marissa just got back from england/scotland a yesterday, and she bought me some fudge and a MICHAEL OWEN jersey as a souvenir. so, to celebrate, michael owen is now my livejournal icon, once again [i did have a different picture of him as my icon for a while sometime last year]. the jersey he's wearing? yeah, that's right. i have one too! i love ( Read more... )

today, my brother, two cousins, and i visited berkeley [yesterday we and my other cousins visited stanford; see previous entry for details]. my cousin allen, from sacramento, is my age, so we're pretty much in the same boat right now. more about him later. anyway, berkeley is across the bay from san francisco, nestled in its own little town ( Read more... )

yesterday, my brother, my little cousins, and i visited stanford. palo alto is only about 20 minutes from where my dad's side of the family lives [san jose ( Read more... )

this morning i made a visit to ucsd, about 20 minutes from my brother's place ( Read more... )

man, i gotta take a minute to rant. sorry guys ( Read more... )

tuesday morning we left for sunny san diego. we took the metro to the commuter lines and drove the rest of the way. memories of last year's trip surfaced as we drove on the 101 by the coast and through small towns packed with surf shops and the like ( Read more... )

after i finish packing, i'll head off to the airport at about 1 o' clock. i'm flying out to los angeles and then spending about a month in california.

ah, the annual "summer in california" ritual. though i'll be surrounded by plenty of vacation-worthy fun, my time will be spent mostly working on the extended essay, making college visits, and ( Read more... )

last night, brooke, brooke's mom, michael, and i went to see 'miss saigon ( Read more... )

after school on friday, i went over to michael's and we played video games. not like, high-tech 3-d stuff, because those games confuse me. just classic side-scrolling fun. sonic, cool spot, tiny toons, just a bunch of sega genesis stuff. i have to admit that i've had a recent obsession with old video games. as a kid, i didn't really have much to do ( Read more... )

my parents left for new york friday morning. they don't get back until tomorrow. i've been staying at my brother's house. although it's awesome [i just hang out upstairs with his laptop, wireless dsl and network!] i really miss my nasty, dirty pigsty of a room. seriously, i can't survive in perfectly clean rooms. i'm like a chinchilla, you know? ( Read more... )