Victor Newman

Some things as of last night.

1) I spent about two hours last night with the song "Hometown Glory" by Adele on repeat. It is so good. Definitely take a listen.
2) Much like when Rebecca Ganster gets bored and sometimes cut bangs for herself, I got bored and when I was trimming my beard I ended up mustachioed. Hit up facebook for the pic! The kids at school were not too receptive. Even though all of the mexicanos are mustachioed. Whatever, I am having fun.
3) I applied for five different AmeriCorps programs in Chicago, which include a couple that are tutoring programs like I am currently doing. Those include Asian Human Services, Project Yes!, Notre Dame Mission Volunteers. I also have to fill out an application for Public Allies Chicago which is working with non-profits. And last but not least Chicago Health Corps, so that I could have some options.
4) I have a Family Reading Night to go to which I am not excited about.

I am trying to channel Victor Newman

Los Angeles, I'm Yours

I loved Southern California. The weather was amazing. OMG I cannot even tell you. I told Jasmina that I picked the wrong place to live. I would be so much happier if I were in Southern or Nothern California. Central totally blows.

Highlights include:
1) Hollywood. Got to walk around and see the Walk of Fame and Grauman's Chinese Theater. The most exciting footprints I saw belonged to Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson. It was also cool to see the Kodak Theater where the Oscars are hosted each year.
3) Huntington Beach. I was in Orange County. A lot. On Sunday we spent the day at the beach in the city wherein The OC was filmed. It was like a dream come true. There is a pretty good chance that I was a spot where Ryan Atwood kicked some water polo player's ass. So cool.
4) Frozen Yogurt tour of Southern California. We made stops at Pinkberry, 21 Choices, Yogurtland, and CeFiore. It was heaven.

All in all it was a very fun weekend. Now it is back to school this week and then two more weeks and the school year will be done-zo. Yee-uh.

The Bright Side of Life

I just wrote this blog post that I really did not care about at all. I read over the post and said, Ya know what none of this information is interesting so why write about it.
Positives in life:
+Watched two episodes of Gossip Girl last night. Gooood stuff. The finale was amazing.
+Talked to two friends on the phone last night and then spent the morning texting with another friend. How very fun.
+Tonight I am going to veg out and watch the Desperate Housewives finale that I missed on Sunday.
+Voted today in an election. It is always important to have your voice heard.
+Chocolate cake at lunch. Muy bien!

Life it's good.

These Days

These days more and more I am looking at my experience in California and trying hard to learn from my mistakes. Lately my loneliness has been quite high and I have found myself in the midst of situations wherein I feel as though other people's lack of character are a reflection upon myself. The current situation this weekend was as follows. One person from our group had a birthday and was planning a celebratory dinner. He invited all of the people from AmeriCorps that live in Marina, except for one person. Today the uninvited person asked me to see a movie and I said that I could not because I was having dinner with the group of people. I was told not to invite anyone and that Person B (the uninvited member) was not invited, because he is disliked by Person A (birthday boy). Now apparently Person A lied to Person B's face which upset Person B, because Person A was having other people lie too. The whole situation screams of middle school. I thought that I left my fourth, fifth and sixth grade students at school. Thats not the case.
I am just over it. In other instances in my life I have been able to get rid of people like this and have been able to move forward. Being alone out here, I am not able to do the same thing. I guess I felt like these people's flaws reflected upon me because I am surrounded by them and choose to be around them. I suppose I could cut myself entirely off from them, but then I would be completely alone and that would not be conducive for a healthy life. I am just stuck in this place and am trying hard to gain back all of the pieces of myself that I have lost. I just would like to click my heels and wake up from this nightmare. Maybe I am being dramatic, but I seriously have never encountered this before in my life.