Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
-Ralph W. Sockman

happy halloweeeeeeeeeeen!!...man i remember when i was in softball..we had this one chant we used to always sing whenever one of our teammates was up to bat.."hit 'em in the left knee, hit 'em in the right knee, hit 'em in the weeeeeeeenie the hooooooooome run!"...how someone ever came up with that one i don't know...but in girl's softball?..hahah must've been for shitz & giggles...anyways..so it's freakin halloween...and i'm dressing up..hehe i haven't dressed up since that halloween party we went to junior yr at uci..so this year i've decided to be this anime school girl from evangelion..i've got the blue hair, blue skirt & tie, white shirt..white knee highs..and the mary-janes to finish the outfit off...man..this is going to be funny..i think the blue hair's going to be the trippiest part..hehe..i did want to be fayeeee from cowboy bebop..but after consulting w/ jevon, he suggested that i keep that costume for louie..hahah..dork!..so yah, tonight's lil shindig should be interesting...yahoo!!!.....so anyways..i had lunch w/ my ate and dad today..my ate wants to do this whole family tree thing about our family and make it into a book..i guess to have our very own family history book..should be cool though..i mean, just the other day i was talking to my dad about this stuff..he was tracing back his lineage and it's pretty dope..i've got some irish & italian blood down in my family line somewhere..my last name used to start with an H, but because of wwII they had to take the H off..pretty crazy stuff..so i'm kinda looking forward to learning more about the familia..cuz yah..i tend to take these things for granted sometimes..and it's something that i need to pay more attention to..i mean, on a serious note..my parents are getting older..and it's just weird to think of them growing old..i guess it's this whole ideal that we have where we see our parents as like superhuman...they shouldn't get sick, they never get old, they'll always be there...so it's hard seeing my youngest sister having troubles with them..i mean, i know when me and ate were her age we went through the same thing w/ them..but i guess since i've gotten older, i don't see the reason to fight....it's not like i never argue w/ them...there's always those little issues that they'll never understand and i'll never understand...but what can you do?..despite all the conflict..we're family..whew..don't want to get all mushy and junk so i'll stop...just a little ramble..anyways...have a safe (haha i originally wrote sape...must be fobbing out time=P)...and wonderful halloween weekend!!!!!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)