i get home from my

i get home from my trip with common ground, all ready to spring into job hunting, cleaning and catching up on my summer reading list, and what am i doing instead? i'm hopping a plane to michigan to visit my best friend. sometimes i wonder where my sanity went. aaaah, what the hell - she's lived there 4 years and i've never been out to visit. and i figure, since she's not working, and i'm not working, it's perfect timing! although i am a little nervous... i haven't been on a plane for more that two years....

i am so excited about

i am so excited about the real world 10!! maybe this time i'll actually see all the episodes in order. ;-)

well, i'm back! i spent

well, i'm back! i spent the last week in a bus with 38 high school kids who are a part of the touring youth choir common ground (part of the youth program over at bethel lutheran), we toured the pacific northwest with stops in sacramento, salem, bend, seattle and a few other cool towns you've probably never heard of. highlights included whitewater rafting on the deschutes river, watching the flying fish at pikes place market, the dollar store in troutdale, oregon (no sales tax!), crater lake, and of course, the hilarious antics at the variety show. i was with the group as an adult 'sponsor', and i also ran the media parts of the show.

it was truly an amazing experience, and although it had it's ups and downs, i had a fabulous time, and i can't wait until next year... although i am glad to be back home to my own bed, my shower and of course, my computer. ;-)

if there is one thing

if there is one thing i learned this week, it's that i never want a job that would require me to commute over 17 every day. besides the hellish drive, good old san jose just isn't the same. i guess i'm a real cruz-er now!

anyhoo, i've decided to take a little break from blogging, and the net in general. i'll be back in about a week, though.

~mwah~

i was over at samara's,

i was over at samara's, saying goodbye and picking some stuff up, and we heard all these sirens. we went outside to check it out, and there was a fire on the corner of bay and escalona! there's a little patch of trees and weeds and stuff there, so it wasn't someone's house, thank god. it was a weird thing... i don't think i've ever been that close to a fire before!

on a completely different note, i picked up my grad photos today. if i'm lucky i'll get some up tonight.

i absolutely detest it when

i absolutely detest it when i get hangups on my answering machine. so, to the person who called me at 9:19 tonight, YOU SUCK. next time leave a message!

yay! o brother comes out

yay! o brother comes out on video today! i'm off to costco to snag myself a copy!

my dad brought a digital

my dad brought a digital camera to my graduation, so i tossed some of those photos up. i'll have some more once i get my film developed.

today is weird early 90's

today is weird early 90's movies starring SNL people day. first i was watching so i married an axe murderer with mike myers, and then i came across clean slate with dana carvey. bizarre.

so, yeah, i graduated! i'm

so, yeah, i graduated! i'm not actually done, but i've done the ceremonies and all that fun stuff. i've decided that they don't really mean as much when you know you have to go back in the fall, but it's a lot easier not to cry. ;-)

love the party factor of graduation, too - party last night, party now, party tonight, party tomorrow. i'm gonna need a lot of caffeine!

i'm not quite sure i'm

i'm not quite sure i'm ready for this.

WOOHOO!! i'm DONE with school

WOOHOO!! i'm DONE with school for the summer!!!!!!!!

well, one final down, one

well, one final down, one to go.

i'm really pissed about the one i just took though... it was ridiculous - asking us to write a ridiculous amount on stuff we never even discussed in class!! i'm planning on stopping by the department office and re-submitting my eval for this professor so i can address this. it's lame for me, but lamer for underclassmen or non-majors... simply because they probably didn't understand all the concepts we were supposed to discuss... hell, i don't understand half of them and i've taken a bunch of theory classes!

tonight, after my study session

tonight, after my study session for tomrrow's final, carolyn, gabe, christina and i took a walk out on westcliff. it was great... the moon was out, it wasn't too cold... i think we walked about three miles. only problem is that now i'm really awake... and i want to go to bed!!

damn, moulin rouge was a

damn, moulin rouge was a good movie. i have a feeling this one will end up being one of my all-time faves...

not much compares to the

not much compares to the feeling of removing a slightly too small prom dress after 7 hours. aaaaaaahhhhh, breathing is so nice!

i have to get up and drive to morgan hill tomorrow morning, so more on prom later.