Just finished baking cupcakes. It's super hot out, but I decided I wanted cupcakes, so voila.

Man. This past week has been...hectic. What, with work and all. LEGO IS AMAZING. but I don't like my manager. She's only giving me 15 hours a week. That's NOTHING. At least, not nearly enough to support myself for the apartment. So, *TRAGIC SIGH*, I am looking for a second job. UUUUGH. But I don't think anyone will hire me out here because I'll only be able to work July and August. I'm gonna try to ask for more hours, but I doubt it because I'm shining brand new. This sucks. I'm gonna have to start searching around Pomona and Ontario, AGAIN. Sheezus. I thought about working at Six Flags, but that is also far, and they also don't pay too much.

And again, I'm at the stage where I totally hate my art. I do consider anime art, but I hate that I draw it. I don't want to. But I'm so not inspired to pick up a pencil and try otherwise. And at the same time, I have to do commissions. UGH. I HATE/LOVE doing commissions.
For future's sake, I'm not sure I'm gonna do commissions again. I feel my art is not worth the price I'm asking for, and every time I see my own art, I want to barf.
That's why Askari is in so much of a slump. Ugh. I feel nauseous every time I think of that project.

Alex got me PLANET EARTH for my birthday, and it is beautiful in epic proportions. I think at one point I almost CRIED...OH YEAH! When the polar bear died because it got wounded from a walrus....SO SAD.

And now I'm tired...and tomorrow my mom wants to go shopping for my apartment bare necessities. . . . . . usually, I'M the one that gets ahead of myself. I won't be moving in for a full 2 months.
*thinks*

Time goes so fast, though.
Alex and I are already on our 11th month together now. O___O ...GAH!!! I HATE HIM WITH HIS $1,000+++ PAYCHECKSSSSS!!!!! GWWAAARRR! GOD. I hate money. SO MUCH.

I GOT THE JOB!!!
The interview went real smoothly! And the manager told me I seemed like a very down to earth kind of person....and that she really needed a Korean-fluent worker, hahahaha.
But I have to go back tomorrow to do the paperwork. Ugh.

But THANK YOU everyone for the wonderful good luck wishes!!

I went to Alex's sister's graduation.......I didn't even go to MY graduation. lol. BUt it was super tiring...because I"d been in heels all day...and...yeah, I was not very happy.

Tomorrow's another busy day. I'll know what my schedule is tomorrow....and...well...we'll go from there.

Yay legos!!!

So yesterday I had an interview with the supervisor at the Lego Store in Glendale Galleria...
It was very casual. My friend's BF works there, so he put in a real good word for me, and the interview went really well so the supervisor put in a good word too. Now tomorrow, I have an interview with the store manager at 5PM...that's the one I have to be real nervous about because I heard she's a bitch, hahaha. Sucks. But oh well. The supervisor told me the manager's real excited to meet me.
They REALLY need someone who can speak korean because I guess they get alot of korean customers they can pull more money out of but can't because of the language barrier. And I might've mentioned that I know a wee bit of Japanese and they got superly excited....Now I feel obligated to touch up on my japanese. Blah.

But...I think I'm pretty secure. The supervisor said they were really looking for a manager position to be filled, so she told me to work hard and fast so that they can hurry and promote me to manager. TIGHT. So I might start working like...next week. June 28th is a BIONICLE EVENT har har har. Omg, nerdy thing is, i'm totally looking forward to working here, hahahaha. I LOVE LEGOS.

I told this to Alex and he was like...DUDE, I could totally get the job.
He was a manager at Frito Lay for a while...so...yeah..he would...but I was like...screw you, you can't speak korean. lol.

I FAIL, i'm already 3 days behind the "paint a painting a day". *sigh* This interview thing was super sudden and it threw everything off =(
And this Saturday I have orientation at the animal shelter in Pomona....And I gotta stop at Cal Poly to apply for a loan....
And then on Monday I'm going apartment hunting, FINALLY.
I'm trudging through commissions.
And I have ants crawling all over my desk. Ugh. I woke up this morning and was like....blah, so this was why i hate summers. BUGS.

I got a job interview with a Lego store today at 5. blah. super nervous.

Spent all day at Hurricane Harbor yesterday and got sun burned =(

Uhhhhhhhhh..............
So it took me 90 minutes to get there, by a road I've never taken.....the ride was fun; was listening to audiobook of "voyage of the dawn treader" and there was a part on the road where there were series of hills....it was like a mini roller coaster in the car.
I went over a bunch of interview questions while waiting for 3pm.........I know, I'm such a schoolgirl.

I think I'd rather have done a one-on-one interview. There were 4 of us...we were all kind of battling each other to speak first so that we "seem outgoing".......I never got to speak first because i didnt want to interrupt the interviewer and yeah...i had to fight the urge to raise my hand, lol. and once I spoke at the same time some other girl did and...well, I was a pushover and let her speak on. Didn't want to seem rude....

All in all, I think I did well. The 2 girls just wore jeans and a regular shirt....there was a guy, too, but he wore dress pants and shirt......I think he was the only person in that group I actually was worried about. The 2 other girls just seemed........gross. OKAY, not gross. But they were your typical high school girls that are too used to being surrounded by other pretty girls and flirted by guys.
I DID MESS UP, though. The one chance I did get to speak first was when the manager asked us to make a sales pitch about anything. She only asked 4 questions, and this was the last one, and I wasn't gonna give it up. So...I bolted up...and I was like.....ooooooh shit wth?
And I happened to be holding a pen in my hand, so i was like, why the hell not?

So...I made my sales pitch about my pen. About how the fall term for school is about to start, so you'll need an awesome pen. This pen has a rolling ball, for smooth writing and no ink spills on your clothes. It's nice and slim, and clips onto your pocket. Perfect for on-the-go students.

Then the manager told everyone else they didn't have to be as detailed as me. AND she gave them examples of what kinds of pitches they should say. I was like.........MEGA-WTF. So...I kind of stared at my shoes in agony as the other 3 made their pitches about summer sales on tshirts and buy one get one half off pants.

I don't think she's going to call me back. She made a strong preference for workers who could speak spanish because she's too white to learn a foreign language (she didnt say that). And no one thinks Korean is useful. And....that sales pitch....ugh. Total screw up. Whatever. On the ride home, I told myself to be positive...that i was unique and spontaneous......but then i was like...it's a fucking clothes store, not an office supply store.

whatever. *cries n goes to her biology book*

I got an interview this Friday at 3:00 PM for Aeropostale!
I was napping...and I got a call from a 909 area code and i was like, "SHIT, sound awake!"

It's a group interview. =/
To be honest, I've NEVER been to a real interview before (I know, pathetic, right?) so any tips? Suggestions? Hahahaha.... *SUPER NERVOUS*

According to Alex, I am not pretty or "white" enough to be hired at clothing retail stores.

Not a great way to end the day.
My first stop was at GAP....the hiring representative was a JERK. So...that pretty much put me in a foul mood as I went around dropping off my applications. The most probable places that'll call me back are Ralph Polo, Aeropostale, and Charlotte Russe. Ugh. Whatever. I guess I'm feeling optimistic, especially about Polo, because the guy there was super nice. And Aero. totally gave me like a on-the-spot-quick-answer-before-we-surprise-fuck-you-in-the-ass interview type thing. She asked me like 3 questions.....easy to answer, because those were the questions on the application.....and I felt somewhere somehow in a past life I'd been asked those questions before. The manager at Bed Bath and Beyond was a bitch, too. She looked at me like I was from Mars when she saw that I was from Palmdale....I tried to explain to her I was moving to Ontario....but she was like..."well, I'll hold on to it, but I don't know" while rolling her eyes at me, like, seriously, like I could not see her rolling her eyes at me. UGGGGH. PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID.

Then I get home, with my tank blinking obnoxiously empty...........................
and I find a letter from UCLA......................

AND I AM ON FUCKING PROBATION. WTF, UCLA, WHY CAN'T YOU CUT THE BEEF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING WITH ME?!
I think it's because i got all C's last quarter. WTF. WWWWTTTFFFFFF.
So, I emailed a counselor to set up an appointment.......uuuuugh. I guess, since I'm already there with them, I'll ask about HOW THE HELL I LEAVE UCLA, because FUCK YOU UCLA, I HATE YOU.

And now I have a lab paper to write. Fuck. FUCK. FUCK. I hate this class so much right now.
But tomorrow I get to dissect a rat. I've been looking forward to this. I really have! But right now, my hate towards UCLA is brimming over and turning it nasty. RAWR! *overturns her desk*

MY FISH HAD BABIES.
I got home today and my brother's like, "Did you see the babies?" and I was like,,,O____O WHAT BABIES?!
And voila. There are currently two very tiny sunspot guppies (i think that's what they're called) swimming around in the tank. Granted, we should have dozens and dozens and dozens of them (ew) but I think we accidentally destroyed all the eggs when we were cleaning the tank. i mean, how were we supposed to know? lol. Or, they could've been sucked up by the filter. Or...they could be LIVING in the filter. Ew, just got the goosebumps thinking about all those fish. hahahaha.

BUT THEY'RE SO CUTE. THEY'RE LIKE UBER MINI.
Who would've thought fish were cute, hahhahaha

My job is.......BORING. but really laid back and I'm getting paid way more than I deserve to be paid for what I do. Remember panda express? Yeah. that's the kind of thing i do. And vacuum. And sweep. And call out order numbers. And make salads. Not that bad, really. I just hate how long my shifts are....and I work friday nights, which suck, hahahaha, but oh well. I'm REALLY grateful for the job and I really shouldn't be complaining.
I work MWF from 6pm-12am, but depending on the manager's mood, they can extend it to 1 or 1:30 am. no biggie, I suppose. More money for me, hahaha

But even WITH a job and 3 classes, I still feel like I have alot of free time. Well...probably because I haven't really been attending class or doing my readings, hahahaha.
BUT THATS NOT THE POINT. The point is, I'm gonna go on the hunt for an internship at a museum. Why this sudden interest in museums....

Also, I'm gonna open a brand new line of toukenjen products under the name "26 animal STORIES"..........more on that later when I ACTUALLY have stuff for it, hahahaa. But basically, they're gonna be shirts, bookmarks, bags, artwork, buttons, basically anything that involves an animal in some form or another. Neat, huh? Well, i thought it was. lol. This is going to be my life project. Like, I'm really gonna make it happen and I'm really gonna open a real, live store you'll see at a mall called "26 animal STORIES". I don't think I want it chain. I want one store only, personal, a local thing. Of course, an online shop will be available, =)
So I'm really saving up on things I need to make this happen....like buying wholesale shirts, investing in a sewing machine (i don't know how to sew, btw but I'm bent on teaching myself. hell, i taught myself how to knit), a button making machine, etc. When things go well, and I get a big enough place of my own, I'll invest in some laser and offset printers, even my own screenprinting machine. Those things cost so much, lol.

OKAY. enough about that; I'm getting myself excited.

It is REALLY cold in Palmdale. Like.....winter chill cold. No clouds, but I don't care. I'm just ecstatic at the fact that I can bake again without burning up the whole house.
So, I'm off to buy some supplies and make cookies and cake.

HEY GAIZ!
I'M EMPLOYED!

I work at $9.60 some odd cents an hour......and if I work after 5, they add another $.60 some odd cents and my shifts are from 6 PM - 1 AM....soo...WOOOOT. Well, my schedule's not determined yet.
It's gonna be the most boring job, ever, though, hahhahha

Oh well.