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Throwback Thursday - Senior Breakfast edition

A Cringeworthy Walk Down Memory Lane

Wednesday, April 23, 2003

hey HEY first pOst! damn it kinda tOOk me a while tO get all Of this tOgether. there's the practices, then the reviewing fOr apec (24'7 fOr realz!), hOmewOrk, american idOl Of cOurse, phOne, and just wanting tO take a nap fOr Once! ha well at least i gOt this thing dOne - yeah. u dOn't understand hOw relieved i'll be Once this week is Over. i still gOtta make up a vOcab test in apec frOM friday and a pOlar graph quiz. and Our last guard shOw On sunday! it's at cOx if any Of yOu wanna gO, and but u knOw u can prObably pass it up unless u really wanna spend $15 that is. then nO mOre rEHEARSALS! i'll actually have time fOr a l.i.f.e. O mAN i'm excited. i think i'll start wOrking On my scrapbOOk fOr guard this year next week tOO. damn if Only u can see my james lOgan pix...haha

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...And that was my first Xanga post. And no, I'm not posting links to it either.

Rawfiki Bonus:

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

yo yo yo...waddup yall...wells the past weeks been pretty tight....yup yup ..yeah know...just turned 16 on the the 13th yall...yeah practice was tight that day wasnt too hard...yeah then later that day i went out with oliver and roy and met up with erwin, krystle , and raffy at tapioca heaven..........haha good times good times...."LISTEN LISTEN"..haha yeah... i didnt know they give free boba to you hmmm....yeah then the next day the 14th i had a bbq...it was tiight how a lot of my friends went...and yes my lovely girlfriend Kristine...hey babe i love you.....yeah the bbq was tight..you know breaked a lil chilled a lil but it was fun the last ppl left around 11 .......damn i had a lot to clean up and shit....i feel like having another bbq ...hahaha sike maybe some other year......lets see then on friday i went to a bonfire with oliver and the youth group and met up with OLMC ...yeah i got to see kristine...yup we had a great time...we chilled on the beach and watched the sunset...it was really really nice...then on the weekend i went to the mall with lu ray mark jordan and oliver...bought some new kicks and yeah we saw bad boys 2 ..yall have to check that movie out its tiight...uhm as for the past few days its just been the same ...bboying on monday..practice on tues. and wed. ...well right now im at olivers house and everone is playing street vol.2 im out peace

PEACE.....LOVE.......AND SOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!! i love you!!!

Throwback Thursday

I saw this TT theme on Tumblr somewhere, & now I'm going to steal it.

In honor of Airbands season.

Throwback of the day

Summer 2005. Peep the Edwards shirt. Me about five shades darker. But still as happy.

Rock It Don't Stop It

Now more than ever, I dread coming out to high school functions because I don't really have too many people to say what's up to anymore. I feel old but at the same time am baffled at the way I blend in with these high schoolers that look beyond their years (or it could be the fact that I still get "Are you 16?" Damn it). Mount Carmel isn't even recognizable to me anymore, too much of a Westview vibe going on. But of course, I had to come out for MC Airbands to support my brother and let's face it, MC always holds it down when it comes to airbands. This is also the reason I only come out to band/guard shows because MC kicks ass at that too. Anyways, I was expecting a typical MC airbands show with notable guest performers and good competing groups, but if you didn't go this year you missed out!



It's nice to see Mount Carmel keep the tradition alive with current students and alumni on many of the exhibition teams, from 220, Urban FX, Super Galactic Beat Manipulators, Formality, and many other teams. Plus not only do former Sundevils rock it on the stage, but a good number are leading behind the scenes as current/former captains or directors. Great job guys.

The first big surprise of the night was a special appearance by Kevin Brewer of the Jabbawockeez/SGBM. For me, it was surreal that everyone busted out their cell phones and cameras when he came out because I've been watching him since his days on Culture Shock SD/Jabbawockeez in '03 - now he's celebrity status, which is cool but I'm still getting used to it. Raf even introduced me to him a couple times when we ran into him at Barnes and saw him at his old work (Apple Store at UTC haha). It's funny because he only came to watch and enjoy the show, but I guess everyone recognized him so during intermission they asked him to come on stage to introduce SGBM.

But the WTF moment of the night was when Donnie from Making the Band 4 made an appearance! Seriously, WTF? First the hosts from Z90 were talking about the importance of education and saying no to budget cuts, next thing you know they talk about being able to fly "someone from MTV" out here, then what do you know, Donnie steps through the curtain. Now I didn't even think Donnie was that tight on the show, but when he showed up the inner fangirl inside of me came out (think circa Backstreet Boys in their prime) and my first instinct was to scream and wail my arms like a 14-year old. Oy.



"Don't wanna play no games I want you excluuuuuusive"





All in all, it was a very entertaining show - congrats to my brother's group GCA for getting first!

So long, '07

Unless I feel compelled to celebrate New Year's Eve with drink in hand and laptop in the other, this will be my last post of 2007. Granted, I only started this blog about a month ago, but a New Year for me usually constitutes a new (and hopefully better) outlook on things, which will probably translate in my posts from now on. But before looking forward, I'm going to look back first.

I finally got a chance to spend some much needed quality time with Sybil today. It's pretty nice to have someone that I've known for so long still be there for me when needed. Anyways, we got into our usual talk about how things were in high school, who we've come across lately, the usual biz. Something that we both agreed on is how it seems like kids seem to be aging faster and faster nowadays. We're basing this on appearance and how one carries him/herself as the criteria; maturity and the like are fodder for an entirely different argument... I mean I get taken aback sometimes at how some sophomores in high school look so much older than me. And I don't just mean ME me, but say class of '05ers collectively. From the clothes to the shoes, plus make-up and hair, it's a little ridiculous to strive to look like you came straight off a magazine ad - especially when it's going to first period English or what have you. Maybe it's because teens are following trends more closely now? Or it's just a normal changing of the times? I don't know. But what I realized when we were looking back at pictures from our days at Mt. Carmel is that I'm glad that I looked like I did back then haha. If I come off superficial I'm not trying to say I was hot shit back then because I obviously wasn't (see 2 posts back for conclusive evidence). What I am trying to say is that I'm glad that I didn't realize my full potential in high school because that leaves room for improvement. I'd rather find myself more and develop in college than look in the mirror and think "Wow I haven't changed since high school". Although I'm focusing a lot of this on outer appearances, a lot of it really has to do with a sense of self, which (I think) correlates with your style and how you carry yourself. I know this came off as a little random, it's just been on my mind for a while. I don't even know if my rambling made any sense, but even if a couple of you get what I'm trying to say, then I've succeeded!

As for more recent times, 2007 has definitely been a year of highs and lows in almost all facets of my life. I'll spare you the details and just say that I've learned tons about myself this year, as well as about people I know and people in general. I just gotta keep on learning and keep a smile going into the next year, and everything will fall into place. My resolutions aren't that specific, but it's really to just take everything that I've learned up to now and to put it to good use and apply it to 2008 - this covers school, family matters, relationships, my strengths & weaknesses, even getting fit! I had to put that in, that's an obligatory resolution for me... I don't mind as much if I make mistakes every now and then as long as I walk away learning something from it. I'd also like to see myself more committed to this blog than my previous ones - it's funny to see what kind of mindset (or mindfcuk) I'm in throughout certain phases of my life.

When it comes to resolutions in general, I hate it when people say they only have one resolution, to "not have any resolutions". Hello, that totally defeats your purpose of being devoid of resolutions. Just say you don't have any then! Hah.

Thank you to my family for another year of love and support. I know I can be stubborn sometimes, but I really take to heart what you guys say, and I appreciate everything you've done for me. And Jay since you're the only one who will actually be reading this, shoutout to you! Thanks for listening anytime, and you know you can tell me anything. Thanks Raf for another year, what can I say except you're the best! You're my BFF forreal :] Thank you SD & Irvine friends & 198 for the good times in 2007, because there was NO SHORTAGE of those whatsoever haha. More to come in 2008, best believe I'm going to take advantage of being 21 until December 23 of this coming year. Because honestly, what's the next big milestone to look forward to? Turning 30? No thanks.