Epic New Year's Just Always Happen To Me

so this year for NYE my mom bought tix for my family to go to the big night san diego party, and got us all nights at the hotel, which was the beautiful hilton bayfront, it was pretty epic.  all food and vip top shelf booze included.  never had to wait for a drink.  great music, great company, what a blast.  drunken night, preceded by not too too bad of a headache (stuck to grey goose vodka and juice the whole time).  woke up the next morning continued to drink bottomless mimosas and come to find my mom and her cousin booked the hotel rooms again another night.  so we did it all over again.  (pickle in my head saying "can't stop, won't stop") we went to dinner, then drank in the hotel bar, and we were all tired and exhausted (looking like zombies), but somehow we managed to make it out to shout house that evening. we came back to hotel bar around 2am.  and we shut it down.  then when you'd think it was all over.  we went to our hotel room to drink more.  bet you thought i would have a wicked hangover.  but no.  man good vodka goes down better than cheap beers at pint night.

pickle and i walked to a park the next morning with gus, who i have failed to mention was at the hotel with us both nights.  pet friendly hotels are awesome. then went home. great great NYE.

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it isn't the first great NYE i have had.  just a couple off the top of my head.  was when dyl pickle came to flo-town and we celebrated at midnight in piazza raphael smashing empty champagne bottles in the square with hundreds of crazy italians.

another, was at B-stone bar in kearny mesa, with pickle's friend mike.  it was a crazy time indeed.


great new years just seem to happen to me and i am very grateful for that and to my awesome mom who bought us vip tickets.

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my resolutions;

workout------gym 2 times a week, extra long hikes or walks 2 times a week
cook more-------eat healthier, more veggies (can't be too hard since this last year i learned about whole foods, and have come to like quinoa, butternut squash, and others, and i have great resources, hungry hungry hippie, and 101 cookbooks)
pack leader------ straight from the dog whisperer, i need to be a pack leader with calm assertiveness.
study better------sdsu mba program won't kick my butt, i want to get better than my 3.5 gpa next semester.  which will be challenging, all of my classes will be very difficult.

Slow Club- Apples and Pairs

annoying radio personalities

how do these people get these cool jobs.  i long for the time when radio hosts knew about music and kept the chit chat to a minimum.  now, a 20 second clip of a great song is followed by the intro to an awful morning show, where the uneducated hosts talk about fuck-all, that noone care about.  (ie.  their kids, their wife, celebrities going to rehab, conservative nonsense bable.)


i decided to write this post after i have written my second enraged email in just a few months to radio stations in my city.  the latest one i included below; it was in response to a hispanic man calling in asking a question, (trying to win some prize) and the host just started making fun of his accent and how the man said "job."  the man never got a chance to win the prize and was instead humiliated on a radio show that he is a fan of. 


to:dsc@sandiegojack.com


you guys are mediocre at best.  why can't we just hear music in the morning instead of ignorant, uneducated, radio personalities making fun of hispanic callers and their accents.  I don't get why some people like you, I think you are a disgusting human-being.  try being more courteous to your fans; your show is terrible, and you should feel really fortunate that you have them.

kim 
graduate student in business
1/4 hispanic heritage
someone much smarter than you


we need a revolution to bring music back to radio.  dumb reality shit has already taken over MTV (supposed to be music television), and now we are losing our radio.

the silver lining is however that local podcasts have hit the internet and i can now listen to them in my home. what to do in the car in the mean time?  i guess i will just have to make sure my ipod is updated with new tunes and with me at all times.

here is one of my favorite san diego podcasts, let me know if you know any others!


http://www.owlandbear.com/

got brand loyalty?

as i conclude my marketing class tonight, i can't help but feel relieved that i made it through my first mba class.   now to reflect on one concept, brand loyalty, here are some items that have that something extra, that i will never give up. do you have some items that you are completely stuck on?

 

 

Mumford & Sons - The Cave

Kings Of Leon - Radioactive

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)

freaky friday!

sorry these thoughts are all over the place.

i've been knitting a lot lately. i have decided since i am living on student loans, knitted gifts for x-mas is a good idea.  plus i found a project that i am so excited about and everyone who is anyone would love.  knitted beer koozie with strap.  take a look at the pictures below, jealous right!  ofcourse right now it takes me about 4 hours to make one. :0  also bought a guide to knitting so i can hone my awesome skills.  knitting, it's not just for you grandma!

this is a picture of my friend and the beginning of my knit koozie obsession.  see, don't they look happy!  don't you sometimes wish you didn't have to hold your beer. well, problem solved.


lately i had 4 beautiful house guests.  friends of mine that i met while studying abroad in italy came to visit me for my birthday and the fun was epic.   see picture! went to my and pickle's favorite sushi restaurant and a piano par, where i got stupid drunk got called on stage and made an amazingly good ass out of myself. :)

 

here we are at stone brewery in escondido, beer tour and best lunch ever.

now i am behind on school work, so i will probably disappear from this blog for another month.


went to whole foods for the first time today (hungry hungry hippie inspired me).  i bought so much food, from the deli got a jicama slaw and seasonal squash quinoa, both were delicious.  got butternut squash, hummus, tons of broccoli and cans of pumpkin (not sure what i am going to do with those yet). it was like disneyland for adults who love healthy food.

bought a thick yoga mat..... must start exercising!

So to add to my very long list of things i am trying to learn.  knitting, spanish, blogging, photography, cooking, guitar.....

"Take Me Out" by Atomic Tom LIVE on NYC subway

Fitz and the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber