I'm a donkey from spain who loves to eat strawberries. ok, so im not a donkey, and i'm not from spain either, but i do love strawberries. they're very nice. i love to watch the flamenco but i would hate to dance it too!
i wish that one day i get invited to the mad hatter's tea party it would be fun to keep changing seats-
but nothing beats grandma and grandpa's heat with dry heat

I have to finish my own weight in homework so i probably should lose weight. homework is a common object of procrastination. however i can't really be bothered cause i got hit by a cloud and fell from below into a giant hole in the sky. since this makes no sense to you, it makes no sense to me either so yeah that's my big picture!;p

catch yourself looking silly on one of the pictures!
polkaco

what makes you wrench your hair out and bash your head on the wall?? maybe stupid bad habits like chewing on your lips or picking your nails or maybe even someone who breathes too loudly.

i doubt these are all working but check em out anyhoot!
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michiko
maggie
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elieen
deneice
renchie
kukay
morato
kai

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just talked to michiko over the phone and she listened to my crazy life. i had to quietly walk to the kitchen and hide behind the counter beside the sink and dishwasher but it was worth it. im still feeling odd but im glad i got to talk to her.
*just in:there is a cat crying outside by my window FREAKY!!!

in our rimrock trip i made my uncle proud by breaking a ceramic target into pieces with.. a Colt 45 on my first shot. we went deep into the off road tracks to shoot guns such as Colt 45, 38, 22 and a Turkish Mouhzer(sp) riffle. my weapon of choice was the Colt 45 bad asss! i love that gun. i used it the last time we were up there and also the 2nd day we were there on this trip.. blew up a few things. the Turkish riffle was SO heavy i had to sit to shoot it! it also practically blew away my shoulder when i shot. one mean gun my uncle got it from a army surplus for 60 bucks it makes you feel so hardcore while reloading. i cant imagine the Turks reloading and shooting it during the war they must have been wayyy hardcore too.
i also got to ride around on the quad on his property fastest i went was 20mph that was pretty fast since i had limited space. woohoo and i went on 2 adventures! one with my uncle the other by myself straaangggee but fun. haha.

(x) snuck out of the house
(x) gotten lost in your city
(x) seen a shooting star
( ) had a serious surgery
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas
( ) kissed a stranger
( ) hugged a stranger
( ) been in a fist fight
( ) been arrested
( ) done drugs
(x) had alcohol
( ) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
(x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
(x) swore at your parents
(x) been in love
(x) been close to love
(x) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
(x) broken a bone
( ) been high
( ) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school
( ) flashed someone
(x) saw a therapist
(x) played spin the bottle
(x) gotten stitches
(x) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour -- or water
(x) bitten someone
(x) gotten the chicken pox
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) crashed into a friend's car
(x) been to Japan
(x) ridden in a taxi
( ) been dumped
(x) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) had a crush on someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
(x) stolen something from your job
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(x) been to Europe
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
( ) seen someone die
( ) had a close friend die
( ) been to Africa
(x) driven over 400 miles in one day
(x) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
( ) seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) thrown up in a bar
(x) purposely set a part of myself on fire
(x) eaten sushi
( ) been snowboarding
(x) met someone in person from the internet
( ) lost a child
( ) gone to college
( ) graduated college
( ) done hard drugs
(x) tried killing yourself
(x) fired a gun
(x) purposely hurt yourself
(x) taken painkillers
(x) miss someone right now

While i was in Rimrock up north of Phoenix someone sent me a text message. who he is nobody will ever know except maybe two people. anyhow, i was so happy because we have not talked for a while. that was a plesant surprise and i did not see that comming. it would be great to patch things up i hope it wont be another 8 months or so till we do. the warm fuzzy feeling. HAHA!;p

2 songs or part of a song that have been playing on my Yahoo radio that i happened to like.

Devils and Dust
by Bruce Springsteen

Got God on our side
We're just trying to survive
But if what you do to survive
Kills the things you love

Fear is a powerful thing
It'll turn your heart black you can trust
It'll take your God-filled soul
Fill it with devils and dust

It'll take your
God-filled soul
Fill it with devils and dust

Now every woman and every man
They wanna take your right to stand
Find the love with God wills
The faith that He commands

American Baby
by Dave Matthews Band

If these walls come crumbling down
Fell so hard to make us lose our faith
From what's left you'd figure it out
Still make lemonade taste like a summer day

Stay beautiful baby
I hope you stay American baby
American baby

Aint nobody is laughing now
God's grace lost them in devilish proud
But ive been walking for a thousand miles
One last time I could see you smile
I, I hold, hold on to you, you
Bring me hope I'll see you soon
And if I dont see you i'm afraid we've lost the way

Stay beautiful baby
I hope you stay American baby
American baby
American baby

I, I hold on to you
Lift me up from the ways well
I see you in light I hope I dont get left there
I, I hold, hold on to you
You give me hope I see you soon
And if I dont see you i'm afraid we've lost the way

Stay beautiful baby
I hope you stay American baby
stay..
American baby
beautiful baby

(You could always make me laugh out loud)

okay party review.. it was from 1pm to 10pm for some reason i knew it would be a quiet party. in other words not very many people showed up. my co-celebrant had too many margaritas and went insane cussed like crazy while throwing icing at everyone and made everyone feel uncomfortable. i think she's still waiting for people to show up. it was okay i guess. my relatives came so i was happy. my highlight of the day it RAINED! in the desert! for the many years that ive been comming out here i think this is the first! its great! the wind is really wild now it reminds me of the wizard of oz movie. im itching to go out and feel the wrath!;p anyhow, im happy i got to wear my funky outfit. wee.

woke up late ate a doughnut good stuff went to walmart and to the hardware store.. i was hinting to grandma that i wanted to plant sunflowers she said she still has to figure out where to plant it. when we got home half an hour later ross came home so we swam then fixed supper, ate, watched stttoooppid MXC. now im frying my brains in front of this machine again. party is comming up. im going to be in the kitchen all day tomorrow. yipee!;p i hope a lot of people show up.
oh yeah my mom called err.. i was ordered to call geez. strange she had a productive conversation with my dad which is good. she said my kuya is having the time of his life. partay all night every night. he'g going to have to be sober for a while when he gets here.
*i want to see paolo hmp! so gay! but i dont want to leave!

guess im not seeing denisse tomorrow.. she's off tho california for the weekend. FOOEY.

i went to a site and its all about helping children in poor areas or countries in the world. it is for them to be able to survive and go through schooling its $28 a month roughly 1,600php well it sounds like quite a bit for my pocket. so i wanted to know the country in asia that needs the most help with respect to child sponsorships.. only 2 countires appeared one being the Philippines. so round up friends or something and share your blessings *hint*hint* hmm.. i have yet to find a way to come up with that much every month.
www.savethechildren.org

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAB!

when i woke up i showed ross the cookie recipie that he was craving for and we went ahead and made a batch. it turned out pretty good. when grandma came home from the parlor she decided to plant bushes for the party and now ross and i are officialy green thumb society members. we were dubbed with that title today by grandma after helping her. i got mudd in my nails stoooopid they are too long. afterwards we enjoyed some pop and decided to swim. travis my cousin dropped by im glad he's going to be in conneticut with us in may. while we were talking to him my dad jumped in the pool with a big can of beer. after getting the entire back yard wet with donut and us jumping in and out of the pool we went to sam's club to load up on cheech for the party then to trader joe's and then to KRISPY KREME to get our breakfast fuel. we got fresh ones for free!;p when we got home it seemed as if a few people were in a crappy mood so i dint talk much. my dad straightened out our flight to newark with my mom, thank heavens! i hope things work out. we leave 25th of may for manila uhg. i hate to think that i have such little time left here and it will be another year or so till im able to come back. FOOEY. why do i have to take review anyhow?? grrr..
i watched 3 episodes of pimp my ride and one of meet the barkers.. sheesh kinda stoopid. well while doing so i imagined myself living here.. weird.
i have to start waking up earlier!!

I AM SEEING DENISSE ARRIETA THIS FRIDAY! i hope.. *fingers crossed*

i went to an Albanian "wake" today. why the cotations? well there was no corpse.. it was in Albania the mother of Andrea passed away (the grandmother of jonida and eni). so there is a 9 day open house over at their place. when we got there we got HUGS and both of the cheeks are kissed. met another hand full of Albanians.. which meant more hugs, kisses and handshakes. i hung out with the ladies then went to Jonida's room and met her little cousin Reynald i helped him out in his Social Studies project about Abe Lincon the 16th president. i learned a lot.. take for example the Gettysburg address, tallest president, and so on. then i helped Kristina (Reynald's mom) with her questions for her citizenship.
*CUT*just had to say this PAOLO IS FINALLY ONLINE! BUT.. he's laggig. low tech talaga si mahal. peace!
back to my narration.. we were all throwing United States facts at each other so we all learned new things.. we were the last ones to leave. i sort of invited them to my party but i dint know how kinda strage topic since it was a "wake." darnit i forgot i dint eat dinner.. so hungry but im too lazy. my grandmother is so sweet! when i got home my bed was made and my little bear was tucked in already. hahaha.;p
*oh yeah i watched more black and white movies starring Errol Flynn a.k.a. Captain Blood. he's pretty good looking on back and white.
*hoooshoot. my yahoo radio is playing Def Leppard's Sugar on me yaaaak.
*and deneice darling if you are reading this thanks so much for the message made me feel a lot better a million hugs!;p

The Catholic church has a new pope! Pope Benedict XVI he's a German and the first pope elected this millenum.

started the day with reeses cereal then helped with yard work.. pulled weeds from the front yard. crazy ross was wearing his boxers while doing all this tsk tsk. we ended up playing with the hose and washing the car. afterwards we were rewarded with in n out burgers by grandpa. then watched television till my dad got home.. it was around 6 i saw my grandfather pulling weeds again so after half an hour later i went out to pull and keep him company in the dark. i was smiling for two reasons when i got out. hmmm.. one. grandpa was making me laugh and two. must be something down the street. then during dinner grandpa did the funniest thing!!! i was laughing CRAZY. we had green peas then he lined them up in is mouth made it look like his teeth. picture perfect! then we watched 2 black and white movies it was on Turner. one was the bellboy starring Jerry Lewis then after was i forget i know it had blonde in the title. so far the best black and white movies ive seen are Captain Blood and The Bellboy and i am a new fan of Laurel and Hardy(also in black and white) MAJOR laugh trip. haha. i laugh to clean comedy more. oh and my dry skin is killing meeee!

17.gymbuddy.17.gayness.17.

so stoopid. i watched anchorman this evening my grandmother watched part of it.. cant believed she stayed up to see that. dumbass comedy. i mean it was funny but gosh ive seen better.. like van wilder. went into the pool late in the afternoon.. we were teasing the dog. he get's scared when someone jumps in and stays underwater he'll jump in right after. such a sweet dog. when i got out to jump he ran and stood beside me, he was trying to stop me but when i jumped he jumped right in after me. then when my grandfather swam back and fourth he was watching him closely.. so were ross and i. its getting hot here.. 90 today. phew. i think you can use my skin as a chalk board its so dry. yahoo radio is pissing me off. crappy songs.

ive gone real sappy.. i REALLY want to stay here.. im afraid if i leave i wont get back for some strange reason.. im beginning to hate the thougt of planes. i love to travel and see everything but if i have to get on one to leave.. id rather not. this house gives me the greatest comfort.. i feel right where i should be. i dont find myself missing manila sure i miss my friends but its different. in this house i get the greatest hugs from my grandmother and it actually brings tears to my eyes whenever we do. in this house my brother for the first time gave me a hug and he meant it because he knew that i needed it. in this house i can cry in front of everyone and i wont be ashamed of doing so. my grandmother knows my deepest sorrows and joys and im guessing my grandfather as well because she tells him everything at the end of the day. the other day i went out with my grandparents to pick up something and my grandmother tells the lady we are here to pick out my granddaughter's birthday and i was so surprised because i had no clue that was going to happen. after picking out the BEST gift ever.. we walked to the curb and before helping my grandmother down i hugged her and thanked her for the gift.. she gave me a kiss whispered "oh darling, id give you the moon if i could" and i could not get it out of my head.. and of course i wont forget grandpa who was patiently waiting in the car and he got a hug as well.
i went to a possible school for me here.. the Scottsdale Culinary Institute Le Cordon Bleu 15 months and i get an associate degree BUT its a whole lot of money.. its top 4 in the country. i was with my aunt and grandmother and we had a tour i got to meet 2 chefs! they are the COOLEST! one was German and the other was a native i guess. the only thing that's worrying me is tuiton i can get student loans and grants but its a lot of money.. but ASU does not have my second choice if its not the culinary institute. oh fooey. at the end of the day all i can say is i LOVE it out here.

so far i listed in my head a few things you are supposed to have everyday.
some chocolate
glass of red wine
8 glasses of water
fruit
8 hours of sleep
i forget the rest.. ill get back to that list but anyhow will i live up to 120 years old if i did all this? id spend my day trying to fulfill the list and by then it would be time for my 8 hours of sleep.
i met a american who played for a french bball team he is 6'7. COOL!

for the first time in eaons i saw a whole sky full of stars with God's finger nail yes. at that moment i felt so goshdarn small. i mean that never happened to me before. things around me are always moving fast i wish i could go live in the mountains where stars are plenty and everything is peaceful at night. the night calms me and the sunrise gives me my first reason to smile in the morning if i am awake to see it. doesnt it feel good to sit on the driveway and see the sun rise? its perfect.
for some strange reason i want to be alone.. away from all the noise and commotion going around.. all the wickedness. im looking forward to the sedona(red rock.. mountains) trip this weekend.
sometimes i feel that im missing out on A LOT of stuff back at home but i love it out here. does that outweigh things?
i need a 3.50GPA hmmmm.
gee. im sounding pretty soft the stars just set the mood. ENOUGH or i will melt. eeeekk. too much.

went to the high end mall today good grief i walked forever bought little and spent so much. i never want to go back there at least not this month. there is a bunch of stuff in there that i was not able to see but the length that i walked and money that i spent i think i would not want to conquer the whole place in one day or ill end up flat out broke. i loved the things i bought and have no regrets. someone bought me the skirt i REALLY wanted but cost more than i was willing to spend. she said it was for my birthday. me so happeee. cant wait to wear it. anyhow, in the mall when i was paying for my stuff a lady was beside me and she started casually talking about ther AIRPLANE! i got so shocked and confused. rich talk. tsk tsk. then later on i saw teenagers in their private school uniforms and stuff. i saw hot guys too with their hot girlfriends. gosh. i should mind my own life..
moving along.. sometimes i feel like slapping a whole salmon on people's faces because they dont see the picture.. or they dont see the fact that they are wearing off everyone around them by their constant nagging. ive been feeling this for quite a while now towards a few people.. bad. must be more sensitive and open right? people must learn to accept.

finally figured this whole blog thing out with the help of my cousin drove me nuts figuring it out. who gives. made cheese cake with my brother today. the british lady from the english rose tea room came and so did my cousin travis. we are all happy he got a job wishing him the best of luck on that. wonder what ill be doing tomorrow. shopping i hope. TIME to BURRN cash and buy everyone's gifts. watched alien versus predator my imagination ran wild for a while after the movie so did my dad's and bother's we started copying their sound effects and such. wee. wanna go in the pool!!

so what if i skipped the fishing trip this morning at least i go to sleep in! i helped around in the house i watered plants in the porch and when i got back in it was time to take out all the blue willow from the original cabinet because a new one is comming tomorrow grandma and i are pretty excited. so i got a lesson about willow ware and where they were all made.. japan, ohio, england, and poland(i think). she mostly had japan but she had a few of the rest too. to rank it i think it is japan, england, china, ohio, then poland. she had a bunch of other plates as well but it was all blue and white. i picked one up because it looked familiar it had a picture of the place where the declaration of independence is. she wanted to give it to me to put in my room but i was not quite sure that i was worthy of one of her pieces from her collection. so she said she would give me time to think about it. i held every piece VERY carefully because its something that she treasures most and so does everyone in the family. she told me ALL about her collection and it was really fun. we sat down and i read the paper and she fell asleep. later on grandpa came and was pretty hungry so since the willow was everywhere we decided to go to in-and-out to eat. WOOHOO! when we got there i was proud that i was with my grandparents in a burger joint. i got out of the car(parked in the handicapped area of course) and i helped my grandmother out the car door and up to the sidewalk raced my grandpa to the door we fight over who opens the door for who and just our luck there were TWO doors one after the other so we took turns. we had a great meal and on our way out i opened the first door and to my grandfather and my surprise my grandmother went ahead and opened the next door and laughed at the two of us. so we merrily drove home with fries for the dog. when we got home my grandmother decided to rest again so i sat there and read my book while she went through the mail. she kept on falling asleep so i was watching her half the time and laughing. when ross got home from the fishing trip he told us all about it. my grandmoter decided to walk around to keep herself awake. the she sat down and told me a story about when they went to Salem one Halloween night. through that it lead to authors who lived in Salem or nearby. then she wanted to re-educate me american way because i did not know the things she was talking about so we went to her room and read poems that longfellow wrote and i listened to everything then i forgot i was supposed to get ready for the game. so i hurried up.. my dad got impatient. then we drove off.. the game was in the hockey arena but since hockey season is on strike.. well you get it. we got great tickets but i dint know jack about LACROSS(E?) so i sat and watched.. its like hockey but without the ice and they had poles with nets on the end and a bouncy ball that they would pass around. half of the time they would hit one another even if the opponent dint have the ball. ROUGH but VERY amusing i must say. i had a GREAT time wathcing, laughing, and looking at all the fans. it was the Arizona Sting versus the Colorado Mamouths and of course we won 15 to 12. i went in thinking no one would care about this sport but guess again.. they had hard core fans as well and the oposing team had like a grouppie or something. real funny. im glad i was able to watch it! so anyhow, the Sting are in the playoffs(?) since they won this game. good for them! on our way out right beside the Glendale arena is the football stadium that they are building the superbowl of 2008 will be held there its almost done and it looks fantastic. REALLY COOL! i hope we get to see more interesting games while we are here. maybe a suns game? wee. oh poo! the diamondbacks lost to the doggers again by 2 in the 11th inning. 2wins 3loss record now. tsk tsk. GO LUIS GONZALEZ! made myself a banana with out splittung the banana for dinner and pet the dog. im going to bed. phew! pretty longgg.

the bankone arena is right beside the AmericaWest arena and thats where the Suns play so i saw it walking from and back the parking lot. the game was great..BUT we lost. in bottom of the second inning the dbacks were leading one to nothing and i think in the 5th inning the doggers got 4 runs. luckily the dbacks caught up in the bottom of the 7th inning so it was 7 to 4 then in the 9th inning BALONEY! Lyon was pitching he was pretty good he choked i guess.. and the LAST strike of the 9th inning he threw a homerun. so anyhow it was 8 for the doggers and 7 for the diamondbacks. so we were depending on the bottom of the 9th inning. i thought they would bring Louis Gonzalez but nooooooo!! in short the diamondbacks lost by one. too bad that was my first live baseball game EVER! what i really wanted to talk about was Luis Gonzalez my new diamondback idol! or maybe baseball.. he is a great left out field catcher and A GREAT batter. the doggers were to chicken to let him swing so they gave first base to him tsk tsk. he's great at hitting homeruns!
tomorrow will be lacrosse in the Glendale arena. woohoo!

i went to have tea today in a British tea room with my grandmother and aunts and they told me about the red hat soicety and its so funny!! the society was inspired by a poem and i found it in the bathroom of the tea room.

When I Am an Old Woman
by:Sandra Martz
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and a pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We will have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old and start to wear purple.

something for all women to look forward to when they hit 50. they have these women in big groups together and they wear purple dresses and red hats and do wild things such as watch the race car games. im not sure about the author but i know she is a English woman. my aunt is designing cards and stuff for them. wee. anyhoo, the tea room was wonderful and i had a lot of fun looking around. i had Earl of sandwiches for lunch.
im watching a baseball game tonight in the stadium that should be fun as well. wee.

the other day my dad and i went to check out the community college he says it would be good if i go there for a couple of years before going to the university. its for me to get a hang of living here and getting a job and all that stuff. well anyways this would entail living in this house.. im kinda freaked because i have a cousin who studied in tuscon and hung out here and my whole family back bites about him and he does not even live here! the very few times that he shows up ticks them off. so i was thinking a teenager like myself living in this house would probably drive them off the wall and thats probably the last thing i want to do. i love it out here and everything but i think i would be better off alone somewhere but by living here i get a car, food, laundry for free! at least i have a year to think about it. although i would LOVE to study in Spain. ghak!

last night the phone rang.. my dad picked it up and he started laughing and repeating my name in different ways. IN SHORT the call was for me i was kind of surprised actually since nobody knows my number out here. it was my friend from grade school who migrated to arizona. i was really happy to hear from her. i told her we should meet up sometime the weekend would be perfect for me but she has saturday class for ditching school and getting caught. i told her to come up here after school since she gets out at 2. its quite a ways from her place to mine.. so she said she would just call back whenever she's free. other than that i told her that her all time crush from grade school is now my boyfriend.. how funny is that? she started laughing and told me she could not remember his face anymore. phew!;p after we hung up it was dinner time and i told my family about it and my grandmother was furious! she did not want me ridding in a teenager's car especially if that teen ditches school. along with that she decided that i should go down to where my friend is instead of her going all the way here and getting on the freeway. i respect that so i intend on doing just that. after dinner i got a message from my mom and it seemed pretty important because she told me to call her right away. then i suddenly remembered that it was... REPORTCARD DAY! and so i did.. she told me she had talked to my teacher over the phone and things did not turn out the way i wanted them to. i put down the phone went straight back to my grandparents room and watched an old movie while my brother explained to my dad how i felt. later on my dad came into my room to see if i was all right i dint want to tell him so i sort of brushed him off.
today my grandmother gave me a list of books that a student is supposed to read during primary, middle and high school and i discovered i have NOT even read half of what is listed. GOOD GRIEF!

corinne 

i was going through a bunch of online journals earlier today i dont know why but i just did. i notice that people go out of their way to make the entries sound smarter(?). sorry but people use way too much bull just so that they are praised and what not. i dont know why im saying this i have no talent in writing whatsoever but thats how i felt about it while i was reading.. i just wanted to hit the computer with a wodden oar. GIVE ME A BREAK! i cant stand all the mumbo jumbo. this is my point of view so dont go chasing after me with.. a wodden oar! so anyhoo, i will keep the rest to myself and stop reading the ones i dont like RIGHT?!

ive exhausted all the remedies out there! echanesia(?), claritin, vitamin C, and that cotton swab medecine and nothing seems to work. been nursing this cold for exactly ONE week now and its going strong.. GHAK! cant stand it! we went over to my aunt's house and she is one of the best cooks in the family. see my cold has evolved over the week and just today it decided to numb my sense of taste.. how wonderful is that? we had fudge brownies with ice cream and metled chocolate for dessert and how i wish i knew what it tasted like! my grandmother kept on making wonderful comments about it and i could not taste jack! anyhoo, we got a lot of take home i hope no one gets to it before my cold goes away.. or my numbness to taste. donut missed us since we were all out. he got some great lovin' and rubbin' one spoiled doggie!;p all is well and everyone is sound asleep.. i think(heard grandpa coughing earlier).

i made 5 new friends today through my dad (oh and one yesterday). jonida, eni, kristina, viojza(?you say it as violtza but it is spelled stragely) and andre who can speak italian, russian and a little spanish. they are my father's ALBANIAN friends.. even here out in the desert! i mean you would expect a mexican right? anyhoo, jonida is my age a little younger i think.. and eni is my brother's age. how i wish for the world to meet them! viojza and andre is their mother and father and kristina is their aunt. we drove down to a place near fashion square to see jonida's art exhibit that their school had part in. we came too late and we dint see any of her art. so we pretended to walk around looking at everything else they had up but we were actually just chatting away. jonida and i were together and my brother was off with eni (yes, ross with a girl how cute is that? MOWAHAHA! i had that in the back of my head the whole time!). it brought me back to when i was in Japan for JASPARC.. i spoke slowly and i had to really pay attnetion to what she was saying because she had a hard time along with that was her accent. after being scorched by the sun we along with kristina and viojza went to sugar bowl for ice cream! yum. my dad came too late and had no share of the ice cream:c hee. we all drove back to their place and hung out. jonida and i listened to music and looked at her yearbook.. eventually ross came in with eni and we listened to albanian rap music! how cool is that?? and get this! their prime minister can rap! we listened to one of his songs! WHOA!! then my dad and their dad came home with 3 pizzas and chops! i dint eat the whole day so i had my eye on everything.. and they kept feeding us like there was no tomorrow!! i wanted to be nice and eat everything but man was i stuffed! the chops were great! but i could feel my stomach give up on me! and so we were relieved of our duties from the table and just my luck! 4 lay-z-boys in front of the television for the 4 of us. woohoo! we watched one movie and a few shows a lot of hugs and beso beso so off we went! home james (my imaginary cauffer friend.. accompanied by 2 claps)! good thing my grandparents were still up! i dint want to miss out on the BEST hug from my grandmother and my fake soccer match with my grandfather in the kitchen. we watched sinbad and now everyone is asleep.

yesterday i was watching news and it was all about the pope. i dint think much because i knew he had been sick for quite a bit and i knew he was going to get better some way or another. see, he got shot in africa.. what more can happen to an 84 year old pope? i saw him as the timeless pope who will never pass away simply because he is well THE POPE! that's one way i saw him.. immortal? he did speak 17 languages too! so anyway i was in the car when one of my friends all of a sudden blurts out that the pope passed away and i found myself confused for some strange reason. he is the only pope that ive ever seen and we share a special bond! i watched him as he spoke itallian at the square.. ;p MOVING ALONG.. its hard to see another pope on that window.. for my generation at least since he's the only pope we've ever come to know and hear his name as pope in mass. it will be a big change for us all as head of the Catholic Chrch will have a new face in the months to come.. may we all pray for the right judgement and open minds and heart. may Pope John Paul II rest in peace.

i am literally seeing my brain juice on tissue paper whenever i blow my nose. ive had the flu since.. Easter SUNDAY! my dad says its normal since its spring time. everyone has it in the house. kinda funny there is a bottle of Claritin out in the hallway for whoever needs it FAST! i feel bad since my gradparents have it too i dont want them going through a ton of tissue paper and toilet rolls as well. im actually saving tissue paper.. making sure everything is used up before i grab another one.. SAVE THE PULP! right. my lips are dry and painful and my nose is about to fall off. this is by far the worst cold or allergy? in the history of my life.. i find it hard to fall asleep at night and it annoys me to get up in the morning or afternoon.. so any instant remedies out there? nothing too fancy i hope im too lazy to make anyhting special.

i have always hated these online things.. journals or whatever they are called. i find it strange how people would post their lives online for EVERYONE to see. these past few days ive been reading up on other peoples lives and i found it interesting. i actually re-connected and patched things up with one of my friends because of online journals. i must say its way easier than keeping a notebook and pen beside your bed.. fall asleep before you even get to write! or touch it for that matter.. maybe the first few weeks. anyhoo, since i have so much spare time and i am in a very wonderful place i guess it would be just perfect to write or type.