Well I stood dropping a coin into the pit of a well

times like these...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:50:49 GMT

there are moments in life where everything jsut seems to make sense. I'm not too sure why these moments make themselves known or how they do it... But for a brief moment or two everything sorta comes into perspective. Life seems to slow down and you can really see the beauty in it. And it seems that no matter the pressures that are mounting around you everything will turn out okay. The day seems brighter... colors more vivid... and the air smells more fresh. It's a relaxing feeling. It's good. It's times like these I wish Fernanda were here. I could show her the things I see... But with our hectic schedules we have to plan everything ahead of time. Ah well. Eventually right?
It is a beautiful day though...

One month as of today!

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:52:42 GMT

Well, Fernanda and I have been married one month and all is going great! We've also got our honeymoon planned out. We're spending twelve days in the Yucatan Peninsula... Seven nights at the Grand Mayan Hotel on the Riviera Maya and then five more nights at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach in Cancun. The hotel stays are Fernanda's Uncle's wedding gift to us...so we just have to get there. I think that the honeymoon is going to be one heck of an experience. We are certainly going to have a blast...I'm definitely excited.
Er...the lab here on campus is closing...over and out.

Survived the storm...

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:04:56 GMT

Well, I'm one license plate short; nevertheless, we survived hurricane dolly. It wasn't too bad I think...Of course, Kevin's fence fell...and one of my dad's did too...and there was massive flooding throughout the valley....and most of the northern valley still doesn't have power...besides all of that it wasn't too bad.
In other news, my bank account was just charged roughly $400...so that should mean that my iPhone is being shipped...finally.

First Hurricane...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:54:02 GMT

Hello, Dolly! This is Luis Dolly... Its so nice to have you back where you belong.

Married...sorta. :P

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:01:39 GMT

Well, its official...I'm married. Fernanda and I tied the knot on saturday in a civil ceremony at her house. Immediate family was there for the small but fun shindig. She and I had a blast...and now we're half-way...er... two-thirds the way through... First was the engagement, next was the civil ceremony to take care of the legal stuff, and in December we "a-seal a-the deal" (read that in Strong Bad fashion). We just want to make sure that when we tie the knot again in december she's good to go as far as traveling, working, and all that legal mumbo-jumbo. So as far as any god or, more importantly, her mother is concerned, we aren't quite married. But hey, its cool...I'm happy. She's made me happier than I ever thought possible...I know what it really means to love someone and be loved back...she's awesome...and hey, she loves me for who I am...me!
Life is good.

bicycles

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:04:25 GMT

These guys have the right idea...and everyone says that I'm crazy for riding 20 miles a day on my new bike.

gr...

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:55:09 GMT

Whoever invented the walkie-talkie feature of cell phones should be rounded up and shot by a firing squad of robots set to fire every time someone somewhere beeps a damn walkie-talkie phone....people need to learn how to properly talk on a cell phone...for some reason people assume everyone within 2 miles wants to hear the conversation. I'm outta here.

wonderful evening

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:55:26 GMT

Fernanda and I had a rather good date tonight...we went to the movies and checked out George A. Ramero's "Diary of the Dead"....which I must say was damn good. I went in thinking it would be awful...after the "Land of the Dead" fiasco....but this movie was put together very well. We had a great time...
Its good that things are back to normal these days... The recently finished semester was a doozy for both of us... I was working two jobs seven days a week and cramming in fifteen hours of college for the semester while Fernanda was carrying on her shoulders one job and a whopping eighteen college hours. We were stretched to the limit but somehow managed to survive...Fernanda and I are both still working...but the overload of school is on hold...for a bit. Fernanda has Summer II courses in July....then August brings with it another fully loaded semester. Baah...
As for now though, I'm off to bed. G'night.

done with finals

Mon, 05 May 2008 23:57:54 GMT

Well...I just finished my last final a few minutes ago....and it wasn't quite what I had expected. I imagined it would go better than that. My professor managed to get into my head and basically freak me out about it.... I've never freaked out in regards to a test. No matter how well or not so well I see myself doing or how hard or easy it is projected to be I never freak out...somehow my professor managed to do just that in the five minutes prior to the test. My brain meats froze over and accumulated enough freezer burn to blank me out for the remainder of the exam. I don't feel well about this one.
I didn't fair so well in my other courses as well. I managed a C in macroeconomics and somehow lost an A in my world history Senior Seminar...I thought I'd do better in the history one and I swear I failed the economics one...ah well. My other courses should end up in the A range so I'm not too worried...
I am worried about my graduation though.... I might have to extend my graduation date to next december (2009)....as opposed to next may (2009) because of one damn course. Its my American History Senior Seminar so taking it as an independent study in spring '09 is a long shot. I guess we'll see.
Fernanda has been so stressed out because of her courses and other life events...I just hope that she feels better once her last final is done with...which just so happens to be in an hour. I'm really worried about her... Either way, her hard work has paid off with four A's so far and possibly a couple more on the way...she had an eighteen hour semester....I only mustered fifteen and I didn't fair that well. She's strong I tell's ya what. That's one of the reasons that I love her so much....

:)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:07:27 GMT

I now run Safari and have a dock....now all I need is a Mac :P

off to bed...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:47:33 GMT

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

raccoons are damn cute

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:22:50 GMT

School is a pain...but this semester is almost done with... Fernanda is in class at the moment and I'm just hanging out on campus until she's free... I managed to finish my government homework and now I'm looking up ipods on eBay....too damn expensive.

a bit further than I originally thought...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:44:09 GMT

Well that was fun. I just biked out to Fernanda's new house....about ten and a half miles awa....and then back... I must say I'm quite pooped. I headed over to hang out and enjoy some time together before the school and work week picks back up....darn school and work.

48 hours and only 45 minutes of sleep...

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:37:23 GMT

whew....I'm pooped.
Darn that paper.

Creating a God

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:23:10 GMT

That's the title of my paper/presentation over Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, a man later known as Joseph Stalin. The projects main focus is how Stalin was able to rise to power and create a cult image of himself through the manipulation and suppression of arts, media, and other forms of communication, all the while hiding the fact that he was a murderous tyrant responsible for the deaths of three million people and the imprisonment of over ten million. Its fun to work on....but once again, I procrastinated until the last minute and I am forced (by my own actions) to pull an all nighter to pump this paper out...the presentation will come later.
Wish me luck.

house sitting and paper writing

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:11:21 GMT

In my attempt to be productive I have found every excuse not to be...I'm hardly gaining ground on this monster of a paper...ugh. Darn you Stalin.
Fernanda is busy all day and I can't very well see her as a result...and that makes me quite sad.
Oh, and in good news the Geek Squad was able to save the contents of my hard drive....for an ungodly amount of money....it wasn't until afterwards that the dell people told me an extremely easy and much cheaper method of DIY hard drive salvage...jerks. My lappy is running much smoother than before as well....I just have to reinstall all of my programs and what not.
Well, back to the paper business.

$200 potentially down the drain

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:44:38 GMT

So I took my laptop to the Geek Squad and for a hundred bucks they will attempt to retrieve my files....for another hundred I bought an external hard drive....in the event that they cannot salvage my hard drive I get a grand total of $50 back...yeah.
Oh, and my car is acting weird...more than usual.
Oh, and I owe roughly $600-$800 dollars on my income tax.
damn.

dollar sign, asterisk, ampersand, dollar sign, exclamation point

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:53:54 GMT

In other words...I'm ducked...with an "f" rather than a "d"...
My laptop just died...literally died...memory integrity error here and some missing or corrupt files there....basically everything I have on my computer is gone....pictures of Fer and I, photoshop creations, art, music (16 GB+), college files, research papers, family pictures, programs...everything...gone.
The Dell guy said that I should take it to a technician in the morning to see if they can salvage the files...but either way, Dell will have to replace parts and wipe the drive...luckily its still under warranty...but irreplaceable files are lost...
This really sucks...
I should have bought a mac.

gr.

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:57:01 GMT

A 250 word review of a 560 page book is a lot harder than it sounds.

waiting for the medicine to kick in

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:23:57 GMT

tired....but can't sleep.
I work too much too...

work, work, work...

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:26:43 GMT

whew...I'm exhausted. Work has been tough...Its not necessarily the work itself that's tough; rather, its the long hours that I'm functioning everyday that's tough. I'm in one school or another from eight in the morning until ten at night on most nights...I'm substituting on a regular basis these days and I've got college in the evenings so my weekdays are packed...to top it all off, I'm slaving away over at the house of pancakes on Saturday and Sundays for most of each day...It'll all slow down come February 25 though...i get my first big paycheck from BISD then...so the dreaded house of pancakes can function without me for a little while.
School this semester looks to be a doozy...Fernanda's tackling several demanding courses that require presentations and what not...she's not too thrilled about it all...but I know she'll do just fine. As for me, I've got a total of 35 classroom observation hours to take care of for my two education courses along with at least two full-fledged 30 minute lessons for each course...and my History class's research paper/presentation/lesson/whatever you want to call it looks to be a daunting task as well...Fernanda and I have our work cut out for us this semester...with her help I should do fine...and I'm here for her if'n she needs the help...but she's very talented and quite smart...she might not think so now, but I know she's going to ace this semester...I'm proud of the work she's done...its not easy maintaining such a good GPA...but she's got it covered.
Well, I'm going to bed now...

19.65 miles

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:59:20 GMT

Whew....that was quite the ride.
I do rather miss Fernanda though...she just so happens to be in Reynosa today...and won't be back until tomorrow...sigh...

shrimp and cactus

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:17:16 GMT

So this substituting gig isn't half bad afterall...quite nice really. I think that I'm gaining some skills that will really help me in the future as a full-fledged teacher...and I think that I've found my so-called "teaching style"...and oddly enough it reminds me of a teacher that I had in highschool...and not Doc Heff (the teacher who inspired me to be a teacher; rather, I have a laid-back sarcastic style of my one time homeroom teacher Mr. Hanzel. I seem to have control of the classroom just fine while still maintaining a laid back atmosphere...with a little sarcasm thrown in for good measure...I'm enjoying it...and it puts food on the table...er....pays the bills.
Fernanda and I spent the day caring for her brother's pup today...it was fun...well, if one forgets the cleaning up of poop, pee, and the minor fact that the pup peed on me...then everything went well. Fernanda and I still had fun...it was neat being able to spend the day caring for something (alive) together. We opperated a good team if'n you ask me... This was just practice for the real deal in a few years. By the way...only 342 days left.

blue bike

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:27:00 GMT

Just on the way out the door here in a bit to take Fernanda to dinner and a movie...

this is the year...

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:45:31 GMT

Well...its a new year...and this one looks to be even better than last year. By the end of this year I will be married to the most beautiful woman in the world...who just so happens to love me :P Also by the end of the year I might be done with my degree...if not, then I'll only have my student teaching to do in the spring of '09...
And to top it all off I'm happier than I've ever been...Fernanda and I are doing great and she seems happy to me...which is a very good thing. This year has a lot in store for us...and I'm definitely looking forward to it.