"We're coming your way
We're gonna dazzle you with our play
The time has come
You know we're shooting for number one
The thunderbolts and lightning
Will light up the sky"
Chargers: 4-0
It rained on the drive to ucsd this morning. Well, more like a drizzle. But still, worth noting.
Lit was interesting yet again. The professor chuckled at all of his own jokes yet again. Afterwards, had lunch with chang and raza over in the muir cafe, sierra something or other. It was pretty good, but expensive. Then me and raza played a few games of pool, all of which were very close (2 games ended with just the 8 ball, the third had one left). Phew. Hmm, me and raza checked out the library again but not too much going on. There were a bunch of sales set up along library walk. I got another free union tribune and another page of coupons. Calc was interesting. The professor is cool enough, kinda goofy though. Chem went okay. Then the drive home. Ugh. Black Mountain was closed so basically all of mira mesa and miramar were backed up. It took me like an hour to get from mira mesa high to baja fresh. Well, not an hour, but close. My mom called my cell like every five minutes asking where i was, and eventually we met up at some oriental market for dinner while we waited out the traffic. An hour later, the traffic was the same, so we took 15 and got it over with.
I hear Underneath it All on the radio every drive to school, and every drive home. Seriously. Its a good song though!!
Whoever said that UCSD has no pretty girls was horribly mistaken.
There's a shuttle that goes from the parking lot i park in to university center, yet i've walked it every time. Hmm.
Worth noting again. Chargers: 4-0
SAN-DI-E-GO . . . .SUPER CHARGERS!
Sunday, September 29, 2002
Okay, so lets see . . . classes started last week. So far, one of my classes seems boring, one seems interesting, one seems okay, and one got cancelled. Literature appears to be the most interesting of my classes. The professor is pretty cool too. He's a friendly old guy who can speak old english and chuckles a lot. Calc got cancelled, so we'll have to wait on that one. Chem was eh, although the professor seems okay so that was good. Hmm, theres other stuff i could talk about but its not all that interesting so ill go do something else instead now.
Chargers: 4-0. New England? Superbowl Champions? Undefeated? The Chargers don't give a flying fruitcake!!!!!!!!!
Chargers: 4-0. New England? Superbowl Champions? Undefeated? The Chargers don't give a flying fruitcake!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Got to UCSD bright and early.
Today classes started. The only class i had was warren writing, which was anything but fun fun fun. It was pretty boring as a matter of fact. We had to write an essay analyzing an argument for or against the US-Mexico border. ??? What the heck? Who cares about the US-Mexico border? Well, sorry if u do, but i certainly dont. First work i have done in college and it was a bs'ing job. Ugh. Great way to start things out!
Dinner with Chang over in revelle plaza, where water costs 10 cents. Bah. Then hung out in his dorm for a bit and visted clics, and we checked out another one of the poster sales that is going on. After, had to go pick up a reader for writing which wasted $10 of my limited cash fund. They dont even keep them on the campus. I had to drive over to this little photocopying place which wasnt so far cuz i was driving, but would be a major annoyance to those without cars. Thank goodness for mr. van. Oh well.
Today classes started. The only class i had was warren writing, which was anything but fun fun fun. It was pretty boring as a matter of fact. We had to write an essay analyzing an argument for or against the US-Mexico border. ??? What the heck? Who cares about the US-Mexico border? Well, sorry if u do, but i certainly dont. First work i have done in college and it was a bs'ing job. Ugh. Great way to start things out!
Dinner with Chang over in revelle plaza, where water costs 10 cents. Bah. Then hung out in his dorm for a bit and visted clics, and we checked out another one of the poster sales that is going on. After, had to go pick up a reader for writing which wasted $10 of my limited cash fund. They dont even keep them on the campus. I had to drive over to this little photocopying place which wasnt so far cuz i was driving, but would be a major annoyance to those without cars. Thank goodness for mr. van. Oh well.
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Got to UCSD bright and early to prepare for the annual unolympics. Warren came in the defending champions and holders of the shoe. The competitions were fun and mostly interesting, but sadly we came in 2nd to revelle. Darn. Stupid revelle. Of course, i'm currently hanging out in a revelle dorm so i shouldnt talk too much smack about them.
Tomorrow classes start. Yay. I only have one class, warren writing, which will undoubtedly be fun fun fun.
"Warren! Warren! Warren!"
Tomorrow classes start. Yay. I only have one class, warren writing, which will undoubtedly be fun fun fun.
"Warren! Warren! Warren!"
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
College is fun fun fun.
Got to UCSD around noon then drove around to just about every parking lot that wasnt a mile away before i finally found a spot above muir college. Phew. Then headed on over to get my ID card where i made 2 new friends, Liz and Anna. We got bus stickers on our ID cards and Liz bought some textbooks for pretty good prices. Anna showed us a few shortcuts around the place. There were barbeques and free food all over the place. We found a little place selling posters, and Liz got one with a pair of cheetahs. She likes cats a lot. Me and Liz went over to York for the bio major orientation which was educational and interesting. I ran into justin there too. Liz left for a doctors appointment or something so me and justin went over to hang out at changs dorm across the way. His roommate gave us milk and cookies, and they were watching spiderman down the hall. Then me and chang walked over to the parking office to get him his bus sticker and to get a bunch of flyers about the shuttles. We visited the bookstore for a bit then went to go get the shuttle. After it didnt show up, we decided to walk back and paid a visit to clickz to see all the computes. Unfortunately it wouldnt let me log on, so i had to change my password again and hopefully it will work again later. Then more hanging out at chang's dorm where i find myself now.
My parents replaced my cell phone with a slick new one. It is noticably smaller and looks a lot cooler. Plus its got cooler games. Yay for cell phones!
I've got my parking permit, bus sticker, ID card, new cell phone, new sunglasses, new shoes, good classes, cool friends with cool dorms, a kingsize bed, and i hung out with a girl. What's missing in life?
Got to UCSD around noon then drove around to just about every parking lot that wasnt a mile away before i finally found a spot above muir college. Phew. Then headed on over to get my ID card where i made 2 new friends, Liz and Anna. We got bus stickers on our ID cards and Liz bought some textbooks for pretty good prices. Anna showed us a few shortcuts around the place. There were barbeques and free food all over the place. We found a little place selling posters, and Liz got one with a pair of cheetahs. She likes cats a lot. Me and Liz went over to York for the bio major orientation which was educational and interesting. I ran into justin there too. Liz left for a doctors appointment or something so me and justin went over to hang out at changs dorm across the way. His roommate gave us milk and cookies, and they were watching spiderman down the hall. Then me and chang walked over to the parking office to get him his bus sticker and to get a bunch of flyers about the shuttles. We visited the bookstore for a bit then went to go get the shuttle. After it didnt show up, we decided to walk back and paid a visit to clickz to see all the computes. Unfortunately it wouldnt let me log on, so i had to change my password again and hopefully it will work again later. Then more hanging out at chang's dorm where i find myself now.
My parents replaced my cell phone with a slick new one. It is noticably smaller and looks a lot cooler. Plus its got cooler games. Yay for cell phones!
I've got my parking permit, bus sticker, ID card, new cell phone, new sunglasses, new shoes, good classes, cool friends with cool dorms, a kingsize bed, and i hung out with a girl. What's missing in life?
Monday, September 23, 2002
"So lately, I've been wonderin
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
And between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own"
Spent forever trying to get my ucsd email account to work. They are amazingly bitchy about what u set as your password. "Not enough characters, not complex enough, must contain upper and lower case letters, must contain punctuation . . " Ugh. So i finally get it to work and then it takes forever to load anything. Bah!
Talked to John Wang today. Called him up and i was like "Hey, so how was high school". We were best buds way back in the day around 8th grade, then never saw each other again over the next 4 years. Too bad, cuz he was a good friend. It was good to catch up a bit with an old friend during a time when good friends arent as numerous as they once were. He's currently up in stanford, which is no surprise considering the genious that he is. With all the smack i gave him about his big head and nike hat, he deserves it. What a great guy.
Tomorrow is back to ucsd for a bio orientation, maybe an academic advising thingie, possibly the warren dance, and lots more crashing at everyone elses dorms.
"I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart and your mind
I'll stay with your for all of time"
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
And between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own"
Spent forever trying to get my ucsd email account to work. They are amazingly bitchy about what u set as your password. "Not enough characters, not complex enough, must contain upper and lower case letters, must contain punctuation . . " Ugh. So i finally get it to work and then it takes forever to load anything. Bah!
Talked to John Wang today. Called him up and i was like "Hey, so how was high school". We were best buds way back in the day around 8th grade, then never saw each other again over the next 4 years. Too bad, cuz he was a good friend. It was good to catch up a bit with an old friend during a time when good friends arent as numerous as they once were. He's currently up in stanford, which is no surprise considering the genious that he is. With all the smack i gave him about his big head and nike hat, he deserves it. What a great guy.
Tomorrow is back to ucsd for a bio orientation, maybe an academic advising thingie, possibly the warren dance, and lots more crashing at everyone elses dorms.
"I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart and your mind
I'll stay with your for all of time"
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Yay, today was fun and interesting. Drove over to friendly ucsd to get textbooks, which was about as fun as picking up textbooks can be. At least it was quick and easy. Then headed over to warren dorms which were a lot further than i remember, and hung out with vic in his cool but empty suite. Then headed on over to chang's dorm on the other side of the huge campus in revelle. His room is noticably bigger than the warren rooms, but he has no air conditioning! He does, however, have a fridge, microwave, and roommate with a tv and ps2. Wowza. Then headed back over to warren to hang out in justin's dorm and vic's again. I was kinda tired by then so i drove on home and fell asleep.
I dont have a student id card yet. Blast. Ill have to pick one up sometime.
Chargers: 3-0
So overall things are looking fairly decent. Its definitely a good thing to know a bunch of people already. I can always hang out at someones dorm and take part in the whole "dorm experience" plus get to know a bunch more people. Then i can come home and sleep and eat. Yay.
Boy i feel tired.
I dont have a student id card yet. Blast. Ill have to pick one up sometime.
Chargers: 3-0
So overall things are looking fairly decent. Its definitely a good thing to know a bunch of people already. I can always hang out at someones dorm and take part in the whole "dorm experience" plus get to know a bunch more people. Then i can come home and sleep and eat. Yay.
Boy i feel tired.
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Tomorrow i go pick up textbooks. More importantly, i get to drop by and see my old school chums in their new dorms. Yay for that. It'll be good fun.
Today was boring and uneventful.
So it turns out that will no longer has 8:00 am classes and actually starts later than i do. Same goes for casey. So, the whole carpool deal could possibly return. Stay tuned.
Looking at maps and stuffing them into the van. Never know when i'll be driving through downtown or up to LA. Oh, and thank goodness that dad drives to ucsd every freakn day. Thanks to him, i've got 2 shortcuts to and back, and a parking lot where other students arent allowed to park. The force is strong in my family.
Lots of welcome week activities happening next week. Nothing incredibly interesting. I'll likely go check out the bio majors orientation, but i'm not sure if anything else. It seems there is a welcome week dance tomorrow night and a warren welcome dance tuesday night. How interesting. But not likely.
I don't give a flying fruitcake!
Today was boring and uneventful.
So it turns out that will no longer has 8:00 am classes and actually starts later than i do. Same goes for casey. So, the whole carpool deal could possibly return. Stay tuned.
Looking at maps and stuffing them into the van. Never know when i'll be driving through downtown or up to LA. Oh, and thank goodness that dad drives to ucsd every freakn day. Thanks to him, i've got 2 shortcuts to and back, and a parking lot where other students arent allowed to park. The force is strong in my family.
Lots of welcome week activities happening next week. Nothing incredibly interesting. I'll likely go check out the bio majors orientation, but i'm not sure if anything else. It seems there is a welcome week dance tomorrow night and a warren welcome dance tuesday night. How interesting. But not likely.
I don't give a flying fruitcake!
Friday, September 20, 2002
Well. My last post had kind of a not so pleasant tone to it. And because this is the Thought Cloud of the ever cheerful, hopeful, and optimistic Mike, i would like to take this moment to lighten up the mood a bit.
3 guys are hopelessly stranded on an island. After many years of painful existance, one of them finds a magic lamp hidden in a pond that he had never searched before. Calling the others, he eagerly rubs the lamp and the 3 of them are greeted by a great genie. "Unfortunately, because there are 3 of you here, I can only grant 1 wish to each of you" the genie tells them. The first guy quickly wishes to be brought home with his friends and family. He disappears in an instant. The 2nd guy thinks a bit more, then wishes for a grand ship filled with food and riches to appear and carry him home. It is done and he rides away from the island on his ship. The third guy thinks a little, but cant quite decide what he wants. He has no family, and cares not for riches. A little annoyed, the genie asks what it is he wants more than anything else at that moment. "Well," he responds hesitantly, "I'm kinda lonely. I wish those other guys were back here."
Ba dum psssh.
One perk of staying home is that i can still sing myself to sleep late at night, singing anything from backstreet boys to unwritten law. Thank goodness for that.
"Don't worry, everything will work out in the end. I promise."
3 guys are hopelessly stranded on an island. After many years of painful existance, one of them finds a magic lamp hidden in a pond that he had never searched before. Calling the others, he eagerly rubs the lamp and the 3 of them are greeted by a great genie. "Unfortunately, because there are 3 of you here, I can only grant 1 wish to each of you" the genie tells them. The first guy quickly wishes to be brought home with his friends and family. He disappears in an instant. The 2nd guy thinks a bit more, then wishes for a grand ship filled with food and riches to appear and carry him home. It is done and he rides away from the island on his ship. The third guy thinks a little, but cant quite decide what he wants. He has no family, and cares not for riches. A little annoyed, the genie asks what it is he wants more than anything else at that moment. "Well," he responds hesitantly, "I'm kinda lonely. I wish those other guys were back here."
Ba dum psssh.
One perk of staying home is that i can still sing myself to sleep late at night, singing anything from backstreet boys to unwritten law. Thank goodness for that.
"Don't worry, everything will work out in the end. I promise."
"I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing
are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again"
Guh. Not in the peachiest of moods right now. Dont ask me why cuz i wont tell u. I kinda feel like bitchin about something but i dont think i will. Oh well.
This weekend is move in weekend, which for me means picking up text books. Hopefully meeting new people too and seeing all the old chums in their new homes. Itll be hectic, but itll definitely be more eventful and interesting than most of this summer has been.
I must admit i kinda feel left out of the whole moving into dorms deal. Living at home and commuting has its bright points but its very easy right now to focus on everything i'm missing out on. Sigh. Thank goodness i've got good friends with dorms already, so hopefully i can still share a bit in the dorm experience. Hopefully i meet good people early that'll be good friends too. I can sure use them right about now.
5 songs that mean something to me this summer (dont ask why):
1. Elton John - Your Song
2. Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
3. Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
4. Blessed Union of Souls - Light In Your Eyes
5. Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
Things will start getting interesting soon. Phew. I've certainly waited long enough.
Words that I'm hearing
are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again"
Guh. Not in the peachiest of moods right now. Dont ask me why cuz i wont tell u. I kinda feel like bitchin about something but i dont think i will. Oh well.
This weekend is move in weekend, which for me means picking up text books. Hopefully meeting new people too and seeing all the old chums in their new homes. Itll be hectic, but itll definitely be more eventful and interesting than most of this summer has been.
I must admit i kinda feel left out of the whole moving into dorms deal. Living at home and commuting has its bright points but its very easy right now to focus on everything i'm missing out on. Sigh. Thank goodness i've got good friends with dorms already, so hopefully i can still share a bit in the dorm experience. Hopefully i meet good people early that'll be good friends too. I can sure use them right about now.
5 songs that mean something to me this summer (dont ask why):
1. Elton John - Your Song
2. Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
3. Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
4. Blessed Union of Souls - Light In Your Eyes
5. Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
Things will start getting interesting soon. Phew. I've certainly waited long enough.
Thursday, September 19, 2002
7 days until college begins. Wowza. I really dont know what to think. A few weeks ago I was so eager to start, but now i feel kinda indifferent. Although I'm definitely glad for the chance to begin a new life all over again. New people, new friends, new environments, and new challenges await. Here we go.
Getting books this weekend is gonna be hectic.
Dont forget about my guestbook at Mike's Cloud.
Its a weird feeling when friends that you have relied on and turned to for comfort go away. It leaves you feeling lost and confused. Sigh.
Getting books this weekend is gonna be hectic.
Dont forget about my guestbook at Mike's Cloud.
Its a weird feeling when friends that you have relied on and turned to for comfort go away. It leaves you feeling lost and confused. Sigh.
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Added a guestbook and a cool new title banner to Mike's Cloud (my other site). Go check it out and sign my guestbook (Link is on the side).
Went to go do some recycling and spend some time with the grumpy fat guy. Fun fun fun. Also drove over to UCSD to get my neato parking permit. Its an "occasional" use one thats only good for 10 days. The funny thing is that I'm the one who marks off what days i use it, so theoretically i could just never mark off days and use it forever. Heh heh. Good thing dad works across the street, cuz parking is probably gonna be a beach. Not the good kind either. Good thing dad worked in the navy too, cuz driving through the marine base is a sneaky shortcut around a good chunk of miramar road during traffic. Thank goodness for that.
Went to go do some recycling and spend some time with the grumpy fat guy. Fun fun fun. Also drove over to UCSD to get my neato parking permit. Its an "occasional" use one thats only good for 10 days. The funny thing is that I'm the one who marks off what days i use it, so theoretically i could just never mark off days and use it forever. Heh heh. Good thing dad works across the street, cuz parking is probably gonna be a beach. Not the good kind either. Good thing dad worked in the navy too, cuz driving through the marine base is a sneaky shortcut around a good chunk of miramar road during traffic. Thank goodness for that.
Monday, September 16, 2002
"When I am dreaming
I don't know if I'm truly asleep
or if I'm awake.
When I get up
I don't know if I'm truly awake
or if I'm still dreaming"
Mowing the lawn and raking leaves. Talk about making the most of the last week of summer vacation :P
I had a really wild series of dreams last night / this morning. They contained a lot of the random stuff that has been on my mind lately, which of course is quite random. Phew. Dreams always mess with my mind. A good example of this is when there is something i'm dreading coming up in a few days, and then i have a dream about getting it over with and then feel good that its done. Then i wake up and feel good before i realize that it was only a dream and i havent faced it yet. Ugh. Amidst all the chaos, there was a brief part of my dream that was one of those moments that even after i realized i was dreaming, i didnt bother waking up cuz it was so good. I need more of those dreams. Sigh.
Through experimentation, I've discovered that thinking about something pleasant right before going to sleep rarely results in having a sweet dream of that thought. Dreams are random. No! No! Freud has no place here!
"'Cuz I'm dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Then here in my room, dreaming about
you and me"
I don't know if I'm truly asleep
or if I'm awake.
When I get up
I don't know if I'm truly awake
or if I'm still dreaming"
Mowing the lawn and raking leaves. Talk about making the most of the last week of summer vacation :P
I had a really wild series of dreams last night / this morning. They contained a lot of the random stuff that has been on my mind lately, which of course is quite random. Phew. Dreams always mess with my mind. A good example of this is when there is something i'm dreading coming up in a few days, and then i have a dream about getting it over with and then feel good that its done. Then i wake up and feel good before i realize that it was only a dream and i havent faced it yet. Ugh. Amidst all the chaos, there was a brief part of my dream that was one of those moments that even after i realized i was dreaming, i didnt bother waking up cuz it was so good. I need more of those dreams. Sigh.
Through experimentation, I've discovered that thinking about something pleasant right before going to sleep rarely results in having a sweet dream of that thought. Dreams are random. No! No! Freud has no place here!
"'Cuz I'm dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Then here in my room, dreaming about
you and me"
Sunday, September 15, 2002
Whup, sorry jocelyn. Nothings wrong with yellow yoshis (although that last part is a little interesting), orange yoshis are the ones i meant to warn everyone against.
Oh, i got rid of the comment thingie since all it ever says anymore is "commenting unavailable". Give me a comment if u want me to add a new one (ha ha!!).
Oh, i got rid of the comment thingie since all it ever says anymore is "commenting unavailable". Give me a comment if u want me to add a new one (ha ha!!).
Chargers: 2-0. How 'bout them texans?
Updated my other web page a bit. Still not quite happy with the title thingie though, so expect it to go through a few more changes. I did, however, fix the august reflection for all those people that have been asking me for it. I also added a few nifty looking animations throughout. Go check it out sometime.
Last full week of summer before the dawn of college. Well, better go make the most of it.
Updated my other web page a bit. Still not quite happy with the title thingie though, so expect it to go through a few more changes. I did, however, fix the august reflection for all those people that have been asking me for it. I also added a few nifty looking animations throughout. Go check it out sometime.
Last full week of summer before the dawn of college. Well, better go make the most of it.
"Making my way downtown
Walking fast, faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way, making my way
Through the crowd"
Adding to the list of goodbyes that has been this summer, Jon leaves sunny san diego for calpoly slo. Adios viejo! Remember to come save me every now and then, and enjoy yourself in the women's engineering club.
The highlight of my mundane saturday was watching a scrambled pay per view fight of de la hoya vs. vargas. Nicely done by the golden boy.
Next week begins the final week without school. Here we go. I cant believe how long this summer has been. Thinking back 3 months ago to graduation day, it seems so far away. Almost as if it were part of another lifetime. Of course, that isnt too far from the truth. Sep. 26th begins a whole new life, complete with all new people, joys, sorrows, and experiences.
"And i need you
And i miss you
And now i wonder
If i could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?"
Walking fast, faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way, making my way
Through the crowd"
Adding to the list of goodbyes that has been this summer, Jon leaves sunny san diego for calpoly slo. Adios viejo! Remember to come save me every now and then, and enjoy yourself in the women's engineering club.
The highlight of my mundane saturday was watching a scrambled pay per view fight of de la hoya vs. vargas. Nicely done by the golden boy.
Next week begins the final week without school. Here we go. I cant believe how long this summer has been. Thinking back 3 months ago to graduation day, it seems so far away. Almost as if it were part of another lifetime. Of course, that isnt too far from the truth. Sep. 26th begins a whole new life, complete with all new people, joys, sorrows, and experiences.
"And i need you
And i miss you
And now i wonder
If i could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?"
Friday, September 13, 2002
It's Friday the 13th. How spooky. Blah hah hah hah.
"It's close to midnight
Something evil's lurking from the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart"
Vic is a black yoshi. I dont know which is more disturbing . . . that vic is a black yoshi, or that the yoshi survey could be so accurate (with everyone). Jk, black yoshi isnt so bad. Watch out for yellow yoshis, those are evil.
My oven requires pliars and a knife to operate it. Seriously. Ugh. Stupid frozen pizza that will form the basis of my nurishment when i finally move out someday.
Life feels so empty. What do i have to live for anymore besides monday night raw and thursday night smackdown? Sigh. U know things are really starting to go wrong when you start looking forward to school. School will solve all my problems! And probably create whole new ones at the same time. Oh well. UCSD should start earlier and end sooner. Next week is the last full week without school, then, off i go. Phew. Do i feel ready? As ready as i can be. Am i anxious to get there? I certainly have nothing making me want to hang back. Are things going to work out? Can't say. I didn't think senior year of high school was going to be any fun, and look what happened.
Yay, busy weekend about to start. Lets go do something fun.
"It's close to midnight
Something evil's lurking from the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart"
Vic is a black yoshi. I dont know which is more disturbing . . . that vic is a black yoshi, or that the yoshi survey could be so accurate (with everyone). Jk, black yoshi isnt so bad. Watch out for yellow yoshis, those are evil.
My oven requires pliars and a knife to operate it. Seriously. Ugh. Stupid frozen pizza that will form the basis of my nurishment when i finally move out someday.
Life feels so empty. What do i have to live for anymore besides monday night raw and thursday night smackdown? Sigh. U know things are really starting to go wrong when you start looking forward to school. School will solve all my problems! And probably create whole new ones at the same time. Oh well. UCSD should start earlier and end sooner. Next week is the last full week without school, then, off i go. Phew. Do i feel ready? As ready as i can be. Am i anxious to get there? I certainly have nothing making me want to hang back. Are things going to work out? Can't say. I didn't think senior year of high school was going to be any fun, and look what happened.
Yay, busy weekend about to start. Lets go do something fun.
Your man Mike is a--
Yes, I am a blue yoshi.
Jon hates my computer. Me too!
It just kinda came into my mind that there are a lot of people i will never see again. Obviously, this is a good thing in a few cases, but it makes me kinda sad to think that there are those people that i never bothered to notice in class everyday for 4 years, and now i will never get to see him or her again. Sigh. How sad. Thank goodness for AIM.
Chicago is classic.
ESPN did a thing of the top ten athletes that revolutionized his sport. How interesting. Jackie Robinson was #1.
Thursday, September 12, 2002
"I didn't know that it was so cold
And you needed someone
to show you the way
So I took your hand and we figured out
That when the tide comes
I'd take you away"
Driving range yesterday! Fun fun fun. Started out missing the ball completely, but got the hang of it later and hit some decent balls. Then i kinda lost the hang of it and seemed to actually get worse toward the end. Oh well. The last ball I hit was really good, so i ended on a good note.
The horn on jon's van doesnt work. I guess i should be happy that at least my van has a working horn (I have never honked my horn at anyone, by the way, but i have been honked at). We got a couple ads left on his windshield too. Jon wanted to get rid of them, and being the environmentally concerned guy that he is, decided not to litter but instead stick them on someone elses car. Shrug.
Dilemma is the calmest i have ever heard nelly rap. I didnt even know it was him till recently. Good song.
At in n out the guy there kept calling everyone "boss". When he served the guy ahead of me i thought he was actually the guys boss. Then i get up there and he goes "Want onions with that? You got it boss".
Helped dad carry a bunch of heavy old stuff to be taken away by some guys collecting old heavy stuff that nobody wants. I had no idea how much junk we have outside and around the house. Old broken microwave, old broken washer, old broken matress . . . How interesting.
"I'm sinking slowly
So hurry hold me
Your hand is all I have to keep me
hanging on
Please can you tell me
So I can finally see
Where you go when you're gone"
College: just on the horizon (2 weeks). Almost time to start life: chapter . . . something, havent been keeping count. Oh well.
And you needed someone
to show you the way
So I took your hand and we figured out
That when the tide comes
I'd take you away"
Driving range yesterday! Fun fun fun. Started out missing the ball completely, but got the hang of it later and hit some decent balls. Then i kinda lost the hang of it and seemed to actually get worse toward the end. Oh well. The last ball I hit was really good, so i ended on a good note.
The horn on jon's van doesnt work. I guess i should be happy that at least my van has a working horn (I have never honked my horn at anyone, by the way, but i have been honked at). We got a couple ads left on his windshield too. Jon wanted to get rid of them, and being the environmentally concerned guy that he is, decided not to litter but instead stick them on someone elses car. Shrug.
Dilemma is the calmest i have ever heard nelly rap. I didnt even know it was him till recently. Good song.
At in n out the guy there kept calling everyone "boss". When he served the guy ahead of me i thought he was actually the guys boss. Then i get up there and he goes "Want onions with that? You got it boss".
Helped dad carry a bunch of heavy old stuff to be taken away by some guys collecting old heavy stuff that nobody wants. I had no idea how much junk we have outside and around the house. Old broken microwave, old broken washer, old broken matress . . . How interesting.
"I'm sinking slowly
So hurry hold me
Your hand is all I have to keep me
hanging on
Please can you tell me
So I can finally see
Where you go when you're gone"
College: just on the horizon (2 weeks). Almost time to start life: chapter . . . something, havent been keeping count. Oh well.
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Cheering for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
No religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Cheering all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you join us
And the world will be as one."
God Bless America.
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Cheering for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
No religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Cheering all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you join us
And the world will be as one."
God Bless America.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
"His accent serenades me and presses at the door
Broken promise to be around for my mind war
And my accomplishment's interrogating me
Today's become tomorrow before i wanted it to be"
Del Mar race track yesterday to bet on horse races. Yee-haw. Fun fun fun. During the last race, a jockey fell off his horse, and the horse ended up crashing through a fence as people tried to catch him. How interesting.
Jon is a green yoshi.
Funny horse names:
Color Me Matt C
Takeonefortheteam
Ima Mile High Guy
Shuffling Kid
Dee Double Ya Dan
Hasta Lavista Baby
Fabulous World
Martinblestme
Terpsichore
"But in this humble place I'm feeling like red wine
And I hope to get better with some time"
Lets do something fun.
Broken promise to be around for my mind war
And my accomplishment's interrogating me
Today's become tomorrow before i wanted it to be"
Del Mar race track yesterday to bet on horse races. Yee-haw. Fun fun fun. During the last race, a jockey fell off his horse, and the horse ended up crashing through a fence as people tried to catch him. How interesting.
Jon is a green yoshi.
Funny horse names:
Color Me Matt C
Takeonefortheteam
Ima Mile High Guy
Shuffling Kid
Dee Double Ya Dan
Hasta Lavista Baby
Fabulous World
Martinblestme
Terpsichore
"But in this humble place I'm feeling like red wine
And I hope to get better with some time"
Lets do something fun.
Sunday, September 08, 2002
How 'bout them texans!?
"Desparate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you."
So we went out for another exciting round of shopping, and my mom wanted to watch the sampras-agassi u.s. open finals match, so we tape it. When we get home my mom sits down and watchs the tape. I, being the impatient guy that i am, simply turn on sportcenter to see who won. When i mention it to my sister, my mom says "Tell me and i kill you" (literally). So my dad comes home from work a little while later, walks in, sees the match on tv, and says out loud "Hey, sampras won!".
"There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind."
Chargers: 1-0
"Desparate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you."
So we went out for another exciting round of shopping, and my mom wanted to watch the sampras-agassi u.s. open finals match, so we tape it. When we get home my mom sits down and watchs the tape. I, being the impatient guy that i am, simply turn on sportcenter to see who won. When i mention it to my sister, my mom says "Tell me and i kill you" (literally). So my dad comes home from work a little while later, walks in, sees the match on tv, and says out loud "Hey, sampras won!".
"There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind."
Chargers: 1-0
Friday, September 06, 2002
Thursday, September 05, 2002
Very well, as requested, the countdown to college will no longer appear here. The last thing i want to do is ruin someone's summer.
"I sat on the roof
kicked off the moss.
Well a few of the verses
they got me quite cross."
I will, however, say that for me this summer has been one of the biggest let downs in past years. It has had its bright points (six flags, boomers . . . um . . .) but in comparision to what it was expected to be at graduation, it has come up pathetically short of expectations. Again, for those people that i have done fun things with, those have been exceptions to the rule and i thank u for sharing fun times with me. In truth, this summer hasnt really been all that bad compared to past summers. No summer assignments (THANK GOD) and not starting till late september are notable pluses. Its just that this summer was supposed to be an exceptional one, and it turned out to be mediocre at best. It peaked at the first week, then went down hill from there before leveling off a bit later. Sigh. Ok, enough bitching from me.
Mike's Advice: Dont go into things with high expectations. Instead, expect and be prepared for disappointments, successes, and surprises. (easier said than done)
"So excuse me forgetting
But these things i do
You see I've fogetten if they're green
Or they're blue."
"I sat on the roof
kicked off the moss.
Well a few of the verses
they got me quite cross."
I will, however, say that for me this summer has been one of the biggest let downs in past years. It has had its bright points (six flags, boomers . . . um . . .) but in comparision to what it was expected to be at graduation, it has come up pathetically short of expectations. Again, for those people that i have done fun things with, those have been exceptions to the rule and i thank u for sharing fun times with me. In truth, this summer hasnt really been all that bad compared to past summers. No summer assignments (THANK GOD) and not starting till late september are notable pluses. Its just that this summer was supposed to be an exceptional one, and it turned out to be mediocre at best. It peaked at the first week, then went down hill from there before leveling off a bit later. Sigh. Ok, enough bitching from me.
Mike's Advice: Dont go into things with high expectations. Instead, expect and be prepared for disappointments, successes, and surprises. (easier said than done)
"So excuse me forgetting
But these things i do
You see I've fogetten if they're green
Or they're blue."
Ahhhh . . . nice, cool fresh air. Thank goodness for that. I like this weather. It is much better than the hot and dry past couple of days. Look at all the little high schoolers. Hmm. How interesting. Brings back many memories. Many many memories.
"I found the coupons i had saved for us. We never got to use them, so i threw them away."
You would think that having a sn that contains my name in it would make it easy for people to guess who i am, but this is not the case. Im'ing people and having them guess who u are is lots of fun! I think the person who guessed the fastest was kristina. Wendy said something like "I would think that this is mike imus, except he's not usually so cryptic and mysterious". I'm not crptic and mysterious! Am i? Hmmmm.
"All things fall into place
My heart it feels so safe
You are my melody
That's where you take me."
I tried to figure out the difference between biochem/cell bio and molecular bio majors. I figured that molecular biology sounded cooler than biochemistry and cell biology, and figured that it would require less chem classes, but i was mistaken. The 2 majors have almost exactly the same lower division classes. The upper division requirements differ in that molecular requires 4 or 5 courses that biochem doesnt, but biochem requires 4 or 5 bio electives, so i would probably end up taking those same classes anyway. Bah.
"With you I get so high
Lost in the crystal sky
You are this melody
That's where you take me."
Ha! It just occurred to me that because school starts on a thursday, i would be attending my thursday classes. Which happens to be one class! Blah hah hah hah. It also happens to be the latest i start (11:00) so my first day should be relatively relaxing, with lots of time to invade everyone's dorms.
21 days until college starts.
"I found the coupons i had saved for us. We never got to use them, so i threw them away."
You would think that having a sn that contains my name in it would make it easy for people to guess who i am, but this is not the case. Im'ing people and having them guess who u are is lots of fun! I think the person who guessed the fastest was kristina. Wendy said something like "I would think that this is mike imus, except he's not usually so cryptic and mysterious". I'm not crptic and mysterious! Am i? Hmmmm.
"All things fall into place
My heart it feels so safe
You are my melody
That's where you take me."
I tried to figure out the difference between biochem/cell bio and molecular bio majors. I figured that molecular biology sounded cooler than biochemistry and cell biology, and figured that it would require less chem classes, but i was mistaken. The 2 majors have almost exactly the same lower division classes. The upper division requirements differ in that molecular requires 4 or 5 courses that biochem doesnt, but biochem requires 4 or 5 bio electives, so i would probably end up taking those same classes anyway. Bah.
"With you I get so high
Lost in the crystal sky
You are this melody
That's where you take me."
Ha! It just occurred to me that because school starts on a thursday, i would be attending my thursday classes. Which happens to be one class! Blah hah hah hah. It also happens to be the latest i start (11:00) so my first day should be relatively relaxing, with lots of time to invade everyone's dorms.
21 days until college starts.
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
It is hot. Well, better put on my sun glasses.
I posted my Reflection on August on my other web site. Well, i tried to at least. There's a problem with my formatting or something or other. Anyway, ill try and fix it sometime for all u people that are so eager to read it.
My van has a radio / CD player. Excellent.
Okay, here's an interesting situation. Turns out my dad works at the VA hospital, which happens to be practically on top of the ucsd campus (it's closer to half of my classes than the warren dorms are). So, theoretically theres a chance that i would drive my dad to work when i commute to school. The advantage to this? I would be able to park in the VA parking lot, which is a heckuva lot easier to get into and much more conveniently located than the parking lots on the outskirts of the campus that i would probably otherwise be parking at. Interesting. Yes, that would mean i would be driving with my parent to school again, but the fact that I am the one driving would eliminate the whole nightmare of waiting for a parent to pick u up (although now its kinda the other way around). ugh
Quotable Mike: No matter how different your surroundings, how far away familiar people go, some things u can just never change. (And its almost always the things that u want to change).
I posted my Reflection on August on my other web site. Well, i tried to at least. There's a problem with my formatting or something or other. Anyway, ill try and fix it sometime for all u people that are so eager to read it.
My van has a radio / CD player. Excellent.
Okay, here's an interesting situation. Turns out my dad works at the VA hospital, which happens to be practically on top of the ucsd campus (it's closer to half of my classes than the warren dorms are). So, theoretically theres a chance that i would drive my dad to work when i commute to school. The advantage to this? I would be able to park in the VA parking lot, which is a heckuva lot easier to get into and much more conveniently located than the parking lots on the outskirts of the campus that i would probably otherwise be parking at. Interesting. Yes, that would mean i would be driving with my parent to school again, but the fact that I am the one driving would eliminate the whole nightmare of waiting for a parent to pick u up (although now its kinda the other way around). ugh
Quotable Mike: No matter how different your surroundings, how far away familiar people go, some things u can just never change. (And its almost always the things that u want to change).
Monday, September 02, 2002
Barbeque today! Yum yum yum.
Found out that Chang has his roommate and dorm info already. He lives in Argo hall, which happens to be right across york hall, where i have chem classes. I will make sure to drop in on him sometime(s).
Apparently, casey and probably will are also playing the commuter game this year. So, we may end up carpooling together, seeing as how 3 or more carpoolers get special reserved carpool parking spots, which would make parking a heck of a lot easier.
Jon has a blag (no, not blog, blag) on his web site. Check it out sometime. Jon's a funny guy. I will miss him. Although i'm sure ucsd will be filled with funny people.
Quotable Mike: The greatest source of pain and suffering is other people. The greatest source of joy and happiness is other people.
Don't ignore the talking tree. It knows what its talking about.
24 days till the first day of school.
Found out that Chang has his roommate and dorm info already. He lives in Argo hall, which happens to be right across york hall, where i have chem classes. I will make sure to drop in on him sometime(s).
Apparently, casey and probably will are also playing the commuter game this year. So, we may end up carpooling together, seeing as how 3 or more carpoolers get special reserved carpool parking spots, which would make parking a heck of a lot easier.
Jon has a blag (no, not blog, blag) on his web site. Check it out sometime. Jon's a funny guy. I will miss him. Although i'm sure ucsd will be filled with funny people.
Quotable Mike: The greatest source of pain and suffering is other people. The greatest source of joy and happiness is other people.
Don't ignore the talking tree. It knows what its talking about.
24 days till the first day of school.
Sunday, September 01, 2002
"Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe, in Yesterday"
Well, not really. My troubles seemed far away a lot longer ago than yesterday, and i dont think they'll be here to stay.
Yesterday i paid a visit to the friendly campus of ucsd in an attempt to locate all my classes. Finding the buildings was quite successful, they are not as far apart form each other as the map led me to believe. I also got a new ucsd key chain to replace my mchs key chaing. Yay for key chains. I ran into the famous talking tree again. Heh heh heh. I was telling my sister about it looking around for it when all of a sudden it was right in front of me. How spooky. The tree still cracks me up.
So then it was lunch at PF Changs and walking around utc for a bit. Then i went with vic and jen to jocelyn's grandparents' big house in la jolla for a barbeque. That was fun. We also took a quick trip up to mt soledad and down to the beach. There was a wedding on the beach and me and jen were able to watch it. They had the wedding kinda late, i think they were aiming for sunset but the sky was too cloudy so u couldnt really see it. Oh well. It was fun anyway.
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe, in Yesterday"
Well, not really. My troubles seemed far away a lot longer ago than yesterday, and i dont think they'll be here to stay.
Yesterday i paid a visit to the friendly campus of ucsd in an attempt to locate all my classes. Finding the buildings was quite successful, they are not as far apart form each other as the map led me to believe. I also got a new ucsd key chain to replace my mchs key chaing. Yay for key chains. I ran into the famous talking tree again. Heh heh heh. I was telling my sister about it looking around for it when all of a sudden it was right in front of me. How spooky. The tree still cracks me up.
So then it was lunch at PF Changs and walking around utc for a bit. Then i went with vic and jen to jocelyn's grandparents' big house in la jolla for a barbeque. That was fun. We also took a quick trip up to mt soledad and down to the beach. There was a wedding on the beach and me and jen were able to watch it. They had the wedding kinda late, i think they were aiming for sunset but the sky was too cloudy so u couldnt really see it. Oh well. It was fun anyway.
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