Still Awake

I'm waiting for the last two mins of this washer to finish up. After this, I can throw them in the dryer and then get my 5 hours of sleep. Tomorrow will be a great day.

And so will be the weekend. I'll post a few photos, I'm sure.

Let's play the blame game.

Just got back home from one of the most memorable weekends I've ever had. To be honest, this weekend changed everything. I'm so grateful for all the blessings I have received in my life. I will never forget this trip. I love my family -- especially Dad, Grandma Helen, and Lola Pepay... I already miss everyone. "Yeezy taught you well."

Goodnight

Goodnight, Blogger readers (although I barely have any, I still write as if there was an audience). Tomorrow, I have family reunion of sorts. Me, Dad, Uncle Russ, and Aunt Karen will be together for lunch at their home in La Habra Heights. I'll get a pic of their dog Duncan and post it on here; I love how cute he is. Anyway I'm posting a photo of me just a few days old which I found from earlier today rummaging around my Dad's pics. Hope you like. Goodnight blog!

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Me & My Daddy

This is from March of 1991 in San Lorenzo, CA. I'm so taken back by this picture. Damn, I was a cute baby. Ah, memories. :)

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Carwash.

Recently, I moved into my new place. Let me tell you how much I enjoy this new house that I live in. It's very nice, and sometimes I feel like I don't deserve it.

I finally got the chance to wash my car in about a year today and it looks sweeetttt. I love the feeling of a fully detailed car and being able to just drive a nice looking car... again.

The past 2 weekends, I have been in LA so this weekend I feel like I can relax a little bit, although I do miss being there. Ahh Many good times we shared there. Rashad and Dahlia's graduations, Universal Studios, 2 grad parties, going to the beach, and many more things that I just can't remember at the moment.

Summer school seems like it has been in the back of my head for a while now. There's only 2 weeks left of the first session, and it doesn't really feel like I'm even going to school. I guess this is how people who don't care about school enough feel about college after they've taken a few semesters off and are just getting back into education. It's kind of scary... I don't want school to become a "backseat" priority. For me, I consider school being my life, so it's scary that over the summer I feel like a new type of student after 16 years of school.

Anyway, I know that lately I haven't blogged at all. I'm definitely not forgetting about you, blog. I have just been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to do what I love to do. I'm not neglecting you, blog. Just wait til I get settled into my new place, and life starts to move slower. Then, I will get back into my old ways.

That's all for now, peace.

Saturday through sunday Monday, Monday through Sunday yo..

Looks like Winterline is over. At least after Wednesday it will be. I guess I can go back to normal life. Whatever that is.

I wanted to perform at champs, but NCBA couldn't slot us in so whatevs.

Still, there's much to look forward to this year... BUT for now, I could use a break from drumline and focus more on school.

Still gotta file a graduation petition for the fall (hella late I know). Also, I should finish my Spanish HW. That would be a good idea. AND finish my HSA before Wednesday.

Spring Break is sooo close.

I'm trying to find $260 for a plane ticket to Ontario next Sunday for Easter Dinner with my Dad's side of the family. Then I want to spend a few days in Riverside just chillin' with fam, and visiting my Dad. Too bad I'm totally broke and have no money to pay for the trip...

Kuwawa Face.

Last Show

Del Oro will be Sac State's last show; we're not going to NCBA champs... Big disappointment.

Oh well. I guess that just gives me more options for what to do with the beginning of my Spring Break 2010. Wooo. A week away!!! Or basically it's:

9 classes,

1 HSA,

4 days of Spanish HW I've missed,

and 1 midterm away.

So close. Looking forward to seeing my Dad.

flake

Once again, I came down and it just didn't work out... I realize you're busy and we're really far apart, but I wish you had just told me in the first place instead.

Bad Night

Last night was just, crap. It was fun though. Well, It's my last day in SoCal. Time to get back to drumming, looking for work, and finishing my Psyc paper.

P.S. Kobe is ridiculous.

Happy Birthday

Happy 21st Birthday my dearest Rashad & Dahlia Altawaty. You guys are THE best cousins I could ever ask for. You're both are basically my brother from another mother and my sister from another mister.

I love you guys.

I wonder...

if anyone actually reads my blog... hmm... Anyways...

IT'S OFFICIAL, AS OF 12/17/09, SCHOOL IS OUT!

This is what the next week is shaping up to look like:

Friday (today): Flight at 8:25am, SMF-ONT. SoCal here I come.

Saturday: Going to San Diego with Rashad. (Not sure why yet, but I think we're hittin' up the gaslamp district) :P

Sunday: Christmas dinner with the Ringl family in La Habra Heights

Monday: Rest day? lol.

Tuesday: Rashad & Dahlia's 21st! In Vegas for a one night stand.

Wednesday: Leave Vegas. Back in SoCal

Thursday: Christmas Eve. Christmas party?

Friday: Christmas. Parents might come to Riverside?

Anywho, it's about to go down... and I'm sure that me and Rashad will be hittin' up the gym while we're down there. :D

51 weeks, 6 days.

I'm approaching my 1-year anniversary of starting this blog, and I just needed to stress one thing.... This blog has been a great place for me to share my feelings and it has become my favorite free-writing outlet where I can just express myself, and write anything I want that is on my mind. It has been a great way to remember the (good & bad) things that have happened to me in the past year. I'm glad I've kept this sort of online diary.

Man, it's freezing outside. It's actually 32F outside right now so, technically it's freezing. lol.

So, this past weekend was great. My niece's Quinceanera was a lot of fun. They held it at the Gaia hotel in American Canyon which was a very nice hotel. I danced my ass off and looked pretty sharp in my teal-themed tux. I got to see all my family for which I always am thankful for.

Sacramento State Winter Ensemble is starting up again, and the drumline is looking almost (if not just) as big as the fall drumline. I hope we start to clean up soon, because I don't wanna be in a dirty snare-line (or drumline for that matter).

School is almost done with. I am so over this semester already. I'm so ready to start my 2 week vacation in SoCal in 11 days. I just have about 8 things to finish up on and then I'll be able to call it quits for school in 2009.

Speaking of the end of school, I'll be leaving for SoCal on Dec. 18th. It will be similar to last year where I enjoyed a Christmas dinner with my Ringl side of the family, and then spend the rest of the 2 weeks being with my cousins. Rashad and Dahlia will be turning 21 on Dec. 22nd, so I'm pretty excited about what may happen since WE ALL WILL BE FINALLY LEGAL!

Exciting times are ahead. I hope it only gets even better from here.

look what I found...

I found this by my Dad's bed. This is me on my 3rd birthday. I used to be a cute little boy...

Man, all I can say is what happened?? HAHA

And then I find this picture of my Dad when he graduated HS.

I find this pretty crazy. Haha.

lost and found

So I'm now in Riverside. REPRESENTIN' SOCAL. haha. anyway, tonight was really odd. I get to Ontario on time but my luggage never came through. I go to the Southwest front desk and ask where my luggage is, they say, "We don't know, hold on." Then they tell me, "Okay, your luggage is on the next flight from Sac, but it's been delayed an hour." They gave me a 50$ credit towards future travel on SWA as a compensation which will come in handy this Winter. So me and Rashad go to Victoria Gardens to kill time and have some coffee. We caught up on each other's lives. It was good to catch up. We are basically brothers from sisterly mothers. haha. When I got back to the airport to retrieve my luggage, I see someone from CSUS Marching Band. It was so random to see her at 11:30pm, at Ontario airport, while getting my luggage that was randomly lost and found.

Overall, it was a fun night.

P.S. Thanks Jill. I promise not to mess up. I really don't want to mess this up.

Things I want to do in SoCal this weekend.

• See my pops
• See my cousins
• Visit an old friend (When I saw you back in July we had a good time, right? haha =P)
• Football game
• CAF with cousins
• Have a good night out with Rashad.

I need this weekend to better than this past weekend. Hooray for CSU furloughs!

Justin!? YOU FREAK... Don't sneak up on me and freak me out like that.

Fall 2009

Wow, I was wasted... haha

What a great turnout for today. I honestly didn't think that there'd be this many people coming out for the drumline... Well, I'm happy about the start. It was a good way to get my mind off of some of the stupid ass things that have been happening. Hopefully we'll have about 7 snares. That would be sweet.

I'm looking forward to school starting again and getting back into that rhythm of going to school everyday. I sorta miss it. Well I know that by the end of September I'll already be sick of school and I'll miss the summer but that's ok. It happens every year and I know exactly how to deal with it. Wow, after that Vegas trip I noticed that I definitely need a job. HAHA

I really am trying to hype myself up for the semester because I know that there are so many new opportunities ahead of me. I'll be in NY for DCA Champs in less than 3 weeks, I'll be coming to Socal sometime in mid-September to see my father and cousins, I'll be choppin' it up with the Sac State Drumline, and I'll be meeting new people and catching up with old friends in my classes. I guess school isn't so bad after all?

Oh, and I almost forgot... There's a good possibility that I'll be double majoring this year in business and psych. That way I'll have a really big frame of reference when it comes to taking the GRE and eventually being successful in grad school.

I guess it's time to go to bed.

Looking ahead...

Sitting Outside.

It's a beautiful night. Sitting outside. It's so peaceful. I'm leaving later this morning back to the Bay Area. I don't want to ruin the moment, but I know I still have to pack and clean up my room. I tried something new tonight, something I never thought I'd ever do in my entire lifetime. I want to be able to look back at this night as the night I first tried it. It went better than I thought it would. There I said it, I'm never bashing anyone for their habit again.

Quite honestly, I'm beginning to realize how much me and my father are alike. It must be our genes, since I've barely been around him during my short lifetime. I look forward to seeing him again in July. I love being here. I love how great my family is. They're beautiful.

Mini Dilemma

Should I go home tonight, and sleep over in Vallejo? Have dinner with family, and sleep in? Or should I wake up early tomorrow, and drive down. I think I know what I need to do. 

Vacation was great. I've appreciated it more now knowing it's over. I had fun. I miss them. Oh and last Saturday was the biggest letdown of my life. I was so ready to have fun, and then it slowly turned into a disaster. Well, at least I will NEVER forget that night for what it was. So, in a way that night was pretty fun actually. We made the best of it.