Stick To You

"A candle looses nothing by lighting another candle..."

COMPLIMENT: I got a compliment today from history teacher. He likes my hair, I do too, its a lot better then a week ago. I've got 3 different colors going on in my hair. The regular black, a touch of brown, and a pinch of blonde dark bleach highlights. Its like a neopolitan ice cream flava. Reminding me of that song, 'whas your flava?' by craig david. What ever happened to that guy? I loved some of his songs. That video whas your flava was funny cuz it was like willy wonka and the choco factory.

DAY 1: Day one w/the sub is over, one more day to go. She survived and made it through the day. She;s been subbing for ages and told me she has trouble juss dealing w/the kids. Dont get me wrong, they're good kids, some of them. Juss there are some who are more difficult to deal with than others. Those are the ones that juss drain you out. To think too, I'm only there for 4 hrs. a day. We'll see how day two goes, hopefully it'll run a little bit smoother. The only downfall to this sub is that she doesn't speak any spanish. At least some of the other subs knew a little bit. Having subs always equal a difficult day cuz the kids know the teacher is gone.

HAPPY 3RD: Happy 3rd Anniversary to makeitclap! It has been one long journey, throughout these past 3 years. Who would've ever thought, we would've made it this long. We have shared so many stories together, been through so much, yet you've never left my side. YOu have been news for people all around the world, from the mean streets of cairo to the locals of the bpc. Wha else can I say, but lets continue to provide the news, the stories, the pictures of all the great things happening. When I first started you, I didnt even know if it was going to last as long as it has. It seemed like such a fun thing to post your thoughts online so people could read them, yet I was a bit hesitant cuz of the drama it could start. Anyway, look we are 3 years in the making, lets continue to makeitclap!

PRECIOUS MOMENTS: So I got the chance to pick up nini today after I got off work. I ended up getting to the skool real early. Anyway, so I stood and waited until I saw the kids get, I was hoping I was in the right area. THe kids come out from the kinderarea and there I saw nini in the back of the line w/her stuff. As soon as she saw me she ran over to me, with a huge smile and said, 'uncle jason!' hehe it was too cute, it was one of those things that made my day. So we walked to the car together and she asked if I was going to be able to stay and play for a while. I told her maybe, we'll see. After I dropped her off, I said next time I pick you up, we'll get ice cream. I love that little girl!

NEW STUDENTS: Sandy gave me 3 new kids in my class, adding my enrollment total to 30! Now, I kinda have a difficult time as it is, it seems that I got all the rough ones in my class. There's one new kid, who's a girl who was asking some real interesting questions, or at least really participating. We started talking bout advent, how we can prepare etc. The topic of mortal sin started to come out, wha defines a mortal sin. I dont exactly know how it came up but we said making out was considered a mortal sin. Whoa, that spark up a discussion of how it could be a mortal sin blah blah. Then I said they're accountable now for the things that we discuss in class. One kid said, 'so if you didnt tell us, that means we wouldn't of known and we wouldn't of been accountable?' I told them, in a sense yeah I guess so. So then they started to cover their ears, so they wouldnt 'hear' and not be accountable. I said even though you cover your ears, you know deep down you still hear whas going on and you can still be held accountable. At any rate, I ended with them bout their 'suprise' next week and to pray for it. THey caught me smiling bout it, and they were so interested in wha it was. Let's hope and pray!

CRACKS & ANSWERED PRAYERS: I wAs real skurred on my way to holy fam last nite, as I was driving I noticed some spots in my back windshield. IT looked from the back they were cracks in my windshield, not juss one but 3! So here I was trippin out all the way to holy fam, thinking aw man not another car situation. Is my car really cursed or something? Anxiously, I come out of the car after parking and realized it was juss water drips. Whew! praise God! During the praise & worship, I noticed something in the trash at holy fam last nite. Answered prayer? Maybe. I'm asking for confirmation, we'll see wha happens.

WONDERWALL: I said maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me...I remember back in jr. high when wonderwall came out, never put too much time into thinking of the lyrics. Last nite we were practicing for the retreat, we're doing the sacrifice skit from liwanag. And after watching the skit over and over again, while listening to the lyrics it does fit perfectly. Im excited to see these guys play out the skit. It was looking real good last nite, some of these people fit the character they're playing perfectly. As if this is something I could see really happening. Coincidence? I dont think so, I think God picked out the players perfectly. The only thing I forgot to do before doing the suicide skit back in sept. was pray w/them. How could've I forgoten, the most important thing! This time I wont forget.


hope i dont get snowed in at big burr!
"And after all, you're my wonderwall..."im done, im out God bless!

Too Fast

"You should do no harm to anybody whatsoever, and as much as it is possible, do good to all..."

PREPARING: Im trying to do all that I can to help prepare myself spiritually for this retreat. Man I still ahve to put my talk together, ha! Im so good at putting together talks at the very last minute. I think thas how I work best when it comes to that stuff, thas when the spirit really works ha. The past couple of days I've been praying w/allen the evening prayers. Tonite we added an extra rosary in there. It brought back memories that year when I felt so on fire. GOing to LF carson errsat. meeting new groups, making new friends. Geez, I even remember during work on my way back to the center, Id stop by St. Polycarp and visit Jesus. Thas why each time I step into that church it brings back good memories.

WORK: Back to the grind of daily work again, the teacher is gonna be out the next couple of days. I hope they get a good sub. or at least the kids dont give the sub a difficult time. The last time some of them juss wore me out. Had to sit and put out fires all day long. 930-130pm seems like such a short day, but it actually isnt. Im not complaining, I do enjoy my job, its juss I wish it wasnt so repeatitive. I guess they have an idea who the new teacher that they're gonna hire is, they juss haven't done it. The kids were suprsied to see the new hair color.

DOUBLE FUN: Had a meeting w/jamie today at the ctc, stopped by and visited brian and jennevee at juice it. Ha It was funny they were alll juss sitting there chillin doing whatevers. We were sitting at the tables and it brought back memories of after prayer meeting hang out spots. How that one summer we'd all hit up ctc and eat burger king or subway or wathever and sit until the sun came up in the morning. Or how we would sit there and play games like mafia etc. Oh yes, shallow memories of the past. All that seems so long ago, well it kinda is wha 2-3 years ago? Maan that was a great summer.

ADVENT: Jamie and I gave a talk tonite bout advent. Jamie talked bout the basics, wha advent is all bout, the candles, and how we can kinda prepare ourselves spiritually. Then I came in and threw in some acronyms, the 'watch' and 'care.' It was coo, I felt the spirit totally juss leading the talk the whole time. So, maybe I cant dance or sing all taht well or at all, but I do think my talent is giving talks in front of people. Maybe I can start a career as a motiviational speaker going to skool to skool ha motiviating kdis to do well in skool ha!

PRACTICE: We attempted to do the suicide skit run through tonite, however it didnt work out. It seems like whenever I try to practice that skit, there's always some type of difficulties. This time it was music wasnt playing. As if the devil was trying errtactic to stop us from practicing. I dont know wha it was, but my lap top is too slow. Its always hard to get the timings for the skit, when you first practice it, especially w/people who;s never been in it before. So alas another attempt tomorrow or something. On top of that we have the sacrifice skit to practice also.

1 week to go...pray for it!
"Cuz I'm free, free falling..."im done, im out GOd bless!

F-R-E-S-H

"Faith doesn't require understanding. It asks for hope that looks forward to reaching that understanding..."


SORENESS: Worked out w/rob tonite, the only thing that sucked was the spa was out of order! oh whY?! Anyway, it was the first time Ive worked out in a while, and my arms are sore. It felt good though, to actually mkae the effort to go. Ive meaning to go this past week but would juss get too tired. Im hoping that they really do make the ol burlington coat factory a 24 hr. fitness sport. That'd be too cool, this way maybe itll motivate me to go since its closer ha. Now I want to get back into the habbit like I was in the summer of working out. This way I can be fit and loose weight yay! Oh yeah, I also want to get back into the habbit of jump ropping, thas fun easy work out. Then maybe running too, wow thas a lot of working out...too probably I wont even accomplish any of these ha.

PREPARE: I like Fr. Vic's homily at mass today, he always has good ones. Anyway, we disected the word 'watch' and wha it meant. The 'w' standing for words, to watch our words, watch we say to others. Lastly, to be mindful and watchful. 'A' standing for alert...'we must be watchful and alert. We dont know when the Lord is coming. So in the meantime we gotta be conscious and alert. 'T' sharing our time, talent and treasure with others. BE conscious of our time, talent, and treasure on how we spend it. The advent season gives us the time to share our talents, share our treasures with the less fortunate. 'C' care-wha do you care bout? This season who do you caare bout? The center of this celebration Christ-care for Christ in the poor, present in our brothers and sisters. Who do you care about yourself or is about others? LAstly, the 'H' standing for heart. Wha do you have in your heart? Who and wha is occupying your heart?

CHANGING COLORS: Lyn lyn kindly, redid my hair for me. Its not too much of a change, though I like it better then before. Now, its not so goldish, lightish, blondish...sometimes the way you picture your hair, or yourself with that color isnt exaclty how it comes up to be. Oh well, nothing can ever be perfect, even hair color. I juss like it when my black roots start to grow this way it looks more balanced. Im also tryign some new line of hair products to my hair, it seems to be working out I think...ha I juss wish I had more of the patience to work w/it and try different things. My hair I guess isnt made for style haha

LESSONS LEARNED: It isnt always the easiest thing to do in the world to apologize. Especially, when you had your $$ on it, thinking you were right and you end up being wrong. THough its, humbling experience, reality is its Christ humbling us. Its hard to let of the pride and give in to apologize that we were wrong or what we did was wrong. Heck, we apologize each time we go to mass. At the same time, it doesnt make sense to hold grudges or to hold things against one another. So I guess the lessons learned for this thanksgiving this year is: first never assume or start to make judgements against somebody when you dont know all the facts. Learn to give people the benefit of the doubt. Lastly, humility, learning to let go of the pride and realizing you've messed up. All in all be thankful for a loving God. I'll always remember fr. ray saying, 'my sisters and brothers let us call to mind our sins and ask for God's mercy for He is full of gentless and compassion.' ANd it is true..God is all that.

APPRECIATIVE: Had a weekend full of appreciative convos. I like those moments, where you have some good convos w/people you ahvent talked like that with in a while. I juss got done talking to reirich online, and we haven't really had a full on convo in a long time. Its cool, even though you may not see the person all the time or whatever you can still come back and pick up where you left off. Thas like how it is w/my best friend, we talk or chill w/each other when we can, but its good to know that when we do see each other or wahtever it juss picks right where it left off.


i love the rent soundtrack

"Take me baby or leave me..."im done, im out God bless!

Reflective

"To persevere and remain in God's service. This is the real source of our glory..."

ONE YES: Wed. allen, myself, and some of allen's friends went to ryan's breakdancing class. Except, they took the class and I watched from behind. It was weird cuz this time it was pretty much all guys who were in the class this week. Anyway, so the whole reason I've been going there is to try and get ryan to come to my confirmation class. I didnt get the chance last wed. so I figured this time might be the last opportunity. One of those 'seize the day' carpe diem type of things I guess you could say ha. Finding the right moment was difficult ha cuz well it juss is. Also, I knew he had to leave promptly after the class was over cuz he had that thing at grand ave. Moving on, I had stopped as he was coming back to the class and asked if I could ask him a question. Basically, I asked him if he'd be able to come one tues. He was down to do it, juss not this tues. so he told me to put him down for the 6th! woOoO!! wow if it comes through, then I'd be so estatic! YOu probably wont dothis but imma ask anyway, pray that he pulls through, it would mean a lot to me thanks!

TOO SHORT: Thanksgiving went and came in a flash, though it wasnt exactly the best thanksgiving. Due to some mini drama w/some familia, but it's all good now. Life is juss too short really to sit there and pick errlittle thing. Its juss funny how dependent people are on certain items, to the point where they'll fight for it. I mean cmon you're going to fight someone cuz of stupid assumption? Ive learned that before we can accuse someone of something, learn to give them the benefit of the doubt. Even if they have a history, even if all the facts may lead up to it. Im starting to think that Christ's coming is sooner then we all think. I think God is constantly reminding me of that errday.

BLESSINGS: The whole moving to holy fam, has been a blessing in so many different ways. The blessings still continue to come too, which is freakin great. I wouldve never though that some of the things happening now would've ever happened. Goes to show that we really cant juss hold in wha we have. Go out like the talent guys and come back doubling it. One of the things, I'm thankful as of lately is juss the rekindling of relationships. Funny story, so when how had it's debut on june 22, jennifer had intro. me to this girl named micah. Whas funny is that we're related, I said to her thas my cousin. Ever since then, we've become pretty close. Well not juss her, but her brother too, who's a couple years younger then me. Anyway, its juss great that I can have other cousins that are as cool as shaved ice.



PARTY, PARTY: My cousin threw his annual post thanksgiving party last nite. Something that he throws every friday after thanksgiving for the past 4 years. I didnt get home till 4am this morning, and I was so tired. It was pretty crazy cuz I ran into some people who I havent seen in a while. One of them was arisa, ha she walked past me and she was like jason! Then I said arisa! ha it was cool, we talked for a little bit. She's now back home in cali, going to csuf. Talked to toni's friend brenda and met her friend aralyn. Aralyn had juss gotten back from italy, visiting toni. Man that trip had to have been the best. Hm I guess the highlight of the evening, was having this real deep convo w/this guy bout our walks w/God. Ha who would've ever thought that you can talk bout God in such a deep manner at that type of setting?

SHARING: It was really great though, in fact that was my who I met Jesus in story for the week. We sat there talking for the longest time sharing the faith. It all started cuz he told me he saw me at sly before, making some type of announcement and then said his cousin will goes there and is constantly praying for his soul. The convo was really good, sharing how no matter how many times we fall, we gotta keep going. Sharing how God doesnt punish us, our faith isnt a matter of karma, even though many people like to go off on that notion. If thas the case I asked him, why is our God such a merficul and loving God? If that was the case, dont you think he would've taken you already? It is interesting the places where you can find God.

SMALL & SIMPLE: My mom's coworker got married today at St. Martin de Porres in yorba linda. The church is really nice, small like their wedding but also simple and nice. I like the life size statues that have outside but inside the church. Im always drawn during weddings, when the couple walk to the Blessed Mother. The whole "Ave Maria" song always touches me for some reason. So I look up as they walk to her and ask her to pray for them. That they stay true to their marriages vows, of faith, hope, and love. Sometimes, the smallest and simplest things turn out to be the most beautifulest ones.

THIS WEEK: Crunch time, yup, the youf retreat is jusss around the corner. Im praying that a lot of youf will go. Im also excited once again to be able to juss 'retreat' away for the weekend. It's going to be a jam pack weekend, it looks like we'll be doing the suicide skit again. Along w/this new one callled 'sacrifice.' I still need to prepare my talk, and prepare myself spiritually for this weekend. It's going to be one jam packed busy week with practices, meetings, and more. Christmas shopping has officially started!

agh laptop lagging too much!
"You'll be my king and Ill be your castle..."im done, im out God bless!

4 Seasons of Love

"Christ said, 'I am the Truth'; he did not say 'I am the custom..."

THANKS: Its kinda sad how often times I dont really fully appreciate thanks. I dont full appreciate the small things I have. Or how I have a hard time saying thank you to certain people for certain things. I do appreciate errthang I have, even if it may not seem like it. Oh my, there's juss way too much to be thankful for this year. Despite the fact it's been one of those up and downs years, there's still things to say thanks for. Its like that supreme scream ride at knotts, my life going all the way up then certain things happen, leaving it to drop. Yet, slowly, w/God's grace coming back up again. Anyway, the point is I am thankful for the usual, family, friends, etc. etc. Most of all, I think I'm thankful for God's mercy. As much stuff that I've done wrong, He still provides for me.

EXCITING: This week seems like it's ending already, maybe cuz the week was so short. Thas wha I love bout thanksgiving holiday. The shortness of the week, giving thanks equals two days off! One really exciting thing happened tonite, but I'll get into that later on. I saw rent tonite, the first time I've watched it. Now I understand wha the movie really is all bout. Hopefully, one day I can actually watch the musical. The movie was perfect to watch right before thanksgiving, it really does put things into perspective bout life. Being thankful for errthang that surrounds you, cuz once it's gone you can't get it back. SOme things aren't always replaceable. Praise God, for an interesting week. HEre's my annual list of wha I'm thankful for. Oh yeah and if your pics is not on here, I still am thankful for you! ha












One faithfully committed 'yes.'














Ol skool memories...














A great class...














Rekindling of ol relationships













Humble new beginnings...














Leaders who never stop growing














Eyes to see the beauty in everything



















The freedom to pray...














Making new friends through new beginnings














Inspiring young people














Laughter, memories, and the never ending good times



















The 3 amtracks...Carl, Jett, and Allen, who love getting me starbucks on tuesday nites.














Keeping new traditions alive















Best friends, who never stop caring for you















Prayer buddies, who never stop praying for you














Great weekend get aways where you can juss be 'yourself.'














For making wishes comes true haha



















Reminders of what living the faith is all bout














For you, you, and YOU for being Jesus to me














For His mercy and compassion

Happy thanksgiving...exciting story to share later!

"I should tell you, I should tell you..."im done, im out God bless!

Leaving Satisfied

"Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly..."

PATIENCE: Its funny cuz patience really is a virtue when you deal w/the kids I have to deal with. Hmm it's not really behavior wise, it's more less academically speaking. Sometimes, it suprises me to see which group comes out on top during certain activities. I do 3 different rotations with 3 different groups, on 3 different subjects. So it comes out to be a total of 9 times, I'm working w/each group of kids. The high ones, the middle, and the low. And well the low is the lowest of the low. The teacher told me yesterday she wants me to spend the last 10 min. of lunch working w/the lowest of the low helping them read their sight words. Working w/those really low ones is the most challenging. Especially, when they ahve no concept whatsoever of wha they're reading. It really makes you grateful for your parents helping you get the education you need, supporting you when you were in skool, taking the time out to help you learn and read. Maan, you dont realize how important reading is until you work w/these kids.

HUNGRY I COME: Since, there was no SRE tonite, I took advantage of it. I went to liwanag tonite, since it may be the only time I'll be able to go. TOnite was the perfect nite to go, they were having the best thanksgiving feast ever...adoration. Ive never experienced adoration at a college campus, let alone at uci. Maan, I felt so in awe juss sitting in front of Jesus praying and praying and praying. I think thas freakin great that they can have stuff like this at colleges, and people show up. IT was the best way to start the evening off, rosary, chaplet, praise & worship, wha more can you possibly ask for? I didnt want to leave, but alas I had to get to my other appointment in time. Thanks Jesus!

OL SKOOL SHOWS: You know, the teenage reality shows of today, dont even match up to the ol skool ones. The shows like wha 'the OC,' 'Laguna beach,' I mean cmon those are nothing compare to 90210 or california dreams or saved by the bell. Its juss too bad shows like 90210, arent even on dvd yet! THough here you having desperate housewives arleady season one on dvd! Those shows were the best! I was sitting in the car w/elizabeth tonite and we were going over scenes from the ol skool tv shows. Maan those were the classics from the first episode in wha 93 until 99. Its like you practically grew up w/the kids! I think thas when you know you're old though, when you can remember the classic 90210 episodes.

OUR GUEST: I came to cherry's for the core/retreat meeting thingy, but it was so cool cuz the youf core put together this 'thanksgiving, thank you dinner' for the advisors. I walked in and it looked like some banquet conference table. All the advisors on one side, and the youf on the other. They served you with food and errthang. The nite ended with a nice praise & worship. Its funny how the more you hang around people you juss met, the longer it seems youve known them. Praise God for new beginnings...I love the youf at holy family.


Please pray for an specail intention!

"And we sing holy, holy, holy is the lamb..."im done, im out God bless!

Breakaway

"This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul..."

BENEFIT CONCERT: On friday, I had gone to the 5th annual, liwanag benefit concert. Which happened to be my 3rd benefit concert. The performances were great, its always put me in awe seeing such talent given back to God. I must say my favorite acts of the nite, were the N*Spired's, 'lead me Lord,' AO1, Dave's vokals through m7, the action segement w/christy, of course hows performance, and the last two acts. ha For the first time that nite, I had heard the new remixes to some of the classic songs, I was whoa! It had errone jammin' especially w/aela's alicia keys r & b voice that nite. ha All in all it was a great nite, the best way to start a weekend. Liwanag really is a spirit-filled community, with so much talent that only continues to grow and grow each other. Praise God for catholic communities, especially at the college level.

THE GET AWAY: The get away for the weekend was nice, lost some agh which I hate. Its always a risk putting your $ when you know it gets donated. Vee was fortunate enough to win $250 sat. nite! I sit and look at how much you can win at each machine and I only sigh. ha Eating at the wynn was way expensive, but the desserts were real filling. Smoothies, italian ice cream, exotic fruits, and I'm usually not a dessert type of person either. Juss wish the staff over there was a little more kinder ha! The weather was perfect too, it wasnt real muggy hot where it doesnt leave you saying, 'aghhh its soo hot' the whole weekend. Nice and coooooooool like the air. The ride over there and back, always leaves room for some quality bonding time. Actually, for me it juss pertains to the ride back. ha I knocked out the whole way over there like a new born baby put into his crib.

CAROLING: I must say, I am pretty hyped to start caroling! Singing christmas songs is the best. After singing some of the same tagalog songs 3 years in a row, I still cant get them all. The feeling you get caroling from house to house, helps you really get into the christmas spirit. The spirit of giving of yourself to others, sharing the love of God with others is the best. We all bought these new christmas hats for the pre-caroling event we had over the weekend. Christmas really is all bout sharing, not juss monteary sharing of gifts, but truly sharing of yourself. This year I kinda broke tradition, normally, I dont like listening to christmas songs, until dec. 1. Though for some odd reason, its been errwhurr real early this year, which has lead me to start singing and listening to it. I guess its okay to break certain traditions ha

SO YOU THINK: The velasco's little cousin jared is the cutest. Saturday before going out, he was busting out all the moves. He has this little twister dance pad like ddr and he loves dancing on that thing. So picture this little 4 year old boy juss dancing all over the place. Afterwards ha guess who I showed him? I got him hooked on ryan! I showed him some of the video clips of ryan dancing and he was hooked. ha Its funny cuz there's a different clip when ryan's dancing w/his hat on and he jared didnt think that was ryan also. Last nite, he wanted to watch ryan clips, so praise God for ricky.org and dloaded all the ryan clips for him to watch.

BIRFDAY SHOUTOUTS: Happy birfday to christy nini, the former sil. ha Whas to say bout christy? Amazingly talented musically and in servanthood. I remember going out last year for her 21st and what fun that was! ha Next on the list, is charisse nini, my former partner in crime. Although she can be blunt, she can be real helpful at the same time. Very goal oriented, knows how to get things done.















THE PRESENTATION: Tonite or more less today as a whole was a realization of a whole bunch of different things. In fact it opened my eyes to things, I never took notice of before. All in all, obviously its not a coincidence that certain things took place. Yes, the end of ordinary time is over, which the way I see it, its time for me to stop being so comfortable and really start to prepare. Prepare yourself in a way that is presentable before the Lord. I mean often times, we sit and prepare for tests, projects, clubs, where we plan out throughly piece by piece, yet how often are we stoppping to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord? The SRE teacher who teaches across me on thursday nite, has been singing 'prepare ye the way of the Lord,' for the past couple of weeks. Starting advent I'm going ot restart daily devotions again. Faith is so much more then juss simply 'having it' and 'believing.' It really is about trying to live it out, in all that you do. AMDG

APPLIED: So I had applied for a 2nd part time afternoon job at best buy. We'll see wha happens, Im suppose to find out in 45 days if they like me or not. I think that had ot have been the longest application I've ever filled out. On top of that some of the questions were so repeatitive. Then you have to answer this 20 page long survery bout who you are and your personality. It's funny cuz one of the questions asked was, 'are people mean to you?' hahahahhaa I was standing there laughing outloud when I read that. So the choices were strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree ha...my answer was disagree ha!















last day of work for the week praise God!

"I believe in you..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Appreciative

"To truly measure a man's character, look at they way they treat their inferiors, not their superiors..."

LONG DAY: Man I felt like all I did today was put out fires at work. I think the sub had a real difficult time w/the kids. Heck, even I did and I'm w/them all the time. So I sent my first kid to the office, it was juss too much. Actually, I had to tell him in spanish, or at least attempted to w/my ghetto spanish skills. 'Vamos a la officina.' ahahahha He broke down and started to cry, tears rolling down his cheeks, him shaking his head that he doesnt want to go, repeating sentences in spanish that I had no idea wha he was talking bout. The compassionate side of me, felt sorry for him and wanted to give in. However, I realized I had to be firm otherwise this kind if behavior will continue. Or at least set an example for the other kids, that if they mess around too much its, major.

CAUGHT: In SRE tonite, er faith formation actually ha, we were talking bout the mass. I was going over the different parts of the mass. Explaining wha each parts mean, it is only important they know whas going on. So as I'm lecturing I see one of the kids in front slowly start to put his down. Next thing I know I see his eyes closing! Ooh man that kinda pissed me off! I got mad at him and told him he needs to pay attention, so he knows whas going on. He's the kid that likes to draw rappers and their names. These kids sometimes, I dont know wha goes inside their heads. Wha bugs me most bout them is when they dont listen to directions, you tell him not to do something and they go ahead and do it! Agh!

EDUCATION: Its funny how in today's society, so much emphasis is put on education. Finish skool, this way you can get your degree so in return you can get a good job w/nice pay. Yet at the same time, education is more becoming less and less affordable. Or say you do finish your skooling, get your degree whas next? There are so many people in that unemployment line, waiting for something to show up. For example, my best friend juss finished receiving her ba last spring, yet has still to land any kind of job. What sucks, is that there are people out there who dont even go to skool, dont get receive any type of degree yet are out there makin double amount you'll ever make. It's pretty crazy world we live in. It makes you kinda wonder if there really is a pay off in finishing skool.

COFFEE WITH THE CUZ: Decided to skip the weekly guys nite and have starbucks w/my cousin. Tried something new last nite, different from the norm, actually we both did. Usually, errtime I go to starbucks I get the carmel maccahiato. This time, we both got the gingerbread latte, sometimes Im a little hesitant to try new things, but it was good! So we sat there for hours talking bout errthang, life, family, skool, work, church etc. Its funny cuz there's only certain people, family wise that is that I can have an intelligent convo. with. Ha we were even talking bout so you think you can dance and sharing w/her my stories ha! Anway, it was one of those cool kinda of nites where you sit and appreciate the convo youre having w/the person. As well as appreciate the person you're talking to. My cousins cool, reaaaaal cool kinda like shaved ice!







ready to unwind for the weekend!

"I know this much is true, I was blessed because I was loved by you..."im done, im out God bless!

Have It Your Way

"Christ said, 'I am the Truth'; he did not say 'I am the custom..."

ROCKIN' IT: I remember when I was little, we had this huge rock collection in my backyard. Basically the whole backyard was filled w/rocks, well part of it still is. Anyway, I remember growing up picking up some of the small pebble types of rocks and seeing how interesting they were either by shape or color. Now, taking a geology class it's funny how I can, well sorta indentify certain types of rocks. Whether they're sedimentary, metapmorphic, or whatever, ha not that I'm really going to walk around and classify rocks I see. We would've gotten out of class early, if had not been for this girl who was suppose to do her presentation at the beginning of class and then ended up being late...agh!!! Then on top of that, she was taking her time reading each power point slide, verbatim, instead of juss paraphrasing it agH!!! Cmon girl think!

SOME CHANGES: It looks like there may be some changes going at work. The teacher I've been assigned to work with, is moving up. She's taking a new 'administrative' type of position, a parent-community liason or something like that. Apparently, this is for her to see whether or not she wants to stay in the classroom or do something else. I can feel her on that one, having the types of kids we have sheesh. Then having some of them for two years in a row, kinder and 1st grade, aww heccck! Anyway, the teacher's taking the position, though she juss doesnt know the details of whas going to happen. She doesn't know when she's going to start, who's taking over her class etc. etc. It looks like I maybe relied upon a lot during the whole transition.

BRIGHT MOMENTS: There's this one kid that I work with thas in the bottom group. He's been pretty much, according to the teacher spoon fed up to now. His parents basically baby him. It seems like that w/a lot of the kids at work. Anyway, so I tend to get real frustrated working w/him cuz he doesnt know anything. He goes off and his mind wonders like no other, when it comes to reading, he spits out these default words, like 'his' or 'him' juss certain words he in his vocab that arent even close. When ti comes down to it, it's juss hard, he'll probably get retained. Anyway, so we were doing this spelling activity, rhyming words w/the spelling words. I gave him the word dip and asked him to read me the word. For the first time that I've seen working w/him he made progress. He sounded out every letter of the word and even spelled it! For him thas a lot!! The only thing, he couldnt do was the blend the words together to pronunce the word. Though that was a lot for him, ha I was amazed!

BAON DAYS: Monday and today rob & I had baon day at hte block. We havent had baon days in forever cuz errtime we, we always eat out at firdays or something. So we're trying to start getting back into the habbit of brining lunch, rather then spending $. The only thing that sucks is juss the drive there and back sometimes, I know it's not far, I guess w/errthang else in life, it's getting there. I like baon days better too, cuz we finish lunch early, so we have time to walk it off, walkign around the block. Yay! On top of all that, you get to observe and watch some of the craziest people there.

NEW PROJECT: Ever since my dad retired in the summer, he's been doing these random work projects around the house. Agh, I'm hoping he'll find a new job real soon so that way all these random projects will slow down. ha He redid two of the walls in the family room cuz they were juss filled w/mold. Now they room looks a bigger, and cleaner then those other kind of walls. Now he's taking apart my bathroom, we took the whole tub and all! So, I guess thas the next project for the rest of the winter. I cant working on fixing up house stuff ha if I ever get a house, after we clean it all up and stuff, Imma leave things 'as is' ha too much work trying to constantly change things.

HAPPY BIRFDAY: Happy birfday shout out going to alaine! Despite the fact we've had our ups and downs, she's still a good girl. A little crazy in the head sometimes, but all in all she's aiight ha. I kinda do miss seeing her around and her coming around and going to her house for random things. Unforgetable moment, was hmm her tutoring me in my math, and she gets asked out to homecoming ha! Then she got all crazy and called errone up on the phone to tell them. A fun moment was when we went to mass together last year for feast day of Christ the King, then we went to get calamari at cheesecake factory. Anyway, even though I dont see anymore happy birfday ha I know you're having a blast up thurr!

CRAZY I KNOW: After spending most of the late afternoon at holy fam, dropping something off for jan michael, I decided to go to cypress. Turns out brian from liwanag, is taking ryan's breakdancing class! I stood there adn watched the whole class, and wow its crazy. I wish my body could move like that, but it cant. ha hence break dancing is not my forte nor my talent. However, I do have to admit, there were these two white guys a little on the older side(maybe later 20's )who were taking the class and maan they ahve more rhthym then I do! Ha how sad is that! FOr beginningers, maaaan they were better then I could ever be! I picked up on a few early moves from the routin ha and this one move where your riight foot goes behind and under your left. Afterwards, I stuck around longer then anticipated and was watching sickstep practice a little bit. I was talking to the lady who works at the studio ha and I kinda got modded. I was like oh so can you do some of these moves? She goes oh yeah I can its juss I hurt myself a couple weeks ago, I take the other hip hop class. Ha felt a little retarted after that, but oh well.

doing new things is always interesting

"I'm never gonna dance again, have two feet, got no rhythym..."im done, im out God bless!

I Can't Wait!

"Withdraw your heart from the world before God takes your body from it..."

TALENTS: In confirmation tontie, were discussing the two gospel readings. The one from last sunday first and the one for this upcoming sunday. We then got into a discussion of talents, using your talents for God's glory. I made my 3 aides go up and share their talents w/the class. Carl goes up and shares this 3-d designs he made at skool. They were pretty cool, ha I could tell he was nervous though. ha Then allen went and did some breaking kind of move. Jett ends w/his little bball move, ha. ANyway, they asked me wha mine was. I told them mine was sharing the faith w/them, teaching them bout the love of God. Sharing w/the passion of my faith w/them. Then one of kid said, 'thas not a talent, then that means all the teachers here have that talent.' The remark kinda made me upset, I said in response, teaching is talent, being able to talk in front of other people can be a talent. And I use my talent of teaching every week, tues. and thursday. He was kinda quiet after that.

MISS THEM: Sandy asked me tonite, if I'd be willing to take 3 more kids into my class. At first I thought yeah, that seems cool, though I dont know anymore. The ones I have now, are a handful, well not really it's juss different. The girls are cool, they're mellow, however the guys are a different story. It juss seems like they dont listen or they're not paying attention, or not get anything out of wha I'm teaching. Maybe I'm all wrong, maybe they really are paying attention. I guess though all I could do is continue to offer them up in prayer. COntinue to seek God's help to inspire them to become greater catholic christians. I dont know, I guess it's still kinda too early in the year.

A MINI: Afterwards, allen, abe, and I juss chilled in the xb and juss talked. Ha in fact it became a 'mini brotherhood forum.' I'm glad that I was able to become closer to them, cuz they really are good kids. Funny thing happened, so one of my old students from last year asked if he could help and get community service hours. Of course, I said he could, and so he asked if he could bring a friend who needed it too. I was alright thas cool w/me, I don't mind. ANyway, the friend came tonite and so I was talking explaining wha I wanted him to do. Then I asked, 'oh wha did you need the service hours for?' He said to turn to my probation officer, it kinda took me back like whoa. It was juss an respone I wasn't exactly expecting.

THE POWER OF 3: So this year for confirmation I have 3 aides. Realistically, I should have only one, but two of them wanted to come back. Anyway, so we made this I dont know deal type thing, every week we get starbucks. LAst week was jett's turn to get the 4 of us starbucks, the week before was allen's, this week it was carl's, and then when we come back from thanksgiving break, it'll be my turn. ha We'll see how long it'll actually last, ha but man how I enjoy my weekly tues. nite cup of starbucks! It's great having 3 aides in the classroom, sometimes I juss wish there was more stuff for them to do.

THE WORD LIKE: Isnt a amazing in a conversation, how many times the word 'like' will come up. Those people who use it in every single sentence when they talk. Or when you're writing or talking online ha its funny how people will still use the word like. Inside the car w/abe and allen, oh man every word that came out during the convo was like. I guess oversaying, 'like' is a lot better then swearing all the time. ha 'So like my dad was mad cuz like...'hahah Modern language today has become so I dont know whas the word, lax for lack of a better word.

special prayer intention for today, please pray fo me!!

"You saw the best there was in me..."

Rockin It

"The important thing is not so much every child should be taught, but that every child should be given the wish to learn..."

MONDAY MORNINGS: Monday mornings, always seem to be the longest. I cant wait till the stupid geology class is over. It juss one of those subjects taht doesnt seem to intrigue me, it doesn't seem to interest me a whole lot. Well actually the whole science field doesnt seem to interest me. I guess thas why I'm not a bio major ha. So I sit in this class and tyr to follow lecture, but it's juss too difficult at times cuz it's such a boring subject. I mean really now, who wants to learn bout how sea floor spreading occurs, or wha type of rock has a smooth surface or whas in certain types of rocks. Surely, I really dont care myself. Ahh juss another manic monday!

CHANGING THINGS UP: So this whole montage thing I'm puttinig together can be so time consuming. I had to delete all the custom animation settings today cuz there was too much lag time inbetween each photo. Now, I have to change it to slide transition to all 144 slides. Its juss time consuimng thas alll, but its all good cuz I mean they did pay me after all. Not that Im trying to say or imply anything. Juss bottom line is that stuff like this can be time consuming, especially having to scan errpicture. Good thing most of the work is already done, I jus gotta take care of a few minor thigns then it's done.

WORK NEWS: It's always funny running into old teachers that you had or knew from back in the days. At work its weird calling teachers by their first names. Even the principal, I dont even address by her first name. Stuff like that is juss too weird for me. The principal use to be my 5th grade teacher, so its kinda awkward. THe funny thing is errday at lunch, I'm always the only guy sitting in the teacher's lounge w/a bunch of women. I juss sit there cuz there's no where really else to eat. So the teacher I work w/told me she may be leaving. The district created this 'admin' type of position being they're not hiring anymore administrators. I guess she's gonna to some training, do some observation, and see if she likes it. She told me that she juss doesnt ahve the patience this year anymore. Which I could understand, the kids to drain a lot out of you. Doing the same thing repeatitive routine gets boring. We'll see wha happens, it's gonna be interesting the next couple of months.

BIGS PIZZA: The youf had a fundraiser tonite at big's pizza, they got 20% of the profit made w/these coupons people used to order their dinner. I think it turned out to be a pretty goood success, a lot of people showed up and supported, which was nice. I cant wait to get the young adult ministry on the ground running again. I also cant wait to go christmas caroling and start listening to christmas songS! Maan, most of my christmas song cd collection got jacked, when my car got jacked last year. agh! Anyway, tonite was fun, its nice to take a break from the norm and fellowship. PLaying mash was too funny, big's pizza mojos are the best! It brought back memories of working there when I wasnt even 16 yet. ha Those were the days...





























here we go, another busy week!

"Flying like a bird like Nelly Furtado..."im done, im out God bless!

Lead Me Lord

"Do not be suprised that you fall; everyday; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And surely the angel who guards you will honor your patience..."

THEME SONG: Man, if there's a theme song that goes along w/my life right now, it's gotta be this, lead me Lord. For the past month, ever since I downloaded it, I've been so into it. The lyrics become so personal as you listen to it. Oh yeah and I'm feelin that song, lift up your hands also. It makes you realize that even though life can be tough, the struggles of errday, you gotta seek God. God does make a way...even when the burden's seem to get heavier and heavier. Pray for me yeah? It's been a while since I've spent such a long time at the blessed sacrament, it was great I needed. Praise God for all day adoration at st. i!

BIRFDAY SHOUT OUTS: Happy birfday to the next batch of november birfdays...jaymee-who's faith is inspiring, has so many good stories to share and her talks are absolutely amazing! Especially, her classic lss 'salvation' talk, wow! jay, who's obsession with wrestling, moca salsa, and kanye west, is enough to make anyone fall in love w/at least one of the 3. Then there's my friend from the bpc, toni rose lozada. Man I've been so lagging on getting an email to her that it's so sad! One of my first yfc uciers friend that I had made. I know she's having the time of her life studying abroad in italy right now, maan thas gotta be the best! One more I cant forget, my cousin's baby, brooklyn, who turned two! Happy birfday you kids, and may God continue to shower you w/blessings! Oh yeah, might I had too, that makeitclap will be turning 3 this year woOo!

BATHROOM CONVOS: It's funny how erronce in a while, I always seem to run into old students from my past SRE classes. So, thurs. nite, went out and I went to use the bathroom and this guy named gerard kinda staring at me w/one of those I know you dont I, type stares. He finally says, 'hey weren't you my confirmation teacher.' ha I obviously, didn't remember and I'm like uh I dont think so. ha He goes yeah you were w/that one lady. Then I was like oh yeah I guess so then. ha Then he goes yeah, whas your name agaiin? So I said jason, then he goes wassup I'm gerard. Then asked me wha I've been up to and stuff. I asked him the same thing, appparently he's graduating from uci this year I think. ha It was juss weird, but funny. Stuff like that always seems to happen.

CRAZY WEEK: I've wanting to blog forever now, but this past week has so hectic. I had to put together a project and presentation on sea floor spreading in my geology class. I was suppose to have a parnter, but that foo flaked out and decided to partner up w/someone else. Oh well, I think I alright, I was talking nonsense up there, pretending to sound like I knew wha I was talking bout. The teacher asked me a question ha and I'm like uhh, uhh ha. My mom's friend from work asked her if I could put together this wedding montage for her and her fiance. Juss basically scan pics and put it on a power point. I so did that last min. but hey it worked out!

LONG AWAITED: Im pretty excited for this weekend to come. After all the stuff that has gone on this past week, it's gonna be great to get away. I juss wish though, the get away was some place exotic like maui or something. Man, that was the best vacation ever! It was perfect, even despite the little stuff. Vacations w/friends are always the best get aways. The laughters, the jokes, the pictures, ahh yes! The part that sometimes sucks though is when its all over, yes home is always nice, though sometimes you dont want vacations to end. Juss like when I went to new york...it was too short of a trip. Coming back to reality, is whack ha but thas life.

NOT OBSESSED: Okay, I want to clear something up! Im not obsessed w/ryan ha this is juss too weird even typing this. I juss admire the guy's talent, thas all. Besides that, there are people who are way worse than I am. Forreal, people writing poems bout him, leaving him comments all the time, sheesh, I'm not even close to being like that! I mean the guy's coo and errthang but I dont go that far. As far as meeting the guy, whoa that was so cool for me at least. I mean cmon now, the guy was on freakin tv! Im sure for most people it would be the same way if they found a certain celeberity was going to be at say yardhouse or d & bs. No doubt would they go if they knew kobe or jessica alba was going to show up. Same thing w/ryan ha he's juss a coo guy w/a lot of talent. Really now, I'm not obsessed trust me ha agh I didnt go to prelude oho why?!!

RELATIONSHIPS: Relationships can always be an interesting topic to discuss. I remember last june we were talking bout this. The different scenarios, the wha ifs, whas right and whas wrong. Its juss funny how some girls can be so hmm bitter bout guys. Obviously, cuz of bad experiences, they sometimes characterize all guys to be like that. Id never want to be w/a girl who's all bitter at guys all the time. I mean honestly, cmon now, you can't let the past experience hold you down forever. Anyway, thsa a whole other topic to get into. I like though how in the 1st reading for mass todya it talked bout characteristics of a worthy mate. The one thing that I loved is this line, 'a women who fears the Lord, is to be praised.' Now thas something right there, I gotta remember to mention taht to my kids on tues.

GETTING OLDER: YOu know, how pretty much errone these days has a myspace? Kinda like one of those 'in trends' where if you dont then you're not in. ha jk. Anyway, one of the kids I use to take care of at the daycare found me on myspace. Maan, she looks so different that I didnt even recgonize her! Wow, to think she was only in 5th grade when I started to take care of, now she's in high skool. Thas crazy, it goes to show how old I am getting! Its still hard to believe im already 23, sometimes I even forget that I'm that old. ha Im telling you myspace iis the best tool to use to keep in touch w/people.

DO IT NOW: I like the parable in today's gospel reading cuz you can get so much out of it. Not only does it refer to your talents and how you use them, its about takings risks as well. The first two servants, went out used their talents and invested in it. Obviously, there was a risk involved not knowing wha would happen if it would work out etc. Yet when they came back to see the master, he was pleased. I think they realized that their master was more concerned that they do something, rather then nothing. Its kinda like us w/God, sometimes we pray for something like a new job, but yet we're not making an effort to go out and look. Juss like the third servant who didnt take risk was afraid and did nothing w/his talent. At the end of time, I think God will look and see how we used our talents. He's going to really sit and analyze it, how much of a risk did we take in investing our talents. So the bottom line, we shouldnt postpone wha we could do today till tomorrow. Use the time and talent today to get that feeling of joy and service.

Cant wait ffor this weekend!

"WHa happens next, I dare you to run..."im done, im out God bless!

Can't Beat This!

"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete..."

BIRFDAY SHOUT OUTS: Man, it's that time of the month again where there a plethora of birfdays this month! Its always hard to remember them all, but good thing I've written them down. I think its always nice when someone remembers your birfday. So let's get the first batch of them started. My prom buddy, jennevee aka babyvee has finally turned the big 2-1! She's such a cool person to talk to. A great listener, always willing to lend an open ear to help you out. Next there's leo, actually he should've been first cuz his birfday lands on all saints day. I miss talking the guy, we always had some really fun conversations. This guy is like a saint in the making, total servant of all, because of his personality and leadership liwanag still continues to grow. Arch and Mike, who share the same birfday cuz they're juss oh so cool like that. Arch is funny, he can always make me laugh. A generous real down to earth guy, who is juss likes to keep it cool. I love his batcomputer in his car too! Then mike, who was the one invited me to become part of SH. Someone you can rely on to help you out. He laughs at some of my crazy intersts and hobbies, juss keeps it cool. I cant wait for the belagio tonite! woOo! Happy birfday folks, may God continue to bless you and may you continue to be a light of his love to others. Thanks for being such great friends! Ill list the other bifdays when the time comes.

GETTING BETTER: This past week at work has been interesting. I think the teacher and I seem to have a pretty good workinig relationship. So that helps a lot, its juss though she still seems a little strange to me. The nice thing is, instead of a 15 min. break like I'm suppose to get, I get the whole lunch time. Woo! The measure x bond modernization seems to prety much done. Though there are a few glitches here and there. The office is now the office and the teacher's lounge is now the teacher's lounge. Its juss funny seeing the person who use to be your 5th grade teacher, now your boss. Teacher's lounge convos are always interesting to listen to. I kinda sit and mind my own business but listening to them talk is funny. Yesterday, one of the teachers was talking bout this date she went on and how her mom suggested for her to try eharmony.com. Then they started talking bout religon and how greek orthodox faith during lent is at church errday. SOmeone then said, 'isnt greek orthodox similar to catholics?' She wsa like yah, we still have the whole communion thing etc. Then one teacher was like oh yeah I remember transitioning from 45 min. catholic masses to these two hour services. THough the first hour is pretty much music. Kinda interesting to pick up on the things you hear.

THE RETURN: The return of daily mass has been nice. It's been forever, since Ive made the effort to get to daily mass. So I do what I can to make it to 515pm when I can. I must admit, even though he can be difficult to understand(with his spanish accent)he has some really good homilies. Its kinda cute how he does the whole during the intercessions, 'for wha else shall we pray for?' Anyway, its juss nice getting back into the habbit of daily mass. Its kinda like water to my soul! I think buying the magnificat was a great idea. With that the combination of my bible diary ahh yes the best!

THE PASSION: Last thursday, I gave my thurs. nite SRE class a quiz on the Holy Trinity. We've been studying for the past 3 weeks, the father, the son, and the holy spirit. Anyway, to test to see if they were understanding the concept, I quizzed them. I was really pleased w/the results, all of them except for like one, did real well. It made me feel good inside knowing they understood the concept of what we've been learning. So then we started reviewing bout the blessed mother and they remember some of the important things. I guess the lesson is, the even though we're starting from scratch this year, and I was complaining bout it, it is kinda nice. I can see how they're really paying attention to wha I'm teaching. Actually, it's not me doing the teaching, but the Holy Spirit using me.

BEHIND: A couple of months ago, my mom's friend from work asked if I could put together her slide show for her wedding. I agreed to, thinking it shouldnt be that hard. She jumped on it right away, putting together a grip of pictures. Ha I finally gave back the pics last month, asking her to cut it down. She gives it back and there's still a grip!! The wedding is the end of this month, and she wanted it done to see before hand. Well here I am now scanning all wha 150 pictures then gotta crop, then add to the power point. Im such a procrastinator, doing things last minute.

A COLLABO: Jamie asked me a couple of weeks ago, to help be on the retreat planning team for their utc retreat next month. So anyway, the past couple of weeks, a group of us have been meeting planning and sharing ideas. It's kinda cool to share the different experiences from yfc and then stuff I've learned from the renewal as well as lft etc. then Jamie's experiences with his own ministry then putting it altogether. Im giving a talk on the HOly Spirit...so if you can keep me in your prayers that would be great! It's gonna be interesting to see how errthang's going to turn out. I know overall though it's going ot be fun. Juss like how the youf prayer rallly was real fun. One of those things were the memories will be etched in your mind to remember. Its like a filing cabinet, ha you pull out the different files of memories during certain moments of life. Or whenever its like a certain song it makes you remember of that particular moment.

HALLOWEEN: Halloween was alright this year, I spent at holy fam. I won skurriest costume in the contest ha! I dont even know exactly wha I was but it was fun. Some of these kids had funny creative costumes. Then one kid even had the real hardcore light sabers! I was playing w/them and I felt like I was an actual jedi! ha! Afterwards, some of us went to downey to cehck out this haunted house...that was a bust! The stupid place closed at 10pm! I guess the newspaper misprinted and quoted the closing time 11pm rather then 10pm. HOw are you gonna close a haunted house on halloween, especially on halloween at 10pm?! Strike 1...afterwards we were gonna go to tgif's to get some drinks, well that was a bust two. Joanne forgot her wallet, therefore no id, I guess at the tgifs in long beach towne center, you have to have an id to sit in the bar and they check it prior to getting you anything. Strike 2...well el torito was the next best thing you know free chips and salsa w/some drinks. By the time we got there it they quit serving the chips and salsa and only had drinks. I guess by the 3rd strike, God was telling us to go home already. ha Here are some halloween highlights!



















MAKING NEW FRIENDS: Its always cool when you meet some of your friend's friends. Went out for mike and arch's birfday, and although I was a little dissapointed for not getting into the belagio, the nite turned out to be cool anyway. Running around in downtown fullerton is fun. People buying you drinks, is even more fun! haha So I made a new friend for that nite, jei's friend mina. She was the dancing partner at tuscany...which was d0pe! Anyway, the nite was juss real fun. I think I've been eating too fast or too much cuz I've been getting full. Arch's friend paul is hilarious too. Making new friends w/people that you dont know makes the nite even more exciting. Its dumb when you go out w/other people tht you dont know and theyre juss stuck up or juss dont really talk to you. So yay for making new friends!





DINNER AT KABUKIS: I had kabukis for hte first time tonite and it was good. Sushi makes me full though. It's weird how some people can eat it all the time. Once I'm full then thas it, I'm good to go for another month. One of the servers there liked my camera cuz it was small. I wish the front cover wasnt scratched. Come to think of it, I kinda wish I got the other kind of camera, the first one I saw at sears. That was nice, well its kinda big, actually its pretty much like how my phone works. Outside while I was waiting w/mike, we saw this family who hm seemed pretty loaded. Each of the kids had an ipod, not juss any ipod, it looked like ipod nano. On top of that the mom had a tmobile sidekick...mann must be nice. Well actually no maybe not.

NEW WAY: I foudn this in last weeks holy fam bulletin. A new way for people to live in society...
you show wisdom, by trusting people;
you handle leadership, by serving;
you hande offendors, by forgiving;
you handle money, by sharing;
you handle enemies, by loving;
and you handle violence, by suffering.

SPECIAL ELECTION: First off, I think this whole special election is a joke. I mean really, it's such a waste of money. ANyway, Id like to talk bout a couple of the props. Well juss two main ones that I want to focus on. Prop 73, should be the only thing you want to vote yes for. I think parental notification for abortions is important. A parnet ought to know whas going on in their child's life. To me thas a pretty much a no brainer, to vote yes on that one. YOu should however, vote no on 74. This is the one where the stupid govenor wants to change the tenure for teachers. I think every educator is agaisnt this one. Lets first understand what a tenure is. Erryear there are dozens of teachers looking for employment. There are also dozens of first year, second year teachers inside skool districts. By the time skool starts again, these new teachers sometimes have to stress out to see whether they''ll have a job again or not. It will mean that a new teacher will have the opportunity, to actually feel good knowing their job is secure and not being taken by a teacher who lets say has been teaching for a long time now. By changing the tenure from 2 years to 5 years that freakin sucks. Its difficult as it is sometimes due to budget cuts(which happens to education all the time)to even have a job in a skool next year. I guess its juss something ot keep in the back of your mind.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKEND: Probably the highlight of the whole entire weeked had to ave been friday. The drive to d & b at the block after midnight was exceptionally worth the gas over there. Ha life is to short to sit around wondering the whole 'what if ' or 'i should've done this.' SOmetimes you juss gotta go for it and take the risk. Now, even though foos may think I'm obsessed believe me, I'm not even close. ha THere are people who I've seen 1ox worse than me! To write poems and all kinds of other stuff...well thas a little too much I think. At any rate, its hm nice to know that even though small people like us, can literally become an 'overnight' celeberity, that they still keep a humble spirit. Take time out to talk to fans and those who really respect them for wha they do. Wow its crazy cuz my battery on my camera was literally dying! I had like one minute left on it. Then after the first picture, the dead battery symbol was already showing. Good thing God left it w/enough juice to take juss one more picture! Ahh yes, that sure was an exciting 15 min. haha Now that I think bout it, I wish I would've stayed longer ha oh well, I'm satisifed with wha I got.

wow this blog took me all weekend to do!

"I want one moment in time..."im done, im out GOd bless!