THANK YOU!

Thanks everyone for entering my giveaway! It was nice getting to know a little bit about the people who visit my blog and fun reading some of your messages. You guys are fucking AMAZING. I'll be announcing the winner on Monday, April 11th at 7:00am PST using a random name generator. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! You already know where I'll be tomorrow ...

TGIF - The Random Edition

In no particular order ...

Me and Eddie at the last Giants exhibition game against the A's
#1 son!

Thirsty Thursdays. 'Cuz it was THAT kinda night last night.

Dinner the other night. Whole grain tortillas ftw!

Like Rach said, FUCK YOU TINY BUDDHA!

Last Sunday at Straits.

Free champagne courtesy of the "confused" guy!

Straight to the bar for happy hour and the Giants game!

And yes, I am a Britney Spears fan.
I ain't even gonna apologize for it either lol.

"Trying to say goodbye but it’s hot and heavy
You touch me and it’s breaking me down
I’m telling you let’s just give it up and get down"

My First Giveaway!

BTW, I do have new posts below this entry and will continue to post daily.

I wish you guys could all see just how bad I am at vlogging. I tried on three separate occasions and did at least five takes each time. That's like half an hour of me saying "um" every other word and staring at the ceiling. So because I respect your brain cells, I decided to save the video for another time ... like maybe next week when I announce the winner for my very first giveaway!

I don't think you guys quite understand just how much your comments, re-tweets, re-posts, emails, EXISTENCE, etc. mean to me. But to show just a hint of my appreciation, I'll be randomly picking one lucky reader to receive a goody-bag courtesy of the good folks at Adapt Clothing, Hellz Bellz, and Universal Music.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with your name, age, email address, and location. I will not be using your email address for any reason other than to verify the winner and make sure it is only one entry per person.

I will be accepting entries until 5:30pm PST this Friday, April 8th and will be announcing the winner Monday, April 11th. And just to let you know this is open to both male and female readers. Fellas, I got you. I won't have you wearing Hella Kitty booty shorts. I mean ... unless that's your thang thang. Anyway, thank you so much once again and good luck!

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-1 item from Adapt's Spring 2011 line

-Complete Dagger Bellz Club lapel set

-CDs from various Universal Music Artist

P.S. I will not be approving comments 'cuz I'm scared spammers or weirdos will get a hold of your info and I don't want to be liable for the viagara and butt plug emails you may get.

TGIF - LYL Edition

Tell her she's beautiful. Tell him he's handsome. Tell her she's the only one you're seeing even if she's not your girlfriend. Tell him he's appreciated more than he could ever know. Tell her you're sorry. Tell him you're proud of him. Tell her you love her. Tell him you miss him. Hug your friends. Pick up your phone. Smile at people on the street. Go to your best friends house and do nothing. Have girls night outs. Be there for your boys. Plan dinners and brunches for no reason at all. Turn off your phone. Read a book. Enjoy the sunshine. Play in the rain. Cook dinner. Have lunch by yourself. Take a walk. Baby-sit your favorite lil' man or Princess. Eat something really bad for you. Eat something really good for you. Stop and smell the flowers. Take a deep breath.

Don't wait for excuses to love life. And don't wait for reasons to appreciate the people in it. Don't wait 'til it's too late.

Have a beautiful weekend. Got a little something for yall come Monday ;)

Giants Season Starts NOW.

I promise to try and not bore you with my baseball banter until at least a few more months. Weeks. OK at least not until my first game opening night lol.

Brace Yourselves.

'Cuz Giants season is starting lol. I was lucky enough to get paid to watch their last exhibition game today at AT&T Park. Up until the bottom of the 9th the A's lead 1-0 and many "fans" had already left or were making their way out of the stadium. Finally, Fonte-yes gets on base, steals, and Whiteside brings his ass home 1-1. Then, like a scene out of a movie at 2 outs and 2 strikes Stewart (who to be real honest I'm not even familiar with) singles just past third base and it's a motherfucking ballgame! And now it's 5:30 and still 70+ degrees outside, time to go celebrate the sweep and this beautiful day with a run.

Happy Birthday Kristina!

Happy birthday to my chinita Kristina, love you mama!
I'll be playing the "maniac" song today in your honor lol.

The Random in Pictures

From the weekend and then some.

Brunch with Q, Gelo, and Rach at Le Boulange where I had the smoked salmon fritata.

HELLA moded and HELLA not planned lol.

Drinks at the W.
How dirty girls get clean. Or, drunk.

Bathroom pic 'cuz I liked my recycled outfit from the Dwele concert.

BTW, still doing the grocery shopping thing.

Slacked for half a week though because I didn't have time to go grocery shopping.

Spaghetti is seriously the easiest thing on Earth to make lol. I just substitute the ground beef with ground turkey and use whole wheat noodles, and add garlic, mushrooms, and fresh basil to the sauce. Mushrooms, avocado, goat cheese, and light ranch dressing for the salad. I think I'm going to try and make the sauce from scratch next time so it's more flavorful.

So glad Mother Nature took a break yesterday and allowed me to run this. All the rain washed away most of the beach, there was barely any sand to run on so I opted for the Great Highway. Still not sure why it's closed down. Looks kinda creepy if you ask me.


Last nights dinner that I forgot to bring to work for lunch - DAMMIT TO HELL! Lemon basil & garlic (skinless) chicken filets with brown rice and turkey bacon wrapped asparagus.

TGIF - Just 'Cuz Edition

'Cuz I shouldn't even have to explain Katerina Graham.

'Cuz I swear I'd revoke my own Godmother pass if she wasn't so adorable.
Plus, I want her onesie (complete w/ detachable mittens and hoody with ears!!!)

"'Cuz my anaconda don't want none unless you got BUNZ hun!"
Vegas, if you know what's good for you, you'll check out the homiez over at Tasty Bunz.

'Cuz this is the mufuckin TRUF.

'Cuz all the cool Bellz are doing it, cop here.

'Cuz I'm pale, I'm tubby, and I'm running out of winter shit to wear.
Summer, where for art thou?

Happy Friday everyone, have an amazering weekend!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I DIE NOW.

Yall don't even understand right now. My X-Men card collection would've shitted on yours ANY FUCKING DAY. So it only makes sense that my favorite comic book misfits meet my favorite baseball outcasts. klajsdlkfjskljfkljdklfjljsdlfjasdfjlsjlajoiwojfs. Words cannot describe how happy I would be to get my hands on this, and I don't even like comic books!

Mad Over Maddox!

You see that look on his face? It is a look of explosive adoration for his Aunty-Abi NOT annoyance. I SWEAR lol. Happy 1st birthday sweetness. Can't wait to see you rock your very first Giants hoody!

P.S. Janners Bananners, I don't think I've told you this yet but I am VERY proud of you!

R.I.Paradise Elizabeth Taylor

I've never watched a single Elizabeth Taylor film, and was never a big fan as she was before even my time. However, these three things I am aware of; She is Hollywood royalty, she was married eight times, and she was absolutely GORGEOUS. You can't see her violet eyes in these black and white pics, but it's obvious they just don't make 'em the way they used to.

"It is very strange that the years teach us patience
that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting."-Elizabeth Taylor

Weekend in Pictures - Word Hard, Play Harder Edition

Hi. I'm tired. And this is why ...

My "weekend" started off on Thursday for St. Patties Day. Block party, then Otis with Rach, Tat, and Lisa.

Then, Dwele at Yoshi's with Ruth, Nicole, and Marla.

Saturday afternoon brunch with my chinita Kristina.

Then, got ready to work the door at Minna.

Like my new ring? I do! Retarded "tough" face not included.

Making it reign indoors while it rained outside.

Then, off to have Sunday ceviche with moms!

She got salmon salad while I got the Escolar which was cooked Costa Rican style and totally reminded me of when PR, and MIA *sigh*.

My mom is so cute and thoughtful.

Worked the score table at Triple Double's game afterwards, and then winded down the night with the birthday boy Maddox!

Sorry some of the pics are pixelated but for some reason my phone converted them to a small ass size. Meh! Anyway, hope everyone had as an amazing weekend as I did. Time to get back to the grind! It's gonna be a DIFFERENT week to say the least ;P

Body Rock

First Saturday morning in a while where I just laid in bed and did absolutely nothing for at least an hour. It was long overdue and definitely necessary. Had a long week at work, and a few "moments" here and there, but nothing that couldn't be cured with a night out with lovely ladies, sushi, Merlot, and a front row seat at the Dwele concert. "Life may not be the party I hoped for but while I'm here, I might as well dance," right?

At first I was upset he only did a short snippet of Open Your Eyes, but that was probably a blessing in disguise 'cuz I could've easily been THAT girl crying into her wine front row and center. Instead I reminisced to "Find A Way," resurrected the thizz-face for 30 seconds when the band covered Too Short's Blow The Whistle, sang along to regulators in tribute to Nate Dogg, and got up and danced to Body Rock (Which in case you haven't heard the song yet, you definitely should below. Some feel good music for that ass when you're about to go out).

And yes, there was a segment during the show when the self-proclaimed King of Pick-Up lines, Dwele, threw some lines at the girls up front. I was lucky enough to be the last one, with the best line if I do say so myself lol.

Dwele: Do you know what material this is?

Abi: No, what is it?

Dwele: BOYFRIEND MATERIAL.

Yeah, I would've totally fell for that lmao. Good lookin Marla! Anyway, time to finally start off this Saturday. Brunch with Kris, then the gym, clean, write, then work tonight! Have an amazing rest of the weekend everyone!

Top O' the Morning to Ya!

Been slackin on the food diary but with the exception of Tuesday when I didn't have time to prepare anything and bought lunch, I've been sticking to it *woot*woot*! Crazy too, because I had sashimi and ended up spending $18.00 on lunch alone - GOOD GOD. It made me realize just how much money I was saving.

So yesterday for bfast was 2 mini wheat bagels with peanut butter, and water. No snacks at all, and grilled skinless chicken breast with mashed cauliflower.
Dinner, (which was also lunch today) consisted of whole wheat spaghetti with ground turkey and tomato basil sauce. I just added garlic and mushrooms. Breakfast was cheerios although I lightweight cheated and bought some coffee 'cuz I went to the gym at 6:30 and wanted to die at work earlier. Whoever said am gym seshes keep you awake the rest of the day - LIED!
Anyway, just wanted to say happy reason to get shit face in the middle of the week day to everyone! This was the only thing I had green asides from a go-go set which obviously wouldn't have done so well at the j-o-b nor looked good on me (anymore, wah!). So many people at work had to do a double take when they saw me, "ARE YOU ACTUALLY WEARING AN A'S HAT?" Of course not sillies, I got love for the rest of the Bay but it would burn on contact!
Lastly, Happy Birthday to one of my favorite white girls Nicci Blue-Eyes herself! See you this weekend mama! XOXO.

Happy Dirty!

I attended 3 birthday shindigs this weekend. How is it that everyone managed to get busy in June during the same weekend? Anyway, the highlight of the three was finally attending a show at Teatro Zinzanni for my favorite of favorites' 30th birthday.

Here she is ... Miss Americaaa ... with the boys, at the Intercontinental Hotel pre-gaming. Yes, old people still get down like that.
Me taking advantage of our custom "wet-bar" complete with Asti, strawberries, veggie sticks, and Hello Panda lol.
Me and my lovelies (and Cathy's boobs looking like a fresh pair of perky implants) in the back of the cab on the way to the dinner and a show. I finally got to wear my Rodarte for Target dress and pill box hat I bought over a year ago.
All the ladies inside the Teatro tent.
And finally, the birthday girl proving that 30s the new 20 she so caliente still! Happy birthday Ness!

Heavy Hearts

I live walking distance from the beach, run it every weekend, can't swim, and am a hypochondriac. So imagine the disarray I felt this morning waking up to Darya Folsom announcing the first wave of the West Coast tsunami to hit San Francisco at 8:08am, which is around the time I leave for work. I know the media tends to sensationalize everything, but knowing the devastation in Japan had me worried enough to grab my phone and text everyone I truly cared about a simple, "The tsunami is probably being blown out of proportion, but just in case it isn't - Love you guys!" I knew everything was going to be ok, but I didn't feel too cheesy for sending the text because these were people I should be saying I love you to everyday anyway.

I however, did feel disappointed in myself. Because when it got down to the last person on my list, I hesitated, and eventually didn't text them. While the biggest waves to hit the Bay Area were only 2 feet tall, I allowed myself to drown in my own anger, hurt, and pride. Just because someone is too much of a selfish coward to own up to their mistakes and take responsibility for their actions, it doesn't mean I should carry their burden on my shoulders. If something tragic had went down today, I would've went down with a heaviness in my heart.

I must admit, I am ashamed.

I don't know whats worse, the fact that I could die tomorrow without so much as my book proposal finished, the fact that this person doesn't realize the magnitude of what they've done (or either way just doesn't care) , or the fact that given another chance I still wouldn't let this person know how I feel and rather carry it with me to the grave.

I know whats worst though. Having been directly affected by the disaster in Japan. So let this be a lesson to everyone. To be kinder. Love stronger. Hustle harder. Say sorry and mean it. Appreciate more and worry less. To regret the things you didn't do instead of the things you've done. And most of all, to eliminate regret entirely. Just because I can't do it this time, it doesn't mean you can't. You may not be floating on your mattress in the Pacific Ocean somewhere, but the resentment you hold in your heart will be heavy enough to drown you above water.

**My good friend from Adapt will be donating 100% of proceeds from the sales of these shirts to Japan disaster relief. If you would like to contribute, you can do so here.