songs to bump in your car...

summer is winding down... and days of driving with your windows down feeling the wind and turning up the radio are getting more scarce every day... but this one song makes for a great way to close off the summer =] and yes you bet i'm gonna bump this in my car i don't care who hears it!




till then...beLoud!

important dates.....

so was hanging out in my sisters room and well she has a white board written on there were different friends of hers saying so and so "was here!" and in the corner she had an important dates section well i thought it was cute and decided to share... i'll just let the picture do the talking xD
till then...beCute...

My Week...

Monday...

the first day of school was quite a ride... being back in class... whispering to the person next to me... i see a lot of familiar faces i think one of my goals this semester is to make new friends... before i always would just go to class and then head straight home not making any effort to making new friends in class... my Monday starts at 8am then ends at 10am then my night class from 6-9pm... i got a text from some close friends that told me that they were in town well in the city not really in town (dekalb) so i drove to Chicago to meet up with them by the lake/field museum... they hopped into my car then i took them out to this nice Indian buffet in Chicago it was called (okay don't laugh) "gaylord" for having such a weird name the food was super awesome! i will def be returning there in the future with other guests or if i ever find myself in the city again... i would have wanted to show them more but with their concert starting at 5pm and my class starting at 6 we called it quits and went our separate ways at around 3 but not before taking awesome pictures by the lake... well the spot where you have the best view of Chicago...

Tuesday...

woke up to some homemade breakfast that my housemate made me... Tuesday wasn't nearly as exciting and hectic as Monday but it was more first days of classes and seeing other people that i knew from the summer only i was their TA but they were my age... next thing i know i'm saving seats for them in class... bought all my books today... at this point i think to myself that this semester isnt going to be so bad... went home did some house cleaning and called it a day...

Wednesday...

again woke up to some homemade breakfast (biscuits and gravy with hash browns and sausage) it was awesome... i scarfed it down and got a ride to my 8am class cuz well it was raining... i usually like the rain but i ONLY don't like the rain when i have to walk to class... school was put into first gear by Wednesday... i was taking notes on my hp mini and talks of quizzes and tests were floating in the air... i didn't mind because alot of the things we were talking anyway i took great interest in...

Thursday...

oh thirsty Thursday... i didn't drink... lol but ended up picking up a friend from the train station... it was nice of her to drop by having flown all the way from china... we then just hung out at my lil's place and talked till about 12:30 at that time i had to start heading home because my 8am was commin fast and well i don't want to start missing class on the first week...

Friday...

went by fast since i end class at 10 and only have my 6-9pm class once a week on Monday so i hung around a bit grabbed lunch with some new found friends from class (i hope that didn't sound so lame lol....) then went home to chill with the family helped a friend out with his brakes but it soon turned into a horrific experience (but that's another blog) then called it a night to prepare for work on the weekend

The Week...

this first week was nice i'm finding myself looking at the school year with a different mentality... i find myself wanting to go to class... and actually enjoying being in class learning the things that make me and keep me interested... i'm shooting for a 3.0 cumulative this semester that's 3 A's and 2 B's yes its doable... easy... not so much... but like i said before.... i'm up to the challenge....

sorry for the non-blogging i'll try to get something down here every day and if not i'll post something like this up =]

till then...beUpdated...

i know i know....

i know i haven't blogged for a while just so busy with school but i'll def make up for it this weekend...

its all Theories...

My Fall Class List!

COMS 302 - Intro to Organizational Communication Theory
COMS 303 - Intro to Interpersonal Communication Theory
COMS 400 - Rhetorical Theory
COMS 404 - Communication Theory
COMS 459 - History of Broadcasting
COMS 495a - Capstone Project: Senior Thesis (with Dr. Doederlein)

busy? yes... excited? yes! impossible? i think NOT!

till then...beDetermined...

streaming consciousness...

its hot... school's about to start... i wonder if it will be filled with new experiences... or will i just be faced with the same thing... i need to get a 6 pack just to say that i've had it before... i hope my classes aren't hard... why do we do the things we do... sometimes things don't make sense... my car needs parts... why am i up this late... not looking forward to working later today... i should probably sleep... why do people over complicate things... is there a simple answer for everything... i feel like we need to simplify our lives... i want to be out of my natural surroundings again... sometimes i feel like i'm running a marathon... but i failed to read the sign of how long it is at the start... i just keep grabbing the water that people give me to keep me going... i don't feel tired... just sometimes confused on why i'm running... i'm not running away from anything... i feel like i'm running towards something... something i can't see or even start to know what it is exactly... perhaps when i get to the finish i'll finally know...

TGIF.... maybe?

work... school... work... school... work... school... my car... work... school... guitar.... work... school.... gotta make that money right... but what for... car parts... computers... school... books... idk... i don't want to feel like i'm going through the motions... when people ask me how my day went i don't want to respond with... same shit different day... so i try to do things that are out of the ordinary every day... even if its just as little as browsing the car care isle to see what new waxes i could buy for my car... i guess life is all about you making each day different from the last... if i ever responded "same shit different day"... that would only mean that its cuz i aloud it to be that way...

till then...beSpontaneous...

got my white shoes!

sooo i got my white shoes that i wanted =] just thought i'd share! this video made me want to get them lol (look at their shoes)
oh and did i mention they were 10 bucks?! lol yay for me!

she was mine...

came across this song on youtube and it reminded me of relationships and how sometimes distance is a huge obstacle to overcome... sometimes i wonder if love can really heal all... or if love can really cloes the gap... or is there some things that love can't mend... because if there's love then things like distance should not be things that can't be overcome... sometimes i wish i could rewind all the way back to where i'm sitting there in this big auditorium where tables are set up like a huge dinner where i would pass her the heart shaped cheesecake... i'd do alot of things differently... but then at the same time i would not want to change a thing that happened... i guess the only thing i'm hoping for is to be able to sit across the table... catch her eye once more... and make sure she gets the heart shaped cheesecake... because little did i know that i would not only be giving her cheese cake but my heart as well... i'm not expecting it back... because i know its in good hands...

[lyrics]
So i hopped on a train three in the afternoon
I don't know when i'm coming back,
but i hope that it's soon
see, i never thought (never thought)
That i'd have to leave your side (your side)

It's only physically
but you know that you will be on my mind
Twenty-four hours at a time
Cause in my eyes, you were mine (you were mine)

[chorus]
No matter where you go, i won't be very far
Cause in my head i'll be right there where you are
Cause love is no distance baby
Love, love is has distance baby
No, not when it comes to you and me

See, she wrote me a letter, said the weather wasn't better
But she says that she was doing fine
"i want to see you face to face", that's what she wrote to me that day
And i knew that it was all a sign
So i wrote back with this song,
promise it won't be too long
Wann make up for all our lost time
Cause in my eyes, you were mine (you were mine)

[chorus]

So i'm going through these boxes, my life's gone off track
It's been three years, she hasn't written back
But in my eyes, she's still mine
And i know it sounds so stupid to be waiting this long
But i'm still in love, and i know i'm not wrong
Cause in my eyes, she was mine

[chorus 2x]

till then...beHopeful...

the first to wish me a happy birthday...

so 3 days before my birthday i get a letter in the mail... from southwest... i guess they know my birthday... i miss flying on a plane... southwest has always been good to me... i guess it's what puts them over the others... and they fly to Missouri =p anyway check it out!

the perfect present...

what do you get someone that's super hard to shop for? gadgets of course! and well i'll just say that i got these as a present =] they came in the mail and i can already see the possibilities of what i can fix! i guess you could say i'm a bit of a handy man and a gadget freak and well these gadgets just totally made my day (birthday =p rather) haha i'm already thinking of the best places to put them in the car on my bag on my keys (well not all on my keys cuz that would make for very heavy keys not to mention bulky lol) but all the gadgets that i have and well the things that need a little fix-it around me will now be saved! now i already own the tool thats pictured all the way to the right and its been SUPER useful with opening packages, bottles, cutting open blister packs (i actually used that tool to open my new tool set lol talk about irony) but now i have a spare in the case if it breaks (which i don't think it will its swiss made! lol) these handy tools look and feel awesome, quality is nice and if you ever see a pack of these anywhere i would recommend you picking one up for yourself it will be totally worth it especially if you're a geek/mr.fixit like me =] what can i say i love them!

Another Day... Just Breathe...

this song makes me feel relaxed... it reminds me of how days are just a small part of our lives and sometimes we just gotta make it through the day... i imagine listening to this song in the car... or in my room with my headphones on... so as to drown out everything around me... just enjoy the calming tones... but what i like most about this song is that we still have another day and we have to remember to breathe... to take in life for that day... this song just popped into my head... i don't know why... but funny that it did on my birthday... i'm not that excited... but then again i didn't get my hopes up... so that's always good right... i still have the whole day left of my birthday... and i bet its just going to be another day... i don't say that in a bad way... just what i'd want...

[Breathe - Telepopmusik]

Departures and Arrivals...

so today i was with my parents at midway airport waiting for our relatives to get in and i guess for some reason we did not have any communication between them... so we just kept circling the arrivals and departures... so trying to make this sound not creepy i started to people watch... just see what people were doing... i noticed alot of couples giving their loved ones kisses and hugs behind their vehicles as they helped them unload their luggage... then when we would circle down toward the arrivals i'd see eager loved ones some with flowers in hand... others looking as if they were trying to find a diamond in the rough... couples running toward each other exploding with happiness... after seeing both it brought back so many memories... so many good memories... i could feel how those people felt... how they did not want to let go... how they were eagerly waiting for the one they loved... while circling through the airport my mom and dad got into a slight argument... it made it quite awkward... but after he dropped my mom off to look for our guests my dad said to "try to not make little things into big problems, it will help you alot in the future" and its something that i've generally lived by but hearing it from him made it more true and he was right... shortly after things were the same again between my parents... because what happened wasn't a big deal and it shouldn't be made into a big deal... love won that fight... and i hope by keeping these things in mind that love will also help me stay slow to anger... and to cause me to be rich in patience... i guess right now i'm just at the arrival terminal... with tulips in hand behind my back... hopefully my princess's flight isn't too delayed...

till then...bePatient... and don't sweat the small stuff =p

time and place...

a scent that catches your nose... a comment that someone says... a place that you've been... or even things you see around you... that bring back a mountain of memories... its as if your memories are rewound in your head then only the most memorable parts are played back... it always makes me smile... but then its quickly followed by a sigh of how things are so different now... i haven't lost hope... and i never will... i know things like this take a long time... i just need to focus on the larger picture... the bigger goals ahead... i believe that there will come a place and time to where everything will just feel right... i'll keep waiting for that time... but for now... baby steps...

"The Lake House"
- "Pick a place. I'll Be There, I Promise"