I miss baseball

Sometimes, you meet someone whose face you really want to smash in with a bat.



R2B :)   -   Jodaiko tomorrow.

I did it

I pressed the button.  Here we go.




R2B :)   -   This weekend. Monday.

When the Student becomes the Teacher...

The teacher can't help but feel a sense of joy and pride.

Soumar, my spopper.....this girl is GOING PLACES.  I'm so proud.

Soumar: kelvin!

Me: hey!

Soumar: hey i had a few questions about campus reps

Soumar: because im pretty pretty sure i got a PAID! internship on campus

Soumar: but i still really want to do campus reps

Soumar: and i just wanted to know how time consuming it is... because i think id be really good at it and id enjoy it

Soumar: but im not sure if im going to be able to dedicate a lot lot lot of time to it.

Me: it's honestly not that time consuming

Me: the most time consuming thing is trainings

Soumar: which are thursdays from 4-7

Soumar: and those are next quarter

Me: yeah

Soumar: which im planning on NOT taking 19 units! lol

Me: other than that, all that's required is checking in on Wednesdays, which takes as long or short as you want

Me: and uhh.....spring retreat

Me: which is on a weekend

Soumar: ok sweet

Soumar: that sounds good

Soumar: for my internship im gonna be giving campus tours of the science dept to like jr high kids

Me: that's awesome!

Soumar: and then over the summer i get to work at like an aquarium or a science center

Soumar: and its SO GOOD omg the pay is amazinggg

Me: that is PERFECT experience for being a campus rep

Soumar: over the summer i work 120 hrs and get paid $2000

Soumar: PLUS!

Me: WOW

Soumar: an extra $600 for summer school tuition!

Me: NICE!

Soumar: and winter/spring quarters i get $250 each for 20 hours

Me: wow!

Me: so thats awesome

Me: I'm so proud of you!

R2B :)   -   It's not obvious?!

It just hit me.

And it really is as simple as I've been told.



I feel so enlightened all of a sudden.

...all of a sudden? all of the sudden? I never knew how to actually write that phrase.



R2B :)   -   Knowledge is power.

I'm copying Tammy

I'm watching 500 Days of Summer right now.  I both love and hate this movie.

It's probably one of my favorite movies.  But I hate it because it reminds me of a painful time in my life.


I think it's good to have reminders like that, though. It reminds you where you come from.



R2B :)   -   Remembering where I came from.

The hardest thing, Pt. 2

The fact that I'm freaking out so much over this tells me I'm not ready yet.


I'll give it a few more days, though.




R2B :)   -   I finally remembered to put this in before posting.  Practice tonight (including a collab with Hawaii club)!  Escaping into the music.

This is the hardest thing I've ever done

I've been staring at it for two days, and I can't even fathom responding to the questions.  I literally don't know where to start.  My brain is such a clusterfuck.  I just can't seem to find the right words.  Or any words, really, which, honestly, is almost never the problem.



Perhaps it's not my year.


Or maybe I'm just thinking too much and not listening to what my heart's telling me.  Or maybe I'm just a bad translator. I never was good at learning other languages.



R2B :)   -   I keep forgetting to put these in, but at least I remember to go back and edit later.  Naps.  Spending time with good friends at Spectrum today.

Passion

I just want to play taiko until my hands bleed. I don't care how tired I get. I just need to escape into the rhythms.



R2B :)   -   I'm actually enjoying classes this quarter.

"Jetto Kousuta"

My life was a roller coaster today.

I woke up at 11 and immediately thought, "OH SHIT! I have to table for C-Reps today, and I'm going to be late!"  And then after that, I thought, "OH SHIT! SPOP applications open today!"

When I finally got to campus, I found out tabling was cancelled, so I headed to the SPOP information session to serve as a panelist (as per Doris's suggestion).  It was fun. A few people came by, but not many. Basically, it ended up being a SPOPtic.

But then when everyone left, Ramon and Michael and I decided to get something to eat. That was when things turned bad.  I drove us to Subway.  Long story short, I rear ended a girl because I didn't catch my brakes fast enough.

And I'm fucking pissed.  I can't believe I let that happen.  Luckily, no one was hurt (or at least, at the time, everyone said they were fine).  Right now, the hood of my car doesn't lock shut. Ramon's solution? My belt.

It's ghetto, but it will work for the time being.




Fuckin' rain.

I'm so not looking forward to dealing with insurance and repair companies and shit over the next few weeks.




But anyway, I'm going to start ending my blogs with the following statement:


R2B :)   -    "______________________"

It stands for "Reason(s) to be happy."  It's an old feature my student government used to do. Every morning, we made a poster with something random that would hopefully make people happy. Sometimes it was a sports win.  Sometimes it was something as simple as the word "Cheerios."

It always made me smile, though.




R2B :)   -   Rain, Tomo Volleyball victory, and Albatros from last night with a close friend.

Today's the day

Let's rock this shit.

Beautiful Year, Round 2?

Everyone says "you'll know when it's time."

I've got nine days to figure it out.

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Lately I've been feeling a bit lost.


I think this will be the quarter where I find myself again...




At least, I'm hoping it will be.