new things.. part3. [SD update] finally

i've been suuuper lazy to update about san diego and i apologize for the long wait. but since we have the same pictures, and have the same story, i'm just gonna go ahead and link you to albert's:

sd;

part1

part2

part3

it isn't me to step out of the box so suddenly.. but overall i'm glad i did. there were a few downs though; like how my elbow&foot are bruised purple, and how my nose got hit by a ball during a game of blind-catch, and how i woke up saturday morning, ...

to albert, jackie, melinda, ali, &justin.. thank you for Everything. from helping me with luggage, to making me feel welcomed.. and to jackie - for your hospitality. thanksamillion &i hope we could all do this again someday. ^_^

i guess what they say is true - once you go down to socal, you never want to come back. *sigh* sunny skies & good-ass mexican food. here's a sneak-peek of the school..

*siiigh*.. sunday comes along and i reluctantly pack up my shtuff. said my farewells, then headed to the airport w/ albs & ali. =(. there i was.. sitting on the floor next to a phonebooth. staring at the passengers frantically looking around for their gates. i love the airport though.. each person has a story to tell. you can kinda "read" them by looking at their attire/luggage. for example, you got a man in his hmm 30's/40's.. dressed in a business suit. perhaps travelling for a business meeting. or you'd see a woman with her child and their big-ass luggage[s], probably travelling to their home-country. THEN, you see a girl with tears in her eyes after passionately kissing her boyfriend goodbye.. it might be YEARS until she sees him again.. who knows.. or the lady wearing a white dress, going to a wedding.. or a group of people wearing all black, attending a funeral.. i just love watching them pass by. as if i were watching movie, after movie, after movie..

goodbye san deezyarrived home sunday around 2ish. ate kfc instead of steak. unpacked.. lazy'd around.

school started on tuesday. i'm soooo angry that i didn't get into Bio.. but it's all gravy. theres always next tiiime... hopefully steve drops. lol. [jk] [not really] anywayyy.. i replaced bio with somethin to satisfy my Humanities requirements.. like.. Philosophy and History. Being the christian that i am, i assumed that in Philosophy i would learn more about my "religion". well, it's not really a "religion", but i'll save that topic for another entry later. anywho - i can't help but wonder, is it bad to learn about other "religions" though? i mean, it's not like i'm practicing any of them.. right? i dunnooo. i did learn a few new vocab words though. ^_^. like metaphysical (big picture of how things work), equanimity (balance in chaos/ problem solver), and my new favorite: parochialism* (small/ narrowed/ inexperienced). i'll get back to you on that word later.

as for history.. well... i've always associated history with BORING until mr. stephens told us why we take history. history is the study of the past, of course. who fuckn cares riight. well mr. stephens told us that if ever we want to speak up, we need to use facts to prove something wrong. people have made decisions and gone through events that affect their outcomes. hence, the status quo. basically, it "didn't have to happen" that way. i think i'm going to learn a lot from this class. niiiiiice.

i stumbled upon this letter in my closet and i began to laugh. out. loud.

-crystal

MOVING ON!

*Parochialism. so lately, Pregnancy seems to be a common topic in my conversations. [not like i am, nor am i planning to anytime soon]. I'm sure we all have pregnant friends, right? well i had to tell her that "yno, it's hard to have a baby especially at this age. it's hard to accept the fact that you can't achieve your goals.. atleast not for a very. long. time. having a baby is hard! you gotta have a job, time, health.." etc. -that was my point-of-view. Then she said something like, "oh but even though her parents won't be accepting about it, they'll take care of the baby nevertheless. theres always daycare. everything will turn out fine.." etc. -her point-of-view. then she told me, "cheryl what's up with you? why are you so negative lately?" and i'm thinking in my head.. well.. i wasn't trying to be negative. i was just trying to be Realistic. things aren't always assumed positive - there are hardships! responsibilities! people gotta be strong in situations like these! the real world is not going to treat you nicely all the time, honey. you/i wouldn't want the real world to eat you alive. so for the rest of the day and day after that, there was an awkward tension between us. we kept disagreeing on things. i aint trippin tho. i know everything will go back to normal - but as for now, we got better things to worry about.

like decorating my room.

yep. i got the turtles back. Aeolus & Vishnu. =). they've been doing this a lot lately.. probably trying to get to know each other?
cuuute. ^_^. aeolus [right] is fuckn huge though. no, seriously. HUGE. his shell is approximately the size of my face! not kidding! he takes up the whole platform to sunbathe and poor vishybaby [left] can't get no sun. =(. i'm contemplating about getting a smaller aeolus instead.. =\

turns out that other people also noticed i was being "negative" lately. [i guess]. rachel was at the dinner table riiight and she was lookin a little down in the dumps. =(. so i tap her face to kinda.. wake her up? she starts crying n says, "OUCH!" -_-. i didn't even hit her! she "cries" for a bit, and then she randomly says, "Mom i dont want hassina to pick me up anymoreee" then she pointed at me. =(. "ateh you don't spend time with me anymore" =( =(. i felt so baddd!! what kinda sister am i.. =(. what the fuck am i doinggg... =(. i need to spend more time with raquel before i transfer.. =(.
last but not least, meet my new shadow. goes with me everywhere i go! ^_^. atleast the music works on this one.

i got mines. =)
have a nice day.