Costa Rica
I'm in COSTA RICA!!! bitches!!!! Hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend!!! I know I will since I'll be in...COSTA RICA! Updates and pictures will resume on June 5th or 6th when I return and recuperate. WOO HOO!!! Such is the life of Joe...

Booooooool!!!!
I hate LOST!!! This stupid show! Freaking season finale was supposed to answer questions but did it answer any questions? Nopes, it just put out more questions to be answered. Booooooool!!!!! That said....I LOVE LOST!!! Sooooo freaking good!!! I whoever wants to talk about it call me or IM me. So freaking good. I heard that Alias was good too, but too bad I haven't been keeping up with that show at all.

So I'm sooo excited. I can't wait for Costa Rica. I was thinking of bringing my laptop so I could just transfer all my pictures to it, in case I run out of room on my camera. But I don't have to worry about that at all anymore because of my IPOD Photo and the camera connector I got for it. I can basically just transfer the pictures from my camera to my IPOD photo! So I'll never run out of room (unless I take more than 60GB of photos which is impossible)! YAHOO!!! I love my IPOD.

So Reggaefest is Friday June 3rd! Who's going??? In Aldrich Park, with no Pub. I honestly kinda wanna go to check it out and see how it's gonna be. It's pretty much gonna be like a Wayzegoose, but better because of the alcohol? But where's everyone gonna chill afterwards? There's no pub!!! Too bad I'm gonna still be in Costa Rica, because I would seriously think about going and checking it out.

So Reggaefest got me and my coworker talking about UCI and all the spots to party when we were in college. And we were in agreement...there's really no place to party in Orange County. Everything that's hot isn't in like 3 months. I hear V20 sucks now, Club Vegas sucks now, Shark club has sucked for a while now. Sutra is pretty much the only place we could think of that's "happening". Ahhhh...reminiscing to the days of Dublins at the University Center. That was a good times...stupid underage drinkers ruining it and making it close down! (Well, a lot of my friends were those underage drinkers). She mentioned "The Boogie" and it kinda sounds familiar but it doesn't. I've never been there and really haven't heard of it before. Is that such a bad thing? I guess that was the place to be when you weren't of age yet. But my first 2 years of college I was Mr. Study...so I guess I missed out.

Gotta pack tonight and get ready for Costa Rica. Probably not gonna work out, but whatever. I thought that having an IPOD would help me last longer in cardio, but no, I now realize that I stop running because I'm tired instead of using the excuse that I'm bored.

Well, hope everyone is having a great Thursday. Nothing to watch on TV anymore. Time to play in the sun and summer nights! WOO HOO!!! Such is the life of Joe...

Visa, we don't need no stinkin Visa
First off. CONGRATULATIONS MS. RIANN!!!!! She graduated CSULB today! and also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNY!!!! Hope you have a good one today!!! Hope you aren't trapped in your summer school classes.

COSTA RICA in 3 Days!!! WOW! I'm freaking excited...but at the same time kinda nervous like I hope that everything that should be settled is settled. My coworker scared me because she asked me how much my Visa was. I got scared because I don't have a visa...luckily travelers from the US don't need a visa to visit Costa Rica. Phewwww!!! Then she scares me by telling me her dad just got typhoid fever or malaria or something like that because they were just in India. Yeah, the CDC said to get those shots just in case if you're going to Costa Rica. Did I get them? Nopes. So hopefully no stupid mosquito will be attracted to me. Just gotta take a bath in some DEET (insect repellent). Gotta knock on wood. Also, it looks like it's raining the day we go white water rafting....ummmm...raining while water rafting, usually not a good thing. Rain on a level 3 course can turn it into a level 5. But knock on wood, all will be good.

Yups, as you can see I'm pretty much an optimist when it comes to things. HA HA HA! Yeah, right...pessimist all the way. Which is a good thing becuase you never really get disappointed because things always turn out great.

Just gotta get ready and pack already. Or at least set aside things I'm gonna need to pack. It's supposed to be cloudy and rainy for most of our trip. But it's still gonna be in the mid 70's to mid 80's. Can you say "humid"? It'll be great though.

So yeah, I'm excited!!! It's gonna be great!!! 3 more days. Well, actually I should be ready by Friday becuase we're leaving at 1am on Saturday morning..meaning we should probably be at the airport like around 10ish on Friday night. And this day is pretty much over...so only 2 days (well, 1.5 days) to prepare! WOO!!!! Such is the life of Joe...

Ok, I know I lagged, but I'm picking up the baton

..from Cici...

Total volume of music files on my computer
On MY personal laptop computer??? Not that many, maybe 10GB, most of the music we have is on our network computer. How much music is on the network computer??? Lemme just say that I didn't get a 60GB IPOD for nothing.

The last CD I bought
Weezer - Weezer (2001)

Song playing right now
my iPod is on shuffle right now and it's playing --> "Drain You" by Nirvana from their album Nevermind

Five songs I listen to a lot, or mean a lot to me:
Ok, off the top of my head here are some songs that I really like, not necessarily my top 5 songs of all time, but the 5 songs that just came into my head. All of them I like because they're great songs with great lyrics...so signicance to any song though.
1 - I Miss You - Incubus Just a nice song about missing a person...ummm..yeah, that's why it's called "I Miss You". HA!
2 - This Is Not An Exit - Saves The Day I guess it's a breakup song but you can apply it to just any type of disappointment in your life. How you shouldn't let the disappointments determine your life. That it's all in the past and there's no point in being depressed or worrying about it and to "just know you did it all the best that you knew how".
3 - Standing On The Edge of Summer - Thursday. Another breakup song I guess. Basically how a person can seem to set you up to break you down.
4 - Wasting Time - Blink 182. Basically it's about those times when you're crushing on a person (in this song's case a girl) and you're wondering if they feel the same as you feel about them.
5 - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Iz. I actually like but don't like this song. Makes me tear up everytime I hear it. Makes me think about Mom.

Pass the Baton to Five People
1 - Ryan. Your list is probably gonna be full of biglets, huh? HA!
2 - Sherwin. To give you some incentive to freaking get your page back up and running.
3 - Jon. Probably has the most eclectic musical taste that I know (he doesn't put "all types of music except country" he puts "all types of music INCLUDING country")
4 - I think everyone else has been hit up already
5 - Yeah, I lagged and everyone else hit up everyone else that I know has a blog and would actually do this thing.

Such is the life of Joe...

I'm Not a Die Hard Fan
Happy Birthday Randy (belated by a day, but I did say Happy Birthday to you after Star Wars). Hope you had a great day in the hot simmering sun. Gret! So we're in line for Star Wars and I ask Randy:
me: Have you seen this movie [Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] yet?
randy: No, I'm not a Die Hard fan
me: But we're watching Star Wars...
HA!!! HA!!! HA!!! Get it? "I'm not a Die Hard Fan...." you know..."Die Hard" the movie? HA HA HA!!! Hillarious!!!

And once again I reiterate my statement, I need to move to LA for the weekends. Was in LA Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this weekend. Drove back home to Irvine after all three days and basically crashed and slept because driving (or riding in a car) from LA to OC is freaking tiring. No, I dont' think I would wanna live in LA I like the cleanliness of the OC too much, but the weekends is when I'm in LA.

Took Friday off to watch Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith at the Arclight. Lemme just say WOW!!!!. So freaking good. Sure, Hayden Christensen can't act...sure the writing sucks (if you can make Natalie Portman look like a bad actress then you can't write) and yes, most of the scenes with Anakin and Padme were unnecessary, it was still a great movie. Action packed and many questions were answered. After Star Wars we went to eat at Pinks (mmmmm...Pastrami Burrito Dog all over your face) and then headed back to Jevon's to chill for a little bit. Too bad Jevon had to take off back to Torrance forcing me and Tommy to drive back home to Irvine at 4pm on a Friday afternoon. Freaking LA traffic...we didn't get back home until 6:30pm!!! 2 and a half hours!!! Knocked out after that at home...

Saturday was Riann's PGrad at Long Beach. It was freaking hot and we were just hiding from the sun waiitng for Riann to make her speech. We were making a ruckus when she was talking and she was just giving her shout outs to her friends, family, the Irvine peeps (woo!!! woo!!!), some ugly dude (HA HA HA!!!!) and her parents (this is when Riann started to be pweh pweh). Good times at Sam Woo stuffing ourselves with so much freaking food too. They kept on bringing out food plate after food plate, it was crazy. Oh yeah, sgreat that I'm known as "body roll" to Riann's friends...but like Eric said, "at least I'm known". Went back to Irvine to drop off Fantone, I was gonna go to Nordstrom Rack to shop but decided to go to church instead. I then headed over to Chris' and went to watch "Star Wars" at AMC again. Yes, I liked it that much that I went to go watch it again. Late night standing in line, watching the movie, going to IHOP, and then got back to Irvine at 4am. Yups, 4am...

Sunday was spent in the hot hot heat watching the stupid Dodgers beat the Angels. BOOO!!!! Dodger's game for Danny's birthday. Good times, and only my 2nd baseball game ever. It was freaking hot and I know that I'm at least 2 shades darker now. My back is burnt (my lats because I only put freaking sunblock on my arms and shoulders). Also the top of my feat are freaking burnt too. Man, I hope they don't hurt too much while I'm at work tomorrow. Stupid Dodgers beat the Angels...booo. Got back to Irvine and knocked out from 7pm to 10pm. WOW! That's why I'm still up.

Ok, that's my wrapup of the weekend. I'm tired, burnt, and got work tomorrow. Blah. Such is the life of Joe...

Revenge of the Sith!!!
So I'm taking today off of work so that I can watch "Star Wars" at the Arclight!!! WOO HOO!!! Nothing beats not going to work, except not going to work and watching "Star Wars".

So LOST is still as good a show on TV as you can get. WOW. Nothing really happened on the last show, but it was ohhhhhhhhh so good. I'm so happy that I can actually watch it now since I don't have class!!! WOO HOO!!! I can't wait for the season finale next week.

The one show that I could not watch was the Britney and Kevin Federline show. OH MY GOSH. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Horrible. It's like a trainwreck where you don't wanna watch but can't help watching. I swear her career's in the toilet and she has nothing better to do. I'm sorry, but she'll probably lose a lot of her fans because of that show. So terrible. Yeah, sorry Britney, that show makes you look like white trash. Actually, it just probably exposes you for the white trash that you really are. Kinda sad.

I love my new IPOD. It's funny how time flies at work when I'm listening to my IPOD. It's also funny how you pick up lyrics that you haven't noticed before. Like on Weezer's song "In The Garage", I NEVER noticed that they referenced "Kitty Pryde, and Shadowcat". How awesome is that?! Yeah, but my IPOD is freaking awesome. I put that sucker on shuffle and haven't listened to a repeated song in the 3 days that I've been listening. I have 16GB uploaded on there....still have 44GB left to fill!!! HA HA HA! I love it!

So today I'm watching "Star Wars" and probably gonna chill in LA for a while. I dunno what's going on for Friday night. But I'll be in LA so call me. Tomorrow in the morning is Ms. Riann's P-Grad from CSULB which is at 11am and then I'm free for the day but probably gonna kick it or something. And Sunday I'm watching the "Freeway Series" of the Angels vs. the Dodgers at Dodger stadium to celebrate Danny's birthday. Man, I know I'm gonna get hella dark on Sunday. It's gonna suck when I come home with a fat ass wifebeater tan on me.

Ok, hope you guys are having fun at work because....I'M NOT!!! WOO HOO!!! Such is the life of Joe...

I hate Class. HA HA HA
So today is Wednesday. Gots work and after work gotta go to class. OH WAIT! I'M FINISHED!!!! HA HA HA! No class after work is sooo great! But what to do after work now? Do I really wanna go straight home and be bored, do I really wanna work out, do I really wanna go shopping, I dunno what I really wanna do...all I know is that i'm not gonna be stuck inside a classroom all night!!! YAHOO!!! I can watch LOST tonight instead of downloading it and watching it tomorrow!!!

But honestly, I think I'm gonna miss class a little bit. Like I said, it gave me something to do. But also like I said a couple of blogs ago, I was starting to have fun in that class. Sucks, huh? I started interacting more with people and joking around. Basically, I started getting comfortable with the people in that class. You guys know me...I'm Mr. Shy Guy around strangers, but I'm Mr. Jokester or Mr. Jackass once I'm comfortable around people. Yeah, I was just getting comfortable with my classmates. Sucks that it took me 5 months to get comfortable with them, huh? Sucks that I'm probably not gonna see any of them around either. But at least I'll be forever known as the guy who thought a penis was a tongue. HA HA HA!

So I haven't gambled online in a long time. Probably a good month (which is pretty good for me since I used to gamble online EVERY day). I checked my Credit Card balance yesterday online and I was surprised to see that the online gambling site CREDITED my CC with $400!!! WOW! It was 4 seperate credits of $100. This is awesome! When I was gambling, I withdrew $100 4 separate times but they sent me a check to credit me. I guess it was their mistake and the sent me a check for the $100 AND credited my CC with $100!!! AWESOME!!! So instead of being down $1600 i'm "only" down $1200. Maybe they want me to gamble again??? Should I gamble again? I mean, I dont' want them to find out and take it back out. That would suck. Hmmmmm....I'll just wait for whenever I go to Vegas to do a little (only a little) gambling.

Busy weekend coming up. I love it. Star Wars, P-Grad, Angels game (at Dodger stadium). That's what summer's about...ummmm...yeah. Whatever. Such is the life of Joe...

Let's Do This...next year
Check out this AWESOME deal from Cathay Pacific. It's called their All Asia Pass. Basically you can fly to from LA to Hong Kong and within that 21 day period you can fly to up to 17 other Asian cities all for just $1099!!!!! WOW!!!! So basically you can fly to Hong Kong, spend 2 days there, fly to Tokyo, spend 4 days there, fly to Singapore for a couple days, Seoul for a couple days, Manila for a couple days. WOW! Hopefully they'll have this deal next year, yeah? Sounds awesome huh?! I can see Belle already planning for next year...HA HA HA!

Such is the life of Joe....

YAHOO!!!
I'm FINISHED!!! WOO HOOO!!!! I love it!!! I studied all weekend and all that studying paid off. Freaking saturday I studied from like 11am to 7pm at the South Coast Metro Barnes and Noble. I was soooo in the zone. I think my IPOD really helped me because instead of studying and looking up every other minute to people watch, I would just focus in on studying while listening to music and tuning the outside world out. it as soooooo awesome.

The test tonight wasn't that bad at all. I was sooo ready for a killer test, but a killer test I did not get. All the past tests, our teacher put most of the points on essay questions. Me and Danny would always complain, "if only it was all multiple choice". And guess what the final was??? It was like 100 points of multiple choice and 50 points of matching/fill-in!!! NO ESSAYS!!! HOORAY!!!! I was sooooo freaking happy!!! I got out of there quick. Gotta love it!!!

So now my afternoons are sooo free, I'm looking forward to my summer vacation (at least from school), trips to Costa Rica and Chicago this year. I can't wait! I'm tired now...I'll blog later. Just wanted everyone to know...I"M FINISHED!!! Such is the life of Joe....

Today's Blog
So I've been in my Anatomy class for 5 months now and all that I have left is the final. So why is it that it's only now that I'm actually having fun in that class? I don't get it!!! This week, although it's been a little stressful with my test and all the information she's trying to cram into us for the final, has actually been pretty fun too. Ok, maybe not fun, it's had it's moments...moments like me thinking that this one model was a tongue when it was actually a penis! HA HA HA! No, I didn't think the penis was the tongue, I thought the urinary bladder was the tongue, I didn't even see the penis because I was holding on to it. HA HA HA! Also seeing a cadaver in class was pretty cool, but one of the coolest things that I saw was when our professor brought in a cow 'pluck' (trachea, heart, and lungs still all attached together) and she blew into the trachea and made the lungs fill with air. SOOOO FREAKING COOL! Add to those cool things, better interaction with my classmates (well, some of them) just made this week pretty good. I think it's the fact that it's the end of the semester and everyone is just in a better happier mood and stuff.

WOO HOO!!! I got my IPOD today in the mail. I went home just to open it for lunch. I opened it and I saw that it was actually a Generation 1 60GB IPOD Photo, not the newer Generation 2 one. But you know what? Gen 1 IPODs are sooooo much better. I mean, they're exactly the same thing (after a firmware update) plus the Gen 1 IPOD that I got came with a dock, firewire cable, AV cable, and case for FREE. You have to buy those extra (~$100) if you get a Gen 2 IPOD Photo because they don't come with them. So yes! Tonight in between studying I'll be loading mp3's and pictures into my new IPOD (or would it actually be in between loading mp3's and pictures into my new IPOD I'll be studying????). Well, either way it'll be great!!! YAHOO!!!

So study study study this weekend. BBQ for Theda's going away on Sunday though. Gotta go to that. Theda's going to Hawaii for 3 months or so for school (actually interning for school) so that's awesome!!! So now I'll have a real excuse for not visiting her (there's an Ocean between us) instead of my being busy excuse that I use now....yeah, I'm a great big bro. So come one come all to Northwood Park in Irvine to say Aloha to Theda on Sunday.

Congratulations to all those graduates. I know I'm gonna forget someone but....CONGRATULATIONS GWEN!!!! or should I saw Nurse Gwen??? and CONGRATULATIONS BEE!!!! or should I say Master Bee? (or future Doctor Bee?). Congratulations you two!!! Hope you both have a great graduation and take a much needed vacation after all your hard work.

Ok, that's my update for now. I know it's been a while but study study study, right? Such is the life of Joe...

GO STUDY!!!
You know what's funny? Everytime I saw Theda online last week the first thing I said to her was "GO STUDY!!!". No "hello", no "how's it going?" just "GO STUDY!!!" since she had finals. Well, lets talk about karma... Now since I have finals approaching everytime I go online Theda or Rach IM's me "GO STUDY!!!" no "hello", no "how's it going?"...just "GO STUDY!!!". Yeah, I guess I'm getting a taste of my own medicine.

So this weekend was pretty much spent studying and looking out my bedroom window and admiring the nice weather that we've been having! WHYYYYYYYY!!!! I thought it was supposed to be cloudy, but NOOOOOO!!!! It's freaking sunnny!!! GREAT! So half the time I'm studying I'm just daydreaming looking outside my window at how sunny and nice it is outside...great.

I did go to May's birthday dinner which was cool. We were talking about the drunkest that people have gotten and how you can tell when Tommy is drunk because he'll say that he "can't feel his teeth" HA HA HA! So freaking hillarious!!! The whole conoversation was freaking hillarious!!! Especially about somebody (I won't name who) losing a tooth which brought it back full circle joking "well, they REALLY couldn't feel their teeth then". HA HA HA! HILLRAIOU!!! We were talking about when people experienced their most drunk moment. May's most drunk moment was her 21st birthday party. It was her party at San Marcos Apartments and I remember going there but I don't remember seeing all the drunkedness and stuff. I know I was there...it's been 6 years, but I think I would've remembered that drunkedness....

So I get home and look up that date in my journal thingie and here's a summary of what happened that night:
Friday, May 21, 1999:
(ahhhhh yes, this is why I remember I was there because...):
"--- pulled me to the dance floor and we just started to dance and it was cool but there was too many people there and so I went and sat down. Man, I don’t know, but --- and I are getting very friendly now. Does that mean anything more than friendship? Hmmm…"
Anyways...the reason I don't remember the drunkedness of May was because apparently Tommy and I left to go to Tricia and Joyce's party (remember those house parties) and after that party we left to chill at Joe De Los's place in Turtle Rock, then chilled at Cile's place in Exeter, and finally went back home...(i'm so glad I keep my personal journal...let's me remember times like this).

Ahhhh....to be back in college again with everyone living here in Irvine. Those were the days. It was so cool because if you were bored you could just drive a couple miles (or just walk across the apartment complex) to your friends house...and if they weren't there you'd go to another friend's house. MAN!!! Those were the days. Why'd all ya'll have to move back home and move away from Irvine!!! Those were the days just house hopping and spending time wtih friends.

I mean, I know I'm still friends with most of the people that I was friends with back then. Sure I've lost touch with some of the aquaintances, but sometimes when I DO see them it's like old times again. I'm not saying that my friendships aren't as strong as they were back then. In fact I can honestly say that all my friendships (friends that I have now that were established back then) are a lot stronger now than back then. Stronger because of time, because of all the things that we've shared and gone through, and I guess just the fact that we're still friends after so long strengthens the friendship. And yeah, I know I shouldn't be stuck in the past wishing everyone was withing walking distance because I know they're all within email, IM, and cell phone distance.

Come to think about it, I dont' think its the distance (or closeness) that I'm missing...I'm missing the freedom we had back then. No one had a career or really cared about school that much. Everyone's priorities were about kicking it, making friends, and socializing...maybe that's what I miss. And that's probably what's keeping me back from finding what I really wanna do. I'm not ready to give up the kick back life of just chilling and kicking it with friends and to trade that in for years of school, the possiblility of moving away from my friends, and the RESPONSIBILITY that comes with growing up.

WOW. What started out as a blog about my weekend just turned into something deeper? Crazy, but that's what's in my head. I really miss those days...I don't wanna grow up....Such is the life of Joe...

Seis de Mayo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! Yeah, today is my Dad's birthday. Hopefully he's celebrating by getting drunk and singing karaoke at the house with some friends. But not too drunk because he has to get up early in the morning to drive up to San Francisco for his flight to the Philippines.

Don't think that I forgot, John John. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN JOHN!!! Hope you have a great day and a great time celebrating your birthday in Vegas next weekend. Sorry I can't go because of my stupid Anatomy final.

I can't wait to get my IPOD in. Although it might not be a good thing to get it this weekend because I should be studying, but then you know I'll be uploading songs and tagging MP3's all weekend when I do get my IPOD. BLAH!

It's getting that time of year again. Yup, the time of mass graduations. This year especially there's a number of people I know graduating. WOW! A number of them are graduating Grad School and Nursing Programs. WOW! And here I am just stuck at a job I'm just working. It's crazy to think that much time has passed. I guess time flies when you're stuck in a rut. It's awesome to know that my friends are focused and know what they want to do and aren't lazy or scared to go out and do it. Congratulations all you guys!!! I'm proud of all ya'll.

So I'm glad that it's raining and gloomy. WHY? Because I'll be studying this whole weekend and it would suck if it was perfect beach weather when I'm stuck inside Barnes or the library or somewhere studying my ass off and looking out the window wishing I was at the beach.

Weekend is finally here. You gotta love it. Hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll talk to you later. Such is the life of Joe...

IPOD!!! WOOO
"LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAA, Don't Phunk with my heeeeeaaart." I CAN'T GET THAT SONG OUT OF MY HEAD!!! I've seen that video freaking 2 mornings in a row. I admit it's catchy, but man, kinda annoying. Yeah, by far the best BEP album was their first one "Behind The Front". Hands down...

Who wants a 60GB IPOD Photo??? I bought 2 of them for some reason and I'll let one of them go for $420. That's a pretty good deal considering if you go to the Apple store it would cost you $449+tax which is probably gonna total you like $480 or so. So let me know...leave a comment, IM, or email me.

So work's been busy, but it's chill...if that makes any sense to you at all. It's busy because I have a lot of stuff to get done but I can also chill since I'm the only one there. Yeah, I surf the web, rearranged my MySpace profile (HA HA HA), and chatted, but I still get my work done. Probably get as much done with me alone than if my coworker was here.

No more gambling for me, I quit. I really haven't had the urge to gamble actually. That's pretty good for me. So the next time you see me gambling will be sometime in Vegas whenever I go...either that or in Costa Rica...whichever comes first! YAHOO!!!! COSTA RICA!!!

So yeah, can't go to Vegas with the guys next weekend because I have a freaking final the following Monday. I'm such a hypocrite. I tell Theda to "GO STUDY!" every time I talk to her because she has finals right now...but here I am just sitting on my ass watching TV, tagging MP3's, chatting online, buying IPODs, and being a lazy ass. HA HA HA! But then again you can't compare a stupid IVC Anatomy class to her USC Graduate classes....

Study study study....taht's what I'm doing this weekend. Gonna try to start tomorrow after I work out. Work, Work Out, then study...yes, study NOT go online, but study.

The end....Such is the life of Joe...

Han Solo
First of all...good luck Theda! Kick ass in finals!!! Just remember, it's Hawaii after this!!! YAHOO!!! No worries at all.

My sole coworker just took off for India today for a family emergency and so I'm "Han Solo" in the lab for at least a week. Which I thought would be cool. I could surf the internet, chat online, etc. But yeah, there's this thing called work that I actually gotta do. Shouldn't be too bad, I like being kept busy...prevents me from falling asleep.

So I went home to Tulare this weekend and it was...Tulare. That's all I can say...nothing really new there, it's just the same old same old. We went back to visit Dad because he's going to the PI next weekend. Funny thing is that he wasn't even home when we got there! He was in Vallejo!!! HA HA HA! Yeah, and the funnier thing is that when he got home from Vallejo on Saturday he immediately went to Fresno for a FilAm dinner thing. So we didn't even get to see him until Sunday. HA HA HA! I gave him my old computer since I hardly use it anymore and he seemed happy about that. Plus I gave him some stuff for my goddaughter, Bea.

Yeah, he wasn't really home to kick it with us that much...but you know what? I'm glad. No, I'm not glad that I didn't get to spend that much time with him...but I'm glad that he's getting out of the house and having fun. He even told me, "sorry I wasn't home, but I just get so bored..." which is really understandable since that house is empty. Yeah, kinda makes me wanna move back a little bit...not that we'd really kick it and hang out all the time, but at least there'd be someone else in that big house other than just Dad.

Hung out with Craig and his family. Man, his family just gets bigger and bigger. I love his little neices and nephews....soooooooo cute. We also stopped by his brother-in-law's sister's house...and WOW! That's all I can say. That's the biggest house I've EVER seen in Tulare. WOW! Honestly it could be Cribs worthy. Not mansion style, but a HUGE house. WOW! Didn't really do that much though...just went out to eat at Tokyo Garden which is owned by the parents of one of Craig's classmates at UCI. Pretty cool b/c we got like 50% off our bill. The Dad even thought I was Japanese (what else is new). I should learn some Japanese and just claim it...I'm from Okinawa...that's why I'm so dark.

Every time I go back to Tulare though, I really wanna go and buy a house there...just because they're so cheap. Well...actually prices are starting to go way up, but still they're reasonable. But then I think, who's gonna live there? Who would I rent out the house to if the houses are so affordable? Who would want to rent when they could own?

So before going to Tulare I went by Macy's because they had a Friend's and Family sale this weekend. I had to go here in South Coast because I couldn't go when I was in Tulare since there isn't a Macy's for an hour (Fresno's the closest one). Should've bought more stuff, but I'm happy with what I got.

Ok, that's it for now....what scared me is the fact that I only have 2 weeks left in my stupid anatomy class!!! 2 weeks = 5 class meetings (3 lectures, 1 lab test, 1 final). Then I'm finished!!! YAHOO!!! Then it's COSTA RICA!!! YAHOO!!! But dude, I gotta study my ass of which means no Vegas for me....sorry guys. next time, I swear, next time...Such is the life of Joe...