Of Cabbages:

Newsweek released it's 3rd "1,200 Best High Schools" report today, which leaves me a little sick to my stomach as if I've had my share of rotten vegatables. For the concerned parties: our alma mater, Mira Loma HS, fell to #249 in the rankings this year from #214 for the Class of 2004. Other Sacramento area high schools rolled in at ( Read more... )

Haven't updated in about half a year or so. It's been a busy semester. One marked by a lot of changes and a lot of firsts. My college experience has felt like it's been set in fast forward for the last two years. Every week flies by so fast and all of sudden I find myself at the brink of the second half of my college years. What do I have to ( Read more... )

In celebration of Banned Book Week 2006 and support for freedom from censorship, here are the most widely challenged books 1990-1999:
Bolded are the ones that I read in my formative years (Jr High and below).

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China pictures, finally!!  Warning: Severe photo-whoring to follow.

Family Vacation in Hong Kong for 2 weeks


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I never liked the taste of coconuts when I was little. Coconut candies, coconut jelly, and little flakey coconut cookies, the white paste would suddenly have me feeling white and pastey as well. So when my grandfather slid a can of coconut milk in front of the ten year old version of myself I said thanks but no thanks. But he was insistent and ( Read more... )

( Fifty worst songs of all time )

snowflakes, rush events, and homework, OH MY!

My love life summed up in 20 questions as found on http://hokev.brinkster.net/quiz/default.aspRead more... )