POLITICS TEST

I just took to see where they would put me. It's funny because I always thought I leaned towards the liberal side minus my conservative tendencies from time to time. It was sorta hard to do since I HAD to pick a side: NO FENCE-SITTING. Something to try to see if you agree or not.

You are a Social Liberal (65% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (30% permissive) You are best described as a: Democrat Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid

A Thinker...

David G: totally think he is just the funnest guy in the world!! I love how sarcastic and joking we are. He brings out a side of honesty that I normally dont see in myself. I got to spend time with him last night, just shooting the shiet. It was great. The sad thing is he STILL has a gf. We're just friends so its okay. He wants more. I wont give him more because he has a gf. Sometimes I wonder why he "chooses" me. (Maybe he doesnt) but after last night's vmail, I dunno what to think. Compliments are received well. I never thought he would find me attractive (damaged self-esttem from years ago) nevertheless sexy. LOL. I can handle cute though. I should step away from him. He has a gf. PERIOD. But I like having him as a friend. I could be wrong for it all but who knows and who care. *sigh* I do or I wouldnt write all of this.

Sometimes I think to myself how much I miss the simple little things. I got to sit outside on a bench last night, talking to an awesome person while looking at the stars. How classically romantic is that?? It's crazy. Yet its not mine and NEVER will be. It's okay. I'll manage.

ACL was great. I wish I had seen more acts but its all good. I enjoyed the ones I saw. =)

Back in Houston. . .

so after 6 hours in the car going East and NOT even reaching Beaumount (sp? for sure!!), my family decided to turn around. there was NO way we were going to make it to Monroe on the gas that we had left. NO GAS STATION HAD GAS!! They were all closed and empty even though there were tons of people at the stations. It was tiring driving with the windows down in the heat. After the realization that we wouldn't make the final destination, we decided to head back west to home.

I'm going to finish taping up the windows. I'm kinda sad about the ACL thing. I really want to go but I cant imagine myself if HOURS of traffic again. It's not fun, esp if you do it alone! =( I just hope everyone is going to be safe. Both Pam and Maria are at their final destinations. Most of my friends are securing the homes. Hopefully in about 36 hours, I'll be able to give a good positive update.

Guys, those of you who aren't in harms way, please pray for all of us that are. Stay safe.

Evacuate...
I'm getting my last minutes things together right now to get ready for travel out of Houston. Some of my friends have left east or west to escape the fearing of Rita. She's up to a Category 5, 175 mph winds. Houston could get hit pretty bad so I'm really scared! I'm just hoping for the best. Maria left at a little past 10ish and when I called her at 12ish, she said she hadn't made it past Katy! That really scares me because that means commute is gonna take forever. We're going to my cousin's in Monroe, LA. It's even further than where most people are going. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

PLEASE everyone, if you're not leaving Houston, PLEASE be SUPER CAREFUL. It scares the crap out of me what's about to happen. STAY IN TOUCH so I know you're okay. I'll be sure to do the same! Those of you that are traveling, PLEASE travel safely. Hopefully you make it to your destination safely.

Good luck and I hope to hear from you soon after Rita has gone. . .

I HATE RITA!!!
This sucks. School has been cancelled for the next two days. It looks like I'm probably not going to go to Austin for ACL anymore. It's an all or nothing deal with the family evacuating. I've never felt so scared in my life to be completely honest. I've been freaking out the last couple of days and I'm purely amaxed with the fact that this is all about to happen. I'm planning to take my laptop with me wherever I end up. Hopefully when I come back, everything will be okay at home. Everyone else in Rita's way, good luck and be safe!

Forgot something. . .
I was reading Pam's journal and realized I had forgotten to write something down. On Friday, I got to see two of my former students from last year. One of them, I unfortunately cant remember his name (but I'm going to look for it since he didnt tell me it either. . well its because I was too embarrassed to ask!) came by looking for Courtney and I talked to him while I was walking him out of the building. He wasn't the best of kids. He was actually ALWAYS asleep in my class and I was always trying to wake him up so he would do work in my class. Turns out that he's turned over a new leaf (after getting out of jail, OF COURSE!) He, unfortunately, was sporting an ankle bracelet, similar to Martha Steward and turns out he'll be in ALC. I'm glad that he realizes that he needs to work hard to do well in school. It seems like it takes some HARD TIME for the kids to realize it.
Then there was Sandy. I saw her after school Friday. She was one of the sweetest girls but she started giving up at the end and not coming to school. It would be freaky when she wouldnt be in class days at a time. It made me really worry. I got a chance to talk to her and it was nice to see that she was actually going to school (or trying to) and knew what she had to do. *sigh* It's moments like those that I realize WHY I wanted to be a teacher but at the same time, being where I'm at, I would never get this opportunity if the kids didnt come by. It's an interesting feeling. I dont know if it makes me like my job more but if anything, it definitely reaffirms why I'm here right now.
Oh yeah, just in case you're reading Pam, thanks.
And in case you're reading Dean, how the heck am I suppose to get in touch with you??

Random Thoughts, time 542309432394

Happy Women's Friendship Day! I didn't do much celebrating since I didnt call up anyone. I did get to talk to Huy. I love Huy so much! He's such a good friend! He called me the other day and it was cool just catching up. It was funny because we were both talking about how we had thought about one another and thought abotu calling too! Of course, he's a better person since he called me first. He had a little romantic thing happen though so that was nice. I need something like that to happen. . .at least it'll give me something to tell him!!

Well ACL is this weekend. . .I'm super excited but I've been watching the news (like right this minute) and there might be a bit of a damper on my plans by the name of Tropical Storm Rita. She's off the east coast of Florida right now, headed towards the Keys but it expected to hit the Gulf of Mexico. BOOO!! Projections show it off the Texas coast by Friday. BOOOOOOO!! I'm not too happy! I'm hoping that it hits MUCH south so I dont have to worry about it. I really want to go to ACL and NOT have to worry about selling my ticket! I've been looking forward to ACL for MONTHS now. . .and normally I'm not EVER this excited about anything! Ahhh it should be an interesting week!!

The Katrina stuff in the news is starting to slow down. I feel like every weekend we have to do something Katrina related (which we did this weekend). Major Nagin wants people to move back into NO. I really don't know if it's such a good idea since *ahem* clean water, possibilities of MORE storms (I mean, we're on freaking 'R' now!!), weak levees still, ect. Things are for sure yet! Ahhhh. . . hopefully they make a smart decision!

UT won this weekend against Rice, I think the score was 52-10. Looks good for UT, 3-0. OU lost (BIG TIME) to UCLA this weekend. They definitely did NOT look good this weekend. I can't wait till the RED RIVER SHOOTOUT!! YEAH!!!!! HOOK'EM!!

Something interesting. . .I went to see some Tibetan monks (from the Drepung Gomang Monastery) do a Medicinal Buddha Mandala for Healing at the Menil Collection. It was pretty cool. I'm thinking about not leaving for Austin till Friday afternoon so I can see the finish product on Friday morning. It's crazy to think they make this intricate piece of artwork out of colored sand particles over a week's time to sweep it up and release it into Buffalo Bayou! CRAZY! Here's an example of what it looks like when they're working on it and the finish product (from a previous tour date but of the same mandala that they are working on in Houston).

It's actually only three guys who are working on it at the Menil but you get the idea. It's quite AMAZING!! Once I figure out where my USB cord for my digital camera is, I'll post my own pictures up!!

Here's a picture of the monks from the Sacred Arts Tour with the Dalai Lama.

I really wish I had known that the Dalai Lama was coming to Rice on the 22nd because I would have definitely went out of my way to get tickets to his lecture. It really is amazing that the monks are here while he is here. Sometimes I wish I knew a little bit more or I had the discipline to do a little bit more. I guess it's just something to think about.

just an FYI. . .

right now is the beginning of a rough section of my life. i dont care to talk about it beyond the four walls that encase my brain. i've got a lot on my mind and on my plate. i've got a lot of decisions to be made and only a little bit of time to do it in. unfortunately from time to time, life tests your stregnth and stability and dammit, right now, it's testing me in more than one way.

thank you

I just got off the phone not that long ago with a friend. I'm glad that I've been able to talk to her about whatever has been on my mind. to be honest, she'll probably NEVER realize how much it means to me that she's been willing to just lend me a kind ear as I try to figure things out for myself. I've come to realize that it's been easy to make friends but harder for me to make good friends. there are little things that I never realize until I just sit back and try to look in from a third person point of view.

the above picture is so true! some of the friends I have, I've known forever, 13 years now!! I really should have an anniversary dinner with these folks, esp when we hit the 15 year mark! It's just crazy to think it's been that long! I was talking about how one of the most amazing things about some of my friendships is that no matter how long it's been since I've talked to these people, it seems like just yesterday that we were in touch. True friendships pervail through trials and tribulations. . .is that even spelled right??

So tonight I told my friend about my crush. It was funny. I always make a big deal out of nothing. It's nice to have finally have that out. I guess I wanted to tell her when she brought it up in a good way. hehe.

Something to leave you (or me) with. . .
Seriously. . I'll miss ya when you jump.

my own thoughts. . .

apparently 3 years ago when I started this whole blogging thing, I never had to really worry about anyone reading what I wrote. it was really just for me. I had journaled on paper for the longest time and it only made sense that I finally went with technology and started journaling online.

this all brings me to the present. . .

for the first time, I actually wished no one read what I wrote. (well except maybe for strangers who could give me unbias opinions and comments.) sometimes I think blogging has been the best thing for me since I get to document what's going on in my life, my feelings at the moment and all that jazz. at other times, I hate it because I can't be truly honest with how I'm feeling about things only because I don't know if putting my TRUE feelings out into internet space would be a good thing.

in the beginning, I was honest. if I was mad, you knew I was mad! if I was sad, the sadness was conveyed in my words. if I had strong feelings towards something (whether negative or positive), my words (or the words I found) would be use to convey that emotion. nowadays, it really has become a big life memo, monotonous to even do. maybe that's why I go weeks without blogging and then come back and blog all the time!

so yeah, on that note, I really dont have much to say. I dont plan to write anything that can be taken the wrong way since I'm not good at doing damage control. I think the only reason why is that I never cared for it before. if you really have gotten to know who I am (my vulnerabilities, my deepest thoughts and feelings, ect), I wouldn't have to bother with it. maybe P- is right about my personality not being that to please people (anymore). I guess if I did, I would bother with damage control. or maybe. . .

listen to Joss Stone's version of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows"

LINKS!

I finally saw the Q&A about adding a link bar to your blog. So guess what I did????

I ADDED A LINK BAR TO MY BLOG!! YEAH!!

Enjoy! I'll try to add more as they come up and then if you would like your blog/journal/xanga taken off, just leave a message and I'll take it off!

Thanks!

word verification

unfortunately I was just hit by a spam botter on my comment section. I left a note in my comments but in case we have non-comment readers (haha), I just want everyone to know that I've joined others in adding a word verification step. I sick and tired of crappy bots telling me how to make money!

"money?? reallly?" NO! The options is unnecessary!

Enjoy the EXTRA step to make a comment (which will cause let comments but thats okay.) I don't get many anyways. . .

I love Texas Football!

UT is now 2-0. AWESOME!! Tonight's game was a killer! I sat there at home in the comforts of my own living room watching it by myself. In the first quarter, it was great as we pulled an early of 10-0. But once Ohio State caught up and then by passed us, I was worried about a 3-6 point difference that could cost UT the game! After talking to my asian sensation friend, I realized I still had HOPE!! (OF COURSE!!)
After an AMAZING touchdown with 2:37 left to play (which was questions on whether Limas Sweed actually crossed the plane), Texas was tied to till the field goal.

OMG, lemme tell you that the next play had me SCREAMING "safety, safety, SAFETY!!" hahaha So it was great when we got to add 2 more points to win 25-22!! I LOVE IT! College football amazes me sometimes! (I can't believe Ricky was there too! I hope he's living it up in Columbus right now!)

Hook'em

So this might not be the place for this but dammit, I'm sick and tired of "misunderstandings" a.k.a. what I like to think of as "personal interpretations" of things. I'm having a less social year where I actually want to be on my shiet and get things together. I realize that hasn't been hapenning as much as I would like it to but it needs to happen! I'm not in the business of pleasing people as my personality has always wanted to do! I'm finally going to be a little selfish. I love my friends but at the same time, I don't have time to explain every one of my actions. Maybe being the only girlie girl in my inner circle has affected my sensitivity to girlie girls. LOL. I don't know how to put up with shiet because I've never had to. And PLUS, if I'm going to put up with your shiet, I better consider you top notch shiet! It's weird but I think I've always made "close" friends pretty quickly and what not but at the same time, I've never had a person that I've told everything to. . .well except for Shazia. She knows EVERYTHING. I love calliing her my best friend and there's a reason why she has that title: I don't need to tell her for her to know!! =)

But yeah, I'm tired of putting up with CRAP!! I'm not your crap container! If you've got shiet, KEEP IT! I already have enough of my own!!

On a good note, I went shopping today after waking up at the butt crack of dawn to take my cousins to get more Katrina Aid. It really sucks that they're going through this and it sucks even more than they feel like their kids are unable to help them because of their own selfishness. It kinda pisses me off. In such said emergency, the first people I would help out in any way would be my parents. DUH! It only makes sense! Well we were down at GRB and it's crazy seeing how things look down there. I'm glad that Houston is sucha great city with such giving people for all this to be happening around me.

Well the shopping allowed me to accumulate another pair of black sandals and some shirts from the Gap. The shirts are good for wearing to work when I'm not in an ironing mood. =) That's always a good alternative! YEAH!

Well I'm tired. I've been up for 18 hours now. I think its time to sleep.


On more time...

25-22 bitches. . .Hook'em!

sick

I hate being sick especially during a holiday weekend. I felt like ass last night: coughing, sore throat, feeling naseua. . it sucked! I took some nyquil (NOT in gelcaps which sucked) and went upstairs to pass out. I'm not feeling 100% but at least the sore throat is gone! that's usually when I enter phase 2 of being sick. if that's the case, its gonna suck even more!! I'm hoping I get better by Tuesday or I'm not going to want to go to work next week! oh well. . .

in good news, Quynh was able to locate her parents. her dad is still in NO, safe with food and water. her mom apparently is in SA right now since she had left during the storm to help a lady who was in labor. from the sound of what my parents were saying, I think she's gonna go to SA to pick her mom up. that'll be good. I feel a lot better knowing that they're safe. it's still pretty crazy in NO and Houston is getting more and more refugees by the minute/hour/day. I know its not going to end soon but I hope things will slowly get better. it's weird hearing the phone statements by NO mayor Nagin because he's trying to get all the help he can get for his city and its not happening. Bush admitted yesterday that federal help hasnt come quick enough (yeah...good job there W!)

as always, keep all those affected by Katrina in your prayers and thoughts. . .

till next time. . .

end of August update. .

so its' been a week since I've lasted blogged. lemme update from what I remember!!
Thursday-went to the first football game of the year! our varsity team lost by a field goal. it sucks but life goes on.
Friday-went to the freshmen games. B game got cancelled because of lightning. felt sorry for those boys. watched the first half of the A game and they were down when I left. dont actually know what happened in the end but thats okay.
that night, met up with Ricky to go to the Mint Party at Crome. it was okay. i was SUPER clumsy!! ran into a table, a ciggarette and some girls. the burn isn't look too pretty but hopefully it'll heal and not scar! went downtown and met up with Andrea and her friends who were TONS of fun!!! i havent been down Main since last thanksgiving so that was cool. it was a long and tiring night! but fun indeed!
Sat/Sun - didnt really do much. . .highlighted my hair on sunday night and starting to slowly get use to it. its fun! thats all that counts!!

Hurricane Katrina in Lousianna to Floriday Gulf Coastline. unfortunately a lot of damaged occurred. no one's gotten in touch with Chi Thuy and her husband so I'm kinda worried. hopefully she's safe and every thing is okay. I'm going to have to get a hold of Kevin and Quynh somehow to figure out if they know anything about their parents.

Outside of the Katrina thing, this week has been pretty calm. I'm starting to get tired of staying after school everyday but its okay. I kinda enjoy that time too! I really want to find a way to help out with the evacuees this weekend. I might just show up somewhere and see if I can volunteer or donate some clothes. SOMETHING!! it's kinda sad to think some people have lost EVERYTHING. i mean, NO is 80% underwater! it's scary!

someone at worked today asked me if I wondered if Giang and his family was okay because of Katrina. it was kind of a random inquiry since I normally dont think that far into things. I honestly would never think of him as the type to move to NO after finishing at LSU but I know he had family in NO and the surrounding areas. hopefully, his family is okay too. to all the people out there with family, friends or maybe you yourself out in the areas affected by Katrina, I keep you in my thoughts (and prayers) that you and yours may be safe during this tough time.

please donate or volunteer your time to help out those affected by Katrina.