this break has been so much more eventful than i thought it would be. no adventures out of state, but plenty in state. it's all ending soon and i haven't updated at all in between. this is a summary, chapter style!
pre-break: at this point my life was so hectic. my procrastinating ways truly got the best of me and in about one week i was juggling all of these important things all at once. between getting things together for the sorority and wrapping up all of my coursework i honestly hoped it would all work out for the best. i survived but not without dropping the ball on a few things. i got the worst gpa this semester than any before, thank god my cumulative saved my ass otherwise my scholarship would be gone. the crappy thing is that i already know next semester is going to be harder. lessons learned: don't slack off on the little things - they amount to big things that can kick your ass harder than anything else. case in point ---->D2L quizzes and weekly quizzes in general, yes they matter too. don't bite off more than you can chew - you will fail and will embarrass yourself immensely. case in point ---->volunteering to burn the 40some CD's for formals on top of school and having to make slideshows also.
dec. break: after feeling completely defeated about my horrible gpa, gradually i began to relax. i went out three nights in a row once break started and caught up on some much needed partying. had a nice christmas with my mom and my brother. finally took a drive down to douglas to visit joel. went to THE BIZ finally after bailing on plans to go all semester. saw way more people i knew than i counted on. went hiking and dipped my feet in icy pools after conquering the shit out of the catalina mountains. made friends with a funny new yorker on the way down. went to phoenix and rode in a party bus for the first time on new years eve. showed up to a bloc party drunk and rang in the new year on mill ave. fell on my ass in front of strangers trying to catch the party bus back. yeah, it was a good month.
jan. break: well we're just getting started but it's already been an interesting month and i'm basing this theory all on one day. monday to be exact. woke up with the shittiest neck pain i have ever had. couldn't move for the first hour or so of the day, finally loosened up by the afternoon. hung out with joel all day but boy did we adventure it up. had plans to go to mt. lemmon to play in the snow but that fell through. went to rocks and ropes to check out their prices, did not rock climb much to joel's dismay. went to time market and saw diana after months, so glad we got to catch up. afterwards went to luis' and hung out with him and isabel, watched the last half of lord of the rings. went to dinner with isabel,luis/danny,lien/anh,jr - chili's - ate all my food almost - so freaking fantastic to see all those faces at once. went to coffee exchange with anh and jr to kill some time before bowling with vy. mixed up bowling alleys, went to lucky strike and NOT fiesta lanes. parted ways with jr and anh - sorry i mixed up the lanes! went to fiesta lanes and met up with vy, nhu, diego, carlos. joel joked about the bunny ranch...it caught on. played two games and proceeded to the strip club. dollar dances - too many. lap dances - 1 and the only 1 anyone got all night! can officially say i've had my face planted between naked boobies and have had a girl simulate oral and other naughty things on me. did i have fun...yes. was i drunk...no! all in all it was a great day and i was so glad i got to hang out with people i hadn't seen in months.
closing: break is about over but not completely over. going snowboarding this weekend for the 2nd time ever and i'm so damn excited! i know i'm in for a fullbody asswhooping but it's the best kind in the world. i've bought snowboarding clothes and maybe if this keeps up i'll buy a board someday. my neck is still sore from sleeping on it weird so i hope the pain goes away by saturday. one year ago today i was heartbroken and trying hard to find the silver lining in life. today i am still with joel and i'm excited for life for so many reasons. i'm excited to start my magazine internship. i'm excited to take on a real leadership position in the sorority. i'm excited to see if i can accomplish my academic goals for this semester. i'm excited to just see where life takes me in general.
but on a final note, i'm not excited for 2011 because it's the year i graduate from college and become a full-fledged grown-up and it's one year closer to 2012, the year we all die. haha jk, but only sorta. that one's for you rachel ;)
i've been meaning to update for a while now. it's been too long.
first, some things i want to recommend.
-everyone should get a daily booth. dailybooth.com/laulualau - get one & follow. i'm not trying to be some website attention whore or anything, it's honestly nice to visually keep up with how everyone's doing.
-everyone should watch the pilot episode to a canceled show called "pushing daisies," we had to watch it for media arts and it's seriously one of the most beautiful television shows i've ever seen. everything about it, i promise you'll love it. too lazy to provide a link, but they shouldn't be hard to find at all.
hmmm i had a few more of these but i can't remember them anymore.
school has been the same, stressful as usual but only because i'm horrible at time management. lately i've been impulsively ditching my media arts classes. it's the worst and i really hope it's something that doesn't carry over to next semester. something about late classes though, so easy to just ignore. hopefully i can make it through the next few weeks in good shape.
for the past two saturdays in a row a car has been broken into in the same parking lot as me. the first time it was this newer jetta just a few spots in front of me at the movie theater, it was odd because this car was parked under a light and mine wasn't. tonight it was at coffee exchange. this black altima was in the dark but the window that got smashed in was facing the traffic on campbell. mine was parked under light right by an alley. i feel like these are warnings. i'm definitely going to watch out for what i leave in my car now. at cxe i had both my purse and a canon camcorder from school on the floor of the car. guess i've just been lucky or my car is seriously blessed.
ahh i'll add that to the list.
-everyone should have their cars blessed by a priest.
i can never stress how grateful i am for all of the friends i've been blessed with.
not many people have even 1 best friend, but i feel like i have many. every single one of them understands a similar aspect of me that makes it so easy to confide in them my goals, fears and pains.
they all belong to a variety of backgrounds and with each one of them i have memories that i wouldn't trade for the world and that i'd give anything to repeat.
i will never ever be able to express the gratitude i have for these people.
so i hung out with diana today. went to michael's crafts store and got a canvas, an eraser, and this
figured it'd be kind of fun to see this tiny little duck get 600 TIMES BIGGER!!! i've had a few of these in the past but they never grew very big so i'm a pretty excited to get it right this time around and i honestly don't know what to expect.
so due to a definite lack in updating i will try to post at least once a week with the progress my ducky is making. that way i can keep some relevancy on lj, even though it's not really necessary. besides it'd be kind of fun to see if this thing actually does grow 600%. oh what kind of shenanigans will ensue...
eh not much to say about school or anything for that matter. everything's really different but i'm not feeling engaged or excited about much (other than for this little duck). i feel as if this is the lull before the big show. i suppose i'll be patient and wait for the curtains to be drawn whenever they are meant to be.
tomorrow i begin my junior year at the university of arizona. this is incredible, my own testament to how quickly time has come and gone. even though it feels as if i've only just left high school, i have already changed so much and so has basically every one around me. it's incredible to see the changes everyone i know have gone through in such a brief but significant amount of time.
really, have you put any thought into the person you are today versus even one year ago?
there was a time when i couldn't even imagine this day, yet here it is and now i have no idea what to expect even 3 more years from now. but it will come, and hopefully everyone will still be here, even me.
tomorrow is significant for few reasons, aside for being the official mile marker that says i'm halfway through college it was also the last day i saw justin alive. 2 years ago, my freshman year. now i'm halfway there, to the age he was when i last saw him. halfway there to completing something he didn't have the time to. back then it was a friday. now it is a monday.
it's weird how time flies and how everything changes along the way. so weird, yet so natural.
summer was pretty awesome to say the least. sure there were lots of things i didn't get to that i said i would, but i can't complain about what i did do. puerto rico was an amazing experience that made my summer alone.
puerto rico: -got to visit an island an integrate with an amazingly kind and crafty culture -worked in a newsroom and be a photojournalist -reunited with old friends met new. role models and peers, an unforgettable bunch that i wish the best for -added great work to my portfolio, and networked with some successful people -pina coladas and mojitos at the bar, late night talks, little sleep, good exhaustion -mingled with the locals, worked on my spanish, submersion is the way -partied in the president's suite -rum, rum, rum
this past week has been pretty damn amazing too. everyday was filled with new and old faces. old friends, new friends, great people all around. some people i hadn't seen in months or really spent any significant amount of time with in years. not only was it crazy to see how many changes their own lives had undergone, it was something special to see that even after all of those changes, them going their way, me going mine, we were still able to click. it really showed me that relationships can thrive even without the safety net of similar goals or tastes. love transcends those planes and can link people on an even deeper level. i was really feeling that because god knows i love all of those people so damn much.
this long entry is to make up for the lag that is sure to come. time to be a worker ant.
nostalgic