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16 MayThe [IM]Possible Dream.

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There was an event a week or two ago at Tapioca Express (which a friend of mine owns). My super artistic friend Dyno was invited to paint a mural on the wall along with some other artists so of course, I stopped by to show some support!

The unfinished mural on the wall! I wish I had stayed to snap a picture of the finished project, it’s really awesome. Maybe next time I stop by Tap, I’ll snap a picture.

One of my bestest friends who works there, Joey!

My friend who owns the place, he totally doesn’t know I took this picture. Well, I guess now he does. Sorry about that Ray… well no, not really lol :) .

One of my childhood best friends! We’ve grown apart in the last 10 or so years, but it’s always a pleasure to see her! We went on a quick Target run and it was nice hanging out again. You can’t see it, but we’re both sporting a Dyno shirt. I actually bought another one while I was there.

And why the hell is my hair blonde?! It’s red now! Ugh, damn you lighting!

One of the coolest things is all the weird things my friends come up with for new drinks and of course, getting to taste it all. Joey made a Chips Ahoy smoothie to be honest, it was good.

It was really really nice seeing my friends again, it’s been a really long time and I’ve been so busy with school and dealing with the married life that I barely get time to see or talk to my friends any more…

Hubby and I had to leave early because he was going to catch the Mosley and Mayweather fight at his friends house with his boys.

I ended up going, even though I had a grudge against the guy who’s house it was at… I decided to let it go. It’s been a few years since we had that fight and it was nice to see Adam again and not hate him. He’s a cool guy, just really hard to deal with sometimes (I mean that in a good way, if that makes sense)! And again, it was really really nice seeing the guys again. It’s been years since I’ve seen them… I guess that’s on me, I’ve been avoiding them. But it reminded me how much I miss them, even if they don’t really care for me being around. They’re all hilarious! And I missed long tight hugs from Mondo and the dumb things Ian says. And talking to Angela about Twilight! The downside to hanging out with the crew? They never go home. Seriously. Hang outs with them don’t end til 8AM, I’m being literal. These people don’t sleep! Which is great cause I don’t either, except I can’t be home that late lol.

Oh, the fight itself? Was intense. I see why people like boxing so much lol. I wish I had taken pictures of them playing beer pong and hanging out. Wasn’t really thinking about it, I guess lol.

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16 MayAudition Day!

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I know, this has been passed. I’ve been so busy with life and school and  oh my gosh! I just can’t wait until school is over and I only have class one night a week instead of three! I can taste it :) .

So Audition Day came and went… and it was a great experience. For once, I was not afraid standing in front of all those people I did not know with lights beaming on me and everyone just staring. My husband and sister-in-law came with me and we all stood there and answered questions. I was confident in the fact that there was no question they could ask me that would throw me off. Of course, I was wrong… but it was still a wonderful experience and it didn’t throw off my confidence!

First 50 people who got there were suppose to get a free Wicked poster signed by the San Fran cast but instead they gave out free signed CD’s! Even better! Even though my signature from Nicolas Dromard doesn’t match the one on my Play Bill, hmm… Nicolas? lol. We also got a $50 restaurant gift certificate.

I didn’t get my slot time before leaving the house so… I got to wait two hours before my name was called. I took the time to finish my Taco Bell. Bad idea, I had to poop when they called my name lol.

My sister-in-law had a crush on the worker running the sign in booth. Every time she passed by, my sister-in-law (left) would turn to my husband and go “yep! My future wife, right there!” LOL!

I was hoping my audition would end with enough time to go to the theater and say hi to the Wicked cast at Stage Door, but it ended pretty late. So we went searching for Chinatown instead and I was right :) . I haven’t been here since… before my husband and I started dating… and I met up with an ex boyfriend (who’s friendship I miss) that night with my cousin and two of my gay friends before we headed to the beach to drink where I ended up calling…. never mind lol. Let’s just say… memories of my old life. That’s all.

I have a love/hate relationship with San Fran, granted it never did anything to me… it was the things I did in it that I hate. Maybe I just have a love/hate relationship with my choices when I was younger. Not that I regret any of it, because I don’t. I cherish all the mistakes I made, especially the ones I made in SanFran, they’re what made me who I am today… a wiser and stronger person. But I do miss the “friends” I had. I do miss the people I hung around. I do miss the person who I never thought would leave me behind the most. Crazy, it’s been 6 years and sometimes I still wonder about it. And I should probably stop, or find some kind of final closure.

But at the same time, my memories of San Fran have been replaced with shopping, culinary school memories and of course, Wicked. Pier 39 doesn’t hold the same memories it use to when I’m there anymore, its replaced with memories of my husband watching sunset’s I use to watch alone, with me. With meals at Wipe Out (shark bites!), Bubba Gumps and Hard Rock Cafe. With walking from Pier 39 to Ghirardelli Square for banana splits and playing in the sand.

Sorry, I’m getting off track here, aren’t I?

We left before the parking garage closed (it was a Sunday) and spent the rest of the day at Barns & Nobles in Emeryville. Sadly everything else on Bay Street was closed. Darn you Sunday’s!

This day was an unforgettable experience for me and if it wasn’t for my obsession with Wicked, I would had never even applied for this experience. So thank you, Wicked. You’ve opened so many doors for me and you’ve helped me build a little more self confidence.

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02 MayReview: The Clearing by Heather Davis

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This was a fantastic read.

Amy moves in with her aunt to escape her life back in the city. Henry lives in a never ending summer that only he’s aware of. His grandfather and mother that he lives with have no idea of what’s going on. Until they meet Amy. Amy isn’t suppose to be there. She shifts the balance in Henry’s life. In Henry’s family’s life. Both Henry and Amy have a choice to make, a choice that will change both of their lives forever.

I found Amy to be a very strong character. I found her to be easy to relate to and at the same time, she’s one of those characters where you’re screaming at the page “DO IT!” I found Henry to be swoon worthy. He was also easy to relate to, you can see the intention of his actions but you can also see how he could had been easily clouded by those intentions. I found myself liking her Aunt Mae too, you can tell she really cares about Amy. I really liked the shift between the two worlds. The description of Henry’s world was so clear you could see it like it was right in front of you.

The ending wasn’t what I expected. It wasn’t what I expected at all and the things that it changed definitely wasn’t what I expected but in the end, when you think back on the story, it was what was suppose to happen. It was both a happy and tragic ending, which gives you mixed feelings but good mixed feelings. This is one of the few books that had me thinking about it long after I turned the last page. I highly recommend this book!

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28 AprBRAIN of MKZbooks.com

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I was recently gifted with a $25 gift card for mckenziebooks.com and what they are is an online book seller that sells used books. While the books they sell are used, there are a ton that they offer that are in brand new condition. They also offer a few new release books as well as older books at 80% off (and they also have a clearance section where most books are for sale at $1.99)! I managed to find a copy of Eyes Like Stars and The Clearing! The books are also nice and neatly organized, the site is extremely easy to navigate through and I found myself spending hours browsing the huge selection they have. Also, they list the condition of the book so you’re able to see notes on the books conditions before you buy. Also! Shipping is free when you spend $25!

MKZbooks.com offers a new service called BRAIN which stands for (Books Recently Added Inventory Notice, cool huh?) and what it does is you make a book wishlist and when they get that particular book in stock, they’ll notify you that it’s up for sale on the website. You’re able to set preferences on the book you’re searching for such as the condition you prefer.

I made my order a few hours ago and I enjoyed how fast and easy it was to make my purchase, browse the selection and find books. I’m impressed with the wide selection as well as the new releases they had listed! So if you’re interested in saving some money and itching to buy new books, I would highly suggest searching through mckenziebooks.com, you’d be surprised what you’ll find there!

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24 AprSock Monkey and high school!

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I was debating on posting this today or tomorrow since tomorrow is my audition. But maybe I’ll just dedicate a whole blog post to that day alone.

So, what happened this week? Not much… I realized I haven’t been taking as many pictures as I use to… but then again, nothing worth taking pictures of has happened.

And I still need to post about my birthday, don’t I? Eep.

So class on Monday was the usual… we were on “team gabe” but he turned it into “team hazel” cause I kept getting all the answers right. “you’re getting everything right and you don’t talk!” I do too talk. Just, not that much!

I finally got around to cleaning the area in front of my TV (OMG I can see the FLOOR there now… and my Wii! Oh how long it’s been, I thought I had lost you forever Wii!) and I came across this. No journal of mine has ever been more private than this one. It was my high school notebook that I brought around with me everywhere. I was reading though it and it had days I was missing in my blogs, days I wondered what happened. Days I didn’t want to read about. Days of abuse, of confusion, of wanting to end it all. Conversations with people, with someone I miss. A conversation that made me miss that person even more and realizing he’s never coming back. That friendship, that bond, is gone. It’s depressing, but it’s also life.

And pages with Martin’s familiar hand writing. The majority of the time when I’d be writing in this back in high school, in class, I would be sitting in front of Martin in Journalism with my head phones on and he’d bug me. It’s like, as soon as I pulled out the journal, he’d start bugging me. Never failed! Which is funny because now that I’m married to him, every time I pull out a journal or a book, he does the same thing lol!

I remember him underlining the words but I don’t remember writing this, or why I wrote this. It’s just funny to see us as we were when we just met, when we were just friends and to look at us now. He was always the one I joked around with about killing myself. We were both those students who didn’t really care about anything. I think that’s why we ended up being friends. But he definitely made my days more tolerable at school…. even if he was trying to stab me with my own pens… or flinging staples into my soup… or stapling my orange… wait was that my orange? Or letting me draw rainbows and flowers on his arm and “hazel is so much cooler than me” and wear it around school lol.

Oh I also got a wicked gash on my index finger (on the bendy part too!) from moving books around. Who knew books could be lethal?!

I finally got to go to Target… ALONE. I haven’t gone anywhere alone since Martin came home. So yes, that was indeed refreshing. Oh how I missed that freedom! I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and Target.

I got this little guy from Bed Bath & Beyond! I love Sock Monkey! I have slippers of him that I’ve had for years. They’re my favorite slippers, ever! Now I have him in plushie! Yay!

Also finally got my hands on this!! Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is one of my all time favorite movies! I hated Goldmember though. My Target finally got fixed up, they added the grocery which is HUGE but they didn’t have ELF (Eyes Lips Face) stuff there yet. Booo.

My damage. I got my birthday Sephora shipment too! So excited! I finally replaced my Lash Blast, I didn’t get what the big deal about this mascara was until yesterday. Got the new Revlon lipstick everyone’s been raving about, but the color I got Soft Nude doesn’t show up great on my skin tone. It’s hard for me to find a lipstick that works good with me. Got a new foundation, I can never tell if I matched myself right… annnnd… I finally got my Cake Beauty Lip Butter in Lemon Chiffon!!

I am the most excited about this!! I am a sucker for anything Lemon Chiffon. Or anything chiffon to be honest! I’ve been itching to pull out my culinary school notebook and make an almond chiffon cake… but in my house, that’s unlikely! Even though I went to culinary school, my dad still thinks my baking will burn the house down. No faith!

Anyway, this lip butter smells exactly like Lemon Chiffon. I may have to get a back up… or 5! Hehe :) .

Found these at Target… they’re…. weird. Good, but weird. I also picked up some new Skittles that I didn’t take a picture of cause they’re in my car (oops). Those were… weird too. Would it be weird to do food reviews here? Hm, it’s my blog, I can what I want!

When I had planned on writing this blog (yesterday) I was going to say I started reading this book today. Well, now that I wrote it today instead of yesterday… I finished this book today.

It was a really really cute read. The ending made me feel both relieved but… what the hell at the same time. The story changed obviously but it wasn’t the ending I was expecting. And it’s crazy to think of the ending and the entire book all together. It was well written. And it kinda had that idea that Martin told me to write about but there’s no way I could consturct a book like that, especially if it had to do with my life because I wouldn’t know the outcome. I finished this book wanting to know more, what else happened? I love when a book does that but at the same time… it’s frustrating lol.

Review on this soon! I need to sort my feelings and thoughts towards it first lol.’

It feels like one of those days I’d be sleeping in my stuffy Journalism class. I guess listening to Linkin Park kinda helped that feeling :) . Never thought I’d be married to Martin. Crazy. I’d always tell him “I’ll feel sorry for your future wife” when he’d tell me the most off the wall things… and you know… I do feel sorry for his wife LOL!

CONVO OF THE WEEK:
Me: I would totally try to drive through SF again to see Wicked. Even if I crashed, it would be totally worth it. See now THAT’S PASSION!
JD: Determination. WATCH WICKED OR DIE TRYING!
Me: YES. THAT is going on my profile!

Damn when was the last time I had a “convo of the…”?

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20 AprAHHHH!

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OHMYGOSH!!!

Well, I was having a crappy night last night. You know… bills, debt, the usual. And my phone broke! The clicky thing on the charger broke or something and now it won’t hold the charger so I had to rubber band the charger on. Ugh. I hate when something’s wrong with my phone, it makes me grumpy! Hopefully I can replace it… unless Sprint doesn’t let me, then I’ll be REALLY grumpy!

Then I realized that Amazon gift cards are only one time use things… so the $10 I saved from my birthday Amazon gift card is now invalid. Great.

I got an email this morning from the open casting call for the Wicked fan commercial… I applied for it a few days ago along with a musical reporter job and they emailed me asking me some questions about myself, so I responded to it last night and they emailed me this morning ask me to come in for the casting call on Sunday!

I. Am. So. Excited!

If they ask me to come back again to film my story for it the commercial I get tickets to the Beauty & the Beast musical that’s coming up (which I reallyyyy wanna see)! And of course, I star in a commercial lol. But yeah, whoohoo! Hella excited!

Now if only my bills would disappear…

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19 AprObsessed.

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I’m obsessed with books. And right now, in this very minute, I’m wishing all that money I had spent on makeup went to books instead. Okay maybe not all, maybe half.

I made an order on Amazon last night, I couldn’t resist! And I was tired of waiting for my Wizard of Oz comic book to be listed. They ship separate anyway! I was mostly excited because I got the second Wicked Lovely book (Ink Exchange) for $3.90! It was on sale, whoohoo! I’m so excited to read it, even if Ash and Seth aren’t the main characters in this one, they will be in the next book. But I won’t jump books because of that. I also got “Eyes Like Stars” which I’m also excited about and of course “Bound To Please“. Even though Ash and Joy aren’t main characters in this one either.

I’m surfing Amazon adding erotica and faerie books to my wish list. I know, two totally different genre’s right? My genre’s switch all the time. Sometimes it’s fantasy, sometimes its memoirs, sometimes its self help… I like to throw in a memoir every few books, it keeps me refreshed. If that makes sense.

I’m reading Sweep: Seeker just to finish the story between Hunter and Morgan. Not that I’m tired of them, but because in the next one, Origins the story changes. And it sounds pretty exciting. I’m excited that Seeker is from Hunter’s point of view. I mean, duh why wouldn’t it be… it is called seeker right?

I’m also going to start reading The Clearing this week, as much as I love time travel stories, they kinda… creep me out. But this one sounds incredibly interesting! Trying to build my Amazon review (and blog) count… I might re-read some books for review. I probably should!

I’m having a case of the Monday’s today. I don’t feel like doing homework or going to school today… I just wanna relax. I’ve never had “a case of the Monday’s” before, but man, this feeling sucks!

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18 AprConfessions of a… readaholic?

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When I was little, I was obsessed with reading and when I got a little bit older, writing. I have always been a pretty fast reader and I’ve always enjoyed reading books (I always thought I got it from my mom, she’s as much of a bookworm as I am… or rather, I’m as much as she is… whatever), so much in fact that at a few points of my life, reading books for pleasure has gotten in the way of my studies.

To be honest, the only school issued book you can stick in front of me that may tempt me to read it over a book of my choice is a History book. As much as I love reading, I absolutely love History as well. Historical Fiction? My idea of heaven!

In high school, when I got kicked out and started going to Peoples, I started reading books again. So as soon as I was done with my work, I’d pull out a book or my notebook and write if I wasn’t reading. In fact, most of them when I pulled out either a book or my journal, was the time that Martin was most likely to bother me. He knew I was concentrating on something and would constantly bother me! It drove me crazy! But honestly, I think I did it more often than I normally would because I liked his attention :)

Over the last few years, I haven’t had much time to read. And I regretted it. I missed reading. Between summer of 2008 (when I left Six Flags) and recently, the only books I read were the Twilight series. I seriously didn’t have time to read, but I bought a lot of books within that time.

Up until recently, I started reading again. I don’t have a lot of time to play video games (or patience) and I wanted to get my To-Be-Read pile down and I discovered Sweep. So, I started reading again and I stumbled on a whole blogger community FULL of book bloggers! Imagine my excitement!

Which brings me to the point of this entry… I hate to admit this but, reading books has once again gotten in the way of my studies. Instead of doing homework, I sit here reading my books, browsing blogger book blogs, on goodreads.com… now that I’m older, it’s up to me to focus on what’s more important. My mom can’t yell at me for not doing my homework anymore, I’m on my own. And that’s what makes this so much more harder! I suck at making the right decisions!

Side note: I think it’s funny that still to this day, Martin usually bothers me when I pull out a book. But instead of poking and asking me random questions, he’s hugging and kissing me and trying to catch my attention lol!

Admitting these problems to Martin is going to force me to make some changes I won’t like. My mom may not be able to yell at me anymore, but my husband is much harder to defy than my mother was!

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18 AprThis week… was a blur.

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The weeks seem to be passing faster and faster these days… :( .

Monday was my 25th birthday! I didn’t have much of anything planned out, have lunch at Cheesecake Factory with husband, shop a bit at Sephora, pay Sprint bill and go to class. Yep, that was pretty much it… I’ll post an entire blog about how my birthday went soon. I know I should had posted it before this blog, but again… the week was a blur. So quick recap instead!

Had the Factory Chopped Salad, Fried Mac N’ Cheese & Strawberry Lemonade. Realized that after eating non junk food for so long and then going to this… destroyed my stomach. Seriously, I felt so sick after eating this. Even the salad made me feel unhealthy! It might be because I added more dressing….

How cute is their free birthday ice cream thing though?! Since I had this, I’ve been craving hot fudge non stop. This was delicious! I wanted to keep the cup LOL.

The other married couple in our class surprised me with balloons, a card and really pretty and colorful flowers! It was laid out all nice at my seat. It seriously made my day! Thank you Candace and Victor :) ! And of course, Kai’s cupcakes I asked for!

My birthday gifts! Books from my husband and mother in law, a cute Hello Kitty musical jewelry chest from my mom and my Sephora gift & purchase!

Confession: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr has been on my To-Be-Read list for the last few years. Then my mom lost my copy. So I had to buy a new one. I started reading it this week (and I’ll do a review soon) and I finished it today. It was, in the end, a really fantastic read. Why did it take me so long to get around to reading it?! Now I must get all the others in the series!

Every 3 months I get my hair re-highlighted. I have an obsession with coloring my hair. When I was in high school, my hair would literally have to be 3 different colors or I wouldn’t be happy. Of course when I worked at Six Flags for 2 seasons I dyed my hair black since they’re anal about outstanding hair colors and the day after I quit, I dyed it blond lol. Decided to go for a new color now that I’m 25 and I went with this. It was suppose to be more purple, but I actually really really like the way it turned out!

Husband and I spotted a moth on the way to the car the other day…. this thing was HUGE. Just wanted to mention it :) .

I finally got to try this!! And I must say, it was delicious. So. Very. Delicious!

My town had a little carnival this weekend, we went to check it out. It was one of those $2 admission fee small carnivals. We didn’t ride any rides or really do anything but walk around once, but it was a nice day!

My husband is against me playing this game. A few years ago, he won me a goldfish at the state fair and I neglected to take care of it so it kinda… died. So since then he refuses to let me play this again.

Well, I got him to let me play haha! I missed all six of my balls (4 of them shot back at me, I’m horrible at this game) and I gave my last ball to my husband (we have this thing with lasts) and… he made it in. A blue bowl. Which means… he won me a goldfish LOL! I named him Fishie and he now lives at my in-laws house in their fish tank :) .

Spent the afternoon yesterday with my mother in law and husband. We went to this story that I’m hesitant to mention in case my mother is reading this :) . But I bought gem stones which I didn’t take a picture of. I sat there and touched every single stone they had to find the right one. Man, it took hours! Remembered my love for gem stones when I was younger (most of the ones I’m looking for… I had when I was a child, ironic, right?) and how I use to pretend that stones talked to me. Oh, if only I had known then…

So yes, spent the afternoon with them and after dropping my mother in law back home we went to Baskin Robbins so I could get Icing On The Cake which is my new BR favorite! Husband and I spent the rest of the night watching Food Network (Chef vs City) and eating Baskin Robbins ice cream. He had Rocky Road :) .

This week wasn’t that interesting and I don’t remember most of it lol! But I am enjoying this warmer weather! Here’s to a hopefully, more interesting week!

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10 AprGosh, I’ve been horrible at blogging!

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  • Went to see Wicked on Wednesday for my birthday, scored 2nd row seats! The show was amazing that up close! Neka Zang was Nessarose and she did an amazing job with the role! Finally got to see Eden Espinosa as Elphaba and her performance blew me away! My new favorite Elphaba! Got a picture with Etai (our new Boq) in his Act2 costume! And of course, had to stop by Stage Door to say hi to Nicolas Dromard!
  • I’ll be doing a fan interview for the Wicked blog innuendoandoutuendo. I’ll post a link as soon as it’s up! I’m also still working on Nicolas’ fan site.
  • I haven’t had time to blog lately, things have been hectic even though I couldn’t tell you what I did all week.
  • I’m finally getting over this cold! The cough is really starting to wear down! Finally!
  • My mom got me liquid NyQuil and made me take it, probably worst thing she coulda done lol. Even though it does help me to sleep through the night and stops my coughing… I get addicted to sleep inducing medicine and well… NyQuil feels so good.
  • My birthday is on Monday, I’ll be 25. Ahhhhhhhh!
  • I should be doing my homework today so I won’t be doing it on Monday before class. Nothing’s more depressing than doing homework on your birthday!
  • I’ve been slacking as far as reading books this month, I started the month off so good too! Posted a new review on my book blog here.
  • I’m listening to “Til I Collapse” by Eminem (my husband’s playlist), never heard this song before but I am in love with it.
  • I miss listening to music.
  • Bills and debt are driving me crazy.
  • I can’t think of anything else going on… see why I haven’t blogged? I don’t really have much to say!

I’ll do a week recap soon… hopefully tonight.

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