the masquerade ball...

was a total success!!!

quite a few people told us that it was more than what they were expecting and they enjoyed themselves and had fun! you don't know how happy that made me to hear that.

me and my date

i had a lot of fun once it got started. up until then though, was a different story. we were rushing and setting things up completely last minute. but it turned out okay later. it took awhile for people to start dancing but once we did, it was so fun. my stupid mask made my face sweaty and my darn dress kept slipping down. i think i need a better bra. and some super strong tape to keep the dress up.

it's december!!!

and since i seem to only write one entry a month, my titles are going to announce the month xD

look at my design! isn't it cuuuute? it's so wintery and pretty ^___^ i'll keep it through january until february, where it'll turn PINK!

anyways. i meant to write this entry about a week ago, but got distracted then forgot about it. the semester is over today and i officially was done with finals on tuesday. i got an A in cardio and a B in marine biology. the other two classes haven't posted the grades yet. but i'm pretty sure i passed.

this semester was a pretty good one. the first half was alright, then after i dropped my asian studies class, it just seemed to get a little bit better. i really enjoyed my women's studies class and everyone in it. i'm going to miss our venting sessions and the random conversations we had before class started. especially from this one guy, cyrus, who was so funny with his sarcasm. i'm going to try and facilitate again next semester, hopefully i can get the class i want to facilitate.

so...there's only about a week and two days until our party. efffff~ (ﾟДﾟ) [that's my panicked face.] we still need to get vases and make the centerpieces. we need everyone to rsvp and pay. we're pretty much done with the music. i still can't believe we're doing this. this is insane. but i'm really excited. i'm kinda excited for the food xD i hope it's good. and i hope people dance.

tomorrow is mine and georgie's "us day" ♥. don't know what we're doing, but we're hanging out.

oh! last night i saw Tron: Legacy [midnight showing]!!! it was so cool. so pretty and futuristic looking. i kinda wanna watch it again. i'm pretty sure i caught everything, but it was cool so, yeahhh. xD

hm, i guess that's it. ok, bye! =]

it's already november!

and i realized today there is only 3 weeks of classes left, then finals. oh my gosh. last time i really thought about it, it was in the middle of the semester. 3 weeks have already passed since then and the semester's almost done! this semester has really been flying by. i think it's the way my classes are arranged and whatnot. i don't know...i only know that each week doesn't really seem to drag. i guess each day is slightly different. even my MW or T TH classes aren't exactly the same.

georgie's birthday was on wednesday so on friday i took him out. i took him to the aquarium of the pacific in long beach. i went for a field trip on wednesday but it was cool enough to go again. i absolutely love the sea otters. if it were closer, i might buy an annual pass and just to go sit and watch the sea otters. they're always moving so it doesn't get boring. i think george enjoyed it. afterwards we were supposed to go to a restaurant for dinner but george wasn't feeling it so we saved that for another day and just went to fuddruckers. it was a nice day.

on saturday me and kelly went to pmx just to hang out. first regular con we go to that we didn't buy a badge OR get a room. so weird. it was in pasadena this year and felt really cramped. there were plenty of people [or so it seemed] so there was stuff to do and look at, but it wasn't much. we did the whole, badge-swap thing and i got to go into the exhibit hall just to look around. by the time we went to the artist's alley, the badge checker wasn't there so we just walked in. the artist's alley was so much better in my opinion. there's more things i would buy. and i did. xD there was this adorable star shaped necklace with RAINBOW SPRINKLES inside. i mean, how perfect is that?? i've made a personal quote of mine: "glitter and sprinkles make everything better!" so yeah. i had to have it. i'll be wearing it constantly for awhile.

a lot of people didn't buy badges or get a room. i wonder if pmx lost a little money this year, haha. everyone is waiting for ala now. that one is staying at the lax marriott and is a lot better. the outdoor pool area is half the hangout area. it's also kind of the "new year con" so everyone looks forward to that.

yesterday was a lazy day and at night i went to out to dinner with george and his parents for his birthday [so many birthday dinners!]. we went to woodranch and gosh, i always eat too much when i go there. the food is so good! and the portions are huge too.

as for the masquerade dance party, the venue is set, deposit is paid and people are slowly paying. we still need to get more decorations [as well as put them together], work on the music, and plan a date to see the room again. it's just about a month and a week away! i picked up my dress after alterations and found a mask. now to decide what to do with my hair.

oh! and they opened up another section for sign language. MAYBE i'll be able to actually take it this semester. after 3 years. but i don't want to get my hopes up. eh.

still got 2 weeks until i can register. hopefully the class doesn't get full. >_<

happy [late] october

i'm not gonna change the design monthly anymore. i can't find the ones i used on vox and there aren't any pretty ones for halloween or even autumn. so i decided i'll change it seasonally. starting in winter. because this one is so darn cute. xD

so i haven't written in a while. school. we're halfway done with the semester [already?!] so midterms and papers are slowly coming up. i hate this time of the semester. i like the beginning when everything was just introductory and you were still getting a feel for the class. before you know it, you're in the middle of the semester with so many things due in one week! i hate how teachers assign you stuff like their's is the only class you're taking. ugh.

on a happier note, it's been raining like crazy all week. and i LOVE it!! except for the GIANT crack of thunder we had around 4pm yesterday. the lightning was bright enough to make it look like a camera flash in the classroom and then not 2 seconds later, the thunder happens. most everyone in my class screamed.

i also bought my red panda kigurumi last night! it should come right before halloween!! =] i'm excited.

also, the plans for our masquerade party are going well. we had to change venues since miyako was stupid and just was too expensive for what they were offering. we're talking with the holiday inn right now and for around the same price we get hor d'oeuvres and can have the room up to 6 hours. i also bought a dress already! haha my mom was going to make one but then we found a really pretty one so she bought it for me. ^____^ i just gotta find a mask now.

tonight i have so much to do. or so it seems like to me at least. such a busy today tomorrow, especially since i have to leave campus and go to the beach for our freaking lab field trip. it's going to be cold! it's already cold and now we're going to the beach! ugh.

i'm going to be so drained by tomorrow night. let's see if i survive.

new blog, again!

so...poor vox got shut down.

this is the SECOND blog i've started and kept up with [after xanga] that got shut down. i started one a few years ago on a site called uber [i think]. that got closed not long after either.

hopefully this typepad thing stays around for a while. at least none of my old posts got deleted. i would've been so mad.

so it's september, a new month. typepad has SOME of the same designs, but i don't think they have as many. i'll have to see how customizable this site is [yes george, it's a word. if not, i just made it one]. so i was looking through the designs and found this ADORABLE design. it's SO CUTE. it doesn't really scream september but eh. my profile picture still matches. also! the profile picture is so freaking tiny, you can hardly see it.

i just got through my first week of school, too. i survived! but the first week is like barely putting your feet in the water. the second week it's like you go up to your knees and you get a feel for waves. the third week you're in even deeper, to a point where you can't run away quickly because you're too far in [it's like not being able to freely drop a class]. by the fourth week, you're getting splashed with the water around the waist [getting hit with quizzes, maybe tests, and real work]. from there you try to maintain the water level by not getting too far in. when you start struggling is when you're trying to keep your head above the water.

...hahahaha that wasn't half bad for an analogy. it applies to me at least. my head usually is in and out of the water, especially when i'm having trouble with those good for nothing papers.

so tonight i was SUPPOSED to go out with george and go to color me mine. i was so excited and ready to pick out my piece of clay art and get painting. but nooo. i can't anymore because i have to go to a stupid dinner with my work. -___-

maybe we can go in the daytime on saturday? if you're awake and willing.

happy birthday to me!!! ♥

today i turned 21!!!

i'm finally 21!! but it's not like i was waiting to turn 21. it's just that 21 seems to be kind of a big deal.

i had a little party/get together on saturday. i rented a party bus and we cruised on down to diamond plaza. yeah, nothing fancy. i just wanted the party bus. xD
the people who came dressed up a little and we danced in traffic [as dan put it] all the way. it was SO fun. i like it when music is louder than what i usually have in my car. but not in my room because it's not surround sound. so anything that gives me surround sound dancing music is fantastic.

i wore my new, white, lacey dress i bought at liz lisa in japan. i was hoping to find a dress in japan and when i saw it, i had to try it on. aiko was with me and she approved so i splurged a little and got myself the dress. =]
all the ladies looked hot and the boys looked nice. i totally wanna get a party bus again in the future.

at diamond plaza we took some pictures then went to separate eating places. we joined up and took some purikura at cue. lily and dan took their first purikura together and it was funny watching them try to decorate it. we had a few hours but it went by kinda quickly after eating and before we knew it, it was time to board the bus and dance back to carson.

people were a little bit more mellow on the way back. maybe because the driver took back the alcohol. but at one point, nearly everyone got up and started jumping/dancing near the back and i was so scared that the driver would notice and tell us to stop. xD
we got back right at 9pm and the driver went away. we loitered in the parking lot for about 30 mins maybe, taking more pictures, jump starting alberto's car, and deciding what to do next. by default, we went to kelly's house for the after party. we ordered pizza and watched disney's hercules.

at the end it was only me, mike, mark, cookie and favio. we spent a good while trying to figure out what gods/goddesses were shown in hercules. then we veered off into so many topics, one including the wilhelm scream where mark said something and had me and kelly doubled over from laughter.
they eventually left and i waited until it was light to go back home. i left kelly's around 6:45am i think. got home and knocked out.

it was an awesome party. thank you to everyone who came [even though most don't even know about this blog].

today, on my actual birthday, i woke up early after only a few hours of sleep and went to work. i made sure to look cute. my desk was decorated with birthday banners, a balloon and sprinkled with confetti. mari gave me some earrings she made. they're so cool. later i got a strawberry shortcake cake from my coworkers.

i want to do something tonight, but don't know what yet. i just don't want to go home.

happy birthday to me! bye! ♥

going to JAPAN!!!

i am leaving to japan tomorrow! i'm going for about 10 days.

i kinda wrote about it already in my last entry but eh, what the hell. can never be too excited about going to japan! ^______^
i remembered something else i had to buy besides gackt's cd. makeup. especially this one brand's blush. the one i got a couple years ago finally broke and i can't take it anywhere. so i want a new one.
that, and kigurumis. ahaha my mom is not going to be happy when she sees how much space those are going to take up in the suitcase. i'm buying 3. maybe 4 if cathy ever responds. hehe...yeah~ i know those things are exactly the most compact things either. xD
and i'm going to be buying a few clothing items on top of that. maybe a pair of shoes. gosh. i have to pack as lightly as possible. bring simple, thin clothes and just buy whatever else there. and god is it gonna be hot. ick.

disneyland with mari was so much fun! we took pictures with characters. we took a picture with tink, silvermist and terrance for the first time. i didn't even know they had a terrance. we also got mickey and pooh, tigger, and eeyore. we also watched the street party parade and the fireworks. my feet and legs were dying and i was so tired driving home.

yesterday was chill and today was another busy day at work. tonight will be filled with packing and running up and down the stairs with clothes. i gotta do my nails too. ahhh. i'm going to japan! =] i'll TRY to update at least one entry while i'm at the sendai hotel since that's the only time i think i'll have internet access. i wish my mom's phone had an international plan. anyways, that's it. bye!

edit: oh yeah, happy august! and so i changed the background. it's still a beachy picture even though i'm not going to the beach anymore. but the color and image is just so calming to me. i would've put something japan related but they're either all fall related or too dark.

happy!

this entry is a lot more happy and positive than the last one.

this week i've been feeling happier and very excited for a couple things. mostly because i realized i'm going to japan next week. in about 5 days!!! i'm so excited to do a ton of shopping. hopefully the heat won't kill me. i have a couple definite things i have to buy. one is gackt's semi-recent album. it came out late last year i think. there's a more recent one that came out within the month i think, but that's another collection of singles and i have most, if not all of them, since they've been on past albums. if i have the money [and i find them] i also still want to buy Mars and Rebirth. those are the only other two albums of his that i don't have. and his first mini-album, mizerable, but i can kinda do without that for now.
the other things i want are general clothes, shoes and accessories so there's not one real set thing i'm going to be searching for.
i'm also excited to see aiko and hang out with her again. it'll kind of feel like we're just hanging out here again. except i'll be on her turf. she'll be showing me around instead. =] [and we'll get to take a ton of purikura for WAY CHEAPER that cue!!!]

i'm also really excited about going to disneyland this saturday with mari [my coworker]. it's not like she hasn't been there before or has been only a few times. she knows disneyland as much as i do. she used to have a pass and go practically every weekend. she also has a minnie-crazed friend. haha. anyways, yeah. she just turned 28 but is still so kid-like outside the office. she married but doesn't have kids. i think that's a big reason why she's still a kid. she's really fun and funny. yaaaaay! ^____^

i have to do the rest of my laundry and start planning what i want to bring to japan. it's gonna be SO HOT! @__@
i also need sleep. i was up until 4 last night because i painted my nails like minnie mouse! haha xD ok. i think that's it for now. bye!

vent/rant/boredom

i just wanna type something but i have no real direction with this entry.

school has been bugging me. i'm in summer and school is stressing me out. i don't like it. i'm not looking forward to taking this one class. i have no choice if that's my major and if i just want to get it over with and graduate with some kind of degree, keeping my asian studies major is the fastest way since i'm partly done with it since the japanese classes i took count towards it. but i'm not gonna take it quietly. i will cry and bitch about it probably the whole semester. and george, you're gonna have to be there for me.

i went to target yesterday and bought myself a curtain. haha yeah, just one panel. i have this big, black piece of material hanging over my bed and then going down to make a wall between the foot of my bed and the door. i wanted something black and pretty, but the cheapest ones were all way too sheer so i spent about $20 for it. i have some sheer pink material i got awhile back intending to make actual curtains so maybe i can layer it to make it pretty. the curtain i got is white with black chandelier and lace designs. i wanna change up my room just a little bit. i can't move anything around but i can change certain things. i should also change up my gackt poster/calendars. i got one for christmas but haven't put it up because i barely put up the previous one about 6 months before christmas and i didn't want to take it down yet.

tonight i'm going out for dinner with my work. yakiniku. the one place i do not mind going. ever. i'm getting hungry just thinking about it.

also, i think it's pretty set that i'm going to disneyland with mari [my coworker] on the 31st. hopefully nothing big comes up that gets in the way.

well i guess that's it. that was fast. oh well. bye!

Post-AX

Anime Expo has come and gone. and they're already telling us we can register for next year!!!

really?? give me a break! it just ended! and they're saying i have until thursday if i want to register for $45 for next year. i'm really tempted since AX does have a refund policy and if anything were to come up, i can just cancel it and get a refund. then it goes up to $50 until november. and i'm thinking that's not too bad either. just $5 more. but that's how they get you.

i changed my design since it's now july. the color looks really similar to my last one but this has a girl in a bikini and it gives me this beachy vibe. and since we're planning a beach day right now, i think it fits.

AX was fun. our room was really spacious and everyone was chill with each other. the only thing i can gripe about is the dance. we didn't get to go night 1 but we went night 2 at club nokia and it wasn't that great. we had a guest from japan DJing so that was cool...except they seemed to play only hardcore [really fast beats] and how the hell do you dance to that?? and the set was like a concert. the DJs were on stage, the ppl in the front main tier were facing the stage, bopping and fist pumping. NOT dance-like at all. that was more like a concert. they'd play for 5mins, then stop and get everyone to cheer. do that every once in awhile but not after every song! totally ruined the flow. we were there for only 30 mins maybe then left.
the rest of the con was cool. half the time it seemed like me and kelly were helping amanda with some part of her cosplay. whether it be in the room getting her dressed or at the con, helping her carry her prop or fixing her wig.

me and kelly really want to cosplay as a group next year. i want to either cosplay or design something since there's more freedom with that. but we were stopped more than enough times for amanda that on the last day we stood in the back making faces at the camera. i'm sure some photographers weren't happy, but tough. now we wanna be in the damn pictures too. but we have NO clue what we can do.
my design idea more creative. we each get a signature color and wear similar outfits with different details. the best example i can think of is when me, kelly, and cathy each wore a white blouse, mostly black corset, black skirt, and boots. our blouses were slightly different, our skirts were different lengths/styles, and same with the shoes. the 3 of us together looked pretty good =D haha. i wanna do that again, but bigger.

i'm gonna stop now because i could go on and on with different topics right now and that would make this entry as long as the miyavi one. byee!

Pre-AX

so today is Day 0. and i am freaking tired.

we're not picking up our badges today because george has work and might be late if we pick them up. i'm tired because i have to roll 100 yards of fabric BY HAND with my coworker. i don't know how much we've done so far...maybe close to half if we're lucky. but the roll that's growing is getting heavier and heavier to lift and pull so we're tired. my arms are tired. that is not something you do first thing in the morning when all you've eaten is a slice of bread!
suuure my other coworker asks this to be done like it's SO easy. he always asks things to be done that are much harder than they seem. AND HE DOESN'T OFFER TO HELP!

on the bright side, i think i have freakin cool nails. i did them last night at about 4am. but i think i'm going to have to redo them. i don't know if i can handle it all weekend. i think i can be a little better. but i've never done a design like this and i'm pretty proud. :D

i have so much to do tonight. pretty sure i'll be up really late again packing and finishing up my outfit. and doing my nails because that has to be last. sigh. so exhausted.

byee!

official start of summer!

summer is now officially here. sure doesn't feel like it though.

well this weekend was fun again.
saturday was jun's birthday thing at disneyland and dca. me and kelly get there around...11am? don't remember. i'm not gonna go through the whole day since it was so long. we had about 13-14 ppl in our group for most of the day, we had a hilarious flaming skipper on the jungle cruise, a few of us saw these guys who were SO FREAKING TALL. i wish i took a picture with them. we got world of color picnic meals and saw world of color from the boardwalk! we were prepared to get soaked but we barely got wet. the fire felt nice though.
and OMG glowfest. i seriously want to condense all of that and put it in my party bus. it looked SO COOL. colors everywhere, dance music, oh it was so cool. me, kelly and george would've loved to stay there and dance but we had to go back to disneyland to ride space mountain.
i was so tired going back home. my eyes were so heavy and did not want to stay open. i don't even remember getting into bed.

yesterday was a chill day. slept in until 12, had something to eat and then went out on some errands with my mom. when we got home we found nasty ants on our kitchen counter. ugh. WHY are there ants in my house dammit.
that was about it for yesterday, didn't do much.

i really have to start putting together the little accessories for my ax outfit. hopefully i can get started tonight without distracting myself.

Medieval Times & Bikram Yoga

a lot going on the past couple days.

yesterday was medieval times with george, alberto, cathy, benji, and their dad. it was everyone except george and alberto's first time. we were with the yellow knight! he didn't die first, but he died second. unfair because he fought two fights in a row. anyways.
the food wasn't bad. had to eat everything with hands. george was nice and bought everyone color flags to cheer with [and i got the big one ^_^] so we were pretty into it. honestly didn't think i'd be that into it, but it was pretty fun.
we missed taking a picture with the yellow knight because we waited to use the bathroom and after we did he was gone. then we all went to cathy's house, rented Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus from redbox and watched it at her place. it was a good moving. confusing, but good. i still didn't like the ending. it was late so we all went home.

then this morning, after running a little bit late, i get to cathy's and we all go over to Bikram's Yoga studio in redondo beach. we got there right as class was starting so we were basically late since they need to go over a few things for first timers. they told us to come back for the next class and to come 30mins early.
so we met up with cookie and went to trader joe's to get yogurt and whole foods to get a coconut for benji. we drove back to the studio, filled out forms, waited around, and finally started.
god was it warm in there. just being in there for about 5-10 mins, laying down, you get really warm. i have never sweat that much before. i was dripping sweat where i didn't think i could sweat. it was really uncomfortable when we had our heads down and sweat would slide into my nose. not cool.
but it was so much fun! i don't feel sore yet, just a tiny headache from all the hot/cold temperature changing. i'm kinda hungry since i haven't eaten much of anything all day. we're definitely going back when cathy gets back from santa cruz and doing the 10 day, $30 thing. it's too expensive to keep going. but it was a good experience.

after getting robek's and high tailing it home to take a shower, i got to work and we prepared mari's cake for her birthday. yummy fruit tart cake! ^_^
that's pretty much it for now. i wanna go to joann's to see if they have the ribbon i need [that they didn't have last time]. but i'm kinda tired to go by myself. xD but i need that ribbon dangit. maybe my mom will take me, haha.

that's it. byee!

雅 -MIYAVI- concerts

so...they were awesome. [warning: long post and lots of CAPS use]
i went to one in LA at Club Nokia with kelly and amanda on saturday. we were so laid-back about it. usually we wanna be near the front of the line and camp all day. but this time? eh. we showed up around 7:30 i think [bridgette was a little late] and even when we got there we didn't get in line. we just hung around talking to ppl and only got in line when the line started moving.
inside, we stood behind the tech area and had a pretty good view. amanda was absolutely hilarious towards the end with ramon's jacket. she looked like a retarded little child. me and kelly were literally on the floor laughing. and she had no idea why.
oh! haha also, i saw these two people i watch on youtube and pretty much spazzed. i'm pathetic. i finally got the courage to go up to them and say hi when we were inside. we basically stood right next to them by the tech area. yeahh...haha the girl was really pretty [and freakin tall in those shoes] but she was nice and asked for my youtube name since she's going to make a video for all those ppl she met at the concert.
anyways, the concert was cool. the words i keep using to describe it are 'chill' and 'jazzy'. he took some of his older songs and reworked them to sound different, adding some keyboard stuff. sounded really different and cool. "ame ni utaeba" has been in my head ever since i woke up today.
afterwards, we saw andrew and talked with him and a few other ppl outside the venue. we ended up going to kouraku on 2nd st. i was so tired. we finally left at 2am.

OMG update

i got into my bio class!!!

i check my email when i get to work and i have a waitlist notification email. from #18 to enrolled OVERNIGHT!!!　that's so cool. i dropped my backup bio class. now only if sign language would work that way too.

also, we have another person in our room for AX. it's this boy kelly is crushing on, haha. that lowered the price a little...but not enough when i have to pay for parking >_<

anyways. that's about it. oh, i also found this cute romper/one piece on charlotte russe. i got an email saying 25% off all rompers and dresses. it looks so soft and comfy to lounge around in. and i've wanted a romper. maybe i can convince my mom to get it for me since it's only about $12 after the discount. and with tax and shipping, it'll come out to about the regular price it's selling at.

ok, bye!

I'M GOING TO MEET MIYAVI!!!

OMG!!!!!! /fangirl.

but yeah. how freakin' exciting. gareth's brother's girlfriend won tickets at tune in tokyo. they're for the concert on sunday, 13th. apparently it's 2nd row? i don't know how that's working. i thought it would just be a general floor area with pit. at least on the grove of anaheim website it shows "general admission standing" for all 5 tiers. that's alot of tiers. me and kelly are going together. =]

we're also going to his concert the night before at club nokia in downtown. haha two of his concerts in a row. that's going to be tiring but fun.

so it's june. now AX is officially less than one month away. of course, ax has to keep up with its ridiculousness by announcing LAST EFFING MINUTE that the shuttles will not be free this year. sorry george, but we're going to walk if that's okay with you. i can't afford that plus parking. -__-

since it's june, i changed my design! now it's blue. ever since i was little, i associated a certain color with every month. for some reason, june is blue. july is either red/white/blue or a light-ish blue. i don't know what august is. it's my birthday month and i don't have a color for it. i guess it was any sort of summery color. kind of like sunsetting colors because it's towards the end of summer.

this saturday is a hangout day for me, kelly, and amanda. we were supposed to go shopping for my outfit...but i've been finding pieces for it here and there so there's not much i really need from the places we were planning to go to. maybe the fashion district. or we can just hang out and run errands or whatever.
sunday, me and kelly are counting at the SAPS fiesta. yay for yummy food.

as for my waitlisted class updates...
i am #5 for sign language [was #6]. OMG i JUST checked it and it was #5. right when i was about to say that it's never going to change and that i'll never get in. actually, i still don't think i'll get in T__T
i am #18 for preferred bio [was #26]. that was from the last entry. it's been slowly lowering and i saw it at #19.
i'm still waiting to drop my backup bio until the last minute. i need to pay a fee for that class by the 11th. at least i think it's for that class. i'll have to look into that. maybe it's just more fees for the school.
i also signed up for the facilitation class and i signed up for a cardio class. i'll have to find more classes to enroll in if/when i don't get into those two waitlisted classes.

OH! and i almost forgot another cool thing. gareth won tickets to the private preview party thing for World of Color. omg i am so excited. he got 4 tickets and was nice enough to invite me, george, kelly and shou since he's part of another set that his brother won. i swear those ppl are so lucky. it's next tuesday after the park closes. i have no idea what's going to happen but i'm just so excited.

okay. now i think that covers everything. bye!

DONE!

i am done with the spring semester!!!!

well, almost xD. i have one more easy, take-home final to do and go turn in on monday. ugh.
also! THEY CANCELLED MY SUMMER COURSE!!!! >=O damn them. i emailed the teacher and she said she even offered to get less pay but they cancelled it anyway. there wasn't enough enrolled. i don't know exactly how many ppl there were, but it was less than 25 [the minimum i guess].
now i'm terrified to take this class during the regular school year. i was so prepared to go to school after work, i'd still have my fridays and weekends. i was prepared to do a little bit of writing each night. now i have to stress and probably write A LOT MORE during the semester. T___________________T
seriously? there goes the rest of my gpa. god damn you csulb.

but on a lighter note, i do not have school for the next three months. i am planning a costume/outfit for ax. i'm wanting to hurry up and plan my birthday but it's still a little ways away. happy sigh.

i'm going out with lily to the mall today to search for hotpants for my outfit. hopefully i find something. if not, i just hope we laugh a lot.

byee!

almost done...

so the semester is finally coming to a close.

it feels REALLY weird. i could swear that the first week of school was just last week. i remember it so clearly. it's crazy how time flies. finals are next week. sigh.

then right after that i start summer school. ugh. i'm trying to look on the positive side of this. it's for my major, it's a required capstone, and it's a lot shorter than a semester. the thing is, i'm scared it's going to kick my butt since it is capstone and it's only a 3 week course. hopefully the writing won't be that bad. =/

and for the update on my classes:
i am now #6 for sign language [was #7].
i am now #26 for preferred bio [was #29].
i am now enrolled in backup bio.

thing is, my backup bio interferes with sign language and i don't know what'll happen if i actually get in sign language. i don't know if it'll hold the spot and let me know or if it'll see that i can't enroll and just skip me and all this was for nothing. SO. what i'm going to do is if and when sign language gets to be number 1 or 2, i'll drop my bio lab [that one thats in the way, the lecture is fine] so if i can get in, there'll be nothing in the way. hopefully that wasn't confusing.
also, i might facilitate for the women and their bodies course next semester. i had a lot of fun with my facilitation group and i think it'd be interesting to lead my own group. but that's still up in the air. depends what i get into and if i have the time. 

oh! and i got inspiration for a cool outfit to wear at ax. i got the idea at like 2am when i woke up and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. it's from a miley cyrus music video and it just looks cool. it doesn't require a whole lot of sewing and i think i can get away with just laying clothes and crafting accessories together. hopefully i'll stick with it and be able to complete it by ax. =]

furlough, massage, & class update

so today was a campus-wide furlough day.

that cut my week short and allowed me and my mom to finally set an appt to get our massages.
we're going to burke williams in orange and i'm excited/nervous. i've never been to a massage place and this one is super nice. as long as i get to keep my undies on, i'm fine.

also, to update on my waitlisted classes:
i am now #7 for sign language [was #8].
i am now #7 for backup bio [was #11].
i am now #29 for preferred bio [was #30].
i'll most likely get into my backup bio if anything. hopefully. i'm still waiting it out for sign language. they don't usually cut the waitlist until maybe early august i think. it's probably near impossible to get the bio class i really want, but eh.
hopefully i can still add last minute classes when i get cut and my schedule is open.

short entry, but i want to keep updates on my classes. bye!

bats day

so yesterday was bats day at disneyland.
it was fun. me and kelly dressed up all cute and waited around doing alot of wandering until more ppl showed up. first it was katch and gareth [but gareth ran off with his brother]. we hung out with katch while she did her pin trading and then ate a light lunch. while she was doing some more pin trading, raven showed up for about 10 seconds then left again to do PR work. then henry and mouse showed up and not long after, amanda finally arrived. we relocated and katch did some more pin trading. the parade was starting on main street so we had fun dancing around and then danced our way to plaza inn where we got 2 different pins from 2 different ppl in about 2 minutes. the "celebrating" pin and "disneyland honorary member" or something like that.
after mouse had her pasta we went to meet katch and henry near haunted mansion. we looked around in shops, took pictures, and eventually went on indiana jones. me, kelly and amanda sat down on main street to wait for fireworks. after fireworks, we find katch again and raven makes another short appearance. after raven and katch run off, we all get something to eat plaza inn. gareth joins us and mouse leaves. we stay there and talk about all kinds of things for about an hour.
me and kelly get our coats from the lockers and meet up with katch and raven again. raven runs off with 20 mins left before the park closes and we loiter by the bathrooms talking. we finally get on the tram, say bye, get to our car and go home.
i was tired. i'll post a couple pictures later. [maybe. if i remember. if not, just look at facebook]. eh, here's just one picture.

with a friend's edit

i also changed the design again. not that anyone ever really uses this anymore. i don't know why i chose the little cappuccino. may's not really spring, not really summer. and little coffee shops are cute.
so, from my last ranting post: i am now #8 on the waitlist for signlanguage [was #9]. i am now #30 for my preferred bio [was #32]. i am now #11 on my backup bio class [don't really remember, but i swear it was #2]. which i don't understand how that works. i don't get how the classes are grouped together. when i registered for the lecture, it was open and i SHOULD'VE gotten in. now they're both completely closed so i just have to hope the spots open. if not, i can't take a science next semester. WHY??? WHY DAMMIT, WHY???
i hate school.

that time of the semester...

i absolutely hate it!

it's registration for the following semester. i ALWAYS get a late registration date so nearly all the classes i want to take/planning to take have been filled already. it's annoying as hell. i wasn't aware of how late my date was until today when i talked to a teacher in the a/st department. i was saying how alot of the classes i wanted were taken so it's harder to choose, especially since i have less GE classes to take now. she asked why i couldn't take the classes, i told her my reg date was today, and she said, "oh, that is late" =/
see! ugh. it's...just, ugh. i am never going to be able to take sign language. there's always only one class and it's seem to be a popular class so it's always filled quickly. WRJGB WRGHAW4IOEJFMAL/R3]igorjnnEJ OWEKRJG

T____T

i'm on waitlist for 3 classes that i most likely won't get into, but i'm on the list, just in case spaces open up. i don't want to cancel the classes just yet, because you never know, right? but one of them is the sign language class and the others are the bio lecture and bio lab. this bio class has a high rated teacher, so everyone went for her over the other guy. i'm on one more waitlist, but that's for the lab of another bio class which i'm actually in. ugh.
that's all i can say. ugh.

somewhat of a productive day?

so today after getting out of bed around 12:30, 1 and eating some left over pasta and watching the end of the red sox game, my dad convinces me to wash my car.

i pull up to the garage and he's showing me how to use the new power hose thing he got. he ends up rinsing AND washing my car! hahaha i just rinsed the soap off and dried. but then as i was wiping the inside of the windows down, i decided to vacuum the floor because it was pretty dirty. my car is now a lot cleaner than it was before! ^_________^
some stupid bird just better not poop on it because i'm parked under a wire.

yesterday i went to disneyland with kelly [i drove!] and met up with hatien and barbie. i love hanging out with them. i like hatien's laugh and humor. we were laughing all day, cracking jokes and going on with sarcastic conversations. hatien's friend, ann met up with us later and when we finally decided where to eat after about 30 mins, george surprises me by showing up. =] then kaylie and jennifer join us for dinner at rainforest cafe. i haven't eaten there in how many years and my macadamia crusted mahi mahi was delicious. everyone was so hungry.
we went back to disneyland and barely made it in time for the fireworks. we went on a couple rides and then got some ice cream. it wasn't a whole day, but it was close to it. we got there around noon i think? and left around 12:30. so tiring. it was tiring to drive back home.

that's about it. tomorrow i have no school because my only class is furloughed. but my mom remembered and is making me go into work a little ealier. i have a progress report for a paper due on wednesday and i haven't even began to start looking for sources. T-T
also, i got an email for some asian studies courses being offered in the summer. both are what i need for my major. one is offered during the may intercession, may 24-june 14. it doesn't seem that bad, but it's mon-thur from 6-9:30pm! everyday for 3 1/2 hours!! that's crazy. the second class is from july 12-aug 20 but i can't take that one because i'm planning to go to japan.
i dunno, i'm kinda maybe sort of considering taking the first class. but it's going to be hell. i wish i could have someone i know take it with me.

anyway, time for dinner. bye!

spring break: london!

so my spring break was last week, but i didn't get a chance to update.
for my spring break, i took a 4 1/2 day trip to london, england to visit lily!!! it was SO much fun.
it was so cool. i felt like i was in a movie the whole time. from the cars to the buildings to even the sidewalks. it was cold, rainy, and sometimes windy but i saw stereotypical london weather. lily said i brought the cold with me because they were having decent weather before.
i didn't do much shopping since i really had no space in my suitcase. i only bought some makeup things and some tights from topshop. i only wanted to buy things that wouldn't be available in the US. but since this was london, not tokyo, alot of the clothes looked like it might be available here anyway.
i did as much sightseeing as i could do in a few days with what energy i had, facing the cold. i saw big ben [which i flipped out at when i first saw], houses of parliament, the london eye, peter pan statue at kensington gardens, and buckingham palace. oh and i also went into the cemetery that was used in the sherlock holmes movie.
here are just a few of the pictures. the rest are all on facebook.

 

big ben!

 telephone booth!

 

at the cemetery

 the london eye!

 buckingham palace

 peter pan statue

happy anniversary george!

happy 2 years, georgie!! =] ♥
hee~ ^__________^ i'm so happy. we're going to disneyland later after my last class. and since the time change happened, it won't be dark by the time we get there! yay!
george, do you remember what we did last year? i probably have it written in my journal, but i can't remember off the top of my head what we did for our first anniversary =P hehe.
anyways, yeahh...just thought i'd update with that. 2 years. it doesn't seem that long, but at the same time, SO much has happened. and i'm glad i got to spend it with him.
I LOVE YOU, GEORGE!
update.
we went to disneyland and first we had to make the monthly payment on his annual pass. last time we had to make up a payment, i used my debit card and all was good. but this time, apparently they couldn't take it [or provide a good reason as to why, either] unless i paid off the rest of the card. so i had to go and withdraw money from an atm and then pay in cash.
by that time it was close to dinner time and every single place was full. we tried blue bayou but knew we probably wouldn't get in. and we didn't. we went on pirates to just pass time and geez it was crowded for a thursday. we actually shared a row! i have never sat in a row with a different group. and i was at the freaking edge so i was expecting to get wet. the drops weren't that bad but the cannons didn't help.
then we went on the monorail to go to downtown disney. we tried rainforest cafe but their wait was an hour, 45min. screw that. and it was getting cold and windy, so i wasn't exactly thrilled at the prospect of waiting. we tried tortilla joes and waited about 30-40 mins before we got seated. it was my first time there and it wasn't that bad. i was really hungry but i barely finished half of my plate.
we looked at a couple stores in downtown disney before going back inside. it was later than i thought and the fireworks were just about to start. i think the spinning sparkler things were missing. i swear they were in the 50th fireworks, but they didn't come up. and the matterhorn didn't fight back during the pirates sequence. after that we saw captain EO and that was cool. because it was so old, ppl actually were laughing at some parts. but it was cool when everyone cheered for michael jackson. we went to indiana jones and finished with thunder mountain.
george wanted a sweet snack so he got a brick of a rice krispies treat and i got a chocolate covered strawberry. we left after that and i fell asleep in the car.
the disneyland part of the day didn't go as smoothly as i hoped, but i still had fun being with george. i was SO tired though when i got home. i just changed clothes and knocked out.

the skies are so clear!

the mountains look SO clear!! i bet today is a perfect day to see the ocean from the griffith observatory.

my anthro class was cancelled today bc my teacher is having foot surgery. so after my first class, i visited george at work and then went to my work.
tonight we're going out to dinner because i got a gift certificate to The Fish Company last year and we've just never had a chance to go. so george said yesterday, "well let's go tomorrow." talk about planning. i haven't been there in a while so that'll be fun.

last week i said i had 2 midterms. i was thinking my anthro midterm was last week but it's really this thursday. oh! and i got an 84 on my geology midterm!! i'm so happy! =]

that's about it for the update. i just wanted to comment on the clear skies =D

happy march!

the short month is over and now we're in march.

quite a few things happening this month. a big party for kelly's 21st and other march birthdays, me and george's 2 year anniversary, formal night, spring break, and my trip to london.
let's hope i can keep my focus in school too. it hasn't been too bad yet, but that's because i haven't had any major tests. i have two midterms and a quiz this week. i think. i don't know about my fourth class.

also, anchor blue is at my school again and they had some cute peach colored tops that i want to get. totally would look cute for spring and summer. raahhh. darn them.

i also changed my layout again. it's green. i wanted a greenish spring one. there isn't many choices for green backgrounds since i want to keep it fairly light. but eh.

aaaand i think that's it. byee

i gave blood!

so today my anth120 class was only 20 mins. it's supposed to be an an hour and 15 min. but eh. i was surprised when he said, "okay, i guess that's it for today." i think most of us were surprised as well. we thought he'd start the next outline but i guess not.

anyway, since i had time before going to work, i decided to give blood. i was able to. i think eating meat last night helped with my iron and i've learned how to slow down my pulse. only thing is i get a tired and out of breath really easily. mostly probably because i'm 5lbs lighter than the requirement. =P but it's for a good cause and i'll get my blood back soon enough. and it gives me an excuse to not do much and get a yummy dinner. hehe

i got an email today from the Two and a Half Men thing and it said this week's taping is cancelled. greaat.and it said there are no other tapings this week. phooie. it was hard getting those tickets! ugh. if we had gone on the 12th it would've been ok. but no, my dad had to be busy getting ready to go to vegas. oh well.

i have to pick a topic for my japn350 class research paper. first off, those words scare me because i aboslutely suck at researching. second, the word paper turns me off because i suck at writing. third, since i suck at researching, none of the topics are appealing to me. i look at a topic, think it's do-able, think of how i'm going to find information, then think "eh" and move on. T-T
i don't understand why we need to write 5+ pages on anthing. we don't write papers in the real world. we really don't. i don't see how it's helping me now. i only stress and worry.

i hate writing papers.

spring is coming!

it's getting a little bit warmer and i can leave the house without a jacket and not freeze in the daytime!
today is also me and george's 23 months! and next month is our 2 year anniversary! ^____________^
valentine's weekend was fun. on saturday me and george went to the griffith observatory, looked around, watched the show on water [which wasn't as great as the first one we saw], and i bought a book on pluto. i'm actually surprised i bought a book considering i hardly read. but it's on pluto! the little thing, which i imagine to be a purpley orb, that is still a planet dammit. i'm kind of excited for when i'll have time to sit down and read it.
valentine's day we cooked a yummy dinner. tri-tip, mashed potatoes, salad, and bread. oh and apple cider in fancy glasses. it was so good

valentine's dinner

then we went back to ralphs later and picked up ice cream for dessert.

this week has been okay i guess. school's still tolerable. i figure there's about a month before spring break. i think that's it for the update.

so life won.

but only that round. and i'll still be complaining.

but anyway. i changed my design again! it's PINK! with little hearts all over the place. and a cute little doggie which reminds me of me and my doggie since it has that sweatdrop xD

i won't be going to japan next semester. at least not to waseda. most likely not to osaka or nara either. not through school anyway. if i really wanted to go, i'd have to go through an independent program but even then i don't think i'd have a good chance. the main problem with i got D's in both my japanese classes last year and those teachers won't write me letters of rec. well, one won't. the other just said she won't write a good one because i didn't try. yeah, thanks.
i could try for london, but even then it'd be a stretch. i don't think my gpa is going to let me go anywhere this year.

on a good note, i am most likely going to london for a couple days to visit lily during my spring break! how exciting is that. pretty damn exciting.

i'm also excited for valentine's day =]

life...

effing sucks sometimes.

screw you life. i will manipulate and twist you until you are exactly the way i want you to be.
but until then, you will deal with my bitching.

a little update

since i've been super lazy to update after every event.

so ALA was pretty fun. first con where i didn't buy a badge so i think we got our money's worth spending time in the hotel room. i even went to the pool for the first time xD amanda let me borrow a bathing suit and the water was heated so it was nice. after ALA me, kelly, amanda, jun and jeremy went to the bridge and then cue. it was a nice weekend.

i honestly don't remember what i did last week. oh i saw Avatar. that was a pretty cool movie. totally reminded me of pocahontas. it'll be fun watching the extras and behind the scenes stuff for it.

monday was me and george's 22 months but we didn't hang out. he went to the conan rally in...i don't know what city. everyone knows what it is. yesterday we went to the Wizards of Waverly Place taping. that was so cool. aside from the annoying, obnoxious teens a couple rows behind us, it was fun. at the end, i even got a picture with jennifer stone since she was super nice and came up into the bleachers where the non-vip people were. i also got a picture with david henry thanks to this nice guy george made friends with in line. we borrowed his camera since we didn't know you could bring in cameras/phones to use after the taping. now we know if there's a second time, haha.

it's been raining like crazy this week. it's always pouring in the morning and then clears up in the afternoon. today it hasn't actually rained yet in carson area. i hope it does though.

my mom's birthday is tomorrow and i need to get her a card. she's one of those people who likes getting cards for any holiday. me and my dad are taking her to dinner on saturday.

i start school again on monday [and i just remembered i need to order my books o_o] and i don't know if i'm looking forward to it. sometimes i wish i didn't have to go to school anymore. i also have to finish my application for japan and i don't know if i want to finish it. it just seems tedious right now and i don't want to sit down and do it. bleh.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

happy 2010 everyone!

i can't believe 2009 is over! i remember a lot of what happened this year. i don't know if it's because i documented it with pictures or because the year felt kind of short. but i can remember something from each month.
january: disneyland with my mom.
february: valentine's day with george making gnocchi and griffith observatory.
march: disneyland for mike's birthday, red robin's for kelly's birthday, formal night.
april: an cafe concert with kelly and amanda.
may: star trek with a bunch of people and fanime.
june: ...i actually can't remember something from this month xD
july: ax of course, barbeque at kelly's, the invasion, working at the warehouse with alberto, kelly, cathy
august: boston, my birthday
september: D23 expo and pink concert with george
october: halloween get togethers
november: pmx
december: hangouts with cathy and new year's eve at disneyland

you get the idea. anyway, i hope to make this year just as memorable [like everyone else is saying] with lots of pictures, hangouts, and of course, disneyland.

i want to try to start something this year. it's an idea i got a couple months ago. i want to take my camera around and take at least one picture a day of something that made me smile and add it to an album i'll make on facebook. i got the idea when i was walking from my car to school one day and saw something someone wrote in the dust of a car that actually made me smile and actually chuckle a little. so yeah. i'll start now, in january, and continue it until the end of the year. let's see if i can =]

ALA is this weekend. i don't think i'm overly excited for it. i was more excited for pmx and i think i had more fun there with the dance and NOIZ. i think ALA will be more chill for me. except for the last day where me and kelly are planning to try and dress up for steampunk sunday. that's about it. bye!