now, here's 2007, and let's start this off
well, it's 2:30am and i'm feeling pretty good. i think i'll take advantage of this mood change and write now - because maybe a few hours earlier, i wasn't feeling that good. weird, though! how my thinking changes in a matter of small hours or minutes.
hello, 2007. this is me, i'm justin. i know that this year is going to be BIG. i mean ..
i'm going to graduate this year. in june.
i'm going to go to college - probably in southern california in the fall, around september. i'm going to be by myself - in a brand new environment.
i'm going to go on gradnite in may. the last really big time i'll be with all these people i've spent my high school years with.
and with all this, i know i'm going to go through a bunch of change.
i'm going to leave my family for college. i know that this will take a lot of adjustment on both mine and their sides.
i'm going to have to start over when i get to college. i won't know anyone down there, and no one will know me.
i'm going to turn 18 in march. i'll have different options, and more responsibility to handle.
i know too that the rest of this year isn't going to run smoothly, i know there there's going to be change with friends, family, and lifestyle [things]. how i handle these situations is going to be sort of like a test of what i've learned so far up to this point in my life.
yeah, this point in my life.
so, i wanted to make this post about what i did so far in this year. this day, the sunday, marks the end of the first week of january. i wanna see what i did this year. even just for the seven days, i've been thankful to have been living.
january 1
new years day. i spent the day with alliver and robert. or actually, the new years eve. we had the countdown in my cousin's house in cordelia. corrine, yeah! at the countdown, me, alliver, and robert went downstairs to watch the countdown on TV. it was dark downstairs and we didn't do much when it hit "0". there were no pots or pans or things to bang on, no confetti flying, no poppers that shoot out that confetti, not even any blow horns. but that was OK. we went outside and chilled out there. we did some weird dancing and ran up and down the empty cordelia street. there was music nearby in a garage and we danced outside of the guys' house. it was funny. oh, and me and robert did the "ocho ocho" dance near this lightpole and took pictures with my auntie's camera. that was fun. i [or, we] took both of them to my house in american canyon because alliver parked his integra there. after, i headed to antioch for the new years day spent w/ my dad.
january 2
this day, i spent a lot of it with my dad. with did a couple of errands in antioch - going to random stores like wal-mart, target, and staples to buy organizational things for the new year for myself. the rest of the time, i mean, by the afternoon, we went home early to our house in hillcrest. it was maybe only around 4pm and the rest of the day was spent relaxing around the house - watching TV, using the internet, that kind of stuff.
january 3
this day i had an interview for mentoring. the woman really liked me - we had a lot in common. she was a songwriter, and producer [?]. she had a couple of albums of this genre she called "latina hip hop jazz fusion" mainly though, she was a singer. she told me about these people she worked with, and mentioned a couple of famous people i wasn't familiar with - saying that her teacher has taught those famous people. she ended up talking about herself for a long time and she eventually caught herself and said that this interview was supposed to be about me. =], that was funny.
i eventually went home after having a confident interview. i was happy she told me that she would be happy to assist me with my music whenever i need it.
what i did home: just the internet, yeah =]
january 4
the fall out boy, new found glory, early november, permanent me concert in SF, warfield. i slept in the porevious night and ended up picking up robert a little late - i aimed at 4pm but didn't pick him till around 5:15pm. we had to get to concord BART before 6pm so we could make it by 7pm. we ended up getting to concord by 6pm and SF by 7pm - very perfect timing - and anyway permanent me was going to be the first band, i thought.
what was funny when we had arrived at the BART. out of all places, all time, all days, all whatever, i ran into an old friend, coco. i was glad because i was worried about the camera i took with me - where would that go when i enter the concert? they didn't allow cameras - i can't just put it somewhere.
i asked him if he can take it, he did, and we exchanged phone numbers again. it was nice to seem him, and i was again - glad =].
the concert was awesome. i knocked down big, buff, white dudes in the pit, and had a good time to ALL of the bands that went on. robert is a great guy to go with to concerts.
january 5
i didn't wake up till way later again because i didn't go home till around 12am. i woke up around 12pm. and today, was another day i wouldn't go home till after midnight.
i went to a movie with alicia in pleasanton. but only her, there was her two friends, donald and sean, and i also took alliver with me. we saw the 7:30 showing of freedom writers at the regal theaters. i really like the crowd there. in the plaza, in the theaters, every where there. they're a lot different from this antioch, vallejo vibe. if i explained, i'd probably be a little off.
they just seem my type. =]
we ate at "across the border", this mexican grill resteraunt that reminded me so much of applebees. it was nice, and we spent almost 3 hours there. i clicked easily with donald and sean - they talk a lot about things that interest me - and their conversations aren't so brainless all the time. they have personality and they're dope people. i like them.
by the time it hit 12am. we all left. it's funny because we parked all in different parts of the plaza. it's like one of those "go your own separate paths" thing.
january 6
today, i spent time with my dad, diane, and my cousins in cordelia. it was my cousin makayla's birthday. i was there around 3:30 to maybe around 8:30pm. i played my PSP a lot, and just spent most of the time downstairs eating too, as well as catching up with my cousin corrine.
we left to go antioch after, and that's where i am now.
so, that's my recap of the new year so far. i plan to do this at the end of every week. i'm talking to alicia now,
so i think i should go, =].
hello, 2007. this is me, i'm justin. i know that this year is going to be BIG. i mean ..
i'm going to graduate this year. in june.
i'm going to go to college - probably in southern california in the fall, around september. i'm going to be by myself - in a brand new environment.
i'm going to go on gradnite in may. the last really big time i'll be with all these people i've spent my high school years with.
and with all this, i know i'm going to go through a bunch of change.
i'm going to leave my family for college. i know that this will take a lot of adjustment on both mine and their sides.
i'm going to have to start over when i get to college. i won't know anyone down there, and no one will know me.
i'm going to turn 18 in march. i'll have different options, and more responsibility to handle.
i know too that the rest of this year isn't going to run smoothly, i know there there's going to be change with friends, family, and lifestyle [things]. how i handle these situations is going to be sort of like a test of what i've learned so far up to this point in my life.
yeah, this point in my life.
so, i wanted to make this post about what i did so far in this year. this day, the sunday, marks the end of the first week of january. i wanna see what i did this year. even just for the seven days, i've been thankful to have been living.
january 1
new years day. i spent the day with alliver and robert. or actually, the new years eve. we had the countdown in my cousin's house in cordelia. corrine, yeah! at the countdown, me, alliver, and robert went downstairs to watch the countdown on TV. it was dark downstairs and we didn't do much when it hit "0". there were no pots or pans or things to bang on, no confetti flying, no poppers that shoot out that confetti, not even any blow horns. but that was OK. we went outside and chilled out there. we did some weird dancing and ran up and down the empty cordelia street. there was music nearby in a garage and we danced outside of the guys' house. it was funny. oh, and me and robert did the "ocho ocho" dance near this lightpole and took pictures with my auntie's camera. that was fun. i [or, we] took both of them to my house in american canyon because alliver parked his integra there. after, i headed to antioch for the new years day spent w/ my dad.
january 2
this day, i spent a lot of it with my dad. with did a couple of errands in antioch - going to random stores like wal-mart, target, and staples to buy organizational things for the new year for myself. the rest of the time, i mean, by the afternoon, we went home early to our house in hillcrest. it was maybe only around 4pm and the rest of the day was spent relaxing around the house - watching TV, using the internet, that kind of stuff.
january 3
this day i had an interview for mentoring. the woman really liked me - we had a lot in common. she was a songwriter, and producer [?]. she had a couple of albums of this genre she called "latina hip hop jazz fusion" mainly though, she was a singer. she told me about these people she worked with, and mentioned a couple of famous people i wasn't familiar with - saying that her teacher has taught those famous people. she ended up talking about herself for a long time and she eventually caught herself and said that this interview was supposed to be about me. =], that was funny.
i eventually went home after having a confident interview. i was happy she told me that she would be happy to assist me with my music whenever i need it.
what i did home: just the internet, yeah =]
january 4
the fall out boy, new found glory, early november, permanent me concert in SF, warfield. i slept in the porevious night and ended up picking up robert a little late - i aimed at 4pm but didn't pick him till around 5:15pm. we had to get to concord BART before 6pm so we could make it by 7pm. we ended up getting to concord by 6pm and SF by 7pm - very perfect timing - and anyway permanent me was going to be the first band, i thought.
what was funny when we had arrived at the BART. out of all places, all time, all days, all whatever, i ran into an old friend, coco. i was glad because i was worried about the camera i took with me - where would that go when i enter the concert? they didn't allow cameras - i can't just put it somewhere.
i asked him if he can take it, he did, and we exchanged phone numbers again. it was nice to seem him, and i was again - glad =].
the concert was awesome. i knocked down big, buff, white dudes in the pit, and had a good time to ALL of the bands that went on. robert is a great guy to go with to concerts.
january 5
i didn't wake up till way later again because i didn't go home till around 12am. i woke up around 12pm. and today, was another day i wouldn't go home till after midnight.
i went to a movie with alicia in pleasanton. but only her, there was her two friends, donald and sean, and i also took alliver with me. we saw the 7:30 showing of freedom writers at the regal theaters. i really like the crowd there. in the plaza, in the theaters, every where there. they're a lot different from this antioch, vallejo vibe. if i explained, i'd probably be a little off.
they just seem my type. =]
we ate at "across the border", this mexican grill resteraunt that reminded me so much of applebees. it was nice, and we spent almost 3 hours there. i clicked easily with donald and sean - they talk a lot about things that interest me - and their conversations aren't so brainless all the time. they have personality and they're dope people. i like them.
by the time it hit 12am. we all left. it's funny because we parked all in different parts of the plaza. it's like one of those "go your own separate paths" thing.
january 6
today, i spent time with my dad, diane, and my cousins in cordelia. it was my cousin makayla's birthday. i was there around 3:30 to maybe around 8:30pm. i played my PSP a lot, and just spent most of the time downstairs eating too, as well as catching up with my cousin corrine.
we left to go antioch after, and that's where i am now.
so, that's my recap of the new year so far. i plan to do this at the end of every week. i'm talking to alicia now,
so i think i should go, =].