December 2004

We spread my dog Spirit's ashes at sunrise this morning... it was sad... we did it at my Grandpa's favorite spot on the the beach by his condo he lived in... B( ok, enough thinking about it...

Labels: dogs, grandpa

YAY! The List so Far:

• Lord of the Rings Monopoly
• $100 worth of Lowes gift cards
• $50 worth of Circuit City gift cards
• $200 worth of American Express gift Cards
• $65 worth of Checks
• $10 cash
• 256 MB USB JumpDrive
• Green Day CD
• Shrek 2
• Star Wars Trilogy Collectors edition DVD set
• Super duper toaster
• PCI Wireless Network Card
• Gummy Bears
• Water Filter for my sink
• Shampoo, Conditioner and Moose
• Coca Cola Collection stuff

There are still a few more to open at my Grandma's house and Francisca said she has something for me too...

A lot better than I thought it would be... B) Megan got a SUPER computer that I am jealous of... grrr...

Labels: francisca amunategui, grandma, megan folts

Well, today (technically yesterday, but I am not asleep yet) was my birthday... I always go to Fridays for my birthday... so me and my family drove by the one that we heard was opening soon by Muvico and there were people inside so I got out and asked if they were open and they said "we're opening in 10 minutes" so they let us in anyway and we were then their very first customer in that store... (I swear they knew I wanted their food for my birthday so they opened that day just for me) anyways... since we were the very first people, and it was my birthday, and since every manager/owner/etc. was there, we got free alcohol, I got a free spinach dip... I got a free plate of jack Daniel's double glazed ribs, and then I got a free Oreo madness... it was awesome... I was also the first person all the waiters had to sing the happy birthday song to... it was pretty cool... extremely actually, it makes up for all the horror stories I have from past birthdays at Friday's (example: 18th b-day table falling on us... 19th b-day being served sea food that I am allergic too... etc...)

Also, I got a gift card to gamestop from my parents (that is what they didn't have yesterday) and I got Chocapic (a Chilean cereal that is uberly delicious) from Adriana (Francisca's mom)... My friends Patti and Eric stopped bye for about 2 hours and played xbox with me, but then they had to go to the airport because Eric is going to Israel... I also went to see Sebastian and Sean... it was fun in general... to bad everyone I know here has work or school tomorrow...

Labels: adriana infante, birthday, eric rubinstein, francisca amunategui, patti botero, sean rush, sebastian amunategui, tgi fridays

(I wrote this last night, but for some reason it didn't post... so here it is)

I beat halo 2 about 30 minutes ago... go me! After that I came over to the computer to see if my last teacher posted a grade, and it turned out that he did, and for the first time ever I made straight A's (meaning no A minuses either) just pure, sexy A's... oh well..

My family and I celebrated my birthday today (well, technically yesterday, the 13th) because they are all going to be busy tomorrow and can't... I opened all my presents except one of the one my parents got me... I got 2 dress shirts with matching ties from my parents, Ultimate Bustamove for Xbox live from my sister, and a brick from my grandparents... luckily they used fifty $1 bills for the padding... B) think they are all tricky and stuff... I am hoping the other present my parent's are giving me is the digital camera I want... even though I have nothing really to take pictures of, I want one... because then if I wanted to take a picture I could without paying a lot for film/processing...

I don't know what I am going to to do when I get up this morning... if that makes sense... I already beat Halo 2, maybe I can try and beat it on Legendary (the hardest difficulty)... or just play it online for the whole day... who knows... I just hope I don't get any more mature since I am 22, because that would suck and I would be boring and have no reason to live...

Oh well, the best birthday present I got was getting out of the hell semester I just had... I am glad I did so well, if I didn't then I would have been angered considering the amount of effort I put into it... next semester better be easy... or fun... well, my elective better be fun because "Complexity and Analysis of Data Structures and Algorithms" sure as hell won't be... I think I am taking "Introduction to Intelligent Systems" as my elective... learn about making computers think like a human... sounds cool, sounds fun... sounds hard though...

Labels: birthday, gaming, honey folts, lori folts, megan folts, papa folts, patrick folts, undergrad

Rumors around saying that the next Harry Potter book is going to be released this summer (June/July)... I hope it is soon, or that it is going to be released even sooner... I can't freaking wait... Oh well... I started reading the Da Vinci Code pretty good so far...

Labels: harry potter, reading

Well, I am done with school... I aced my History test, so now I have at least two of four A's for sure, the only two classes I am unsure about are OpSys and Distributed Networks, both classes depend on the class curve... I will be pissed if they give me an A- or something... I calculated it and if they didn't have minuses here then I could graduate with a 3.5 rather than a 3.489599999ish... I'm going to see if they will drop some of my classes that doesn't count toward my major... one that I got a C in, and then that would throw me over the 3.5 GPA too... oh well...

I was really excited for about an hour after my exam... now I am already bored... About a week ago I was excited about seeing everyone for my birthday and chilling, and then I found out that everyone I've asked isn't going to be there for my birthday... I feel old... I got my first gray hair this week too... The reason I probably haven't gotten one before this is because my hair is falling out before it can turn gray... I am so close to graduation too, that makes me feel even older... I don't know what I am going to do with my life either... my life has just got so flipped upside down this year... I can't wait until this year is over...

I am a completely different person than I was this time last year... 35 lbs lighter, (most of that is probably hair weight loss... he he), 1% smarter, etc... At least I am still 100% sexy... even with my ugly "Paul Bunyan" beard that I have no reason to shave... I haven't kept up with anyone I use to hang out with, haven't had time I suppose, haven't had anything to talk to them about... My friend Megan and I have become close again at least... Patrice's boyfriend is really cool, I just kicked his ass in Scrabble...

There are the regulars in the lab (the place I work) that are really cool too, but I don't know if they just put up with me because they want to use the lab or not... and I don't know if I will work in the lab next semester either, depends on how my schedule works out... I don't even talk to my family much anymore either... nothing to talk about except for boring classes... glad they are over...

Me, Vin, Anton, Duane, Tom, and some guys that Vin knows are planning to make a website with puzzle like games to play... I didn't think it was going to actually happen because I thought I was the only one who has the motivation for something like this, but when they saw my half-made tetris game they all got excited and they actually have a meeting planned to start working on the design for the site and gather game ideas... I didn't even start this either, Vin did and invited me to take part in it... If this actually works out it might help me get into Guildhall like I want (the gaming school)...

Oh well, I am just going to play xbox the whole time I am there... Me, Sebastian, Joe, and Sean... whenever they are not in school/not in South Florida... I am going to my Grandma's for Christmas, I am excited... I'd prefer it if she came down to my house, but still, I am excited...

I fly home tomorrow afternoon... glad to get out of this place for a month... I need a time to relax and find out who the single Nikk is... I am a little scared about seeing Francisca again because last time, even though I swore to myself I could do it, I really couldn't... I got all defensive and to prevent from shutting down completely I tried to just push her even further away... She doesn't want me and it hurts... I want her as my friend so much, but it hurts too much... One minute I would be happy never to hear her name again, the next minute I would never be happier to talk to her... grrrrr times a million...

I finally got the pay check that they didn't give me 2 weeks ago... that was exciting... money money moneeeeyyy, moneyyyyyyyyy... speaking of the apprentice, they picked the dumb "barbie" girl as a finalist... if she wins I will never respect Trump as a corporation again... I just want to smack some sense into that stick with legs...

Oh well, enough talking to myself since I know I already bored everyone so much that they haven't been reading for the past 7 paragraphs... yeah... I'll update later once I have anything good to add... which I probably won't... I might have a party on the 18th, I know that the Benham Christmas party is that night, but it is the only night I have a chance of celebrating my birthday... D and Anton will be down in South Florida during that weekend so they can come too... I just don't know where I would have it...

Labels: best friend, brian and patrice mankowski, francisca amunategui, gaming, joe castelbuono, sean rush, sebastian amunategui, undergrad

YAY... only 13 days until my birthday! December is my favorite month... not only because of my birthday, Christmas, and then new years eve, but because of cold weather, time off school, and friends and family... that sounds kind of corny, but I am corny, so deal with it... I can't wait to see what I get from everyone... I think I am going to get everything I wanted except for some of the DVD's I wanted... I want to many of them... I have a thing for trilogies this year... Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star wars (all of them so I guess that is more than a trilogy, but hell, I want it... I also want Shrek 2, all the Jay and Silent Bob movies (I have Dogma though), The Bourne Identity and whatever its sequel is... I think I am getting some of those already, but I don't know... I am really hoping I get a whole bunch of gift cards so I can buy xbox games... My sister got my bust a move ultimate for xbox..... I don't know about it though... she tried hard not to let me see even though I was in the store... you can actually play it online against other people!

I didn't get paid when I was suppose to last week, so now I don't have money for Christmas presents until next week, which is tough... I want to get Sebastian something because I thought about how much he always gives me when his dad buys him something better... I don't know who else is getting me something, but I don't plan on getting people something unless they want me to because then they might (because they should) feel that they would have to get me something... I don't want anything from people without notice and a price limit of 10-15 bucks so that I can actually afford getting people things...

Labels: birthday, harry potter, megan folts, sebastian amunategui