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white box car van. tan stripes. janky to the max. yup. that's my mom's car. and hey! look, that's me driving it to school today! whoo! the adventures begin...

i gave jackie a call while i was at school to wish her a happy birthday. it's her twenty-first, and i know she's pretty psyched. in fact, she lucked out of going to the exhibition we have this saturday. instead, she's taking a trip to las vegas. lucky duck. i stopped by music music music after school to get some new sheet music i could mess around with. i decided to roam around valley fair since i was right across the street. i ran into loraine, and luckily, she didn't rush at me and knock me to the ground like that one time i saw her at school. geezus. i saw reisa today! i drove to her house to chill for a while. it was awesome since i haven't seen her since... graduation! haha. we went to get some grub for my fat ass, scared the lady in the van in front of us ("pay attention!"), dropped by le boo-lang-er (said with my very "cool" southern accent), and to end the day, reisa was about to throw me out of the car onto some old asian man's car cause he was going about three miles per hour. asian drivers! ack!

*reisa - WOW. thanks for hanging out today! i'm glad to see that we still have the same random ass effect on each other.. haha. ohh yeah, and i'll dance in the car for you ANYTIME! just lay down the beats, yo! wink wink*

ugh. i feel terrible. i have a headache, allergies, some type of pink eye stuff going on with my left eye... i'm tired and hungry, and i think i'm getting sick.

i think my left eye is going to fall out sooner or later. i'm totally serious. for one whole week, it was twitching non-stop. now i have some annoying sty type thing. and it sucks because i know it's from being on the field too much. i always get some weird infection with my eye. for real. just ask my oceanology group about my 'pink' eye. damn, it makes me sound like i roll around in the dirt or something... (i don't, for those of you really wondering if i do).
bacteria sucks.

such a LONG day. i had band practice in the freezing cold at seven this morning. blah. alexa and i ran a lap around the field to get the juices flowin in our bodies because it was so nippy. we marched a parade, which was lame since the pit had to march too... and we were behind the tubas. haha, scott told us to look like we're enjoying our time marching with the band. very janky. we did the pre-game show and the halftime show, and i must say that we did a pretty good halftime show... or at least I think we did. hehe. i went home to shower off my hard work and perspiration, then headed to see johnny. daniel, sammy, johnny, and shawn were chillin in the basement getting some recording out of the way. johnny and i dropped by the pizza place where all the spartans were chillin, ate dinner, went to safeway with benny and gina, then i drove us back to his house. a very awesome night... wanna know why?! johnny and i played monopoly!!! hahahaha. dayam. it was getting good too... but soon the party ended cause it was time for me to get home.
now here i am at home, plopped in front my very addictive computer, wasting my life away in this mess of a bedroom... stuck with two papers to write and a novel to read... but i'm exhausted in every way possible and unable to focus on anything that needs to get done.. the crummy weather adds to my exhaustion... i just sit and daze at the pictures on my wall as i listen to a fresh purple demo cd of my babe's band... the other left rocks!!!

happy birthday, mio!!!
hey everyone... make sure you say happy birthday to this very hot chick.
*meow - i wish i could be there to party all night long with you, but it's all good cause clint is there... *wink wink* hehe. take care and i hope you have a good day! i love you, mio!*

yay. another tiring day is coming to an end. school was okay. i skipped my math class, but i should probably go tomorrow. i haven't really been going since last week. doh. and i think i have a double chapter test coming up sometime this week. haha, sad as it is, this is my third year taking this math course. ahh well... my english class was okay.
johnny and i went to get some grub at pizza my heart downtown, then he took me to marching band practice. hehe, their lotion was incredible... and so was their pizza. you know, i've had pizza almost four days straight. i pretty much had pizza on my trip to anaheim, and here i am again, eating more pizza. ahh well. it's okay - it was my fault since i lost at paper, scissors, rocks. hehehe
at band, we watched the show from costa mesa and got new music for the upcoming show. ohhh lord, our next show is a western show. and dude, check this out... we have to wear a costume! hahaha. jackie and i wanted to wear big, poofy dresses like the ladies did back in the day, but alexa is totally against any type of dresses, boots, and cowboy hats. i think it accentuates her whiteness. haha, i'm just kidding. well, after johnny came to get me from practice, we picked up dinner at happy house. of course, we watched our daily dose of spongebob together - good stuff, as always. and here i am now, typing my life away on johnny's computer, while him and adrian are here just chillin.

and i'm back. the trip was fun. i partied hard both friday and saturday nights, which was extremely awesome. on friday, we stopped by costa mesa high school to practice for our exhibition on saturday. practice was practice. us nor cal kids were kinda discouraged that the weather wasn't nice, warm, and sunny. ahh well. saturday was our day to go to disneyland. very awesome. actually, there was something that upset me about disneyland. everytime i saw a character, i tried to go up and take a picture. but everytime i approached the character, he or she or it would leave! we saw so many different characters, but i was only able to get a picture with pluto. an exciting point to my saturday was when i went to snow white's wishing well and the fountain right next to it. i heard a certain song that reminded me of my sweetheart. *sigh* our exhibition at costa mesa college went well. there were SO many in the crowd that i was getting hot ears, even though we weren't competing. an okay show, i think. it's now sunday, and i'm tired as hell. johnny picked me up from sjsu and we headed to his house. we went to toys' r 'us and target in search of info for johnny's life long passion (grand theft auto: vice city), a board game we could play together (dream phone!! *snicker snicker*), some barbies, and kuma the bear. after the long search for our items of interest, we headed back to johnny's and watched 'willy wonka and the chocolate factory.' ohhh man, does it feel good to be back home.

*babe, i missed you like crazy! i'm glad to be back home. ohh yeah, thanks for the after party out in your room... er.. i mean, out in liberty city! good stuff.*


best away message ever: ~when you left home and went to LA, my day had come to an end. My Girlfriend goes and I wish I followed; running as she disappears. STAY. You know how bad this hurts. It's been 2 days and just gets worse. Come back to CA forever this time.

happy birthday, johnny!!!

wowie... what a busy week. i've been so stressed lately that my left eye has been twitching since sunday! yikes!! there was a kick ass show last night at the campbell gaslighter. VERY TIGHT. i took some hardcore pictures, so we'll see how they turn out. well, i'm going to anaheim tomorrow. unfortunately, i have to get up at like five in the am. urk! i don't wanna be on a damn tour bus for almost eight hours. ahhh well. i'm sure it'll be fun.

~babe, i'm going to miss you lots when i'm gone. don't worry - i'll be back before you know it.. ooOh, and you have those little yellow envelopes to open and some sour patch kids to keep you company every night i'm gone. thank you much for the cd's. take care, sweetheart! *smoochie poochies*

wowie, what a weekend.

::satuday::
johnny and i were pretty bored so i picked him up and we went to great mall. i ran into olivett which was pretty kool since i haven't seen that girl in ages. i think johnny jizzed in his pants because he met the guitarist from tragedy andy. haha. after the mall, we headed to iguana's to catch the show at cafecito's... and whoa, there was some good flow. umm... yeah, that's enough rhymin. we saw a very good show put on by dubwize, coca, and firme. very awesome. especially dubwize! they kicked some reggae ass.

::sunday::
johnny, benny, sammy, jason, and i went to lemmon percussion so benny could get some sticks. chris was working, which was nice since i haven't seen that guy in a long time. we headed to my bank, then to fry's so i could by some blank cds and a sound card for my computer. after that, we headed to guitar center, chilled there for a while. and then it was time for anhela to return home before she turned into a pumpkin. urk.. something is up with my car. apparently, it's leaking water but we can't figure out if it's a hose or if it's the clasp thingie. check this out.. when i get to school tomorrow, i have the chance to look like i know what i'm doing and pop the hood and check for leaks. ohh the joy.

yes, a productive day, i think. i woke up around eleven-ish - and yes, this is in the morning. ever since i've been going to school, i've been waking up around eight or nine in the am.. which is early for me. i did a swell job of cleaning my room and the bathroom. ahh yeah, captain clean-o is back in business. *hey mio, my grandma came over today and she voluntarily folded my clothes... and check this out - she didn't complain about it!!! hmph!* i picked up johnny from work, randomly saw this guy from school (who also is named john) at the golf shop, dropped him off at home, then headed to marching band. pretty fun day at band. jackie and i have this unison-solo-type part in 'as tears go by' and it was funny since it's pretty much a random rhythm mixed up with some random notes. the part is extremely vital, and we kept messin it up! not on purpose, of course. but dayam... we were laughing so much since we were both trying to make it perfect, but we couldn't. yeah, i guess kevin refers to us as the 'giggle twins.' hehe. after practice, i swung by long's to pick up some groovy pictures, then headed to johnny's. the guys were recording some songs as evan, morgan, daniel, and i listened. fun fun. my computer is back to normal. sinjin came by when i was at practice, so i don't know what caused my computer's temporary meltdown.. but i guess i'm able to use my burner again (thank goodness). i just need to get a soundcard, and hook it up. geezus, all this time i thought i already had one in my computer, but the problem was that it wasn't hooked up. little did i know that mine still needs to be purchased. good one, anhela.

quite an interesting day. i received a very unexpected phone call at the crack of dawn from the one and only, johnny five. apparently, he needed a ride to work. as i was trying to roll myself out of bed, i ended up rolling over my history notebook, complete with random papers hiding in the bedsheets. eh, so much for studying for my midterm. i picked up johnny and took him to work... and for some reason, i was so tired. well... i DID wake up pretty early. hmm... maybe it was the weather. *wink wink* i decided to skip my first class since it wasn't anything too important (like ambulance class), and i'm understanding pretty much everything that's going on. after fishing out the papers from the bed, i used much of that time to study for the wretched exam. the midterm wasn't too bad. i think i wasn't fully prepared, but i did a good job of bullshitting my way through the test. go ang! whooo! i dropped by independence to return a cd to jared that i've had since our san diego trip last year. it was also nice to see how the band is doing. so sad.... i miss band. *sigh* i went to pick up johnny from work, took him home, took myself home, rested for a little, filled my tummy, then went out again with my dad. yay. shopping with the dad. ooOOh! i bought a totally kick ass spongebob watch! it's the one where you press a button and his pants fall down to reveal the time! how freakin tight is that?! ahhh yeah. umm..on a much more discouraging note, my computer decided to bite the dust today. grr... i had to call sinjin, and i guess he's coming by tomorrow to nurse my computer back to health.

it has been brought to my attention that in my previous blog, i said i was holding nick's bass. that happens to be a mistake. what i was holding was indeed nick's, however, it was a guitar. sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone.

a very fun weekend. saturday was sarah's surprise party. very fun. the other left and mishap played in her empty house, which was great. i took pictures for the other left and i'm dying to see how they come out. i really hope they come out good... eep! the excitement! hehe. hopefully i'll have time to take them in tomorrow.. or i mean, later today. on sunday, i was finally able to meet linda, mio's roomie, and linda's boyfriend, mikey. i met up with them at tapioca express, then we all decided to go to valley fair. mio and i saw this really cute beanie in sanrio with chococat on it. very cute. yeah, we both like it. *hint hint clint and johnny* tee hee. johnny and i decided to go to great mall because he wanted to shop for some stuff. we visited brennan at work, and failed at the attempt to get him fired. haha. i'm kidding. mio dropped by just a while ago to say bye. i didn't really get to see her mucho this weekend, but it's all good... it was mister clint's weekend anyway. =) happy birthday clint! you stink! hmm.. i saw kumalo tonight too, which was kool since i haven't seen that guy in a long ass time. the kid is still extremely random as usual. hehehe.

yay. go marching band. i had a very good day of bonding with alexa and jackie. always a good thing. haha, ryan and kevin tried to join in our 'girl talk' and kevin started telling us about a "rash down here *pointing to crotch area*" haha. he was joking - at least i sure hope so. i gave that kid a foot massage in china! eep! anywhoo, i picked up mister johnny and we went to independence's fashion show. now hiring was playing during intermission and we wanted to see that. nick gave me the job of holding his bass while he was setting up. omg, it was funny because he's mucho taller than me and so the body of his bass was resting around my knees. hahaha. it was pretty neat to see all the high school kiddies again... and some people that graduated with me. pretty kool. anyway, when me and johnny were leaving, i ended up seeing someone in the distance that was skateboarding with some friends. awkward, indeed. thank goodness i wasn't in a situation where i would have been obligated to say hi. i'm not down with confrontation. on a much better note... did you know that girls just want to have fun? yeah, they sure do - just ask johnny about that one! =) TEE HEE. ooOh! mio's coming home today! whoo hoo! and she's bringing linda, her roomie. this is a very exciting moment.. hehe. i hope i get to meet her. i've been able to chill with sara and laurie, and i totally love them! it makes me happy to know that my best buddy is in good hands over in long beach.

whew! someone sure is hot stuff. *wink wink* ahh yeah, you know what i mean.
school was okay. i received my test back. i scored an 81, which is pretty good considering i didn't study. my teacher decided to give us quizzes up the yin yang today in class. i was very proud that i scored perfect on all of them. it's so bad... i'm starting to get lazy again. i haven't been reading or doing mucho homework. *sigh* it's like high school all over again. bleh!
i spent some time today with johnny, which was incredibly awesome. it was funny, too, because as i was driving home, i saw him driving home from work. we saw each other, and i turned around and met with him at his house. dude, all i have to say is: 'nuff said. i watched some spongebob as he jumped in the shower, then we headed off to the mall. we went to see nga, and coincidentally, sammy was also there. we chilled with them for a while, then me and johnny headed off to best buy. haha, very fun stuff, as always. after grabbing some grub at taco bell, we headed back to johnny's. then it was time for the razzamatazz ang to get home. =)
i practiced piano as my dad started singing along to whatever i was playing. hehe.. my dad's so dorky. ahh well, i guess that's where i get it from.

*hey babe, thanks so much for today! hehe, the only thing i can post on this blog when i think about this afternoon is :it's good. *snicker snicker* hmm.. strawberry, eh?? hahaha. maybe next time... =) i really love spending time with you... it's always fun. i'm glad we were able to talk about what's going on - thanks for listening. remember that i'm always here if there's anything on your mind. *

october first. a warm october night, indeed. tear me off a piece of blanket. keep me warm so we can make it. here's my heart, i'll let you break it. i wish the sun would hide it's head so i could watch you dream some more...

monday. back to school. dayam, i have a math test tomorrow. i think i'll do pretty good, but i just hate the stress that goes along with the word test. the pressure is on. it's okay. i think my math teacher likes me. hehe, we share the common bond of being asians at a predominantly white school. *snicker snicker* i picked up johnny from work today, and when we got to his house, i saw cute little spongebob sleepin in his bed. awww, so cute! he took me to grab a bite to eat, then to band. wowie... i was actually early! hehehe. band was band. bleh. i didn't even know that our theme for this show was the rolling stones. haha, i barely figured it out this afternoon when i unknowingly said outloud, "hey guys, did you notice that our show has a whole bunch of rolling stones songs?" then someone replied, "uh, yeah... that's because the rolling stones is our theme." DUH! anyway, when i was walking to wait for my babe, i had a pretty interesting conversation with alexa. haha, she thinks it's really weird how both jackie and i are these little asian girls that are going out with mexican boys. i have no idea what she's talking about... my guy is cambodian! hehehe. i chilled with johnny after practice and we just sat and watched spongebob... WITH spongebob! haha, how tight is that?! heck yeah!

*so, bikini bottom, eh?? ahhh yeah. goo lagoon, with sandy buns, throw in the pineapple and patrick's house... maybe some schwettie balls... all in the back of a matrix. now that's hella 'nuff said right there*

what a game. the spartans actually kicked some ass. it was a very long day of sun exposure and perspiration. ahh, the joys of marching band. it was actually band day, which was a first for me. about six high schools, independence included, went to the stadium and played a few songs together, one with the spartan marching band. what a trip! i saw all the kiddies from independence and they were all yelling my name and saying hi! hehe, aww... i can always count on my fellow band geeks to remember me. we played our pre-game show and i think we kicked ass. i know that alexa and i nailed our triplet part in the fanfare. i think that a big factor on why it seems like we did so well was because it was our first home game, and the vibe is going around for the spartans. i'm sure there was good kharma everywhere. after the game, i came home, ate dinner, showered, then johnny picked me up and we went to benny's to chill with him and gina. those two had their own little afterparty (here in liberty city) before we arrived. haha. we watched the show from the gaslighter on thrusday and booozum buddies. then freakin arturo comes home pretty drunk. haha, that was some funny stuff. geezus, what a night.

dude, where were you? i was at the gaslighter theater in campbell tonight. why weren't you there? there was a kick ass show featuring the other left, 10 after, moulder's lounge, and a few other tight bands. yup yup. ohh yeah, and johnny was smokin' tonight. hahaha..
school wasn't too bad today. thursdays are my fridays, so that's always a good thing. i'm glad that i had the chance to chat with some of the kids in my history class. i'm not used to being one of the only asians in the majority of my classes... but the people i've met are friendly, so it's not too shabby. after school, i picked up johnny and we went to get some good mexican food. mmm... yummy for my tummy. we headed to the mall after we ate so he could get a spongebob wristband. haha. very tight. i came home, helped my mom make dinner, showered, picked up johnny, then followed benny and sammy to the gaslighter. once again, the show was tight. surprisingly, jimmy and jason from the drumline showed to support their fellow spartan, mister benny freakin vega. i had a nice encounter with an old vietnamese lady at the liquor store johnny, adrian, and i went to to get some grub. hehehe, aww old people can be so cuuute! =)
time for this janky chick to rest her pink eyes. yes, that's right... the dirty girl with pink eye is back. haha, don't worry. i don't think it's gotten as bad as it used to last year... bad enough where i could squirt it out at people! haha. that's just nasty. in fact, that's nastier than doin' it with a back up dancer.

i can't believe i actually went to chuck e. cheese's today! hahaha. geezus, i don't think i've been there since i was twelve. school was as 'fun' as it usually is. bleh. i had marching band after that. another bleh. well, ryan gave us some new music, which is always fun. i went to johnny's after marching band, and the guys practiced for a little today. after their practice, a bunch of us headed to chuck e. cheese's to celebrate matt's birthday. fun fun fun! it's so weird how that place has changed. i think it has gotten even more ghetto than it used to be. so sad. i had a nice car ride in the back of benny's shaggin' wagon on a blanket with some coolant. not to mention, 'foxy lady' was playing on the radio. dayam, i felt like a hippie. hehe. it's okay, i had a hippie buddy to keep me company. *wink wink*

wow, what a night! i went with johnny, evan, nga, and sammy to watch the starting line show in santa cruz. it was pretty tight! i bought myself a kool shirt for twelve doolers! haha. but yeah, i had a lot of fun. especially in the car with sammy's crazy driving down highway 17 and our little discussion about what we think the word 'FORD' could be if it weren't the name of a car. hmm.. anyway, that's about it.

hmm.. here i am at my school's computer lab, racking up the minutes for lab time. or should i say what mio likes to call it "aim time." hehe. in fact, i had the chance to talk to my homegirl in the LBC last night on the phone. that made me happy since it feels like we haven't talked in forever. i'm glad to hear she had a good time this weekend when some buddies when to visit. aww mio, i miss you so much! don't worry, i'll make my way to long beach soon enough. then we can party all night long... ahh yeah!

wowie.. such a busy weekend.
on saturday, i ended up cutting my hair.. myself - again. actually, my mom helped me out this time, so it didn't take as long as it did when i first cut it myself. i washed my dirty ol' car. hmm.. you know, i still haven't named my car. i guess it's mainly because i didn't think i was getting the integra... eh, we'll see what happens. i know benny said i should name my car johnny five. gee, i wonder why. *snicker snicker* by the time i was all done with the car, i had just enough time to shower and chill out before i headed off to babysit sydney. babysitting wasn't too bad. sydney and i watched monsters inc and she got really tired from that. surprisingly, i tucked her in before ten. i was doing some homework and watching a scary movie, when i ended up falling asleep for a little bit. i was awakened with this little finger poking at my forehead and sure enough, it was sydney. she apparently woke up, and was too lonely to go back to bed by herself. i eventually got her back to bed. hey mio, sydney totally remembers you. in fact i think she thought you were my cousin or something... eh, little kids. gotta love 'em. after my spectacular babysitting job, i visited johnny before heading home. ohh man, i missed him so much! it's funny because i noticed that i pretty much see him everyday, even if it IS at three in the am... so yeah, we chilled for a while in the dark. haha, AHH yeah.
today was a pretty kick back day. i dropped by johnny's, chilled there with morgan for a little bit. ohh yeah, the world has to know that morgan loves parades! hahaha. i drove johnny and myself to michael's so i could get a shirt for this crafty thing i have in mind. heck yeah. we ate dinner at in-n-out, which was very fun. hey babe! and i'm not calling you a pig.. haha. i had lots of fun with you today. thanks for making fun of my shorts, and not the way i drive. i almost stalled, but i didn't... so hah! :) anywhoo, try not to skid too many *ahems* on the roof of my car. i won't know how to explain that one to my parents. hahah, i can see it now.. "i swear, dad... it's bird crap."

What Lunch Meat Are You?

happy birthday benny! i know that benny is probably never ever going to read this, but hey... he's my buddy. well it's too darn hot today. geezus, i feel like i'm melting. a damn vending machine at school was fucking around with me, and i was so frustrated! grr.. anyway, johnny, sammy, and i headed to the mall, met up with nga, and we then ventured to benny's house. oh my gosh, check this out! there was this girl in hot topic that was wearing a 'the other left' shirt.. and what's pretty tight is that it was a complete stranger. that's hella 'nuff said. johnny was all excited that he hella left me to talk to sammy in fornarina. doh! on the way to benny's, johnny and i stopped by my house. wowie.. johnny met my mommy! (and i totally didn't mean to rhyme right there) but i think things went well... at least i hope so. *crosses fingers*

bleh... twenty-something pages about puritans... does the fun ever end?

i had the honor of driving my mom's van to school today. yippie! oh man, it was really embarrassing. i think the key chain thing for my alarm was running low on batteries, so i was having a really difficult trying to disarm my car this morning. it seemed like everything i did was setting off the alarm. this guy taking a walk in the morning passed by me and my loud ass car with this disturbed look on his face. i think he thought i was trying to steal the car or something. hmm... i was running a bit late, so my mom just gave me the keys to her van, and i drove that to school. hahaha. before i went to johnny's after school, i put in some time in the computer lab for my english class. johnny and i ended up going to the driving range to hit some golf balls. ahh yeah, i showed off my 'skills' today. *snicker snicker* i must admit, that last ball i hit was pretty sweet. you can even ask johnny about that one! =) i finally got my license in the mail today. they made me look kinda dark... kinda janky. hmm.. ahh well, janky picture for a janky girl. clint made me cry today. hmph! you know why!! dammit clint! always ruining everything. and you BETTER re-plan that wedding and make sure that i get some recognition for hooking you two up! it's okay... i won't cry in the corner anymore because i'll always have mio! muwahaha! anywhoo, that was pretty much my day. whoo hoo! marching band tomorrow.

i seriously think my body is starting to die on me. i've been so tired lately, and today at school i felt like i had no energy. marching band today was a joke. everyone in the pit was feeling so lethargic that we didn't even do much. we did get some musica nueva. heck yeah! it's 'a little less conversation.' and i'm playing timpani!! ahh yeah! johnny picked me up from band and we headed to guitar center. there was this little boy playing on the guitar and he was freakin awesome! i swear he was kickin some hardcore ass on that guitar. dude, 'nuff said. i had this nice burger that johnny's daddy made for me today.. dayam, it was good! haha, it tasted even better with that bite someone took out of it thinking it was his... *cough cough* hehe, i'm kidding. but seriously, it was yummy. we watched some spongebob, then it was time for the anhela to get home.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRANDA! yahoo! you're finally twenty! yikes. one more year and you'll be able to buy me some legal drinks! heck yeah! just remember, romeo's got nothing on ya. *wink wink*

we didn't bring home a 'W' against stanford, but i had fun anyway. my first marching band show was great. i nailed most of my parts, the weather wasn't all crummy, and they ended up playing the song mister johnny always plays for me at shows. =) on the bus rides to and from stanford, i bonded with my girl jackie, which was fun. i also talked to matt, the shoe salesman, which was nice since i haven't really talked to him in a long time. i guess it's tradition that the pit personalities are 'water bitches' for the entire band. jackie and alexa were filling cups with water while andy and i were waiters. hehe, i used the top of cooler as a type of tray to serve water from. ahh well, i had fun being 'little miss waitress.' later in the night, johnny came by to get me and we watched 'the birdcage' at his house. actually, i didn't even watch it because i was so tired by that time that i just fell asleep. it was really awesome to see him, though. i missed him throughout the entire day. *sigh*
today, the plan was for me to drop by the bank, pull out some money, drop by benny's to chill for a little, and head off to the mall. i usually take the side streets to my bank since it's downtown, but there was a fire at vinci park elementary today. yeah, it was kinda crazy because they blocked off certain streets, and one happened to be the one i needed. so i tried to take another street, ended up getting lost downtown. ohh man. i felt like such a nerd because i had NO idea where i was. i swear i was in a part of downtown i had NEVER seen before. i ended up calling benny and the guys to get directions out of downtown. hahaha.. go ang! i finally made it to benny's and chilled for a little. perla had these really cute kittens! awww... so cute! i wish i could take one home. *sigh* so sad. johnny was going to go with me to the mall, but we needed to drop off the car at his house. we ended up eating dinner there before we journeyed to the mall. mmm yummy dinner. =) haha, we had lots of fun at the mall. of course we stopped to say hi to nga ... and to check out all the spongebob stuff. hehehe. *hey babe, thanks for making me laugh so much today before i left your house. i have no idea why, but everything was just so hilarious. i had a great time today and last night ( ...i mean early this morning). hey, you know what? ... DON'T LOOK!! hahahaha*

a pretty fine day, i think. i drove my mom to this vietnamese plaza area so she could get a new filter for her soy milker. it's great - my mom makes her own soy milk! yum. i went to marching band practice in the afternoon. i think that the nasty wound on my finger is starting to harden... hopefully it'll be okay tomorrow at our first show. dayam, check this out: i didn't want to buy a pair of marching shoes for one hundred dOOLers, so i asked monica if she could hook it up.. and she did. but i wear a size seven and unfortunately, the only shoes she could get me are size nine. hmm.. i guess it'll be okay since i don't march. bleh. i dropped by the mall, visited nga and met joanna (i think that was her name), then headed to mister johnny's house. wow... tonight was 'nuff said. we went back to the mall and watched 'one hour photo.' not too shabby. i liked it, even though we were HELLA close to the screen! haha. after the movie, we headed to iguana's for some grub. mmm.. quesadillas. scrumptious. it was pretty random that we ran into hector at iguana's. (yeah, mio, remember hector?? from your psych class? and he and *ahem* hahah) i guess he was there for this freestyle hip hop thing going on. ooOh.. i FINALLY got this cd that someone was supposed to burn for me a long time ago. *ahem* just kidding.*snicker snicker* it's all good. hey babe - i had lots of fun tonight. i'm glad we finally had our first "real" date. very 'nuff said. oh, and thanks for the cd! it hella rocks my world. but then again, YOU do too! hey... can you check my oil? ohh yeah, you know what i mean. *wink wink*

~ i close my eyes, and all i see is you... i'd do anything for you ~

i really don't know if it's the wacky weather or the fact that i'm back in school that's making me so tired. i guess it's a little of column a, and a little of column b. to put those curious minds to rest, the weekend that mio was here totally rocked. after i picked up mio from mister clint's, we drove to jack in the box to grab some grub. yum. we got back to my house around five, and didn't really get to bed till six am. after 'breakfast' at four in the afternoon, i dropped mio off at her house, only to pick her up again an hour later to buy our traditional pearl tea and spicy chicken. and yes, i sneezed again! haha. after stuffing ourselves like fatties, we realized it was time to go to dinner with mio's daddy. dennis, loan, mio's dad, mio, and i went to a chinese restaurant that wasn't too bad. food is food. before i dropped mio off at home, we dropped by eric's house to get some stuff that mio was going to bring back to long beach for him. it was nice seeing them again since i haven't seen them in a long time. later on that night, i ended up going to johnny's and we watched 'the karate kid.' heck yeah... go chachi!! =)
on sunday, abel and i went to valley fair and bought a few things here and there. nothing special. i tried that dr. pepper red fusion stuff... not bad. it tastes like pepsi blue. sometime in the afternoon, i journeyed to target, then dropped by johnny's. when i got home, i decided to wash my car. it stinks a bunch because when we have practice on the field, which is basically every rehearsal, the band parks in this dirt area across from the field. and the cars get filled with dirt. bleh.
yesterday at marching band, i played some hardcore four mallets and ripped the skin off my right ring finger. the nasty thing is that it didn't bleed, it's just raw skin now... so it hurts like a bitch. this really bites because we have our first gig this saturday, and i hope my wound heals or at least hardens up by then. after school today, i visited mister johnny and scored myself some kick ass shirts. heck yeah!

yahoo!! mio is in town for the weekend!! she had this brilliant plan to surprise clint, and it was my duty being the counterpart to drive her to her boy's house. hehe. awwww... it was awesome because he was totally in disbelief that she was actually home. fun stuff. well, while mio was at clint's, spending some quality time with him, i traveled to johnny's to chill with him, adrian, and adam. ohh man, it was so funny because we were trying to explain what 'camel toe' was to adam, and he was getting a different concept of it, so we found a picture online of some girl with a 'camel toe.' nasty shiet. okie dokie... mio's sleeping over, and i'm getting tired...

school is starting to kick my ass. no, actually it's the reading that's been killing me. ahh, the joys of reading for college. my classes seem hunky-dory. i think i'm really going to like my history and english classes. my history professor makes learning fun! haha, and i'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything like that... but yeah, he's a kool guy too. i think my english class is going to be fun because my professor is really nice and the people are friendly. haha, there's one guy who's really funny and looks like eminem. hehehe. driving to school isn't bad at all. i go to school when the freeway is pretty much flowing, traffic by downtown, but that's expected. usually everyday after school, i drop by johnny's for a short visit. it's on the way home anyway. =) good stuff. aww, today i met his little nephew and he's such a cutie... or the way mio says it : "aww, so CUTE!" hehe. the guys practiced today with evan, i drove benny to get food at jack in the box, and i learned a ska beat on the set. i'm glad the only thing i have to do tomorrow is go to marching band. ooO.. i can't WAIT till the evening tomorrow!!! hehehehe... goood stuff!

ugh.. the dread of starting school. i guess one cool thing about it is that i'll finally be driving myself. i'm so scared i'm gonna get lost on the freeway to school. seriously, i go on about three different freeways. one good thing about where i'm going is there are many different routes in case i miss an exit or anything like that. but i think i'll be okay... at least i hope so. matt brought me to marching band along with victor today. ohh man, it was such a bs day. haha, the pit just sat around and caught up with each other. all of us had quite interesting weekends... alexa went to pennsylvania for her renegades drum corps thing and is still on east coast time; jackie hustled her friends out of money thru quarters; virgina went to a party and had a 'nice' spider bite (at least we THINK it's a spider bite); and i had fun with johnny trying to find benny freakin vega and gina walking the streets of the ghetto late on saturday night. this whole weekend i've been driving around in the integra, trying to get used to it. haha, johnny probably had the best experience with me when i took him around the block, and i was faced with a slight incline in the road. ohhh my gosh. last night, he came with me to mission lanes since i wanted to drop by and say happy birthday to grace. it was fun seeing all the other kiddos there. ooOOh and i kicked ass playing air hockey and tekken! heck yeah! *haha, it's okay babe. at least you got to touch the spongebob bowling ball!*

ahhh yeah! the anhela is FINALLY eighteen.... and as if that isn't enough of a reason to be excited, i have my license too! i only missed four, but i passed! haha, clear the roads everyone.. *snicker snicker* after i tested, i made sure MIO was the first one i called to tell the results to. =) i bought most of my books for school on the way home from los gatos since we were in that area anyway. i still need one more book, but mio already has it, so i'll just buy it off of her. "... that's fuckin' teamwork!" haha. *hey johnny.. doesn't that song sound familiar? hehehe*anyway, when i arrived home, the guy was still tuning my piano (finally after almost 30 years!!) and i noticed that he kind of resembles the dad from 'different strokes.' haha. matt came by to get me for band. then, we dropped by to pick up benny, gina, and victor. ooOO.. fun fun band! the pit finally played with the band... which is always a fun thing. i'm turning browner after every marching band practice! go brown kids! hmm... later that night, johnny came by to pick me up and we headed downtown. oh my gosh, you will not believe how long we were driving around to try to get to iguana's! there were cops that blocked off some of the streets, which made driving downtown even worse than it already is with its retarded one way streets. urk.. anyway, we chilled and ate some kick ass quesidillas. ohh yeah, i was reading my horoscope in The Wave, and it says my couch is haunted. well, holy canole! that's just dandy. *snicker snicker* such a beautiful ending to my special day.

i would like to say thanks so much to my bro and my babe for calling me just minutes after the clock hit twelve on august 30th to wish me a happy birthday. you two cats HELLA rock my world!! *smoochie poochies* also, thanks to those awesome kids who gave me gifts.. you really didn't have to!

and now we're on to saturday, august 31st:
drove to school and back in the integra since that's the car i'll be using until we sell it. my dad and i dropped off some food with my grandpa. aww, isn't this cute? check it out: we told my grandpa that i passed my license test, and he gave me a handshake!! he also told me to "keep it cool when i drive. don't get distracted... also watch out because there are a lot of bastos drivers out there." haha, awww... go gramps! i think the best part of my day was when i drove by myself! yeah, i went to visit johnny! i had plans to go to the mall and i was going to drive johnny, but i don't have proof of insurance yet, so he decided to drive. es todo bueno. *don't worry, mister... i'll be drivin you around soon enough! Ü * now i sit here, chatting with miss linda who isn't going to be homeless anymore. yeah! *hey linda, now you can have as many house parties as you want, and i'll be able to drive there! ooO and now we can both go joyriding to find those little kids on the sidewalks and stuff! muwahaha!!*

someone *ahem, johnny* woke me up around nine in the morning to tell me that better off dead was on. hehe, it's all good. a nice wake-up call, indeed. *wink wink* i fell back asleep until i heard the alarm on my phone go off two and a half hours later. the other janky and i hung out today. we went to q cup and she FINALLY had the chance to taste the spicy chicken! heck yeah! hahaha. this whole time she's been home, mio and i have been trying to get her to at least taste the delicious chicken we always rave about. and it's pretty groovy cause she liked it too! we didn't layer on as much chili as me and the mio-cat do, but we put in enough to make me almost sneeze! ohh man.. good times. i think only mio and joanne have really witnessed that... hehe. well, i went to marching band, and it was surprisingly kick back. the chicas in the pit were total shade monkeys today! heck yeah. i actually did get a little tan today.. oh no! the brown kid is getting browner!! haha. i'm pretty proud of myself because i memorized all the music i have. i just need to learn my timpani part for one song, but we need some timpani heads first. geeezus, i was so tempted to chill inside our largest timpani since we weren't doing anything today! ooOh! in addition to getting all my music instilled in my dinky little brain, i learned a new four mallet exercise! it's pretty challenging, but that makes it even better! hell yeah... i think my goal by the end of the season is to get a good ripple roll going. they sound SO pretty and i'm determined!. sheit... i better get something good out of using this damned steven's grip. ah the joy.. i can't wait till my fingers and hands start callousing.. WONDERFUL! =\ the joys of four mallets - gotta love it!

for once in my life, i actually went out with johnny during the day when there are other cars out on the street. a miracle, it is. we went with bren and adrian to benny's for a while.. then two cars full of us cool cats drove to these sign places that were conveniently CLoSED when we arrived. hmph! bren wanted to check out some guitars and so we went to guitar showcase and to guitar center. yayee! my FIRST time going to guitar center. hehe, i had lots of fun jammin on a guitar while mister rockstar johnny was doin his 'thang' on a bass. good times, good times. on the way home, we dropped by miranda's house to pick up a birthday present. thanks miranda! you really didn't have to! i haven't opened it yet - saving it for the real day! whoo hoo!! eighteen in three days!!

I WAS A HAPPY CHILD
lucky you. you were what every child should be.
carefree. optimistic. and happy.
what kind of child were you?
(brought you by april)

ohhh man. i need to start sleeping earlier than i usually do because i woke up at three in the afternoon today! it was funny though because when i usually wake up this late, i do nothing but wander the house aimlessly or plop in front of the computer for a good ol' time of wasting my life away online... but out of the kindness of my heart, and my mom's nice yelling with threatening words in vietnamese, abel and i painted his old room. that was pretty fun because since my brother moved out, i hardly spend as much time with him as i used to. i mean, i see him everyday, but we just don't have our 'moments' like the ol' days. you know, painting's not that bad... once you get to it, it's pretty fun. ugh, now my mom is bugging me about painting my room. i don't want to mainly because moving out stuff is a bitch AND because i really like my walls! it took me such a long time to get this 'got milk?' advertisement thing going throughout all my walls, and now she wants me to take it all off. eee! hmm.. i'm gonna see if i can paint my room a fun color. haha, nacho cheese colored! yeah right.. i would SO get an ass whoopin from my mommy. well, after all that fun painting, my dad wanted me to try out the car i'll be testing in this friday. all of our small cars, including mine, are stick shift... and our automatics are gigantic cars. we're borrowing my uncle's car. it's really awesome because i learned how to drive in my daddy's big ol' suv, so driving my uncle's car is a piece of cake. my dad and i went to my grandpa's house to visit him and mow his lawn. always a good time with the gramps.

i'm finally home after a very long day. i went to johnny's late last night (or should i say early this morning), where adam and adrian were just chillin. i returned home at around four am, but i didn't even get to bed till almost five in the am. that's really not too late for me, however, i had to wake up at eight in the am for band. stupid me didn't call jackie to confirm the time the pit had to be at practice. so i ended up waking up later than i wanted to, rushing to get ready, and headed over to the field with benny. when benny came to get me, my mom gave him five dollars, which is pretty funny because that means she really likes him! haha, she never really gives money to my friends for gas or anything. benny was mighty happy about that five dollar bill. =) we arrived to band and i found out i didn't have to be there till one in the pm, so i took benny's keys and crashed out for a good two hours in the pancit. it was so trippy because i had a dream it was getting way too hot in benny's car, so i went to roll down the windows, and i had the hardest time getting the key into the ignition. but in my dream, i finally opened the windows, and then i went back to sleep. however, in reality i never opened the windows... and it was SUPER FREAKIN hot! hahah. very strange. at our lunch break, benny, gina, and ellie came to the van, woke me up, and we went to iguana's for some scrumptious grub. we ended up being late back to practice, got yelled at as a group from mister anal scott, and went about our marching band practice. dayam, the weather was so trippy today. it was like whenever i was in the shade, i needed a sweater, but then when i was in the sunlight, it was tooo hot for a sweater. after practice, i had a "nice" encounter with a certain drummer, then benny had to pick up mister sammy, and then he took me home. i come home thinking i can take another nap, scrounge around for some comida in my janky kitchen, and shower before i go to the show in gilroy. but no... my parents love to NOT tell me what the plan is for the day. right when i started to get all comfortable, my mom tells me that we're going to my aunt's house on that fat ass hill where i had my graduation party for a birthday party. urk... so i can't even shower or anything - just throw on some fresh clothes, do something decent with my hair, and make myself look pretty. i end up going to this family party, walking through hay, almost falling into a colossal gopher hole, seeing all my "aunties" give me giant hugs and say how "beautiful" i have grown to be, reunite with a girl that is 'too good' to talk to me anymore, compose the brady bunch theme on my brother's cell, chill with goats, and eat HELLA food. my goodness, the party hooked it up with some good ass food. mmmhmm! when we finally returned home from that, i ended up picking up miranda, getting gas in the ghetto, and driving to gilroy for the show at the gaslighter. ohhh lord, we didn't even get there till about ten in the pm. my dad chilled around the "nice" area of downtown gilroy, and we ended up leaving around midnight. pretty good bands tonight. of course The Other Left played, and they were groovy, as always. *hifive to the guys* hehe... mister johnny sang blink's "first date" to this girl that he likes and he wants to take on a date. wow... isn't she special?? =) ahhh boy... i guess i'm gonna chill for the rest of the night unless johnny is coming by to see me. good night everyone. miranda, miss beranduh, thank you much for coming with me to the show tonight. i'm glad you had a good time. and hey! just remember that i got you home in one piece... so don't complain about my driving! hahah. ohh yeah, remember that romeo's got nothin' on me. *wink wink*

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the lowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

attention everyone: the anhela will be eighteen next week!! yahoo! i'm excited. not only because i'll finally be legal *nudge nudge to a certain person*, but also because i'm testing for my license - finally! i really hope i pass. i hate bugging people for rides all the time, or always being stuck somewhere. i know that if i pass, i'll already have a car... and i love it! haha, benny and i were thinking of a name for my car since he mentioned that him and gina decided on naming the van pancit. that's hella tight. benny said i should name my car johnny five.. gee, i wonder why?
i finally tasted pepsi blue... even though soda is muy bad for you. it's pretty good... very carbonated, but... it's good. Ü i went to benny's yesterday after marching band practice to chill, and because he didn't have enough gas to take me home. haha. talk about ghetto! *snicker snicker* es todo bueno because benny fed me at his house, so that made up for it. johnny, sammy, nga, adrian, and adam also chilled at benny's, which was pretty fun.
after johnny took me home, i ended up stepping on the cat, watching 'bubble boy' in alain's room, writing an email to my babe in long beach, having a very intense conversation with miss linda, and reading about bonnie and clyde till five in the am. ahh, the joys of summer...

i watched spongebob today! hehe, fun stuff. i watched so much television before i went to practice. johnny brought benny and me to sjsu marching band practice, and we were a little late, but it didn't make a difference. especially since the guy that helps us unload the cart of pit equipment was having some difficulties. i met the ALL girl pit (yes!) and they are really awesome. i'm glad i felt good vibes from the start. always a good thing. i was worried that out of the four of us there today, i would be left in the dust with these college percussionists, but i wasn't! i don't mean to sound conceited or anything, but i was actually one of the better players. oh heck yeah!! i saw kevin from china and stuart the jew, two guys that i haven't seen in a very long time. i was very surprised that stuart came up to me, said hi, and gave me a hug... quite interesting. well, i hope you all are happy for me because i made some new friends today AND in addition to that, i've already been invited to my first party! heck yeah! ohh actually, stuart invited us to a party after rehersal, but we decided to take a rain check. so yeah... i have a feeling anhela will be getting a taste of the college party scene this coming semester. watch out!
i was able to talk to my buddy linda tonight. i realized just now that if it wasn't for that stupid project in ferrero's class, and a certain stupid group member (oh, you know who i'm talking about), i probably would've never met linda. oh wait... there was marchand's class too. but still, i think it was that novel project that brought us to dorks together. linda, thanks so much for always being there to have those late night conversations with me. i swear, we can talk endlessly about anything. haha.. don't worry about the guy situation you're in right now. just remember that i'll kick his ass if he flakes on you one more time. shoooot... anhela's got your back! *snicker snicker* so when are we going to do our 'trade'? i'm waiting chica... i'm telling you, just swing by my house, we'll do our business in the front yard, and we'll have SO much fun! muwahaha! i just thought of a good birthday present that you could get me! diapers! hahaha... i pee in my pants like EVERY night! ahhh yeah..

geezus, even though it's only been a few days, i have mucho to write about...

::monday::
mio took me to my first day of 'work' with the marching band's pit. haha, just like good ol' band practice in my years, i was late. anyway, it wasn't bad at all, just a little disappointing. the pit went from about nine people to four. it's sad that when i look at the marching band, or at least the pit, it's decreasing more and more each time. what happened to the love, people? ahh well... mio brought me some starbucks, then she took me to grab some grub for dinner. we had a nice little encounter with a certain missy *snicker snicker* as we left for dinner. hey mio, don't even trip. she doesn't deserve a totally awesome buddy like you. thanks so much for taking me out for food. at least i can count on my best friend to feed me when my parents won't! i went back for the remainder of band camp which wasn't too bad because kelly was there, and she had music for the kiddies. the other janky came by after band camp, which was great! it feels like i haven't seen her in ages. johnny came by to pick me up and we headed over to adrian's for a little since it was his birthday. johnny wanted to watch wrestling and adrian doesn't have cable, so we ended up trekking it back to johnny's. then about an hour or so later, it was time for anhela to head on home. hey johnny, thanks so much for picking me up from work. i had lots of fun with you while adrian was on the computer, but then again, i always have fun with you! *wink wink*

::tuesday::
unfortunately, this was my last day of work. now that i look at it, i never really had a job. apparently there isn't enough money in the budget to pay me and a couple of other 'assistant instructors.' i can still do the job, but it'll be volunteer work. i know it's sounding pretty selfish right now, but as much as i want to help out of the kindness of my heart, i need the money. i was going to use much of this money for school since my mom hasn't had a job in almost a year. urk... quite upsetting since i have to find a 'real' job now. we'll see what happens and what places want the janky anhela. =\ it wasn't too bad teaching, though. we had a new member of the pit, which is always a good thing. yay! the pit now has five members. shooot.... i think it was my sophomore year when we had five girls in the pit. it was tons of fun, mainly because we were all really good friends. but still, we were a kick ass pit section! mio picked me up at my dinner break so we could grub at her house along with baba, steve, and laura since the baba was cooking tonight. ohhh man... i have never eaten so much goood food at one time! haha, it was hilarious because when everyone else was pretty much done eating, there i was, still grubbin away. mmmmm! i even ate whatever mio couldn't finish. like a machine, right mio? =) omg, mio gave me my birthday present early, and i LOVE it! she got me a koala with tightie whities from the build-a-bear factory! it is sooooooo great! after stuffing myself like a fat fuck, mio and i headed over to get miranda, introduced her to q cup, then headed over to benny's house. it was his mommy's birthday, and mio also owed his parents a visit. we chilled there for a while with gina, arturo, adrian, johnny, sammy, and nga... mucho fun. hey mio, thank you so much for dinner tonight!! tell the baba i say thanks so much also! haha, think of it this way: i ate almost all the food which is a good thing because it's less for you and your mom to have as left-overs! muwahaha. i love janky! he is such an adorable gift! now i won't be so lonely at night cause i'll have janky to hold on to. i love you mio!!

'and this one time at band camp, my hawaiian superman had to wait for the dog to stop barking, then i had to lock the front door, but i was scared because the key makes so much noise, but it was okay, and then we had to be quiet, and adrian was on the loud computer, and i had to use the bathroom, and when i got back into the room, adrian was on the rolling around on the floor cause he had just hit himself on the monitor on the floor, and then he left, and then we ended up in complete darkness, and it was great that the carpet chain was gone, cause i might have ripped it off like a savage beast, but i can't say anymore since my superman can smell the bars, but it was soooooooo much fun...'

...and this one time at band camp, this guy came, and he was my hawaiian superman, and he was in front of the neighbor's house, and then we looked for stars, but then i couldn't see cause i didn't have my glasses, and then something happened, and i went all crazy and yelled 'NO!' really loud, and i guess it freaked him out, and then before that i yelled 'LAXATIVES' because i just rememebred what ex-lax was, and that scared him too, and then we started laughing about it, and i ended up snorting, and i was so embarrassed, but he kept laughing anyway, and then i got all kissy kissy, and then he got all touchy touchy, and then the carpet chain got in the way, but i moved it, and it started getting hot, even though it was kinda cold outside, and the best part of it was when he called me babe, but it wasn't just any regular babe, it was his babe, and that made me really really happy, and it was so much fun...

'nuff said.

yay.. more moving today. *sarcasm greatly intended* lei and i ended up cleaning the outside and inside of the used refrigerator abel has now, and that was so freakin nasty! eeep! i really don't understand how two years of using a fridge can total up to it smelling like ass when we cleaned it.... oh yeah, cause i definetly know what ass smells like. but seriously, i think me, my clothes, and my hair smell like windex, vinegar and water, sunshine, and ass! eeeep... looks like a job for captain clean-o. in addition to cleaning out the stank, i drove the pick-up truck filled with furniture to my brother's place. ohh yes, mucho fun. oh yeah! and i helped to line his cabinets along with lei. i'm actually contributing to moving stuff in. yay! i seriously thought i was going to be completely useless throughout this entire moving process. anhela, not to shabby... it's great though because his place is starting to look very welcoming - the way a home should be. my house looks kinda chaotic at this exact moment. we no longer have the couch i used to 'swim' in when i was little, or the coffee table that i superglued paper, my necklace, and myself to, or our television cabinet that still has dividers for records. *sigh* the memories...

a fun filled day of moving stuff into abel's new place. i'm really excited that my brother is finally moving into his own place... i know how delighted he is to be really on his own, so it's just something that makes me happy knowing he's happy. hmm... did that even make sense? ah well... it's great because i know he wants me to stay with him over the weekends and continue our nightly 'bust-a-move' competitions. hehehe, even though i beat him hardcore every night. *snicker snicker* when the males of the family were moving the heavy stuff, lei and i were catching up on what's been going on in our lives as we counted all of abel's loose change. we ended up rolling close to eighty dollars in coins! crazy shtuff, eh? after all the sweat and labor, my entire family went out for dinner. yummy... and it was great cause my cousin joseph came down from vallejo to help us move stuff.
well the night isn't complete without a late night visit from my hawaiian superman. hehe... i always have so much fun whenever i'm chillin with him. *hey mister clucky, thanks for coming by tonight. i really had fun! but then again, i always have fun when i'm with you. =) don't worry about next week, we'll definetly see each other, even though i'll have band camp. '... and this one time at band camp, me and this guy decided to look at the stars, but there weren't any to look at, so he became my hawaiian superman and i became his honey baby, and someone got all touchy touchy, but then spongebob hit his head on the mirror, and then i wore fun shorts with pockets, and he wore a shirt with stripes like the ones on my van, but it's not adidas, and he took a chain from the carpet and wears it as a necklace, and then he used the visors to block out the sun, but it was actually night time, so there wasn't any sun, but it was so bright it could have been the sun, and amber became the color of both of our energies, and it was so much fun...'

the day started off quite upsetting, thanks to a wonderful package addressed to the janky anhela. *rolls eyes* whatever, i'm not going to deal with that shit right now... the rest of my day was rather good. in fact, it was wonderful! i went to cinema savers with colleen and rosie. haha, the mucacas... and brown kids forever club! hehehe. it was great to see those two again, especially rosie since she's leaving to school in a matter of days. after we watched mr. deeds, we trekked on over to fresh choice for some good clean fun. yum yum... healthy food and lots of it. good for the fatty kids like me! =)*rosie, i'm really going to miss you! thanks for a great day of fun! don't worry too much, we'll keep in touch online and you'll always have the mucaca picture to look at! te amo mucho, chica agua!* well, after spending the afternoon with the girls, i came home for a bit, then went to the party at marcus' house. there were actually less people than i imagined there would be, but it's all good. i still had a good time. there were very awesome performances by amy, daniel, now hiring, and the other left. hehe, of course i'm gonna be there for my boys from the other left! gotta see my 'hawaiian (cambodian) superman.' =) after the party, we headed to johnny's to unload all the stuff. ohh man, it was crazy trying to figure out a plan for tonight, but we decided to split up and do whatever we needed to do, then in the end meet up at benny's. johnny, nick, ronnie, brennan, and i went to iguana's, grabbed some grub, dropped the guys off at benny's, then dropped the anhela home since it was time for her to be home. *sigh* es todo bueno.

yesterday was a day full of ups and downs and ups - yes, you heard me correctly, ups and downs and ups. it started off with my mom and i having lunch together, which was awesome cause we really don't get time to ourselves just to talk. you know, i always say that i have drama with my mom and stuff, and i do every now and then, but who doesn't? especially when you're a teenager. well, i really love my mom. anyway, it started going downhill after i came home from going to the store with mio. yeah, i had to pick up some "necessities." hehe... i tried to talk to my mom about something really important to me, and she was being very unreasonable about everything. *sigh* later on in the evening, abel had to get some things done at his new apartment, so he asked the whole family to go, but i already made plans with the mio. he started being a jerkface, saying that i'm always out and blah blah blah. whatever. i don't need his crap right now. i understand that he's been stressed because he's finally fleeing from the nest, but still... that gives him no right to be an ass just because i would rather spend time with my best friend that i don't see over the school year. the 'up' part of my night started when clint and mio picked me up. we then journeyed to pick up frankie and grabbed a bite to eat at tung kee. after all the FUN from the chow, we met up with johnny, his cousin chuckie, and maureen at the movies. ahh... that was SO much fun! we watched signs, something i've been waiting to see since i heard it was good. and it was pretty good. i actually expected it to be much scarier, but it was suspenseful, which was good enough for me. =) i got a ride home with johnny, and came home in time for the parentals not to bitch at me. *whew!* later on in the night, or early morning - whichever you prefer - johnny came by to visit me. awwww, such a sweetie. *johnny, thanks for coming by last night! i had mucho fun... we can water the lawn anytime you want ~wink wink~*

just when i thought my day couldn't be any more boring, it was soon time for mio and me to party hawaiian style. haha, i was all decked out in my sarong, and mio was wearing her hawaiian print shorts... wowie! ga-ga-ga-gooo!=) we went to victor's party. i felt so special knowing the 'secret' as to why there was a party on a random tuesday august night. we watched the other left and victor and his little 'group' perform... good stuff. my night was very complete when i got to see mister wonderful. ahh... good stuff. after the party, mio and i decided to grab a bite to eat, so we journeyed off to in n out burger. and once again, anhela is in trouble with the parentals. ugh... i hate being the youngest AND the only girl. it stinks... why? because there is mucho to think about on how to sort out this drama with my parents and letting their only daughter have the freedom she needs. *mio, thanks for going with me to the party. you know everyone was staring cause we were the only two hot asian girls there! muwahaha. love you dearly, bro!*

guys and gals.... the anhela is single once again. ahh well... that's the way life goes. to make up for life's retarded ways, i enjoyed my day as a single chica by going to the show at the gaslighter theater friday night with colleen, amy, and karen. that was TONS of fun! i saw so many people there that i knew, and it was a little weird. i don't know why, but i just felt really old or something since i already graduated. anyway, i haven't seen so many lesbians in one place before! it was crazy. hmmm... anyway, i was happy because i got to hang out with one very cool dude. i'm sure those of you who went to the show know who i'm talking about. *wink wink*
that night, i journeyed over to mio's house for a party! yeah.... that was fantastic! i had SO much fun. plus, i had the greatest time chillin with her buddies from long beach, laurie and sara. awww... hey everyone that was at mio's, thanks for letting me kiss you on the cheek. haha, i swear it'll never happen again, at least until there's another party. =) a very cool guy *gary... meow* stopped by to see me, which made my night extremely spectacular. ahh...
today the girls and i woke up around noon, cleaned up the house, and journeyed off to frisco. very fun, mostly cause i was sitting bitch throughout the whole car ride. does my ass feel good right now, or what?!
*mio, thank you again for such an awesome weekend! i love you!!!*

wow... amber is totally the color of my energy tonight.







i can tell you one other thing: from here on out, i'm in for a huge rollercoaster. be it good or bad, i have no idea.

mio has a car!! thank the lord!! hehe, yeah! i ended up waking up around noon time, played bust a move against my brother (and i kicked his ass hardcore), then watched 'windtalkers' with alain. it wasn't too bad, especially since i like war movies. later in the evening, mio picked me up, we headed to q cup (of course), then to get food at pizza california. the good news was we got the hook ups to some free breadsticks, however, the bad news was we ran into yuckie chris. EEEP! he was hella tryin to spit his game.. oh HELL no. anyway, after that, we headed to clint's house and chilled there for a while. it was so trippy because he has the exact same house as eric. it's funny cause mio was trippin when she realized that. hehe... umm, we ended up taking laura to long's to get some.. uh, "necessities." then, we went to get mio's dad and drove to the mechanic's house, who was scopin out mio's car, making sure all is well. we FINALLY go bowling with clint, kumalo the black guy, chris, and the other chris. hahah.. wow. mio, remember - hella balls... just the way i like it. *heheh* oh yeah, thanks for singing along with me! haha, i'm sure clint enjoyed it. *wink wink* and i'm serious about that "i'm from canda" line... i should use it on guys too! haha! mio and i decided to drop by joanne's house and chit chat with her and wilson for a while. oh my goodness... i swear there are NO places open at one in the am! pretty much every place we went to for food was closed! geezus! what's wrong with this town!? well, we FINALLY get our food... thank goodness. man, i can feel the love handles forming already... *mio, once again, thanks for a wonderful night! i had HELLA fun chillin and driving around in your car. thank goodness for that guy in the parking lot or else we would NEVER have gotten out, then chris might have came and raped us.. YIKES. yucky stuff, yo. anyway, yeah... life is gonna change, but only for the better. and no worries, i'll come up with a name AND something pretty for the car before you leave! love you much, bro!*

what a day! i woke up at twelve pm and settled down as i 'busted-a-move.' after some countless hours of playing video games, i decided to practice piano and that eventually led into me practicing violin. ahh.. i heart my violin. =) after that, mi sancho picked me up to get some starbucks and we just chilled at his house. i came home, made myself pretty for dinner, and journeyed to my aunt's house to have dinner with some family that are in town till tomorrow from wisconsin. it was nice to see how much my two cousins have grown since i last saw them.. geezus, i think i last saw them when my grandma died a few summers ago. i used to not really get along with charity, who is eleven, cause she used to be such a brat. but she's grown up a bit, so she's fun to talk to. then there's david.. haha, this kid is so fun! he has really thick glasses, walks kinda on his ankles (ask me to show you, i can do it!), goes around everywhere playing his gameboy advanced (even if he's just standing still.. he's hooked on his games), and he calls his mom "mommy-ommy-ommy." haha, i was playing his game cause he was unable to beat one of the leaders, so i was going thru and got SO close to defeating the leader, and he looks at me, eye to eye, and says, "wow... you're GOOD! and you're a GIRL!" haha. kids say the darndest things. anyway, i gave my body a pretty good work out today. we went to my aunt's house on the hill where i had my graduation party, and we had to tend the goats at the bottom of the hill, so charity and i were running up and down the hill and we totally worked our legs. then we decided to make the night a good one and play some ping pong. i played against pretty much EVERYONE! it was sooo much fun! so i worked out my upper body too. ahhh....

well, well, well.. i would just like to say CONGRATULATIONS to mio on passing her driving test! good job, babe! i also wanted to let everyone know that since mio will be on the roads legally now, watch out! yeah, she's not out during normal people hours, so it's probably safe for the majority of you. but for us late-niters... be careful! there are druggies, hookers, bears, children-eating anacondas, cat-eating komodo dragons, the banger boys, stinky meat, stinky feet, stanani punani, two crackers with janani penanis... AND now mio that roam the streets when the stars are out!! *snicker snicker*

sometimes
i try to think of what i saw in you
and i wonder why it's hard to do.
i didn't ask for much,
just a hand to hold and someone i could trust
with all my thoughts, my fears,
my dreams, my tears.
i put in so much effort to make the pieces of us fit,
it's almost unbelieveable i actually did it.
the puzzle of us pieced together quite twisted
it's sad to say that i don't even miss it.
sometimes
i felt like i was tied
so i shined my emotions as i cried
to someone that i knew truly cared
and promised to always be there.
i regret that i gave you my heart
because it hurts even more that you let it fall apart.
when i decided we were through,
it was then that you finally knew
the only ones at fault
were you and your selfish heart.
it took me some time to get the puzzle complete
and now all i feel is the agony of my defeat.
unfortunately for you, the puzzle remains twisted,
and i'm honest when i say there's no way i'll ever miss it.

boy, am i tired! mio slept over last night, which was great. she had to study for an exam she has today... haha, hey mio! i hope you ace it like your last exam, even tho.. yah know. *wink wink* ohh boy! we went to bed at.. six in the am. we heard my dad and the rest of the household getting up and ready for work. geezus. well, last night, i kept myself busy reading about drugs and stinky meat. i guess i've been inspired to do something really janky this summer... kinda like all those daily journal things about stinky meat, or stinky feet, or fat people. hmm. any suggestions? we'll see... i still have a month to go.

man... i feel so sorry for the guys in 'the other left.' johnny had a massive headache today and sounded congested, sammy sounded like he was getting over a cold, and benny had a terrible back ache. poor guys!! =\ well, i chilled at johnny's house before benny and i headed off to work. wow... i have a job. crazy stuff... i came home, discovered that we had malt vinegar, talked to a stanani punani, and ended up getting fries at carl's jr. 'fries, milk, and punani.' hahaha. after having a blast with that malt vinegar, and learning that the color of your energy is amber, i called johnny and we talked forever about the most random things, but it was fun. hey johnny, did you watch spongebob squarepants today? *snicker snicker*

See what Care Bear you are.

my day started off terrible because right when i woke up, i was already in a disagreement with my mom. i wanted to get my hair cut since it's been getting long, but she was being stubborn and didn't want to take me. so i decided it was time to take matters into my own hands... i grabbed some old newspaper, the spray bottle, and a pair of scissors... a few snips here and there.. and ta-da! i cut my own hair! it's not too shabby, if i do say so myself. i admit that it's not the greatest hair cut in the world or anything, but i guess it's pretty good considering i had no outside help. so, hip hip hooray for anhela. my mom seemed pretty happy that i was able to cut it myself, and that her lazy ass didn't have to drive me to get it cut, or spend some money on me. hmph... anyway, i had dinner tonight with mio and her daddy at tung kee. mio cut her hair too! for once in my life, mio's hair is shorter than mine!! that sure is crazy stuff!

what a día aburrida. after i woke up, i played piano for a while. lei was supposed to call me and we were supposed to head on over to a barbecue, but she never called. pshh... i was expecting her to at least call if she wasn't going to go. urk... anyway, it was my uncle's birthday, so my aunt called my family over, and we had dinner at their house. i was hoping to see my cousin that lives in san diego now, but she was already on her way home. sadness... but it's all right. i haven't seen her in what seems like forever, and i miss her. well, dinner was delicious, especially because my family hardly ever has dinner. it was funny to hear tons of stories about my parents and my uncle and auntie back in the day. man...i was sitting there thinking 'is this what i'm going to be doing when i'm in my fifties? reminiscing with my brothers about the good ol' days when life was good, complete with all the shenanigans that go together with being a youngin?' ahh well. what else can i say - that's the way life goes. =\

badong!

::thursday::
i spent most of the day with benny - again. i just noticed i've seen him a lot lately, but es todo bueno. we went to johnny's house before we headed to independence's marching band rehearsal. it was really interesting to go back to the band room with a new band director and some new faces in the band. i'm excited because i probably have the chance to help teach the pit. yayee! well, after band, benny and i headed back to johnny's house. it was his daddy's birthday, and the band was going to play as a birthday present, i guess. it's not like i wanted to go home, anyway...

::friday::
today was an awesome day. i was able to spend most of the afternoon with kent. i think that was what i really needed... i've had a lot to deal with lately, plus mucho on my mind. it was great to just relax with my sweetheart and temporarily forget about all the needless crap going on. *sigh* when i got back home, i was forced into cleaning the car with abel. ohh man! talk about child labor! i had to vaccuum the entire car, wash, buff off this waxing compound crap, and buff off regular wax. my mom came up to me outside and started poking fun that i was like daniel from the karate kid, with all the 'wax on, wax off' junk. hehe, funny shit considering i've been watching that movie a lot lately. i guess it paid off after because i decided to take the car for a spin since i'll be getting one just like it, if not that exact same one. after a hard day's work, i chilled indoors with my book, reading approximately five chapters in una noche. whew! late that night, mio called me outside my house, and she brought me a krispee creme doughnut!!! yayee! i chilled outside for a while with mio, clint, and kumalo the black guy. whaaaaaaat... a bitch!!

::saturday::
i went to the beach in capitola with abel and lei. my brother's buddy from college and his housemates wanted to have a get-together, so we all met up at the beach. after we soaked up the sun and felt the gritty sand between our toes, we walked around the block and visited some stores. i came back to san jose, chilled for a while as i read my book and drank some homemade pearl tea. mio called me and wanted to see if we could chill together at qcup. we called joanne, got some spicy chicken at qcup, then headed to starbucks. it was nice to just relax with the girls. after that, we went to visit linda and her new green room. hehe, real nice, linda. in the evening, i finished reading 'a walk to remember.' wow.. so different from the movie the book is. i gave myself a "heh?!?!" (the way anthony says it).. hehe. my brothers and i watched 'kung pow.' oh lord... what a janky movie! oh yeah.. and as usual, we had no dinner. surprise, surprise!

whatever... i give up on everything. everyone tells me what to do and how they feel, but no one gives a fuck about my point of view. no one has asked me why. they say they care, but do they really? it's too bad everyone is disappointed in little ol' anhela. it irritates me how i know everyone and their freakin mom have judged me based on what i've done due to a few stressful nights. well, i know you will all be happy to hear that i agree on what someone told me.. i'm a coward.

up in smoke.

mmm... i had dinner tonight! as you may know, my mother NEVER makes dinner. *sigh* anyway, i had a good day. i spent time with benny, which was awesome since i hardly see him much. he invited me to watch 'the other left' practice in johnny's basement. awww, i had fun! hehe. it was great because i finally got to really meet and chill with johnny and sammy. well, this time i got to meet johnny sober. haha.
oh man... last night was SUCH a trip! kent, adam, and anthony came by to visit me since it was late and i couldn't go out. we were just chillin in my front of my house and anthony whips out a joint! haha. the four of us smoked about half of it, and i guess the guys were going to smoke the rest of it that night. sheesh! i got inside the house and i think abel could tell i was high. eep! i didn't realize how red my eyes were, and i remember looking directly at him in the eyes. whatever -i had fun. haha, i'm sure that some people online had fun talkin to me *ahem JARED* it's funny because i was coherent enough to tell that jared was messing with my head, but i was so out of it, i don't remember what i said. haha! i decided to call mio because i was totally trippin out about if abel noticed i was high. i called kent afterwards to see how he was. it's crazy because i know that i hung up with kent... however, i woke up to that tone on the phone when you don't hang it up... you know, it's that really annoying siren kinda noise. hmm.. what's funny is that i was totally feeling the high this morning when i woke up. but i'm all good now.

wow.. what a weekend!

::friday::
my mom and i had plans to go to west valley so i could talk to a counselor about some assessment thing, but then i remembered the office was closed on fridays.. either that, or i was too tired at about eight in the morning to get up.. eep! anyway, i spent the rest of the day at q cup with mio. we had a lot of girl talk to catch up on. after, i went to dinner with mio and her daddy. i ended up spending the night at mio's, so we decided to invite some people over to chill and stuff. kent brought the banger boys, chris brought kyle and ryan, and dianne brought joseph. awww man, it was SO much fun! i got high for the first time.. and boy, did i have the giggles! heheh. well, kent stayed with me the entire night to make sure i would be okay. awww... what a sweetheart! thank you so much mio and kent for a very memorable night!! you guys rock! *muah*
::saturday::
mio and i woke up around noon time and got ready to go to a barbecue get-together at the beach. we met up with joanne and linda, but by the time we were on the freeway that goes to the beach, there was too much traffic. we decided to ditch the beach, and instead head to valley fair. hahah.. i had SUCH a hard time trying to get money out of the atm machine. guys and gals, remember your pin number! haha, it's pretty important. after the mall, we went to mio's house to change, met up with kyle and eric, and then jammed to the japanese obon festival in mountain view. wow.. there were so many people there! i had tons of fun! i ran into stuart there, which was kool since we haven't seen each other in a while. a little later in the evening, clint and kumalo the black guy met us at the festival. lol, it was funny because by the end of the night, kumalo ended up with everyone's goldfish. i wonder what he did with them.. i know he was really hungry and he didn't have money...
::sunday::
happy birthday to my daddy! can you believe that he is already fifty-seven!? geezus! around noon time i went to visit leilani's brother and his family in foster city. abel, lei, and i were playing with his son, jett. awww, he is SO adorable! hehe, he kept 'flirting' with me. =) when jett went to nap, gene (lei's brother) took us to q cup and to hillsdale mall. oh man, i felt so asian as i walked into the mall. i was still drinking my q cup with pearls! hehe. abel and i were looking for something to get my daddy, but were unsuccessful. es todo bueno though because when we got home, i took care of the barbecue. we had lots of food even though it was just a small family get-together. hehe, i went to pick up mio and it was her first time riding with me while i'm driving. heh, she has nothing to complain about - she's still alive. =)

so get this... i woke up at twelve noon today! that is the earliest i have woken up this entire week! why, you may ask, did i wake up so early? no freakin reason. aiyah.. once again, i roamed around my house miserably aimless (or is that aimlessly miserable? hmm...) until alain and i decided to go to the army surplus store across from guitar center. i bought myself a new bag, something i've been aching for. i watched swordfish and helped with dinner. ooOh.. my brother might get his own place soon! i'm so excited for him!! that means, when the parentals are bitchin, i've got another place to call a sanctuary. *sigh of relief* later in the evening, kent called to ask if i wanted to hit it up at starbucks since victor was working tonight. i grabbed my sweater and jammed with the guys downtown. aww, i miss hanging out with the banger boys... they always put a smile on my face. heheh. especially tonight when anthony met these two freaky chicas at the corner of the street and started chatting away with them. as if that isn't random as hell, gabriel and adam join him. haha.. kent and i just chilled on the side, waiting for anthony to finish his 'bidness.' the car ride home was incredibly amusing, with gabriel and adam singing along to kent's hardcore music... and anthony adding in the most annoying sound in the world. oh lord... and it really is the most annyoing sound in the world!

well, i officially did nothing today. surprise, surprise! i woke up around three in the pm, roamed around my house aimlessly, looked up in my encyclopedia the difference between alligators and crocodiles, drove to visit my grandpa, and came home. later in the evening, i went to wal-mart with my brothers, picked up the necessities, and when i came home, i started watching the karate kid, part II. haha.. that's right guys, i watched chachi! ooOOhh.. extremely fun stuff. well, kent called me to check if i was alright because he was around my neighborhood tonight, and he said there were tons of cops around, including a helicopter with a search light, looking for someone (or some people) in my neighborhood. hmm.. crazy stuff. aww, what a sweetie.. checking up to see if everything with me and my family were a-okay.

ooO.. what a day. kent gave me a wake up call around one o'clock and after i talked to him, i fell back asleep until around four in the pm. hahaha. i had two pretty random ass dreams. actually, i've been having really random dreams lately. well, i went driving a little before sunset with my daddy. good fun. after that, mio and i wanted to pick up some pearl tea and rent a movie, but we were stranded since both of us still don't have our licenses. hehe. out of all the people in the world, i decided to call johnhan and make him the lucky winner for tonight. =) anyway, we had fun. at first, johnhan was reluctant to rent chick flicks, but after we watched serendipity and riding in cars with boys, he really liked both of them! haha. mio, thanks so much for letting us chill at your house! and thanks for feeding me too! oh and johnhan.. thanks again for being mister taxi man! i'll be sure to call you again if i need a ride somewhere else! heheh ooOh! i'm happy because i finally have a drinking picture with mio! haha, fun stuff!! =)

yayee! it's official - today, kent and i have been together for three months! awww, he stopped by today and gave me two tanned hello kitty key chains. one is a boy kitty playing the ukelele in board shorts, and the other is a girl kitty playing the ukelele in a grass skirt. hehe. that reminds me... i miss playing the uke. i really loved the sound it has. VERY... tropically festive. =)
today was my grandpa's birthday. good lord, he's eighty-seven! can you believe it?! my aunt had a family dinner at a restaurant tonight, and there was really good food. mmm..scrumptious! well on the way home, abel let me drive his car so i can get a feel for it since it'll be my car. and yes.. it's a manual car. yeah! so.. is it true that guys like girls that can drive manual? my uncle told me it's because guys notice they know how to use their hands or something perverted like that.. haha, well i guess kent is going to be a pretty lucky guy, eh?? *wink wink*

my day started off kinda rocky. i had a disagreement about something with the parentals, which earned me a nice long lecture, complete with some yelling. i cleaned an old table fan i swear we've had since we were in australia. after that, things cooled off with my parents, and my dad took me driving in the pick-up truck. he decided it was time i started practicing how to drive a manual car, since mine is going to be manual. i did pretty well... i learned all about the difference between 'engine braking' and regular braking with down-shifting and stuff. VERY intricate stuff, i must say. after all that, i practiced some piano. i found an old piano book that used to be difficult for me a few years back, but i opened it up and started jamming with everything in it! hehe. sometime in the evening, i headed to kent's house to chill. yayeee.. he finished painting his room and moving most of the furniture back in. it looks really nice! yup yup, good stuff. =)

all in all... a good day. i wanted to bake cookies today, so i drove to the store to get ingredients, and i had to drive my mom's janky ass mystery machine. i swear, whenever i drive her van, i feel like i'm driving a school bus or something. hehe. later in the evening, kent and i headed to linda's birthday party. hmm... quite an interesting party. i gave linda fun stuff for her birthday! haha. i'm sorry, linda! i'm so poor!! i hope you liked the stuff, though! thanks for inviting us to your party. =) after the party, kent and i were on our way to get my mom from this concert, but she called me to tell me to call my dad to go and get her. for some reason, when people decide to call me, it's all at once! i was getting phone calls up the yin-yang! geezus. after the chaos of jasmine playing in kent's mercedes, we went back to his place and chilled. lol, his sisters are hilarious! they were trying to give mars (their kitty) some medicine, but they had to search for it first. hehe.. aww, i wish i had some younger siblings. they seem like so much fun! well, when i got home, there was no dinner, so abel and i went to taco bell to pick up some comida. dayam.. for some reason, there are hella cars out tonight. i guess they're all going to the races or something. anyway, i had a nice dinner with my brothers as we watched some boxing on the tele with my daddy.

my day was pretty bland. i played lots of video games today... including the ol' skool nintendo games! yeah! heheh. omg, i totally LOVE megaman! i got pretty far in that, but i couldn't beat this one part in one of dr. wiley's levels, so i gave up. ahh well, tomorrow is another day. abel and i whipped out bubble bobble and started playing that. i really wish we had contra. that game was the shit!! i remember going to my cousin's house in vallejo and playing that all night long. ahh, the good ol' days...

urk... my parents stink! my mom bitches at me all the time, and my dad is too freakin paranoid! grr... i think i'll feel better tomorrow, or at least that's what i hope.

it's tooo darn hot!
ick! i hate the heat because you perspire, and get all sticky. bleh! other than the unbearable heat, i had a pretty good day. i received a wake up call at ten am, which is VERY early for angela... but it's all good since it was from kent. =) he picked me up, went to grab some grub, then headed back to his place where the banger boys and him were going to jam. rehearsal didn't go for very long since the edmund couldn't make it to practice. the guys and i chilled in kent's house with this fan that was blowing around all the cobwebs and bird feathers in the room.. ahh yeah. hehe. a little while later, kent took his sisters and me to borders bookstore, where they wanted to pick up some stuff. ooO i saw this really pretty bookmark. it was the outline of a cat on top of a stack of books.. and it was some type of tin or aluminum.. pretty groovy. well, i headed home after that and tried to keep cool from the blistering sun. abel bought a new car since i'm getting his old one, and i was watching him and alain check the engine. interesting stuff... i'm kinda glad i grew up around tools and cars. i mean, i don't know how to rebuild an entire engine or fix a carburator or anything like that, but i think i'm pretty competent in doing things that will keep my car alive and healthy. i settled down today and looked over what classes i'm going to take this coming semester. i have a really good schedule planned out, considering i'm doing sjsu marching band three days a week. i really hope that things will work out the way i want them to so i won't be too stressed with school or time. *sigh* school stinks. anyway, last night and tonight i chatted with my buddy linda, and it was awesome since i haven't really talked to her in a while. yayee.. fun stuff! linda, you pinky promised!! even though it IS something the whole world should know about.. EW! thank you for all your help too! alrighty, that's the report for tonight.

i don't understand why some guys like to blatantly stare at girls! ugh!! it's so annoying! i don't mean to sound conceited and rave on and on about how guys stare at me.. but i think it's obnoxiously rude. i was outside in my front lawn washing out a garbage can and watering the lawn, and guys in their rice rockets pass by and stare! URK! oh lord... don't get me started about girls staring at other girls. i could go on and on!!! and another thing... why are some guys incredibly perverted??! holy geezus.... it's NOT attractive at all! there is a line between joking around with perverted intentions and actually holding meaning in those perverted intentions. grrr... some guys need to chill.

so it was finally sunday... and it was an okay day. i went to long's drugs, target, and radioshack with alain. when we arrived home, my daddy wanted me to practice driving, so we went to visit my grandmother's grave in santa clara. man... i started getting teary-eyed because my dad started talking to her grave, and it made me think about everything. i know that i really miss my grandma, but i can't imagine how bad it must be for my dad and his siblings, and especially for my grandpa. *sigh* anyway, we went to the post office because i needed a three cent stamp, but the machine ate my money and they were out of the stamps i needed. i told my dad to whoever isn't keeping those machines stocked up should get fired... big fat F minus!!!! hehe...i drove on the freeway and am still alive to update this blog, so... es todo bueno. =) later in the evening, abel and i went to pick up some groceries. fun stuff. i really wanted to go out tonight, but my mom was being totally unreasonable, and that really made me upset. urk! anyway, that's the report for my 'wonderful' sunday. take it easy...

you know summer has hit you when you lose track of what day it is. i honestly thought today was sunday, and started trippin out when i found out it was saturday. well, my saturday was rather bland. i went to bed around four in the am and was supposed to wake up around five to drop off willard at the oakland airport... mio kept calling me but i guess i was completely out since i didn't wake up and get out of bed until around one o'clock. geezus. i played hours and hours of grand theft auto III... but it paid off since i racked up enough taxi missions to get the red taxi! ahhh yeah! =) i decided to write sonny a letter. we both promised to be pen pals since he's miles across the country at school... but i realized how janky i was when i discovered we were out of normal sized envelopes and all we had were those long ones with the window on the front! you know those kinds.. the kind that the bank sends you where your name is all typed and it has to be positioned just right or else the mail carrier can't read the address. urk.. well, kent wanted to drop by to see me before he went night-skating with the banger boys, so i managed to politely ask him to bring me an envelope - and he did! aww.. what a sweetheart! hehe. that was pretty much the highlight of my day. alain came home today from his road trip with the 'dirty boys.' they toured around hollywood, los angeles, and some other places down south. whoa! get this... my brother bought a 'Family Fun Pack' of fireworks from a wooden booth in los angeles. it is SO fat! it contains a whole bunch of firecrackers and stuff. pretty groovy. i changed my fatty cat's collar to this new one with a bell on it.. aww, she's so cute! when i was playing in the backyard with her, i came across a bag of seashells i had collected from the beach when i was younger. man, oh man, it was crazy! i found some coral reef stuff (i think) and an abalone shell! it wasn't one of the massive shells; it was a tiny one. oh my gosh.. i felt like such a murder! ack..one minute i'm feeding abalone at the monterey bay aquarium during some lab we had for oceanology, and the next, i'm finding their shells in my backyard! i'm a criminal...

geezus! it feels like i haven't been home in forever. well, here's the update:

wednesday
i didn't really do anything throughout the daytime. around seven in the pm, i went to my brother's girlfriend's apartment to babysit her roomate's daughter, sydney. it was my brother's girlfriend's birthday and they all went out for a night on the town while i watched the four year old. oh man, she is such a little cutie! i was surprised that she was so affectionate towards me! many little kids i know are really shy. mio came over to keep me company after she went to dinner with her daddy. we had so much fun with sydney! after we put the kid to bed (and let me remind you, four year olds are NOT easy to put to bed), we had a little drink and started watching that show on mtv called 'i bet you will.' hahaha.. that show is so janky! there was this guy that had to put honey and nuts in his underwear - front AND back! ew... and the nasty part was he had to take some out of the front AND back and eat it!!! geezus! the things people will do for money! lol, and there was this guy that looked like kumalo! haha! well, when the twenty-somethings returned home, mio and i witnessed my brother's girl, leilani, totally drunk! it was hilarious. we even heard about her little encounter outside the apartment with the bushes and her own vomit. absolutely classic. mio had to get home, so bernie, the kiddie's mommy, and i took her home, and i ended up sleeping on the couch at leilani & bernie's place since my brother was not in tip-top shape to drive home. for some reason, i couldn't sleep very well... i think i kept falling in between the crack in the couch. grr...

thrusday
my morning started off with my mom calling my cell at three am! ugh... i couldn't get to back to sleep after that. as my eyes were closed, trying to get myself back to dreamland, i felt sydney poking at my head and asking me to wake up. i checked the clock and it was six in the morning!! she comes back later around 10:30am, pokes me in the head, and wants me to wake up so we can "play, eat gummi bears, watch the powerpuff girls movie, and watch fireworks." i just told her that i'm too tired to play, the gummi bears are still asleep cause it's early in the morning, the movies are closed cause it's too early, and the fireworks are at night time. after she ran off, i decided it was time for me to wake up. *sigh* so much for getting some sleep. i arrived home around noon time and gathered my things together to spend the night at mio's house. i got to her place around four or five in the pm and we just chilled and put things in order for the party she was having. it was hilarious to open her fridge and see it totally loaded with alcohol! haha. anyway, the party was tons of fun! there were lots of random people there, but it still had a good turn out. haha, i guess i got pretty drunk... but i still remembered most of what was going on, AND i didn't throw up or feel the slightest bit hung over. omg, there were SO many off the wall things that happened that i really can't describe them all. hahaha! all in all, i had SO much fun and i really don't regret doing anything that night. mio and i were up till six am because kent, clint, and kumalo were still up with us. adam and edwin were both out on the couches. after clint and kumalo left, and adam randomly woke up and walked home, mio, kent, and i went to get some shut eye. jric came by sometime around eleven to get edwin, kent left at around noon time, and mio and i grubbed on the chicken clint cooked as we talked endlessly about the party. good stuff. thank you so much mio and kent for everything! i don't think i would've survived the party without either one of you!! we rented the movie 'from hell' with johnny depp (oOohh...) and watched some of it... totally NOT what i expected the movie to be like. i turned it off because i started to lose interest. i came home around eight, played some grand theft auto III, and talked to my parents. ahhh.... what a day!!! =)

thank heavens, it's a ... D' PEACH MODE day! when i thought my day couldn't get any worse, my sweetheart comes to the door and brings me a totally rockin' book about the wild shores of australia and a really groovy drink. awwww... =) he totally made my day much brighter! thank you so much, kent! my day was terrible from the start because it was like an ongoing war with my mom. grr.. sometimes she can be extremely fun to talk to and hang with, but today was SO not one of those days. menopause can do that to you, i guess. ah well... whatever. i called school back today and found out what class i'm going to be in for english. YAY. go school. later in the evening, i drove my dad to my grandpa's house to bring him dinner and to water his garden. a while after, abel and i went to target to pick up some stuff and on the way home we were challenged to a race by some guy in his crappy car. so knowing my competitive brother, he took the challenge and kicked that guy's booty! whoo hoO! and what adds to the fun is that we were blastin' some metallica! hehe. good stuff.

i finally saw lilo & stitch! awwww... it is such a cute movie! i had an awesome day since i spent most of it with kent. =) we went to great mall and lingered around in there before the movie started. after that, we journeyed back to his house and chilled to some new order. it was great because when kent came to drop me off at home, my dad was washing the car and my mom was keeping him company... and then my mom totally started talking to kent. hehehe. i'm so happy that my parents love him, especially my mom. it really makes me happy. =) so later on that evening, my dad and i went to get myself dinner from safeway, and who do you think we run into busy pushing some lady's cart? chris stahl - my fellow scripps ranch! you know what sucked? i finally remembered to call west valley for my placement test scores, but the lady wasn't in her office. i left a message and everything, but the hooker never called me back! urk! i guess i'll just have to try again tomorrow. ugh... so much of a hassle just for school! school stinks! ah well... good night all and take care.

a good day, i think. mio woke me up at 11am and i just lingered around my house aimlessly till the later afternoon time. i went grocery shopping with mio and the baba... oOoOH! and there is this guy who works at the grocery store that looks A LOT like matt cocking, the drum instructor from australia! EYE CANDY! hahaha. well, after groceries, we went to great mall. mio bought a gift for steve, and we shopped around. later, mio and i met up with jric. we decided to get food for my fat ass, and some spicy chicken for mio's fat ass. =) we kinda lingered around the streets of san jose and milpitas trying to decide what to do. oh! and we ran into shana and crystal! that was really nice to see them again! yayee! my buddy shana from pe. hehe. anyway, before we decided any concrete plans, it was time to get edwin from work, and all of us talked and chilled in the hills by golfland. it was really fun! i miss hanging out with those guys... mister jric with his fun car horn and damn shirts that wouldn't stay hung up in his car, oh! and his lady angela at q. cup...=) and mister edwin with his MAD PLAY and battle wounds from the last time the four of us went out *snicker snicker*... i was so glad that i was in the mood to just chill. thanks to my buddies for today!!! so all in all, my day was a good one.

you had the best
but she gave you up;
your thoughtless efforts weren't enough.
she needed someone to love,
someone to hold her tight,
she wanted a boy
that would make everything all right.
to see your smile,
she would gladly walk a thousand miles.
to feel your love,
she would undoubtedly give the stars that shine amongst the heavens.
the girl gave you her generously loving heart
and you tore it apart
as your selfish interior shined in the sun,
blatantly obvious for everyone
to see the real you,
a distorted view,
the girl now realizes is true.
the set is broken
and now you're all alone,
no one for you to see
or talk with on the telephone.
you're alone and now need to face
the fact that the girl you said you loved
is in a much better place.

my day was great! i woke up around 11am for a fun-filled day of sunshine with mio. we went swimming and soaked up the sun. when we got back to her dad's place, the two of us talked for a little over a very yummy sandwich and a very yummy drink. thanks again to mio for another fun day! hey mio, sorry again for my fat ass breaking your dad's futon. hahah! =) joanne picked us up and dropped me off at kent's house. me and him just chilled for a couple of hours before he took me home. it was kool because when i got home, alain was listening to some of his old cds... so i decided to pick up my guitar and figure out some of those songs. i was excited when i was actually able to play along with some tunes. yeah! =) for some odd reason, i had a slight case of heat rash on my lower back tonight. i don't think it had to do with any of the stuff i put on before i soaked up the sun since it was the same stuff i used yesterday. hmm... i'm okay now. es todo bueno. i seriously think it was the soap i used today! urk!! and soap is supposed to keep you clean! pshh! =) alright, that looks about right for my day. take care and good night!

i finally saw SPIDER MAN!!! oh.. and if that wasn't enough excitement for one day... i swam too!!! wowie.. i haven't been in a swimming pool in a while. mio and i went to her daddy's pool. i couldn't really swim mucho because there were a lot of little kids in the pool, but it's alright since we might go again tomorrow. i had tons of fun hanging out with mio. awww.. i miss how much fun i have with her! i don't want her to leave back to long beach. =( mio, thanks for a fun day... including all the stuff we talked about today at your dad's place. *huge hug* well, after the fun-filled day of sunshine, we met kent at PW and ended up chilling at pizza california. i feel so bad for asking kent to take me places, but he really has no problem with it... gosh, he's such a sweetheart! =) i was kinda disappointed that we weren't able to see the guys jam today since they ended practice early... es todo bueno. i know there will be many more practices over the summer. oh my gosh! get this: my mom actually cooked dinner tonight - and it was GOOD food. finally! my mom remembered the family she still needs to feed! yeah!! =) well, that looks like the report for tonight. the forecast for tomorrow looks like fun because i might go shopping with mio. CHICKS BEFORE DICKS!!! good night all.

it's really early wednesday morning and i've been forced through boredom to start a BLOGGER. good fun. =) anyway, my tuesday went well. i went to the bank with abel to open an account, and it's great that the lady assisting us was very helpful. after, my bro took me out to lunch at baja fresh... and i had the burrito ULTIMO. dayam, that was scrumptious. =p i was supposed to catch a movie with mio, jric, and edwin, but abel and i sorta took a while, so they picked me up and we just chilled at Q.Cup. for the first time, i didn't see MARS [that sexy bitch with his mad play, lol] working. hehe... after we talked about this whole MODELING 'hobby' over the internet, we went to the bank and to pizza california. for some reason, i was kind of crabby. i guess i was just really tired and the guys weren't making it any better. ahh well... mio and i got them back with our nails. *snicker snicker* =D after pizza, i came home to get ready to go out with kent and his mommy for dinner. unfortunately, some of her friends that we were supposed to eat with didn't quite go, so plans changed and i went with kent to pick up food for his family. we went back to his house and watched 'a beautiful mind.' awww.. it was such a sad movie, but i liked it. no slugs tonight, however, i still had fun. *wink wink* i'm SO happy for my mio!! awww.. she's found a really sweet guy! i'm really happy for my bro!! hey mio, remember to WORK IT! =) before i jam, i'd like to say thank you so much to mio and kent. i had a problem i really couldn't deal with by myself, and i'm just glad both of them were there for me! *big hug* all i have to say is... "WHO'S THE BITCH NOW??!" hehehe..