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i wanted to get deep with some thoughts i've had since fridays student meeting but i'm too tired today. i've balanced out the day doing work, homework and then planning for an interview tomorrow. wowzzers! this week is going to be crazy and i have to go shopping tonight for shoes, a blouse maybe and few accessories. i hope my interview goes well tomorrow and that i get the job. it is right up my alley, pays more and will allow me to stay in graphic design and be a manager, finally. if i get it, i will not be heading to chicago as i am schedule. no biggie. i rather go to chicago for fun.
school is going well. one of my classes ends this week and the other has another 6 weeks to go. this is already the third week. i spent the weekend in dc studying with my friend, shopping in maryland to get him some nice duds at a few hot stores, had a great dinner at hamburger hamlet, studying some more, watched a few movies, listened to techno, listened to my friend play his native american flute solo with techno, laughed at dave sedaris (6 to 8 black men and santa claus), more studying, fixed a really good dinner, playing with gizmo is his hamster ball, more studying, did some religious reading which was very thought provoking and insightful. did you know there was a gospel of mary magdelene? yup! it is awesome!
i finished most of my work and i just turned in one quiz, with another one to do tonight and post a few things. then try and work on my other piece tomorrow and turn it in at least by midnight tomorrow night since i'll be at this event all week in DC. ah well...hard work will pay off once saturday comes around i get to hang out with my coworkers and have a game of flipcup! its on! then totally rest on sunday and start on the next homework assignments for next week.

i'm learning so much...but the most important question on my mind right now is "What is my gospel?"

maybe i have to write it, or maybe i am already writing it?

in other news unreleated to what i just wrote, i received my wedding invite to Faze and Latecia's wedding over the weekend but i just got it today. very exciting. i almost cried!

the week begins and nothing is ever certain...lets just hope i can make it out alive. this is going to be a very hectic week. if wednesday ends soon, i might metro up into Eastern Market and see if i can meet my kickball team at Ugly Mug.

on and on as the hashers say...on and on.

Current Location:
wired space
Current Mood:
dork that is thinking dork that is thinking
Current Music:
Goapele - Fly Away
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my journal is shut down until further notice.
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i edited my "friends" list because i only have a few people on here that i trust, that read and actually conversate with me other than just a comment on here. like to say hello, how are you doing, what's new, how are you doing with your move, thanks for the card or bday wishes, happy new year etc. lol
if u want to talk to me other than just a comment, feel free. you have my number or email or aim sn. otherwise, no need to leave u on my list to see my life here and there. people i know i'll still talk to years down the road and generally be concerned about in life. it's funny to see who really are your good friends and friends in name. even when they were close enough to see you, still no contact even after you are gone. nice. nice indeed.
if u can't say hi, then bye.
fickle doesn't stand for me.
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Stopping on the trail in Great Falls Park, VA on Sunday.
Breathtaking. Pictures do no justice to the colors and the beauty in nature.
If you look closely, you'll see the hobbits looking at you. :0)



More to come...so sleepy.

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I'm sure you know who this is. And if you don't, go read your American History. Overwhelming to be in front of him and feel so small. Sometimes, the smallest person can make a difference though. :0)
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Shock of the moment...I'm actually listening to a Michael Jackson song. lol
You Rock My World jazz remix. Makes me want to go for a walk in the rain tonight. Feels so good! Get some tea, cuddle up, read a book...one of the better remixes.
Last time I heard MJ was in Blockbuster on sunday night...the staff had on Essential MJ i think cause it was random as hell MJ songs playing. My friend was like "oh no...you know the words?" lol I was like "surprisingly, I still know them!" lol
I guess you can't forget the great stuff!



Trying to write up a proposal for my new client. Just not in the mood to work...so I'm posting tonight.
Enjoy the slide show.



We be balling! lmao
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Me and my Ho - OC 2004 (sitting next to karen and trying not to laugh at C lol)
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Arus's (fly) B-Day in Santa Monica - 2005 (freaking pope's head in the middle of the table still
freaks me out lol)

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Mo's Bday party in Huntington Beach 2005- good times

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i have a presentation today with my projects on the event in Marrakech, Morrocco. I am so freaking excited but a tad nervous!
a few of my coworkers peeked in and took a look at my drafts...they were doing happy dances and just freaking out! i was like "no no no...it's not done yet". but they totally loved what they saw...including other stuff that isn't related to what i'm working on. lol

lets hope this presentation goes well...so far i'm optimistic about it all! :0)

thursday...saaweeet!

he said to me "you rock my world"
WOW!!! lol
hilarious!

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presentation / meeting went awesome! much progress and the work...sweetly accepted!

Current Mood:
cre8tive like a monkey cre8tive like a monkey
Current Music:
Jack Johnson - Flake
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Sunrise in Arizona - July 2005
Driving across the country with my family I tried to take a picture of the sunsets and sunrises in each state. This was Thursday morning, leaving Arizona as the sun was coming up. I have a sequence of pics actually as it is rising but this one is my favorite, just as it's breaking.
A taste of things to come.
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God is wonderful!

Off to have a nice weekend in DC! Morning Schedule calls for Dim Sum in downtown DC. Yum!

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First Post from my condo :0)
East Coast Time - 3:50 pm

I am digging it here. I am just settling into my new place. I have a few things to move into and still get my computer set up. I miss it so much! I've been in Newport News with the family all week long. About 3 hours south of DC area where I'm at.
I plan to go out shopping for a few things, get my room set up and then go out tonight for a while with my friend if he can make it after work. The weekend will just be adventure time and then jump into work Monday. I am so excited about work. I want to either take the train or drive. But I'm tired of driving. Driving across country is exhausting as is. Everything is very close to me so I can either get a bike and go biking to the store or take the bus or train and totally save gas money.

I need to get unpacking right now and call back Ho and E. Then go out looking for some stuff and check out the city! I'm so excited!

Current Mood:
excited excited
Current Music:
easy
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i dunno what i'm running on, but it sure isn't something good! i think the constant running around has literally left me running on fumes with all of the running around i'm doing. i bought a pair of pants on saturday and i'm wearing them today. either the pants are just one size to big and i didn't think they would be, or i have lost a whole pants size in a matter of 3 days.
i'm so tired, stressed out cause of my family right now and still not totally ready to go. maybe another day would help but i don't even have that!
i really wish i could take tomorrow off. i might just work half a day cause i don't have anything else to do at work.
last night was weird. i was so tired, stressed and just exhausted from a whirlwind weekend i was literally on the verge of a major Anx attack. my right side still hurts from being so tense. my kneck was paralized. it is still stiff. i still have to try to find a way to see myra and courtland before i go!

i just really hope we will make it there in one piece and by saturday or sunday morning at the latest. cause i have apts to go look at in N.VA. i was panicked about that situation. the ones i found online in my price range were in DC and i don't really want to live in DC. but it wasn't until this morning a coworker suggested i try craigslist. i did this morning hitting up plenty of places i liked at work and so far i've gotten 4 phonecalls already. there are 3 places i will check out. two of them are really great!! like really great! really great areas and very affordable! the problem will be choosing which one i will like the best. i will probably go see the first one on Monday and possibly the other one the same day.

the weekend was nonstop, literally. up and at em on saturday morning to SD, then back up to OC to pack, clean and then go to dinner with friends, which was nice. i was too tired though to go to the club. i'm glad i didn't cause i literally passed out when i got home late. then up early on sunday morning for a tennis game with more friends at about 7 and out the door at 8 with a slight hangover thanks to Andrew's mixing the night before. that little shot had my head pounding. the tennis game was actually moved to 10 so i was invited to breakfast at their home, which was so sweet! they are a cute couple and i'll miss them! then...it was a tennis match for about 45 mins as it began getting hotter. then i speed back home, quickly showered and changed for a lunch with my college friend and her sister. that was great. then got back home, met up with my coworker who is buying my monitor...then back out to get food for a special dinner we fixed for my aunt and uncle. then cleaned up, more cleaning and slightly packed...then mapped out the road trip. i still have more stuff to do tonight and try to take care of tomorrow before i get on the road cause i won't have time to do it much then. i so want to just go to sleep. i don't think i will though...not at least until i finally get my place and just be able to crash hard and not wake up for at least 11 hours!

myra told me today on the phone "you better call me everyday ho! or at least 4 times a week or something!" awww! i will miss my ho!

this is almost over...just getting on the road will be the big one. i can do it...but my will my ass be able to take the 10-12 hours of driving at day? i will totally miss my chiropractor and massuse here. i will seriously need to find a massuse over there to get my back, legs, arms etc...back to it's normalcy lol

--some guy just called me from Texas asking me if i'm available for a freelance project! wth! i said, maybe a few weeks since i'll be moving to VA...and what do you know? the project will be in VA! lets see what's up with this one.

--my friend/client who owns a hotel in Ohio now wants me to work on his website. as soon as i get settled in, i'll see if i can take it on. it would be so awesome to do it! a hotel's website! oh hells yes!

--back to backing up my computer and eating goldfish crackers, listening to Frou Frou and contemplating going home to sleep or go home, clean up, finishing packing and washing clothes and then run to myra's for my last homemade afghan dinner for a while?---

i think i'm gonna clear outta here at 5:30 or so.

ps: i got my offer letter in email today from EO. i hope i wasn't too overzealous cause i called them and wondered if they were going to send it lol
i read it over and signed that mutha so fast and emailed it back! i can't believe they are gonna pay me that much money to basically let me do what i love doing! lets just hope the people i work with will make it just as enjoyable as it should be!

pps: Frou Frou rocks!

ppps: i'll miss the subtle things in california and my friends...and the soft sunsets on my private "island" -- i wonder if they'll all miss me too. lol
i think i'll get a few things from the store and go home to quickly pack everything else up and wash my clothes and try to get to myra's by 8 or so.

PEACE!

Current Mood:
drained drained
Current Music:
Frou Frou - Shh
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nervous
nervous
nervous

please calm my nerves for wed/thurs
no sleep at all for the past 2 nights and still two more to go.

i'm not sure how i'm operating today on just greentea, fruit and goldfish crackers.

nerves are making me a bit off the wall. somehow i'm actually containing it all.

nervous
nervous
nervouss
stressed
unsure

i'll be nervous until they tell me...and then more nervousness will set in knowing i got it...if i do get it, i hope so.

pray i don't have anymore anxiety attacks cause they sure are doing a number on me.

Current Mood:
nervous nervous
Current Music:
my heartbeat
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DC - The Capital - 4th of July



one of the great little stories about this day and getting up to the capital.
security was tight and everyone was very friendly despite the heat. though it wasn't crazy hot, it was still quite warm, at least the lower 90's. luckily we had our backpacks and plenty of water.
Going through security was funny cause I was carrying our dinners, MRE's. Basically it's military food, Meal Ready to Eat. So good! EC bought about 12 or more of them and we have been chomping on them for months now. Camping, kayaking, geocashing, you name it, we've had an MRE there lol
So going through security was a blast cause they looked through your bags and when the security saw the MRE's he was like "hey, you got the MRE's! Alright! I hope you got the heater too!" I was like "you know it!" then the guy behind us was like "Damn right! MRE's rock!" DC! So patriotic! lol
So we went through security to get up to the capital and walked around it and got some great shots! It was really a sight, standing on the steps many of presidents, politicians and the regular joe stand upon. Even the lady scrubbing the toilet seats in harlem to the street sweaper outside of the FBI building has been on the steps (so i guess lol)...so much history.
After spending some time there, we walked out of the area and then went to one of the senate bldgs where my friend "Mr. C" works and chilled for about an hour. Sipping on beer, coke and looking through some cool stuff. Then we went on a private tour of the senate buildings and checked out some cool stuff that isn't on tours! So cool! ... Then took pics of the senators offices, again, So cool!
Plus I got my NASA patches from the launches and flights!
ANNNDD! The coolest thing by far this week:
Mr. "C" who works for the senate was flown down on a top secret airforce presidential type of plane to Cape Canaveral for the space launch on Wednesday, cancelled but rescheduled, and had the full military honors when they arrived. He said it was like being the president! Security, the army salutting them...the whole works! I was like "THAT'S FREAKING SICK!"
I mean...that's just like WOW! KILLER!
Now I have to seriously frame my astronaunt patches!
Ah DC! See you next week and hopefully sooner than later again. What an experience.

*see you next week*
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Current Mood:
geeky geeky
Current Music:
Black Eyed Peas - Smells Like Funk
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oh
my
God!

i was so worried this morning. my family gets up early and heads out of OC to SD to see about the business with the house. they make it safely. i'm on my way to work. overly worried about them and this interview feedback.
i go to grab my phone to pull it out of my purse for some reason, and boom it rings.
it's the company EO. they want me back for a 2nd interview in VA! i've had that happen twice and each time it has been the hand in the bag and they want me! this is a great sign!
then my mom calls me and says the money went through, and they are set to go!
they will be out of here on Sunday heading to VA.
i have to now figure out if i will with my family on sunday, leaving CA...or fly out to VA sometime next week and give my job a 2 week notice as well as sensibly pack everything and so forth and then make my trek in my car across.

i have to figure this out today and tomorrow to see what the logical thing to do is.

i'm so happy right now! i just about cried on the way to work!
this career move is amazing and has so many perks, plus the compensation will no doubt be sweet! i really should go to the beach tonight just to enjoy one of my last Cali sunsets.

it's funny...yesterday on the way home i heard one of my fav songs, "Breakaway" by Kelly C.
i was like "i wonder if this is a sign?" cause whenever i hear the song, i feel happy! i think it was :0)

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updated!
just booked my flight to Washington DC next week for the followup interview.
sweetness!

thanks Faze :)

Current Mood:
happy happy
Current Music:
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
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*packing*

good interview on friday. hope they call me back for a 2nd. if it works out...god willing. i'll get this awesome job in Alexandria.
i hope they get back to me early next week so i know what i can about work, taking more time off to help the family move to VA and if i'm able, i'll go with them. if not, i'll have to fly back and then go across country....again! lol

good lord.
thank goodness i had that massage yesterday after work. i'm so tight in my back, the therapist was like "oh man,you need to come back again". ah man it felt great!

alright...more packing and then off to the house warming.

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so back
so happy
so tired
so just wow...

what a vacation
what a time

missed peeps, family etc
fireworks over the reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial in D.C...sitting right behind the Washington National Monmuent.

*sigh*
so beautiful. glad i got it all on tape.

resting and then more resting

great memories, great pictures, great video...some to come.

favorite memories right now:
riding in the delorean
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bareback riding a horse
fireworks - many many fireworks
the grand canyon
pillow fight
tornados and lightening storms right above me

--- wanna do it again and again and again ---

mc ec - how i miss the shwiing!! oy vey!
lovely dc - how i miss the swing of the east.

peace ~

Current Mood:
tired tired
Current Music:
dreams - my head
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GONE ON VACATION!!
So well deserved...you guys have no idea!

SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK!!!

*kiss*

Peace
Yas

Current Mood:
happy happy
Current Music:
David Bowie - Fame
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preparing for my trek across the country and job interview in D.C

still have a lot to do.
not sure if i'll make bday party tonight...family is up here now. i want to go, but i have projects to finish as well. mmm
goodness...never enough time.

*yes!!*

Current Mood:
energetic energetic
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yes
yes
yes

yes

YES!!!

just so....YES!

Current Music:
Gorillaz - Latin Simone
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totally innocent!
totally awesome!

- now go take care of your kids and be happy dude! -

Current Mood:
good good
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these words sung by Kelly Clarkson sums where I'm at in life right now...

"Breakaway"

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray (I would pray)
I could breakaway

[Chorus:]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

[Chorus]

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway
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so i'm breaking away.
for those that care...my path is leading me to a new plateau in life so i'm going for it.
i have a new mountain to climb, so i'm going to climb it.

Current Mood:
optimistic optimistic
Current Music:
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
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