Mental Break

Somedays I give myself far too much credit for what some have considered my "genius."

So I'm sitting here taking a break from 5 chapters of Sociology work...and I don't remember a damned thing. But when I take that test at 6? Best believe I'll remember almost everything word for word. It's sad, really. I know people who study thier asses off every day and take the most bombidiggity notes I've ever seen...and I do nothing but cram sessions a few hours before hand.

My inner nerd is not happy with this, but it's satisfied with the grades I get nonetheless. Sigh, I know some who read this will say "Well, shit, I wish I could do that." And...it's not all that great, really. I wish I had the mental aptitude to sit my ass down for a few hours everyday and get know the material, rather then sitting a round for many hours in one day garnering enough knowledge to rehash and vomit up the answer in a choice of A B C or D methods.

I'm not sure the point of this...besides the fact that I'm pretty bored, and not in the mood to do another round reading. Oh well, rambling on now, so...see ya!

Baby girl.

I can't believe it's already been a month since she's been born. I can't believe that she actually came out of MY sister! It's so crazy how different she looks from the day she came home from the hospital. Pretty soon she'll be crawling, walking, talking, and then asking me to take her to get her navel pierced!

I understand it's not like we planned it with the worst intentions

It took a while, but the repercussions of my actions from last summer have finally taken a hold of me. Scratch that. I've been dealing with my consequences since day one, but it feels like everything started to creep back onto me right when I was ready to really move on. I had to endure and work hard to get to where I am today, but some days feel like I'm going nowhere. I had to rebuild my relationship with everyone I loved- and I'm even in a whole new relationship that I'm so blessed for- but I know that deep down they'll never truly forget nor forgive me for all their suffering as a result of my actions.

Lesson WELL learned. And I've never been the type to regret any decision I have ever made in my life, but I do regret that this situation happened. I wish I hadn't been so stubborn and actually listened to those with good sense who were just looking out for my well-being.

Eh. It's just one of those days.

And on top of all that, I'm bummed that I won't be able to go to Cali this weekend.
On the bright side: A week from tomorrow (hopefully!) He'll be here for the weekend!

Okay, okay. Back to writing my paper for criminal justice.

Nighttime is cake time.

Last summer, my sister and I took Wilton Cake Decorating classes at Michael's for 4 months. We learned basic things like using decorating tips to a little more advanced things such as making and molding fondant. I enjoyed it a lot because I in general enjoy things of that nature, creating something out of nothing. I haven't been baking cakes or cupcakes in a while, but with all the free time I have this summer, I really want to get back to doing so. And now that Hawaii is in Vegas, I don't have to worry about eating everything all by myself- even though I don't really see that as a problem.

On another note, I hope I get to go to Cali this weekend for so many reasons: a meet-up with a bunch of old Yokosuka heads in San Diego, April's graduation party (especially since I couldn't make it to the dinner this past Sunday), and quality time with Him. If all fails, it'll be another non-eventful weekend in Vegas -__-

Mmk. I'm just rambling because my mom and I are at my uncle's house, and I'm ready to go home and sleep.

Oh! And We fell back into the Myspace trap because we missed doing surveys. LOL.

What's your addiction?

For a couple months- largely due to school- I have sadly neglected my Wii. However, for the past week I've been glued to it every single chance I get. I only have 4 games, but as soon as I get more moolah, I want to buy plenty more. My game of choice recently? Mario Kart. All day, every day. Especially at night with Him, and his sister :)

Other than video games and summer school... Hm, that's pretty much my life right now. WOW. I ended up not getting the job that I had interviews for the other week. No big. My job hunt hasn't been flushed down the toilet, it's just being put on temporary hold.

What else, what else. Yeah- that's pretty much it -__-

PS. ONE DAY, babe, I will annihilate you!!! No pity wins necessary.

Patience.

Waiting for them to leave the room so I can wait Her to call.
Then my sick ass is going to pass out on the phone with her, and hopefully not be sick tomorrow.

She is 1000000 different flavors of weird.

And I love her :)

We can talk about anything, he had good conversation.

After my class (and after taking a 2-hour nap), I went to Barnes & Nobles to get some studying done. I've never been a fan of studying at home because there's so many distractions, and studying at a library really isn't my cup of tea either. Went I got to the patio, a lot of the "regulars" that I saw last semester were there, and surprisingly they recognized my face and wondered why they hadn't seen me in a while. After small talk, I got lost in my own world, engulfed in my Criminal Justice textbook. I decided to take a quick break 2 hours later, and one of the regulars- Monroe, a 65-year old man from Atlanta- sparked conversation with me. After talking about this that and this, an announcement was made over the Barnes & Nobles intercom, notifying customers that they were closing in 30 minutes. Small talk turned into a 3-hour discussion, and I really enjoyed it.

Not to mention, tomorrow he plans on giving me his wife's business card. I told him about how I was going to school for Women's Studies, thinking about becoming a social worker or a teacher. He then told me how his wife works for DoDDs, so I should keep in touch with her just in case I actually do decide on becoming a teacher.

I used to be a Borders regular, but I'm changing my loyalties.

Taking notes while he
a) stares at me
b) makes faces at me
c) pretends to tickle me / mess up my hair
d) all of the above

Busy, busy bee.

Last month, I decided to do something about my 5-month unemployment status and sent in applications to two stores. They said that they weren't hiring yet, but they would probably be hiring soon because summer was on the rise. No big deal to wait it out, because it gave me time to get my head straight in school. Sunday morning I got a call back from one of the stores, saying how they would like for me to come in for an interview today. So I got up bright and early this morning, got ready- which is probably the most make-up putting and hairstyling I've done since January- went to my class for the day, and then headed to the mall for my interview. The outcome? I have a second interview on Thursday! THANK GOODNESS.

A little random weird fact about me: Yesterday during my BUS101 class, my professor told us this little story about how chanting "I'm a money magnet. I'm a money magnet. I'm a magnificent money magnet." has been proven effective for him, his past students, and people he knows. So just for the hell of it, I decided to chant that in my car on my way to the interview. Now I'm not saying that saying the chant is a 100% guarantee or anything, but I will most definitely be chanting that on my way to my second interview on Thursday. Maybe it works, it probably really doesn't, but I don't see any harm in doing it!

Anyways. After the interview, me and Momma headed over to my Uncle Ted's house because it's my cousin Arjae's 5th birthday AND Hawaii is finally in Vegas. The house was jam-packed with little ones, and I loved it! Not to mention, I really missed my babies. I'm surprised that when I walked into the house, they yelled out my name and ran to hug me. So loved :)

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stay at my Uncle's house because I had to come back home and do homework (which I still haven't done). On the bright side, tomorrow I'm going with all of them to the Mini Grand Prix! Oh, how I've missed them.

Ok. Well I've been home for an hour now, so I really should get to doing that homework -____-

XOXO,
Celestine

First! Err...Second!

So, I'm still on my Tumblr [http://stephenexclamation.tumblr.com/], however, have asked Celestine to let me blog on here as well [cause I'm laaaaaaaazy :)]

Not much to really say, cause...I'm in the middle of a Mario Kart break :)
However! I do, since she got me this game, owe her the following:




I know you said RE4, but this one is just as fun, and is a two-player! Woo! Who needs to go out on a date when we can bust up zombies in the living room?!

Test one, box three.

Oooooooooooooooo.

That is all.

This one's for you :)

Project Natal from lokyin on Vimeo.

Boycotting Wal-Mart.

Not all Wal-Marts, but definitely the one on Charleston and Decatur. Every single time I go into that Wal-Mart, I get followed around the store and to my car, whistled at, hollered at, etc., but today was the BOLDEST move I have yet to encounter.

After dropping off my mom at her work, I had to go back to CSN's bookstore to buy the textbook for my PSY101 class. Wal-Mart is on the way to campus, and I decided to make a quick stop because I needed to buy notebooks and a folder. After my last visit to that same Wal-Mart I told myself "Never again," but today I tried to have a little faith and figured that no harm could come from a quick in and out visit. I was wrong! After buying my supplies, I headed back to my car. While I was walking, I noticed some guy, possibly in his late-30s early-40s, but kept minding my own business. The closer I get to my car, I start to hear footsteps trailing behind me. I look into the reflection of a nearby SUV and noticed that the guy had turned around and was following me. Trying to think positive, I tell myself that maybe he decided to not go to Wal-Mart and was just walking back to his car which happened to be in the same direction as mine. I was wrong! As soon as I got to my door and was pulling out my keys, he walks up to me, hands me his "business card", tells me to give him a call, and then rubs my ass -____________- So I smacked his face with my Wal-Mart bag, got into my car, locked the door, and drove away.

NEVER AGAIN going back to that Wal-Mart!

Guess who's back, back again.

Nevermind- I'm so over Tumblr.

Anywho!

I came back from my weekend getaway last night, and I already want to go back. One more year, and I plan on being back in California for good! At least that's what the plan is (again). It was a short "vacation" but a good one nonetheless. I arrived in Corona Friday night- after a long 5 hours and 30 minutes- and Stephen came over after he got off work. Saturday morning we went to Roscoe's with Andrew and Tam, and Stephen finally got a taste of heaven. Went to Daisy afterwards to see the family, but only Tita Brenda and Jelly were home. Then me and Stephen went to go watch UP! Other than the two guys sitting next to us, I think we were the only people there without any kids haha. I don't care, cuz I LOVED it. After the movie we headed back to Corona and grabbed some beef bowl on the way- even though it doesn't do any justice to the real Yoshinoya. On Sunday morning we ate sushi with April and Rudy before I left. I was supposed to leave by 3, but ended up leaving at 7 because you know how good-byes go...

Now that I'm back in Vegas, it's back to life and back to reality. Today was the first day of summer school, and it's already off to a pretty good start. The one thing I love about being back at a Community College is that the teachers are dedicated to their students. In my Sociology textbook last semester, it said that most University professors are more concerned with their own research because they're going for their Doctorates, whereas the top priority for a professor at a Community College is his/her students. My BUS101 teacher is a prime example of that. If I had him when I first took the course at UNLV, I never would have withdrawn from the class, and my major of choice would probably still be Business Management. I still want to major in Women's Studies, but maybe I'll considering having a minor in Business Management or Marketing.

Ok- no more stalling. My online Psychology class already has a lot of stuff due by 11PM tonight, so I better get the whip cracking on that. I just felt compelled to blog since I'm returning to Blogspot.

XOXO,
Celestine

Dear Blogspot,

I have a confession to make: I haven't been faithful to you. I neglected you, and then I sought after another blogging community, one that seemed to satisfy me in ways that you no longer can. I can't make any promises, but maybe this isn't the end for the two of us. Maybe we just need some time apart. I need to spread my wings, and if it's meant to be then I'll come back to you. But for now, this is where we go our separate ways.

If you need to reach me, you can find me here.

Sincerely,
Celestine