I went to Mario's cousin's Quinceanera last Saturday.
Quinceanera.. I always thought it was similar to a “Sweet Sixteen” party. However, there is more behind honoring the age 15 than the celebration itself.
http://www.quinceanera-boutique.com/quinceaneratradition.htm
Talk about money! WHoa..I bet the whole party comes out to mucho dollares.
I do think that it is 'cool' that this culture does something like this..
My heritage? I wish I knew what I was… I know I have a little bit of English, a little bit of Native American Indian, a little bit of this and a little bit of that…I will face it, I’m a mut :P.
I have an aunt on my Dad’s side and an uncle on my Mom’s side that both are really into Genealogy. I need to check into their research so I can figure out what I am!
I think it’d be cool if I had enough of one ethnicity so my family and myself celebrated the related holidays and traditions.
Hm, that makes me think…I am not against bi-racial, but the more bi-racial kiddies are made, the less of a specific culture they are from. Hm…
Today I went to the Bay area
ski/snowboard show I bought some
Flow bindings for my snowboard. These are rad, comfy and easy to get into. Woo hoo- snowboard season!
My friend Ttan had a bbq today, for her Bday (the 3rd). Her Bday is the same as my bro's, Zach. They are a year apart though.
We played baseball and I sucked. Man oh man....I can hit a 70 mph baseball, but then when I go to hit a 20 mph softball I miss! I suck at timing. It takes a long time for me to adjust to the speed and angle adjustment.
I saw a very nice massage chair today. There was a International gift and trade show in the same building as the Ski/Snowboard show. This
chair feels very good! The
iJoy is a cheaper alternative. Both feel really good! They don't vibrate and make your back each liek typical massage chairs. But of curse, real hand massage beats any chair! I'm such a massage junkie!
I was looking on the website of the company that sells these very expensive massage chairs- http://acigirelaxation.com/ . I was browsing their product line and came across this...HA! Something I have ALWAYS wanted....Christmas gift? You
bet! NOT!
That would be crazy to use! Hm, shoudl I buy a 1k$ toilet seat? Hm..um, prolley not!
I am finally not going out on Sat...why? I am home alone, reading school work...OOh, how exciting!
OOhs:
-I rode my moto today. It was a very nice day today! I ran some errands, went to the bbq, and went to work on it. Left work ~9pm and it was cold!
Boos:
-I'm exhuasted and have big bags under my eyes!
-My new neighbor plays her music TOOO loud! I can hear it thumping at 7am! 11pm!! 7am!! 11pm!! MAN! ARGH!
-Had to go to work today and most likely tomorrow :(.
Ahs:
-Ttan's dad told me a story about their red-tailed hawk that spit out his feces onto the cage wall. He said the red-tails like to keep their nests clean. I looked this up on the internet and found that when the nestling hawks erach 5 days old they can shoot their feces over the edge of their nest. Bird poop on the ground is a sign of an active nest.
Word of the day 'pinto' Pinto means marked with patches of white and another color. Hence the name pinto beans. Pinto also means spotted in spanish.
Huhs:
-How do evergreens stay green throughout the winter?
-How do you like your TP mounted on the roller- over or under? I was trying to locate a wipe...
survey. I ended up coming across
this as well...very funny I thought.
Yippee- someone got an 'A', FINALLY. Maybe I have transformed? Going back to my middle school grades? How sad...I got Principals Honor Roll, Honor Roll, and Student of the Month while in Elementary and Middle school. I think I didn't end up getting bad grades until Junior High when I became 'class clown'. That was for one year atleast. I then moved on to a 'bad girl'.
I've been working on homework. Have to meet with my team tomorrow.
Man, oh, man...my team sucks and I thought/hoped new class, new team? Right?! Wrong! There more people, who actually were very close to completing their degree. I thought, good chance! Get some valuable input on our projects, learn a few things, and be able to like my team? OH no, doesn't happen that way..that'd be good, right?!
Me and the good guy on my team, Steve, stepped out to discuss our team options:
work/meet online with the experienced people, grab some folks from the other team, or stay with our current team. After thinking it over we decided to go with the online experienced team.
We go back into the classroom and are told the teams are already formed :O. Our team is....the SAME team. WHAT?!?
Apparently 2 people left the course during mine and Steve's discussion. Therefore the remaining girl (besides the 2 bozos on my team) went with the online team. Dang, dang, dang. I was SOOOOO upset.
These people are HARD to work with. One is dumb and needs an explanation of EVERYTHING. The other is stern and NOT a team player. PLUS Steve MIGHT not be able to attend class anymore (problems at work). So, what does this mean? LArissa may have to put up with 2 freaken idiots ALL by herself.
Hang them? Oh no, I can't. Stomp on their feet? Nah, too soft. Punch all their teeth out? Yes, yes, yes. THis I can do.
I am REALLY hoping for a learning experience and this situation working out.
:(....
Sad, mad, me
WOO HOO! I completemy first class!! AND>>> I THINK I may have gotten a good grade :). Not a F like Perl or a C like Psychology. I've gotten 90+% on all my assignments. WOO!
Things I have learned from this class:
Too many things to note. I have learned tons of techniques, thinking processes, and
The guy that I had chosen to be on my team next class (secretly planned how to take him from the other team), is SKIPPING next class! He is in the process of moving, so taking this next class off. :O MAN....
So far, so good on Jury Duty. I keep checking the status page and group 180 needs to check again tomorrow after 500 pm... then again... then again :).
Got egged the other evening while my mother and youngest brother were staying the night. I now have 'fried' egg on my bedroom window and screen. Oh, how nice....nice nice ghetto neighbor children.
Another nice incident from my ghetto neighbor kids...A ~12 yr old boy decides he was going to be 'cool' for his friends and moon me. Yes I saw a dirty or hairy (there was something on it) lil kid's butt. Oh, how nice, I bet your mom taught ya that right?
From one ghetto to another...
Oohs:
-Bike is back and looks good. Oh wait, I still have my stock exhaust :(.
- My aunt sent me a Halloween card with pictures of all my 6 cousins. Oooh.. now I need to find enough magnets to attach them to my frig.
Boos:
-Pipe? Pipe is in a box in my trunk. What am I going to do? I don't know. I think about it and get upset. I haven't had time to really think about it. Getting upset takes more time :P
-I have WAY too many things going on...my head is spinning and I am not getting things for work done on time. Argh. Being in this position (lab support) there are SOO many things that you find out that can be done differently. I have so many things on the 'to do' list. Automations, upgrades, re-configs, setups, etc...list goes on.
Ahs:
-climbing classes...
1.0- walk
2.0- trail
3.0 scramble
4.0 simliar to scrambling, where hands and feet are required. Ropes are advisable
5.0 technical rock climbing where safety harness is needed
6.0 usually referred to as aid climbing, where use of equipment is necessary for upward movement
-Magnetic A-stars are about two to 10 times as hefty as the Sun. One example is Alioth, the third star in on the handle of the Big Dipper.
Huhs:
-Who created the word 'um' and , um, why?
