I'll count that as not bad

My Grade Report > Fall 2007 > Undergraduate > San Jose State University
Course Class Name Official Grade Units
ANTH 160 Recon Lost Civs C+ 3.00
BUS3 152 HR Info Systems B 3.00
BUS3 154 Wkfrce Plan Staff & Train A 3.00
BUS3 157 Legal Issues in Hrm B- 3.00
COMM 100W Writing Workshop A- 3.00
PHIL 186 Prof & Bus Ethics B+ 3.00

Can't get a Christmas Eve better then this

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I wasn't freezing my butt off and it was nice and clear... I uploaded 4 sets of photos today. Check'em out ^_^

the uber fun pre-Christmas post

I can't think of a better title, can you? So I worked the last three days and I can not honestly remember what all I did. I'm just tired of talking to people now. So much Christmas spirit in the air... lol.

vacation woo!

So I'm done with school for a whole month! It feels weird already.

moodz

I don't know why I've been so angry lately. I have some assumptions. Perhaps I can not wait until this blasted semester is over. Actually I think that is about it. I have two more finals that I do not plan to study too hard for. I just want them to be over, that is it. Ok yeah. Fun.

I was happy tonight. I bought a TV for the dining room. Yeah I know. Another TV. I don't even watch TV anymore. I only have it on for the news. It's constantly on CNN. Yeah that's what I got it for. We mounted it on the wall. I got some of the cables figured out. I need to get a couple more sets tomorrow and we're set. It looks great though. I'm surprised at how good it looks. Considering it is one of our house brands. LOL.... I BELIEVE!!!! =p

some things to mull over

I lost my voice. I caught something last weekend, didn't really turn into anything major, and now a part of my throat hurts and my vocal chord decides to take a break. Which is fine, until somebody who refuses to use the advent of texting, go as far as to block them, try to call me over and over. No, you dumb shit, I lost my voice, and I strained my voice even more to try to tell you that so you'd stop calling and waking me up from my drug induced coma.

There is one major reason why I don't like talking to people over the phone. They insist on calling you but they never actually listen to what you are saying. It peeves me that I am wasting my time and energy trying to explain something to you and you are not actually listening.

I actually don't mind it if I were mute. That way I would stop and think before I communicate with people. With well thought out words instead of the randomness coming out of my mouth.

Resolution #1: Talk less. Unless I have something substantial to say.

Ah yes, I came up with some resolution type stuff the other night when I was scribbling in my notebook. I hate resolutions. Nobody ever keeps them and they are so cliche. I don't want to keep them as resolutions because they have a start date and it's a bit of a jinx.

I went to Borders the other day because I had a coupon. Why else would I go there? I had a 50% off coupon for a particular book I have wanted for a few months. So I went to pick it up. I fell into the Oprah trap and got her latest book club selection. It's because it's a historical thriller. Who doesn't like that idea? Anyway. I was looking through the clearance section and they had a book journal. What a good idea, I thought to myself. I got something else for it, because the one I saw was ugly. Something to log down what I have read and what I need to read. I like that idea.

Good idea #2: Read more books via a book journal. Title, author, year, genre, thesis, and check for read. Simple as that.

I am in love with the Moleskine journals Borders sells. Simple and not flashy. Very portable. I got the journals that are a pack of three. It works out really well because I don't have to carry around a big journal. Each section is 80 pages and I can write roughly a page a day. Unless I'm sitting at a Starbucks with a peppermint mocha and Christmas music in my ear then maybe I can generate about four pages. Which I did. In the last few months I found writing to be very important to me.

Good idea #3: Write more via journals, blog, or whatever scrap of paper I can find.

I have been so lazy lately. I had so many excuses to not exercise. I haven't gained any weight lately but I'm starting to feel heavy. My schedule for next semester is more flexible and I can certainly exercise more. I had a daily checklist I used for the beginning of the semester and I have sort of abandoned it. I plan to revive and revise it.

Good idea #4: Exercise more, eat smarter, and crate a routine with daily checklist.

I finally received my official half marathon finisher t-shirt and key chain about a week ago. I'm proud to show it off. Not to mention the t-shirt is one of the new Nike essentials and it's incredibly comfortable. Not that I would pay 30 bucks for it myself. Anyway, I will most likely make the run again next year. The thing is, I need to train for it, which brings back the regular exercise thing.

Good idea #5: Run at least one half-marathon and try not to die from it. Aim for a full marathon the year after.

One of the final things on my mind lately is about school. I have two more finals left and I think I will do fine in them. I'm not too worried. I have the next semester to look forward to. Then I should be done. People are asking me if I'm excited and all. I'm sort of 'eh' about it. I've gone through this once before, and I'll believe it when I hold that diploma in my hand.

Great idea #6: Finally graduate.

urban dictionary

I don't think anyone is going to believe me, but I know the guy who created urban dictionary. In fact I had two classes with him when I was in Poly. I did some group projects with him in those classes on user interface stuff. I was one of the first hand full of people who played around with urban dictionary and sorta nicely brushed it off as one of those useless stupid things.

How wrong I was.

He is not the type of guy you would go and point out as the creator of a cultural phenomenon. I guess that's what happen with nerds. When I was still down there we would say hi and chat for a few minutes every time we run into each other. I don't think he remembers me now.

last day of class

I had my last day of class for the semester today. I will not be taking the final on Wednesday, so that leaves me two days off and 4 finals left. Not too bad. It's weird to think the hardest part is over when finals week just started. But that is the case for me this time. This whole semester was full of challenge, mainly time constraint. I think I learned a lot about myself. The writing class was arguably most beneficial since I place so much weight on my writing of late. I learned to write with a purpose. To find an audience. To have a defined voice. Anyhow, I should sleep. I should rest while I can. Winter vacation is coming.

p.s. My graduation documents have been processed from the college of business, it just has to go through administration now. I should be walking at the end of next semester.

Hasek Flips Gaborik

even my mom went "holy s***!".... lol

B-Side #1

Journal Page #14

Journal Page #13

windows of opportunity

I was looking through the different shows I can watch tonight and a new show intrigued me. New Amsterdam was a show I was fairly interested in at the beginning of the summer. It never appeared because the big wigs at Fox decided to shelf it. From what I gathered they only produced seven episodes and probably won't go for any more. So why did I get to see it tonight? The writer's strike. They simply ran out of things to show. I guess even Fox can't get enough dumb people to go on their reality shows. But you know what, I'm glad I got to watch it. I liked it. There were some humor in there that I find quirky. How does this guy know so much? Well he's been living for 300 years for one... and went to a few educational institutions. I would too if I lived for that long. Anyway, I hope they air the rest of it. Possibly make more since 24 is getting push to lord knows when. Not that I've watched that for a while now.

Oh the other thing I liked was they used Your Heart is an Empty Room as the end credits for the pilot. How fitting. That got me to listen to my sappy folk songs. Had some Death Cab, now I'm back on David Gray. I used to say I have a soundtrack to my life. I think I lost track of that for a while. I don't know what it can be now. I'm not in any particular mood for any prolonged period of time. I have a tendency to go back to things that takes me back. It's a mental connection thing. I'm looking through my collection again. It's the experience factor. What music do to me so that it draws out emotions and make me recall events and link them all together. Is that how memory works? I know that's how a romantic comedy works.

I told my friend to remind me of what I said if I ever express an interest in teaching English. Reading other people's papers are frustrating. Most of the papers I read were fine, but some of them are real gems. I can't understand how muddle people's thoughts can be. I honestly think some of my free writes are more organized then what I read. I don't know what's going on with people. Anyway, school is almost done for the year and I really need a break. I need to stop and really think about what I want to do. There's still so much to do. I feel like I'm sort of drowning a bit. I know I'm not, because I know what it's like when it is worse. Everything seem so much easier after I have hit bottom. I have that "could be worse" attitude.

I don't really want to leave the job I have right now. But I'm also not too keen on some of the many changes also. I think I need to make some hard choices fairly soon. The last few weeks have been pretty demoralizing at work. I'm tired of fighting about my schedule. I'm tired of people taking my work for granted. I'm doing things at work that's not even part of my job and they are some how expected of me. Even worse, they don't give me the time and resource to do it. I do wonder about why I'm still there and not look for something better. I think I'm too comfortable.

December

December crept up on me last night. I wasn't expecting it, then BAM! it was here. It has been exceptionally cold the last few nights. It's freezing in the afternoon. I must have printed about 60 pages of stuff today. I was thinking about what to do with all that paper. I can use them as scrap paper... Or something a little more interesting. I was thinking I can use it for sketching and stuff, much like what I'm doing with that paper journal thing I've been posting. Think of it like a B-side release. I've printed way too many articles this semester. I'm sure there will be more for the next. So yeah, something. No I'm not eager to look for a "real job", but I suppose I should be. It looks like I'm almost done with school. So yeah... *sigh*

Can I have it back?

Good to know Harry Potter is like some of my friends...

Wizard! You shall not pass!

Method acting according to Sir Ian McKellen....

Make it so

lmao....

and I think to myself...

...when is this going to end? That was roughly 5:30 Friday morning. Better known as Black Friday. No not really. That's what I thought I would be thinking. It turned out to be quite fun really. I don't think we were as prepared as we could have been, but whatever. The good part is I felt like I put in some good hard work, and it makes it seem worth it. I have never yelled at that many customers in my life. It was FUN!

podcasts

Years ago when the whole idea of podcast came out, I was excited. I spent some time explaining the idea to my friends and anticipated its inception. I was disappointed to say the least. The amount of junk people can generate in this online world is incredible. Even the things I thought I was interested in didn't translate fully onto this format. I gave up for a while.

I remember a long while back when my friend Lyle talked about this nifty little program on NPR that plays every Saturday night. He listened to it whenever he had the chance. It's like old-timey radio where there are sketches and stories. I put that to the back of my mind until the theatrical version of A Prairie Home Companion came about. Later on I saw a broadcast on PBS.... and I finally made the connection... I became a sort of a fan of Garrion Keillor and found the podcast version of The News from Lake Wobegon most amusing. It started from there, and I've since moved onto The Writer's Almanac.

I have recently discovered This American Life. It is smart, funny, leaning on the side of melancholy, and ordinary. I find myself anticipating a new theme and stories every week. I think I'm a sucker for documentaries.

All Songs Considered is a show I have listened to on my drives up and down the coast. I never knew what I was listening to, but it was nice. Discovering music that is real. It excites me when something like this expands my horizons. This podcast helps me wade through all the crap out there and find something pleasant and surprising.

I think Fresh Air could be interesting.... I'll let you know.

prayers answered....

No not the rain, I didn't pray for that anyway.

I'm talking about the new flight path in Un'Goro. I have spent I think months of my life running to and from that spot. No more!!! There's a flight path! omg.... I am seldom so very happy.

something deeper I think...

So I saw him today. He came into my work looking for something.

A while since we had the talk. I thought I was ok with it, but I'm actually still really angry at him. I said hi, tried to help him find whatever it was, and I realize I don't want to talk to him anymore. I stood there fuming for a second and told a friend nearby the short version and got a hug. I felt a little better about it. An hour later I was still mad.

I've been struggling with this question for a while. Why not me? No he's not perfect. Resembles somewhat to what I was looking for, and distinctly not. Not exactly what I want, but frustrating not to have. It's the fact that he didn't pick me that's pissing me off.

It makes me question myself.

I have many very complicated issues. He had to go and screw up that one good thing I had.

I'm just disappointed.

forwardish

I have this really bad habit of not going to sleep until I'm totally drained. I did that last night, because I knew I can sleep in today.

I picked my classes for next semester yesterday. The only thing left is this one class I can't register for because I haven't taken one of the prereq yet. No matter, I talked to my professor and he said he'll probably be able to add me. I'm golden. So I'll have to wait for my graduation evaluation and it looks pretty good. Only thing now is the work.

I have five papers to write in the next three weeks with various drafts and revisions in between. I'm really looking forward to this winter vacation actually. I need a bit of a break. Mental break.

I finally got around to fold my laundry today. About time. It's one of those things where I just do half of it and get lazy about the rest of it. The crazy load of homework contributes to it too I suppose. There's like a month left in school and I'm thinking maybe I should actually work on homework ahead of time. I get so very impatient when people ask me how I'm doing with school. I'm doing good, leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. I do now.

My WoW account expires at 5 tonight. I have a new card. I'm thinking I'll wait until next week to punch it in. I need this week to work. Focus. Yeah that's not really going to stand, just an idea.

Dogma still rocks

It was on TV, uncut. I watched it again. Still one of the best movies ever. That is all.

Blame Halo 3

I think I know this guy... lol

Evolution of Dance

I swear this is still my favorite video ever.... I wish I can do that... lol

odd job

I was driving to class the other day, listening to the radio, and thought to myself.... traffic reporter, what an odd job. What kind of kid wants to do that? Wake up at the crack of dawn, hop in a chopper or truck, take off and talk for like 15 seconds every 20 min every weekday morning. And another thing, does the guy in the truck coast through this traffic or is he contributing it? Think about it.

daylight savings time

I get an extra hour tonight. Yay. Well I'm not sure if that's a good thing, I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. During the night that is. I often stay up until 1:30 in the morning before I force myself to try to sleep. I did discover one thing though.... I still really like Sex and the City. That's right, I have the whole series on DVD and watched it all. Sometimes I feel like I should write like Carrie Bradshaw. Perhaps a weekly editorial that answers some mysteries of life. It would be interesting, but the problem is I won't focus enough to figure out what that weekly question would be. I can try I guess... I'll try to think of something tomorrow... haha...

the eagle sheds a tear

http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN0148677520071102

20 min

I'm in class 20 minutes early. And of course I also forgot my phone. It feels weird to not be checking my phone every other minute. Anyway.

The thing I wrote in the last post was obviously not real, but I did take different things in real life as my inspiration. You just have to figure out what those were. I honestly think I came up with a pretty good story, I just need to revise it a little. It'll be interesting to figure out what cases I can use to sort it out.

On the same token, I think I'm a lot better in my writing lately. I can come up with some ideas, free write on it, and make something coherent. I think it's a lot easier for me to write about things I'm familiar with.

My head is not really in the right place tonight I don't think. It's a little weird for me to all of a sudden think about, hey, last night was Halloween. I watched a bit of Ghost Hunters and that was about it. I didn't really dress up yesterday, other then a fuzzy headband. I am just so absorbed with school right now. Jeez it's already November.

I printed out the classes I need to take for Spring. I don't think I'll have any scheduling conflicts. I'm registering next Thursday, that means I was put into priority registration for my final semester. How weird is that. Final semester. I had one of those before, and it didn't end well. This is the first time I'm looking at that with some confidence. I have 3 paper, 3 midterms, and 1 quiz next week. I used to freak out over things like that. I don't feel too pressured now. I think I'm getting used to it. 5 more weeks left of this. Feels like such a long way aways... but it really isn't. It'll feel so weird when I'm on vacation.

Legal Research Paper Fact Situaion

So I have to write this two page, double-spaced, paper that contains a little story on why my company is getting sued. I had a little help with some real life situations and I think I came up with a pretty good little story... Enjoy!

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MMC Corporation hired Al Jordan as an accountant into a five-people team two years ago when he was 39. Al is obviously handicapped because he has to walk around with crutches. Nobody knows the extent of his condition because it is against company policy to ask that when they were considering his candidacy. The hiring coordinator was informed that he had to resign from his last job because of medical issues and was otherwise very competent at his job.

After a valid and reliable competency test plus three rounds of interviews, Al was selected out of the final pool of five candidates. Very little accommodation had to be made. His cubical was close to the elevator on the second floor and was slightly bigger to have enough room for him to store his crutches when he was working in his cube. His desk was equipped with a telephone, a computer with in-house email and messaging service, an adjustable chair with wheels, and filing cabinets that were very easy for him to reach without standing up. Al had consistently received good ratings on his performance appraisal from his supervisor Janis Franklin.

The other team members’ age range from 25 to 45 of both gender and various ethnic background. All is active in the company softball team. The four members tried to make Al comfortable and regularly invited him to join them for lunch. Al is the touchy feely type. He tends to put his arm around their shoulder, rub their back and arm, lean close, etc. He often violates other people’s personal bubble. Although the company has a robust policy to handle sexual harassment, the team members never reported his behavior because it wasn’t serious, he did it to everyone, and could be tolerated. Everyone were courteous to Al, but never became real friends with him because he was considered to be a little creepy. About 10 months ago during lunch, while Beatrice Landis was unawares, Al leaned in and kissed her on the cheek in front of everybody. She pulled away and the whole group was immediately uncomfortable with the situation. During a softball game that afternoon the group figured Al most likely meant well and was a great business partner aside from his creepiness. They agreed it wasn’t serious enough to report to Janis, but they should put a little distance between Al and them. The members stopped inviting him to lunch and kept their contacts with him to minimal. They only contacted him when there was a business necessity.

As it turned out, Al didn’t have any friends other then the nice people who invited him out to lunch because of the way he behaved. He didn’t understand why his friendly behavior was not welcomed by others since he had no friends to speak of that would tell him. He was upset that other people seemed to be avoiding him. His performance suffered because he was emotionally distressed. This was reflected on the most recent performance appraisal. Janis asked Al if she could help in any way to boost his performance and were there any issues or concerns regarding the team. Al was too embarrassed to tell her his performance suffered because he didn’t have friends and that the team was nicer than other people he had worked with.

Al’s performance continued to decline and he resigned two weeks ago on an at-will basis. He is now suing MMC Corporation for constructive discharge because of the way he was treated by the other team members, ADA accommodation because there were no company sponsored recreational activity he could have joined with the other team members, and age discrimination because he turned 41 and most of the other members were younger than him.

earthquake!

So mom and I came back from dinner, walked in, called out at the piggie. The piggie was hunched next to his bottle, not very responsive. A few seconds later it felt like a plane flew by overhead. Whole building was swaying, the house was making crackling noise, lights were swinging. It lasted for a good 20 seconds. They say it's about 5.6. I think that was one of the biggest one I've ever felt. Good times.

snap

I don't take nearly enough pictures. I have 2 cameras, and they both just sit on my desk. I feel like I've been so much less creative since this semester started. I broke out my canon last night and cleared the card. I want to just tote it around and take random snapshots. I feel like I really need to get my alpha out. But I don't know for what. I don't know... I just feel the need all of a sudden to make some sort of photo journal. Yeah. I trying to procrastinate from homework.. for sure.

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light week

Next week is going to be *light*. By that I mean I only have one paper and one group project due. Pretty good huh? I have a few pages of journal I should scan and post.

The whole commute on Thursday nights sucks. It took me almost an hour to get to class tonight. By the time I get here I'm already zonked out. I can count 4 gigantic paper projects due in the near future just off the top of my head... I feel like this is my breather week to take one last breath before plunging in.

closet

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674550,00.html

13.1

That's right, only took me 3 hours and 20 min.... faster next year? OMG I'm hurting....

Autoethnography

Autoethnography is a recognised qualitative social research method where the researcher documents a group by recording his or her own individual experience as it relates to social history. Often, but not always, the researcher is a member of the group in question rather than the traditional outsider ethnographer. As a variation of conventional ethnography it has its roots in anthropology but is now becoming more widely used in other disciplinary contexts, including performance studies, the sociology of new media, novels, journalism, and communication.

In sociology, autoethnography is a form of participant observation research where non-traditional forms of research, writing, and performance are used in order to attempt to fully realize the ideal of reflexivity, which is the idea that the researcher needs to be aware of his or her role as a researcher. In embracing personal thoughts, feelings, stories, and observations as a way of understanding the social context they are studying, these researchers are also shedding light on their total interaction with that setting by making their every emotion and thought visible to the reader. This is much the opposite of hypothesis-driven, or positivist, research, but is not very far from traditional ethnography as practiced by anthropologists and sociologists. A special issue [] of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (Vol 35 No 4, August 2006) contains several articles on the diverse definitions and uses of autoethnography. An autoethnography can be analytical (see Leon Anderson), written in the style of a novel (see Carolyn Ellis's methodological novel The Ethnographer's I), performative (see the work of Norman K. Denzin, and the anthology The Ends of Performance) and many things in between. Symbolic interactionists are particularly interested in this increasingly popular method, and examples of autoethnography can be found in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism as well as in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and the Journal of Humanistic Ethnography. It is not considered "mainstream" as a method by most positivist or traditional ethnographers.

REF: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Autoethnography

I can't take that name.... because my pretty awesome professor already did. I actually feel like I'm getting much better in my writing because of that class. So thank you!!!

can't you see me?

Absolutely Hilarious Bathroom Mirror Prank - Watch more free videos

Korean Baseball Fight

let's be civil about charging the mound....

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"Goreacle"

hum.....
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/gores-almost-ca.html

I think I'm for this....
Draft Gore

I honestly don't know who really listens to this ignorant individual. How can anyone think that she makes sense? Don't forget she's also the one who called Edwards a "fag". I assume that all she wants to do is to help the republican party, and she really isn't helping. At all. She's giving the image of ignorant hick to the party and how does she think she can help the party to win the white house again in '08? I don't get it. I don't agree with a majority of things that pours out of her unfiltered mouth. I do respect her to have the cajones to say them... doesn't mean she's right in any way. Exactly how far can she go? She's turning into a shock jock... in which case shouldn't she lose her job for being antisemitic? So I guess we a society that values a white blond woman who hates Jews and morally prosecute a white guy who talks about some "nappy hos". How is this different? It is because Coulter doesn't really wield any power over people anymore? Has she crossed the line into the crazy aunt category? Conversely, does that mean Imus actually hold some power over us? I don't get it.

So back to my political orientation. I think it'll be golden if Gore jumps into the race. I think I might volunteer. I will do the fliers thing. It might even earn a place on my bumper. I think it's time for a messiah type figure to jump in. It's just humorous to me that if he really does jump in this late in the race, he will probably win the nomination with little or no campaigning. That's power. Actually I think that's how we got Arnold as our governor... but that's another story. So what do we know about this potential candidate? Well he might win a Nobel Prize tomorrow for his work for the environment... I think that's good enough for me.

end of the tunnel? still... a ways to go....

I just filed for graduation. Just so happen I had a majority of documents I needed on me. It's good to be prepared sometimes... So now I'm treating myself with a iced white mocha and a chocolate muffin. I'm happy right now. I think I had that hanging over my head for quite some time, and I really wanted to just get it over with. The muffin is dry and the mocha is too sweet, but I could care less right now. I just feel like I finally got another hurdle down. I just need to get myself to finish up these two semesters nicely and not poop out. Ironically I'm not too worried about the actual classes, it's the administrative stuff that worries me. It's a control thing I think.

Found out another fun thing just now, I'm getting a B.S. degree. I thought it was going to be a B.A., but apparently it's B.S. Interesting. I guess it's because they used to require much more math for it, and we still have to do statistics and quantitative analysis for it. So yeah, that's my burst of words for now.

I might be random

I found a few thoughts running through my head yesterday as I was going about my business. I recognize how random I am... most of the time. There is a reason for that. I had a few things floating around in my head; each makes a very good writing prompt. It's amazing what happens when I get some time alone. Luckily I had a pad of paper with me, and I jotted them down. They make a whole lot of no sense when I just put them down, but it helps me in thinking about what to write. Yeah I know I'm weird.

coherent thoughts

Sometimes I get some really coherent thoughts through my head in surprisingly well constructed sentences. Usually when I'm walking around and have no time to put them down. I forget them so easily. It's really a shame.

I think I get into some sort of a trance when I listen to a couple of DMB songs. I run really fast and far when I listen to them. I find it funny when I'm listening to "Dancing Nancies" I run particularly fast. Maybe I'm trying to see could I have been anyone other then me by running away from myself. Something like that.

So I figured I would start a sort of a paper journal-portfolio thing. I really enjoy writing on paper I found. My whole trend of thought is different when I write on paper. Freewriting. So I'm just going to write about two pages a day and scan them. It'll be interesting. My handwriting isn't the greatest in the world, but it works....

Journal Page #4

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quietish weekend

- Take home exam #2 for legal due Thursday night
- Reading #4 summary for staffing sometime before the weekend
- My History as a Writer revision due Monday
- Article Analysis Draft #2 due Monday
- 3 articles to read for Comm due Monday
- Ethics paper due Wednesday
- Anthropology paper due Wednesday
- Tons of reading....

About 5k words?

Good times.

couple of things made me happy....

I weight lighter this morning
I fit into those damn tight lucky jeans.... as in I was able to pull them all the way up and not bruise my hips.

time to spare

I have an hour to kill. Two midterms and a paper today. I woke up at 5. Sleepy. I went to sleep early last night too. I was out before 11. *sigh*

I'm deaf out of one ear, and it's well worth it

I wait a whole year for Dave, and this was it. Tonight was a lot of fun. I didn't get to *watch* too much of the concert. At least I was able to see the screen. The opener this year was Stephen Marley. The music was pretty good, and there was this guy on stage where his entire job was to wave the Jamaican flag around in an enthusiastic way... for 45 minutes. I wish I could do that, just maybe not the Jamaican flag.

We were under this perpetual haze. I think I'm still a little high from it... lol. I'm joining the warehouse for sure this year. I need seats. I need to see the stage. Yes, plan ahead is the key....

Since I'm still awake, I decided to share a few things. Set list. I took just one video this year of Everyday. I really wanted to spend time to enjoy it. I can probably take a camera in next year and nobody would really care. A few pictures I already shared with Carrie while I was there.... thanks for your *feedback* lol...

Saturday Sep 29 2007
Shoreline Amphitheatre


Sugar Will (tease)
A Dream So Real *
Two Step *
Eh Hee *
You Might Die Trying *
Everyday *
Dreaming Tree *
Grace Is Gone
(Black Water) *
Louisiana Bayou *
Sister +
Granny *
Corn Bread *
The Idea Of You *
#27 *
Dream Girl *
Jimi Thing *
Grey Street *
Stay (Wasting Time) *

__________________

So Damn Lucky ~
American Baby Intro *
Ants Marching *


Show Notes:
* Rashawn Ross
+ Carter, Butch and Rashawn: Back-up vocals
~ Dave Solo

(song name) indicates a partial song
indicates a segue into next song

Everyday


Our view


This one is for you Carrie.... we're doing that together next year


What could that guy be reading that is so interesting even Stephen Marley can't distract him?


I found Jesus


That looks something like a stage


I'm cold, can't you tell?


Old school - lighter flames. New school - lighter flames and even more cell phone screens.


What the moon likes like at 11 pm with Ants Marching on the background.

thursday

I was asleep for most of the day. In fact I didn't get up until about 1. I've been so exhausted in the last few days from all the school work. I already have it plotted out, I just need to follow it.

Tuesday I spent the morning doing some grocery and such, and by the time I settled down it was time for my group meeting. My partner and I slaved over the project. We didn't finish on some of the parts, so we decided to throw it together before class yesterday. An hour before class she called me up and tells me she's in the hospital with her mom. I'm not mad at her at all. In fact I can really only blame myself for being lazy and didn't think to back up everything. It's not that big of a deal for the class, so I'll live. We get extra credit elsewhere in the class anyway. She said she's going to fight to not have me penalize for it. Honestly though, I don't think I worked hard enough on that project to really deserve a good grade, so I really could care less. I do appreciate it though.

I bought a leather bracelet yesterday. I need to put a picture of it up. Kinda hard to describe, but it does match my watch. I look like I'm wearing a pair of leather cuffs. That makes me want to hit the Renaissance Fair.

Bowling went pretty good last night. We went to eat at the cafe again. I had a veal dinner. It was a huge piece of veal that was very yummy. It cost me $8.50. Needless to say I'm a big fan of that venue.

2 days till Dave! Yay!!! I'm getting so excited about it. This is a yearly thing for me now. I'll go with good company this year. I'm hoping more people will join me in the future. This is going to be fun. I need to figure out what food to bring.

I think what I'm getting at right now is that I'm really looking forward to getting out of school. The thing I really enjoy doing is to go out and do things with my friends. Having some sort of stability will help me more. It's a really good motivator I think.

TV shows so far....

Heroes -- season 2 has pretty good start so far, would like to see more. Have been waiting on the Hiro storyline for a while, not disappointing at all.

Chuck -- Fairly outlandish, nerdy Johnny Mnemonic way. I'll keep watching it because I'm a bit of a nerd (*snicker*) You'll have to work where I work to get another dimension of the jokes. In case you were wondering, I did assign a few character names for some select co-workers already... especially the namesake of the show... (*snicker again*)

Journeyman -- Still not quite sure about it. I had to have discussions during every other scene to get what was happening straight. If you get the whole Back to the Future thing, you'll do just fine.

Reaper -- Very surprising. Little quirks here and there. That's what you can expect from a Kevin Smith project I suppose. So many little jokes. Catching a fugitive from hell with a dirt devil that needs to be recharged? Now that's a good time. Slight suspicion the purpose of the pack of dogs the fat guy (think Silent Bob with Jay's mouth) chased around with a leaf blower is to yell "RUN BITCHES!"

Dancing with the Stars -- Saw some of it, missing the last part of night 1, and the beginning of night 2. I think this will be a decent season. I think that's about as much as I can say about that.

That's all I have for now

hang on a second

Before you think I threw myself off the far end of the literary train, you need to know I spent about 4 hours writing the last post. Considering it was a paper due on Monday. lol...

So how about this weather? Everyone were all depressed over the weekend and I was totally chipper. My sup was gonna choke me for being chipper. Well he was kidding of course, or I guess. He is a bit morbid. Actually I do recall he likes rain. So huh? Whatever. I think I'll start calling him Chuck. Go watch that show on NBC, it was bomb.

It's moon festival tonight. That means a huge full moon, and I need to get my ass up and get grocery before I get run over by little old ladies. My water got turned off again this morning, I don't know what in hell they need to fix, but I can't take a shower, so I'm kinda pissed.

I need to go to the store to pick up the new Foo Fighters CD also. I have so much to do. Then I have to be back home in time to work on a project with a classmate. Good flipping times.

Time to find some water.

My History As A Writer

My english education up until the age of ten composed of British educational ideals and Chinese assumptions. It is safe to say english is not my native language. When I first learned I would be moving to the United States, my parents enrolled me in a supplemental english class. The course did not help me in reading and writing. I learned a few vocabularies, curse words, and how to speak without an accent. The tutor had forgotten the written language was equally important. In his defense, we were the loudest and uncontrollable group of kids in the school. Any tutors would toss his lesson plan and curse under his breath about the bratty Chinese kids. Four days after my tenth birthday, I was flown to my new home.

My first real challenge in writing was to generate a short essay at the elementary school district office. It was the way the big scary white lady used to assess my language skills. I had to write about my interests. I believe I wrote something along the line of watching an obscene amount of television and eating. I hated writing, and much less in a language I was not familiar with. I was embarrassed at my limited vocabulary. I mixed up words such as ‘snack’ and ‘snake’. I still do quite a bit of snaking. The lady studied my writing as if it was a recently discovered long lost text written by Shakespeare himself. Apart from the snake thing, which my parents found amusing, there were no major errors that would earn me a place in the lowest ESL level class, just the second lowest.

During freshman year in high school, I was required to write in different styles of prose and poetry. I was instructed to write about anything I wanted to. I had no idea what I wanted to write about and I still hated writing. I was astonished when I earned one of the highest grades in the class for the haiku assignment. The subject matter was how much I hated writing haikus. My instructors appreciated the irony. I needed to feel strongly about a subject to write creatively.

The beginning of my college career was all pictures, numbers, and fragments. Computer programmers did not need to know the English language; that was my understanding until I encountered the technical writing class. There was class where I had to write about something I was interested in. The problem being I no longer aspired to be a code monkey. To try to feign interest in something was by far the most painful thing in the world. That was the moment when I regretted not taking up an offer to become an english major.

I tried hard as I did but could not get myself to pass all the required classes for a degree that was then meaningless to me. Failure wells up a lot of complicated emotions. These emotions are hard to articulate and sift through. Two years ago I started a blog as an outlet. I opened a floodgate of incoherent ideas and words. It was the first time I was able to articulate my ideas. I wrote in a manner opposite of when I wrote for school. I was not critical of how my words came out. I did not censor myself when I came up with ideas. I did not care about my horrible grammar and the wrong words were not corrected. I wrote about the way I felt. I wanted to write about what mattered most to me. I don’t hate writing. I hate writing with no purpose at all.

As a writer I can be easily distracted. I often stop myself in mid sentence thinking about the most fitting word. When I think of the right word, I will have lost the idea altogether. I never made the connection between free writing and delivering good composition. By the time I finish spilling out ideas I will be too lazy to edit it into something readable. I often find myself staring at the computer screen with a million words floating in my head. By writing the words down, I put my thoughts into perspective. This week I found the sound that keeps my mind focused was of my pencil scratching on a pad of paper. It has its own unique rhythm. It is the single white noise capable of drowning out all the distractions in the world. It is the noise that liberates me from my critical self and let my ideas come out.

Dear Lord....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/20/suing.god.ap/

lighter

I feel lighter today. Not only because I did weight a little less, but I feel like a weight have been lifted off me. I'm a little upset with myself for letting it bother me for so long, but no more. It's just a good feeling to come to a realization that nothing is really going to come off of it, and might as well just end it right here. I'm just tired of it. I recognize how it is exactly the same as before. This is a good time to stop.

Sharks pre-season starts tomorrow....

yay! I don't get to watch it because it's not on TV... I'll need to figure out this whole video capture thing... hum.... Can't wait!

OJ didn't do it....

... He'll find you the real robbers though....

Real Life Forum Discussion

under the stairs

Nothing really eventful happened in the last few days. Classes, homework, got a new Nano, stuff like that.

The Nano is not as ugly as I originally thought. I got a green one for those who are curious. Good thing is I didn't have to spend a dime on it. I'm a believer in replacement plans... I've abused them enough to know I've made it ahead already... lol. My only complaint right now is I don't have a right sized arm band for running. Gripping it for now it is... It's so thin I'm afraid I'm going to break the damn thing. Anyway... I'll figure it out somehow.

I got some encouragement today about my school work. I had to write a paper on Monday about how I picked my major. Dreadful topic. The writing method is direct writing. I was to free-write for half the time and spend the second half picking out the good stuff and edit it. I think it turned out pretty well. I turned 2 pages of random jotting into an one page coherent paper. I had less the 15 grammatical mistakes... which is a miracle for a handwritten piece of work I think. I find free writing so liberating. That is basically what I do here. I do very little revision here though. The best part about that in class assignment was the editing. I crossed out so many useless words. All of my ideas became so much more clear. I recognize that the majority of my writing is a verbalization of my internal dialog. It's actually interesting to read, once I get rid of all the useless words. I truly think this is one of the things that has multiple applications. I know how to clearly convey my ideas to other people through my writings with proper revisions. Doing the free writing I do here help me with my thought process too. It's just so much easier to think about things after I throw them all out on something and pick and choose the important stuff. I like it. Wait, I've been doing it here for two years... hum... Does that make me smarter?

I got another assignment back a little earlier. I think my staffing teacher loves me. She said on Monday that she wasn't done with our article summaries, and from what she could see they were awful. All we had to do was to search for an article on a set topic and write a half page summary on it. Pretty straightforward assignment I would think. I looked at the stack and the amount of comment she wrote on most of them were longer then the summaries themselves. She talked about how people should improve on what articles and be more clear on the summary if they get less the 7 or 8 out of 10. I got only a few sentences about how she knows it was a hard article to go through and it was a brilliant summary. I got a 10. ha! Really though, anyone can do well in the class if they had paid any sort of attention at all in the previous course. So that's my 2 cents on that.

I had a bit of a talk with him last night. I think I finally made myself clear. I sort of panned things out with him. I just didn't want to keep carrying on the way we have been. I wanted to start in a new direction. Go back to square one instead of skipping the first few steps and hop to the end. I really don't want it to be that way. I'm not sure if he wants to do that. He saids he agrees, but it doesn't mean that's what he wants. Keeps talking about how out of character it is for him and such. So I don't know. I'll find out eventually, but I'm not holding my breath.

So that's about it for now. I have another class in about half an hour... maybe I can nap a little before I go. I really need to get a run in today. I've been a little lazy since I broke my last nano. No excuse I know. But it's discouraging ya know...

I'm so tired...

come on people... i'm just doing my job

All you crazy people with anger issues, ignorance issues, biting more then you can chew issues, metro-fi issues, attention span issues, etc, etc, etc... Go bother somebody else. Or better yet, go jump of a bridge will ya? Yeah I'm talking about you, bleached blond lady with all of the above. No you don't get to look at me like I'm stupid, because you are the dumbest bitch I have ever met. If you can stop and listen to me talk for more then 2 seconds then you would know everything spilling out of that gaping hole in your head are wrong. If you know that better service, why don't you just use it? You know why you're asking me about it? because it doesn't fricking exist. Good job lady. Get the fuck out of my face.

My nano died a quiet death...

pun intended. The thing crapped out on my on 2.6 miles last night. I'm kind of ticked. Now I have to find some way to replace it. *sigh*

Stephen King

I learned something today. I'm writing about myself in episodes. It's like a sitcom I think. My audience is me. More precisely me in the future. I am noting down how I am becoming the person I will be. I will look back on this one day and see the little things that happened. How different things shaped me.

I'm starting to like this book.

It's like listening to Kathy Bates

That's my first class. I finally figured out who she looks like. It's not a particularly interesting class. She turns off the lights when she presents slides. It's only 7:30 in the morning. I really need to get up earlier though, I can't find a friggin seat when I get here.

I drive towards the south-east direction when I go to school at 7 in the morning. I feel like I'm going towards the light the whole time I go to school. You can't see road signs, can barely see the lanes, and you have no idea where in hell you are except for the fact that the sun is directly in your eyes. By the time I got to school I have two burnt retinas. Fun times.

oh questionable meat product....

such a lifesaver when I find that thing of Cliff Bar to be expired for almost a month. mmmm... dinner....

timing is a funny thing

I got out of the house an hour early again, and there was less traffic. I got on campus about 20 minutes early instead of 5 minutes late. Being able to get a good cup of iced coffee is good. Long lines are bad. Getting a new highlighter is awesome.

panda bear

Panda bears have dark circles around their eyes and their diet consist of mostly bamboo. I have 3 rather large bamboo plants in my room and is deprived of sleep. Compare and Contrast.

focuse dammit

I don't really remember the last time I actually go through the homework list and do stuff. By no means I have finished ANY of the assignments I have put on my list. At the very least I am attempting to do it.

I was looking at my new calender just now and I can finally see that crushing amount of work I will have this semester. It's a little scary, but I know I can handle it. I usually spend a huge amount of time doing the organization part, and lose my drive to do the actual work when the time comes. This time around I actually have time left. which is amazing. I guess practice makes it a bit easier. I can throw together my calender and schedules in a fraction of what it used to take me. I think I'm getting a little bit obsessive with my spreadsheets.

I think I got that whole workout thing down. For now. 4 cardios a week. I need to schedule them out though. The next thing I need to work on again is the food thing. Portion size, what to eat, etc. I need to eat a bit healthier. I have been sticking with the cut off time of 9. It's pretty easy now. I just really need to work on what to eat.

clipboard

It's only 1:30 and I have 1 load of laundry almost ready to fold, a pair of pants drying on the patio, my closet redone. I was watching a rerun of Oprah the other day, and I got the best idea. I refolded all my tee shirts with a clipboard. It looks like I'm shopping when I look into my closet right now. mmmm... less wrinkles... delicious...

lost in the path....

Something about this photo I really like... I'm not sure what it is. It's just a little artsy I guess. I took this photo one handed with K. holding my other hand, walking back to the car when we were in D.C. Go check out all the pictures I finally finished uploading! ^_^

p.s. flickr automatically rotated all my vertical pictures.... i <3 flickr

it was nice

I have to say I had a pretty damn good vacation. The key part of it was to make myself really believe that I was in fact on vacation. It's a very hard thing for me to do, but I think for a few minutes there I did believe it.

I'm in the process of uploading pictures from my east coast trip. I put about 200 pictures up so far. A whole lot more to come.

Some relatives were visiting and I helped driving them around. Went to Monterey, and I have a bunch of pictures from that.

Some bonehead didn't schedule me to work on Friday and Saturday, so I just took the days off. It was nice. I miss having a weekend day off.

We ended up at the Palo Alto Festival of Arts. I couldn't really afford anything there, so it was just lots of looking and fooding. I took some pictures of that. A nice cold glass of Pinot Grigio is very nice with BBQ oysters.

first full day of school

I like how my drive from home to school is partially blinded by the blazing sun, and yet it took only 20 min instead of my 1 hour insane traffic on Thursday. First class was mostly administrivia. I think there were more people trying to add then there were people enrolled. Second class didn't happen, but I already knew that. The professor decided climbing half dome was more important. So whatever. Now I have time to eat. Couple more classes then lunch. I think I might get a burrito. One more class then I'm done for the day.

Today is the first day of my new routines. I also stumble back onto the Fit Day site again. Pretty much the same stuff I was paying Weight Watchers for once upon a time. This is free. So yay. I threw the link of my journal up on the page. So check it out if you're bored or curious as to how fat I really am... lol. I'll go run today for sure, just the matter of when. I think if I'm not too hungry and such I'll probably head straight to the gym right after I get the rest of my books.

I made a new spreadsheet. I now have daily goals and weekly goals. I get to add $$ to my various funds if I reach my goals. I think it's a really good system. It keeps me motivated for sure. I'll have to spell it out here a bit more later...

some more random stuff...

Added a flickr side bar.
Went and added some new sets onto flickr.
Played around with the layout again.
New profile picture.
New flickr icon.
Added a chatterbox.

Will probably add some music next... but now I must sleep.

**update** I did make a playlist on project playlist (see link on more of me section). Tried to put it on here, and it was too annoying. So there. That's about it I think. I made a couple more updates on the Zazzle page just for the heck of it. I'll probably publish more poster prints on there just for fun.

zazzle

I found something pretty cool tonight and spent some time building it. I can throw my photos on Zazzle and make things out of it. I was going to build some sort of canvas print for myself at first... then I realize I can use this to do some publishing. Anything I sell on here I get a 10% commission. If it's linked from this site I get an extra 7%. So there. I'll update it with more stuff as I find cool photos and such.


buy unique gifts at Zazzle

toficken

It's that time of the year again where I can't get enough of Dave. 9/29 I'll be screaming like a womanish girl or girlish woman. Yeah I make a lot of sense. Highly recommend the Live at Radio City cd.

no new speakers for me =p

I got a little excited last night when my speakers didn't work. I got even more excited just now when it didn't work again. Then I played around with the settings, took out a gigantic dust bunny from the case, figured out I had it on the right plug, tested it with another set of cheap speakers, and pretty much settled on the whole needing new speakers thing. Then I had to go fidget with it some more and now it works perfectly fine. Dammit...

sober for now

I had the last of my alcoholic consumption today for the next 3 or so months. Things I do to try to slim down... *sigh*

The Shamrock

Shamrock = Harp + Smithwick's + Guinness Stout

The Colonial Tavern makes this and the Shepherd's Pie a little piece of heaven. I hear the foam from the beer glass was pretty good too.

If I had a weiner dog....

I would name him Frank.

travel bug

I think I want to spend some time to travel the country. I realize I really like just going out and see things. I love taking pictures, which means I need to tame my camera. I grabbed the link to the National Parks Service and threw it on here. I think I want to see all 50 states. I'm already about 10% done. Some of the places I don't really remember, so I'll have to revisit. I think that's something I can look foward to.

Traffic

I seriously thought I was done with traffic this week... but nooooo.... I have class today at 6... and it took me an hour to make it to class. Sweet. I love how this drive takes me 20 min max at 7 in the morning.

sky diving

The conversation went something like this:

Him - So you know the thing I've been saying I wanted to do for a while now?
Me - Yeah, you wanted to jump out of a plane
Him - Yup, I did it on Sunday
Me - Very cool, good for you!
Him - You should look at the pictures and video
Me - Definitely
Him - So the thing is, I'll go do it again. It's only a 100 bucks. What do you think?
Me - That's cool, but I will never do it
Him - Well I showed the pictures to A. and she said she now wants to do it
Me - Naw, it's ok, you guys have fun. There needs to be somebody to identify the bodies

*Mom heard my comment and busted out laughing*

I looked so happy

It's good to keep track of things. But when there is too much stuff to keep track of, getting rid of some is a good thing.

perspectives

I spent a long weekend on the east coast visiting a couple of awesome friends and their kids. The trip itself was awesome, I'll talk about that later when I post the pictures.

The fact that I traveled a long distance by myself and pulled myself away from all of my attachments gave me some new perspective.

1) I am actually capable of taking care of myself. I know what I'm doing. I rely on others too much.

2) Real friends are the ones that I would text/call right before I take off and right as I touch down. 2 + my folks.

3) I really do love animals. And they love me. Allergies be damned. Maybe Lyle was right, I'm going to be that cat lady. Except I don't smoke, don't know where I threw those pink bunny slippers, and possibly have a life.

4) I hate being a burden to anybody, and try to not ask for anything.

5) I really like seeing my toenails painted. It actually looks good.

6) I'm done with settling. I deserve so much more then what I've been getting. So, person that will never know the meaning of being romantic, I'm cutting you loose. You can go back to hanging out with your scrawny ex and I won't feel a tinge of jealousy.

7) I hang on to too many things. Need to clean up a bit. Did a little bit on my desk. Cut out a lot on my blog layout. I like the look of clean.

8) I finally got a picture of a real macchiato. *see banner* Sometimes perfect little things comes to you when you're not looking for it.

That's all I can think of for now.

I'm back

I had a really awesome weekend. Tons of pictures to upload and such. Now I have to unpack, clean, and get ready for school.

it just hit me....

I'm on real vacation. I went to get a hair cut today. It looks a little better now. I don't look like some maiden who has neglected herself. I got some hair advise from my stylist today too reguarding conditioner. I was thinking about how I have to get things done today. Actually I don't really have to. Unless you count the whole getting ready for my trip thing. So yeah.... I don't have to do anything at all. It feels so weird.

Thriller

nothing like the original...

Indian Thriller

lmao... this is even better...

Thriller

makes me want to learn the dance...

genie

A woman rubbed a bottle and out popped a genie. The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes. The genie said, "Nope, sorry, three-wish genies are a storybook myth. I'm a one-wish genie. So... what'll it be?"

The woman did not hesitate. She said, "I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries to stop fighting with each other and I want all the Arabs to love the Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It will bring about world peace and harmony."

The genie looked at the map and exclaimed, "Lady, be reasonable. These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I'm out of shape after being in a bottle for five hundred years. I'm good but not THAT good! I don't think it can be done. Make another wish and please be reasonable."

The woman thought for a minute and said, "Well, I've never been able to find the right man. You know one that's considerate and fun, romantic, likes to cook and help with the house cleaning, is good in bed, and gets along with my family, doesn't watch sports all the time, and is faithful. That is what I wish for...a good man."

The genie let out a sigh and said, "Let me see the fucking map again."

season tickets

I've just decided I want to get Sharks season tickets. It'll be a while though, seeing upper reserves are $1500 for a seat. Since I'll want a pair, I'll have to save up $3k for it. I haven't decided how much I'll save for it each month. We'll see I guess.

still here

I've been pretty lazy these last few weeks. Didn't really do much. Sleep in late etc. I did get around to do some stuff this morning. I canceled one of my credit cards and change the rewards program on another. I think 5% cash back on pumping gas is pretty damn good. So yeah.... not much going on. I might try to do some cleaning or something. *shrug* Who knows.

slowish

It's overcast today. Not my favorite. The weather needs to make up its mind. I like either sunny or rain, nothing in between.

I guess I did get some things done in the last few weeks. I finished summer session at SJSU and just got my grades. C+, A-, A. Somehow that pulled by GPA above a 3.0. I honestly don't remember the last time my GPA was higher then that. So I'm pretty happy about it. I got all my classes for Fall. My Monday and Wedesdays are going to be redicuously long. I'm taking 18 units. 5 classes on MW and 1 on Thursday night. I should do ok. I'm still taking classes in DeAnza right now at night. Just a couple of PE classes, but I am learning a lot of things. I'm getting pretty flexible from my 4 days of stretching and yoga.

I've been pretty slacking on my cardio of late. For the few times I actually went on a run I did notice I can run for a little longer. So my plan now is to build up my endurance. I can run for 40 min non-stop right now. I need to be able to do that for every run and start building up on my time. As soon as I can do a 60 min run, I can start building up my speed. The prospect of running a half marathon in October seems possible. I just need to get off my lazy butt and go run. I implemented my food cut off time at 9, and it seems to work well. I like that. I get pretty hungry if I don't sleep by 11, that makes me want to get up and eat breakfast. It seems to work, it looks like I lost another pound. I guess I just need to keep that up.

I stayed up 2 nights ago and polished off the last Harry Potter book. Yeah. I did. I went to sleep at 6 PM. It was very good. That's all I can say about that ^_^

I might not get around to watch The Simpsons this weekend, but I did get around to go to the local Kwik-E-Mart.
mmm.... donut.....

something like a vacation

Aaahhh... summer vacation. I haven't had one of those since mmm... last year... haha. I vegged out yesterday. Did absolutely nothing. That felt ok at the time... but it's pretty crappy not doing anything. Anyway... try to change that today. I got a few things done already, so that's a good sign. Remember those shamrocks I was growing back in like Feb? Well i threw the rest of the seeds into the pot on the patio and they grew into some of the largest plants I've ever seen. Couple of days ago I transplanted them into a pot and they're sitting on my desk now. It looks pretty good to me. Anyway... back to work...

Parenting

I started writing a reply to Carrie's post and it ended up in a whole page blog... so I might as well...

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Interesting.... I almost ran a little girl over the other day by my house because she was throwing a fit and ran across the street. Today my parents and I were in Costco and two kids were sitting smack in the middle of an isle. My dad had boxes piled high and couldn't see too far down. I had to pull the cart to avoid those kids. My mom was with me in both times... and she commented on how I'm like my uncle (her older brother) that I mumble something like I want to run them over.

I totally agree with you that good behaviors are brought on with good parenting. I can brag about how I am the favorite for my grandparents because I was the most well mannered out of a dozen cousins. I never threw fits, do as my parents told me, and said thank yous. That behavior came from values taught by my parents. I might find my mom hovering sometimes, but I think I turned out ok. I guess for me, what worked was that my parents let me know they cared.

VW Polo

last week of class.... a bit of a break after? maybe....

changes

- no food 2 hours before bed... which means now I have a bed time
- bed time is 11, food cut off time is 9... tea is ok
- alarm at 6 every morning.... well it's a good thing to get up also... lol
- drink at least 32 oz. of water per day... more if able
- no more sodas, i had about 1/3 of a bottle of Coke Zero yesterday... I don't think I like soda anymore
- take supplements - 1 multi, 1 omega 3, 1 vitamin C
- I have yoga twice a week, plus I have to practice at home at least once a week, so that makes Yoga 3 times a week for the next 5 weeks
- I need to do cardio at least 3 times a week. That includes my spin class every monday night and two runs. Each run has to be at least 3 miles and 40 minutes.
- have a salad a day... on most of the days

I think that's all I have for now.... will add on to it later

4th Of July!

well ok, in a

**edit**
blogger is freaking out on me.... most of this post is gone? *boggled*

lazy

So.... I had most of my day off today. Had to run off to the bank this morning, and just milled around most of the day. Did a little bit of shopping, and planted my tomatoes. Yeah I finally did it. We'll see how well it will grow. Now I'm just waiting for class. I have yoga at 6. I think I'll go run a bit after that. That is all. It's warm too. yeah... fun times...

tired

I have an interesting week ahead. A lot of stuff happened this week too. I can't remember half of it. I watched a couple of movies, bought some stuff. Worked. Now I'm just tired. I should sleep. I think.

I should have grab my balls

Well I guess it wouldn't do much, because the bowling center doesn't open until 12. My next class is at 1, and it's only 9. I'm hiding in my little corner in the Union now. It's comfy. I figured if I go home for a little while, I'll be on my bed, playing on my laptop or something. I can save my travel time by just chilling here. It's nice and quiet. Plus the traffic looked really horrible on the way down here. I don't feel like braving that.

I think I had a lot in mind to talk about earlier... totally blank now.

I did some scrappy shopping this week. So of the stuff I wanted were on clearance. I jumped at that. Two more weeks and I'll hopfully have a lot of time to work on my layouts. I have so much stuff I can use. I have so many ideas. Just not a lot of time to work on them. I think my creativity comes in waves.

The other thing I'm being totally obsessed with right now is exercising. I want to get to the gym pretty much every day. My clothes are starting to fit me a little better. I'm pretty happy about that. None of this is reflecting on the scale. In fact I think I've gain some weight. From what I read it's mostly water weight.

mmm... That's all I have for now I think.... going to go read the specs on the iPhone. I'll get one like... next year... lol

Pride-olicious

I spent yesterday up in SF watching the Gay Pride parade and walked around in the huge festival. I uploaded all of the photos last night. But I think there a few worth mentioning.

**WARNING -may not be suitable for kiddos or co-workers**

John and Eiichi waiting for the start of the parade.... 2 hours ahead. We thought the parade was going to start at 10. But hey... we got a really good spot.

Didn't get too many good pictures of dikes on bikes. They moved by too fast. But I figure this was pretty close....

Not entirely sure what this is all about....

Balloons!

What happens when the chief of police spots the cute little girl (next to me) in a Snow White outfit with a rainbow cape on? She sprints over and gives her a string a beads.

Twirl!!!

See what happens when you let gay Google employees build a float? They put Mr. Sulu (George Takei) in the captin's seat. Just in case you were wondering what the guy on the left was doing... He was directing all his Googl-ings to bow down to the captain.

I don't think I'll ever really find this attractive.

Some great signs




Altoids are made for sharing

The guy on the left has a tail. He had to bend over to pick up something. Now I know how he keeps it on.

Bear Pirates of the Caribbean.... That's George pointing his sword at us

How about some leather?


The End!

off

I'm really off today. My alarm didn't go off this morning. Woke up 10 min before I had to be on the road to be in class on time. Didn't do well on a couple of quizes. I had this sense of dread all day. I have this vision of my driving, struck head on by a truck, and everything goes black. I can't explain it. I also feel cheated. I do everything in my power to make people happy. Who is there to do it for me? Why in hell do I bother.

time of day

This guy I know once told me if a someboy doesn't talk/msg/txt me all by himself then he's not worth the time of day. I wonder how long will it take for him to realize I've been pretty quiet for a while.

pesto

I have this sudden urge to make fresh pesto. I realize it's a whole lot easier for me to make it now that I have that little food processor. That and my prof is eating some angel hair tossed with fresh pesto and cherry tomatoes during our break. Man it smells so damn good. Too bad I already made a gigantic crock of my really good turkey meatsauce last night already. Maybe next week. *drool*

work it

I don't think I've worked this hard for a while. I had class most of the week, closed Wed and Thurs, worked all weekend. It's Monday again. I've been slacking on updates lately. Not like there's much to write about. School, work, gym. That's about it. I get to go out for a little bit once in a while. All the while the one thing I really want is more sleep and rest after a great workout.

I still went to the gym last night after a long day of work. I'm feeling it now. My abs are sore. I'm doing a lot more moving about lately, and I'm not losing weight. Not yet I guess. It's only been about 2 weeks of consistent workout. I'm still working on building up my endurance. I managed to shave another half a minute off my 3k last night. Anyway.

triple digits

It's suppose to be hot today. Triple digits they say. I believe it. It was in the 90's yesterday.

My fatigue is starting to catch up. I'm not getting enough, rest thanks to working on week nights. I shaved a whole minute off my 3k time yesterday. My endurance sucks. I can only do 3 miles in 39 minutes. I figure by the time I can shave my time off to 36 minutes then I can do my 5 miles in an hour. That's 12 min per mile. I'm at about 13.3 min right now. I have a long way to go. I'm going to rest for a couple of days, just because of work.

A blue jay stared at me this morning. That little critter was standing on top of the recycle bin and stared at me while I was walking to class. Does that mean anything? Oh he has a mean white brow too. Wish I was carrying my camera.

I've been wearing flip flops for the last couple of weeks now. I like it a lot. Especially the ones I got. Go get some sanuk payday if you can.

I have to close again tonight. That will be fun. Not.