THE LIFE OF BRI   Just as forewarning, this post will be a departure from my normal format. I won't be writing about five topics, in part because I am in mourning over UCLA pissing away yet another Final Four opportunity and in part because I have so much personal stuff I want to document here. So if you're reading this in hopes of a take on sports, I apologize in advance. Okay, onto the...

THE LIFE OF BRI So last night I had two parties to choose from: a house party and a birthday party. I attended neither. The house party was a bad option from the jump: I agreed to do a guys night out with D.J. and Dave, but Dave got fired and D.J. got sick, so they turned it into a house party at Dave’s. So much weed and booze…just not my style. I actually contemplated going to the birthday...

    THE LIFE OF BRI So I got a couple unpleasant surprises today. One of them will be talked about in detail below (TAXES SUCK!). Another is that my “buddy” Dave (quoted because the past few weeks he’s turned into a psychotic, antisocial douchebag) got fired for a whole slew of offenses. Let’s see: the bad background check, leaving a permanent note saying “This is Bull” on an electronic account...

THE LIFE OF BRI So, after some deliberation with my resident Buddhism expert, Jinkon (no nickname, sorry!), I believe that, starting April 1 st , I will embark on a one month trial membership into Buddhism. I have until then to read everything that I can about it and try to practice the practice (lame play on words, but this is what happens when I blog before leaving for work). There are a few...

THE LIFE OF BRI I’ve spent this entire Easter weekend alone and couldn’t have been happier about it. Seriously. Okay, there was a point last night when the ascetics and isolation made me a lonesome person, but, for the most time, having all this time removed was a good thing. It allowed me to meditate and sleep and think about some things in my life I’m going to do differently upon moving back...

THE LIFE OF BRI Work has gotten steadily worse the past couple of days. I know that I should have expected no better from a telemarketing place and I hate to say that I would walk away from such a convenient and easy job, especially since I shouldn’t be busting my ass to work hard out here if I’m going to be moving away anyway. But if another job that I could actually get to (transportation wise...

THE LIFE OF BRI   It’s been a few days and a lot has happened. Here’s a quick summary: Work—Always bad news first, right? Well, it’s not so much bad as it is a commentary on Oklahomans. Apparently, the fact that I am a young, educated, good-looking Asian has caused a lot of buzz at the office. First, there was my ass, which is constantly being checked out, even today. Now I found out that...

  THE LIFE OF BRI So today it got worse. Sooo much worse. Remember the shenanigans involving my ass from yesterday? Well today, we had a town square type meeting and a group of about five girls, including Deborah (the thicky thick who checked out my ass yesterday), were standing behind me. They giggled initially and me, being paranoid, turned around to find them all with a guilty look on their...

THE LIFE OF BRI Work in Oklahoma just keeps getting stranger and stranger. D.J., who was arrested Monday night for having an invalid license and for possession, got RoR’ed (released on his own recognizance) after 24 hours and one fight with a black guy in jail. (Did I mention D.J. was an ex-Marine?) His car’s in impound, his stash seized and he’s pretty much a black sheep at work as word of...

THE LIFE OF BRI Yesterday was really interesting. I found my buddy D.J. was arrested, had to go thru work anyway and ended up selling a lot of shit. Weird how stuff works out like that. Don't have much else to say, other than I'm sadly still crushing on the Radioactive Lesbian. :-/ 1 ODALISQUE Odalisque (n)- a virgin female slave, who could rise in status to being a concubine or a wife...