-today in econ-
mr. m: why are you all so rowdy today
me: because its the last day of march!
mr. m: oh so THAT explains it!

omg! i SOO called this

in my ecology class over the summer at smc, i said that plastic probably causes all the ails of the world! and BAM look! its right there!
ok ok, maybe its wrong, but we're on to something!

funny line of the weekend.

my mom, kat's mom, kat and i all went prom dress shopping and for some reason we were talking about the gaa car wash.
::kat backs out of my drive way::
mom: the car wash was so busy! so many cars!
me: like porbee, look how clean porbee is!
kat's mom: oh, is that your dog?
me: no, thats my car
::laughter::

perhaps i shall blog. perhaps, perhaps! oh look, i am!

anyways. like every year, i'm prancing about im my dress. man oh man. i want shoes... some shexay shoes.

i have something to rant about. HEAT.
wowsers, it was a hot one today, especially in porbee. its seats were burning! and my hair is all tangly. and its hot. and i get all frugley.

no no! its ok! im fine!

so whats the college list i have to work with?

ucsd
cal
ucsb
ucr
cua
georgetown
usc
csula

i probably should have applied to more colleges but, alas... no. maybe smc.. i like that swimming pool. wow, theres like... so little days until graduation and FOURTEEN DAYS until prom...

well i have a dress... its pretty cool. its a black and white dress. and it has a hibiscus print on it... its not as bad as it sounds!

erm... i got rejected by both usc and georgetown in the same day.

today,at 8:59 pm. vanessa the barrios has come to this revelation.

there is a connection to ensure, the nutrient rich drink for the elderly, and pediasure, the nutrient rich drink for infants.

ok kids, its time for an actual blog.

and hey. my chatterbox is all lonesome, so i changed it to a tagboard chatter box... because i know all of you LOOOVE instant gratification. oh you stumpets.

today we went to the cadaver lab. a big waste of time because we had no clue as to what they were talking about. thank ms. McI.

and to ding: i hope your knee is ok! i hope it'll get better!

puah. fun times on school nights!

i'll blog aboot it later.

on talking about our cousin;s wedding in june

danielle: you know joanne's oging to do it in style
me: i know..
me: especially with a white mAN
me: A CANADIAN!
danielle: A CANADIAN!!!!
danielle: help us geevus

today: went to the catherdral... cool times. no, HOT TIMES!

uhm. oh and swim practice! hahaha.

me: im such a noodle!
tinka: you're a STRONG noodle!

hey look kat! look leslie! its the thing at the cathedral! you know what it really was? this was the description on the cathedral web site:

"The lower portion of the sculpture captures the ocean tide coming to the sand and onto reefs, to and fro, back and forth. . Many Native American's ancient songs refer to the natural movements of the earth. A figure of a human becomes apparent on the rear portion and symbolizes the actual progression of man emerging out of the rhythms of nature as part of the creation story. The figure's left arm extends out, grasping the reef to propel himself further or, perhaps, to stabilize himself. The sculpture thus deals with the duality of life and of humankind in transition."

it also said this:

"Contreras hopes people will run their hands along the inner texture of the inner circle, out and around the edges along the grooves, taking them toward the figure, off the figure and back to the rim. Whether the hands go up or down, everything comes back to the center. He hopes children will walk up the steps, near the statue and touch it, "feel a part of it and be a part of it."
har har har.

Fuzzy penguin! You're a fuzzy penguin. You eat fish
and regurgitate it for your young. You also
walk funny,just like Katy if you kick her in
the butt.


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"I love you. And not, not in a friendly way, although I think we're great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I'm sure that's what you'll call it. I love you. Very, very simple, very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option you would ever consider. But I had to say it. I just, I can't take this anymore. I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you. I can't, I can't look into your eyes without feeling that, that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels. I can't talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are. And I know this will probably queer our friendship - no pun intended - but I had to say it, because I've never felt this way before, and I don't care. I like who I am because of it. And if bringing this to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me. But God, I just, I couldn't allow another day to go by without just getting it out there, regardless of the outcome, which by the look on your face is to be the inevitable shoot-down. And, you know, I'll accept that. But I know...I know that some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, then that means you feel something too. All I ask, please, is that you just, you just not dismiss that - and try to dwell in it for just ten seconds. Alyssa, there isn't another soul on this fucking planet who has ever made me half the person I am when I'm with you, and I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau. Because it is there between you and me. You can't deny that. Even if, you know, even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I'm forever changed because of who you are and what you've meant to me, which - while I do appreciate it - I'd never need a painting of birds bought at a diner to remind me of."

thats from chasing amy. watch it. clerks too. and mallrats... ooh and dogma... and jasbsb. yah.

and obviously because of my weekend's activities, i have done no homework whatsoever!

the weekend...

and fwah! my weekend was over! i went to bailey's, jeff's niece, birthday party... awwwwwww! all of his nieces are so cute! i also hung out at kats house and watched chasing amy. we also went to larchmont with israel.

sunday started with church... then i went to galleria and met up with kat, israel and jeff. cool times! we went to city walk and walked around. but jeff and i played ddr for a while. we actually drew a crowd! amazing, yes?

when we left city walk and returned to glendale, we four sat in israel's car doing nothing but sitting indian style and singing songs. it was jeff's idea. just kidding. oooh and i drove jeff home. yeah. fun times on the 60.

so i just got back home at 8:50... note: i left jeff's at 8:22 fwah! under 30 minutes

so how was this week? it was fine and dandy. really.

- i got rejected from uc santa barbara but i got accepted to catholic university of america.
- i'm beginning to swim 'gina nam' events
- i finally went prom shopping...

i fell in LOVE with a sexy red dress at jessica mcclintock. its soooo sexy... but a tad too small. but oh gads it was sexzay. and boo-ith to them because if i ordered it, i couldnt even return it... alas, my search shall have to continue.

and jeff is home! yay! spring break!

Ukranian policemen install the first wooden police car imitation by the road near the town of Borispol, February 26, 2003. Police have decided to use the imitation car as a method of preventing speeding and reducing car accidents.

thats a good idea! like.. if you're a country... low on funds... yah know?

sure, i could do this. i just choose not to.

i have nothing to do. what should i do?
blaaah

me? oh i fell asleep at 7pm. i woke up at 2am.

now im here...

and for class of 2002! a retraction! i shouldnt have blogged comments about you women. im sorry!

you are me... vanessa.


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ha, yah... uh... pics that go with the quiz are up. so, yeah

You're A School Girl!
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wow you guys, gov't is really fun when you're talking shit about freshman... oh ms. G!

ms g: oh my god, i better get out of here before those freshman become juniors because i cannot stand them. i guess since last years seniors left, they had to get some equally bad class to fill in the void

oh wow. thats crazy. but she also called last years seniors a gang.

but yes.. freshman are annoying.

the earthquake drill today was the last of my highschool career. i actually had a good time on the quad. davi and katie drew stuff on my tummy. physiology was stupid, katie and i ate food.

senioritis has hit me so severly that its sad. i thought i had it bad before, now i wake up and ponder if i even HAVE class.

this is my boyfriend
this is my boyfriend looking like he's twelve

today, my cows drowned. well they drowned over the weekend.

yes, the majority of the current projects in ms. d's class were submerged in a torrent of water over the weekend.
if you want me to elaborate on the state of my water color cows, please IM me at oxvanestherzxo because i dont feel like talking about it here but i'll just say that my cows are ok.

so like... prom is not at all far away. remember me last year? if you asked me to get ready a month before prom, i woulda gotten ready in 20 minutes flat. well thats not me this year. i still need a dress. badly.

so you know how i lost my phone yesterday... funny story:

so i went to hollywood and highland after swim practice. i drove down franklin thinking... yeah... less traffic, smaller chance of running over tourists...

but no. heightened security because of the academy awards.. made me turn and go on highland.. RAGH. so i went to the security info/ kiosk thingy and they dont have it... so blah. then i realized... i should buy something to get this friggin ticket validated. so i bought myself a cookie.

to make a long story short, i got home and my cousin ali found it in the grass outside. hahahahaha. oh man. thats the second time this week. i should get that clip so i can attach my phone to my body.

my weekend was event filled but... rather unproductive like always.

saturday my parents dragged me to a little kids birthday party and they made me make balloon animals for them. bizarre. kids love those things. yes, that is my career. sad, yes? but i hear that clown colleges is far more selective than like... harvard.

then, danielle and i spent a lot of money (understatement, yes kat?)

at 11 pm i saw my sister off at the airport.

i woke up today at 8 did stuff and what not and went to trader joes with kat and went to her house. we made edamame and we dyed eggs to a turquoise blue. we also watched BAPS. hahaha...

OH! kat and i were wearing the same thing. yes. black tank top, jeans, flip flops, dark blue sweater and blue bra.

we also went to leslies house... and MAN, her house is the coolest house ever... i mean, that illegal spiral staircase to get to her computer loft... her opium den... her playing piano... her VIEW... WOWSERS!

after ogling, we headed for church, once again and after headed for hollywood and highland. i bought underwear. a lot of underwear.

well, i'm home now. and i cant find my phone. its around some where.

march madness... wee.

my bracket

dont poke fun at my choices. they're random. i thought that OK state was A-OK!!!

beware the ides of march!

and yesterday was my 10 month anniversary with jeff.. :)
but technically its also our ten month anniversary today... :o
but so was the 10th...

lilyaro515: i saw that shitload of cash u had in ur bag!
oxvAn es therzxo: i still need a prom dress!
oxvAn es therzxo: TISH!
oxvAn es therzxo: PROM MONEY!
oxvAn es therzxo: hahahahaha
lilyaro515: lol!
oxvAn es therzxo: you HAVE your dress!

WOW... imma take that self defense class and learn how to break knees

first of all, i went to jo's house for breakfast. we had eggs and bacon! and i made coffee.. heh.

today health symposium was cool. and those protein bars were cool.

today i had a date with kat. yes! a date! dont tell jeff... because he already knows! our date entailed a drive down sunset all the way to the beach, seeing a smoking rollerblader, and passing by marymount highschool. then we went to the pier, helping a lady commit slow suicide by lighting her cigarette, playing ddr, watching the sunset, commenting on the trashy sea, telling the sun to come back and gettingour names written by that dude that writes them prettily (<== word?).

we hit the promenade and looked at the results of corporate america and sweatshop labor at the gap and buying knick knacks at some store... i think it was called tiffany and jax. i got a koi shirt and kat got a cool bag and a cool shirt. we also encountered this taxi driver who honked at us for not walking fast enough because he was going to make a right turn, so kat gave him an evil look and i bowed gracefully at him.. muaha.

so... now im home.

sorry for the influx of bizarre yahoo! pictures... but damn, these are funny.
but on a serious note, my prom dress:

yeah, you're telling me.

and like erin... quote of the day!

ashley: hmm, i should go online and see what kind of friend i was today!

this kinda makes you thankful for our sunny days... (roll over pic for details)

hey kids, you know what vanessa, who regularly swims one event had to swim today?

well LET ME TELL YOU!

50 back for the IM relay.. ( i dont swim backstroke )
100 IM ( i dont swim butter, back OR breast )
50 butterfly ( like i said, i dont swim butter )
400 4 by 100 free relay ( this one was ok... more or less )

i went out. yeah.

boredom. at its worse

oxvAn es therzxo (10:30:49 PM): i won!
*OnlineHost* (10:30:50 PM): oxvAn es therzxo rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
*OnlineHost* (10:30:52 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Xx MaTiX BoY xX (10:30:53 PM): dont like this
*OnlineHost* (10:30:55 PM): Dfish lkr shw rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
oxvAn es therzxo (10:30:57 PM): i lost!
FeistyLittleKat (10:30:58 PM): haha
Xx MaTiX BoY xX (10:31:00 PM): i like this version
Dfish lkr shw (10:31:01 PM): omg this is fired!
*OnlineHost* (10:31:02 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
*OnlineHost* (10:31:06 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
*OnlineHost* (10:31:08 PM): oxvAn es therzxo rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
*OnlineHost* (10:31:09 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
*OnlineHost* (10:31:12 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
*OnlineHost* (10:31:16 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
FeistyLittleKat (10:31:20 PM): gay
Dfish lkr shw (10:31:20 PM): poor kat is getting little numbers!
Xx MaTiX BoY xX (10:31:22 PM): Jonny b good by buddy holly
*OnlineHost* (10:31:22 PM): Dfish lkr shw rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
oxvAn es therzxo (10:31:28 PM): oh man... extreme dice rolling.
*OnlineHost* (10:31:28 PM): Xx MaTiX BoY xX rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
*OnlineHost* (10:31:29 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
*OnlineHost* (10:31:30 PM): oxvAn es therzxo rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 2
*OnlineHost* (10:31:33 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
*OnlineHost* (10:31:36 PM): FeistyLittleKat rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
Dfish lkr shw (10:31:40 PM): they should make a reality show out of this!

yes, today. cool times today.

i saw jeff and my pingol.

and my sister is home. she got a new phone too.

we ate at in and out and now were home.

today began early with a call from jeff.

sound and fury was heard during english and economics was reminicent with zette. our infallible memories did not fail us in recalling our drill team cheers. catholicism was ok, as was us gov. lunch was lunch and physiology was crap as ususal. i have finally finished my watercolor cows in art. ms d. finds them quite bizarre and freaky. thats a good thing, right melannie?

i was going to go to swim practice, but i only went to meet the coach. she's pretty cool.

kat and i had an adventure! we went to 24 hour fitness and i went swimming there. we also went to the steam room

::kat and i in our towels::
::walks into steam room::
::kat waves her hand around::
::i laugh::
::cough cough::
::kat coughs too::
::suffocating laughter because we really can't breathe::
::me to man who enters:: hot in here, ay?

kat and i talked about the senifeld episode with the sauna. hah.

after, we went to farmers market to eat and we went coffee beaning where we saw this huge congregation of deaf people talking to each other in sign language. it was pretty interesting.

after going to aerosdfpas that store @ the grove and pottery barn kids, kat and i have decided to be rich people because right now, we're pretty damned bitter.

so today, i felt the wrath of yesterday's swim practice... oh yeah... the burn. my booty really really hurt! and my thighs... and shoulders... and abs...

and yes... today i developed my three tone tan... blllllleeeh

hmm... today... the prom assembly! heh.

so my sister missed my flight home. she'll be back tomorrow.

thats all.

now, i must color.

*furiously colors*
uhm...
*furiously tears pages out*
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

and yes tina! i liked the fita crackers!

and yes! fired foods! they are SO fired.

some times, my parents are soooo frustrating. like on monday, i bought those fuzzy ugg-like boots so my feet wont be cold... they were 24 bucks at big 5

but today, i dropped gina nam at home today, and she gave me her old broken in ugg-like boots. and i wented to return my ugg-like big 5 boots but my mom washed my shirt with the reciept in it, ugh. and its not like i havent been even doing my laundry. i've been a scary laundry doing freak! but she does my laundry. GRR. this is the dialogue after...

me: maybe i can exchange them for smaller ones so danielle can have them...
parents: al;sijrfa;iwjefoiajf NO!
me: why are you shouting...
parents: ksdlfa;owijefopawiejfpoawije because you're shouting
me: no... im now (note: i really am not shouting)
parents: aslkerhfpoawiefaoiwej you always go out
me: ok, i'll go later then (my mom calms down)
dad: aoiwejfaoiwjefopaiwjefoiae *shout shout*
me: why are you shouting?
dad: well, you shouldnt even ask to go out, its so late... (its 5:45)

*sigh*. its ok.

wow. barrios got her ass kicked by practice today... i am such a noodle. NOODLE!

vanessa is awake.

perhaps she will leave early for escuela

oh theres formal dress today. blaaah.

what im giving up for lent

fired food
soda
sex

hehehehehehehehehehe :)
i used to be a virgin but now i still am!

im in riverside... woo hoo!

haha
supplies!

i's better now. bye!

and how can i forgot!

kairos leader: LIVE THE FOURTH!
renee: AAAAAAH GET AWAY!

hey jeff, are you content with my influx of blog entries? yeah? i thought so too :)

and for once. i'm truely happy.

i dont care that i dont have my stuff done or not. i feel good.

and im ready for this high to come right back down.

another vivid kairos memory:

::third night. steph and i are asleep.::
::norma quietly opens door and whispers in a smeagol-like voice:: my precioussssss

steph and i: OH MY GOD!

norma: ::laughs::

thanks jo jo jo moo


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::at the 21st mile mark at the LA marathon::
me: go runners ::runners go by::
mom: go runnners ::guy with a japanese flag on his shirt goes by::
mom: GO KOREA!
me: ::embarrassed:: MOM, THATS JAPAN!
mom: OH!

mr rogers :(

and i was the one to find out for all the kairos people on the bus, with davi confirming it.

wow, i survived february without crap happening to me. wow. and i really need to shave my legs.

hehe. like davi, my mother too cleaned my room.

today i went out. my cousin jerel and his girlfriend debbie came over and we went to cpk. on the car ride there, jerel and i talked kairos, and he got mad that my mom didnt tell him that i was going on kairos despite the fact that he already got mad at my mother for not telling him that my sister went on kairos. he wanted to write me a letter. but the thought that he actually was going to write me a letter was touching in and of itself.

anyhoo, we went to the central library to waste time and i checked out two books of sheet music, tori amos and roy orbison. NOW dont laugh at the roy orbison! he wrote "you got it" and i now want to learn how to play it on the piano. and tori amos... just because theres were pictures in the book. its not like i could actually teach myself tori amos.

other stuff from kairos that i've just remembered: my rolling orange of death, tiana trying to eat those huge ass broccolis, and davi's tangents.

coolness!

i got into uc riverside. cool.

::cousin jerel walks in door::
me: LIVE THE FOURTH!
jerel: HELL YEAH!!!

ahh me, kairos XVII of ih
and he, kairos god knows how many of loyola.