Congratulations, Ashley and John, on little baby Bennett!

No epidural, no C-section, no nuthin'. She just pushed that sucker right out. Mmm. No wonder people say that giving birth can be the most painful experience of your life.

Can't wait. [ rolling eyes here ] Not that it's happening anytime soon. Should probably find a suitable mate first. :)

The sound of rain lulls me to sleep. The sound of a downpour makes me ultra lethargic.

The timing of the rain: when I have to get up (bad), and when I am supposed to go to sleep (good).

A "downpour" of another type:

Pics from hangin' with Turbo! (Oh, and his lovely owners of course, haha!)

The month of June 2006 in pics! Man, I was a little busybody last month. Musicals, baby showers, black belt tests, scams, Mom's birthday, and going to my first seafood and oyster bar. Cute doggies inside as well! Oh, AND includes pics from when a certain "spa" got busted! [ cough cough ]

And, the nutsness has just begun: As one of his proud non-Desi aunties, I would like to welcome little baby Nathan to planet Earth, weighing in at at a healthy 6lbs 13oz, 20in tall. How Annie and Jerry could have produced something that cute is beyond me. Hahah j/k guys. Congratulations.


Also, today I saw my mom and dad have a mini-spat in front of me for the first time in a while. I wondered if I fought like them, and have decided that my fighting style is the worst of both worlds. Yuck.

And now that I have inundated ye with this deluge of pictures and random info, I shall bid you goodnight. :)

I have found an online radio station that I LOVE blasting after getting home:

overxposure.fm

It's so chill and relaxed that I feel like I should be soaking in a bubble bath when I listen to this (which I have never done, but ought to try one of these days).

I. CAN'T. SLEEP.

No more coffee and tea for me past 10pm. YARGHHHHH!!!!!!!

Currently in a mess of emotions and logic swirling all around me tearing at me from all directions engulfing me overwhelming me and quite frankly, tiring me out. Good night!

Oh, and I had MSG for lunch and I am STILL thirsty out the wazoo. Yargh!

HAHAHAHAHAH. VIP Spa next door got busted today by a bunch of HPD sporting black bank robber masks. They came in to ask us a few questions but that was it. I didn't get to see the action because I was working in the back, but I did get to see the cops standing outside.

Sorry guys, they'll be out of business temporarily. :P

Somehow having become an honorary member of Annie's family, I headed over to help host another party at their digs, this time for an older crowd. It was almost funny how for some time, the aunties totally ignored me and my non-brown skin and chattered away in one of the many Indian languages. :) Fun was had, and I got to take home enough leftovers to feed me for a week. Score one for the bachelorette!

Post-party hangout pictures with lots of silly posing going on here. Ooh, and I'm in a lot of the pictures (which means that yes, I let someone else touch my camera)! Woohoo!

Quote of the day: "I want a camera like this for my birthday!" - Stella, referring to my Digital Rebel XT, which is so much fun! :)

I've found that I've grown more and more cynical about the world; as a child, I did not know and could never fathom that the world revolves around money (Chinese link). Upon entering working life, yes, there is stuff I have to do to make money. But what I do is small-fry compared to government and large companies, who don't just do stuff out of the goodness of their hearts. There's always some financial advantage to it, be it direct short-term return on the investment, or a long-term advertising campaign hidden under the guise of public service that will eventually net them a return later.

If you have an hour and twenty minutes, watch Loose Change if you feel like thinking through different possibilities to the motives behind 9/11, the good or evil nature of human beings, the power of the media, and the power of human greed. It made me sad. Yes, I believe it is possible. When human greed is involved, the things that are possible don't surprise me anymore.

Yup, I'm a cynic about the world, but somehow an optimist for the most part about individuals and myself. Can't change the world (oh, how I held those ideals so long ago!), but I can at least try to be happy in my own way in a power-hungry world.

Saw Must Love Dogs for the 2nd time.

And now I can't get "The First Cut is the Deepest" outta my head. @#$%.

And then, by cosmic coincidence, I called sillyvibe up and we ended up chatting about lil' Turbo. Haha.

Walmart bicycle on sale back in 1992: $89
Wimpy wire bike lock: $2
Parking bike on the sidewalk outside of work because there's no place to lock it to: $0
Someone trying to ride off with it but falling down because of the wimpy bike lock: priceless

That's what you get when you try to take something that's not yours. I wish I had seen the thief wannabe in action so I could take a picture of his retarded ass. I'm just glad he didn't break any of the spokes. F***er.