Update .. FINALLY?!

Dear Xanga-ers,

'ello. Some of you might remember the old days when Xanga was referred to in a different term. Such terms were coined as: X-a (pronounced Ex-Ah), CraX (pronounced Crack-Xa), Xang-er (pronounced Xang-er) and Weed (pronounced .. half you guys do it anyway) .

I'm pretty sure no one ever used these terms but me but I like to pretend everyone knew what the hell I was referring to when I was moaning about how soon it'd be overtaken by Myspace. Call me Nostradamus or Geez-US-AH .. or dont .. but damn was I right! (Finally)

Well now that I have you on the verge of closing the page, shutting down your computer, turning off the monitor and walking far far farrrrrrr away (Star Wars totally jacked that from me ) .. I have come to realize that I really have no idea what sort of rambling and jambling I have to go on about in this update of mine except probably whats been new with me .. ready to do all of the above that I have 'predicted'? Good, I am too!

Where to start .. I'm on year 4 of my military contract and going on 5 .. I'm planning on transferring to USC (keep your fingers crossed that I get in there .. cause then you'll have MORE stuff to read when you're bored out of your mind! ) .. I've helped a certain SOMEONE move to a county known only to those "non-Californians" (pronounced day-um owt-side folk) as the O.C. (that TV show with those half naked guys and gals) .. too many Asians there .. me no likey. In OTHER words .. boy have I got a story to tell YOU! .. er .. no no .. not you .. you in the front row .. NO NO to the LEFT .. no you're OTHER left .. man this is why military service should be compulsory .. so you can learn left from right .. keep going .. going .. almost there .. and .. STOP! YOU! The one with the 'double you tee eff' face!

 <-- *points and waves at you* Hiiii.

Ok so anyway .. I was at a certain University (whose campus shall be anonymous) and anyway right across the street from UCL .. oh crap, almost woops? Haha .. is this frat house ya see .. and I'm walking across the street and I look to my right and there's this guy who is walking toward me, waving and looks really pissed .. so I'm like, oh crap .. was there a "Do Not Walk On Grass" sign?! I stop and wait for this waving weirdo to come within shouting range and I hear him cursing a wide variety of things that I would SWEAR sounded like something in his native tongue (whatever that was). "Fluck fluck .. watshza timez mistur?" Ohh .. this guy is DRUNK. "It's 7AM man" He looks me up and down, his left eye staring at my face and his right eye at my leg (amazing!) "Ohshz mah GAWDZ! ISH ALMUST TIMEZ!" I'm looking puzzled and glancing at my watch every five seconds and back to this guy again. "Time for what man?" His jaw drops and he looks at me, mouth wide and eyes running all over the place. "CLASUH!!" .. "Come again?" He glares and waves his hands like he's being chased by someone, then screams "CLASUH! CLASUH STARDS AT 9!" .. I shake my head and start walking towards the sidewalk "Dont worry man, its only 7, you have 2 hours". Now heres where I start laughing in front of this guy, bad mistake? Keep in mind I'm walking on the grass - as soon as my foot touches the sidewalk and I start walking towards the (legal) crossing area with the lights, he starts yelling and 'ooh + ahh-ing' me like I did a magic trick .. to him and his overdosed alcohol filled mind, I did. "Howz yew DEWWWWW dath?!" o_O "Do what?" -_+ "Dishumpears!" Man .. he just told me I disappeared! But then again, that day I was wearing Army camo pants and a black shirt? ........

Welps I'm running out of steam to write this .. but how's THAT for a 'im back' entry? If you wanna know what happened after that or have something you'd like me to write about, leave me a comment and I'll be 'motivated' to write more, yea? Other than that, I'm out. Hope to write ya'll soon! Peace my fellow Xangaers!

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And I hope ya`ll enjoyed another day, Only_at_james_dot_com

2008

Well well well .. the new year. A fresh start. A new blog.

It's easy to say that the page trends (Xanga -> Myspace -> Facebook) are accurate. Xanga is slowly beginning to die and I am slowly beginning to lose time to be able to blog on here. Remember the good ol' days when Myspace was new and everyone was still Xangaing? (if that isn't a word in the dictionary then damnit, it should be!)

Last year was one helluva journey. This year is gonna be no different. Good times, fun challenges and lotsa s-e-c-k-s .. not SEX .. but secks. It's a drink ..? O.o

Anywho, this week (Feb 16 - 24) IS my measly one week "Spring" break and I am vying to make it memorable as by the time the real Spring break rolls around, my ass will be stuck in between two fat books attempting to study and the U.S. Army sliding their 50 foot pole between my buns.

My plans are listed below (gotta hit at LEAST 50%):

2/16 - Todai with my class (check)

2/17 - Road trip to San Fran =/

2/18 - Hiking in mountains on Condor Peak trail, 8 hour hike (CHECK!)

2/19 - Botanical Gardens in Arcadia (check)

2/20 - Drive up to Northridge

2/21 - Bonfire at Huntington Beach

2/22 - Kickback at friends house

I'm still working on the 23 and 24 but yeah .. not bad for a week, eh?

So what's new with everyone else? Hope you all are doing good! Let's jump start Xanga again! .. just .. not like some freak Frankenstein thing .. blah .. running low on motivation juice .. someone give me some uplifting motivation speech or something por favor!

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Last Minute Christmas Shopping

As the title suggests, I am doing last minute Christmas shopping .. no not for those who I intended to buy gifts for .. but for the little nieces and nephews who have wayyyy more gifts than they need but your parents and other family members insist you buy them more.

Thus, my question - what DO kids want for Christmas? Well, given that I am in an Asian family, it's a sure fact that they have some type of electronic device (i.e., the last Wii from all the major outlets in the city, the last PS3, XBox360, etc.) , they're sure to have some (if not all) kinds of brand name clothing that range from Nike, Adidas, Lacoste, Polo, etc. - so what gift can I give them that they are sure to not get from anyone else? The answer?

Books.

As soon as I realized the magic word that little kids dread and that your wallet smiles about (because it prefers buying cheap ass books over expensive, overpriced electronics that result in blood loss, lack of adequate sleep and excessive yelling, cursing and threats to some older shopper over the last gaming system), I knew I had to find a good book. That's where Amazon, EBay and the Internet in general came into play.

It took me a few hours of shopping but I got all my little nieces and nephews fun (if not educational) books for their reading ages. Total spent? Only $54.97 (including shipping and handling).

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So remember ladies and gents, if you need to buy a gift or need an idea for your little nieces and nephews, you can't go wrong with books. It shows your family that you're thinking about their kids education, it's easy on your wallet (or purse for you ladies out there), the kids love'em and you can always have fun finding them.

Merry Christmas everyone and have a Happy New Year!!! Don't drink and drive - you might spill it and please drink responsibly - save some for ther rest of us.

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And I hope ya`ll enjoyed another day, Only_at_james_dot_com

LATE NIGHT RANTTTT

China ...

TOWN that is ..

Yeah .. that place is murder .. in more ways than one. Saw food place where they bought a chicken who was clucking in a cage to their restaraunt .. walked to the end of the block and came back .. it was silent. R.I.P. Chicken.

(Budget - $100 Limit)

Car parking, $5 all day .. ok - what a deal! Mexican guy selling oranges and bananas on corner .. not cool .. tried to get up on me (literally) when I was standing by the signal light. Wtf, I don't want yo' shit man. If I wanted your cholo powder covered disease in a peel, I'd go to a rave and get it there. Cross the street and walk to the end of the block, black guy selling some leafy product which I assumed were leaves of peppermint, spearmint, something of a leafy substance .. but finally concluded to be weed upon closer 'investigation' .. dont ask me how I know .. it surely wasn't the police officer who walked by and snatched up a bag without him paying .. I just know. White guy .. offering his persistant 'gimme money' .. no .. bad white guy .. offer me something like a free bottle of crack or something .. gosh.

Spent nearly $70 on 5 items. Blah .. only saved $30 .. if only I knew how to bargain more. Anywho, just got back and spent the remaining $30 on food and food .. which I wont eat till tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed the late night ranting of yours truly. Good night Xanga-ers.

Questions

Today was one of those days. Those days where you have TOO much time on your hands ..

So I'm strolling through Xanga and I stumble on this site talking about 'girls who are sexy'. What classifies a girl as 'sexy'? What does the word 'sexy' mean? On the website, photos of women dressed in skimpy clothing were supposed to look considered as 'sexy'. Sure they might be but what about the way people think about them? Does self-esteem, pride, appearence, etc., tend to affect them?

Another thing that's bothering me .. today while nearing the early hours of the day .. I crave the munchies, proceed downstairs unmolested by my subconscious dreams and open a bag of .. oh damnit .. HOW DO THEY DO IT?! And what I mean by 'they' is 'the companies' and by 'do it', I mean how do they put the little M's on the M&Ms without squishing them?! I mean .. it looks like it's stamped on there by a machine but .. is it a delicate machine ..? Blah! They should be given the Einstein trophy after they explain how they DO IT!!

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So now onto the V-I-C-T-O-R-Y list .. I completed final number 5 (did incredibly well I must say) and have my last final tomorrow for Computer Information Systems .. BLAH!! .. I'll study later. -_-

Welps, I'm off to go run a 3 miler before dragging my out-of-shape ass up the incredibly large hill to my house and proceed to collapse while gasping for breath and attempting to rehydrate my body with fluids. Yipee!!

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And I hope ya`ll enjoyed another day, Only_at_james_dot_com