OK. WELCOME BACK, ME, AGAIN. PART DEUX.

Ok. I can't even remember if a lot of things have been happening recently. The most important issue I have been concerned about has been finding a job/career. Currently, I'm still a lovely J.CREW Associate which has been great cuz I love the people I work with and love customer service, and I think I might even have a knack @ retail somewhere down the line. Yes, you heard it here first. But I just got a call from 20th Century Fox Tv Publicity and I have an interview MOnday. Fingers crossed. I guess this entry will be made up of random thoughts and recounting memories of the past couple of weeks.

MELL's GOING AWAY *BOW CHICKA-BOW-WOW* POW WOW: consisting of LOTSA friends, deltas, boys, and alcohol. Dinner was @ Miyagi's and it was great seeing and yappin with everyone that came. Drinks flowed right from the get-go with Mell tippin back a nice, refreshing LONG ISLAND!! Those in attendence, Mell, Mao, Jen Ito, Vanessa, Annette. Jessica, Caroline, Everly, Angie, Angie's Bf Ryan without the B, Cindy and Cin's Bf Jamie, Master P "Matt", Merlo, Eric, Joe, Seung, and Jin, Lance and Frances, and I forgetting anyone?! Anyways, drinks flowed thanks to the generous boys who kindly offered us beverages, Caroline even hit on the Frenchie bartender in which she swapped her number for free drinks. Caroline, caroline, always knows how to take one for the team. FYI: Frenchie called her up a couple days later for a date. hahah. Miyagi's, surprisingly, plays great music videos. Alotta alternative rock, such as COldplay, Chevelle, Bush, NO Doubt, in which we decided to sing half the songs, and do cool 80's dance moves. Well me and Matt decided to Robot and Worm around in a pair, it was awesome. I'm VERY impressed that Matt, of all nerds and dorks, can DANCE!! He can actually punk-move. Talk about never judgin a book by its cover! (No offense Matt, love you, you know that!)

Anyways, we were there for a while, drinkin' sake bombs, tequila puffs, *unmentionable* named drinks, yeah. Nuff bout liquids. Next off it was DUBLINS, but DUBLINS does not have a dance floor anymore to our surprised so we left ASAP, but not before Caroline decided to get into a lil argument with one of the Dublin guys. ANyways, Matt decided to piss off the bouncers by wearing his "DORK" cap to the side and tellin the bouncers that the place sucked ass, so bouncers were like, "if he tries to come back in, don't let him."

After DUB's, it was off to SADDLEBAGS, i mean, SADDLE RANCH, aka SAUNA. TOo many people. Too little rooom. Crowd was crappy. And yeah, Too many people giving off too much sweat and heat, so needless to say, our entourage BOUNCED. NEXT STOP: The Standard on Sunset.

The Standard: was great, strongggg drinks, good lookin crowd, great ambiance. Yeah. Till Caroline decided to walk into the kitchen with a drink and chuck the glass on a table full of glasses and piss off the kitchen staff. But this is after she pee's on these steps cuz the line was too line for the b-room. Annette, thanks for watching out for her. Caroline seriously makes any outting, a MEMORABLE one. Time to roll out, as we head to... NAKWON in K-TOWN.

Drinking + Late Nite = Trip to K-town for Kalbi Tang. Short Rib Soup, for you white folk. SO we go, and drink our hangover healer. And the nite concludes. THanks for the memories. It was fun. Thanks to Matt for generously driving my car so we couldn't be sober.

SUNDAY: BRUNCH with THE GURLS @ PEDALS CAFE @ SHUTTERS @ THE BEACH HOTEL, Santa monica.
BEAUTIFUL PLACE, DAY, COMPANY, EVERYTHING! We sat on the patio, as this was an early Birfday Brunch for dear CINDY's 22nd BDAY. Which is today! SO everyone say HAPPY BDAY to cin! 7/10! This place is so pretty, and I'd recommend anyone to go have brunch here. We all tried something different almost, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Raisin Brioche French Toast, Roasted Salmon with Garlicky Potatoes and Buttered Green Beans, Eggs Benedict, and Chicken CLub Sandwich. ALL were magnificent!! I was drooling at all the food, as Mell pointed out, I especially went into fulll DROOL mode when I saw and tasted The Chicken CLUB. SOOOOOOOO YUM. Anyways, Cin got some of her bday gifts, including the KETTLE she's been dying to get. It was great. Just Fabulous. Mell and Annette are moving upnorth this week, and it's damn sad I tell yall. The gurls are finally seperating and Jess is getting weepy. WAHHHH!!!!

As for other highlights of the week, COOKING has been a big deal.
Monday Lunch: Turkey Sandwiches on rustic french bread: ---> Sliced fresh French Bread from La Brea Bakery toasted in the oven, with a bit of dijon spread, warm deli-thin turkey and ham with a sprinkle of melted cheddar, sliced avocado, arugala and tomato.
Night: Seared Lime-Cilantro Steak on a bed of Lime-Drenched Spinach and Arugala with sweet corn , cherry tomatoes and avocado, drizzled with a Honey Peppercorn Dijon dressing. In addition, a lovely Pan-roasted Red Trout in a tomato and spinach reduction. "Dinner was amazing!" -- Nick Yay! Alb made some delish pasta as well!

Wed Lunch: Seared Steak Sandwich with Fresh Guacamole Spread on French Toast Bread. It was good. I won't go into details and you aint gonna hear any complaints for my customers (aka, my sisters)
Wed Dinner: Red Pepper Ground Turkey Penne Pasta with fresh mushrooms and caramalized onions in a tomato garlic basil sauce. "Your pasta was soooooo good, Jess." --Guest

OK. Today is also Kat's bday. So everyone wish her a happy 23rd bday too!!! We're having dinner @ CYNTHIA's, this restaurant on 3rd st. Apparently she, the owner, aka Cynthia, is kinda mean sometimes to guests, but everyone loves the food so they don't give a crap!! Supposedly her COBBLER is to DIE FOR. SO it should be a wonderful evening!

As for this weekend, the Chen Gurls are cruisin up north to celebrate Kat's 23rd Norcal STyle. Dinner @ THE HOUSE, The dynasty clubbin the night away, Tea with the family on Saturday, and if Wei can find someone on ebay to sell her John Mayer tickets for Sunday, that'll be what's going down. IN the meantime, I hope I haven't bored my fellow blog readers to death. I hope this was worth a second of your time today. Yeah. Life outside of work, is a blast. Have a great day!!!! See you sooooon!!!