22, what to do?

Hey all!

So obviously I didn't update yesterday, and unfortunately it wasn't because I was too sloshed to write a coherent blog post (I know, booooo. Hopefully I'll be able to do a ridiculously drunk post at some point). But I still had a really wonderful 22nd birthday. To start it off, my roommates had an amazing and very sneaky surprise in store for me. I know many of you are probably unaware of this, but I have a very large Pikachu stuffed animal back home that I'm really attached to (see him here. Brian, you better be taking good care of him!). I use him as a laptop pillow and he helps me get to sleep when I'm having insomnia issues (whatever, you're just jealous that I have a giant Pikachu to sleep with and you don't). One of the first days I got to LA, my roommate Isa asked me the what I missed the most from home that I didn't have here in LA. I told her besides my family, friends and boyfriend, I really missed that Pikachu stuffed animal. I thought absolutely nothing of it after that. And this is what I was surprised with on Wednesday night:

That, my friends, is pure joy. As my bestie Courtney put it, "clearly your roommates rock if they know you well enough to get you a Pikachu", and I couldn't agree more.

To further prove how amazing my roommates are, they took me out to Santa Monica the evening of my birthday for some California-style celebrating. We shopped and ate at a delicious modern Asian restaurant called Buddah's Belly. All I can say is coconut green curry and green tea ice cream made Lauren a happy birthday-girl. We got there a little too late to go down to the beach and explore the pier, but I did get to see the sunset over the ocean (my next goal is to see the sunrise, but I have plenty of time for that).

I had a wonderful time. My birthday came to a close with a gorgeous night drive back through the hills while my roommate Grace screamed (not sang, SCREAMED) along to her favorite Celine Dion songs, which eventually led to some Backstreet Boys and B-Spears singalongs. Helloooo 22nd year, you're going to be a crazy one!

Now, I haven't mentioned this before, but there are four key things I'm determined to spend money on while I'm in Los Angeles: getting tattoo work done on my back piece, some sort of piercing, an awesome haircut and a non-touristy LA shirt. As of today, I've accomplished two of my four goals! Already! Yesterday, I found my perfect LA t-shirt at a place called Brandy Mellville (which I was really not expecting. That store is not my style at all), and today I got a really wild haircut. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I don't look naz-t and explain a little more about the haircut, but I'm really not in a writing mood at the moment. I just want to sit back and watch a movie with my Pika.

Until tomorrow! <3