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I’ve been reminiscing someone for quite sometime now, I thought it would just fade as it should as time passes, but this was more evident on Sunday as my friend and I went for coffee. As I was stepping out of the car I heard a song that I’ve learned to like because that person use to always listen to that song, I sat there I didn’t say a word. I blanked out everything surrounding me and concentrated solely on the song, my friend noticed it she said, “why did you all of a sudden get sad”, I said, naah, me sad??? Never, I was just listening to the song. I didn’t mention it as I came back to reality from my trance, I didn’t dear tell her the real reason since that just isn’t me. She is a very good friend and I’ve known her for about 3 years but I still don’t feel comfortable in reveling my I guess you can say “sensitive” side.

I guess someone can say that I live a double life, I have two personalities. The personality that everyone sees is the smooth down to earth person that has no worries and that is always relaxed and calm, the type that you can come to for a wise conversation, as long as this conversation doesn’t not involve me(myself) as the main topic.

I recalled an instance when this barrier was almost breached, I was doing mock interviews at my University for a whole week, and a couple of the ladies were charmed by my personality for the whole week as I spoke my knowledge about this matter. Well it was Friday and I was doing it for one more day when somehow the conversation shifted, and somehow I was beginning to be the topic of it all, as always I kept it smooth and kept it calm until one of the ladies dare to ask, Is there something wrong with you? Because the whole week you been this great enthusiastic person but today it seems that there is something wrong with you. I said to the ladies what? naah there is nothing wrong its just Friday and it’s early in the day, she said no it’s not that its something else, whats going on in that head of yours, I froze, Damn has my cover been blown? naah never in a million years, there was a lot of stuff going on in my head during that time, sad things I wouldn’t dare talk about so I kept a smile and I just denied it but I was at the brink of just spilling it out, but of course there was no way I was going down like this, so I casually said, ladies can you please excuse me for a sec, they didn’t make nothing of it. I stepped out to gather my thoughts; I’ve never been in this situation before especially with people that I’ve only known for a week it was weird, I drank water and relaxed and went back in.

I get back on my chair I cross my leg like saying, “You can’t break me down, not me”. I smiled and just blew it off, so I pled the 5th, I just said that’s personal and it isn’t important. The ladies were fooled so they said, that’s understandable and went on with our day.

That was weird, I don’t know why I acted like that, it was probably just a bad week, I don’t know to this day I have no answer to that.

I Guess When I Get Sick I Really Get Sick

I went to the eye doctor today again; I got UVIris what ever that is I don’t even know how to spell it. Well I guess those late nights staying up late in front of my computer monitor have caught up to me so the treatment… I got eye drops I got little ones big ones and even little baby ones. Waiting for another set to arrive at the drug store, they should be ready for pickup at 11AM tomorrow. In addition to the eye drops I’ve turned down the brightness of my monitor and the contrast to almost zero, the screen almost looks black., I’m sure it will help me as I recover from this “UViris” thing.

Missed class today again but I think I will be ok if I get the assignment done by Friday, nevertheless I have doctor notes, I also missed my first day of work at the new job, I was disappointed to call in to tell them that I couldn’t make it I probably should get to bed soon, I’m sure my eyes will appreciate it...

Politics for the Unwary

Apparently there have been a lot of talks about politics and the core of our American government has been put on jeopardy. Democracy has been the topic of all the arguments and the validity of this term has been put on the spot light. I tend to stay away from these arguments since there are a lot irreconcilable differences which are clearly unanswered by the end of any argument. I can argue up a storm especially with those republicans who think they can put up a fight about the legitimacy of our president and the justification of the Iraq war. I alone choose not get involved in these discussions since I know a solution is clearly unattainable in one sitting.

But of course there is my newly acquired assignment; I’m given a scenario that I am the adjudicator of 5 claims. These five claims are brought forth because the claimers believe that they have complied with the Ten Commandments and that they have not committed adultery in anyway. In order for these claimers to qualify for the 10 grand they would have had to comply with the Ten Commandments for 17 year. (crap, I have to argue this) Sounds easy right, well no, the text clearly states that a few of them did commit adultery but some of them stated that when they took their oath 17 years back the definition of adultery clearly stated that it was only between a married woman and a man. The claimer took that into consideration and asked all the women that he slept if they were married. Well they weren’t married so the claimer believes that adultery was not committed. (crap!!)

The very next claimer is the first claimers wife; she also slept with other men… The next claimer is a man that his religion allows him to have two wives which he does. He claims that adultery was not committed since he only had sex with his wives, (yeah I don’t know this one, maybe I can use that whole congress can’t combine religion and state).

Well that’s the assignment, six page paper. Which isn’t long but I think its going to be hard trying to argue my point nevertheless I think it is doable but my legal reasoning is at its weakest point I think, so I just hope to at least prevail with a good grade at the end of all this madness.

Friday Night

Aaah Friday night and I’m here writing in my log just before I get to bed, I had a chance to go out but I had to pass, not my thing. Maybe after I graduate I’ll get back into that whole going out thing again. It’s been God knows how long when I went out on a Friday night. I think I just stopped liking the typical Friday night outings. This week was the weirdest yet, from my flu to my eyes, and to actually getting a job. I still think this week ended on a low note, I got the writing assignment for jurisprudence today and it doesn’t sound like it’s going to be an easy one. I have until next Friday so I hope to start on it tomorrow since my two jobs are going to take a lot of my time.

So lets see, my Friday night: I cooked myself some dinner, of course the homemade pasta sauce with wheat linguine and some 98% fat free ham. It’s great, I love smelling it as it sautés in the olive oil. No wine since I’ve ran out, didn’t see the point in buying more since I would be drinking by myself I really hate drinking alone, anyhow watched a couple of the movies on TNT nothing spectacular just good enough so I can relax and drink my coffee. Read the news about the Hamas election, and once again I came up with questions and reasons why countries around the middle east hate “America” with exception of Pakistan of course and Afghanistan. (but then the US elected the Afghanistanian president) hmmm I think that sums it all up. Damn I’m boring, its cool I wouldn’t have it any other way. My roommate went snowboarding today; I couldn’t go since I had to work its ok I’m sure my knees will thanking me later… Ok sleep time, wow I’m going to sleep earlier today then any other night. I’m sure that’s good thing.

Glasses for The Blind

I still had a fever last night, a slight fever but it still woke me up sweating. Went to school felt a little better.

Went for an eye exam today because I have been having a little trouble with the brightness and focusing of my eyes lately. Now eyes exams I don’t mind. I looked through some lenses, saw some lights read some letters and I was done. Apparently I need reading glasses, didn’t feel like trying on some frames or anything because I was going to be late for my class so I left soon after, I'll leave this one for next time I guess.

I was done for the day today at around 6:45pm, I tried to go to one of the labs to work on senior project but the Department Chair denied me. He didn’t even contemplate it, he just said no, so I went to the computer lab to research on some stuff. In the lab I found one of my classmates I consider him my friend. I used to have a link to this blog on my profile of my AIM but I took it off, apparently my friend that was in the lab knows that I have this blog. Now I don’t mind people reading my stuff especially if you don’t know me in person, but he I think is the only one that can link me to this blog. Which I didn’t think it was a problem until he started mocking me as if we were back in high school, I like to joke and play around I can go far with many things, but I've talked about very personal stuff in this blog and the last thing I need is someone mocking me for what I wrote.

I usually can deal with anyone it doesn’t matter who that person is, I am usually not scared of anything... I think talking your way out of things is a better quality to have then duking it out. Of course he is my acquaintance so certainly there wouldn’t be a problem so I said it with a big fake smile, I told him to stop and that it isn’t funny. Now I don’t know what type of a person would do something like this but I guess that shows how ignorant he is, well he kept going, now my patience at this point is becoming a problem. All I can picture is his face laughing as he mocked me, usually the next thing that would happened is me smashing my fist into his face, but being in college I’ve learned that fighting isn’t an answer to anything, plus we were at school and I would get expel. It crossed my mind but my consciences kicked in so I wouldn’t have it. I ignored him, but I still felt that I wanted to do something even after for even trying to make it out to be a joke. I didn’t let him see my anger, so I guess the only way he will know is if he reads thins. Anyhow, I’ll brush this off.

I missed my law class on Monday so I’m kind of scared to find out what I missed, I was thinking about emailing the instructor about me not going to class but I didn’t think it was such a big deal. I just hope I didn’t miss much, this is week four and I know mid terms are coming. I can just imagine this midterm. I’m going to be even more busy.

Weird Day, Highs Lows

Couldn’t sleep last night my fever kept me up, my shivering was uncontrollable. Woke up at 6:30, laid in bed until 7:23, a last minute decision I decided to go see the school nurse. I really hate hospitals and anything related to them. I felt like crap standing there waiting to be acknowledged. Saw the doctor at about 9:00 had a 104 temperature, yes I missed my 8 o’clock class, blood was drawn about 9:20. I now remember why I hate hospitals, I’m going to write specifically so then I can look back and read in detail why I hate them.

This happened today, but it happens the same way every time I try to go to the doctor.
I sat there for a long time waiting for my results. I, as many people would know, have a wondering mind. Once my mind starts going there is nothing to stop it. I sit there, and think about what could be wrong with me. This is what is going through my mind >> I never had the flu before so I have know idea what’s going on in me. Maybe I have cancer, gee let’s see what type, hmm maybe prostate cancer, testicular cancer, hmm maybe I have a tumor in my head since I’ve these bumps on there. Maybe I do have cancer, my grandmother died of cancer, my aunt died of cancer, hmm I must have cancer. Ok no cancer, maybe I have something else, hmmm ok I have aids, yes, that’s it. Ok, maybe I have hepatitis A, I think that’s the disease you get from not washing your hands, hmmm I wash my hands every day all the time. Hmmm maybe I forgot to wash this one time when I was in a hurry or maybe it was that girl that made my breakfast burrito last week….. All this while I sit there and wait and wait.

To recap on all this madness, (yes getting tired).

Blood Results: high count of white blood cells, no specific reason given. Treatment, take 1 tablet of antibiotics three times a day for the next week until all medicine is gone, if no change come back.

oh got a new job today, sounds great, I’ll be testing circuit boards and fixing them along with GPS systems and radios for military planes. Pretty easy stuff, but since it’s in my field I’ll stick with it. I know I’ll learn something.

Update on the co-signing: Hmmm it didn’t come through on Saturday for some reason, I stopped caring (for the bike that is). My brother keeps annoying with this damn bike, he called me 3 times today in a row. I called him back and asked him about it, He said yes, then I said, do you think If I could have answer your phone call I would have?? Did it ever occur to you that maybe I was in a place that I couldn’t take phone calls like maybe work or in a class????

If I see a missed call I’ll return it especially if it’s from my brother, so why is he getting inpatient about this. It’s not like they stopped making bikes or anything. I guess now I have to call this place tomorrow to see if I can get a loan for him. I don’t know, this stupid bike is adding more stress then I need.

I better go to bed… Oh I’m feeling better tonight. Little fever I think it was the Tylenols, not the antibiotics. I hope I get good sleep tonight.

Oh senior project, hmmm never mind…. sleep time

Questions

From Shellvester

Four Jobs You've Had In Your Life
1. Math Tutor (kids are funny)
2. Sales Associate
3. Waiter
4. Specialist (not suppose to talk about this one)

Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over
1. Iron Monkey
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Beautiful Mind
4. Sleepy Hallow (during the fall, reminds me of when I was little)

Four Places You've Lived
1. Richmond, VA
2. Colorado Springs, CO
3. Panama
4. North Carolina

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch
1. Dirty Jobs
2. Modern Marvels
3. Nature
4. Digging for the Truth (basically Documentaries)

Four Places You've Been on Vacation
1. Haiti
2. North Dakota (saw Mount Rushmore)
3. Dominica
4. Cancun, Mexico

Four Websites You Visit Daily
1. My Blog
2. Yahoo News
3. School Website
4. Google

Four Of Your Favorite Foods
1. my own spaghetti and shrimp with home made sauce
2. My own chicken with pasta, (don’t have a name for this)
3. Steak
4. Crab, Lobster, Salmon (I could go on forever)

Four Places You'd Rather Be
1. Law School (I’ll regret this).
2. Spain.
3. Parents House (at times).
4. Switzerland (best snow in the world).

Four Albums You Can't Live Without.
1. Maná- Unplugged
2. Juanes – Un Dia Normal
3. Bacilos - Caraluná
4. Blink 182 - Enema of the State

Four People To Tag With This Meme
1. ahmmm I don’t know who reads my stuff…

Feeling Like an Oven

Apparently I haven’t recovered from my fall last Friday. I have a high fever now and I’m burning up, I think I’m getting the flue I don’t know, and my whole body aches. My back aches too, I hope it isn’t bad, I’m sure I will live, I hope. I have class tomorrow at 8 and I’m thinking of turning in early. I don’t like sleeping early so I’m still thinking. Not tired. I’m going home this weekend again to buy my brothers bike. I think he will be ok after I lecture him about some stuff.

Got a hair cut today, well some what of a hair cut, I told the lady that I’m letting it grow but the back was growing faster then the front. She fixed it but I think it looks the same. She was trying to sell me some hair products since she liked my hair (so she said), but she couldn’t do it. I think I’m immune to sales people that think they have an edge on the public; I still gave her a good tip for good courtesy. There is a Law School fair in one of the LA Law schools on Saturday which I’m contemplating on going. I’ve already decided on the law that I want to go, but I’ll go check it out just incase. My roommate wants me to go snowboarding tomorrow, if I don’t go to work, I may go. Its funny, when I get sick or something is wrong with my body, I usually don’t let it stop me from doing anything. I haven’t missed school for any sickness ever in my life. Maybe I should change this way of thinking since I’m getting older. Naah not now, I have a lot of studying to do this weekend, I hope I get most of it done at my parents house. I better cut this short my back is killing me sitting on this chair.

Feeling Better

My rear end feels a lot better (sigh didn't break anything) but it does still hurt. Didn't snow on the weekend so no boarding. Any how the laundry is tumbling in the washer, and I'm relaxing preparing for the week. The weekend was ok I guess nothing spectacular, although there was a situation which I found to be quiet interesting at home. My dad’s dad past away (grandfather), he went to my home country to visit to give his respect to him. I wasn’t really close to him but it now means that all of my grandparents are dead, as my dad came home from his trip he brought home a video from one of my cousins wedding. I have never seen my parents so excited, as they sat there watching, they were pointing out the different family members and trying to make out who was at the wedding. It was a big traditional wedding, I loved watching the kids dropping rose pedals on the red carpet in front of the bride and groom as they departed the cathedral, and of course the rise tossing as they left the church running to the limo. I didn’t think this actually happened in real weddings. Whatever it is, if I ever get married, (which requires a second party member), I want it to be the same way. I want it to be big with a lot of relatives. I’ll fly everyone from across to world just to see the whole family together. Back to the DVD, there were a lot of people there related to me. My parents were very excited as they asked me to play the burned DVD. ( they aren’t too technologically able).

I then picture myself being that age; I am now more certain that when people get older their values change, and money, material things don’t mean anything any more. Which I find it to be very pleasing since when I’m older I hope it will be the same way.

Update on the cosigning of the bike: Damn, looks like my brother is not backing down, I was just informed that he got a new job. I thought all of this was just going to fade as I kept quiet and didn’t bring up the issue. Looks like next weekend is coming and that’s probably going to be were we go to see the bike dealer. I remember a long time ago when I was still living at home. I was sleeping and I woke up late at night from a nightmare. I usually don’t remember my dreams, but when I do remember them they might be important. I woke up and I had a feeling of sadness and tears began to run down my eyes, I laid there and wept. All I can remember was me waking up and having the feeling that my brother was gone. The feeling that something bad had happened to him and that he wasn’t with me anymore. He is the closest person to me from my whole family and I don’t know what I would do if I lost him. I don’t tell him this since he views me as the strong down to earth person that when things go bad, all he has to do is call me and I’ll be there with the swiftness to wreck down anyone who even thought about messing with anyone from my family or friends. I like to guide him and shape him into the man that he should be since my father isn’t doing his job. As I stated in my previous post, I like bikes and I have no problem with them but it’s just that there is a possibility that something can go wrong. I’m going to go along with the cosigning despite my sense of uncertainty. I think this sense of uncertainty for the safety of our love ones becomes more obvious as people get older and wiser, therefore I won’t let it get the best of me.

I just hope that the man up there looks out for him as you have done in my absence. You’ve taken a lot, and changed my life and I take everything that has happened to me as lessons that need to be learned to shape me to the man you want me to be, but I just hope you don’t take him away, I mean IT!!!!

“Luckily I'm an Athlete”… I think.

I got this quote from one of the other bloggers that I usually read. I thought of this quote yesterday when I went snowboarding for an evening session.

I took two big falls one was off one of the long boxes there. I usually warmed up to it as the evening progresses but last night I was just pumped to get on it. Big mistake, I got on it just perfectly the box was long so as I was gladding on top of it everything was fine. I get to the end of it all I have to do now is decide whether to drop or jump off of it. well I jump off of it, so I got more height, the box was imbedded on the snow so as I gladded on top of it I got higher and higher. That height plus my jump put me about 12 feet in the air. Everything would have been fine if the landing was a little slanted to take some of my weight and distribute through out the slope. Well it was flat and hard, I fell hard. I hit my butt, right above my tail bone and the whiplash drew my head to the hard snow. I saw starts for a second, man made snow sucks; I sat there to give time for the pain to go away and to recover. I laid there for about five minutes, I got up and I kept riding. It still hurt but not as much so I sucked it up and just kept riding. I went on another box I fell again, that fall wasn’t bad, but me being hurt previously it made it sting a little more. I took it easy after that, and just did smaller stuff.

Well it is the next day and it hurts like hell. It hurts just sitting down, it hurts laying on it, it even hurts when I sneeze, I just hope I didn’t break anything. I have to drive home to see my family since my sister just had her birthday so driving isn’t going to be pleasant for my rear end. Maybe I should invest in some health insurance, that would probably be smart but since I hate doctors and hospitals I think I would just be wasting my money. Well heading home, taking my law book so I can catch up with the reading I hope I can recover from this since the broadcast predicted a snow storm tonight.

Tofu

I went to the supermarket last night and I couldn’t figure out what to buy. I usually buy the usual, pasta, ground turkey, chicken breast, eggs, and cereal, but last night I didn’t feel like buying the usual, so I bought some tofu. One of my friends had told me about this product, and if I can recall he let me try one time. I had forgotten what it tasted like; well it doesn’t taste like anything. It’s like eating a sponge, I’ve had soy beans before, which I like, but this tofu thing doesn’t taste like soy beans. It says soy beans on the ingredients label but it sure doesn’t taste like them. Well so I come home from the grocery store and I quickly open the packet to try this tofu deal. How can I describe this, lets see, it was wet, and cold, and didn’t taste like anything. I quickly put it in the microwave to heat it up so maybe I can sap some flavor into it. Well it melted, so now I had hot liquid tofu, I guess it isn’t as bad since it doesn’t taste like anything. I think the tofu people should change it so it can actually taste like soy beans or something, maybe put some beef flavor on it or chicken, and while they are at it they should change the name tofu. I mean what is a tofu???? Sounds like the name of a smell, I can imagine if I was vegetarian I wouldn’t be able to live like that. They even make tofu burgers and hot dogs; I can just imagine what those taste like. I’ll pass on the tofu thank you, because I love my cow if you ask me, maybe even some horse or even a deer. Oh wait no deer; I’ll eat a goat too or maybe even a possum but no tofu thank you.

One Hour Break in Between

I spoke to the instructor about that issue I had on my last post and he blew my mind. I wish he could have put it in much simpler (simpler is word?) terms. After walking with him towards his office, I am back to were I was in the beginning with no clue on the reasoning behind it. I guess I’m going to have to keep reading and I hope eventually I’ll understand it.

Class was a lot more pleasant today, I didn’t get picked on. I think because I raised my hand a couple of times to discuss much simpler terms. This is probably going to be my strategy from now on. Rise hand when I know what to say, keep quiet when I have no clue. Sounds kind of cliché but what else can I do. Ok, class time...

Did you think it was going to be that easy??

Well second week of school and it feels like I am being overwhelmed, and here I thought, hmm last hard quarter shouldn’t be too bad. I was so far from the truth; my law class is going to be a tough one, since being such a small class it is easier to get picked on. I better do the reading or else, he was a little bit upset on Monday since nobody was answer any of the questions, he said “If I get the impression that you guys aren’t doing the readying I’ll slap you with a pop quiz.”. I quickly took a big dry gulp and since sitting about 5 feet from him, I was preying to God for him not to look my way and pick on me. I guess you can call this the Socratic Method with a little undergrad modification. I’ll probably stay up tonight to finish the reading if I know what is good for me. The class is very interesting and I can sense my motivation to learn.

I was pondering something for the last couple of days, in class we talked about a case that a Judge, after forensic research, found that many convicts that were sentences to the death penalty really hadn’t committed the crime therefore the judge found the death penalty unconstitutional . The Supreme Court quickly overruled his adjudication and reinstated the Death Penalty. The evidence clearly shows that the convicts were really not guilty then why the court overruled the judgment. Perhaps I am going at this the wrong way and maybe I should just accept that if the lawyers does not do a very good job their client could suffer very bad consequences, I guess in the perfect world if you really did the crime you will be found guilty and if you didn’t do the crime then you should be found innocent. I believe that this is going to be the hardest concept to understand…

Senior project status: Let’s see, we need to still order to two servo motors to control the front wheels, built the amplifier, buy the sensors, get the batteries, built the dc motor control circuit X4 and finally put it all together and order the PCB. wow, all this has to be done in about 8 weeks. I hope taking 20 units this quarter was a good idea. Well back to my reading

Me

I am a Gauntlet Adventurer. I strive to improve my living conditions by hoarding gold, food, and sometimes keys and potions. I love adventure, fighting, and particularly winning - especially when there's a prize at stake. I occasionally get lost inside buildings and can't find the exit. I need food badly.

Don't know who that is but that's me...Looks like a hamster on steroids.

Recap on The First Week of School

First week of school is in the books, as always I have felt the same way every time school resumes. This time it is different there is actually a sparkle in my eyes, there is a sense of guidance and direction this time. There was direction at first but it was slowly fading as I struggled to keep a straight head, this sense of guidance it is now more inevitable.

With my engineering classes, well no surprises there same teachers new material nothing out of the ordinary. I been shaped to handle classes like these since starting on this curriculum I'm am confident that I will pass with flying colors.

As for the first day of my law class was as I ever pictured it so. The class was stadium sitting with about 30 students on the first day; this number was reduced to 23 on the second day. On the first day we discussed the difference between Civil (Roman) Law and Common Law, I already knew these terms since I had read this in my brothers business law book during the break, he opened the floor for discussion so I hesitated since it was all new to me. I wanted to speak as I heard everyone get picked on by the professor, but I held back. I figured I had the rest of the quarter to do so. I remember me writing in one of my entries about the O.J Simpson case in regards to being found not guilty in the criminal court and found guilty in the civil court. It just happened that the professor talked about that same case and said exactly what igots said in his comment about the standard of proof being lowered. I was glad to know what he was talking about since that gave me a greater sense of comfort.

My hesitation about speaking up quickly faded as the second day arrived, as he began the floor with open discussion about a dollar bill, which he obviously had planed from the very beginning, this exercise was to convey the reasoning behind the law, why do we need it and why is written the way it is. The exercise was quickly modified as soon as the prof. didn’t see the expected outcome. He changed it so and said that what if everyone pitched in 100 dollars, and then everyone in the class had to decide who should get it. He began by asking a solution to this, and I thought I knew the right answer as my heart pounded to speak up I finally got the courage to raise my hand, as my mouth opened to answer the question the pounding quickly stopped and I began to narrate my solution for this problem. Obviously everyone in the whole room was bias and anyone was willing to lie or challenge anyone on their own personal terms. The rule was that the person that is solely qualified to get it is the one who is in most need. Now who was the one who was going to adjudicate every possible circumstance to label that individual as the most needed one. Well it was impossible since everyone in the room was bias. Therefore we had to bring an outside source, he then conveyed this whole exercise to the constitution and how it was written by our founding fathers to portray guidelines for us all to follow.

Law school application status: Let’s see I finally received word that my second letter of reference is almost ready, I probably need to start on my personal statement but I do still have time. I’m still waiting for February so the LSADS can come up with new forms for the year 2006. Everything is going as planned so no surprises. Graduation is almost here and I am excited about getting out of this school so I can pursue my other prospective.

To Cosign or Not to Cosign That is The Question

I have an hour and a half break this quarter between my two morning classes so I’ve taken this time to update my log. I talked to my brother last night and, I should have seen this coming, he asked me to cosign for him so he can get a bike. Yes of course a bike, can he be a little bit less like what is “in” right now. One of his closest friend got a bike this Christmas and I am sure that this was the motivational factor to all of this, so of course I lectured him on it, and he seems determined to getting a bike. I’m a little bit hesitant because one of my good friends roommate got killed in a motorcycle accident, and me agreeing to this will put the burden on me if something bad were to happen to my brother. As always I like to keep an open mind, so I told him the different cons for him getting a bike. He still has time to think about it, I just hope he can come to his senses (which I doubt). I think bikes are fun and exciting and if he does decide to get the bike I will love to ride it but I just think that he should think about it before he spends a lot of money on something he doesn’t really need. I know my brother is a victim of society’s materialistic pressures and he is easily persuaded but I think I have a bigger influence on him then society itself. I just hope nothing bad happens to him, although the odds are for him and I know that the possibility is unlikely, but there is the possibility and that is what has me scared. My dilemma is whether I should cosign for him or not, so I’ll think about this and I hope I come out with the best decision.

Now for today’s championship match
Hmm let’s see, USC or Texas. I am a newly NCAAF fanatic since my Green Bay Packers sucked again this season. I still do enjoy watching Farve go for a long bomb when its 3rd and inches but that’s not merely enough to win football games, so I’ve decided to jump on to the band wagon of the winning local team. For my prediction for the Rose Bowl is that USC is going diminish the Longhorns hopes of actually winning a championship. Matt Leinart is going to be his same old self, and Reggie will contribute as he always does.

aaah What a Way to Start The Year

There happened to be a kung fu movie marathon on cable today it just ended, it was great I love watching them with subtitles because I think Cantonese and Japanese sound entertaining, as I was; my brother was suppose to come today to stay with me for a couple days before school started but he changed his mind. He gave me this excuse that he needed to save his money for gas and crap like that. I as the older brother showed no signs of disappointment since everyone in my family views me as the strong motivated guy that I put myself out to be, so I sounded indifferent and told him that it was ok. I actually would have loved having him around so he can get out of that bubble that he is in. Maybe he can learn a couple of things or two from me while he is over here, particularly about that girlfriend that he has (talk about being whipped).

Anyhow the place is starting to look a lot more elegant now I’m sure my roommates will appreciate it once they come home tomorrow night, as for school I am excided about Jurisprudence class since I have no idea what’s the class going to be about. I’ve stopped playing that computer game which had me entertained for 5 days now.

About New Year’s resolution, I don’t really make one since I don’t think the year should be started by criticizing the old one. Everyone should know that as we get older and wiser everyone must better themselves physiologically, intellectually, physically, and even financially whatever it is everyone needs to improve somehow someway in their lives, so why wait until the New Year when you have a total of 365 days to think about it and improve.

I made breakfast today for myself, and I’ve been thinking maybe I was a chef in one of my past lifetimes since I’ve been cooking up some good stuff lately, I don’t even need to look up recipes, but then again it is my opinion and I eat anything, well except maybe for wassabie sauce, I remember when I tried sushi for the first time, I didn’t know what the sauce was so I put it right on one of the rolls and I ate it, I don’t know what eating bleach or Windex tastes like but after eating that I had a pretty good idea. I didn’t like sushi at all but after I was told that I was supposed to mix it with soy sauce so I learned to love it afterward. (just pictured something, Steve-o inhaling wassabie lol) Well back to my chores, everything should be done by tonight, I think….

Happy New Years everyone !!!!