Moon Dog's Musings

Monday, November 25, 2002:

Since I actually have some free time, I'm blogging! Can't wait for Thanksgiving weekend to begin; now that i'm actually spending most of my time here I really look forward to the time i can spend at home. But that's good, don't want to overdose on my family. I do miss my mom, though, since I haven't seen her in like two months. And another thing I'm looking forward to is shopping, since my pants are falling off! Oh, the joys of losing weight. If only I had some money to spend...well, that's what my mom is for.
And I do have a job of sorts. For the past week, I've been working in the phonetics laboratory helping my classmates make recordings for our term paper. It's nice to have an income, even if it's small, it's something. I think that I was meant to be a recording technician. I love pressing buttons and adjusting volume levels and wearing headphones. It makes me feel all official. I guess it's a power trip.
Funny, I don't hate math so much when I'm not doing it 24-7.
moon // 9:16 PM

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Sunday, November 17, 2002:

YAY! I saw Chamber of Secrets last night. That just makes my weekend. I had great seats (first row of the balcony, where the stars sit during the premieres) and hung out with my friends, including the friend from high school who is responsible for getting me addicted to the HP books in the first place. Not quite as energetic of a crowd as last year, though. Oh, well. I for one was content simply because I had been waiting for this movie for a year. Now the next thing I have to wait for is Book 5. JK ROWLING NEEDS TO FINISH WRITING IT ALREADY! It doesn't even take ME that long to write a book. Anyway, I enjoyed the movie; I have some nitpicks but how could I not? I even have some nitpicks with the book. I will definitely go see the movie again, probably over Thanksgiving break, which is now only one and a half weeks away!
Today I must return to doing math. Why can't I have more than one day off of using numbers and variables and determinants? I really should change my major to linguistics.
moon // 3:08 PM

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Thursday, November 14, 2002:

This has been a strange week. On Tuesday, i had a take home midterm. And I stayed up the entire night doing it. That's right. THE ENTIRE NIGHT!!! I don't know how i did on it yet; i'm afraid to check. But working on it was kinda fun; i used a white board to work out some of the problem, it was very Beatiful-Mind-esque.
Since I'm somewhat caught up on sleep now, i went to Westwood tonight to stargaze at the LA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets premeire. I saw the kids who play Hermione and Ron as well as some random other people. A good way to spend an evening, and now i know the best place to stand to watch the people coming out of the Village Theater, but i'm keeping that location a secret. I GET TO SEE THE MOVIE SATURDAY NIGHT!!! I hope I have as good of an experience as i did at the HP movie last year. Even though math is overwhelming and right now i'm questioning why i ever became a math major, this Harry Potter freak is currently one happy camper.
moon // 11:44 PM

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Saturday, November 02, 2002:

Well, this was certainly a day that i'll never forget. i went to Tijuana with a bunch of people from my church to deliver toys and play with kids at an orphanage, Hogar Infantil de La Gloria. Not only did I have an awesome time getting to know the people from church who i didn't know very well, i had a very eye-opening experience in Mexico. Never before had i had a chance to get a glimpse of what life was truly like down there, and i still think that i have a very limited view. It makes me realize how fortunate i am to be born in the place i was at the time i was with such great parents and everything...all of my problems suddenly seem so trivial. I needed to get a reality-check since my mind has been buried under piles of midterms and band stuff and worrying about my social life. In a few weeks, i'll probably go back to my jaded American way of thinking, but right now i'm just so thankful to have all that i have. Margarita, Carlos, Juan, Lupita, Ruth—and all of the other kids i used my garbled spanish and hugs to communicate with—have made an impact on my life. I can only hope that I brightened their day a bit and that even though i couldn't take them home with me, i made a small impact on their lives, too.
While i'm in a posting mood, i'll talk a little bit about the not-so-profound stuff that's going on. On Halloween i went trick or treating in bel air (or a neighborhood nearby bel air). I was a little bit afraid that the houses would be angry about college students basically begging for candy (i mean, really, we ARE getting too old for this), but they were all really cool about it, joking with us and giving us lots of treats! :) Amanda's butt costume was a winner (shorts that have a fake foam butt sewn on them.); even though she got a delayed reaction from most of the houses. I enjoyed wearing my green-nose glasses and pretending that it was my real nose and acting all insulted everytime somebody commented on it. Karen and Brittany had more elaborate costumes...they went all-out, which was cool. A very fun night, although not nearly as wild and random as last year's Halloween.
All-HIll Halloween was also fun; i'm crossing my fingers that my house won the contest for decorations. We turned our lounge into a crypt, complete with skeletons made of newspaper and wire. The best part was our cryptkeeper, basically a lamp with a cape and a mask on it. We had a guy hide underneath the cape and move it around which absolutely terrified the inner-city kids that came trick or treating in the dorms. Meanwhile, i played the dead girl who hands out candy in the corner of the lounge.
And rewind through two midterms (one good, one bad) and a winning football game, we reach my trip to San Fransisco. I got more sleep this year than i did last year, mostly because i was prepared for what the trip encompassed. Even though we lost the game against Cal, i had a good time during the pregame activities and also on the friday night before the game. We went to Pier 39 and Ghiredelli Square and my body didn't like all the fat i ate! (but the sundae was sooooooo good.)
That just about updates the major events that have taken place the past couple of weeks. Next weekend is Veterans' Day which means i'm finally going home! for the first time this school year! I can't wait to see my cat.
moon // 11:29 PM

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