Happy Black History Month Old Spice Style!

This is officially my new favorite commercial:

My Episode Aired!

It's now technically Tuesday morning. So my episode of Operation Repo aired yesterday at 9:30pm. It should be posted online on the TruTV website soon. When it is, I'll post the link. :0)

In the meantime, here's a description of my episode:

First, Sonia and Froy respond to a tip from an informant and wind up in the middle of an epic story of intrigue, betrayal, and drunk girls fighting each other. Then, a high-class croquet party gets interrupted when Matt and Lou come through to repossess their car. And, it's a trip to a parking garage to repossess a stolen limo - with a gaggle of partiers in the back. Will Matt and Sonia be able to hook and book, or will they wind up at each other's throats?

Note the phrase "drunk girls fighting each other" in the first sentence. Yup! One of those girls is yours truly! I can't wait to see the episode. Good thing my Dad taped it!!!!

Happy Hallmark Day!!!

I just got home from working an 8 hour shift at Bubba Gump's. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I would like to share a story about what happened tonight:

My co-worker, Elyse and I are assigned the two sections that are located in what the restaurant calls "The Gump House". This is the private/VIP room. However, when it gets really busy the restaurant will open the room to everyone. Sometime around 7pm, our manager comes rushing in and tells us about this couple where the man is going to propose. She gives us explicit instructions that we are supposed to do a Bubba Gump birthday song and then right after the song, the man is going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. Immediately, Elyse and I get excited and we discreetly start spreading the news so that we can get a big crowd to do the birthday song with us. Now everyone is excited! The couple gets to the end of their meal, Elyse gets the complimentary birthday sundae we usually give out, I get everyone to come into The Gump House, we do the song, the song ends, and ... nothing. No proposal, just the normal behavior of someone who is slightly humiliated by having a group of people embarrass him/her in a public setting. Everyone exits The Gump House with a perplexed air and a "What the hell is going on?!?" expression. The room has this huge bay window that opens the room to the rest of the restaurant. Because everyone wants to know what's going on, everyone lingers outside of The Gump House directly in front of this window, looking in. Since no one else really has any business being in The Gump House aside from me and Elyse, the two of us have the fortunate and hilarious experience of seeing all the servers staring into the room, gawking at this poor couple. Apparently my co-workers do not know the definition of the word "inconspicuous".

Best quote of the night: "You guys, we are not at a pet shop!!!"

For the next 5 minutes (which felt like an eternity!), the man presented his fianceé-to-be with gift after gift, and card after card. Then he pulled out a small wine bottle with a note inside, to which our manager exclaimed, "The ring's in there!!!" Luckily, the woman had her back to us so only her fiance could see us blatantly watching them. It must've been incredibly awkward for him. He managed to keep a straight face, though. Finally she opened the bottle, read the note inside, and they embraced. At this point we were all asking each other, "Did he just propose? Did she just say yes? Should we go in there and shout congratulations???" Right then, the woman turns around and surprise, we're there! How would you feel if you were experiencing an incredibly happy/intimate moment, and then to turn around and see 50 faces squished up against the window behind you? Well, I would laugh, which thankfully, is what she did.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Oh, and Before I Forget, It's Black History Month

Imagine that you're an Asian American and you get a text message that says "Happy Black History Month!" on February 1st. How do you respond to that?

"Um, thanks? You too?"

Well, that was my response. Later on that day, I was talking to my friend Mahon, who is black about Black History Month.

Conclusion: Being that it's Black History Month, we should do black things all month. Soul Food Sundays here we come! Let's put on 30 lbs! Asian History Month is in May (Yes, we do actually have a month. Go figure! Personally, I think our month should be in Feb because that's when Chinese New Year is, but apparently it already belongs to Black people so we can't have it), so it'll be time to do Asian things that month. Dim Sum every Sunday in May? Anybody?

In any case, being that this is the time of year where various months are dedicated to celebrating the history of various minority groups, I thought this video might prove relevant:

Back on the Swing!

I got a second job!!!!!

After a week and a half of relentlessly going to restaurant after restaurant, filling out applications, leaving resumes, and a week and a half of waiting to hear from people, I found a second job!!! I will be working at BJ's Restaurant in Glendale, CA as a server and my starting date should be around the weekend of Feb. 20th. I am excited about finally having two jobs that offer some type of stability.

As you may have noticed, I haven't been blogging that much. The reason being was that I was just becoming depressed. I would go out and job hunt, but then spend the rest of the day at home, or go to work the two days out of the week that I was scheduled. I was finding it increasingly difficult to even get up and go to the gym, which was starting to make me gain weight. For the most part, I wasn't exactly the most pleasant human being to be around and I didn't find much sense in blogging about how miserable I was feeling. So hopefully I am back on the upward climb and will again be my happy-go-lucky self soon.

One way I've been dealing with keeping my head afloat with depression is to change my workout routine. I have cancelled my gym membership with 24 Hour Fitness and am contemplating picking up Bar Method for a month. There's a more detailed description of what it is on their website, but from what I understood, it's a type of exercise workout that's a mixture of yoga, pilates, and cardio - a really good workout routine for former dancers. I will be trying my first class this Friday and I'm excited!

It's nice to have something to be excited about when life gets you down. However, with the new job and Bar Method, I might be really happy for the next month. Hopefully 2010 will start to get better!