Illegal Aspirations

OK, so I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Since the moment I watched the movie "Ocean's Eleven," I've had the secret desire to be intelligent enough to be able to rob, not one, but three Las Vegas casinos in one and virtually get away with it.

But here's the thing, I'm not one who gives a damn about how much money I have in my bank account. I like living comfortably, but not lavishly... it's just not my thing. So, what's a girl, who doesn't give a damn about how much money she has in her bank, to do with briefcases filled with millions of dollars in cash?

Give it to someone else, of course. Someone more deserving...

Being the modern-day Robin Hood, I suppose...

But seeing as that stealing is

#1: morally incorrect,
#2: impossible for the person who is a horrible liar to do,
#3: extremely difficult for my wee little brain to handle,
#4: the gateway to spending a good part of my life behind prison bars,

I think I'm gonna trash that dream, and, rather, live vicariously through these folks right here:

Oh my dearests Eliot, Sophie, Nate, Parker, and Hardison, how you have enlightened me with your badass skills at screwing rich people over and giving all your profits to those who deserve it... you are my heroes...

"Leverage" is my new favorite show... I LOVE IT!... WATCH IT NOW!!!
http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/

Endnotes
1. This whole addiction with "Leverage" is courtesy of Austin Lee... that bastard got me hooked
2. Parker is my favorite (blonde). She's crazy, but she can come up with amazing exit strategies by jumping off buildings and crawling inside air ducts... mahahaha! SO COOL!
3. I want to be as smart as Nate (middle guy). He's the leader. He's awesome.
4. Despite Eliot's great physique, I find Hardison much more awesome.

Family Photoshoot - Part Two

One of my sisters couldn't make it yesterday, so we went to Elk Grove Park today and went on another round of family pictorials...

The kids


Looking out onto the lake


Peaceful and serene


Ducks!


We love our momma


The Buhat Family

Family Photoshoot - Part One

My family was really bored yesterday, so we decided to go to William Land Park to take some summer pictures.

Mommy and baby Owie :)

Three Asuncions modeling



...just having fun...

Nica and Uncle Allan riding the slide

Mother and Daughter

Father and Daughter

Trend Alert: Coach Man Purse - Fall 2010

Boys will be boys

No paparazzis please

Mother Nature is a playground on its own...

I Can't Sleep!

Nine months of school and all I ever wanted was sleep... a necessity-turned-luxury, sleep was something I extremely lacked during my time at Cheney 113 last school year.

Due to a combination of academic, social, and at some points, physical reasons (I mean broken ribs, sicko!), sleep for me only averaged to about 3 hours a night.

So when it was finally summertime, I did what any sleep-deprived architecture student would do...I embraced the simultaneous softness and firmness of my pillows, wrapped myself in my fleece blanket and slept for two and a half weeks. The only breaks I had were during eating, mission: impossible (my mission to clean my room, which succeeded), occasional facebook chatting, and shower. And boy, my dates with my bed were oh-so-sweet....... until now....

I guess when you sleep for that long, your sleeping pattern gets all screwed up and whatnot. Now, it's one o'clock in the morning and I am WIDE AWAKE. I drank my chamomile tea, I listened to my lullabies, I turned off all my lights, and still, I tossed and turned in my bed for an hour and a half.

Oh sleep, why must you do this to me when I actually have something to do early tomorrow???

Feel Good Playlist

Photo courtesy of: Photo Dictionary

Summer is here.

School is OVER.

All there is left to do is enjoy the sun.

What better way to do it than with music that make you feel GREAT.

Olivia's Summer-Feel-Good Playlist Highlights:
(in no particular order)

1. Beautiful Day - U2

2. Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations

3. Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) - The Pussycat Dolls

4. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye

5. I'll Be - Edwin McCain [my most favorite love song ever <3]

6. Rock 'N Roll All Nite - KISS

7. Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

8. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

9. Under the Sea - Sebastian [The Little Mermaid Soundtrack]

10. We Got the Beat - The Go-go's

Ahh yes, 94 songs, 5.6 hours of pure heaven... It's gonna be a fun summer :)

(It sure beats the hour long Barney music medley I have to listen to on a day-to-day basis O_O)

A Rumpus in the Rainforest

There's a rumpus in the rainforest today...

First full day back from a long year of school (also first day with my mother away as she parties away in Chicago, IL), I was given the pleasure of watching a play called "A Rumpus in the Rainforest." Andre, my seven-year-old nephew was given the honor to play an adorable monkey and sing, "Up in the Canopy," with two other classmates (also monkeys).


What is "A Rumpus in the Rainforest" all about you say?

Frog in the rain forest desperately wants to get off the jungle floor and see the sky---but who will help him climb above the canopy? The Jaguar loves the jungle floor, the Sloth family keeps falling asleep, and the Howler Monkeys have gone nuts. The Boas offer to slither up a tree, but can you really ever trust a boa? Meanwhile, two bungling Explorers stumble by in search of the Lost Ancient City of Choco- late. No wonder the jungle is going crazy. And have you ever seen so many ants? Rumpus in the Rain Forest gives students a musical tour of the various levels of the jungle and reinforces in fun fashion the importance of the rain forests.

My sister said that they were given the opportunity to pick which part they wanted to be. Frog, of course, was the protagonist of the play... but who wants to be the lead anyway?

Sister: Why didn't you pick to be the Toucan or the Frog? You would've been able to memorize the lines easily!

Andre: Well... I like monkeys because they can swing from tree to tree... and the Toucan and the Frog aren't very important parts anyway.

Well played, little man, well played. As the monkeys say:

We can sing and play
Go bananas all day
Up in the canopy

Failed...

Put your seatbelt on, Nica. We have to get outta here.

So I went to a cafe with a friend to grab some drinks to keep us awake for the night. While he waits for his order to arrive, I realized that another friend told me earlier today she would be studying in the same cafe, so I decided to plunge into the sea of chairs and scour the cafe grounds for her.

But instead of finding her, I see a different familiar face, a face belonging to someone who, God bless him, needs to calm the fudgecicles down. For all intents and purposes, we will call this person "John Doe." I knew that if I start speaking to John Doe, I'm gonna have an overly-enthusiastic, and overwhelming existentialist conversation with him; something I definitely cannot afford at a time of academic crisis. I'm already going crazy enough as it is.

As big as the Grand Canyon, my eyes grew WIDE and on sheer impulse, my hand pushed the joystick to its leftmost position, turning my chair a full 180 degrees, and started zooming in the opposite direction as John Doe.

Not even a millisecond has passed when all of a sudden, a loud "OLIVIA!" filled the room. I frustratingly facepalmed and aggressively stomped my foot on my footrest three times, after which I attempted to clear my face of any sign of annoyance and turned around to approach him.

As expected, I wasted about 16.73 minutes of my time listening to him talk about philosophical matters. I could tell you what he talked about but that's gonna give away who he is... Actually, to be honest, every word kinda just went in one ear and out the other, so I wouldn't even be able to tell you had I wanted to. But in any event, that was surely an FML right there...