i woke up at about 1:30ish and still can't go back to sleep. it's 4:18 now.
maybe because i've decided to move out! ...(?!?!??!)
assuming my credit is approved (i'll find out today), i'll be making my first rent payment and picking up my apartment keys on june 12th (about two weeks) !!!!
excited? (YES!)
scared? (YES!)
nervous? (YES!)
i haven't lived on my own for almost a year. i haven't lived by myself EVER...i am, however, thinking about getting a puppy to keep me company. and i would name him/her scruffy.
as much as i love my family, i think it's my time to leave the nest. it was a tough choice to make, but aside from the scared and nervous feelings, i feel deep down that this is what i want. and i'm gonna f----- get it. YEAH!
but first, i need to try to fall back asleep...and not be freaked out. LOL.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Journey Out West
I finally made it back to San Jose, California. It was a 6 day journey.
Tuesday May 5th, I set out from Ann Arbor, Mi with KT's Baja team to their competition in Portland, Oregon. We drove through a lot of states like Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and finally Oregon. Mostly, they were a blur since we primarily only stopped for gas and/or food except for the last night where we stayed in the most simplistic motel ever. There wasn't even shampoo and definately no hair dryer. I remember wind farms in Wyoming and happy looking cows in most of the states. There was also the occasional tumbleweed rolling across the highway (like in movies!).
Portland is beautifully green with fun hipsters (and regular people too) riding bikes everywhere. Even kids!
I flew to San Jose on Monday but I guess I didn't look too closely at the flight I had booked since I thought it would be a direct flight but we stopped in Reno. That was a surprise for me.
Tuesday May 5th, I set out from Ann Arbor, Mi with KT's Baja team to their competition in Portland, Oregon. We drove through a lot of states like Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and finally Oregon. Mostly, they were a blur since we primarily only stopped for gas and/or food except for the last night where we stayed in the most simplistic motel ever. There wasn't even shampoo and definately no hair dryer. I remember wind farms in Wyoming and happy looking cows in most of the states. There was also the occasional tumbleweed rolling across the highway (like in movies!).
Portland is beautifully green with fun hipsters (and regular people too) riding bikes everywhere. Even kids!
I flew to San Jose on Monday but I guess I didn't look too closely at the flight I had booked since I thought it would be a direct flight but we stopped in Reno. That was a surprise for me.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
The Blog Whore
I seriously feel bad about being a blog whore, but it's too hard to resist. And I'm too proud.
Today I graduated from bartending school. It wasn't all glamorous like engineering graduation, but it felt just as good. I don't know, I feel so accomplished right now. Haha. I just celebrated my 9th Month Work-sary (see previous entry), got my first field work assignment, saw Star Trek, bartending school graduation, and sometime in the next few days, I will get pimped out to OCSD. I'm too untouchable (but go ahead and try to touch me, LOL).
Check out my cool diploma:
Yay!
Today I graduated from bartending school. It wasn't all glamorous like engineering graduation, but it felt just as good. I don't know, I feel so accomplished right now. Haha. I just celebrated my 9th Month Work-sary (see previous entry), got my first field work assignment, saw Star Trek, bartending school graduation, and sometime in the next few days, I will get pimped out to OCSD. I'm too untouchable (but go ahead and try to touch me, LOL).
Check out my cool diploma:
Yay!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My 9th Month Work-Sary
May 4th was my 9th Month Work-sary. So after nine months of solitary confinement in my 3.5-walled fortress, I finally got my first ever field work yesterday. In beautiful SoCal weather too, mind you! Yay! The day was very nice (mid-70s), and even though I walked for about 5 hours plotting valves, utility boxes, etc on my incomplete topo map, I didn't mind it at all. I guess if you'd been cooped up indoors for that long, anything outdoors-y is a blessing.
I still can't believe it. I've never lasted at a job longer than this (my record was exactly nine months in Seal Beach). Some days I feel like life is just passing me by while I try (or struggle, lol) to get use to this life---my tiny eight-to-five life that does nothing but make my eyes go bad but at the same time sponsor all my materialistic needs. So far it has funded my overpriced camera, snowboarding, my alcoholism (which I'm now trying to tone down) and some other things that I now can't even remember buying.
But all seriousness aside, there are times when I still question myself, what am I doing here? But I guess, just because you feel like you're not contributing at all, it doesn't mean that you're completely worthless. I'd like to think that even a tiny thing could actually make a difference. On Monday, my boss emailed my group about the Norwalk SECAP being approved. It made me happy for maybe two minutes, just because I spent so much time working on it. I worked on that thing from data collection to drafting the report, and it just felt so good that it's now over with.
I still can't believe it. I've never lasted at a job longer than this (my record was exactly nine months in Seal Beach). Some days I feel like life is just passing me by while I try (or struggle, lol) to get use to this life---my tiny eight-to-five life that does nothing but make my eyes go bad but at the same time sponsor all my materialistic needs. So far it has funded my overpriced camera, snowboarding, my alcoholism (which I'm now trying to tone down) and some other things that I now can't even remember buying.
But all seriousness aside, there are times when I still question myself, what am I doing here? But I guess, just because you feel like you're not contributing at all, it doesn't mean that you're completely worthless. I'd like to think that even a tiny thing could actually make a difference. On Monday, my boss emailed my group about the Norwalk SECAP being approved. It made me happy for maybe two minutes, just because I spent so much time working on it. I worked on that thing from data collection to drafting the report, and it just felt so good that it's now over with.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I've done 68 out of 144 stupid things
This is actually pretty cool. I was randomly clicking on people's facebook things and I got this off this guy who I went to elementary school with. I did the math and figured I've only done about 47% of everything on the list. So my life goal now is to go up to maybe 70-75% before I'm 25. I'd go for 100% (because you always have to "Aim high") but some things are just not doable (i.e. get arrested).
I suggest we all take the challenge. It might actually be a pretty cool. Then come back here and repost this every year to see our progress. I think it'll also make us get out there and not be so inhibited, instead of just watching life go by us.
Level 1
(x) smoked a cigarette
( ) smoked a cigar
( ) done weed
(x) drank alcohol
SO FAR: 2
Level 2
( ) been in love *wink*wink*
( ) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) been in a fist fight
SO FAR: 2
Level 3
( ) snuck out of the house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger
( ) gone out on a blind date
SO FAR: 4
Level 4
(x) had a crush on an older person
(x) skipped school
( ) slept (not sex) with a co-worker
( ) seen someone/something die
SO FAR: 6
Level 5
(x) had/have a crush or liked on one of your friends.
( ) been to Paris
( ) been to Spain
(x) been on a plane
(x) thrown up from drinking
SO FAR: 9
Level 6
(x) eaten Sushi
(x) been snowboarding
( ) met someone BECAUSE of myspace
( ) been mosh pitting
SO FAR: 11
Level 7
( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) taken pain killers
(x) love/loved someone who you can’t have
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
( ) made a snow angel
SO FAR: 13
Level 8
( ) had a tea party
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
( ) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress ups
SO FAR: 16
Level 9
( ) jumped into a pile of leaves
( ) gone sledging
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at work/school
SO FAR: 19
Level 10
( ) used a fake/someone else's ID (but unfotunately it dint work. :)))
(x) watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
( ) killed a snake
SO FAR: 21
Level 11
(x) been tickled
(x) been robbed/vandalized
( ) robbed someone
(x) been misunderstood
( ) pet a deer
SO FAR: 24
Level 12
(x) won a contest
( ) been suspended from school
(x) had detention
( ) been in a car/motorcycle/4-wheeler accident
SO FAR: 26
Level 13
(x) had/have braces
( ) eaten a whole tub of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
( ) danced in the moonlight
SO FAR: 28
Level 14
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
( ) pole danced
(x) questioned your heart
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes
SO FAR: 32
Level 15
( ) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the world
(x) swam in the ocean
(x) felt like you were dying
SO FAR: 36
Level 16
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
( ) recently colored w/crayons/colored pencils/markers
(x) sang karaoke
(x) paid for a meal with only coins
SO FAR: 40
Level 17
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) kissed in the rain
SO FAR: 42
Level 18
( ) written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x) watched the sun set with someone you care/cared about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach
SO FAR: 45
Level 19
( ) crashed a party
( ) have traveled more than 5 days with a car full of people
(x) gone rollerskating/blading
(x) had a wish come true
SO FAR: 47
Level 20
( ) worn pearls
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) screamed "you suck" in class
( ) swam with dolphins
SO FAR: 49
Level 22
( ) got your tongue stuck to a freezer/ice cube
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sex’s clothes
( ) sat on a roof top
SO FAR: 50
Level 23
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done/attempted a one-handed cartwheel
( ) talked on the phone for more than 5 hours
(x) stayed up all night
SO FAR: 52
Level 24
( ) picked and ate an apple right off the tree
( ) climbed a tree
( ) had been in a tree house
(x) are scared to watch scary movies alone
SO FAR: 53
Level 25
( ) believe in ghosts
(x) have/had more than 30 pairs of shoes throughout your life
( ) gone streaking
( ) gone to jail
SO FAR: 54
Level 26
( ) played chicken
( ) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) been easily amused
SO FAR: 56
Level 27
( ) caught a fish then ate it
(x) almost drowned in a pool
( ) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed
SO FAR: 59
Level 28
( ) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
(x) cheated on a test
(x) forgotten someone's name
( ) slept naked
( ) French braided someone’s hair
( ) gone skinny dipping in a pool
( ) been kicked out of your house
SO FAR: 62
Level 30
(x) rode on a roller coaster
(x) went scuba-diving/snorkeling
(x) had a cavity
( ) Black-mailed someone
( ) been black mailed
SO FAR: 65
Level 31
(x) been used
(x) fell going up the stairs
( ) licked a cat
(x) bitten someone
(x) licked someone
TOTAL: 68
I suggest we all take the challenge. It might actually be a pretty cool. Then come back here and repost this every year to see our progress. I think it'll also make us get out there and not be so inhibited, instead of just watching life go by us.
Level 1
(x) smoked a cigarette
( ) smoked a cigar
( ) done weed
(x) drank alcohol
SO FAR: 2
Level 2
( ) been in love *wink*wink*
( ) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) been in a fist fight
SO FAR: 2
Level 3
( ) snuck out of the house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger
( ) gone out on a blind date
SO FAR: 4
Level 4
(x) had a crush on an older person
(x) skipped school
( ) slept (not sex) with a co-worker
( ) seen someone/something die
SO FAR: 6
Level 5
(x) had/have a crush or liked on one of your friends.
( ) been to Paris
( ) been to Spain
(x) been on a plane
(x) thrown up from drinking
SO FAR: 9
Level 6
(x) eaten Sushi
(x) been snowboarding
( ) met someone BECAUSE of myspace
( ) been mosh pitting
SO FAR: 11
Level 7
( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) taken pain killers
(x) love/loved someone who you can’t have
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
( ) made a snow angel
SO FAR: 13
Level 8
( ) had a tea party
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
( ) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress ups
SO FAR: 16
Level 9
( ) jumped into a pile of leaves
( ) gone sledging
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at work/school
SO FAR: 19
Level 10
( ) used a fake/someone else's ID (but unfotunately it dint work. :)))
(x) watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
( ) killed a snake
SO FAR: 21
Level 11
(x) been tickled
(x) been robbed/vandalized
( ) robbed someone
(x) been misunderstood
( ) pet a deer
SO FAR: 24
Level 12
(x) won a contest
( ) been suspended from school
(x) had detention
( ) been in a car/motorcycle/4-wheeler accident
SO FAR: 26
Level 13
(x) had/have braces
( ) eaten a whole tub of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
( ) danced in the moonlight
SO FAR: 28
Level 14
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
( ) pole danced
(x) questioned your heart
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes
SO FAR: 32
Level 15
( ) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the world
(x) swam in the ocean
(x) felt like you were dying
SO FAR: 36
Level 16
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
( ) recently colored w/crayons/colored pencils/markers
(x) sang karaoke
(x) paid for a meal with only coins
SO FAR: 40
Level 17
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) kissed in the rain
SO FAR: 42
Level 18
( ) written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x) watched the sun set with someone you care/cared about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach
SO FAR: 45
Level 19
( ) crashed a party
( ) have traveled more than 5 days with a car full of people
(x) gone rollerskating/blading
(x) had a wish come true
SO FAR: 47
Level 20
( ) worn pearls
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) screamed "you suck" in class
( ) swam with dolphins
SO FAR: 49
Level 22
( ) got your tongue stuck to a freezer/ice cube
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sex’s clothes
( ) sat on a roof top
SO FAR: 50
Level 23
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done/attempted a one-handed cartwheel
( ) talked on the phone for more than 5 hours
(x) stayed up all night
SO FAR: 52
Level 24
( ) picked and ate an apple right off the tree
( ) climbed a tree
( ) had been in a tree house
(x) are scared to watch scary movies alone
SO FAR: 53
Level 25
( ) believe in ghosts
(x) have/had more than 30 pairs of shoes throughout your life
( ) gone streaking
( ) gone to jail
SO FAR: 54
Level 26
( ) played chicken
( ) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) been easily amused
SO FAR: 56
Level 27
( ) caught a fish then ate it
(x) almost drowned in a pool
( ) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed
SO FAR: 59
Level 28
( ) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
(x) cheated on a test
(x) forgotten someone's name
( ) slept naked
( ) French braided someone’s hair
( ) gone skinny dipping in a pool
( ) been kicked out of your house
SO FAR: 62
Level 30
(x) rode on a roller coaster
(x) went scuba-diving/snorkeling
(x) had a cavity
( ) Black-mailed someone
( ) been black mailed
SO FAR: 65
Level 31
(x) been used
(x) fell going up the stairs
( ) licked a cat
(x) bitten someone
(x) licked someone
TOTAL: 68
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Saturday
It's a great Saturday! Summer is just around the corner, I can feel it and I'm certainly acting like it. I went to sleep at 3:30 am last night. But, no worries, I was not studying, I was watching Arrested Development. Yum.
I got up to a sunny sunny day at noon and went on my first bike ride with a fellow CEE. We were out on our mountain bikes along the Huron River for a short chat and ride of ~5 miles out and back. It was a super chill and we stopped to look at birds, the dam, and anything at all. We also stopped at bridal boutique on the way back and it was kinda awkward since we were the only ones with mud splattered legs. I was very afraid of walking too close to the dresses. Also, those dresses look like they only fit women who are unrealistically tall. I mean, even while being headless, the manikins looked like they were at least 5' 10". With a head, they'd be over 6', no problem.
On the other hand, the cheese in my mac and cheese is not melting the way I want it to. It's more like chunky cheese and mac.
I got up to a sunny sunny day at noon and went on my first bike ride with a fellow CEE. We were out on our mountain bikes along the Huron River for a short chat and ride of ~5 miles out and back. It was a super chill and we stopped to look at birds, the dam, and anything at all. We also stopped at bridal boutique on the way back and it was kinda awkward since we were the only ones with mud splattered legs. I was very afraid of walking too close to the dresses. Also, those dresses look like they only fit women who are unrealistically tall. I mean, even while being headless, the manikins looked like they were at least 5' 10". With a head, they'd be over 6', no problem.
On the other hand, the cheese in my mac and cheese is not melting the way I want it to. It's more like chunky cheese and mac.
Friday, April 24, 2009
My Lazy Two Cents
I read this article at work yesterday, and i thought, wow...good thing america isn't doing it or i'd be, i dunno, probably packing my bags now. it's probably not a bad thing cuz you have to look out for your own people first (who were in your country first), but i think they really should just do it like Spain. people are getting sent home now, but at least they'll let them come back after a few years. it's not like a life sentence, you know.
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