if you didn't notice in the pics of me in black from the entry below... i finally got a new haircut/color to recover from the disaster in china!

went to "the cut" salon on santa monica. my haircutter girl was hella cute. i think i'm going back next time. i was there for hours, but that's because she was so detailed with my highlights (i had like a gazillion foils in my hair!) and cut my hair JUST the way i wanted (keeping as much length as possible and inner layers)

finally, i feel normal again

Jenni Cheung at 11:43 AM

i volunteered for the WPT invitational where celebrities come and play poker with poker's big names. i had to wear all black for it. see how i looked?

i ended up working @ the end of the red carpet telling the celebs that "the elevator is to your left, please go to the second floor". i was really wanting to see christopher masterson (Francis in Malcolm in the Middle) and i DID see him, but the masterson brothers seemed somewhat standoffish. justin was psyched cuz he got to see the cast from curb your enthusiasm. at the end i got to walk around the tables recording bust-outs cuz i was taking over someone's break. there was this one guy that i remember being told was a dad on gilmore girls, but i don't think it's actually him, cuz i looked up the cast of gilmore girls just now and it's not him. but anyway, he was eye/smile-flirting with me and was so cute! there was a good amount of eye candy. well not that many, but a good few!

Jenni Cheung at 11:18 AM

for those of you who uses internet explorer on IE, you might have noticed that the top section was fucked up for awhile. yeah, i finally fixed it.

upon closer inspection of the initial code, i realized my mistake right away. i used PADDING. padding on things with a set measurement gets all fucked up in IE, cuz they add the padding to the set height. so i put a div inside the tablecell and thought it'd be better. but there was still this weird line underneath the cam pic.

the problem is the way that IE renders white space in the html code. if you leave white space between your <img> tag and the </td> tags, it'll make a space. so since the top part of my page is so strict on the placement of the campic and the text-generator thing, that made it become a problem.

but now it's fixed.... go me!

Jenni Cheung at 02:26 PM

i made this fold-out, pop-up version of me and justin's cubicles (which are right next to each other) you can see the top of his head in the last picture. i've posted the pics here in my gallery.

as you can see, the popup features desks that span 2 walls and hugs a corner, a chair in each cube, computers (those little box things) on each desk, half floors, and a window on the wall between the two cubicles. when folded, the size is approximately 1.5" x 2" x .25".

Jenni Cheung at 05:17 PM

this topic came up when pierce sent me the link to this video. yeah i know this video is older and stuff, but this is the first time i saw this. and whenever i hear about how white guys are getting all the asian girls, i still don't get it.

personally i prefer dating asian guys to white guys. similarity in culture, values, and we just look more "right" together. and if we have kids, we won't risk having them look like the weird looking hapas. i usually think asian guys are cuter anyway. like if i had a choice between the physical appearance of a white pierced tatted skater boy and an ASIAN pierced tatted skater boy, i'd totally drool over the asian one.

i guess it's a status thing? both parties (by this i mean the asian females and caucasian males) lower their standards when vying for the other. as a result, i've seen some hot asian girls with ugly white guys, and some pretty good looking white guys with ugly asian girls. there's only one thing i can narrow it down to: SIZE. there is a difference statistically speaking (not my statistics, sicko, just overall) that you can't just dismiss it. but unless it's really lacking on the part of the asian guy, i don't think it would be a problem at all. cuz some asian guys are pretty decently equipped to where it'd be PERFECT. girls generally don't like monster cocks either. this fetishism is so ridiculous.

you might be thinking, "what is she talking about!? she's dating a white guy!!" well i'll tell you what. (said in the voice of Hank Hill) i've given asian guys NUMEROUS chances. they've either been too : 1.) pussy, 2.) aloof, 3.) either geeky or stupid, or 4.) career oriented to care about me. i'm not saying white guys are awesome, cuz of course they have their faults. but lets face it: i found a gem. my bf is better than any other asian boy i've dated for a plethora of reasons: 1.) he actually doesn't have an asian fetish, 2.) he doesn't listen to stupid rap, 3.) he's a HOT GEEK, 4.) all the reasons in my v-day post + much more! i talk about him too much, don't i? that's ok cuz it's MY website and i have full DICTATORSHIP! MUAHAHAHAHA!

ok that was kinda weird. i'm in a weird mood today. did i happen to push a few buttons today cuz i was too racist? well slight racism like this is the reality of the world today. actually i wasn't even being racist. quichurbitchin.

want more asian in american culture stuff to read? i wrote this paper for my last class @ ucla. i got a B- in ther class. it's about asian in popular american media. click it.

Jenni Cheung at 10:37 AM

for as long as I've had my websites, I've seen a fair share of posers. by that, I mean people that take my pictures and use them as their own or pretend to be me. I've gotten a few profiles taken off before, but after awhile I stop caring because even if they use my pics, its not like they can ever meet someone offline cuz it won't be them really or camchat or anything. but I've never seen someone go so far! this bitch is actually using my blog entries and then changing them to her personalization. her xanga: xanga.com/meochi. imma email xanga tomorrow. I get pissed @ shit like this because I like my style of expressing myself and it pisses me off that she's taking credit for my brain. I IMed her too, bitch ignored me.

she took it down this morning. now it's just ".......".

Jenni Cheung at 10:29 PM

10.	you're the tattooed, pierced, skaterboy i've always been looking for.
9.	you're ambitious and self-made.
8.	you're there for your friends and they're there for you.
7.	you eat the food i cook and decorate ur desk with stuff i made.
6.	you're a great concert/cuddle buddy.
5.	you're a goober when you smile and that makes me smile.
4.	you tolerate my gaming/anime/tomboy habits.
3.	you make me feel giddy everytime i see you like its the first time we met.
2.	you feel good. um, i'll leave it at that.
1.	i actually see a future with you. i wanna keep you!

Jenni Cheung at 01:00 AM

it's 1am, and i'm up rewriting my friend's econ paper. it's a pretty dry topic, so i thought i'd refresh my self with some comedy central, because comedy central is almost always a good bet. so i turn it on and i see "premium blend" in the info bar. and i'm like "hey, this should be good." and then i see the name "Whang" on it also. and i'm like "hey, an asian comic! gotta watch this!" and this is what i see (click this if you can't tell it's a link.) her whole act is her in this outfit, with that fobby-ass accent, telling question/answer jokes that are good for a guilty chuckle @ a dinner party, NOT for premium blend. i don't recall seeing suzanne whang in anything that i can name off the top of my head, so i won't criticize her tv-show-hosting or acting skills. but her comedy act on premium blend just pissed me off. and i thought dat phan was taking asians back a step in popular culture. sheesh. fuckin sell outs. how can asians ever be taken seriously if they keep pulling shit like this?

i've seen good asian comedians, but i forget some of their names. but i remember jo koy cuz he gave justin and me a business card after the show at the laugh factory.

Jenni Cheung at 12:40 AM

are all starting to flash before my eyes. what do i fear? becoming an old, fat chick. superficial, i know. of course there are other things i fear, but lets not get into them right now.

lets first discuss the first part. this occured to me when i was driving to work this morning. here i am, blasting music from brand new from before they were legal to drink, driving in semi-traffic amongst other people trying to go to work. my windows are rolled down partially because i had a smoke earlier. i look around me at the more professionally dresed individuals. then i see this older couple walking on the sidewalk arms around each other. yes, that's adorable and all those gooshy feelings, but the first thought that came to my head when i saw that was: "what music am i going to listen to when i get that age?!" surely, a song that crones "we're gonna stay 18 ever" or that rocks the title "21 and invincible" won't suffice. i love this young and reckless feeling, this feeling where a lack of direction is equivalent to the hopeful future to-come. i always thought i was ready to settle down, just because things will be so much more predictable and i'm just not that much of a risk-taker. but my brokeass lifestyle can only last so long. if i wanna grow up, that means i'd have to start saving, start climbing the metaphorical ladder, and actually start being responsible. i don't want to grow up. i don't want to grow up.

now lets talk about the more obvious part, the fat part. i'm not obese, but i'm definately getting a little chunky. everyone is noticing it. i wouldn't even care so much if i could fit into my pants somewhat, but my wardrobe options have dimished greatly due to my physique. therefore it is crucial that i address this problem before i go from "the chick that's gained some weight" to an actual official "fat chick." i guess the first step to solving any problem like this is to find out the cause of the problem. lets see...

1.) i love food and i'm hungry all the time
2.) my metabolism is crappy now due to a whole year and a half of abusing my body
3.) cooking is relaxing and fulfilling
4.) i'm not so active.

those are the surface causes. each those must have an underlying reason:

1.)food is good and if my stomach is empty, my brain is likely to get the "i'm hungry" signal
2.) i was retarded and fell easily into influence
3.) i'm stressed and don't have many other activities and i like making food for my SO and me, and now i can afford groceries!
4.) i've never been active and now i spend all my time at work of with bf and he won't work out with me

so how am i going to solve these problems?

1.) i really can't do much about this one
2.) the past is the past, and maybe stop smoking = hang out with justin less and drink less
3.) spend more on veggies and fruits and low calorie drinks, and make those more?
4.) i got this thing so i can exercise (cardio) in front of the tv. it should come like today or tomorrow.

so that is my plan thus far. i know i said imma try 2 week ago or something. and it was working! i lost like 3 pounds, but i was a pig this weekened and gained it all back, plus i learned to make a new yummy food! i think my real weakness is yummy foods. i just LOVE carbs. i think i'm going to start documenting what i eat from now on. my exercise plan will start in full swing when my stepper and my new LCD tv come. yeah, cuz then i can watch anime on a big tv and exercise at the same time. uh... let's see how that goes.

Jenni Cheung at 11:54 AM

my new favorite snack store. they opened one on westwood not too long ago, and i've been itchin to see what it is because like justin say, "it looks like a computer store." so we finally went and they have all sorts of goodies at decent prices! the veggie steamed bun and green tea this morning was very good for my hangover. justin got this curry chicken bread, i only had a bite, but next time i gotta get that, cuz that was pretty f**kin good too.

i dled the new matchbook romance and hawthorne heights albums. (don't worry, i always buy albums that i like, even if i have the mp3s already. i really do!) the matchbook romance album is totally different. it's not bad, but it doesn't have what made me fall in love with them. their first album was so full of emotional love songs that i dig. this new one tries to be deeper i think. i have to listen to it a few more times before really deciding. the hawthorne heights album is good. i like it more than the first one. it isn't the screamo it was before, it's more mellow and a better listen overall. that's all i have to say about them, given that i haven't really had a chance to get hooked onto them yet.

finally, i integrated my photogallery with the current site design! and it'll be super easy to change for any other design changes too. i love php includes. it took me awhile before cuz i had to hand plug each thumbnail and link for each picture. then i learned enough php from my book to make it automatically generate it for me (which was good for the australia and china photos, cuz there are 100s.) however, at first i thought of putting the code into the actual page where the pics will be, but then it doesn't parse correctly. i'm thinking because i'm too many directories deep? cuz when i was learning php, i was testing things only 1 folder deep. whatevers, i got the job done.

Jenni Cheung at 02:37 PM

it's jenni-raves-about-music time!

after the concert last night, there are people passing out cds, the only one i actually got was from the city drive. 4 songs on their demo. "defeated" is catchy. i'm digging them. i think i'll get their album when it comes out. so i went to their website and found out their drummer is like asian-ish. i think he's filipino. GO ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN ROCK! anyway. yeah. imma plug them cuz i'm happy i got the demo thingie.

so yellowcard is pretty good. here's the article of the concert that me and justin went to last night. i was a lush and kept wanting to make out. i remember him saying that i was getting out of control. then i sobered up. we left before they played some of the songs i wanted to hear (ocean avenue, for pete's sake) because it was like 11:10 and we had work this morning. i feel so old. before, this time thing wouldn't bug me so much. but yeah, had a long day of work, so tuesday night shows aren't the best idea.

i'm loving brand new. the first time i listened to them was when randy took me to the dashboard show and and gave me a copy of brand new's deja entendu. that is their sophmore album and is slower and deeper. i didn't like it at first cuz it was too slow, but then i grew to love it. "Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades" is like one of my favorite songs EVER. i also love "Play Crack The Sky" after listening to it many-a times and finally reading the lyrics with it (with the help of my pearlyrics dashboard widget!) so i decided to DL their first album - "Your Favorite Weapon". wow it's so fun and angry and GOOD! "Seventy times 7" is like to the guy in Taking Back Sunday and they actually have a song in response to it - "Theres No 'I' in Team". however, i love the feeling that "Soco Amaretto Lime" gives me" here are some of the words:

I'm gonna stay eighteen forever (cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever (sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party (this offer...)
cause we keep them going constantly (...stands forever)
And we'll never have to listen (new haircut)
to anyone about anything (new bracelet)
cause its all been done and its all been said (eyeliner)
we're the coolest kids and we take what we can get (wait forever)

Just jealous cause we're young and in love
You're just jealous cause we're young and in love

Jenni Cheung at 11:00 AM

this is the one of the most anticipation to lunch i've had in awhile! last night, after work, i went to mitsuwa and picked up some sushi rice, nori and onigiri molding thingies. so i made like 10 rice balls out of 3 cups of rice last night. this is my first time! so it's ok that they look kinda ghetto. i filled them with roasted eel for most of them and mixed with furikake for the last 3. it was yummy hot, and its REALLY yummy this morning and right now! i hope i don't eat them all by lunch!

Jenni Cheung at 10:26 AM

i took pics at work on friday again. cuz i like when my hair is in ponytails and my cube is decorated.

went to fry's with justin on saturday. FINALLY got a new case for my ipod video and i saw fullmetal alchemist for the ps2 (i know it's an old game) and i HAD to get it since i saw the whole series. it took like an hour or so to get used to, but now i kinda have the hang of it. i still can't get AL to use machinery, and i still have trouble jumping sometimes. and the thing is, with this kind of semi-hand-eye-coordination game, i really suck at boss battles. i stopped playing last night cuz my next boss is the alchemy brothers and FIVE live armors. good thing i have a lot of potions in stock.

Jenni Cheung at 10:33 AM

now i appreciate most of system of a down's weird songs. it's not something i usually listen to, but they're definately not bad and are fun to listen to sometimes. however, recently i heard their song "Lonely Day" on KROQ and i was just pissed. it's like the worst song i've heard in awhile. "Such a lonely day, Shouldn't exist, It's a day that I'll never miss, Such a lonely day, And its mine, The most loneliest day of my life, And if you go, I wanna go with you, And if you die, I wanna die with you." the lyrics and music are totally uninspired. some would argue that its supposed to be that way because that's the mood, but the thing is, it was SOO uninspired that it couldn't even convey the lonely feeling right. it sounds like some amateur teenager going through puberty and writing something stupid and brooding. this is even worse than that line off HIM's new song: "rip out the wings of a butterfly." argh.

went to houston's for some grub last nite. usually i go with cory and we get the spinach artichoke dip and i get the hawaiian ribeye (medium rare) because its SOOOO GOOOD. i've decided to share my love for houston's food with justin cuz i was hungry and we haven't been on a nice dinner date in a bit. so last night, on our way from work, we went to the houston's at century city. to my horror, they DISCONTINUED THE HAWAIIAN RIBEYE. i was almost gonna cry. but we had spinach artichoke dip coming and i have a cosmo at my side, so i can't be that sad. i had the prime rib instead. i miss hawaiian ribeye. usually i go to the santa monica one, and i think they still have that dish. although i was disappointed with my lack of hawaiian ribeye at this location, i was not disappointed in the staff here. we both agree that our waiter is really nice. but the a lot of the rest of the waiters were such eye candy! yum! i'm glad i had something to hold me over when justin went to the bathroom.

i've been watching a lot of anime lately, so i've been kinda trying to learn japanese the pimsleur-audio-tape way. one of the series i've been getting into is "beet the vandal buster." i finally noticed this morning how much like a real RPG this anime is! the protagonist gets his uniqueness due to an event that happened in his past (he got powers from 5 people's saigas) that he was avenge. and then he levels up (like with experience points-ish process and by defeating monsters). and when you beat monsters you get gil too, sumi masen, i mean money (i'm too used to FF). and then you meet other allies on the way. and where i'm at in the anime (episode 17) they just got a partial world map and a boat so they can go to a new place they haven't gone before! and when there are monsters (not the boss monsters) you get battle music that's very similar to battle music in RPGs! and you fight with normal weapons, until you want to summon a saiga, which takes a lot of energy, so the quality of the saiga depends on your energy level (MP?). something like that. i wish they release more games in the US, so i could play games like naruto on my ps2.

Jenni Cheung at 09:42 AM