[Monday, 08.16.04]
That's cool. Exactly a month since my last entry. Anyway, I've been lazy updating my site, but I must for my fans. Yes you guys =P. The past week or so. We went to Sea Side Park in Ventura to watch Sugar Ray ^_^ and I have a few shot of Mark McGrath and the band to show you guys (mostly Mark ^^'). Look to your right at the pictures section and scroll down =)

Since last week my Uncle came from the Philippines and is staying with us for a bit and my dad has been showing him around mingling with other relatives. Today classes started and the line at the business office was killer. I was starving, but luckily I got done with it and all the books I needed. What I didn't expect was how much work I would be doing for my Oil Painting class. If Jarvaise was super easy, this one is gonna be a lot of work. It's cool though cause she is young, fresh, and is filipina =D. She graduated from Loyola so that's cool. Maybe she knows one of my cousins ^_^. Well I'm kinda scared about the whole job thing. I guess I have to give them a call to see if they are filled or whatever. I still have so many supplies to buy for art class too *sigh*. Luckily I have most of them. Ummm, oh and tomorrow my day is gonna be super busy. I'll be having my meeting with the education board of Sta. Clara. I hope things turn out cool. At this rate I might have to drop my two not so important classes. I hope this year turns out to be a lot of fun.

[Friday, 07.16.04]
Bought two books yesterday. Pita Ten Vol. 4 (koge donbo) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon). The latter is a book written through the eyes of an extraordinary autistic child/teenager named Christopher John Francis Boone. I got hooked on it while browsing through the bookstore and vowed to buy it the next time I came back. My luck, there was only one copy left @_@. On other news, here is a picture of my cutie boyfriend Sean

Isn't he the cutest thing? My friend Marj took this particular picture *Thanks Marj!* Yes he is my boyfriend...he doesn't know it yet =P. For those who don't know, Sean is the oh so cool violinist of Yellowcard. His violin strings are the main reason why I got hooked to YC in the first place. He adds the extra coolness and artistic flare to the band. So everyone else, feel free to look and don't touch =P. This one is mine ^^. Be jealous...

[Sunday, 07.11.04]
Time for updates. Since recovering from illness the past two weeks, I was able to kick back with some mini golf twice =) and bowling. The most recent activity, however was a kick ass time at the WARPED TOUR...yes I did go. My sibs, friends, and I went to the concert this past July 7th at Sea Side Park in Ventura. We got there at about 10 or so, found parking and waited inline with a bunch of oddly dressed punks =P. Much to my surprise, there were even a few parents and a few younger children.

The concert was a lot of fun. I got to see A New Found Glory, Thursday, NOFX, Taking Back Sunday, The Sounds, The Diffs, and of course YELLOWCARD!!! There were so many bands. They had 2 main stages, 2 medium stages and several smaller stages throughout the venue. It was basically a rock fair, complete with booths from each major band, jamaican guys selling shirts, hemp jewlelry, body art, and fake weed. Among several of the larger things was the makeout couch (a large inflated jolly jump-esque couch), a half pipe, a statuesque and punkette blow-up doll. Among some of the booths that caught my eye were Peta2, Smartpunk, Ihatewhitegirls, and thetruth.

Needless to say I had a really fun time. I only wish all my friends and I who were into rock could have gone together. Since it was so short notice, some couldn't change their plans. Others tried calling me during the concert, but of course there was no way I would be able to hear them. I eventually found out that a few of my friends did go, and were trying to find me. Unfortunately we didn't stay for the whole thing. I did meet up with one of my friends though, and I did see a few other people I knew at the concert, but I didn't say anything.

I'm really glad I went. My sister was planning on going for a while, and I felt that it wasn't going to happen if she was the one who asked. I thought it would be fun to go, especially since there are a lot of bands and it's so close by. I lucked out and was able to go. Things went bad, then better, then bad then better. All in all, it ended fairly well. I got to scream and listen to some great bands, listen to new ones, see weird people, hang out with friends and family, get dark, be squahsed and nearly trampled in a mosh pit, and of course, crowd surf. If it wasn't for a few kind souls in the crowd, I probably would have died of asphixiation or was trampled on. *sigh* I wonder if that cute guy who helped me was from Ventura T_T oh well. I've never been so sweaty, and so close squishing against so many people. Talk about getting into your personal space. Now I don't wonder how people die and get trampled on in concerts. It's fairly easy. It's times like those when I want to be at least 6 inches taller and 20lbs heavier. Maybe then I would be able to concentrate on the songs, and the band, then just try to breathe (this happened during the Yellowcard performance). After I crowd surfed, and my near death experience =P I decided to not push my luck, regain composure and consciousness, and try and observe from a safer distance rather than right up front of the stage. People can be so freaking crazy. I never knew there were just some ultimate jerks and retards out there trying to cause a riot, push, shove and make the concert going experince a bad one. Thanks to everyone else though who were so nice, helpful and concerned. It kinda makes you wonder how some people can be so nice still, in such a hateful and doubting world. I've posted all the pictures on imagestation, snapfish, and a few on my photo-blog. So if you have an account on any of those and know my sn, you're in luck and you can see them all. I'll try and post the good ones here when I have time. I just wanted to finish this update while I can.

On another note, please support theTRUTH. That's one cause that I and crystal clear about and wholeheartedly support. You should too.

[Wednesday, 06.16.04]
Bleh I'm sick. Nose it runny and stuffy, head is aching, body is sore, and throat hurts, watery eyes and the works. Wow I sound like the side of a medecine bottle. Anyway, yes I'm sick all thanks to my dad who carried the virus, infected my mom, and then infected my sister, brother then me. On other news, Michael Jacson might get his tawdry actions punished. Here are the court papers indicating statements of the child who was molested back in 1993 in the first Michael Jackson Molestation Case 1993. Enjoy and I hope he gets his "dues" the sick weirdo bastard.

P.S.
Just because I don't like his face or his actions, doesn't mean I dislike his music =P

[Friday, 06.10.04]
Mwa ha hah! I remember seeing this thing in sheryl's blog and seeing her and eric laugh. She said there was nothing to see but apparently there was. Here is this name acronym generator thing and hers was really funny and all were negative ^_^'. Here's mine =P

S	Smart
H	Honorable
E	Extreme
R	Radical
Y	Yum
M	Mystical
E	Entertaining
R	Raw

Hehe, and here's the results for "shine"
S = Spunky
H = Haunting
I = Ideal
N = Nice
E = Enjoyable =D

On another test thing...well what can I say, I'm on a roll and people send them to me =P

First I got this...

Pink: You see the world in bright pink. The world is a
happy, happy place! You love all people and
things!! Life is great! You're just like a
happy child. Spread the cheer.


What color do you see the world in?
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Then I got this after changing ONE answer...

Neutral: Harmony and balance is key. You don't look at the
world in a negative or positive way and you'll
never judge or assume a situation- you just
look at the facts. People like you are peaceful
and accepting.


What color do you see the world in?
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Oh yes I forgot to mention one minor detail. I've changed the theme of my site. I would say I changed the layout, but it's pretty much the same. I have ideas for drastic change, I just don't if it is feasable or within my time frame, but we'll see.

My brother had his concert for band. Their entire group did really well so I'm glad. Today we're going to see fmr President Reagan's casket at Pt. Mugu or possibly down Las Posas. I don't know how bad the traffic will be, but I'm sure it won't be pleasant.

[Thursday, 06.10.04]
I should have blogged about this a while ago, but for some reason I didn't. Anyway, about a week has past since former president Ronald Reagan died at the age of 93. He was one of the most gentile, revolutionary and beloved presidents of our time. Personally, I really really had a personal liking to President Reagan even though I was barely 6 yrs old when he finished his last term in 1988.

Little did I know it was he who brought the country out of economic turmoil during the early 80s and ended the Cold War between Russia. At the time, not many followed his policies and thought they were extreme and unjust. Even so, this republican president proved them wrong and they were nay sayers became silent.

Now at the time of his death, all the hateful words spouted by bitter Democrats are drowned because the United States learned that Reagan was always right and did what he knew was best for the country whether we liked it or not. He was a revolutionary man, and I am so glad millions are paying tribute to his honor.

For the past 3 days, people have been flocking in 5 hr waiting periods to pay their respects at the Reagan library in Simi Valley. Yesterday his body was brought to Capital Hill and there it will remain till tomorrow at 9am to be brought back to California.

I hope to pay my respects tomorrow as soon as my sister gets off from school. I am so lucky we have access to Pt. Mugu where they will land. Who knows if I will even be able to see anything with all the massive traffic. We'll see.

After hearing the Eulogy presented by Vice pres Dick Chaney, my respect for him, his words and the former president increased. He set the tone well, and I applaud him for that.

Since his passing, so much politics have ensued from the opposite end. Democrats seem so bitter. I say Republicans are having a great and well deserved winning battle.

We're slowly winning the war, a great leader of the nation has finally rested in peace after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The world and a new generation are being reminded of his greatness at a time when we need the country's unity at most with our current president. Hopefully people will come to realize Bush is doing the right thing. It seems that history is repeating itself, and Bush seems to be following Reagan's footsteps. Hopefully America will learn from it's history and listen to what their leader has to say.

[Tuesday 06.01.04]

You're An Intellectual! You can always be found reading or on the computer.
People always come to you when they need
information. You don't really care about love
at this point, your only goal is to improve
your mind. After all, knowledge is power!

What Type Of Anime Character Are You?
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[Sunday 05.30.04]

[Tuesday 05.18.04]
-Private Post-

[Tuesday 04.20.04]
I had a fun day with my friend Christine. We did our collages and then headed for the library and tried to study. We were both so hungry and sleepy that I ended up showing her to San Jose Market. Haha she spent 25 bux on flip food. ^^' Anyway it was fun cause we were bagging on filipino channel with Marjorie. We're so bad =P. Then the weirdo lady was butting in while we were talking about The Da Vinci Code. Christine is going to let me borrow all these classic movies I've been wanting to watch. I'll have to burn the Pita Ten DVD for her. Hmm I think I'll burn her Love hina too while I'm at it. I'm sure she'll like that =) Ok I think that's about it. I have to study, but I'm too lazy. I have to teach Christine how to make filipino food @_@. I also have to send kc and um joel my pictures and stuff. Ok I think I'll end this here cause I have to study still. I am almost positive I'll end up studying tonight or tomorrow morning >_- bad me! Arighty I'm out.

[Sunday 04.18.04]
Since I am currently reading The Dante Club By Matthew Pearl, Dante Aligieri, who wrote Inferno as a test online based on this 9 gates of Hell I believe. Anyway, here's what I just got: The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Extreme
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

and here is my psychological stand point as of today...I took this a while back and it seems pretty much the same around there =P

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	Low
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Moderate
Narcissistic:	Low
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:	High
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

Finished the Da Vinci Code yesterday after buying it on um thurs? I read it friday and finished it sat. Good book, not a great ending but it's good overall. Dan Brown certainly did his research.

Speaking of which, while I was taking of off these "facts" into account it made me think about my religion. I went to church today and all the things I questioned were answered in the book. Whether they were true or not, there is a basis for them in history. My main concern is to not allow such external irrelevant forces to dictate what I believe. It is between God and myself and no one else.

[Saturday, 04.10.04]
I just saw 50 first Dates. Very good movie. I knew it was going to be a funny film, but I didn't think it would turn out as "feel good" and original as I thought. Simple plot, but great execution. I liked it alot and I can't wait for the DVD. I haven't felt like that about a movie in a long while. I guess I needed that after having a "blah" week. Happy Easter everyone. I'm out...

-EDITED and ADDED-
Sometimes when I look into the sky, I see hope. There seems to be a future and a reason to live and thrive. More often, and increasingly it feels as though it will swallow me alive. Each time I breathe, with everybreath of air, I gasp and feel deep gutting pain suffocating me. My lungs take it in sufficient enough so that I can feel the pain of each breath, but not so much that I may without restriction. Each breath, each molecule of oxygen that fills my lungs accompanies a stone. As I take air in, each stone drops and pounds on my chest making it more difficult to take the next breath. Still, I continue to breathe as these masses work slowly pounding the life out of me refusing to stop till I completely give in to death without enduring the pain of life. Yet I do not give in. Why?

Each day we strive to maintain or improve our lives and who we are. Still, the monotony of daily living ensues and many of us regret what we have failed to do and accomplish. "If only..." this, and "If I could do..." that, "...then my life would be better", "then my life would be worth living". We always seem to think that we know what we want. We always try to find something better or keep things as they are. Many of us are never content with the things we have, and more of us forget to be thankful for the things we needn't have, endure or never needed to experience. Even though most of us live without worrying about where to sleep for the night and how to come by food the next day, the problems and burdens we face nowadays are incomparable to that of our ancestors. Personally, I think it is inconceivable to compare the two, because history has never faced anything remotely close to that which we face right now. WE are at a pivotal point. Never in any time in history has the world lived through so much change and development.

So, after little deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that people who insist that we have it better and don't understand sacrifice and pain that so and so and blank generation has gone through, they are as hypocritical as a teacher that never goes to school. YOU can not possibly compare or imagine the amount of stress and the types of problems we young people face. True you may have been young once yourself, and probably faced something similar, but you can't compare how it is to how it was. NOW times have changed and the seemigly major similarites and minor differences between us are actually in opposition.

Therefore, on behalf of all of this, you should try and understand that we are not mellow dramatic, we do not do the things that we do MAINLY out of disrespect, spite, or opposition. We do as we do because it is our only way to express how we feel, who we are, and what we want to do. Call it rebellion if you will, but without these minor expressions of so called "individuality" physically, spiritually or mentally, we do it as a collective whole. We choose to be who we are because we are tired of everyone else dictating who we should be.

[Sunday, 04.04.04]
Today was a nice day. Cris picked me up at around 12pm and we went off to Canoga Park to see a life show that Cris's friend was starring in. It was weird to be on the guestlist, but hey, it was nice. The show was great. Could have been a bit longer, but I had fun watching it. After the performance we met up with Cris's friend and we walked around the area and checked out a couple of stores for any art piece that Paul (Cris's friend) might like. He's a very artsy guy. So after we check a few shops, we head to a vegan place and have a fairly lengthy convo about politics and religion. It gets pretty interesting cause he really wanted to hear my take on things. It's funny cause it all started with my rosary ring. He's basically the extremem oppoite of the many things I believe in, but in all, he's a really nice guy. I just think that we view and understand things so differently that he tended to bring things toward the extremes. I know Cris was going dry just listening to us for the hour and so was everyone else in the cafe.

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Wednesday, 03.31.04]
First of all Happy Birthday to my Dad today. Second, As of Friday, I'm officially on spring break. Third, my friend PAULINE wants her 15 mins of fame and grant I shall =P. Here's her ever so cute imitation of a blowfish ^_^ ENJOY! I told you I would do it!!! =P

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Monday, 03.29.04, 10:50pm]
I just finished watching The Princess Bride with my mom to keep her from sleeping through it (she has a tendency to do that). Christine let me borrow the DVD after she and my other classmate insisted it was good and that I should see it. After a long tiring day, I was going to go straight to bed, but decided to chech my mail before I go to sleep. I see several new emails most of which are from Cris and Rahil. Now, I feel really bad about not emailing Rahil after she sent pictures and an email. It's not that I don't want to talk to her. I really miss Rahil and she's like a bestfriend to me. However, it is amazing how much emotional baggage a person can have especially when you went to school with them and are in the same major. Rahil was the greatest friend, classmate, officer, and roommate. It's amazing we never really got tired of each other especially from class to home to extracurricular activities and even free time. So, why have I not been so timely when it came to returning calls and emails and such when I normally am? Well it's because I don't want to dwell on the things I've been so longly avoiding. I know for certain they will come up. Sometimes I just want to disassociate myself from much expectations and questions, but I know I will have to face them somehow. Which brings me to this dilema...well it's more of a "situation". The emails I've recieved are from my fellow Psi Chi Officers (www.psichi.org). It's the National Honor Society in Psychology. We were the officers of our batch at the UCLA Chapter. I certainly had a lot of fun, but I don't know if this is the time to form a reunion. I mean we saw each other every week in meetings and or in class or on campus. It's been less than a year since we all saw each other. I saw Cris...kinda a few months ago. But I do really really miss them all very much and UCLA for that matter.

So far, the gang is up for a reunion this comming saturday and I know if I push, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Maybe I could drive myself over @_@ or get my cousin to come along. I don't know if my dad will let me, but it should be ok. I really want to know how everyone is doing though. Too bad Jaimie is in Hong Kong. This means I have to get Mike a wedding gift of some kind and also some pictures to show Cris and Rahil. *sigh* What to do? If anything, I want to hang out with Cris and Rahil again and of course Narine. I don't think or know if the others (Gopal, Brian, Karen) will come. Brian maybe since he's a gradstudent at UCLA for the Cogpsych dept. But Gopal and Karen have their own deal going on. So we'll see. Funny how fast your life changes with one little suggestion. Well, I guess I'll end it here. I have a Spanish test in 12 hours. Spring break is just around the corner.

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Monday, 03.29.04]
Just got home from school, started on my last project in art class and got ambushed on before I could leave -_-'. I swear next time I'll just keep my mouth shut and no one will get any freaking number!

Tomorrow I have a spanish exam so I studied a bit for that one. It's getting harder and my test grade sliped to a 92 on my last test so that's not too good. I still have a solid A I think. Maybe a 97 or so, but I'm not sure. After studying I decided to go home and did a quick check at the administration building for a few things.

As I was comming out there was this guy and this girl talking on their way out through the sliding doors. I don't know if the guy was paying attention or anything, but I guess he looked my way and I guess I made eye contact of somekind then he did a double take and hit his head on the sliding door. I was going to say "Are you alright?" trying to hold back a smile, but his female friend called him a dork and they laughed walking out and I went the other way and I saw him holding his head and he said "See what your beauty does to people? It blinds people!" He said this as I walked the other way and what could I say? So I just laughed and kept walking. I thought that was a funny but cute line...is that a line? Haha I don't know.I guess to cushion his ego =P. Who knows.

My dad went to the county to see what their fine will be on fishing without a license present. I would tell you why that ticket is totally bogus, but that would just waste my time. The fine is around $800-$1000 and my dad didn't even catch any fish. Basically, he saved several dozens of people from paying around 15k if they were caught. I hope his fine was reduced or eliminated (highly unlikely) I wish I was there to be a witness or something, but we'll handle it. Such a hassle though. I don't care how much you have, $800 is still $800.

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Sunday, 03.28.04]
I think I finally got that ugly fairy done. It's been bugging me for a while and I'm finally content with the way it looks so far. I can still edit it, but I'll leave it at this for now. You can see the finished result on my art page link above. I'll continually be adding things to that page (hopefully) as I create new things and take more pictures. Bug me if I don't in a month =P.

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Tuesday, 03.23.04]
After a relatively productive day at school I was able to start 2 projects and finish one...which leaves (1) half page ink,(1) small ink, and (1) still life left. Not too bad. Next week or so we will begin on collage =\ not a medium I've really tried or am fond of, but we'll see.

During art class we all let out our inner geek and talked about numerous movies. We eventually ended up becomming your neighborhood blockbuster ^_^'. Anyway it was fun.

After class I immediately went home to work on my projects, but I needed to accompany my dad to the dealership to get our exlorer serviced. While I waited, I tried to finish up as much as I could on my drawings. Too bad I ran out of ink -_-.

I also did a massive edit on the html on my site. I cleaned the coding better for me to read and the links are all a go. I think I'm about 80% there. Soon I'll actually be adding content and changing link names to make them easier to find and easier for me to remember.

Tomorrow I have a quiz in Spanish, but I haven't studied yet. I guess I'll study again tomorrow morning before my block of classes. Otherwise, I won't be able to study. >_< Hope I wake up early enough @_@. Ok I think that's about it. Christine lent me "Some Like it Hot" Staring Marilyn Monroe I'm sure it's a great movie. Can't wait to see it =).

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Monday, 03.22.04]
We had our quiz today and I did well. We also got our other exam returned to us and here was my reaction along with a classmate (names are changed for privacy purposes).

Lynn: Oh wow (with an enthusiastic and semi-shocked expression)! This is the best I've ever done!
Me:(Staring at my paper with disbelief and apathy) Oh that's really cool (trying to be as cheerful and happy for her while I am unimpressed by my paper)
Me:(In a low voice) This is actually my worst...
Lynn: Aw, well I actually got a 77! That's the best I've done yet! I'm so happy
Me:(Trying to fold my paper so that she wouldn't see the 92% I got) and still in disbelief.
Professor: (talking to Lynn) Did you study alot?
Lynn: Oh I studied so much for this exam! I'm so glad I did better than before.
Professor: Well that's good. I'm glad to hear that.
Me: (thinking to myself "OMG she's happy about a 77%! @_@' I can't imagine what she's been getting before. >_-'

Btw, this is a Spanish class, so I guess it's just more difficult for her to grasp given she isn't a native speaker and she has little time to study because of personal matters. Still, this class are for non-native speakers and our prof goes fairly slow. In class, there are just some things she is a bit slower to grasp. I guess it's just too foreign for her like the way ochem is to me.

On art matters, I've decided to put a temp page to list the recent work I've done. Here's the link, but I will be integrating it with my other work and cleaning things up (I know I've been saying that for a while now, but I will get to it!).

So here's the link: art page

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Sunday, 03.21.04]
I don't know why, but I feel like I've been doing hard labor for the past week. I'm so worn out and I'm on the verge of mental and emotional drainage. To put some ease into my mind, I Just read a bit of Dante's Club. Good Book. My kind of writing. My kind of story. Among other things, I also have read a few pages of the Old Testament in 3 different versions. Makes me ask a ton of blasphemus questions @_@'.

On another note, it hasn't been such a great week for my mom. She got her wallet stolen the other day and she knows who did it. Luckily it was returned by an honest young man and all her other things excluding the cash was safe. So she was still lucky. Yesterday on their (mom and sister) way to the movies to see Along Came Polly, the car broke down, so I had to leave the theatre and drive over and pick them up. So now we only have 2 working vehicles. We should have four, but I don't think we have enough space in such a freaking tiny garage/location.

On other matters, we had our first test and only midterm for my cs class. I was almost certain I had missed at least one, but the gave the last question as a giveaway so I surprisingly got a perfect score. I haven't had one of those on a midterm is a while. Felt pretty good. I just hope I'm not branded a computer freak in class. My prof uses me as an example more than I would like...although in many cases having no attentive student somewhat forces him to call on me. Of course I would also feel sorry for him and try my best to help out.

In my spanish class, we had our exam and I think (hope) I did well. Our prof was absent because of an emergency, so we had a sub give it. We have a quiz tomorrow and I haven't studied yet. I'm going to have to wake up and refresh myself tomorrow morning before I start with my back to back classes. I hope I do ok. Anyway I think that's about it. It's been a crazy week. Plus my dad's been acting up again. I guess he's having a midlife crisis or something. I also had a call from one of my good friends and it stirrued up some more issues I've been trying to repress. Of course they eventually were opened and resurfaced and I guess in a way, although wasn't brought clarity, at least awareness and acceptance and possibility. Everything is just so hard, sometimes I just want to give up. One thing though, during this time of Lent, I know God has sacrificed so much for us. I know that being strong and trying our best with his guidance will help us pull through the dim. In the end, I know he never gives us anything we can not surpass. I know we will get through this.

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[Saturday, 03.12.04]
For about a month or so I've been using my new and oh so pretty computer ^_^ (Sony Vaio PCV-RS530g) and may I say I really love it. After doing a bit of research on what computer to buy and whether I should have bought a mac or another laptop or desktop, I decided to go with what I need. At this point, I was very happy with my Vaio Laptop, but of course, you can only do so much with a laptop and the limited space it offers. Also, I didn't have a burner on it so that was one thing I had on my list among others. So, after much taunting by a friend of mine, and abusing my laptop to the brim, I decided to buy a new desktop that would totally kick ass as far as I could spend.

Lo and behold I finally bought my pretty desktop

^_^. I bought the black 17" lcd flat panel monitor

so that hit the wallet a bit hard, but my mom wanted me to get the larger monitor so I can't really complain ^_^. I can confidently say NOW that it can do almost anything you would want a desktop to do. I couldn't say that yesterday. Why you may ask? Well one of the major requirements I wanted my desktop to have is a firewire port. I know I wanted a cd burner, dvd burner, dvd player and usb 2.0 and memory card readers galore, but I also needed a firewire port. One of my weirdest and closest friends within this past year gave me an ipod

for graduation. He was kind enough to fill it with my songs and everything, but I wasn't able to add to it. It wasn't really a problem to me cause I had about 2k songs to choose from anyway and I didn't have too many new songs on my hd. I needed either a usb 2.0 adapter, or I needed to buy a firewire card for my computer, but today that all changed.

I was extremely happy with my desktop and now I am giving myself a pat on the back after not settling for less. I am so happy I bought this one instead of settling and I will tell you why.

I was going to get back to studying after I hate brunch and decided to give my ipod to good use. I remembered reading something about usb 2.0 capability, and now that I had my new computer, I could use it. So I checked. Apparently I needed to install a driver and I needed to buy an additional cable for 20 bux of the apple site. So, I decided to order. But then I ran into a problem. I forgot my screen name and password. So after a few tries I decided to do the whole "forget password/screen name" thing or otherwise re-register. So I finally reset everything and log in. I start reading about all the other cool attachments for my pretty ipod. Of course I resisted. Otherwise, I would be broke for the love of music. Anyway, instead of buying the cable so hastily, I decide, by some twist of fate, that I might as well buy a firewire expansion slot. So here I go and search in trusty Google and type in something like "Firewire card for sony vaio pcv-rs530g" and up comes a site with a match and I click on it and read that MY computer already has 2 firewire ports. I am in disbelief that it might be a mistake and some other model, but no it is my computer. The thing is, although I have been trying to find out if this computer had it before I was going ot buy it, it never said anything! Apparently SONY calls their firewire ports something else -_-'. They call it ilink. And I thought that ilink was just for their cameras. Go figure. So after I find this out, I hurriedly check my computer to see if the port fits...nope. The I read the site again and it says there is another port on the back 6 pin. So I check and it works. Now I am extatic, and plug the thing in the back and get nothing so I read the manual and find that I need to install the software -_-' Then I also notice that apple provides you with an additional adapter for the 4pin firewire port AKA ILINK in the front of my computer! WTH! So I have both kinds of firewire ports, 7 usb 2.0 ports and everything else. Needless to say I AM VERY HAPPY with my LOVELY COMPUTER ^_^. One thing thouhgh now I'm so unmotiveted to study! @_@ and I have midterm and quiz on Monday and an exam on Wed *sigh*. Well at least one of my problems is over. Good thing I didn't just impulsively buy the cable I didn't really need >_-' haha. Ok I think that's about it. I think I need to study now @_@ *sigh*

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine

[03/11/2004 08:45:10 AM | shine]
Ok so I looked over my blog entries on my other site and I was going to weave it in with the entries in here and make them cohesive...not gonna happen. I sound schizophrenic! =P So I've decided, being the industrious person that I am, to just make a separate link in the archives page to view my non-faux.@laby blog in the archives section. =)
Enjoy ^^;

God Bless!
shine

[03/11/2004 08:12:50 AM | shine]
Since the new year has come,I've decided to begin cleaning up this site. I won't be doing any major changes in layout or content, but I will do my best to clean it up, fix broken links, old material and what not. Who knew I could write so much? @_@ I just finished...somewhat, gathering all my old blog entries on this site. I have a bunch more on my actual blog, so I will be sticking those entries in the archives section of the page.

I have so many cool things to put on this insignificant site of mine, but I don't have the space (web space) or time to put them all on here =\. It's alright though. One day I will sit down and sort the good ones and post them.

Amazingly enough, despite being at ucla for a while, I never really posted any pictures on my site because I never had the time to do it. Well now that I have graduated, I'll be sure to do that and set up a section just for you ^_^. As for the poetry page, I really wanted to put it in, but I feel that it doesn't really fit. So what I will do is just stick them here in my blogg @_@ sorry guys! But you'll just have to fish through and look for entries that look like they are written in stanza form.

As of late, I've been really really really lazy about studying for my midterm for my cs class -_-'. I really like the class, but if I were to study as hard core as I did when I was at UCLA, I would need to be at the library for at least one day and sit there. I can't really do that here, and I don't study at home =\. Today I tried to study, but some retard made a bomb threat and I just decided to go home. I've been really really tired lately trying to clean up my computer, fixing some broken parts of this site (which has been long over due), editing pictures, finishing a few drawing projects of my own (excluding the ones for my art class), and on top of that, having a trist with one of my friends.

One good thing that came out of this week is that one of my friends in my art class (Hi Christine!) let me borrow Breakfast at Tiffany's. Isn't that cool?! Turns out, we have some common interests, which is nice. She is also one the of the primary reasons why I decided I might as well clean this site up =P so say thank you to her ^__^;.

I have so much more to do, but I think I will have to stop here for now because I feel like collapsing -_-. I'll be back with some good stuff. See what happens when you are patient? You are rewarded!

Oh and before I forget, here was a project I started and finished in a few hours right when I learned how to use flash it's pretty sad, but it's my first try and it's only a test. Who knows when I will be able to actually sit and finish it =\

dont forget to
touchthesun...

shine