what a shocker!

today i went to my first psych discussion. let's just say i felt old. my TA is soooo awesome, she loves tv like i do and she's from the south, north carolina. she's just a really cool TA. the ironic thing is that her name is Shelly. oh well!!

got some shocking news. apparently yolanda is coming to santa barbara on thursday. mary texted me and i didn't believe it. i was thinking she was coming for a visit which didn't make sense because visiting from barcelona doesn't make sense. mary later called me and said that she's coming back for good. apparently she really didn't like it there and they don't speak spanish, they speak catilan, and she knew they did. it was just a surprise she's coming back. also she didn't have a good time and she didn't make friends. that sucks, because i had a great time in England and that was only 8 weeks. i guess it was better that i knew some people already. but still. and she was going to stay there for a year, she was so excited.

the only reason why i feel weird she's coming back is because we had an altercation before she left. it was about her and her, now, boyfriend hogging up the living room and not warning me about stuff she was doing in the room. i got mad and confronted her. hopefully she won't still be mad at me.

School’s for fools!

well getting up at 7am for an 8am class isn't so bad, so far. i usually only need to hit the snooze once. i actually made myself a sandwich too bad i didn't have any breaks to eat it.

bio was boring but i like the teacher, he seems very nice and interested in his field. it's getting harder and harder to find a seat in the front, i guess i have to leave earlier. on the way to chem i basically rode my bike in a circle to get to it. if i walk it only takes 2-3mins, biking is 7-10mins depending on the traffic. so i think i'm going to ride to my chem class and walk to bio, then walk to chem. saves a lot of time.

today was first day for tutoring. i recognized my ochem tutor, he was in my physics class last year, that made me sad. but he looked really hot for a butter face, aw i'm mean. but i've seen him not dressed up well, last time i saw him he just wore sweats and bummed out. today he looked pretty damn good.

went to my classics class, my roommate had this class before but i got a different professor. the reading is so difficult and we have to participate in class. so i dropped the class when i went home. i bought the books already but i can sell them back on amazon.com for around the same price. i felt bad because i never really dropped a class. oh welll...

on to bio tutoring. the tutor is really nice and she's been at UCSB for 20years! and she's been turtoring for that amount of time too. so i know she's good, plus 20 years ago she had my professor for this class. that's a long time. oh yeah this douch baggy guy is in my class. maybe i should give him a chance but he's a big attention hog. i duno.

came back home, went to go buy books with ann then got some frozen yogurt with mochi toppings! YUM! came home again and took a nice nap. later tony came over and helped make lasagna. a vegetarian one and a meat one, it was good. we just sat around watching heroes and eating. it was relaxing.

it's been a long day. i got some reading done for ochem, wow i'm reading for classes.

serious update

i have no idea where i left off so i'll just guess.

move-in was really fun. i met my new roommate and even had a tiny shindig. at midnight it was my birthday so we all drank. my body couldn't even take a whole bottle of cider, Mika my new roommate drank the rest of it.

my actual birthDAY we just chilled in the day time. at night tony and liv came over and everyone got drunk. we drank all the stuff i brought from the UK, tuaca, tequila rose and some people drank absinthe. i threw up because earlier we went to elephant bar and i ate too much. i didn't feel like crap or anything i was just a little nauseas. after i threw up i felt a lot better. after a little while i stopped drinking. i didn't think my body could take it anymore. there was a party in another apartment, i checked it out and it was at andy bear's apartment. i actually just walked into a party and knew people. hahhaha! i caught someone peeing on the side of the house, it was really dark but i just shouted "is that someone peeing or it is just a shadow?" it was a person peeing. gross. went back to our apartment some drank somemore and we just watched tv. i think everyone slept over that night to make sure no one would get arrested walking home.

next day liv and apartment people went to target and the mall. i actually found some office stuff at target. i got some pens, a notebook and a sign that says "that's what she said". at the mall we played a game where we found some ugly clothes and just tried them on. it was pretty hilarious.

the days before class where pretty chill, didn't really do much. i bought a bike that's pink. i didn't have a choice it was 40$ so watever. get what i can take.

first day of class was watever my lab was cancelled and all i had to do was go to my intro to psych class. filled with freshmen. watever. after class i filled out an application for a job and went back home. my butt really hurts from my bike.

next day was a bit more eventful. i had an 8am class. it was in campbell so there were about 800 students in my bio class. geez that's a lot of people. i also realized that i need slightly stronger glasses. oh well. i can see well enough for now. next was organic chem, a lot of bad things were said about this professor, her being mean and stuff. but i thought she was fine and reasonable for what she was asking from us. i had an hour break but i was too lazy to ride my bike home and abck. so i went to the ucen and found a puzzle i could try to solve. did that for a while and went to class. i've never really had a class in that building so i was surprised at the chairs. they had padding on the bottom but the back had no cusion whatsoever. it hurt to sit there. i rode back home and nathan caught up to me, he actually scared me. since i did not see anyone i knew all day. we had a small chat about the office and we headed off for different ways.

yesterday had been a lazy day. didn't really do much. stayed around the house and played some rockband.

Mail Time!!!

Nowadays, i'm pretty excited when the mail comes, but i'm usually met with disappointment. I am waiting for indication on which freaking apartment i'm supposed to live in. There's only two more weeks until i am actually supposed to move in. i haven't done the final touches of packing which is bad because i always forget something at home. then i have to worry about financial aid, because the state hasn't approved the budget and i haven't gotten my cal grant money, which covers ALL my tuition. gahh!!!

But i did get some good news in the mail today. i thought i was getting a piece of junk mail but i looked through it anyways, and it was a check. i was wondering why i was getting paid, i haven't done anything in a while. but it was real because it had my social security number. then i remembered i had to fill out a bunch of paper work for the Weezer music video. that's why they wanted us to check out. i forgot to check out when i left. so i only got paid for 3 hours. i stayed for like 8 hours though. i wasn't expecting to get paid so this is a happy surprise. i'm a paid actor beeytoch!

i ordered some stuff online, this is bad...

Digital TV Converter

i don't know why it took me so long to install these new Digital TV Converters. they are AMAZING! the tv in my room has had no remote control for the longest time. the converter comes with a remote to control the channels very similar to cable. it also has to ability to act as a regular tv remote. that got me pumped up. i also like the channel list they give you to search through. you can see what tv shows are on and what's next. a major plus is the closed captioning, it's very clear and is pretty accurrate, before the tv's CC would mess up before long. the additional channels don't hurt either, especially for someone that's lived without cable for a long time. my channel 2 is also not shitty, maybe i can watch so new shows on CBS, i've been missing out on that channel for a long time. it's actually not bulky at all.

maybe now i can move the tv further away from my bed.

on the display part there's a little signal thing like i'm trying to get reception on my phone or on wifi. also has the accurate time.

Bday Bowling Bash!

today i got my 113 picture i printed from snapfish.com, the pictures were cheap but it's the shipping that kills you. i had to organize and remember which came before what. the pictures came out weird, not pixelized but maybe kinda blurry-ish. oh well. i'll order more prints before the summer is over.

tonight i went to Antho's birthday bowling thing with Helen and Devin. we shared a lane with two other guys. Helen said i flirted with them, but she thought they were gay. she said that one was wearing a V-neck shirt and he was gay for the other one. i'm not so great at bowling, it hurt my wrist, no wonder those pro-bowlers wear wrist protectors(?). it was really fun, the pizza smelled like barf and there was tropical punch for all! i had a fun time. the time really flew and i had a good time.

afterwards i got some in-n-out, yay my favorite!

P.S. the trouble maker weezer video comes out september 29th, i can't wait!

sesame st upgrade

Right now i'm watching Sesame street and it's really been upgraded. i just saw David Beckham and he didn't sound as bad as i thought he would. I'm watching this sketch called 30 Rocks, Liz Lemon is a lemon! Jack is a puppet person, it's really strange. the other day i stumbled onto Sesame street again, because i don't have cable, and i saw Will Arnett!!!

Balls i have a dentist appointment today...

Weezer!!!!

i've been really excited for going to the music video for Weezer. i wasn't 100% sure i was going to be in it so i didn't get my hopes up.

this morning Helen drove me and Cynthia to the LA Forum in Inglewood for the shoot. i was so happy that she drove us, rides were the iffy part of our plan. so Helen dropped us off and we wander to the tent that's set up, this was around noon. we had to fill out a lot of paperwork, i wasn't sure if it was for the music video or the world record people. but once we did that we just chilled a little bit. when we got to the parking lot they were in the middle of shooting something. i have no idea what though.

i'm not sure if i can reveal anything about the content of the video because i just browsed over the contract so i'll just generalize stuff. basically setting a lot of world records. me and cynthia got in front of crowd so we made sure we got into the music video. it was just so cool that we were so close to them. i even got a picture with Brian, but he was wandering a lot throughout the day. Pat was the most socialible of the group. during takes we would just talk to him and it was really cool. Rivers was really quiet, but i saw his new baby, she's sooo cute. i didn't take pictures because that just crosses the privacy line, like a lot. we were in the sun a lot, but i had a good time. Scott was pretty cool, not really talkative either but gave us smiles. Brian is just a hippy. i wish i took more pictures but no cameras on set.

there weren't that many people either, i thought there was going to be like 1,000 people there were only 250-300 people. i like that number, less people more band access, just the way i like it. during the day there were raffles, neither cynthia nor i won. the nice thing about this shoot was that they actually feed us. they provided pizza, lemonade/water, sunblock and some where to sit in the shade. i thought we were just going to be sitting around on the floor in the sun with no food or water provided.

some guys were setting a world record, playing guitar hero for 12 hours. but it's the NEW guitar hero with guitar, vocals and drums. i liked the drums because it had cymbals but it seems like it would be easier to break. the mic is a lot more sensitive or more telling than the rockband mic. after the 12 hours, the guys smashed the guitars to pieces. very sturdy i must say, they needed to give it at least two whacks to the ground to break.

the day ended with a custard pie fight. but since it was for the world record we all had to take the pie in the face. me and cynthia found each other and we pied each other. but we were very hesistant. bad idea. luckily it was the last event of the day. grosss....i had custard and pie crust in my hair on the way home.

i think i'm sunburned, dang. other than that it was an awesome day. i wonder when the music video comes out.

ordinary fun

i thought that today i was going to go to six flags but devin changed his mind and we didn't go. instead i just stayed at home. i cleaned up the whole house and watched some tv. i had sesame street on while cleaning and Will Arnett was on, playing a magician named Max. it was a nice surprise.

me and helen were bored so we went to go get sushi again. helen gave me one of her bags, it's super cute and sturdy. she said that the bag's opening is too small. perfect for me! so this time i got the chicken teryaki which comes with a salad and some california rolls. it was really good. on the way to the bathroom, i passed some my age looking guys. nothing special, one of the guys turns around and i shot him a smile, out of habit. once past them i regreted it. it seemed creepy of me, instant regret, hahahah! i didn't even turn to see his reaction. i'm a weirdo!

we didn't know what to do so we went to michael's and spent a lot of time there. in the end we bought some string and candy. went back to helen's house and made some friendship bracelets. didn't come out so well but we still wore them.

Hanging out with friends!

Yesterday i hung out with Helen and Devin at Nickle Nickle. we had a battle royale throwing those popping things around at each other using games for hiding behind. i was laughing really hard but i lost, i got hit in the head by those poppy things. after work we went to in-and-out. i just got a cheeseburger because i didn't think my body was ready for a double double. also got a small pink lemonade. i devoured that cheeseburger, it was so delicious. i've missed hamburgers. i didn't get fries because i didn't like them too much before going, and now i like thick cut fries the best. the lemonade was really good too, in england they don't have pink lemonade. their lemonade is actually sprite, what a sad way to find out.

today i went out with Helen, Devin and Lissette, Cynthia couldn't go because her house had plumbing problems. we went and got some sushi at wasabi, mmm... i got a crunch roll and tomato salad. oh how i've missed sushi as well. we had a lot of time to kill so we made a quick stop at Helen's house to look at her newly painted room. then off to Target! i've missed the dollar aisle, i put a lot of stuff in my basket which i eventually consolidated because i shouldn't spend too much money. i bought two one-dollar photo albums, i figured i needed them. also bought a really nice photo album for 8.50 that holds 160 photos, this will be my summer 08 album. plus some cute sticky notes. yay!

before target we were planning on watching tropic thunder, but we totally forgot about it and time flew. so we caught Pineapple Express instead. i liked the movie, it was really different. it was action, comedy, with a touch of chick flick? there were some sensitive parts which was surprising to me. it was a different kind of funny but funny nonetheless. James Franco was brilliant, though his teeth bothered me a bit. hahahhaha! i loved the fight scene and the running in the forest scene.

i really want to see michael cera's next movie, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.