Thursday, January 29, 2009
My Aura of Serenity...
is this song right here. I listen to Sigur Ros when I am doing my homework and it makes me focus and cut everything out and just get my work done. THey are amazing! Not only do each of their songs mean something different to each person because the "words" are up for you to interpret but they are just amazing. Great group and would love to see them in concert.
Biology...
is so freaking interesting! You have no idea how serious I am. It might just be because my professor is awesome and teaches it so great, but I am really into this class. Diseases, skin, bones and muscles! Ahhh...one of my only classes I look forward to every week.
My other classes are going great. Learning how to manage stress in health class. So if you need any tips on deep breathing or anything let me know.
My other classes are going great. Learning how to manage stress in health class. So if you need any tips on deep breathing or anything let me know.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Pan's Labyrinth...
is an AWESOME movie! i have been wanting to see it ever since it came out and I finally watched it and it was really really good. I was really into it and the characters were kind of freaky but very imaginative. The little girl is adorable! Highly recommend this movie.
Kite Runner...
So I finally saw it and its was a great movie. Really emotional and very well acted. It was really sad and I almost cried...almost! I recommend it!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
What I learned in San Francisco...
when comparing San Franciscoians to SoCalians:
When it comes to phones in San Francisco it seemed like the only people on their phones were the businessmen. I saw some people on their phones but it wasn't for 20 minutes or an hour it was for only about 5 minutes at most. Also no one and I mean no one texts. I did not see one person texting on their phone. I told my dad it must be a southern Californian thing.
Clothing and this is a big one! No furry jackets or Ugg boots, just North Face jackets, scarfs and leather boots. You could tell a tourist a mile away wearing big furry marshmallow jackets with bog old Ugg boots when it is not that cold out.
The atmosphere is just different there too. It is a little rushy there and people do walk fast but people are nice there. You can have conversations with the homeless people who are rich compared to some of the homeless that we have here. Here we are kind of afraid of homeless people thinking that each one has something wrong with them. Either they are drug addicts or crazy.
Overall I prefer the San Francisco way. I have made it my mission to move there after I finish school. I mean in SoCal we do have the sun and beaches but really I think I could go a while without that stuff.
When it comes to phones in San Francisco it seemed like the only people on their phones were the businessmen. I saw some people on their phones but it wasn't for 20 minutes or an hour it was for only about 5 minutes at most. Also no one and I mean no one texts. I did not see one person texting on their phone. I told my dad it must be a southern Californian thing.
Clothing and this is a big one! No furry jackets or Ugg boots, just North Face jackets, scarfs and leather boots. You could tell a tourist a mile away wearing big furry marshmallow jackets with bog old Ugg boots when it is not that cold out.
The atmosphere is just different there too. It is a little rushy there and people do walk fast but people are nice there. You can have conversations with the homeless people who are rich compared to some of the homeless that we have here. Here we are kind of afraid of homeless people thinking that each one has something wrong with them. Either they are drug addicts or crazy.
Overall I prefer the San Francisco way. I have made it my mission to move there after I finish school. I mean in SoCal we do have the sun and beaches but really I think I could go a while without that stuff.
Overview of My Trip in San Francisco
Well San Francisco was an awesome trip. Heres a little overview of what I did.
WEDNESDAY-- We left super early, 6:15 AM, to get to Long Beach Airport and then our flight was 45 minutes late. When we got to San Francisco and we were getting ready to land my head felt like it was going to explode! It hurt so bad. We took Jet Blue and it was pretty nice. I watched some TV and listened to Sirius music channels also. We took the BART, which I am now a professional at...a BART Pro to be exact, and when we got to downtown San Francisco we went to check into our little hotel, which I thought was cute because it was vintage and old, then we went to Lefty O'Douls to eat lunch. For the rest of the time we went to MacWorld got tons of free stuff, dad won an iPod Nano (whatever) and meet iJustine. Then back to Leftys for dinner where I got a big and i mean BIG enchilada with rice, bread and a slice of pie...and yes I did eat all of it and enjoyed it tremendously. After we went back to the hotel where I watched Animal Planet (watched all the time) and slept.
THURSDAY-- Skipped breakfast and took the trolley (super cool) to Fisherman's Wharf where we ate the best clam chowder in a bread bowl ever! It was so amazing and I love it! I almost got attacked by a giant seagull that wasn't even scared when I kicked my leg out, of course I wasn't actually going to kick it but I just wanted to scare it. THen we went into the Museum Mecanique which was cool. It had old game machines you could try and some was pretty funny. Then we went back to Macworld to go on the other side, but after we were done my dad stayed at Macworld and I went exploring of the city. I went into tons of shops. I went into Barneys and oh my gosh talk about feeling like you don't belong. I DID! It was terrible. They weren't mean but they just looked at me weird. Heres a list of some shops I went into Barneys, NikeTown (don't sell track spikes...whatever), Old Navy (biggest on West Coast), Levis (3 floors), Rasputin Music Store (5 floors of AWESOMENESS!) Macys (HUGE...5 big floors...it was crazy) Virgin Megastore (bought 2 shirts and apparently they have the biggest DVD selection on the West Coast) and I don't remember where else. Then I took a solo taxi ride to a thrift store I had read about but it was disappointing. Not as great as yelpers said it was. Then we had dinner at Loris 50s diner where I had fired chicken, cole slaw, fries and a strawberry malt which was so good!
FRIDAY-- Went straight to ChinaTown after we check out and had some great Dim Sum and did a little shopping for the kids and mom then went back to Market to go to the airport. Shorty and sad day. Already miss San Francisco and the weather.
WEDNESDAY-- We left super early, 6:15 AM, to get to Long Beach Airport and then our flight was 45 minutes late. When we got to San Francisco and we were getting ready to land my head felt like it was going to explode! It hurt so bad. We took Jet Blue and it was pretty nice. I watched some TV and listened to Sirius music channels also. We took the BART, which I am now a professional at...a BART Pro to be exact, and when we got to downtown San Francisco we went to check into our little hotel, which I thought was cute because it was vintage and old, then we went to Lefty O'Douls to eat lunch. For the rest of the time we went to MacWorld got tons of free stuff, dad won an iPod Nano (whatever) and meet iJustine. Then back to Leftys for dinner where I got a big and i mean BIG enchilada with rice, bread and a slice of pie...and yes I did eat all of it and enjoyed it tremendously. After we went back to the hotel where I watched Animal Planet (watched all the time) and slept.
THURSDAY-- Skipped breakfast and took the trolley (super cool) to Fisherman's Wharf where we ate the best clam chowder in a bread bowl ever! It was so amazing and I love it! I almost got attacked by a giant seagull that wasn't even scared when I kicked my leg out, of course I wasn't actually going to kick it but I just wanted to scare it. THen we went into the Museum Mecanique which was cool. It had old game machines you could try and some was pretty funny. Then we went back to Macworld to go on the other side, but after we were done my dad stayed at Macworld and I went exploring of the city. I went into tons of shops. I went into Barneys and oh my gosh talk about feeling like you don't belong. I DID! It was terrible. They weren't mean but they just looked at me weird. Heres a list of some shops I went into Barneys, NikeTown (don't sell track spikes...whatever), Old Navy (biggest on West Coast), Levis (3 floors), Rasputin Music Store (5 floors of AWESOMENESS!) Macys (HUGE...5 big floors...it was crazy) Virgin Megastore (bought 2 shirts and apparently they have the biggest DVD selection on the West Coast) and I don't remember where else. Then I took a solo taxi ride to a thrift store I had read about but it was disappointing. Not as great as yelpers said it was. Then we had dinner at Loris 50s diner where I had fired chicken, cole slaw, fries and a strawberry malt which was so good!
FRIDAY-- Went straight to ChinaTown after we check out and had some great Dim Sum and did a little shopping for the kids and mom then went back to Market to go to the airport. Shorty and sad day. Already miss San Francisco and the weather.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Tomorrow is the big day!
We leave for San Francisco tomorrow morning and I am so excited. I am looking forward to it and I am so excited about going to Haight/Ashbury. I am in for some cool vintage shopping...hopefully cheap too! Going to get some things for my friends there too if they are in my budget. I think it is going to be a lot of fun though. I already have my bag all packed and my clothes for tomorrow laid out. I am ready to go! My dad on the other hand hasn't even packed or anything. I know.
Well I might blog from Macworld. It depends on if the lines are long and if they still have those computers. I haven't been in a while so I am not sure. We are leaving home at 6 or something. Our flight leaves at 9 something from Long Beach so we have to make sure to get there with enough time to go through the crazy security!
Well I might blog from Macworld. It depends on if the lines are long and if they still have those computers. I haven't been in a while so I am not sure. We are leaving home at 6 or something. Our flight leaves at 9 something from Long Beach so we have to make sure to get there with enough time to go through the crazy security!
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Man I have been in a Bad Religion mood for a couple days now and now I want to go to a concert. Not necessarily Bad Religion (but it would be better if it was) but anyone who's ticket prices are reasonable. I think I am going to look at House of Blues right now. Man that Bad Religion concert was so much fun too! Ahhh...memories.
Well San Francisco in less than a week. Planned where I wanted to go but then I found out the thrift stores are on the other side of the 101 freeway, which apparently isn't a good area to be going alone. So I am going to have to cross out the thrift stores. Its ok though because I want to go to this boutique thats on Haight Street and my dad says they sell alot of hippie things there which I am looking for so I am set. I guess I will just have more time in China Town and MacWorld.
Then school starts. I am actually not dreading the start of school. I have a pretty good schedule this semester. No track so its going to be weird for them having meets and I won't be competing. I still plan to go watch though. See how they do. I am probably going to red shirt so I have to find out all the rules and stuff because I talked to my dad about it and we have totally different views of what we think red shirting is. So I must make sure.
I have been cleaning the garage. Well one side anyways so that we can move the Nova out of the garage. Man do we have alot of junk in there. I am almost done, only been working on it for two days, on the worst side. THe other side wont take long, but then I have to clean on top and inside the car. Oh well at least I am working for my future car. I already got a hula girl for the dash. Oh yah I have it all planned out. Surf and beach thats the theme.
Well San Francisco in less than a week. Planned where I wanted to go but then I found out the thrift stores are on the other side of the 101 freeway, which apparently isn't a good area to be going alone. So I am going to have to cross out the thrift stores. Its ok though because I want to go to this boutique thats on Haight Street and my dad says they sell alot of hippie things there which I am looking for so I am set. I guess I will just have more time in China Town and MacWorld.
Then school starts. I am actually not dreading the start of school. I have a pretty good schedule this semester. No track so its going to be weird for them having meets and I won't be competing. I still plan to go watch though. See how they do. I am probably going to red shirt so I have to find out all the rules and stuff because I talked to my dad about it and we have totally different views of what we think red shirting is. So I must make sure.
I have been cleaning the garage. Well one side anyways so that we can move the Nova out of the garage. Man do we have alot of junk in there. I am almost done, only been working on it for two days, on the worst side. THe other side wont take long, but then I have to clean on top and inside the car. Oh well at least I am working for my future car. I already got a hula girl for the dash. Oh yah I have it all planned out. Surf and beach thats the theme.
Day at the park...
http://www.vimeo.com/2711721
Check it out! Its video and photos from when we went to the park on our "together day".
Check it out! Its video and photos from when we went to the park on our "together day".
Thursday, January 01, 2009
My radio station...
I now have my own station on Blip.com. Over on the side is the widget so you can listen to my music! Enjoy!
Heres the link though... http://blip.fm/ChicaK
Heres the link though... http://blip.fm/ChicaK
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