Yay, SF Pride 2009! My first Pride experience. Penises and breasts. Yeah. Literally hanging out. Naked people are still people. But... well... let's just say those images were abrasive to my eyes.
Fun fun fun. Went with Brian, Trung, and their Breakthrough colleague, Jasmin. Brian drove us to the Millbrae BART station. Twenty-minute train ride. Got off at the Civic Center stop with probably hundreds of other Pride folks.
Got to the Pride parade at about 1300. Spent about an hour watching the end of the parade. Walked in it for a bit at the end.
Went to look for food. Loooong lines. Expensive food.
Met another Breakthrough colleague, Jacob (and later, his friends whose names I do not recall). The four of them got food from an Asian tent, I think. I saved money, didn't buy food, spent a total of $11.75 today :P
Oh, I saw Erica from my first semester acting class. Since the crowd was pushing me forward, we couldn't talk and only managed a handshake before parting haha.
Later, went to the Main Stage to watch BoA. However, her appearance was delayed by almost two hours -__- Fey, Rubber Side Down, Solange, The Cliks. Good stuff, but we were waiting for BoA. When BoA finally came on, I couldn't see her because the tall/Asian people in front of me decided to stand on their tiptoes and stick their cameras in the air to capture her performance -_- And BoA only sang three songs, while everyone else before her sang at least four songs :( And there was a fat guy next to me who kept lifting his arm to shield his eyes from the sun. His armpit, ugh. Right next to my face DX
But during one of BoA's songs, there was a girl in front of me. We were standing back to front because I couldn't move out of that position :P She started dancing. Haha talk about inadvertent freaking -___-
My eyes feel like they've been in a toaster oven. Even though Jasmin allowed the rest of us to use some of her sunscreen, the two hours that we stood in the sun gave me a sunburn on my nose and partially on my cheeks. Mother's not happy about that. But hey, she didn't complain about me coming home at almost 2100. So that's good.
Anyway, after BoA, tried to go find the A&PI area. Found it. Just a bunch of people dancing.
Left Pride to find water and milkshakes. Settled at a little Asian liquor store (ironic because it didn't sell alcohol, so convenience store?). Paid $1.25 for a $1.10 Arizona Iced Tea. Oh, I know, I'm so generous :P
Walked around the block. Back to Pride, ghetto side haha. Wanted to find where The Cliks were selling their CD, but we were too late. Saw a bit of Atomic Blonde's performance ^_^ Then danced a little because we didn't know where we were going and ended up in a dancing quarter. Then tried to find someone selling belts (I forgot to wear a belt because I generally don't wear belts anymore). Couldn't.
Then this was when we decided to go home. Jacob took a different BART train home. The rest of us went back to Millbrae. Not much talking. Too exhausted. I listened to my iPod, no headphones, earphones instead. Lip synching along because I felt like it.
SF Pride made me realize I have a small list of things I need to buy the next time I go to the mall or something (just because I want to):
cap (solid black or gray)
sunglasses (cheap but protects against UV)
belt (I have two belts already, but maybe I'll get a rainbow one :D haha. I need more rainbow in my accessories just for fun. I didn't wear my armband today though)
chapstick haha
I think I might go to Pride again next year if people want to go. Seriously was the first time I've ever seen a bunch of queer people in one place. Hope next year I'll have someone special to go with :P Today, lots of couples, made me feel lonely XP I need to stop feeling lonely, you know. And jealous haha.
And no, I have no souvenirs. Didn't buy anything except for a drink. Couldn't find a belt. Didn't really wanna spend money. Trying to save as much as possible. Yeah.
Anyway, need to friend Trung on Fb to get photos haha. He'll be my first Fb friend. Yeah, I don't remember if I said it before, but I have a new Fb. Haven't been using it. More like an emergency contact thing. Not gonna friend people this time unless I have to. And I'll only accept requests from people who actually talk to me, not just someone who recognizes me or whatever.
Not too much detail because I'm tired, my legs are sore from standing and walking for seven hours.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
OMG MJ kicked the bucket!
No, not Michael Jordan. The MJ: Michael Jackson. Heart attack.
Yeah. Everyone's talking about it. Now, I've talked about it. Yay, I've conformed.
So went to visit Tony today. Got to Elmwood at about 1300. Tony was moved from maximum to minimum. Thus, our visit was cancelled. Had to wait in a long line to reschedule. Some guy cut in front of us. Or the people in front of us let him. We were second to go to the window before the guy cut in line. He had been at the window ten minutes earlier. He wanted to fix a mistake in his appointment papers.
Mother was not happy. She tried to tell him and the people in front of us off. They just smiled, laughed (at her), and said, "One minute. It will take just one minute."
Mother proceeded to stereotype the people in front of us in Vietnamese (I stereotyped them in my mind). I tried to calm her down. No point in saying shit since that won't do anything productive.
Mother: Mexicans. They're all the same. They only help each other and screw everyone else who isn't Mexican. I used to tell them off when I was in college because they kept trying to con me. They're always the same, even now. They have no respect for anyone. They just do what they want. You know, they used to bully Vietnamese people. They still do. They're no good. yada yada yada.
Me: Mom, forget it. It's just one person.
I didn't want her to make a scene. The people behind us weren't happy either, but they didn't say anything. Besides, Mother was stereotyping the Mexicans' respect. I stereotyped their gang relations. At the least, I didn't want to go out to our car to find that it had been keyed. Some people are just that vindictive and bitchy when someone bitches them out.
Anyway, I'm sure the people in front of us were laughing at us 'cause we couldn't do anything. They kept looking back, pointing, laughing, and speaking in Spanish. Though I can't understand what they were saying, I could understand their tone and facial expressions. Not always that difficult to read the face of an insulting person.
Anyway, we rescheduled for tomorrow at 1400. Mother said this will probably be the last time we visit him because she doesn't want to deal with people at Elmwood.
Egh, Mother spent the rest of the time and the ride home bitching about Mexicans. And me. She bitched at me because I had tried (and failed) to calm her down. Ugh. I hate confrontations. What the fuck else am I going to do? Start shit?
She always does this. She's mad at one person, and she takes it out on everyone else. That's what she does with stereotyping, and that's what she does with me. Fucking sucks.
Mother. Brother. Only two people I have ever truly been angry with. I'm not even angry at the guy who cut in the line. Well, I was a little mad. Not because he did it, but because he made my mom angry. More trouble for me than for anyone else -_-
But that's all I'm saying about that.
Hmm, so today, I was supposed to go to Eastridge with Claudia. I got to the parking lot at 1600. Called and texted her to find out where she was. I waited in my car because I don't like being in the mall alone, waiting. I'd rather wait alone in my car in the heat.
Close to 1620, I decided to go in to Eastridge and look for her just in case her phone died or something. When I was inside, she finally texted back. She thought we were hanging out tomorrow -__- And she was grounded just before 1600. So the movies were a bust. Oh well, we'll try again next week.
So that was about 1645. I spent the next half hour or so just texting a few people to chill. I couldn't remember who had texting haha. So I chose a few people to text: Ariane, Le, Robert, Monterey. Ariane had to study for her English final. Le didn't reply. Robert had just gotten home from kickboxing. Monterey was home, yay!
But she moved! :O It took a while for me to find her apartment. Lives with her dad now. Cool.
Stayed there for about an hour. Talked. Not a whole lot of conversation haha.
Monterey kept getting texts about MJ's death though :P haha I found out through a text from Maggie around 1500. Anyway, Monterey doesn't care. Neither do I. Yay. Life and death. Nothing surprising.
Though, when I told my mom, she just said, "Good. He died at a good time. If he had survived, he would have a big medical bill that he couldn't afford." Mother, oh, always thinking of the practicality haha.
Anyway, I saw David (Monterey's dad) when he came home. Wow, changed. No more clean-cut. Peppered pony-tail. Smells like pot or something haha :P We talked a little bit. Then I left when they left at 1900.
I could have tried to call someone else to hang out. I was allowed to be out till about 2100. But oh well, I went home.
Told Mother that the movies were sold out, so my friend went home, and I decided to go see Monterey. She was ok with that. Partly because I was home early. And it's Monterey, my childhood friend from when I was in sixth grade haha.
Aside from Le and Kat, Monterey is probably the only other name I may mention so that I may go out. I haven't tested that hypothesis, but I'm pretty sure of it.
Oh, so I knew I've been forgetting to mention something in my blog for the past week or so. Mother wants to move again.
Her reasons... superstition and paranoia. Nothing new. So she's looking for a new place. We'll probably move back into an apartment. Not too many two-bedroom houses around, you know. Like the one we're living in. Very rare.
So if you hear of any two-bedroom places for rent (and accepts Housing), let me know. We're hoping to move north of our current position. Almost all the houses we've lived in have been in SSSJ. We move any further south, we'll probably end up in Morgan Hill or Gilroy.
As long as we're close to a light rail stop, it's all good.
Hmm, I think that's all I wanted to say. I'm not sure. Mm...
Yeah. Everyone's talking about it. Now, I've talked about it. Yay, I've conformed.
So went to visit Tony today. Got to Elmwood at about 1300. Tony was moved from maximum to minimum. Thus, our visit was cancelled. Had to wait in a long line to reschedule. Some guy cut in front of us. Or the people in front of us let him. We were second to go to the window before the guy cut in line. He had been at the window ten minutes earlier. He wanted to fix a mistake in his appointment papers.
Mother was not happy. She tried to tell him and the people in front of us off. They just smiled, laughed (at her), and said, "One minute. It will take just one minute."
Mother proceeded to stereotype the people in front of us in Vietnamese (I stereotyped them in my mind). I tried to calm her down. No point in saying shit since that won't do anything productive.
Mother: Mexicans. They're all the same. They only help each other and screw everyone else who isn't Mexican. I used to tell them off when I was in college because they kept trying to con me. They're always the same, even now. They have no respect for anyone. They just do what they want. You know, they used to bully Vietnamese people. They still do. They're no good. yada yada yada.
Me: Mom, forget it. It's just one person.
I didn't want her to make a scene. The people behind us weren't happy either, but they didn't say anything. Besides, Mother was stereotyping the Mexicans' respect. I stereotyped their gang relations. At the least, I didn't want to go out to our car to find that it had been keyed. Some people are just that vindictive and bitchy when someone bitches them out.
Anyway, I'm sure the people in front of us were laughing at us 'cause we couldn't do anything. They kept looking back, pointing, laughing, and speaking in Spanish. Though I can't understand what they were saying, I could understand their tone and facial expressions. Not always that difficult to read the face of an insulting person.
Anyway, we rescheduled for tomorrow at 1400. Mother said this will probably be the last time we visit him because she doesn't want to deal with people at Elmwood.
Egh, Mother spent the rest of the time and the ride home bitching about Mexicans. And me. She bitched at me because I had tried (and failed) to calm her down. Ugh. I hate confrontations. What the fuck else am I going to do? Start shit?
She always does this. She's mad at one person, and she takes it out on everyone else. That's what she does with stereotyping, and that's what she does with me. Fucking sucks.
Mother. Brother. Only two people I have ever truly been angry with. I'm not even angry at the guy who cut in the line. Well, I was a little mad. Not because he did it, but because he made my mom angry. More trouble for me than for anyone else -_-
But that's all I'm saying about that.
Hmm, so today, I was supposed to go to Eastridge with Claudia. I got to the parking lot at 1600. Called and texted her to find out where she was. I waited in my car because I don't like being in the mall alone, waiting. I'd rather wait alone in my car in the heat.
Close to 1620, I decided to go in to Eastridge and look for her just in case her phone died or something. When I was inside, she finally texted back. She thought we were hanging out tomorrow -__- And she was grounded just before 1600. So the movies were a bust. Oh well, we'll try again next week.
So that was about 1645. I spent the next half hour or so just texting a few people to chill. I couldn't remember who had texting haha. So I chose a few people to text: Ariane, Le, Robert, Monterey. Ariane had to study for her English final. Le didn't reply. Robert had just gotten home from kickboxing. Monterey was home, yay!
But she moved! :O It took a while for me to find her apartment. Lives with her dad now. Cool.
Stayed there for about an hour. Talked. Not a whole lot of conversation haha.
Monterey kept getting texts about MJ's death though :P haha I found out through a text from Maggie around 1500. Anyway, Monterey doesn't care. Neither do I. Yay. Life and death. Nothing surprising.
Though, when I told my mom, she just said, "Good. He died at a good time. If he had survived, he would have a big medical bill that he couldn't afford." Mother, oh, always thinking of the practicality haha.
Anyway, I saw David (Monterey's dad) when he came home. Wow, changed. No more clean-cut. Peppered pony-tail. Smells like pot or something haha :P We talked a little bit. Then I left when they left at 1900.
I could have tried to call someone else to hang out. I was allowed to be out till about 2100. But oh well, I went home.
Told Mother that the movies were sold out, so my friend went home, and I decided to go see Monterey. She was ok with that. Partly because I was home early. And it's Monterey, my childhood friend from when I was in sixth grade haha.
Aside from Le and Kat, Monterey is probably the only other name I may mention so that I may go out. I haven't tested that hypothesis, but I'm pretty sure of it.
Oh, so I knew I've been forgetting to mention something in my blog for the past week or so. Mother wants to move again.
Her reasons... superstition and paranoia. Nothing new. So she's looking for a new place. We'll probably move back into an apartment. Not too many two-bedroom houses around, you know. Like the one we're living in. Very rare.
So if you hear of any two-bedroom places for rent (and accepts Housing), let me know. We're hoping to move north of our current position. Almost all the houses we've lived in have been in SSSJ. We move any further south, we'll probably end up in Morgan Hill or Gilroy.
As long as we're close to a light rail stop, it's all good.
Hmm, I think that's all I wanted to say. I'm not sure. Mm...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Trek to the MLK Library
I realize the only time my mom really won't give the third degree when I go out is when I ask to go to the library.
So I received Tony's letters finally. Only Linh and D got long letters. That's ok. Mother and I are visiting him tomorrow at 1400 anyway.
Since I had to deliver Linh's letter at Tangerine Salon, I decided to go return my library books and borrow more.
Been a while since I've used the light rail. I brought my iPod/headphones, IRC bag, and the Maginobi tote bag (is that what it's called?) that I've had since Expo '07 (I think it was '07. My memory evades me). The four books I had went in the tote bag.
Light rail, just as fun as ever :P When I got to my stop, the first place I went to was Tangerine. Linh wasn't there yet. So I went to the library, returned the books, and spent half an hour picking books to read. In the Fiction section, I just got like the first six or seven Koontz books that I hadn't read yet. In the Mystery section, I took my time to browse.
I didn't get the big mystery books because they were too heavy for me -_- Next time, next time.
I borrowed a total of ten books. I took a while to figure out how I was going to carry the stuff. Heaaaavy stuff. Three books in the IRC bag, four in the tote bag, and three in my hands. My left shoulder is sore T-T But I won't need to go to the library for a few weeks. More like two months haha, depending on how often I read.
I checked Tangerine after the library. Linh still wasn't there, and I didn't wanna come back later or something. So I just asked one of his friends to give him the letter. Hopefully, she'll remember.
Light rail home, just as fun as always.
When I got home, my mom told me she thought I had gone out with Le because I took too long. Eh, I think I was only gone for two hours, but ok. And no, I wouldn't do that. I would at least call her and tell her.
Then I asked her if I could go to the movies tomorrow. Claudia had texted me earlier to go watch Up and Transformers :D Mom said yes. Only after I assured her that I knew Claudia from high school, which is technically true. Actually met her on Honor's Night haha.
Anyway, yay, movies tomorrow. Gonna ask Nancy (the youngin haha) if she wants to go.
Oh, and I asked my mom if I could go to San Francisco on Sunday, since she would be at a wedding. She said yes ^_^ She's not happy, but I told her it's summer and I need to go out.
And I'm happy to say that I've gone out with friends more in the first four weeks of this summer than I did all of last summer. That's good.
Mm, fun fun. I'm happy to just get out of the house. Staying home too much is so not healthy haha.
Oh, I should be getting my new glasses sometime next week too. I'll post up pictures of them when I get them. And hopefully chilling with Amy G, Lisa, and others too.
Mm, San Francisco. Only time I was there for fun was the ASU field trip to Chinatown in Freshman year. Yay, I can't wait. Hopefully, Brian can still give me a ride. Gonna check out SF Pride 2009 haha. This will be interesting, to say the least. And of course, I didn't tell my mom why we were going to SF. I just gave a vague answer: Some people are celebrating something in SF, and my friends wanted to check it out :P I didn't lie.
Anyway, fun fun. This is a relatively good summer so far. Aside from a few problems, I've been having fun. And I'm not totally bored at home anymore. I've got my books, DVDs, and Internet. I do need to start exercising though, but the heat is making me hella lazy -_- I'll work on it. Maybe.
Now, I think I'm gonna go watch a movie or read. Yay haha.
So I received Tony's letters finally. Only Linh and D got long letters. That's ok. Mother and I are visiting him tomorrow at 1400 anyway.
Since I had to deliver Linh's letter at Tangerine Salon, I decided to go return my library books and borrow more.
Been a while since I've used the light rail. I brought my iPod/headphones, IRC bag, and the Maginobi tote bag (is that what it's called?) that I've had since Expo '07 (I think it was '07. My memory evades me). The four books I had went in the tote bag.
Light rail, just as fun as ever :P When I got to my stop, the first place I went to was Tangerine. Linh wasn't there yet. So I went to the library, returned the books, and spent half an hour picking books to read. In the Fiction section, I just got like the first six or seven Koontz books that I hadn't read yet. In the Mystery section, I took my time to browse.
I didn't get the big mystery books because they were too heavy for me -_- Next time, next time.
I borrowed a total of ten books. I took a while to figure out how I was going to carry the stuff. Heaaaavy stuff. Three books in the IRC bag, four in the tote bag, and three in my hands. My left shoulder is sore T-T But I won't need to go to the library for a few weeks. More like two months haha, depending on how often I read.
I checked Tangerine after the library. Linh still wasn't there, and I didn't wanna come back later or something. So I just asked one of his friends to give him the letter. Hopefully, she'll remember.
Light rail home, just as fun as always.
When I got home, my mom told me she thought I had gone out with Le because I took too long. Eh, I think I was only gone for two hours, but ok. And no, I wouldn't do that. I would at least call her and tell her.
Then I asked her if I could go to the movies tomorrow. Claudia had texted me earlier to go watch Up and Transformers :D Mom said yes. Only after I assured her that I knew Claudia from high school, which is technically true. Actually met her on Honor's Night haha.
Anyway, yay, movies tomorrow. Gonna ask Nancy (the youngin haha) if she wants to go.
Oh, and I asked my mom if I could go to San Francisco on Sunday, since she would be at a wedding. She said yes ^_^ She's not happy, but I told her it's summer and I need to go out.
And I'm happy to say that I've gone out with friends more in the first four weeks of this summer than I did all of last summer. That's good.
Mm, fun fun. I'm happy to just get out of the house. Staying home too much is so not healthy haha.
Oh, I should be getting my new glasses sometime next week too. I'll post up pictures of them when I get them. And hopefully chilling with Amy G, Lisa, and others too.
Mm, San Francisco. Only time I was there for fun was the ASU field trip to Chinatown in Freshman year. Yay, I can't wait. Hopefully, Brian can still give me a ride. Gonna check out SF Pride 2009 haha. This will be interesting, to say the least. And of course, I didn't tell my mom why we were going to SF. I just gave a vague answer: Some people are celebrating something in SF, and my friends wanted to check it out :P I didn't lie.
Anyway, fun fun. This is a relatively good summer so far. Aside from a few problems, I've been having fun. And I'm not totally bored at home anymore. I've got my books, DVDs, and Internet. I do need to start exercising though, but the heat is making me hella lazy -_- I'll work on it. Maybe.
Now, I think I'm gonna go watch a movie or read. Yay haha.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Fall 2009 Registration
So I woke up at 0840 today. Got up, showered, and went to the store to buy stuff for my mom. I rushed and accidentally bought onions instead of garlic -_-
Anyway, I wanted to get home in time to start registering for classes at 0940. Good timing. I signed up for my classes. I got held up with my last PE class though. I couldn't decide between Step Training MW or Ice Hockey F. Ahh, that delay put me on the wait list for Beginning Social Dance (someone signed up for it just before I did, meaning they confirmed before I did). I want that class! Just because it fits so well into my schedule.
So my official schedule (for now) is as follows:
Monday
0900-1015 AAS 33A (Asian American US History/Politics)
1030-1145 KIN 46A (Beginning Social Dance) --Wait list
1230-1320 KIN 34 (Step Training)
Tuesday
0900-1015 PHYS 1 (Elementary Physics)
1030-1145 PHIL 61 (Moral Philosophy)
1330-1620 PHYS 1L (Elementary Physics Lab)
Wednesday
0900-1015 AAS 33A (Asian American US History/Politics)
1030-1145 KIN 46A (Beginning Social Dance) --Wait list
1230-1320 KIN 34 (Step Training)
Thursday
0900-1015 PHYS 1 (Elementary Physics)
1030-1145 PHIL 61 (Moral Philosophy)
Friday
0950-1130 KIN 65A (Beginning Ice Hockey)
There are only five PE classes left that I am eligible to sign up for. There are the Social Dance class and the Ice Hockey class. There are two Step Training classes, but apparently the professor is terribly flaky and too textbook-oriented. There's a Rugby class, but it's off-campus and I would have to go home on the light rail and then drive back.
I'm not sure if I'll keep Ice Hockey. Though, I think I have to. I can't get into any other classes. Damn, I got the last pickings. Oh well, I'll try to be happy with what I get.
I don't know if I'll get KIN 46A. Grr. I'm still a little ticked. Almost got a full schedule, but now I have to wait and see if I'll get the dance class. If I get Social Dance, then I'll drop Step Training. If not, then I guess I'll keep the flaky professor.
Ayee, I hope someone doesn't show up to the first two days of Social Dance so I can get that class haha.
Now, this means I shouldn't buy the textbooks for Step Training until I know for sure which class I get.
Oh, please tell me I won't have to buy too many textbooks. I still need to sell my old ones. I need to find time.
Aye, I hope I get used to whatever schedule I get too. I'm used to starting and ending at the same times every day. This next semester, I start at the same times, but I end at a different time each day. What fun. We'll see what happens.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I created a new Facebook just so I could ask someone about the Ice Hockey class :P Now, I'm just going to leave my account there. If you want to add me again, go ahead. But I'm probably not going to add others myself. At least for a while. Need my break from Fb.
Anyway, I wanted to get home in time to start registering for classes at 0940. Good timing. I signed up for my classes. I got held up with my last PE class though. I couldn't decide between Step Training MW or Ice Hockey F. Ahh, that delay put me on the wait list for Beginning Social Dance (someone signed up for it just before I did, meaning they confirmed before I did). I want that class! Just because it fits so well into my schedule.
So my official schedule (for now) is as follows:
Monday
0900-1015 AAS 33A (Asian American US History/Politics)
1030-1145 KIN 46A (Beginning Social Dance) --Wait list
1230-1320 KIN 34 (Step Training)
Tuesday
0900-1015 PHYS 1 (Elementary Physics)
1030-1145 PHIL 61 (Moral Philosophy)
1330-1620 PHYS 1L (Elementary Physics Lab)
Wednesday
0900-1015 AAS 33A (Asian American US History/Politics)
1030-1145 KIN 46A (Beginning Social Dance) --Wait list
1230-1320 KIN 34 (Step Training)
Thursday
0900-1015 PHYS 1 (Elementary Physics)
1030-1145 PHIL 61 (Moral Philosophy)
Friday
0950-1130 KIN 65A (Beginning Ice Hockey)
There are only five PE classes left that I am eligible to sign up for. There are the Social Dance class and the Ice Hockey class. There are two Step Training classes, but apparently the professor is terribly flaky and too textbook-oriented. There's a Rugby class, but it's off-campus and I would have to go home on the light rail and then drive back.
I'm not sure if I'll keep Ice Hockey. Though, I think I have to. I can't get into any other classes. Damn, I got the last pickings. Oh well, I'll try to be happy with what I get.
I don't know if I'll get KIN 46A. Grr. I'm still a little ticked. Almost got a full schedule, but now I have to wait and see if I'll get the dance class. If I get Social Dance, then I'll drop Step Training. If not, then I guess I'll keep the flaky professor.
Ayee, I hope someone doesn't show up to the first two days of Social Dance so I can get that class haha.
Now, this means I shouldn't buy the textbooks for Step Training until I know for sure which class I get.
Oh, please tell me I won't have to buy too many textbooks. I still need to sell my old ones. I need to find time.
Aye, I hope I get used to whatever schedule I get too. I'm used to starting and ending at the same times every day. This next semester, I start at the same times, but I end at a different time each day. What fun. We'll see what happens.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I created a new Facebook just so I could ask someone about the Ice Hockey class :P Now, I'm just going to leave my account there. If you want to add me again, go ahead. But I'm probably not going to add others myself. At least for a while. Need my break from Fb.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low
Hmm, I didn't get to update yesterday because my Internet browser apparently crashed. Or that's what the little warning message said.
Anyway, I really was just going to say that over the past ten or so years, my family managed to save up $238.61 in change. Mostly my mom did. She doesn't like using change.
So yesterday, we decided that our containers of change (sounds so euphemistic) were too heavy to leave in the house. We went to Lucky and used the Coinstar. Took about fifteen minutes to get all the change in. There was one useless dime that we tried putting in three times, and the machine kept coughing it back up. And there were two pennies that were glued together haha.
But yeah, that was fun. People were staring at us because we stood at the machine for too long or something. I dunno.
And I totally believe this entry would be more interesting if I had updated about this yesterday, post-excitement and all :P
Anyway, the reason I couldn't use my entire computer yesterday was because the virtual memory was low. I didn't know what that meant, so I asked Ryan T. Basically, when it's low, the computer slows waayyy down. For my computer though, it wouldn't even open anything. It didn't even want to shut down.
But today, D sent me an email to try to fix the speed problem. And so far, I think it's working. No error messages yet, and I've been on the computer for about an hour. So that's good.
As long as it works tomorrow for half an hour in the morning, I will be happy. I need to sign up for my classes. If I don't get to log on at exactly 0940 tomorrow, I'm gonna be pissed.
I'm hearing sounds in the corner of the ceiling and walls of my kitchen. I think birds have made a nest in our wall just outside the kitchen and under the patio roof thing. Cool. Though, my mom isn't happy about it. If the birds' eggs keep dropping, ants are going to keep coming up for more.
Yeah, ok. I seriously need to get to the library this week. I'm sooo tired of going online all the time. Want books.
Anyway, I really was just going to say that over the past ten or so years, my family managed to save up $238.61 in change. Mostly my mom did. She doesn't like using change.
So yesterday, we decided that our containers of change (sounds so euphemistic) were too heavy to leave in the house. We went to Lucky and used the Coinstar. Took about fifteen minutes to get all the change in. There was one useless dime that we tried putting in three times, and the machine kept coughing it back up. And there were two pennies that were glued together haha.
But yeah, that was fun. People were staring at us because we stood at the machine for too long or something. I dunno.
And I totally believe this entry would be more interesting if I had updated about this yesterday, post-excitement and all :P
Anyway, the reason I couldn't use my entire computer yesterday was because the virtual memory was low. I didn't know what that meant, so I asked Ryan T. Basically, when it's low, the computer slows waayyy down. For my computer though, it wouldn't even open anything. It didn't even want to shut down.
But today, D sent me an email to try to fix the speed problem. And so far, I think it's working. No error messages yet, and I've been on the computer for about an hour. So that's good.
As long as it works tomorrow for half an hour in the morning, I will be happy. I need to sign up for my classes. If I don't get to log on at exactly 0940 tomorrow, I'm gonna be pissed.
I'm hearing sounds in the corner of the ceiling and walls of my kitchen. I think birds have made a nest in our wall just outside the kitchen and under the patio roof thing. Cool. Though, my mom isn't happy about it. If the birds' eggs keep dropping, ants are going to keep coming up for more.
Yeah, ok. I seriously need to get to the library this week. I'm sooo tired of going online all the time. Want books.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Fete de la Musique
It's French :P
Anyway, today, I chilled at Maggie's. Mother was actually ok with that. I told her three to four hours. Bad idea.
After chilling and talking at Maggie's for two hours, she told me that Wrawsome was performing at Santana Row for free. I wanted to go.
When I asked my mom, she got pissed (of course, my fault). But she let me go as long as someone else drove me there and as long as I drove my car back home. She doesn't like Maggie's neighborhood XP
But it all worked out. I went home. Brian picked me up. Then Trung. Then Maggie and her younger brother, Ricky. Brian went to get a haircut first haha. Then we went to Santana Row.
We were almost late until we found out that Wrawsome's performance was half an hour later than we thought.
Ran into Kiet, Andrew Tran, and their friends.
Watched Wrawsome perform. Small ass stage. Way small. But they did well :) Maggie recorded it. There was a guy to my left that kept yelling "Check out that swag!" or "MELFRED" or "JAE-AR." Yeah, aggravating. But I still enjoyed the perf.
Walked to Urban Outfitters. Drove to Valley Fair: XXI Forever 21. Discovered that there's going to be a new TV show called "10 Things I Hate About You." No, just no. I love the movie. They can't steal that name -_- Lame.
Short details. Apologies. Mother, not happy. Me, rushing. I want to put in details about all the conversations today. But grr, I'm rushing. Basics: college stuff, music stuff, gay stuff, random stuff. Yeah haha.
Oh, I kept seeing people (I thought) I recognized. I should have asked. Oh well.
I hope I remember today. It was fun. SF Pride next week. I hope to go. Brian and Trung are going. If they have space in the car, I may go along for my first Pride experience haha.
Ok, must go.
Anyway, today, I chilled at Maggie's. Mother was actually ok with that. I told her three to four hours. Bad idea.
After chilling and talking at Maggie's for two hours, she told me that Wrawsome was performing at Santana Row for free. I wanted to go.
When I asked my mom, she got pissed (of course, my fault). But she let me go as long as someone else drove me there and as long as I drove my car back home. She doesn't like Maggie's neighborhood XP
But it all worked out. I went home. Brian picked me up. Then Trung. Then Maggie and her younger brother, Ricky. Brian went to get a haircut first haha. Then we went to Santana Row.
We were almost late until we found out that Wrawsome's performance was half an hour later than we thought.
Ran into Kiet, Andrew Tran, and their friends.
Watched Wrawsome perform. Small ass stage. Way small. But they did well :) Maggie recorded it. There was a guy to my left that kept yelling "Check out that swag!" or "MELFRED" or "JAE-AR." Yeah, aggravating. But I still enjoyed the perf.
Walked to Urban Outfitters. Drove to Valley Fair: XXI Forever 21. Discovered that there's going to be a new TV show called "10 Things I Hate About You." No, just no. I love the movie. They can't steal that name -_- Lame.
Short details. Apologies. Mother, not happy. Me, rushing. I want to put in details about all the conversations today. But grr, I'm rushing. Basics: college stuff, music stuff, gay stuff, random stuff. Yeah haha.
Oh, I kept seeing people (I thought) I recognized. I should have asked. Oh well.
I hope I remember today. It was fun. SF Pride next week. I hope to go. Brian and Trung are going. If they have space in the car, I may go along for my first Pride experience haha.
Ok, must go.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
County Jail: Maximum Security
Oh yeah, I'm so dangerous.
Mother and I visited Tony today. Appointment at 1400. Had to arrive at least thirty minutes early. Hella crowded. Lots of little kids.
Anyway, we got to talk to Tony at 1350. Through the glass and the phone. Last time he was in jail, Mother talked to him at a table, no window or phone. I found out that the reason for this was last time he was in minimum security. Now, he's in maximum security.
Max security is different in that about sixty inmates share one big bathroom and they only get one hour of outside time. And they wear green. Minimum security inmates wear the horizontal stripes and are allowed to go outside of their bunks.
Anyway, visits are only thirty minutes long, but Mother and I somehow got fifty minutes. Mother spoke to him for forty minutes. She finally relinquished the phone to me after half an hour. During that half hour, I just sat there, stared at the wall, and played with my hands.
When I talked to Tony, he told me the real reason he was in max security. Originally in minimum security, he got into a fight with another inmate. He made sure to point out (in a whisper) that the other guy was Mexican. I don't know why, but ok. And he whispered this part because there was one other inmate, a Mexican, in the "visiting room."
Anyway, Tony proceeded to ask about me and my days. I told him about the three days from last week. He asked why I didn't go out more. I reminded him that I live with Mother. No more was said about that.
Mm, now I have to wait for an envelope that he's gonna send to me soon. Within that envelope, there will be at least three letters. One addressed to me, the second addressed to D, and the last addressed to his friend Linh (the Tangerine salon guy near SJSU). Yeaah.
But perfect timing. When I go to deliver Linh's letter next week, I can go to the MLK Library since I just finished my last borrowed book last night at 0048 haha. Then I can go scope out Beat the Bookstore and Robert's Bookstore. I really need to sell my textbooks. I don't know if I'll know any ST kids going to SJSU next semester.
Haha I keep typing Linh's name as "Link." I've played too much Legend of Zelda in my younger days.
Aaanyway, back to jail... Hmm, what was it that I wanted to say?
Oh yeah, generally, I think parents are willing to declare to the world that they have an unconditional love for their children. Am I wrong to think that? I mean, the parent having unconditional love for the offspring. Something like that.
Well, Mother spent half, maybe all, of her speaking time laying down the facts for Tony. Or maybe giving him an ultimatum, I'm not really sure. Basically, she spent her time making it clear that her love for her son is conditional.
Of course, I'm not gonna tell my mom what to do. But I don't know what to think of that. Even though he's smoked, done drugs, received two DUIs, and done a bunch of other stuff, he does try. He shows regret (however, I sometimes wonder if he truly regrets doing shit or just that he gets caught so often). Anyway, if he doesn't clean up his act, Mother will officially disown him (haha "officially"). She's stuck with him thusfar, but now she's saying no more.
I don't know if I believe her. She said that before, but she still took care of him, took him back into her heart. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, she won't disown him. Maybe she won't. He said he's not allowed to smoke or anything now (you're allowed to smoke in minimum security). And he said he'll stop smoking and doing drugs when he gets out of jail. The drugs part, he told only me. He thinks that Mother thinks that he only sold drugs, but I know she already suspects him of using.
Ah ok, now I've lost steam for updating. I've forgotten the rest of what I was going to say as well.
Oh wait, I get to enroll in my classes next Tuesday at 0940! Yay. I checked the classes I wanted this morning. My 3-unit classes are still pretty open. Hopefully will still be that way when I enroll. However, my 1-unit, PE classes have almost been knocked out completely -__- Beginning Jogging only had seven spots left when I check at 1100 today. Most of everything else is all full and in waitlist mode.
The only classes that I'm pretty sure I could get into now are Beginning Rugby, Beginning Handball, Tai Chi, Beginning Karate, Beginning Social Dance, and Step Training -__- At the least they have ten spots open in each.
The next five days are going to make me nuts T-T I spent half this morning swearing because most of the PE classes I considered were already waitlisting at least twelve people. I might end up waitlisting. But I'm cool with Rugby, Handball, Tai Chi, and Karate. Only real problem I have with some of the classes is the time. Late afternoon. Ugh. What would I do for seven hours? Go home and come back? Maybe.
Mm, I'm not very fond of trying Social Dance, but I have watched Lisa's class last semester. It was interesting, I guess. But I'm not coordinated and I don't really want to dance with a guy haha. Mm.
Step Training sounds interesting, but according to RateMyProfessor.com, the prof for that course is terrible. Everyone who rated her said the same thing. And that's pretty sad. Especially after the first twenty ratings.
Ok, today is kinda depressing -_- jail and school stuff haha. Well, hopefully, I'll be able to sell my textbooks. Need some money back. Need to sell before SJSU stops using the editions I have. Unless you know some people who are going to SJSU next school year and are cool with buying used from me.
Mm. I should go contemplate my textbook situation.
Mother and I visited Tony today. Appointment at 1400. Had to arrive at least thirty minutes early. Hella crowded. Lots of little kids.
Anyway, we got to talk to Tony at 1350. Through the glass and the phone. Last time he was in jail, Mother talked to him at a table, no window or phone. I found out that the reason for this was last time he was in minimum security. Now, he's in maximum security.
Max security is different in that about sixty inmates share one big bathroom and they only get one hour of outside time. And they wear green. Minimum security inmates wear the horizontal stripes and are allowed to go outside of their bunks.
Anyway, visits are only thirty minutes long, but Mother and I somehow got fifty minutes. Mother spoke to him for forty minutes. She finally relinquished the phone to me after half an hour. During that half hour, I just sat there, stared at the wall, and played with my hands.
When I talked to Tony, he told me the real reason he was in max security. Originally in minimum security, he got into a fight with another inmate. He made sure to point out (in a whisper) that the other guy was Mexican. I don't know why, but ok. And he whispered this part because there was one other inmate, a Mexican, in the "visiting room."
Anyway, Tony proceeded to ask about me and my days. I told him about the three days from last week. He asked why I didn't go out more. I reminded him that I live with Mother. No more was said about that.
Mm, now I have to wait for an envelope that he's gonna send to me soon. Within that envelope, there will be at least three letters. One addressed to me, the second addressed to D, and the last addressed to his friend Linh (the Tangerine salon guy near SJSU). Yeaah.
But perfect timing. When I go to deliver Linh's letter next week, I can go to the MLK Library since I just finished my last borrowed book last night at 0048 haha. Then I can go scope out Beat the Bookstore and Robert's Bookstore. I really need to sell my textbooks. I don't know if I'll know any ST kids going to SJSU next semester.
Haha I keep typing Linh's name as "Link." I've played too much Legend of Zelda in my younger days.
Aaanyway, back to jail... Hmm, what was it that I wanted to say?
Oh yeah, generally, I think parents are willing to declare to the world that they have an unconditional love for their children. Am I wrong to think that? I mean, the parent having unconditional love for the offspring. Something like that.
Well, Mother spent half, maybe all, of her speaking time laying down the facts for Tony. Or maybe giving him an ultimatum, I'm not really sure. Basically, she spent her time making it clear that her love for her son is conditional.
Of course, I'm not gonna tell my mom what to do. But I don't know what to think of that. Even though he's smoked, done drugs, received two DUIs, and done a bunch of other stuff, he does try. He shows regret (however, I sometimes wonder if he truly regrets doing shit or just that he gets caught so often). Anyway, if he doesn't clean up his act, Mother will officially disown him (haha "officially"). She's stuck with him thusfar, but now she's saying no more.
I don't know if I believe her. She said that before, but she still took care of him, took him back into her heart. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, she won't disown him. Maybe she won't. He said he's not allowed to smoke or anything now (you're allowed to smoke in minimum security). And he said he'll stop smoking and doing drugs when he gets out of jail. The drugs part, he told only me. He thinks that Mother thinks that he only sold drugs, but I know she already suspects him of using.
Ah ok, now I've lost steam for updating. I've forgotten the rest of what I was going to say as well.
Oh wait, I get to enroll in my classes next Tuesday at 0940! Yay. I checked the classes I wanted this morning. My 3-unit classes are still pretty open. Hopefully will still be that way when I enroll. However, my 1-unit, PE classes have almost been knocked out completely -__- Beginning Jogging only had seven spots left when I check at 1100 today. Most of everything else is all full and in waitlist mode.
The only classes that I'm pretty sure I could get into now are Beginning Rugby, Beginning Handball, Tai Chi, Beginning Karate, Beginning Social Dance, and Step Training -__- At the least they have ten spots open in each.
The next five days are going to make me nuts T-T I spent half this morning swearing because most of the PE classes I considered were already waitlisting at least twelve people. I might end up waitlisting. But I'm cool with Rugby, Handball, Tai Chi, and Karate. Only real problem I have with some of the classes is the time. Late afternoon. Ugh. What would I do for seven hours? Go home and come back? Maybe.
Mm, I'm not very fond of trying Social Dance, but I have watched Lisa's class last semester. It was interesting, I guess. But I'm not coordinated and I don't really want to dance with a guy haha. Mm.
Step Training sounds interesting, but according to RateMyProfessor.com, the prof for that course is terrible. Everyone who rated her said the same thing. And that's pretty sad. Especially after the first twenty ratings.
Ok, today is kinda depressing -_- jail and school stuff haha. Well, hopefully, I'll be able to sell my textbooks. Need some money back. Need to sell before SJSU stops using the editions I have. Unless you know some people who are going to SJSU next school year and are cool with buying used from me.
Mm. I should go contemplate my textbook situation.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Someone tried to prank call my house this morning...
at 1030 -__- and failed miserably.
I was still sleeping then. My mom picked up the phone, but she couldn't understand what the caller was saying. So she woke me up to talk to the caller.
It turned out to be a girl, sounded like a 13-year-old.
me: *groggy* Hello?
girl: Hello? Hello?
me: Who is this?
girl: *gigglegigglegiggle* *mumblemumblemumble* *laughlaughlaugh*
me: *noticed she's giggling* What? Who are you looking for?
girl: *laughlaugh* *mumblemumble* *laughter in background*
me: What?
girl: *laughlaugh* *mumblemumble* I'm a bad person (girl?). *gigglegiggle*
me: What?
Then I hung up the phone after those 15 seconds. I realized it was a prank call. A really bad one. I couldn't understand anything she was saying. All I could hear was her and her friends laughing. How lame.
First time I've ever received a prank call, and I knew 10 seconds into the call. How not funny.
Before I hung up, I was thinking about how to reply. But my mom was there. I didn't want to piss her off by wasting her time too.
Anyway, wouldn't it be funny if someone tries to prank call you and then you turn around and give them lessons on how to prank call properly? Haha I was gonna do that.
It would have sounded a bit like:
If this is supposed to be a prank call, you need to learn a couple of things:
One, stop laughing.
Two, tell your friends to stop laughing.
Three, speak clearly. It works better if the target can actually understand you.
Four, keep the conversation going for a few minutes. If you can't get past a minute, you pretty much fail.
Five, don't prank call someone who's probably done this more than you have.
Six, if this is your first time, write down what you want to say. Make a goal. Like don't get caught prank calling.
And oh yeah, seven, actually talk about something that makes sense. If it's something stupid like "I'm a bad girl," the target will simply hang up. Like this.
*hang up*
Haha I don't know. I feel gypped. That call was pathetic. Not even remotely funny. And I thought I wasn't supposed to know it was a prank call haha.
I know there are a lot of prank call websites that post good prank calls. There should also be a site about how some clever people have identified and responded to prank calls. I've heard a few stories. Some of them are ok, and others are hilarious. A few are just genius haha. Too bad there's no such site. Only prank call sites.
Oh, did you hear about that kid who prank called a couple of schools? Bomb threats for $5. Or the guy who did the swatting.
Prank calls should be fun and harmless. I have respect for clever prank masters. But when they cross the boundaries into idiocy, threats, and putting people's lives in danger, I have no respect for them. And it's better when the prankster doesn't swear. C'mon, the point of prank calling is to get a funny reaction out of the target. If you need to resort to swearing or threats, you need to go find a new hobby.
Anyway, yeah, that's all.
I was still sleeping then. My mom picked up the phone, but she couldn't understand what the caller was saying. So she woke me up to talk to the caller.
It turned out to be a girl, sounded like a 13-year-old.
me: *groggy* Hello?
girl: Hello? Hello?
me: Who is this?
girl: *gigglegigglegiggle* *mumblemumblemumble* *laughlaughlaugh*
me: *noticed she's giggling* What? Who are you looking for?
girl: *laughlaugh* *mumblemumble* *laughter in background*
me: What?
girl: *laughlaugh* *mumblemumble* I'm a bad person (girl?). *gigglegiggle*
me: What?
Then I hung up the phone after those 15 seconds. I realized it was a prank call. A really bad one. I couldn't understand anything she was saying. All I could hear was her and her friends laughing. How lame.
First time I've ever received a prank call, and I knew 10 seconds into the call. How not funny.
Before I hung up, I was thinking about how to reply. But my mom was there. I didn't want to piss her off by wasting her time too.
Anyway, wouldn't it be funny if someone tries to prank call you and then you turn around and give them lessons on how to prank call properly? Haha I was gonna do that.
It would have sounded a bit like:
If this is supposed to be a prank call, you need to learn a couple of things:
One, stop laughing.
Two, tell your friends to stop laughing.
Three, speak clearly. It works better if the target can actually understand you.
Four, keep the conversation going for a few minutes. If you can't get past a minute, you pretty much fail.
Five, don't prank call someone who's probably done this more than you have.
Six, if this is your first time, write down what you want to say. Make a goal. Like don't get caught prank calling.
And oh yeah, seven, actually talk about something that makes sense. If it's something stupid like "I'm a bad girl," the target will simply hang up. Like this.
*hang up*
Haha I don't know. I feel gypped. That call was pathetic. Not even remotely funny. And I thought I wasn't supposed to know it was a prank call haha.
I know there are a lot of prank call websites that post good prank calls. There should also be a site about how some clever people have identified and responded to prank calls. I've heard a few stories. Some of them are ok, and others are hilarious. A few are just genius haha. Too bad there's no such site. Only prank call sites.
Oh, did you hear about that kid who prank called a couple of schools? Bomb threats for $5. Or the guy who did the swatting.
Prank calls should be fun and harmless. I have respect for clever prank masters. But when they cross the boundaries into idiocy, threats, and putting people's lives in danger, I have no respect for them. And it's better when the prankster doesn't swear. C'mon, the point of prank calling is to get a funny reaction out of the target. If you need to resort to swearing or threats, you need to go find a new hobby.
Anyway, yeah, that's all.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
There are a lot of irritable people in this world.
I don't want to be one of them.
Ninety-day sentence. Two-thirds of that is sixty. Take away ten, and he has fifty days. He'll be out July 31st.
Mother cried. Yelled at me, other people. I wish I could tune her out better. I should have brought my music. But it's ok. I realized I've always had an escape: my mind. Violent as it may be sometimes, my imagination is a shield. I never thought of it that way, but it is what it is.
I feel like a child.
Anyway, I'm not going to elaborate about anything. I'm not really sure I want to remember today. With all the tears and anger and unwarranted spite. Today was too much. But today was just another day. It will be over in about four hours.
I just need to be calm and cool. No anger, no rage, no tears. I just wish she would stop being so damn negative and self-righteous..
Ninety-day sentence. Two-thirds of that is sixty. Take away ten, and he has fifty days. He'll be out July 31st.
Mother cried. Yelled at me, other people. I wish I could tune her out better. I should have brought my music. But it's ok. I realized I've always had an escape: my mind. Violent as it may be sometimes, my imagination is a shield. I never thought of it that way, but it is what it is.
I feel like a child.
Anyway, I'm not going to elaborate about anything. I'm not really sure I want to remember today. With all the tears and anger and unwarranted spite. Today was too much. But today was just another day. It will be over in about four hours.
I just need to be calm and cool. No anger, no rage, no tears. I just wish she would stop being so damn negative and self-righteous..
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Yay, Karaoke!
The past three days have been great ^_^ And Le's driving/life-saving skills are super-awesome :D
Monday night: frozen yogurt with Kat, Le, and Minh (Le's younger brother, and I think that's how you spell his name). This was at 2130. Hella late, hella dark. And my mom let me go :O She must be really fond of Kat and/or Le hahaha. I mean, she didn't even let me go out at 1930 with someone else three weeks ago.
Tuesday: Ariane drove me and Kat to Gumbo Jumbo. We met Le there. Amanda served our table. Hmm, Ariane ate her first crawfish. She was freaked out haha, but then her shell-cracking technique kinda surpassed mine XP We ate for about an hour (5 pounds of spicy, 1 pound of mild, fried calamari, cajun curly fries, and beignets a la mode). The calamari was drier than i remembered, hm. Anyway, fun stuff. Good food. Ended up totalling around $96. No discount because Tony's not working, that loser. We were short $9. I only had a twenty left over. I could have taken change, but whatever. An $11-tip is pretty good, yeah?
Afterward, we all went to Le's house. Le drove Kat; Ariane, me. Haha Ariane and I just talked about (mainly) her. Love life and all :P Mine doesn't exist. Thus, we couldn't talk about it. Hers, very interesting to say the least. Anyway, Ariane couldn't stay long at Le's place. Kat, Le, and I ended up playing on the computer. Deviantart. FMyLife. MyLifeIsAverage. Texts From Last Night. OMGPOP.
Then Kat and I went home at 2230. Mother was ok with that. She didn't freak out like she used to.
Wednesday: Korean food and karaoke. Sweet!
Le drove Kat and me to this restaurant called SKD Tofu House ("SGD? STD?" hahaha), which is in Santa Clara. Waited for Andrew to arrive, since he was at De Anza. Ate some good food. Seafood Soft Tofu, mmmm. And as usual, I was the last person to finish XP I'm eating more slowly than I used to. I have no idea why.
Btw, money problems suck, and I mean "problems" as in math.
Anyway, we went down the street to a karaoke place. First time I've ever done karaoke. What fun. What hilarity. What amazing singing hahaha. We spent about an hour and a half in a small room (rate: $30/hour). Cost of food = cost of singing.
And I think the karaoke machine is biased. We kept getting 99's and 100's hahaha. I know for a fact I am not that good. I think I'm good enough to do backup vocals haha.
Songs we sang that I can remember: "So What" by Pink, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray, "Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas, "Living On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi, "Toxic" and "Everytime" by Britney Spears, "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden, "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys, "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban, and "A Whole New World."
Oh, the owner gave us a free CD. Of our singing, that is. Can't wait to hear it hahaha. Kat's got it. I wonder how amazing our singing/shouting/laughing was haha.
I got home at exactly 2300. Mother didn't yell, whew.
No more going out for a while, I suppose. That's ok. I do need to go to the library eventually though. I only have one book left to read, and I'll probably finish it in three or four days, hm.
Tomorrow, I have to drive Mom downtown to the Superior Court near Gumbo Jumbo. 1330, I think. Oh, what fun this will be -__- I'll probably bring my book to read again. Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz. I like his novels. Sci-fi-ish, thriller, adventure, etc etc. Whispers was the first book by Koontz that I read, and I loved it. The second was By the Light of the Moon, which I finished last night. Haha I haven't had a favorite author since I read Jack London's White Fang and Call of the Wild back in the 8th grade. Koontz, just awesome. I like his style haha. I might end up spending the summer reading all of his novels. All thirty or so of them XP
Man, now I feel like a geek talking about books. A sci-fi geek. Oh, dear, no.
Ahh, I should sleep. It's midnight.
Oh, but I forgot to mention that I will be getting new glasses in about three weeks :D Finally. I've worn round frames my whole life. Soon, I'll be sporting those plastic, rectangular ones. I'm just chock full of changes this year :P
Aaand I watched Taken and Cars today. Again, finally. Taken didn't really have a climax, or at least I didn't really feel the impact of it. The movie was good nonetheless. Cars, cute, cool, cliche.
Ok, bed now. Good night.
Monday night: frozen yogurt with Kat, Le, and Minh (Le's younger brother, and I think that's how you spell his name). This was at 2130. Hella late, hella dark. And my mom let me go :O She must be really fond of Kat and/or Le hahaha. I mean, she didn't even let me go out at 1930 with someone else three weeks ago.
Tuesday: Ariane drove me and Kat to Gumbo Jumbo. We met Le there. Amanda served our table. Hmm, Ariane ate her first crawfish. She was freaked out haha, but then her shell-cracking technique kinda surpassed mine XP We ate for about an hour (5 pounds of spicy, 1 pound of mild, fried calamari, cajun curly fries, and beignets a la mode). The calamari was drier than i remembered, hm. Anyway, fun stuff. Good food. Ended up totalling around $96. No discount because Tony's not working, that loser. We were short $9. I only had a twenty left over. I could have taken change, but whatever. An $11-tip is pretty good, yeah?
Afterward, we all went to Le's house. Le drove Kat; Ariane, me. Haha Ariane and I just talked about (mainly) her. Love life and all :P Mine doesn't exist. Thus, we couldn't talk about it. Hers, very interesting to say the least. Anyway, Ariane couldn't stay long at Le's place. Kat, Le, and I ended up playing on the computer. Deviantart. FMyLife. MyLifeIsAverage. Texts From Last Night. OMGPOP.
Then Kat and I went home at 2230. Mother was ok with that. She didn't freak out like she used to.
Wednesday: Korean food and karaoke. Sweet!
Le drove Kat and me to this restaurant called SKD Tofu House ("SGD? STD?" hahaha), which is in Santa Clara. Waited for Andrew to arrive, since he was at De Anza. Ate some good food. Seafood Soft Tofu, mmmm. And as usual, I was the last person to finish XP I'm eating more slowly than I used to. I have no idea why.
Btw, money problems suck, and I mean "problems" as in math.
Anyway, we went down the street to a karaoke place. First time I've ever done karaoke. What fun. What hilarity. What amazing singing hahaha. We spent about an hour and a half in a small room (rate: $30/hour). Cost of food = cost of singing.
And I think the karaoke machine is biased. We kept getting 99's and 100's hahaha. I know for a fact I am not that good. I think I'm good enough to do backup vocals haha.
Songs we sang that I can remember: "So What" by Pink, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray, "Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas, "Living On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi, "Toxic" and "Everytime" by Britney Spears, "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden, "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys, "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban, and "A Whole New World."
Oh, the owner gave us a free CD. Of our singing, that is. Can't wait to hear it hahaha. Kat's got it. I wonder how amazing our singing/shouting/laughing was haha.
I got home at exactly 2300. Mother didn't yell, whew.
No more going out for a while, I suppose. That's ok. I do need to go to the library eventually though. I only have one book left to read, and I'll probably finish it in three or four days, hm.
Tomorrow, I have to drive Mom downtown to the Superior Court near Gumbo Jumbo. 1330, I think. Oh, what fun this will be -__- I'll probably bring my book to read again. Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz. I like his novels. Sci-fi-ish, thriller, adventure, etc etc. Whispers was the first book by Koontz that I read, and I loved it. The second was By the Light of the Moon, which I finished last night. Haha I haven't had a favorite author since I read Jack London's White Fang and Call of the Wild back in the 8th grade. Koontz, just awesome. I like his style haha. I might end up spending the summer reading all of his novels. All thirty or so of them XP
Man, now I feel like a geek talking about books. A sci-fi geek. Oh, dear, no.
Ahh, I should sleep. It's midnight.
Oh, but I forgot to mention that I will be getting new glasses in about three weeks :D Finally. I've worn round frames my whole life. Soon, I'll be sporting those plastic, rectangular ones. I'm just chock full of changes this year :P
Aaand I watched Taken and Cars today. Again, finally. Taken didn't really have a climax, or at least I didn't really feel the impact of it. The movie was good nonetheless. Cars, cute, cool, cliche.
Ok, bed now. Good night.
Friday, June 5, 2009
He's in jail again.
Yeah. If you've read my LJ, you know whom I'm talking about. He called my cell at 8 in the morning. And either reception sucks or he mumbled too much. I couldn't understand anything he was saying. Something about a warrant for not taking classes. Possibly four months in jail? I don't know which classes he's supposed to take or why four months. Whatever. Court will clear it all up.
Anyway, you know what always follows such bad news, yeah? Mother, angry. At him, at me. Not cool. I'll deal, but I wish she would lay off me and stop being so paranoid. She thinks someone called the cops on him -__- It wouldn't have mattered anyway. He would have had a bench warrant whether or not someone called the cops on him. But I don't know why anyone would O_o Paranoia, aggravating.
Now, I'm home alone. She's going to the fortune teller person or whatever they're called. Asians and their superstitions, yeah? Bleh. When she comes home, I have to drive her to the eye doctor, and I'll be forced to listen to her asinine complaints about my brother and my driving. Grr..
I need to get out. I don't want to hear any of it. I've already heard it. Many, many times. Parents repeat themselves too much. My parent repeats herself to the wrong person because the targeted person doesn't live with us.
Ugh. Well, we'll see what happens this time, yeah? Mm.
Anyway, you know what always follows such bad news, yeah? Mother, angry. At him, at me. Not cool. I'll deal, but I wish she would lay off me and stop being so paranoid. She thinks someone called the cops on him -__- It wouldn't have mattered anyway. He would have had a bench warrant whether or not someone called the cops on him. But I don't know why anyone would O_o Paranoia, aggravating.
Now, I'm home alone. She's going to the fortune teller person or whatever they're called. Asians and their superstitions, yeah? Bleh. When she comes home, I have to drive her to the eye doctor, and I'll be forced to listen to her asinine complaints about my brother and my driving. Grr..
I need to get out. I don't want to hear any of it. I've already heard it. Many, many times. Parents repeat themselves too much. My parent repeats herself to the wrong person because the targeted person doesn't live with us.
Ugh. Well, we'll see what happens this time, yeah? Mm.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
What a depressing way to end the school year..
My mom just told me about a 17-year-old girl that was hit by a Caltrain last night. It seems to be a suicide. Exactly a month after another teen appeared to have committed suicide at the same crossing. Two students from the same school, Gunn. No one has found a correlation between the two suicides, but the assumption is his suicide may have been the catalyst for hers. But who really knows?
After the first teen's death, Gunn started with the grief counseling and the teen depression assemblies (You can read about them, I think. Just Google).
Now, the students have two friends to remember during their graduation. Damn. That's all I can say. I don't know what to think. It just makes me sad.
Every time I hear about another suicide, whether it's near or not, I just sink into a depression myself. I suppose some would call that suicide contagion. Can't help it. I just feel something for these people who lose and who lost. I guess you would call it empathy?
Anyway, I haven't been updating because I haven't really had anything to say. Or I did, but I didn't know how to word it correctly. So I put it off, and I've been occupying my time with watching Degrassi: The Next Generation. Finally haha. Great show. I'm finally on season 8. However, I must say I loved the show best in the earlier seasons.
Aaand I kinda lost interest as soon as Alex left for Ajax -____- Laaame. Her exit was too rushed, too abrupt. Her relationship with Paige should have had more depth, more development. There was chemistry between them! This storyline was like a really short play time on a seesaw. It made me sad. Both girls made great character development and then just went caput (not sure I spelled that right). Whyyy? I had hopes.
And now that I see half of the original cast is gone, I'm even more sad :( Marco, Ellie, Hazel, Terri, etc etc. Gah, what is happening?! haha
Oh, I realized that Deanna Casaluce (played Alex) was Emily from Hooking Up hahaha. You know, the short online series with sxephil, kevjumba, and lonelygirl15. Deanna is the fourth person. I hella didn't recognize her until I looked it all up on IMDb. And wow, total 180. Seeing her play serious Alex and then silly Emily. Wow. Go, versatility! :P
Ah, yeah. That's all. I don't want to say anything else 'cause I'm afraid I'm gonna say something too depressing XP Hmm, I've been working on my chin-ups :P Not accomplished yet, but I'm getting there :D Oh, and I should really get in touch with an ST senior soon to inquire about graduation tickets :P I really wanna go. Maybe I'll ask Marielle, hm.
Anyway, I should go to bed early tonight. Good Night.
After the first teen's death, Gunn started with the grief counseling and the teen depression assemblies (You can read about them, I think. Just Google).
Now, the students have two friends to remember during their graduation. Damn. That's all I can say. I don't know what to think. It just makes me sad.
Every time I hear about another suicide, whether it's near or not, I just sink into a depression myself. I suppose some would call that suicide contagion. Can't help it. I just feel something for these people who lose and who lost. I guess you would call it empathy?
Anyway, I haven't been updating because I haven't really had anything to say. Or I did, but I didn't know how to word it correctly. So I put it off, and I've been occupying my time with watching Degrassi: The Next Generation. Finally haha. Great show. I'm finally on season 8. However, I must say I loved the show best in the earlier seasons.
Aaand I kinda lost interest as soon as Alex left for Ajax -____- Laaame. Her exit was too rushed, too abrupt. Her relationship with Paige should have had more depth, more development. There was chemistry between them! This storyline was like a really short play time on a seesaw. It made me sad. Both girls made great character development and then just went caput (not sure I spelled that right). Whyyy? I had hopes.
And now that I see half of the original cast is gone, I'm even more sad :( Marco, Ellie, Hazel, Terri, etc etc. Gah, what is happening?! haha
Oh, I realized that Deanna Casaluce (played Alex) was Emily from Hooking Up hahaha. You know, the short online series with sxephil, kevjumba, and lonelygirl15. Deanna is the fourth person. I hella didn't recognize her until I looked it all up on IMDb. And wow, total 180. Seeing her play serious Alex and then silly Emily. Wow. Go, versatility! :P
Ah, yeah. That's all. I don't want to say anything else 'cause I'm afraid I'm gonna say something too depressing XP Hmm, I've been working on my chin-ups :P Not accomplished yet, but I'm getting there :D Oh, and I should really get in touch with an ST senior soon to inquire about graduation tickets :P I really wanna go. Maybe I'll ask Marielle, hm.
Anyway, I should go to bed early tonight. Good Night.
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