I guess it is about time that i update my blog again... even though i am afraid to bore yall out of yalls minds... therefore, i shall be random. AGAIN!!!

**this past week was week 1 of second semester. hmmph, so far so good so it seems. i am still quite caught up with my procrastination: my notes, handouts, and course syllabi for all different courses are randomly stacked in *one* single folder randomly stuffed in my bag. heh! at least i have papers and pens...

**friday afternoon i decided to go downtown to do a little bit of shopping. need to buy dress pants. of course, found no dress pants; i did, however, bought a cute little hat . its so cute. before i stepped inside BR, calantha joined me. i was originally looking for a wooly winter hat; unfortunately calammy got me a side tracked and distracted by this pink one. ah well, i suppose it will keep me pseudo warm now and when spring comes 6 months later i can still use it. :) i wonder if i will have to buy pink clothes to match? maybe i can continue to wear all black and the pink will just accentuate?

**i also got to check out calantha's new frou frou studio overlooking michigan ave above the chicago river right behind the wrigley building. so cute! note to self: must invite self to her place when city celebrations and chicago river fireworks are going on. how frou frou!! she can even stalk neighbors and office scandals with her hand-me-down binoculars from daddy!! fantabulous!!! afterwards we saw the new bennifer (ben stiller and jennifer aniston) movie along came polly . there is really no lesson to be learned from the movie. it was like most other ben stiller movies-- really silly and funny. good entertainment for a relaxing night. hahahahahaahha.

**sat evening i went to gina's for her birthday party. her apt is also really cute. we stayed there for a bit while more of gina's friends came and while i ate like a super piggie and chugged wine like no one's business, then we headed over to trader todd's for some more drinking and karaoking. mind you, christinie does not sing until she becomes severly intoxicated. unfortunately and fortunately, i put no one's ears to such torture. ha! the bar was very crowded, as we got there very late. i had a good time with everyone else. petey, polish basia, gina, and andy all sang. andy was pissed when some chickie was trying to steal his stage and spotlight by singing with him and other things. read about it on his blog. hahhahahahah. awww...

**this entire weekend's working experience at starbucks had been stupid. why are people so stupid? ugh!! dont people know that they should at least pretend to be nice or smart with us so that we dont *accidentally* spit or drop things in their drinks?? i got to work on sat afternoon. not even 10 min after i started, the line was out the door. i was originally assigned to the espresso bar but paul's computer decided to be bad so i had to take the other register. boo hoo! of course, store continued to be busy for the next hrs. boo! i dont understand why people would stand in line for 5 min (inevitable with the high volume customers we have) and would still spend an addition min or two in FRONT of the register to decide what to have. ugh!!! then when i was making drinks at the bar later, this customer (a regular) was waiting for his drink. this dude always tries to talk to me for no reason. i dont even think i ever tried to be nice to him beyond the professional level.

guy: wooo wanna check out my newest toy?
chris: hmm, ok...
guy: (whipping out some small high tech stuff) here it is
chris: (temporarily not thinking clearly) oooh, what is that?
guy: its a hard drive! for my digital camera.
chris: oh yeah, thats right. it looks like one of those usb key things. i need to get one for my laptop.
guy: yeah, its so cool. i can take pictures and download them directly to my computer.
(more blabbering and comments)
guy: oh! i should take pictures of you guys. can i take a picture of you????
chris: (blunt) uh, NO.
guy: you dont like your pictures taken? i can put it on my hard drive.
chris: no, i dont like my pictures taken.
chris: (continuing to make drinks) oh, is this your americano???
blah blah blah blah

ugh! later this guy got permission and took pictures of random shots of the store and other baristas. what the hell is wrong with this guy!?

sunday afternoon was so ass slow. but of course, two hrs before i was to go home second city's show let out and everyone and mom were done with dinner and the crowd just POURED in. OH MY GOD, i think i seriously made more than 200 drinks during those 2 hrs. here is a fyi, do not order cappucinos when the store is busy. not from me at least. boo, when the store is busy, i get lazy and dont have time to steam fresh cold milk to make silky foam for fabu cappucinos. shhh, dont tell anyone though. ugh! i was ass tired afterward, but i think i must be blessed with inability to not be busy. i think i actually enjoyed being busy and running around... whats wrong with me!?

**today i actually went out to gurnee mills. i wanted to find a shorter, sportier coat/jacket for the cold weather. it's been so cold recently. brrrrr!!! my bro suggested that i should buy a ski jacket cuz he thinks the quilted puffy jackets "are not cool." hahaha, whatever. i dont wanna always bum around in my stupid wool coats. besides, who goes running or roller blading (on ice!) with a long, wool coat!? basia this morning decided for me that i should go to gurnee mills since there is a bass pro and sports authority (as opposed to going to the columbia outlet near kenosha) and then i can come over for dinner. SHES SO KIND!! she even told me to bring laundry. anywho, i bought this: its so bright and so fun! got to the noverinis-- i actually felt embarrassed that i brought laundry... in stupid ghetto laundry bag and pile of bed sheets. it seriously felt like its college/going home to ma and pop's again. boo. all was well, i helped basia cook dinner while pete made fun of asians. we made the honey mustard chicken. SOOO good.

**ok, this is one ass long blog. i should go to sleep and get ready for school!!! andy, are you still visiting me tomorros (tuesday) night?