A visit to botanical garden

Members: Timmy, Jen, Tin, Darin

Mission: Go to a botanical garden the size of Disneyland in Pasadena.

Report: Originally asking for $20 from my mom, she gave me a single $20 bill and when I woke up this morning the bill was gone and replaced by a wad of singles. I didn't count it at the time so I went to 7-11 and bought me a monster and a Clif bar. It wasn't until after I walked out did I realize that my mom left me $13 in singles. Since I just spent 6 of that, I was short some cash. Tin said he'd pay for the rest. Good man. I go to El Camino to park and I wait in the blazing heat for 15 minutes for Timmy's Exploder and we were off. On the way, we took a little detour by the Dodger Stadium on accident and saw a bunch of children in police outfits. It was pretty strange but there was probably a game going on. After our adventurous little misadventure, we were back on the 110 and we eventually made it to Pasadena and found the gardens. When we got out of the air conditioned vehicle, I felt as if I had just stepped into a sauna. Enduring the entire day with nearly no money and no water, we left at around 3. I was hyper from the Monster I drank before and I was talking my head off the entire time, pointing out statues and naming them. I saw some freaky plants there and I saw a plant that I particularly liked. I forgot what it was called but it was a tree found in Japan, China, and Korea. It had skinny green branches and had small thin leaves that looked like maple leaves. Timmy knows what it is. I can now say that I've been to Japan and China. I'm a lot darker now and I'm a lot more sore than I was this morning. I like how I said I was going to study and finish my essay but I never really got around to it. I'll finish my essay in the morning and double up on my reading tomorrow. It is really hot and eczema sucks. My fingertips no longer feel like fingers. They're more like wood after playing guitar for three hours straight. I still have a craving for Chinese food and I'm almost due for recording time with my acoustic guitar.

Basketball

When I woke up this morning, I felt as if I had my arms and legs cut off, as I was unable to move. I lay in bed for fifteen minutes then I built the strength to turn on my computer monitor and see that ppl were already going to the basketball thing that was planned for today. I eventually stretched out the soreness and went to play basketball and learned that shooting needs a hop up to correct it. For those that don't understand that, my shooting was off, in a nutshell. An hour and a half later, we stopped and eventually I picked up my car and took Tin to 7-11 where I bought a 16oz Monster M-80 and Gatorade. Tin bought the BFC Monster. For those that don't know what the BFC is, it's an acronym for "Big Fucking Can." It's 32 ounces of Monster hell, which Tin managed to drink in about half an hour. I watched Alex and Mo play FIFA on the Xbox for like 3 hours while playing Pusoy with Tin. Tin became an adept at the game quickly and I don't think Alex won a single one of the games vs Mo. After, Mike wanted to go to the Alpine Village to buy some sausage and then go to Nijiya to buy Tofu and noodles. The final product was 3 blocks of fried tofu, 6 packages of stir fry noodles, 5 cups of steamed white rice, two different sauces, and 4 different kinds of sausage. It was a pro meal, but the noodles, which were probably loaded with MSG, filled us up very quickly. The rest of the night consisted of youtube and Gran Turismo 5. I have trouble walking because I'm so damn sore.

Tin doing exactly what he said he was going to do: Drink a 32oz Monster from start to finish in less than an hour.

Sore and Frusturated (;´д⊂)

Sore:

Today, I did the boxing thing again for another 45 minutes and I believe that my arms are a bit wider now. I also went running and played basketball for a good two hours? I'm pretty sore from it, but it's all a part of getting back into shape and it feels nice.

Frusturated:

Planning out the classes I'd take at El Camino until time of transfer is proving to be a frusturating experience. I'll need to schedule an appointment with my counselor, but it has come to my attention that I absolutely need to start caring more about my grades. As far as classes go, I plan to be taking Math 170(Trig) over the summer and maybe Speech 1. Fall, I might take Speech if I decide not to take it over the summer, Physics 1A, Math 180(Pre-Calc), and Architecture 150A. Every semester available, I will be taking architecture. The other classes are not definite and I'd like to spread out my schedule so I don't end up taking so much time for crazy classes but this is what I have for now. I'm hoping to be out of El Camino within two years.

Need to raise GPA.

Two essays for English woo. Chance to raise grade.

Midterm for History coming up. Woo chance to raise grade.

This Deserves Its Own Post

On the way back from the $10 K-BBQ place today, Rikio and I witnessed an SUV signalling to merge left, merge right, then proceed to make a right turn. with the left-hand turn signal still clicking. This world will soon be coming to an end.

Interesting...

Well, for those whom I have spoken to concerning the MPG that my car gets, I said it was 16MPG before. Well since I last filled my tank on Sunday, I've managed to raise my MPG to around 28. What did I do? :O I stopped driving recklessly and started driving more conservatively and I used freeway a lot. Sure, it's not as enjoyable to drive, but hey. I've almost cut my gas consumption in half. Normally, I'd go 235ish miles before I hit empty from a 15 gallon tank. I am now over 250miles since fill-up and I'm still over a quarter of a tank. Huzzah!

I'm rather sore still from the other day when Rikio decided to start teaching me how to fight. The soreness is nice, as much as it hurts. It's a feeling of satisfaction that I'm slowly getting back into shape.

I bought a capo for my guitar the other day and I'm quite happy with it. It's the best $20 I've spent in a while. Now for a new bass amp...

Another typical Friday

It's nice to have that feeling to know that time is just kind of lingering around and not really making much progress at all. I blame school. So for those that don't know, I've set my sights on the architecture path and so yeah. That's that. I'm going down that road.

Went to see Forbidden Kingdom today, and I think it was interesting how it was based on old cliche kung fu movies. Because I'm usually the one that has different opinions from everyone else in the group, I was probably the only one that thought it was pretty cool.

I was going to write more, but I forgot what I wanted to write and I'm getting really sleepy.

Fuck I'm boring

lolwut

So today, Jasmine and company came by and Danny, Tin, Evan, and Rikio were there to accompany us. Was pretty nice, even if it was a short time. We went to Islands and for some reason I was really hungry. Even after finishing the burger, I wasn't full. Something's wrong with me x.x

I've been playing a lot of guitar lately. Acoustic and on my electric. I think I'll start writing new material soon. Who knows when I'll get to recording it if at all.

I got the new Stick To Your Guns and Carnifex albums, they're pretty good but I like the STYG album more.

I barely finished writing my essay on Monday morning, the day it was due. I finished writing it at 11:20, I normally leave home by 11:15. I still made it to class on time by 11:45.

Good stuff. I cleaned my room too. Moved my bass amp into my closet, put both my bass and guitar in bags and stored in the closet so my room looks really clean now.

Alex's Birthday Party

First, allow me to say that I was not able to attend Alex's dinner portion of his party due to a rehearsal for my temple that happened to conflict with the dinner. I skipped dinner because of this. Three hours of doing nothing passes and I am able to leave at around 10pm. I drive straight back to Redondo and to Alex's house to find German, Mo, Danny, Stephanie, Mike, and Tin there. A few interesting conversations later, I find myself remembering that I pretty much had candy for dinner and we go to Taco Bell. This was a mistake, to say the least. For the rest of the night, I felt like crap. Around the time that Tin said he was going to go home with German, Joannie sends me a text asking whether or not I was sleeping. After saying no, I recieve a call, which is answered by Mike. I am unsure of what happened in that moment, but fate decides that I lose reception in Alex's house because his house is like a black hole for cell phones. It is very hard to get reception in there. So I lose the reception and I decide to leave. After suffering a mild form of hypothermia on the way to my car, I sat in my car, freezing my ass off for no reason at all until my heater started working. I tried calling back a few times but no luck. I drove back to my house and sat in my driveway for about 15 minutes before going inside.

Fucking Taco Bell.

Daiko...wtf90minutewait!...kuya!

Mike woke me up this morning and I wasn't planning on waking up any time around then. I ended up doing so anyways and we went to find Alex bday things. We met up with Danny and Stephanie and we went to the Ghettoria and eventually to the Del Amo mall and we stayed there for a long while before they left and Mike and I picked up Tin and we went to Mike's house for a while. We decided to go to Palos Verdes and chill for a bit. We ended up walking through an overgrown trail of death, inches from a 50 foot drop atop a cliff. Reaching the other side, we had to walk around back to the car. We then decided to go to downtown for some food. I've never waited longer to be called for a table before in my life. Tonight truly marked a milestone in my life. Fuck, an hour and a half Mike, Tin, and I waited for a table at Daikokuya in downtown LA. Didn't think that it would be that crowded on a Thursday night. We went over to a nearby store and bought some ice cream mochi which reinforced the idea that dessert before a full meal is retarded. By the time we were seated, I was freaking hungry again. After having the best ramen ever, we went home. Just wanted to share the ramen story because that place is awesome.

FUCK

JURY DUTY


I ALREADY SKIPPED ALL THE CLASSES I CAN THIS SEMEESTER SHIT SHIT HISTSTsasdaf

Mammoth, Part Two

Oh man, after that, we went sledding on a hillside which went down at about a 45 degree slope, almost completely icy and we hurt ourselves for a little while before stopping to eat and eventually leaving. We went back to the condo and just watched a bunch of movies. The next day, we went to go to buy gifts at a bunch of stores and Tin went and spent about $100 on stuff. I got a card and this crazy book for my dad for his birthday. After buying gifts, we went to look for a game store, and we stumbled across a Mexican owned shop which had some unopened rare games that German was interesting in buying. After doing a little bit of research, German attempted to bargain a $70 game for $40. We waited outside and he walked back out no longer than 30 seconds later, saying that the lady got mad at him because he tried to get it for a steal. We went back to the condo and watched a bunch of movies after that.

Finally, the trip home came and this trip made everything very, very interesting. Danny insisted on cruise controlling our way home at 75 mph and we cruised our way to a gas station in the middle of nowhere, about 50 miles from Mojave. We picked up subway and after eating, left. It was after we reached Lancaster did things become interesting. There was an Accord that was kind of weaving in an out of the carpool lane (double yellows, even) and a Ford Fusion was hauling ass. Danny said "Hell no" and we raced for about 30 miles until we reached the 5 freeway, and she went on the 5. Tin eventually wrote his number on a piece of paper and wrote "Call me" and she freaking called...I don't think I stopped laughing for about half an hour. Tin got her name lol win. Funny thing was, she had a 310 number. Now I'm home. German's home washing his clothes. Mike, Tin, and Danny are over.

Sunday, Mammoth trip

Friday, I went with Tin and Mike to downtown and went to a place called Tofu Village, which was pretty damn good for $10. After that, we went to CeFiore in J-town and had some frozen yogurt. By the time I got home, it was 10:30 and Danny and German came right after I got home. I didn't get to sleep until 2 and I woke up at around 5ish to get on the road. Didn't get to Mammoth until 10ish. Went to the ski shop to rent skis for everyone and then we went to lunch at a burger place by the North Village. After that, we went to go airsoft at some remote place and the guns sucked but they were cheap. We were pretty tired after but it really wasn't that bad. Got some pizza and played games for the rest of the night. Today, woke up at 9 and went to hit up June Mountain and its the last day of ski season. After six runs, we went back. German and Tin only went down once. gg. But now we're just sitting in the condo now and watching Dog Soldiers after returning ski gear. To be continued.