seriously this is gonna be a busy weekend. except for maybe sunday hah! i might go celebrate with friends for finishing my first audition or seomthing idk! today was a good day overall i think. real easy going since i have 3 periods of band!! symphonic band we sightread some piece that i already forgot what its called but its whatevvs. for jazz band, mr. stone told me to bring in my soprano sax mouthpiece and i didn't know why but i brought it. he handed out a new chart for us called Grace. its a nice ballad and james and mr. stone chose me to do the solo for it on soprano =) i thought i wasn't ever gonna play soprano again yay! 4th period, i practiced haha. oh yea i get to play clarinet and soprano sax also for the musical this year. theres so many people involved for the music O_O hopefully that turns out alrite.
oh man only 2 more days until first audition! the time has finally come.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
OMG
YESSS! I GOT THROUGH GOV AP WITH A 82.4%!!!!
i was afraid i got like a C+ cuz i was doing pretty bad most of his tests getting a lot of C's.... but i'm glad that i got out of it! whewww. now to do better for next semester. i hate having more band periods than i need. haha. 4th is gonna be boring. i don't think i can get out of it. so i might have to stick with a 4th period TA. so lamee. oh well. we had our senior graduation information meeting thing in the MPR today. got to hear some information thats somewhat important.
so our graduation isn't going to be at the football field this year. why you ask? they are installing astroturf and a new track ! WHY THE FUUUUCK DIDN'T THEY DO THAT SOOONERRRR. of all the years.... dammit!! all the monday night practices of stupid ditches and holes in teh feaken field!!!!! LAEMFIOAMFEWA;OJFWJFNCVKXZEIJWO;. so they said that they want to have it at Citizen's bank arena. no clue where that is. but apparantly if they do that, all the high schools in teh district will be also having theirs at the same place at different times. smart right??? NOT. grad night isn't changing at least.
so i had a busy time after school as well. first i got soem pacific fish grill for .99 cent fish tacooos! those are so badass! i <3 taco tuesday. afterwards i had to take taylor home, but i made him go with me on my errands cuz i wasn't gonna just drive him home then do my stuff. so i went to tuxedo junction to tell the lady my color. Black with a hint of white. afterwards i dropped of taylor. then i went home, called APU about audition this friday. so it looks ilke 3 o'clock will be the magic time. hha. UCLA is gonna be tough to navigate for. i heard its like a city.
later on that day was my last honor band rehearsal! mann. i've had a lot of good memories for the past 3 years i was in it! although i hated how i couldn't audition for one of the solos after he heard everybody. cuz i didn't know the music and i asked him later if i could try it after he already picked some dude that can't even play the freaken solo in time..... stuuuupid. so we're stuck with a bad clarinet soloist in one song. nothing i can do now. so the songs are starting to come together. concert next tuesday!! at don lugo! 7 pm!!! $5 entrance fee. theres definitely good music this year.
also i'm amazed.... how after all the drama tahts already happened, there's still shit happening. dam i want it resolved already! even though i dont' really have much to do with it, i want to help since they're my closest friends. i would say more but i would singling out certain people on a public blog which i don't want to do haha.
anyways i'm done with this crap. i wish things could be how they used to be last year, or any year before. lol i wish i graduated last year. economy sucks now.... feajfe;oaw
i was afraid i got like a C+ cuz i was doing pretty bad most of his tests getting a lot of C's.... but i'm glad that i got out of it! whewww. now to do better for next semester. i hate having more band periods than i need. haha. 4th is gonna be boring. i don't think i can get out of it. so i might have to stick with a 4th period TA. so lamee. oh well. we had our senior graduation information meeting thing in the MPR today. got to hear some information thats somewhat important.
so our graduation isn't going to be at the football field this year. why you ask? they are installing astroturf and a new track ! WHY THE FUUUUCK DIDN'T THEY DO THAT SOOONERRRR. of all the years.... dammit!! all the monday night practices of stupid ditches and holes in teh feaken field!!!!! LAEMFIOAMFEWA;OJFWJFNCVKXZEIJWO;. so they said that they want to have it at Citizen's bank arena. no clue where that is. but apparantly if they do that, all the high schools in teh district will be also having theirs at the same place at different times. smart right??? NOT. grad night isn't changing at least.
so i had a busy time after school as well. first i got soem pacific fish grill for .99 cent fish tacooos! those are so badass! i <3 taco tuesday. afterwards i had to take taylor home, but i made him go with me on my errands cuz i wasn't gonna just drive him home then do my stuff. so i went to tuxedo junction to tell the lady my color. Black with a hint of white. afterwards i dropped of taylor. then i went home, called APU about audition this friday. so it looks ilke 3 o'clock will be the magic time. hha. UCLA is gonna be tough to navigate for. i heard its like a city.
later on that day was my last honor band rehearsal! mann. i've had a lot of good memories for the past 3 years i was in it! although i hated how i couldn't audition for one of the solos after he heard everybody. cuz i didn't know the music and i asked him later if i could try it after he already picked some dude that can't even play the freaken solo in time..... stuuuupid. so we're stuck with a bad clarinet soloist in one song. nothing i can do now. so the songs are starting to come together. concert next tuesday!! at don lugo! 7 pm!!! $5 entrance fee. theres definitely good music this year.
also i'm amazed.... how after all the drama tahts already happened, there's still shit happening. dam i want it resolved already! even though i dont' really have much to do with it, i want to help since they're my closest friends. i would say more but i would singling out certain people on a public blog which i don't want to do haha.
anyways i'm done with this crap. i wish things could be how they used to be last year, or any year before. lol i wish i graduated last year. economy sucks now.... feajfe;oaw
Monday, January 26, 2009
LAST half of high school!
first semester is overrr! hats off to an amazing band season and a lot of good times. now for the real music to start haha. schedule how it's gonna look so far
0- English 12 CP w/ Higgins
1- Government AP w/ Christensen (finally spelled it right hah)
2- Symphonic band
3- Jazz Ensemble
4- more band???
5-stuck in this period with trig still.
so mrs. o'keefe is lame in that she doesn't understand that i have 3 periods of band when i really need two. so i gotta talk to mr. stone about if i should do T.A. for him or just see if i can get my math period moved even though i asked her already if i could move it.
Things are looking up for this second semester. i'll be able to focus on my grades better than during marching season, i won't have annoying econ class, i will hopefully study more for government as well.
I'm going to winter formal too =) i wasn't sure about going for a while due to the cost ($100 for a couple $____$ ). rented my tux today and luckily my parents are ok with paying for the tux since i covered the tickets. i have to go back tomorrow though to work out the color details since my date was out getting her dress at the time.
now to talk about this weekend. i can't remember what happened on saturday. lets see... i remember i woke up, worked out, and then.... hmm. i guess i didn't do much. OH i went to royal buffet haha! so i guess that was about it. haha. oh and i didn't go to club finality. i didn't know anybody else that was going so i just decided to forget it. sunday! went to church and there was a pretty good message. in youth group they talked about how man rebels against God. some basic principles were how consequences are a result of an action and there's good and bad ones. following the path of God will lead to God's eternal grace even with bad choices that were made. However, if you follow Satan's lies, consequences will surely lead to death. now what it means by Satan's lies was how Adam and Eve decided to disobey God by eating the forbidden fruit. This showed the obedience of the two. They had followed his lies and had doubt in God. So moral is, never lose hope in God even through the most rough times in life. And also do not fall for Satan's lies. they are more common in your life than you think. our society has allowed for some things to be "accepted" even though they are wrong. lying to parents, stealing, disobeying parents, underage drinking, sex before marriage. the list goes on and on. so thats why it is important to be able to distinguish the immoral actions that haunt our lives today in order to find God's Grace. i know that it is impossible to prevent these things but there's always God's Forgiveness. alrite enough about that haha! theres a sermon there for all those who don't go to church i guess haha!
so after church, i headed off to UCI w/ michelle to drop off her brother. while we were there i got to visit nicolee! =) we had to go to the gym in order to find her though ahha. and i had to put up my driver's liscense as collateral in the gym to get a guest pass. that place was pretty tight though. makes me wanna go to UCI. buuuut, it would waste my time in the end since they don't really have a strong music program =/ i wish i got to go to VIBE XIV though!! i knew probably more crews than nicole and jayvee combined! hahaha. oh welllls. $30 is expensive for just spectating especially when you have no money T_T. maybe next year XD.
today was my busiest day. woke up around 9:30 haha! so glad to not have school today. around 1:30 went to tux place and rented. it's gonna come out to more than i remember o_O. luckily i'm not paying for it this time XD. afterwards me and helen and jon lei checked out this disney store over by where toys r us used to be! dang they have a lot of stuff there! and its cheaper that disneylanddd. after that i went to accompanyist practice for auditions. it is starting to come along very nicely. i just hate how with saxophones it's much more difficult to stay in tune. or maybe its just my horn. idk. anyways after that, i helped out dominic ask michelle to winter formal. i just video taped it even though i couldn't see them in the video ahah! so yea interesting weekend . and an even more interesting next weekend! APU and UCLA audition O_____O wish me luck!
0- English 12 CP w/ Higgins
1- Government AP w/ Christensen (finally spelled it right hah)
2- Symphonic band
3- Jazz Ensemble
4- more band???
5-stuck in this period with trig still.
so mrs. o'keefe is lame in that she doesn't understand that i have 3 periods of band when i really need two. so i gotta talk to mr. stone about if i should do T.A. for him or just see if i can get my math period moved even though i asked her already if i could move it.
Things are looking up for this second semester. i'll be able to focus on my grades better than during marching season, i won't have annoying econ class, i will hopefully study more for government as well.
I'm going to winter formal too =) i wasn't sure about going for a while due to the cost ($100 for a couple $____$ ). rented my tux today and luckily my parents are ok with paying for the tux since i covered the tickets. i have to go back tomorrow though to work out the color details since my date was out getting her dress at the time.
now to talk about this weekend. i can't remember what happened on saturday. lets see... i remember i woke up, worked out, and then.... hmm. i guess i didn't do much. OH i went to royal buffet haha! so i guess that was about it. haha. oh and i didn't go to club finality. i didn't know anybody else that was going so i just decided to forget it. sunday! went to church and there was a pretty good message. in youth group they talked about how man rebels against God. some basic principles were how consequences are a result of an action and there's good and bad ones. following the path of God will lead to God's eternal grace even with bad choices that were made. However, if you follow Satan's lies, consequences will surely lead to death. now what it means by Satan's lies was how Adam and Eve decided to disobey God by eating the forbidden fruit. This showed the obedience of the two. They had followed his lies and had doubt in God. So moral is, never lose hope in God even through the most rough times in life. And also do not fall for Satan's lies. they are more common in your life than you think. our society has allowed for some things to be "accepted" even though they are wrong. lying to parents, stealing, disobeying parents, underage drinking, sex before marriage. the list goes on and on. so thats why it is important to be able to distinguish the immoral actions that haunt our lives today in order to find God's Grace. i know that it is impossible to prevent these things but there's always God's Forgiveness. alrite enough about that haha! theres a sermon there for all those who don't go to church i guess haha!
so after church, i headed off to UCI w/ michelle to drop off her brother. while we were there i got to visit nicolee! =) we had to go to the gym in order to find her though ahha. and i had to put up my driver's liscense as collateral in the gym to get a guest pass. that place was pretty tight though. makes me wanna go to UCI. buuuut, it would waste my time in the end since they don't really have a strong music program =/ i wish i got to go to VIBE XIV though!! i knew probably more crews than nicole and jayvee combined! hahaha. oh welllls. $30 is expensive for just spectating especially when you have no money T_T. maybe next year XD.
today was my busiest day. woke up around 9:30 haha! so glad to not have school today. around 1:30 went to tux place and rented. it's gonna come out to more than i remember o_O. luckily i'm not paying for it this time XD. afterwards me and helen and jon lei checked out this disney store over by where toys r us used to be! dang they have a lot of stuff there! and its cheaper that disneylanddd. after that i went to accompanyist practice for auditions. it is starting to come along very nicely. i just hate how with saxophones it's much more difficult to stay in tune. or maybe its just my horn. idk. anyways after that, i helped out dominic ask michelle to winter formal. i just video taped it even though i couldn't see them in the video ahah! so yea interesting weekend . and an even more interesting next weekend! APU and UCLA audition O_____O wish me luck!
Friday, January 23, 2009
rawr
so i've been posting on xanga a lot more recently than on here haha! i guess because i know more people on xanga than this. no worries. i'll still be on here.
random fact about nathan!
he just noticed that his zipper was undone for the second time o_O
dang i'm so tiredd! idk why but i just feel really really exhausted. finals are finally over!! gahh. 2nd period econ was ok. the test was kinda long. i used "outside resources" to assist. mr. kleibacker is very trusting haha! so i however liked that class, before winter break haha cuz idk why but i just started falling asleep like crazy in a bunch of my classes. so i'm glad thats over with though. band class was too easy haha. scale testing is faster now but i wish i could just volunteer so i wouldn't have to wait forever. and then free period!
i always have difficulty finding something to do afterschool that isn't boring. grr... (jealous of college friends) grrr... today wasn't the case though. so i needed to go run home and get econ book cuz i forgot it. when i returned, i went in and returned it and then, me and some weird girl named eunice were about to go chill buuut. stupid security guards stopped us and told me and her to go to the office and get a copy of our schedule before he would let us go. this reminded me of how daniel blanco got a saturday for leaving campus during lunch. i remember that i actually did that last year hah! luckily we didn't get caught XD. so eunice said that she can't get caught out of 6th. so we just met up later. in the meantime i hung out a dom's house playing audiosurf while eating munchies.
picked up the ghetto girl ahah! totally made my day, especially with the scary melons and everything XD so we hung out for a while. then i had to go home for sax lesson. ray said he was gonna be late so i was practicing like 45 minutes before he got there, and i had an hour lesson. so 1 hr. 45 mins of consecutive playing time. i haven't felt so tired from praciticing in A LONG TIME. after i ate dinner, watched some stand-up comedy on comedy central. funny stuff! just too tireddd.. i fell asleep watching some. and now i'm here. not sure if i want to go to that club finality tomorrow. i need to find people who are gonna go.
random fact about nathan!
he just noticed that his zipper was undone for the second time o_O
dang i'm so tiredd! idk why but i just feel really really exhausted. finals are finally over!! gahh. 2nd period econ was ok. the test was kinda long. i used "outside resources" to assist. mr. kleibacker is very trusting haha! so i however liked that class, before winter break haha cuz idk why but i just started falling asleep like crazy in a bunch of my classes. so i'm glad thats over with though. band class was too easy haha. scale testing is faster now but i wish i could just volunteer so i wouldn't have to wait forever. and then free period!
i always have difficulty finding something to do afterschool that isn't boring. grr... (jealous of college friends) grrr... today wasn't the case though. so i needed to go run home and get econ book cuz i forgot it. when i returned, i went in and returned it and then, me and some weird girl named eunice were about to go chill buuut. stupid security guards stopped us and told me and her to go to the office and get a copy of our schedule before he would let us go. this reminded me of how daniel blanco got a saturday for leaving campus during lunch. i remember that i actually did that last year hah! luckily we didn't get caught XD. so eunice said that she can't get caught out of 6th. so we just met up later. in the meantime i hung out a dom's house playing audiosurf while eating munchies.
picked up the ghetto girl ahah! totally made my day, especially with the scary melons and everything XD so we hung out for a while. then i had to go home for sax lesson. ray said he was gonna be late so i was practicing like 45 minutes before he got there, and i had an hour lesson. so 1 hr. 45 mins of consecutive playing time. i haven't felt so tired from praciticing in A LONG TIME. after i ate dinner, watched some stand-up comedy on comedy central. funny stuff! just too tireddd.. i fell asleep watching some. and now i'm here. not sure if i want to go to that club finality tomorrow. i need to find people who are gonna go.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
where would you be without band?
i was watching America's Best Dance Crew last night and the crews would speak about how they would've been thugs if it weren't for dancing. this got me thinking how this has similarities to band. I asked myself the question, "where would i be without band?" me and taylor hurst discussed this after finishing our CPI survey. i got to hear the background of taylor except more in depth. he had similar experiences as me. we both had to leave a private school to a public school, and thus losing many, if not all, childhood friends. i had some time and few friends and taylor had none. this is when i began to think about the question. I recalled how my brother was in high school. he never joined a club, never did any extracurricular activity, he hung out with the same group of dudes everyday with nobody new. i probably would've been close to that if it wasn't for band. I met so many people in the past 4 years. I also made some amazing friends who i hope to be able to keep for the rest of my life. sure there has been some bumps in the road, but thats just part of life. nothing's perfect.i'm seriously gonna miss band.... even though i'm gonna hopefully be in better musical groups buut stilll its not the same.
Taylor told me how he came straight from private to public in the 8th grade. I remember meeting him. me and dom were one of his first friends in canyon hills. I remember him being so timid that he could barely speak more than a few words to people. and now he's around tons of people with both band and choir.
i've been talking about this stuff lately since my last performance is tomorrow. T____T so many memories. so much time..... soo much love and passion.... devotion.... sacrifice...... enjoyment..... friendship..... being a badass. i'll never forget it. and i'll never forget those that i've spent all that time with. so i guess this will be kinda the public shoutouts for the entire four years! its going to be extremely limited on people.
DOMINIC: I know you probably won't read this buuut thanks for always being there. even though for the past few seasons you pretty busy with michelle ahah. it was still fun. especially this last band season in the hotel! ohh man. i couldn't believe all the shit we did there! that duct tape came in handyy! anyways. its been great. thanks for being my best friend for the past 6 years. all the way back at eagle canyon to canyon hills back in the advanced band. then freshman year, with journeys by rail with us setting the bar haha! sophmore year with FEAR and some more ownage. and Road Not Taken with ultimate ownage. and the of course Opportunity Knocks where it was seriously the most amazing show ever. theres too much to add haha. thanks though. we got to chill and keep in contact even if i do go off to berkelee for grad school.
NICOLE: Things have definitely changed between us these past few months. you going off to college has made it difficult to keep in contact like how we used to be back in band the band classes and stuff. Nonetheless, i can honestly say that my experience in the program would not have been nearly as fun or positively life changing if you weren't there =) i wish we could hit restart, and pause it at our favorite parts (sound familiar? haha. Tiger Lily *cough*). so we shared so much together not just last year, but even as far back as summer before my sophmore year. with the quartet. then marching band again even though i had given off the vibe taht i was a jerk ahah. buut things changed and we were actually beginning to be good friends. thanks for asking me to hangout with you and people! it got me out of the house XD cuz i used to be a couch potato. and then of course year of The Road Not Taken. i never enjoyed life more cuz of obvious reasons haha. i still look back to those days simply because they were so good. you've taught me a lot and i've been able to mature and become stronger from it. thanks for always being there! and now for this year. i was glad to see that you would still come back from UCI with your busy life and all to come see us =) thank you for the support! and once again, thank you for everything.
MICHELLE: feels like forever since we have been able to really hangout! it was fun being able to chill with you though for the first two years of band for me. you also taught me much and made band more fun! i have to say, lunch has beeen lameee. i remember we always were having fun during lunch and just messing around. CTF FOO LIFE!! even if we don't see each other as often, it'll always be with us in our hearts ms. #1. thanks for always being there! buut we seriously need to all regroup! last time was what? HOMECOMING?? daaang. i think we're due ahha!
so i guess i just really limited to it to CTF. Chaotic Triple's Foursome. Calling The Friends. Creating The Fun. Constantly Taming Fires. lol! getting back to the main subject. w/o band, life would have never been as great. thank you Ayala BAC!
Taylor told me how he came straight from private to public in the 8th grade. I remember meeting him. me and dom were one of his first friends in canyon hills. I remember him being so timid that he could barely speak more than a few words to people. and now he's around tons of people with both band and choir.
i've been talking about this stuff lately since my last performance is tomorrow. T____T so many memories. so much time..... soo much love and passion.... devotion.... sacrifice...... enjoyment..... friendship..... being a badass. i'll never forget it. and i'll never forget those that i've spent all that time with. so i guess this will be kinda the public shoutouts for the entire four years! its going to be extremely limited on people.
DOMINIC: I know you probably won't read this buuut thanks for always being there. even though for the past few seasons you pretty busy with michelle ahah. it was still fun. especially this last band season in the hotel! ohh man. i couldn't believe all the shit we did there! that duct tape came in handyy! anyways. its been great. thanks for being my best friend for the past 6 years. all the way back at eagle canyon to canyon hills back in the advanced band. then freshman year, with journeys by rail with us setting the bar haha! sophmore year with FEAR and some more ownage. and Road Not Taken with ultimate ownage. and the of course Opportunity Knocks where it was seriously the most amazing show ever. theres too much to add haha. thanks though. we got to chill and keep in contact even if i do go off to berkelee for grad school.
NICOLE: Things have definitely changed between us these past few months. you going off to college has made it difficult to keep in contact like how we used to be back in band the band classes and stuff. Nonetheless, i can honestly say that my experience in the program would not have been nearly as fun or positively life changing if you weren't there =) i wish we could hit restart, and pause it at our favorite parts (sound familiar? haha. Tiger Lily *cough*). so we shared so much together not just last year, but even as far back as summer before my sophmore year. with the quartet. then marching band again even though i had given off the vibe taht i was a jerk ahah. buut things changed and we were actually beginning to be good friends. thanks for asking me to hangout with you and people! it got me out of the house XD cuz i used to be a couch potato. and then of course year of The Road Not Taken. i never enjoyed life more cuz of obvious reasons haha. i still look back to those days simply because they were so good. you've taught me a lot and i've been able to mature and become stronger from it. thanks for always being there! and now for this year. i was glad to see that you would still come back from UCI with your busy life and all to come see us =) thank you for the support! and once again, thank you for everything.
MICHELLE: feels like forever since we have been able to really hangout! it was fun being able to chill with you though for the first two years of band for me. you also taught me much and made band more fun! i have to say, lunch has beeen lameee. i remember we always were having fun during lunch and just messing around. CTF FOO LIFE!! even if we don't see each other as often, it'll always be with us in our hearts ms. #1. thanks for always being there! buut we seriously need to all regroup! last time was what? HOMECOMING?? daaang. i think we're due ahha!
so i guess i just really limited to it to CTF. Chaotic Triple's Foursome. Calling The Friends. Creating The Fun. Constantly Taming Fires. lol! getting back to the main subject. w/o band, life would have never been as great. thank you Ayala BAC!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
sunday morning
hold on tight this is gonna be one hell of a ride.
SATURDAY was awesome. first i started off going to ayala to pick up joseph from poly club. i didn't know the drumline was practicing so i got to watch them a lil. haha teddy looks funny crabbing cuz he's really new to it still XD. and of course the bass 5 doesn't help either but yea. their show is ok for now. still only the beginning. i walked over to where poly club and i got to check out what the girls were doin. almost got me to join haha! got to talk to eunice about how nicolette and her named a tumbleweed after me (nate archibald)!! SO DOPE. so then i took joseph and headed over to taylor hurst's house to take him to gerry's. we started of playin some smash bros. on the 64. so old school. and slow haha. alan yoo then came so we had 5 people which fits perfect in my car.
we started off heading over to the crossroads park area. to our delight, it was snow day so they had the hill covered in snow for sledding and fun stuff like that all ironically on a hot day. so we were all walking around taking random pics. after that we headed over to joseph gaite's house to pick up his wallet and then we headed off to the (according to alan) "fake" cooper house. we wanted to get inside but, it wasn't possible unless we really decided to break some boards. some random person told us that we needed to get off so we just left. we then headed to the shoppes. surprisingly, we weren't stopped 6 million times by security for cameras unlike me ahha. so there wasn't much there so we headed BACK to crossroads park becuz jhan and john were supposed to be there, but they were at english springs... so we said screw that! and gerry told me about this dope spot to hit up for sunsets.
Rancho Hills dr. was simply amazing. the curved driveway up to the top had to be the best place for a sunset ever! and it was the best sunset i've ever seen. too bad i couldn't see it with a some special person. but at least i know where to go now. so as we watched the sunset into beautiful blue and orange ridge, directly behind us was the rising the the the moon! according to my friends (who i talked to later in the day), that saturday was the day that the moon was closest to the earth. and seriously, that moon was HUGE. i never seen it bigger in my life!!! so it was doope. we also got a great view of city lights as well. we moevd to a different spot in the same area to get even better city light pics. by then i was almost done with my second roll for the day and it was getting a lil dark for film pictures. so saturday was definitely a day full of beautiful scenery. i'm gonna miss chino hills...
after that we hit up some CPK. we tried to fill up on free bread as much as possible. ordered two pizzas. got out. then headed off to CVS so gerry could develop pics. while doing that, we went to best buy! i didn't expect to spend so much time on the macs there. macs are fun!! i called nicole to get some help on them. thanks again nicoley! while i was on the phone, gerry and taylor kept messing around making funny vids on the mac desktop. mac desktop was cheaper which i thought was surprisingly. so yea. i really want to get the macbook pro for my laptop. i'm gonna keep my desktop pc forevsss. hahah. not really though. so we spent like an hour and a half just messing around in there. oh yea! we also saw a new sony compact camera that takes pics when you smile. so annoying cuz there's 5 of us and we kept smiling randomly so it took a ton of pics haha hahah! ok.. later, joseph had to leave and i also did cuz i had to go to another sleepover XD
so sleepover again with same people minus one dude. so i was the only guy? we went to cue! first time since....... sadies?? O_O they have really expanded there and have A TON of new machines. i would scan the pics but i don't want to bust out the new printer yet. old one still has juice. so after that we went back to their house and watched lipstick jungle and fell asleep. that show is pretty good. haha.
SUNDAY
woke up on leather sofa. with balls on fire... ahhaah! it got too warm. haha. i also noticed my pants were down? i guess i pulled them down cuz it got to hot.. but i don't remember. i still had boxers on don't worrry. anywayyyyys.
i arrived at church to first a nice youth group meeting where we were beginning to study the first book of the bible, Genesis. we got to play with PLAYDOH! i haven't used that stuff in forever. first thing that came to my mind with i saw it was, i wanna light that on fire! cuz i've never tried it before and its always made me wonder what really does happen. does it explode like plastic explosive???? anywayys. the youth group thingy was fun. they had trouble with a macbook cuz they wanted to show a vid. i couldn't find internet with it so w/e. they got it eventually.
so then the main worship service began. today's topic was all about abortion. this is a topic that was kinda put aside somewhat due to all the drama about prop. 8. so first of all, i walked into the room as pro-choice. what i believed in was that the woman should have a choice to really have the baby. the US is overpopulated anyways and it would ruin their life anyways.
after this service though, i made a complete turnaround. my pastor began to talk about the basics of abortion and also how they conduct abortions when the baby is around 7 months old or second trimester, which is know as partial-birth or also late-term abortions(i forgot which one exactly). during this operation, the woman is induced into labor by some sort of method. the baby comes out of the womb but stop at the head so the baby's head is still in the womb. they then will use some scissors or forceps and jam that into the back of the neck then stick a vacuum into the baby's skull and remove the brain. i found it also ironic that mr. Christensen (i spelled it right nicole!) happened to have mentioned this on friday. so this method was quite shocking to hear about. i found it painful to imagine having a baby die in your lap from a poor decision. my pastor also brought in a speaker from the pregnancy clinic right down the ways in the same plaza. she spoke about her experiences and how taking the life of a baby is a serious decision. there isn't really much good from having an abortion. at least there is benefits in the long run if you still have the baby. so i learned how there is much more to the pro-life side than i thought. The woman from the clinic told a story about a woman that she knew. she got pregnant and the doctor said that her child was going to be handicapped. so she decided to go through with the abortion still thinking her baby was going to be handicapped. when the abortion was complete, the nurse asked," so why did you get an abortion?". she responded,"i was told that my baby was going to be handicapped." "really? your baby was perfect." it was so sad for me to listen to this story because of the potential that these babies could've had. that woman lost a life that would've made her proud to not have the abortion, even if the baby was handicapped.
i couldn't help but imagine what if one of my friends got pregnant. i couldn't help but imagine what it would've been like if i was still dating. the speaker's husband made a good point that the men have a strong stance in the issue as well. if nobody's gonna do what is right then there needs to be somebody there to do what is right. he was telling the men that we should stand up and not run away. i was asked this question once, "if you got me pregnant, would you run away from it, or stay by my side?" my answer, " i would stay with you. i won't run away." i knew that i would be as much apart of the ordeal as the girl and that she would need somebody to stand with her. i'm glad i made that decision. and also i don't indulge in sexual activity. 20 minutes of pleasure isn't worth a lifetime of mental and physical stress that can occur if i got her pregnant.
so back to the sermon. the pastor then went back onto the stage. he spoke about a woman that he had spoke to and tried to assist her with her pregnancy by counseling her not to get an abortion. when she returned he found that she had aborted the child. she came in crying in regret of her decision. the pastor then began to also cry on-stage. it was amazing how silent the room was. i have to admit i almost shed some tears. so this was a very emotional sermon that has changed my beliefs forever.
in practically 1 1/2 hours, i switched to the pro-life side. my only exception would be rape. women should think about the consequences before having sex. it could end in the death of a child. thats my verdict. interesting how i started the day reading the book of Genesis. The word Genesis meaning, "beginning, life."
SATURDAY was awesome. first i started off going to ayala to pick up joseph from poly club. i didn't know the drumline was practicing so i got to watch them a lil. haha teddy looks funny crabbing cuz he's really new to it still XD. and of course the bass 5 doesn't help either but yea. their show is ok for now. still only the beginning. i walked over to where poly club and i got to check out what the girls were doin. almost got me to join haha! got to talk to eunice about how nicolette and her named a tumbleweed after me (nate archibald)!! SO DOPE. so then i took joseph and headed over to taylor hurst's house to take him to gerry's. we started of playin some smash bros. on the 64. so old school. and slow haha. alan yoo then came so we had 5 people which fits perfect in my car.
we started off heading over to the crossroads park area. to our delight, it was snow day so they had the hill covered in snow for sledding and fun stuff like that all ironically on a hot day. so we were all walking around taking random pics. after that we headed over to joseph gaite's house to pick up his wallet and then we headed off to the (according to alan) "fake" cooper house. we wanted to get inside but, it wasn't possible unless we really decided to break some boards. some random person told us that we needed to get off so we just left. we then headed to the shoppes. surprisingly, we weren't stopped 6 million times by security for cameras unlike me ahha. so there wasn't much there so we headed BACK to crossroads park becuz jhan and john were supposed to be there, but they were at english springs... so we said screw that! and gerry told me about this dope spot to hit up for sunsets.
Rancho Hills dr. was simply amazing. the curved driveway up to the top had to be the best place for a sunset ever! and it was the best sunset i've ever seen. too bad i couldn't see it with a some special person. but at least i know where to go now. so as we watched the sunset into beautiful blue and orange ridge, directly behind us was the rising the the the moon! according to my friends (who i talked to later in the day), that saturday was the day that the moon was closest to the earth. and seriously, that moon was HUGE. i never seen it bigger in my life!!! so it was doope. we also got a great view of city lights as well. we moevd to a different spot in the same area to get even better city light pics. by then i was almost done with my second roll for the day and it was getting a lil dark for film pictures. so saturday was definitely a day full of beautiful scenery. i'm gonna miss chino hills...
after that we hit up some CPK. we tried to fill up on free bread as much as possible. ordered two pizzas. got out. then headed off to CVS so gerry could develop pics. while doing that, we went to best buy! i didn't expect to spend so much time on the macs there. macs are fun!! i called nicole to get some help on them. thanks again nicoley! while i was on the phone, gerry and taylor kept messing around making funny vids on the mac desktop. mac desktop was cheaper which i thought was surprisingly. so yea. i really want to get the macbook pro for my laptop. i'm gonna keep my desktop pc forevsss. hahah. not really though. so we spent like an hour and a half just messing around in there. oh yea! we also saw a new sony compact camera that takes pics when you smile. so annoying cuz there's 5 of us and we kept smiling randomly so it took a ton of pics haha hahah! ok.. later, joseph had to leave and i also did cuz i had to go to another sleepover XD
so sleepover again with same people minus one dude. so i was the only guy? we went to cue! first time since....... sadies?? O_O they have really expanded there and have A TON of new machines. i would scan the pics but i don't want to bust out the new printer yet. old one still has juice. so after that we went back to their house and watched lipstick jungle and fell asleep. that show is pretty good. haha.
SUNDAY
woke up on leather sofa. with balls on fire... ahhaah! it got too warm. haha. i also noticed my pants were down? i guess i pulled them down cuz it got to hot.. but i don't remember. i still had boxers on don't worrry. anywayyyyys.
i arrived at church to first a nice youth group meeting where we were beginning to study the first book of the bible, Genesis. we got to play with PLAYDOH! i haven't used that stuff in forever. first thing that came to my mind with i saw it was, i wanna light that on fire! cuz i've never tried it before and its always made me wonder what really does happen. does it explode like plastic explosive???? anywayys. the youth group thingy was fun. they had trouble with a macbook cuz they wanted to show a vid. i couldn't find internet with it so w/e. they got it eventually.
so then the main worship service began. today's topic was all about abortion. this is a topic that was kinda put aside somewhat due to all the drama about prop. 8. so first of all, i walked into the room as pro-choice. what i believed in was that the woman should have a choice to really have the baby. the US is overpopulated anyways and it would ruin their life anyways.
after this service though, i made a complete turnaround. my pastor began to talk about the basics of abortion and also how they conduct abortions when the baby is around 7 months old or second trimester, which is know as partial-birth or also late-term abortions(i forgot which one exactly). during this operation, the woman is induced into labor by some sort of method. the baby comes out of the womb but stop at the head so the baby's head is still in the womb. they then will use some scissors or forceps and jam that into the back of the neck then stick a vacuum into the baby's skull and remove the brain. i found it also ironic that mr. Christensen (i spelled it right nicole!) happened to have mentioned this on friday. so this method was quite shocking to hear about. i found it painful to imagine having a baby die in your lap from a poor decision. my pastor also brought in a speaker from the pregnancy clinic right down the ways in the same plaza. she spoke about her experiences and how taking the life of a baby is a serious decision. there isn't really much good from having an abortion. at least there is benefits in the long run if you still have the baby. so i learned how there is much more to the pro-life side than i thought. The woman from the clinic told a story about a woman that she knew. she got pregnant and the doctor said that her child was going to be handicapped. so she decided to go through with the abortion still thinking her baby was going to be handicapped. when the abortion was complete, the nurse asked," so why did you get an abortion?". she responded,"i was told that my baby was going to be handicapped." "really? your baby was perfect." it was so sad for me to listen to this story because of the potential that these babies could've had. that woman lost a life that would've made her proud to not have the abortion, even if the baby was handicapped.
i couldn't help but imagine what if one of my friends got pregnant. i couldn't help but imagine what it would've been like if i was still dating. the speaker's husband made a good point that the men have a strong stance in the issue as well. if nobody's gonna do what is right then there needs to be somebody there to do what is right. he was telling the men that we should stand up and not run away. i was asked this question once, "if you got me pregnant, would you run away from it, or stay by my side?" my answer, " i would stay with you. i won't run away." i knew that i would be as much apart of the ordeal as the girl and that she would need somebody to stand with her. i'm glad i made that decision. and also i don't indulge in sexual activity. 20 minutes of pleasure isn't worth a lifetime of mental and physical stress that can occur if i got her pregnant.
so back to the sermon. the pastor then went back onto the stage. he spoke about a woman that he had spoke to and tried to assist her with her pregnancy by counseling her not to get an abortion. when she returned he found that she had aborted the child. she came in crying in regret of her decision. the pastor then began to also cry on-stage. it was amazing how silent the room was. i have to admit i almost shed some tears. so this was a very emotional sermon that has changed my beliefs forever.
in practically 1 1/2 hours, i switched to the pro-life side. my only exception would be rape. women should think about the consequences before having sex. it could end in the death of a child. thats my verdict. interesting how i started the day reading the book of Genesis. The word Genesis meaning, "beginning, life."
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
mt. high again!
on new year's day, i was playing texas hold'em with my uncle in law (i guess he is haha) and the subject of snowboarding came up. apparantly my uncle there was a former pro with sponsors and stuff and he just so happened to be heading up to mt. high the next day and invited me to go. so i said, hmmm. what about boards and stuff? cuz it is very last minute and places are closed by now. he however had received many boards from his time so he said i could use one of his. so all i needed was boots since i also had a valid point pass to use up.
5:00 am. friday morning.
its like waking up for school all over again X_X except i was still sore from last time i went to mt. high. haha! so i get my stuff ready and head out with my uncle and his two friends he was also bringing. traffic was nice and light. until we were getting close to mt. high and then it was starting to build up a lil. but we were still able to go fast. upon arriving, we pretty much had our choice of parking haha! so nice and close.
so i went to go get my rental boots, but then had to go back and grab my uncle for a credit card imprint. i need a freaken credit card so i can make my own purchases for once!! i'm always asking my parents hahaha! so then on the form, i just said i was 18 cuz i didn't want to go back and get the uncle again.. luckily the don't check id =) plus i would've passed for one anywayss. so i got the boots, and they were in crummy shape XD. still kinda comfy though. i went back to see the board my uncle brought and it was his old half-pipe board.
we then hoped on the bus to west side! on the way there i made sure to sit on the side where i can look at the mountain. i was trying to see if i could see mochi, the snowman that nicole and angelynn made, from the bus. i wasn't able to really be able to tell, but i saw another one later on taht was huge lol.
we got to west side and then we split up from there. my uncle and his friend went to the top while i stayed on the coyote run. i saw my uncle riding when i was on the lift for a lil while and he's pretty good. especially since he broke his back a long time ago (which brought him out of the competition scene). so i didn't fall nearly as many times as last time haha. i however had a really hard fall when i was trying to slowly attempt carving. i was turning right my body facing at the mountain, and then i guess i hit a bump and i fell and hit my head on the snow pretty hard and it knocked off my glasses. my neck was kinda tweaked from that and my ass hurt too haha! but luckily i came out of that ok. i was working slowly towards being able to carve, i just gotta work on my frontside turns and braking first.
so we decided to leave around 11. on the way back to the east, i looked for mochi again. i think i saw a part of him but far away from where he was made. so i guess the knock down snowmen after the day T_T. cuz the other big one i saw was dead too lol.
while heading out, there was CRAZY traffic! it was about 11:14 and the line of cars went all the way through wrightwood to the 138. so thats like 5-7 miles or so? X__X. good thing we left early on wednesday cuz we would've been screweed! my uncle was asking if i talked to some chicks there haha! cuz there are a lot of hotties there. at first i said no. then he called me gay. but then i redeemed myself cuz i remembered i did talk to one 27 year old on the lift cuz she decided to hop on with me. so my uncle also told me to start meeting a ton of girls in high school, get their numbers, and in college, start bangin! interesting strategy lol. idk if i would go through with that but he said if i do, bring my friends over to his house cuz he's going to put in a stripper pole (i doubt it hahah!). but yea he's just messin with me (or is he?)
5:00 am. friday morning.
its like waking up for school all over again X_X except i was still sore from last time i went to mt. high. haha! so i get my stuff ready and head out with my uncle and his two friends he was also bringing. traffic was nice and light. until we were getting close to mt. high and then it was starting to build up a lil. but we were still able to go fast. upon arriving, we pretty much had our choice of parking haha! so nice and close.
so i went to go get my rental boots, but then had to go back and grab my uncle for a credit card imprint. i need a freaken credit card so i can make my own purchases for once!! i'm always asking my parents hahaha! so then on the form, i just said i was 18 cuz i didn't want to go back and get the uncle again.. luckily the don't check id =) plus i would've passed for one anywayss. so i got the boots, and they were in crummy shape XD. still kinda comfy though. i went back to see the board my uncle brought and it was his old half-pipe board.
we then hoped on the bus to west side! on the way there i made sure to sit on the side where i can look at the mountain. i was trying to see if i could see mochi, the snowman that nicole and angelynn made, from the bus. i wasn't able to really be able to tell, but i saw another one later on taht was huge lol.
we got to west side and then we split up from there. my uncle and his friend went to the top while i stayed on the coyote run. i saw my uncle riding when i was on the lift for a lil while and he's pretty good. especially since he broke his back a long time ago (which brought him out of the competition scene). so i didn't fall nearly as many times as last time haha. i however had a really hard fall when i was trying to slowly attempt carving. i was turning right my body facing at the mountain, and then i guess i hit a bump and i fell and hit my head on the snow pretty hard and it knocked off my glasses. my neck was kinda tweaked from that and my ass hurt too haha! but luckily i came out of that ok. i was working slowly towards being able to carve, i just gotta work on my frontside turns and braking first.
so we decided to leave around 11. on the way back to the east, i looked for mochi again. i think i saw a part of him but far away from where he was made. so i guess the knock down snowmen after the day T_T. cuz the other big one i saw was dead too lol.
while heading out, there was CRAZY traffic! it was about 11:14 and the line of cars went all the way through wrightwood to the 138. so thats like 5-7 miles or so? X__X. good thing we left early on wednesday cuz we would've been screweed! my uncle was asking if i talked to some chicks there haha! cuz there are a lot of hotties there. at first i said no. then he called me gay. but then i redeemed myself cuz i remembered i did talk to one 27 year old on the lift cuz she decided to hop on with me. so my uncle also told me to start meeting a ton of girls in high school, get their numbers, and in college, start bangin! interesting strategy lol. idk if i would go through with that but he said if i do, bring my friends over to his house cuz he's going to put in a stripper pole (i doubt it hahah!). but yea he's just messin with me (or is he?)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
new year!
HELLO 2009!
my graduation year has finally come! i'm excited yet also not at the same time haha.
so yesterday i went snowboarding with nicole, teddy, and angelynn at mountain high for the first time ever! it was sooo much fun! teddy gave me the rundown on how to turn and ride. i fell so many times haha! my butt never hurt so much. but it was all good. poor nicole got food poisoning the day before T_T. i tried to help her out as much as i could. hope you feel better soon! i was able to get leafing down on the slopes haha. even though i was kinda scared when i went down the more difficult slope. i was surprised how well nicole was doing for her first time on skis hha! especially on the first run on the bunny slope XD. i remember i was just sitting down (or i fell) and then all of a sudden, i see nicole ski'ing down screaming cuz she didn't know what she was doing ! ohhh man. but she didn't fall! so thats a good thing haha. when we went over to the west side i tried talking to angelynn some more since she wasn't doing any ski'ing or anythign except earlier when she was w/ nicole sledding over where there isn't supposed to be any snowplay. luckily she still had fun!
after the day was done, the secret plot for teddy's birthday was unleashed! we made a cake for him that took 5 hours (YES 5 HOURS) to make. ahha. pyramid cakes rock haha. luckily it came out pretty good. when he approached the door, all three of us silly stringed teddy like crazy!! total ambush haha! so after some eating we gave him our gifts. angelynn had the most creative wrapping i've ever seen ahah! and then mine had no wrapping XD. but the card was pretty bomb. nicole is working on her's still lol.
so the '08 year has been an amazing year! i had an amazing marching season, lots of fun with friends, an amazing relationship, got a great car to use, finally got into jazz 1, finally snowboarded, i was able to do so much in 08. I'll definitely remember 08 forever! its just too bad not all things can carry onto the new year. but at least new beginnings can happen. 09 WARRIORS!! here comes college! freedom! haha!
lets all have an amazing year!
my graduation year has finally come! i'm excited yet also not at the same time haha.
so yesterday i went snowboarding with nicole, teddy, and angelynn at mountain high for the first time ever! it was sooo much fun! teddy gave me the rundown on how to turn and ride. i fell so many times haha! my butt never hurt so much. but it was all good. poor nicole got food poisoning the day before T_T. i tried to help her out as much as i could. hope you feel better soon! i was able to get leafing down on the slopes haha. even though i was kinda scared when i went down the more difficult slope. i was surprised how well nicole was doing for her first time on skis hha! especially on the first run on the bunny slope XD. i remember i was just sitting down (or i fell) and then all of a sudden, i see nicole ski'ing down screaming cuz she didn't know what she was doing ! ohhh man. but she didn't fall! so thats a good thing haha. when we went over to the west side i tried talking to angelynn some more since she wasn't doing any ski'ing or anythign except earlier when she was w/ nicole sledding over where there isn't supposed to be any snowplay. luckily she still had fun!
after the day was done, the secret plot for teddy's birthday was unleashed! we made a cake for him that took 5 hours (YES 5 HOURS) to make. ahha. pyramid cakes rock haha. luckily it came out pretty good. when he approached the door, all three of us silly stringed teddy like crazy!! total ambush haha! so after some eating we gave him our gifts. angelynn had the most creative wrapping i've ever seen ahah! and then mine had no wrapping XD. but the card was pretty bomb. nicole is working on her's still lol.
so the '08 year has been an amazing year! i had an amazing marching season, lots of fun with friends, an amazing relationship, got a great car to use, finally got into jazz 1, finally snowboarded, i was able to do so much in 08. I'll definitely remember 08 forever! its just too bad not all things can carry onto the new year. but at least new beginnings can happen. 09 WARRIORS!! here comes college! freedom! haha!
lets all have an amazing year!
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