things can only get better, right?

.  :[* songs addicted to at the moment: *]:  .
Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned (Tiesto Club Mix)
Nujabes - Feather (Feat. Cise Starr & Akin From Cyne)

.  :[* Things can only get better, right? *]:  .

As much as I try to keep this updated, I always seem to forget about my Xanga page.  It’s already been about 3 months since my last blog, so here is an update.   Since my last post, I’ve gone to two weddings, Mel & Rich and also Nat & Jei’s.  I was supposed to go to Rich’s bachelor party; unfortunately I wasn’t able to go.   For Jei’s though, I was able to attend the fun.   I think I have another wedding to go to later this year, a lot of my friends are getting married, so who’s next? (not me) 

I’ve actually gone through one of the worst times in my life.  If you are one of my closer friends, then you know exactly what I am talking about.  These past months have been a roller coaster of a ride for me.  Sometimes mistakes in your past will catch up and haunt you, and it defiantly has came back to bite me in the ass big time.   I’m not religious man, but I do believe in Karma.  What goes around comes around.  This past Monday things have swung in full circle and have impacted me in such a way that it will affect me the rest of my life.  I cannot take back the biggest mistake I've done so far in my life.  I can only learn from this experience, move on, and try to make the best of the situation and become a better person from it. The outcome of it all wasn’t as bad as it could have, yet not as good as I was hoping for.  But it’s still not the end of it.  I’m trying to stay positive, and consider this just another speed bump in life.  But I’ll see how the cards of life will play out for me.  Wish me luck!  Until next time….

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee.... 
You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things 
were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to
 give up She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was 
solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
 and placed each on a high fire soon the pots came to boil. In the first she
placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed
ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the
carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them
in a bowl.

Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her
daughter, she asked, 'Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She  did
and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to
take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the
hard-boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter
smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma the daughter then asked, 'What  does it mean, mother?'

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in
strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the
boiling water, it softened and became weak. 

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside  became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.

'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with
pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the
heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial
hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my
shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff
spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water,
the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when  things
are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you
elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a
carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you
happy..

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The
brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward
in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
 smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
 everyone around you is crying.

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!!

Welcome Abby!

That's two (posts) for this year! /cheer

Here is my second attempt of the year, to keep the blog I started back in ’02 updated.  Since my last post, some close friends and I had our yearly tradition, winter potluck white elephant gift exchange party.  Once again, I stayed completely sober for this party and didn’t get completely trashed like how I usually do. We will see how long this trend will last. x_X As usual, the food was excellent and brought me straight to food coma.  I modified the rules to the white elephant gift exchange drinking aspect, so there was no shot penalty if someone stole your gift,  only if you stole someone else’s gift.  I also took off the cap for the amount of times a gift could be stolen, so in theory people could steal back their gifts if someone else took it, which did happen and everyone got all excited about it because it was so funny.  After most of the people left the party before 12ish, a couple of us who remained sat around, talked and reminisced about the good o’ partying days.  We’ve come to the conclusion that we are getting so old, since we are getting tired so quickly and so many people already left the party.  In years past, we would still be drinking and yelling at the top of our lungs. LOL

Last weekend I went snowboarding at Sierra with Yosh.  Was finally able to hit up the slopes this year and I had a blast!  The idea of gambling the night before didn’t pan out so well.  I ended up staying up the whole night player hold’em, which was fun.  However the following morning when we went snowboarding, I could not hang for the whole day.  I noticed I got tired pretty quickly.  But I must admit this was one of the best snow days I’ve ever experienced in my life.  It was snowing a little bit, so we got fresh powder that made it oh so soft when I fell down and also added some cool effects. Can’t wait for my next trip, woohoo!

Today is Super Bowl XLII.  Honestly I am not even that excited about the game, as I don’t really care about either team.  However, I would love for the Giants to beat the Patriots; I am tired of hearing how great they are. =P 

On a last note, I am considering starting up WoW (World of Warcraft) again.  I know what I am getting myself into, and am still not sure if I should play.  Since I’ve become a homebody, trying not to go out and save money, this is the perfect way.  Yet I know how these kinds of games completely kill any social life whatsoever.  Anyone else play? If not, nice knowing you guys? LOL, we will see. 

Until next time my friends.

Does anyone still read this anymore? *cricket sound* It’s been a year since I’ve last posted a blog.  Holy smokes batman!

On this chalkboard venue I express and share my thoughts, feelings, and my life with you! (NOT SO) exciting stuff, I know I know! I actually didn’t think I would do another blog, but Beth Beth called my bluff! So here goes, I’ll try a little update since my 1 year anniversary of my last blog. 

My life has gone through its up and downs, which I’ve shared some details with a few close friends.  All in all, it’s made me think a lot about life and the direction it’s leading to.  I am still in the same industry (property management) and have since moved up the ranks.  I’ve been stressed out at work and been thinking about switching ship to another company.  It’s always good to look at other options and learn you value in the market. Aside from work, I’ve been trying to save up to buy a house.  I’ve giving up my old partying lifestyle and been a home body. I’ve even given up drinking along with my other old bad *cough cough* habits for the past 4 months.  I’ve even went to a wedding earlier tonight (errr last night) and still didn’t take a sip of any alcoholic delights.  Seriously that is a first (and hopefully last)! HA! 

Anyways, I’ll end this here on positive note! Hapa belated new years everyone! I’ll post some pix from the wedding I just got back from.

p.s. if anyone wants to make some snowboarding trips, send comments this way!!! x_X

p.s.s. ohpoopsie…....

 .  :[* wedding pictures *]:  .

. :[* Fun Factor as cold as the weather *]: .
Holy snaps, is it 2007 already? Call me Mister MIA, because sometimes I don’t even know where I am or what I am doing.  At times it feels like I am a walking zombie, running purely off coffee beans.  (Dead Rising anyone?) I’ve worked every freaking day in the month of December, at least until Christmas day arrived! Thanks goodness for Christmas, because both jobs have kicked my ass.  At least I got to enjoy three days off in a row, which is simply amazing.  Every day I’ve had to either work one job, or both jobs the same day.  Leave work to just go to my other job.  Life has consisted of: wake up, take a shower, go to work, (sometimes go to other job), come home, take another shower, and sleep. **repeat cycle**  The good thing about working so much is that I don’t have any time to spend money (reminds me of my old SWG addiction way blog when).  So I’ve been doing a good job at one of my goals, which is to save some money.  I’ve been so busy as of late that haven’t had any real time to hang out with anybody.  I don’t even remember what it’s like to party and get stupid with the homies.  For a four and a half month stretch, I’ve even gave up burning trees, that is until sometime during new years. I’ve been trying to stay focused on the things I need to get done, however one of the things I’ve been lacking is going to the gym (gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins).  Lately I’ve only gone once a week compared to what I was doing before, 4-5 times a week.  I guess too much work will do that to you, huh? I finally got to go snow boarding this season, I went on January 3^rd and 9^th. I got to experience Boreal for the first time, and that place sucks! Also, I got to hit up Northstar and I rather enjoyed that place.  Maybe I’ll try to hit it up again this week! I got to start adding the fun factor back into my life and make this ride worth while!  Speaking of which, I am also going to go to Vegas in two weeks, so that should be fun loaded with lots of (censored) and (censored).  Until next time ….

. :[* photomoto dot net *]: .

. :[* Real Quotes *]: .
#1
He Said (11:04:26 PM): so when are you going to update your xanga?
So I Said (11:04:44 PM): eh? what’s that?
He Said (11:05:08 PM): lol
He Said (11:05:25 PM): omg, I’m stoned again...for a brief moment I thought you were being serious about not knowing what I was talking about
He Said (11:05:26 PM): LOL
So I Said (11:35:25 PM): HAHAHAHA stoner
He Said (11:35:40 PM): ^_^

#2
He Said (10:15:15 PM): dude we are gonna do SOO many drugs on new years eve
He Said (10:15:18 PM): too bad u wont join us!
So I Said (10:15:57 PM): lol
So I Said (10:16:06 PM): i dont need drugs
So I Said (10:16:09 PM): im already high on life!
He Said (10:16:17 PM): hahah thats the biggest crock ever
So I Said (10:16:26 PM): LOL
He Said (10:16:30 PM): hahah 

#3
She Said (1:58:59 AM): i posted up pics on xanga
So I Said (1:59:09 AM): xanga, whats that?
She Said (2:04:18 AM): lol
She Said (2:04:21 AM): some journal you used to have! 

#4
He Said (12:42:30 PM): I think the weed is making me even less funny than I am naturally
He Said (12:42:33 PM): if that's possible
So I Said (12:42:58 PM): lol
So I Said (12:43:09 PM): time for u to take some hits off your new bong
He Said (12:43:52 PM): lol
He Said (12:44:01 PM): I can't during the week...at least, not from my bong
He Said (12:44:06 PM): that shit hits too strong
He Said (12:44:11 PM): I'd never get up in time for work
He Said (12:44:34 PM): Saturday night I missed like 6 phone calls because I got FUUUCKED up off that bong and didn't hear ANYTHING
So I Said (12:46:20 PM): HAHAHAHAHA
So I Said (12:46:21 PM): awesome
So I Said (12:46:34 PM): told you that thing hits hella hard
So I Said (12:46:42 PM): amazing how the perculator makes such a difference huh?
He Said (12:47:49 PM): fuck yeah
He Said (12:49:13 PM): I'm so glad you made me aware of the existence of that thing. It's changed my life entirely.
He Said (12:49:32 PM): I'm becomming a serious pothead
So I Said (12:51:34 PM): haha you are welcome

. :[* Joke of the Day : Off To Vegas *]: .

A man came home from work one day to find his wife on the front porch with her bags packed.

'Just where the heck do you think you're going!', said the man.

'I'm going to Las Vegas', said the wife, 'I just found out I can get $400 a night for what I give you for free!

'The man said, 'Wait a minute!', and then ran inside the house only to come back a few minutes later with his suitcases in hand.

'Where the heck are you going?', said the wife.

The man said, 'I want to see how you're gonna live on $800 a year!'