goodbye, kittens. =(

it's earth day! hopefully y'all did your part in being green and eco-friendly! even better, make it a part of your everyday life!

eeeeeeh! more wonderfully good news!!! =D

our little white stray had kittens wednesday afternoon!!! i feel like a proud mama. ^_^ anyway, mother and two gray kittens are doing well, but we eventually need to find them homes, so let me know if anyone is interested! pictures to come!!! *in love*

i just wanted to give big hugs and kisses to all my wonderful friends who thought of me on my special day! i really enjoyed my birthday weekend (the snow AND dinner!) and loved all the happy wishes, as well as everyone who was able to come out and celebrate. THANK YOOOUUUUU!!!!! you guys are the best!

wishlist has been updated. thanks!

i saw another car's license plate today as i was driving that said HA IMB4U. it took me a minute to figure it out, but i actually laughed out loud. at least it's a vanity plate with a sense of humor!

my mom called me from atlanta earlier this evening...to tell me she's going PAINTBALLING on saturday. isn't that the funniest thing you've ever heard?

my dad's going too but i already know the military/weapons buff is going to rock it!

hey guys! so here's the UPDATED wishlist:

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1. trip to the hair salon: for highlights and a cut
2. oakley women's stockholm A frame (asian fit) goggles
3. renewal subscription to US weekly (cheapest was found here, 45 vs 69)
4. northface apparel from rei - kelpie green in large, also this but i'm not sure what size, so i'll have to try it on first
5. gift cards are always good (in order of desire) - REI and oakley, urban outfitters, sephora, target, forever21/charlotte russe, barnes/borders, linensnthings/bedbath, macys

i was incredibly distressed when i heard the news of the incident at the san francisco zoo. i know i wasn't there for that long, but while i was, it felt like home, and the animals felt like family. it's all just really sad...

there's a fine, fine line between love
and a waste of time.

the view from my backyard was perfect for tonight's lunar eclipse...and it was absolutely beautiful. just like the meteor shower on aug 13th of this month, there's something so completely soothing about staring up at the cosmos and feeling at peace. too bad my camera couldn't take pictures of it in that lighting and distance, but the silhouette of the palm trees framed the moon ever so nicely.

now i'm up at 350am and will be tired as heck in the morning, but some things are in life are definitely worth it.

i hate smokers - i really do. i hate them more than people who talk loudly on their cell phones, people who cut in line, and even people who have particularly strong body odors. i especially hate it when they give you attitude because you told them they weren't allowed to smoke in a particular area. guess what, lady? you stink and you're ugly! yeah, i said it. yeah...

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this morning as i was driving to the bart station, a gang of wild turkeys was crossing the road, just off the cameron hills drive. "why did the turkey cross the road" immediately popped into my head, but at that early hour, i was unable to come up with anything witty. too bad i didn't take a photo cause it was quite a funny sight. wild turkeys are neither plump nor pretty, and a crew of 6-8 of them just looks weird.

i generally dislike bart. i am not a fan of sitting next to strangers who may or may not smell stinky or musty, and i especially don't like it when they fall asleep and lean over to what is clearly your side of the seat. having jen there makes mornings bearable (we chat and sleep). what really got my skin crawling is that i got home monday evening to find that i had flea bites on my lower back. at first, i reasoned that they were from the animals at work, but the more i thought about it, the more i realized that i most likely got them from the seats on bart.

EW.

let me just say that i would so much rather get fleas from an animal than from...a person. that's just fucking disgusting. and even more disgusting is that bart must never clean its trains. eeeeep! if i had the choice, i'd never ride bart again, but alas, i do not have that option.

with the new ergonomic keyboard at work, i am discovering that i type many letters with the improper hand. it's slowing down my 90+ wpm pace, but i'm actually enjoying the challenge, as these days i find myself in the office more and need more things to keep me busy anyway.

note to self: switch hands for the letters y and b.

as i've been taking the bus to work every morning, i'm starting to recognize a lot of the bus drivers who have the 8:26am 23 monterey route. my favorite is this jolly black lady who is very friendly and likes to sing as she drives. she's also starting to remember me, and this morning she not only handed me a transfer that will last the whole day (she's saving me $1.25!), but she also gave me her business card and asked if she could come visit the zoo with her grandson sometime. i'm always relieved to see her pull up at the bus stop in the morning, because some of the other drivers are rather sour and it's amazing how much a friendly face will brighten your day.

i still can't fully wrap my hands around how FRUSTRATING people can be sometimes. the worst part is when they're supposed to be your closest friends and instead, you find yourself agonizing over their actions and wondering why you're friends with them in the first place. honestly, i'm getting over the fear of confrontation, but what i've learned from experience is that they still have issues with it. they either get all defensive and don't listen, or they get on the offensive themselves without stopping to think about what you've said or what they're saying. and that truly is tragic, because i know i've been trying hard to make things work, without any help from their side. i am tired of being taken advantage of and fed up with all the hypocrisy. you hear that? everyone's a hypocrite (myself included, at times), but i seem to be the only one who realizes it. get your fucking faces out of your own asses and think for a moment: the world does not revolve around you. and if you took a moment to see for yourself, you wouldn't be losing the person who cares about you the most. am i really the only person who gives a fuck?!

[END RANT]

today we got new monitors at work (mine is a 19-inch flat panel...i was using a relic from the 90's before this, so hooray!), we've started doing penguin socializing (which means i get to sit there and "supervise," which means i actually play with penguin chicks), and it's an absolutely gorgeous day at the zoo. my only regret is that i decided to wear jeans today instead of capris and my feet, i think, are most definitely angry with me for keeping them under wraps. they just want to be freeeeeeee!

in previous news, i finally saw ratatouille over the weekend and it was so freakin cute. i mean, you know me - give me a furry animal and i will squeal and aww like there's no tomorrow. it was a movie that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

i normally find it quite irritating when people write mushy stuff about their significant others and display their affection publicly, and especially when they use pet names in front of other people. it drives. me. CRAZY.

but i have to give david credit for surprising me yesterday as he picked me up from work and took me out to dinner. the ribs at luna park were tender falling-off-the-bones good, and we had pleasant conversation and good laughs throughout the evening.

in other news, i thoroughly enjoyed camping, had a relaxing 4th of july, have had lots of people visit me at the zoo, and semi getting used to my hellishly early rising schedule.

to top it off, today is an absolutely gorgeous day at the zoo, and i plan on spending as much time in the sunshine as i can. yipee!

today i groomed a donkey, fed meerkats some mealworms, and held an angry rooster named ernie.

how was your day?

the month of june has been, thus far, a crazy busy month, but in a good-crazy-busy sort of way. i'll spare you the details, but i've been up and about hanging out with old (but still good friends), throwing my money at both virtuous and selfish causes, enjoying the sun and surf in santa cruz, and working at an awesome (if only temporary) new job.

i got to see oceans 13 with ben, had drinks with alisa, and went bowling with debby. splurged on a new bathing suit while shopping with jen, who luckily found it later at a slightly cheaper (but still expensive) price. i've gone on a few dinner dates with david too, which have been nice considering we don't tend to do as many of the date-type things as we used to.

probably the coolest thing that has happened to me in quite a while was getting a job at the san francisco zoo. it's only a temporary full time position as an education and volunteer coordinator/intern, but i'm loving it and i'm having a great time. keep your fingers crossed though, it's only been the fist week. but my coworkers are amazing, the high school volunteers are (mostly) happy to be there, and the surrounding environment is definitely my cup of tea. i spend my day doing random organization/scheduling stuff, helping out other people, and wandering around the zoo, with my walkie talkie in hand, to check up on volunteers. the best part is when i get to walk around the zoo, because i always take my time to look at different exhibits and play with animals. i sometimes even purposely get myself lost so that i can find my way out - too many visitors have been asking me for directions so i figured this was the best way to really get my feet wet with zoo geography.

earlier this week, a coworker was nice enough to invite me to her first-day-of-solstice party, and it was really nice getting to know an entire group of new people, many of whom work at the zoo but a few others as well. i think i may have been the youngest one there, but it was nice sipping wine and having conversations with so many intelligent and interesting people.

the full time, six days a week schedule is quite exhausting, but if you're ever interested in going to zoo, come visit me! the weather has been gorgeous, the new grizzly exhibit is now open, and i have access to the behind the scenes secrets. ;D

yay for...me!