Head Over Heels.

I don't know if I mentioned, but I am mostly friends with people that are 20 years of age or younger. Only a few acquaintences I know of around town are actually over 21, but we don't hang out or see each other often. My first close friend up here, Sandra, turned 21 this past weekend before school started and I wanted to post a pic up of her special night. It was a pretty crazy night with lots of shots being taken. Haiasi and I ended up being the most wasted that night while Sandra woke up the next morning hangover free. I'm glad I actually have someone to go out to the bars with me, other than Haiasi :P Btw, Haiasi REFUSES to smile in any picture. The ones I do have up with him smiling are ridiculous cause it's all forced >:{

I was walking home the other day and it just hit me that I have a lovely boyfriend who lives with me. The realization was more on the part of my boyfriend living with me. Strange how it's been almost a year of him sharing a bed with me and it just hit me the other day.

I am almost through my first full week of 6 classes and I have to say that it is EXHAUSTING. I noticed also that since I am in school from 7:30ish in the morning till 5ish at night, I drink a lot of tea. Its nice to be drinking some damn good mixed green teas, but bothersome cause of the 10 bajillion bathroom breaks I take during one class period. Blegh.

My Papa James' anniversary is coming up within a couple of weeks. I want to finish converting a VHS tape of him before his anniversary so I can send the DVD copy to my family. After my Papa passed away when I was in 8th grade, I have come to notice that I have a bad fixation on close family and friends dying. It scares me to the point of crazy worrying and I wish I could stop. I am seriously thinking of seeing someone about it. It doesn't help either since I am so far away from my family. I can't just drive home and feel better :(

I have a new love for Moleskine writing journals. I always buy them with their natural bindings and either lined or not lined regular journals in sets of 3. They are a bit pricey, but they are so great for class and collecting my thoughts.

This weekend shall be fun. I have a birthday party to attend this Friday. Saturday is fight night :D I booked a table for 4 at a sports bar/restaurant to watch the BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre fight (YAY!) and Sunday will either be a beach day or a homework day. I am excited and really glad I have a ton of things to look forward to this weekend. I'll write again soon, if I don't get too swamped.

New Semester

I started school yesterday and surprisingly, I woke up on time for my 8am class. My first early morning class since 2005. My first class of the day was Time Arts and it was actually fun after we got through the typical syllabus talk. We created slide images for our first project. I will work on them later on this weekend. That class meets up twice a week, Monday and Wednesday. Yay for 8am classes! (but not really...)

Second class was my art history 300 elective class which I chose to take History of Photography. I have it with a few of my friends at PNCA so I was pretty stoked on that and only that. The class dragged on and on and on and on, but it doesn't seem like it will be a burden when it comes closer to finals.

Second day of classes and I have one at 11am till 5pm for Theory + Practice: Art and Religion. I hope I have some people in there that I know cause I know it will be a long and tedious lecture. I will end it here because I need to get ready for it and make me a sandwhich for lunch. Bye!

My Second Home Away From Home

I made it back to Portland just fine. I arrived Tuesday night to a late lover and cold toes! Taking sleeping pills right before you board your plane is such a good idea. It worked for me, prolly one of the best long naps on a plane. I woke up without having a cramped body and restless sleep. I think mostly because the pills numbed me a bit :P Tylenol PM does me good :P

I got back home at about 11pm and was happy to see that my digital pics from Walmart had arrived. I ordered pics from Haiasi and my Hawaii trip during the summer. I asked Haiasi if he wanted to help me put together a photo album of us and he agreed so I was glad to see my 2 stacks on my desk :)

I had a lot of stuff from the winter workshop I taught at so I mailed the supplies home instead of carrying it with me on the plane. 4 flat rate boxes and 1 big box of old family VHS tapes and Haiasi's Christmas presents :P Oh and kinako powder for all the mochi I made and brought back too! Grandma and I made about 5 lbs. worth of mochi for me to freeze and eat whenever. I know gary wishes he was hanging out with me and eating that sugary yumminess. Sooo good!

I have a little less than a week before school starts. I think I mentioned it, but I'm taking a full load consisting of 6 classes. I know I'm crazy, but I am doing it for 2 semesters to graduate on time. I hope I don't get too stressed out and have a mental breakdown though :P That would not be pleasant. AND they are pretty much all 8am classes....I haven't had 8am classes since highschool. Blehh. But at least I have a few things to look forward to. Haiasi and I will be eating at Cheesecake Factory tonight to celebrate our anniversary :D And then this weekend I shall have several drinks with Sandra in celebration of her FINALLY turning 21. And then to start mys school year, Obama's Inauguration :D I hope 2009 will go smoothly and I am ready for this brand new year. 2008 was fabulous for me since I got close again with my childhood friends and I found a wonderful boy that makes me happy :) This was waaay too long, but I needed to share and make up for the lack of posts. Oh, and I wish Emi the best with the rest of her wedding planning :)

P.S. I loooooove strawberry shortcake. Especially when they are in cupcake form! Oishii!!

Leaving on a jet plane...

I am leaving Hawaii nei this coming Tuesday. I am excited and dreading it at the same time. I have enjoyed my time back at home and look forward to the next time I am home (which may be next December again) and my love will be coming home with me again for New Years :D It shall be fun and different for him since New Years isn't a huge thing for him.

It sucked for the first 1.5 week of break cause I got horribly sick and am only recovering now. I have been away from Haiasi for a good 2.75 weeks and miss him terribly! I shall update later though cause friends want me to play Left 4 Dead!