Plaschke, you grinch!

Carroll saves his best coaching job … for his last USC game? C’mon, Bill! Let us Trojans be happy and shower Uncle Pete with love. Don’t be overshadowing the worst case scenario so soon! And…best picture of the year… Oh, yeah. Hi, gang. Happy New Year. 🙂 Stomach has settled down. Throwing up has stopped by I felt icky the rest of Monday. Still a little icky today but not as uncomfortable as yesterday. I swear, the oversensitive stomach thing is getting really, really old. Michael reported back from the Rose Bowl. The boys didn’t get home until 2 a.m.!...
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Dreams…shattering

It’s 4:42 a.m. I’ve been up throwing up since 4 when I was awaken by stomach pain. Still have the pain. Can’t go back to sleep. I don’t think I’m going to make it to the Rose Bowl… I’ve texted Michael…who is STILL up partying…and forfeited my rights to the game. I’m just destined never to see USC plays a championship game at the Rose Bowl. Fuckin’ eh…...
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Not having a blast…

Bangkok explosions leave two dead *Update* Two more bombs exploded at Central World Plaza and Pratunam And now the tourists are getting hurt. The word on the streets is that it was either the Muslim insurgents from the south, revving up the violence and spreading it to the city. Or, a more possible scenario to me, Thaksin’s supporters stirred shit up. Either way, the typical gigantic public New Year celebrations were cancelled everywhere. Still, dad said that didn’t stop the private affairs in hotels around town. The fireworks were still going on when I spoke to him. The family is...
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2006: Year in Review

2006 can be summed up in just one word. Change. It started with mom’s health from her radiation earlier in the year to chemo in February, and finally, the stroke that debilitated her in July. I did go home twice in one year for the first time ever, and despite it all, I managed to have a few days of absolutely good times. Then we moved out of the Long Beach College Dorm 2.0 into a quiet residential neighborhood of Los Alamitos. I switched to take the bus. Brandon gets a permanent position. Friends and family all around have their...
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Oh, the last Friday of 2006

How I love thee. Let me count the ways! First. I made dinner tonight and it kicks major ass! Rachael Ray’s Steak dinner set (I used thawed, frozen spinach instead of kale) is phenomenal. I adjusted everything down to make food for 2 and it’s perfect. Second. Finally opened the Santa Cristina 2003 Sangiovese wine Brenda gave me for Christmas last year. It’s fantastic. Third. Blogger came through and revert me back to my original form. Back on the Old Blogger! Yeeeeees! Sure, I lost a few new posts…not that they were all that interesting anyway, right?…and the nifty tags,...
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