Hello friends and neighbors, how is everyone?

Generally, I'm doing great. I just order TONS of things from Soompi, I feel so guilty lol!

001; TVfXQ's 2nd Storybook The Way U Are

002; TVfXQ's Bora Bora Storybook

003; TVfXQ's First Concert - Rising Sun DVD

004; 200 Pound Beauty (Korean Movie) DVD

005; Swarovski Cuff Earrings

006; Sterling Silver "Crown" Double Piercing Earrings

TT_TT Wah, I'm going broke! I got so much graduation money from my family and distant relatives and I blew it all off in less than a week... (no, this does not include my shopping spree at Nordstroms a few weeks back :x) Oh... and I forgot to add the SJ*FH T-Shirt I ordered a few weeks ago, lmfao. I'm such a looser. I need to put Soompi on my block list or something... Ugh, but I can't help that I'm such a shopaholic! lolz Every time I see Korean or Japanese items, I have such a hard time not reaching for my wallet. I live in Sonoma County where Asian goods are SO hard to find, especially the CDs, DVDs, and other items that I DESPERATELY want. Going to L.A twice a year is truely a HEAVEN for me because I spend at least $100 at the CD shop in the Koreatown Plaza each time I go, lmao. I love music, I live for it and I'd die for it. TT_TT Such a shame that I don't know many places in San Francisco that sells K-Pop CDs... Eww, I don't really like San Francisco that much anyway. Way too... dirty for me. :x I don't know, I just don't like the hills and nasty black stains you see EVERYWHERE. It's not my thing, I'll take good old graffiti any day xD. I hope my packages come soon... I just got a PM from one of the sellers I bought from and she said that she forgot my shipping address and I was like WTF? *dies* Now my package will be delayed a day or two. Darn it... :P Whatever, I'll get it soon... I'm just not patient lol. I have a valid reason though. My family and I are leaving for L.A AGAIN for my grandmother's birthday and we plan to celebrate it there... I'm exited because I'll finally be able to buy some CDs (lol I think of buying CDs ALL the time) but I'm worried that someone might just steal my packages right off the doorstep while we're gone in L.A. Argh, I usually wouldn't be worried but we live in a neighborhood that isn't too bad but bad enough that I worry about gangs and stuff... rofl I don't think anyone would dare steal my storybooks because I'll get so pissed off lol.

According to the seller I bought the crown earrings from, the package was shipped a week ago, but it was sent to my father's address so it'll take forever to ship the packages to where I live... I hope he doesn't hate me so much that he doesn't ship me my stuff.  For those who have read my previous entries, you guys know that things didn't go well with my Dad, right? That's why I don't want to call him and ask if he received my packages yet. I've sent two packages to his address in L.A and he needs to ship them to me... I wasn't expecting to leave so early that I couldn't receive them myself but things came up as you know... I've discussed the issue about my father with my mom and she suggests that I write a letter to him about "my side of the story". I spent two hours late at night working on the letter a few days ago and I got 5 pages out of my effort... but when I re-read it, it turned out to be a page full of my ranting lol. For those who dare to be brave enough to read my rants... yeah, it sounded like that. :x So I didn't mail the letter to him. I just don't want to make the situation worse. I mean, I want to avoid as much contact as possible. I sound like a coward saying this but I'm scared of his reaction... but enough about that.

The main point is, I'll be receiving presents from myself (lol so desperate) and that's all that counts (yeah, you can hear my selfish side right there xD). You won't believe the hell I had to go through to get my payment into a mailbox. lmao Here's the story. So yesterday, I had to send my payment out for my two storybooks but I didn't know where to send my letters to. Like, I knew the sellers' addresses but I couldn't find a mailbox to send the payment out to. I could have asked my mom but my mom doesn't like me ordering online, especially on Soompi because she "doesn't know who I'm buying from and they might be a serial killer or rapist". lmao I trust the people I buy from and... yeah, that's why I buy from Soompi. SO, I had to sneak out of the house (not really, just tell my grandma I was walking over to the Target mall --- which is a HUGE mall area which contains a HUGE variety of stores, Costco, Best Buy, Target, Old Navy, Starbucks, Juice Shake, Quiznoes, Sharp Cuts, Office Depot, Marshall, Panda Express, Sonoma Bagel, Apple Bees, Trader Joes, you get the picture --- to buy a snack :x) and walk the 10 minute walk to Target and tried to buy stamps. No such luck. I tried to get change for my two $20 but I couldn't because they weren't "allowed" to give out change lmao. My payment was $15 and $18 to two separate buyers so I desperately needed change. I walked to 4 different stores until I finally got into Sports Authority and one life-saving cashier gave me change. Phew. Glad that's done. Then the stamp dilema came up. I needed stamps and they had to be under $10. I go to 2 stores before finding Office Depot that sold a book of 20 stamps for $9. Thank goodness for Office Depot. So okay. By now, I was hot, sweaty, thirsting, and so darn tired that I could have just took a nap in the store. But I needed to get home asap. Why? My grandma would worry and I was hungry. Really hungry. In the end, I couldn't resist to I bought a Cookies N' Creme power bar at life-saving Sports Authority and set out on my quest to find a mail box. Not so easy. I went to two different stores to find directions to the nearest mailbox in the shopping center and ended up walking an equivilent to 4 miles around the whole darn shopping center.

Now this is the part of the story where God takes pity on me and TA DA! A huge silver mailbox with a sign saying OUTGOING MAIL is looming in front of me at Juice Shack beaconing to me. Hallelujah! I'm saved! So I drop my payment in and make my way home in the blazing heat. Have I learned my lesson? No. I will still buy from Soompi because of my undying love for K-Pop.

THE END.

lmao By the way, my cousin Jo Ann died when I told her this story. I'm such an idiot. And you know you love me. :)

--- Christie xoxo