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New Blog!

2006-01-02T19:56:00.000-08:00

I started new blog for the new year. Click on the title "New Blog" or go here:

TwentyThree

I'm a College Graduate!

2005-12-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

Woot woot!! School's...out...for...ever!!!!! and don't be a jerkoff and say, "what about grad school?" Just let me soak up this happiness without your pessimism. :) Anyway....so I'm done with my undergrad career, except for writing my senior project, and getting my diploma. Don't worry, I'll finish it soon. Graduation weekend was AMAZING. My family came to town Friday afternoon. My mom, step dad, little brother Philip, Aunt Cathy, Uncle Richard, Cousin Michael, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Brian and their two daughters Charisma and Serene, and my lovely Grandpa stayed at the Apple Farm and we hung out and had some wine, and headed to dinner at Mothers. Our dinner was fantastic and it was a lot of fun hanging out with my family again. Later that night I drove to Pismo Beach to see my dad, step mom, step sister, her husband, their daughter, and my older brother Ryan. We just visited and then Ryan and I went to Joanna's graduation party. I was feeling pretty sick so we didn't stay too long. Saturday I woke up feeling worse, so I called my family and told them I had to sleep all day. My mom went wine tasting and my dad went ATVing. Sucks to be me. Katie came to the rescue and we went to Jamba Juice to make me feel better. Finally I started coming around so we went to the ceremony where it was a little stressful trying to get organized and make sure everyone was there. Finally, we heard the graduation processional music and my heart started beating fast! THIS WAS IT!!!! I sat next to my dear friends Tylia, Michelle, and Shannon. It was so nice having all of my family and wonderful friends cheering me on!! Thanks Rach, Heather, and Jessica for coming! And THANKS Katie for being my personal assistant all weekend!!

After the ceremony we took pictures and I went to Applefarm for some champagne and snacks and presents!!!!!!!! I was so shocked at how generous and loving everyone was!!! I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but I am so spoiled, and I felt like a princess!!! I went to Pismo again to hang out with Dad for a little bit and I got more presents for my birthday this time. HOooRAY!

Everyone met at dinner at the Custom House in Avila Beach. It was soooo nice, and we had the biggest table I've ever seen!! My favorite people came to eat, and I hardly sat down. I mingled and talked with everyone and took pictures with my new camera! I got the filet mignon and some wine. Whoooeee so dilectible!! My parents are sooo freaking nice. They made everything so special and are the most generous people I've ever met. I couldn't ask for a better family. I already miss them all!!!

So, where do you think we went after dinner? DT! Rachel, drunken Helya, Timo, and my brother all went to drink at Rachel's house and walked to Mission. We met up with Shannon, Tylia, and Joanna and danced like the freaks that we are. We went to the bar and I told some guy that I just graduated and he offered to get me a drink, so I looked over at Helya and she goes, "Yeah! I did too!" and then Rachel came over, "oh right, I just graduated also!" So we got three jager blasters! YAY! We were only there for about an hour when it was time to go, so we walked all the way to Joanna's house, and then decided to go cuddle with RachO instead. We aren't sure what happened to Helya...dun dun dun! Rachel spooned Tim while he spooned me..it was magical. hahahahaha. My brother fell asleep with a beer in his hand in Rachel's desk chair. At 4:30am, I was sober enough to drive home, so we left, while Ryan was all mad that he left his sweatshirt at Rachel's even though he didn't...he is such a funny drunk.

Sunday I went to Breakfast Buzz with my dad and step mom and brother. We said our goodbyes and I went and picked Brian up from Applefarm to take him to the airport so I got to say goodbye to Lisa and the girls. SO CUTE! The rest of the day was spent sleeping!! My favorite!!! I was still feeling sick so it was nice to just relax after a very fun and busy weekend!

I applied to NYU, Boston University, and WUSTL on Friday. I will be applying to Columbia at a later date because it costs too much to apply right now and it isn't due until January. NYU is my #1 choice because it has the most fitting program for me. I also had the opportunity to speak with the director of the program (Science and Environmental Reporting) and he was very very nice and encouraging. Only 30 people apply, and 15 get accepted. I am also applying like 5 months early, so I think I have a good chance. I got my GRE writing score back and I got a 5.5/6 which blew my mind! I think I've found my niche. Yeah I know, I can't speak for anything, but apparently I can write. Also, one of my English professors who wrote me a recommendation letter went to NYU for creative writing, and she also helped me with my application essay. It just seems like there are so many things adding up, heading towards something great!!!! Cross your fingers for me!!!

As for now, I'm still working at EAS, and I'll be going home for Christmas on my birthday, next Tuesday night. I'm coming back the day after Christmas to work some more, but then Rach and I are taking a road trip to SF to visit Kara and celebrate NEW YEARS! It's going to be a blast!!

This year has definitely been a rollercoaster, but I have learned sooo much!! I can't wait to see what is in store for me in 2006! My very first blog was back in January, whereI explained that I wanted to document the things that happened to me over my 22nd year on this earth. I can't believe it is already December again, and now I have to start from the beginning! It's a great feeling having graduated from college, and moving on with my life. Its funny how so much has changed, and some things happened that I never expected to happen, but life is good, and I am so happy!!!!! Good luck to everyone else graduating, and moving...I will miss you all, but I'll be in SLO for a while longer, so come visit!!! Rach, Helya, Jess, Tim, Heather...I'm available any day after 5 and every weekend to play. Let me know when you guys don't have homework or tests...muaah ha ha ha ha :) My favorites!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elfin Forest

2005-11-22T18:12:00.000-08:00

Saturday was my first trip to the Elfin Forest in Los Osos. It is a really cool preserved area, where a boardwalk guides you to different scenic points. Then you can adventure offroad through a miniature forest drenched with lichen and unique flowers. This picture shows some wetlands, the tops of the Elfin trees, Morro Rock and the ocean with a beautiful, sugary sky. Tim went here on a field trip for his biology class and learned about the different plants and animals that live in this type of ecosystem. There were all kinds of people there painting, dog walking, jogging, or just hanging out. I definitely want to go back when there's more sunlight. It's nice to appreciate where we live, and learn about new places! :)

Almost done!

2005-11-19T16:01:00.000-08:00

Graduation is in 22 days!!

To do by graduation:
-Black theatre quiz Monday
-Drugs and Poisons midterm Tuesday
-mail graduation annoucenments
-Tahoe for Thanksgiving Wed-Fri
-web page for D&P
-two finals

To do sometime in December:
-Senior project write up
-Grad school essays/finish applications
-find a new home
-christmas shopping

I love Cal Poly....but im outta here suckas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update

2005-11-08T21:16:00.000-08:00

I got hired full time at EAS starting January 1. I will get benefits and better pay. YAY! Now I can stay in SLO a little longer with all of my friends.

I've started applications for NYU, Boston University, Columbia University, and MIT for science journalism. I am also going to be applying to Washington University in St. Louis for chemistry. I have spoken with the directors from NYU and Columbia and they were very helpful and encouraging. There are only 15 people accepted to NYU and 6 to Columbia...so I need everyone to cross your fingers for me. :) I can't wait to start something new and exciting!!

Oh, and I'm going to Tahoe for Thanksgiving with my grandpa to my aunts house...and my brother will be there too!

One more good thing: my aunt and cousin from Georgia might come to my graduation. So far there's like 15 people coming!!! YAY! I ordered graduation announcements 2 weeks ago so I should be getting them soon. WOW this is a great feeling :)

Wishlist: new car, laptop, diamond ring

haha that list is almost funny.

Happy Halloweiner

2005-11-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

This weekend was kicked off with a lovely trip to the Avila Barn with Kara and Rach to pick out our pumpkins. There were so many, we were overwhelmed but we finally found the perfect ones. We went to farmers market afterwards and I inhaled a huge burrito, then visited Helya at work, and met up with Joanna, Tylia, and drunken Tim with his huge octoberfest glass.

Friday I went with Tim to help him pick out a Halloween Costume in AG, and we found this little kid's spiderman costume which was absolutely hilarious. It was a bit small, so he didn't wear it out but it was worth it just for shits and giggles. Sejal was in town, so we went over to Helya's and smoked some Hookah and TimO came to be our hero and take us to Mothers, what a nice chap! Friday night was the best EVER and we danced and sang California Love. We made our way to MacCarthy's and met up with Jessica and Dr. Schoonover and friends. It was an interesting night to say the least, and Jess drove me safely home. Thank YOU! And thanks to Tim for my potato bread for breakfast...haha...

Saturday was the pumpkin carving party, so I dragged myself out of bed and went to Shannon's house. I carved a beautiful creation with lots of my lovelies. I love my friends.

Saturday night we all got dressed up in our costumes and went to Rachel's to drink beforehand. Timo was an old school tennis pro, I was a bumble bee, Rachel and Kara were hookers, Heather was a sexy witch, Alissa was an Incredible, Ryan was a gangster skater, and his friends were cute people. We drove to Mr. Rick's in Avila because we heard it was supposed to bepretty cool, but it didn't look very cool, so we drove back to Mothers, where we are rarely let down.

Mother's was pretty fun and we saw lots of funny costumes. Tim was showing off all of his sweet dance moves, and my balls kept hitting his face. At midnite, we got tired because we suck at life, and poor Timo was at the "height of his rage" and we made him leave anyway.

Sunday, Kara and Rachel tried calling us to go to breakfast at 830am, which was NOT a good idea, so ya, we missed breakfast :) Tim and I drove all over town looking for lunch, and then watched Mean Girls with Rachel and Kara...it was quaint and cozy. Later that nite, Helya, Rachel, Kara, Brie and I went to see Prime with Uma Thurman and some cute guy. It was girly and made me giggle a bit, but the moral of the story: don't date younger guys, and guys, don't date girls 16 years older than you...it just won't work out.

On Halloween, Dr. Schoonover, Jess and I prepared four pumpkins for an explosion extravaganza. We had one with green smoke coming out of it, one with fire coming out of its eyes that popped two hydrogen balloons, one that didn't quite work, and the last one which exploded all over into a million pieces. YAY it was so much fun!!! At night, Tim and I watched The Exorcist which was absolutely disgusting and scary, but I had someone to protect me :)

Thanks to everyone who helped make this weekend so much fun! I needed it!!! An update to my plans for school/work is coming soon..so stay tuned...

Graduating in...

2005-10-24T23:36:00.000-07:00

... 47 days! Wow, that seems like a lot...I feel much better now. YAY.

Upcoming events:

Halloween (all weekend)! Special pumpkin explosion halloween crazy fest 2005-Monday, 6:15. I'm going to be a cute bumble bee :)

House/dog sitting November 4-6. Two really cute, lovey cocker spaniels, satellite tv, hot tub, and lots of time to study for the GRE. :)

Ryan's bday Nov 11th (25!!) xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Going home to help Jillian pick out her wedding dress Nov 11-13th <3

GRE test November 17th :(

Thanksgiving Nov 24th...who is going to feed me??? :-/

Black Theatre Final December 6th

Drugs and Poisons Final December 9th

GRADUATION December 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY 23rd Birthday December 20th

Arctic Winter begins December 21st

Christmas (you know the date)

New Years

Life begins.

Ideas for life in January 2006:

Stay in SLO and continue to work at EAS, granted I get a raise, and find a home.
Stay in SLO because I get a really cool, well paying job somewhere in the area, granted I find a home.
Stay in SLO because I love it here and get a random job like waitressing and/or stripping in order to pay rent at my new found home.
Stay in SLO, live on people's couches, mooch off their food, work at EAS for $9/hr, and call it a day.
Move somewhere else in California wherever a degree-bearing person gets a job.
Move home and work somewhere lame in Vacaville, but live rent free.
Move to New Jersey because I get lucky and Revlon hires me as an analytical chemist.

Jobs I've applied for:

Wildhorse Winery Chemist
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Sales Rep
Revlon Laboratory Chemist
Amvac Chemical Corporation
E & J Gallo Winery
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
Fziomed
Local watering-hole bar dancer

Ideas for life starting Aug. 2006:

Grad school for science journalism/science writing

Boston University
Colombia University
NYU
Northwestern University -Illinois
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University-Maryland
University of Washington

Grad school for criminal justice/forensics
Grad school for Pharmacology or Toxicology

University of Chicago-Illinois

Grad school for Chemistry

Washington University-St. Louis
Northeastern University-Boston
Brandeis University-Boston

Teaching Credential

OKAY PEOPLE!! Give me some feedback please!! If you know of any companies that are chemistry/science related that may be hiring, please let me know!! If you have any information about grad school/the programs I've listed/or a cool new idea that you think I'd be great at, tell me!! If you would like me and my smallness to stay on your couch, just fill me in!! Or, just push my tush in the right direction...oh wise one.

Something's Missing

2005-10-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

John Mayer- Something's Missing

(has this song come up in my blog before?)

I'm not alone.
I wish I was.
Cuz then I'd know
I was down because
I couldn't find a friend around,
To love me like they do right now.

I'm dizzy from the shopping mall.
I searched for joy, but I bought it all.
It doesn't help the hunger pangs,
And a thirst I'd have to drown first to ever satiate.

Something's missing,
And I don't know how to fix it.
Something's missing,
And I don't know what it is.

When autumn comes,
It doesn't ask,
It just walks in where it left you last.
You never know when it starts,
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart.

I can't be sure that this state of mind is not of my own design.
I wish there was an over-the-counter test,
For loneliness.
For loneliness like this.

Something's different
And I don't know what it is.
Friends, check!
Money, check!
A well slept, opposite sex, check!
Guitar, check!
Microphone, check!
Messages waiting on me, when I come home, check!

My life really doesn't suck, this is just a good representation of the lack of stability I feel from day to day. However, don't feel sorry for me, or worry, because I'm feeling better. As soon as I realized that I'm mostly overdramatizing a lot of things in my life (besides the loss of my grandma), then I knew, "ohhh, so really, life is GOOD, and I am such a lucky girl!!" Slowly, I realize that and I need to start doing things for myself, instead of for others. I am such a giver, I always try to make everyone else happy, or proud of me. Maybe I should make myself proud of me. You say, "duh", but it has taken me a long time to come to this conclusion. Who cares if I don't make a ton of money, especially right out of college? As long as I am happy where I live, who I'm around, and where I work- that's more important than money. And I have a lot of friends who are offering their couches. They even said they'll PAY ME to stay in SLO! jk..I'm a dreamer. Who cares if I don't know for sure what I want to be when I grow up? It will come to me with experience and time, and trying different things because, hey, I CAN change my mind. My parents are going to be more proud of me once they know I am happy with myself. Yeah, they want me to live a good life, but with a degree, and these good looks, I'll be fine! ;) Who cares if I don't write my paper, or study for a midterm, or even finish my senior project?! HA! Just kidding, gotta do those things. But I realized today that sometimes school work calms me. I was telling a friend of mine that when I'm writing a paper, or working on a project, everything else in the world disapears and I feel good about myself. Just relax, I'll get everything done, I always do...and with pizazz and greatness!! Who cares if I don't have a "boyfriend?" At least I have someone around EVERY DAY who makes me feel special, taken care of, and happy. Sometimes you have to be patient with people you care about because everyone has gone through different life experiences that makes them who they are...but it doesn't mean they don't care about you, or want to be with you. Having a dramatic, complicated, bad relationship with a silly title is worse than having a really good friend who opens his arms to you, listens to you, and wants to spend his time with you. I need to just let it go. Life is good!

"I know a girl, she puts the color inside of my world"
(I like to think I am that girl.)

A Beautiful Life

2005-10-04T20:01:00.000-07:00

My grandma, "Ladonna", passed away late Saturday night. She was fighting cancer for a couple of years, but no longer has to suffer. She died peacefully in her sleep, after a few rough months, staying in bed all day in her home in Lake Havasu, Arizona. I am grateful that she was able to be at home in her own bed and didn't have to experience a lot of pain and grief, but I will miss her terribly; she was my closest grandma. Last year my family asked her where she would like to go on vacation if she could go anywhere, and she picked San Luis Obispo to visit me. So, they came to visit last September right before school started and we had a great time at Hearst Castle, farmers market, and Apple Farm. I am sad for my grandpa because his first wife died of cancer right when I was born 23 years ago, and now he has to go through this again. I can't even imagine what he must be feeling. I haven't had to experience this sort of loss in my life yet, so it's hard to know how to react or how to feel. I've tried not thinking about it, but I'm flying there Friday morning to be with my family and rembering her wonderful life. I was driving to Monterey on highway 1 on Sunday after I heard the news, and it was the most beautiful day and the most spectacular, breathtaking views that I just knew that all of the gods and all of the angels above were celebrating a beautiful person, and welcoming her to a peaceful, happy place.

"If I could open my mouth wide enough for a marching band to march out
They would make your name sing
And bend through alleys and bounce off of the buildings"

I <3 YOU.

2005-09-29T17:19:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I just need to embrace the happy things in life...

happy and striking a pose

I LOVE....
- Days when I don't have to put on make-up
- Cuddling up in the "nook"
- Eating cookie dough straight out of the package
- Talking to my brother on the phone
- Watching Sex and the City and coming across a new episode
- Hearing encouraging things from people you look up to
- Walking around campus listening to my ipod
- New favorite songs
- Going grocery shopping
- Reading my friends' blogs as well as their away messages
- Eating barbequed steak
- Spontaneously driving somewhere, anywhere
- Doing nice things for people to make them smile
- Taking bubble baths
- Having my hair and face touched and touching cheeks
- Seeing my favorite people's faces show up on my camera phone when they call
- Hearing my mom say she is proud of me
- Getting text messages
- Guys who dress really quaint
- Online conversations with RachO about riduculous, and usually dirty things
- Saying cute people's names with an "O" at the end
- "Your Mom" jokes
- Listening to people get excited about things in their life and watching their expressions
- Dancing and singing as loud as I can
- Wearing the same flip flops so long that they conform to my feet
-Tap dancing. Shuffle step flap hop stomp toe heel toe heel tippity TAP!
- Realizing I can do anything I want with my life, because hey I'm only 22 and I'm about to get a degree in Chemistry, and it's all mine, and maybe I am smart afterall.

This is LOVE.
I roll the window down, and then begin to breathe.
The darkest country road, with a strong scent of evergreen,
from the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
Then looking upwards, I strain my eyes and try
to tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites
from the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
"Do they collide?" I ask and you smile.
And my feet on the dash, the world doesn't matter.
When you feel embarrassed, I'll be your pride.
When you need direction, I'll be the guide.
For all time. For all time.

Wake Up

2005-09-21T19:00:00.000-07:00

Death Cab For Cutie - "Marching Bands of Manhattan"

I wish we could open our eyes
To see in all directions at the same time
Oh what a beautiful view
If you were never aware of what was around you
And it is true what you said
That I live like a hermit in my own head
But when the sun shines again
I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in.

Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound
But while you debate half empty or half full
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown

Goodbye Summer

2005-09-19T17:18:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day of my last quarter at Cal Poly. It also means that summer is officially over. Unfortunately, it's time to start doing homework, reading, and studying again. Uggh. Kinda depressing. I celebrated the last weekend of summer by sleeping a lot, and spending too much money. My first day of school was pretty uneventful besides the parking fiasco. I went to school an hour early so that I could buy my parking permit. I went to the admin building but there was a line 50 miles long, so I decided to get a daily permit. I didn't have any cash so I went to the atm and back to a dispenser only to find that it doesn't take 20's. So I had to drive all the way back to the front of campus and purchase my pass at the front info booth. I finally managed to find a parking spot way back in the fields and it was only 9:30!! Other than that exciting story, I had a class for an hour, ate lunch with Rachel, got an epermit for senior project, chatted with Dr. Schoonover for a bit, hung out with Heather on Dexter and went home for a relaxing day. Joanna and I went to costco for free samples but they were already cleaned up :( Well, my life is now boring and studious, so hopefully something interesting will happen soon so I can BLOG it. Time to start reading 6 plays. Joy!

I miss summer already.
I miss my roomies.

Lovely on the inside

2005-09-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

All I can think about is how lovely my life is right now. I am all moved in to my new house on Oceanaire, and my room is so cozy, and my new roommate Chris is awesome. It's starting to cool off a little bit which is kind of nice because it makes me feel like snuggling under the covers with the T to watch movies or the OC. :) Work has been busy but on the positive side, I haven't had to wake up early for two weeks until yesterday. In fact, today I slept in until 1pm which was, yes, QUITE LOVELY! I really enjoy sleeping and I think its annoying when people say I'm wasting my day when I sleep that late because I was up until 4am. I waste not. Maybe you are just wasting your nights.

Last weekend Rachel, Helya, Brie and I went downtown to our home, and Helya's new roomie Liz gave us a ride! Cheers to Liz for being so nice! It's weird having to meet up at one place since none of us live together at all. It's sad going to Helya's quaint house and knocking instead of just walking in. BUT change is good, and now I get to be a guest at Helya's house which means she will give me candy and ice cream and canteloupe.

Last night I took Rachel out to Novo as a token of my appreciation for helping me move most of my furniture across town. We had a great dinner and acted pretty much retarded the entire night. I couldn't speak like a normal human being, as usual, because I was so nervous about this date (haha), and then we held hands and gazed at the moonlight glistening on the water. Then we acted like we had never eaten dessert before and we stared wide-eyed at the dessert tray, wanting one of each. All of a sudden, my idiotic self managed to toss my cell phone through the balcony posts and watched as it fell two stories onto a bed of rocks next to the creek. I probably yelled, "holy shit" really loud as I ran down to get my phone and to my dismay it was wet and wouldn't turn on. I felt lost for a few hours, but today my phone has magically repaired itself and it is working completely fine and only has minor scratches. Life is wonderful.

Other exciting things:
+ Jessica's Bday bash at Mcarthys last nite - a night of good drinks mixed with some enthralling conversation.
+ School starts Monday and my schedule is looking pretty good. I have 11 units: Drugs and Poisons, Black Theatre, Undergrad Seminar, and the completion of my senior project. On top of this, I'll be working at EAS 19 hours a week. I'll be taking the GRE sometime in October and November, and applying for Grad schools by December. Oh, and I'll be looking for a "career". BUT never fear, this craziness won't stress me out because I got a really cool new backpack. Now all I need is some back-to-school shoes.
+ TimO makes me smile almost as much as chocolate oblivion with a side of new jeans does. What? Shh!
+ I got a new Coldplay song called "Proof" that is absolutely beautiful--thanks Lauren.

So I waited for you
What wouldn't I do
And I'm covered it's true

I'm covered in you
And if I ever want proof
I find it in you
Yeah I honestly do
In you I find proof
Light and dark
Bright Spark
Light and dark

And then light

Cabo

2005-08-31T20:44:00.000-07:00

"Toca la guitarra"

So far Cabo was the highlight of the summer. It was both my mom and stepdad's first time out of the US, and our very first family vacation. I flew from San Luis Obispo to Sacramento and the next day we flew to Cabo from SFO. We took a shuttle to our hotel and our driver pointed out interesting places like Sammy Hagar's house, the rock that looks like Jay Leno, Santa Maria beach where Heather is getting married, and good restaurants to check out.

Our hotel was called Villa del Palmar and was aesthetically pleasing, but the service was HORRIBLE. Everything that we were told or that we read in the hotel books were different from day to day. There were so many little kids, and the beach area was not very accomodating. My aunt Cathy and cousin Michael were staying at Club Cascadas, which was one hotel down from ours. That night we ate dinner at The Office which was this really entertaining outside restaurant right on the beach. They had dancers on stage, and brought guys up to do a dance-off for a bottle of tequilla. I had a wonderful margarita and delicious fajitas.

The next day we walked over to Cathy's to relax on the beach all day. Her hotel has cute little cabanas where waiters deliver frozen drinks and appetizers right to you. We all played in the ocean which was surprisingly rough and had a very strong undertow. Michael, Philip, Phil and I all went jetskiing for a while which was really fun going fast over the waves and driving around exploring the ocean. We had dinner at our hotel which sucked because the food wasn't that great, and it took the server forever to bring us anything. Pretty much every day we layed in the sun and in the shade in front of Cathy's hotel, switching off from the pool to the ocean. Rough life, I know. :)

There were a million vendors walking the beach every day and we'd be asked to buy hats, sunglasses, jewelery, clothes, ceramics, pretty much anything you can think of. I don't think I've said "no thanks" so many times in my life. I did buy a new cowboy hat for $7 and my mom and aunt got sarongs. No matter what the item, everything was "almost free" and started out at $15. ;) I don't know how those vendors walked up and down the beach all day because it was about 100 degrees with 100% humidity. I was sweating the second I walked outside in just a bikini. My favorite night at Cabo we went to eat at this place called Da Georgio's Ristorante. It's an italian place set high up on a cliff overlooking the ocean and all of Cabo. We got there right before sunset and took pictures. It was the most beautiful restaurant I've ever been to and the outside dining was breathtaking. The food was also incredible! I got fettucini (sp? grr I tried spelling it 5 times, I suck) with shrimp and some red wine.

We also ventured into town one evening to eat dinner at Cabo Wabo. It was really good and I got to watch my parents take a shot of tequilla! All of the girls walked around town for awhile while the guys took a taxi home. I found a really cute bracelet in a silver shop, and my aunt negotiated the price down to 50% off! Woot woot! There were little stands everywhere selling a bunch of junk, but it was really fun walking around and see what life is like in Cabo.

Another day my mom, Michael, Philip and I took a glass bottom boat ride out to the famous Arch. Our tour guide showed us different rocks that resembled things like a pigs head and scoobi doo. Of course we saw the beautiful natural arch, and some caves. We also saw "Lover's Beach" and went over to the Pacific side of the ocean. Through the bottom of the boat we could see tons of beautiful fish!!

Monday, and our last day in Cabo, the boys were supposed to go fishing all day. They chartered a boat at 6am, and when the morning came, we were surprised with a hurricane!!! The palm trees were blowing sooo hard, and it was pouring rain with lightning and thunder!! They took a taxi to the marina to ask the guy what to do anyway, and of course no boats were going out. The waves were enormous all day long which was pretty cool to watch. All of the beaches were closed because the water came all the way up to the hotel restuarants. I didn't mind though because I got a 30 minute massage...my very first..and I was in heaven!!! I also got to eat the best breakfast burrito ever and take a nap and relax. When it cleared up, my aunt, Dorothy and I went to the mall for more shopping, and then dinner again at Club Cascadas.

I love vacations and I love my family so it was an awesome time. I can't wait to go back in June for Heather's wedding. Now, it's back to reality. I'm all moved into my new place, and my last quarter of school starts in 20 days. Summer is fading away... :(

"When autumn comes, it doesn't ask, it just walks in where it left you last. You never know when it starts until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart"

Bridesmaid Party

2005-08-31T18:49:00.000-07:00

"I know a girl, she puts the color inside of my world"

As you all may know, my best friend Heather is getting married next June in Cabo to Ryan Mohr (from Muir hall). She asked me to be her maid of honor, and Alissa Gordon and Heather's Sac State friend Lindsey are the other bridesmaids. A few weeks ago we planned a trip to Santa Barbara to shop for bridesmaid dresses. Heather made us a HUGE breakfast feast before we left Saturday morning. What a great host and cook! :) We headed to State St. to try searching for dresses which ended up not being as easy as we'd hoped. We went to many many stores but became exhausted and discouraged. We were looking for pinkish or orangish color which was hard to find, and the bridal store had dresses that looked like they belonged in a trashy 80's movie. We decided to head to the beach and relax a bit so we took a cute trolley to the pier and sat on the beach and chatted. And I got to see Helya with Jon and his mom walking around!! Yay! Heather and I acted like we were at Disneyland on the trolley ride back to the car because we are entertained sooo easily..hahaha! Back at the car, we all got nakey and changed into cute dresses for a nice dinner at Palazzios. We all ordered grown up drinks, and celebrated our lovely bride to be. Congrats my dear, I love you and like you say, "my heart has so much love and joy" haha muah!! Back at Heather's we baked some brownies that turned out like paper brownies but tasted like heaven, packed up some cheesecake and champagne and went to Sycamore Hot Springs. It was sooo nice and we played ten fingers and I lost. HA. I am definitely the "bad" one in the group. I'm happy to entertain. After the hotsprings we went back to Heather's house and fell asleep to the greatest movie ever, The Sweetest Thing. "Whats that? No, really...what is that? Hi! Hello!" HAHA I love that movie, I want to watch it tonight. So many great lines and now I'm rambling... Anyway, I love Heather and I'm so happy for her. I can't wait for more wedding events and fun times with the girls and my silly friend Heatherbug. You put the happy in my ness.

New House

2005-08-30T10:20:00.000-07:00

My new roomie hooked up my internet in my new house while I was gone last night. YAY. How nice! Now I can be happy. My mom is coming today to help me clean up my room and take me grocery shopping! What a great day!!!

:(

2005-08-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

I. Hate. Moving. And I have too many clothes and shoes that I'm disgusted in myself.

I'm sad so shush.

Back in SLO...

2005-08-24T22:40:00.000-07:00

...and nothing is the same.

Cabo was awesome, but its sooo nice to be back HOME. Every time I leave town, I come back loving this place more and more. Nothing else compares. However, I came back with one less roommate. Joanna moved out today. :( I started packing to move the second I got here. IT'S SO SAD. This is just the beginning of everything changing...ugh...it's going to be a rough quarter. Last quarter at Cal Poly, new house, new roomates, no Helya, GRE test, apply for jobs and figure out where I'm going to live after graduation, apply to grad schools, Grandma VERY sick, Ryan moves back to Reno FINALLY. Phew. I don't want it to start....I want summer forever... I'm sad.

Hmph. I'm tired and packing SUCKS. AND I don't want to go to work tomorrow.

Blogs of Heather's bridesmaid outing in Santa Barbara, and of course my trip to Cabo coming soon...probably after the move this weekend. Just for JV.

Best Friend x 2

2005-08-17T22:01:00.000-07:00

I'm in Vacaville tonite before leaving for Cabo tomorrow morning...and my best friend Jillian who I've known since 3rd grade, came over. Apparently she just got engaged in Cabo two weeks ago!!! She asked me to be her maid of honor, so now I am maid of honor x 2..one wedding in June and one in July 2006. Weeeee going to be a busy year!! Congrats Jillian!!!

Miss me?

2005-08-16T11:30:00.000-07:00

Flying home to Sacramento tomorrow, and leaving for Cabo Thursday!! I'll be without a computer for a whole week...(sniff, sniff) but honestly I don't really care because I'll be on a warm beach sipping on some pina coladas. Suckas!! Lots to blog when I get back...don't miss me too much!

Helya, happy Birthday on Sunday!!

"Too much of a good thing is wonderful"

"Your Mom!"

2005-08-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

10 reasons why my mom is so damn great (in random order):

1) She is small, cute, and quaint.
2) She deals blackjack so that I can go to college.
3) She sends me packages in the mail with new clothes, shoes, food, money.
4) She is taking me to Cabo next week.
5) She calls me everyday to tell me she loves me.
6) She goes on Instant Messenger to say hi because she knows how much of a dork I am.
7) She talks about music with me, and loves all the same songs I do.
8) She makes killer margaritas.
9) She is good at decorating and cooking.
10) She would drive 5 hours just to pick me up if she had to...and she has before!

So, call your mom and tell her you love her. I'm gonna.

P.S. My brother is dating a mom. Hahahahaha. YAY?

San Diego - The Novel

2005-08-08T20:07:00.000-07:00

The girls only/Rachel's bday/visit Tylia/road trip began on Friday morning at 10am. Michelle drove Helya, Sejal, and me and we headed out for San Diego! After 8 hours of traffic, heat, horrible singing, and many freeways, we finally made it to the Courtyard Marriott Downtown. We were meeting Rachel and Tylia for dinner at 7, so we rushed to Ralphs for our drinking supplies and got dressed to go out. The birthday girl arrived, and Tylia called, asking what tower we were in. Now, as you can see by the picture, there is only one building, so we realized Tylia was at the wrong Marriott! Helya and I got in the car and weaved in and out of downtown traffic and one way streets, finally seeing the other hotel. We called Tylia, telling her we were close, when she tells us that she took a petty-cab to our hotel already! So, we start driving back to 6th street, and Tylia calls again, "I'm lost! I just went to room 1108 and a man in a towel answered and invited me in!" Apparently there are three Marriotts downtown, so we went to pick up Tylia at Marriott Gaslamp, and finally made it back to our real hotel.

Picture 6 girls in one room all trying to get pretty at the same time. What a mess! But we managed, and started walking around looking for somewhere to celebrate Rachel's bday dinner. Eventually, we ended up at Asti Ristorante, a quaint, fancy Italian and seafood restaurant, that pretty much looked like the million other restaurants in the Gaslamp District. Dinner was probably the highlight of my weekend. I got a pasta with filet mignon on top, and it was INCREDIBLE. I sat there inhaling my food, with a look of pure ecstasy and joy, while everyone else laughed at me like I was insane. I was in heaven. If you want to describe to someone what an orgasm is like, have them eat what I did, and they'd totally understand. Unfortunately, dinner had to come to an end, so after stealing 100 mints, and boxing our food for the homeless, we went back to the hotel, ready to party. "Hey, anyone want some matches?....I do!"

Taking shots of vodka 10 minutes after a huge meal isn't always a good idea, but I did my best. We planned on going to the club "On Broadway" which happened to be across the street from our hotel. Tylia got us in VIP which was half off the cover. Woot woot. We walked around OB for a while, but it was pretty empty. Searching for the exit so that we could maybe get drinks elsewhere, we found 5 other rooms, all themed and with different music genres. It ended up being a really cool place, and we spent most of our time upstairs in the techno area. Helya and I watched everyone get hammered, and Rachel got a few bday shots, while Sejal, Tylia, and Michelle flirted with some men. I was so full of food and apple flavored vodka that I couldn't even imagine having a buttery nipple shot. Helya eventually took Sejal back to the hotel, and Tylia and Michelle danced and hung out with some new friends. I was not really into the scene at OB anymore (especially staying pretty sober), so Rach and I decided to walk outside and see what else was going on. There were tons of people everywhere, wandering around Gaslamp District, from bar to bar. We were walking along when one of the petty-cabbers asked if we wanted a ride. I said no, and we continued to walk. I looked behind me and the petty cab guy was still watching us, and I realized he was really quaint! So, we ran back to his cart and jumped on! He asked us where to go, and we said "we have no idea!" so he took us on a 15 minute tour of the area and we felt like we were on a rollercoaster! The adorable biker guy dropped us off at an Irish Pub, where we did NOT fit in, so we walked back to the hotel. My drunken birthday girl took off her shoes, and walked along with a huge smile, saying, "I am SO happy right now! I love San Diego!" And I love RachO.

Saturday morning came way too quickly. We had to check out at noon, but we also needed more than one car, so Tylia and I drove to Poway to pick up her car. Two hours later we were finally back downtown to pick up our lovely, patient friends who were waiting at Borders. Tylia almost died when she turned onto incoming traffic down a one-way street. Ha! That girl always keeps us on our toes.
We headed to Coronado Island for the day. It was soo beautiful with lots to see and do. We looked around the hotel, had mini-moos, and relaxed on the warm beach. The weather was perfect, and the scenery was even sweeter. As we were taking pictures, two Taiwanese guys came up to us with big smiles, holding up their cameras and said "Hi! We from Taiwan! Picture?" So one at a time, they would pose in front of us, while the other snapped a shot with a silly grin, and then switched places. We wanted a picture of this with our own cameras, so one of the guys took a picture, and then he wanted to be in it too, he even said, "no fair!", so of course we had to take two :) A little later, I was talking to Rachel and all of a sudden she's looking over at some guysand goes "Oh My!" Tylia was brave and went over to them, asking if they could take our picture. They eagerly agreed, and we all chatted for a while. They were two Texas football players named Robin and Donny-very suiting.

It was time to head back to Poway because Tylia's mom was making us dinner. We all got a tour of her beautiful house and cleaned up, and even her showers had those removable shower heads! I am excited way too easily, but I've never had one before, so it was cool, alright?? Tylia's mom made us really good pasta with chicken, a salad, and lots of yummy fruit!! It was such a good dinner, I had to restrain myself from going back for seconds. For dessert, we had homemade brownies that were AMAZING. They tasted like fudge, and pretty much made my night. I heart good food. We took shots in Tylia's room, hiding from her mom, and Helya said it was like being in high school. (People took shots in high school??)

Tylia and Michelle offered to drive us to Pacific Beach (or PB if you wanna sound cool), but first we stopped off to say hi to the Texans at some fancy apartment complex. All I could think about was having to pee. So, I did...in the planter. :) We had some drinks with the hot guys, and finally went to PB. After struggling to find parking, and a little bit of drama which we are all going to forget about, we made it to the bars. However, at Typhoon Saloon, Helya was at the front of the line, and was told she would not be served. Apparently, she was too drunk to be let inside, which was LAME, because she seemed completely fine. So, we went to Moondoggies and it was full. Then to the next bar, which was also full. We should have expected that since it was already midnight, but we were still ANGRY. PB can kiss my ass. We ended up at "Bub's" which was this dirty dive bar that smelled and was basically not fun. But, nevertheless, I had a blast all night, just wandering around being drunk. I am entertained very easily and it doesn't take much to make me happy. After Helya, Sejal, and the boys got kicked out of Bub's, we went to get mexican food. RachO and I entertained ourselves with the EZ-J sign, while Helya and Sejal went to smoke Hookah at Sinbads. It was the end of the night, which was dramatic, interesting, and a little worrysome. Remember kids: DD's rock, leaving your friends is a bad idea, EZ-J is hot, alcohol takes your money, conscience, and ability to speak in an inside voice.

Sunday morning we woke up a half hour after we were supposed to leave. Tylia's mom made french toast and we were soon on the road back to SLO. We took 6 freeways, but made it back in good time. 6 girls were all back where they started, only 57 times more exhausted. I wanted to jot down somethings to remember for future reference:
-girls can be dramatic, so just expect it.
-2 cars in san diego frustrating trying to get around and park.
-leave really early in the morning
-smile and just enjoy the time you have with your closest friends because it will all change soon.
-If you're going to go to On Broadway, make sure you dress really slutty and maybe even get a tattoo that looks like plants growing out of your ass. And never go into a bathroom stall with another girl, unless you want a bitchy security lady to take you outside and glare at you, assuming you were snorting coke in there together, even though you've never even seen coke and you just wanted to chat while you pee.

To everyone who came with me on this trip, thank you so much for making my life a little more fun :) I love you all very much, and it means a lot to be able to spend time with my favorites before everyone starts graduating and leaving. To those who couldn't make it, we missed you very much, and hopefully there will be another opportunity to have an adventure together.

Helya I love you my wonder twin! Thank you for being sober with me on Friday night, and having the same thoughts as me. It helps knowing someone thinks the way I do. You're my forever dance partner and caretaker! Muah

Michelle First of all, thanks so much for driving and dealing with the traffic. I liked driving your car too :) Good work getting kissed by a MAN because of your juicy, luscious lips! I am so glad you got the pasta with filet mignon like I did because only you know exactly what I'm talkin bout! YUM? YES.

Rachel I hope your birthday was everything you dreamed of! Ok, ok, I know you can dream of something better like hot guys drooling over your every move, and making you say OMC! But, it was pretty darn fun, huh!? Thanks for always making me laugh, laughing at my stupid jokes, and boosting my ego by complimenting my exquisite miniatures. And Rach, your hair is gorgeous.

Sejal I'm so glad you came along! You are hilarious and so full of life! I love it! You definitely kept us having a good time, and were so easy to get along with. You showed us all how to go all out. Thanks for teaching me about Hookah :) We need more Sejal around!

Tylia Thanks for having us at your house and giving us a tour of San Diego! (Even though you couldn't find your way around downtown if it were life and death!) You are the cutest girl ever, and I am so happy to be your friend, you always put a smile on my face. I will never forget you at OB, "Let's go dance! I just want to dance!" You crazy girl. Let's get an apartment in San Diego next year ok? No, really. I'm serious!

Blog THIS!

I Heart Technology

2005-08-04T00:41:00.000-07:00

New hair!! Compliments of my new phone!!

HAHA I like how you can see my work :) Yes, people, that's me working hard at EAS.
Woot Woot.

AND I love when my friends get their hair dyed and it looks all exotic and HOT!
"Change your hair, change your life"

Hmmm...

2005-08-03T16:52:00.000-07:00

My ex-boyfriend of 5 years got married on Saturday. Weird. I don't know what to think, but I just hope he has a long and happy marriage, because he DOES deserve it. But it still feels funny knowing that someone who knew everything about me, and who I spent almost 23% of my life with is now married. I am glad its not to me, but who wants to find out that your first love has replaced his feelings for you because he found someone who suits him better. Who is better than me? Ha just kidding. Anyway, congrats to Adam, and congrats to me for not being married yet. Oh, and rumor has it that his mom reads my blogs. Hi Betty. ;)

And, since I just saw Maroon 5, big thanks for providing Adam with these lovely song lyrics to portray his feelings about me 2 years ago....I probably deserved it:

You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here
This double vision I was seeing is finally clear
You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone
Not fit to fuckin' tread the ground that I'm walking on

...ouch! Isn't love wonderful?

I'll leave you on a happier note from my favorite Maroon 5 song:

That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave

Fingers trace your every outline
Paint a picture with my hands
Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
Change the weather still together when it ends

SJP Finally

2005-08-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

This is what my new hair color looks like. SJP anyone? Yes, please.

Speed of Sound

2005-07-31T17:30:00.000-07:00

Weekends go by too quickly!! I don't really have much to write about, but after all the talk about reading each other blogs, I figured I should give you all something to read, even if its boring.

I worked Friday night until 10 and then went home for the usual vodka, Helya and Joanna waiting for me. We found a free ride after Helya yelled at the taxi driver, and went to Mothers. After a bit, we decided to go to Blacksheep for a drink. I asked the bartender if I could get a free Pussy Kiss (the drink, you sickos.. 5 of them-->) because I get them so often, and he said "how about half off?" YAY! Making friends with the bartender is always good :) After that, I don't remember much, but Helya had to put me in my pj's and take my phone away, and so ya, Saturday morning/afternoon sucked.

Joanna and I went to Shell Beach Saturday for some more eyecandy and to cure my hangover. It was BEAUTIFUL outside, and the water looked so inviting. Jo frollicked while I laid on the beach in my new swimsuit with my ipod, watching all the drunk people making fools of themselves.

Last nite, Tim and I went to the midstate fair and wandered around, had a YUMMY strawberry daquiri in a really cool flashing light cup, and listened to Journey. Thanks Tim, it was a lovely night.

Today I slept in and went to Firestones with some guy. ;) Blah blah blah. . . was this post worth reading? Don't worry, I'll be gone every weekend in August doing really fun things, so I'll have lots to write about. Vacation time is finally starting, phew!

GREAT song: Journey- Don't Stop Believing

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights, people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight people

Maroon 5

2005-07-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the opening day of the Midstate fair! I took Helya to the Maroon 5 concert for an early birthday present and we had a blast! Highlight: getting into the fair for the 16 and under youth admission price...then proceeding to the Cabo Wabo bar for a margarita :) Haha finally it pays off to look young. I wore my maroon 5 shirt, and Helya and I sang at the top of our lungs for pretty much the entire show, annoying the crap out of a little 10 year old sitting in front of us with her parents. She kept turning around giving us dirty looks, but stopped once Helya gave one back. HA who goes to a Maroon 5 concert and doesn't sing?! HELLO!

I went in for a consultation with Carlos and he said he will add more blonde to the top of my hair on Tuesday. HOORAY! Now I will hopefully feel much better about spending $125 getting my hair done. Hmm as for the rest of my free time, I've just been hanging out with friends and being lazy. Last weekend a group of us went to Shell beach to hang out. It's actually a really cool small beach where ALL college "kids" go. I had no idea about this until last weekend!! No wonder no one is ever at Pismo, all the pretty people in the world go to Shell, so thats where we're going from now on for some lovely eyecandy.

The Cliffs has a thing on Sundays with a band and BBQ outside and HOLY CRAP what good food!! We didn't get to eat there becuase it was too expensive, but they were BBQing shrimp kabobs, corn on the cob, chicken, garlic bread, ahh it made me weep!!

We decided to go to Mission Grill for their happy hour, and we each got an appetizer for 50% off! Score one for the team! It was quite tasty. The rest of the week I've been watching movies, cleaning, shopping, and playing a little tennis.

La la la la la life is wonderful!

2005-07-24T23:52:00.000-07:00

"Embrace this right now life while it's dripping, while the flavors are excellently woesome. Take your bites with bravery and boldness, since the learning and the growing are here in these times, these exact right nows. capture these times. Hold and kiss them because it will soon be very different." -jill scott

"No - we don't want too much, we actually aspire to too little. That's the problem with so many people nowadays. We try to mask our longings for transcendence with quick and easy solutions - materialism, addictions, apathy - and we destroy the eternal spirits within us. What we need is not more willpower to control our selfishness, but to fall in love. Not even so much with others, but with beauty and transcendence themselves. That way, it won't be a question of denying ourselves our true desires, but of recognizing them, and refusing to settle for mere substitutes."

When Something is Broken...

2005-07-24T23:29:00.000-07:00

"I dive in at the deep end..." ...and I always drown.

This was the week of being broken. All of the machines at work were broken on Wednesday. My phone broke into two pieces on Thursday. I was literally broke. Cracked serpentine belt. The metal box surrounding my heart has been slightly dented (I thought it was untouchable).

BUT! The machines miraculously repaired themselves and Thursday night was insane. I got a brand new really cool phone with Verizon. YAY! I got paid! Chad fixed my car! Still being a stupid girl, mad at the situations I get myself into, and missing you (or moreso, the thought of you).

Pictures for your enjoyment

2005-07-18T17:38:00.000-07:00

So everyone knows I go "DT" a lot, right? Well I'm cutting back and only going once a week....for now. But, here is our latest adventure downtown last weekend, finally getting Alissa to come out! (FYI, no new hair yet)

Family Portrait with Frodo and Skyy

Our home

Dancers

YAY! Alissa is DRUNK!

Library. What??

Pussy Kiss followed by a lemon and sugar is the perfect combination

Short girls in the back for once!

Los Oscillators

2005-07-16T14:36:00.000-07:00

Rod(s) says, "I am too coolPorn Starto be hanging out with these freaks." (Namely, Dan and Jon)

Los Oscillators field trip to study the Random Walk effect. We are nerds.

Time to Get a Life

2005-07-16T12:54:00.000-07:00

After being made fun of for saying "new plant, new Jaime" I've decided to make a list of things that I want/plan to do before the summer is over. Trust me, New Jaime will be an improvement. You will probably fall in love and kiss the ground I walk on (if you don't already) because I'm so damn cute and fun.

Plans:

Maroon 5 concert for Helya's early birthday- July 27th, Mid State Fair (because the MSF is SO COOL). Yes, I WILL be wearing my Maroon 5 t-shirt, and there's a possibility I will be dancing like an idiot.

San Diego Road Trip - Aug 5-7, dinner at Tylia's, hotel downtown, and pretending we are posh, rich kids for a night. Celebrating Rachel's 22nd birthday, and having a nice, girly vacation. Vodka anyone? Yes, please.

Bridesmaid Party - August 13,14, Santa Barbara. Heather's Bridal party shopping for Bridesmaid's dresses and pretending we are grown up. How old do you have to be to be considered "grown up" ? Maybe you just have to be taller than 5 feet. Damnit. Anyway, YAY for being the Maid of Honor.

Cabo - Aug 18-23, First family vacation EVER. Beach, drinks, family, parasailing, shopping. Hopefully getting a tan (finally). Hopefully not getting hit on by mexicans.

What I want to do:
- Lake Nacimiento or Santa Margarita
- Tahoe
- Ride a stupid bike to Jamba Juice
- Beat Tim at tennis (he is the next Pete Sampras...I'm already Kornikova, duh)
- See all of the movies that Helya has already seen. (War of the Worlds, Willy Wonka, Bewitched, Wedding Crashers)
- DT SB
- Ride the trolley because it's quaint.
- Go to more concerts in the park
- Drag people who hate Farmers market to Farmers market so I can get some more Avos.
- Daydream in Pottery Barn

What I don't want to do but have to:
- Work
- Move out Aug. 31st - leaving my Helya is going to make me CRY.
- Study for the GRE
- Fix my serpentine belt

Cool things I've already done:
- James and Katie and Mom visits
- Shopping
- DT - Beach
- Carlos dyed/cut my hair and it looks neat.
- Yeah nothing else, I wasn't that cool until today

If anyone else flakes on the SD trip, I'm going to kick all of your asses and then go by myself. Punks.

Raise your hand if you want to see me tap dance.

I'm so NOT political.

2005-07-13T16:51:00.000-07:00

You scored as Democrat. <'Imunimaginative's Deviantart Page'>

Democrat

83%

Anarchism

75%

Green

50%

Communism

50%

Socialist

42%

Republican

Fascism

Nazi

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?
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Well, aparently I'm mostly a democratic anarchist..with a side of communism. Honestly I wasn't sure what some of the questions meant..democrat seems about right. :)

Quaint

2005-07-11T17:24:00.000-07:00

This is a shout out to Jin Ho... Thanks for all of your tight mixes and groovalicious beats. Shock this biotch!!

2005-07-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

Self Explanatory.

4th of July

2005-07-06T23:26:00.000-07:00

Katie came down for the 4th of July for the second year in a row! We had a really fun time hanging out and enjoying life in SLO. Sunday, when she arrived, we went to dinner at Mothers with Joanna, Chad, and E^2. It took a long time, but the food was half off and delicious! Afterwards we decided to play some cards, drinking games, and eventually strip pool!! It was a very interesting night...and all I gotta say is... TA DA! :) HAHAHA

Monday we went down to Pismo beach to celebrate the holiday. We were on the beach from 12-10pm!! What a nice relaxing day, laying in the sun, walking around and see lots of friends! The fireworks show was INCREDIBLE and made me soo happy!! It was a very successful and exciting day at the beach. I only got a little bit sunburned, so yay.

Katie left Tues morning and I had to head back to reality and work 8 hours :( Boo!!

I decided I'm going to try to do some more new or productive things this summer so I started it off by getting some potting soil and a new pot, and I repotted all of my plants :) My new plants represent a new Jaime. The next thing on my to do list is to either fix my bike or get a new one this weekend and ride around!! I decided i'm not going to go downtown for a week or two (or longer) unless its a special occasion. I need a break for my health and for my wallet!! I'm saving up for our trip to San Diego, for the SB outing with Heather, hopefully Tahoe, and CABO!!!

Well, its almost midnite, and that means I get to go home from work soon! 2 hours overtime baby. :) Tomorrow my boss's wife is having a cocktail party/bbq for us at their beautiful house. So, i only have to work a few hours tomorrow night which will be nice.

I've started researching graduate schools and so far I've looked at Boston University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Northeastern University, UMass in Amherst. I've found some interesting things: BU requires that PhD candidates be able to read scientific journals in either russian, french, chinese, or german by the end of your time there. WOW...that is crazy! Also, some schools require physical chemistry students to know a computer programming language also. Brandeis U has incredible research teams that I am interested in that involve things such as oscillation reactions (like my snr project), fluorescence probes, and thermodynamics/kinetics research. JF asked me what type of research I'd be interested in, so I guess that answers that question. I also like polymer research as well, even though I haven't done any as an undergraduate. Anyway, I'm probably boring most of the people who read these blogs, (if anyone does), but I partly write down this info so I can remember myself.

...And I'm spent!

2005-07-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

Smoooch!!!

2005-07-02T22:07:00.000-07:00

Some stupid girl dropped a glass at Mothers and it sliced my toe and i had to stand like that for like 30 minutes in the bathroom until it stopped bleeding! Thanks for takin care of me RachO!

2005-07-01T22:10:00.000-07:00

My Pretties

2005-06-26T18:57:00.000-07:00

New York City....the first place I am going when I have $ to buy a plane ticket. Picture compliments of BobGoat. I heart NY. No I really do.

First Week of Summer

2005-06-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

"If you never try, then you'll never know"

I love weekends, birthday cake, new shoes, coldplay, sunshine, jager blasters, sleeping in till 1:00, Madonna, Taco Bell, Jay's laptop, overtime pay, my mom, jacuzzis, Philip and his quirkiness, new friends, Garden State, my wonder twin, my tall friends, Sex and the City, MS, jellybeans, the word crazy.

I don't like Bills, spending money on alcohol, annoying people, cleaning my room, saying goodbye, feeling hungover, pink eye, jeans that are too long, being so white, the wind, drunk drivers.

New words:
Krasivye gloza= nice shirt
Da=yes
Nyet=no

Techno Flashback of the week:
Iio-Rapture
"Then I sooooar like a bird in the wind, oh I glide as im flyin through heaven"
(I glid through the air -- thats for you)

2005-06-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

Gangsta style

2005-06-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

Raining in June

S-M-A-R-T

2005-06-19T00:31:00.001-07:00

Hiya Kiddies...well SCHOOL'S OUT FOR...SUMMER!!! and I got a 3.7 for spring quarter, which..drumroll please...is THE best ive ever done so far. I didn't think I was even going to get a 3.0 this quarter, so when I saw my grades I screamed really loud :) GO ME! GOSH im such a genius. p.s. so are all my friends who got good grades too. (i only hang out with cute and smart people btw)

But there was also sad times when my dear friend Jon Furuyama graduated and moved to LA. :( I went to see the science and math ceremony, and it was lovely. Jon decorated his hat with the cover of the Pchem text book. YAY JF! I got to hang out with him a bit the week before on our Los Oscillators outing, which was an eventful night. And he brought me Jack in the Box fries at midnite one night. I heart Jon. I'll miss the smartest guy I know. :( Also, congrats to Katy Wong, Rea Lardelli, and Dan Sisti for graduating too. My pchem favorites....no mas :(

So its summer now, and it is absolutely fabulous. I started working 40 hours a week but its not so bad because Jay and I switch off day and night shifts. It's not so repetitive and I have some days to just sleep in and relax. Last week all the girls went out downtown Tues and Thurs nite which was a blast!! We met some really cool new people, and now we have the whole summer to look forward to more fun times. Joanna and I managed to get to the Cal Poly pool last week as well... im thinking about buying a pass to use the pool all summer. YAY.

Joanna's 22nd birthday was Wednesday, but we celebrated Tuesday night and we went to the Cliffs for some drinks and headed to Brads for some awesome fish and chips. We went to Mothers and had some jager blasters and "rolled deep" with Joanna and her many male followers. Happy 22 my love.

Summer movies so far:
Mr. and Mrs. Smith 4/5 stars Brad Pitt is hot.
The Perfect Man 3/5 stars Hilary Duff has cute bangs. I H AIM.

Upcoming:
Shannon's 22nd Bday Wednesday June 22nd.
Mom and Philip come Thursday
Work Work Work

"I can't take my eyes off of you..."

X&Y

2005-06-08T19:46:00.000-07:00

Go buy the new Coldplay album NOW!!! You won't regret it, its amazing...it makes my heart warm, and soothes me. If you want to understand me, listen carefully....

My song is love
Love to the loveless shown
And it goes on
You don't have to be alone

Your heavy heart
Is made of stone
And it's so hard to see you clearly
You don't have to be on your own
You don't have to be on your own

And I'm not gonna take it back
And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
You're the target that I'm aiming at
Gonna get that message home

My song is love
My song is love unknown
But I'm on fire for you, clearly
You don't have to be alone
You don't have to be on your own

And I'm not gonna take it back
Oh, I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
You're the target that I'm aiming at
And I'm nothing on my own
Got to get that message home

And I'm not gonna stand and wait
I'm not gonna leave it until it's much too late
On a platform, I'm gonna stand and say
That I'm nothing on my own
And I love you, please come home

My song is love, is love unknown
And I've got to get that message home.

Summer is almost here!

2005-06-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

Finals:
Monday-surface chem 1-3
Friday- computers for poets 1-3
THEN THE DISHES WILL BE DONE!!!!

Summer:
Work MT 8-5, W 2-10, ThF 8-5/2-10
Weekends- DT, BEACH!
June 15- Joanna's 22nd Bday
June 22- Shannon's 22nd Bday
June 23- MOM!
July 27- Maroon 5
Aug 5-7 San Diego for RachO's 22nd bday!
Aug 18-23 CABO!
Aug 21- Helya's 22nd Bday

The Perfect Love Song

2005-06-01T23:28:00.000-07:00

"Steal my heart and hold my tongue, I feel my time, my time has come.
Let me in, unlock the door, I've never felt this way before.
The wheels just keep on turning, the drummer begins to drum, I dunno which way im going, I dunno which way I've come.
Hold my hand inside your hands, I need someone who understands.
I need someone someone who heals, for you I've waited all these years.
For you I'd wait 'til kingdom come, until my day, my day is done.
And say you'll come, and set me free, just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me.
In your tears, and in your blood, in your fire, and the flood, I hear your laugh, I heard you sing, I wouldnt change a single thing.
For you I'd wait 'til kingdom come, until my days, my days are done.
Say you'll come, and set me free. just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me."

2005-06-01T18:13:00.000-07:00

I love my girls

2005-06-01T18:12:00.000-07:00

Beauties on the Beach

2005-06-01T18:08:00.001-07:00

Walking to Mothers

2005-06-01T18:08:00.000-07:00

Mission with the free drinks that were left on the table

Memorial Day Weekend

2005-06-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

Memorial day weekend started on Thursday night after working late at the lab. My girls were ready with a shot of vodka for me when I got home! You know where we headed....via PF. Mother's was packed as usual, and Helya and I danced the night away. Then, walking to PF's car we experienced Brownian Motion...haha..im so funny. Rachel and I made quesadillas when we got home and spilled water all over the kitchen floor because we are retarded.

Friday, pchem was canceled and I ditched computers for poets...so we went shopping instead. The new Abercrombie opened Thursday so of course we had to check it out. Rachel, Jo and I all bought the same pair of jeans...aka..magic pants. I walked downtown a bit with Helya and enjoyed the beautiful day. Friday night, Rachel and I went back downtown after awaiting Kara's arrival on stupid ass Amtrak. We went to mission for once...to check out DJ Hollaback and met some cute boys with nice teeth. ;) Mothers was our final destination which was pretty blurry...Rachel hit her record number of drinks, and I came close...but we all had a good time!

Saturday we were all hung over until about 3:00, and I pretty much relaxed all day. Saturday night we tunneled through the quantum barrier and ignored hot boys at Mothers. ??? We literally sat at on the stools and stared at the strange people, the boys in the hats, and the freaky dancers. It was a weird weird night, but definitely an experience.

Sunday was beach day but it was cold and windy and my legs got burned, so it wasn't very successful. Later that evening, Tylia, Jo, Shannon, Michelle and I all met at Avila to take pictures on the beach and have a lovely crab dinner at the Custom House. It was incredible and the most beautiful evening with beautiful friends. Sex and the City kept me company for the rest of the night....and my favorite quote: "He's ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!!! Can he see me!!?!?!" (as Carrie ducks under her desk) HAHA that cracks me up every time.

Monday I went grocery shopping, wrote a lab report, cleaned up, and started a paper. It was definitely a nice day off, and a relaxing, fun weekend. I love my dear friends and I can't wait to have an even more exciting summer together.

2005-05-24T15:02:00.001-07:00

Shannon, me and Joe at the Banquet Loving Life!!

2005-05-24T15:02:00.000-07:00

Chemistry Banquet with my Shannon

Mexican Pizza on the Side

2005-05-22T16:31:00.000-07:00

Life has been stressful but I've still managed to get everything done and have fun in between. I think that's something I like about myself..that I can balance my life with school, work, friends, fun and family.

My mom came to visit Thursday, which was the highlight of the week. When she is here, it seems like all of my problems go away, and I can just relax. She got to watch her nerdy daughter do lab work Thursday for a bit, and then we headed downtown for a little shopping. We went to dinner at the Custom House in Avila and had THE BEST salad I've ever tasted. GO THERE and get the salad with avocado and crab. SO GOOD. We also shared a filet mignon and mashed potatoes and clam chowder! Best dinner ever. Afterwareds we went to Apple Farm and watched the season finales for The OC and ER. Friday, I had to go to class for a bit and give a stupid NMR spectroscopy presentation to non-scientists. I got all blank stares, but oh well...their problem. After school, we went to Mission Grill for lunch and shared quesadillas and a chicken focaccia sandwich. We went shopping a little more and then mom had to go home :(

Friday night Rachel, Jo and I went to the TKE pledge party. The theme was catholic school girl, so we got all dressed up! It was pretty fun..we all got report cards and mingled with everyone. Honestly I dont really know what we did the whole time. We were there for hours, but did absolutely nothing of importance besides take a bazillion pictures and hang out with typical frat guys...hmm. It was fun anyway.

Last night was the chemistry and biochemistry banquet. I got to get all dressed up and cute and hang out with some new people. It was fun seeing shannon and dr schoonover there and seeing drunken Liz. I even won a prize and the salmon was amazing. I hada bit too much to drink however, but eventually made it downtown for more craziness. PF met us at Mothers where we met up with Katy Wong, Jon, and Jess. We all headed to Mcarthys for a beer? Ya..a beer. Rachel was hammered by the time we got there, so we went back to Mothers for the Jin Ho Show! Woot woot!

Today i'm stuck at work on a beautiful Sunday :( At least i get more $$ and time to do my lab reports :) Life is definitely interesting lately. Everything seems out of the ordinary for some reason. I just can't wait for this quarter to be overwith so I can relax a little.

"Your perfect verse is just a lie

You tell yourself to help you get by"

2005-05-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

In an open relationship

2005-05-21T23:22:00.000-07:00

YAY he asked me to prom!!

2005-05-21T23:21:00.000-07:00

My Fiancee

2005-05-21T23:20:00.000-07:00

School Girl Roomies!

2005-05-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

We are so pretty and I'm narcissistic.

2005-05-21T23:12:00.000-07:00

Cute School Girlies

2005-05-20T23:39:00.001-07:00

How cute are we?

2005-05-20T23:39:00.000-07:00

Girls night out at Mothers (as usual)

2005-05-20T23:38:00.001-07:00

Lovelies

2005-05-20T23:38:00.000-07:00

We Heart Dustin

Homeless

2005-05-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

This song is dedicated to my dear friend RachO.

One night we were bad,
And we finished all we had,
So we became homeless and sad.
After dancing and eating rocks,
And neverending hours of ticking clocks,
we let a boy in the secret door,
and we were homeless no more!
Chocolate and apples made us weep with delight,
then we kept getting in a fight.
Garden State made us laugh,
When I'm 35 RachO will be my better half.

Busy Bee

2005-04-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

Last week was overwhelming, but I managed to make it. Josh broke up with me on Monday night, but its Saturday and I'm already okay with it. . .so I guess that's good. He was a great boyfriend, but I guess its for the best since he wasn't ready to give me what I deserve. I do miss him still, but it's time to move on. All I know is it's going to take the next guy a really long time to get near my heart. I'm definitely more skeptical now.

Last week I also had a lot of homework, and a exam on Thursday in Surface Chem which kicked my ass. I have also been working as hard as possible getting something to work in senior project lab. We have a research conference next Friday, and I have yet to make my poster...or gather any data for that matter. But Skoony says not to worry...we'll have enough. I'm kinda scared about it..i'm not good at explaining the stuff I'm working on yet. Eek!

Thursday night we had a girls nite out downtown which was a complete blast!! We sang at the top of our lungs and danced the night away. I love my girls, and if it wasn't for them, I would not get through my heartbreaks as easily. Let's hope there won't be another one any time soon. Guys are meanO. We also saw Dr. Schoonover at Macarthys with some other pchem people. Definitely good times. This dirty guy, Craig bought me a drink and offered free dinner rom Spikes, but Rachel and I felt dirty just trying to go get free food from him. Funny thing, we saw him last nite riding his bike downtown...hahaha...

Last night was also very fun, and I don't know how I managed to drink again...haha. Today I worked 1-9, and attempted my take home pchem exam which was NOT easy. It pretty much pissed me off, but at least I got something done. I came home and for once all I am going to do is sit and relax with myself. I just finished watching Garden State, and working on my poster for the research conference. It's been an okay night...just missing my "good feeling."

All I need in life is Briggs and Rauscher. . . hahahahahahaaaaaa

"Into your heart I'll beat again
Sweet like candy to my soul
sweet you rock and sweet you roll
Lost for you, I'm so lost for you."

2005-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

Girls Night Out - "I will survive!!!"

2005-04-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

I got my Helya and my Bud Light and I'm the happiest girl in the world!! HAHAHA YAY for Skoony.

Jimmy Eat World

2005-04-24T18:02:00.000-07:00

Songs worthy of being written down at this point in time. . .

Drugs or Me

Stay with me
You're the one I need
You make the hardest things seem easy

Keep my heart
Somewhere drugs don't go
Where the sunshine slows
Always keep me close

If only you could see
The stranger next to me
You promise, you promise that you're done
But I can't tell you from the drugs

Don't let go
We'll dig a great big hole
Down an endless hole
We'll both go

You're so blind
You can't save me this time
Hope comes from inside
And I feel so low tonight

I wish that you could see
This face in front of me
You're sorry, you swear it, you're done
But I can't tell you from the drugs

Take me, I need your hand
So far, To pull me up
Take everything, out from me
So far, out from me.

23

I felt for sure last night
That once we said goodbye
No one else will know these lonely dreams
No one else will know that part of me
I'm still driving away
And I'm sorry everyday
I won't always love these selfish things
I won't always live. . . no stop this

It was my turn to decide
I knew this was our time
No one else will have me like you do
No one else will have me, only you

You'll sit alone forever
If you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?

I'm here and now I'm ready
Holding on tight
Don't give away the end
One thing that stays mine

Amazing still it seems
I'll be 23
I won't always love what I'll never have
I won't always live in my regrets

Tri-State Visit

2005-04-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I went to Idaho to surprise my grandparents. When I got there, they had no idea, and were floored!! I got to play with my little cousins, Theo and Claire, who were a blast, and I gained 3 pounds because all we did was eat all day long. :) Mom and I went to see "Guess Who" with Ashton Kucher, which was really cute. It was really nice to see that part of the family again. I hadn't been to Idaho in years! Everything was pretty much the same, but it was nice being part of the "adult" conversations this time. Saturday we flew to Reno and drove to Lake Tahoe to celebrate my cousins 14th birthday. with chinese food. We had a chance to walk around some of the new shops at stateline, and stayed the night at embassy suites. Sunday was Michael's catholic confirmation. It was definitely interesting (and tiring) sitting through a catholic service for two hours. The bishop repeated everything he said in spanish because their congregation is about 80% spanish-speaking. We had a nice little party for Michael afterwards with tons of good food and margaritas. We drove back to Vacaville that night and I flew back to SLO Monday morning just in time for class.

This week has been so busy trying to get my life back in order after being gone for 4 days. I've had assignments due, tests, scholarship to apply for, and other small things that just took up all of my time. Tuesday night I did have a chance to go out to pint nite which was fun as usual. Thursday was spent at Jon's house doing pchem homework for hours and hours until midnight crept around and my eyes couldn't handle any more symbols and numbers, and I just gave up.

This weekend has been not that great. Friday night, Josh and I made fondue which was absolutely delicious! Then we went out to Mother's and the Library. It was an ok night. Something was missing though. . different feelings I guess. . . .Saturday I went to Splash cafe with Joanna and then all the roomies went to see "A lot like love" with Ashton Kucher once again. What a CUTE romantic comedy. Today I slept in, went to lunch with Heatherbug to Cisco's and we were entertained by Piano Man and then Heather got shit on. We walked around downtown for a bit which was nice, but this heavy, numb, feeling hasn't escaped me yet. Now, I'm trying to concentrate and do my surface chem homework but I'm finding it rather difficult. John Mayer is keeping me company...la la la...

"It's kinda about the bliss period in a relationship. Like that first week in a relationship. . .the free movie weekend period. When you show all your best films. You meet them and you say stuff to them like, 'I'm a great listener, im there for my friends,' you know, you start telling them all about yourself. . . and you're showing them like schindlers list, and they're showing you, you know..whatever. . .but you're showing each other your big movies, and then all of a sudden, somewhere along the lines, it becomes Weekend at Bernie's 2, or the Police Academy movies, it's a real shame. So yeah, this song is about that bliss period in a relationship, and its about that bliss period taking place in New York City and how much fun that must be." - John Mayer about City Love

Life

2005-04-11T20:34:00.000-07:00

Life is good. Spring quarter is in full swing, and so far it's not too terrible. I shouldn't say that yet because first assignments, lab reports, and midterms are coming up fast! I definitely haven't been studying as much as I should, thanks to someone always distracting me ;) hehe, I love it! I've also been downtown waaaay too much, spending too much money, but OH WELL..im having a great time, and still getting done what I need to get done.

Josh and I went to see Sin City, which was really good. I definitely recommend it. It was pretty disgusting at times, but overall a well made, entertaining movie with lots of good actors. The color effects were my favorite part. Josh continues to put a smile on my face! It's sorta amazing how we get along so well, and we aren't sick of each other yet. We definitely have a great time together, even just sitting around or doing homework :) YAY I love having someone around to make me happy every day! My Alfie. ;) AND we've seen each other every day since we met almost a month ago..thats a record. ahh im such a goober.

Last weekend I went to see STOMP in Pasadena with Rachel and Joanna and RachO's Mom. (btw..Your mom is packed) Anyway, the show was incredible, even for the fourth time! I think its my favorite show EVER. I even got to sleep in a king size water bed all to myself! Woot woot!

Thursday I leave for Idaho to go visit the grandparents with my mom and step dad and brother. It may be the last time I see Grandpa because he isn't doing too well. :( I haven't been up to Idaho to visit in YEARS! Then I'm flying into Reno and staying with my aunt for a night. Then back to Sacramento and SLO on Monday just in time for class. It's going to be a busy weekend, but it will be nice visiting with everyone. PLUS I love flying.

Yeah I'm bored at work...and I did as much HW as I could for one night. OUT!

2005-04-05T14:46:00.000-07:00

Woot Woot

2005-04-05T14:45:00.001-07:00

Drunken Kevin Federline cheating on Britney Spears with Anna Kornikova

2005-04-05T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hero Party

2005-04-05T14:43:00.000-07:00

Josho and Nick are TOO cute!

2005-04-05T14:42:00.000-07:00

Garden Estate Drinking Society

Spring Break

2005-03-26T22:09:00.000-08:00

"You've been the only thing that's right in all I've done. And I can barely look at you. But every single time I do, I know we'll make it anywhere, away from here. Light up, Light up. As if you have a choice. Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear"

My spring break was JOSH! It was one of the best spring breaks I've ever had because I got to hang out with an incredible person every day. Lucky me! Some of you are probably confused and hurt or weirded out or think im crazy to like someone so much in such a short amount of time, but I don't feel like I have to explain myself. But I think all of you who say you are my friends should treat me like one and be truly happy that I am so happy. I AM SO HAPPY. I didn't think I would find someone so loving. Josh treats me better than anyone has since Adam, and i KNOW he isn't faking it. If Adam had one giant purpose on my life, it was to show me what it felt like to be loved, and this is even better than THAT. I deserve someone who thinks I am the world because when I am with someone, I try my hardest to make sure they know how much I care about them..bout time I got that in return. He is absolutely amazing and makes me laugh, smile, and feel like the gross mushy couples that you see kissing and holding hands everywhere they go. HA im such a big nerd, and I love it. So everyone, get used to Josh cuz I think/hope he will be around for a while :)

As for the rest of my spring break, my dad came down to visit and we had a pretty good time. We went to Farmers market thursday nite, oplay some tennis, cliffs and played pool friday night, and then today we hung out at hte beach all day and relaxed. It was nice to have him in town for a few days. Love my daddy :)

School is almost here and that means back to reality. It feels like I've been swept off to another planet since last week. I feel like im in a big dream, and monday morning im going to wake up and get a huge smack in the face and everything wonderful is going to disapear. Lets hope not!!! Maybe Josh will just make my life better even in reality :) YAY!!! Can't stop smiling.

P.S. I got a 3.56 winter quarter. Best at CP yet :)

St. Patty's Day

2005-03-18T20:43:00.000-08:00

What a way to celebrate being done with winter quarter. My English final was the only one that I think i passed...oops. IA and Biochem kicked my ass, and I studied a ton so I'm pretty bitter. But it was the first time I went into finals with all A's, so i'm proud and I dont care what you think :)

RachO and I started the night off right by going down to farmers market to watch Jo and her cheerleaders perform and get some food. YAY.

We got ready and started drinking with Shannon and Joanna, and headed over to our new friends' house. There, we hung out with Blake West, Dustin, Josh, Nick, and DJ Shirtless. Funny people and down to earth guys...good times.

Josh is silly and made everyone laugh and at Mission he was my hero when this boy tried picking me up and dropped me on my ass. The bouncer got me a bandaid hahaha , go me. DJ shirtless would not leave his shirt on which was rather interesting... Joanna left us early to go make out with Chad :) :) and Rachel left with Marko to Frog and Peach, and so i hung out with Josh for the rest of the night and danced a bit at mothers! FUN NIGHT!!!

Today was Glorious. Josh and I went to Louisa's Place for breakfast and then rented Terminal and ate Rocky road ice cream. He is the cutest boy ever. He painted my nails pink too :) Ok can't talk too much, I'll jinx it. Time to go get ready for another exciting adventure with my Helya :)

80's Night

2005-03-16T21:50:00.000-08:00

80's night topped the charts. As you can see by the pictures below, Rachel, Joanna, Persian Friend, and I dressed up like ridiculous 80's crazies. Rachel was Tiffany. Joanna was Sandy. PF was Zack Morris, and I was Debbie Gibson. :) We made it to the party and by the time we were there for 10 minutes, I was about 7 shots under, when Mark decides to get me some Jungle Juice..way to go you special one. From that point on, I was not responsible for any of the rest of the night's events. We took pictures in a photo booth, danced which caused me to fall and get floor burn and hurt my neck, which was cured thanks to PF's nifty neck brace (black streamer) :) HA!

Somehow we made it downtown. As we were walking along the streets Zack decides to go running off somewhere and a bike cop pulls him over and I stand down the street watching him get handcuffed and shoved into a police car. I was so sado!!! I called his friends and he was rescued 5 hours later. Poor Zack!!! Bulls was interesting..and honestly I don't remember too much besides being made fun of for looking like such a freak, and getting my ass grabbed. The rest of the nite was hazy but we made it back to some apartment and I watched retards throw pasta against the wall, and basically trash their own apartment. Idiots!

Okay I don't even need to write more....just look at the pictures.

2005-03-16T19:04:00.000-08:00

Tiff Loves Deb

2005-03-16T18:04:00.000-08:00

Self Explanatory

2005-03-16T17:04:00.000-08:00

Photo Booth action

2005-03-16T15:13:00.000-08:00

Oh dear..don't ask.

2005-03-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

Tiff, Zack, Deb, and Sandy

2005-03-16T14:09:00.000-08:00

Bulls with Ryan Kiley

2005-03-16T13:12:00.000-08:00

My tights rock!

Sicky JaimO

2005-03-07T20:06:00.000-08:00

So I was sick all weekend...actually I've been sick since last Tuesday night. I think this is the third time I've been sick this year. I don't get enough hugs :) AHEM!!! Yeah so I watched Anchorman and Vanity Fair in bed Friday night and I wasn't really impressed with either. I should have rented more Sex and the City. I still have a nagging cough which is very annoying. I'm annoyed very easily lately...but I won't bore you with that. It's almost the end of winter quarter thank god. Two weeks left, and no more 8am mornings 5 days a week.

To do till Spring break:
Biochem lab final -tomorrow
One more firework attempt- tomorrow (new acrylic base!)
Last IA lab report - due Friday
English paper - due Monday
English Final Monday
IA Final Monday
Biochem Final Thursday
SPRING BREAK!!!!!!

Spring break plans:
Nada!!!
Work Tues, Wed, Thurs 8-5
Dad comes Thurs night-Sunday
Spring break means relaxation and money. Better than school.

Spring Quarter:
Inorganic Lab
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Surface Chem
Computers for Poets (woot woot)
Senior Project -Rapidly Convective Acoustics (i like saying that)
Work 16 hrs/week
Party on Thursday nights :) YAAAY
STOMP April 2nd
Mom and Phil April 7th
Idaho April 14th
Reno April 16th

Time to study for biochem lab final, take some cough medicine and sleep??? (PRAY!!)
And I'll leave you with three things to always remember in life:
FINISH WITH A FLOURISH!! - time is running out...do what you gotta do to finish strong.
DON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU!! - be responsible for yourself, and take care of your business. Bitches.
CALL YOUR MOM!!- She'll love you for it and send lots of presents.

2005-03-07T19:31:00.000-08:00

Me and my cute Mom - who i call every day and she sends me presents :)

Date Party

2005-02-26T16:28:00.000-08:00

Last nite I went to my very first date party for TKE with Mcphee. He didn't know I was his date till we all met up at his house, but he was "pleasantly surprised". Woot woot! So we had some beers and headed off to Quarterdeck for a nice dinner. Helya ended up coming to because one of the guys' dates flaked and so we needed backup!! I'm so glad she came cuz she made the night better than ever! We had nice dinner of tritip, potatoes, rice, veggies and yummy chocolate mousse. YAY for free dinners and meeting lots of funny new people. By the end of dinner I had three dates: Sean, Jose, and Miguel...oh yeah and of course Helya. :)

We left dinner and went to "The Rock" where we only stayed for about five minutes because helya parked on the sidewalk. So where did we end up? Jose, Mcphee, Helya and I all went to Mother's of course! Where else? ;) We had a fun time dancing and mingling and Jose bought us jager bombs, lucky us! Joanna picked us up, and we came home and the guy in the pink shirt modeled for us, ooww owww!!!! 1,2,3!!!!!!!!

YAY for TKE, new friends, pink shirts, Jager, Helya, $5, and achieving the best college goal yet ;)

I Love Rain

2005-02-21T17:37:00.000-08:00

I just realized that I only mentioned the pyrotechnic accident in my last post, but I never explained what really happened. Well, two weeks ago, Schoonover brought in this huge pipe thingie, and told me cut a hole in one end like a flute, and he told me to pack one side of the pipe and we'd try to see if the pressure from the small diameter combined with a spoonful of magnesium filings at end would in fact make a whistle. It in fact did not make a whistle, but blew up and scared us half to death. The sound was like a gun going off right next to your face and Jon and I said we could feel the waves of the explosion on our face. My ears were ringing so loud I thought I went deaf. It was incredible. So everyone came running out in the hallway to see what happened, and the counter top of the ventilation hood was in pieces. There was a centimeter of dust covering the entire lab, and we were stunned. YAY for blowing up the spider building with a pipe bomb. :) So Schoonover was in trouble, and we've changed the project to "Rapidly Convective Acoustics" Jon refuses to witness my experiments from now on.

So it was President's Day holiday weekend, and I celebrated by doing absolutely nothing, which had its perks. Friday night I went out with Shannon, Michelle, Jason, and some other random people. We went to Mother's and they went to Mission Grill, but we ended up having an okay time, but Shannon's stomach hurt :( so we pretty much laid low and left early. But I love my Shannon and I will never leave her ;) hehehe. No Curtis though. :( Saturday I spent the entire day in my room watching Sex and the City, the OC, reading, and sleeping. It was nice, but I missed my sidekick. I'll survive...maybe. Goodness I'm such a freaking baby.

Sunday I decided to get out of town and do something with myself, so I drove to Santa Barbara to visit my Katie. We had a great time just hanging out and being girls, and we went to see The Wedding Date, which was very very cute. We ate dinner at Silver Greens which was AMAZING and I wish i could eat there every day. We went back to her dorm room and watched The Sweetest Thing...and it had the penis song yaay!!! "OOOH too big to fit in here! Your penis is so hard, your penis is so thick, your penis is so nice, you have a handsome dick!" HAHAH i love that movie.

This morning I drove back to SLO in the rain, which was pretty relaxing and the scenery was beautiful with the bright green hills. I love just driving and listening to good music. I got some chemistry lab done, reading done, and cleaning done today, and even napped :) I guess that's what happens when you wake up at 8am. Sorry Katie!!

It's still raining, but I kinda like it. It makes me sit inside and get my stuff done. But it would be nice to have someone here with me to cuddle or just hang out with when I have nothing else to do. BUT I do like being by myself mostly. It's a vicious cycle. Want to be alone when you're not. Don't want to be when you are. For no one in particular:

"Love is the answer at least for most of the questions of my heart. Why are we here, and where do we go, and how come its so hard. It's not always easy, and sometimes life can be deceiving. I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together." Jack Johnson-Better Together

2005-02-21T17:20:00.000-08:00

Shannon my Love!

Valentines Weekend

2005-02-15T17:25:00.000-08:00

Valentines Day was very nice :) Clay and I went out to dinner Sunday night to Mclintocks in Shell Beach and ate some yummy steak. We watched Garden State afterwards, and I must say, that was a fantastic movie. I think i'll have to buy that one. Monday, we watched the Notebook. Lovey dovey movie for a lovey dovey day. :)

My senior project has taken a new spin and is now called an acoustics project instead of pyrotechnic whistle project, due to our little accident last week. We plan on making a new base out of an acrylic mold which is very small in scale. Hopefully this will work better and we won't have anymore explosions.

Overall this weekend was long and busy. I went out Thursday night to a place i'd never been before called the Z club. It was pretty fun but I threw up in Mcphee's bushes which was pretty embarrasing. I hate throwing up. ROAR. Friday night I went out with the girls to Mothers of course :) Tylia, Rachel, Joanna, and Shannon. We had a blast together except Joanna got sick early. :( As for me...711 nachos are the shit.

The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning, relaxing, watching movies, and driving people around Saturday night. Heather is the funniest drunk I've ever met. I love that girl..she is entertainment for all. YAY polygras.

I'm really pissed off that two of my lightbulbs burned out in the same day. Grrr. I just want one day of peace where nothing bad happens, or I don't get frustrated. No computer virus, no burned out lightbulbs, no money issues, no lack of food in the cupboards, no homework. I just want dinner made for me, and someone to cuddle up to for the entire night. Time to drop out of school. Just kidding.

2005-02-15T17:20:00.000-08:00

Rachel, Tylia, Shannon, Joanna, and ME getting ready for a night on the town!

2005-02-15T17:17:00.000-08:00

Mystery Shots for all

Destined to be a woman with no regrets

2005-02-08T22:56:00.000-08:00

"When I was sure you'd follow through, my world was turned to blue. When you'd hide, your songs would die, so I'd hide yours with mine"

So what's the point of dating someone if you know it isn't going to go anywhere? You have fun together, you have lots in common, you hang out all the time, there's never a dull moment, yet there's something missing in the relationship. If you become official, will things get better and progress into something serious and perhaps end in a committed future together? Or will the offical title only provide exclusivity, and security? Will there be an inevitable breakup between lovers who seek companionship day to day without thinking about the future? What does it take to make a strong relationship last forever, and how do you find someone who is willing to stay with you forever, no matter what happens during the journey together? These are questions I ask myself a lot, as I'm sure many people do. Is it worth it to have fun in the moment, if you're going to have a broken heart a year down the road? It's a hard decision because on one hand you don't want to plan out your life as if nothing can change. On the other hand, you don't want to make a decision just because it seems good at the time. Now that I am 22, and graduating in 11 months, should I be thinking about where I will be next January, and who I will be with? I think so!! It would hurt me so much more to maintain a relationship with someone for another year, all the while knowing he doesn't want to be with me in the end. But how does he know he couldn't be with me forever? Things change right? Maybe in a year, he will be head over heels in love with me, and will tell me how he will move wherever I go to work or grad school, and he'd marry me the second he graduated. Is that reality? Actually for some poeple yes. Do these people know in advance how much they care for the other person that they'd literally do anything for them in order to be together forever? Or does it take a long time to reach that point? It's hard to say how the other person feels in the relationship unless they constantly tell you how much you mean to them. For me, I show how I feel all the time, and when I really love someone, I'd do anything for them. This doesn't mean I want to marry them or plan our future together, but it does tell me that I can see myself loving this person unconditionally for a long time and try my hardest to be together because I would rather be with them than anywhere else in the world. Maybe I just fall in love too easily. I just wish someone felt that way about me, because then this wouldn't be so hard, and I would have no questions. Maybe once you meet the person you will be with forever, all of the questions go away, and everything just falls into place. Who knows. Maybe I think too much.

"People have the right to fly, and will when it gets compromised. Their hearts say, 'move along', their minds say, 'got your heart'. Let's move it along. Move it along. And thats the way this wheel keeps working now. And I won't be the last, no I won't be the last to love her. You can't build a house of leaves, and live like its an evergreen. It's just a season thing, its just this thing the seasons do, and that's the way this wheel keeps working now. And you won't be the first, no you won't be the first to love me. You can find me, if you ever want again. I'll be around the bend. I'll be around the bend. I'll be around. I'll be around. And if you never stop when you wave goodbye, you just might find, if you give it time, you'll wave hello again. You just might wave hello again. And that's the way this wheel keeps working now." -Wheel by John Mayer

La La La

2005-02-06T22:55:00.000-08:00

"it gains the more it gives, and then it rises with the fall"

This week consisted of the first midterms of the quarter. I wrote an essay for English, and had two midterms on Friday in IA and Biochem, which went pretty well. We're five weeks into the quarter and I'm just now going to find out how I'm doing in my classes. Wish me luck.

So, I'm sure you're thinking, 'so, you had a crazy week studying your buns off for three midterms..friday night must have been awesome' You're exactly right! The girls and I went down to mothers, thanks to Saied, our personal DD for the night. There were cops everywhere since they hired 400 police men to stare at college girls. They were all lined up on their motorcycles outside of mothers just waiting for a reason to arrest some drunk person. They definitely succeeded in ruining the traditional SLO mardi gras celebration, but nevertheless, we had a blast downtown, as usual. I don't really remember much else about what we did downtown besides drinking coors light, so end of that story. Sorry. Oh wait, I just remembered! Saied took us home and we were soo hungry so drunken Heather ordered an extra large woodstocks pizza at 2am :) We inhaled that shit. YUM. Oh my goodness, i love pizza.
Thanks Heather.

Saturday we woke up pretty hungover, and I napped at Clay's all day. Then at 5:00 i decided to get drunk playing beer pong at the neighbors'. Not a smart idea. I was tired and drunk by 7, and had nothing to do. Clay came and picked me up and we went to some party and played cards all night. My stomach hurt, so I complained and we left :) But really, it hurt bad! Clay drove everyone around and was such a sweetie, even though I was bitchy all weekend. Thanks handsome :)

Today was Alissa's 22nd birthday brunch at Dorn's in Morro Bay. This place was awesome, with a beautiful view of the bay, and great food! Ariana made cupcakes and we sang happy birthday and ate tons. Afterwards Helya and I went to Shannon's anti-superbowl girls only game nite/party. We played Egyptian ratscrew..i think. It was really fun and im glad i got to learn a new game! I screamed every time i slapped the cards, hahahaha. YAY. After that we watched the lame ass half time show. The fireworks alone would have sufficed for entertainment. Paul Mcartney, get some dancers or something. We played Truth or Dare Jenga, and I had to eskimo kiss Rachel, take off Shannon's shirt, do my happy dance, and moan as loud as I could. Good times were had by all, and lots of good food too. Woot Woot for good food.

Now, my fun weekend comes to an end and I'm bored, tired, lonely, and wanting something sweet to eat. Hrrrmmm.....

This week: Get valentines. finish (and start) chem lab report, be whiney..look out. OC Thursday night---> Be here or be left out. Bitches.

2005-02-06T22:50:00.001-08:00

Aren't we sweet?

2005-02-06T22:50:00.000-08:00

Pretending I'm a good dancer

2005-02-06T22:49:00.001-08:00

Eskimo Kissies with RachO