i am janet. hear me roar.

hallo? anyone hear me? welcome to the thoughts of dorkyjanet. u'll realize how un-dorky she really is =)

Saturday, August 31, 2002

confirmed: mexico, it is! have a great weekend, everyone! =)

i'm exhausted, but feelin good. very emotionally drained... but it's always nice to be able to help someone, even if it's just a little. just by listening... for hours =] life is never fair, as we are constantly reminded. but it's how u cope with those challenges that define who u are... and what u are capable of. i am surrounded and blessed by the presence of those i admire and love because of their strengths. that is when i am reminded that life is good, and there are still many things to be hopeful for yet... =)

Friday: errands all day, starting with Livescan fingerprints (they don't do ink anymore! that's obsolete. livescan is so dope) at the police station. then over to post office for money order to pay the CA commission on teacher credentialing ppl to become a teacher. those two combined started the day off with -$100 out of my bank account. then on to ucla. went to fin aid office, got some stuff done, realized i have a lot more red tape bs paperwork to fill out, the dood was all surprised i was a grad student, went to Grad school of educ. to turn in paperwork but they were closed for lunch. had lunch with a friend who definitely kept me humored with all his traveling stories. thanx, eric. many more fun-filled lunches to come, mr. neurbiology napping man. then back to education dept to finally turn in my paperwork. took forever and a half to get back home on the always entertaining and stress-free 405 fwy. went to my mom's store, she bought me boba! =) went to AAA office again, but with my brother this time. got a whole bunch more of different maps, and europe travelguides! for freeeee! they denied it to me at the clairemont office, but that was because they didn't know i was a AAA PLUS member. booyah~ that means i get it fo FREE! then i met up with lisa and we got to be girly shoppers at del amo mall. and yes, i bought a few items of clothing on my magic money credit card. guilty as charged. then i went to the market with my mom and bought a LOT OF GROCERIES. lots to eat, lots to take with us for our road trip, lotsa snacks, we're pigs.

still tentative: labor day weekend to be spent in rosarito and ensenada, baja CA, mexico.

Friday, August 30, 2002

Phildominator: so the guy asked me, what day do you want to leave?
Phildominator: and I was like, ok, don't want to leave the first week
Phildominator: don't want to leave too late, which would be the 18th
Phildominator: so I'll choose the second week
Phildominator: I looked at the calendar and said to the guy, "I'll make reserations for Sept.11"
Phildominator: As soon as I said that, I said, "Actually, forget that, I'll take the 18th"
...
Phildominator: I wanted to leave on a wednesday
doRkYjaNeT: why wed?
Phildominator: wednesday cuz I didn't want to miss football

i'm going to miss u phil, when u leave for NY indefinitely.... when funds allow it, i will visit. mark my words. =)

luks0r: so i said, jay-z went back in time and changed the past. we don't remember it 'cause it didn't happen until he went back in time
doRkYjaNeT: hahha
doRkYjaNeT: hey maybe "God" is the one person who's [successfully] created a time machine. and we went back in time and made ppl worship him cuz he knew stuff that they didn't back then. so they were like. oh my, miracle-worker
doRkYjaNeT: that just came to me the other day
doRkYjaNeT: then he gave mary some date rape drug type deal, did her, and she woke up and didn't remember. and suddenly she's pregnant and gives birth to "God's" son O_O
doRkYjaNeT: this is just coming to me right now
luks0r: imagination breeds blogging
doRkYjaNeT: u think i should blog that?
doRkYjaNeT: u think i'm strange
luks0r: no no
luks0r: of course not
luks0r: *whistle*

Thursday, August 29, 2002

well, i'm finally back home after imposing on my ex-roomies for the past week. =) it was nice to be back with them and sort of get a second chance to re-live this past school year... it was just the 4 of us again: me, makoto, davy, and dave. we were all doing our own thing, which made it that much more "real," if that makes sense. only thing was, i didn't have a key to they apt so i had to schedule my times so that i didn't lock myself out. i cooked for them on the last nite, for a change. hehe =) and we'll all be going through some big changes this week. they're moving into their new spiffy house in sorrento valley this weekend. HUGE house, might i add. HUGE. and me, our apt in West L.A. will be available for move-in next week (though i probably won't be able to move in until after europe). oh, i forgot to mention that huh...

yes, i've found an apt in west l.a.! it's a cozy lil one-bedroom which i'll be sharing with lily, my former roomie's gf. i've known her for 3 years so at least we know each other pretty well. i have much to be grateful for because she did all the searching and whatnot. i just gave her the money. at any rate, she'll be taking the bedroom and i'll be living in the appropriately named... living room. we're getting new carpeting, so there'll be plenty of carpet bunnies to hunt down. i hate lint! oh well. i'd rather have carpet that's new than... well, i'd rather not think about it. so, for all of u who are already beginning to forget me... DO COME VISIT! we'll make room for u. =)

as for this weekend, i'll be going down to rosarito, mexico with my family. us and a million other americans. =/ great weekend to choose. no final plans have been made, so we'll see if it goes through or not. i spent a great deal of time harassing the AAA ppl so we'd better go. i want lobsters, dangit. and horseback riding on the beach! how cool is that. =)

yesterday was well spent with a fellow summer RA, sergio, and student, brian (aka bob). after having our fill of healthy food at In-N-Out, we were let loose at Family Fun Center... well, BOOMERS! now... and had our share at video games, air hockey, skiball, go karts, and lazer tag. what a way to fuel janet's competitive streak, eh? i also won a little rubber ducky with all our tickets combined. woo hoo~ good times. =)

well. guess what?

EUROPE IS EXACTLY ONE WEEK AWAY! yes reg, i'll find u those yummy edible filipinos for u.

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

"life is like a box of chocolates... u never know what u'r gonna get..."
- forrest forrest gump

only, life is not always sweet.

Monday, August 26, 2002

yesterday was awesome. i love my friends so much. while the whole BBQ beach day thing fell through, we did at least go to the beach. tei, makoto, and myself all went to Scripps Beach and i tried my hand at surfing for the first time! =) i took out a longboard and just practiced in the dinky waves. i'm terrified of swimming out there, and i can't swim under waves. i'm so scared for some reason. i mean, who knows what lurks out there?? at any rate, i was able to stand on the board several times for quite a while. =) my friends were impressed, so i guess that's a good sign that i wasn't doin too shabby for my first time around. can't wait to try again. at least i finally tried it. i'm still scared of getting knocked out by the board though. must slowly conquer fears...

unfortunately the 3 of us were supposed to meet up with our other friends, because we all went separately at different times. dave, kevin, and meri were searching for us, and while they were, they found our other friend yosh who was looking for us. at least they found each other, but were looking for us up and down the length of the beach for quite some time. =( apologies. we told them a landmark, but we were all in the water. we also told them that makoto would be lying out studying for LSAT. =P yeah right that was going to happen.

last nite i ate dinner and had some muscat, thanx to my roomie, makoto. er... ex-roomie. =( i will surely miss his cooking... feel free to come over to my apt anytime and cook for me though! =) i dunno why, but it hit me pretty hard and i got really tired and sleepy. so i passed out and woke up around 2am, then makoto and i played Beatmania on psx2 for 2 hours. hahaha.. it's really funny. reminds me of the good ol' first year days. we would stay up late nites just playing video games... *sigh* i'm going to miss these guys a great deal. but it's not goodbye, for certain. it's just not going to be the way it was... but while i'm stilll here in SD i will enjoy the time i have with them!

Sunday, August 25, 2002

i'm so excited my tagboard thing is coming in so handy. =) thanx for your poem, mike. i know you're having a blast with phil and mayrin up there. i'm so sorry i wasn't able to visit... =( i owe my best friend a visit too. and aldrin, you're a punk. yes, jeff i'm terribly happy that u literally typed something. yes, bob i named the kitty after you. i haven't seen it in days though. should i really claim it as mine? paolo, i'm sure u'r having the time of your life in japan. i'll get to live my one-year teaching experience in japan through you. =)

so wine tasting isn't as woo hoo as it's made out to be. whatever, at least now i can say i got to do it. =) i am quite a fan of dessert wines, though, i must say. particularly this one type called muscat. mmm... and now it's back to SD to bum around with my friends some more. we've got a bbq beach day idea being thrown around. i wonder if we'll actually make it happen. i'll find out soon! i think i'll be staying down there until tuesday. might have another babysitting gig that nite. more wrongfully earned money to be had.

Saturday, August 24, 2002

today: off to wine-tasting in santa barbara for a friend's bday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NYREE =)

the past few days was spent hanging out with my old roomies in SD and babysitting for my professor. getting paid to play with and take cute kids to the park shouldn't be right.

Thursday, August 22, 2002

alrighty, i'm refining my blogpage. nifty lil feature, eh? this way u guys can comment really easily, and have a continuous post thingie goin on.. yeah u know. yeah... but i have NO CLUE as to why the font is so huge (like my comment links too). so for u html-ers out there, i expect u to help me figure it out! or i *could* learn myself, but that would require studying. O_O but yes, some help would be nice. =) especially from certain individuals who happen to be taking html classes. =) but i'll dwell on it tomorrow...

Tuesday, August 20, 2002

went hiking yesterday somewhere in suburban irvine. what a joke! it's like.. hills with shrubs and only one trail outlined with wooden posts. kinda funny. the most interesting things i saw were these little beetles that lower their heads to the ground and stick their asses in the air as a defense mechanism. some sort of weird fluid comes out of them and it's just funny to watch. =) hehe.

went mountain biking today in san dimas... my first time actually mountain biking! pretty hardcore for first time around. very hilly terrain with plenty of rocks and insects and vegetation. did i mention water? yes, lotsa streams we had to cross. i didn't wanna get my shoes all soaked and mooshy, but alas, no choice. got caked in dirt, mud, water, and probably some horse shit too, who knows. pretty fierce riding for several miles. i definitely want to invest in my own mountain bike! such great, fun exercise... total opposite of working out in a gym. i'm going to be so sore tomorrow... =/

close to getting comments on my page now.. i'll fiddle with it tomorrow. it's not cooperating, as u can clearly see. >=/ but i hope i can get it to work soon! (thanx again, aldrin) =)

Monday, August 19, 2002

<-- damn look at all the archives.

my mom made so much food!!! i went out to 3rd street and chilled with friends (i forget how much i do enjoy 3rd st.) and when i got home my mom busted out all this food for me to eat. she's like "here, try this. and this... i also made this. u might like this. this is good, huh?" i'm like... O_O u made all this?!?! crazy~ my parents are so funny. at the market there was a sale on the red-leaf lettuce: 10 for a dollar. so what did they do? they came home with TEN HEADS OF LETTUCE!!! when are we ever going to finish all that before they spoil??? i swear, they just don't make sense to me sometimes...

*currently listening to Musiq Soulchild. he is the friggin shit, i love his songs. whatta pimp.* =)

it's weird to think that i'll be starting a new chapter in my life... so many new things/changes. my frequent visits to LA as of late have really begun to hit me... the actual city of LA is where i'll be calling home in a month's time. the city is so different and unique, and i forget how much is really offered there. just walking down 3rd street, i've really come to appreciate the kinds of stores and store HOURS that LA has. being in SD for 4 years has made me appreciate late hours that much more. =P so much culture, so many different kinds of ppl, the street shows, the atmosphere, things to choose from... i'm excited! i really am. =) i wonder what's in store for me at ucla...

doRkYjaNeT: i need to buy new clothes gradually
doRkYjaNeT: i have to look teacher-like
movelvet49: haha
doRkYjaNeT: i still look like straight out college girl
(... which, i guess, i still am....)

or am i? do i say i'm in college? what do i say? i'm in grad school. yes? it's different from being just a college student, no? "i am a grad school student."

DBTrunksDB: u still are in college haha
DBTrunksDB: :-D
doRkYjaNeT: no i'm not
doRkYjaNeT: i graduated
DBTrunksDB: (grad school right)
doRkYjaNeT: yeah well yeah
DBTrunksDB: see see

what's your take?
[pretend this is a comment link] hey, who knows how to do this for reals? i need to learn html.

Sunday, August 18, 2002

lilo & stitch is SUCH A CUTE MOVIE!!! my brother, jason and i went to go watch it in downtown disney last nite, and it really is just the cutest movie. hahahaa. cracked me up. =) my favorite scene is one of practically no significance, but i just think about it and it makes me laugh inside. ok fine, out loud. i laugh OUT LOUD... but yes, i highly recommend it! =) i want a stitch stuffed aminal now...

ok well, now that europe is flooded... might have to tweak our itinerary a bit. not for certain yet, because it's really only the eastern/slavic countries that are flooded (read article, scroll down and click link of map if u'r a visual person like myself). hopefully venice won't be affected in a few weeks' time... =/ *fingers crossed*

i feel so completely useless and unproductive. i do nothing at home save for sit here and chat, look up random things online, lie down, read junk mail... eat really good korean food... tomorrow i'm going to camp out at the bookstore and do research on european history. oh i have to go to AAA too. and service my car sometime soon... but for now i'll just continue vegging. i've another trip to sd planned. have to take care of some things as well as hang out with my buddies~ =) oh, and that kitty outside my house. i'm really tempted to buy it a flea collar and a name tag with just "BOB" on it. and some kitty treats. it's so cute!!! so playful. it'll be my new pseudo-pet!

Saturday, August 17, 2002

the senior trip was great fun! =) i'm so happy i got to spend those 4 days with people whose company i enjoy so much. it felt much more like a trip with friends than it did as a chaperone. i got to see some intriguing campuses that i haven't seen before, including parts of UCLA that i've never seen. =) the group tour we took actually helped me out when i went there yesterday to hunt down the Fin. Aid office. it was weird cuz i kept getting free parking yesterday. i went to USC for a follow-up and happened to park in a meter space that had an hour and and half in it already. btw, my mouth is doing just fine! then i went to UCLA and parked in a meter spot that had 50 min on it (that's almost $2 worth), and that's all the time i needed. felt pretty lucky yesterday woo hoo~

now if only all my other financial matters were just as lucky. why can't i just happen to find a few thousand dollars lying around? =( i am in so much debt already, but i've got my europe trip planned. =/ on top of that, i have to pay off my surgery, get 90k service for my car (i've been saying that since 89k and my car just rolled over to 93k), and somehow find enough money to pay first month's rent + security deposit before i leave for europe. and my fin aid is pretty much all loans, which i won't be getting til end of sept. arghhh... i just want to be stable enough in life to not worry like this. *sigh*

and so much for the road trip up north this weekend. =P i couldn't find anyone to go with me.... =( sorry, guys. maybe next week or the week after that? who's down?

Sunday, August 11, 2002

doRkYjaNeT: freakin spaz kitty oh my gosh
doRkYjaNeT: i went to my car, and this lil kitty came up to me and was all rubbing up on my legs
doRkYjaNeT: being so cute, then it jumped in my car and i'm like.. get out kitty. out! i'ma sneeze b.c of u.. get outttttt
doRkYjaNeT: and the kitty was all pulling on my car mat with its claws and then it discovered a little paper ball
doRkYjaNeT: and it was all playing with it in my car for like 2 or 3 min.. and then it grabbed it with its mouth and ran off with the ball
doRkYjaNeT: to like the lawn next door, and now it's playing with it like crazy and guarding it with its life. weird felines.

(and then i came back out and fed it food and water. then it followed me to my door and i said to it "no, go home kitty." but i don't think it has a home. such a cutie!!!) ok time to go to sd now.

ok so they make these drugs for big ppl, not small petite korean girls like myself. i conducted my own little experiment yesterday. whenever i took the medicines i would feel a wave of nausea overcome me and i would not feel good. i have to take both the penicillin and vicoden 4 times a day. well i took both in the morning, and in the afternoon i took the penicillin but substituted the vicoden for advil. that took care of the pain, and i didn't feel like shit. so later that evening i ended up taking the penicillin and vicoden again, just to see if maybe it wasn't it. but sure enough, i started feeling light-headed and nauseated and thirsty. i seriously felt drugged. i knew it had to be the vicoden. =P

so that being that (yes, i know i only took it 3 times, gimme a break that's plenty especially for someone who prefers not to ingest drugs in the first place), this morning i finally got myself to look at the prescription they gave me. it's freaking 500 mg! of that shit!!! i don't even take HALF that of ibuprofen (200mg). can u believe it? for a small girl like me? i swear. 500mg!!! and on top of that the 500mg of penicillin... that's 1000mg of crap in my system. man, i heard of painkillers, but shit, that's a lil much for someone like me. i won't even put that much into my body for menstrual cramps which are ten times worse than my mouth pain. so bottom line was i just took half of the vicoden this afternoon (skipped it completely in the morning) and we'll see how that works. my jaw is hurting, and if i feel sick again i'll just downgrade permanently to ibuprofen.

damn pharmacists. i swear, they could tell me things like that. KIM MENESES! if u'r reading this, please do something about it. it's just not right to drug small-framed ppl like that.

on a brighter note, i'm going down to san diego again today! =) i'll be crashin at my friends' and at 6am head to campus and meet up with Upward Bound seniors to go on the Senior Tour of college campuses up the coast of cali. we'll have a nice charter bus, for a change, and while i'm chaperoning without pay, i get free meals and hotel lodging and bonding time with ppl i love. =) what a deal~ we'll be hitting up uci, ucla, ucsb, slo, ucsd, ucb, and westmont (don't ask). so i'll be gone for the next 4 days! take care all!

Saturday, August 10, 2002

well i made it out alive and well. =) i was so worried, but i was comforted right before the surgery. they told me it was low risk and that i was an easy case. i was put under general IV sedation and it was a really cool feeling just being put to sleep like that. my friend, eric, was also there observing once again all decked out in gown and gloves and mask and whatever else. when i woke up i was talking so much, and i think the dr. got a lil annoyed cuz i wasn't supposed to be talking. had to keep my teeth clamped on the gauze so that i would clot. =/ i'm terrible. but i had so many questions! at least i finally did this. ABOUT TIME. now to pay it off... not that the europe trip is going to help. =P

well.. yesterday i felt really sick. i was so drugged. had IV fluids, anesthesia, some other drug injected in me to wake me up, penicillin, and vicoden. didn't know it was a narcotic! =P anyway, all that and i hadn't eaten for 23 hours. i felt so sick when i got home i could barely eat anything, but i forced myself to drink lotsa water. i needed to flush all the crap out of my system. today i've been relieving myself a lot and so i feel much better. i think i'll keep taking the antibiotics but drop the vicoden. i think that's what's making me nauseated. it strange i'm not really swollen. maybe tomorrow, but it seems highly unlikely. we shall see... but overall everything went smoothly and i'm quicly on my way to recovery! =) after i sleep some more.... and eat porridge and tofu and pudding. =P

Friday, August 09, 2002

alright people...moment of truth.
i'm getting all 4 wisdom teeth out in 11 hours. i'll be under general anesthesia so i'll be knocked out for the whole thing. i'm finally doing this, guys! i'm proud of myself.. =/ i suppose. it's going to cost me a lot. i already shoveled up $100 for the exam alone today, which included x-rays. i paid them to radiate me.

the crime will take place at USC School of Dentistry at 1pm. i'm so scared... i dunno why. maybe i think something will go horribly wrong, but that's a natural fear. my friend since elementary school is a student at the school of dentistry and he referred me to the school. it was so trippy to see him know his way around the hospital and know the people. and he took my vitals and i couldn't help but laugh and smile. i remember just being kids with him, and it was sorta like we were "playing dentist" only... it was real. kind of a slap in the face of how old we're really getting. and i was about to extract one of my wisdom teeth today under local, and he was going to help out too. he was all decked out in his gown and stuff... so cute! ok, well not cute, but just seeing him like that i was like.. man. we're grown up. shit. it's crazy stuff... crazy stuff.

after several hours spent at usc, i headed down several blocks to the hospital that my grandmother has been in since yesterday. i stayed there from 5pm til just about an hour ago. she's not doing all that bad, and i didn't feel terribly useful to her, but i think that knowing i was there comforted her. =)

ok. time to hit the sack as i've got a pretty big day ahead of me tomorrow. i'ma look like a chipmunk and i won't be able to eat the foods i love... =( how am i going to do that for one whole week?? i was so sad when i got my post-operative instructions. the first thing listed under foods i can't eat is "No Spicy Foods." =( =( =( woe is me..... *sigh* me scared. i love u all, please pray for me. =)

Thursday, August 08, 2002

oooowwwww my freakin tteeeetttthhhh....... ooowwww~... =***( i can't sleeeeeepp~

please no one ever do this to yourself. don't wait til your wisdom teeth start straining all your other teeth to get them out... shit.

harsh.

doRkYjaNeT: my comp crashed =(
doRkYjaNeT: boooooooooo
UC Triton 02: that's cause ur comp hates you
UC Triton 02: comps crash when they hate their owners

on a brighter note, i finally got my new car stereo installed! it's quite spiffy, i must say. =) so now i can bump my cd's and mpgs! wooo hooo~! thanx again, ken. =) love u bunches.
also... i had other news. what was it...?... oh! i'm going to usc dental school tomorrow/today to get a dental exam and perhaps even remove one of my freakin wisdom teeth. gotta make a couple fone calls first, but we'll see what becomes of it. i hope it works out, as i doubt i'm going to find cheaper rates anywhere else. looks like ~$200 per tooth is gonna be it. in addition to the $100 for the dental exam. =/ ouch. poor bank account. but i need to get my priorities straight. i'm spending more money on my car (new tires, stereo, service tune up) and snowboarding and the europe trip than i am on MY HEALTH. =| food for thought.

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

i just can't leave my friends. i ended up staying here at their place for another nite. i'm going to miss them so much! and it's not like we're having tons of fun going crazy or anything. last nite we sat there like couch potatoes watching tv. i saw 12 monkeys which is one trippy ass movie. what made it harder to follow was that the continuity was interrupted by the commercials. =P at any rate, it's just nice being here with my friends just doing nothing and hanging out. =) the comfort of their presence is enough. but i defintely have to go home tonite because i'm running out of clothes, my mom misses me, and i have a jazz club to hit up. finally!

ooh and i finally got my car cd stereo! it's a sony Xplod am/fm and cd/mp3 player. how cool is that. plus it has cd text, where the name of the song (or whatever i type in when i burn cd's) scrolls across the display. =) wheeee~ thanx steve for hookin me up with it, and thanx ken for installing it for me. =) we're gonna work on installing it today, so hopefully it'll be up and ready by tonite! so excited! and it comes with a neat lil remote control, which i know comes standard with a lot of receivers these days but i still think it's neat-o. =)

Tuesday, August 06, 2002

home is utterly eventless. well, of course the nice thing is that i get to be with my parents and family. =) on sunday it was just mom + me day. we went to koreatown and she got a very different haircut that i'm still not used to, we shopped around all these malls and i bought nothing. korean stores don't really have the kind of stuff i like. but food? bring it onnn! my mom kept feeding me all day, it was the funniest thing. started off with lunch where we ate "neng myun" which is cold buckwheat noodles, perfect on a hot day. then later on we went to eat a korean dessert (the BEST!) called "pap bing soo" which is shaved ice with red beans, milk, fruits, rice cake, and whatever else u wanna put in. i think pretty much almost every culture has something like it, much like halo halo and stuff. then an hour or two later my mom bought me "dduk bok gee" which is rice cakes in very spicy sauce. she actually bought me two rounds of it. then later on she wanted to buy me more food. O_O she cracks me up. =) it was a day well spent with my mom.

yesterday i came down to SD to visit friends and run errands. i miss them so much!!! this is the first i got actually just chill with them in a long time. we went to go watch Signs and it's a really good thriller movie. it comes highly recommended by me. =) i ended up staying over at their place and crashing here. and now i got up not too long ago (i'm such a bum, but i deserve it damnit) and well, i'm still here in sd. what to do today?...

Saturday, August 03, 2002

summer programs are like drugs. they're so addictive. u can't get enough of them, and when u don't have it anymore, u suffer withdrawal symptoms.

i can't believe it. Upward Bound is over. yesterday was so freakin hectic i didn't know what to do with myself. i headed up the end-of-summer Awards Banquet and it was pure madness. we were late again, but only by 30 min (not bad at all compared to last year's). while goodbyes are simply a part of life, they never get any easier. i can't believe i won't be seeing these students everyday anymore. my august is going to be so boring. while they came up to receive their certificates of successful completion of the program, i was crying as each student walked by and hugged me. some, naturally, i was closer to and more attached to. as soon as i saw them i would choke up again. this summer has been, by far, the most memorable and heartfelt program i have been privileged to be a part of. i plan on not losing contact with a certain number of these truly unique individuals, though.... =)

i've moved out of my dorm now, and it's off to home home. i'll be down in SD to visit soon enough. thinking monday. ;)

Thursday, August 01, 2002

i'm completely miserable as my teeth are paining me so much... =*( the two crooked teeth are getting more crooked by the day. it's not even cute. oh yeah, good morning~

OH MY GOD. i don't even know how i'm functioning. we have so many activities to prepare for... the dance is tomorrow nite (er, technically tonite) and we have to finish making all the decorations. freakin piƱatas take FOREVER TO MAKE. especially all that tissue paper. it's fun, i'll say that much. but when u'r working on it for hours and hours on end... it gets really tiring. and we're STILL not done. i just got done almost finishing one. =/ i finished making the centerpieces for our banquet, which is friday evening. i still have to finish making the programs and run it off to printing. certificates need to be made... oy~ and the students are working so hard. they are awesome. =) they've got their science project presentations all day tomorrow. they have to present using poster display boards and power point, as well as rehearse their presentation of both.. uh, presentations. some are still up right now as i type. unfortunately one group lost their entire power point presentation because they accidentally unplugged the computer with their foot. =( this happened around 1 am. it feels like Finals Season around here. everyone is working like madmen. =) i'm going to miss everyone...

got a BIG DAY ahead of us tomorrow. starting with an early breakfast and science project presentations form 8 am until 3 pm. it's crunch time as the last two days of Upward Bound Math & Science come to a close....