HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2004! I graduate soon!!

Oh...for Christmas what I got...? I got a digi camera, two dvds, beaded bamboo curtain with dolphins on it....whale slippers... (they're cool)....and some other stuff.

Top Ten Ways to get a headache on IRC:

1. Trying to talk and understand logic with zell.

Isn't that great?! Only on-line people that know Zell will get this, but that is the greatest thing I've heard all month, it has to be. That is DEFINITELY the #1 way to get a headache on IRC...who know Zell...that is just great... Thanks SE!

Btw...my directing the kids in that song, "Do you hear what I hear?" went well. The song was performed all in sign language, and them being kids, it was cute! They weren't very much insync with each other, but it was good.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

I fixed the link below...I didn't check it yesterday, so it wasn't working! But here is a WORKING link!

Recent Earthquake Link

Recent Earthquake Link

That webpage shows the earthquake and such. Unfortunately there's been so many aftershocks that they only show the 30 most recent ones. The biggest was 6.5. The red are the ones 3+ I think...Any ways, look at that big square!

We had a 6.5 earthquake here today! Two people died too because a building collapsed. The center of the earthquake was about 2 hours south of me on the COAST! Which is really odd...It was really weird to feel. It was a rolling earthquake so it wasn't really rough or anything where I am. I was in the shower when it hit too...I thought I was just really hungry and the world was tipping on me...

*thinks* Btw, I don't feel any older...

0 days till my birthday
4 days till Christmas

It's my 18th Birthday today! I'm legal! Yesterday was a lot of fun with my friends and all. We were the FIRST in line for LotR: The Return of the King. Isn't that COOL?! Okay, so we're dorks, what can we say? We had GREAT seats though, better than the year before! This morning I was kidnapped by my OWN family! 6am! They woke me up and sang Happy Birthday and my first thought was, "WHY are they singing to me THIS early?! Couldn't they have done it last night at midnight?!" Then I realized they were all fully dressed...they dragged me out of bed and made me go to Denny's at 6am in my pjs! So yeah, that was my experience for the morning... I came home from church and preceded to sleep for almost 7 hours...LoL.. From around 11:30am-6pm. I slept the whole morning away...Oh yeah, they blind-folded me too! I do believe that is everything for now.

2 days till my 18th birthday
6 days till Christmas

I'M FINISHED!! I got a B in English, A+ in Civics, A in math, A in physics, A in TA. That equals a 4.2 GPA! That means...I made my goal of a 4.2 GPA and I'm in CSF! I got some cool early Christmas gifts from my friends and I had a LOT of fun today at a going away party for my friend Daniel who is moving back to Brazil. It's sad. But...What can we say? :- Oh well, at least with e-mail and all we can all keep in contact.

I get to see Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tomorrow! I'm celebrating my birthday a day early since my birthday is on a Sunday and all. So...I'm having people come over tomorrow and such. It'll be fun!

That is all for now!

Oh yeah...I got to see some LIVE Humbolt Squid at the aquarium behind-the-scenes. I just walked to where it was on my own. They were COOL! They're about 3' long and swimming around. It was cool...highlight of my day!

I got an 180/200 on my math final, which is good! I got an A in the class, technically I had to get a 125 or lower to lose my A, but that's besides the point... So...so far I have an A+ in Civics, an A in math, and an A in the class I TA for. I don't know about English and Physics yet. I'll find those out on Friday. I have all my friend Christmas shopping finished. I just need to finish most of the family now. I'll get that done, sometime... I'm also going to be WAY partied (sp? partyed?) out too...Thursday I have to go to something....Friday going out with a friend, Saturday is my birthday party, Sunday, is a pretty 'lax day, party wise, Monday, something is happening, Tuesday is my dad's birthday, Wednesday is Christmas Eve and all that ritual and I'm directing some kids in signing a song, Thursday is Christmas, Friday & Saturday, nothing so far, Sunday after my shift at the aquarium they're having a pizza party (I'm not sure why, yet...), and the 29th the IP department at the aquarium is having an "alumni student guide" party... Then it's the 30th, and then...New Year's Eve! So...yeah... It's all good though! Nice break from school and such. Any ways, all for now!

5 more days till my birthday!

LOTR comes out tomorrow! My English final was a joke...I think I did bad though... I just HAVE to get at least a B in her class though! Any ways, got my ASL final and my math and physics final still. ASL tonight, but math and physics tomorrow. All for now!

6 more days till my 18th birthday!

2 more days of school, for me

10 days till Christmas

YAY! School's almost done! I have an English final and my ASL final tomorrow. I have math and physics on Wednesday. I don't need to come into school on Thursday and Friday, coming in to get my grades and then going out to brunch with a bunch of friends to do a surprise going away party for our friend, Daniel. He's going back to Brazil on Sat, the 20th. Nothing really new for me. *shrugs* I haven't done any of my Christmas shopping, yet. Going to try and tackle most of my shopping on Thursday and this weekend.

I'm going to be directing a bunch of kids on Christmas Eve in a song that they're going to be signing. I some how became the director...*shrugs* It'll be cool though.

I'm glad there's no ROV tonight. Tomorrow I have my ASL final before the day of my two hardest finals, but I DO get out at noon all days this week with finals and such. *shrugs* I also have a 109% in Civics too! I don't have to take that final, which is nice. I'm staying in Civics to force myself to study for ASL in there, and also math and physics, if I want to there. Though, I may end up sleeping, LoL. I'll probably study for ASL.

Over the break I have to work on the DC trip powerpoint research stuff, my internship project and journal. I'm gonna try to go in a few times during break because I can put in a full long day which would help. I have about 22 hours or something. I don't remember. I think that's all the homework I have to do over the break though. It's nice!

Well, all for now!

12 days till my 18th birthday

News: I'm going to Washington DC the 13th-18th! The conference is the 14th-16th. Day of travel, day of doing whatever we want, day of travel. It's gonna be COLD in DC, but oh well.

Internship: It's going good. Slowly I'm gaining hours, but it's goin' at least!

Petsitting: Woohoo! I've got at least one house to do this Christmas. Might be two, the more the merrier (more money for me, I'm a bit LOW on cash).

Beading work: It's comin'. I seem to keep buying new beads a lot lately... I still have one more commission to finish and a pair of ear rings to do. I've finished the other two commissions though

School: Finals are a week from today. I've got only 3 finals so it's all good. Tuesday: English & Civics (I don't have to take the Civics final, I have a 110% in the class and if you have over a 90% you dun have to take the final), Wednesday: Math & Physics (my hardest day of finals...*cringes* I do only need a 125/200 on the math final to KEEP my A in the class, Physics...what I get on the final will determine my grade. B on final = B in class, A on final = A in class, thats how borderline I am), Thursday: TA & Nothing (talk about no finals that day! )

Aquarium: Going to the information meeting to do the guide class tomorrow night. I also found a sub so I don't have to go in this Sunday because of finals and my Mondays are so packed and such.

American Sign Language (ASL) Class: It's goin' good. Taking my lab final this Thursday (we get videoed on how we sign). Our written final is on Tuesday (same day I start finals at school). Then...NO MORE ASL! Which is sad and good. I won't see my classmates anymore, but I'll be glad to have Tues & Thurs evenings open for most of Jan before I start the Aquarium class on Tuesday nights Jan 20th.

MISC: I messed my back up! But it's all good... I'm fallin' apart and I'm not even 18 yet!

All for now!

19 days till my birthday

Dudes...I woke up at 4:30am this morning to go to San Jose to see the California State Supreme Court at work. I got home around 2:50pmish. Then I skipped class because I'm not feeling well again and I was dead tired. It was a fun experience though! I MIGHT be in the San Francisco Chronicle too, not sure, we'll see. I was interviewed though. *shrugs* I'm still really busy, tonight (since I didn't go to class) I actually had a fairly long evening! ;-P Any ways, I'll update again some other time this week..

23 days till my 18th birthday!

I hope everyone had a good Turkey Day! Mine was good. I actually didn't eat too much this year to the point I was stuffed... I'm just chillin' here at my grandparents house in Anaheim, home of Disneyland! It feels weird not having anything to do. I have no homework, but if I want to do these extra credit scholarship essays I could. They're due Monday. I already wrote my paper for Civics, which I have to turn in...sometime...I won't be in school on Monday so I don't know how I'm gonna turn it in. *shrugs* I wrote it on Tuesday too. I could have turned it in the day we were assigned it. I didn't think of it till we were coming down south though. I won't be at school Mon, and Tues. Mon we're going to a hearing about the proposal for a seawall and Tues I'm going to San Jose to hear the CA Supreme Court Oral Arguement day. It'll be cool. Any ways....all for now!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Man, it's been a while since I've updated...I've been extremely busy here, and I got sick again. I'm down here in Anaheim for Thanksgiving to spend Thanksgiving with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, 1 brother and his wife, and etc, etc. My life is just getting more busy with the newest addition of me teaching a bunch of little kids how to sign a song now for a Christmas performance thingy. So Mondays I'm REALLY booked now, lunch is gone with Ocean Summit meetings, I go straight from school to Fish and Game go straight from Fish and Game to the rehersal for the kids, then I go back to the school for ROV meetings and such. It's almost a nightmare! I just can't wait until after Christmas. My life will lose a lot of things and I may even get bored with all the time I have, WHAT A NOVELTY! But by the end of January by life picks back up, somewhat, with another night class and such. I just have 3 weeks of school left. 1 week of finals and 2 weeks of normal classes! Just 3 weeks!! I can handle 21days, I hope. My birthday is coming up! The count down begins! December 21st I am turning 18! I'm going to be legal...Isn't that scary?! I get to vote in March....LoL. I'm bummed I can't register to vote to get extra credit in Civics though. I have a 108% in the class....And I'm worried I'm gonna drop below a 100% before the quarter is over. Quite frankly...I'm 23% over an A though. His grade curve is an 85% and up is an A, which is nice because a lot of people aren't doing well in the class, but I just happen to have done a LOT of extra credit in that class. All I really need to do is maintain my grades and I'm good to go. I just want to be in CSF, and that is the hardest thing to get into, atm. I can have only 2 B's and 2 A's MINIMUM. Anything below that, I'm in trouble, and it makes it even worse since I'm technically only taking 4 classes. Well, technically 5, but that's TA, which doesn't count towards CSF.

Well, I hope everyone has a GOOD Thanksgiving and forgive me for not updating in 8 days, I've just been WAY too busy. I come home around 8:30pm M, T, Th, and Sun. Wed at 5pm. Oh, don't eat TOO much on Thanksgiving!

ASL tonight. I have a physics test Thurs, an ASL test Thurs, two English quizzes on Thurs, and a Civics 30 pt quiz on Thurs. Talk about a FULL Thursday. I have a math test Tuesday. I'm goin' to Anaheim for Thanksgivin' too. Leave Wednesday and return Sat night, have the aquarium that weekend too. But that is over a week away! This weekend I have hardly ANYTHING to do, for once, and one of the final weekends for a while.

Winterball is Dec 6th and rapidly comin' up. My friend and I would rather not go, but two of my other friends want to go. It's the whole thing of dressing up. Plus one friend already bought a dress. I suggested we dress up, go out to eat somewhere pretty nice, go to a movie (dressed up), and then go to Denny's late at night (still dressed up). Winterball just ain't all that much, besides taking formal pictures. *shrugs* It'll cost $20 to go for one person to go dance for 3+ hours hours while you're all dressed up and take nice pictures. I dunno, doesn't seem worth it to me. A LOT of my other friends want me to go, but if I don't have a date, what's the point? I've been given...uh..."recommendations" in who to go with, but *rolls eyes* I just don't want to bother with it; if someone wants to go they gotta ask me or my friends have to force me into going, me and Jamie are both the same way. We're either/or, but if I go I'd have to get a dress and all, and we'd rather just hang out. I don't care if it's my Senior year and I "HAVE" to go. I'll go to prom, so why does it MATTER?! We shall see how things evolve over time!

Oh, there's this article in the newspaper too about our football game. Apparently they ended it with 1:05minutes left on the clock because it was beginning to be too unsportsmanship-like. Apparently people started crowding the fields, the football players didn't shake hands afterwards either, and a lot of other stuff. :- Guess rivalry went a bit too far this time. *shrugs* I left early and I truly don't care for the whole rivalry thing. It's just fun to tease!

Uhm...in short...This weekend was a VERY busy one for me. I made a good amount of money this weekend from my sales of my bead work, I have 2 commissions, so that's good. *thinks* We lost to Seaside, which was expected mind you. 33-14. Isn't that lovely? Or something like that was the score. This week is another crazy one, and this is one of my less busy weekends for a LONG time. This semester of school is almost over, which I'm looking foreward too! I think I'm relapsing into being sick again, and I haven't slept well in the last week, at least. I woke up at 4am this morning! I couldn't go back to sleep either. I slept for 4 1/2 hours last night. Ocean Summit stuff is comin' along and ROV is going PAINS TAKENLY SLOW, but it's moving. We HAVE to have our ROV completed by February for a local competition at the Aquarium before we go national in June. Any ways, all for now!