THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!

that's pretty much how i answered all the phone calls coming into the house last night.
me: THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!
dad: i know. so what's for dinner?
me: THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!
dad: i heard you the first time. so what did you eat?
me: THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!
dad: stop it. dinner?
me:....THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!
(i am so obnoxious sometimes).

i started writing this post back when the giants were playing the braves but was afraid to publish it. i'm kinda superstitious when it comes to this kind of stuff. don't want to jinx it. but now that they've won i can say things like "i love the giants!" and not worry about them losing the world series because of it. yes, 'cuz i think i have that much power.

back in the day i would watch their games on a regular basis. i'd be talking to ann on the phone and we'd both have the game on. it was pretty fun because she would have a 5 second delay so when she heard my reaction she'd go "WHAT?! oh".

the team seemed unstoppable but then the 2002 world series happened and the happy went away. just thinking about it would hurt. i didn't stop cheering for them but it was hard. they lost in seven games despite leading the series, jeff kent went to the dodgers (i hate them) and the whole barry bonds steroid thing was upsetting.

fast forward to this year and i would sometimes glance over the sports page to see if there were any giant players i still recognized. the team had a freak and a kung-fu panda (say what?). despite it being called a rebuilding year the team wasn't doing too bad. i read an article from columnist glen dicky about how molina should pass the torch and a buster posey should be called up. With the image of an animated blue rabbit (tiny toons) wearing a giants uniform dancing in a field of...posies i wondered if this would happen. would they replace a seasoned vet with a rookie?

i was at a bbq and a game was on. i kept staring at the catcher's outfit because it looked really crazy to me. then the guy lifts the mask off and before i knew it i found myself grasping kim's(woo)arm and asking, "who is that?".

flash forward a few months and i would find myself sitting in front of the tv forgetting to breathe with my hand covering my eyes. it's crazy really, jocelyn and i agreeing on the cuteness that is buster posey. oh and the fact the team was doing so well despite the critics is even better. take that haters! i really like this team. it's drama-free.

after ann and i watched brian wilson make the final pitch i found myself screaming. who knew seeing a bunch of grown men jumping up and down could bring so much joy? the heartbreak is over. it's time to party in the streets the sf way by using an iphone app to see where the party at.

it's been really fun watching this series especially when i have ann on the phone during the games and she's still getting the 5 second delay. aww, good times.

the giants won the world series. they're the 2010 world series champions. hella awesome.

don't be surprised if i randomly hug you these next few days. just don't get use to it.

"this is great. there's no barry bonds. there's no steroids. this team is legit". - giants fan

Trapped in An Infomercial

i was with allen in a mall on monday night looking for jeans and shoes when we found ourselves in the grip of a very aggressive saleswoman. next time i will think twice before i accept a free sample. i’m not sure why we were singled out. i wasn't screaming MONEY. i was in my work clothes and looked as though i got dressed in the dark because i got dressed in the dark (monday mornings are hard). we went through the normal what’s your name, where are you from, are you guys together together thing. then i found my hands coated in sugar and being commanded to rub them together. when I tried to escape she wouldn't let us go.

her nice approached then turned into the attack physical appearance approach. she hands me a mirror and tells me to look at myself as she points out all my skin’s trouble areas. does she not think i own a mirror or am exposed to shiny surfaces? i know my skin is gross because I am lazy. the face wash i have at home works just fine if only i’d take the time to use it. besides i live in an asian household. there isn't much in the way of criticizm that can faze me at this point.

eventually she let us go and was not happy about it. she spent 45 minutes with us and couldn’t get us to buy a thing. i think i could’ve escaped earlier but allen was so polite he could’ve been eaten. now i don’t mean the same way i want to eat buster posey up with a spoon(buster posey is so adorable. kawai. ok focus). i mean some people take advantage of the overly nice.

the saleswoman shouldn't feel bad about not making a sale. there was no way i was going to drop $50 on jars of hand sugar and face butter. i’m asian with a sprinkling of jew. good luck with getting me to loosen my purse strings.

Good-bye jenblue

i always thought we’d have forever but alas this is not so. in a world of ADD and limited space jenblue has been denied immortality.

yahoo closed geocities so all my posts before May 2008 are gone. I didn’t realize this until someone asked me to find an old link to another page. When I looked I learned it was all gone. 6.5 years of emo down the drain.

i thought my thoughts would float around in cyberspace forever. generations to come would read them and the world would be a better place. remember the squirrel ramen post? how about the anti-Sprint one? remember the bubble post? what a tragedy! So good-bye jenblue versions I-III, good-bye we don't know what we are doing, good-bye meet joanne, good-bye laurie's page.

it could've been much worse. we should all be grateful i got over my stubbornness and got a blog or else everything would be gone. perhaps i should have everything transferred to facebook since i heard they keep users's data forever. you know so they can steal...share your ideas.

i'll miss you jenblue (of geocities).

Resident Evil: The College Edition

growing up my parents would stress the importance of a good education. i remember being sick and my mom would tell me to get well soon so i wouldn't fall too far behind. yes because missing out on the proper way to use glue and macaroni would lead me to failure later in life.

the importance of school has not been lost on me even to this day. i had a dream i was back in the same ivy league college from the last dream and well the zombie apocalypse was upon us. i managed to lead a group to safety. there was running around, ducking under tables and i killed a zombie with a dry erase marker. yes, i am that skilled. i was annoyed the whole time because i was in a review session and the zombies would not leave us alone.

the next day classes continued. i was taking advanced calculus and so was jocelyn. asked why she was there she said for fun -_-. on campus they were cleaning up the mess the zombies left behind. zombies are pretty messy.

when i got to english class the assignment was to write about what we did during the zombie apocalypse. ann said she missed the whole thing because she was stuck in line at the cafeteria. they were selling corn dogs filled with hot dogs wrapped in bacon.

i think i love dream college.

That Is Coco, Former Cat Killer

i loved field trips growing up. a break from the everyday routine was nice. wasn't much of a fan of theme parks because my grandmother said the rides could stop my heart. good thing my parents told me my heart wasn't so fragile. i just wish they didn't wait until i was 18 to do so.

work has left it up to me to do software installs on site for customers. so i get to go on field trips. here are some highlights:
- traffic
- heat wave
- "do the install quickly, we are in a bad neighborhood"
- being in an scene worthy of Hoarders
- chinese desktop. "even if i were to remotely connect to the computer we can't help much. we're from montana....we're all white"
- fish farm
- best way to reform a cat-killing dog is to acquaint him with a kitten
- seeing a $11,000 figurine. there's only 3 in the U.S.
- "that install went well. it only took 7 friggin' times"

yay field trips.