dorkus_x's Xanga

My Official Good-Bye

Sun, 24 May 2009 17:34:00 GMT

MIGRATED
S-t-a-l-k m-e h-e-r-e:

http://perfect-bound.blogspot.com
http://perfect-bound.blogspot.com
http://perfect-bound.blogspot.com
or
http://www.blogger.com/profile/10229658877819384915
(if the link is broken/i decide to change the URL spontaneously)

Alright, so this is gonna be my official good-bye and last post (as of now anyways) on dorkus_x. I actually wrote this a couple of days ago but set it to PRIVATE because i didnt "feel" like it was the right time to make it public. Today though, i felt like it is finally the right time (the "stressor" here was my bff migrated toooooo) so here it is.

Xanga has been good to me (minus their limitations hence why im migrating llol). My very first post was on Wednesday, June 29, 2005. An almost four years it has been, i've been dedicated and faithful to dorkus_x and i am gonna be a traitor and go over to blogspot. haha It feels a lil weird to be typing a "Farewell" to a blog....but because xanga has been part of my lifestyle, grown with me, people refer to my xanga in conversations and on, i think this alternative outlet to my life deserves a proper good-bye. Dont worry Xanga people, i will still be around to stalk you, and comment. You dont have to worry there. haha And for people who normally come by/googles me/added me on their RSS, please migrate yourself over with me to my new blog ^^ (Hopefully i wont be as lonely over there). Actually im sure SOME have already found their way over there...those are the intuitive, observant ones. heh lol

Maybe l'll come back! Who knows, there's like a 4% possibility of me returning lol.
Thanks to Everyone who has always referred to me as dorkus (even in person), it means a lot to me even though its very lame. Dorkus_x, my alter online identity; im glad my tres imaginative mind came up with you. You really helped me through rough times when i felt like talking about certain issues to someone, wouldnt be much help or be any kind of release. i think i would have seriously driven ALOT of people insane with the whole 6453 (or was it 6543) issue, and other dramatic episodes if i did not blog about it. With that said, i can finally leave behind and let go of what ive always dreamt of wanting, for a reality that is bliss.

Blogging & Signing it off here for the last time (maybe, keep in mind that 4%). =]

- dorkus_x

Blogging

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:13:04 GMT

Okay its that time again where i am contemplating whether i should migrate over to blogspot. I had this debate last summer when Anh pretty much left xanga *sad face* and went over to blogspot/blogger and i had such a hard time deciding to stay or move. My ending decision was to stay (hence why im here) until now when i have a fresh list of why i should stay and why i should migrate. I'm out of school, and now i can spend more time on the design/logistical (if its sucha word) side of maintaining a blog and actually have time to do/explore crazy shit that people have on their super-nice, domain-hosted, wordpress blogs. Unlike before, one of my reasonings for wanting to stay here @ Xanga was because i didnt want to spend my time figuring out a new set of html for a new blog site (the HTML varies slightly on each blog community i.e. LiveJournal is the worst to date). But now that i do have the time, my list changes a bit.

So this calls for a Fresh List!

Xanga has really made it not fun to [ aka Pro-Blogspot ] :

- tag posts
Yeah one thing that really pisses me off about Xanga is its inability to "remember/log" tags. They have a TAGS section but what good is that if it doesnt remember it for you? I can have new tags every single post and end up with a thousand tags at the end of the year! Not good for an obsessive compulsive freak like me.
Plus five points.

- have a personal domain/change SN
Many of you know that ive been saving up credits, and being marketing cows for various sponsors of Xanga- JUST so i can change my SN. Eventually my goal was to buy my own personal URL/domain because i am that crazy about blogging (example: www.dorkus-x.com). I was doing a little research and to my horror discovered that Xanga doesnt have that feature (yet and they dont seem like they are making any effort to do so). Yeps, that is definitely a turn-off. Now blogger on the other hand, allows that.
Plus twenty points!

- unable to print posts
I've been blogging for about five years (not including asianavenue), from got_rice_angel => silent_serenity => saymuidang => dorkusX, i've recorded a lot of memories and experiences in typing. With that said now, many places allow you to upload your posts from your blog and print them out onto paper (and into a book or watever). That, is something i want to do very, very much. Livejournal allows it, wordpress, blogger, wordpad, all BUT, surprise! surprise! Xanga. !@#$$%!!
Plus many, many points.

- ads r really ugly and flashy
This is just a general perference, but the ads here are too much and there r virtually no ads over at blogger.
Plus one point.

I apologize to my cousin who i made sign-up for Xanga and now im talking about migrating....haha im so sorry pauline. But rest assured! i will keep up with my spam comments on your blog lolll : )))) i promiseeeeeeee. Thats the same with all the other ppl i stalk on xanga. Just cuz i dont write here doesnt mean i wont stalk here. ^^

Again, people might think this is silly and i'm totally pathetic for debating this...but you know what. I honestly dont care what people think because blogging is important to me, and is part of my lifestyle. Its like telling me to give up chicken wings- ya fuk that lol That person can go screw themselves and they don't ever have to come (back) here because no one's making them read this. Hmmm sometimes i can be so bitter and bitchy.

Alright, going to start blogging over there for a couple of days before i put up the link, in case its a false alarm and i decide to stay. haha i've made it all classsy and nice over there so its "presentable" for the people who do come by occasionally and ive already have 11 (very short) posts since last August, so its not completely empty and boring.

OUTS, for now.
PS. My lips is dry as fukkk. (That doesnt make sense)

two post in one day: inspiration

Sun, 10 May 2009 02:04:33 GMT

After reading Anh's post on apartment 611, i was extremely inspired to blog a reflection-like post on my four years in GCM and what it meant to me, what it has taught me and made me into. Then thinking about it further, i think i'm gonna save that post for after convocation because if i did it now, l'll have nothing to say in a month and 2 days' time lol

Again GCM kids, convocation is Thursday, June 11th at 8am, and we have to be there at 7:30am. Boos. I know. And a FYI is that we will be graduating with the Journalism, Image Arts and Photography kids across the street so it wont be as cozy as prom was the other week.

On the note of our convocation- i found the dress i want to wear that day ^^
Nowm my only issue is hoping it will ship here in time...or if not find a similar one.
&& of course shoes to match it he he he

Fuk and i just realized i missed the grad photos deadline. GAHHH. Not only do i not have my own photos, I was originally going to surpise the mister's family by getting him his grad picture (he sincerely does not believe in prom, convocation or anything graduation-related in general) but haha that is so not happening now unless i start photoshop-ing the watermarks on the low res proofs we got........which takes too much time and cuts into my Criminal Minds-watching-time.

I'll end off the night (yeah its kinda early but...i get exhausted easily with this whole nine to five business) and this post with a picture of the mister's youngest and only niece.

She's sucha cutie-patootie that always wears pink : )))

mmmm a lil excessive

Sat, 09 May 2009 22:04:40 GMT

i had a dream last night that i met Matthew Gray Gubler
aka Dr. Spencer Reid, the fictional character on tv.

ahhahah oh man this is too much

So I finished my first week of work, and there's really not that much to report on aside from the fact that it will continuously become more challenging, more work, etc. I kind of want to decorate my area to make it more "me" but im debating whether i should or not, or if that's ghey of me. haha

Another random thought: im allergic to my retainers.
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about getting these plastic, "invisalign" retainers that bears similar resemblance to a sports mouth guard/protection thingy. Well after wearing them for a while, i noticed my my upper top lip getting really dry and i thought its probably because im not use to it and wearing lots of vasaline and lipbalm would do the job. Nopesss, got much much worst. My lips are now...incrediably itchy, has a burning sensation and even though it doesnt appear "dry", they are pretty effing dry lol. It got to a point where i had to plaster so much beeswax lipbalm on my mouth so i can enjoy the cooling effect as it took away the burning feeling, until now it just CONTRIBUTES to the terrible burnig sensation. - I know, i am SUCH a big freak.
Hopefully i can get some new ones, because my teeth are starting to shift and i will become my old self again WITH this terrible allergy reaction. Sucks balls.

Alright i gotta go add up my debts and figure out how im gonna do this before i go splurging with my pay cheque next week....because im feeling myself itch for one of Mac's Bronzer.....i feel a MAC whore in the making.

they look exciting dont they

Thu, 07 May 2009 02:53:13 GMT

guess who has prom pictures ^__________________^;;;;;
omfg i cannot wait to load them.....AFTER WORK tmr. haha!
Enjoy the teaser : )

cuz i gotta sleep.
thnx again to erv for finding my cam!

Greetings!

Tue, 05 May 2009 01:22:08 GMT

Today was my first day at work and already Ive been assigned and briefed on many projects, tasks and initiatives i must take on this week, weeks to come, months, and so forth. I would say so far so good even though 95% of the projects are going to be challenging because of my lack of experience and skill-sets. However, i can't wait to actually implement and coordinate some of these campaigns and events and be able to say (and add to my resume) that i was able to successfully carry out out all these marketing-related initiatives. I just have to work ten times harder to really learn what i was suppose to have learned in my four years of minoring in marketing....ha ha ha. sighs.

The mister came to pick me up from work today and we carried out our norm ritual of having Starbucks and roaming Chapters. As boring as that may sound, its very special to meeeeee and hopefully himmmm. lol *giggle giggle* The annual York/Sheridan Design program's Graduation Show is this weekend and i really, really hope l'll be able to attend because this would have been "my" year if i had decided to go for Design instead of Print.
Like I've ranted about before on my tumblr, I've always wondered how my life would have turned out, and what kind of person i would be now if I was to have chosen to go for Design. If I had chosen York over Ryerson, where would I be now? One things for sure is i probably would not have a university "family" and i wouldn't have met the one person that means the world to me. I'm confident my route and decision was correct, but sometimes I just wonder. With that said, its Mother's Day on Sunday and so is the art show which more than probably means I can't go. Then the only day its open to the public, i have work and its only open until 6pm. Whatthehell York, what about all the people who have work and can't go downtown in time?!!- Once again you have proved yourself to be one big screw-up (no offense to my cousin and those who goes to York). Argh. So disappointing.

One last thing before i go intake my daily double dose of Criminal Minds lol, I just want to say HELLO to the person who reads my blog from Australia and the person from Hong Kong. *Tiny wave* I'm glad you come by-even-though-i-dont-know-who-it-is!?!..??? Exciting. : )))

Nights!

im a big girl now

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:31:12 GMT

i can't wait until the day i pay off my osap
so i can actually begin saving up for a Europe trip with the mister, save up for future plans, and not feel guilty about buying expensive materialistic items

..........that's definitely gonna be a while though because according to the OSAP Repayment Calculator, i have nine years to pay it allll back in monthly settlements of 140 dollars. X____x. Or i can settle for about twelve hundred dollars each month to pay it off in a 2 years-ish.

My dilemma now is, whether i should be piss-ass poor for the first year and then splurge? Or be a new grad student and just live life a little and buy items ive wanted to buy for a very long time?

Anyhoo, first day in the office today! Tmr marks the first official day I am a 9-5 grown up that has to start thinking of responsbilities, BILLS, portfolio/investments, FUTURE, career goals- gahh nothing fun. Mixed feelings, i don't really know what to expect. Sadly, the thing i am most looking forward to is cleaning out the office they gave me and decorating it to my liking. lol

Brand new day, brand new routines, brand new journey.

New Crush Pic Spam

Sat, 02 May 2009 20:16:38 GMT

DR. SPENCER REID from Criminal Minds
Boy genius that can read 20,000 words per minute and holds three doctorates and two undergraduate degrees.

Guys like him turn me on. No jokes.
For those who have known me since highschool, I've held a notorious reputation for finding nerdy guys/the less popular to be super hot. It's pretty funny because they've always questioned my taste until recently when i met No-Good, and finally agree that i do have taste after all! haha sighs.

This guy however, is like the king of all geeks but damnnnn......I'm sorry Lx.
hahaha <3

*continues to watch episode after episode of Criminal Minds until its time to head out*

Graphic Communications Management gets sh!tfaced

Sat, 02 May 2009 03:03:54 GMT

Last night it was my program's formal/prom at Tappos Wine and Restaurant. This formal definitely made up for the fact i did not get drunk at my highschool formal because i was TRASHED out of my mind haha

The day started with me meeting up with the girls to head down to J's to get ready. It's a good thing i proposed to get down there early because we actually took almost four hours to get ready. It was quite interesting because we got ready in the condo's swimming pool change room where they had large mirrors and lots of space for us to glamour ourselves up. It was shitty because it was pouring cats and dogs outside but thank god it wasnt too, too cold. Some highlights:

- Jennut unable to catch up to our pace as we speed walked through the streets lolll
- Watching Cowan, Jin and Ken dash across the courtyard and into the resturant because of the rain
- Open bar = Unlimited shots, bar drinks and wine = one trashed group of asians
- Taking my first round of Yagar shots with AshZ and Chocolate
- Then taking more shots with everyone else. It was seriously vodka, more vodka, gin, more vodka.
- Taking pictures of everyone and being crazy loud
- Laughter, and smiles- there were so many of it, it made me really happy to know everyone around us were enjoying themselves and the 90 bucks was worth it
- Being tipsy before appetizer even came
- The mister slicing my steak in baby pieces for me
- Jon, Ken & Jennut playing drinking games lol
- I was trashed before dessert came (which i did not know even existed because i do not recall them bringing it out)
- The white kids probably thought the asians were super loud weak sauces.
- Apparently portions of my night are officially blacked out because i do NOT remember what i was doing
- Puking in the rain
- I said "Thank you Ervvvvvvv for driving us", but the truth was i was no longer in erv's car but rather it was the mister dragging me into my house =____='' epic fail.
- The mister putting pj pants on me, but leaving my dress on. I was very confused when i woke up.

It was such a terrific night, i enjoyed and DO NOT regret drinking too much or whatever. I think ive even reached a new drunk level. The cousin would be proud of me : ) haha I woke up feeling liek shit though, it was pretty disgusting lol

As for pictures- I wouldddd have loaded pics almost immediately already but the fact of the matter is- for about 10 hours i thought i lost my camera (as you can tell from my last post). I was frantic, I was sad, disappointed, and angry because i felt like my memories were stolen from me. THANK GOD, Erv found it in his car and i am forever grateful to the spiderman for making my day. Hopefully i can get it soon and see how many pics i actually took last night. In the meantime, i can only wait for others to load theirs and await for mine.

i love u kids!!!! Thank you for making the night so wonderful <3

I leave you with this picture, as the only proof i have that last night existed (courtesy of Jo) lol As ugly and candid as my face is in this picture, it is still something for now. sighs*. lol

I photoshop-ed the mister's face because he looks really terrible here and he would be very, very angry with me if i didnt do something about it before i loaded it on my blog. haha

thats all for now.

stolen

Fri, 01 May 2009 18:50:46 GMT

my camera was stolen last night and i feel like all my memories were stolen from me.