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Yeah ... anyone got any comments other than HUH????

Well don't worry! It's totally a hoax! TruthMinistry.com is a retarded site about how they can help you from the "dark side of homosexuality" by counseling you with "the word of the Lord". The actual billboard says "Are You Gay and Don't Want to Be?" with the Asian girl looking like she is above. So as a prank, someone photoshopped it to say what it says. At first I was like, "How do you change from being Asian??? What's wrong with Asians??? This is racism!!!! Racism, I say!!!". Then after doing some digging and finding that it was a joke, I thought it was pretty funny.

Boo to people who manipulate Christianity and are anti-gay!!!!!

Exhausted ... Again!

Exhaustion seems to be a recurring theme with me having been back to LA. Sorry, I'll try to come up with more of a variety of emotions to write about.

By the way, does anyone know how to upload photos from a cell phone? My friends like to think they're funny when they take pictures of me in compromising positions. And I have a masochistic sense of humor that makes me want to post this picture. I went rock climbing this past weekend and was struggling with this particular wall when my friend took his camera phone out and snapped away. Rock climbing is awesome!!! Can't wait to do it again!

Lately I've been training to become a server at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. They've broken training down into four levels. Currently I've been stuck on the 3rd level. I'll be repeating it for a 4th time tomorrow. I think the main reason for all of this repetition is that no one really explained to me exactly what level my performance had to be in order to pass. So now that I've gotten a better idea, I've realized that if you come to Bubba's and ask to sit in my section, you'll basically be signing up for The Simmone Improve Show Dinner Theater!!!!!! Holy cow ... I mean, most of you guys know that I'm pretty perky most of the time ... but this is gonna be like watching Simmone on crack. Jesus ... What's funny, though, is that if you talk to the other servers in the restaurant, you'll see that my personality fits right in. I actually like the job, even though I don't particularly like waiting tables - mostly because everyone is laid back and easy to get along with. And basically you're trying to have fun with all your customers so time passes by really quickly. By the end of the night, my inner dialogue is "Man, why does my back hurt?!? Oh ... maybe because I've been here for 6 hours ..."

So if you're in the LA area, stop on by to Bubba Gump! Except not yet! I'm not done with training yet!

When Mom-isms Get Annoying ...

Maybe it's because I've been around my mother more often than before, but her particular sayings have started to bug me a little. Like the word "apparently". I know I've talked about her particular use of this word before, but she actually uses this word incorrectly ALL THE TIME! For example, take last night:

"We were talking about the wedding and Angela apparently said ..."

Note how she states that she was present for the conversation, yet somehow what ever Angela said was still hearsay!!!!! I've actually tried to correct her and she took offense to it.

Or better yet, the other day she tried to convince me that "succession" and "secession" were spelled and pronounced the same way. It was one of those situations where I really wasn't in the mood to argue, but I guess I had a look on my face that was just begging for a fight. Actually, no, correction: I wasn't in the mood to argue, but the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "This is dumb." Probably wasn't the smartest thing to say but it came out of my mouth before I could stop myself. Thankfully, the TV was on and it showed the word "secession" and the fight was quashed before it could go on further.

Third incident that killed brain cells: I asked my mother on her thoughts of interracial couples. Her response:

"I don't have a problem with it unless one partner is sponging off the other."

Okay, pause to absorb that answer. Here is what I was able to understand from what she had said:

• She approves of interracial couples where both partners have their own careers and are bringing in their own share of income to support the general household.
• She disapproves of interracial couples where one partner isn't "holding his/her weight" of the couple's financial situation.
  

Areas where I find fault with her answer:

• She herself is a housewife and is not contributing any income to her own household.
• So if the couple were racially homogenous and one partner didn't have his/her own career and wasn't bringing in any income, it'd be okay???
• It seems that her answer really reflects more on her views of couples in general, not specifically interracial couples - so technically she didn't answer my question.

My brain hurts ...