And I know, yes I know that it's plain to see
We're so in love when we're together
Now I know that I need you here with me
From tonight until the end of time
Chicago - You're the Inspiration

Gosh i haven't really written in this thing in a long long time. I guess things have been pretty hectic in the last month, as a matter of fact, wow... its really been a whole month since i've written in my blog. Plus i was doing so great posting one almost everyday huh? You guys must've thought i fell off the face of the earth or died or something, but alas, i am still here... alive and kicking. Just been exercising, playing hockey, hanging out w/ my jen jen, and attempting to bust ass in all of my classes.

Now before you all raise the big question about how i'm doing in my classes... i'm doing great okay? So you don't have to all go into cardiac arrest thinking that i did crappy again like i have been for the last 5 years or something like that. As a matter of fact, if my last program turns out okay in the teachers eyes i might actually get the highest gpa i ever got in my whole life. I already got two grades on lock, but one more will determine greatness or semi-greatness of a semester. Its been such a scary week for me being that its finally finals week. I went through this whole semester trying so hard to get good grades on all of my assignments, doing plenty of reading, and memorizing all kinds of stuff and now that its the final push for the end, it has to be the most difficult part of the entire semester. Not so much because i didn't think i was going to make it out of there with a passing grade, but that i was so close to actually getting great grades that i was sooo afraid of screwing it up just a little bit. I'm sure this must be a feeling alot of you never had to deal w/ going through as many crappy grade classes in your college careers, but for me it was a monumental occasion where i needed to really rise up put the final period on things and cross the t's and dot the i's. I guess when you've haven't had the taste of victory in such a long time, being finally so close to it becomes a scary thing because you're afraid that its just somehow going to slip itself right out of your grasp no matter how much you think you have things under control. But not this time, not this semester, not to me anymore.

Hockey has been another great turn-around for me as well being that i actually won the last three games i played. Its just so nice to finally be able to bring a few wins after not having one for so long. I'm really proud of the other guys on the team, they have been playing great and i appreciate all their hard work when it comes to game time whether we're winning or losing, those guys don't give up. I also wanted to put another shot out to the other goalies in the league. You guys all are such great guys and i'm glad that we can all support each other through each game that we're in no matter what the score is for or against us. I guess when it comes to academics and my hockey, things are almost the same. I just need to keep motivated, keep training, and i'm sure good things will happen, regardless if the winning keeps on going or not. But i love it no matter what, no matter how much i'm saying it hurts on monday, or how hard it is to keep going. It takes more than an egg to make an omellette.

In world news i just wanted to say that President Bush should get the message when 62% of the country thinks you're doing a crappy job overall and 70% of the country thinks you're doing a crappy job about Iraq. Even more so when 60% of the country thinks that even going to Iraq wasn't even worth it at this point in time. I mean, honestly guys... if i got a rating like that over anything i was doing... i think i would try and take a few steps back and wonder why people think i suck. I mean, to put it into perspective... Clinton had only a 35% disapproval rating smack dead in the middle of when he was in the whole trial when he got the BJ and almost got impeached. Now what does that tell you Mr. Bush? That you suck. Period. Fix it.

Anyways just thought it'd be a great idea to throw out another blog before people forget that i even have one. Anyways hope you guys all survive through this week of finals and that you have a great start to winter break! Take it easy!

Appointment E Ikimasen Deshita
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and
It's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
Modern English - Melt With You

Well its another one of those days when everything would be going right... had i set my alarm correctly. I had an optometrist appointment that i had made almost a month ago or something like that and i freaking missed it because i have the intelligence of a river rock and didn't set my alarm properly. So i woke up 20 minutes after my appointment was supposed to be. Man i would be able to conquer many things if i could only figure out how to wake up on time. Excellent. So now i have another appointment set for a month down the line. Excellent again. Well i guess in a positive light the day only gets better from here right?

Things have been going pretty good lately other than this morning's little mishap. I guess in this last month of school it's pretty much just simply a matter of survival in getting things done. Its amazing how much time i'm putting into all of my classes and i'll bet if i did this back when i was in engineering, who knows, i might've been finished by now. But no sense thinking about that now. At least now i can finally say i'm happy. That's the biggest change in my life that i could've ever had happen to me. I mean, not to just say you were happy and just kind of put on a "yay" kind of face and doing what you need to do. This time i'm like really happy about things and it really motivates me to get things done and be the best i can be in whatever i do. Although i think i need to learn that people have limitations and sometimes you just can't help not knowing from time to time, but the only thing you can do is just try your best to learn what you can for the time being. I just have to be myself and not worry about things i'm not.

Hockey has been going great too even though i have yet to reel in a win this season. I think that i'm semi-improving on a few things that i've been lacking in my game but i still have a long way to go. We're going to finally be assigned to teams which should make things much easier being that we can know who to trust out there and to know everyone's tendencies. There's no more uncomfortable feeling not knowing if someone is going to take care of the trailing shooters or clean out the guys waiting in the backdoor. There also is no worse feeling than getting scored on in the backdoor when you thought someone was watching that guy. Hockey is a rough sport, i've played all the different positions so i know its not easy, but its just nice to know who you can count on being there before even i see the play developing. Hopefully this weekend will be a more successful weekend and i can say on sunday night that i actually brought home a win.

Well i'd better get going to class, i hope you guys are all having a good week so far. Take it easy!

Shake Shake Shake...
And I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
Dido - Here With Me

Hello everyone! Well as you all probably know, the earthquake was pretty nuts this past sunday and i can honestly say that i was pretty freaked out by the whole thing cuz it woke me up. I remember feeling the whole bed shaking back and forth and i thought someone was grabbing my bed and trying to wake me up, but when i opened my eyes nobody was in my room and the entire room was shaking. I can honestly say that i didn't know what to do since i was semi in a daze. While all this was going on, i heard my phone going off and so i jumped out of bed and grabbed it. It was sweetie trying to call me to check up on how i was doing and if i could feel the earthquake, as usual, i am in a daze and didn't really comprehend what was going on until she told me. Then it all seemed to make a little more sense and i decided to check on my parents to see if they were okay, then when i was making sure everything was cool, the power went out. I had gone to sleep kind of late the night before because i had a hard time sleeping so i was absolutely exhausted running off of like 3 or 4 hours of sleep so i slipped back into bed and was going to try and sleep another hour or so. Before i knew it my dad opened my door and said that jen had came over, i looked at the clock and was like oops! I had managed to sleep a few hours instead of my one hour that i was planning on getting. Having her actually walk over to my place amidst all the madness means so much to me and instantly my day had turned from potentially shitty to a real good day since i didn't have to spend it locked up in the house with my parents alone. I think that if walking over in the rain right after a natural disaster doesnt prove someone to be a definite keeper, then i have no idea what does. That's why i'm not letting this one go! She's smart, she's cute, she knows what side is up in things, and she cares so much about me that she'd walk over in the pouring rain after an earthquake. Thanks cutie! You are the best gf ever. So we ended up just kind of hanging out around the house, listening to the radio at the funny ppl calling the radio station for stupid things. I swear ppl don't really get the seriousness of the situation sometimes, people are complaining about places not being open to serve food... now seriously... if you're not at work doing things... then why should others be expected to leave their families and serve the entire island of Oahu food from your local Koa Pancake House or Huli Huli Chicken. Cuz its not like foodland/safeway/walmart wasn't open to get your asses some real food, seriously... we are pretty hopeless sometimes. We even got to play a few rounds of battleship, in which sweetie kicked my ass in every single round, i think she's a battleship pro! But yeah it was a pretty good day overall and was definitely a relief when the power came back on at around 4pm before it got dark. Some parts of the island were down till past midnight so it was pretty bad. At least nobody got seriously injured/killed and that most major infrastructure remained intact and that they were pretty much able to get everything back to normal by the end of the night.

Man this morning suxxors, i got the meanest stuff nose and sore throat ever... yet i will go to class and be studious and infect everyone in my class. Then maybe they can suffer with me and have to force themselves to have to go to class too when they're sick... haha... sucks for all you guys in my class! Hopefully i can get better soon, especially since there are a billion hockey games to be made up because of all the weekend rain outs in the past two weeks. Maybe me being sick will make me lose weight like it always does... sweet... bonus for being sick. As long as i don't get like deathly ill like i did that one time at the dorm, man... i swear i thought i was going to die. Losing almost 20 lbs in 4 days and not being able to drink water without throwing up is never a fun time, i probably should've gone to the hospital that one time, but i'm an idiot and i didn't get to go. But i'm sure this time won't be bad, its just the usual sore throat, stuffy nose, body pains all over kind of sickness. So if you see me around, just run okay? LOL. Anyways, i'd better get ready for class, hopefully the weekend comes soon so that more relaxation can be done and the earthquakes and rain can stay the hell away, we're done w/ that stuff. Have a good day everyone!