Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad, prospero año y felicidad. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my he-a-a-art.
To y'all I haven't spoken to or seen in awhile, Happy Christmas.
Off to family jaunt. See y'all in the new year.
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Sooo busy tonight at work. My feet are killing me. Last Thursday at work, someone I knew came into the store. We were the same year at college and went to the same church and therefore hung out together at group events. And I knew she lived in Chino Hills, too. And now it turns out that she's working at the Borders in the same strip mall. Weird.
Why? Well, I haven't seen her in years (literally) and I haven't been to any of the get-togethers of late. It's not that I don't like her or my former church classmates. I guess it came down to, once we weren't in the same school, church, city, etc, it became too hard to maintain ties that were pretty thin to begin with. I don't mind. I mean, we should be so lucky to maintain all our friendships that we have ever made. But I do have to say, it was good to see her (even though we could only chat for a few seconds cuz I was suppose to be working) just because it reminded me that my life in Berkeley did exist, that it wasn't just a dream, and my life didn't always involve hours of driving and making coffee.
We had a ton of leftover pastries tonight. We ran out of bags, so I took 'em home in a garbage bag. It looked like I was the pastry Santa. I should stop eating these things. But... mmmm... peppermint brownie....
My schedule for this week:
Sun -- church, 7 to 11:45 pm
Mon -- free day, hanging out with Robert
Tue -- 7:15 to 11:15 am
Wed -- free day, Christmas Eve!
Thu -- day w/ family, Merry Christmas!
Fri -- 4:15 to 8:45 am
Sat -- 4:15 to 9 am
Sun -- church, 6 to 10:15 pm
The next week, I'll be working every day, even though two of those days will be baby-sitting for my cousins. Well, I could use the money.
Why? Well, I haven't seen her in years (literally) and I haven't been to any of the get-togethers of late. It's not that I don't like her or my former church classmates. I guess it came down to, once we weren't in the same school, church, city, etc, it became too hard to maintain ties that were pretty thin to begin with. I don't mind. I mean, we should be so lucky to maintain all our friendships that we have ever made. But I do have to say, it was good to see her (even though we could only chat for a few seconds cuz I was suppose to be working) just because it reminded me that my life in Berkeley did exist, that it wasn't just a dream, and my life didn't always involve hours of driving and making coffee.
We had a ton of leftover pastries tonight. We ran out of bags, so I took 'em home in a garbage bag. It looked like I was the pastry Santa. I should stop eating these things. But... mmmm... peppermint brownie....
My schedule for this week:
Sun -- church, 7 to 11:45 pm
Mon -- free day, hanging out with Robert
Tue -- 7:15 to 11:15 am
Wed -- free day, Christmas Eve!
Thu -- day w/ family, Merry Christmas!
Fri -- 4:15 to 8:45 am
Sat -- 4:15 to 9 am
Sun -- church, 6 to 10:15 pm
The next week, I'll be working every day, even though two of those days will be baby-sitting for my cousins. Well, I could use the money.
Thursday, December 18, 2003
So I saw the midnight showing of Return of the King last night. My reaction to the movie? Two words.
HOT DIGGITY!!!
I mean, there's a problem with highly-anticipated movies in that they rarely live up to the build-up (case in point, The Phantom Menace). But not only did this movie live up to the hype, it surpassed it. My only complaint? It wasn't long enough. (Yeah, cuz 3 hrs 20 mins is just the blink of an eye.)
I won't go into details here cuz I would like my faithful readers (hahahahahaha! I'm funny) to have a chance to see the movie before I go all fan girl on it. But if anyone wants to call or e-mail me, we can drool together. Droooooooool.
Okay, Legolas is hot (and Orlando Bloom is not, as I've said before), but I gotta say, Aragorn really stepped up in this movie. Whoo-whee. I can see why he makes the thirty-something women swoon.
On other news, I turned in my final project for my last class on Tuesday at 4:45 pm. Actually, it wasn't completed. Basically, it's part of a scene from a Neil Simon play that we had to storyboard, and for animation storyboards, they have to have a panel for every five words, about, cuz you have to provide the acting yourself. Anyway, for anyone of you that's seen or read a Neil Simon play, you know how wordy this guy is. So thirty-one pages later, I get through a little over two pages. Out of five. If I had the time and paper to do the entire thing, it would have been about 70 pages long. Daaaaaaang!
Anyway, so I finally take off from school at 5 pm (took a little time to check e-mail), and of course, driving from Santa Monica to Chino at the height of rush hour, piece of cake, right? I normally drive around 70-80 mph back and forth, so it takes me a little less than an hour. But with stop-and-go traffic, it took me 2 hrs and 20 mins. Ugh. It was grueling. I had thought about signing up for some morning classes next semester. After this, I think not. How can people do this five days a week?
Anyway, I haven't posted my schedule this week, but suffice it to say, I've got late shifts for the rest of the week, except Friday when I get off a little earlier. But I'm glad for the work. After all, it's the season for spending. And this Jesus-guy that I keep hearing about at church. :P
My winter holiday projects: watch DVDS, watch DivX movies, read books on my list, work on ideas for animation projects, and hopefully do all these things with friends (though the reading may be hard to do so). Happy Holidays!
HOT DIGGITY!!!
I mean, there's a problem with highly-anticipated movies in that they rarely live up to the build-up (case in point, The Phantom Menace). But not only did this movie live up to the hype, it surpassed it. My only complaint? It wasn't long enough. (Yeah, cuz 3 hrs 20 mins is just the blink of an eye.)
I won't go into details here cuz I would like my faithful readers (hahahahahaha! I'm funny) to have a chance to see the movie before I go all fan girl on it. But if anyone wants to call or e-mail me, we can drool together. Droooooooool.
Okay, Legolas is hot (and Orlando Bloom is not, as I've said before), but I gotta say, Aragorn really stepped up in this movie. Whoo-whee. I can see why he makes the thirty-something women swoon.
On other news, I turned in my final project for my last class on Tuesday at 4:45 pm. Actually, it wasn't completed. Basically, it's part of a scene from a Neil Simon play that we had to storyboard, and for animation storyboards, they have to have a panel for every five words, about, cuz you have to provide the acting yourself. Anyway, for anyone of you that's seen or read a Neil Simon play, you know how wordy this guy is. So thirty-one pages later, I get through a little over two pages. Out of five. If I had the time and paper to do the entire thing, it would have been about 70 pages long. Daaaaaaang!
Anyway, so I finally take off from school at 5 pm (took a little time to check e-mail), and of course, driving from Santa Monica to Chino at the height of rush hour, piece of cake, right? I normally drive around 70-80 mph back and forth, so it takes me a little less than an hour. But with stop-and-go traffic, it took me 2 hrs and 20 mins. Ugh. It was grueling. I had thought about signing up for some morning classes next semester. After this, I think not. How can people do this five days a week?
Anyway, I haven't posted my schedule this week, but suffice it to say, I've got late shifts for the rest of the week, except Friday when I get off a little earlier. But I'm glad for the work. After all, it's the season for spending. And this Jesus-guy that I keep hearing about at church. :P
My winter holiday projects: watch DVDS, watch DivX movies, read books on my list, work on ideas for animation projects, and hopefully do all these things with friends (though the reading may be hard to do so). Happy Holidays!
Monday, December 15, 2003
Okay, I deleted that last post because I realize that I was being a bit harsh. I mean, my dad is a great man and he's done a lot and sacrificed a lot for our family. Sure he frustrates me in many ways, but what dad doesn't? My biggest frustration was that he just didn't see that the book he was reading had a lot of faulty reasoning. And yeah, it's true that I'm very cynical about these "new sciences" and that might prevent me from accepting new ideas. But having seen enough infomercials with quack science, I was frustrated that my dad didn't also see it.
Anyway, yeah, my dad has his own brand of quack science, stuff either he thought up on his own or read from quack doctors. (Remember the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and how he could come up with the Greek derivation of every word? Yeah... like that.)
Okay, enough about that. Project due in 11 hrs.
Anyway, yeah, my dad has his own brand of quack science, stuff either he thought up on his own or read from quack doctors. (Remember the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and how he could come up with the Greek derivation of every word? Yeah... like that.)
Okay, enough about that. Project due in 11 hrs.
Saturday, December 13, 2003
I promised now, didn't I?
It's just one of the Flash projects I did this semester. If anybody remember my old website, this is like the old mouse game only slightly more sophisticated. Slightly.
As much as I would like the money, I think I might have to ignore the phone tomorrow (er... today) should the store call. There's a reason why have it set to a different ringtone. :)
Comments, please!
BTW, I guess the Red Cross is getting desperate again cuz they actually called me to schedule a blood donation. I set something up for Monday after this coming Monday, so I'll have a full report afterwards. No school, so I should have more access to fluids. Which leads me...
PLEASE DONATE BLOOD! I don't know why I'm so impassioned about this considering that I don't know anybody personally that needed a transfusion. I think it's because it's such a raw act of giving a physical part of yourself to someone in need. Since I'm A+ I asked if they ever threw away my blood type leftovers since it's not as useful as O. They replied that they never have leftovers of any blood type. They always run out of every type. Kinda humbled me so whenever they had a blood drive at school, I tried to stop by. They had one a couple of weeks ago at my current school, but I was just getting over a cold (or the flu?) so I couldn't.
On a similar note, American Bone Marrow Donor Registry. I remember in elementary school, a teacher's daughter had leukemia and she died before they could find a donor. I remember the school holding fundraisers and such in her name. If you're of Asian decent, they especially want you! Well, actually, if you're of any ancestry other than European, they really want you. One of the things I did when I moved back home was to update my info with them. The chances of finding a match is slim, but the newsletter was full of stories of those stranger-matches. I mean, what could it hurt (other than the needle prick, I guess) and you might end up literally saving someone's life. That's pretty cool. I mean, I want to be an artist in the entertainment industry. That has nothing to do with life and death. This is one way of giving back.
It's just one of the Flash projects I did this semester. If anybody remember my old website, this is like the old mouse game only slightly more sophisticated. Slightly.
As much as I would like the money, I think I might have to ignore the phone tomorrow (er... today) should the store call. There's a reason why have it set to a different ringtone. :)
Comments, please!
BTW, I guess the Red Cross is getting desperate again cuz they actually called me to schedule a blood donation. I set something up for Monday after this coming Monday, so I'll have a full report afterwards. No school, so I should have more access to fluids. Which leads me...
PLEASE DONATE BLOOD! I don't know why I'm so impassioned about this considering that I don't know anybody personally that needed a transfusion. I think it's because it's such a raw act of giving a physical part of yourself to someone in need. Since I'm A+ I asked if they ever threw away my blood type leftovers since it's not as useful as O. They replied that they never have leftovers of any blood type. They always run out of every type. Kinda humbled me so whenever they had a blood drive at school, I tried to stop by. They had one a couple of weeks ago at my current school, but I was just getting over a cold (or the flu?) so I couldn't.
On a similar note, American Bone Marrow Donor Registry. I remember in elementary school, a teacher's daughter had leukemia and she died before they could find a donor. I remember the school holding fundraisers and such in her name. If you're of Asian decent, they especially want you! Well, actually, if you're of any ancestry other than European, they really want you. One of the things I did when I moved back home was to update my info with them. The chances of finding a match is slim, but the newsletter was full of stories of those stranger-matches. I mean, what could it hurt (other than the needle prick, I guess) and you might end up literally saving someone's life. That's pretty cool. I mean, I want to be an artist in the entertainment industry. That has nothing to do with life and death. This is one way of giving back.
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