Love in Blue

To-Do List:

• College Apps
• Web Layout for Mazoku85
• Update to Wordpress 2.6.3
• Finish French Project
• Update Digital-Dust… like all of it -_-

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EDIT: OH SNAP OBAMA WON
(but wow mccain’s supporters are not taking this well, how awful)

I’m really regretting having missed voter registration back October. I could have participated in this historic election!! The whole day people were telling me how much I sucked for not voting. That would have been the ultimate birthday present- voting in a historic election the very day I turned 18.

Ah well. Like my dad said, today will be remembered as the day I MISSED TAKING PART IN LIKE ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS EVER. Way to make me feel better. XD Four more years! Haha!

Gonna go back to watching the election, this is exciting. o.o

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my friend made me a cookie cake and brought it to school! this is one of the sweetest things ever.

my birthday cake at home, in 4 different flavors! filipino bakeries are the best.

I got a very sweet card signed by my friends, and even a hand-drawn comic! Gifts like these are so simple, yet they’re so amazing.

From a dear one I got pair of earrings; a very beautiful and expensive pair of sapphire earrings. Often, I wonder how in the world I could deserve great gifts like these and the wonderful people who give them.

Haha I’m not done yet, I’ve got one more cake and one more party coming up this Saturday. Normally I wouldn’t care so much about my birthday, but I have to admit, 18 is a very important year and I have to celebrate it with friends and family as much as I can.

Happy Birthday to me. =)

To-Do List:

• College Apps
• Web Layout for Mazoku85
• CSS Journal for chatterHEAD
• Update to Wordpress 2.6.3
• Finish French Project
• Update Digital-Dust… like all of it -_-

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Senior year is absolutely crazy right now. I’ve never had this much fun (and drama, unfortunately) packed in the first couple of months with my friends. Tons of events, deadlines, memories are flying past me all at once. I feel like I have a million things to worry about. Growing up is tough. But I’m sure I’ll be alright.

Okay, so, Halloween! Dressing up at school was really fun. I got funny looks because of my wig, haha. But yeah, I’m glad people did recognize me. We’ve got some Nintendo love out there! I heard there was someone else dressed as Link somewhere on campus, but I never got to see her. =(

lolololol, me

kidnapped by a penguin!

a pretty devil ^_^

There was a Mario Kart group, and that was really cool. And a really realistic-looking Joker who got the laugh down. He was a little scary. And I took a picture with a friend in a very nice lolita-style dress and a cute little top hat. So pretty!

I have more pictures but I look kinda weird in them, and I’m not too sure if the people in them would want their pics posted up on the internet, hahaha.

I didn’t like trick-or-treating though. This will probably be my last year doing that. XD It was cold, rainy, and my feet hurt a lot. The whole thing was kind of depressing; there weren’t many kids out, a lot of houses were dark or wouldn’t answer, and some even had signs that said, “NO CANDY” on them. How sad. Not as spirited as last year, for sure. Well, I got to trade candy with my friends. XD And I got a ton of Twix!! I LOVE TWIX!

YUMMMMMM

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NOVEMBER 4 is the day I turn the big ONE-EIGHT

Amazing, I can’t believe I’m gonna be a legal adult extremely soon. Wowowow. >_< I don't feel any different. It's on Election Day, too. Darn, if I had registered, I would have been eligible to vote this year. But because I suck, I missed the deadline.

The morning after Halloween, I took my last set of SATs. DUM DUM DUM. I was so glad I got it over with. Relieeeef.

Immediately after that, I went out with my parents, my friends, and my cousin for an early birthday celebration at a restaurant. My parents were so nice to have offered so much to us. Unfortunately one friend were acting very rude in front of everyone... I calmly asked for some respect toward my friends and family, but none was given. No details. =/ I was really embarrassed and a little upset at myself. Why should I let one person’s bad attitude ruin everyone else’s? But everyone else was very understanding and we all managed to have a lot of fun.

yay food

everybody loves food!

lol my dad, he’s silly

Then we went around the mall, woooo!

this is my cousin. yoshi is his favorite ^_^

aww! XD

oh my gosh, i’m the oldest but i’m the shortest

showing off your cell phone makes you look cool and important

my cousin, looking cool and important

me trying to look cool and important, didn’t work well

I’m having two more birthday parties O.O, a small one at home w/ some yummy cake on Tuesday, and another big one all the way in Fairfield with a lot of my Filipino family on Saturday, haha. I guess this is to make up for not having one last year? OH OH OH and the morning before we drive up to Fairfield, my dad is taking me, my cousin, and Mr. Amazing to an Aviation Convention (AOPA), located in the same center as Fanime, woo! We get to take pictures and get free stuff and look at cool new airplane technology. ^_^

This is the beginning of one crazy week. Going through Spirit Week at my school, and ending with Homecoming this Saturday. Can’t wait!

For now, I’m just going to enjoy the rest of my Sunday morning.

I’ve completely neglected everything on Digital-Dust for the past two months!!! What a waste.

So busy… I want to post up pictures and what-not, get back into web design, art, etc…

And people actually visited my blog and commented? Wow, crazy.

So You Think You Can Dance! It was awesome. <3

Got home at 11pm tonight. So tired!

So for the past few days at work, I found a solution to squeezing my summer reading in before school starts- reading AT work! I started bringing my books to work, and it was perfect. When there were no customers, I could just read, relax, and take notes in the books (though I still wasn’t allowed to sit down). My supervisors were alright with it, and I thought I could actually get my work done before school while still taking the time to write decent notes. Whenever a customer came by or I had to clean, I simply put the book down and made sure I got my work done first. It was a great way to make the hours, and helped me keep what little sanity I had, standing around for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Today I was unlucky. On my way to lunch, I stopped by the back room to pick up my bag before I left, and I ran into all three supervisors inside. All three were staring at me, and I felt like I was the wrong person at the wrong time.

Because I had gone in there first, they told me they needed someone to close up the store for the next two weeks, which means working until 12 am. They almost seemed like they were begging me, and I felt really bad. If I couldn’t take the schedule, they would be forced to start moving people around to other departments, which is not what I wanted! I reluctantly agreed, but I was overwhelmed. Being asked to stay until like 12, which meant going home at 1 in the morning… that’s a little hard for me. This is my first time working, after all. A sudden change wouldn’t be good. =/

After a little more thinking I thought it was alright. I was going to quit in 2 weeks anyway. As long as I have my books…!

HOWEVER

To make a long story short, later that night my book was taken away without even me knowing by the area manager (the BIG guy in charge) and gave it to my supervisor. I didn’t even know my book was gone until my supervisor took me aside and whispered that my book was taken away, and that he would give it back when my manager wasn’t looking.

I knew something was up. >_< The whole day, when I was reading, whenever the manager walked by he gave me this stern look. Like, whenever he passed by and I tried to smile or say hello, he gave me a blank look and said nothing. He's so uptight and intimidating... such a scary guy. To think that he had taken something of mine behind my back, instead of speaking to me directly and telling me honestly that reading was getting in the way of work (which is kinda ridiculous... to me) feels like getting punched in the stomach.

My supervisor was sorry that our manager was hardheaded like that. He said the manager took my book, went to the back room, dropped it in his hands, and simply said, "Don't read." Right when he exited the room, he quickly brushed past me as if my presence offended him or something. He looked mad at me... but for keeping a book? That made me upset. =(

I didn't think reading would get me in trouble. Cell phones, yes. Food, probably. But reading?! The one thing keeping me sane at work is now taken away from me. >< And now that I have to work until 12am, five days a week, how in the world am I supposed to squeeze in 10 more books and a hundred pages of notes within the next three weeks!? My only hope- gone. D:

I officially don't like that guy. Just seeing him makes me hecka scared. It felt like he was out to get me... and everyone else. My poor supervisors have to deal with him too. I'm so glad everyone else was understanding though.

Craaaaap. I'm in such a predicament. Trying to figure out my new work hours, sleep hours, rides to and from work, and now even more fuss over my studies. What kind of a summer is this? I haven't gone to the pool for a day, haven't traveled, heck- I haven't even visited my own theme park as a guest yet. Not a day has gone by without me worrying about this or that.

I don't ever want to let the little time I have for the simple things I enjoy, drawing and being with friends in my neighborhood to be sacrificed.

Gotta go to bed now. D: It’s 1 in the morning, and I have work in about… 9 hours. Straight after I get off from work, we have to rush to Fairfield (an hour’s drive) for a birthday party later that night. Gotta bring my dress clothes and change out of my uniform in the car, haha. I’m going to look and feel terrible. -_-

TWO MORE WEEKS TWO MORE WEEKS TWO MORE WEEKS

Edit : I just realize I have no right to complain and rant the way I do. People out there are forced to work 15 hours a day or more and have gone through worse stuff than I do. I’m extremely lucky to even have a job. I guess I’m just feeling pretty bitter right now. I don’t remember the last time I’ve felt so frustrated with everything. -_-

Hey, I’m only a teenager… for now!