As i was getting my stuff together to bring to LB, at the last moment i snatched my Complete fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson and a thought occurred to me as i looked at it: I haven't [seriously] drawn in a LONG time....

SO a summer goal/mission/resolution/whathaveyou is to practice my art skills by drawing a scene from each story in that book ( when i cant think of anything else to draw spontaneously)

probably be a good oppertunity to practice using my water pen and water coloring skills....as well as simple pen/pencil illustration

this is just so awesomely strange

made my morning xD

hahaha not as exciting as that makes it sound, but a pretty crazy day today. I finally got to see my cousin kelly after god only knows how long its been. and i met a cousin of hers on her mothers side. after talking for a while turns out i KNOW this cousin. She went to cantwell around the same time i did, and was in a band with my best buds older sis. i also remembered that i actually passed by her house with lauren once and chatted for all but 2 seconds, AND i went to two parties and she was there as well. at one of the parties we actually left together in the same car. I was reeling as i was finding this shit out. i couldn't believe it. Im her cousin by marriage! small ass world we live in....

At the party i was also chatting it up with my other cousin Eddie's (kelly's bro) girlfriend Stephanie and her mother. She goes to whittier college where my dad's cousins husband....( i dont know the exact term of the relation i just call him uncle) teaches. Turns out she knows him and actually has had two classes with him. ALSO she is interning at Edison where two of my cousins, and their father work. She knows my cousin Maria who is interning with the creative department. On top of all this mind-blowing information of connections, i find out that my cousin Lissette is ENGAGED! i was totally surprised by that. had a good sized rock. of course dunno the date yet. it happened about 10 days ago. her parents had great poker faces. didnt give anyone an inkling that this had happened. when my uncle proposed a toast, my dad actually called me over to participate. My first toast with alcohol in front of the family. many jokes cracked.

yup. that about covers my day

mmk lauren. imma try to update diz shit more. HO-KAY

today: woke up at laurens after a particularly exhausting day before. moving furniture around and all that. Then accompanied Elena and Lauren to UCLA for grad stuff. Very pretty day. pretty enough to go to the botanical gardens on campus. Snapped away with my rarely used camera while i was there. Took some halfway decent attempts at photography. Also realized while i was on campus that i NEEED a JOB. Like, NOW. i am running low, and i'd rather not use all my savings bonds. Like my aunt predicts. I'd rather not give her that satisfaction.

After, came home. Expecting to miss the party for my tio Chuy, BUT as usual, there was some miscommunication between my mother and grandma, and the party began at 6pm rather than 2. blablabla...wasting time watchin tv......got to the party, and i didnt anticipate how far they would take the hawaiian theme. They went ALL out. very decorated. lotsa food too. Had actual hula girls there as well. made the birthday boy and wife (who was also celebrating her b-day) come up and dance a couple times. oh, oh, aaannnnd. they had a guy twirl around a fire baton or whatever. that was AWESOMESAUCE. didnt see that one coming.

they also had an open bar too. didnt try to order anything tho... was proclamed the designated driver while my mom decided to indulge. but to balance i guess, my cuz got a margarita and i helped her finish. barely gave me a buzz. like, it lasted for two min. (or at least thats how it felt). yaaaahhh. now browsing teh internetz and watchin M*A*S*H at the same time. will probably go to bed once my dad gets off my bed >.

stompy stompy stompy stomp.

i swear im living with a kid >.>

college. roomates.

if its not one thing, its the other. sometimes i feel like im living with a kid that has a barely contained temper and a violent way with words when provoked or inconvenienced.

and once again i welcome the helpless feeling of being poor. job market SUCKS MAJOR ASS Dx cant get a decent job for beans around here.

lame posting. i know. i just dont feel like going into detail. it sounds too pathetic in my head

SO for those who do not know, yesterday was my birthday. And i must say, it was a day that i will remember for the rest of my life.

The festivities for myself started a bit early, the day before actually (17th). I went to a friends house, and had some fun with a baby bottle of vodka and a pretty big bottle of bacardi rum. Woke up the next morning ENTIRELY too early for my taste, but i couldn't really fall back asleep anyway. I stayed at her house till around 11 then i had to start heading home. i felt pretty good around then, smoking a camel and walking down to the bus stop. The weather was perfect. When i get off i call home to tell my parents i was nearby, and that i was going to pick up my paycheck. It almost felt like a birthday present from work. I finally got home and took a quick shower. At one, my older cousin came over to take me and my sister to DownTown Disney to see the new Batman movie. We bought the tickets for a 5 o'clock showing and went to the ESPN Zone to have a late lunch/early dinner. The salmon was delicious. After we ate we wandered around for a while. My cousin mentioned to one of the cashiers at a store that it was my birthday. She gave me a Disneyland birthday pin saying that i could get a discount at certain stores. After about 45 min of walking around we got in line an hour early. Good thing we did too because a few other people had the same idea. When we finally got in to the theater and the movie was starting i must say that the first three minutes of it was the quietest moment in my movie going experience. Everyone in the theater had the same feeling of anticipation. The only disturbance i had was my phone that kept on ringing around the middle of the movie. I was glad it stopped after a few tries. When the film was over, i would be willing to bet that everyone let out a breath they didnt know they were holding. i dont think i have ever experienced such an intence movie. As the credits were rolling I remembered that my parents had been calling me during the movie so i called my mom back first. When i got her on the phone, she kept on saying that i had to call my father. Call my father at my grandma's house. She didnt have to say anymore than that. I knew why she wanted me to call. My grandfather had passed away. He had died on my birthday. As soon as that thought passed my mind, i started sob. I didnt have to tell my sister. She knew why i was crying. When she started bawling, i knew this was neither the time nor place. Somehow i stopped my crying, and led my sister and cousin out. I consoled her. Telling her that i had taught her (and i did) that there is a time and a place to cry. That time isnt now. After a few minutes she managed to control her wailing, and people stopped looking. As we walked out of the theater and to the parking lot i looked up. I had never seen such a beautiful sunset. The sun's light was nearly out, and the scattered little clouds in the sky were painted in such an array of colors i didnt think possible. When i saw that the only thing that kept running over and over in my mind was the phrase "It was a beautiful day, It was a beautiful day, It was a beautiful day...."

i dont think i have ever had such a productive night.....like EVER

i got what i have been craving since i started working: A BUZZ
and not only that, we got more than we needed, and me with the big purse got to hold it all (and still is xD)
AAAaannd i finally got to restock on my cigs, and i got to try menthol......purely by accident i say (it was a pretty box and i was all "OOOh!! the one with the cool box! and i got it) and it turns out, i kinda like menthol.....i dont think i can handle chain smoking it tho (sober at least)

AND on top of this i met some awesome chicks who were exactly the people i want to hang around with x3
although, through the process of bonding-ness i whipped out my cig holder, and she loved it, and through a series of events ended up breaking it and was all humble about it and even i felt bad..... (HUGE run-on sentence i know but im buzzin so kindly excuse....)

and this led me to a quest to find one that wasnt glass and was possibly longer, and ya kno what? I FOUND it!!!!
i wasnt too excited about it at the time, but now im all "OHSNAPAWESOME"

annnnddd....i got another pack of cigs after that and headed home....and an extremely productive evening if i do say so

good things keep happening to me....im just waiting for something to go wrong...>.>


WELL what i mean by that, is...i got a job! at Super A Foods as a box girl cashier helper whatever
and that only means one thing: MONEY....it'll scuk, cuz i wont have as much time to relax and do nothing.....but the money is worth it

SCHOOL'S OUT FO-EVA!!!

ok, well not really, but i GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL! finally....
alls i gotta do now is pick up the diploma, and i officially dont have to go back there for another 10 years.

wow...crazy shit...i dont think its hit me yet, but when monday rolls over, it'll be different i think.

and then...i got presents! lotsa money....($705 all together) aaannnnd....joy of all joys..a LAPTOP! and not just any laptop, a MAC xDDDD with a printer/scanner/copier all-in-one thing that apparently was free with the mac

i squealed with glee :3

and i've discovered that i LOVE MAC even though i still dont know how to use everything on it
its just so easy to learn! x3

o well.....back to fiddling around with it

ok.....if you don't want to hear me rant, then don't bother reading. Since no one is on at the time so i can do so, I'm going to take advantage of this journal

AUUUUGGGHHHH
it seem that coaches and fathers only hear what they want. Today, i wanted to run with a friend before practice to do an extra mile so she coud get in shape an whatever....so i go to tell my coach that i may be a bit late to study hall, and he flat out tells me "NO, you have (athletic) study hall"....i was a bit miffed on that, but i didnt take it hard. Now, when my dad comes barging in my room demanding why i continue to try to pull anitcs to get out of practice, i'm "WTF?? what the hell are you talking about?" apparently, the coach wasnt paying attention when i was talking, and thought that i wanted to skip PRACTICE. And my dad busts down my door demanding why i tried to get out of practice. i swear, i just wanted to THROW SOMETHING AT HIS FACE

what would have running a short effin mile before practice done?? uhhh NOTHING
I'm a goddamn distance runner thats slightly behind on her training, if anything it would have helped me

To add more wood to the fire, he starts going off about how he wont put up with shit like this anymore, putting friends before my obligations, trying to fit it all in and crap.....saying if i continue to do shit like this, he's not gonna help pay for my dorm. That i can just drive to CSULB, then no better yet, why don't i just go to a junior college instead of using HIS money to go to a Cal State. I know he was just saying this 'cause he was on a roll, and all pissed off, but FUCK i was pissed off too.

so it all ends by him walking away, saying we're all gonna have a "talk" about this

HAH fuck me if we really do

hoooookay.....

haven't updated in a while....too lazy to keep up :P

but, ya know what?? my internet WORKS PROPERLY!!!
FINALLY goddamnit. i (unknowingly) installed Apple Safari when a Apple update thingy popped up, and i thought "hey why not try it?"
and everything was so PRETTY now that i can finally see the friggin BG's and stuff :D

me thinks that my firefox/iexplorer were malfunctioned or something :/


i love apple

i dont know whether to feel happy or annoyed....

so here it is: i now have internet in my room (YAY no more fighting for the main comp! xD) BUUUT something's screwy....there is absolutely NO CSS. Every website i go under is blank looking. No colors, no pretty effects or gradients, nothing. so even though i can log on to my LJ and others, i cant see the pretty-ness ;_;

any suggestions out there? anyone know a computer geek that could help? t'would be much appreciated :3

ooomy
this was too cute/wierd to pass xD


moar funny pictures

HAY LOOK!
i posted something xD
weeellllll this is part of my new years resolutions: update LJ/DA more frequently. i just posted a buttload of artwork right now...


PRAISE THE HEAVENS!
semister finals are DONE
and to top it off : a FOUR day weekend greets me this well slept morning

whoa......i cant believe it....the Harry Potter series is done with, over , finito, kaput....and it leaves me such a strange feeling....on top of the mixed emotions of the final book, i also have managed a feat which i have never done with another Harry Potter book--i finished it in ONE day. The day it came out. I was one of the rabid fans that had reserved the book since the beginning of the year (february to be exact) and i went to the Grand Hallows Ball at the Borders in Pico Rivera...once i got the book, i continued reading it, although with a few interruptions along the way, i think i only managed between 2 to 3 hours of sleep today when my brain could no longer process what i had been reading for the past five minutes...possibly less hours for all i know....started the book at approximately 1:30 this morning, and finished at 10:20 this night....i might have finished earlier if i didnt have the continuous interruptions, but then from the lack of food, and sleep, and the constant strain on my eyes from reading, i could have passed out from the lack of nutrition or suffered the worlds largest migrane...i think i did pretty well myself (personal record! though not a healthy one). Anyway, back to the beginning statement:WHOA...i can think of no other word to say...im not gonna say any spoilers, but the book aswers ALL the questions....ALL of them....even a few i didnt think of ......oh well......off to sleep...god knows how much i need it



('scuse the grammar mistakes if i left any....not exactly caring at the moment)

AAAAARRGGGGGGGG........my...legs....are soooo sore....i dont feel anything right now, but once i get my ass of this seat....imma feel like an old lady TT_TT

i just started XC (cross country) practice yesterday.....i didnt get sore yesterday cuz i stuck with a friend of mine who had never ran as much as she did yesterday, so only mild soreness....but today, i went my own speed, and i did the whole (nearly, i didnt do the extra lap around the school) workout, and im TIRED....not to mention i had to walk home this time.....

i dunno....i felt like postin this cuz im trying to post more often....>_> <_<;;

WHOOO its gettin HOT!! well, i just wanted to say that i posted some of the pics i took when i went to the Pirates premiere (May 19, 2007)

here's a link (if it works)
http://pics.livejournal.com/moonshade666/gallery/00001014