Monday, November 29, 2004

3 more weeks

I still just can't get my mind around the fact that I will be in Chemistry in less than 9 hours. My mindset is still at the beach with poker chips and body surfing and full moons.
We did wind up going to the beach "house" in Watsonville, which is south of Santa Cruz a few miles turns out. Also turns out that what I thought was our house was really a condominium that we were renting a unit of. We know the people who own the unit next to the one we rented, so we got ours half off I guess, which is always good :) It was great to wake up to the sound of the ocean, and look out the window and see the waves crashing on the beach. I had a lot of fun the last few days. We played poker with the family whose mother my mom knows who own the condo next to the one we rented (hope you caught all that) which was interesting. The family is from Los Gatos, and they have a boy my age who was involved in a drunk driving accident a couple years ago and is still on probation and in Juvenille Hall. It was really great talking to him and getting his perspective on life and the such.

And how could I forget Redding.
I did wind up driving to Redding (Anderson) for the New Tech yearbook signing gig, which was a lot of fun. Not quite the turnout I was expecting (Nick, if you are reading this... Ross too...), plus our yearbook sucks (if you disagree, look at the page my parents payed money to put in, then look HERE). Not that nobody put any time into it, I mean, I really appreciate all the work that was done on it, but there are gross typos (Someone said Jeus was their best friend) and repeated pictures on the same page.

Well, at least it was fun hanging out with everyone for a while, even though there is still nothing to do in Redding. Anywho, I am out... I'm way tired. G'nite.

Saturday, November 20, 2004

welcome home (?)

I packed up my things yesterday before I went to work. All my clothes in the suitcase, hid the computer under the bed, and iPod in hand I walked with Josh out to his mom's suburban for the trip to San Jose - A place I am still learning to call home.
Couldn't find my house key in my room, so I had to break in through the side door. There was nobody else at home, my mom in Palm Springs, my dad was out with my sister. I dono, it's just so weird coming home to a house I've only been to once. I can find the bathroom without thinking now, and I am fairly confident as I find breakfast this morning, but ... it's still weird.

I went with my sister to go see Ray last night, and it was definately worth it. It was really well done, and I have no doubt in my mind Jamie Foxx is up for an oscar for that one. If you want to see the effects that heroine can have on not only your life, but everyone around you, go see this movie. It's good. (the music is great too!)

So, more details of this week:
I am driving to Redding on Tuesday for the ANTHS dinner at 6PM (or 5?), spending the night somewhere, going to "the cabin" and then driving back on Wednesday, in time to get ready for turkey day on Thursday. Thursday night, after supper, our family is driving over 17 to our rented beach house for the remainder of the break, just to be taken home by Josh's dad on Sunday.

And to think I *still* woke up early this morning...

Thursday, November 18, 2004

halo :: school :: thanksgiving :: job

Wow, been neglecting the site I guess... In other news:

halo 2 came out
Yeah, the biggest media release of all time, hundreds of millions of dollars, etc... yadda yadda... What does it all come down to? Its no halo. I think we all came to the decision that halo 2 is more than just a video game, but not nearly as revolutionary as the first halo.

school sucks
School has been kicking my ass lately. It really bites. Need I say more?

thanksgiving break
Starts tomorrow... I am getting a ride home with Josh (heh, yeah) when I get off work at 4, then it's off to San Jose (home?). I am going to be borrowing my dad's car to drive to redding to go the the New Tech yearbook signing gig they have going on up there. Not sure about the times or days just yet ... After that it's back to San Jose where I am meeting up with my family to go to a place just south of Santa Cruz where we are renting a beach house for thangsgiving. That's all I know so far...

still at my job
Still at the job in the basement of the library doing graphics design and website design stuff. I love it.

And that's all for now. Sorry for the lack of updates, but I haven't been on my computer much lately.

Friday, November 05, 2004

no free lunch

I went to the naked lounge alone last night to study (yeah, right) and read a bit, and of course to have their excellent coffee. Despite the name, everyone in the whole place had their clothes on, and there was quite a crowd. I ordered my coffee, and went to the back room to read because everywhere in the front was already filled up. There was a couple there, who left a few minutes after I arrived, and then a girl sat at the table next to me.

We get to talking somehow, something about the tea she ordered, and she turned out to be really nice. You know that feeling you get, kinda "too" nice? She would always use my name in the sentence. "Sure, David, that's really interesting, David". Well, twenty-five minutes later, I had learned that she is a senior with some liberal studies major from the bay area. Well, the conversation starts to wind down, and then she asks.

"So do you have a lot of free time?" Curious, I reply, that yes, I have a bit here and there. "Well," she continues, "I volunteer at the Boys and Girls club on 6th and Wall St. and we are always looking for people to come and hand out with the kids and fix the computers and stuff".

It was a ploy. I thought I was having an intelligent conversation in a coffee shop with a nice person, a "single serving friend" so to speak. But no. All that was to get me to volunteer at some non-profit organization. Everyone has ulterior motives. There is no such thing as a free lunch.