I wanna thank you.

You know you're growing up when not even your mommy can help you out of the situation. Growing up is hard to do. It really is. Then sitting back and accepting what exactly is going on is also very, very hard to do. Especially when you do everything on your end and have no control over what's going on, on the other end. Well, what I'm refering to is my new school that I'm supposed to transfer to in the spring. I knew that this whole transition wouldn't be a smooth ride. There's some drama with paperwork I guess. It's really all on them. I did what I was supposed to do, and now I have to sit back and watch it all crumble! All I can do now is hope for the best. Prayers anyone? On a much higher note. Last night was a very good night. In fact, the last two nights have been awesome. Really all I can say is don't be a stubborn fool. Don't argue with a once good friend for a year or so and miss out on so many great memories that could have been. It takes a very bold, humble person to say the first sorry and really that shows just how strong the friendship was all along. It's hard to find real genuine people in this world. The word friend often times is thrown around without any real meaning behind it. I lost a very good friend for a year, then as a new year surprise gained that same person right back. Good things happen when you least expect it. I love surprises. :) It's funny because we went about our regular routine (dinner and a movie) last night as if nothing ever happened. As if we never talked for a year straight. So tomorrow marks the 4 week mark of my 6 week semester! It went by so fast and I admit I am kind of sad for it to be over. I met some great people this semester that I know I would have never met otherwise. Thank god for myspace though right? Keeping in touch has never been easier! So 2 more weeks of school, then after..? Let's hope East Bay gets their shit together.

Forever united here somehow

Uncomfortable positions are always fun. Take for example what happened to me today. It starts pouring rain out of nowhere as I exit my car and walk to class. So I'm trudging up the steepest hill at my school and all of a sudden I see an older man speeding down the hill. He makes a sharp turn and his tires slide across the pavement throwing his body over his handle bars. His body begins to slide down the remainder of the hill. This happened right in front of me. I walk to him not knowing what the hell to say. All I could come up with was "are you alright?" Obviously he Isn't. He just ate shit right in front of me. I asked about three times all he did was suck in air. Kinda like Peter Griffin did on Family Guy when he hurt his knee. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEtGzqbZajs. I then pick up his bike. His handle bars were completely turned the opposite way around. Super broke. "..Your bike is kinda..broke..here.." is what I said. Still I hear no words from him. I extend my hand to him to help him up. He gets up, laughs, dusts himself off then says "thanks". Then out of nowhere to add insult to injury literally, a girl says "you should be more careful, it's raining you know". After that statement we all just sort of stood around until I said "welp, I'm late for class. Have a good one, I'm glad that you're alright". Awkward much? I'm glad he wasn't seriously injured though, that would have been horrible. But come on, it's raining and you're speeding down a hill. Seriously? Anyways, I've been doing research on one of my favorite artists and public figures Banksy for my informative speech. Banksy is an amazing street artists with so much to say. I'm especially drawn to Banksy for his outspokeness in the form of art. Anyone who speaks the truth on society and animal activism in such a creative way such as Banksy does through his art definately has my respect. But above all he's such an interesting person because absolutly no one knows who he is! He paints these amazing murals completely undetected. The mystique of it all definately makes me want to learn more about him. I just now remembered I actually witnessed some of Banksy's work first hand. But this was all before I even knew who Banksy was. Last summer when I was on Melrose I remember seeing a photo of a pregant woman with a gorilla head. Gorilla heads are common in many of Banksy's work. That pregnant woman ended up being Britney Spears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. It was pretty funny. I tried googling it but came up with nada. What you should definately youtube though, is the prank Banksy pulled on Paris Hilton and her debut album. HILARIOUS stuff. He documented the whole prank on camera, careful not to expose himself of course. Wow, so basically I just told u half of my speech :). Google up some of Banksy's work when you have time. Then you'll be hooked like me.

Every once in a while there's a distant glimmer of hope

Today I woke up feeling like I was on speed. I went to bed at 3 a.m. just to wake up at 6 a.m. I got out of bed energized and turned to channel 11. Gotta get my daily dose of Jillian from Good Day L.A. Well, I didn't see Jillian this morning but I can't complain. Today was all about Obama. What a beautiful start to a beautiful day I must say. Seeing our president walk out on the red carpet to deliver his speech gave me chills! It was an amazing moment that seemed out of a movie. I hate hate hate that I couldn't be there. I know of a few blessed individuals that got to attend the inaugural, it has to be one of the most amazing moments of their lives. I bet you could feel all the energy in the air. I mean these are millions of people out to support one man. One man. I've never felt so drawn and connected to someone that I didn't know let alone a president. This is a great feeling that I don't think I'll ever get over and believe. (If I see one more person crying on the news about all of this I'm sure I'm going to cry too). I love how everyone of all backgrounds and races are coming together to share in all of this goodness. Can I just say I love Michelle Obama? Can I say I love Jill Biden? Because I do. And let me just say president Obama is boss for walking to the White House. Boss. So seeing little clips here and there of our new president (I'm going to watch the speech on my DVR later) I definately had a great start to my day. For my speech class i definately channeled my inner Barack for my improptu speech. Yeh, didn't quite work. I totally flubbed my speech, it was pretty funny. Okay, so the speech topic was: Money can't buy you happiness..or something close to that. We get a minute and thirty seconds to organize our thoughts on a little 3x5 notecard. I write all that I want to say on my card then I'm called up to the front of the class to deliver my speech and "get my Barack" on. This is the tragic part. First I want to say if I were one to get embarrassed I would have been soo embarrassed with my performance. But I don't get embarrassed cuz I got it like that. ;) I get in front of the class and start off with a big "uhhhhm", which my teachers absolutly hates. I look out into the crowed and it seems like a million little eyes were looking at me. I stand tall, stumble over my words, laugh, announce "uhm, I'm drawing a blank, then my mouth starts moving talking out of my ass some pretty ridiculous shit. I smile at the audience as this 40 something year old woman looks at me very confused. I disregard her, she means nothing.:) Then I lock eyes with someone else who's nodding his head silently rooting me on. I then began to struggle through the rest of my speech, still talking out of my ass. Okay get ready for the funniest part. Closing my speech I thought I'd leave them with a "clever" well thought out quote. Turns out my quote had nothing to do with my speech. Mind you my speech is on why money can't buy you happiness. I ended my speech with "it's a beautiful life, now go out and live it!" After that everyone begins to clap and cheer, the loudest applause from anyone that gave a speech that day I must admit. 8) It was the funniest thing ever. It reminded me of Jessica Simpon's epic fail in front of millions AND Dolly Parton, except I didn't cry or apologize. Check out the video at the bottom of my page, it's hillarious. Learn to laugh at yourself people. even after my big eff up I still got an 80%! I recovered well. :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGfIXh1O1w

I refuse to falter in what I believe or lose faith in my dreams

Two posts in one day. Can I just say how excited I am? http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2009/01/barack_obamas_letter_to_his_da.html If this letter doesn't make you smile/cry/or feel some kind of a positive emotion you're a cold black hearted bastard and you need to be slapped in your nuts in front of a crowed full of good looking intimidating people. :)

You can tell by my smile, that I'm like a child

Wow what a day. My family and I got up super early to start our early spring cleaning. Yesterday I was dreading it, but when you start cleaning you start to find little forgotten things around the house. It was such a "memory lane" morning. It was a sweet little surprise finding my baby book and Alladin lunch box. Pictures along with those items reminded me of my childhood that was probably the best around! I had so much fun growing up with my million little animals around the house. About 20 rabbits, guinea pigs, huge aquarium, dogs, and a little no named turtle haha. I guess that's why I love animals so much these days. Thinking about my animals definately make me want more. I'd love to have a few snakes and a little black kitty, but I have little to no time to take care of animals. :( Now I'm finally taking time to relax after all of that cleaning. Probably going to spend the rest of the day enjoying a drink with my brother and dad. Hope you all enjoy your Sunday. And when the time comes remember to get on that spring cleaning!

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Come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea.

Lately I've been going through a thousand phases seemingly at once. From music to style I seem to be forever changing. That's good right? It's not about finding myself though. I just told a friend I've never been more comfortable in my own skin. I don't know what's up with these phases, but atleast they're healthy phase. :D I've always been a fan of all types of music but lately I've been hit by the nostalgic stick and have been loving the music from the 60's to present. I've been listening to Janis Joplin non stop ever since I've "rediscovered" her. Piece Of My Heart is probably my favorite song by her right now. Listen to it, you'll like it. My Name Is Jonas by weezer, not the Jonas Brothers is also one of my favorite songs right now and it came out in like 1994. In the present time there really isn't a song that I listen to non stop. I'm really thinking hard right now, and all my songs on my ipod are really, really old songs. As far as style goes I guess I'm a mix of just about everything but urban. Right now my favorite outfit would be a simple v-neck with like 7 jeans, Rock & Republics or anything like that. Just simple. I love my new Dolce & Gabbana watch but I need to get it resized because I could litterally slip my wrist right through it without even having it touch my wrist. It's that big. OR, I'm just that skinny? Now that I'm on the subject of style why not talk about hair. My hair has gotten so long and everyone's asking me what I'm going to do with it. I'm going to let it continue to grow. Read that 3 times so that it's engrained in your head and you dont have to keep asking me. I am however in need of opinions from people with curly hair. What do you use in your hair to keep the ends from sticking? That's a major problem for me and it's so annoying. Anyways, I want a tattoo. Like really bad. But this goes back to the many phases that I go through. Ever since my brother started getting tattoos I've been becoming more and more interested. Problem is..I'm way too indecisive. I'm so scared of getting a tattoo then a week later looking at myself asking "what the hell did you just do?" It's something that actually could happen, because even with my many tatoo ideas the very next day I'm asking myself "Justin, what the hell were you thinking?" I really need to sit down and think about what I want to brand myself with. I feel so bad for people with dumb tattoos. And when they admit their tattoos are dumb, it makes me feel even worse. Oh, and when getting a tattoo, this may sound strange coming from a person with no tattoos or piercings for that matter, but remember not to choose a tattoo from the wall or book. Or anything thats "trendy" durring the time you're getting blasted. That's just dumb. What tattoos or phases are you going through right now?

Fresh & easy

Well it's 2009 and I still feel the same. Well I have a tummy ache that I didn't have in 2008 (last night). Mixing drinks always gives me one. oy. So all day today i'll be watching The Twilight Zone marathon that I watch every January 1st. Acting back then was so different. Not believeable at all. The kids back then could act better than the kids now though. I keep feeling some kind of pain in my finger and chest, then I remember how I was shot last night with those little popper thingys. One was self inflicted. Are those things meant to be popped inside? I almost felt like we were about to burn the place down. Those things are undercover lethal weapons. Be careful with them. Okay so on to new years resolutions. I'm never one to actually keep mine, but they're fun to make! One that I'm seriously considering and could actually be accomplished is giving up meat. I always feel sick after I eat it and since I'm going off to school in the spring i'll just live off of salads. done. So no more meat in 2009. Uh yeah, we'll see...Let's see what's next? Well instead of going down a list of things, i'll just say whatever I did in 2008, I'm going to do the complete opposite in 2009. Some things worked and some things didn't, but it's always good to see both sides. Agree? Oh, but for sure for sure i'll be going to a lot of concerts this year. And drinking more drinks..legally :)

I hope everyone had a great start to the new year!

p.s. Check your wallets/purse. If you have no money in there now, you'll be broke the whole year. eeek