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October 2003 Journal Archives....

Friday - October 31, 2003

Halloween!!! So let's begin with something I saw today.

"Carpe Diem"

Wow. I haven't seen that for quite awhile actually. I wonder if I'm actually following that though. I would like to think I am, but who knows? I saw this on Jacklyn's site since I was reading people's Xangas. Those people in Berkeley sure are more in depth about stuff than even I am. How funny. Now that I think about it, I wonder how the "Berkeley girls" are doing? Haven't talked to those three in quite a long time especially Viv and Jacklyn. Hmm... maybe one day.

Okay back to the little saying. I guess we all strive to carpe diem or "seize the day" but sometimes we just fall short I think. However, even though I think I don't always follow this, I try my best to cause you lose out on so much if you don't. Being timid and cautious is not always the best thing because you end up with so many unanswered questions and who in their right mind likes having questions that aren't answered. Shoot, I know I don't like it. So instead of not saying what I'm thinking, I am actually being less cautious about what I say and do especially about friends, family, girls, and everything else that makes up me. I think I've opened up more... well not to everyone but to more people than before. I guess I don't want to be that person who has this gigantic wall that no one can pass. I dunno.

Okay great... anyways! New subject. Like I said earlier, it's halloween. Too bad it's raining. That kinda sucks for the kids. It was cold for them too. However, at least the rain and the cold help with the fires which seem to be almost contained. Yay! It left us with yummy candy too. =) I guess it always works out for the best. Hehe.

I think I'll keep this entry short since I'm just tired right now. That and I'm doing other things right now so I might have to neglect this thing for tonight. Don't worry though, I'll make up for it I hope.

Okay, I think that's it for now. Hopefully you've enjoyed reading this. If not, then too bad! J/K.... or maybe not. =) Take care and God bless. Remember, happiness is a choice you make everyday, so make the right choice. Hope you have chocolate covered gummi bear dreams! =)

Wednesday - October 29, 2003

So a start to another great day.

"I would rather you just say what's on your mind and trust that the person on the other side of it will be mindful and caring of what you just disclosed to them."

Hmm... funny how I didn't used to think this way. Well actually scratch that. I sorta thought that way but not completely. For some reason, I used to try to not know things. I know it probably sounds either weird or retarded that you would try to avoid knowing things, but sometimes it makes life more simple. Drama to me is an unnecessary evil that we could do without. Hmm.... or maybe that's just what I think. It seems that people always complain about all the drama in their life, but in reality they are the ones creating it by doing something dumb or doing stuff in secret. I for one have done the being dumb and stuff in secret so I speak from experience. It's not worth the trouble. Really, it isn't. If you need to create drama for yourself and others just to make life more exciting, I think you really need to find something else to do with your time. Seriously. Maybe use that time to call an old friend and catch up. You could also go out and meet someone new or learn about other cultures and places other than what you are used to. There are so many other things that we could be doing other than creating drama, but we just choose to do it. Never figured out why, or why some people love doing it more than others. Here's another question. Have you started to realize that the people who have a lot of drama are usually the people who are popular. It seems like the more popular you get, the more drama you hear and start to create. It's usually not the low key people starting the drama. Actually, maybe I think that way cause the low key people just never talk about their drama or hide it really well. =P Ah well, I guess I'll try to figure that out another day.

Oh yeah, back to the quote. I was talking to one of my friends and I think she's right. She was telling me that girls say that they want to hear the whole truth and not hide anything from them, but they really don't want to hear it. Is that really true. Based on personal experience I would have to agree with her but maybe I just had odd experieneces. If that's right, then what do you say to them? Do you tell the whole truth even though you know that they don't want to hear it, or do you try a "partial" truth and just leave out the parts that may cause trouble. Say you try the partial truth though, and you get in trouble anyways for not telling the WHOLE truth, then what do you do? If you say the whole truth, they'll think you are mean, but if you don't they'll think your not being honest with them. So is there really any chance we would ever win? I'm starting to think no. Haha. =P

Ah. Halloween is coming soon. I remember when I was still a little kid and went out with my parents to different houses. That was actually quite fun. I wonder why adults don't join in with their kids and go 'trick-or-treating'. What makes adults so different that we can't go out and do it too? I've always wondered that. Hmm... I guess maybe it's cause we go to parties that night instead? I dunno. Guess I'll never figure out the answer to that one.

Monday - October 27, 2003

I think I'll start each of these journals with a thought, idea, or feeling. Yeah, that's what I'll do. So to go with this little theme of mine, here comes the first of many little tidbits.

"Time is such an odd commodity."

People always say they wish they had more time to do certain things when times are good, but when times are bad they just wish time would just go faster. I dunno. Things have been great lately. The problems of the past have been fixed I think and everything just seems good right now. Hmm... too bad I lost all that time back in the summer, but I guess I'll live and learn.

Now on to other things. I feel pretty bad for the people who have lost their homes in all these fires. The sad part is that it wasn't even done by mother nature but by arsonists. Geez, thanks a lot you bunch of dumbasses. Not only did you burn people's dreams and hopes when you burnt their houses down, you also screwed the already bad air quality and contributed to a snowy (ashes) last couple of days. So next time you ever decide to do something dumb, go screw yourself, or better yet, just go walk yourself into jail and stay there.

Ah... that felt better. Hehe. I forgot to mention something last week when I went to Irvine that I thought was important. I was talking to Rae Rae while walking around the career fair on Wednesday and she told me something really interesting. FUSION has over 60 members this year. All I can say is WOW! Recruiting must have been really good this year. That club really deserves the increase in members especially with how close knit they were last year. She even told me to go to one of their meetings and stuff which made me laugh. I have no clue what is up with you people but did you forget already that I graduated?! =P Thus asking me to go to meetings such as KABA, FUSION, UV, and such makes no sense don't you think.... especially since I don't live in the area anymore. Oh well, it was nice to be asked though, and maybe I'll stop by one day just to see the big group that Rae has been talking about.

Hmm... so what else happened since I last wrote in this thing? Oh yeah. I think that fantasy basketball is going to start this week. =) Yay! This should be fun especially when I beat up on Kelvin. Haha. It's nice that we were actually able to find 12 people who wanted to play that we knew also. It's harder than you think it is. =)

Another thing. I think I have a new world record for a phone conversation. Congratulations.... you know who you are. =P Talking on the phone for 3 hours 35 minutes and 16 seconds is long even for us. I think my cell phone was going to burn and melt. Haha. It was great talking to you again even though it was random, and we didn't really have anything important to say. I think that's the most I've ever heard you talk ever. Oh yeah, thanks for always bringing up the past. Actually what am I talking about.... it should be thanks for nothing!! =P I guess I won't hear the end of it for quite awhile, but it's cool now. It's actually kinda funny since you always bring it up any chance you get. Anyways.... ok great! =) Thanks for the talk and deviating from the aquarium story, to something else, and deciding to call after you left Long Beach instead of while you were still there. Duh to you! We can't chill if you already left Long Beach. =P Oh yeah, I actually did think of stuff the minute we got off the phone, but go figure. Over 3 1/2 hours is good enough for one night I think, so I'll tell you about it some other time.

Saturday - October 25, 2003

What a week. I guess I should start off with this.

"Being hopeful changes nothing, but making a decision changes everything."

Strong quote, don't you think? Well this week was a really good week if I say so myself. It started like the usual week until I get a call from a friend telling me to go to the career fair, so I'm like what the heck... I might as well right? So I go to UCI on Wednesday but as forgetful as I am, I was beyond forgetting things that day. So I was suppose to go eat with a whole bunch of people that I had not seen in a long time for lunch after the career fair. However, I forgot my cell phone at home. GASP! Let's just say that I had a lot of missed calls when I finally got back. How many do you ask? 15.... yes you heard right, 15! The sad part was that it would have been more if my dad didn't answer some of them cause he got annoyed that my phone kept on ringing. Haha. =P

Well while I was at the career fair, I went around talking to a couple of people and out of nowhere I see Duy. Turns out that he's working at Skyworks right now. So he tells me about opportunities and stuff and at the end I get a new beenie and pen. Okay, so I basically came for the free stuff. Hehe. Afterwards, I decided to try my luck with Boeing just for fun just to talk to the HR and stuff. Turns out the person I talked to has a specialty with software. So we talk for a little while and eventually he stares at my resume, then talks, then stares at my resume again. He did this like 4 times and I was getting kinda confused. Then he starts asking me questions and I answer whatever he needs. I even joked around with him probably cause I didn't think he would bother reading my resume anyways. Well after almost 10 minutes, he goes "What the heck? You free tomorrow?" I was like, "Yup, whenever you want to talk." Hehe. I was thinking that it was kinda odd that I had just decided to talk to Boeing just for fun and ended up passing their first filter for applicants. Guess I just got lucky. =P

After this, I went to go get Daniel and Andy since they were the only ones that I could find since I didn't have my phone and we went to go eat. While going back to the parking near Admin, I see Dante who was suppose to eat with us so I ask if he wants to go eat with us too. It ended up being all guys since I couldn't call the girls to go. Thus Andy decides we should eat at China Garden for Dim Sum. So we get there, order some dishes, Dante is talking loud as usual, Daniel and me try to think of dumb excuses on why we forgot to bring the people we were suppose to bring to lunch, and Andy making odd comments. =P After eating, I drop all of them back to campus and head home. When I got home, called Chelle and JLo telling them sorry for not getting in touch with them for lunch, but that we could have lunch the next day since I had to go back and talk to Boeing people. Then, went to go read some programming stuff the rest of the day. Took a little break to talk to Krysta, and even though she still uses stuff to try to make me feel bad about certain things.... ( Hello, we're suppose to be past all that stuff now remember?! =P ) it was fun talking with her again. Thus, went to sleep late but it's okay.

The next day I went to Irvine at around 1 PM just to give myself some time before the little talk with Boeing. Got kinda confused on where I was suppose to go cause the place I was suppose to meet didn't have anyone in it when I first checked. So I went to the other side and confirmed with people. Thus around 1:45, I just sit there and wait. I actually had fun with the talk. The questions were things that I knew and when I know stuff you can see that I can confidently answer the question. It was kinda nice for a change. I don't know why, but it was fun talking to him. We joked a lot before the talk even began. How odd, joking with the person who was writing stuff that might affect your status with that company. Oh well. There were 6 questions that I guess they had planned to ask all the people coming in that day, but we only got through 4 of them. When my 30 minutes were up, he was like, "Wow, you like talking don't you?" Haha. Very interesting indeed.

After the talk with Boeing, I get a call that turns out to be another interview with NSI. That one was actually a lot more technical than the Boeing talk. Asked me about linked lists, Binary Search Trees, Balanced Trees, Inheritance, Polymorphism, OpenGL, and projects that I had worked on in college. Lucky for me I had actually reviewed the night before because if I didn't I would have screwed up that interview. When that interview ended 30 minutes later, I give JLo a call so we could go eat lunch, but turns out she was still at research so I waited outside Rowland Hall for a bit. While waiting, I decide to call Eunice to see if she wanted to join us for lunch. As usual, she wasn't in Irvine while I was there... go figure. At least she got in her favorite line before I had to go.... "Dude Alvin, I have so much to tell you. Let's go chill sometime." Haha, that's kinda hard when your never in the same place I am weirdo. =P So I promise her that I would go visit her in Diamondbar one of these days just so we could chill. Guess I should add that to the other promise that I made her and she was so gracious to remind me again for like the millonth time. =)

So after the call to Eunice, finally find JLo and her bf and we headed to her car. Then I thought, maybe I should go ask Chelle if she wants to eat with us. Turns out, she was beyond hungry and used me as an excuse to ditch class. Shoot... I taught her well, I'm so proud. Haha. So JLo tells me that she wants Chinese food even though I had it the day before cause she wanted Dim Sum... go figure. So she tells us about this one place on Jeffrey and Walnut. Turns out that the place she was thinking of was China Garden. When I figured that out I was like HELL NO! Haha. Oh well, so I ate there twice in two days. One day with the guys, and the next day with the gals. Chelle and I talked smack which we have become very proficient at these days. =) Ate lunch, talked, and then since JLo and her bf needed to study, I caught a ride back to campus with Chelley Bear. Still has the road rage. Hehe. Oh yeah, we both think that her car is calling out to her to help it. =P You should hear it sometime.

So we get on campus and I walk her to her class. Since I was there, I called up lil Charlie to see what he was up to. He told me he was going to ICS 141 so the nerd that I am, I decide to sit into his class. I know, what a freaking loser. Haha. Who cares! I actually learned something so there. Plus, it's a university, your suppose to learn something if you go there right? RIGHT! Afterwards, we are all outside after class and one of Charlie's friends islike, I've never seen you in class before. Haha. That's when I had to tell them that I really wasn't in that class. Oh well, thought no one would notice. Those people were cool though. Makes me wonder why some ICS people say that there is no cohesiveness within ICS. Shoot, I see a lot of people helping out other people. I'm starting to think that maybe they just didn't want to ask for help from the others. Ah well. Right when I was about to leave, I hear a voice that I haven't heard in ages. Turns out to be whale dong.... or better known to people as charlie's gf Kanita. =P I completely forgot she was in So. Cal right now even though Charlie told me a week ago. It was cool seeing her again. You really can't mistaken her voice especially since she's the only one who calls me schmalvie. Yikes! That's such a whack name! Haha. Whatever... bah! Well we talk for awhile, and then I start heading back to my car.

On the bridge, another person I didn't expect to see came by. It was none other than that famous Borracho guy that I keep hearing about. =P Ended up talking for 15 minutes about anything and everything that's been going on. Found out that KABA is Thursdays at 7 PM every week in the Student Center. Odd place to have meetings. Also found out tshirts were going to be shown on Friday of this week and that only Ernest and Baucas live in Dartmouth now. Very interesting conversation. After all of that I decided to call it quits and head back to Long Beach. =)

Yeah, that was my uneventful week in a nutshell. Hopefully Krysta does really well on her interview for grad school at Fullerton. Actually I'm sure she will. Happy belated bday to Chelle and Nikun. Hmm... if I forgot anything else then oh well, I'll write it next time.

Friday - October 17, 2003

I think we finally got our 12th person for fantasy basketball. Wow, never played with this many people in one league before. The amazing thing is that I know all 12 people which will make it even more fun when all the trash talking begins. Trust me, with the people me and Yuffie got to play, there will be trash talking. Yay! Oh yeah.... October 21st at 11:40 AM is the Live Draft. Prerank your players if you can't be there. =)

The curse continues in baseball. So sad. First the Cubs and now the Red Soxs. Gotta feel bad for them. Actually I feel even worse for the Cubs fan who will now need to move to a new state, go into protection, or change his identity after the Cub's loss. If I were him there's no way I would stay in Chicago. They'll eat him alive if he does. Kinda feel bad for the family too cause they won't only make fun of the guy but the immediate family too. Oh well.

Two nights ago, I had the weirdest dream. Am I gonna talk about it here? Psssh... yeah right?! I'm actually talking about it with my partner in crime so I know it should be resolved by tonight. Haha. Shoot, if I was in Irvine right now I would be at IHOP with her talking about it instead of on AIM. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes.

Speaking of my partner in crime, we really need to set a day and chill with each other again. Yes, I know I miss ME... geez! =P If I don't write in this thing on Saturday I want to say happy birthday to chelle on October 18th. Thank you for everything.... from the 2 AM IHOP visits to listen to my drama, to our monthly talk about life meetings, to the Loft and the stare downs. You've been such a great person and I hope you are being good, even though I doubt that's likely. Haha. You have fun on your bday up north and when you get back I'll give you your present. =)

Tuesday - October 14, 2003

Man... I'm happy. Yuffie and I found 9 players for fantasy basketball in less than an hour. Haha. We even screened people out so we didn't have too many weaksauce people playing. =P Okay, okay, so JLo is going to be a point cushion for everyone, but hey at least she's the only girl who wanted to do it! Shoot, and maybe she might surprise someone and actually win a couple of weeks here and there. So far it's me, Yuffie, Daniel, Andy, Jon, Kuya, Roger, JLo, Jason, and someone else I forget right now. We're actually looking for 2 more people so if anyone wants to join, tell us. It'll be fun with a lot of people talking smack.... just the way it should be played. Haha. If I'm stuck with Adonal Foyle again on my team I'm gonna be hella pissed. =P

Man. I only go on AIM for specific purposes nowadays. Just like last night Yuffie and I were talking on the phone and we were both reluctant to go on AIM. It's like we don't like using it anymore or something. It's quite funny if you hear us talking about it. So we both compromised last night and went on at the same time just to find fantasy basketball players. Hehe. Weird thing is, when I went on last night I saw someone I haven't talked to in forever so I just couldn't help myself and spent awhile catching up with Chelle and her sleeping ways. =P It's amazing that she's still mad about the fact that someone ate her birthday present to me a couple of months ago. That girl... she's so silly.

You know what I want to do? I feel like going on a roadtrip. Maybe a weekend or something. Anyone have any suggestions? I think Kuya and I were either going to Chicago or the east coast again later this year, and my mom wants me to go to Guam finally or PI. Part of me wants to go to Europe and visit my cousins there since they seem to be having tons of fun over there. I've even got my passport renewed and stuff. Maybe that's part of the reason for my renewed interest to just go travel somewhere and see the sites. I kinda miss that one night going to 4 different states and chilling and having fun at each one. (DISCLAIMER: It may have been fun but I got sick the next day. Haha. =P ) Hmm... maybe for now a road trip up north or maybe Oregon or something might appease me. The thing is I probably would have to find people who actually wanted to go and just go for a weekend or something like that. Those people are hard to find these days. Oh well.

Oh yeah, someone was talking about dogs and how they listen to all the commands that we teach them, but then I started to think about my two dogs that I used to have before they passed away. My gosh, they were the most spoiled dogs ever!!! Haha, you think kids are spoiled?! Nope, our dogs were more spoiled than that! It's so unbelievable that my dogs ate better than some people do in third world countries. I kid you not. They were part of the family so my mom made our dog Filipino dogs. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about, but if you don't it's when we feed them all the filipino delicacies. Man, my dog got to eat adobo, pancit, rice, spam. Geez, it became so bad that he didn't like eating the regular dog food. Haha... spoiled I say. It wasn't even food either. I remember how I would play with them and stuff but when I left they would whimper and stuff just so I would stay longer. Those dogs are so tricky... kinda reminds me of that movie that comes out about dogs. Sigh, I'm such a sucker for cool dogs. =P

Here's another funny thing. Sometimes people make their neigborhood to seem all scary and stuff just so they sound cool. However, for the people who have actually visited where I live, you know that I kid you not with all the stories I tell you. Just a couple of days ago, there was a sting operation to try to catch a drug dealer who was living in the house next to us. THE HOUSE NEXT TO US. Geez! That would make this the second time in my lifetime here that our next door neighbor was a drug dealer or making drugs. Haha. At least this time we didn't have to evacuate the premise while they did their sting operation. Silly police. Hmm... hopefully that doesn't scare some of you to come and visit but oh well, at least you know the truth about what goes on here. =)

Yet another thing that just crossed my mind. How many months now has it been that you've been saying you are finally getting a new computer Yuffie?! I think it's almost the 1 year anniversary of the loud noise. Haha. =P Whenever you are finally ready, just get the parts and I'll make it for you. Heck you might even be able to play games again. Gasp! Man, this is getting kinda long once again. I wonder if I'll be able to write shorter posts sometime soon. Ah well.

Saturday - October 11, 2003

Wow. What an eventful Friday I just had. Sometimes I wonder if I chose the right major right now being that I ponder on stuff way too much. Maybe I should have been a philosopher or something. Haha. However, one day may change the course of how you view things. We shall see.

I just went to go visit Yuffie and Yen last night. Man, I haven't talked to Yen in so long. I think it was June when I last talked to her in person. Same ol' Yen.... always stressed over something. Just listening to Yuffie and Yen tell me about their grad experiences makes me think about stuff even more. If you only heard them tonight, you would be thinking twice too! Oh yeah, just to tell you before I continue, Yuffie and I created a fantasy basketball league if anyone wanted to join. Haha.... so off topic but yeah. Call me or Yuffie or IM one of us if you want to join. =P

Okay, back on topic now. So I get to LA around 3:30 and sat and talked with Yuffie till 6 since Yen wanted to get some studying done before all of us ate at dinner. When we got to TGIF.... mind you it's not called TGIF, but Magic Johnson's Fridays, we get asked outside by security if we were going to the bar or resturant. Hehe... I've never been asked outside by a security guard which part of Friday's I was going to before so I thought that was kinda amusing. Felt like we were in the hood while eating. It was quite hiliarious to say the least. So all of us were talking and eventually it got really quiet. The reason being that we were trying to focus on listening to Yen while watching the Cubs game against the Marlins. Haha... Yen got so mad at me and Yuffie since our eyes would always be looking at the game while we kept at nodding at stuff Yen was saying. =P So bad of us.... but it's the Cubs! Oh well. So wel talk for about an hour and a half and then me and Yuffie walk Yen back to her car and then head back to his apt.

I have just learned today that there is a worse parallel parking driver than me! Wow... haha. I kept on telling the Yuffie that he had to turn his wheel a lil earlier but I guess he didn't get what I meant. =P So we go and find parking somewhere else that doesn't require that task of fitting your car between two other cars. Thus I finally leave LA at 10. Hmm... never expected to stay that long but oh well.

Okay for most of you, you probably might want to stop reading right here. If you don't understand the next random part, don't say I didn't warn you. =P

When getting back I wanted to talk to Eunice about stuff through AIM so I go on. However, she wasn't online so something else occured that I don't feel like talking about right now. All I would like to say even though I'm sure this person will never read this is I just don't know anymore if I can or if I even want to start all over. Weird thing is this sounds really reminiscent of the exact words that came out of my mouth in June and what happened after that? It got even worse. Thus I'm starting to think, once is fine, but if I go and try again, then two your are a fool. Talking last night brought all the good and all the bad back to surface after all the time I tried to forget everything. I think I'm even more confused now than before I talked to you if that's even possible. Bah... I'm starting to sound like my friend Eunice. Haha. =P Hmm.... all of this is my risk to take if I feel like it anymore cause you have done your part in offering to start over. I guess only time will tell. I know what I should do, but we'll see if I do what I know I should do. However, thank you and I'm really sorry for everything. Like you said, we didn't just end off in really bad terms, they were also unresolved too. I was about to just leave them unresolved too until that one night. Sigh... I guess I'll just end it there since I don't want to think or talk about it anymore.

Thursday - October 9, 2003

Wow. It was great talking to Yuffie again on the phone today. It's been so long since I've talked to that guy. Kinda amazing but he's starting to know as much about the UCLA campus as I do. Good for him. As usual, we talked sports like we always do. Maybe one day I'll go to a UCLA event with him..... maybe UCLA vs. UCI basketball in December?! Who knows. Feel pretty bad with what he's going through, but at least he's keeping a positive attitude about it. Hopefully everything works out for the best with him. Oh yeah, we were also thinking of starting a fantasy basketball league so if you want to join, then please, please, please tell me or him soon so we can set it up. Haha, as you can see we're big on sports. =P That's what I always loved about Yuffie.... someone I could talk sports with since he was the most educated about the subject at the old apartment.

Speaking of which, Yuffie and me just realized that we don't really talk to the old roommates that much anymore. It's not that we don't want to, but we just don't see them online when we're online. Even being on AIM for both of us is very seldom these days. That is a stark contrast from how it was as seniors at UCI. How time flies. I know you guys are saying why don't you just call, but hey you know how it goes. Sometimes you just get too lazy so you wait for the other person to call until eventually it just kinda seems awkward to talk after awhile. Well I'm sure we'll all meet up eventually someday. If not, then at least we had fun while it lasted.

I was talking to Eunice a lil while back and she got me thinking as always even though I'm sure she didn't mean it the way she said it. Actually I'm sure she didn't since she told me afterwards. Haha. Well, we'll see how I deal with it. I kinda feel like this has happen to me before but I was in the other person's shoes before. Maybe that's why I'm feeling bad every now and then about all of this. So cryptic huh? It's okay, it's suppose to be this way. I'm trying to beat Eunice and have bigger walls than she has. If you don't get that... then don't worry, me and her are just odd like that. =P

Congratulations to Anthony and Janice for getting new jobs at Northrop and Raytheon respectively. They deserve it. I just got to talk to Anthony a short while ago. He's leaving Irvine and seeing ghettoness. Oh boy. Haha. It's cool though. I'm sure that he will do just fine in his new job.

On another note, I'm sure Charlie is happy that Kanita is coming to So. Cal in 6 days. That girl always cracks me up. She says the funniest things. So random. Those two are such a good match. They are both wierd. =) Thankfully all that stuff that happened before is over with now and they are both really happy. Too bad Charlie still has those dumb Java GUI's to worry about. Haha.

Speaking of Charlie, I got to play guitar with him once again at mass last Sunday. Man, I was so lost.... probably since I didn't practice any of the songs until 45 minutes before mass. Dumb me! Oh well, it was still fun to see everyone.

Oh yeah, before I forget I hope the very best to Josie as she starts her new semester as Boston University. That girl will do just fine cause she so darn cool. Still remember bumping into her at Berkeley last April..... so random. Still same old Josie with her sarcasm. =)

Last, but not least, going on campus on UCI confirmed my beliefs that I don't belong there anymore. I dunno, you just get that vibe that your time has past and you shouldn't try to fight it. It happens, but at least I had a fun 4 years while I was there. So thank you UCI and thanks to everyone I've met past, present and future for making my life enjoyable.

Wednesday - October 8, 2003

Hmm... this is just one of those days that regardless what you are doing, you really should just write down your thoughts. So what am I talking about here? Of course... I must be talking about the historic recall election that just went on with the Terminator winning the governorship.

Lots of thoughts in my head right now so I figured I would write them down here. First of all, I'm praying big time that the new governor can do something in Sacramento especially with no political experience whatsoever. We'll see in 100 days. All the things he said in his speech tonight just sounds too good to be true, but if he can even do half of those things, California will be in much better shape than it is now.

Was the new governor the best choice in this election? As you know there were many more experienced people who knew the issues. However, they didn't even come close tonight. McClintok I feel should have bowed out a long time ago. Kinda serves him right for losing.... no offense. Mr. Bustamante, however, just seem liked a two faced liar who didn't really care about California at all. Instead it seemed he just wanted to further his career along. With that, you really are only left with the new governor as a viable option to take over if you chose to recall former governor Davis.

So why even bother recalling Davis in the first place? The argument goes that we had just elected the guy 11 months ago which I felt was a dumbass mistake in the first place and now we want him out. Are we that dumb that we couldn't figure that out 11 months ago or is Davis that dumb to piss off Californians even though he didn't even win 50% of the vote in his reelection. Major dumbness all around here. Now come on... we aren't that dumb and I'm sure most people figured out that it was someone from the Davis or Democratic camp that had decided to smear the new governor 5 days before the election. All that denial just makes you look like a jackass on TV. You know your unpopular and need to go as governor when 1 out of 4 people in your own base support from your party said yes to the recall. Geez, how pathetic. Oh well. Here's hoping the new governor makes out with all his promises.

On another note, it was a good weekend for Chicago sports with the Bears finally winning and the Cubs going to the NLCS. Too bad the Cubs lost today to the Marlins. However, it took the Bears long enough to win. Geez. That defense needs major help. I'm guessing it's going to be a long season. =P

Oh yeah, and the Lakers won today BIG. It kinda didn't seem fair at all. Here's hoping they win the championship this year so I can finally go to a victory parade. Hehe.

Changing gears a bit, hopefully everything with Yuffie and Eunice turns out alright. Here's hoping to that too. Haha, Eunice actually got me to go back on AIM since we were talking about her "stuff". Funny how I went on and everyone wonders where the heck I've been. I think you guys just use AIM a lil too much. =P Sorry to the people I didn't really get to talk to, but I kinda went on AIM to do a specific thing so I didn't really bother looking at the other AIM windows. Plus now that I think about it, I don't have it as bad as two people I know right now.