Awwwwwwwwwwwww shit! 'Saturday Night Fever' is on TV. That's gotta be one of the best movies ever! I love disco! - Yano, 8:23 PM |

Mall Wars Begin Mall Wars Begin Mall Wars Begin Well, I've been horrible with my Christmas shopping, and I have to go out today. Wish me luck. Going to the mall around this time makes me really apprehensive. The last time I went to the mall around this time of year I almost killed someone for a parking spot. I had it first, dammit! Well, it's my own fault for not starting my shopping early. Here's the second part of Linda's survey thing...I'll tell ya how my shopping goes later! 10.If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself? Hmm, at first I would think that Christine was a snob. But then we would start talking about comic books and tiramisu and we'd be best friends forever. 11.Are you a daredevil? Sometimes. 12.Do looks matter? Unfortunately for me, yes. I admit it. But after the initial attraction, it becomes a correlation of your looks and your personality. I've met many guys who at first were not attractive to me, but after knowing them, they became a LOT more attractive because of their personality. Luckily for me, Dave is a hot guy with brains and personality. Not to mention a killer jumpshot. 13.Have you ever misused a word and it sounded absolutely stupid? Always. I like throwing words into conversation that I have no idea what they mean, but they sound right. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong. Damn vocab in highschool English class! 14.Do fish have feelings? Yes. And sometimes, they tell me to do very bad things. 15.Are you trendy? Somewhat. I'll buy one trendy thing a 'season'. Usually I stick to fashions that have some longetivity, though. I admit, however, to giving into the 'Rachel' haircut of the mid-90's. Someone shoot me if I do that again. No, someone shoot me if I go back to my high hair days of the late-80's. 16.How do you release anger? Playing with graphics in photoshop, playing playstation, causing other people pain. Just kidding. Just causing Claudine pain. *evil grin* 17.Peanut butter or Jelly? Neither, though putting peanut butter on Ewok's mose if the funniest thing ever. 18.Do you trust others easily? To a certain point. I've been screwed over too many times to trust people completely without knowing them well first. 19.What was your favorite toy as a child? Uh, I don't remember much of my childhood (it's the drugs!), but I do recall having this little desk, where I kept all my paper, my crayons and other stuff. I would spend hours sitting in this little desk drawing. 20.What class in school do you think is totally useless? Calculus. I haven't used it yet. 21.Skydive or Hang glide? Skydive. Someday I'll get to it. It looks like such a rush! 22.Have you ever been on radio or television? Yeah, I've been on TV. I was the drum major for band and they televised us during the St. Patrick's Day parade. Please, don't ask about bandcamp...that question is SO old! 23.Do you have a journal? That's where you are, silly... 24.Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes. 25.Have you ever been in a mosh pit? Not intentionally. Just seems like I end up in them. - Yano, 2:49 PM |

Friday, December 20 Friday, December 20

Today the president of my company handed out our Christmas presents - a charcoal grey company shirt (which is way cooler than the other ones that we have), a pretty snazzy metal lifetime guaranteed pen, and A RAISE! Whoo hoo! It's not a huge raise, but we''ve had a pay freeze for the longest time, so any money is a good thing. It really helps out this year, with the wedding coming and all. I'm not going to complain at all. I'm pretty thankful, and I'd have to say a little surprised. I was expecting a gift certificate for dinner or something like that! Maybe work doesn't suck THAT bad. Well, just some people at work suck! Here's my goofy Stitch pics. Bryan took the first one, and the second one is a picture of Stitch chewing on a leaf in my new tree. - Yano, 9:27 PM |

Mini-Snow Storm Mini-Snow Storm Mini-Snow Storm I'm back in Chicago again, back in the office. It's not too cold outside, but it's really windy. And it was snowing earlier! Well, it looked like a mini blizzard outside a couple minutes ago, but now the sun is out and shining. It snowed for a couple hours, but nothing even accumulated. I hope it snows for Christmas, that would be so nice! We had our holiday luncheon today (I know what you're thinking - how many holiday parties does her office have?) and I am completely stuffed. My coworker's mom made the AWESOME pecan tarts - I had about 4 of them and my belly, though singing the praises of pecans and powdered sugar, is aching!!! I'm about to pass out from so much food. I went Christmas shopping at the Disney store. They've got tons of stuff on sale. When I get home, I'll post the pic the Bryan took of me at my desk. Me, him and Loretta had a little photo shoot at my desk. I bought this big 'Stitch' plush and I can't stop hugging him. He's so adorable! I like pretending like he making like growling Stitch sounds. I'm a dork! - Yano, 2:14 PM |

Thursday, December 19 Thursday, December 19

Enteract, Back in Effect! Enteract, Back in Effect! Enteract, Back in Effect! Thanks to the perseverance of Rick my Enteract account has been brought back to life! If I could find a picture of him, I'd make a little altar here for him! But he gets a thousand thanks for working so hard to get my old account back! So all of you lost sheep that were getting the 'Forbidden' error, welcome back! And make sure you change your link to http://www.yanowhatimean.com. I'm still working on the rest of the pages of the new site, like the links and the pictures, but hopefully it'll get done by the end of the year! - Yano, 9:11 PM |

Wednesday, December 18 Wednesday, December 18

It Must Be The Hair It Must Be The Hair It Must Be The Hair So I'm still in New Haven. I was working on getting my work done with my client's web administrator, and we were cracking jokes and whatnot. Then later on, I'm talking with my client and some other people, and my client says 'Good thing they sent a girl this time! Joe was bending over backwards to help her out. And I haven't seen him laugh in years! I think he enjoyed having a pretty girl in his office.' Yes, flattered, but on the other hand, I feel like a piece of meat! I have a brain, too! Really! And my hair must be in amazing shape lately, because yesterday, I was doing a demo of our program for a couple clients, and one woman asked me to move around my hair, and she was like 'Your hair is so beautiful and thick!' Uh, yeah, just try doing anything creative with it. It's got a mind of its own! And another client today interrupted my demo and said 'I'm sorry to keep on interrupting you, Christine, but can I touch your hair? Just run my fingers through it a little?' Um, how can you say no to that? I felt a little violated. Dude, it's just hair. Here's a little something that Linda sent to me...I'll do the first half, then the rest later... 1.What is your full name? Christine Feliciano 2.Sweater or Sweatshirt? Sweaters. All my sweatshirts seem to have disappeared 3.Do you wish on the stars? Whenever it's early enough to see the first star of the night... 4.Which finger is your favorite? My thumb. I have this annoying habit of giving people a thumb's up sign... 5.When did you last cry? Sometime this week. I've been a little emotional lately... 6.Do you like your handwriting? For the most part, except I can't write in straight lines. 7.What is your favorite lunch meat? Roast Beef 8.Any bad habits? I'm really forgetful, and I bite my lips a lot 9.What is your most embarrassing CD on the shelf? New Kids on the Block Greatest Hits. Embarrassing, but I love it! - Yano, 11:48 PM |

It's 5am, I'm still awake doing CRAP work for the office. Yano is not a happy girl. Not only to I have to work at my client's site, I also have to work on the normal stuff that I do at the office, too. Grrrrrrrr.... So I'm up, working, and watching 'Juice'. What a badass movie! - Yano, 4:09 AM |

Tuesday, December 17 Tuesday, December 17

Animal Gangbang Animal Gangbang Animal Gangbang Well, I was thinking that I'd have to cut sushi out of my diet because of my tight budget, but I forgot that clients pay for my meals when I'm out of town. Thank God for sushi in Connecticut! I'm in heaven! I also stopped by Best Buy to get some X-Mas presents. It's one of the biggest Best Buys I've ever seen. I had the credit card things there. Why even bother signing them? It never looks like your signature anyway. It was the ultimate test of my willpower not to by anything for myself there. Funny lunch conversation today. I was talking with my client, who's got 7 dogs, 3 cats, chickens, mules and horses, and we were discussing my dog, Ewok, and my rabbit, Luscious. I asked her if she had any problems getting them to interact together, and she usually no. Then she said that she used to have a rabbit, but one day...'I caught two of the dogs on top of the rabbit. It was a gangbang! They were taking turns holding the ears of the rabbit down down while the other was in the back, going on like there was no tomorrow.' WTF! It was hilarious, like something out of some black market prison animal porn. And I would never have thought this lady would have even KNOWN the word gangbang! - Yano, 6:59 PM |

Today's This-or-That 1. Christmas dinner: turkey or ham (or something else)? Turkey, pancit, egg rolls, pot roast, rice, fried chicken, pie, and much much more! 2. Candy canes or chocolate? Chocolate! 3. Fruit basket or fruitcake? Fruit sucks 4. Mulled cider or mulled wine? Mullet? What? 5. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Hot Cocoa! 6. Holiday cookies: homemade or store-bought? I only eat Claudine's cookies. They are the best around. 7. Roasting chestnuts or popping corn? Chestnuts 8. On the buffet table: veggie platter or cheese tray? Cheese! Vegetables suck! 9. Apple or pumpkin pie? Pumpkin. With lots of whip cream! 10. Christmas Day breakfast: before or after gift-opening? It happens around noon, when we all end up waking from the late night. - Yano, 6:51 PM |

Sleepless in New Haven Sleepless in New Haven Sleepless in New Haven Here I am in New Haven, Connecticut. Eck! Lousy work has shipped me off here for the whole week. No fun the week before Christmas. I need to take care of the rest of my Christmas shopping here, I guess. So I'm watching 'Sleepless in Seattle' here, and I've got to say that its one of my favorite movies. *sigh* Where is Yano Today? New Haven, CT I also wanted to share something with you that a friend of mine, Derrick wrote in his blog, well, actually, I consider him family. After reading this, I got all teary eyed and emotional...and you'll see why... Hello all!!! Today marks a new chapter of adversity for Derrick. I hate when people refer to themselves in the third person, but oh well. The reason for my new challenge you ask? Today is the official date where I will begin to quit smoking. I say begin because I know that I will have momentary lapses into nicotine binging, be it when I am out at a bar drinking, after a big meal, or out of pure boredom. The thing is, I am beginning to try to quit today. One may wonder what makes a lifetime smoker such as myself decide to quit. No, it wasn't the truth ads, although they are somewhat amusing and informative, I feel that smokers, in general, ridicule those ads. It wasn't people around me that were begging me to quit. No, I was always rather good at brushing them off. I am quitting for a family member of one of my closest friends. I should say my family member, but it's not at that point yet. Well, she was not a smoker I don't think. At least for the couple of years that I've known her she wasn't. And she is one of the many unfortunate people that have cancer. I am quitting for her. It's not that I have told anyone this, or am I pledging this to anyone, but the way I see it, I smoke, and I do not have cancer, she does not smoke, and yet she does have cancer. That shit just ain't right. So yes I am quitting for her. This woman that I hardly know is my one true inspiration for quitting a habit that has controlled 13 years of my 25 years of existence on this planet. So wish me luck people. I know it's gonna be a long journey, I will probably tag another few unwanted pounds on my already overweight body, I will have mood swings and be absolutely irritable, but please deal. I will probably have a few more smokes before I'm completely done. Don't blame me. I read yesterday that it takes the average smoker 18 years to quit. Can you believe that? So again, wish me luck, cuz I'm gonna need it. Wow. So I'm going to support Derrick 100%. I think he's such an awesome guy to do this. I find it so touching that he was inspired by my mom. She would be so proud if she knew this. But then again, she'd kick Derrick's ass for smoking in the first place. *wink* - Yano, 2:04 AM |

Monday, December 16 Monday, December 16

Bob Chinn is Disappointed in Me Bob Chinn is Disappointed in Me Bob Chinn is Disappointed in Me Well, yesterday was our company party, and it was held at Bob Chinn's in Wheeling. Before going out there, we stopped by Golf Mill to buy our gift exchange gifts. That place has really changed. Here's me with my friends Sully and Stitch. The office party itself was tons of fun. I had a couple drinks before we sat down to eat, and when we were led to our table, I was talking with Sam's fiance, and I didn't realize that although I saved a seat for Sam, someone had taken the seat I saved for myself. So I looked around for another seat at the table. None. Not one seat at the table with all my friends. So I looked down, and the only seat open was the one next to the company president. I panicked, and tried to figure out how tipsy I was. Pretty tipsy! But I went down to sit next to him, and he puts his hand over the seat and said 'Anyone can sit here but Christine'. Aww...rejected by even the president! So then I say 'Sorry, there's nowhere else to sit. And anyway, we need to talk about giving me a raise!' After saying that, I realized it was a ballsy thing to say, and he could have fired me on the spot. But fortunately, he laughed. *sigh of relief* He was in a great mood that night, so I really had nothing to worry about. It was just weird to be eating next to the president and across from the vice president. It was cool, too, though. I was happy that he laughed at my jokes, and that I didn't have any problems with my motor skills. He bought my group these plastic fish jackets, which were at the moment really cool to have, but no way am I ever wearing it in public. But maybe I'll wear it around the office. My VP knows Bob Chinn, so he came by our table to talk with her, and gave her some free scallop sashimi. He offered for me so try it. So I took a piece of ginger and put it in my mouth. And then he said 'No, you must eat the ginger and scallop together!' So I take some of the scallop, and put it in my mouth. And he's like 'No, together!' And I'm nodding, because they ARE together, in my mouth, and I can't talk. But he just shook his head and kept on talking to our VP. Oh well! Afterwards, a small group of us went out to another bar. I was at my 'I've -drank-enough-alcohol-so-I'm-gonna-rock-at-pool' stage. I rocked the house playing pool! All in all, it was a good night. - Yano, 1:08 AM |