HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WEINA!!

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY TO MY WEINA!  It feels like it was just yesterday when we were teeny boppers.. passing fold-up notes in the hallways of CHS.. prancing around my backyard posing for liz as she took our pictures.. dancing in the dark in front of the mirror with our mini glowsticks.. playing hide-and-seek at village park at night.. doing "missions" and rolling under the partially opened garage to check out what bob was doing.. hanging out and doing those gimp things at summertime adventures.. having sleepovers at my place since my parents never let me sleep over anyone's house.. doing silly role playing in my room.. and more recently [within the past few years], having those weekly dinners.. 50 cent mixed drinks at smokey joe's.. dancing until wee hours of the night.. rolling around in the sands of miami as we gave each other a photoshoot after nikki beach.. doing action photos on the bed at the hyatt on broad street.. bar hopping in the rain.. jumping in dirty philadelphia puddles..


we have laughed together.. cried together.. been happy together.. been sad together.. been upset at each other.. but we're still here for each other.. no matter what.  20 + years of friendship and memories and many more to come!  i hope you have a joyous and safe birthday, my love!  i love you and can't wait until we reunite again!!!

a compilation of some memories with WANG and WEINA! ♥

hello to a new year: 2011.

i realize it is a tad bit late, but happy new year, everyone!  i hope y'all enjoyed the holidays; i know i sure did.  and i also am aware that i have been slacking in the posting department.. i felt like i haven't written on my blog in such a long time, but don't you worry because i will be back at it!

2010 had been a great year for me.  i won't go into much details about the past year, but i met great, new people, i went on many adventures, and most importantly, i graduated from school.  if 2011 is as great as 2010, it will be a splendid year.  i cannot wait to see what this year has to offer me, but i am sure it will be a good one.

again, sorry for not posting as much as i should, but i'll be posting more regularly from now on!  signing off!

happy belated gobble-gobble day!

hey, y'all.  i'm a bit late, but i hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!  are your bellies and tastebuds sick of turkey and all the fixings yet?  i, personally, could use another helping.. lol

anyway, thanksgiving is a time to express thanks and gratitude, so since i haven't yet done so, let me begin.  i am thankful for my family, who have been supportive of me [though sometimes not so kindly] throughout all the years of my good [and bad] decisions that i wanted to and did make.  thank you to my friends who listened to me and gave me advice whenever i needed to make hard decisions, who took care of me when i wasn't in the right state of mind to do so myself, who knew what to say and do to make me smile when i was feeling sad.  thank you to cupid for shooting that darn arrow at my butt when i saw stan, for he has filled my heart and love and joy.  and finally, i am thankful for just being here, to be in existence with the world, and to be alive.

hope you all enjoyed the holiday!  27 days until christmas!!

TSA opt-out day: november 24, 2010.

for those of you planning to travel for thanksgiving, expect more-than-usual holiday back-ups at the airport.  this coming wednesday is being dubbed "national opt-out day," where flyers who support the TSA protest plan to opt out of going through those privacy-invading, backscatter-radiation-producing, cancer-inducing, porno screeners.  by opting out of the security screening, they are forcing themselves to be put through an even more invasive full-body pat-down, where their private parts will be groped.  these body searches are apparently quite aggressive, leaving hardly anything untouched, and many flyers who have already gone through them have stated that they felt they were being sexually harrassed and assaulted.

while i understand that the TSA and government are implementing these new security tactics to help prevent and stop terroristic acts, what about the dignity and health of people?  no one wants to be groped by some stranger or subject themselves to cancer-inducing radiation coming from those porno-screeners.  

i, for one, have had to go through the x-ray full-body screener once before, and i was not a happy camper at all [because i was aware of the nature of these screeners after reading an article from CNN].  i felt violated and hated the idea that some stranger could virtually see me "naked."  these pat-downs seem worse, especially if the TSA worker does it in a very inappropriate and aggressive way.  no thanks.

so, what's my opinion of this TSA protest??  i don't think national opt-out day is going to be such a huge deal because most travelers will just want to get out of the security lines and to their final destination quickly, but this battle against flyers and the TSA will surely continue.  i understand those who are going to be protesting and making a scene because these searches and screenings are an invasion of privacy and goes against the constitution.  the fourth amendment states: 

 The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

on the other hand, i understand that the use of these security approaches are implemented for safety reasons, and they could potentially catch things that aren't normally caught by the metal detectors.  i believe that full-body searches and the use of the x-ray full-body screens could be a good thing but when specifically put to use for people who set off the alarms or have something in their carry-on bags that isn't allowed.

what are your opinions??

my first NFL game: eagles @ redskins.

before i start off this blog, i would just like to say... TOTAL DOMINATION.  eagles totally showed mcnabb and his redskins that they can certainly soar high.  after the initial touchdown [15 seconds into the game], i knew it was over for those redskins.  they were skinned alive!

so, anyway, this was my first NFL game [thanks to stan's brother for the ticket!] and i had a great time [especially since the eagles opened up a can of buttwhooping on the skins].  the only negative part was the rain, but thank goodness stan had advised me to run out and pick up some rain ponchos earlier that day or else we would have been soaked [good thinking, babe!]!

so, an eagle and a redskin... together.  we had some comments from other people about it.  one person asked stan, "what happened there?"  another person told him, "you can do better."  thanks a lot, meanies.  but then again, it's nothing compared to what eagles fans would have said to me about stan and his skins jersey if the game was in philly.  lol

all in all, an awesome experience and now i can finally say i've been to an NFL game!  NFL, check.  NBA, check.  MLB, check.