ” story you started working on two years ago? Yeah, you know what I’m talking about: The Hot Dog/Cab Incident. That has a lot of promise too. ADD TO IT, DAMMIT. Don’t solely rely on blog sites in which to write all your material. Go back to old habits, and carry around a huge notebook and inky pens. Find yourself writing one-liners and short synopsises.

Look at yourself. You’ve gone so crazy, you’re writing a letter to yourself in hopes of striking that writing bug you’ve seem to lost over the years.

Good luck.

Love, Catherine

HALLOWEENIE ‘08

This year’s Halloween was really fun… possibly one of the best. The Scooby Doo group costumes were a complete success, if I do say so myself LOL @ bumping the Scooby Doo theme song (ON REPEAT) with Josalle’s jeep as the Mystery Machine, driving up and down Palm Avenue, then finally pulling up in front of school. I had forgotten just how much I love Halloween; it’s really amusing to see everyone dressed up in the randomest costumes. I saw: a ceiling fan, some big Merlin/wizard head, gay cowboys, Disney princesses, and a slutty nun- to list a few.

I was invited to a few parties, and I totally had just about every intention of getting drunk and/or high that night for the hell of it, but I didn’t… and I’m glad I didn’t, because my night went really well without excessive partying on my part. Met up with Judas Victoria, and we went to Luzita’s for some good ol’ California burritos. The liquor store didn’t have any raspberry Arizona, which broke my heart. We saw Robin & Alex Li walking around the parking lot- Robin was looking for a place to get a haircut. Random, lol. Stopped by Factory2U, which always goes hand-in-hand after a trip to Luzita’s. Passed by Northgate and totally got a little peek of James Franco working at one of the registers by the door. Walked back to Victoria’s and got ready to go out. Mila kept calling me Vico, hahahaha! She’s too cute :3

[My on-going, repetitive conversation with Mila all night long]

C: What’s my name?

M: Vico!

C: What’s your name?

M: Cookie!

C: What’s my name?

M: No.

C: What’s your name?

M: No.

Victoria just HAD to bust out the scary pocket knife so we’d have some protection for the night. A lot of good that did us. She left it in the car. (Besides, we didn’t even need it, I swear.) Went trick-or-treating with Mila around Victoria’s nana’s neighborhood, then dropped by Vico’s to meet up with her, Lorena and Melanie. A little while after resting our tired feet, Victoria’s mom picked us up and we stopped by CVS, drove around Palm Pacifica looking for The Asylum haunted house (with no luck), then Blockbuster. Rented Dead Silence and Diary of the Dead. Got some food from Carl’s Jr. and got dropped off at mi casa. After freshening up/washing off makeup and checking Myspace/Mafia Wars, we watched Dead Silence in my living room… or at least tried to. I don’t know if it was the shitty acting or my lack of interest as the movie progressed, or my insane exhausted state that kept me everything but absorbed in the movie. We eventually crawled into my super comfy snug bed and watched Romero’s Night of the Living Dead until we went to sleep. The next morning we watched The Hills Have Eyes, which still freaks me out, even after all these years. Candy & pretzels for breakfast are the only way to go the day after Halloween, nom nom nom.

And at last, it is November. Only 1 month and 15 days until I’m 18. The last few months have always been my favorite time of the year; all the best holidays are at the end! I’m ready for some nice winter weather and the holidays :3

HOMECOMING & STUFF [2]

Saturday was good, to say the least.

I had the house to myself all morning, which I loved. Geez, I can’t wait until I get my own place. God knows when that’ll be. (I really don’t want to forget about this… so here’s a side note: I was really giggly because I was looking at some new reblogs on Tumblr, and I heard my mom say to my dad “I have bread inside the car… do not esmush it.” LOL @ my mom’s Spanish accent peeking out at the end of that sentence. I really can’t explain why, but that just made me really giggly for the rest of the morning.)

I got ready for Mila’s 2nd birthday/costume party & had phone talk with James- the majority of the conversation included discussion about Mafia Wars/Myspace, like always, lol. I also spent a good 15 minutes looking for the damn wrapping (no, not rapping, lol James) paper for Mila’s gift. Turns out it was in the first place I looked.

Here’s another LOL, before I forget… I was about to get picked up by Kim (while still on the phone) and said bye to my mom as I was heading out the door; *puts phone down* ME: “Kim’s gonna give me a ride to the party, I wrote down the address by the computer. I’ll call you later.” MOM: “Okay… cover up!” [referring to  my cleavage... {which wasn't really so cleavage-y at all, I swear}] *shuts door, returns attention to phone* JAMES: “Tell your mom I said thank-you.” ME: “For what? OH! For telling me to cover up cleavage?!” LOL. That was a good phone talk, he made me smile & giggle, like always<3

I only managed to stay at Victoria’s nana’s casa for a few hours. Had some jumps in the bounce house with Vico, Robby, Victoria, Kim, Mila & Brian. (LOL @ Robby’s sickass milkshake superhero costume, BTW. Very kickass.) I’m super excited for Halloween, even though I’m not going to Jack’s Mannequin anymore *tear* But, hay! Trick-or-treating is going to be really fun. I’ve been on a sweet craze lately, so the timing couldn’t be more perfect.

I headed home around 5ish to rush and get ready for homecoming. The directions given in the invitation were shit, but we found the place okay. Xander, Savannah, Erica & Gabriel were the first few (out of the people I actually knew) to arrive, then everyone else started showing up. I felt dizzy as soon as I got on the boat, and I knew that if I were to leave my 3 inch+ heels on, it’d be the death of me. It was a really nice boat- 4 levels: the bathroom on the lowest level, the dance floor on the second, the “galley” on the third, and the top was open space for seats and stuff.

The DJ pretty much sucked ass. There’s really no other way to describe that. Not many of the songs he played were as fun & dancy as I would have liked them to be. I requested ‘Hot In Herre’ (yes, the Nelly song) at the beginning of the dance and I don’t think he even gave playing that a second thought. It would have been a total LOL moment if he had played it… I mean, it would be completely appropriate since the dance floor was a sweat fest to begin with. I was also disappointed because he didn’t play ‘Swing’ or ‘It’s Tricky.’ LAME. LOL @ dancing with James during a mariachi song. That was the only real one-on-one dance I actually had that night, the rest was a bunch of nasty freaking with Tina, Ruben, Josalle, Yvonne, Jeffrey, Robin… and a bunch of other people I’m too lazy to recall. Damn. I really have no rhythm, it’s horrible, LOL. *Note to self: take dancing classes in preperation for my wedding… wouldn’t want to make a fool of myself with my lack of dancing skills.* Another lame thing was the fact the DJ didn’t play any slow songs… except for one at the end of the night when everyone was getting off the boat. Me & Jeff danced for like 15 seconds, hah!

Poor Tina was seasick during the dance. I had a headache all night, but hey… when do I NOT have a headache, right? I’m surprised I didn’t get all woozy like I usually do on boats, that was nice. I really enjoyed sitting out on the deck with the breeze of the cold ocean air. It wasn’t remotely close to Titanic at all, but I couldn’t help but think about that in the back of my mind. At one point when we were in the middle of what seemed to be nowhere, it was pitch black on the water and the fog was really rolling in… it was creepy since you couldn’t see anything. I began thinking about The Mist and went back inside, lol. We got back around 11ish, and it was foggy all over town, which I enjoyed immensely. James was mine & Jeffrey’s ride home. We were waiting around the harbor for about an hour-ish until James’ sister picked us up. I was hella tired and hella scrubby. The puppy dog curls were gone and my hair was almost completely straight. The bottom of my feet were black and dirtied from walking around barefoot all night long. As much as I suck at dancing, homecoming was really fun, and I’m glad I went

HOMECOMING & STUFF [1]

Tuesday, October 21- Victoria let me starve to death while I waited for her so we could go get California burritos together at Luzita’s. That damn Judas ate without me, AGAIN. We still went to eat… it was just me, though. I had no idea the liquor store next to Luzita’s sold raspberry Arizona iced teas! Ahhh, what a great new discovery.  Pwned my burrito with hot sauce bite after bite, nom nom nom. James Franco walked in and I bought a soda as an excuse for us to stay a little longer and “observe” him with his (I’m guessing) boyfriend. TOO CUTE! After Luzita’s, we looked around Factory2U, which sadly no longer had those slutty heels I’ve had my eyes on, LOL. Looked around the 99 cent store and the other store next to it, and bought some white & purple eyeshadow.

Back at mi casa, I made Victoria create a Mafia Wars account, and she has more or less become addicted to it, hell yes!

Wednesday, October 22- Went shopping for homecoming & Halloween with Josalle. Our first stop was at Kohl’s, in hopes of finding some decent bras. FAIL. But I did manage to get a couple pairs of “sexy panties.” Hit up Plaza Bonita, and ate some Subway, because we were both hungry as hell! Girl talk in the food court; I was frustrated because Subway didn’t have raspberry iced tea; there were two twins a few feet away from each other; K. Campos, A. Quigley & other MOH kids were chillen a few seats away from us, LOL.

I bought blue suspenders at Hot Topic for nerd day, got some pretty earrings at Forever 21, bought purple flats for my Daphne costume (after years & years of searching). WTF @ some hoe who thought I worked at Charlotte Russe, pffft. At least it’s nice to know I look like I’m employed. *ZOMG NO WAY MOMENT* and then stopped by Target; I bought black & red nail polish, black stockings, & red lipstick.

Final stop was Wal Mart in Chula. Totally failed looking for a red push-up bra, but I did buy long gym socks for $1.50. I spent about $70 shopping. YIKES. Talk about broke as a joke. I sure could use a job right about now… more than ever.

Friday, October 23- Nerd day for seniors! Those bright blue suspenders gave me cuh-razy wedgies! I guess that went hand-in-hand for nerd day, though. TGIF, forreal. The week went by so slow, it was freaking ridiculous.

Newspapers finally arrived & were distributed. I’m really proud of this first ‘08-’09 issue. A few hours after school I met up with Tina & Tommy at West Coast Doughnuts to chill before the homecoming game. I love the fact that I can avoid paying $6 to attend a school function simply because I have my newspaper badge to use to my advantage It was getting colder and colder as the night continued, which was a love/hate kind-of-thing; I wish I had worn something warmer than a wifebeater under my hoodie.

Me & Tina sat in the stands LOLing at stupid stuff, half watching the game. The music selection was really crunk & nasty, which got me even MORE excited for the dance. I admit that “tricked out” keyboard remixes and upbeat, exaggerated vocals are a guilty pleasure of mine.

Imelda Gonzalez & Issac Quezada won the homecoming elections! I’m so glad Imelda won; she’s certainly the most deserving (I heard the other nominees didn’t even come close to the massive number of votes Imelda received, which is awesome, because I totally voted for her).  Not to mention the fact that we actually won the game, (52-21) holla! Tomorrow night is going to be really fun

“OH LORD” & ICE CREAM

I’ve been saying that a lot lately: “Oh Lord.” I don’t know why. My sister says that a lot… maybe I’m turning into a… mini-Ana. OH LORD.

Today wasn’t really as productive as yesterday. 2hour-ish phone talk/wake-up call with Jimbo, like every morning, which is nice. I love our “nerky” coversations. He makes me smile Anyways, Mobsters was the main topic, as well as Mafia Wars… which is now my new “addiction” on Myspace. OH LORD.

Drove mom to Vons and dropped off my application at Game Stop. I rrrrrrrrrreally hope I get the job… hopefully my prior retail experience will benefit me. Stopped by Cold Stone and got myself a waffle cone with chocolate ice cream, since my dream last night involved ice cream… and rednecks, NPH, cops (who ate ice cream), cars sinking into the freeway, a Buzz Lightyear-themed rocket/plane… seen driving on the freeway, and ripping off cow’s legs (IDK WTH that means). According to DreamMoods.com, to see or eat ice cream in your dream, denotes pleasure and satisfaction with your life. It is also an indicative of good luck and success in love. That works for me! It’s weird, I always dream about stuff the night before and the next day I see/hear/do something that pertains to whatever I dream about. The past few months I’ve noticed that happens, so if I dream about something (like ice cream, for instance) I “make it happen,” so to speak… if that makes sense.

I think when I finally manage to get my lazy ass off Myspace, I’m going to finish watching Dragon Heart, because I haven’t seen that movie in years, and I was watching it earlier this morning. The rest of the day will be spent wasting time, in other words. It’s too damn hot to do anything! Post-summer heat is just as bad as summer heat.