Adventure: the pursuit of life.
-Daniel Roy Wiarda

first off, just wanted to wish boyfriend the happiest belated birthday!!! hope you had fun this weekend!!=). and what was so fun? hehe yay we finally went skydiving! i'll post pics that the camera guy took of us later. but it was so awesome!!!!! just the feeling of freefall, i can't describe..it's like..hmm..like whoa? haha, i don't know i just felt like i was flying for those few moments. although my mouth was super dry after b/c the wind sucked out all my saliva. but for some reason i think right when i opened my mouth to scream all the saliva in my mouth flew out or something. b/c when we landed i touched a part of my cheek and there was a wet spot! ha, so must've been the saliva right? yah gross okay fine, but i thought it was funny!

it was crazy though and it just happened so fast. we're up in the plane, the pilot starts ringing some bell and then all of our tandem instructors start saying "10, 10" and tell us to sit on their laps while they strap us in. i'm guessing the 10 was 10,000 feet? b/c we were suppose to jump at 13000. so they open the hatch/door and i see boyfriend (haha who's instructor was way smaller than him that it looked like lou could crush him when he had to sit on him to strap up=P). anyways, yah i see boyfriend jump out and i'm like oh my goooooooosh. then i get tapped by instructor matt "belle, you ready?" i have to squat right at the door, and dude that in itself was crazy. my toes are hanging off the edge of the plane and i'm just looking at all the scenery below, then...whoosh..we jump!

the freefall was uber cool and once the parachute deployed it was all smooth sailing=). just looking at san diego below i was like, ooh a topo map (okay that's the dorky engineer in me). then instructor dude starts spinning us and going side to side screaming yeaaaaaaaaaah. haha and while i did enjoy it b/c this is one of those lifetime experiences..my stomach started jumping. but i didn't tell him to stop, b/c hel-looo when can i ever do this again? and the landing was cool. such a good feeling, especially when you see your friends down below laughing with you about the good times! so yes, i must thank all those who came out to celebrate louie boy's birthday to jump for the adventure, rid the fear of heights & to cheer and enjoy the day. thanks guys, y'all are wonderful!!!! it couldn't have been a better day=). our friends are awesome aren't they?

we also got to see cat and caren later that night at yardhouse..heheh and then they took as to one of the local bars, star bar, aka the "auntie panties" bar..haha. so funny seeing these older filipino lady bartenders. and then of course we had to grace extraordinary dessert with our presence in sd yet again=P. man those desserts are soooo rich, but so good. i still think we all could've shared one and had our fill. but we're all dessert lovers, (with the exception of boyfriend, boo!..haha jk!) so we like to have our own!

so this morning on the way to work me & daddy were exchanging conversation:

dad: so what did you do this weekend?
(i didn't tell my parents i went skydiving b/c i knew they'd be like nooooooo! so i opted to tell them when the pics and video came in)
me: it was good, umm i jumped out of a plane!
dad: oh with the parachute?
me: yeah (thinking, whoa he doesn't mind?)
dad: did you hear about that irwin guy, he died!
(i'm thinking, uhhh i just told you i JUMPED out of a PLANE! and you change subjects so easily? btw, rip mr.irwin, you were one crazy yet passionate guy)
me: yeah that was so sad.
(we get to work and i want to show my dad the skydiving certificate since he doesn't seem to mind)
me: look dad! (all excited now b/c dad's cool about it)
dad: what? you went skydiving!!!
me: umm, yeah i just told you that in the car!
dad: but i just thought you were joking!
me: no way, i wouldn't kid about that. (thinking, uh-oh here comes the lecture)
dad: oh, okay make a copy of this so that i can show your mom.

and i'm just in awe that he was so calm about it. ha, we'll see after work if he's still cool about it=P. so moral of my story is that i should just tell them now when i do something like that and not be scared of the reaction. b/c when i was signing my life away w/ those release forms i did feel guilty that i didn't tell them beforehand. lucky everything turned out alright=)

happy belated birthday again boyfriend..wow 2-7!!

I was in the drug store the other day trying to get a cold medication...Not easy. There's an entire wall of products you need. You stand there going, Well, this one is quick acting but this is long lasting...Which is more important, the present or the future?
-Jerry Seinfeld

hmm i've been feeling a bit confused lately. well more just about my job and such. could it be my quarter-life crisis attitude kicking in again? no idea. ha probably! but with everything going on lately, i just don't feel like i want to be here forever. hehe well not forever, just til i retired=P. i guess the environment's changed. morale is blah and it sucks. i'm wondering if i should start looking for other jobs. i guess in the same field, just a new venue=P. but would i be happier? man, i guess i'll never know unless i try. it's just scary to think about sometimes y'know? you always here about "oh the grass is greener on the other side," but man what if it's not? i'm just thinking too much. and being a chicken at the same time=/. ahhh, there are no guarantees in life are there? ooh drama..haha i need to stop.

so this weekend is boyfriend's bday. yay..dang, can't believe you'll be 27..2-7 man. gosh we're getting old..hehe. so i'm going to take him for a skydive this weekend. woohoo can't wait. i don't think it's hit me yet that we'll be in a plane way high up in the air. i think i'm too caught up in the moment right now. haha, let's hope that mentality stays so that i don't freak out when i look out of the plane!

and so the end of august is approaching..and september's right around the corner..geez this month went by fast. i'm sure september will be just as fast seeing as how all the weekends we either have a baptism or a run to go to. should be interesting. sometimes i wish i could be like evie and just touch my fingers to enjoy things at a standstill. that would be freaking cool.

oooh and happy belated bday je-von, aka "luke"=).

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.
-Harry S. Truman

so the 2 days is over. and b/c of it, i've learned how much more ugly politics can get, how twisted the media makes things, yet how dedicated we can be for a cause that was unfair from the beginning. for anyone who knows or cares, we've been stickin' it to the man. and freaking a, it takes so much just to be able to stay out in this heat and stand up for what we believe in. and what's sad is how much the media portrayed us as the bad guys and the political peoples constantly lying about EVERYTHING!

i can't stand it sometimes..how things can get so political. you treat us like crap, then you turn around and say how important we are, and THEN you have the nerve to say we've been treated fairly? how the hell can you say that when you reward another group, with the same importance, and then expect us to accept that? dude, i don't care about the reward being give to me. it's just the principle. don't give it to us fine, but man, don't go giving it to them either and to yourselves! and yet we're the ones being portrayed as the bad ones? whatever, i'm so mad. the media sucks ass. what's the point in interviewing us about our side of the story when you end up siding with the other party and twist our words around. stupid. stupid people. i'm so irked. pet peeve? yah, stupid people!

grrrr..always feels good to vent.

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular...sight and feeling will appear on print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
-Ansel Adams

oh man, so i was at the gym the other day, on the treadmill right? i already think it's gross if someone coughs without covering their mouth somehow b/c it spreads all the yuck..but maaaaaaaaaan..this time, the dude next to me uses his gym towel to freaking blow his nose..BLOW HIS NOSE!! and then proceeds to put the towel back over the treadmill display area..grooooooooooooooss..i mean, go ahead and blow your nose in your towel i guess, but don't freaking put it back on the machine where ppl are going to be touching it..and what was nastier was that he did it again, and then he wiped his sweat, AND THEN i guess he thought he'd be courteous..b/c he freaking wiped the railing..ewwwwwwwwwwww, that is so nasty dude! i was so disgusted..ehhh..yuck man!

haha so boyfriend wants to watch snakes on a plane..i guess it's suppose to be really funny? haha i dunno, haven't really been keeping up with the story except for the fact that, there's snakes on the mother-f'n plane??!!..ha..it was funny too when jay sent lou the voice mail from mr. jackson himself..hahah that was high-larious. man, i don't think i've watched a movie in the theaters since..hmm..since superman? gosh, been so out of it lately..so i guess snakes on a plane would be good then to watch..hehe..

so i tried to do that map of the states/countries you've visited..for some reason i can't get it to post the picture..oh well..all i know is that i'm in need of some zig-zaggedy, diagonal, cris-crossed road trip in the u.s. of a to finish up the 37% that i'm missing..hahah and worldwide..man, i'm just a measly 2%! dude i've got some work to do..let's see..less than 4 years till i'm 30..i'm suppose to go somewhere every year..ha, because i want to at least go to all the continents before then..well that was my goal..this year i'm still waiting for the japan trip in october..woohoo..and if things are still feasible, i'm aiming for europe next year..let's see..that means i gotta start thinking about my african safari, australian outback, brazilian bbq up close..unless i can group central america with south america..then i'm done with that section..heheh..and umm i'm not sure about an antartic cruise..hahah..i'll be happy if i can get 6/7=P...awww easier said than done..but it would be something nice to look forward to=)..who's in!? hahhaa

The nail that stands out will be hammered down.
-Japanese Proverb

ahhhhhhhhhh freaking a...i know i know i said i would do it..but man, i haaaaaaaate when i don't save a post just in case it gets deleted..hehe luckily i had only about one paragraph written..but still...so yah anyways..i don't like posting on ie..somethings wrong with my mozilla and i can't login from there..need to fix it b/c i now see the advantages of having multiple tabs with firefox as opposed to ie..boo...i tried to fix it but didn't work...boyfriend! i need help=)!

so next week we'll be stickin' it to the man. it shall be two long days of sweat and perserverance?..we'll see how it comes to play.

man i've been on a chocolate frenzy..and no, hehe it's not just pms..i think my junk food habits have creeped their way back in to my life..ahhh so yummy..so we went to coldstone's over the weekend and i got sweet cream with brownies, cookie dough & heath bar...so freaking good! normally i get strawberries and brownies..haha and pretend it's like chocolate covered strawberries..damn..i'm so wanting coldstone's again..dang i'm baboy=P. and then i got these milano's..haha they tried to hybrid it, milano black and white...ha, freaking racists cookies! okay i kid, but i did find it quite amusing as i munched them all away.

dang, why must budgeting be so hard. i want to by everything! but being on a budget requires me to restrain these urges to shop and only get things out of necessity, not want...oy ve it's so hard to do though! i guess i really should be glad that lou's there to keep my spending habits in check..i used to get away with the "but it's on SALE!!" bit, but seeing as how we have certain things to save for now..that line doesn't get me my new shoes/clothes anymore=/...*sigh*..haha oh well..it'll be worth it in the end=)

yay, so this past weekend we watched wicked..it was awesome! thanks joes & karen for reserving the great seats for us...heheh how come it seemed like i was the only one who thought those monkeys were funny?..hahah..i kept looking real closely at them to see how much those guys actually enjoyed just hopping around and looking lost the whole time..ha! but for reals, the show was good. now i can go read the book!

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
-J. Paul Getty

hahaha hilarious...from a friend at work:



ahhh that made my day today=)..til my rant of tomorrow being glad it's friday..laters.

Still round the corner there may wait,
A new road or a secret gate.
-J.R.R. Tolkien

oooh happy belated bday to mi madre yesterday..heheh hoped you liked my singing=P

ahhhhhhhhhhhh been so busy the past 2 weeks..i swear i'm going to become a bitter, disgruntled worker if things keep going the way they have..well yesterday was better than last week..ehhh okay done.

so i was reading jay's blog..it must be just something in the air these past days..when you start getting the feelings about whether or not you actually enjoy your job..if you're really cut out to do that work for like 30 years..wow..30 years til retiring? i know i always say this..but i really want a job where i wake up every morning excited to get to work..i'm grateful for the work i have. i do get excited when projects run successfully. but am i really meant to do this for the rest of my life? yo no se. haha if i had it my way..it'd be, okay wake up..get in the kitchen and bake/decorate some desserts..haha now that's fun my friends=P.

ehhh you know what bugs me? stupid women..well more specifically, stupid women DRIVERS! so driving to work in the morning..in the fast lane, traffics moving soooooo good for some reason..and then i end up behind this slow car that's like slow-fast-slow-fast, swerving a little.. and i can see the driver looking at herself constantly in the rearview mirror and always grabbing something..and she starts putting on her lipstick...i'm like oh heeeeeeeeeeeeck no..are you freaking kidding me? while traffic is moving extremely well, you decide to drive in the fast lane? lady, if you're gonna do that...go in the freaking SLOW lane! so i try to control my road rage, change lanes and passed her..then for some reason she ended up beside me again while lanes were merging..and guess what the stupid lady was doing...putting on freaking mascara! uhhhh maybe at a stop light when you're stopped? but not when traffic is moving and you're holding up all these cars behind you..i mean really it was ridiculous..she was driving so slow and leaving huge gaps in front of her..geeeeeeeeez!

hahah i think me & lou are always complaining about stupid drivers huh? hahah but seriously, traffic would probably be like a gajillion times better if they weren't driving so distractedly! really! haha..

so i'm ecstatic to say that me & boyfriend are tickled, delighted & happy..heheh..been a stressful past couple of months, but it seems to have paid off..yay! still feels, like whoa!..haha.