Had a pretty great weekend up in the bay. It was the first time I've been in the San Francisco area in about 10 years. Everytime I go, its always to see family, not a trip to sight see or anything like that. So it was a fun time with friends again. My ankle's been bumming me out, but on a good note, I was one of the first one's to board since I was in a wheelchair at the airport, hehe!

Man, I knew it was cold, but geez it was really cold!! Below 40 degrees Friday night!! Man, it was crazy cuz during our descent, our plane got struck by lighting, and it happened in front of me. I was looking at the clouds out the window then saw a flash and a loud pop! It scared the living shit out of me...I thought I was going to experience something on Lost! But the flight crew just played it off, as if nothing major happened. WTF?? Well, supposedly the plane is designed somehow to protect it from lighting, even if it strkes. Good god it was crazy!!

Got to San Jose and met up for lunch with Jenn, Sherwin, and Jeff at the local mall. Then we went to Romeo's graduation which was pretty cool. Although, some of the speeches were boring in which only the faculty and students could only relate. That's when I started to doze off. Later that night, we met up with Romeo at his house for dinner then went to downtown San Jose to party it up. Unfortunately, the place double booked themselves the same night the Girls Gone Wild crew were filming. So we never got into the club. I was pretty uncomfortable with my crutches and standing in the cold rain, so Karen and I decided to head by while the others went off with Romeo and his classmates at a bar. Apparently, Romeo got really faded, but I didn't see him unfortunately. It kinda bummed me out that night back at the hotel cuz I couldn't party it up with my bro. I was proud of him graduating from school and I just felt sad I couldn't be there.

Well Saturday turned out a lil better. Fed our stomach's with some prime rib at Outback. Then we all headed up to San Francisco at night. Did some shopping at H&M which was cool. I wish I bought more stuff, but its hard shopping with crutches having to hold your shirts. Oh well. After that, we ate some Thai food and partied it up at some club Jen got us in for free. Lots a fun...everyone was pretty much faded and having a blast. Yes, everyone, including you Belle!! I couldn't dance or anything, so I just enjoyed my drinks at the booth and played photographer.

Sunday, met up with Janice and Romeo again for lunch and headed to his house for him to examine my knee and back. My knee has been stiff and I wasn't sure if I tore ligaments when I got injured. He did some tests and said that my knee is fine but saw how tense my back was. He sorta got my back a lil loose and just told me treat it with a hot pack. But I just felt relieved that my knee is okay and my back will get better soon. And plus, my knowing one of my best friends is now a doctor and getting answers from him just made me felt better.

Welp, that's that...headed to the airport and flew back home. No lighting this time, though.

I had a great time. We didn't spend a lot of time in the city, soI'd like to come back again and do more sight-seeing and exploring....hmmm maybe in the summer. Even though I was hobbling around in my crutches, there was no way I'd miss Romeo's graduation. We've come along way from him cutting my hair in high school, being roommates at UCI, then going through John's death, his mom's death, relationships, and now to his graduation.

Congratulations Dr. Romeo Dimaano!

Enjoy the pictures!

Okay quick post on a few things...

Saw the Sports Doctor today and he examined my foot. Pretty good news, as the swelling is slowly going down and i'll start on physical therapy soon. He said that it usually takes about 4-6 weeks to heal but I should be able to walk at least with one crutch soon. So that's gonna help. Gotta go back in a month for a check up to see if its fully healed. I'm hoping that with the help of physical therapy that it'll get better fast and maybe I might be able to snowboard at Mammoth. But we'll see.

Got the wheelchair for San Jose. That'll help out a lot. And its not one of them wheelchair's you'll see at a hospital...yunno the typical green looking ones with the wired spokes. This one's more black and actual modern looking. Thank you Auntie Nita for the help!

Oh...totally forgot to blog about this....but believe it or not...I actually watched Rent on DVD a couple of weekends ago, and actually sorta liked it. I guess I got a better understanding on what the hell was going on. There's still some stupid parts, but its a musical, of course its going to be stupid.

But what made me appreciate it more was actually the special features, and the whole making of Rent. I didn't know that Jonathan Larson (the creator, writer, etc.) past away of some heart condition the night before the show opened in New York. And he was just a typical person...he was a waiter at a New York diner and quit because he wanted to concentrate in producing Rent. So he never saw an actual run of the show he created. And basically, the story of Rent is his life and what he was living before he passed away. And to know, that the show opened up in such a small theater, maybe a 100 seat theater if anything, and to become so successful that it had to move to Broadway, I thought was a big accomplishment, especially to an artist like him. To start from scratch, yunno, no money, struggling, and making it big with something you've created is just fuckin awesome.

So in the end, I did like the movie, and now have a huge appreciation for it. Although I don't swear by it, how those fuckin' Rent-heads think its the best musical ever, it's an okay musical. I have some friends that are close to being Rent-heads (some that try to deny it), which kinda bugs, but whatever. Would I pay to watch it?...I've never had and probably never will.

Okay gotta take a shower...prolly wont blog till we get back from San Jose where we will see Mr. Romeo Dimaano turn into Dr. Romeo Dimaano before our very own eyes. Very exciting!

Lay-ers! (in that cute Keira Knightly/Parminder Nagra/Bend It Like Beckham British kind of way.

Haven't updated in almost two weeks. Most of the reason is because my ankle has been bumming me, especially this week. For the first time, I felt like I was really on a low.

Went to the doc's on Monday hoping to find some answers, but didn't get much. He flexed my ankle to which I felt no pain, but when asked to walk, I couldn't. He feared I might've suffered a hairline fracture, esp since my toes couldn't touch the ground while standing up. So he told me to get x-rays (finally!) the following day, and sorta got good news. X-rays didn't reveal any fracture, dislocation, just high tissues swelling. So that was good. Then another set back...

Wednesday, while watching Lost, I had trouble breathing. Everytime I'd inhale, my chest and back started to hurt. It got really painful after I took a shower, so bad that it got me to tears. Karen wanted me to take me to the ER, but I wanted to see if I could sleep it off instead. The next morning, I still had trouble breathing, so I went to Irvine Med and they diagnosed me with back spasms. Good god, taking x-rays of my back couldn't have been more painful. The entire time, I was screaming, because my back was so tense that when he'd lay me down I'd be in pain. The nurse gave me this shot of something which pretty much made me drowsy and I knocked out the entire day. The doc also gave me some Vicodin and a drug to relax my muscles. Friday, I had another spasm attack, to which Joe walked in when he came home from lunch. Dude, it was freakin painful I was literally crying. Image a bad leg cramp, probably 10 times worse in your back. And whenever you inhale to breathe, it gets worse. That's what it felt like. But right now, my back is still tense, however I haven't gotten any spasm attacks. The doc at the ER said its probably from using the crutches and using other muscles to compensate for my ankle.

So hopefully, I'll be getting a wheelchair this week so I wont have to risk any more back spasms. My ankle is feeling better, I can put a lil more weight on it when I stand up. But I'll find out more answers on Wednesday when I see a different doc again. I'm just frustrated that I didn't get an x-ray in the first place. Because of all this mess, Karen and I are gonna be changing doctors. Cuz this is freakin ridiculous.

And I know it sounds selfish, but I just hate hearing what other people have been doing lately (snowboarding, going out, etc.) I guess like what Belle said, to a certain extent, why must people showcase every single thing they do? I guess I'm just jealous that I can't do simple things that other people can do. I apologize if I'm sounding like a selfish prick, but it just sucks in my case. And its just frustrating that the doctor says, "you should be fine in a week or two," when its almost been a month, and I still can't walk. But seriously, for you all reading this, I still love you and I'm not directly mad at you! =) Just sucks being a gimp. I'm praying in two weeks, I'll be completely healed! And I know a lot of people have it worse, but its just been frustrating on my part.

Well, I'm looking forward to next weekend going up to San Jose. It'll give me a chance just to get away for once and clear my mind a lil, hanging out with some friends.

Having a sprained ankle blows!!

Here's how my crippled life is going....

Going up and down the stairs, I either have to climb up on my fours, or slide on my ass going down.

Getting in and out of the shower, Karen has to carry me in where for the next 10 minutes, I have to stand on my right foot and clense myself.

I have to stay in bed all day since I have limited mobility.

Ice on my ankle 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes.

I have to pee like a girl cuz I can't stand straight and pee normal.

I have a hard time wiping my ass when I shit because I can only put pressure on one foot.

It tires me out easily walking from the parking structure to my desk on crutches.

I have to keep my foot up which can be really uncomfortable.

While getting a drink of water today, I had to keep the styrofoam cup in my mouth, walk on crutches to the drinking fountain, then drink as much water as I can till I have to make the trek back to my desk.

Laying in bed all weekend while it rained/snowed up in the mountains knowing I'd probably call in sick and snowboard this week.

Thank you to Karen for being my 'slave' the past week. I'm very grateful for all the help you've given me!

Gross, I can actually see the bruise around my wrapped ankle. Ankle, please get better soon!

So what's worse than losing at a competitive sport?

Getting injured.

Yes, I injured myself during my game on Wednesday. I thought at first I sprained my knee, but no, I srained my ankle pretty bad. I was skating in on a breakaway until some defender caught up to me and at the last minute, sorta knocked me off balance. As that happened, the puck rolled off my stick in which the goalie tried to cover the puck as it was rolling towards him. Instead, he sorta caught my skate which forced me leg in a weird position which sent some weird feeling up to my knee. I was down for a few minutes and helped off the rink to the bench. And we lost the game 6-3.

Got home, and iced the knee, but I woke up in the morning with my ankle hurting like a bitch. I went to the doctor, fearing that I tore ligaments, but she said it was just a bad sprain. My ankle is really swollen and I can barely walk. I've had my roommates and Karen help me around the house and finally got some crutches from my coworker. Thanks everyone for all the help. Hopefully this weekend, the swelling will go down and I'll be able to somewhat walk better.

Well the doctor said it'd take a week for the swelling to go down. If its still hurting after 2 weeks, I'd have to get x-rays. That's what's making me scared. I just hope I don't need surgery or anything. Doctor's nowadays, sometimes you can't trust them.

I think this is the most damage I've done to myself since elementary when I was in the 5th grade. I got in a skateboard accident where I cracked a rib, sprained my wrist, and lost a tooth. Plus, I've had the normal jammed fingers, slightly sprained ankles in basketball. But surgery, no way. So I hope my ankle heals fast enough to go snowboarding again! Its gonna be snowing here soon and plus I got a Mammoth trip and another trip to Tahoe in the next couple of months.

Karen brought up a good point about how stupid the sport curling was. And funny enough, I woke up today and drove to work listening to Kevin & Bean just making fun of the sport. It was freakin hilarious!! Its true though, they have the event in a 3,000 seat arena, and only like 50 show up, which most are probably family and relatives.

"Here we go USA, HERE WE GO!" (you can hear like 3 people cheering)

But the best part was...

"HARD!! HARD!! HAAAAARRRDDD!!"

Which led to a, "SSSSHHHHHUUUUT UUUUUUPPPPP!!!"

Sorry, you had to listen to understand! I was cracking up!!

A thought I brought up to Ryan...

In pairs figure skating, what would happen if the woman was the one to throw the man up in the air while he would do the triple axles, triple lutzes, etc. Like what if the roles were reversed?? Wouldn't that lead to an automatic gold medal?? It does have creativity and no one has done it yet. Hmmmm....Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver perhaps?

Didn't do much for Valentine's Day. Just had a nice lunch with my bubba at Bluewater Grill. Yummy!! Thanks for the PSP movies, Karen! Lob Yu!

Whoo hoo! Watching Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater next Thursday in L.A. with Jay and Cicely. Thank God for Goldstar!!

I'm Jean Valjean!
(No, really.) Some people may see me as a little sanctimonious, but though I care deeply about doing right, I'm not above a little skulduggery in a good cause. Being in touch with my spiritual side doesn't make me an easy target... on the contrary, in fact. Which Les Miserables Character Are You?

Had another chill weekend. Friday, watched a little bit of the opening ceremonies (which turned out to be a big disappointment...more later). Later, went ice skating in Anaheim with Karen, Cicely, and Jay. It was actually pretty fun and a lot less crowded than at Artesia. Not a lot of ice chocolates (huh, ryan?) this time. But it was pretty empty, which gave me an opportunity to practice my hockey stops. I sorta have it down, but still have a lot to practice. But then again, I'm not sure if my skates were dull that it made it easier this time. I didn't wanna overdue it because my wrist has been hurting every since broomballing/ice skating for Jay's birthday. I ate it a couple of times and I think I sprained it. Oh well. It was also empty enough for me to try to teach Cicely how to do crossovers while skating backwards. She almost has it down, just trying to break some habits with her legs and feet (that sounds a lil gross huh?) I'm actually considering getting some ice skates just to learn how to skate better with. What you all think of these bad boys?

These are the Nike V-10's which are closeout models I can get for $140 (originally $350) Yeah, I'm a label whore when it comes to Nike products, but the Nike Roller Hockey skates I own are soooooo comfortable. So why go to another brand? But we'll see if I actually do fork out the cash for them. I'll get my money's worth once I go ice skating say...50 times or so since it costs like $3 to normally rent. But Karen is right, it can get pretty gross renting skates and putting your foot into skates where countless amount of people have done the same thing also.

Anyhow, the rest of the weekend, just chilled and watched the Olympics. I watched the Opening Ceremonies on Tivo and I was disappointed especially during the lighting of the torch. It wasn't dramatic like past lighting ceremonies like the archer during the Barcelona games, Muhammed Ali during the Atlanta games, or the 1980 US hockey team during the Salt Lake City games. Instead, it was some chick that lit something on the ground, then this pyro show around the stadium, which led to the cauldron being lit from up above. I dunno, I guess I was expecting something that seemed more 'natural' than something electronic or computerized lighting the cauldron. But that's just being me.

So far, I'm not too impressed with the results. I guess it was all the hype that the American media is giving...'the best American team assembled.' Maybe I expected major dominance, but so far not a lot going on. It's still early, so hopefully it'll pick up. I just want USA hockey to do win the gold, which they probably wont. boo hoo. Oh well, just think Lake Placid 1980.

Hmmm...maybe I should watch Miracle on DVD for good luck.

I finally got my new Canon SD450, after my SD300 broke broomballing during Belle and Cicely's birthday. Yeah, the LCD screen cracked after I fell to the ice. I can still take pictures thru the viewfinder (is that what you call it), but I can't change any of the settings. Oh well, bigger screen this time and a spare battery from my SD300. Just in time for Valentine's Day and my trip to the bay!

Last night's hockey game was horrible!! We were winning 3-0 and ended up losing 5-4. I think our defense fell apart and we just got tired at the end. I also blame myself, I got stopped on two breakaways and hit the post when I had an open net with about 3 minutes left in the game. That would at least tied the game. But it's just frustrating that after going up 3-0 you'd expect to win the rest of the way. And plus, our team was a lot better than the other team. Well hopefully next time we play them, we know what to expect. They did have two defensemen that were playing a little rough, but that's something you can't fall for and get upset about.

But damn it! It really frustrates me because usually on breakways I'd bury those goals. I'm not saying I'm a dope ass hockey player cuz I'm not. But I have enough skill to score those type of goals. I know on the second breakaway, I shot high to the right side, but the freakin handle of the goalie's stick got in the way. THE FREAKIN HANDLE...which is like an inch thick if anything. Yeah, it must've been luck, but on my part it was just too frustrating.

The highlight of the evening was our new jerseys...



Pretty freakin' sweet huh? Yeah our team is called the Fatties. I guess cuz all of us are a lot older, fatter, and more out of shape than we were when we first started playing back at UCI. We've gotten some pretty dope comments. But still...we lost the damn game.

Well, the Olympics are starting in just one more day. I'm really excited for Team USA. I expect Gold in most of the Alpine events. I'm not too sure about the rink...speaking on the ice. A lot of debate is going whether Michelle Kwan should be going to the Olympics. Is she gonna finally win her elusive Olympic Gold medal? I really doubt it, but I hope I'm proven wrong. As for hockey, well I don't even expect for the men's team to medal. Even though they are sending the dream team from the NHL, their defense and goaltending wont be good enough against Russia and Canada. Canada is so deep, they can probably put four different Canadian teams, and still win the Gold. But we'll see what happens. I think the women's hockey team has a chance to beat Canada, even though Canada is favored. Its pretty cool they have an Asian on their team, named Julie Chu. She's been on the team in 2002. And also, their goalie Chanda Gunn is from Huntington Beach of all places.

I dunno what it is about the Olympics I get so hyped up about. Most people don't really care, but its pretty cool to watch countries compete against each other. And I guess I sorta remember how the summer games were here in Los Angeles in 1984. I think that's when I started getting into sports and the Lakers. I even get hyped up listening to the theme by John Williams. Yeah, I'm a dork. Even when we were at Squaw and just being in a place where the Olympics took place gave me some chills.

Which reminds me, gotta Tivo the Opening Ceremonies.

Last night's Scrubs episode was hilarious!! I'm starting to watch that show more often than usual. Mandy Moore was really cute, altho she played this clutz on the show. Turk's Bell Biv DeVoe impression was freakin funny. I think I'll watch it again later on Tivo.

Last night's Law & Order: SVU was pretty good too. Tommy and I totally predicted the end, even though we were joking around. Not to spoil the episode too much, there was this woman in a wheelchair and her husband was having an affair with this stripper. Since the lady was crippled, they both couldn't have sex, hence the husband doing it with a stripper. So, the sick bastard that Tommy is, he says, "well, she still has a mouth." Hehe! Anyhow, during the show I said out loud, "Watch her get up and just start walking." So as the episode runs down, it turns out the wife in the wheelchair actually hired this guy she was blowing to kill her husband's stripper/mistress. So the hitman actually rapes the girl, gives her oral sex, and kills the stripper. Since they find the crippled woman's saliva mixed with the dude's semen in the raped victim, they traced it back to her and she was convicted. Then at the end of the episode, Stabler and Benson were trying to convince the husband that his wife is trying to set him up (I forgot why), gets pissed, shoves her wife in the pool, and bam!! She starts to swim and she walks out of the pool!!

So turns out...Tommy and I were right! The crippled woman did use her mouth for oral sex and I was right that she knew how to walk this whole time.

Funny how joking around can solve a mystery.

I had another eventful but fast weekend.

Friday, I woke up to pain on my thigh. I forgot I got hit by a slapshot during my game on Wednesday. I have padding there and it didn't hurt that much at the time, but waking up on Friday with pain was a bitch. The bruise has calm down a bit tho. Left early from work on Friday, and had the whole pad to myself at night. Wasn't really in the mood to go out, but just relax and enjoy the quiet time. So what a better way to watch Dateline on T.V. about sexual predators. It was pretty disturbing. There was this company that would pretend to be young lil boys or girls (like 12-13 year olds) and they'd have conversations online with these old sick bastards. They'd both agree to meet up at the boy's or girl's house, but instead would find themselves being interviewed by some dude from Dateline on NBC. They'd have hidden cameras set up, and once they'd try to bail, the cops were next door in a Winnabago to rush em. It was pretty sickening, cuz they'd bring 'stuff' with them: alcohol, lube, condoms, viagra, you name it. And it most cases, these dudes were gonna do it with little boys. One dude was a rabbi, another a high school teacher, another a law enforcement officer. Yup, pretty sick!

Saturday, went to celebrate Ro's birthday at HB. It was pretty fun just hanging out with people I haven't seen in a long time. I actually saw my old roommate Jean, which I admit was a lil awkward since I haven't seen her since we moved out. I'm a lil more civil with her unlike the other one. That's a whole different story. Pretty amazed to hear Ro wanting to go home early while the rest of us just chilled and drank. All in all, I probably only saw Ro for like 15 minutes, hehe. Happy Birthday, Ro! Got to see semi-drunk Joe that evening which was hilarious! Problem was it was at our pad! Hehe, good times regardless!

Sunday, went to two Superbowl parties and watched Pittsburgh win 21-10 over Seattle. The game overall was okay, nothing too exciting. The officiating blew, the commercials were average, the game itself wasn't too exciting. Congrats to Joe for winning money. It looked like Seattle was going to ruin his bet, but Seattle failed to score at the end. I saw him praying at the end, and even took a picture (it came out dark). This year was probably the first time I didn't cheer for a team. I'd be happy if any of two would've won. I think I was more hopeing Joe would win his money so I wouldn't have to hear him gripe at home. But regardless, it was just fun hanging out with coworkers and friends for the day.

During the weekend, a lot of true colors were shown and I was a lil surprised to see that happen. Its not that alcohol was involved or anything, but not having to talk to some friends in awhile, it was great to catch up on stuff I was missing out on. Man, it feels great to hang out with some friends you thought might not see for awhile. But it was all worth it this weekend.

Happy Birthday to Kristine! I'm sorry, I don't have a gift for you yet. But I hope to have it sometime soon! I hope you have a great day!!

AAhhhh...feels good to be home from work finally. Just took a big ass dump and here I am now. Not that work was too strenuous. I think the last time it was really crazy was when Lion King was at our venue last year. Work was okay, a lil slow, but not too shabby.

I guess I'm just glad to be home cuz we had a hockey game last night at freakin 11 pm. I thought it was at 10, but apparently I was emailed the wrong time. So I didn't get home till past 12:30. Took a shower then knocked out. Hockey was pretty frustrating last night, as we lost 6-1. It seems like that's the standard score when we loose. I had a lot of jump in my game, p0uncing on loose pucks and dekeing out defenders. Didn't score a goal, but I got five shots on goal, and a penalty for high sticking. It was a lil frustrating to the fact that the opponents roughed me up a lil. Nothing too bad, but I'm the smallest one playing, so of course they gonna try to rough it up a bit. This one dude sorta threw me to the ground after we both were going for puck, and I ended up falling backwards and slamming my head on the ground. Wasn't too bad, but enough to make me a lil woozy. Oh well, we lost, but hopefully next week we'll have a better outing.

This week overall is pretty boring. No new episodes to watch on T.V. SUV, Lost, and I believe the Office and E.R. are repeats tonight. The Kings game isn't televised tonight so I guess I'll be playing more of Burnout Legends on PSP tonight.

Okay, I think I'm gonna lay down for a bit.

Right now I'm feeling very relieved. There's some stuff that I needed to get off my back it just felt good right now to just let it all out. Its a little surprising to let out your feelings and anger to someone you don't talk to as much. But for that person to understand and to know where I'm coming from, means a lot to me. I just had some stuff that I've had in the back of my head for so long and that I kept in. It was something that I always wanted to let out, but I couldn't find the right person or people that would understand. Now that I finally have and its finally out, I feel so relieved!

And no, I'm not gay you freakin homos.

So to that someone, I thank you with all my heart.

Fuck you Brian Hayward.

This guy is the fuckin color commentator for the Ducks. This guy just said on the air to keep one of the Kings players (Geroge Parros) on the ice because, "he's not going to score the rest of the 10 minutes of the game." So the Parros gets a 2 minute minor and a 10 minute misconduct, a total of 12 minutes left. The fucker Hayward says, "I don't know why they keep him in the penalty box because the Kings are going to loose the game."

Bitch, how do you know?? There's fuckin 10 minutes left in the 3rd period, and the Ducks are only winning by one!!??

I hate that fucker. Such a fuckin homer. I don't care if the Ducks win, don't say that shit in the air.

And don't fuckin call out a Parros's skill. You're not on the ice you bitch, and if you were Parros would fuckin pound you.

Had another great weekend with friends, but man it went by too fast!

Got to see the friends again, which was the first since Tahoe. Friday night, some of us went ice skating in Artesia. It was pretty fun, but freakin ghetto in a way. A lot of people on the ice which made it hard to manuever. I'm still trying to work on my hockey stop, but I just wish there was no one around so if I ate it, they wouldn't see. But apparently, I freakin ate it trying to show Cicely how to do crossovers while ice skating backwards. I landed on my elbow which kinda hurt, but its all good. It gave me fond memories skating a top of Squaw Valley.

Afterwards, we took a break then played broomball. It was really tiring, but really fun! Our team won by two, not sure what the score was. I scored a hat trick (3 goals) which was cool. Too bad I can't do that in my league. Oh well.

Saturday, woke up to sore muscles but drove up to the Staples Center to watch the Kings get bitch-slapped by the Ducks. Thanks to my hockey teammate Scotty, we sat about 10 rows from the glass, which was really cool cuz you could see the players faces get smashed against the glass. But its too bad the Kings got humiliated. They allowed 4 power play goals. It was so bad, that Karen got up to use the restroom, and when she came back, Anaheim scored two goals during that time span. What the heck?? Even tho they lost, it was a lot of fun. Hopefully they can rebound tonight, they play Anaheim again at the Pond.

Afterwards, went home, took a nap, had a nice dinner at Chili's with Karen (their Chicken Fried Steak is the best!), and went clubbing at V20 at Long Beach to celebrate Jay's birthday. Good times, everyone was pretty much faded...except for me. I guess since I was driving I didn't wanna drink too much. Plus Karen was faded, which was a first, so there was no way I was going to let her drive. Good times tho. Jay was really messed up. "Where's my beanie!?"

Sunday, just relaxed after a long weekend. Karen and I didn't get to bed till 5 am cuz we kicked it at Jay's pad and watched the Lost Pilot's. And now its back for another week. The highlight of Sunday, Joe's new shirt. Freakin awesome!

Okay, I guess I'm not going to get my new hockey stick anytime soon. I got to check it out at the ice rink on Friday and its freakin awesome. I was hoping I'd get it this week so I can use it on Wednesday, but I can't. Its about $150, so I'm gonna have to wait. I've put it at the bottom of my priority list right now. I still have rent, bills, Kristine's birthday gift, Jay's birthday (I still owe Karen money for his gift), Tahoe bills, and Valentine's Day. Although I want that freakin stick so bad, I'll hold off for now.

Stupid bills.

Oh yeah, I'm a lil excited cuz I bought a plane ticket to fly up north to the bay. I haven't been up to the bay in a long time, so it'll be a nice quick change of scenary for the weekend. Plus, I get to see Romeo graduate from Chiropractic school. I've been itching to fly ever since coming back from Chicago.

Okay time for the Kings/Ducks round 6 (Kings winning the season series 3-2)...

We won our hockey game tonight 7-4. Pretty good game, we had the lead throughout the game. I felt really energized and in shape, after only playing in my second game this season. I made a couple of nice moves away from defenders. There was one play where I was on the right wing boards and I sorta twisted the defender around. He sorta got lost, so another defender got on me quick. From that point, I knew someone was open so made a perfect flip pass in the slot to a wide open teammate. But he blew it and shot wide. Its okay, from my standpoint my vision on the rink is getting a little better every game. I also scored two goals tonight, one that was suppose to be a cross-rink pass on a break, but it hit a defender and went straight it. Another was on a two-on-one break and I buried it. I guess the new elbow pads I bought helped =). So I dedicate my two goals to two friends that just recently had their birthdays: Jay and Dana. Happy Birthday to both of you again.

Well despite my two goal performance, I think I need a new stick. I'm thinking of picking up one of the intermediate sized Easton Synergy sticks. I need a lil more flex on my shot for more power. Problem is, it costs about $150. I still have to pay my Best Buy bill for my Ipod, and plus I have other things coming up (Jay's birthday, Kristine's birthday, Valentine's Day, and my plane ticket to the bay for Romeo's graduation). So we'll see if I can afford it.

I'm exhausted, yet this week is going by pretty fast. This is my first full week of work of the year. Been having 3 and 4 day weeks cuz of the holiday breaks and Tahoe.

Can't wait for the weekend already. Got broomballing part two for Jay's birthday, possible free tickets to the Kings/Ducks game at the Superstore Saturday afternoon, and partying it up with Jay and friends in Long Beach that night.

Okay, time to sleep. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ......

This past weekend was a much needed rest from Tahoe. Doesn't help to arrive 4 am in the morning, then the following day, skate my butt off in my first hockey game of the season. Didn't do much on Friday, except for watching 40 Year Old Virgin again. That movie just cracks me up.

Saturday, Karen and I met up with Chelsea and had lunch at the Blue Bayou in Disneyland. Man oh man is that place good. I was gonna get this Monte Christo Sandwich (ham, turkey, cheese sandwhich deep fried in a batter, and sprinkled with powdered sugar), but I saw a nice Prime Rib priced at only $18. I've eaten there before for one of my anniversaries with Karen, and I think it was well over $30 for the dinner entree. But man oh man, I wasn't disappointed for lunch. Medium-rare please...yummy!

After that, we walked over to California Adventure but didn't ride anything. We were about to ride the Tower of Terror, but I was way too full to ride anything. We passed by the theater that was showing Aladdin, the Musical, and it reminded me how awful of a production that is. Not that I'm a talented performer, but man people on that show just can't act for crap. There are some cute looking girls, but that production sucks balls as a whole. I don't see how people can watch that crap over and over again. Its horrible. If you wanna sleep in a nice dark, air conditioned place, its a nice pit stop if you're there during the summer. We were all getting tired from all the food, so we just shopped a lil then headed home. I saw the Kings/Sharks game on Tivo, and the Kings lost in OT. Freakin pissed!!

Sunday, Joe and I just watched the two football games on T.V. The two teams I predicted winning their respective games won, and now a really good show down for the upcoming Superbowl will take place in a couple of weeks. I don't really know who to cheer for. I like Seattle because they've never been to the Superbowl. And I also like Pittsburgh cuz Troy Polamalu is one dope mother f-er. I'll make my decision soon.

Congrats to Kobe scoring 81 points. Too bad I was busy cutting my hair and didn't know they were playing. Oh well. Oh yeah, speaking of grooming, I finally shaved my moustache for the first time ever. Not just a trim, but I actually shaved almost all of it off. Dunno if I'll keep it this way. We'll see. People say I look younger, so maybe that's a good thing.

I just took a mean ass shit and Tommy said the smell hit the hallway. Damn, didn't know it was that bad. Sorry, bro. But I did rock that mother f-er!

Kings vs Ducks in two hours. GO KINGS!! On that note here's a nice picture...

Congratulations Luc Robitaille!! The GREATEST goal scorer in Los Angeles Kings history!!

1,108

That's how many miles we traveled this weekend going to and from Lake Tahoe. What a trip it was!!

Things began horrible once we picked up the car rental. Karen booked the car after she was given the info we'd be getting a deal on an SUV with four wheel drive. I figured cool, we'd be getting a GMC Envoy, a Ford Explorer, something along those lines right? And what did we get?? A freakin Jeep Laredo...without four wheel drive! Dude, that car is freakin small and ghetto. Though it did come with half a rear wind shield wiper. Oh and better yet, it came with a power adjustable driver seat, but a manual adujstable passenger seat. The hell is that about?

Okay, so once I got the rental, I looked up what kind of stuff I needed for the rack we were gonna use from Ryan. I bought the universal Yakima mounts for $45. So later that night, we got to Ryan's to meet up and load stuff...turns out that I needed another bar that runs across the bracket to mount the rack. So that didn't work. Well, it turns out that we would just shove all of our luggage in the Laredo, and everyone else inside Ryan's Yukon.

After a late dinner at Mocasalsa (I sat this one out cuz I didn't wanna rock it), we started our journey at 1 am. Once we got on the 99, it was nothing bug thick fog! So thick, we ended up at a Denny's parking lot 4 hours later at Fresno to sleep and wait the for the fog to clear. We continued on a lil past 8, and met up with Sherwin at Elk Grove for some breakfast at Denny's.

After dropping off Sherwin's car at my uncle's pad, and buying chains for the Laredo at the local Sport Chalet, we left for Tahoe around 2 and got to the place around 4:30. The location was perfect: In Tahoe City, near the lake, near groceries, only 15 miles from the freeway, and 6 miles from Alpine Meadows and Squaw. The first night we just ended up chillin, having a nice bbq, played some games, drank a lil, and just kept warm and hung out.

The next day we got to Squaw around 11 or so. Once we strapped in, I found out that my left binding was loose. I tried tightening it but I couldn't find the hole to screw in cuz snow kept going in. It's a lil complicated to explain. Anyhow, two laters later, they shut down the mountain because of an Avalanche warning. It was pretty scary. Soon enough, we were at the bottom of the mountain and were heading home at 3:00. It sucked, but at least all of us were safe. So we just decided to chill the rest of the day at our condo as the snow kept coming down.

Sunday, we woke up to a clear perfect day...a new foot of fresh snow, calm breeze, and sunshine. Jay had to leave early in the morning for a baptism and took a flight back. Ry and Cicely took him to the airport in Reno early in the morning, so we didn't see Jay leave. Sherwin and Keno decided to take a bus trip to the mountain (Turns out that it took them 3 or 4 hours to get back to Squaw) The rest of us didn't start right away cuz we watched the Colts lose to the Steelers. Sorry Lou and Belle. I wanted them to win also. Anyhow, Cicely and Ry knocked out while the rest of us drove back to Squaw after the game. We decided to save $29 and wait another 45 minutes for night boarding which was only $20. Got a couple of dope runs in. Then later that night, we met up with Cicely and Ryan and went ice skating. Man, was it fun! Took some dope pictures, then Sherwin, Keno, Lou, and me did one final mountain run. At first it was pretty awesome cuz it was just us and maybe a handful of people on the mountain. The temperature was in single digits, and it was just a rush coming down the mountain...until I freakin ate it and landed on my face. I busted my lip and it swelled pretty quick. I guess I missed an edge while trying to carve and I just ate it. Though I had to snowboard a lil slower down the rest of the way, it was still a lot of fun.

Monday, we packed up, checked out and took some crazy pictures before leaving. We finally left Tahoe around 2:30. And after a dinner stop in Elk Grove before Sherwin left, we finally left for home around 8 and got home in Irvine around 4 am. Having an Ipod Video helps. We watched some episodes of The Office and Love Actually.

Till this day, I'm still tired but the whole trip was worth it.

Click here for the pictures.

Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend! Let's do it again!

MMMMMMM.....Danger Dogs!!!




Delish!!!!

Wow, already a week into the new year, and so far...what a year!!

First, a major change at work as previously discussed. Although it has lead to drama amongst people who were upset about the change, it was neccesary and had to be done.

Second, USC lost!!! Whoo hoo!! I watched the game with some friends at Jon and Flori's. Jon and I were the only ones rooting for Texas! And what a game it was! There were some controversial calls, but unfortunately that's how sports sometimes goes. People will always blame Vince Young's knee being down. However, USC was up by 12 with about 4 minutes left. Their defense should've held Vince Young in check, but they didn't. What made me a lil upset was that all month long, it was USC this, USC that, USC will win easy, blah blah blah. So when the game finally ends, with Texas celebrating, and after the two coaches meet to congratulate one another, who gets interviewed first?? Pete Carroll, head coach of USC. The 2nd interview?? Matt Leinart!!

WTF?? The team that was 'suppose' to win 3 straight national championships, just blew a 12 point lead and lost the biggest game of the year! And they get the first national broadcasted interviews?? what the heck!? Vince Young and Texas manhandled USC defense! At least one of their athletes should've gotten interviewed first, get some national recognition. And Matt Leinart said during his interview, 'We were the better team.' Man, that's bullshit. No respect or credit given to Texas. I know its not a big deal, but I'm tired of the 'USC this USC that' talk.

But anynow, I guess this was the first time I've ever really cheered for a team from the state I was born in. But I guess being a Trojan-hater, it makes it so much better that Texas won! So congrats to the Longhorns!

Third, I went to the Kings/Coyotes game with Karen, Cicely, Jay, Belle, and Lou. It was a lot of fun. Check out the pictures. I didn't take a lot of action photos, but more photos with my buddies. Kings went up early 3-0 in the first, then scored an empty netter in the 3rd, and the Kings won 4-0. It was cool, Karen finally saw Luc Robitaille play and he scored two goals. The game was fun, but it was a little dead. Not a lot of hitting and no fights. Kigns were awesome offensively, and Phoenix couldn't get anything going. Mathieu Garon made saves look easy. And ooooh man! Them danger dogs were sooooo good! It was well worth walking back towards the other entrance. Yummy! Although my farts were burning (No, Cicely. I didn't fart in your car while driving!). Anyhow, the Kings are still in first place in the Pacific Division. I hope it stays that way and we can finally bring the Stanley Cup to Los Angeles!

And I noticed after attending four games this season, this was the one I actually had to pay for! Haha, yeah I'm a spoiled fan at work. Imagine going all season long without paying a dime for tickets! Wouldn't that be sweet!

Gotta lot of preparing to do. Need to get ready for Joe and Kelly's wedding tomorrow. And gotta get ready for TAHOE next week!! Still need to rent that damn SUV/Truck! Whoo hoo!!

Happy New Year everyone!

Wow, 2006 already. Time seems to never slow down, especially in this day and age. I think I'll have to keep double checking myself writing checks with the correct date.

Anyhow, had a awesome 3 1/2 days off from work. Had some people over our pad for New Years Eve. Wasn't much, but a perfect crowd to enjoy Scene It, Mafia, hooka, and alcohol with. In fact, we all were up till 5 am enjoying ourselves. Thanks to those that came over. Had lots of fun. Although it caused me to have a slight hangover the next day, it was all worth it. In fact, I think my cough is just about gone. Amazing what Jack and Cokes, hooka, and champagne can do.

Got to enjoy dinner for a couple of nights with some friends. Ate at BJ's with a group on Friday and ate at Hooters on Sunday. Also watched two movies during the weekend: The Producers, which was pretty hilarious if you've seen the live show, and Munich, which was pretty freakin long but a pretty good movie.

I'm a little excited for the next few weeks, as I wont be working a full week of work until the end of the month. I'm only working four days this week, four days next week, and three the following week. It's been raining lately, and I'm getting amped up for Tahoe since its been snowing up north.

As for any new years resolution, I don't have any. Everytime I try to do something, I never really follow through with it. It might be a bad thing, but I don't wanna set myself up with something, then in reality I don't follow through with it. I'm not gonna say something like, "I'll quit smoking" cuz I've heard that shit so many times from others and it never happens. I'm probably gonna be just the same person as always and not change anything. Maybe I'll try to be a better person than I was, like spending more time with my family or being more active in sports and athletics. But I'll only change to a certain extent.

A lot of events and issues have occured in my life the past year, some good, some bad. This years Tahoe and Chicago trips were awesome. The good, I'll always cherish; the bad, some will never be fixed and I'll always hold a grudge. Should I get over these issues? Yeah I probably should. I know some people probably think that I need to just move on from it. The problem is that people don't know the full extent of the damage that this has caused: all the sacrafices I did, and the bullshit in the end. People have heard me vent, yet they still don't understand. But I'll be honest, it will take time. And by no means am I going to let the New Year change myself. Sorry call me stubborn, that's just the way that I am. Why should I fix something which I didn't break anyway? Fuck that shit.

So it'll take time for these issues to calm down and forget. But my thoughts and opinions about certain people will never change.

Wedding Crashers is out tomorrow on DVD and PSP. So far, a good start to the new year! =)

Fuck, I'm watching the news right now, and they said they're going to raise the minimum payment for your credit cards.

I thinks that's bullshit especially its right after the holiday season when most people use their credit cards on gifts. Now, that doesn't matter to me since I didn't use my credit card during the holidays, but that fuckin blows that the minimum payment might be twice than usual required minimum. How the hell is that suppose to help pay off your debt when it'll increase the whole in your wallet?

Then the news is explaining how you should cut down on costs, like your cell phone bill and your daily cup of coffee. Man, fuck that shit, some of us can't afford gas all that much cuz its so expensive and that's something out of our control cuz of the damn war.

I swear this economy is so fucked up now.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope you all had a great Christmas weekend.

As for me, it was okay. It was mostly chill and quiet. But overall, it was good.

I got off work early on Friday at noon and received an early Christmas gift, in which I found out our receptionist at work is quitting. Why the good news?? I wont get much into detail, but I'll use one example and you can fill in the blanks from there.

There was one time I called John John on his cell phone about something, but I needed an answer as soon as possible. I called him around 11 so I knew he'd get my message around noon when he went on lunch. So I sat at my desk the entire time after 12 waiting for his call. Usually, John John is pretty good about getting back to people, but I never got one. So later on, I find out that John John did in fact call me. Apparently, he called the front desk around 12:30, but the lazy ass receptionist didn't transfer the call to me, and instead told him that I was out to lunch. Hello, bitch?? Are you my fuckin secretary? Do you know my freakin schedule??

So, although there are maybe like two people at work who will probably miss her in the entire theater (I'm not going to mention names), the rest of us can be a lot more happier working. She's made life a living hell at work, especially to Karen. She's given no respect to Karen as her boss. She may look cute to some guys that want to get in her pants, but fuck that you desperate idiots.

And frankly, I don't care if you idiots are reading this blog anyway. You know who you are.

So to our receptionist, in the words of Brandon Boyd of Incubus, "GOOOOODBYE!!!! NICE TO KNOW YOU!!" HAHAHA!!

Friday, we all headed to Jovan's and Jay's for our annual Christmas party. Great food and great times. Best dish: that one chicken that Chris brought. Damn that was good!! Scene It was awesome, though it took freakin forever. Best laugh of the night was the "Stupid and Stupider" incident. 30 people standing up and yelling out the answer! Freakin awesome! I also got to play mafia for the first time. My acting skills paid off, haha!

We had our white elephant gift exchange and I ended up with a package of 10 beers from around the world. Karen ended up with the gift she brought - R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet DVD. Word of advice: teaming up with a friend to develop a strategy of stealing gifts so you both can have what you want never works. Just ask Jovan. But the night was just awesome.

The next day, I drove Karen to the airport so she could meet up with her parents at the airport. I dropped by to visit Kristine and my sisters family to drop off gifts. Later in the night I drove to Oxnard and got home pretty early, thinking we were going to midnight mass. Instead, I came home and found my parents knocked out on the couch, and soon enough, they went to their rooms and knocked out. So much of family time.

Overall, Christmas was okay, but it didn't really hit me. Probably cuz I've been sick the past few weeks and also, it hasn't been cold really. Usually, I'm excited to see family and spending time with them, but on the way home, I couldn't stop thinking of others that wouldn't be celebrating Christmas with their families. For one, I was thinking of Allan Espiritu's families, both his own family, as well as his own kids. Still bums me out a bit.

Plus we didn't get to open our presents till 10:30 at night. My parents were busy all day cooking and I guess they were just burnt out in the afternoon. I got a PSP from Karen (my girlfriend is the best), cologne, clothes, cash, and a grip of Best Buy cards! Can't go wrong with Best buy cards. I think I have about $135 saved up from last year. Hmmm...maybe I should get a new Ipod.

Shopping wasn't all that great either. The mall in Ventura sucks major donkey balls. They don't even have an American Eagle or a Banana Republic there. They do have a sorry ass Gap store, and an Abercrombie store, but nothing great. Just picked up a tie for a wedding I'm going to in January at Macy's.

However, I got to see some friends again in Oxnard. I got to see Romeo, Ram, and Resty in a matter of hours. It was pretty fun, haven't seen those guys in awhile. Esp Resty, I don't think I've seen him in over 2 years. In fact, I still had his Christmas gift a few years back which I gave him yesterday. Haha!

Anyhow, Christmas was okay, but it could've been better. I think it was fun with all the hype and preparation for other people's gifts. But when it came down to my own Christmas, it was a lil weak. Of course, its always fun with my parents, and I never take that for granted. It just wasn't all that great, since my sister didn't come up with her family. Oh well, next time.

But I gotta enjoy the empty freeways going to work and the empty parking lot. Gotta enjoy it while it lasts. I get off Friday at noon, and off on Monday, but yet no official New Years plans. Hopefully that'll change.

Gotta a lot to look forward to in January: New Years (whatever happens), College Football Championship (GO TEXAS!!), a Kings game, a wedding, Tahoe, Jay's birthday, and soon enough Superbowl!!

I woke up this morning shocked about two things...

The first, I turned on the t.v. and saw the Colts loose to the Chargers. Wow, I thought they would go all the way this year undefeated. Sorry Lou and Belle. But don't worry, they'll still kick butt this year.

The second, is a lot more serious. I came across one of my friends myspace accounts to find out that one of my high school friends was killed in Iraq in November. His name was Allan Espiritu and he was Corpsmen for the Marines, which I guess is similar to a medic. He was killed by an explosive inside his Humvee. Click here for a short story of him and here for his obituary.

I'm still shock of the news. I haven't seen Allan in almost 10 years, probably since I was back at Oxnard College. Allan was a nice person. He sat in back of me Freshmen year in Alegebra and we sometimes helped each other out with our math problems. I remembered one time, I was walking home Freshmen year and he was about to get ready for football practice. I remembered him yelling, 'Joesan!' I turned and I was all, 'Hey, wassup Allan?' And he actually took time to walk over to me, in full football pads, and we just talked a little. Asked how things were, how I did on the last Algebra test. I thought it was pretty cool that he'd actually stop and walk over, I guess because since he was a football player and I always assumed jocks were too cool enough to talk to the non-jocks. But it was something that just stuck in my head about him. Hehe, on a side note, I actually had my first 'kiss' with his ex-wife back when we both were living in Guam. I think we were both 3 years old at the time...haha. Anyhow, rest in peace Allan. You fought for our country, and died a hero.

On to more happier news...

I went to the Kings/Ducks game at the Pond Friday night, and the Kings won 4-3 in a shootout! It was so awesome!! I had two extra tickets that I tried desperately to give away, but couldn't. Our seats were dope...check out the pics. The Kings went up 2-0, but I knew they weren't going to keep the lead. Anaheim actually took the lead 3-2 until rookie Petr Kanko scored his first goal and tied the game 3-3. The Kings almost won with 30 seconds left, when Pavol Demitra went in on a breakaway, deked out J.S. Giguere and hit the post. The game went to a shoot out, and both Demitra and Alexander Frolov scored on their attemps while Kings goalie Mathieu Garon stopped Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermeyer on their bids. It was awesome!! The crowd was going nuts!! Karen was a little bit nervous cuz we were going into enemy territory, but I told her not to worry cuz there are always a lot of Kings fans that go to the Pond when they battle each other. When we got to the parking lot, we noticed a bunch of Kings fans wearing their jerseys. At the game, it seemed like 60 percent were Ducks fans and 40 percent Kings fans.

Its a little sad that Anaheim can't even fill their arena with a good amount of fans, but i guess since the kings have been around since 1967 and the Ducks only since 1993, there are going to be a lot of loyal Kings fans around. Its funny though, cuz at Staples, there's barely any Duck fans around. On Friday's game, most of our section were Kings fans. So we got the perfect seats!

Afterwards, we headed over to Jay and Jovan's for the tree decoration. The guys taught me how to play a little bit of Warcraft, which still confuses me. I dunno if I'll ever get the hang of it. The tree looks awesome, though I know making the garland of popcorn was a pain. Can't wait for Friday!!

Saturday and today, I did most of my Christmas shopping. I just have a couple of people left, then I'm done. I headed over to Best Buy yesterday around 5:00 and found a line of people waiting for more releases of the XBOX 360 on Sunday. I talked to my friend Kirk who was working, and he said they were there at 6 am. Pretty crazy!

As for my bronchitis, I'm still coughing but it seems to be fading away. Hopefully I'll feel better by Christmas. Just sucks that its taking so long to go away.

And on a final note before hitting the sack...I just booked our Tahoe cabin for MLK!!! Just going to wait for the confirmation email tomorrow! Whoo hoo!!

Okay I haven't posted in awhile. Partly is because I'm still sick and I don't like being in front of the computer long. I went back to the doctor today and I she finally diagnosed me with bronchitis. I threw up last night after the holiday staff party. Wasn't good. So I got new antibiotics and hopefully by the weekend I'll feel a lot better.

Being sick has bummed me out for the holidays. I'm so far behind in work, I haven't done any Christmas shopping, haven't researched for our Tahoe trip, haven't played hockey in almost a month, etc, etc. Being sick hasn't really put me in the holiday mood just yet. Hopefully that'll change. Still gotta go to Disneyland too!! Anyone wanna come along with Karen and me?

Had a pretty good weekend. Karen and I watched Love Actually on Friday. I love that movie, I think its my favorite chick flick. And plus, its a pretty good holiday flick too. I think it was one of the first movies I watched with Karen, so its always good to watch it with her.

Saturday I went to Staples with Ry and watched the Clips vs. Suns game. Clips won that night, and afterwards they had a celebrity basketball game. Check out the pics. It was cool, celebs like Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Matt Lillard, Donald Fasion from Scrubs, James Lesure from Las Vegas, Tyrese Gibson, and Frankie Muniz particpated. Hugh Hefner and some Playboy models also showed up. It was some Charity Event that Mark Whalberg was putting on.

Sunday, Karen took me out on a date, and we watched The Chronicles of Narnia. It was really really good! I was suprised I liked it more than I would. Good call Karen! It's not your typical kids movie, I think anyone who watch it would really like it. I'd probably go out and watch it again.

I guess in a way I'm a lil sad cuz I miss my dog, Wickett.

She passed away just before Thanksgiving last year at the age of 14. I had her since I was a sophomore in high school, and its still a lil weird going home to Oxnard and she's not there. She would've turned 15 on Saturday. I miss her a lot. She's a Lhasa Apso, and is such a Tomboy. She burps, farts, snores, etc. I'll always remember the last few moments I had with her.

Well, my mom was taking her to the vet frequently last year. She had an infection in her foot and she was lymping for a few months. The vet also found lumps in her stomach. I went home right before my birthday last year to visit her and she wasn't looking too good. But she was really happy to see me. I was hoping she'd last throughout the holidays last year, but she didn't. Right before Thanksgiving last year, my mom wanted me to come home because she was suffering and it didn't seem like she can last. But I couldn't come home for some reason. A few days later, my mom took her to the vet, and he said that it was time to put her to sleep because there was nothing else to be done. I know my mom was really sad. She told me if she could see Wickett one last time before she had to go. So the the vet brought her out, my mom gave her a kiss and told her that she loved her, to be at peace, and said goodbye. My mom left her there, and we never saw her again.

Okay...seriously, tears are streaming down my face...On to happier things...

Oh by the way, I fuckin hate cats!

Going to the Kings/Ducks game on Friday at the Pond. Scored some free tickets through work. Gotta love the freebies!

Okay, as promised, here are some links to some pictures...

Cicely and Belle's Birthday Extravaganza
Thanksgiving with the friends.
Thanksgiving with the family.

Welcome back Jay!

Man, it sucks to be sick. I was watching The Office and it was freakin hilarious! But everytime I would laugh, I break out coughing. Sucks man!

So I called in sick today from work. Well not actually called in, since I went to work for an hour to work on some sales reports. But I went home and just knocked most of the day. I went to the doctor, and had some good news. I don't have bronchitis (well, she didn't mention I had any), but more of just the common cough associated with the flu bug that's around. So that's good news. However, I do have a fever at 100 degrees. So I guess I'll be sleeping, laying down, and drinking a lot of gatorade. I got my antibiotics, so hopefully I'll start to feel better soon.

I'm probably not going to go to work also I've arranged with my coworker for him to run the sales reports tomorrow morning. I just hope he doesn't call for questions, cuz I know I'll be knocked out.

Its weird, I don't think I've called in sick, nor played hookie, the entire year. I got sick last year on the way home from vegas after stopping Tommy's in Barstow. Yeah, chilicheeseburger, chili cheese hot dog, and chili cheese fries will do some damage. I ended up throwing up for the next two days. But its kinda weird, being home during the middle of the week.

Joe is a jerk. He keeps making fun of me. He wont even let me have a sip of his soda from Wendy's.I hope he gets sick soon! Mooha...Moohaha!

Okay, back to bed...time to watch the Kings game...bastards have lost 4 in a row!

I'm sick...I'm sick...I'm sick...

I think I've gotten bronchtis. My muscles ache. I can't move.

Oh god, it hurts.

Calgone...take me away!

Had a good weekend, but of course not long enough like all weekends.

Good times on Friday, celebrating Joe's birthday. Happy Birthday roommie, although you didn't drink the Jack and Coke I bought you. Its all good!

Had a fun day with Cicely and Ryan on Saturday, spending almost the entire day in L.A. We went to Ski Dazzle (my second trip in two days), and it was really fun. As posted in Cicely's blog, Ryan and I showed how much troublemakers we are when we hang out. I think that was probably the highlight of the weekend. The only thing that probably would've made it perfect is if UCLA would've beaten USC, but we all know that wasn't going to happen. But anyhow, we spent a good 2 hours there and headed to West L.A., where Cicely recommended this good chicken and salad joint she used to go when she lived nearby. The place is freakin good! Chicken was oh so good! Good job Cicely! Then we headed over to the WESSSYDE Pavilion and shopped more. And no, I didn't buy anything.

Question...don't you hate it when you buy food to go, and when you get home, you find out you're order gets fucked up? Last night around 9:45, I was craving a delicious Fatburger with cheese, egg, and bacon, so I called in my order, picked it up down the street, headed back home, and to find my burger had just that...cheese, egg, and bacon. They fuckin forgot the lettuce, tomato, onions, mayo, mustard, ketchup and whatever else to put in it! What the hell dude?? I paid over $9 for that combo, and shit, my burger was not even half of what it was suppose to be! And I couldn't go back cuz they closed at 10pm. Just being that disappointed, I lost my appetite. I hate it when that happens!

Have any of you seen the Trapped in the Closet episodes by R. Kelly? I've heard Kevin and Bean knocking on it in the mornings and Cicely told me it was on late last night. So along with Karen, we were watching it and discussing it thru AIMS last night, and man is it ever so awful! So awful that its yet, hilarious and entertaining. I really can't believe this sellout freakin made this piece of crap! Its almost as bad as RENT. No actually, I like it better since its actually entertaining. But anyhow, it was so bad, I had to download the entire thing.

Today was our last game of the season for softball. It was fun, though of course we lost. Joe and Jevon got to sub in for a couple of players, and they played great. But it didn't hit me until the end that it would be our final game, and that we probably might not be seeing all of each other that often. And that made me a little sad. For me, playing softball on Sundays was a time to hang out with your closest friends and just to have good old fun for a few hours, win or loose. So I always looked forward to Sundays cuz of that. And if we do all play again next season, it wont be until January or so. And that is a big IF, cuz we have to find a league where the skill is comparable to ours. I was talking to Ryan, and it seemed like we probably wont see all of us together until the annual Christmas party, which is on the 23rd. Okay, I'm overreacting...

Just got home from dinner with Belle, Cici, Lou, Ryan, Joe, Jevon, and Karen. I'm getting hungry already.

Happy Birthday Joe!!

Okay...haven't posted in awhile...

Been pretty busy the past couple of weeks. Celebrated Belle and Cici's birthday at Medieval Times and Broomballing afterwards. Sucks that it ended in a 6-6 tie, but I'll take it cuz the blue (better) team tied it with Cicely's goal with just a few minutes left. So she gets my vote for the number 1 star of the game. Come to think of it, it would've been cool if they had the time up on the scoreboard so we can see what the score was and how much time we had left. Oh well.

The day after, we played our softball game, losing 19-13. Seriously, even though we haven't won a game, its amazing how much we've improved since day 1 of practice. Afterwards, we had our Thanksgiving fiesta with the crew at Belle and Cici's house. My freakin prime rib took forever to cook. I should've bought one smaller. So I got fed up and served most of it medium rare. And it sucked cuz it didn't finish till everyone was done eating dinner. So I dont think anyone really tasted it. Oh well, all good tho! Nothing but fun times that night.

Best moment from Catch Phrase:
Me: 'When a girl shoves a dude's penis in her mouth...like all the way in her mouth.'
Belle: 'DEEP THROAT!!!!'

Good job Belle with the correct answer! (Boy did Lou turn really red! Hehe, love you both!)

I had a pretty good Thanksgiving weekend with the familia. My sister came up to Oxnard with her family. Its pretty rare we get to spend the holidays together, especially with my sister and her 4 kids. But it was fun, had plenty of food. Karen also came up with me, which was our first Thanksgiving together. Funny how we ate most of the leftovers in two days. It was pretty cool watching Office Space and Anchorman, and seeing my parents crack up constantly during both movies. Good Times!

This year, I actually took advantage of Black Friday. Karen and I woke up at 4:30 am and headed to the local Best Buy. When we arrived, the line was wrapped around the building, ending at the loading dock in the back. I forgot that the next nearest Best Buy was in Thousand Oaks, which is about another 20 miles south. Unlike where I live in Irvine, there's about 5 within 20 minutes from me. So the crowd was huge!

We supringly got in right away. I managed to get a few DVD's that were cheap(Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Anchorman). Afterwards, we headed across the freeway to Sport Chalet where Karen bought new Burton snowboarding pants for only $60. Later that day, we went to Target and got more DVD's. Karen completed her Harry Potter collection ($6 each) and bought the Family Guy Season 3 set ($18) and Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story ($9). Karen and I also bought two Scene It DVD games. She got the Scene It Movie Edition (and freakin wooped my butt in it) and I got Scene It Sports Edition.

My dad also took Karen and me to the Navy Exchange. They had a 25% off sale on all Nike's so I picked up a pair Air Force I's for only $45, no tax!

We also attmepted to hit the outlets afterwards but couldn't find parking. So we booked it for home.

Funny, all the shopping I did was for myself, none for Christmas shopping. Not to mention I bought a new suit last week for a wedding in January.

Crap, I'm starting to feel sick. I hope I don't get too bad. Ski Dazzle is this week!! Must continue shopping!!

Pictures will be posted soon.

After getting shut down last week 7-0, we won our hockey game last night 3-1. We played against another team that should be in our division, but the problem is that they couldn't skate. They were flopping everywhere. It was a penalty filled game, where the refs were calling a bunch of dumb penalties. I even picked up 2 minutes for slashing this dude, and I barely touched the guy. Our goalie covered the puck, the whistle blew, and this dude still jabbed at our goalie. I didn't really like that, so I just tapped him on his shin and said to stay the fuck away from my goalie. We were toe to toe for a bit, then the refs separated us and I went to the penalty box for that. What kind of bullshit is that?

Oh well, I picked up an assist on a 2 on 1 break. I burned two guys in our own end, and skated in. I faked the defender as if I was going to shoot, and went he dropped down to defend me, i flipped the puck over his stick to my teammate and he one-timed it in. It was like Gretzky to Jari Kurri all over again.

So now I have two points for the season, one goal and one assist. Of course I wished I had more, but hopefully next season will be better. Last night's point goes out to Belle, celebrating her birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday Belle!

On to other things...

One thing that's been really bugging me is how fake people are, especially at my work. Of course, working at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, there's drama all around. I'm sick of people claiming that they're some, "Broadway Star from New York" or even stupid shit like they're from another country or state. Give it up! Until you actually have a contract and have an agent, or if you actually lived in that place you claim to be from, keep that shit to yourself. It's freakin annoying.

Fuckin Ana Lucia! You fuckin' bitch!

You're not so tough now are you??

Last night's episode was awesome! I'm finally caught up!! Whoo hoo!!

I'm waiting for E.R. to start. In the meantime, I'm watching Ferris Bueler's Day Off on HBO. Last time I saw this movie, was a few days before we left for Chicago.

Can we go back?? Can we??? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssse!!!!!???

I'm freakin tired...

Had a busy weekend. Went to Pinks to grub on some hot dogs and chili nacho cheese fries. Then watched Bobby rock people's socks off with his band. Granted, the musicians were dope, the singer...ehhh.

Saturday, Karen and I went to the Kings/Predators game. It was an awesome game! Check out the pictures! The Kings were down 2-0, then they scored 2 goals in the 3rd to force overtime and a shootout. Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick scored both goals, and Jason LaBarbera stopped 2 shots, which resulted in the Kings victory. The suite was awesome! This would be my 2nd time in a suite, the first at Anaheim Stadium with Ryan. Food, beer, desserts, snacks...all free!! The only thing I paid for that day...$5 parking off of Francisco Street. I already wanna go back!

Our softball game was a lot better on Sunday. Tho we lost, it was cool that we scored 8 runs and went past the 5th inning! We're improving! Then it was off to Oxnard to help my dad fix my brakes, which we didn't finish. So I had to trade cars again for the week.

I'm tired...haven't done this much driving in a while.

Awww yeah...check this out!!















We finally won our hockey game! No not this time by forfeit, but by 45 minutes of hard work and grinding. We played another team that is sort of at our level of play. Not like other teams that shouldn't even be in our division. But it was a good win. I scored another goal on a breakaway after I stole the puck away from a defensemen, then shot between the goalies pads. I wanted to roof the shot, but I had the defensemen closing in on me. I freakin missed an open net too in the opening period, but got my chance again and didn't miss.

So this goal is dedicated to both Karen, for witnessing her first goal I've scored, and to Kristine for watching her first hockey game ever. Thanks for coming out!

Looking forward to the weekend. Going out to watch Bobby's band tonight. Tomorrow, I scored some free Kings VIP Suite tickets at the Staples Center from work (courtesy of the L.A. Times), a baptism afterwards, softball on Sunday, and stopping by Oxnard to get my brakes fixed (Boo!)

Gotta break in my new Jordan cleats for softball, so I can make more diving catches and eat dirt afterwards. Yummy!

Wow, this year's birthday wasn't too bad afterall. My department took me out to lunch at Z-Tejas. And I got a lifetime service to Tivo from Karen, Joe, Tommy, and a few of my fellow co workers. Thank you everyone for the gift. It's freaking awesome. Although I didnt set it up correctly and missed my first two recordings (ucla's comeback win against Stanford, and the Kings/Blues game), its by far a freakin awesome machine. I'll have to buy a wireless adapter for it sometime this week.

Friday night was pretty chill. I was going to throw something like at Dave & Busters, but it seemed everyone had plans. And plus, I was lazy. I don't like planning for these things. So instead, I just had some pizza, two of my 'sisters' came over, Chelsea and Kristine. We watched Anchorman, and Joe got me pretty faded with some Jaeger shots. Thanks Joe!

Again, thanks for making my birthday very memorable. Though I didn't do much, I couldn't ask for anything more or better!

Its always fun to get together with the family for a few hours, and that's what I did on Saturday for lunch. I also found out my sister and her family will be at our parents for Thanksgiving. So that's something I'm really looking forward to.

The rest of the day, Tommy, Jevon, Joe, Glenn, Jay, Lou, Ryan, Karen, and I helped Cicely and Belle move in to their new apartment. It sucked that they didn't have electricity, though having dinner a Noodle Planet, and just bonding in their living room lit with candles was so fun. Little moments like this is priceless and just creates memories with one another. Its always fun when we all get together as a group. Nothing but a bunch of laughs and good times.

Today's softball game was the fastest ever. 45 minutes! Of course we lost, but we all played great. We didn't have as much people there which wasn't as fun, but still had a good time. Hopefully next week, we'll have some regulars back. And welcome back Jon Almero, first game of the season!

Again, thank you everyone who made my birthday special this year. I love you all!

Daylight savings begins. Another extra hour of sleep! Whoo hoo! But a longer day at work. Boo!!

I scored my first goal in almost 3 years last night in a loosing effort, 6-2. It came off of the the slowest slap shots you'll ever see. So slow, that it surprised the goalie and went in between his pads. Oh well, I'll take it. Though we lost, I felt we all played great. I'm slowly getting back to my normal self, but still not 100%. I think we could've won the game if we had more players. I think in the end, we all just got tired. I have a sore back to prove it.

So my first goal of the season, is dedicated to my bro Bobby, who's been having sharp pains in his head. Hope you're feeling better man!

And Happy Birthday to Greg Manley!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!

Man, there a some concerts that I wanna go to.

The first is Depeche Mode's concert in November in Anaheim. My co worker has connections there, so there might be a chance I can watch for free. I saw Depeche live back in 1990 during the Violator Tour at Dodger Stadium. That was my first concert ever. I'm just a little curious how they are now live. In 2000, they were voted as KROQ's greatest band of all time by the fans.

The 2nd concert is Kanye West's concert at UCI. I've never been to a Hip Hop concert, and I figured this might be a good chance to see a legit rapper. Hip hop nowadays just isn't the same as it was before. But I like Kanye's style so I might check it out.

The third concert is 311's concert that just went on sale this weekend at the Wiltern. I'm not much of a 311 fan, but I've recently listened to their Greatest Hits album and I like it. I've heard their first album back in 95, but haven't really kept up with them. But their style is pretty cool. A little bit of reggae, ska, rock, and hip hop.

I haven't been to a concert since I saw Incubus twice last year in a matter of days, once in Vegas and 3 days later at the Pond. The concert was freakin awesome. I heard they are back in the studio recording a new album, so hopefully I'll get to see them on tour in about a year.

Had a nice weekend. But it went by too fast.

Friday, I decided to go to the Mai Tai Bar in Long Beach to celebrate Theda's birthday. It was pretty fun, had some drinks, kicked it with some friends. Had Roscoe's afterwards...2nd trip two weeks. It was fun until...(continued in the next few paragraphs)

Saturday, went home to Oxnard to see the folks. Enjoyed some home cooked food, shopped for some cleats for softball that I never bought, and headed back to Irvine.

Sunday, woke up to shop for cleats that I never bought again, showed up 5 minutes late to my 1st of 2 softball games, which ended in a forfeit. So yes, we won our first game! By forfeit! Of course, we got blown out 15-0 during the 2nd game.

Do I care that we lost?? Hell no. I love showing up seeing my friends and just having plain simple fun. Its sad that some people don't see it that way.

Funny...this is the 2nd game this week in which my team has won by forfeit (we won our hockey game on Wednesday cuz the other team didn't pay their dues on time).

Would've been a perfect weekend until...(continued from 2nd paragraph)...

Someone swiped my BofA card and wiped out my entire checking account. I found out when we went to National's for lunch after our softball games and my card got declined. So I came home to find out that about $1500 used in transactions.

Can you fuckin believe that? I dont think I even had $1500 in my account! My savings might've covered for the overdraft.

This person spent a lot too. Almost $800 at Sears, $300 at Victoria's Secret (fucker couldn't settle for Hanes), filled up gas twice at Shell (fucker couldn't use Arco?), so that was about $90. Bought some shit at Rite Aid.

Completely wiped out! I called BofA and I'll get my money back tomorrow since it was all pending transactions. I have to wait till they actually go through. But shit, just sucks that you become a victim of fraud. I have an idea that my card number got swiped at Mai Tai. That was the only time my card wasn't with me. So I'm suspicious.

I'll file a claim tomorrow and I'll let them know what might've happen. I also have to wait 7-10 days for a new card to come. So in the mean time, I dont think I can withdraw any cash or buy anything (which might be a good thing). But damn, just sucks that this happened.

In the meantime, I will be taking donations to help out the Joesan's Money got Wiped Out Relief Fund.

I'm in Oxnard today with the family. Just having a nice relaxing day here. I haven't seen my folks in almost two months. I finally gave them their souveneirs from Chicago.

Left Irvine around 10:30 and I hit traffic near LAX. Its been foggy all day, so I decided to take PCH all the way up from the 10 freeway, since I didn't think a lot of people would be hitting the beach this morning. It was a nice smooth drive. Although there was this house on sale that was painted in a pastel combination of purple, yellow, white, and pink.

Gee I wonder why its on sale? And how much is that ugly thing going for??

A cool coincidence. I put in my Incubus Morning View CD. In the middle of the track, while I was driving through Malibu, I passed by a street called Morning View.

Hmmm...possibly where Incubus recorded the album?? (They did record the album in an empty mansion in Malibu)

Gonna relax the rest of the day. Gotta take advantage of my mom's cooking, free laundry, and the outlets.

Just had an interesting thought from last night's episode of E.R.

Dr. Pratt and his lady started arguing about his dad outside this lounge. He started yelling, she started yelling. And then all of a sudden they start making out. And I'm not talking about little kisses, and I'm talking devouring and eating the hell out of each other. Then they ended at one's apartment and they began to start knockin boots.

Its kinda odd, but I don't think I'd fight with a girl and then ended up just freaking trying to swallow each other whole. I'd be like 'fuck you bitch! you're walking home!'

But, you must be one horny bastard to actually get in a fight with your lady then start slobbering each other.

I guess certain people just like it rough that way.

Oh man, I have a week to renew my drivers license. And its not that I have to just sign the renewal form, pay the fee, and mail it in. I have to actually go in to the DMV and take a new picture. I guess that's okay cuz my picture and info is out dated. I think I was 17 when I took mine. And my height and weight isn't 5' 4" 115 lbs, respectively.

Come to think of it, that's almost a girl's height and weight. How gay is that?

But just sucks that I have to go in and do it. I looked on the internet and it said it can take up to two months for a new drivers license to come in. What also sucks was last Saturday was the only Saturday the DMV is open for the month. I guess I have to go in during my lunch break to renew it. And man, I have to pay $25 this time. I swear last time, it was only $15 at the most.

Finally got my DVD shelf up on the wall. Thanks to Ryan for all the help. Got my hockey trophies on top of them. Yeah, all 3 of them. Haha!

Wow, it freakin rained. First storm of the season. It didn't rain too much, but it was pretty crazy watching Lost with thunder and lighting flashing in the background. Hope there is more rain to come.

More rain = snow = calling in sick = snowboarding = having a blast!

Freak, I bought this DVD shelf from Ikea like over a year ago. And I've yet to put it up. One of the reasons was because I needed to buy a drill, and at the time, I didn't wanna buy one, and was too lazy to borrow one. Well, after moving I finally have the opportunity to do so. I bought a drill, and some new bits and drivers. Now I can put up the shelf and mount it to my wall right??

Not quite...the shelf didn't come with screws to mount them to the wall since every person has a different wall. So...Tommy has these screws with the anchors, but after drilling two holes, stickin the anchors in, I find out that the screws are too small.

So, today after work, I go to Ace Hardware, and not knowing what size I might need, I buy two sets of screws with anchors (like $3 total). I come home, and find out that I don't have the right size drill bit to drill the right hole size for the anchor to fit.

What the fuck dude?? All I want to do is hang this DVD shelf so I can put all my DVD's and games in there. I've spent so much time and effort on this stupid thing, and then I find out the drill bit size is too small for the hole. Frustrating!!

Oh well...

We lost our softball game again yesterday, 15-1. It wasn't as fun as last week, I guess since our opponents were a little bit more of cocky jerks than last week. Oh well, whatever. I was actually more pissed off that me and Jemm got shuffled around to positions we weren't comfortable with. Before the game, we spent over an hour at our normal positions (me at Shortstop, Jem and 3rd), and we both were doing good. So what happens when we get switched?? We mishandle everything during the game. I blame myself cuz I think I could've played better, but I thought that was a bone-head move by our bone-head manager.

Oh well, next week we have a double header, so hopefully we can actually win one of them.

Overall, the weekend was almost perfect. UCLA won, Michigan won (friggin about time), the Angels lost, the Kings won, I won my fantasy football and hockey games, but shit....USC had to freakin win with 3 seconds left. WTF??

It's official...

I'm addicted to LOST. That show is freakin awesome. I know, I'm late, but man the thing so addicting!

I bought Karen the DVD set of the first season, and we've been watching about 2 episodes a night. We have two more discs to go (eight episodes) so we'll be caught up by the weekend hopefully. And hopefully, we'll be caught up by Wednesday with the new episodes. We've just discovered Sawyer's past. Pretty interesting.

Note to self: give Joe a DVD-R to burn new episodes.

I don't think I've been this involved with a TV series since 2000 when I'd be watching Friends, New York Undercover, and ER on Thursday nights. I think that's the only night I'd watch TV. But thanks to Karen, and also my roommates, I've been watching more TV than usual. I don't have a set schedule on what to watch on what days. But as of now, its The Office and Law & Order SVU on Tuesdays and Joey and ER on Thursdays. Its cool cuz I get to do my ER discussion with Kristine. I don't really know who else to discuss and analyze ER with, but its cool. I would be watching Lost in between days, but I'll be caught up soon and will have nothing to watch.

Well, I could start on my ER Season 2 DVD set which I bought from Target last week for only $19.00 Not too shabby. I'm not sure if I've finished Season 1 yet. But I've seen them anyway.

Oh by the way if you are an ER fan reading this before 8:00 pm Friday, October 14, 2005, ER Season 1 DVD's are on sale at Fry's for only $14. This gives you an hour to finish reading the rest of this post, hop in your car, and drive down to Fry's. Or if you have today's ad with you, price match it at Circuit City or Best Buy since Fry's is just a fucked up place to be if you don't know what you're looking for.

Speaking of ER, I think its going downhill now. So far, this season is tanking. It's not as entertaining. I think they're trying too hard, trying to find new fill-ins like Danny Glover, that nasty chick from 3rd Rock, and John Leguizamo. The hightlight so far was seeing Nila in her skimpy nurse outfit, posing for Gallant. I think its time to close down the ER soon. There's no way Morris is gonna run that ER successfully.

Crap, we have free HBO for two months. Since I switched my account over from Greenmoor to here, the customer service dude offered it to me for free. I think I'm going to be a couch potato pretty soon.

So the whole softball/hockey thing...

Yeah from a competitive perspective, we'll probably be losing all of games this season. For both sports, they put us in a more competitive division. So in a way that sucks. But it's still a lot of fun.

We had our first softball game this past weekend. We played a team that has been playing for 10 years. I don't even know what the score was because we lost by the mercy rule. Shoot, by the time it was the 5th inning, we needed 8 runs just to be withing the mercy rule. But we lost...a billion cagillion to 4. Lou Lavarro hit a 3 run homer. That was our highlight of the day. But I'll admit, it was a lot of fun. I don't remember seeing a team getting blown out that much, and then end up laughing and smiling in the end.

Hockey...is slightly different. I think all but 2 of us haven't played hockey in two or three years. So we're all out of shape. We've lost 8-1 and 6-1. The first game was bunch of laughs. Last night's game, was a little more frustrating. But what do u expect, we're out of shape, have no chemistry, and we're in a division where the skill is more advanced than its suppose to be.

No goals or assists so far. Just 2 penalty minutes for holding. I blew an open net the first game, and blasted a slap shot just wide on the left side. Hopefully, next week we'll make some progress and score 2 goals.

Oh man, I just saw my first Christmas commercial this season on T.V. a couple of days ago. I think it was a commercial for Carnival Cruises. They had the Christmas lights, snow, and everything.

We're barely into October and they're already thinking about Christmas. WTF??

Christmas time is always fun cuz you get to spend time with friends and family, and its also the first few days of snowboarding season. But man, this year is going by too fast.

What's worse is I'm getting old! Boo!

Okay, its been a while since I've updated this sucker. A lot has happened, so lets see how much I remember to cover...

First things first, after 2 years at Greenmoor, and 5 years living with certain people, I have finally moved out. How do I feel? FREAKIN HAPPY!! My roommates are freakin awesome! Probably one of the best things about it...no more cats!!! No more fur on my couches and tables! No more fur I'd have to pick off of my food and throw away! (Gross huh?) and I can finally leave my door open and not worry about them walking in my room. The best thing, rent is finally fair. I don't have to worry about covering for people that refuse to pay or couldn't afford their share of rent. I still don't understand it...I worked part time hours with a lower pay and I was still able to afford paying rent for my own room.

Is there anything I would change? Well during the last few months of my stay there, yeah I would've changed. In the last year, I've questioned my friendship with a certain someone, and I've slowly found my answer. When a person doesn't show up to your roommate's suprise birthday celebration, and after making it clear what time to be there, because that person would rather play basketball with his friends and become the last person to show up, that starts to answer my question. When you do all you can for people, like saving them from unemployment and hooking them up with a job, and you don't get a thank you, that says a lot. When you carpool with others to work when your car goes down, and when you don't offer to drive the following week or don't offer to pay gas, sure that's gonna say something.

One word...selfish. I'm a very patient person, I've put up with a lot. But when you pile a bunch of bullshit on me, I'm gonna explode and become pissed. And when people become selfish, and rather think for themselves than others, that just adds to it.

I'm still pissed about the whole thing...but I'm slowly getting over it.

On to better things....

I've joined up a softball league with my friends in Cerritos. I've never played in a league before so it'll be fun. Bought a new glove and some batting gloves. Went to the cages a couple of times, practice the past two weekends. Now our first game is this Sunday. What sucks is that we have 20 people in our roster. So I dunno how we're gonna work that out. But what's cool is that it's co-ed, so that's gonna be a lot of fun.

I've also decided to rejoin hockey. With the return of the NHL, I've decided to lace them up again. My first game in two years will be this Wednesday at 10pm at the Anaheim Hockey Club. I bought brand new equipment, my jersey is on its way, and I'm ready to play. I went to slap the puck around at a park in Tustin. I got dressed up and everything. But I forgot something very important...the puck. So I just skated around the rink, trying to get the feel again. Its been the first time I skated in over a year. My only practice will be my warm up prior to the game. So I'll be ready, hehe.

Speaking of hockey, I had the chance to attend the Mighty Ducks meet and greet. Yeah I know, I stepped into enemy territory. But the only reason I went was to get my Sergei Fedorov Detroit Red Wings jersey signed. And plus it was free, thanks to my co worker, Jonathan. Click here for the pics.

Fedorov was really cool. He was able to sign my jersey and I was able to take a picture with him. He actually commented my camera, saying that it was cool and he had the exact same camera. I thought it was cool just meeting him. The rest of the time, I just went around and took pictures of players, like J.S. Giguere, Petr Sykora, the Niedermeyer brothers, and Teemu Selanne.

Life's full of ups and downs. But right now, everything's looking pretty positive.