Good things come in electronic packages
Jun. 4th, 2003 12:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteOkay, so I asked and I recieved. I wanted something cool to brighten up my day, and albeit, I didn't win the lottery or anything, but there is a plus side to this week so far. It brightens me up enough to start seeing the glass not as half-empty, but as a glass with something IN it. That's halfway there, right? Hehe... >_> Anyway, so after I ranted and railed about the badness of today, I checked my email-- lo and behold, my dad emailed me back!
I emailed him yesterday about my graduation, about wanting to go see him this summer, and missing Petaluma and the cool BBQs and fireworks celebrations we used to have in the summer. I also miss my dog (but who's since been put to sleep, I assume, not "sent to a farm in Oregon") and picking blackberries from my backyard, but there's things you just can't get back.
Anyway, so he emailed me back saying he'd be HAPPY to come to my graduation-- and he's been busy too, getting his teaching degree at Humboldt University (!) and working volunteer at Petaluma High (their mascot is the Trojan. Why schools decide to name themselves after a) a losing army or b) a condom brand is beyond me) and working full-time at Apogee Sound. ^_^ I'm very proud of him. My dad's a teacher! I think that's so cool!
So he's coming to my graduation-- he just doesn't want anything to do with my mom, which I'm sure is a mutual feeling and is fine (perfectly understandable and expected) by me. Brooke's (my cousin) graduation from UCSC is coming up-- she's graduating with TWO MASTERS! WOW! I've always admired Brooke out of all my female cousins-- she's not so self-centered as other cousins whom shall go unnamed. Don't get me wrong, I love all my relatives, but Brooke's always been the one to be nice to me even when I don't have Hanukkah presents for anyone; she always tells me about what's going on in her life, she complains about lifetoo, and she doesn't whine when she doesn't have $40 to buy a new pair of shoes that very minute. Her fiancee is very nice too. So all in all, I'm very happy for her... and can't wait for her graduation. Here's hoping Dad will drive me to Santa Cruz, because I have no idea how I'd get there otherwise.
And not to mention she's getting married in Fresno in September, and Dad told me that Baba is financing a super-special shopping spree for me and my Dad's girlfriend, Kathy! WHEE! No hand-me-downs! (At Fred's wedding, I had to wear this UGLY polka dot skirt and one of Erin's old LOW-CUT peach t-shirts. Suffice it to say, I did NOT like it)
On the plus side, I'm actually eating today-- for some reason, I haven't been eating as much as usual, and though I *feel* hungry, I just can't eat that much. But today I had a huge sandwich for lunch (thank god the guys at WashHouse let me get away with being 25 cents short) and a Sprite to help my throat some. And right now I'm on my second helping of Chinese from last night-- already done with the box of rice and egg-rolls, and there's only a little sweet n sour chicken left! YAY! I just wish Mom went shopping for food more often-- all we have to drink is milk and ginger ale (blech!) and for food... well, there's no more breakfast food left (no waffles, no muffins, no scones, no cereal!) and not much else either. -.- Despite my recent spending spree, I hope she gives me lunch money tomorrow!
Finished reading my other SVU book-- Sweet Valley University, that is. I tried to give Steph back her copy of the SVU Thriller #6: The Roommate today, but she didn't want it anymore. ^^; But after reading the two of them, I'm getting back into that sort of thing... and in this particular volume, #36: Have You Heard About Elizabeth?, they mention the "Denver Center for Investigative Reporting," which Elizabeth is trying to get into! I wonder if it really exists-- it sounds pretty cool and challenging... >_> *wanders off to look up Sweet Valley online*
Wow, there's a bunch of books I haven't read yet! I'll definitely make it a point to go to the Main Library this summer and just plop down and read these. =D I love these teen serials, anyway. I used to have shelves of them! I think I gave most of them away though... speaking of giving stuff away, Sung is having a garage sale of sorts, to raise money for an intensive summer musical theatre program. Two reasons why I like this: 1) it helps me clean house without doing much; 2) I support musical theatre arts; I know what these programs can be like when they're poorly funded, and they're not fun. I had a great experience in 1993 working with Cinnabar, and that gave me my first real kick with singing and acting. So why shouldn't someone as talented, cool, and deserving as Sung get my junk? ^_^ As long as I don't get whatever doesn't sell BACK...
Time flies. I still have to take a shower and such, and I haven't finished THE EAGLE yet. AUGH! ;_; I can't nix the CD burning idea though, because if the network's down tomorrow, Diesel won't get to see my final project if I uploaded it to my website-- and then everything would be for naught! NO NO NO NO NO! It's not like I've been grueling over this, but I have been working HARD on it, and it doesn't change the fact that I love the paper, I enjoy webdesign and Photoshopping, and no matter what you boil it down to, it's a more creative project than anyone else has done-- that I've seen. I wonder if the other people in the class have even DONE something? I think Colleen did, but what about everyone else...?
Better get back to work. ^_^ Please let everything go well tomorrow-- let J.Po get my letter, let Lonnie call, let graduation practice go smoothly, let me get all these things done... let me finish my journalism final and get a good grade on it, let my printer get fixed, let me make solid plans for this weekend and graduation, let my friends want to COME to my graduation and Sunday bonfire... Oh please, just let everything work out!
I emailed him yesterday about my graduation, about wanting to go see him this summer, and missing Petaluma and the cool BBQs and fireworks celebrations we used to have in the summer. I also miss my dog (but who's since been put to sleep, I assume, not "sent to a farm in Oregon") and picking blackberries from my backyard, but there's things you just can't get back.
Anyway, so he emailed me back saying he'd be HAPPY to come to my graduation-- and he's been busy too, getting his teaching degree at Humboldt University (!) and working volunteer at Petaluma High (their mascot is the Trojan. Why schools decide to name themselves after a) a losing army or b) a condom brand is beyond me) and working full-time at Apogee Sound. ^_^ I'm very proud of him. My dad's a teacher! I think that's so cool!
So he's coming to my graduation-- he just doesn't want anything to do with my mom, which I'm sure is a mutual feeling and is fine (perfectly understandable and expected) by me. Brooke's (my cousin) graduation from UCSC is coming up-- she's graduating with TWO MASTERS! WOW! I've always admired Brooke out of all my female cousins-- she's not so self-centered as other cousins whom shall go unnamed. Don't get me wrong, I love all my relatives, but Brooke's always been the one to be nice to me even when I don't have Hanukkah presents for anyone; she always tells me about what's going on in her life, she complains about lifetoo, and she doesn't whine when she doesn't have $40 to buy a new pair of shoes that very minute. Her fiancee is very nice too. So all in all, I'm very happy for her... and can't wait for her graduation. Here's hoping Dad will drive me to Santa Cruz, because I have no idea how I'd get there otherwise.
And not to mention she's getting married in Fresno in September, and Dad told me that Baba is financing a super-special shopping spree for me and my Dad's girlfriend, Kathy! WHEE! No hand-me-downs! (At Fred's wedding, I had to wear this UGLY polka dot skirt and one of Erin's old LOW-CUT peach t-shirts. Suffice it to say, I did NOT like it)
On the plus side, I'm actually eating today-- for some reason, I haven't been eating as much as usual, and though I *feel* hungry, I just can't eat that much. But today I had a huge sandwich for lunch (thank god the guys at WashHouse let me get away with being 25 cents short) and a Sprite to help my throat some. And right now I'm on my second helping of Chinese from last night-- already done with the box of rice and egg-rolls, and there's only a little sweet n sour chicken left! YAY! I just wish Mom went shopping for food more often-- all we have to drink is milk and ginger ale (blech!) and for food... well, there's no more breakfast food left (no waffles, no muffins, no scones, no cereal!) and not much else either. -.- Despite my recent spending spree, I hope she gives me lunch money tomorrow!
Finished reading my other SVU book-- Sweet Valley University, that is. I tried to give Steph back her copy of the SVU Thriller #6: The Roommate today, but she didn't want it anymore. ^^; But after reading the two of them, I'm getting back into that sort of thing... and in this particular volume, #36: Have You Heard About Elizabeth?, they mention the "Denver Center for Investigative Reporting," which Elizabeth is trying to get into! I wonder if it really exists-- it sounds pretty cool and challenging... >_> *wanders off to look up Sweet Valley online*
Wow, there's a bunch of books I haven't read yet! I'll definitely make it a point to go to the Main Library this summer and just plop down and read these. =D I love these teen serials, anyway. I used to have shelves of them! I think I gave most of them away though... speaking of giving stuff away, Sung is having a garage sale of sorts, to raise money for an intensive summer musical theatre program. Two reasons why I like this: 1) it helps me clean house without doing much; 2) I support musical theatre arts; I know what these programs can be like when they're poorly funded, and they're not fun. I had a great experience in 1993 working with Cinnabar, and that gave me my first real kick with singing and acting. So why shouldn't someone as talented, cool, and deserving as Sung get my junk? ^_^ As long as I don't get whatever doesn't sell BACK...
Time flies. I still have to take a shower and such, and I haven't finished THE EAGLE yet. AUGH! ;_; I can't nix the CD burning idea though, because if the network's down tomorrow, Diesel won't get to see my final project if I uploaded it to my website-- and then everything would be for naught! NO NO NO NO NO! It's not like I've been grueling over this, but I have been working HARD on it, and it doesn't change the fact that I love the paper, I enjoy webdesign and Photoshopping, and no matter what you boil it down to, it's a more creative project than anyone else has done-- that I've seen. I wonder if the other people in the class have even DONE something? I think Colleen did, but what about everyone else...?
Better get back to work. ^_^ Please let everything go well tomorrow-- let J.Po get my letter, let Lonnie call, let graduation practice go smoothly, let me get all these things done... let me finish my journalism final and get a good grade on it, let my printer get fixed, let me make solid plans for this weekend and graduation, let my friends want to COME to my graduation and Sunday bonfire... Oh please, just let everything work out!
