California State University San Marcos

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

Yeah, I hate to say it, but college isn't getting much more exciting. This past week was homecoming week. Let me clear something up for you. We don't have a football and we're not fucking high school students, what the fuck is with this? I still don't understand. Anyway, it's about tradition and history, with cool events through the week ending with the Masquerade Ball at Pechanga Casino in Teme-town. Tuesday was speed dating, which I thought I would check out. Met up with RJ and Mike Z from Spanish. Course, Ashley was there. Real smooth, I asked her what it would take to get 5 minutes with her. She just laughed, but wouldn't answer. So the deal is: you get 5 minutes to have some kind of mock date, get to know them. If you like what you see, write the name down and ASI will hook you up, if they write your name. I got 5 dates before the night was over. What the hell? I talked with John, he tells me that they only got one hour in the Field House, so it had to end early. Yeah, they also had "mocktails," cause the school won't promote drinking. Ginger ale and grenadine, I was good to go. I name I wrote down was Michelle. I'll tell you later. So I wasn't going to any other events the rest of the week. Saw Nana two times this week. Once to say hello. The other to give her the new phone. She just had surgery for bladder cancer, which was malignant. She was at my aunts when somebody broke into her house, stole some jewelry and her cell phone and left. Nobody knows who did it. Anyway, Veronica Cesena was visiting. She's always been real cool, but a smart ass, too. Good to have a sense of humor. What else last week. Found out my midterms are going to be hellacious. Got my math test back, 80% not bad, 4th highest in the class, that's sad. Caroline was third highest, 2% above. Now the competition is on. Library research for GEL is upsetting me. It's not easy like I thought it would be and it's rather tiresome. Carly is stressing about it, I'm trying to calm her down. I need to really be there for her, not only is she the group, but she's my friend. I think I'm finally growing up. I was in ASI with Alex. He convinced me that we should go to the Masquerade to pick up on some women. Can I resist? So we was there and another girl from ASI walked by. Low cut green top with biggins literally coming out. Are they real? Who cares. It was strange because I was not turned on in anyway. Just went about business. Saturday rolls around, the Masquerade is 8 to 12 AM, Pechanga Casino, which is an hour and a half drive. So Alex is supposed to come. He tells me he's gonna sleep. I roll to his place and nobody's home. So I wait. He was at Hunter in Oceanside with the family, not resting. I wait, had two beers (12 pack in the trunk, Corona Long Necks) still waiting. I waited for an hour, I knew I would be late. It's 8 o'clock, fuckit, I'm leaving without. I head over to party city. Bunch of little kids running around, screaming. I find the masks in the back, pay $4 for a small piece of felt material and i'm off by myself. I was doing 80 on 15, so it only took about 1 hr. I'm driving and trying to read my directions in the dark. 9 oclock, parking is packed. Special event security directing traffic. Find a great spot in front, walk on in. Lawerence and Julie are kickin it at the table. I gots my mask, my ticket, and I'm in. Convention hall, not too big. Lifeless. People sitting, talking, nobody is dancing, and the bass is pounding. Must be 1000 W subs, at least, nothing I've heard does that 'cept concert audio. I've cruising buffet our'durves when who spots me. Michelle, the girl from speed dating. Shit! SO much for the mask, you dipshit, she already recognizes you. So she asks me to join her and her friends. Fine. This things DOA for now. Talking, talking, blah. Then I go dancing. Kinda group dancing, what many of the other girls already on the floor are doing. I met this hip cat named Nick. This kid can dance. Hip hop, he was Crypt walkin like a pro. He's a sophmore here, awesome guy. Party rages on, more people are showing up. I'm starting to sweat, the hell with the jacket, tie, and mask, so off they go. Lot of people now, the floor is packed, and it's getting hotter. Let me tell you bout this girl Michelle. Sweet girl, absolutely beautiful, blonde curly hair, gorgeous smile. But she's 4'10", almost legally a midget, chunky, still looks good in a dress, with huge tits. I was getting bored, so when DR Dre was up, you know I was all over that. Taught her some freak dance moves. She had a huge smile on her face, just warmed me up. She tells me, "I've never dirty danced with a guy before." I could have gone without that, but whatever. I saw Madg there, the girl from my ELP group. Damn, she is hot. Had her hair done, tight dress, hmm. I told Ashley she owes me a dance, so I got one. Eventually. Her date/boyfriend (?) was all over her the entire night. Saw my bros Mike Z, Frank, and RAS. It was cool to know they was there. Also, Matt from SAE was there. I remember cutting him off on the freeway to Temecula before the checkpoint. I was going back and forth between the drinking fountain outside and the dance floor. They had free water pitchers, but they were empty. Bottled water was $1, sodas were $2.50. Night ended real quick. I left 5 minutes before the end to avoid traffic. Told Michelle I would e-mail (how romantic) her. I ended up losing my dad's $60 tie. (still not happy) I had another beer before I left the lot. I was doing 120 the whole way south on 15, weaving in and out of lanes. I was racing this black Nissan. I smoked the guy, but he comes back half-mile down the road and passes me. He cuts south 15, I cut west 78. I got home in 35 minutes, no joke. I was beat, so I went straight to bed. What a night! Hey good luck to me next week. I got a speech and a term paper. Fun stuff. Alright, late.

Sancho

I'm probably going to update blog once a week cause nothing's happening. I spent no time with the TKE's this week. I said hi to Kingsly, Mike G, Mike Z, and Ras, but didn't talk much. ELP was quite emotional. We would share with the group two events that forever shaped our life. Mine was the suicide attempt that I hadn't told many about. Everyone's story was about loss or something bad happening, so everyone was real depressed and some were even crying. I think it was something we all need. I'm beginning to feel I understand myself, not only who I am, but who I will become. I've become real good friends with Jackie, who's always hyperactive and talks a mile a minute, really. Turns out that we both take Zoloft perscription anti-depressant medication. She takes medication to control her tourette's syndrome, which caused her to blink incessantly and uncontrollably until her eyes hurt, but she takes Zoloft as a downer to counteract the upper effects of the medicine. I think she's awesome. This research paper in GEL is turning into a pain in my ass. Now, we have an entire unit of library work with a younger librarian woman from Hawaii who opitimizes geek with flare. She feels the need to share everything in her life with the class. I kinda miss Poggi. I got a 94% on the spanish test, so my confidence is supremely increasing. In History, bombed the quiz. She claims I used plagiarism on my paper, so instead of being kicked out of the class, I have to rewrite it. I have a paper due on Lakota Woman novel and I have no clue what to write about. I need to submit a rough so she can proofread it, but to proofread what? Calc II is becoming increasingly harder. I think I didn't do to well on it, but have no received it back. Alot of students did not do well, I heard. I should commit more time to my studies. It finally hit me that college is going to require more work than I really want to put in. Had a group speech in Oral Comm. Met together with my group in the dorms for a 5 minute discussion. I decided I would do the funny stand up approach. After we left, Precious tells me she parked over in Lot C at the very front of the school. It's quite a walk and I can tell she's nervous about walking alone at night, so I give her a ride to her car. I've been talking with her alot more and I really like her. I tried asking her out today, but she's busy with work. She has 4 jobs! I don't believe it. She told me she would go out sometime, so i'll have to wait and see what happens. I could see myself settling with her, as boyfriend and girlfriend, but i'm not sure that's exactly what I want. It's like confining yourself to one person. I also thought about how chill it would be to date Kathryn and Elizabeth, the identical twins, at the same time. Anyway, the speech went ok. I got the crowd laughing, but it didn't turn out the best I had hoped. As long as I get the grade. I'm going to Jamie's house tomorrow. The one from Oral COmm, not spanish. So we're going to jam at his place Saturday. He's played guitar for 6 years and has taken two years of lessons, I can assume he is much better than I am. He's into progressive rock, with the long complex passages, which is hard to play. He lives in Escondido, on Old Castle next to my Aunt. Not next door, but around the area. Can't wait to head up to Irvine for a weekend hangin with my homeboy, dan tipton. Marina sent me a message that she'll be down October 18 and she wants to see me. I don't know if I can make time for both, but I'll find a way. A way to finish work too. Midterms on the way. AHHHHHHH! I used my crate practice amp as a PA for my speech today. I left it in the computer lab, underneath a table so nobody would see it. I come back an hour later and it was gone! So my amp has been stolen! But, I still have the monster. I don't use the little on, but I'm still upset. Meh. Over it. Well, late. Maybe next week will be better.
Sancho