February 2010
24 posts
“Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, it is not pompous,
it is not...”
– 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Probably my all time favorite quote. A good friend of mine posted it already, but I thought I’d post my favorite parts of it…
Gotta love it when mass gets to your heart.
January 2010
49 posts
“One cannot sing just to please someone, however much one loves them, no, song...”
– Winnie, from Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days”
WatchThis is why I love my friends, for all the crazy and random things we can do together instead of following the typical college student stereotype.
I consider this a typical Friday with friends: laughter and randomness.
Enjoy this feat of human strength and flexibility.
You MAY try this at home.
Since I wish I could tell them in person...
I would just like to say that I am EXTREMELY proud of my brothers for their accomplishments in the world of music. Amazing work. I really wish I could go to your concert…but I know it will be simply amazing
A Personal GMH for the Day
Today, after much anguish for the rain, and many letdowns last week, this week has manifested itself into a very good week. I did good (not trying to be gramatically correct) on my midterm, I felt pretty good about my chemistry quiz today (after totally blanking out during the initial moments of the quiz), and I feel pretty strong about how I am doing in my classes: just fine.
I started out this...
Legitimate Riddle of the Week
I’ve posted a lot this month. Seems like I need to express myself even more in 2010. On that note, here’s a great riddle I found when writing my floor’s newsletter.
I am sometimes white, but always wrong. I can break a heart and hurt the strong. I can build love and tear it down. I can make a smile, but more often a frown…
What am I?
Tripping Down the Freeway
I told you that you would put on some weight You went out with somebody named Kevin Green You preferred to go to a volleyball game I told you that you couldn’t be more lame No way, we ain’t gonna break up We made a promise and our will won’t fade out Not just in oh-eight and oh-nine we’ll be together from now until the end of time you got the Shirley Appleby look ...
Question of the Week...
Why do there need to be all these twists and turns. I swear this irony is going to make me cry. I cannot let myself get stuck in (as my childhood friend calls it) the cycle again. Can’t do it. I should have seen it coming. Should have seen it coming.
“If you break little promises, you’ll break big ones”
– The Son, from Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I am reading this for my English class this quarter. Such a sad book, yet very powerful.
You See LA? Part 7: A Roller Coaster of a Week
As said in the title, this week has definitely been a roller coaster of a week. With the advent of the Chargers’ loss last Sunday, everything has been crazy. Most prevalent, the weather. Never have I seen it rain 5 straight days before. Moreover, it was LONG. All of this happened since the Chargers loss. Coincidence, or divine intervention (as my old Calc professor would say.) ...
An Account of the Week
This week has definitely had its ups and downs. But despite the major upsets, and feelings of sadness, not to mention that the weather and the events in Haiti made it worse, but this week has been ending well thanks to my friends. They definitely know how to brighten my day and make me appreciate life even more. I know I have to work harder. It’s my duty to. I cannot afford to falter...
“Well, well, we mustn’t think mournfully of it Augusta. Life doesn’t...”
– Godfrey St. Peter, from Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House
This book turned out to be one of my favorite books of the quarter so far.
“System + Surroundings = Universe”
– Dr. Lavelle’s ( my chemistry professor’s) sure-fire equation on how to make a universe. I’ve been studying a lot of chemistry lately. Here’s to hopeful mastery of the material! Thermodynamics are pretty cool!
And the anguish continues...
I wish that I could experience some instant success, you know to be a winner, just once. I’m tired of “there’s always next year.” We say that over and over, but yet we do not get any results. There is a point where “there’s always next year” does not cut it. I am a firm believer that you sometimes need to will your way out to be successful and never...
You Know Your Weekend Has Been a Roller Coaster...
You finish a majority of your homework
You continually run into the girl whose name you don’t know, but would like to, and she smiles at you.
You go to mass with friends
The lady sitting in front of you during mass confronts you after mass and says you can sing (when you obviously know you can’t =])
You finish reading a 200 page book in 2 days.
Both you teams lose…=(
You...
Chargers
You’ve disappointed my life yet again. Where did the inspiration go? I don’t even know if you guys will ever win one when I’m alive.
If there is someone I feel really sorry for, it’s LT. He really deserves better.
I do not think I will ever live in a town where championships (significant ones) will be won.
My Life Is Asian →
Instead of your life being average, haven’t you wondered if it was Asian? Definitely a parody of My Life Is Average, but a very good one at that.
You Know You've Had a Productive Day/Night when...
You get 2 LONG homework assignments fully finished with 3 more left to go.
Read 150+ pages of a 259 page novel in one day (a big accomplishment considering that I read like a turtle runs)
Semi-understand how to do the chemistry problems after helping out a friend
Have a good talk with your family back home.
Take nap
Hang out and watch Mythbusters with friends
FINALLY go to Diddy Reise after...
This Definitely Gives Me Hope →
givesmehope:
I posted a GMH story a couple weeks ago. In it, I proposed to my long time friend who helped me curve my desire to commit suicide. She said yes. We are getting married this summer. Life is too precious to give up. Thanks, Kristain. Thank you for giving me life. GMH.
This is a really powerful story…
You Know You've Had a CRAZY DAY/NIGHT When...
You’ve spend the past 6 hours with your friends, being academic by doing homework, BUT spending some quality time together
played various fun little games instead of doing what the stereotypical college student would do
realize that the guy sitting in the room with you as you did your homework with your friends was an old friend from back in middle school. BONUS IRONY: He rooms with one...
Late Night Studying in the Dykstra Dorms
Me: Jenny, what time is it?
Jenny: 1' o clock. Why?
Me: Good. Time for a facebook break!
Kim: Break!?! I haven't even started homework and I'm already on facebook!!!!
Maya: OH YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD CALL IT! "Breakface!!!" You know, a facebook break?
This is what a late night of studying does to people...HAHA.
“How can I be sick if I see Freedom?”
– The Lama, from Rudyard Kipling’s Kim.
Food for Thought...
Sometimes, I feel that we need to be reminded how vulnerable we really are. We also need to be reminded that (depending on our age) we are adults and that nothing last forever. Tradegy can strike at any time, but it is what we do prior to that time, that shapes our response.
If there is one thing I know I need to improve on, it’s to value everyone’s life and never take the...
You know your day has gone well when...
your little brother gets his FIRST college acceptance!!!!
I am EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY BROTHER RIGHT NOW!
He’s going to college!
In Case You Were Wondering →
Feel free to ask…anytime. =)
You know it will be a good day...
When you are about to pick up your phone to ask a friend out to lunch and she conveniently calls you to ask the same thing.
Happy Monday everyone! Here’s to a new (and hopefully productive) week!
And the Infatuation Continues
Adrian: Wouldn't it be nice to have really MET Morgan Freeman? I mean its MORGAN FREEMAN!
Jeyna: Yeah! It definitely would!
Adrian: Yeah, I just wanted to walk up right next to him as he was looking at that movie ad and just talk to him. I would be like "This seems like a good movie sir. What do you think about it?" You know, to make it seem like I don't know him, or at least draw attention to him.
Lilly: Definitely! It would be great to just talk to him! Just like suggest movies and what not.
Jeyna: YEAH! I would be like, "Why don't we see Bruce Almighty? I hear there's a good actor in that one...OR HOW ABOUT INVICTUS? What about that movie sir? Have you seen it? There's a great actor in that movie. What was his name again...OH YEAH MORGAN FREEMAN!
Adrian, Jeyna, Lilly, and Jimmy: YEAH!
"My Life is Epic" of the Day
My infatuation with seeing Morgan Freeman today has prompted me to write this for comical value:
Today, I met Morgan Freeman. MY LIFE IS EPIC!
Today I...
had a heart to heart conversation with my family
regained my confidence in my abilities as a college student
got a good amount of work done in a short period of time
hung out with Jeyna, Jimmy her cousin, and Lilly, her cool Courtside neighbor
got stuck 30 minutes looking for parking
found out that Avatar was sold out
Met Morgan Freeman (well, almost, but I didn’t want to draw...
You know...
it’s a good night when you can relax for once, play cards endlessly, talk deeply, have dinner with, hang out with, view photos with, watch movies with, and photobooth with your friends…
it’s a good night when you realize what you REALLY want in your friends and they can see the light in you that you thought you never notice…
Fun Times in the Courtside Lounge
Angel: So the word starts with a "b."
Kenny: Is it the word?
Angel: It's not the bird.
“I think that nowadays we will need our friends more than ever to survive in this...”
The Bro Code (as told by Zach)
As an Official Member of the Bro Congress, I approve these laws. Mr. Zachward Cullen and Mr. Kyle Gerard, you have yet to read the Cock Blocking Amendment to the Bro Code as you deem it so, or the MAN LAWS. But one should remember that the Brocode (also know as the Manstitution, Man Laws, or the Articles of Manfederacy) should never be spoken. It is assumed that all men know the code.
I love...
Here's to the Organization...
To Raxadin, Xendraw, Choxic, Sonjax, Lexamik, Xindara, and Reggroyx, I value our friendship. And as we continue to go our separate ways in life, let’s remeber those moments, because we wouldn’t be the “bros” we are now without them…
To the Organizaion and our success in life.
A New Year and a New Look at Old Life
On the forenight of my second go at college, I have to say that this vacation has definitely been a fun, relaxing, and elightening experience. It’s been great to reconnect with my friends and definitely my family, but I’m glad that 2010 has started off well.
I was talking to my dad on the final day of the year, reflecting on my vacation, and there was one statement that really stood...
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at...”
– Helen Keller (via quote-book)
“Don’t you just love New Years? You get to start all over. Everybody gets a...”
– ‘Forrest Gump’ (via leeshiebean) (via quote-book)