I kinda don't like getting up too late anymore. I didn't wake up until 2:30pm. It seems like the day is too short and wasted. What I said last nite that I planned to do for today was accomplished though. Still, the day was too short, or seemed to be. Mark was my partner in crime today. We shopped for alcohol at the NEX Shotline store on base, where I was sweated for having an ID that expires tomorrow. We worked out. Then we hitted up Mark's "secret" store for alcohol and alcoholic goodies. I bought a shaker, jiggler, and a box of Kirin Ichiban! I am now ready for New Years day, muhahaha! After all that, it was dinner time, and I was famished. My mom ordered food at Panda Palace, and we picked it up on the way home. I tell ya, it disappeared pretty damn quick. I was so full at the end that I couldn't even drink my beer right away. I had to let the food settle while I was washing the dishes, then finish it up. It was hard to even take a deep breath! Well, that's one of the reasons I work out. It's so I can eat well! I love to eat! I'm so happy with the collection of alcohol I have sitting in the kitchen. I swear, I've never owned this much before in my life. Thanks mom for pretty much giving me an open budget for this! I'm so happy that I mixed my parents a drink for a nightcap. I used Midori Melon, Sour Apple Puckers, and Melon Gatorade. It was pretty damn good. I think I'll call it a Great Green, since it was so green in color. Anyways, I'm gonna crash, since I do have to get up extra early for lola's dialysis. Wow, it's officially New Year's Eve, as of three minutes ago. Happy New Years!

I must add, I love my blogs lately! What's that, you think they're gay and boring! Psh! No one asked you! Aww, don't let this loser hurt your feelings, blog. You know !$# ;-)

Wow. What a completely and utterly awesome night. I swear, all my blogs should be about awesomeness! You know what that'd mean? It'd mean that I'm always enjoying myself, livin' the vida loca baby! :-p Hehe. Just got back from a night of drinking and dancing at The Boogie, a club in Anaheim. The crew for the night was Jessica, Elene, and Mark in my ride, along with Jeff Lee and Suzette Faber-Katz in Suzette's ride, the latter meeting up with us at the club. Thank you Jeff for obtaining the passes that allowed for 21+ people like Mark and I to get in for free, and for 18+ people like everyone else to get half off their cover. Beforehand, we stopped over at Jessica's boyfriend's house since 1) Elene needed to pee really bad, 2) Jessica missed her BF who she hasn't seen in a few weeks and 3) I figured it'd be a great place to pound a few shots of the Barcardi O I bought for the night, since the girls weren't gonna be able to drink in the club (legally, that is). Crazy, even after all that lagging, we still arrive before Jeff and Suzette, who are definitely closer to Anaheim than we are! Rolling into the club was kinda disappointing. It was pretty empty and chill. I figured it'll pick up later in the night. We did arrive at an early hour, around 10ish. Maybe I'm just spoiled cuz the few times I've been there before, it was a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night, and you basically gotta force your way through the crowds to get anywhere in the club. It was cool though, cuz it did fill up. Nicely too, I may add, not sardiney kinda crowded, but enough so that it was poppin'. I do gotta say though, it's NICE being 21!!! We didn't get any of the $2 drink specials they promised on the flyer, but it's ok, we're used to the higher price tags attached to club drinks. I don't think my wallet will ever appreciate those tags, but hey, when am I one to be cheap when it comes to food and drinks? I'll admit, I can be cheap at times but I'll splurge if the ocassion calls for it (sometimes even when it doesn't call for it, hehe). I can remember only a few moments that were spent NOT dancing: getting drinks, walking around the club, and taking a smoke break. Otherwise, we danced the night away!!! Honestly, no one in the club had ANYTHING on us! SD in the house! We represented like no otha. I'm not being cocky or anything, seriously. I'm just being honest! I could even shake it better than the skanky girls who were there! If I was a girl, I'd win the $100 prize money for the booty shaking contest, win the Las Vegas trip for getting the most beads for the night, AND be the biggest cock tease in the club!!! I have witnesses! I was hella shaking it better than ANY girl there! Or guy, for that matter! Well, maybe not every guy, but that's only cuz Mark was in da house. Discounting Mark, then yes, it'd be every guy too. Anyways, we had our fill of dancing (and looking at dirty, skanky, horny, white girls) pretty early, because we peaced out when Suzette had to leave, which was around 1am. It was all good though, the night was well worth it, and the group concensus deemed that we had fun. We DID have fun! I know I did. I was looking forward to getting my dance on. Lately, I've been ANTSY to dance! Getting my groove on tonight was what I needed. Hooray for places like Boogie to provide poppin' atmospheres on a MONDAY night, hehehe.

Spent all day helping around the house again. Besides my usual trip to the dialysis center for Grandma's routine "oil changes," the daytime was nothing out of the ordinary. My dad and I cleaned out the garage, preparing it for the party to come on New Years day. I'm actually pretty excited about that. I know I've mentioned it before, but I get to play bartender. Yay! Actually looking forward to this thing motivates me to help a lot, instead of just helping because it's asked of me and I have to. Now, it's really more like I want to. Good stuff, I tell ya. It's something that was not really my forte before. Kusa, self-will in Tagalog, was not one of my stronger traits, well, at least self-will in cleaning and doing household chores, and I was always criticized about that by my family. I'm glad they've told me how big of a help I've been this winter break. I'm glad I stayed home for the break. I'm glad I'm spending all this time with family. I'm glad my life is finally turning around....

I get to sleep all day tomorrow! Yay! My aunt is taking care of the necessary food matters for lola. When I wake up, I plan to work-out, then buy the rest of the alcohol I plan to use for the New Years shindig. I'm gonna have to sleep early, since lola's dialysis appt. is early on New Years Eve, 630 in the friggin' morning, the same as last week's Christmas Eve. *sigh* Crazy thing is I don't mind taking my grandma as much as I used to. Sure, I dread getting up early(it's cold as fuck in the morning now a days!). If it wasn't for my friend coffee, I would despise mornings. I'm more of a night(and early morning at times) person. But yeah, it feels good that in a sense, I'm "repaying" lola for all that she's done for me. When I was growing up, I can't remember a time when she didn't take care of making sure to drop us(my cousins and I) off and pick us up from school. She had to get up hella early for that, so I don't see why I can't do the same for her, ya kno!? Sad cuz I start classes next week again, for the UCSD Winter Quarter. I'm not gonna get to help out with my family as much anymore, or at all. I'm sad that my mom and aunt will get burdened from taking her to and from the dialysis center. I can only imagine how hard it is for them to balance that and work. S'ok, I'll be graduating soon, and I'll be moving back home after the lease on my house ends. Until then, I guess.

Damn, I'm getting old. Seems like yesterday I just stepped through the doors of college. I know I've said it before but yeah, it's scary how time flies. Eeep! *hides underneath the sheets* Hehehe. Good night, err, morning people. =)

Today was another awesome day in addition to my already awesome weekend. I can't believe I woke up drunk! My mom woke me up around 8:30am to get ready for church. How I woke up, I don't really know. How I got up, I remember exactly. Stood up from my bed, and then PLOP! I hit the floor! Can't believe I was still a little drunk! It was hella funny, my mom was making fun of me while I was brushing my teef and dressin' up. I told I was so stupid because I take after my dad, hehe. Dad has been stuck on stupid lately after his week off due to the flu. But yeah, it was great to be that drunk again. The last time I was that inebriated was my birthday in Vegas! Church was cool, but I was too hyper for someone who only had 3 hours of sleep. It was cuz I was in too good of a mood. Got my car blessed again after church. It was her 4 year old birthday! Yay Meilani! Thank you for your solid years of faithful servitude. Ate at Phuong Trang afterwards. Pho is a great "the day after" food. Mmmmm. Checked on my kitty and took in the trash bins at the LJ home. Shopped at Price Club AKA Costco with the 'rents in the afternoon, although I badly needed a nap. Bought a lot of alkyhall for the new years bash at my house during the day of. I'm gonna play bartender that day, hehe. All my friends are invited too! So if you're not doing anything the day of New Years, come over to my place! Eat, drink and be merry! Contact me for details. My mom cooked us a dinner of maple bacon, eggs, tomatoes, and rice. It was a good change of pace from always eating out. On top of that, my mom doesn't cook often, but when she does, it's seriously hella good stuff! I made apple-tini's afterwards and distrubuted them accordingly, hehe. Mark came over and we chilled out sippin' on some brewskies while watching Not Another Teen Movie on DVD. Great finish to an already off the hook weekend. The 'rents made a late night trip to Wal-Mart and came back with new fishies and aquarium toys! Our aquarium looks awesome now! Pirates of the Caribbean them with lots of bubbles action in my dad's new aquarium toys. The aquarium is my dad's thing. He takes a lot of pride in it. In fact, I think he's still downstairs right now staring at the marvel which is his aqaurium, hehe. I swear, my car is to me like the aquarium is to my dad. Well, it's that time again, time to pass the fuck out! Good night y'all.

Wow. Had such a great evening. Thank you so much Mark for driving. I've never been at this level of drunkness since my bday. Thanks Rain for inviting us to this party. I know it may sound crazy, but my friend pool seems dry down in southside. I have to look hard for parties and what not. Anyways, it was nice to have a place to relax, kick back, and drink as much as we wanted. I see now why Mark and Anthony come up often to drink and chill. I'm feeling the burn of not having unlimited freedom. In any case, I needed tonight to unwind. It was great seeing old faces who I may or may have not recognized, but awesome none the less. I swear when they started to play the reggae, I really wanted to smoke a bowl!!! (Even though I haven't done so in a couple months now) Thank you Mark also for the sake, Kirin, and swigs of Crown(my arch-enemy). Sake bombing is the Shit! After the party, we hit up an extremely packed Super Sergio's and enjoyed a meal of Carne Asada Fries and Horchata at Mark's placfe. Now, I feel like passing out, but not before documenting such a great evening. It's good to know I still know how to have "fun." :-D

Another Saturday spent cleaning. S'all good tho, it had to be done. I hosed down everything in the Patio. It was so black and dirty! On top of that, I cleaned the sink and vacuumed the garage and front porch. Afterwards, I travelled down to Home Depot with Rainier and picked up some new hanging plants for the backyard, while Rain bought flourscent lightbulbs to replace the non-working ones at his place. A well deserve dinner was eaten at Kanpai with the fam and Auntie Menchu. I was sake bombing throughout dinner, hehe. That plus the fact that I was already hungry turned me into a lean, mean eating machine! I ate so damn much! Now, I'm just chillin' and waiting fer Rain to call so we can hit up some party in Eastlake. I was a little buzzed earlier, but it's going away. We were gonna go downtown to On Broadway, once again, but people flaked. S'all good, my wallet is happy. =)

Lately, I've been in the greatest mood of my life!!! I don't think I've ever felt better or been happier. Today, I seriously had the greatest work out session ever. Attitude, confidence, happiness, good living....

....I hope this lasts! A new year awaits, and there's a lot in store for me. I'm sure of it!

Today was a good, no, great day! Merry Christmas everyone!

Although the general vibe I've been getting from a lot of people is that Christmas felt kinda weird, or that it didn't really feel like Christmas, I still think it was an awesome day. And although I can relate to how their feeling, none-the-less, I enjoy this holiday and this season wholeheartedly. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, or my outlook on the world is much different now than it was as a kid, but Christmas each year makes it's presence known to each person in what I see now as the holiday presenting itself to each individual in a way that is more personally customized and suitable to the individual's outlook. Take for example my day. All day was spent with family. It started at church, then ended at home. The usual gathering of family and relatives presided in a relatives house in Mira Mesa. Us cousins who grew up seeing each other only at these parties are all of legal or near legal age now. It pains me to think how the years have just blown by, but gives me joy as to how great it is that all of our families are still this close after all this time. Blood is thicker than water. Anyways, we coped with the day in our own way, drinking and celebrating the holiday with beer, wine, and bottles of Hpnotiq and Tenenbaum! LoL. I was pretty muched buzzed the whole day, and I have to tell ya, it was awesome! To be able to drink with my cousins, uncles, and aunties was and is a pretty new thing for me. Usually, I'm accustomed to drinking with just friends. I can't remember the last time I've have this much fun with family members! Just good, clean fun and the satisfaction of being in each other's company. I swear, it wasn't the alcohol! I could feel it! It was sheer love that families share for one another, ALL DAY LONG. My proof that it wasn't the alcohol, you may ask? Well, I'm not gonna lie that I wasn't feelin' it, because I know I did have over 10 drinks, but not EVERYONE drank. We're not all alky's ya kno! :-p From all the food, to the exchanging of gifts, and to the prank gifts, today made me realize what's truly important in my life and where my heart really lies. So I shall keep this short and sweet. I love my friends. I LOVE my family. I LOVE the Lord, and I thank him for blessing me with such intangible riches. This is truly an unforgettable Christmas, one that gave me more than what I wanted, but rather, showed me what I needed. Merry Christmas everyone, and God Bless. =)

You know what, I just thought of something, so I'm gonna post it before I forget. This is not meant for anyone but myself. Afterall, this is MY blogger.

SELF NOTE:
Dangit Ronnel! You WORRY too damn much! Fucking get off your ass and stop worrying. You KNOW what I'm talking about. Stay focused on the things that are important. You're much better than you think you are. Things always find a way of working out. Remember to look at the brighter side of things, and even though there's a darker side, down let it get you down. Remember to believe in the goodness of people, even though their faults may lead you to believe otherwise. Never forget about those who you love, and those who love you. Love is key. Honor your friendships! If you can't succeed in simple, honest friendships, then it will be hard for you to stop fronting a life that's not really you. Don't lose your optimistic attitude. Lately, you've seemed to forget how optimistic you really are. Show it! Keep that smile on your face. Share your happiness with others! It's like a disease, but a good one to spread! Remember how that used to brighten other people's days up? Isn't it great to know you've positively influenced someone else's life? You still have that power. So use it! It's in you. Also, don't forget to have fun, but be serious when you need to be, not when you want to be. You can't be serious all the time, else you'll die from stress, hehe. And pray. Pray a lot. Don't forget you're a man of God, and with him, anything's possible. It's time to define yourself. You know who you are. Be him. Ok? Ok. GOOD STUFF.

Whew! Just had to get that out. Seriously, that kinda came outta nowhere, now that I look back and read it, hehe. My life is at a turning point, and I've realized that things can change. I just gotta make sure that they're changes for the better, and not for the worse. Keep on track! Straight and narrow. I'm glad I'm finding my roots again. It's good to be grounded. Graduation is not far ahead. And then, it's gonna be really time to get serious. Life, or something like it. Here we go.... =) (I'm anxious!)

To whom it may concern: I LOVE you!!!

What a weekend. And that's meant in both the good and bad(sarcastic) ways. Saturday was spent cleaning. My mom, Santa Clause, had mulitple reinderrs, us, helping her clean our house and do a lot of stuff that needed to get done, but normally wouldn't unless we had loads of time. Well, we did. We had all of Saturday afternoon. My hands were full cleaning all the bathrooms and vacuuming the house. Fun stuff I tell ya. If I wasn't drinking beers all day, I don't think I would've had the patience to work through all that cleaning. Hehe.

Anthony visited in the morning and I fed him cake and coffee. I hope he liked his present. I had a brewed pot of chocolate caramel coffee which was dusted my myself, anthony, my dad, and my grandma. It was good stuff! Thanks Janet for a wonderful present!

We ate at Kanpai that night, we're I continued my non-sober status by having hot sake and a really light dinner. Afterwards, I met up with Jay and swooped up Mark before returning to my house while waiting for the rest of the group that headed out to On Broadway that night. We pounded a couple Heinekens then met up with the girls at Denise's house. Finally, we were off. Our group for the night consisted of myself, Mark, Jay, Joanne, Margie, Denise, Jasmine, and Denise's cousin Clyde. At the parking structure, Margie busted out a bottle of Blue Agave Tequila! We all pound a shot (except for Joanne, of course) then head to the club. No line! Yay! Cover was $15 but $30 for me since I paid for the b-day girl. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANNE! I had lots of fun in the club but lost my buzz halfway through the night. Either I was too cheap to buy anymore drinks (I only had a couple more beers) or I forget to drink whenever I'm with JS. Well, whichever the case, at least I saved hella money! Kekeke. Its good to drink BEFOREHAND. It really saves. Dang, next time, I'm gonna bring my own stuff in! They don't even pat u down at 21+ clubs anymore. I guess its another privelege that comes with the territory. Anyways, the club itself was pretty dang nice and the crowd was more mature. I think I really like this new scece. Although it always dents my pocketbook, it's WORTH IT. We stayed til they kicked us out, but continued the party at Super Sergio's down south after dropping bday girl off. I think we stayed til 4am! I actually fell asleep there. Mark, Jay and Jas were talking about random sex crap. Hehe. EMBARASSING! EMBARASSING!!! Kekeke. Passed out as soon as I got home. It was a good night/morning though.

Getting up for church was very difficult. I was pretty much sleepy all of Sunday from lack of shut eye. After church, we ate at Olive Garden and I had my favorite seafood fettucine alfredo, zuppa toscana soup, mozzerella sticks, clamari, and toasted meat ravioli. Plus, they had peach iced tea! I was SO full afterwards AND I had leftovers. After a meal like that, one can't help becoming sleepy. Well, already lacking sleep, I just wanted to pass out, which I did until we went to Plaza Bonita. We went to Happy Nails to get pedicures and manicures. I don't like manicures, so I only got a pedicure. My parents and grandma got the works though. I really appreciate the full foot and calf massage afterwards. =) The heated massaging chairs u sit on are a plus too, hehe. Costco was the next stop before heading home once more.

Left the house around 6 and picked up Jay to head to Todai, where bday girl wanted to eat, so she could have a free meal. Met up with Mark, Margie, and Joanne. I tell ya, I ate too much! My stomach was as round as a friggin' buddha afterwards. They were rubbing it for good luck fer crying out loud! I'm not happy. I need to get back on track physically. I know I can't stop drinking, so at least I must do something to offset that. Anyways, Todai's was good, as always. I ate sushi, sashimi, udon, shrimp tempura, lobster, clams, and for dessert, different cakes, fruits, and a crepe. I'm such a monster when it comes to seafood (or Japanese food). I headed home afterwards cuz I had business to take care of, but they all went to DnBs. Dang, I haven't been there in a while, nor after I turned 21. Weird.

Anyways, back at home again on my bed, blogging away on the borrowed laptop of Eugene's. It's kinda nice using the computer while comfortably lying down in bed. Tomorrow's gonna be another long day so I should get some rest. Good nite once again all you lovely people! ^_^

Hooray for dial up internet! Hell, it's better than NO internet. One week of break, all gone. Well, not without a few perks though. Had our traditional after finals Todai run with Joe, Danine, Ryo, and Geoff last Sunday. On Tuesday, went snowboarding for the first time at Bear Mountain, on the Big Bear slopes. It was hella fun! Although I came out with bruised knees, whiplashed neck, beat up new board, hurting feet, and an ass I couldn't even sit on, it was worth it. I finally got a decent carve down the mountain on semi-steep slopes. I was really proud of myself. I'm gonna have to work harder though, if I wanna start carving on ALL steepnesses. Having a beer after boarding is the greatest thing. I love the mountains. The only sucky part of the day was 1) getting run over by a speeding snowboarder in a SLOW area, 360-ing in the air and eating it pretty hard and 2) the stupid blue run where i fell more times than the black run (snow was too icy and flat). Otherwise, it was an awesome trip! Spent the rest of the evening and next day with Joe and his friends in LA. Got to sleep in Joe's new house, a really big and nice house, I might add. Saw LOTR: The Return of the King twice. Once in LA and once when I got back down to SD with Joanne. All I have to say is, stupid ending is TOO freaking long! That is all about that. Accompanied Joanne to get her wisdoms pulled Thursday morning. Sucks I did't have a camera to capture the moment. Stayed with Lola for most of the day until my doctor's appt. Got back and cleaned until dinner. Had dinner at Emerald City. Mmmm, peking duck.

Today was a long day. Started out early by takin lola to dialysis. Met up with Ant, who I haven't seen in forever, at Starbucks to get some coffee. Ant leaves for PI later today, so again, I won't be seeing him forevaaa (well, at least for three weeks). Washed all our comforters from the house. Picked up lola and got her lunch. Got my car serviced for a ROT and alignment. While waiting for that, Margie picked me up and we caught a drink at the new Island's in Eastlake. Hooray for happy hour and best friends. Picked up my car, (thanks Margie, btw) headed home, went shopping with the fam at NEX, at a late dinner at after 9 aka Golden City (more Peking duck, btw, my mom is now addicted), then finally went home again. Only to go online and blog, hehe. Well, good nite, I'm hella sleepy now.

So. Wow. Finals are over. Finally. I get to blog freely again. WHOA. It's been a whole week since my last blog. You know what that means? That means I didn't post a single entry during the whole week of finals! That's insane! Usually, I'd be hardcore bitching to my diary about how stressed out I am or how crappy I did. Wow. What an accomplishment for myself. =P So, this is how it went.

My first final was at 11:30am on Tuesday. I started studying heavily the night before. As I can tell from my previous entry, it seems I wasn't very productive in the studying sense during that day. I did attend a review session from 3-5pm on Sunday but I remember sleeping from 7pm Sunday night until 10am the next morning! Damn! That's the most I've slept in a single session in a long time. Although I felt refreshed, Monday was a bitch in regards to the amount of studying that I had to do. I had lunch at PC with Yuichi, who just happened to be there. Afterwards, we both headed to Giesel library and studied pretty hardcore untl around 7pm, when I had to hit up the 2nd review session for HDP. Funny, at the library, I wasn't even studying for HDP, even though the final was the next day. I was more worried about TEP. The review session was once again no help. The TA didn't receive a copy of the final, which on previous occasions, she used to "guide" us as to what would be on the test. Basically, we were on our own this time. I stayed up and studied with Eugene at PC that night, since we found out it was open 24 hrs for finals week. Besides, I didn't wanna study at CLICS, which is too much of a party house for me during finals week. PC was nice and quiet, and we both got a lot of studying in. On top of that, at midnight, cafe roma gave away free coffee (which was shitty) and free snacks (which were also shitty). I guess I shouldn't be braggin' about that then, huh. Anyways, returned home at around 3am, studied for a bit more, then crashed out, only to wake up pretty early, get my ass to campus, and study some more before the HDP final. The amount of coffee I went through this past week was just insane. My coffee maker got some crazy usage action. As for the HDP final. BLAH! I walked out of there feeling like I was just ass-raped. My slogan for the week was "rape or be raped!!!" *insert shouting smily here* I felt like the latter in this situation. Oh well, I thought. At least it was over and done with. Funny cuz my TA for that class, whom I love so much for being the only source for why students actually understand the material in that class, rags on the professor for creating such incomprehensible lectures. She told us she'd grade leniently. Spent a good part of the day afterwards wasting time, then napping to make up for lost sleep. When I woke up, the hardcore studying action resumed. I was so hardcore that I could have almost passed for a porn star. Har har. Lame joke, I know. Anyways, Eugene was nice enough to accompany me again at PC, but this time, Margie came along. Margie was not as hardcore as us so she got picked up by Jarrod a bit after midnight. Once again, Eugene and I stayed until around 3am. It's amazing the amount of work I get done at this place, but hey, I shouldn't be complaining. Instead, next finals season, I know now where to study! Went to sleep after arriving at our humble abode, then once again, woke up early to study some more. After a few rounds of reviewing the material, I journeyed to campus where I spent the rest of the time studying around the Muir area until the 3pm TEP final. It was nice to study just outside of Sierra Summit, where they had benches with tables underneath some trees. I also found that the Mexican place in the area was closed for business, but open to study in. I made good use of that area, where I ran into Hoebert, I mean, Robert(Po's little) in my family, who was studying there also. Oh, I wanted to thank Andrew for buying me the rolled tacos lunch! It hurts to pay cash at any cafeteria on campus. Thanks for uplifting my day by providing the lunchtime munchies. So anyways, the time finally passes and I go to take the final. I take it and walk out feeling the former of my slogan this time! I raped that sucker! Honestly, I felt I aced that sucker. Literally, 100%. I'm being conceded or anything, but I did study for this one hella hard, too my time of the final, and made sure everything was as I wanted it. It was sheer craziness. I was able to come up with counterarguments for every wrong answer in the multiple choice section and use some decent examples to prove points in my essays. If get anything less than an A- in this class, I'm gonna be so pissed, mostly at myself. I was so happy, but didn't really know it. To make sure of my happiness, I went to Porter's Pub and bought myself a Heineken. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, sweet beer, reminding me once again that I can drink without the worry of school the next day! Funny thing is I see Ryan, my old roomie, and after buying him a drink, he offers to share a bowl with me! We smoke in the courtyard and seemingly deceptive bowl which Ryan thought was very minimal, but turned out to be quite the little bugger. I then went to see Mona Lisa Smile with some APO peeps (which was a good movie, btw). My night concludes with another (fully packed) bowl from Margie and some Pirates of the Caribbean action. SLEEP WAS GOOD. Thursday was pretty dull except for the unfortunate event that caused major floodage in our house. Well, mostly, the Master Bedroom. Apparently, out main drain clogged and water started to backlog. It was disgusting. Pretty much had to wait for the plumber all day to snake that sucker out, but it was not pleasant waiting, especially if plans to go to a hot club have been made for that night. Yep, that night, we roll to Century Club in LA. I went with Margie, Jarrod, and Jen Rivor, whom I never really get to party with. I was anxious cuz from what I've heard from everyone, it's suppose to be a really good club. Well, I wasn't disappointed. 1) It was a really good club! Good music, fun atmosphere. 2) Jen makes for a really good date. Besides keeping up with (if not surpassing) my skills on the dancefloor, homegirl is not afraid of Mr. Al Key Hall (both buying and drinking!). 3) Margie and Jarrod are just fun to be with! 4) Can you say King and Queen of the dancefloor? High Five Jen! 5) Candycanes were a sight for eyes that have been seroius all week. Hehe. 6) Cold ass wind! 7) Jarrod's nice ass house which we sobered up at before taking the journey back home. 8) Doing 120mph racing a civic all the way back home AND getting burned by a turbo eclipse who only raced for a short run because I felt his engine was gonna burst. Great night indeed. The only highlight of Friday was a party at night, which I didn't really have much fun at. Saturday, well, today, took Eugene to the airport, got a facial, saw something's gotta give, and had a great dinner with Joanne at Outback Steakhouse. Church early tomorrow. Eyes drooping. Sleepy time. Good nite people. =) Sorry it got all boring at the end, but it's not like it wasn't boring to begin with. ^_^

Hooray! I'm pretty darn happy right now for someone who is under the stress of end of ther quarter test-taking (AKA finals :-p). Spent all of my Saturday being productive, but not in the academic sense. It always happens this way. Whenever I have huge academic responsibility, everything ELSE seems to get done, hehe. I swear, before midterms and before finals is when... my laundry gets done, my room gets cleaned, my stuff is organized, etc. I just don't feel right studying when everything else in my life is out of place. So today, well technically yesterday, I was able to: Do all my laundry, including my bed sheets and all of the stuff the cat pissed on. Fix our home internet problem by rerouting the whole system and organizing all the wires. Get my wireless internet on my donated laptop to work (btw, thanks Joe for the laptop! It may be slow, but it's better than nothing, and I'm very appreciative). Organize all of my stuff, which includes my room, desk, paperwork, and schoolwork. Clean my room of all the trash. I even got to put up a shelf and yet organize my stuff even more. Collect and throw out all of the trash around the house, inside and out (including the plethora of LA Times newspapers that Margie ordered but never reads). Visit my little who's really really really ridiculously sick and cook her some soup AND get to know each other a little better. Wrap and drop off Joanne's present (I hope she likes it). Get a little R&R. Listen to some old CDs. Groom myself. Masterbate a bit (haha, jk!). Do everything BUT study. Now, I'm actually gonna go to sleep, so I'll be able to wake up for church tomorrow morning. Funny, nowhere in there was "able to study" included. I crack myself up. Well, tomorrow (today) is another day. Hopefully, I'll be more productive, in the academic sense. (^_^)

GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS EVERYONE!

Hang in there Ronnel! The worse is almost over. Just gotta repeat this to myself until this time next week, and I'll be ok! Good luck to everyone who has to deal with finals. If you're feelin' down and out, go outside, take a deep breath, and appreciate how great it is to be alive and breathing. Sometimes, we take things for granted and forget that there are worlds besides our own, one that may not be so fortunate and rewarding as a college student's world. I think of this, and I realize: I'm lucky.

"And I think to myself, what a wonderful world." ~Louis Armstrong

Welcome Back! Sorry about the absence. It HAS been a while, hasn't it. Well, I can blame my computer, which is no longer functioning. The motherboard went on hiatus and will never return. =( But, I have to take some of the blame. I've been pretty out of things lately. Took me a while to find myself again. WTH was wrong with me? I dunno. Maybe I never will. It doesn't matter now. I'm back and trying to get "back" on top of things. Finals is around the corner. Fall quarter is ending. I need to be at my best. 110% performance baby! On a lighter more happier note, I got my midterm back from last week, the one which I didn't get to study much for and haven't really read for. Funny how things work out. Somehow, I pulled an A, which was a better grade than the previous midterms I took for this class, which I DID study and read for! Ain't life grand (or a bitch)? Hehe. Things are looking up. Just gotta hang in there until winter break. Christmas and New Years is around the corner. But there's still a lot of time to make the most of 2003.

Hello you! *waves* How you doing?