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olivia day.

on sunday i was in san jose with my mom for new year festivities. we stopped by lion market in milpitas to pick up some new year supplies. the entire lion market storefront was in a haze of fire cracker smoke as 7 lions and 1 dragon were dancing about to the clangs of the cymbals and drums. i stopped to watch, but my mom hurridly pushed me inside.

we picked out the items we needed and my mom went to the other side of the store to grab some fruit. i followed but paused when i heard more fire crackers go off. i looked towards the front of the store and was hypnotized by the sequened asses of the lions swaying in their huddle. with the last big bang, all the lions spun around and charged into the store aisles. i suddenly realized one of them was heading my way! i kind of panicked when i saw the bobble eyes of the lion staring straight at me. i tried to play it cool by looking away, picking up a packet of beans or something, and tapping my foot to the drum beats. but when i looked up, he was next to me. there was only us and rows of beans and noodles. he shook his head from side to side at me, and tried to nuzzle my hand. i freaked out and ran to look for my mom.

i found her bagging apples and i told her what had happened. she laughed at me and said "they're just hungry."
"i wish i had some lettuce for him or something."
"oh no, these lions don't want lettuce, they're hungry for dollar bills."
"oh."

new year's pep talk to myself:

you're an idiot! get ur f* act together!!! this year, it's going to be different. today was so much much better than yesterday. wasn't it? oh and wake up earlier.

these prayers that i have buried in my chest will have to wait until tomorrow.

i dreamt that i was late for work, a usual dream and a "usual" occurance.

i looked down at my cell phone to check the time. 2 missed calls? "denise look! your boss called you twice, ur so late!" said my cell phone in a polyphonic alvin chimpmunk voice.

"oh no see, those missed calls were from a long time ago. but look who's call u did just miss. it's from your beesssssttttfriend! aren't you sad you missed it? why don't you just stay in bed and call back? yes!" sing songed barry manilow from somewhere inside of my cell phone.

i flipped open the phone. yep 3 missed calls, two from my boss and one from my bestest friend. I guess i'll call my friend back.

"you are going to be in so much trouble!" alvin squeaked.

"just lay back down and i'll dial for you." soothed barry.

i stared at the cellphone and started to panic, i have to go to work!!! ooh but i really want to call my friend too. but work!!

I was about to ask alvin cellphone a question when i woke up to my actual cell phone alarm going off. i thought about alvin and barry for maybe a split second before turning off the alarm. i went back to sleep and dreamt that i was legolas the elf admisitering the SATs to the british royal boys, william and harry, and tony blair's son too.