Spills, Thrills, and Chills

"Its not how long you live, but how you live and what you leave behind..."

PRAYER REQUEST: Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ramon and Velinda De Vera who were killed in a car accident. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. Amen. THey were hit by an 18 year ol drunk driver and killed. Please pray for the comfort and healing of their family.

SPILLS: I had to go pick up food this evening for the priest's dinner at olive garden. Well they put the 4 bowls of soup I bought in a seperate bag. Me, being in a hurry to get out and get back to work kinda banged the bags as I was walking out the door. As I was driving I noticed it was kinda wet on the bottom of the bag. I didnt bother to think anything of it, for something I figured it was the grease from the food. So I pull up and get out of and as I pick up the bag the soup spilled all over me and my car! Agh!! it was such a huge mess to clean up! Now my car smells like that spicy sausage soup. I felt so dirty for the rest of the nite! I ended up having to go back to Olive Garden and pick up 4 more bowls of the soup. Welll for some odd reason this time they figured they better put in wrap up in a smaller bag before putting in the big one. TOo bad they didnt think of that the first time.

THRILLS: Finally, I ended up finished season 2 of the office. Oh my talk bout end of the season cliffhanger!! They had this huge casino night and well jim finally tells pam personally how he feels. She pushes him away asking him what can she do and apologizes to him saying sorry he misterrupted their friendship. Well she had to be dumb to not see that he's been into her since the beginning of the show. Cmon! In her heart deep down she knows jim would treat her a lot better than her fiance. THough I think she feels obligated to him cuz they're getting engaged. Ahhh I need to start watching season 3, I wish the show was on a sunday nite. Well I take that back no cuz sunday nite is when I usually catch up on my days on soapnet.

CHILLS: Today felt like what it felt like as I as if I was in the mountains or something. I remember this how cold it was up in running springs during the winter retreat. Geez its cold, the wind was so strong that it knocked down the for sale sign across the street from my house. Well its real obvious that winter time is definetly here and it's getting colder. THis morning I woke up and I juss wanted to stay in my warm bed to sleep in. At the same time I kinda like this weather so I can dress up in all my nice warm hoodies and jackets. Speaking of there's thsi really d0pe harajuku lovers hoodie taht I want. Actually there's many different things that I want, Im slowly starting to get of some of my old clothes in my closet. Trying to make room for some new ones. Yeaah harajuku lovers is one of my new brands to add to my list of favorites now.

YUMMY: SPeaking of Gwen, I had dloaded her new song 'yummy' from her new album. The song is pretty fresh its featuring pharrell, actually the song is produced by the neptunes. I like the song its addicting! You know whas yummy is the peppermint mocha from starbucks thas yummy! ha anyway back to the song, I dont know what the whole album sounds like but I do like the yummy song and the sweet escape feat. akon. Let met check my itinerary Mmmmm alright ha yeah thas the new jam to listen to in the car.


agh i gotta start watching season 3!

"Walk in the place they know my face..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Giving Thanks

"Let us attach ourselves to God alone, and turn our eyes and our hopes to Him..."

NICE WEEK: I had a nice easy week at work, 2 days!!! Well at least 2 days working at the skool, sometimes I wish every week was like that. I still have to post those pictures that my kids drew of me, I think it's pretty funny. We were making these turkey art projects and they came out pretty cool. They had to take this turkey design and color it real hard with the crayons. AFterwards paint it over with black tempera paint mixed with water. If I had used the brighter crayons than it wouldve turned out much better. Anyway, I ended up giving the picture to tonz ha too bad errweek cant be as chill as last week was.

THANKFUL: With all the different tragedies that have been taking place recently, it's allowed me to really look at my life in different light. Ive been given so much; the love a family, the companionship of great friends, a wonderful church community, a job can I can enjoy going to errday. Like many of us, I take all these things for granted not realizing that all of it could be gone in a blink of an eye. I praise God for all the things that He's given me, the good and the bad. Despite the difficult moments that life brings us, God never abandons us. He's always there and will always be there. Small things like cameras are such a blessing to have cuz they really help us to capture those captivating moments in our life to help us look back on and thank God for them.

BLACK FRIDAY: I always like the hype of black friday, not for what it promotes but juss the rush of shopping and getting somewhere early to get a good deal. I didnt go all hardcore out and wait in line in the wee hours of the morning, but I didnt get up pretty early to hit up the malls. Even though I wanted to sleep in, I felt like if I didnt go shopping than I was missing out on something. So I hit up brea mall @ 630am, got the whole free beanie deal at express. On top of that I ran into curita there. I must say express men has got to be one of my favorite stores. Really they have so much great things in there I can go crazy! Got some good deals at beach works, then to macys, a couple other places and I was done. Had brunch w/my family at denny's then hit up target later on. Man errone in the world had to have been at target cuz I ran into so many different people. These two girls who I had gone to high skool whom I havent seen in foreeeever! Then Kristine Balandra who use to be one of my former confirmation students, then saw and chatted with mitch lemos for a bit. The rush was still there so I had to hit up cerritos mall later on taht nite, which I ended up staying for 3 hours till closing. By the end of the nite, I juss crashed.

THE OFFICE: Thanks to Rob I've been addicted to this new show called, 'the office.' It stars Steve Carell, the guy who played the '40 year old virgin.' The show is all bout office humor and a 'typical' work day inside an office. I never even heard of the show until I was at Rob's house chillin and he asked if I wanted to watch the show 'The Office.' So I started watching and at first I thought it was gay, but the more I started watching it, it was juss hilarious. If you've ever worked in a office environment before then you relate to the different characters that are on the show. Now I gotta start watching season 3 on thursday nites.

A CRAZY MONTH: December is pretty much here and there's a grip going on already. Especially youf min. we have the retreat coming up the weekend of the 15-17th. Apart of me doesn't exactly want to go juss cuz it's the weekend before christmas, and it's going to be realllllllly cold. Though I havent gone on any retreats for a good while, so maybe it's time. However, juss thinking about it makes me already tired. This Friday, I may be going to the getty woo! Sunday, I was suppose to go w/my friend to her store opening thing and see Nelly but apparently I guess she cant have anyone be w/her and get her distracted. Booo to that cuz I was really looking forward to seeing Nelly!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: 4 years ago today that I started makeitclap. In the beginning I was real hesitant to start something juss out of fear of what I might 'accidently' say, however I think through these past 4 years I havent really been in 'blog trouble.' Geez, I can remember the times where Id make sure Id have an entry up before going to bed. Now a days, Im lucky to get an entry in once a week. Ive seen others delete their blogs and then later on come back to create a new one. I must admit, Im glad that I've kept this up for this long. There's been times where I think to myself, 'maybe I should juss stop blogging.' Not cuz of any type of trouble, but juss out of pure laziness. This blog has allowed me to help record my thoughts the things that have happened and occurred through my days. I remember a couple of years ago when Em suggested I print out my blogs. Well, I havent been doing it lately, but I still do keep up with her idea. Up in my closet there's probably like 6 3" binders full of pages of blog. Anyway, happy 4 year anniversary makeitclap!

Here are some thoughts that I found interesting to ponder on...

SHIFT: The hardest part about taking that step forward is knowing that your footprints are bound to be erased by the marking of someone else. Regardless of how charismatic, motivated, or original as you feel that you are, there is always an equivalent trailing right behind you waiting to fullfill whatever hole you've left in your tracks. Memories fade, torches get passed down and after a while you become a ghost of something that used to matter. Perhaps it shouldn't matter. Perhaps a genuine act should remain a faceless entity. Perhaps if you really care, you shouldn't be concerned with being accredited or remembered for whatever ripple you've set in the world. I had what I had when I needed it...when it needed me. So I file forward for the next generation, knowing that I am bound to be the next generation of something else. Generations may shift...but luckily, so do priorities.

LAYERS: This is a world of strands...strands that represent what we are, and strands of ourselves that we use to interpret everything else. I think we all have the same qualities within us. Some may seem more subtle and others may seem too extreme. Nonetheless, we always have a source for identifying with each other. It's about the folds behind the smile...the wrinkles behind the frown. It's about a mutual understanding that the surface conveys a mirage of our complicated souls. It's about taking a deeper look...a complicated look. Ironically, it's the things that seem the most obvious that turn out to be the least transparent.

GROUND: It often takes hanging on the ledge of a cliff to realize the definition of support. It's those moments when I'm sitting at the edge of the world that I come to terms with the value of common ground. I used to embrace the ups and condemn the lows in my life, but I'm beginning to realize that light can be just as blinding as darkness. It all boils down to the after effect. The best gifts in life tend to come wrapped up in predicaments. In that sense, life isn't really a sea saw of highs and lows. It's a variation of possibilities.


Happy 4 years makeitclap!

"Christmas time is here..."im done, im out God bless!

Faded Pictures

"Always be faithful to God in keeping the promises made to Him and do not bother about the ridicule of the foolish. Know that the saints were always sneered at by the world and worldlings; and they have trampled and triumphed over the world and its maxims..."

TIME AFTER TIME: Majority of the time I use my laptop to chat online, myspace, blog etc. Well I was looking for something on my desktop and well I came across some old pictures. Yeah, if you're thinking if I'm going to go down memory lane, then you're correct. Man its crazy how quickly time passes, the people who fade in and out of your life. People who you never expected to become close, or the ones who you thought would stick around forever. Times change too fast and when you look back on all those good times, its like a movie playing in your head. Bottom line, you gotta be grateful for all those times God has blessed you with. Changing subjects real quick, as I was pulling up for work Saturday morning, I couldnt find parking anywhere due the Fine family funeral. Its so sad that such a tragic accident had to happen to such a beautiful family. WHo wouldve thought certain things would change, oh well...that's life!

























































BENEFIT CONCERT: Friday I went to UCI for liwanag's 6th annual benefit concert. Wow so many new faces and changes, I hardly know anyone there. It was good to see some of the old faces, not to mention getting to see Gerard and Kat along w/their new baby lucas! He's such a happy little baby, him and I were playing during the whole 2nd half of the show. Caught up a little bit w/joyce, man seeing these people feels like a reunion you know? haha The concert was good, I sat there thinking wow I've been going to these things for the past 3 years. Being at UCI brings back sooo many memories, liwanag prayer meetings, YFC meetings on wednesdays, praisefests spirit rallies, wow!!!




OLD TIMES: Saturday I was so tired, I didnt even want to go in for work but I had to get some things done. Like I mentioned earlier when I pulled up I coudlnt find any parking due to the funeral. Wow they must know a lot of people, when it was over there it was packed outside. Im sure many of them were friends or classmates from skool. After work went to Alyssa'a birfday party, stayed there and killed time until I met up w/the guys at bjs. The party was coo, good thai bbq food, and yummy honey bakrey cake. It was funny cuz Alyssa's dad and some of the other dads kept wanting me to go outside and drink w/them. I dont know ever since oktoberfest I havent been too big on drinking. ANyway, met up w/the guys at bjs later on that nite. I wanted to stay and watch the pacqiao fight, but it looks like I didnt miss much. Ran into karen and her family over at bjs, she's crazy haha Chillin w/the guys was fun, I was looking around the table and its amazing how much all of us collectively have been through. Yet, even though we dont chill like we use to, we are all some what still tight. I mean I know that I can always rely on these guys to be there for me. This was the original 'UPRM' ha I havent heard that name in a long time. Anyway, all in all good times last nite this one's a 'churrs!' haha

YOu can never have enough...

"Open up your heart and you'll find love..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Back in Action

"As every mandate of grace that is sent by a king passes through the palace gates, so does every grace that comes from Heaven to the world pass through the hands of Mary..."

PLAYING THEM SONGS: I was walking through wal mart this afternoon and they already had freaking christmas songs playing! I couldnt believe it, which means its coming sooner than we know it. Elizabeth told me she gone done 85% of her shopping done this past weekend. I wish I was 85% done myself, but despite the ugly stores and parking lots, I still like the whole rush of the christmas season. Last year was hard cuz I had only one job and was only getting paid once a month, so it was a little bit harder to budget things. On top of that we had to go to vegas for my sister's 21st birfday, so it even made it more difficult. With two jobs this year, hopefully it'll be a little easier. Christmas is coming reallllllly soon!

BUSY WEEKEND: THis past weekend was a busy one, but it was real nice. It's been a while where I went out both fri. and saturday nite, usually I juss one of the two. I like to try and make the effort to stay home at least one nite of the weekend, though sometimes it ends up being both. The nice thing bout it is that I can juss chill and when I'm tired I can juss knock out and sleep. I was off of work on friday, tha worked out perfectly slept in till about almost 11am. CHilled at home watched tv, it was weird being at home that early in the morning. Had lunch w/tonz at the cheesecake factory then came back home in time for work at church. That was a long evening...retreat planning meeting and then afterwards came home and juss crashed. SAturday went to the stuff the bulletins at work, then brooklyn's birfday party. It was nice chillin w/fam again, played musical chairs. Melissa and I had a nice convo bout her current rcia journey. At her parish cuz its so small they do rcia mentors, almost like a tutoring session. You meet w/an rcia team memember one on one, go over text readings and share. I also rode on the back of a motorcycle for the first time, thas pretty crazy stuff. Gens party up in north hollywood that evening, thas a hella far drive. By the time we got there I was already tired. Thanks to reirich for picking me up, it was nice seeing that guy again. Thank God fred was willing to drive up there...cuz dang.

FEELIN THE JAMS: I love how certain groups can do old cover song jams and it sounds so sweet. For example I couldnt stop listening to next phaze's stevie b cover 'dream about you.' Yeah, its those songs taht you can listen to over and over again. Ha I'm currently listening to some boy band group who's redoing the cover to swv's weak. What I've been really feeling is joyce's group 'the voices of mater dei' maaan their songs are juss wow! You should check out their myspace page cuz the songs really allow you to feel that presence of God. There's this one song by josh groban called, 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring.' THen I found this live version of Jason Mraz's 'Im yours.' Music is d0pe, it's one of those great gifts from God. I think without music the world would be a little dull.

SHORT WEEK: NExt week is a short week and thanksgiving is already which means two things: one, the month of november is almost over and two, christmas is almost hurr!! Inside walmart they had a sign posted with a countdown to the number of days to thanksgiving. Im excited cuz I only have to work mon. and tues. at the skool and I'll be off until the following monday. As for the rectory, Im working almost a full week but it's not that bad I know it'll be real chill. Gosh the holidays are coming up and you can juss feel it, too bad the weather isn't a little cooler in the mornings/afternoons though.

STARTED IT: Even though christmas shopping doesnt exaclty officially start until the day after thanksgiving, I had to taken advantage of the sales at macys. Macys had their 1 day sale where they had TONS of things on sale! You were able to get an extra 40% off of the already reducded price. On my way to work I stopped by the cerritos mall one and they didnt have anything good, so I went to the westminister one and dannng went crazy! I alreayd got my mom's christmas gift, which a relief cuz my parents are the most difficult people to shop for. See, whenever I go christmas shopping, I usually try to get my family out of the way first before I buy anyone else. I was hoping to find somehitng nice for my sister and my godson too, but couldnt find anything.

CONFIRMATION: This year I'm really grateful to God for the kids He's given me. THey may not be the most responsive yet, but at least they're real mellow and chill. It helps make running the class a lot smoother. However, the only thing I dislike about this year is doing the 15 min. universal praise & worship in the hall. The songs we sing are gay cuz they're very childish, 'yo ho yo ho a catholic life for me!' or how bout 'this is GOd's world after all.' I mean cmon, these kids are in jr. high and high skool not 1st and 2nd graders where they'll appreciate it more. I guess theyre in the process of changing the songs, but Id actually perfer to spend that extra 15 min. in juss contemplative prayer with them or juss praying the rosary or doing my own praise & worship in my room. On a more positive note, I had a good time with caroline last nite discussing bout things from our class at in n out. I suggsted her, felipe, and I should switch classes once a month and juss do something different. Each of us brings something different to our classes so it would be coo for hte kids to get a different flava. Lately I feel like all I've bene doing is lecturing where in the other two classes they're doing more group project intereaction...maybe cuz I work in a classroom 5 hours a day and I hate hearing all the noise.

POWERFUL STATEMENTS: Last week Fr. Johnny had a really good homily bout the poor widow giving all she had. In biblical times apparently women in general had no voice, the man did. When the husband would pass away, the widow had two opitions to either go back to her family(if they would accept her) or marry her brother in law. Most of the time they would end up becomign poor and on the street. Anyway, this widow made a powerful statement despite the fact she had no 'voice.' Check it:

STATEMENT OF GRATITUDE: The widow made a statement of gratitude to God. Acknowledging eerrthang she has been given, errthang she has is from God and will go back to God. What very little she had, she knew it came from God and therefore gave it back to Him. All and errthang comes from God, anything we share is a reflection of God's goodness to us. THe question is how often do we recgonzie the presence of God in our own daily lives? The treasures around us-family, friends, the sky, sun, clouds etc. the talents we have, the gifts God has blessed us with how do we use it?

STATEMENT OF PRIORITY: Before whenever the farmers would get their first harvest they would present it on the altar. Its a belief and understanding God has priority in their lives. Is God a priority in my life? Usually when we give, we give out of our abuduance, rather from our essence. In the midst of her poverty-the widow gave errthang even her source of future because she knew God was a priority. Give back to Godd whatever and wherever we are.

STATEMENT OF FAITH: The widow in the first reading shared with eljiah what little bread she had. In her geneorisity she made a statement of faith. IF we start sharing our jars of oils, our filter will never run dry. God will take care of us. God challenges us to be generous, look into our giving whether its our time, talent, or treasure and make a statement of gratitude, priority, and faith.

DANCING WITH: As I mentioned in a previous entry, Ive been watching dancing with teh stars off and on this year. Its really similar to 'So you think you can dance' except people are paired up with celebs. Anyway, it came down to the final two couple for tonite's grand finale and why was I pissed cuz emit smith won it?! Honestly now, that guy can't dance for crap. Mario is a waay better dancer and should've taken it. His freestyle performance was pretty d0pe, obvoiusly you can tell that he's got the rhythym to move. I dont know I was pretty dissapointed that emit smith won, I should've watched it last nite and called up to vote for mario.



Another busy weekend ahead!

"This is what it is to be loved. And to know that the promise was when everything fell we’d be held..." im done, im out God bless!

A New Direction for America

"Tonight is a great victory for the American people,the American people voted for a new direction..."

VERY PLEASED: Watching election coverage is always exciting, to see what props. passed, which canidates made it to the house or senate, even more exciting is when you have a presidential election. Like I said previously, ever since I've been able to vote, my party has never made to the finish line successfully, this year its changed. Im excited for the new year especially to see Mrs. Nancy Pelosi to become the new and first woman speaker of the house. I have to admit a couple months ago I thought it was a long shot for the democrats to earn 15 seats back, I guess I was wrong. The senate races have been really heated, Im sad that ford jr. lost the bid for tennessee. As for back home, yeah it sucks that we're going to have the stupid governator for another 4 years oh why?! As for the major prop issues I heard the 85 lost inregards to the abortion. I had a feeling it would, juss cuz california is such a liberal state. Oh well, we cant have errthang I am juss grateful for the seats we picked up.

CALL & RESPOND: That was my theme for tonite's confirmation lesson last nite. I was kinda scrambling to figure out what to teach tonite and as I was looking at the compendium lesson for tonite and it was bout man responding to God. So for some reason I thought of call and respond as the theme for the evening. God calls man and invites him to respond to the invitation. It was really great tonite, I felt there was some type of response this evening. On a side note, sunday I had this mom come up to me on monday and intro. herself to me. Well as I was walking into mass I found it odd I didnt even know who she was. Turns out it was one of my student's mom ha! Anyway, it seems like the kids really enjoyed the retreat which is positive. I am extremely thankful that these kids are more mellow and chill then the kids last year. I ended the class with the thought that God is challenging us not to become christians, but 'Christs.' I love teaching confirmation! Praise God! Whew! at least I'm saved right friend? haha

JUSS CHILLIN: Tonite was juss a really good nite, I got to hang out w/coy and allen for a little bit after confirmation. Went to starbucks and juss chilled, talked bout stupid random things but it was fun. Afterwards allen and I went to islands cuz he was hungry, did the whole catching up thing. Its always great catching up with friends who you haven't seen or talked to you in a while. I am grateful also for him that despite his busy schedule he still takes the time to come to confirmation and help out. Overall tonite was a great nite, in all areas!


Hope is on its way...juss not in california ha

"I love the way you move..."im done, im out God bless!

On A Role

"Mary's fiat in the Annunciation finds is fullness in the silent fiat she repeats at the foot of the cross..."

MYSPACE: I dont get how people get all frustrated with the whole myspace thing, or they get tired of it cuz it consumes too much time or they juss think its gay. So wha happens? they delete their account, the next thing you know they're sending you a friend request asking you to be their friend again. Not that I'm sitting here over analyzing this but isn't the whole purpose of deleting your account cuz you got tired of it? I dont know its juss something I've always wondered cuz I've seen more and more people delete their account, only to ressurect again later on. Why not juss keep it in the beginning?!

PROJECT GLAD: For the past week we've been working on biomes and stuff like taht at work. Its all apart of this glad training that were doing in the classroom. I really odnt know how exactly to explain but its this training that helps make whatever unit and subject you're doing it with really fun and exciting. It allows the students to become one with the unit their learning. There's chants, songs, tons of vocab. words and more. This stuff that I think will only benefit the kids in the long run, cuz these are going ot be things they'll rememeber(hopefully). So when they hear bout tundras and animal kingdoms down the line it'll bring them back to the whole glad training. Like I said it's really beneficial for the students, but as for the teachers as well. I went through a one day sanple session last january and it was freakin awesome. I saw how well the studetns were responding to it cuz its fun as well as interactive.

SO TIRED: I was talking to heif the other day and we were both talking bout how tired we are before its even 12am! Which is totally sad, I remember being like 19 and staying online till 2-3am or to the point where my parents would tell me to get off cuz it was so late. To think I'm only 24 too geez, I think my body is getting older. You know wha I would like to do is run more, I juss need to make that eeffort to do so. WHen I was in hs during summer we'd have cross country practice at 7-8am and it felt so good afterwards walking home, Id feel sore but it felt good. I went to work out for the first time last fri. nite at 24 hr. it was pretty empty probably cuz errone was out partying.

MCCLAINS: Saturday nite, I went out w/rubs, fred, jaycee, and his sister to this coffee shop called mcclains. It's a real cool place ot juss totally chill, and I mean chill to the fullest extent. Its a real different environment from starbucks or other coffee shops that I know of. There's games, books, and other stuff to do there. The furtinture is pretty tight too it helped set the mood or environment. It kinda reminded me of the ol SH cafe nites back in teh days. I got to know ruby a litte more, talking to her reminds so much of jenn felisan, juss her open and out going personality. It felt nice even though I was tired to juss go out and chill. I kinda feel like I've been juss disconnected w/so many different things lately, I dont know why. Ruby showed fred and I this really cool card game, its almost like fortune telling but not.

THE BIG DAY: November 7 the big day for the midterm elections, the momentum leading up to this day has been crazy. Even though this probably sounds funny, I'm kinda nervous hoping that election will be something to be happy bout. Ever since I've been able to vote, the past 3 elections haven't been something for me to celebrate about. Hopefully tomorrow evening it will be something BIG to celebrate and party. Despite all the reviews from the different polls, it may come out totally different on the day of. Id be really dissapointed if the election came out totally oppposite of what all the polls have been saying. We'll see tomorrow nite...

CONNECTION ERROR: I knwo there;s many of you who use cingular as their wireless carrier, so I want to know if you've bene having problems making calls? I dont know it seems like errince they sent me my new phone I've been having problems getting calls to go through. Either I get connection errors or network busy all the time, sometimes it takes me freakin 20 min. before I can even get a call to go through. About 3 weeks ago I finally called cingular to complain about it and they gave me $20 off my bill. I know there's other people who have cingular not necessarily a nokia but the motrola razrs and the other kind; they're having the same problem too where theirs say 'call failed.'

CANT WAIT: Im really excited to listen to start listening to christmas music! There was a john legend christmas album that I saw at target and I was going to buy it, but then I thought I'd wait till after thanksgiving. Last year was difficult trying to budget to get christmas gifts w/only getting paid once a month. This year should be easier w/the two jobs and getting paid bi weekly again...whew! However my xmas list has increased this year, as it seems like it does erryear. Oh why?! This Christmas will be hard though, actually all the holidays this year will be difficult. Starting with thanksgiving, it'll be the first one w/o my lolo around and especially christmas where it's usually always at their house and we take all the family pictures. You know there are days where it feels like he's not even gone, I'll come across pictures and its still hard to believe it all happened so fast, 5 months already.


happy election day!

"There was a time in my life when I opened my eyes and there you were..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Recovering

"God gave me to understand that one cannot better shows one's love for him than by loving one's neighbor for love of himl and that I must work for the salvation of the others, forgetting my own interest in order to espouse those of my neighbors, both in my prayers and in all the good I might be able to do by the mercy of God..."

RECOVERING: Man its taken me a lot longer then I anticipated to get recover from over the weekend ha I guess I'm juss getting older? For some reason too I've been really sensitive to motion sickness, getting dizzy with juss the smallest things. I think it's going to be a while before I have another 'happy hour.' Its been a good couple of years since I've had that much fun...but the consquences of having too much fun is well...I'm sure many people have already felt those consquences at point or another. It's funny cuz I was talking to my friend at work about the weekend festivities and were both laughing...yeah crazy stuff.

FATAL ACCIDENT: I was reading the newspaper today and I read bout the young firefighter who died from the esperanza fires. That guy was only 23, a year younger then I was. I cant believe how young he was...I can't even begin to imagine how much pain he was suffering. Then on top of that his family who had to make a difficult decision to take him off life support. My mom was saying how his mom past away and he was commuting back and forth from work from his dad's place. Sometimes we complain our jobs how difficult they can be and the stress we go through, but damn thas nothing compared to those like police officers and firefighters, especially the firefighters who put their lives on the line errtime they get a call. Reading bout that guy, helped me open my eyes to help appreciate my life a little bit more.

MIDTERM ELECTIONS: So the mideterm elections are here and I can't wait till its over. Ive already sent in my absentee ballot, to me its much easier then actually having to go to the polls. It seems like in almost errpoll, they're showing that it looks like democrats will be getting ready to take over the majority in the house. HOpefully they can do the same with the senate as well. The Bush raitings are getting lower and lower each week it seems. I was reading somewhere that never has there been an midterm election year where a president's approval raitings are so low. Man why cant that be the govenor's approval raitings too?! Even though it doesnt look like it's going to happen, I hope angeldis takes over the govenor's mansion. Make sure you get out there to vote nov. 7th!

IN SHAPE: I had planned to get back into shape after oktoberfest was over, but it seems like that plan is on hold, at least for this week. Monday really threw off my whole week, so it looks like its going to have to wait till next week. Next week will be a really easy work week, off friday at skool then off saturday at the rectory. I cant wait till the 24 hr fitness sport in the mall opens up, Im sure I'll be running into tons of people over there. Sometimes it juss a hassle driving down to cypress then ahving to drive back, its not that far but after a long days of work driving distances seem further than normal. Anyway, so thas the plan to get back into shape next week once I get fully recovered.

BIRFDAYS GALORE: Novemeber is the month that's always filled with a plethora of birfday celebrations right and left. First off its my brotha leo from UCI's 25th birfday, I haven't seen that guy in ages but errtime I talk to him he never ceases to inspire me in someway. Friday will be babyvee's 19th, last year we all rolled on a some what spontaneous trip to vegas. THat was pretty fun, even though I didnt win anything. Its crazy how I've known this girl since she's was like 17-18, I still remember going to her senior prom w/her ha. MOnday will be the birfday twins mike and arch, followed by jaymee king's birfday on the 9th. I still need to put these dates in m phone ha Jay's birfday follows jaymees on the 10th which then on the 11th as we celebrate veterans day we also celebrate toni's birfday. ALaine celebrates her birfday on the 17th, then its a back to back nini birfday with christy and charisse on the 19th and 20th. CLosing the month will be my mom's friend from work melissa and her husband, alex's 1st wedding anniversary. Oh yeah then there are these other little birfdays inbetween who's names are really that important ha but wow it's going to be one hell of a month!

DANCING: Ive been watching that show Dancing with the stars off and on lately. It real similar to so yout hink you can dance. The only difference is that they have a celeberity paired up with a professional dancer. Its getting down to the final weeks, next week is the semifinals, and I'm hoping mario will win ha Yeah I didnt think joey lawrence could dance all hardcore, but the shaved head doesnt go w/him. I didnt expect him to get to the top, hopefully next week he gets down to the bottom. This week was a close call mr. lopez haha and mr. emit smith?! really now?!

MORE OKTOBERFEST PICS: Per Mr. Moya's request he wanted to see M7 performance pics so along w/them M7 pics ill put more some more oktobefest highlights! Man I had to wear that bright ass oktoberfest shirt 3 days in a row! I dont think I've ever worn such a brighter shirt then I have this past weekend.



I need a car was real bad!

"WHere do we loose ourselves, girl it's driving me insane..." im done, im out God bless!

Another Page Torn Off

"Love for your neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what we can do; to bear, excuse, and hide other's faults..."

NOVEMBER HERE: I cant believe how fast the months are flying by! It's already november and the stores are already filled with their christmas items. Last November was pretty rough for me, so hopefully this year will be a better one. Which reminds me, I'm going to need to start making my christmas list pretty soon. With two jobs, I should get an early start on all that junk. Anyway, what a month october was, crazy yet eventful, the weekends are already starting to get filled good gosh! November is already going to fly by I juss know it...pretty soon we're going to be singing, 'its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!'

OKTOBERFEST: The festival was quite a success, holy fam through the raffle ticket sales were able to accomplish beyond their goal of 100k! Thas crazy I dont know any parish who has been able to make that much in juss freakin raffle ticket sales. They were smart this year by the way they put it together, I'm juss glad I dont ahve to worry bout seeing them raffle tickets anymore. Those things were a pain to sell, oh well at least I was able to sell most of my books, and as predicted went home empty handed. However, there was tons of highlights from this past weekend. From next phaze to running into old people to acting a fool...yeah good times indeed. Despite the frustartion and stress at times, I really did enjoy coordinating the festival entertainment this year. Even though 95% of the performances were juss musicans, it still seemed to entertain the people. I asked to be put in charge of this for next year already ha! Next year hopefully I can get more of a variety of acts to perform like back to back instead of these gaps inbetween acts. Probably the best nite was friday cuz I really enjoyed the whole next phaze performance, in fact that was my first time I've heard them or see them perform live. Errone loved their performance even the priests!!! They liked them so much they wanted them to come back the rest of the weekend, too bad they had to go up north.

THE SAINTS: Fr. Bill had an excellent homily on sunday, I always love when fr. bill celebrates mass cuz he makes his homilies to alive and exciting. One thing that hit me was when he said when we pray God is more concerned bout changing our hearts then our circumstances. It brought me to thinking I get so caught up in juss wanting things to come out a certain way, that I forgot to ask God to make me love Him more. For as St. Augustine once said, 'our hearts our restless until they rest in you Lord.' Last nite I gave a talk bout the Saints at the youf min. meeting last nite and it was great to see how involved they were in juss participating. Even though we didnt through errthang due to time it was still good. Juss to share how inspiring the saints are and the lives that they lived. How we should all strive to be like the saints in errthang we do and say.

WYD '08: So I'm making plans to go to Sydney, Australia in 2008 to go to World Youf Day. Ive always wanted to go, but never really thought it would be possible. On top of that I've always heard stories about how exciting it is and tje people from other countries you meet...then the highlight of it all seeing the Pope! Wow! The youf min. are planning to take 50 youf out there to australia for this momentus occassion. I get to be on that committee and planning team, I'm kinda already scared with the amount of work it's going to involve, but I know the fruits of the labor are going to be priceless. How often is it you get to go out to another country and see the Pope? That should be pretty exciting, I know that is going to go fast too. The theme is on receiving the Holy Spirit, I'm going to be apart of the Spirituality committee perhaps we can get a LSS before we go to WYD. Going through an LSS really helps you feel the spirit.


So much happening

"When I dream about you, girl you never go away..."im done, im out GOd bless!