Saturday, September 5, 2009

Test driving fun ^_^

So I drove everyone in the new car. Drove Tony to work. Drove Mother to an empty parking lot so she could learn how to drive.

It was fun driving. I adapted pretty quickly to the change in view and stuff. The rearview mirror is frickin' awesome. You can see the WHOLE back window. The side rearview mirrors take a little getting used to. But overall, fun drive.

Mother doesn't learn very quickly. This will take a while. She needs to learn how to adapt. But I guess, at her age, adaptation in any form is difficult compared to adaptation at my age.

So yeah, this will be interesting. By "this," I mean the whole car situation for the whole fam.

Anyway, yeah, fun stuff!

2009 Nissan Murano

So we got a new car. Relatively cheap. Marked down about $5000 from the MSRP. Yet, Mother kept complaining about the price. She irked me greatly today.

Lots of stuff can happen in two hours. But I won't mention everything here. Too much stuff. Not sure what I should say.

Well, one, while Rick Beal (salesman) was showing us car functions, Mother nearly hit a few people because apparently getting a new car means you completely forget how a car works. She seems to have forgotten how to use the windshield wipers and turn signals -__- How annoying.

Two, salesmen at Premier Nissan are genuinely nice ^_^ Rick accidentally scratched the car a tiny little bit with his watch and immediately told us. If he hadn't, we wouldn't have noticed. He told us to buy another car, same exact kind with no scratches. We took the slightly scratched car anyway. He felt really bad about the scratch. Good guy.

Three, paperwork was really fast. We only spent a total of two hours on the premises.

Four, we learned we can never lock our keys in the car.

Five, there really isn't much use for the key.

Six, there is a sunroof. And then there's a skylight for the passengers in the back.

Seven, there are just so many features and functions that Brother and I will have a field day exploring the Murano.

Eight, I miss the Dodge. D traded it in for $500. The Dodge has been with us for most of my life. I almost cried. I really am sad.


So, Mother doesn't know how to drive an SUV. I told her she needs to start driving to learn. She says no. She'll wait until she's used to the car -_- Can't get used to it if you don't drive it. So D will now start driving the Cressida. The Avalon is supposed to be mine. However, Mother's paranoia is, again, very irksome.

She's going to keep driving the Avalon, dropping me off at the light rail station. I am not happy. Give me a car, and then take away my driving privilege a few months later. I did not agree with this decision. But I have no voice in the matter.

I have to wait at least several months before I can truly say the Avalon is mine.

And geez, she's being really ignorant. She's acting like the Murano is completely foreign. Like everything has been rearranged in the vehicle. As if the ignition has been placed on the passenger side (not really, but you kinda get what I mean, yeah?).

But yeah, yay, new vehicle. That Mother won't drive very often. Until months later. "When people aren't paying attention."

Yeah, I don't get it either.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

I'm having a lil difficulty with the cha cha.

So I danced as a leader today. That was interesting. Some of the girls were cool with it. A few I could tell they were bothered by it. They had a blank-stare kinda look when I partnered with them (We dance in a circle and switch partners about every thirty seconds).

I have to admit it is awkward for me to even be dancing with anyone, let alone girls haha. And a lot of them are taller than me, so it was hard for me to turn them XP

So we learned how to chase and do a crossover. Fun stuff. I need to work on a lot. My feet and my brain don't always agree. Usually, it's when my left foot should go forward. Instead, my right foot goes, and I lose my balance XP I'll work on it. I need to work on my sense of rhythm as well haha.

Oh, practicing steps with a partner is a lot easier than practicing alone. Just saying. Alone, you can get the basic steps. With a partner, things just make more sense haha.

Mm, I'm trying to talk to some people in my class when we're dancing. Some are conversational. Some are nice. And some just don't seem to give a shit. I don't know if it's me or if it's because it's the second week of school. I hope it's the latter. I want to make friends. C'mon, people, work with me here T_T I'm so alone in that class. I mean, Cody Jackson isn't even there anymore. I don't think any of the students who wanted to add got in :/ Sucks 'cause one of them was really cool. Though, I thought she was already in the class -shrug-

Should I try harder to talk to people? The thought still scares me: starting conversations with strangers. I've done it before, and I'm sure I could do it again. Successfully. It's just I don't like it when people look at me like I'm too weird to talk to :( Makes me feel even sadder than I already do.


Mm, so I haven't had any homework except for lots of reading. It's relaxing in a way, but I'm worried about when the profs start assigning essays. Not sure how prepared I'll be. Oh, and yay. I'm taking the WST (Writing Skills Test) on the 26th. Fun stuff. I hope I pass. It would suck if I didn't. But even if I pass, I still can't take upper division courses. Grr. We'll see how I work this all out in the future. I just hope I can deal. I feel like stress is just gonna jump out of nowhere and strangle me to death. Not a good feeling. It's almost like paranoia.


Edit: I forgot to mention that Tuan had called me last night, and I called him back today. He offered me a job. I asked him what the company was called. He gave me the same answers Maria gave me back in January. Is this what the company trains you to do? Avoid giving direct answers to questions. While I was on the light rail home with Amy, Michelle R, and Anthony(?), I had like a six-minute argument with Tuan on the phone about why I don't like
direct marketing, MLMs, and the idea of working for Usana. Why this company is not compatible with me is that you need the motivation to sell and recruit. I can't without qualms sell expensive health products and recruit friends into a business where the potential for failure is higher than it is in a job where you have a set wage. I would choose a wage over commissions any day. And although MLMs aren't always a Ponzi scheme, there are some parallels between the scheme and the structure of MLMs. I don't like that risk. Besides, I am definitely not entertained by the idea of selling fucking expensive products to people, especially during a recession (even though it's slowly getting better).

I don't think I would ever go into business. It's just not in my nature :P haha.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Tuesdays are gonna be long school days.

Mm, had Physics today. Was late to Philosophy because I only have fifteen minutes to get from one side of campus to the other, ugh.

After Philosophy, I hung out with Rose, Angela H, and John (I think that was his name) in the Student Union. Then Tommy (Rose's boyfriend) came, and we all went to the LDS church down the street for lunch. Free lunch every Tuesday. Had a short, interesting conversation with one of the LDS members. He's like the chair of the luncheon or something like that haha. He was cool.

After the short lunch, I went to my lab class. The group walked with me there. Lots of fun stuff. Angela was haunted by a wasp. John cares more about his Olympus than about people's welfare haha. Oh, Rose wants to join a sorority (I do not know how serious that statement is).

Anyway, lab was eh. I underestimated the amount of time I would need to complete a lab. That's for sure. Took me and my lab partners the whole period to finish a simple lab. Not much physics in it either. The prof, Brian Holmes, is interesting. At first, I kinda thought he was a cranky old guy. Then after a while, he turned out to be a pretty nice old guy haha. But ah, there are eleven labs to complete. Must finish by the end of each class period :O

I finished my lab and left at about 1600. Sat on a bench and did my history reading until 1715. After I finished reading, I walked across campus to Building BB for the first QTIP meeting of the semester. Looked like there were at least 30 of us crammed into a room about as big as my mom's room, possibly smaller.

The officers introduced themselves. Resource people as well. Played ice breakers. First, Telephone. The message was messed up at my part. The room wasn't quiet enough for me to even get the first word. All I heard was literally "mm uh oll." So I said some random thing. The final message was "Pottable (portable?) ____ plants." The original message was "Penguins are cool" haha.

The second game was "I love people who..." I'm pretty sure most people know this game. You stand in a circle, and one person stands in the middle and says "I love people who (fill in the blank)." Whoever fits the description has to switch places with someone else who fits the description. Whoever is last to find a spot has to be in the middle. Yeah, so we played that until everyone had a chance in the middle. Great way to learn people's names.

Then there were some announcements about new groups/activities/etc on campus, like Peers in Pride. It's a mentoring program btw.

Also, a challenge: bring a friend to next week's meeting. I don't think I will. Everyone I know either goes straight home after their morning classes or has class during the meeting. Hm.

Mm, after the meeting was over, we could all stay back and talk to new people. But I left right away. Maybe I'll stay back next week. Not today. Mother would have had a heart attack if she didn't see me before sunset. But now I've told her that Tuesdays will be my very long days. So she shouldn't expect me home early because of lab and stuff.

I can't tell her that I'm going to a queer student group. She would freak out.

You know, I thought she was ok with my being gay. But I dunno, must be a delayed reaction or something. It's been almost two years since I came out to her. Then, she freaked out but then she bit her tongue and let me believe she was ok with it. She never brought it up. I didn't either. Brother kept mentioning gay-related topics, but she brushed it all aside. Then she started talking about "the gays trying hard to get married" and Newsom being gay. There was that day that she told me while I was sleepy that I shouldn't be gay. Lately, she's been dropping more hints. "When you get married to a man and have kids..." or "Your future husband will want to see this..." There's always an emphasis on "man," "boyfriend," and "husband." Even when she doesn't say those words, there's a look in her eyes that says I shouldn't disagree with her.

Ahh, I thought we were ok with it. But I guess not. I guess I was deluding myself :/ I think if I told my mom that I'm gay one more time, she would say "No, you're not. You shouldn't be." Not sure if it would be as bad as the first time, but who knows? I don't. Nor do I want to know. From now on, I'm not gonna tell her anything about my personal life. Not that I ever really did before. Then again, I don't really have much going on in my personal life anyway haha.

I'm jealous of people who can talk to their parents. I'm never gonna have that relationship with my family, at least not my mom. My brother, maybe. I'd probably tell him if I had a girlfriend. But that's not likely to happen anytime soon haha, I'm such a geek XP

Yo, so I want to make something clear. Or maybe not very clear, but at least I'm stating it: I like girls. I can see myself being in a relationship with a girl. Boys are ok, but not my preference. Of course, I'm not completely ruling boys out because anything is possible :) It's like a ratio of attraction (in terms of gender). Boys to girls, 1:100.

People are still calling me bi. I don't know. I guess that could describe me, but I haven't been looking at guys much lately :P Then again, I haven't liked
anyone in over a year.

Ah, so I don't know how I identify myself. Lesbian or bisexual. Why do I have to label myself? Makes it easier to describe myself, I think haha. Eh, we'll see how this goes.

Let's see how many queer friends I'll have by the end of this semester. Well, I guess that means I'll have to commit to this group, yeah? Mm, commitment. But seriously, I still only know a few gay people. I've got Brian, Trung, Rose. Is that it? I'm pretty sure I know a few more, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. So I guess I don't know that many. How sad. I need more friends.

And I know. No matter how often I say I need more friends, I'm not gonna make more friends until I put myself out there. I'm trying. People still just scare me a lot. This will be a slow process but hopefully a successful one.

Mm, time to practice my cha cha steps. Need to ingrain this basic shizz in my brain.

Monday, August 31, 2009

(1) 2, 3, cha cha cha, 6, 7, cha cha cha...

Just another day of school... AAS wasn't all that interesting. Prof Doi likes to speak in tangents. Makes it difficult to write down notes.

In Social Dance, we began with basic steps. No Joelle. Just Oscar and other former dance students. Oscar separated our class into guys and girls. So for today, I practiced with guys.

And I'm so not getting the follower's part. At least not the turns. Very bad at pivoting haha. There are two pivots in a turn. I pivot too slowly and lose the beat. Though, I can follow the leader's steps pretty well. Nothing complicated for leaders yet.

So most of the guys I danced with were really nervous. Sweaty hands. Really gross XP I didn't even sweat that much, and I can be a pretty nervous person. Only three guys were calm and good. One was my classmate. Another was a former student. The last just knows how to dance, but he's trying to add the class. The rest of the guys aren't very good at initiating the turns. I already felt like I was leading them instead -_-

Starting Wednesday, I'm just gonna be a leader. Leader's moves seem simpler in a way. Of course, we haven't gotten very far. But I doubt I'd dance with many guys in the future anyway XP Besides, I'm not sure if I have the patience to let a guy learn how to lead me haha.

Oh, and yay, my duct taped shoes work well haha. But now, I have to keep duct tape on the bottom of my shoes. If I take them off, the soles will be too sticky to walk on.

Anyway, yeah, by the end of semester, I hope I will know the basic moves to the cha cha and swing. Can't wait for swing ^_^ Swing is awesome. Love the music, love the dancing. Big band music is always so energetic. And Lindy Hoppers are so frickin' fast and agile. Some crazy shit they pull off haha. Of course, I'm never gonna be doing any of that stuff. Just fun to watch. I could only dream of doing crazy moves and stunts like the pros haha. I could only wish.


So I'm gonna practice basic steps now. For both leader and follower just because I want to be somewhat well-rounded :P Or because I'm bored. Could be both.

Or I'm gonna go nap. I'm really tired. Grr, I have a long day tomorrow. Yay for 3-hour-long labs that never actually last that long. I'll probably stay on campus to check out the QTIP meeting. I'm sure I've mentioned the club before, yeah? Queers Thoughtfully Interrupting Prejudice. Fun name. Fun people, maybe. I need to network, make friends, etc etc. Gotta remember to bring food tomorrow or something.

Ah, what else? Oh yeah, a part of me kinda wishes all classes could be activities. Not just sitting around and talking. Action. Maybe I'd be motivated enough to do something more with myself.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Evanescent relationships

Talking to Robert on AIM. Somehow we've ended up at friendships and the future. I think I've said something about this before, but I don't remember.

aPlaceInTheSun99 (10:56:25 PM): food was the first thing i thought of
rmblack813 (10:57:04 PM): lol
rmblack813 (10:57:09 PM): you know me well
aPlaceInTheSun99 (10:58:51 PM): of course. i've known you for over four years now, man
rmblack813 (11:00:24 PM): god, it HAS been that long
rmblack813 (11:00:25 PM): scary
rmblack813 (11:00:28 PM): that's like...
rmblack813 (11:00:36 PM): 1/5 of our lives! almost
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:00:56 PM): i know, crazy, huh?
rmblack813 (11:01:05 PM): mildly so yes
rmblack813 (11:01:07 PM): /understatement!
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:01:11 PM): you think we'll still talk in another five years?
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:01:12 PM): haha
rmblack813 (11:01:26 PM): no clue!
rmblack813 (11:01:33 PM): i purposefully dont look that far ahead
rmblack813 (11:01:36 PM): makes my headaches worse
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:01:57 PM): mm, it makes me sad to think that i probably won't talk to most of my high school friends in five years
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:02:09 PM): but it's life
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:02:28 PM): maybe Fb will keep us all connected haha
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:02:33 PM): or help reconnect
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:02:35 PM): i dunno
rmblack813 (11:02:41 PM): FB might be gone in 5years!
rmblack813 (11:03:00 PM): i might have gone on a killing spree that will be remembered as the 'wrath of the scary kid' for thousands of eons!
rmblack813 (11:03:10 PM): you might have turned into a football woman's league player!
rmblack813 (11:03:12 PM): who knows?!
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:03:47 PM): haha more like rugby :P
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:03:49 PM): but who knows?
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:03:50 PM): haha
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:04:00 PM): let's hope the future will be good to us
rmblack813 (11:04:47 PM): hopefully
rmblack813 (11:04:48 PM): :-)
rmblack813 (11:04:50 PM): it'd be nice
rmblack813 (11:05:09 PM): I'd like to at least stay in touch with.... 20 people! 10 of which i'd have more frequent contact with
rmblack813 (11:05:11 PM): that'd be nice
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:05:40 PM): yeah. but college changes people. life changes
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:05:49 PM): i really don't wanna lose touch with anyone
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:05:53 PM): but it's already started
rmblack813 (11:06:18 PM): yeah
rmblack813 (11:06:24 PM): life sucks balls
rmblack813 (11:06:30 PM): and isnt very good at it
rmblack813 (11:06:31 PM): lawlz
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:08:54 PM): mm, how depressing
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:09:02 PM): somehow, we're all gonna live with knowing that
rmblack813 (11:10:03 PM): yeah
rmblack813 (11:10:11 PM): hm.... what was it?
rmblack813 (11:10:18 PM): i said something smart a while back, trying to remember it...
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:10:49 PM): haha which smart thing?
rmblack813 (11:11:54 PM): Uhm... thinking...
rmblack813 (11:12:14 PM): "Choices are what shape us, and every choice ties us to the present" or something.
rmblack813 (11:12:21 PM): And we choose who we cling to the tightest.
rmblack813 (11:12:24 PM): so yeah
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:14:04 PM): mm, haha i wanna cling to a lot of people XP
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:14:08 PM): but i won't
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:14:19 PM): i feel like i'm just letting people slip in and out of my life
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:14:23 PM): not sure what i'm doing about it
rmblack813 (11:14:46 PM): eh, do you even wanna do anything about it lol?
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:15:09 PM): i don't even know
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:15:14 PM): i've been saying i do
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:15:18 PM): but i'm not sure anymore
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:15:29 PM): too much disappointment, i think
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:15:31 PM): at least on my part
rmblack813 (11:15:59 PM): self-caused?
rmblack813 (11:16:02 PM): or otherwise?
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:16:19 PM): i dunno :/
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:16:27 PM): not thinking about it too much anymore
rmblack813 (11:16:38 PM): haha
rmblack813 (11:16:43 PM): that helps, sometimes
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:16:52 PM): but i think a part of me is still trying to cling anyway
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:16:53 PM): haha
rmblack813 (11:17:00 PM): when it comes down to it though, you gotta look the problem 'in the face' and just ask yourself one question....
rmblack813 (11:17:13 PM): "Am I happy this way?" when given just that one thing.
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:18:58 PM): hmm..
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:19:07 PM): how about you? do you think about this?
rmblack813 (11:19:41 PM): Not until you brought it up
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:19:57 PM): haha sorry
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:20:10 PM): i think about these kinda things too much
rmblack813 (11:20:48 PM): mh. I'd say "then fix it" but it isnt that easy lol
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:21:41 PM): nope. most things aren't easy
aPlaceInTheSun99 (11:21:47 PM): never so simple as "fix it"



Aside from the ones that go to college with me, will I still talk to my high school friends in five years? Ten years? The thought of losing touch with my friends disheartens me.

I don't want to lose people, my friends, my family outside of family. But I don't even talk to most of my old friends all that much. Not even Ariane, and I've known her the longest. My once closest friends are the furthest.

I'm supposed to make new friends in college. I haven't. Yet. However, I'm still thinking of my past friends. I feel like each new friend I make, each past friend fades away even faster.

Ahh, I need to stop thinking about these things. Too much, too much. I just don't want to lose or forget friends. I don't want you to forget me.

I don't want loss. But, I guess, a part of life is losing. I don't know how I really feel about this.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Financial Aid 2009-2010

Did some math. Checked my student account. Turns out I don't get much financial aid this semester. I didn't even notice.

Last year, I received two checks. So I thought it would be the same this year.

My tuition is about $2700 this semester. My aid money was about $3100. I only got a $437 check. It's the only check I'm getting for this semester.

However, next semester, I'm apparently getting about $8000 in aid. But since SJSU tuition goes up ten percent every semester (and it might go up even more), my tuition would be about $3000. So my reimbursement would be about $5000. This is only because I'm getting CAL Grant B next semester. Could really use some of that this semester. I mean the $437 barely pays for my books but doesn't fully cover my hockey class.

Anyway, Mother is bothering me so much right now, telling me to find a job. It's so annoying. And she has to do this every time I decide I'm going to go look for a job. Every single fuckin time. Always makes me change my mind. So I'm not gonna start looking. I'm so spiteful. If she would just shut up, I would actually try. I hate doing things that people order me to do. If she could learn to ask or politely suggest, I'd listen. But no, just orders. Can't she just let it be my decision instead of hers? No, everything has to be her decision. Grr.
I woke up late today. Ugh. I hate waking up late. At least it's just a Saturday. I've got a lot of reading to do this weekend.

I spent two hours rearranging old schoolwork and stuff in my room. Threw out some stuff. I put all my old schoolwork and notes are in the SJSU boxes (the ones you get when you receive your ordered textbooks). Now, my small, brown cardboard box is only half-full again. Yay for space. My bottom drawer is now very organized. My other drawers, not so much.

I need to suck it up and throw stuff out -_- Maybe another weekend haha.


Oh, so yesterday, I went to campus for my Ice Hockey class. Stephanie H was on the light rail with me. Both to and from school. Anyway, I met my class instructors. Apparently a very easy class. Just gotta pay for ice time and gear rental. Gotta buy a hockey stick too. Fun stuff. We're meeting next week at the ice rink. Yay, I get to drive myself there. Woohoo.

The class is mostly guys. I was the first girl to show up, so I was a little worried about being the only girl. Luckily, others showed up. I recognized two of them. One girl from my Comm 20 class and the other from my acting class.

Hmm, hoping this semester will go easy on me. Wishing college would go easy on me. I don't know why, but I'm already too tired from school. Not good.


I should probably go do my reading now. Yay for Asian American Studies, Philosophy, and Physics. Oh, and I realized that I don't need the Physics Lab. The academic advisor I met last semester forgot I had already taken it in high school. I, however, thought that he meant my Physics Lab didn't count. But I looked at the class recommendations from my advisor during Freshman Orientation. It showed that I didn't need the lab because I had already completed it in high school. This blows because I'm basically retaking two classes that I passed. But I can't drop them because I would lose my fulltime status. No other classes I could take. I'll just deal. I need the units anyway.

When I finish my core GE, I probably won't have enough units to start my upper divisions anyway.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Second day of third semester, yada yada yada

I have Physics 1 with Lisa, so we went to class together. Mario Q, Monica's boyfriend, is once again in one of our classes haha. I also recognized Krista Goss. I thought she was transferring to Long Beach or something, hm.

Maxine Shao (the instructor, not a prof) is interesting. Quirky. Not Chinese, not even Asian, surprising. Reminds me of someone, but I just can't recall who it is. I can't read her handwriting very well -__- The letters are too thin. Anyway, not sure how interesting this class will be, but the homework is light. Though, most of the questions are concept questions :O I'm so used to math problems. The lack of equations is irksome. But I won't complain. I don't need to lug the textbook with me, yay.

Moral Philosophy seems intriguing. Janet Giddings, prof, wild and crazy. haha no, she's really chill. Welcoming, but in-your-face. Class doesn't have enough desks. 64 students, 60 desks apparently. No adds. Giddings started talking about absolutes and then Socrate's Apology (written by Plato). Fun stuff.

So far, I'm cool with my classes. Nothing scary yet haha.

Oh, after Philosophy, I walked around campus, texting people to find someone to chill with. Couldn't find anyone. Then Michelle R saw me, and we went to the library to meet up with one of her friends. Stayed there for an hour or so. I went to my Physics lab. There was a piece of paper on the door that said "No labs during the week of August 24th-28th." >_<>, so I won't see Maxine till next week -_- It's ok. I'll just work on the homework. I'm still gonna show up to school before nine. Why? Just because it's how I do haha. I want to sit on a bench, read Koontz, and do a crossword puzzle if there's a newspaper. I'm strange, I know. Showing up when I don't need to. It's just in my nature haha.

It's too early to decide if this will be a fun or masochistic semester. I'll give it another two weeks before I decide haha. And I still need to find out how to sign up for the WST, hm. Also need to find homies for Tuesdays, maybe Thursdays. Need to make friends! Mondays and Wednesdays, I could probably chill with at least Lisa and Amy. Or Justina, now that I know where she hides.


So yeah, first two days have been all right. Not overwhelmed with possibilities or anything. Thank goodness. And yay, I don't need to carry textbooks with me ^_^ My back is being spared this semester. It's a miracle. I don't even need a binder :D

Only class (besides Physics lab) I need to check out now is Ice Hockey on Friday. Don't know who my instructor will be. Apparently, I just meet with Prof Chen on campus this week. Then no more campus on Fridays. Just go straight to Logitech, use their instructors, I suppose.

Monday, August 24, 2009

First day of third semester at SJSU

Yay, school started. Fun stuff. I do miss the light rail haha.

Asian American Studies. Profs: Steven Doi and Hien Do. Learned that Humanities/Social Sciences/etc are not accepting adds or wait listers this semester. I feel sorry for other students. Anyway, there aren't enough chairs for the eighty-five students in that class. Yet.

Social Dance. Prof: Joelle Maletis. Oscar, Allison, and Addie (?) are the former students who are there to help. Oscar did most of the talking. Class split into leaders and followers. I'm a leader. Yay, I'm finally going to lead for the first time in my life. haha joking, kinda >_> But yeah, usually, guys lead and girl follow. However, the prof doesn't care, doesn't discriminate, etc etc. I'm glad. I really don't want to dance with a guy haha XP I've only ever danced with two or three guys. Way awkward. Anyway, only one other girl is gonna lead. There were two more, but we have at least three extra guys, so the girls had to become followers. And apparently, you keep your role for the whole semester, which is cool.

Joelle (as Lisa and Amy call her) let the class out early. So I went to the bookstore to buy a notebook and a planner. Can't survive without a planner, for my memory is weak. Then I texted Lisa. Luckily, she wasn't in class. Met up in the library, got caught up. Saw Justina (Finally!), reading DNAngel haha. Talked to her for a while. Then went to meet up with Amy.

Amy was talking to Chris Lahlouh (Wilson's Philosophy aide from my senior year) and a guy named Brian (sp?). Holy crap, when I saw Brian, I thought he was Michael Glaros. Look so alike, it's scary. But Michael is a little rounder than this guy.

Anyway, Amy, Lisa, Chris, and I went to Togo's. Sat in front of Togo's and talked. When Christine got out of her class and came over, we moved over to Phil's Coffee for the shade. Lots of catching up and all.

It was about two o'clock when Christine, Amy, and I decided to go home. Lisa had to go to the library, and Chris needed to find a place to sleep, I guess haha.


Ah, you know, I can't believe '09 kids are in college now haha. I kinda recognize a few of them. Gotta look out for them, I might recognize more. I think Nicole G goes there too. Hmm.

I've got a little bit of homework to do today :O Just a little. Internet stuff and reading. Then tomorrow is another day. I hope I survive this semester XP Want to participate more, but I don't know how committed I can be to anything. We'll see. But I do only have three classes where there's a lot of work. The other three are a lab and PEs.

Gonna get lots of exercise this semester. Walking across campus for classes and all. Gotta walk fast. Fifteen minutes isn't always enough.

Hm, yeah, so school's finally in session for me. Oh, what fun. I hope I don't procrastinate too much haha.

Need to have fun. Need to chill.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Another lost soul?

The latest in the apparent Palo Alto suicides. RIP.

Life is hard enough without thinking about those who suffer. We have to hear about those who can't fight the suffering. Reading and hearing about these kinda stories makes me stop and think about who I couldn't help.

Life's too short. Life ends. Sooner or later. Most of us would prefer later. Sometimes, I think about the suicides and wonder...


Anyway, today, I read Plato's Apology for my Philosophy class. It's interesting. Makes me rethink my perspective on life and death a little bit. For the most part, I agree with the points. I never could say death was good or bad, just that it is what it is.

You know, I don't think I'd ever really tell just anyone what I think of life, death, and the in-betweens. You would think I was sick.
You would think that I need help. Maybe. We wouldn't want that to happen, would we?

Fallen shoes, yay

So today, I went to Eastridge with Kristen Pham because we both had nothing else to do and it's the last weekend before school starts. Sorry, Kat, I was gonna go with you, but you never responded to my text XP unless you never got it. In that case, my bad.

Anyway, I picked Kristen up, drove to the mall, and walked around for two hours, talking about school, friends, and relationships. She was with David Z (now unsure what they are), and I am still loveless haha. I bought a pair of Fallen shoes (Finally!) from Zumiez, and Kristen bought some shirts from Forever 21. Man, you know, two hours passes by hella fast. But it's all good. We caught up and all. Fun fun.


Tomorrow, I go back to my school life. How fun and exciting. Hopefully, I'll do more this semester. But who knows what will happen? My laziness always surprises me :P