Below are the 9 most recent journal entries recorded in yen512's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
10:38 am	It's been a while.... My live journal's been on hiatus for about a week or so...sorry! I was getting wrapped up in the last few days of my old job. So far I've been at the new job for 2 days, and I like it already. It's fairly overwhelming with all the new information, but I'll get it. Plus it's a totally different job. Before I was in purchasing, buying all the live-long day. Now I'm in Human Resources for the sister company, pre-screening applicants, going to job fairs, and recruiting teachers. Last night was another one of our 'movie nights'. The featured film was Little Shop Of Horrors...I'd never seen it before! I loved it! One of the unique traditions of movie night is that we all dress up like a character from the movie we're watching. So Ro suggested we dress up like the back-up singers that constantly pop up throughout the movie. My roommate thought I should dress up like Audrey instead, but I said that would be silly since I wasn't a blonde. Then he says, "But Jen, you're dressing up as one of the back up singers...they're black." Oh...whoops. :) Good news on the dating front! I'm having dinner with Brian tomorrow night (the guy I went out with a couple weeks ago)! Now I'm under the gun to find an outfit to wear. My clothes are all so tired and sad, this may be the perfect time to do some shopping! Of course, I'll be officially shopping for 'new job clothes', but if I HAPPEN to stumble upon something that may work for an evening out, well then I'll just HAVE to pick it up, won't I? And no, Ariel, he won't be seeing my 'O' face.... Current Mood: chipper (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
9:35 pm	chest hair... Yesterday, I went to my first job fair for the new recruiting job, and the first person to come to our table had a tuft of thick chest hair poking out from her cleavage. Yes, HER. A WOMAN. Where is one supposed to look? Here's a tip...don't wear a V-neck if you're a female that has a cleave forest rising up from the boobie canyon. Current Mood: nauseated (Comment on this)
9:21 pm	Sake it to me, baby.... Good GOD, I love sake. I miss Ralph Firley...I never got the chance to knock on his door. And now I never will. The Weather Channel rules. What's green and says "I'm a frog"? A talking frog. Sweet Moses, I love me some sake. Definitely the best entry ever. EVER. Current Mood: quasi-buzzed (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
2:10 pm	Ralph Firley Please take a moment for Don Knotts, aka Ralph Firley, aka Barney Fife. He passed on the other day, and I had to mention something about it. As a longtime Three's Company fan, I loved me some Mr. Firley. You could always count on some good times when Mr. F moseyed (and YES, he definitely moseyed) through Jack, Chrissy, and Janet's arched Santa Monica apartment doorway. And who knew what random level of freak out he'd get with any hijinks that went down at the Regal Beagle? I have no doubt he's looking down on all of us, sitting in a bamboo lounge chair, donning a rust colored leisure suit with matching neck scarf, while Jack is tripping over his own bell bottom pant leg in the background. Rest well, dear friend. Rest well.... Current Mood: mellow (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, February 27th, 2006
6:17 pm	The Date Ok, people...so I had my date on Thursday. I think it went well! My date (Brian) was much cuter than I remember, in fact, I thought he was hot! Brian and I doubled with my roommate and his date, and we went to this REALLY nice restaurant called "The Raymond" here in Pasadena. It used to be the caretaker's house of the Raymond hotel before it burned down a long time ago, and then they converted the house into a restaurant (there are pictures of it at www.theraymond.com). This has to be one of the top 5 meals I've ever had. We had a 7 course meal with some amazing wine and creme brulee for dessert...now, anyone who's known me for 8 seconds knows that I love me some good food, so I had a great time. And the conversation was good...I was afraid it was going to be strained and forced, but it wasn't. We had a lot to talk about, and I think doubling with another couple really takes the pressure off as well. After dinner, we went to Houston's for drinks, and then walked home. We'll see what happens...my roommate gave him my phone number today, so hopefully he calls. If not, I got myself back out there after being out of the dating scene for far too long. I'd like to go out with him again, to talk to him more and see what else we may have in common. Saturday was a COMPLETELY different story. I was quasi set up with a one of my work friend's buddies. The reason I call it a 'quasi' set up was that we both knew we were meeting each other, but it was at my friends' house for a poker night. There were 15 people there, and I didn't really know any of them, so I felt awkward right off the bat. When the guy finally showed up, we talked a little, but the conversations didn't really go anywhere. Zero conversation, zero in common, zero chemistry. And I lost 10 bucks in poker. I ended up leaving after I busted, at about 9...and I was so glad to get out of there. I called my friend Cindy, and she invited me over to hang out with her, her hubby, and her sister. I hadn't eaten dinner, so her husband, Brian made me the best salmon I've ever had...it was beyond words! So, we ate, drank a bunch of wine, and hung till 3:30am...my Saturday night was salvaged, thanks to them! One good set up out of two blind setups in one weekend ain't bad! It's funny, I thought Thursday was going to be the date that didn't work out, and Saturday would be the one that did. Shows how much I know, eh? Totally off subject, but is anyone watching the Bachelor in Paris? I hate myself for being sucked into reality TV, because I really don't watch much of it, but the Bachelor just sucks me in. I'm in the midst of watching the final episode, and I just can't stand Moana. If she wins, I'm going to throw my tv out my window onto Del Mar Blvd. It's currently 10:26, so in about 28 minutes I'll find out who Travis picks, and the torture will be over. :) Current Mood: content (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
9:21 am	This goat has quite the vocabulary. What does recumbent mean? And is that actually my mood today? I dunno.... Nothing to really write today. I have a date tonight...someone my roommate knows from work. It's my first date in a year and a half. I think I've forgotten how to date...hopefully I don't make an ass of myself. I guess I have to brush off my small talk (aka verbal diarrhea) skills. "So, what do you do for a living? Oh really, that's terribly interesting. Wanna just make out?" Here we go.... Current Mood: recumbent (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
10:36 am	Korean Afterglow Sunday was spent with my friends, Cindy and Brian for Brian's birthday. Cindy's mom is Korean, and she made a truckload of food for dinner. This stuff was insane...we just ate, and ate...and then ate some more. I actually got to the point where I could literally not eat another bite. I couldn't even have another sip of beer...that's how full I was. That's right...Jennifer Kearns lost the will to drink BEER. Ridiculous. We also watched 40 Year-Old Virgin, which we've all seen a bunch of times, but just gets better with each viewing. And since I'm the queen of movie quotes, I'll share some of my favorites from this particular flick with you right now... -"You guys are so...up your asses." -"...the Cincinatti bowtie, or the rusty trombone..." -"You know how I know that you're gay? Two words...fanny pack." -"You know how I know that you're gay? Because you like Coldplay." -"You know how I know that you're gay? Because you're wearing baby blue track pants." -"You know how I know that you're gay? Because I once saw you make a spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread." -"I'm a virgin. I always have been." So, all in all, it was great times. I finally left at 3:30 AM, and when I went out to my car, my windsheild was frozen over, and I had to pull out the ol' credit card to scrape the darn thing so I could see. It was 35 flippin' degrees outside...far too cold for the sandals I was sporting. But thankfully, I had all that Korean food in my belly to keep me warm... Current Mood: full (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 17th, 2006
5:23 pm	Rain, running, and run-ons... Well, it's finally rained here in LA, and this weather girl couldn't be happier! If only my house had the Weather Channel on the cable upstairs, then I could watch the radar as it happens. Is there anything more exciting on this planet, I ask you? Ok, don't answer that... The only drawback is that when I got home from work, it was already pouring, so I couldn't go running. I've been trying to be more concious of what I eat and how much I exercise, and so far I've been fairly successful(With the exception of the brownie sundae and beer I had with Ro and Nick last night at Moose's, but let's forget about that). But I'm otherwise trying to stick to this wellness routine, and for fear I'd derail from it, I put on my running shoes and jogged in place in my room for 25 minutes. In my work clothes. AWESOME. I'm sure my roommates thought I was having some sort of crazy sex party in there...ah, the fools!!! Tonight I'm going to the Beverly Center with Ro and Marin...I'm buying a birthday present for Tim's party tomorrow. Then I have to hit the hay early, because I have a wedding tomorrow before the birthday party. WARNING: The following commentary is frightfully similar to something Judy Kearns would say...I'm officially turning into my mother. Read on at your own peril. Before I sign off here...just a general rant about modern e-speak that really annoys me. I'm sure it's just people's way of expressing themselves, but I have a beef about grown adults that overuse LOL, LMAO, and HAHAHAHAHAHA in their blogs/emails/run on sentences/etc. Don't get me wrong, in small doses, it can be effective in expressing your general delight in something, but more often than not, nothing translates and you end up sounding like a 13 year old teeny bopper. Another complaint is that many full grown adults fail to write any sort of complete sentences, or use any semblance of punctuation. For instance, some jackhole was attempting a lame pick up on Ro's myspace today, and wrote a long disertation about absolutely nothing; pretty much an e-pick up, with no creativity at all. Below is a condensed recreation of said e-ssault to the best of my memory. Note the general lack of class and punctuation. hey precious beauty how was your v day i thought we were going to hang out lol i even bought you roses no jus playin what are you doing on wednesday just chillin at home? i saw your profile and think you are a beauty how come you're single what did you do to your ex hahahahahaha. my life is about to get busy i'm a nurse and i'm hoping to get into medical school in a year or so to be a doctor That's the jist of it...but I'm afraid my re-enactment is giving this dude too much credit here, so lower the IQ another 35 points from what you think it may be. Okay, this Einstein claims that he wants to be a doctor? If he gets accepted ANYWHERE, I'm moving to Canada. End of story. LOL. Current Mood: rejuvenated (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
10:22 pm	My First LJ entry After reading Vicki's journal, I have to say I'm intrigued, so I've started my own Doogie Howser, MD journal. I can now sum up the life-altering events I experience, and be able to give it a positive spin and wax philosphical about them in the span of 22 minutes, before the credits roll and the Sanka commercials play. And yet, today, for my first entry...I have nothing really life altering to share. I went to work at Options, with one month to go until I can go to my new job at Opportunities...I wish it would come faster, it's time for me to move on from there. I went to my parents for dinner tonight, to say goodbye to them before they head to Hawaii tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and Ro, Shane, Ariel, Geraldine, and I went to Lucha, VAVOOM! at the Mayan. Gotta say, it was a much better Valentine's Day than what most couples experience...high expections just waiting to be let down. Lucha was awesome...lots of Mexican wrestlers in crazy outfits duking it out for God knows what, but damn, it was entertaining. How more people don't get hurt doing all that staged wrestling, I'll never understand. It was like watching a cartoon, where normal kicks and blows would hurt us mere mortals, but do nothing to these dudes. And since it was Valentine's Day, it had a prom theme, so we all got decked out in formals and suits...I got to wear a bridesmaid dress I thought I'd never wear again! So, all in all, it was a great Valentine's Day yesterday! Current Mood: sleepy (5 Comments |Comment on this)