California State University San Marcos

My last week this semester was awesome I must say. Almost as kick back as the first week. A circular path that coincides well. Monday I arrived at school at about 8:00. I didn't have class til 11:00 and that was for a math quiz. I sat in the open desk at the library instead of the cubicle. Big mistake. Drew spotted me and we ended up talking politics for about an hour and a half. I got a phonecall from Dan Tipton, who was bored and just got home. I told him I had a busy week and couldn't study. Mike Z dropped by to pay me a visit. I'm beginning to see our friendship really come together. He tells me about life and what's going on with him, down to details. He's going back to work after taking a month off. He had some department conduct an investigation on his boss about illegal activity and the department suggested he take time off. Also, his cousin broke up with his fiance and is now crying on his shoulder. I told him that it is great to help family, but don't make his problems your own. Eventually, I got back to staring at a book blankly. What? study? Hell no, i can't do that. I had a history test the next day. I had to read three articles, finish reading "Born on the 4th of July," and memorize 50 states and their capitals. No sweat. Took me a couple of hours, but I finished it up. Had my math quiz. The quiz was on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. I memorized the formula and the proof, which she explained only minutes before the quiz. 30 out of 25, a perfect score, with extra credit. I hadn't scored that high since the first quiz. I also helped Cip study before class. I gave him my notes, I didn't follow up, so I hope it helped. Tuesday was the history final, 7 AM. The states and capitals whizzed through my head, it was like clockwork. The second part, 5 questions for each article. A couple of questions were confusing, but by taking notes on each section, I reinforced my reading, which prepared me for my test. The last part was an essay on "Born on the 4th of July." I had a thesis developed, but no evidence to prove it. So I jotted down some ideas and went with it. The intro was so well written and it flowed like I had practiced it for days. For some reason, my ability to pull bullshit out of thin air was very powerful that day. I wrote possibly the best unprepared essay I have ever written. I talked about the search for truth, question, and drive are all part of the American way, playing off of the United States propoganda to support the war, which was the American Way during Vietnam. If my ideas were not well written, the presentation alone deserves a high grade. I guess cheating was high on the last test, so the professor had the class exchange blue books. Mrs Roberts just had to have a class picture, so we posed infront of the stairs outside. I will really miss that class. It was fun. I also stopped by the community service office to speak to Alice. I had called Queency, the volunteer coordinator for Americare about volunteering opportunities. She hadn't responded back, but I knew that was the organization. I gave her some of the paperwork. She gave me to CRN number for HD499c, Community Service, so I could sign up for the class. I also had a flu shot that day at 3. I got the last one. So I went in, a little bit late, got the shot, waited, then left. No problem. Vaccinated. Visited Nana's for a bit. Stopped by just to say hi. That night I went to see Lord of the Rings, Return of the King at the midnight premiere. Tony, Ben, Eric, Shaz, and Bret were already waiting for me. The line wrapped around the building in two directions. There was some cold pizza, but not much snackage. The theatre ppl felt bad about us out in the cold, so they let us in two hours early and we watched next years previews for 55 minutes. The movie was a staggering 3 hours, 20 minutes. I spotted Clay, Mikhail, Dan Powell, Dan Brucks, AJ, Jason, and Andy Beck in the lobby outside. I got the headbutt hello from Andy and Dan Brucks tried to double-tap me. I didn't get home til 4 AM Wednesday morning. I woke up the next morning at 8 AM, after a 23 hr day. I went for a 9 oclock interview at Americare. I found the place without too much difficult. I took the tour, met some people I would be working with, and then signed some paperwork. I'm working in the nursing department, checking vitals and administering medications. It says in my job description that I might have to bathe patients, but I hope it doesn't come to that. Returned to school to turn in the job description and other paperwork. The rest of the day I was supposed to be studying for spanish and finishing my paper. I studied a little bit. I ran into Chris and we walked around campus, checking out the fieldhouse, saying hi to everyone I recognized. Now I know why I need not get distracted. I know everyone and stop to talk. I can't help it anymore. I ended up going home at 4, studying very little to nothing. I finished the paper in half an hour, so I was in good shape. My final was at 7 AM the next morning. Spanish was alot easier than I thought. 7 pages, but two written parts, future, conditional, por vs para, no fault se, and subjunctive, just like the book. I didn't get Jamie's #, she just didn't show any interest in having a relationship. She's too caught up in her work and school to care. Went shopping later that day for some perfume for Cindy for the gift exchange. Head out to the mall, as much as I hate to go. I found this place called Perfume Gallery. Who was working there but Sanna, a girl from my history class. We talked about school for awhile before I bought some Michael Kors. It was a $55 bottle, but I talked her into giving it to me for $50. I had to keep it under 50, the rules. I also picked up some neck scarfs for Nana, my other secret santa. $48. Damn expensive for two neck scarfs. So I got the gifts and headed over to Nana's. I dumped her trash and brought back Carls Jr for myself. Nana didn't want anything. She's still getting better from her last cold. Friday morning at 11:30 was the motherfucker that was going to ride me. The math final. This bitch was hard. 11 pages. 300 pts. That's 10 pts/question. I left two questions blank, dammit. That means the best grade I can get is 93%. So I know I don't have an A in the class. I would have to get 270 to get an A-. I'll have to wait. I'm just glad finals are over. Everyone is down, but most of them are sick or brought germs with them. I have another gift exchange next tuesday at Dan Tipton's house. Saturday the family went over to Nana's to make tamales. Only Nana, me, mom, dad, missy, tina, and tanya were there. Everyone else was sick. We made about 300 tamales in 3 hrs. Some beef, some green chile. Come Christmas, these will be the most expensive food item there. I'm stoked about Winter Break and seeing all my buds. I'm trying to plan a trip to Disneyland with Dan, but my dad's not having it. Oh well. Metallica tix went on sale Saturday for March 15th at the Forum in LA, but they sold out before I could get my hands on some. Dammit! Take care and happy holidays. Hughes and Kisses, ppl. Peace, love, and harmony. Late.

Sancho

Sup guys and girls. I'm only a week away from my last post. Last week was the easiest week of school I have had since the week school started. I missed the study session with Mandy on Sunday. Yeah, I got bitched at by her the next week. Christmas decorations, you know? Tuesday was my dad's birthday, so after class, I headed over to Nana's to pick up his present, then went to Hallmark to pick up a $2 card. I also did this alcoholedu online course for GEL so I could get the 100 pts extra credit. Took me 3 hrs to finish it. I missed four questions in the final exam. Turned that in along with my final campus involvement paper, which was about the whiteness forum on campus. The forum was a series of posters and displays about white privelege and how no matter how much money somebody makes, whites still dominate people of other races as far as laws and priveleges are made. I took a 1965 Alabama Literacy test. I failed, only 1 answer short of passing. The test was not based upon reading ability, but literacy of politics. Whites wouldn't take the test because of the grandfather clause, their grandfathers were white. I went around looking at all the presentations and then left. I scheduled a flu shot for next tuesday because of the dangers of the enfluenza chain this fall. Some girl in San Marcos died. I got the last one, so i'm incredibly lucky. Tuesday was awesome. For my dad's b-day, we got some tickets to WWE Smackdown televised professional wrestling event at the Sports Arena. The seats were perfect, straight middle, eye level with the ring. The pyro was loud. Mom jumped a couple of times. I really enjoyed it, being close is alot different than watching it on tv. No commentary and sometimes it's hard to hear what the wrestlers are saying. Didn't get home that night til about 11:00 PM. I discovered for history, the final is based upon the readings of "Born on the Fourth of July," a book nobody has begun to read. We have an essay prompt and everyone is flipping out. I like the book, it's about a vietnam war veteran who comes back a parapeligic. After History class, we went out front of the steps because Roberts just had to have a class picture. I had asked out Jamie from my spanish class, but she was apparently busy this weekend going to some play or musical down in San Diego. Damn. Well, fuck it, I tried, but i'm getting her number before class is over. I've already finished the final in GEL, so I'm not going back to class. GEO, I'm dropping off the final Saturday morning. My schedule for next semester is fucked. I can't take any chem or bio classes because they're only offered in the fall and i'm not taking the courses at Palomar. I can't take CS 111 because there is only one class and it conflicts with the only physics class available. I have to take Calc I even though I'm already taking Calc II right now, I need to have the credits for a biochemistry major. I need to take HD499C, but I have to go into the Office of Community Service to get one and I haven't found an organization to participate in. So i'm fucked and I need to crash classes because I registered late and availability of classes is down because of multi-billion dollar tax cut to the CSU's courtesy of California Governor Arnold. Friday was awesome, I spent the day night and morning with Ben, Tony, Bret, Shaz, Eric, and Courtney. I brought the equipment over and we jammed for a couple of hours. Then Shaz went home with Bret and we played Halo. Took a break, watched red vs blue episodes, from trailer to end of first season. Went back, played some more halo, ordered pizza. Watched some tv for awhile and just talked about stuff. Then we all went to Edwards in San Marcos to see the Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. The BEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. Absolutely brillant. I want to see it again. Ben, Erik, and Tony teared up a bit. After the movie, Erik took Courtney home and we all agreed to meet at Erik's house cause Ben's mom threw us out. We needed an extra control and Target was closed, so we were off to Blockbuster. They didn't have any controllers, but they called the other store and they had tons. It was almost closing, and we hauled ass over there to get one. Erik's place was nice. Played some more Halo for awhile, then went down to Jack in the Crack and 7-11. Some peeps infront of us had an SUV full of ppl. Some got out and were walking around with drinks in their hands. They were all clearly drunk. The problem was they had a $47 order. 4 bags full of food. Took half an hour. After a quick 7-11 run, headed back and ate. By then it was 2:40 in the morning and I had to get home. So I said goodbye. They offered me Courtney's ticket to Return of the King on Tuesday at Midnight. I told Tony I would call him. So I had an awesome week and here I am studying for finals. Yay, bullshit. I've got alot of stuff to do, so I'm going to cut this entry a bit short. Besides, Armaggedon is on PPV today at 5. Alright, wish me luck next week. The goal: 4.0 first semester. I can do it! Alright, late.

Sancho: I am still awesome!

I'm still, I know. It's hard cause I keep busy now. I might just this shit off at the semester break. I hope to keep going til May next year, but doesn't look like that's going to happen. Two weeks went by, it's going to be hard. I'll try. So I was supposed to go the AZD AKO TKE SAE Greek BBQ happening at school on Sunday. DIDN't. Oh well. Got my GEL final, an at home essay of what you plan to do with what you learned next semester. I laughed, typed it in about an hour. Cake. Ran out of toner cartridge, headed down to Office Depot. $22 so I could print my homework. Meh. I'm now doing office hours with Puha. I realize if I want an A in her class, I'm going to have to excel in these next couple of tests. It's not going to be easy. I took one test on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and bombed it. 93/150. DAMN! I have to ace the final to get an A in the class. Had the last Yellow Ribbon Meeting this week. I gave it alot of thought and decided I would accept her decision to fil her position to become president of the club. For now, i am co-president. Luan thought this would be a better idea. Talked about next semester, what we could do to promote the club. I thought about doing the concert that Gabe explained. Good PR for the club week the week after. And, I brought up new student orientation next semester and having a table out in Chavez plaza. More tablework. Great idea, so planning for that. Lindsay and I are attending a seminiar in Orange County about student health issues in mid-February. So we said goodbye til next semester. Wednesday, no GEL class. So I had a huge break between, which I should have spent studying, but I turned in some Yellow Ribbon forms for paying Luan. The GEO quizzes are getting easier. It's really sad. Didn't read, missed 1 question. Thursday was Thanksgiving over at Rose's. Whole family was done. Even the kids. Except both Tomas and Jessica were sick, so I got my cold from either or both of them. Played Basketball with my cousins Alfie and Tony. Two of them are 30 and 36. Still got game, but I showed them where I come from. Dinner was great. Plenty of food, I got my turkey leg and candied yams, so I was set. Tanya was getting singled out by her sisters about something, so she was real upset. I told them to knock it off. Good all and all. No calls, cause I don't get reception out there. Escondido is out of range, for some reason. Friday was awesome. My dad hooked up wit some tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood. I hadn't been in 4 years. Got there around 9 AM. New Shrek 4D motion show. Real funny stuff. T2 terminator and Jurassic Park. Lot of asians there, as usual. It was a great day. Glad I went back. I had fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and a biscuit. This chicken place in the park. Expensive, but good. Later that night, I was throwing up from a stomach ache. Saturday night I went with Dan Titpon to a Clippers/Nuggets game at Staples Center in LA. I guess Dan's uncle or cousin went with us. He had this [sic] used Mercedes Benz with custom sound system. I guess his wife drives it too and she has here rap music. She's got taste, I never met the girl, but i'll give her that. What Dan didn't tell me is his dad's boss has got the hookups. We had this nice skybox suite next to the doublesuite, for the owner of the LA Lakers. Free everything in there. All the liquor you could want. Had a corned beef sandwich with old-school potato chips. Then this dessert tray comes by knocking on our door. I get a slice of chocolate cake. So sweet. The game sucked. Clippers are worst in the league and Nuggets suck less. No wonder LA supports the Lakers, every town needs a winner. This suite on the middle floor is the hardest to get, it's about a half million a season. The rest of the weekend I helped parents with christmas lights and the train setup. Took us only a couple of hours, a new record. Finished my GEL project at the last minute for presentation on Monday. I had been working on it last Saturday, five hours for the powerpoint. Except the floppy disc I put it on failed when I tried to load it. My group was pissed off at me and I looked like a jackass. We still got 180/200, but I was pissed off. I broke the floppy in half and threw it in the trash. Now I use nothing but cds. I had to send Poggi the prensentation via e-mail to get the grade. I had this new presentation in GEO, a followup speech to provide a solution to the previous speech, gang violence. I had to do this questionaire for the class. So I wrote one up tuesday night and distributed wednesday. Then I made time Thursday afternoon to research my speech. I wrote the speech Thursday night. I never memorized my speech, but I put it on note cards and had a few visuals to help the speech. i knew what I needed to say. It went over very well. Finished up my LAP for ELP. I barely got three pages in time for Wednesday, up to last minute. I made it on time, I guess everyone else got stuck in San Marcos traffic. This nice Thai food place called the King and I. Everyone was dressed up really nice. The food was great, alot of Currie and Okra, though. Not spicy. For dessert, I had fried bananas wrapped in pastry dough. Delicious. I presented and it was good. At the end of the night, we got these crystal transparent plaques from ELP. VEry COOL. So that's it for leadership. Looks like I have to prove what I have got from now on. Registered for classes next semester on tuesday. Sort of. I couldn't get this classes I wanted, so I picked some classes just so I could be registered for next semester. I might have to crash most of my classes. My parents are getting on me and I hate it. I told them to back off, cause I have got it handled. I pay for it anyway, why are they still telling me what to do. It frustrates me. I wish they would just get off my case. I visisted LCC Tuesday. The principal's secretary would not give me the teacher's class schedule because I am not supposed to disturb teachers. So I walk out of the office onto campus and go anyway. My teacher's classes haven't moved, luckily. Talked with McCormick, Davis, Buck, Lax, Emmerson, and deBoer. I came for the debate students. I get a round of applause from the students, which was nice I guess. So I'm judging Friday and Saturday. After doing office hours with Puha on Thursday, I rocked the quiz. I was so happy. I know I did good. Mandy and I scheduled study time on Sunday, but I didn't have time so I couldn't go. She's going to be so mad. I better be ready to apologize to her. I could have gone snowtubing at Big Bear on Saturday, but I was judging a debate tournament. Christmas Classic is the biggest tournament in SDC. So I was there Friday from 4 PM to 10 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to 9 PM. Actually ran on time, believe it or not. But all these novices just bitch and whine about everything. Real disappointing. After the tournament, Luis and I headed over to Pac Q's to play some pool. PLayed fro about two and half hours at $31. DAMN expensive. Hit up Jack in the Crack after for some burgers. Took him home. Won't be the last time LCC sees sancho. I'll be back, fo sho. That's my two weeks, really. Finals in two weeks. Talk to ya later. Season's Greetings. Peace and love. Late.

Sancho

Sorry y'all, I know it's been three weeks since I last posted. To be honest, I don't have alot to say and that's because I forgot mostly what happened. I've become like Lindsay's Vice President for Yellow Ribbon Club. I made like a crazy number of flyers and took them to SRL to get stamped, then posted 16 around campus on bulletin boards. Just finished up the career portion of GEL. I'm getting real sick of this class. It's just one damn thing after another. Tuesday Nov 4th was RA training in the dorms. I was running late, but made it before the presentation. Wasn't too boring, video demonstration, speech. I just had to leave early. Soma Box Office closed at 7, so I had to get down there before it closed. I wasn't about to pay $50 for $15 tickets. Fucking Ticketbastard. Left halfway, rushed down to Soma to get my tix, no sweat. Had a Spanish test that Thursday that I didn't study for, but i got an A anyway. Everyone's envious. Still not talking with the TKE's. I say hi when I pass them by, but no time to yak, cause I'm a busy and important person. Friday was sick. I went to the Switchfoot concert with Tony, Bret, Shas and Ben joined us later. His mom forgot to pick him up in Riverside. I was pissed cause I could have got him and brought him home earlier. Soma was bigger than I thought. It looks like a theatre from the front, but the arena stage really opens up. We were all chillin next to these big fucking subs. The bass nearly knocked you up. After the first group, the place was packed. YOu couldn't get anywhere. Lines for the bathroom down the hallway. I waited by the entrance to give Ben his ticket. Tony gave me word he was out front. The concert was sick, though. After hearing Chem 4A, the illest Switchfoot song, I could have left then and there a happy man. Good stuff, we were all holding hands in the air, real spiritual stuff. An energy, which will last forever. As we left the place, I spoted Forest and Trevor (Krysti's ex) leaving. Forest literally jumps in the window of my car. He tells us he's playing the Scene. Say What? Oh shit, yeah Forest hit it big time. It was cool. So wes all like, where do we eat. I'm rolling down Sports Arena Blvd when ben tells us to pull over. We're in this parking lot and we all see Shaz crying. He gave the two some space. She got a call from Torrey Trust, saying Torrey's mom has breast cancer and is not doing so well. We're kinda torn up, but turn it into an opportunity to make the best of the night. So we head to Denny's in Encinitas, but that's after racing this rice rocket on the 5. Fucking around, having fun. Word of the night is 10 ft ladder, you take a guess. On our way out, I spot Hadrian going in with his crew. GIve him a what's up, talk some shit about Lacey, and were out. I still got's to call Bret about hanging out. He's supposedly real busy with school. Anyway, didn't get home til 2. r0x0r! The next week, i did an interview with Joseph, the pharmacy guy at Student Health Services. I've always wanted to be a pharmacist, so for career choices, I had to interview him. Along with my sample resume, I had to turn this whole packet in by 5 Monday. I got it in @ 4:30. Yeah, I cut it real close, but made it. I also did my speech on Gang violence. I was supposed to record it, so I videotaped myself. Another success. I'm getting better at speeches, even after taking 2 years speech in high school. Tuesday we had another Yellow Ribbon Meeting. We got together to tie yellow messages on suckers. My idea, too, what a hit! So the meeting was just to prepare for next week. Antoinette showed up, haven't seen her in weeks. So we're all talking and somehow somebody brings up age. Now, Lindsey is 21, Antoinette is 21, I'm 18. Now, nothing wrong with being 18. Cept when you get called the youngin. I like being on the level, not being singled out as the special one. Lindsay's real touchy person, she does the rub ya on the head little brother thing. NAh, leave me alone! Too bad she has a boyfriend. Yeah and she also has this TKE who's obsessed with her. His name is john. More on him later. So, I get put in charge of scheduling the tablesitters. OKay, no prob. Except, nobody volunteers and I'm stuck Friday with one volunteer. Lindsay's irrate and I've got this green table reservation to fill out. $5/day for facilities. Yeah, so we stick with two days to save money. We're not fundraising anything, just promoting the club. No chaulking, it costs $40 to pressure wash off the sidewalk and we have NO BUDGET. I spent the weekend working on my Lakota Woman history paper rewrite. 4 hours of that. Sunday was the ppv Survivor Series, so I couldn't miss that. Saturday was an awesome day. I got a TATTOO. That's right, not one of those rub-offs that fade away, this was the real thing. Went to Body Temple in Encinitas, where the card store used to be. I told myself I didn't do it now, I never would. I took my godsmack album with me to show the guy. I wanted the tribal sun thing, in red. Alex came with me for support, so I wouldn't back out at the last minute. I got the tat on my back, between my shoulder blades. FUCK, it hurt! The needle was right on my backbone, so it just spent pain up and down my spine. The whole thing took an hour and 15 minutes with NO breaks. Just no time. It turned out sic though. He colored the tips black and faded them to red. Then he did some drop-shadowing on the sun part to give it a 3-D look. The coloring, the shadowing was all extra cost. I negotiated him down to about $200, which was what we agreed on essentially. Then I had to wear a bandage on my back until I took a shower. I turned off my phone so my parents wouldnt' call. I later called them and they told me to pick up dinner at Pick Up Stix. They still don't know about my tattoo. That or they haven't mentioned it. Everyday, I have to rub this A&D ointment on it twice a day. I can't soak in a tub, I can't expose it to direct sunlight. I can't splash water on it directly. I can't even pick the scab or itch it. This is supposed to last the first 14 days, then I do lotion on it twice a day without splashing it. The third day I had it, a bunch of blood and ink was coming off. Fredrick, the tattoo artist, said that was normal. Just lotion it. So Monday and Tuesday were fundraising week. I was working tables Monday 10-12 PM and 10-2 PM Tuesday. Monday was horrible. Lindsay and I agreed to meet infront of U-hall @ 8:40 so I could get the supplies for the table. Except, I didn't get down there til 8:55. She leaves a message on my phone, but I can't understand it. I realize I left the flyers in my yellow folder at HOME. I don't want to miss GEL, but I have to get them. As I head out to the parking lot, I pass Mrs Poggi, my GEL teacher. She tells me I'm going the wrong way. I tell her I have too much to do and that I cannot make it to class. She gives me a revised class schedule. So I get the posters and rush back on Palomar Airport cause Rancho is backed up. I get up to the tables and I spot Lindsey 10 minutes later. I am so relieved that I hug her. So she helps me setup the table, then she's off. So it's getting lonely and i've got this absolutely beautiful table setup. I'm talking with this kid named David at the next table, doing study abroad promotions. I give him some info, take some of his, and wes talking for some time. Then this girl from PEAS (forget her name) shows up to help run the table. Sweet! Marc is doing a fundraiser for SAE, so he's "busy." Gabe is doing a turkey drive for TKE, so he's "busy." Time goes by slow and I wish I had a battery opperated cd player, the music that APS (asian pacific society) is playing blows. Later, Lindsay comes by to take over, it's 1 PM and I missed my Math class. Then Anoinette comes by to help. I head off to talk with my math professor, who clearly noticed that I missed class. We talked about what went on in class with notes and stuff. I was talking about jobs, I think I segwayed from studying to working. Puha recommends me to work the tutoring center. She doesn't recommend many students, so I'm told. I take the business card and say thank you. I check back at the table before I leave. The 2nd day fundraising, my car has a flat tire. I drive out of the driveway, something feels weird. I get out to look. There's a screw in my passenger rear tire. I pull back into the drive. Dad helps me jack the car and put the spare on. I still make it to class on time. Already anxious, I listen to my messages. Lindsay calls (the billionth time, you'd swear we were dating) I'm on a goose chase to find this bag in the XXXXXXX office. Turn left, underneath the second desk? I call her back and she explains to me where to turn and look. I set all the stuff out, better prepared for today. Kimberlee shows up. Yes, someone who stays commited. Now i've got company. Saying high to people, passing out flyers, representin. John, the lindsay obsessed guy from TKE, is harassing ppl to donate money. He stops EVERYONE. It was rather humorous. This one guy refused to stop, so he follows to guy around the corner. We're out in the middle of Founders Plaza, so it's a while to that corner. Anyway, they find time to talk about it, so apparently they're still friends. Like I care! Saw Andrea again. I see her around more often. She's always the first to stop me. Still stressed out about school. Give her a hug, makes her feel better. She's off to Mix It Up for the free lunch. I forgot to signup cause I was doing the tables thing. I tell her to get me some food. Not going to happen. She still owes me. Kimberlee's friend, Laura decides to join both of us at the table. She brings out her laptop. I have seen her before, but never talked to her. Sorority sisters are so awesome. They are also SO FUCKIN HOT! I have yet to see an ugly sorority girl. We talk about alot of things. For some reason, everyone thinks I am a sophmore. Do I really seem that mature for my age? Maybe its a go between, so if I'm a freshman or a junior, I'm not made out to be too old or too young. She even helped me to clean up everything before I left. It was 1 and I needed to head to Costco to fix my tire. I think she was digging me. After all that, she asked me my name again, meaning she's going to try to remember. That's a big hint, most people don't do that when meeting others. I don't know why all the hot chicks are way too mature for me to date. Dammit, this just isn't working for me. Wednesday, I had a GEO quiz on delivery and visual aids. I only missed one, sweet! It was also the last ELP meeting. Except Julie and Jonathan were no shows. Then this packet arrives, cue Mission Impossible music. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to facilitate your own ELP meeting, with given instructions. I feel bad now, but then, I immediately took control of the entire group. Nothing was getting done, so I would set it right. So we didn everything the instructions said. Sort of, I had problems running discussions because I couldn't get the people to really talk about the issues. So we finished class off early and went home. I went to the library to look for books for my student guide project, which was due last Friday in GEL. Yvonne would rip my head off if I tried to turn it into her late. I finished it eventually and e-mailed it to her. I haven't received a response. I think she trashed it. My printer died. The toner cartridge has failed me and now i'm too lazy to get a new one. I just store documents in my e-mail account and print them off at school. Quiz in history was alot easier than the last couple, probably because I was prepared. The fill in the blank was easier than I thought. Some were true, false, the multiple choice are tricky. I think I did just fine. Next in speech class, persuasive speaking. Still easy, but worth alot of points, so pay attention. Yeah, whatever in a couple of weeks. The GEL research project 3 years in the making is due in two weeks. Holly has the plan, so I got the easy parts. That doesn't mean i'm going to kick back and let them do all the work. I sent some e-mails out with information for pro's cons, and the introduction. I still have alot to do this weekend. There's a Fraternity/Sorority BBQ this sunday that Cal State students are invited to. Bastketball and Volleyball, too. These past two weeks, I've been talking to an old friend who dropped off the face of the earth for about 5 years. Gautam is BACK. Yeah, he's at UC Davis, living on microwaveable pasta. He sent me a picture and damn, has he grown! Next week is only 3 days, so it should be good. I might stop by LCC to say hi just before Christmas Classic. I'm going to volunteer judge for the tournament. I can't believe I'm missing snow-tubing in Big Bear to be here. I guess we all make sacrifices. Sorry, this one was really long. I'll make the next ones shorter, I promise. Alright, late guys. Learn from my lessons.

Sancho

There isn't much to say. There wasn't really a last week. Since last Monday, school has been canceled due to the raging wildfires. Apparently, a number of fires started, one in Otay Mesa near the border, another in Cedar Valley, one in San Bernidino Simi Valley. A number of large houses were destroyed in Cedar Valley. The damage in San Diego County alone is in the 100 millions. The fire had scorched earth bigger than the state of Maine. The Cedar fire burned over 280,000 acres before it was put out on Friday. The air was putrid. I went to school thinking Monday would be the only day off. A police officer ascorted me off campus. There was ash piled thick in the gutter, the sky was brownish black and the sun was crimson red. I spent the entire week sitting on my ass tooling around. GTA Vice City, e-mail, tv (the only thing on was Firestorm 2003) . Halloween was alright. My dad and I prepared for a couple of weeks, building graves out of dirt, tombstones, electronic ghosts and sound motion hands and blinking heads. I dressed up in my Jason mask with a brown shirt and pants, like a jumpsuit almost. I had my chainsaw, with the chains taken off. I stood guard infront of the house. It scared alot of kids. The kids who gave me lip really got it. As they walked down the driveway, I would fire up the chainsaw and chase them slowly down the driveway. I got some kids so good, other kids coming down the street turned around and went back. I'm dissapointed though. For a weekend, we didn't have alot of kids. Looks like I'm eating candy the next three weeks. Spent Saturday with Dan. We headed out to Guitar Center to jam and look at stuff. It's become ritual for us. Ofcourse, he always buys more stuff than I do. We headed back to his place and spent the rest of the evening watching Matrix Reloaded and eating Mac n Cheese. I told him light on the mayo this time. Yeah, gross, I know. It's not too bad, but it's real bad for you. After that, really, I left. Dan wasn't feeling like doing anything else. No spirit in these peeps. I told him I'd probably see him in two weeks, joking about how he's down every other weekend. Sunday was a kick back day. Got a call from Ben Huang. He's diggin college, but too lazy to party. WTF? He wanted to know if I got the Switchfoot tix. The concerts November 7th, Friday, so I still need to get them. I told him I would. Anyway, back to school. Damn, I liked getting up at 10. Grind. Ya'lls jealous, I know. Well, late. Here's to a hopeful good week.

Sancho

Yeah, this past week's been great. I met this cool guy named Zach. He's a friend of Jamie (guy) He's got long blonde hair and was wearing a Billy Idol t-shirt. Turns out he's in a professional techno-industrial band. I told him I was thinking of having a bad, he wants to do a side project with Jamie and myself, he'd do vocals, I'd be lead guitar, Jamie rhythm. Met his "girlfriend" Christine. They're not really dating, it's a convenience relationship. She's not too bad, hard to follow her conversation, but it takes time. These sophmores, I don't know what to tell you. I was nervous about my History midterm, but I studied the night before, so I was in ok shape. I had this one free response on Taylorism, which is scientic management of business, same as economic management. So I wrote a full page and used the second page for supply-demand graphs. I still think I failed it, but i'll see the results. I couldn't have done that bad. I have a speech Monday morning and I didn't decide what to speak about until Sunday. It's going to be about guitars. Jamie did his about an African drum. To help him out, I drummed for the intro. He was happy I helped him. Plus, the drum was loud enough to make everyone jump. Deep bass, I like it. He wants to know if he can help me with my speech. I told him I'd call him to let him know, but I don't think it's happening. A three minute speech, I barely fit everything in I need to say. I've become good friends with Mike. He's a US Marine, who goes to school part time. He's also married and has a kid. He tells me about 9 mile runs from USD summit, around Fiesta Island, and back up the hill. I jumped in on his Arts and Humanities class. I told yall that I was sitting in on classes to figure out what I want next semester. Not too bad, kinda interesting. It's in this huge lecture hall with 200 kids. I wasn't in the class, but I was all over it like i'd read all the books. Made quite an impression on the professor. I might do that class, it's about cultural study, mostly. I digress. Spanish class has been boring. Plus I see the professor all over campus. He knows me well enough, calls me mafioso with my black shades. Jamie is getting better. I might ask her out, if I can find time on the weekend. I just don't want to hold priorities between Precious and Jamie. Mike Zepata says hi to me every once in a while. Turns out he won't talk to me if I'm talking to somebody else. I cleared it up, told him to say hi, instead of ignoring me like he does. No harms. Math has been alright. Just kickin back before the second test of the semester. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. There was no questions on Pouseolli's law, making the new stuff irrelevant. Plus the 15 point EC question, I nailed that bitch. I think i've got a B, minimum. It's going to be sweet. Dr Puha is so cool. I just like her vibe, talking with her. She looks like Daryl Nann, but she's hot! Real Hot. She's funny too, not real impersonal. Chris still thinks he didn't do well on the math test, cause the last one he got a D on. I told him he'd do better, because he was more prepared. He's a bright kid, but needs more esteem. Forgot to give him my number. Damn! GEL is the Career Assesment Unit. We go into this computer lab in Sci2. This chick guides us through the choices program, which asks you questions to determine your ideal job. I'm either a teacher, pharmicist, sociologist, or studio technician, which is awesome! Good choices, I thought. The teacher is a tall skinny redhead. She was trying to make a point by writting In and Out on the board and circling out. I don't know what it means, but I told her every time she wrote it, I got hungry. She obviously did not pick up on the joke. I explained that In N' Out was the name of a fast food restaurant. She tells me shes a vegetarian. Fucking vegetarians. She's lucky she's as fine as she is, I won't hold it against her. The research group was supposed to get together, but we all forgot. After class I was talking with Jamie who I had spotted. She runs up to me yelling my name and starts talking about the group getting together. I told her not to worry, I'll send out an e-mail. She's apologizes and leaves quickly. I think she's into me. Just the way some girls like to make physical contact, says something. Her and Lindsay, but i'll talk about Lindsay later. ELP, we're talking about congruence and spirit of discovering who we are. That's me, perfectly. Plus, I told Jackie to make a list for drivers to Escondido for Michael Moore next week. So i'm going with Brian and Jackie in Brian's truck. I'm thinking about buying a book before so I can get him to sign it. Yellow Ribbon meeting, found Lindsay in the Dome by herself. She was wearing a cougars baseball cap, so ofcourse I didn't recognize her. At least, that was my excuse. Turns out the Gabe is part of the group. Pretty cool, I like him. A TKE bro, he doesn't drink or do anything real racey. Also met Luan, the guest speaker. She sold me a yellow ribbon t-shirt to wear during health week the next week. Lindsay signed me up Tuesday from 10-1:00 PM, three hours at the booth. Went over budget, SOC stuff with Kimberlee. I stayed behind to go over speaking stuff. I hope to speak with Luan and Lindsay at one of the RA/Peas training events. Now i'm working on a flyer to hand out Tuesday. I think it looks alright. At the Dome, I spotted Mike Geske from TKE. Haven't seen him for forever. Nice talking to him. Right as I left, Andrea spotted me. I gave her a huh. Apparently, she's not as stressed as she was before. She graduates in May, so she's happy. After 5 years, who wouldn't be? She gave me her number and e-mail, since she kept forgetting to e-mail me. I know she's busy and shit, but courtesy. Saturday, helped dad set up the graveyard for Halloween coming up. Had to cancel my lunch appointment with Hadrian and Lacey, after we finally pulled it off after weeks of planning. Sunday, I went out with Michelle. I picked her up at the Dorms and took her to lunch. We talked for about two hours. Turns out, she was an actress and on the Speech team. SiC. After lunch, took her back. Went to the mall to get a new cover for my cell. $30, but I bargained the buy down to 20. Young kid, worked 4 days, just switched kiosks at the mall. He was obviously stressing, so a little conversation calmed him. Yeah, in other news, big FUCKING FIRES ALL OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY!!! Over 100,000+ acres burned in less than 24 hours. I choke on this shit. Bad air quality, ash everywhere. I-5 is the only freeway open in san diego county. CLASSES CANCELED FOR MONDAY. I don't need to go, but now I don't have to. I really can't get anywhere. I think I'm gonna go surfing. Thank god mom has to go to work, I can't stay home with her. She drives me up the wall. Here's to a good, busy next week. Dan, Ben, Tony, Shaz, Bret, and crew will be down for Halloween, nice! Looking forward to late. Alright, Late.

Sancho

Sup, dogs. Hey, great week. Yeah. I forgot to mention that the week before I joined the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Provention program. The two primary members are Antoinette and Lindsay. Both sorority sisters, Antoinette is from Alpha Xi Delta ("A Zye Delta") and Lindsay's from AXO (Alpha Chi Omega, "A Kai O") Lindsay was so stoked about me joining. From my story, they told me I was like an Angel sent to help. Wow, desperate and delusional. Na, it's not like that. Since them, Lindsay's been e-mailing me and calling me about upcoming fundraising week. I was asleep at home and she asks me, "Were you asleep?" No. Later, she's like, "You could have told me, you wouldn't have hurt my feelings. She's a sweetie and I like her alot. Did I mention she's blonde, thin, and extremely hot! Alright! Spent all weekend working on my rough draft term paper for History. I went to the teach's office, she wasn't in, so I slip it under the door. I'm getting used to this now. Got it back the next day. Good ideas, need organization, introduce quotes and evidence, why important? Pulled the final draft together the night before it was due. Chocolate chip cookies and soda, does the trick! Spanish is no problema. New stuff, blah. Jamie is passing off as an airhead. She's blonde, yes. But she asks me questions she should already know the answers to. She's still hot! Oh my fucking god, is she hot! ELP this week was about congruence, being true to yourself and being true to those who follow you. We had a panel of speakers for questioning. Who should I see but Caroline. Nice seeing her. I learned she's from Lebanon, which is middle-east, she was president or held positions of power in 4 or 5 clubs. I love her curly hair. Dammit, now I'm tied between 5 or 6 women in my life. Only 5? Yes, cause the rest don't have interesting personalities, but they're eye-candy! But damn, she's hot, she's foreign, accent, nice round ass, smart, a sophmore, goal oriented, funny, she's a few months younger than I am, what more do I need? Well, that's later. GEO is still painful. Speech went great after a bit of practice. I later received comments from Kathryn and Elizabeth that almost made me blush, about how I'm always entertaining, it keeps the attention of the class. Still, trying to get Precious to open up a little bit more. Her "Best Ever" speech was about the death of her best friend, which she sobbed and almost didn't finish. You couldn't understand what she was saying and the class felt awkward afterwards. She's still very shy and I see her around. I think she's my shot. Just need to find time to work it out. She's working 3 jobs and works late at night. Poor thing. Finished up the library section of GEL, thank god. The day we go back to regular class, PEAS come. Peer Education and Support, fyi. So they have a wonderful powerpoint presentation on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, complete with graphic picture game, guess that disease. A little too graphic. After, they had info pamphlets and free condoms. Grabbed three and moved. The next class was a presentation on the effects of alcohol. Very eye opening. The statistics were frightening, even though I know they were manipulated for this purpose. I must say, it was very informative and I enjoyed it. Wednesday, between GEL and Calc II, I had about an hour time. I had nothing to do, Alex asked me to join him in Psyc 100. Sure, what better to do. 200 students. The lecture hall was packed. Sat in the back and goofed off. Now I know I'm not talking Psyc. I'd rather take Soc and talk about social issues. Planned my schedule next semester with academic advising. I can't take either Biology or Chemistry because they are Fall Only. Either forget them now or take them at Mira Costa / Palomar. So I have like 7 classes to fill in the next 3 semesters in order to finish GE's in time. Cake. Hangin with TKE's again. They were all wondering where I was. Busy, around. Saw Mike G again, for just a while. He's still my numero uno. Today I walked into the Dome to eat lunch and I spotted Rachael. Didn't say anything, but she smiled at me as I acknowledged me. I don't talk to her a whole lot in History, she always sits two seats infront of me. She was dressed in t-shirt and sweats. I think she was going to go work out, what I believe, anyway. In other news, I'm now on the Student Grade Appeals Committee, which looks at appeals from students about a grade they received, it's reviewed, then looked at by the committee, voted on, and them further action is taken. I'm one of three students on the committee. Yay me. We met Wednesdays, so i'll have to fit that in along with ELP and Yellow Ribbon Program. Ah, busyness, business. Ha Ha, late.

Sancho