It was a good year.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas, I got some good stuff, a snowboard (boots and binding) some nice clothes, and cash. But now here we are, another year gone by, and every year now just seems to whiz by. The older you get the quicker the years go by. This year was a decent year, not maybe complaints. I transferred to CSUF, bought a condo, became a head coach, went to Vegas for the first time and enjoyed my life. I was happier this year, I enjoyed life more and did not let the little things bug me as much. Ya I had my downs but I always manged to pick myself up no problem. In retrospect I felt this was the year of me growing up and maturing. I learned a lot of things and from a perspective of an adult. I am going to be 23 in a few months and it is depressing in a sense cause I am not a kid anymore, and far from a teenager. People expect more from you, in reality I could start my adult now (becoming married and having kids) and I think that is why I am trying to enjoy life more before I have to worry about taking my kids to soccer practice. Thanks to all the people who supported and helped me this last year, you have made me a stronger person. Hopefully 2010 will be another great year.

My Christmas List.

Here is My Christmas list IF YOU MUST, meaning you are not obligated to get me anything but if you need help getting me something here are some ideas.





A DVD Shelve/tower
N64 Controllers
Johnny Cupcakes Sweater
Gas Card
Arctic Monkey, Vampire Weekend, The Faint Vinyls
Pants
A Beanie
Lift Ticket to Bear (Please)
Dinosaur Backpack
Sweater
Toms (Ya call me hipster)
NES games
Lego Camera
Laser Alarm clock
Tea Set (Lemon Rose)

What do you what for Christmas?

Busy.

Ya I been way to busy to write a blog, so I just wanted to make a short one cause I feel like it. Thanksgiving was OK this year, my family got separated and wanted to do their own traditions which was fine I guess but I am just so used to big Thanksgivings that it kind of threw me off this year. Besides that my grandma's cooking was amazing as always. I cannot wait till this semester is over, I need a break. I might not be taking 15-20 units, but I still feel that I am a little burnt out on school. A break never hurt anyone. I dunno, my life has hit autopilot which in my opinion is not good. I need to live a little and enjoy life rather than just going through the motions. Everything will be ok right? it always ends up ok in the end. You just gotta figure out how it does. That is it for now, 3 more weeks and this semester is done, not as well as I wanted it to be but done and gone. I can only try harder.

My To-Do list

Nothing really to report here, just thought I update the blog with stuff I wish I could of be doing instead of having my busy schedule. Enjoy.


Go to Europe and visit Spain, France, U.K. Germany, and Luxenburg
Ride my bike down to San Diego
Read a book (ya I know right)
Find new music
Drink tea everyday
Eat El Gallo Giro at least once a week
Have enough time everyday to make sure my room is spotless
Go to Disneyland
Bring Jacqueline lunch
Learn a new language
Go to new restaurants
Just sit somewhere for the afternoon and people watch
Visit old friends that live far away
Visit my grandma more
Writing a blog everyday
Learn to cook new foods
Get better at TF2/COD
Finish Oblivion and Bioshock (on expert)
Take my doggy to explore
Watch more soccer and basketball
Laugh more
Live everyday like it was my last.



Just some Pictures of our Halloween Pumpkin Carving party

October is almost over already???

This semester has flown by so fast. A few more weeks and we are done with school. I can't believe I am almost done with my first semester of Fullerton. We have eight more weeks left, you might not think that is a lot but we are more than halfway there. I have high C's in two classes and a B in my other one I just gotta do well on the next test to keep my B's. Sounds easy right? I guess it just that fact that one class is solely based on 4 tests. But I can do it, I know I can. I had to day off today, (when I wrote it) kind of nice I slept in, got some errands done, some homework and now this blog. Sometimes you just need a day off to relax and enjoy. I still have practice tonight though, oh well. Short post even though I had a lot free time, I decided not to waste it on blogging.

House warming party tomorrow.

I am kind of excited for out housewarming party tomorrow. I just like seeing everyone coming over chatting, catching and eating good food. Plus it is mostly family, and I love my family. I do not expect any gift, I actually do not care I just want everyone to come over hangout have some good food, maybe some wine and just enjoy our place. That is all that I want. I can not wait. :)

I need a vacation simple as that. I feel myself just wearing down little by little. By the time I know it will just not wake up one morning till 2pm. Maybe that is all I need, just to sleep in till 12 and not go to work or school. I would still prefer a week long vacation to Hawaii.

Something that has been pissing me off lately is the drivers around orange county. I notice is more cause I have drive everywhere and I bike a lot more. I dunno how they got their license. People driving too slow, people that drive way too fast, people on their phone, people who do not know what a turn signal is, people who cut you off. But what really pissed me off was the other day, I was going onto the freeway and it was a red light going into the freeway and this a*shole decides to just run it. I thought to myself, is this guys life really that important for him to run a red light to be 3 seconds ahead of me? God I hate self centered people.



Off for now, gotta ride back home from peets to deal with more horrible drivers.

Much <333

I got 2 homes.

Life has been good, not amazing just good. The way it would be amazing is if I took a week long vacation somewhere. Then my life would be amazing.

This is nice,



or maybe here,






I am finally getting in the routine of things. Got my planned schedule everyday, Wake up at the crack of dawn, work, go to school, hangout at peets/study, work, either go to practice or peets again and go home play marvel, then sleep. Not a bad schedule if I say so myself.
Living on my own is actually going pretty well. I thought it would be harder cause I had many people tell me, "Oh I do not think you can handle living on your own, it is VERY hard." They were wrong, it is quite easy if you get everything in order and clean up here and there. I am liking how everything looks at my apartment, but I know if we did not have a budget it would look 10 times better and have a lot more random stuff. But regardless it looks good.
I decided that every Tuesday night I would stay at my parents house. I actually loved this idea, it makes everyone happy. Lets roman have the house to himself so he can do whatever he wants like walk around in his underwear. (haha) I make my parents happy cause I am home with them. (I know they miss me a lot) Jacqueline has club live at the church so it easier for her to see me. And of course me, I save gas, get dinner, get to sleep in, and I spend time with the fams. It is a WIN WIN WIN situation. I love having two homes. :)

New Place, New School.

Finally, after months I am finally moved in. It is an amazing feeling to come home to place that I can call my own. I was going to write awhile ago but I did not have internet, then I got lazy, then I didn't even have time to hangout with my own girlfriend. All I did all day was pack and move shit and work. For a week I got transferred to a different site at my work. I got transferred to a school called Melinda Heights. I was fine with that, I then mapquest it to find out how far away it was and it said 27 minutes from my house. Yes almost half and hour to get to work on surface street. Whoever did the planning for Rancho can fall in a hole cause they didn't bother to build a freeway next to it forcing us to drive 30 on surface streets to get there. But whatever I had a good time there meeting 90 kids. School started YAY, not. It has been ok since I only have 3 classes and one of them is an online class haha. But ya they seem totally doable so I am not really worried. And ya I am pretty much moved in. This would be my third night sleeping here all by myself. Just thought I would do a quick blog, I should get off cause I am stealing internet from someone =0

Here is a quick pic of my dirty room but it is getting there.






Anyways, off to bed have not been sleeping much but I get to sleep in a little bit tomorrow so I am going to take advantage of it. But come visit me, I am lonely and bored here by myself. Much Love.

My First Monday Night Ride.

Well that is Cook's Corner. For those of you who don't know what Cook's Corner is, it is kind of like a hangout spot for bikers. It is funny cause on the front it says "Family Friendly" and "Everyone welcome." HAHAHA I am sorry that is funny cause every time I have passed by there, there is usually a bunch of motorcycles in the front and a bunch of sketchy bikers. Well anyways, that is pretty good car ride there you could probably finish a magazine (without the ads) or finish a section of the newspaper before getting there. So try to guess where I rode last night? Yup. And let me tell you I have not been this scared in awhile though. There is a trail going from around Los Alisos intermediate to Cook's corner. It was fine the first couple of miles, until we started to go more into the wilderness. I was very surprised that I lasted as long as I did. I was keeping up with the faster part of the group, until they went under a bridge and I lost them. So I keep riding and I was getting deeper in the forest. It kind of looked like this.




I was shitting my pants, I seriously thought I was going to be attacked by a Lion or some Hobo. I just keep riding and anytime I heard a noise I ride even faster. I was in a lot of pain and my muscles felt like they weighted 100 pounds. But I keep going there was one last steep hill and I rushed up and what I saw made me smile. It was Cook's Corner. I felt like Lance Armstrong finishing the Tour De France.




After celebrating I was pretty scared, I was alone in the dark. Luckily my knight in shiny armor saved me. :) But ya that was my first bike ride, but after everything it was a really good ride. Around 25 miles, I felt so accomplished. But ya, I am done for now, gotta go back to work we are going bowling with the kids today. Much Love.

2:30

It is almost 2.30am I am exhausted and have been up since 6.30 last morning and I am a little drunk, but I an happy. Why you ask? Cause it was a great day today, so great I needed to blog about it for some strange reason. Well it started with work, it wasn't that bad. We did trash pick up at the park for our "green" week and that was nice. We picked up a lot of trash, but it felt good to help the environment. I got off at 1 so my day felt a lot shorter which was nice. After leaving work I meet up with Roman and Wicker and then we decided to go to the beach. While at the beach, I got this.




Ya it was pretty gnarly but it was totally my fault. I was trying to get out of the water and this wave behind just kicks the ass out of me, and ya end result. ^^^

So after the beach we meet up with Mike the Hippie and Kelsey, and we headed over to ikea. That was a lot of fun as well, I ended up spending $500 dollars (that was no bueno) but it was for stuff I kind of needed. So it was all good. We ended up getting beers and playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game. Man it brought me childhood memories back. Ya that was pretty much my day.




While at work I took this picture cause I told her (the girl in the picture) that she looked like a student from UCI. She started to laughing and asked for me to take a picture of her. It made me laugh every time I saw her and I keep calling her UCI instead of her real name.




I should get some sleep, tomorrow is a big day for someone. Ya it is Jacqueline's party tomorrow. Her and her grandmother have been planning this party for month's but I am actually very excited for it tomorrow. I still dunno what to get her :/ Oh well maybe 100 hugs and kisses will do. I plan to take a million pictures tomorrow and post a few on here. Off for now. Sleepy time for me. ZzZZZzZzZZzZ

3 things I learned

This week has been pretty good. I can't believe it is already Friday. (in a few hours) Anyways, ya I have learned 3 important things this week and would like to share them with you all. #1. The negative always overlooks the positive when it come to performance. #2. Politics are a lot fun, especially when you are in the middle of it. #3. Be VERY careful on what you say on the internet cause people will read it, people you least except. I am going to elaborate on these a little bit, enough for you guys to know what happened and for me not to get in trouble ;).

#1. So Monday rolled around, after a horrible weekend I was exhausted. I got no sleep that weekend and I was already pissed and whatnot. Luckily I worked at 12 on Monday and I was excited to sleep in but I couldn't. Why cause my dad needed my help at the house. So I helped me for about 2 hours then got some food and went to work. By then I was over work. And I kinda was on autopilot, and apparently it showed cause the next day my boss talked to me about my performance on Monday. But you know I learned not only that you have bad days and they sometimes show up a lot more than others, I also learned that day that talking and communication is a key in anything. (I also fessed up to being lazy) I told him all that was going on and he understood more and wasn't really mad at me which was cool. But those next days I made sure I worked a lot harder to pick up from Monday's slack.

#2. I don't really wanna go into detail with this one cause it is such a long story and I rather vent to someone about the whole story. (over coffee would be nice) But it comes down to Politics in anything suck. People are given a little power and man that little power that they have will really get to their head. I am currently in a situation in were a few man have a little power and are using that little power to not let me do something. Which I do not understand why they wouldn't, there really isn't a good reason. And it has been bugging me these last couple of weeks cause of how stupid it is. So I learned that Politics are nothing but stupid bullsh*t, but you know what, it is all going to work out, and in the end we got what we wanted, so HA.

#3. Another one in which I were to share full details here I would probably someday get in trouble plus it is also a lot to write and I don't feel like writing it all right this exact second. Pretty much, whatever you write on this internet can be seen by anyone. Simple as that. People say stupid shit online, nobody really cares, but when you start to call people "dirt bag mexicans" that is when the line is drawn. Facebook can be your best friend, or in this persons case your worst enemy, it matters how you use it and how well your are aware of what you say. Cause in the end that stuff will come back to you and hit you in the face.


That is it for now, been listening to some Explosions in the Sky a great way to end a day. I am off to sleep gotta go to work way early tomorrow and find something for my beautiful girlfriend which her birthday is Saturday. Wow I can't believe she is turning 21, I feel so old now. Well bye for now.

Almost done.

Well these last couple of days have been very hectic, also too much for me to handle. The condo is almost done, my dad finished all the painting and hardwood and today my dad and my uncle were gonna finish the tile for the living room and hallway. I am not going to lie it looks really nice. So hopefully by this weekend Roman and I can move in and enjoy our new pat. It is so exciting, and it has been a very long process. I remember like 2 months just barely checking inside the condo when the other family lived their, seems sooo long ago. It is also very close of the start of the soccer season with the kids. I think I am just as excited for that. Maybe cause I love teaching kids the sport that I grew up with and love, or maybe it just I enjoy seeing the kids learn and having fun. But whatever it is, I love it. School also starts soon, and I am not as excited but it is a new adventure that I am ready to embark in. But once that second week is over and I have that 10 page paper due the next day I can say I am excited for school.
I went for my first real ride last week, and man I loved it. I was a little scared that I might get hit by a car though, but it is all good. Here is a picture of my sexy bike.




Well bye for now, I gotta go to work and take care of those kiddies. Much <33

Probably the longest week ever.

Yup title says it all. I dunno why though, maybe it was the fact that this week all I did was work on the condo. Or maybe it was the fact that I had to switch to a different site for work this week with new leaders and kids. Or maybe it was cause I had to 40 hours this week. Whatever it was, it was the longest week ever. But that God it is over.
I had to switch sites this week cause my site had a low enrollment this week and I was moved to a site that had more kids and less leaders. Ya it was fun meeting new kids, they opened up to me very easily. (unlike my kids to a new leader) They were fun and I had a great time with them. We went skating and all the kids wanted me to hold their hand to "help" them skate. But regardless it was cute. I even taught a few kids how to skate. One girl was soo happy with me that I took the time to teach her how to skate, she said to me the next day, "Andrew your the best leader ever, you taught me how to skate. No wait your the best leader in the world." Ya, my job is very rewarding haha. Besides that nothing really much has happened, just the fact that I am almost ready to move in, its soo exciting. Oh, I can't stop listening to Mandala. Rx Bandits never seize to amaze me. This week I have listen to them about 100 times. Yup, call me a loser. I am out for now, I will post within a few days, I only work 22 hours next week with an amazing 3-5 shift on Thursday and a 4.30-6 shift on Friday. Seriously? Well I am out.

Monday, Monday.

Just a quick update. I finally got the keys to my new condo. Sooo stoked, but ever since I got the keys it has been non-stop work. Which is fine with me, but I feel I am soo close to my own condo but I still have a long way to go. Roman and I are horrible at picking colors. We have gone to Home Depot 4 times in the last 2 days cause we picked out a color to paint the kitchen and then realize after painting half a wall that we didn't like the color. We tried to take it back and the denied us cause the lid was so called "broken." But after all that we are finally progressing pretty well. The kitchen is painted in a red (its called chili pepper) and so is half the bathroom. My dad roman and I took out all the ugly brown carpet and got it ready for tile that we plan to put in soon. Also my dad painted to walls a sexy tan. Put ya besides that I registered for classes today. So far I am taking: Inquiry and Methodology in Development, Elements of Effective Professional Communication, and a sociology class. Yup sounds like fun. God I need a vacation, and working 40 hours isn't helping.

It's all GOOD.

It is almost 1, but i cannot sleep. I should sleep but I just have soo much on my mind right now. For starters, I am moving very soon probably within a week I should be in my new house. Goddamn. Now that I think about it, it is pretty crazy. It is a big step in my life, but I think I am ready, a little scared but ready. I never knew that trying to buy a house was soo much work and even more paperwork. But that is all done, and now it is time to enjoy what I have. (after painting it) What else? Oh I am going to Cal State Fullerton in the fall. I am excited for that as well, but I know after the second week of school, that excitement is going to dwindle haha. But hey can't I be excited for school for at least two weeks? Life is going good, I love my family for all they have done these last months with the condo and everything. (especially putting up with me) Thanks. I will write another one soon with some new pics hopefully. I bought a new 8GB Mirco SD for my phone so I can upload a crap load of pics up cause I like when people post pics on blogs. So bye for now I will write again very soon I hope.

ps. Flashguns is a damn good band you should check them out.

Being pulled over is fun.

I am totally pissed and just need to vent right now. So this morning I worked at 9 am, I woke up early having a relaxed morning taking it slow. I was going to leave my house early cause I wanted to pick up some breakfast before work. So I drove down to a shopping center, I saw a cop on the corner of my eye but made nothing of it. I look in my mirror and see him following me. I had to cross over two lanes to get to the shopping center, I did nothing illegal with my driving. Right before I pull into the shopping center the bastard pulls me over. Walks over asks me for license and reg I give it to him. Asks me if I have weed in the car, I say no. Asks me if there is any weapons I say yes there is a knife in the backseat. Tells me to step outside the vehicle. I do, he said he didn't want me to stab him I just laugh inside. I sat on the curb and he asks me again if there is weed or a pipe in the car. Again I say no. Ask me a shitload of questions like were I was going, have I been arrested, or a ticket, or if there was weed in my car. I just say no (expect for the ticket) Finally lets me go. OMG I was sooo pissed I just don't understand. I can tell you at least 5 people on my way driving to work that deserve a ticket or even being pulled over more than I did. It just doesn't seem fair. I don't feel safe with cops and isnt that their job to keep us safe?