so we had a reception to welcome the new people in the office and say goodbye to all the graduating seniors today. it was cool, but definitely a bit sad. i'm going to really miss those people next year. i mean, our new staff is cool...but i'm so close w/ some of the people graduating. i guess that's life. the best part of the whole thing was when shannon said that her favorite color was pink, and coincidentally so is brian's favorite band. i choked on one of those little cheese cubes it was so funny. brian bought pink's "mizunderstood" album last summer, and we haven't let him forget it. sadly, both brian and shannon won't be back next year. boo.

ok, so the mavs made me eat my words tonight. webber and jackson got hurt too. this sucks. it's probably all my fault for being so cocky. dangit!

i sure am not looking forward to the day when my metabolism catches up with my eating habits. right now i eat an average of 5 meals a day to keep my weight steady. by the way, it gets expensive to feed me. and i swear they put less pasta in the macaroni and cheese boxes nowadays. a box used to leave room for leftovers...now i eat the whole thing and it just primes my hunger. i had a whole package of hamburger helper for dinner. it pacified my hunger for about 3 hours, and then i was hungry again. guess i need to eat cheaper foods more often like rice and beans.

did anyone else catch the kings trouncing the mavericks last night?. i thought we were gonna make nellie cry big fat alligator tears. something tells me that team's gonna have some major changes in the offseason. they're just too soft, and you can't be a softie in the playoffs. it'd be like lizzie mcguire getting in a streetfight with tonya harding. let's see disney make a movie with her after she's been whomped on by trailer trash. that's the kind of pay-per-view i'd like to see. or carrot top and anyone with a gun. ok, i'm rambling...back to basketball. i really hope the lakers make it past the spurs so that the kings can get some sort of redemption for three years of playoff exits at the hands of the big aristotle and his little brother. at this rate though, with kobe taking as many shots as points scored, and shaq not getting enough ball time i doubt it's gonna happen. i cannot wait for phil jackson's zen response to questions in the offseason. SUCKIT lakers!

i'm also trying not to get too psyched about the giants and their current romping of the NL west cuz the season's still early and i don't wanna jinx them. so i'll just say they are kicking butt and leave it at that for now.

so i need to mention the helene's spring party i went to on friday. first of all i was wearing this barney rubble-esque getup made by my date, the them was "rumble in the jungle". i was a little wary at first cuz it looked like a dress. but everyone thought it was cool, so it worked. the only downside was the rain. after we got back it was POURING. i had no shirt. i had no jacket. i had no pants. i had the barney rubble dress-thing and that was it. it was SO cold. and my keys were in somebody else's apartment who wasn't back yet. so, needless to say i didn't stay in my own bed that night. overall it was fun though. i was dancing like a moron. you can see the pictures here. i really feel like it was a good excuse to get drunk and wear animal print clothing.