Uh Oh

This is a blog down memory lane. The year is 1997 and the dial up modem is in full effect like Wrex N' Effects (but 5 years later). The world is crazy about the interweb and alladvantage.com is about to revolutionize the way we surf the net. If you can identify with any of the crazy bantar written above, you sir/mam are ready to officially enter dwayne's World.

ZZZZZZZZ, ffffffffffffffff, kkkkkkkkkkkkkk, deeeeee is the keyboard reenactment of a dial up modem. 36 seconds and 28.8k later, you are offically connected to the internet. But before you double click the Internet Explorer icon, a question cuts through the air drowning out the sound of your brother pretending to practice piano in the background. It's your Mom asking you why everytime she hears ZZZZZZZZ, ffffffffffffffff, kkkkkkkkkkkkkk, deeeeee, none of her friends can phone the house. You smile and reply, "Not sure, I guess it's just a busy signal. Kind of like a faxee gay."

With the formalities out of the way, you aim your mouse arrow and proceed to double click your two button, non click wheel, geometrically shaped mouse. It's officially e-mail time. If you're lucky, there will be a message from a buddy who you haven't heard from in a while. And if it's a really good day, you'll get an e-mail with a subject line that looks like this fwd: hilarious jokes. Now it's on like donkey kong. Time to go nuts and laugh out loud.

As the e-minutes tick away, and your Mom's phone calls have mysteriously vanished, a more pressing issue is at hand. It's time to double click the little flower. You know, the yellow centered flower, surrounded by the nonchalant green petals and lonely single red petal. Yep, it's ICQ time. For all you new chat program users (MSN and later), ICQ = I Seek You. Don't act like you're not impressed.

You then login into your user account like this:

ICQ: 53886449
Password: password

After a few revolutions of the single red petal, your e-world is connected. Instant yellow rectangles blitz your 17" CRT monitor. A bombardment of Uh Oh's rip through the speakers giving you all the e-props you need. And so it begins....the beginning of the end. E-minutes tick into E-hours. The sound of birds chirp to the morning sun. "Just a few more minutes Mom, I'm going to fun gow right now!"

dT

Bubye 2008.... Hullo, 2009.

Hello, kiddos!  I didn't forget about this place.  I guess my lack of blogging has been a result of (or combination of) 1) lack of time, 2) laziness, 3) lack of interesting things to say.  Maybe I'm the only one who still read this blog.  That's ok, I have no problem talking to and reflecting on myself.  The year of 2008 has whipped by quickly before my eyes and I still can't believe it's 2009 already.  2008 has been a fulfilling year with lots of blessings and excitement along the way.  Let's recap, shall we?

• Visited Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong with my hubby in March.  It was our first vacation together!  Originally, we didn't plan on vacationing after the wedding (we didn't even have a honeymoon).  But alot of my families (including my 93 year old grandma) from my mom's family were unable to attend our wedding back in 2007, so we decided to use the 1.5 weeks we had in spring break to visit my grandma and relatives in HK.  We found a great deal in the end so we stopped by Tokyo for 3 nights before our HK trip.  It was a fun trip.... too short, though.  We hope to return to Japan some day.
• Celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary.... actually, we didn't really celebrate.  I think we went to Kingspark for dinner (mmmm, honger mini-meals) and rented a movie afterwards.  We didn't even have gifts for each other or anything.... just cards.  But, we did go to a nicer place for dinner later on to celebrate our 10 years together as a couple.  The best part was, the meal was free because we had a gift card.  Double woooooo!
• My best friend gave birth to a healthy, handsome little boy!  He's probably the best looking baby I've met so far, and he melts my heart!
• Went to Vegas for 6 days.  It was an impromptu trip as hubs and I weren't planning on vacationing again after the Asia trip.  However, my coworker was able to score us a deal on a 1 bedroom apartment (with full size kitchen!) right on the strip for $40/night.  We also flew on Allegiant Air out of Bellingham to save money because, well, it was $80 per person for flight.  Score!
• Hubs and I both got into grad school and started our programs in September.  It was crazy going to work full time and doing school part time, but we survived our first term and did really well in our courses.   I was proud of the fact that I still managed to cook at home most of the days (besides eating with our parents).  And we didn't kill each other. Let's hope this keeps up.
• My brother got into VPD.  We are all so proud of and excited for him.  I think my dad even recorded a VHS clip of him being interviewed on the news... lmao.  Our families are looking forward to him graduating from the academy this summer.  (I want a ride in the cop car... with sirens on!  weeeee!)

The hubs and I were very lucky to both have 2 weeks off from work and school over the holiday break, so we took the opportunity to bum around and do nothing.  It was weird for the first day or two... not having any work or readings to do at home, and I was constantly on my Blackberry doing work emails.  It didn't take us long to start learning how to relax (I think hubs is better at this than me).  We mainly vegged at home, rented movies, braved the crowded malls, got caught up and finished Heroes' Season 2 (Yattaaaa!), spent time with our families, and hung out with a few good friends over the holidays.  I was happy to have time to cook and bake for families and friends.  Aside from getting small presents for our parents and brothers, we tried to stay away from overspending on things we don't really need because really, we're already blessed with far too many things we don't deserve.  But, I did get a coffee card for the hubs at his favorite coffee shop (not Starbucks!), and he got me a pair of iPod headphones so that I can use my iPod when I'm at the gym.  Have I mentioned how sucky the stock ones are?  They never want to stay in your ears and don't even try to work out with them on... they just slide right off your ears as soon as you move.

Anyways, there are many things I hope to accomplish in 2009.  Some of which include:

• Having more patience at work.  Oh dear, I couldn't count how many times at work I've lost my cool and was really close to killing anything that moves near me.  Not good.
• Keep up with my work out sessions at the gym (I completely stopped my exercise routine over the holidays, so I'm looking forward to getting back on it next week).
• Find time to do devotions.
  

Happy new year, everyone.  I hope this year brings you much love and happiness along the way!