MONEY MAKING MAMA

People crack me up. hahahaha. On the news:

"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A Bakersfield woman faces charges that she counterfeited money and identification cards after her 10-year-old son turned her in to authorities.

According to Kern County Superior Court records, the boy gave sheriff's deputies phony money last month that his mother created. The child told investigators she also had a computer that makes fake ID cards.

Deputies executing a search warrant seized computer disks, scanners and printers.

The thirty-year-old woman is due in court Friday. She faces several charges, including possessing equipment to commit forgery.

Deputies said she was arrested July 4 and posted $50,000 bail the same day."

Hahahhaha. First of all, what a smart little 10 yr. old. He knows the difference between right & wrong. Good for him. Second of all, I wonder if he did it out of spite because she wouldn't give him any of the money that she was making. hahaha. And thirdly, she was arrested & posted $50,000 bail the same day. Uh, she probably paid with the fake money that she made you idiots! LMAO!

GOOD MUSIC STILL EXISTS

Songs that I'm feeling as of late (in random order.) Some of them are kinda old/ played out now cuz I was supposed to write this blog a while back lol. Oh well, I still like them

1) "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down
I love the melody & lyrics of this song. It's beautiful

A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me


2) "Stop and Stare" by One Republic
Also love the melody & lyrics of this song.

Steady feet, don't fail me now
I'm gonna run till you can't walk
But something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down...

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're here not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need

3) "Collide" by Howie Day
I love this hook. Love love love the notes.

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide

4) "Mercy" by Duffy
I heard this song on the radio a couple of weeks ago & have been trying to hear it again but no one's been playing it. It is HOTTT!!!! Lovee it!!!

I love you
but i gotta stay true
my morals got me on my knees
I'm begging please stop playing games

I don't know what this is
cause you got me good
just like you knew you would

I don't know what you do
but you do it well
I’m under your spell

You got me begging you for mercy
why won't you release me
you got me begging you for mercy
why won't you release me
I said release me

THE DARK KNIGHT

Ok, seriously? When I said you HAVE to go watch The Dark Knight, I meant it. And when I said do whatever you have to do? I meant with good judgement, duhhhhh. Sneaking in to a theater is one thing, but leaving your 2 year old in the car with the windows rolled up to watch TDK is inexcusable. You IDIOT!!! What the *#%! were you thinking? Well, obviously you weren't, but DAMNNNNN!!!

According to the press, David Farnham shares custody with the child's mother & it apparently was his weekend to watch his son. Little old David wanted to go see TDK without any interruptions so he decides to leave him in the car & goes to see the movie. WITH the windows rolled up might I add. It was 11:30 at night but it was still 87 degrees. Yea, need I paint more of the picture?

A fellow movie-goer passed by the car & saw a little boy sweating & crying & called the police. During the last 10 minutes of the movie, they cops went into the theater, turned the movie off, turned the lights on & said that they were looking for Farnham. And they told the crowd why they were arresting him too. lol. Everyone threw stuff at him as he was escorted out of the theater. Man I wish I was there!

Boys & girls, the lesson for the day is to not ever ever ever leave anyone, especially babies in the car by themselves. Especially with the windows rolled up. And especially not for a movie that's almost 3 hours long, ok? Thanks!

Anyhoos, now to the main attraction.

Need I say more?

Well, if you must... The Dark Knight is one of the greatest comic book turned movie ever. Heath Ledger gave the, needless to say, best performance of his career. Christian Bale was hot as always, they replaced Katie Holmes with Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, Morgan Freeman was awesome as always, Aaron Eckhart was a good two-faced, and the movie is, as of this moment, breaking box office records as we speak.

The scariest thing about Ledger was that he was a surpassingly smart Joker. He didn't have any special powers except for smarts & how to manipulate people into doing what he wanted them to (with a little dynamite here & toys there of course.)

The action was packed as expected, the heat between Rachel & Bruce was still there, and the toys & gadgets were banging!

Honestly, this is the 1st movie review where I don't have much to say. I just want you to go see it. lol. It is self-explanatory. Trust me, you won't want your money back...

"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger."

"Bruce: Why don't we put some tables together?
Harvey Dent: I don't think they'll let us.
Bruce: They should…I own the place."

"Wanna know how I got these scars?"

"Bruce: I need a new suit.
Lucius: Yes, three buttons is a little '90's, Mr. Wayne"

"You wanted me, here I am."

"Do I look like a guy with a plan?"

WANTED

For those of you who haven't seen Wanted yet, what are you waiting for?! No I mean, seriously. Why haven't you seen that movie? Are you ok? And if you haven't seen The Dark Knight yet then shame on you! I mean, I know the economy is bad but come on! Sneak in if you have to, I don't care! Go watch those movies!


I'll talk about Dark Knight next but right now we're gonna focus on Wanted...


Wanted by far has some of the best action that I've ever seen in a movie: the cars, the guns, the stunts, the cast... wheu!!! Loved it!!!


If you haven't seen the trailer (say hi to the rock for me by the way) the movie is basically centered around James McAvoy who plays Wesley Gibson, an anxiety pill popping doormat to family, friends & coworkers. He works in a small cube filling out billing reports day after day. While at the drug store refilling his prescription, Wesley is approached by Fox (Angelina Jolie) whom precedes to tell him that his dad was the greatest assasin to ever live & the other one is behind him ready to blow him into pieces. Fox takes Wesley back to the Fraternity's place, where a secret society of assassins in which his father was a part of, reside. They train him rigorously until he controls all the special gifts that he was born with in order to avenge his father's death.


Wanted is filled with a spectacular (and my personal favorites) cast, from Angelina & Morgan Freeman to Common & Thomas Kretschmann (who plays Cross, Wesley's dad.) Who is so damn fine by the way. Wheu!!! That is a hot dad! It also explodes with a great storyline, smooth editing, action packed stunts & incredible graphics. It's going on my favorite movies list. I shall make one by the way & update it as often as I watch. Hmm...


It's still in theaters so if you haven't seen it then you've still got a chance. It's been out for almost a month but is still one of the top selling tickets at the box office, racking in over $219 million thus far. Go see it!!!


"Kill one, maybe save a thousand."

"Welcome... to the Fraternity. This gun you're holding belonged to your father; he could conduct a symphony orchestra with it."

"Fox: I want you to curve the bullet.

Wesley: How am I supposed to do that?

Sloan: [walking in] It's not a question of how. It's a question of what. If no one told you that bullets flew straight, and I gave you a gun and told you to hit the target, what would you do? Let your instincts guide you."

"I'm the Repairman."

"What do you repair?"

"A lifetime of bad habits."

THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG

It's Friday & I'm in a crappy mood. Don't take me wrong, I'm VERYYY glad that it's Friday because I'm off for the weekend, but... I'm having a blah day. I don't like what I'm wearing, my hair looks like crap cuz I washed it last night, ergo it's fuzzy at the roots. Not nappy, but more like the baby hairs are sticking up & there's no way that I can make it lay down cuz I don't like putting products in my hair. Go figure.

I got 3 hours of sleep last night, got to work 15 min. late this morning, stomach hurts a little bit & it's freaking freezing at my job. Needless to say, yours truly is not having a good day right now. Therefore, I am making a hate list. Of random things. Not just from today but everyday. And in no particular order. Sue me.

1) Bathroom doors that has openings 2 inches wide on each side so people can peep in & see you. Who the hell can't measure and/or is a perv?

2) People who complain all the time. Especially through loud random outbursts. For the record, I don't give a flying flip! I'm having a bad day too; don't wanna hear about your shit! Keep it inside until it accumulates & you go shoot a random person at the grocery store or something. I don't care! Just, shut up!

3) Sporadic headaches. They come & go out of nowhere! Ughh!!! Even though they only lasts about 30 secs they are a pain in the ass. I mean, head. Whatever.

4) Sporatic toothaches. *insert me stabbing someone here* There's nothing worse than a toothache. I'd rather have a million headaches than one toothache. Cuz most of the time it leads to a headache anyway. So save me the extra pain shall we & just skip to the 30 sec headache? Thanks!

5) The fact that technology fail too often for my liking. Our company runs on our own system so when it breaks down I basically can't do anything because all of the info that I need to work on is in there. All our client's names, info & etc! So I gotta sit there & wait for it to be fixed & try not to choke the crap out of the people that are complaining about the system being down. Refer to #2.

6) Brando's ugly habit of jumping onto people. He doesn't jump on me as much because he knows better, but everytime we have guests he's unnecessarily hyper & toooooo excited for his own good & jumps all over them. He has sharp claws so it scratch people sometimes & it hurts! He also loves to lick! Well duh he's a dog & that's what dogs do to show their affection but he's tricky with it. He's smart so he knows what he's doing. But everytime I squat down on the ground to fix his bed or rinse out his bowl outside he'll run up behind me, lift up my shirt & lick my back. Little bastard. It was cute for awhile but not so much anymore. And sometimes he'll jump on me, lift up my shirt & lick my stomach. It's so disgusting. And if I'm not wearing jeans he'll drench my ankles with slob. Asshole. I remember one day I came in the house heated cuz both of my ankles were soaking wet & Q was like "What's wrong?" & saw my ankles & died laughing. It wasn't funny. At the moment.

7) Spending $90 on groceries that last 2-3 days max. I have some big boys with an even bigger appetite in my house. Why the hell is the price of everything going up & not my salary? huh? How much sense does that make you stupid government?!

8) Speaking of, $40 to fill my tank now. Used to be $20. Every couple of days. Even though we carpool. It's not much compared to other people's cars but still! Ughh!!!

9) The fact that I went to a bunch of different stores in the mall, tried on outfits, finally found what I wanted to buy, stood in line, got up to pay & didn't have my card with me. And only like 5 bucks in cash. Moped...

10) Being too sleepy to finish a movie. Or start a movie too late, it's so good that I can't stop watching & end up getting 3 hours of sleep for work the next day. Damn my obsession.

11) Busy work

12) Just cuz you see me doing something for someone else doesn't mean you should feel obligated to ask me to do it for you too. I already did it once. And I hate repeating stuff.

13) And I hate repeating stuff

13b) Being asked to get up to get something for someone as soon as I sit down & get comfortable. Even worse when asked to go back to the place where I just came from.

14) People who use my stuff & don't put it back where they found it. I have warning signs around my cube now. Put it back or get ink poisoning.

15) Getting an eyelash, or anything, in my eye. Contacts + intruder = Hanh turning into the Hulk.

16) People who are nice to you when they know damn well you hate each other. I do it sometimes for political reasons. Even though I honestly could give a *rhymes with duck.* But most of the time if I don't like you I won't talk to you. Take the hint & go screw yourself.

17) Ugly babies. Yes there are ugly babies! And don't get mad at me if I make a face out of uncontrollable reaction and/or on purpose. I love most babies. Just not yours.

18) Impatient people. Especially at an eatery. People who make a loud scene when their order is wrong. Yea you're so not getting any dandruff flakes and/or other stuff that secretes from the chef's body in your food. Seen "Waiting" lately?

19) People who can't control their kids. I'd gladly help you out but I might get arrested, therefore not such a good idea.

20) The fact that I've been cursing way too much as of late. I've got alot of anger inside of me. Maybe from all the things from the list above. Go figure. But Actor & I had a swear jar thingy going on last week. He did it so I would stop cursing so much. Basically we had to put in a dollar for every curse word & at the end of the week whoever curses the least gets all the money. Tell me why I only cursed 4 times & he about 20? So I got 20 bucks. We didn't do it this week though; I've stopped cursing as much. I usually try not to curse so much on here cuz I dunno who reads my blog & I don't wanna be a bad influence. (Yes I do care! About children especially. I feel so bad every time I accidentally curse around them.) And I usually don't curse much but as of late I've just been really really angry. Sure I could throw out a ton of "big, intellectual" words in it's place but hell, cursing makes me feel good sometimes.

And so does this list.

POPPING UPDATE

July 6th
6am

Went to sleep after drawing the Victorian design that's on our comforter. Felt like drawing at the moment... Popped everything inbetween sleep. Hey, I went all the way from 4pm to 6am without popping anything so I deserved it. And it felt damn good too.

July 7th
Popped everything when I woke up at 6am. Popped my hands & toes at 1:10pm. Not too bad but think I'm digressing...

July 15th
It's been 10 days since I've started the challenge & I've been doing pretty well if I don't say so myself. The first day or two I couldn't think of anything but how uncomfortable my joints were cuz I wasn't popping them. I literally was walking around squeezing all 3 of their arms cuz I couldn't pop my joints. Cuz they were the one that made me go on the challenge in the 1st place. I was squeezing the hell out of their arms. lol. It helped a little bit. And then Meatball had the nerve to ask me if I could walk on his back! Are you freaking kidding me?! I told him "If I don't get to pop my bones, then your big ass sure as hell ain't getting yours popped. *insert Rihanna's "Please" here* But yea, the nerve of that guy! Ughhh!!!

That was last week, but as of late I'm not even thinking about the uncomfortness (I don't think that's a word but... it is now!) I probably pop my joints 5-10 times a day now; still alot but a big difference from 38-60. Only do it when I just can't take it anymore. I wanna get to the point where I only pop them once a day or, even better, once every few days. I'll keep resisting until I break this habit. I'm definitely glad that it's working...

IT'S ON & NOT POPPING

*Written July 5th*

Hi everyone. My name is Hanh. And I'm a popper.

I pop almost every single bone in my body: my neck, back, hands & toes. I used to pop my ankle every time before I walk too but somehow I stopped. It's horrible because it's such a habit to the point that I feel so uncomfortable if I don't pop them. And when I do I pop my whole entire body according to the list above. I do it at least 2-3 times an hour & since I get up at 6am on most days & go to sleep around 1 or 2am, I average 38-60 pops a day. Yea. That's 38-60 too many... And I have to pop my bones as soon as I get up in the morning & before I go to bed. If not then I can't sleep comfortably. It's a horrible horrible habit because my bones are gonna be all messed up when I get older.

So me, Actor & his little brothers were discussing & they challenged me to not pop my bones for as long as I can. Of course I took it; I love challenges. So I'm basically in agony right now cuz I wanna pop everything right at this very moment. As I'm typing this I want to pop my hands on the keypad. Ughhhh. But! I'm not gonna!

We'll see how long this lasts & if I stick to it if it'll stop me from popping permanently.

So here goes:

Day 1

5:16pm
Challenge started at 4pm. I've gone for 1 hour & 16 min. without popping anything. I haven't gone this long for I dunno howww long. Lord help me.

5:31pm
My left hand is aching/ so uncomfortable right now. Haven't popped it though. Mind over body. Wheu!!!

Me & Q ball just had a pillow holding contest to see who could balance a couch pillow with their foot the longest. We were lying on the couch on our backs with our legs raised in the air & a pillow on our foot. Him & Meatball decided to add another pillow on my foot. Follow by a box of matches, a cell phone & an xbox 360 wireless controller. And I held all of it steady too. Went for a while before my calves started burning & I STILL held it for a couple minutes more before I put it down. Whoo!!!

Ahh, the random things we do on a Saturday...

A MESSAGE BY GEORGE CARLIN:

*This is exactly how I feel... about everything. Quite amazing how someone I've never met can have the same exact views as myself & convey them into such beautiful flowing words. Very enlightening. He will be missed...

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don't send this to at least 8 people....Who cares?

George Carlin

DAY 3

*Monday June 2, 2008*

The last day of my streak of bad days. As if losing my phone and getting locked out of my house wasn't enough, I had to go to work on Monday...

I work for 3 different guys. It's kind of complicated to explain, but basically my bosses get paid on commission & if they sell enough clothes then the company will pay for me. If they don't then they have to pay for me out of pocket. 2 guys are on that plan & the other one pays me out of pocket period. He pays me in advance for the whole month at the 1st of the month. Basically I was set.

So come the 2nd, technically the 1st working day of the month, I came in to work & go about my day. The third boss called me into his office & I went in expecting to get a list of things to do right? Wrong. He asked me to sit down so I was already suspicious. He said that I'm a great assistant & yadi ya & went on to say that his daughter is off of school for the summer & needed a job. So basically he's sorry for the short notice but he has to give her my job. I mean, I was only working for him for 2 hours a day, 10 hours a week, but still. I was getting a nice little check from it.

He asked me if it was ok, but I mean, it was a rhetorical question. I didn't have a say in the matter did I? So rather than being all dramatic & rude & saying what I wanted to say, I just simply nodded & kept my cool. He said that she's coming in in a couple of hours so he'd tell her where my desk is if she needs any help. Mind you he just asked me if it was ok? So if I said that it wasn't then you'd call her & tell her not to come? Yea right. She was already told to come before you even spoke to me.

And she sure did come a couple of hours after he broke the news to me. Wearing a halter top & not looking professional at all. But hey, if I was working for my dad I'd wear whatever I want to too.

Mind you I'm an understanding & just person. It isn't a big deal if your daughter wants to work for you. That's fine. That's great. But you could've freaking gave me a heads up! I mean, damn! You HAD to have known before that morning. I mean, come on! You tell me the day of? So unprofessional!

I'm not mad at him at all. He's a great person & a great boss. I'm just mad at the timing of the whole situation. He was supposed to pay me that day. For the whole month. And needless to say I already had plans for the money so I had to rearrange my plans. It was horrible. I'm not sure what he's worth but quite sure that he's at least a millionaire so the x amount of money that I was supposed to get might not mean much to him but it means much to me. I'm not getting paid poorly but I'm not a millionaire either so a simple check makes a great difference in our household. Might I add I'm only 22 remember? I wasn't born into a rich family and/or inherited any money so I'm working class just like any other 20 something year olds. I'm still trying to establish myself.

Goes to show that people are really dispensable to some, especially in the work place. I'd like to think that I was a great assistant but I guess situations called for him to hire his daughter so... He said that when she goes back to school he'd ask me to work for him again but I'm not so sure I want to. I don't feel secured working for him anymore. Who's to say she doesn't need a job again? If I do agree to work for him we'd have to sign a contract saying he'd have to give me at least 2 weeks notice & compensate me for the other 2 weeks that I won't be getting paid for. That's the only way.

A month later I'm still recovering from the hit of that one missing check. But I'm doing fine. We're not going homeless or anything. It was just a huge inconvenience. But oh well, nothing's gonna dampen my mood or bring me down. I have plans & goals, dreams & aspirations. Nothing's gonna stop me. Not a water soaked phone, not a locked door, and definitely not money. Money will never rule my life nomatter how hard it tries. Because at the end of the day, it's just a piece of paper with numbers on it. Nothing more. Nothing less.