Barack Obama Elected President

It's 8:01pm here in California and we just got news that's Obama is our new President with 297 Electoral votes (and still counting!). Yay! Congratulations Obama! I'm definitely looking forward to having you as our 44th President of the United States. I can't wait to see his Inauguration on January 20th, 2009! YES!!!! Couple hours later... I'm still sitting in front of the television watching CNN:

2008 Presidential Election

California is minutes away from closing the polls. My prediction is this - Barack Obama is going to win with 300+ Electoral Votes tonight. I'm proud of myself for voting earlier today. My precinct was #2223 which is in Foster City. I kind of wanted to go across the way where precinct #2222's casting box was located. #2 is my favorite number so I was hoping for all the good luck I can get during this Presidential Election. Why? Well 4 years ago, I casted my vote for John Kerry. I think my son EJ jinx me cause when I voted, I took him along with me. Back then he was 6 years old and yelled outloud at the San Mateo precinct, "Mommy, can you vote for George Washington?". After telling him that he was dead, he said, "Mommy, vote for George W. Bush!!!" Yeah, it was a 4 year long jinx for me....LOL! After watching a couple hours of CNN this evening, it's quite clear that Obama is going to become President of the United States by a landslide! Talk about being a part of great American history! I'm so for "Change". Let's do this America. We will shortly witness the victory of Barack Obama, our very FIRST African American to be elected as President of the United States. WOW! Random - but if Tupac Shakur were around, he'd be so proud of us who have contributed in making a "Change". Earlier today, I was listening to his song called Changes. Very inspirational!! Keep in mind this song was made over a decade ago. The words, "I see no changes" was said repeatedly in the song. I agree with him that some things will never change. He may be right, but that doesn't mean everything! Guess what, though? We are finally ready to see a Black President. How's that for you, Tupac!? Tupac lyrics that we should live by:

We gotta make a change... It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. Let's change the way we eat Let's change the way we live And let's change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive.

This very day will mark the beginning of the Change Movement. Rock on!

Post-It Notes

Note to self: Stop using post-it notes at work! This is the hundredth time, I've lost a post-it note with either Accounting task instructions from my Field Offices or a To-Do checklist for my month-end close. I hate when this happens. To make matters worse, my cubicle is a pig sty! White papers everywhere. share-bare, (yes, I speak in 3rd person all the time...), Only use post-it notes for personal use such as, jotting down a song to upload via iTunes, or for writing my grocery/Target list, or to write someone's phone number or a website to look at when i get home or to list reminders that eventually I know I will forget. It might actually be a good idea to utilize my Blackberry's Memo application more often. Can I say lazy and old-fashioned? 3x5 Yellow Post-It Note - Where are you!? :/

30 Until 30

Oh my gracious! The big 3-0 is quickly approaching. In 30 days to be exact! YIKES! I'm not really depressed as I thought I would be. The whole new decade is just getting me to think a lot now. One of the things that I've been trying to stress about is probably going to crack you up. Do you really want to know? OK, fine. I told myself that I need to start dressing my age and start looking like I have a 10 year old son. I need to start wearing make-up to work every day, too! I need to look like I care about how I look even though I don't. I guess I just need to look presentable, yeah? Oh well. Something along that line. I need to stop buying stupid graphic tees like my Captain Planet and Transformers vintage shirt. Like seriously - is that something a 30 year old single mother would wear? I also need to stop wearing Victoria's Secret "PINK" sweats because I'm not a teenager and I'm not trying to be. Realizing that females that are half my age wear the same type of lounge/pajama wear freak me out! Basically, I have to stop looking all sloth. Other goals for my third decade of being alive:

• Stop Looking for The One. Per my sister, it will come when the time is right
• Find a new face & bikini waxer. I've been literally burned three times in the face!
• Invest in skirts and dresses for work. Thanks Lipstick Jungle for the fashion tips!
• Stop buying/reading Shape & Self magazines on how to lose weight. Instead, just do it!
• Start taking action rather than whining like a baby.

Ross From Friends: Top 5 List

Remember that one episode where Ross created his "Top 5" List? Remember how he even laminated it? Well, I for one won't go that far. The farthest I'd go is publishing my "Top 5" list on my blog. That's good enough for me. Many of those that know me already know that I'm obsessed with the male species physically! It was a tough decision. I based my Top 5 mainly on longevity and logic. Short-term crushes are not applicable. You will also not see Wentworth Miller on this list. Why? Because umm, let's just say he's a big supporter of Prop 8. Yup. Sorry ladies this man is unfortunately playing for the same team we're on. Please note that I do realize that all these men are happily married and it's morally wrong for me to list them as men I would like to do. But c'mon! All I'm asking is for one night! Wifey does not need to know! So here we go in no particular order:  

1. MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR (First Sighting: Television Series, Saved by the Bell) Why? He's my first celebrity crush. Everyone in my generation, I mean everyone has watched Saved by the Bell. His character Zach Morris had that charm especially with the ladies. I so wished that I was in Kelly Kapowski's shoes. He's now back with his own new television series on TNT called Raising the Bar. I still have to take a peak and see if it's worth watching. At the present time, he's sporting a long hair do. I'm totally not feeling it but I still love him with all my heart. Please chop it off, honey.

"Pretty please, with sugar on top, and cereal because it's healthy for me!" - Caitlin

Thank my niece/goddaughter for that phrase - It's undeniably cute! Will it work for Mark, though? We'll see. p.s. Did you know he's a quarter Indonesian?  

2. DEAN CAIN (First Sighting: Television Series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) Why? Everyone loves a Superhero! He played the role of Clark Kent, an editor for the Daily Planet. Behind that geeky disguise was a big big surprise! LOL! Do I have to even tell you that he had one of the best bodies? Not every guy can pull off the man in tights thing. You can either look hella moded or hella HOT! Now who would turn down brains and a body!? In real life he attended Princeton. Even yummier, right? Dude, but get this! I sooo could have been a huge fan of the Buffalo Bills. After college, he was a free agent of the team UNTIL he injured his knee during training camp. Sucks that I was never able to see him in his tight football uniform. Who cares if I was like only 10 years old during that time! LOL! Boooo!! p.s. I want to carry his last name- share-bare Tanaka. Sounds nice when you say it right? Dean Tanaka, marry me!! 

3. BEN AFFLECK (First Sighting: Entertainment Tonight) Why? He seems like a plain normal guy. In the late 1990's, I recall watching ET (Entertainment Tonight). There was a segment on the recap of Academy Awards. There I saw two young and good looking individuals named Ben Affleck and Matt Damon side by side holding their awards for Good Will Hunting, which I still have not watched. I thought, wow, this guy is cute! I later fell in love when he starred in one of my favorite movies of all time, Armageddon. I was turned off when him and Jennifer Lopez hooked up. But now he's with Jennifer Garner. I forgive you now, Ben. Jen is truly a good catch! p.s. I think we were meant to be. Did you know he was in The Voyage of the Mimi back in the Channel 9 days!? Trippy right? He played character C.T. No wonder I was immediately drawn to him on ET! 

4. JASON STATHAM (First Sighting: Movie, Italian Job) Why? Tough guy with an English accent! I first spotted Jason watching the DVD of Italian Job . He had a small role as Handsome Rob, but my eyes were still all on him. Sorry Mark Wahlberg. I then coincidentally saw in some random movies, The Transporter and Crank. For those that know me, I'm a sucker for accents: East Coast, English, Irish, Scottish, Australian, etc. I'm also into a guy that knows how to fight. Jason has a background in Martial Arts so he usually does in own stunts in his action movies. That's major points for me! My cousin's friend actually worked with him very recently on some stunts for this upcoming movie, Crank 2. Talk about six degrees of separation, right? p.s. Calvin - if you're reading this...please hook it up! Tell him, he's on my "Top 5"!  

5. DONOVAN McNABB (First Sighting: 2002 NFL Season ) Why? Football players are hot! After the huge disappointment of Superbowl XXXVI, I said to myself I need to find me a new man. Kurt Warner ain't cutting it for me anymore. The St. Louis Rams' loss to the New England Patriots (I hate them!) led me to my new favorite QB, Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles. I kind of met him by accident. It was during the 2002 NFC Championship game against my ex-boyfriend's favorite team, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As always, I went against his pick and therefore discovered McNabb. My pick lost, but I still had hope. As Warner did in the past, McNabb led his team to Superbowl XXIX. But my oh my! Once again, my team was playing the freakin' Patriots (UGH!). WTF! Despite what haters said, I stood by my man. I believed. I'm still disappointed with the loss. p.s. I truly HATE New England Patriots!!!