Fall Break Begins

Tuesday. woke up at 2:30am to start doing homework. Pick up Tharona from her apartment at 11am then we walk to classes. Worked on finals and need to continue to work on them through the entire break. Claudia, Tharona, and I go to Portos in Glendale and then we hit up the Galleria to go shopping. I ended up buying three tops and a pair of shoes. I come home and talk to my mom and chill with the roommates a bit and then change my flight so I begin packing. I finish at 4am and then hit the sack.

Wednesday. Wake up at 6:30 am and take Tharona to the LAX airport. Come home finish packing and then Truong drives me to the Long Beach airport and I fly out to Portland. When I arrive in Portland I grab some food and a chai from Starbucks and then Jess picked me up from the airport. We ended up going shopping at Washington Square and then the outlets in Woodburn, OR (Dustin joined us for the outlets). Then the three of us hit up Red Robin and we just head back to their place and chill.

Thursday. Get ready and work on some of my University homework. Dustin picks me up from their place at 6pm and we head to downtown Portland to go eat at an Italian restaurant off 21st street and then we just come back to their place and chill.

Finals Insanity

Saturday. Talked to Jess Hunt for two hours about random everything. Then I talked to Tharona about the Seattle/Vancouver plans trying to figure out the hotel situation. I called my Auntie March and Jess and I are gonna end up staying at her place in Tacoma while we're visiting for the weekend. I finished all of my University homework, lectures and essay today luckily. It only took me all day long lol. Then I just talked to my mom and bought my plane ticket for travel back to Los Angeles after my travels to Salt Lake. I backed up my work and then head to bed at 2am

Sunday. Lost EVERYTHING! I had a major panic attack and freaked out. I was crying all over the place haha, and emailed, text, facebooked my teachers about the incident. Half way through the day I obtained some of the materials and began working all over again. I feel so disgusting I haven't been to the gym in several days and haven't really been eating all that healthy either, just snacking here and there with no real meals and not to mention no good food at home anyway because I don't want to go grocery shopping when Im gonna be leaving Los Angeles in a couple days. Not to mention I haven't had the time. I successfully got my Maya homework done and did some editing homework. The Maya isn't 100% completed, but it'll do for having my files vanish lol. At 5am I began studying for my Film History Final.

Monday. Another evening without sleeping. I got ready and head into class at 9am for Maya presentations. We ended up eating in class with the various foods that people brought for the day. Thank you to everyone for the delicious food. I had completed most of my Maya homework but I still have the opportunity to do touch ups on it due to my situation. Presentations are done at 2pm and I head over to my apartment to charge my phone that's mostly dead from texting Crystal all morning long.I head back to school for my Film History final at 3pm. I left half way through the class to come home and just have a minute to eat something other then snack food and rest a bit. I talked to Monique for about an hour and then my mom for a bit before heading to sleep around 730pm

Most of the pix are from Maya presentation final...Jung (our teacher) standing up on the table critiquing our work, the very successful sign posted about no food or drinks in the studio, the filming notice posted on my apartment doors notifying us that "Heroes" will be filmed this weekend out front, and the lovely fruit tart that Claudia got for Maya presentation from Portos in Glendale.

Coming to a Calm

Thursday. Hit the gym for 40 minutes and then got ready for the day. I dragged myself into studio at school and worked on homework from 1:30pm until 9pm. The entire day I just sat at the studio while my work rendered and listened to my online lectures from the U. May as well get twice the homework done in half the time right? haha Then I noticed I have a thought paper due in my sociology of marriage and family class on Sunday. How depressing. It's the absolute worst time for this, considering finals with my FIDM classes are currently ongoing. I did successfully finish the lecture for the class and watched the videos and read the articles for this week. One down, one more to go (in addition to the essay and my FIDM project finals). I got home at 9:15pm and just did laundry before chatting to my mom and passing out around midnight.

Friday. Hit the gym for an hour today. Got ready slowly and again was sluggish headed into studio at school. I was at studio from 12:30pm until 6pm. I successfully have most all of my Maya work completed, just last minute details to finish. What a relief though! Thank you ever so much to Hartley for all of her input, help, and teachings today during studio. Then I just came home, got on my favorite of all sites (facebook haha) and IM'ed a bit on there and checked hotel rates in Seattle before starting on more homework to finish the night.

I am so happy though that I'm not feeling the knots in my body, I don't feel quite as overwhelmed and that I may possibly be able to pull off this quarter with some last minute hard work. Not to get my hopes up! I'm not nearly as stressed though. Wish me luck! xoxo

Britt

Spinning In Circles

Sunday. Hit the gym for 40 minutes. Then talked to Tharona for a while over her illness. Then talked to Lindsay about the stresses of my future as she tried to calm me down. Talked to Brady and he successfully helped me get my mind off my stresses for an hour. I then got ready and headed to Ralph's with the roommates to get some groceries then just came home and made some dinner. Last phone call of the day was of course to my mother, again stressing over my future. I did end up making a long-term goal's list though! (As possibilities)

-Graduate from FIDM

-Learn Japanese

-Learn Spanish

-Write a good story

-Pick up photography

-Discover the art of make-up

-Get a sociology degree (Graduate from the U)

-Move to Seattle or San Francisco

-Move and work abroad in Australia

-Move and work abroad in New Zealand

-Get an internship

-Travel to Greece

-Travel the East (Chicago, New York, Boston)

-Pick up Yoga again (or try kickboxing)

I have a lot to work on huh!? Well wish me luck in my travels/adventures and let me know if you wanna join in on them! I'd love companions for the fun. The more the merrier!

I guess I've been stressing out because I have so many options for the future and I have absolutely no clue which direction I would like to take with them. I've always been confused about the path I should take my life and I guess I just give myself a hard time because it's like this isn't getting any cheaper, and I'm certainly not getting any younger. I just wish I were absolutely amazing at something and that I had this huge passion towards it and became so successful but really truth be told I feel mediocre at many things and not one thing stands out. I debate between artsy stuff or business-like future. Not only that, but also where I'd like to pursue this. I fell in love with Portland about a year and a half ago and then fell in love with Seattle in March. I have this deep want to move to the Northwest that has been residing in me for a while. Honestly though I see Seattle as more dominant simply because it would have a bigger market for my major and also I have some family and friends there already. It's a fabulous mid-way of Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Has the chill artistic vibe and laid back yet also party and urban sophisticate. Yet, I've heard of this work abroad organization called BUNAC that I'm very interested in, and I would love to explore what else the world has to offer. Also, what if I get an internship out here in Los Angeles. Am I gonna stay out here. I kind of don't want to because it's like I've lived here...now I want to go somewhere else. I doubt I'm making any sense! I just wanna make sure I don't get "stuck" anywhere that I'm not passionate about. Los Angeles is wonderful, but I'm not passionate about it. I kind of don't wanna live in Utah simply because that's where I've spent the past 20 years of my life I need more. I do want to go back to Utah though because my family and my friends are all there. I love family more then anything and Utah is home, home sweet home. I'm also frustrated with what if I don't even end up liking this field I'm going into? What if I can't sit there for 40 hours a week working on a screen for the rest of my life. Then what? What about this sociology degree? What am I gonna do with it? I'm enjoying these online classes i'm doing but where can it take me in the future if anywhere? All of these stresses with life and figuring myself out I don't see a "guy" in the picture or making any time for one. Then I begin to stress that I'm gonna be some lonely old maid because I never planned a guy into my life. lol I know so trivial, don't worry I'm rolling my eyes at myself currently, but it seems as though one stress isn't enough for me and when i begin to end my stresses I need to think of one more petty thing. Oh yes and don't worry, I'm selfish enough to believe that it's only me going through these stresses lol. JK, but I feel as though everyone knows what they are doing or they have an idea with which way to turn when I'm sittin' here spinning in circles over every mild decision.

Monday. LABOR DAY!! YAY! So i didn't have classes today, I went to the gym for 52 minutes and did homework all day long. I ended up taking caffeine pills to stay up all night. I ended up needing an energy drink at 4am to continue with homework.

Today I talked to both of my parents and they calmed me down telling me I'm the only person they know that tries to plan out the future as much as I do. I kind of relaxed a bit because it's true, planning so far in advanced when there are so many "what if's" involved can only drive a person mad. Also its not practical and its hurting my current life, planning the future so frequently and so far out is only distracting me from my present. It's not helping me stop and smell the roses. Obviously these stresses didn't just drop, they're still within me, but hopefully it's not as persistent as it has been.

Tuesday. Successfully did an all-nighter doing homework. Took a caffeine pill at 630am to continue with homework again. I went to the gym for muscle routine and just did 15 minutes of cardio. I went to the bank as soon as they opened to put the rent money from Truong, Alexis and Yadi in. I came home and paid bills then did homework at school for about an hour before heading into class. All morning long I had huge knots in my chest just stressing out over the end of the quarter! After class I went to studio to work on sound homework for a few hours and then grabbed some tacos with Claudia and went home and passed out at 7pm! I woke up around 11pm and figured out finances ate a little bit then updated my music library and passed out at midnight

Wednesday. Woke up and worked on my editing homework for a good three hours. Skipped doing the gym today in favor of doing joyous homework. Not to leave out the fact that my tummy muscles KILL from the work out yesterday. Just ended up getting ready for classes and head in. Had class from 3pm until 9pm. We learned how to green screen in After Effects. Claudia, ever so kind as she is, dropped me off at my apartment. Chit chat with Brady for a bit and then Yadi and I went to Aroma up in Studio City to grab a chai as my treat for working hard this week. Talked to my mom til midnight about the day's events and chit chat with Tharona for a bit and will hopefully be able to help her out with her logo for class. I'm planning on going into studio tomorrow at school from noon until however long it takes me to finish my 3D homework. Probably meaning until 9pm! Today was such a hard day. It felt as though every computer I worked on would crash on me. Well ok not quite that extreme it wouldn't crash, just the programs i would be working on wouldn't function correctly. (ie: Protools, Reason, Final Cut, and After Effects) and believe me it wasn't just my stupidity the teacher's would come over and help me out and they would have the same issues. Thank God it's not due to my stupidity. haha. Anyway, one final down, four more to go and need to get up early to hit the gym and do homework all day tomorrow! YAY loves and thanks for listening to my exciting lifestyle lol

A New Me, I Think Not

Friday. Went to the gym for an hour and then did some of my University of Utah online homework and then went to dinner with Tharona at Barragan's in Echo Park. After briefly searching for a pawn shop that Tharona wanted to hit up but we hadn't managed to be too successful with because they were all closed.

Saturday. Did homework all day long. It was all my University homework that I worked on and completed. Then I headed to the gym, only for a 1/2 hour today because that's all I needed to throw me over my 3,500 calories a week to burn. I successfully ended my week with 3,685 working out 6 days and giving myself Wednesday as my day of rest. Then I got my grand plan to head to Aroma for some delicious chai. All of the roommates came with; Truong, Yadi, and Alexis. Truong, Yadi, and I were gonna hit up one of their friend's parties at the Medici building, but after circling around for about a 1/2 hour and 10 times around we decided upon hookah. I then proceeded to drive us up to Hollywood Hookah. This was my first time ever smoking and I can't say I really enjoyed it. I can say though that I did enjoy the experience. This was a big deal for me because I've never done anything else other then just drink.

-------------"You've Changed"-------------

I hate it when people say to me "you've changed" as if it's a bad thing. I haven't become some horrible person. Simply because my curiosity is getting the better of me recently doesn't mean suddenly I've changed. I've heard this "you've changed" thing FOREVER! Isn't that the point in life? Is to continually be developing, growing, and changing into who you are supposed to become? I was told by high school friends "you've changed" when I finally started taking a stand for myself and stopped letting them walk all over me. Is that so bad? I guess on a selfish note it is for them. Why is it that I had to start feeling bad about myself because I was standing up for myself and my beliefs?

When I switched high schools from Hillcrest High to Cottonwood High, I again heard the classic "you've changed." Yes, I got a boyfriend but I had one of those at 16, yes I drank but I drank when I was 15, yes I didn't want to be in the IB program because I didn't feel as though it was for me...I still took concurrent enrollment courses and AP courses at Cottonwood doesn't mean this made me a bad person. I made the switch of high school's because I was getting too involved in a socializing and the drama etc. I needed to change schools to better myself academically. Guess what, I got my highest GPA at the new school. Not such a bad person after all huh?

In college I heard that same friend from high school say I "used to be so nice." What am I now? a bitch? It's that same person from high school, so I can only conclude that it's because I take stand for myself again. Honestly though, it hurts me. I try to be nice, I try to be sweet, I try to be caring, I try to be the best friend for anyone who needs it especially in trying times and yet I feel like this beast that's a horrible person when these comments are made. As you can tell, they stay with me forever.

When I moved to Los Angeles I would hear from a few various friends "you've changed." I didn't want to change so it hurt me. I loved who I was before I left Utah to move out here. I didn't want to become one of these many Californians that's materialistic, shallow, and high maintenance. (Particularly in the LA area and at FIDM). I hated this, for 6 months I fought with it and pushed people away I didn't want to become close to anyone because I didn't want them to fill the position of any of my friends and family back home. This loyalty hit me hard.

When I got a nose piercing. As juvenile as it may seem, I had been debating on getting one for the past two years. I have, over the years, grown so sick of people who were all talk and no action. To put it eloquently, one drunken night with some friends I decided I'd get it done and stated that I would. The next morning I woke up knowing I wanted and needed to follow through on those simple words. When I went back to Utah I heard "you've changed." Of course again! Those dreaded words what can I do for people to start saying "you've changed" in a tone of voice thats positive and not so derogatory and demeaning? Am I that blind that I really am this bitch that it seems these people are making me out to be? I don't feel I changed I just finally got the courage to follow through with something that had been debated upon and thought out for too long.

I hookah'd last night. I've never done anything else, but drink in my entire life. I'm sure if some people back home hear of this occurrance I will get those same dreaded words. Guess what though, I'm done caring. I'm happy with who I am and if I decide to change something about myself then I'm gonna be proud of that change. If these people really think that my "changes" over all of these years are so horrible and if they truly believe that I'm as bad of a person that they make me feel that I am why are they still my friends? This is me, this is who I am and with the future I hope I change, I pray that I change, because I will only let myself change for the better. Let myself change to become the person I strive to be. Change to become the person that someone deserves to be with for the rest of their life. Change to be the person that my friends and family whom I love and cherish so much deserve to have around them. I want to change to become a more adventurous, more loving, and a more spirited person. I love life, and I believe change is good, it will only encourage my love toward life.

It's Life

Life has always been quite easy for me. Not meaning to flaunt it by any means but I'm proud of the life I've been so priviledged to have and don't want anyone to think I take it for granted, but life sure dealt me a good hand. I'm so lucky to have the good people in my life that I love and cherish so much and can't wait to see the adventures that the future holds for us and the new people who may join the ride.

I've noticed though that recently I've gotten quite self-concious and can't exactly pin point the feelings. It's the kind when days tend to lag and when they pass by it happened too quickly. I feel in over my head and stress is taking it's toll settling into my back giving me wonderful aches and pains. It's not just physically that I am this way but also how my whole life is supposed to pan out. I doubt myself and my abilities for my line of work or any possible career in my future. Its adulthood settling in and I can't say much more other then that I am scared for what lays ahead. I'm constanty being told to stop and smell the flowers because I plan and that's what I'm comfortable with..spontaneity is great and even little wonders but as for knowing what I want I can't trust that in the hands of destiny and I don't want to trust them in mine.

I'm 21...shouldn't I have this figured out by now? I'm not getting any younger. I'm not claiming that I'm old I'm simply stating that so many people know what they want out of themselves in life and I don't. I know what I want to achieve, but then the self-doubt resides in the back of my mind the one that reminds you this is reality and not the childhood tale that anything is possible.

The only time I'm comfortable is when I plan. I plan adventures to fill my life with joy and excitement but don't know what to do to keep me entertained between these times. I've always played it safe and I kind of don't want to anymore. I feel like I want to be the person that people think I am but I feel as though they are talking about someone else when they direct these compliments upon me. I've been told I'm a strong person, but I feel weak. I've been told I turned out so great but really I feel as though I'm a work in progress. It dawned on me one morning that everyone has their doubts, everyone gets self concious so I just need to suck it up and stop being so cautious. Everyone has had heartache and had tragedies in their life and I've gotten off so easily so I need to move on from what has been done in the past and begin to trust, trust everything will be okay.

Settling Back Down To LA Life

Monday. Back to the usual grind. Hw. Classes. Kevin Quigley anded up being a guest speaker in my film history class. He's a professional actor and has been on NCIS, CIS, House, among many other TV shows. We found out that our teacher was the producer of MMC (Mickey Mouse Club) with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez, etc! After class just went home. Rest. Sleep.(My online classes at the University of Utah start)

Tuesday. Downer kind of mood all morning. Skipped class because I just did not feel right. Go to gym for an hour. Better mood. Yogurtland and Ralphs with Truong. Do hw for criminology class. Sleep.

Wednesday. Wake up watch a bit of tv with the roomies do hw head to the gym for 52 minutes then head to class for 6 hrs. Aroma with the roommates. Do hw from midnight to 345am..for criminology and sociology of marriage and family courses.

Thursday. Get up and ready. Americana and Galleria with Tharona. Homework and watch Over the Hedge.

Friday. Lazy day. Do some homework. Watch tv with Truong. Gym. meet at Tharona's for some drinking. wokcano in Santa Monica with Truong Tharona and Patrick. Back to tharona's place. Back home

Saturday. Watch eternal sunshine for the spotless mind. Watch tv with Truong.gym. Inglorious bastards with Tharona and Patrick. I have seriously watched more TV in the past 2 weeks combined then I have in the past 10 years of my life lol)

Sunday. Gym. Degrassi. Laundry. Pho with Tharona Truong and Patrick. Then Wii party at my place. Do hw and laundry. Sleep

Monday. Gym. Get ready. Study. Go to Film class for test. Dinner with Valeria at a Mexican Restaurant in Echo Park. Come home and do hw

Tuesday. Hw til 7 am sleep thru class go to gym for an hr. Get new nose ring bc the idiot that I am took it out and couldn't get it back in lol so the tattoo parlor next door they helped me get it in and i bought a new smaller piece of jewelry. Do hw on and off til midnight.

Wednesday. Wake up and do hw all day then get ready for class and have class from 3 to 9 go to chipotle with Claudia.

Thursday. Wake up early after a horrible nights sleep of tossing and turning. and go to gym for 56 min and get ready do some hw go to yogurtland, grocery shop with yadi and Truong , talk to jess in pdx, make dinner watch tv with yadi and pass out

Another Salt Lake Weekend

Wednesday. Just ended up doing Homework. going to the gym. then had classes from 3 to 9. and hit up Aroma with Truong. came home and Packed.

Thursday. Tharona picked me up to head to the long beach airport. Arrived in Slc. Picked up textbooks. Dropped rent money off to JACL. Head to the Post office for my passport. Napped 330-5. Picked parents up from work. Had rehearsal for Michelle's wedding at 7 at Red Butte Garden. Went to dinner at pagoda with mom talked to Luke and Midori aww I miss them! Tried on my bridesmaid dress at grandparents and slept over there.

Friday. Shopped for michelle's wedding gifts. Had dinner with parents, and then headed to the Sand bar with the crew. Justin, Brandon, Lindsay, Jess Y, Chris, Jeramy, Jfox, Monique, Michiko and Josh. Got to see Endow for a bit as we were leaving the bar. It was hilarious because I had a good amount to drink and then as we were walking out I saw Endow's car and ran over and jumped in it and Monique thought that I was running to some strangers car and just getting in so she was yelling "Brittany! that's not our car!" then when she saw me get in and give Endow a hug she realized we knew each other and she scolded me to never do that again to her after I've been drinking lol. we then headed to midoris for house party and saw Luke Midori Andrew Wes Kelli. Get home at 4am

Saturday. Lunch with mom and Kelsey at Cafe Rio it was good to catch up I miss her! She's like my lil' sister! Bridal shower in Orem for Michelle's wedding and then went to see Gi Joe with mom. Then headed to the point with Justin jr Brandon and Adrian for a low key night.

Sunday. Lazy day. Shopped and ate with Endow til 6 sleep from 7 til 2am

Monday. Wake up at 230 do hw for a couple hrs drive to gradparents at 430 to do laundry nap from 530-630 head to parents place to take dad to work and get ready for wedding. Michelles wedding 9-2pm go home, pack, leave to airport. Fly back to LA. Truong picks me up. Head to yogurtland with Kathy Morgan Truong and Alexis. Unpack and pass out

Tuesday. Got back into boring routine of homework. Gym. Class. Sleep.

Wednesday. Wake up at 530am do hw. Gym for 52min. Classes. Ralphs healthy shopping is so damn expensive lol Read for U of U homework. Sleep.

Thursday. Read for Criminology homework. Gym for 52 min. Clean apt. Shop with Tharona at galleria then hit up Americana for time travelers wife and cheesecake factory then watch Juno back at my place such a good date night haha jk

Friday. Read watch movies and stay in all day...oddly get an itchy throat.

Saturday. Read finish book for criminology class. Read for film history class. Gym for 30 min. Costco and target with Truong. Watch tv and figure out classes and hw times. Sleep.

Sunday. Sick!! Watch Degrassi all day. Read for film class.

Visitors

Monday watch Laney play wii then leave to class after class go eat dinner at bjs with Laney Jeremy linds and Tharona go to gym
Tuesday. Do homework, go to class, go to yogurtland with Laney, come home and nap, dinner at apt, gym
Wednesday. Do homework, go to gym, go to class, say bye to linds and jer, take Laney to aroma and drive sunset
Thursday. Gym, Portos, mall, anti wrinkle serum, nap, best buy...new camera, drink at my apt with Tharona,  tigerheat.
Friday. Watch tv all day!!! Lunch have French toast with Laney. Tharona comes over and we party off cabo wabo and Malibu mango.
Saturday. Get up show Laney rodeo drive and get nose piercing at ink Kandy. Get parking ticket. Go to wokcano.
Sunday. Drop Laney off at the airport. Watch tv with Truong. Watch wizard of oz. Do hw.
Monday. Hw. Class. Hw
Tuesday. Homework. Gym. Class. I love you man. Sushi with tharona and truong

P.S. Sorry that my past few blogs have been oh so short and not very personal, I will personalize the next few (or try to) I just haven't had much time since I replaced my spare time with the gym haha so as i go to sleep i just hurry and jot down a few notes from my days before I pass out. So hopefully i can write my thoughts and feelings down about future things later on... loves xoxo

Bachelorette!!

Friday. Drive to SLC stop in Provo to pick up rent money from Alexis, run errands in Slc, visit gradparents, dinner at cheesecake factory with Laney, monique, Justin. Then starbucks with them and Lindsay. Head to midori's for party!! Leave at 3am

Saturday. Get hair done by Graig at 1. Pick up kristi and go to tx road house with Justin and Laney then bachelorette party for michelle at Shiloh inn hit up the hotel and keys on main

Sunday drive to LA with Laney 

LA style 2

Tuesday. Wake up at 230am eat dinner from last night and start homework. Go to gym at 1030 then go to class from noon to 3 eat at Greek place at 7th and fig with Claudia, Stevie, Cody, Ryan, and Shahan. Grocery shop, clean apt for 3 hrs sleep

Wednesday. Cleaned up some space on my computer drive then went to hustler with Tharona then class from 3 to 9 get a beer from hanks with claudia during breakfrom editing then head to casey's with Claudia Brandon and Donny get home at 3am

Thursday gym pack leave but 4get wallet am have to drive to LA (after 2hrs of driving) waste 4 hrs not too happy, 4pm leave to Slc stuck in traffic, stay in Mesquite... Virgin river casino... First time staying in a hotel room alone

Iowa pt. 2

Thursday get home do laundry go to gym then pack and write in blog Claudia picks me up and then go to LAX and head to Omaha have a layover in Denver met producer lady then parents pick me up in Omaha and head to Jefferson.

Friday. Visit great grandma in Jefferson leave to okoboji go to the main event bar with pat, Kristy, Meredith, Megan, and Ryan. Watch Monk with parents

Saturday. Watch monk with parents, head to barefoot bar with pat, Kristy, Megan, meredith, Katie, Natalie back to cabin for dinner.

Sunday watch monk with parents emporium with mom Kristy and pat back for dinner pack then leave to Omaha

Monday. Get to Omaha airport at 4am chat with parents until 5am and head back to LA Brandon picks me up from LAX get to apt and clean and unpack do laundry do some homework head to classes come home and sleep

LA Style

Monday- wake up at 6 go to gym grocery shop pick up Truong from airport classes go to chipotle with Valeria Claudia and Cody. Then see Bruno

Tuesday-ache from the gym had class at noon went to Portos with Valeria and Claudia and valerias roommate ten did some shopping at bed bath came home cleaned and read book then yogurtland with roomies and Abby
Wednesday. Drive around with Valeria grab lunch try to get books, check request, class at 3 til 9 read
Thursday. Read, gym, bed bath, drive with Truong, dinner, Harry potter, chat
Friday gym eat and shop with Claudia
Saturday gym Pasadena obon aroma with Tharona and Truong
Sunday gym, laundry, clean, procrastinate hw and go to target, homework
Monday homework, classes, gym
Tuesday gym homework class BJs with Claudia and Stevie drive him to valencia

Wednesday gym homework class 500 days of summer with Brandon lavery

Utah Break

Tuesday- noon lunch with esteph
Dinner with kristi and Jess and exchange photos then head to the point

Wednesday- take grandpa to hospital dinner at pagoda with Kelsey and obon practice, ihop with linds and Jess y

Thursday. Pick up grandpa from hospital take grandparents to lunch and grocery shopping. Alex mows lawn then Justin fixes Alexs phone.shopping with Lindsay at 5 dinner with parents for late fathers daydinner at 7 Bruno with mw crew at midnight

Friday-drive mom for teeth pulling shop with laney dinner at Texas road house with Laney Lindsay and Justin. Then greenstreet.

Saturday-massage at 2 with mom Tokyo lash bar with Laney get ready for obon then obon at 7 dinner at 1030 stop at midoris

Sunday-leave to LA take bus sleep early

Iowa pt 1

Wednesday. 730am drive to Iowa with mom. Get into Jefferson at 130am. Talk to uncle bill til 4am

Thursday. Get ready and visit with uncle al and bill and parents. Leave to shop in Ames. Come back to Jefferson and visit with fam while going thru some of grandmas stuff with Erin, Ann, Kim, Marybeth, Erik, Isaac, Mara, Bill, Al, mom and dad

Friday. Funeral at 930. Leave to Des Moines with Pat, his gf and Kenyon. Get dropped off at the airport. Flight got cancelled. $150 e- certificate and refund. Dinner with parents at skips in DES moines. Talk with uncle al.

Saturday. Wake up late and go through jewelry with Marybeth and Kim. Get some neat stuff. Go to dinner with dad mom mb and Kim at dq. Go see ice age with parents. Read.

Sunday. Packed then lunch at dq with parents and uncle bill then visit great grandma it was hard she didn't remember the service for grandma but seemed to remember us. Remembered she had three daughters and two are passed. So sad!! Then left to Utah. Stay in Cheyenne.

Monday. Eat at little america then leave Cheyenne and head to Utah. Arrive in SLC at 830PM and watch Transformers 2 at 930 with my parents 

Bad News of 2009

Saturday. Eat lunch at cafe rio. Shop at nordstrom rack. Get William rasts and rock and republic jeans with mom. Get them tailored at MW. Catch up with Ron, Rich, Kathleen, and Jaylynn. Meet at wesleys for arts festival. Brandon, jr, Justin, Adrian, Wes, Kelli, and billy all go. Drink beer. Crazy blood art. Head to greenstreet but Wes and Kelli stay in and Jeanna comes.

Sunday. Really allergic. So I end up having to sleep at my grandparents house and can't stay at my parents sadly. Lunch with endow at chin Wah. See Ryan and Cj. Go to see the proposal with kristi. LOVE it! And the 5.50$. Eat dinner with kristi then watch Marley and me with my mom at home then spend night at grandparents bc I'm really allergic to abasha.

Monday. Bad wake up call, Grandma is really ill. I end up being very emotional. This is the first death I've ever had to deal with. Dinner with Janet Vicki Colleen kimi and Michael at j wongs then obon practice.

Tuesday. Dad flies out to Iowa. Run errands for dad and grandma. Lunch wit trav and linds at cafe rio. I found out that my grandmother passed while at lunch. Set up plans to drive to Iowa with my mom. Visit mw get dads clothes. Obon then wendys and the point.

Portland in The House!

Tuesday. I feel bad but it was mostly JessHunt and Dustin unpacking all day, they wouldn't tell me what to do! lol afterwards though we went shopping for their new furniture and decor. They bought a new couch and tv which were both very sleek and stylish! We then watched Confessions of a Shopoholic

Wednesday. We picked up their couch and their tv and then got some good shopping time done in Portland. I got these really cute Juicy Sunglasses. and then we had some snacks and drinks at the Portland City Grill which is gorgeous! It looks out over the entire city and just has an amazing vibe to it. 

Thursday. Got up and ate at Pastini and found out that Michael Jackson had passed away, I didn't believe it at first! He was my first celeb idol! We then shopped a bit more I now bought some M.A.C. make up...I'm weak I know! I then made my first trip to the wonderful Container Store! and got my grandma and mom some little knick knacks I knew they thought would be cool. We then visit Dustin's brother and had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant that was also very good. then we visit Dustin's mom. Shopped for more stuff for their place then passed out! 

Friday. We then ate at Cheesecake Factory...ooh my love lol and then shopped at Washington Square a bit and then head to the airport. Right after landing we (me and Dustin) head to JFox's for a house party and more good times! 

Home Sweet ....Party Anyone?!

Friday. Claudia picked me up at 430am and drives me to LAX. I fly out to SLC. My Grandparents pick me up and we eat lunch at Crown Burger (thanks grams!) I then visit my mother at work and visited her coworkers and Darrick. I went home and napped shortly after. I picked my parents up from work and met up with my grandparents at Pagoda for dinner. I then hit up the grocery store with my mom and Justin picked me up for the party at JFox's that we planned as a going away party for JessHunt and Dustin. Darrick showed up and so did Thea, Jordan, and their new baby Tavon that I was finally able to meet! 

Saturday. Woke up and made Keylime Pie for my dad for father's day since its his favorite kind. I then watched He's Just Not That Into You with both of my parents and then Brandon picked me up at 3pm to check into the hotel room. First we grabbed stuff at Harmons then head up. We relaxed a bit then got ready for dinner at Spaghetti Factory for JessHunt and Dustin's going away dinner. Justin, Monique, Julie, JessHunt, Dustin, Sarong, Savonn, B, Kristi, JessY, Chris, Brandon, Linds, Jer, JessHunt's friend, her aunt and two cousins all showed up! After dinner we head to "The Hotel" the bar for Brandon's 32nd Birthday and Graig, hig gf, and Bran's friends from work all met up with us there. We left early at about midnight and headed over to the hotel room party and we partied our asses off until 5am. Bran had some more friends show up, Junior, Marissa, Wes, and Kelli came also! Such good times! 

Sunday. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! Woke up at a decent hour and left the hotel room (after cleaning up a bit of course!) Hit up iHop with Bran, JFox and Kristi of course then headed home to nap. Around dinner time my parents and I headed out to my grandparents for father's day bbq. My uncles Randy and Eddie were there and my Aunt's Laura and Lynne along with my cousins Alex, Andy and Austin. Andy showed us his wonderful photos from his trip to Japan. We then left and I had to pack to leave to Portland, I fell asleep watching Stop-Loss

Monday. dustin picks me up at 2am and we leave to Portland at 3am.  After the back and forth driving of both me and JessHunt we arrived at 4pm in Portland. We settled into their new place and moved everything from the Uhaul up to the apt. We then ate Chinese at Jin Wah hit up Walmart and Home Depot for last minute homey needs. (Thanks to JessHunt and Dustin for dinner!)

Back to the Grind with a Cherry On Top!!

Monday. Tried to do Maya monday but Claudia, Valeria, and I ended up going to see the hangover, courtesy Valeria...thanks girl! 

Tuesday. I ended up buying a wrist brace and ergonomic pads for when I type on my computer and use the mouse at home because the lovely curse of carpal tunnel has begun to dwell upon me. Then I just ended up doing Maya homework

Wednesday. had sound design class 830 to 11:15, I actually ended up getting 2nd place in a contest we had in class, its a cd that I won lol. I worked on sound homework until about 3pm and then worked on maya until 430 went home took a nap then worked on homework some more

Thursday. I ended up feeling really ill for some reason so I missed my AE class. Midway through the day I ended up feeling better so I got my ass out of bed and decided to be productive. I cleaned the kitchen and worked on my AE homework. I head into Maya and we ended up having Pizza and snacks in class lol but just worked on Maya homework for 6 hours and then I missed editing due to feeling ill again so I went home cleaned the bathroom had dinner then slept

Friday. worked on homework and rendered all day for about 6 hours. I ate chipotle with claudia and then picked jess and kristi who flew into town to visit :) YAY! I took them to my favorite coffee shop, Aroma and did some minor sightseeing then hit up Yogurtland.

Saturday. Ate at BJ's, and then shopped for 7 hours at Americana and Glendale Galleria. I didn't think it was possible to shop that much but just ask my cousins...apparently it is possible! haha it was good times, but I will admit did get kind of boring. When the mall finally closed and we hadn't even made it all the way through the entire thing we went back to my apt and head over to ESPN zone for dinner. This convention at the LA convention center was going on called Erotica LA (porn convention) and well these guys came out of it and basically decided to join us for dinner and drinks at ESPN ...our bill was $100 but they offered to pay. Free food, can't go wrong!  :) 

Sunday. Had the famous chicken dinner at Knott's berry farm it was delicious! and then we hit up Knott's Berry Farm, I think we went on every big coaster at the park...it was blast :) Then we went to TGI Fridays for dinner when coming into town (LA) apparently the Laker's had won the Championships for 2009 which I guess translates to people of California destroying the entire town because a form of vandalism is apparently a creative expression of celebration right? Wow people don't think lol. So the two streets I live off of were closed and we couldn't get to my apartment until we could get a police escort. But the policeman was very nice. The shoe store down the street from my apartment had every single pair of shoes wiped out of their collection! 

Monday. had the maya presentation and I actually ended up getting an A in 3d class and awarded for the most improved from quarter 1 to quarter 2 and hit up Jonny Rockets with Claudia because she had been having such a horrible day sadly! I took my cousins to Milk off beverly then took them sightseeing. we hit up city walk and then I had to stop at Ralph's then the roommies wanted to go to Dolce because they were closing so food was 50% off so we hit that up around 10pm. We saw the Owner of the Dolce group (no not Ashton, his partner if you've seen Millionaire Matchmaker) My cousins and I then began to look around town for a bar and we failed miserably at it and gave up and went to bed.

Tuesday. Dropped my cousins off at Hollywood drive then drove Truong to the airport, picked my cousins up and went to Lil' Tokyo to grab manju they could take home to their families and then drove them to the airport. I then hit up the lab at school to work on the sound final.

Wednesday. had class from 830 to 1115 then worked on editing homework and after effects homework until 3am

Thursday. had after effects class til 1115 then worked on editing homework til 3pm editing class til 6pm and i'm exhausted! so I relaxed and pampered myself a bit at home then found out a got 100% on my sound final!! 

Bay Style

Friday. Woke up hella early and drove 6 hours with Claudia up to San Francisco. We arrived, checked in, and walked the whole town! We walked EVERYWHERE. I soon discovered that the entire downtown San Fran is like an outdoor mall. Seemed so much cleaner and nicer then downtown LA. Chinatown was pretty sketch though! We had walked for miles so by the time we arrived back to the room (which we had managed to get two free nights stay with!) we were exhausted and called it a night!

Saturday. Was the Academy of Art University's Spring Show. We hung out there asked some questions and then left to meet up with Eunice. My ol' friend from when I went to Mexico for the church mission, that was actually more humanitarian then religious. I couldn't believe that brat but she paid for the meal! And the place was pretty pricey that we had decided to dine at. They kind of had a dine-o-round like they do in SLC going on so we had a three course meal. Claudia and I then did a nice scenic drive. We found some signs and followed them for miles, we found them shortly after I drove her to check out Lombard Street (the crookedest street) it then took us to Golden Gate the presidio and various other key destinations in San Fran before we lost track of the signs and headed back to the room. We decided to eat at Lori's diner which is a cool 50's style place then we got ready and hit up The Cellar which was a different kind of bar experience. :) 

Sunday. We drove back to LA, but stopped at my favorite Chinese Restaurant in Monterey, Full Moon. I couldn't believe it, but the little ol' lady that works there remembered me from two years ago! She's so cute! She asked if I was dating the same guy from two years ago and I told her no, she told me good and that I could do better and that I'm too young to worry about that anyway. She was precious and definitely boost my ego! When I arrived back in LA i just unpacked and did laundry.

Normality

Tuesday. I slept in and watched V for Vendetta. It was a very good movie. I then went grocery shopping and finished some last minute financial stuff for my second year with FIDM. I began to feel quite homesick not having the ones I love and miss around me. 

Wednesday. I headed out earlier to pay the water bill. Then headed to Blick's and got a free shirt from there, but went to get some watercolor paper to experiment on for a class project (scanning in to get different textures to work with in After Effects). I then ran a few various errands like buying ink for my printer. I was still a little homesick today. I then talked to Jess and kristi about them coming out to LA to visit me for a bit and then worked on homework until 2am and watched What I Like About You.

Thursday.I had class at 8:30 until 6. Afterwards I was exhausted so I just made dinner and then went to sleep.

Friday. I had lunch with Connie, whom I haven't seen since I was a lot younger and attending children's service at church still back in SLC. We caught up at 11 and chatted until 230 in Lil' Tokyo. I then went home and continued watching my most recent obsession What I Like About You, but just watched some episodes online. I then had dinner with the roommates and some of Truong's friends at Cheesecake Factory and we got free cheesecake because his friends work there.

Saturday. Watched Terminator Salvation at 215pm I liked it. I then shopped around for a bit for graduation and birthday cards for friends at the Americana mall. I went home and watched That 70's show and What I like about you

Sunday. didn't do anything exciting. Went to see the movie Up.

Monday. again, no excitement. I just stayed in all day and worked on homework.

Tuesday. I worked on homework and then got new tires from Costco. It took 3 hours so I grabbed some lunch and shopped around the little shopping center. I bought a new apple keyboard. After my car's adjustment I headed to target for some cards. then I came up with an awesome idea. This idea consisted of attending the University of Utah Online classes while also attending FIDM full time in the fall. It works because I only have 3 full semesters left to graduate with a degree in Sociology which I hadn't realized until I randomly decided to put together a "DARS" report. 

Wednesday. I had class then ate lunch with claudia and went home and napped. I woke up and then did homework until 430am

Thursday. I attended classes went home, packed, and slept. I then began to realize that my wrist hurt... 

Living Like a Rockstar

Las Vegas for Memorial Weekend

Friday. The early arrivers all hit up the buffet down in the casino. First off i would like to thank Crystal and Brandon for all of their work at getting us the hookups! Thank you so much for everything! We ended up having 3 rooms at South Point Casino completely free! Then we just shopped around for a little bit before heading back to the room to get ready to hit up Rain at the Palms. We got VIP treatment, and rode in style to the bar in a hummer limo (also free). We got front of the line access into the club! (It was just me, crystal, nicole, brandon, and jeff) I don't remember much of this night, all that I can recall is entering the club, getting a few drinks, and dancing on the dance floor...after that I don't remember, the last thing I remember was "who is the president of the United States?" my reply..."Barack."

Saturday. Woke up in one of the rooms in my very own bed. Laying in the opposite bed across from me was Brandon O. I had a horrible hangover. A pounding headache and just wanted to fall back asleep. Apparently, as i'm told, I got completely plastered. So plastered in fact that they were worried that I had alcohol poisoning and would need to get my stomach pumped. Hence, the security asking me a series of questions. Flash backs from my black out the night before came and went. My new nickname, embarrassingly enough, had become "Wheels" I had been wheel chaired out of the bar. I hadn't felt decent until dinner time at 6:30pm. It sure was good though to have a hangover buddy (brandon o) at my side. For dinner I enjoyed a filet mignon at the Silverado Steakhouse. Entirely free! Then for the night we partied at LAX a newer bar in Vegas. Brandon still felt quite sick and had refused to eat anything earlier so he hadn't joined us that night sadly. LAX was INSANE! So much fun. Now our group was Brandon L, Crystal, Nicole, Me, Dustin, Justin, Jessica F, Jessica H, and Dustin. Darrick, Lucy and Wayne met up with us there. All of us received front of the line entry, the females got in for free and the guys received a decent discount. Again we traveled by limo. We were picked up by the limo and went to two strip clubs. We arrived at the hotel and gladly did the walk of shame arriving at 6am.

Sunday.We all got up and ready and some of us went to the buffet for lunch. Crystal and Brandon headed out to LA. We then went to Fashion Show mall to shop some and then bought show tickets for Ka a cirque du soliel show. Met up with Julie to say hello and then the remaining of us ate Korean BBQ which was delicious and then we headed to MGM to go see KA. We bought these tickets at a large discounted price. After the show we headed back to the hotel room and  got ready to go to the Revolution at the Mirage which thanks to Jessica and her networking we got into for free and we met up with Jeanna. We arrived home at 5am.

Monday. We woke up around 10am and packed then checked out. We shopped around at Ceasar's Palace and got some from Fat Tuesday. We ate at Planet Hollywood as our last meal. I then gambled $5 thanks to Justin and we left to our homes around 4pm. Traffic was bad headed to LA due to it being Memorial Day we arrived home at 10pm. I was finally able to call my mother and catch her up to speed with everything that had happened that weekend

Playing Catch Up (PT. THREE)

Tuesday. Just kind of lounged around in the hotel not wanting to have this little vacation end. My mom and I then head up to L.A. We went to Costco's because I had to run some errands before Vegas this coming weekend. I needed to get new tires but the wait was three hours and I HAD to get homework done. So I just got a car wash which my car was in dire need of. I couldn't believe I found a place up in Glendale for only $6 to wash my car...every place I've seen is $15. I then drove to guitar center and bought a midi keyboard the M-Audio Axiom 25 and the program Reason. I then drove around and showed my mom my favorite drive along sunset and PCH. When we got to my apartment we walked to Danny's tacos the stand by my school and walked back to eat at my place. We then did a little magazine trip to Borders and a magazine stand up in hollywood with the roomies. I then finally came home and worked on homework 

I really want to learn Japanese and Spanish! I feel as though those are both really important to know. I'm eager to learn but don't know of how or where to even start on that venture. I really like it when Valeria and Claudia speak in Spanish because it makes me think and want to know what they say :) Now I need Japanese speaking friends out here! :) 

Wednesday. Had class 830 til 11:15 then my mom and I ate at The Farm over at LA Live. We then hit up Target and I picked up some things for my trip to Vegas. I then took my mom to Crumbs to have her try their delicious cupcakes :) We tried the Red Velvet and Keylime...pretty yummy! Then just headed home and did homework the rest of the night.

Thursday. Woke up at 3am to make buddy pass call to make sure that my mom could make the flight. Officially woke up at 5 to drive my mom to the airport. I then came home got ready for class and head out to school. After Effects I just have to work on the 15 sec project. Maya we learned the skeleton and IK handles to animate our characters. I missed editing because I was dead tired so i came home and napped and then at about 9pm Nikki came over and we head out to Vegas!! 4 hours later we were finally in Vegas met up with my cousin Brandon and my bestie Crystal and then we all passed out! 

The pic is from the Guitar Center off Sunset Drive in West Hollywood