haven't updated in a long ass time, mainly cuz nothing exciting has been happening these past few weeks. here's a few randoms to show you that i'm still alive:
i won a 3 day, 2 night trip for two to just about anywhere in the states. there's all these wierd ass conditions and stipulations on it...which make it a lot less appealing. i don't think my hand counts as a person, so technically i'm single. ended up giving it to my parents.
Deland - Chapters. He's a friend of mine from cerritos and this is his first R&B album. its on sale @ tower records in lakewood and long beach. most of his success is in asia, which is pretty . i actually went out and bought his cd...instead of being the cheap ass and downloading it from limewire pro...
school is doing aight. i have some really cool teachers that are actually passionate about teaching. that makes learning so much more meaningful. oh yeah, i just found out that they chopped off 18 units from my major. that's a full quarter that i don't have to take!! well, at my pace its more like 2 quarters. that puts me in perfect schedule to graduate spring '06!!! yes, i'm actually gonna graduate!!!
impulse buy of the moment....an ipod shuffle. i fuckin' love the thing. yes, i already have a 20gb ipod right now but i wanted something smaller and lighter for when i go to the gym. and i wanted to have music with me when i chill at the bitch without being paranoid of losing/breaking my original $300 ipod. so cute and tiny...i named it Pecker.
met another guy that's born on march 20th.
cousin Joel and Ira had a baby shower for their future son, Marco de Guzman. he's gonna be the third addition to the next generation of scarfers in the family. anyways, there was this one game where they put melted chocolate bars in diapers and you had to guess which candy bar was which. is it wrong that i wanted to eat the chocolate right out of the diaper??
"Little Boy Blue because he was broke."
we had room selection for the village the other week. i finally got into an apartment with chin & jp, which has been the original plan since last summer. unfortunately some cockmaster named matt took the room that i wanted, so i'm stuck with the piece of shit shoebox sized room that faces the train tracks. i can just hear it now: CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! CHOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!!! CHOOOO CHOOOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!!! ah well, i know matt from the dorms and he's cool...and its damn good to be living with friends instead random dudes.
i've been on call for jury duty all this week. its wednesday now and they haven't called me in. being summoned for jury duty is ...but jury duty in COMPTON is a whole 'nother story. to all you non-cali people, i'm sure you've heard of compton, ca...its the hardcore, ghetto ass place that all of the rappers rap about...
anyways, that's all for now.
Songs of the Moment
The Starting Line - Bedroom Talk
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Rob Thomas - Streetcorner Symphony
Backstreet Boys - Never Gone (unreleased album but downloadable)
got back into cal poly!!!! feels damn good to be back in school again. i kinda got stuck with a shitty schedule again -- two 4-hour night classes, tuesday and thursday -- but whatevers, i'm just glad to be back.
Tuesday
shopping with joyce & meliss. although it was more like me & meliss watching joyce shop, haha. god damn, that girl shop...i think she could hang with my cousins & aunties 8 hour shopping sprees.
my first night class @ cal poly (ebz451) was later on. its one of those four-hour-class, meet-once-a-week classes... but it actually isn't that bad. we had two 20 minute breaks and got excused like 30 minutes early. the professor seems cool...he's like a computer geek but not. at the end of the night he started spitting out perverted jokes during lecture. i think we're gonna get along just fine.
Wednesday
since mt. sac was on break, i had wednesday off. kicked it with phoebe the whole day. bitch had to wake me up during my mid-afternoon slumber but it was chill.
later that night cathy called me up. cruised over to her place and watched that new bernie mac & ashton kutcher movie, Guess Who. good movie. couldn't really chill or eat afterwards cuz she was still recovering from her wisdom teeth removal.
oh yeah, cathy had a funny lisp all night too.
Thursday — Caesar Chavez Day!!
cal poly and lots of california had the day off for Caesar Chavez Day. what is Caesar Chavez Day? ummm i guess it has something to do with mexicans.
anyways, originally the plan was to go to disneyland...but shit happened and it never worked out (again). it was all good cuz there was a backup plan...Beach Day.
chin and i cruised down to huntington, got there around 2ish. technically it was just gonna be us two the whole day....but then people called and next thing we know there were 13 of us:
me (always me first), chin, rose & her bf, phoebe & her friend anna, jp, christine, chain, travis, bojo, chris, and karen.
played some beach volleyball, jacked some firewood @ albertsons, started up a bon fire, roasted some hot dogs...it was so chill, it reminded me of the kickbacks back home in udhailiyah. gotta bring marshmallows, a football, guitar/ukulele and a stereo next time.
to top off the night, we headed to BJs in cerritos. BJs after beaching has pretty much been tradition carried over from last summer. alan & james made it down from vegas to join in on the happy-hour feasting.
it was a damn great day for going to the beach. i'm looking forward to making this a weekly ritual over summer.
Friday
just kickin' it with the homeboys. the usual day of arguing where to eat, cracking gay jokes, watching movies on the 60" and "shampoo" late at night.
oh yeah, we watched Sin City...but i kept falling asleep during the movie cuz of the night before.
Saturday
alan & james were in occidental for a lacrosse game, so i had breakfast by myself @ duke's. normally there's a key to use the bathroom right next to the cashier, but for some reason it wasn't there. i walked over to the bathroom and noticed the key was already in the hole...so naturally i opened the door to use the bathroom....
and then right in front of me was some old fogie, bent over with his pants and undies to his ankles... :yack:
lemme tell you something...seeing some old dude's wrinkly, hairy balls is NOT the way you want to start out the day.
aaaaanyways, i got my hairr did then headed down to SD for april's not-so-surprise party. (not exactly a surprise party when your mom asks you for all your friend's numbers for "no reason.") it was a chill night, had dinner @ buca di beppo.
speaking of buca di beppo, have you guys ever used the bathroom there?? i dunno if all buca di beppo's are the same but the guys restroom was just overwhelmed with black & white pictures of naked baby penises and babies urinating. what a day...first some old dude's balls and now a buncha baby penises.
back at the dinner table, we had a lot of damn good food. it was kinda funny cuz there was a little hidden tension between me and april's brother...and the last slice of pizza.
Mel: Michael: Mel: (what are you looking at, biatch?? that last slice is mine!!!) Michael: Michael:takes the last slice Mel: ()
the force is definitely strong in this one. hell, he knew about the 3 distinct types of slices of (square-cut) pizza. you know, just like with lasagnas & brownies...there's the corners, the sides and the middles... (yes, eating is like a game of strategy). michael did an excellent job of serving everything and saving the biggest corner slice for himself.
okay, so i didn't get the last slice of pizza and all, but i definitely did my damage elsewhere...and apparently it was noticable:
babytoes81: my mom loved how you "cleaned" your plate
after dinner we chilled @ her place for a bit, watched the incredibles, then i had to drive back home.
really pissed off right now, and i can't sleep without venting somehow. so instead of rolling around in bed for the next few hours, i'm gonna do something constructive and share a deep thought with you all.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy can niether be created nor destroyed. It can only be converted from one form to another.
yeah yeah, we've all heard this from highschool physics or chem or whatever; electricity, heat, radiation, blah blah blah.
but what about emotions??
i don't know about you guys but in all of my life experiences, emotional energy doesn't just disapate into thin air. it stays with you, unless you use the energy to do something.
like when people get mad (negative energy). some people go to the gym to relieve the stress. some write music. some break things. some eat a lot. some go out and have rough sex (). personally, i either take it to the basketball court, talk/bitch to someone about it or vent it out in my blog (much like right now).
Second Law of Thermodynamics
In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state.
this is the cool thing about emotional energy. when you do something to vent out your stress, some of the negativity will be lost in the process. (ok, technically "lost" isn't the best word to describe this, but its late and i can't think of the right word )
if you don't learn to channel that energy, it'll just keep building up inside of ya. that's definitely not cool with negative energy because slowly the irritations become anger, then anger turns to rage, then rage turns to something like Columbine.
here's what i'm trying to get at: the next time your significant other or close friend has something to bitch about, listen to them. its just their way of releasing bad energy. hopefully they'll be bitching about something to you and not bitching at you.
there's a big difference.
the first one is constructive. when the energy is transferred from the person bitching to you (the listener), you then convert that energy into positive energy just by simply being supportive of them.
the latter is just a way of dumping all their shit onto you. negative energy is directed straight at you. the venter will feel better (ie like a big weight has been lifted of their shoulders) but you'll be left with anger, depression or whatever.
basically the next time you get pissed off, use the energy to do something (hopefully constructive, not destructive) cuz at the end of it, you'll feel a lot better.
as for me, all my negative energy is spent cuz i wrote out this little shpiel. i feel a lot better now. thank you, goodnight.
Update
Habibtisbd: near my door i have these words " keep a clam steady flow of positive energy, negative energy is created by the human mind, Habibtisbd: worry is negative energy, give positive energy to receive positive energy, react to negative energy with positive energy, the difference between us all is how we choose to handle the siutations we are given"
Advisor: well mel, you've done a great job since i last saw you. Advisor: lets see what classes you should register for this quarter... fuck yeah!!! give it to me, mama!!! that's the shit i like!!
so my hard work, perfect attendence and prayers have finally paid off. oh man, it feels fucking good. now i just need to deal with the horror of late registration...
funny side story: i was gonna deliver the final paperwork to the registrar but the secretary forgot to give me one of the forms. she called me but my phone was off, so she heard my little porn music voicemail greeting.
when i got back:
Secretary: yeah, i tried to call you but your phone was off Secretary: then i heard your little...voicemail...porn...music thing... Secretary: so i just hung up
// just for fun, let's see what happens when i dedicate a post to excessive use of the naughty smilie...
Hangin' with the Webb homies
The 17th was Walter's birthday so Joe, Jose, Stan and I went to visit his grave. I've seen Joe and Stan a few times the past few months, but I hadn't seen Jose in like a year and a half. The last time I saw him was in Santa Monica and it was the first time I played beer pong. Hell, it was the first time I ever got drunk off beer!! Ah man, those were good times.
We were all chillin' in the memorial park, catchin' up on old times and then Stan felt it was time to smoke out. It was chill but then all of a sudden Walter's parents showed up. Its funny when you watch a stoner try to act all sober while talking to parents.
It was a chill afternoon to bond with the fellas.
It wasn't long enough
I didn't really have a spring break this year. Cal Poly and Mt. Sac's breaks were off-set so when everyone went out, I was left behind with a couple classes and an exam @ Mt. Sac. It's all good though cuz I had a lot of me time to myself...you know, catch up on reading and stuff.
After my exam @ Mt. Sac, I headed home and chilled with family the rest of the break. My parents are still in town cuz pops has to continue his radiation treatment for a few more weeks.
The ever elusive trip to Disneyland
Man, one thing about breaks is its always the best time to do stuff...but its also the hardest to organize because everyone's home doing their own thing. All I wanted was to have a magical afternoon with Elisa, Joyce and Meliss. First we planned to go on Tuesday, butt that got shut down cuz of rain up the ass. Then we tried to plan it for Saturday and that didn't work out either. All I want is my first time to be special.
Back into Cal Poly??
Well, spring quarter starts @ Cal Poly tomorrow and technically I'm still not a student. I managed to pull of a B- in my Managerial Finance class, which is okay. I really wanted at least a solid B butt I couldn't help it....the professor and the girl next to me were too distracting.
Right now I have a C+ in Accounting (Mt. Sac), so tomorrow I'm gonna go talk to the advisor chick. Hopefully this time around, things will go well.
Randoms
unlimited renting from blockbuster online is the shiznat, especially if you rent a new dvd on the daily basis.
mark got a 30" lcd monitor for his computer. its soooooo BIG!!!
totinos thin crisp pizza are the shiznat. its damn good to find flavors that i grew up on here in the states.
CDs of the Moment
Lifehouse's self-titled album
112's Pleasure & Pain album
Al Green's Everything's Ok album
Always remember that you're special and unique...just like everyone else.
on the 20th day of march of 2005, my 23rd birthday, i present to you...a list of 23 random things that came to my head.
today is the official first day of spring.
the World Pizza Championships is on food network right now. god must be trying to tell me something.
joyce & melissa are officially the coolest girls in montecito.
elisa is officially the coolest girl in the suites.
april is officially the coolest girl in the village.
i was born @ 2:54am PST.
hussam, ben dey (webb), RT (webb), ashley holmes (cpp) are also very cool because we all share the same birthday. i also met 2 other people in SB that were born today.
the last thing i ate when i was 22 was two cheeseburgers & fries from in-n-out.
the first person to wish me happy birthday was anthong...although technically he did it one day prematurely. he's still cool though.
i'm not wearing any underwear.
my all-time favorite birthday convo
Tyrant Hou: sup tajon mel my finger: tajon? today you must refer to me as The Birthday Boy Tyrant Hou: how about faggot boy... Tyrant Hou: how old are you, faggot boy?
random birthday memory: 9th grade, we had rehearsal for that one play, The Mikado.
melissa le called me exactly @ 12:03am. i think she wants my balls.
i want to get my free birthday pizookie @ BJ's...but i'm afraid they'll remember i did that less than 6 months ago...
one of these years i'm gonna drive around to all of the restaurants that give free food to birthday people.
what's the best part of having sex with twenty-three year olds? there's twenty of 'em!!!!
if i go to a strip club and tell 'em its my birthday, do you think i'll get a free lapdance?
my balls are blue.
i wonder if they still give those paper birthday crowns @ burger king. that'd be cool.
i just realized my parents were having sex around 23 years and 9 months ago...
random birthday memory: first grade(?), jason delgado almost smacked farah nsouly in the face instead of the pinata cuz we spun him too much.
cock!!
balls!!!
(sorry, kinda rushed the last two cuz i couldn't think of anymore random things...all this thinking was making me hungry. )
dear goofy, steve urkel looking indian dude in my accounting class,
every monday and wednesday night at 7pm, i sit in my assigned seat patiently, waiting for class to start.
every monday and wednesday night, you rush into class around 5 minutes late, and you shuffle to get your shit together as you sit down to the 2nd seat on my right.
every monday and wendesday night, the first thing you do when you sit down is look at me. and not just a casual glance; its always a lingering stare.
for the first couple weeks, i didn't really think much of it; i thought you were checking out the black chick that sits between us. but as the semester went by, it became evident when she was absent that you were actually staring at me.
what. the. fuck.
i see you at the corner of my eye, fucker. the awkwardness started to get to me, so i always turned to you and gave you the silent & casual "whats up" head nod. you nod back and then turn to look at the whiteboard.
but as class goes on, i see you at the corner of my eye glaring at me again.
what's your problem, mang? i already acknowledged your dorky presence with the head nod; there's no need to continue looking at me like that.
do you want to talk to me or something? if so, just say something, damnit!! its not rocket science!! i'm assuming your smart enough to figure that out by the nerdy look of your coke bottle glasses. but noooooo, you continue to just stare at me like i'm a celebrity or something. kinda flatter, but its creepy more than anything.
so what else could it be? do you have a crush on me? even if i was a chick, your little stare tactics would do nothing for me. write me a love letter or something if you like me. write me a love letter, so when you hand it to me and i read it, i'll have an excuse to kick fobby ghundu ass to the floor. yes, i will hit a guy with glasses.
lift up your skirt, grab your balls and say something to me, you damn queer.
finally saw alan edgington (aka phatts aka phatty phat mcphatt phatts aka alan pudginton aka pudginton bear) for the first time since leaving saudi. as per tradition, whenever a visitor flies in, we MUST take 'em to all of our favorite eating spots. the past two weekends included:
shanghai grill (vegas)
$3 steak & eggs (vegas)
fatburger
in-n-out
shakas hawaiian flavors (artesia)
the boat
papa johns
and my newest place, Aladdin Jr (pomona).
kinda forgot to take pictures the whole time, ah well. dan drove down for a night so we had a kickback saudi style @ my place. good times, good times.
The Grudge
finally watched the f'ing grudge the other weekend...pretty damn scary. i cheated though, i had the laptop screen on bright the whole time while the other guys watched it "shampooed" () and in the dark...sorry, no way in hell i'm gonna watch it like that.
SPOILER WARNING one thing that really disturbs me is that one scene when the sister runs to her bed, and the fucking thing comes out from under the bed sheets and vaporizes her ass. god damnit, the bed is my sanctuary!! it was the one damn thing that was my "base" whenever i was scared as a kid...not only did this movie scare the balls off of me, but it tainted my one and only happy place at the end of the day. i'm also a little traumatized by the cat noises... mreeeoooooooooow!!!
PE Classes
yeah yeah, so that one fat bitch told me to never take another PE class again. screw her. i went to my PE classes anyways (i wasn't registered but the coaches are tight with me so its all good). this past basketball season i had by far the best team i've ever played on. just a great combination of friends and guys that i've played really well with in the past. we were 12-1 for the regular season, but tanked in the playoffs because our MVP shooting guard and starting center (pavel, you fat fuck) got sick. the season was fun as hell though.
volleyball is always fun too. i gotta admit though, there were a LOT of newbies this quarter, but all the games that happened after hours were great. its just such a chill atmosphere cuz like 25% of the class are friends/regulars who've been signing up for volleyball class for years. got to mingle with some new, cute volleyball chicks too. its gonna be sad after next quarter cuz, according to my volleyball coach, there will be no more PE classes @ cal poly. noooooooooooooooooes!!!
One more week...
technically i don't have a spring break because i'm attending two schools with offsetting spring breaks, but i still have that "just one more week" feeling.
one big part of this "one more week" feeling is the fact that pavel is graduating and moving out of the dorms. he's the last of the ORIGINAL Montecito '00 crew, so this is a big thing. this is huge, mang, and it certainly calls for a feast.
things are goin great in my classes, so i'm gonna talk to that fat ugly advisor chick soon and see if i can suckup my way back into cal poly.
anyways, this is my last week of being 22...god damn, i'm almost 23...round that up and i'm 25...that's almost 30!! god damn, i'm almost 30!!??! why god, why??!???! i don't have any finalized plans for my birthday this year but hopefully i'll end up going to disneyland with some people. yeah yeah, i'll be 23 but screw you, i've NEVER been to disneyland before.
Randoms
don't watch that one wes craven movie, Cursed...
Constantine is pretty cool
Be Cool is pretty cool too
found a disgustingly big, dead RAT @ april's apartment...
Songs of the Moment
feelin' a little old school these past couple weeks.
I'll Be Two Steps Behind You by Def Leppard
Heaven by Warrant
Blue Eyes Blue by Eric Clapton
Champagne Supernova performed by Matt Pond PA // Oasis Cover, as played on The OC
That's What She Said by Backstreet Boys // thanks melle
Life is not the amount of breaths you take; its the moments that take your breath away.
mel my finger: okay, the one girl from my class (the one that has a bf)
mel my finger: she was totally all up on my jock...she gave me her phone number, started calling me all the time, started coming over to my house (in saudi) all the time too
mel my finger: and then out of no where, my dream compeletely sidetracked and i found myself in some kinda horror flick type nightmare
mel my finger: i was in some big hotel with a buncha random people i'm acquainted with
mel my finger: and we're all searching for this crystal ball thing that'll tell us how we're gonna die or something
mel my finger: and i knew that i had someone stalking me and i had a feeling that person was gonna try to kill me
mel my finger: i wanted to get the crystal ball thing to confirm...but i couldn't because everyone else was trying to get it too
mel my finger: i found myself trying to run & hide from the stalker (for some reason, i didn't know who it was...it was like i was just running away from a shadowy figure)
mel my finger: i ran down endless hallways of the hotel lobby and eventually found myself at a dead end in the basement
babytoes81: whoa
mel my finger: i tried to hide...and then this one girl from last quarter
mel my finger: the one that'd always give me a funny vibe and look whenever i'd pass by her on the way to the gym
mel my finger: she found me and handed me phone
mel my finger: not a cell phone but one of those old school phones with a cord
mel my finger: i answered it and it said something like "you're time is up"
babytoes81: freaky!!
mel my finger: i'm like WTF and then she started giving me this crazy look like "i'm the stalker and now i'm gonna kill you"
mel my finger: i pushed her ass to the wall and started booking it
mel my finger: but then my leg got caught in the phone wire
mel my finger: and i couldn't fucking move
mel my finger: kinda like that last seen of the grudge
mel my finger: then i felt her hand grab my other leg
babytoes81: whoa
mel my finger: then i realized that this was a nightmare
mel my finger: so i started yelling to myself "WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP"
man, its been a while since i've really posted...mainly cuz nothing special has happened in the past three weeks. its just been the same 'ol stuff...school, basketball, volleyball, and website stuff. its been pretty gaysauce lately cuz i'm stuck with night classes, so in the day time i can't hang out with anyone cuz everyone's at class...and the only time they are free is when i'm at class. next thing i know its 10pm and everyone's getting settled in for the night.
its been hard trying to find things to keep me busy/entertained late at night, especially since i go to bed at 5am everyday. i've been downloading and watching shows like oc, point pleasant, american idol, desperate housewives (omfg eva longoria is so ), lost, numb3rs, and joey. and after all of that when i have nothing else to do, i'm reading four books at the same time...which is really wierd because i never read books for fun.
Sayonara, Hanayame Sun...
the biggest event that's happened in the past three weeks is the closing down of my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant, hanayame sun (hano's for short). even though its only been 2 years since i was introduced to it, in all seriousness it feels like i'm saying goodbye to a good friend.
hano's was the first place i tried sushi. and it was also my restaurant of choice during the summer of 2003, when i'd go there seriously 3-4 times a week. i could just walk in there, double nod, and get my food because i was such a regular customer.
this restaurant has been here for at least 20 years...you can tell because there's all these signed pictures and thank you letters from high school kids in the 80's posted on the wall. its a real tiny place -- just six tables -- but there's always people in there. its just one of those few great little places that everyone knows and loves.
// more pics in my personal gallery
rose, her bf and i went to hano's for lunch today. one of the very few times in my life that i actually ate my food slowly so i could savor it one last time. i got my usual: yakitori chicken with extra sauce (see the pic above?) and a half-order of california rolls.
after lunch, the owner told us to come back @ 8, right when he closes up shop for the last time. we couldn't say no.
we got there around 7:50, and there were about 10 other kids (our age) that were there, including janet, anne, kit, cousin raynell, and ray. it was cool cuz it was just a buncha kids that grew up on this food, chillin in the restaurant for one last time.
the owner, who was obviously holding back his tears, offered us the decorations as souvenirs. i took the big 'ol picture of the yakitori chicken entree, and got it autographed too. (i'll post the other pics later)
sayonara, hanayame sun. thanks for all the good times.
Random Stuff
phoebe's car died in a fire...literaly....sucks for her...
went to my first frat party...totally hated it...what can i say, i'm a small town kid that enjoys kickbacks
watched the new will smith movie, Hitch. i'm gonna watch it again
Songs of the Moment
Next to You by Corey Andrew
Jerk it Out by Caesars Palace (aka iPod shuffle theme song)
Twisted (Sexual Healing Remix) by Keith Sweat
Woo Hoo by The 5,6,7,8's (aka that really addicting Vonage ad jingle)
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, (like healing a serious illness), all of your thoughts break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be." -- Patanjali
