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~ vendredi, septembre 20, 2002 ~

Ouch... Well, I just came back from my physical therapist, Merissa. Goodness, she's soo young! She's soo pretty too. But I can't have a crush on her... she's a professional... Anyway, yeah... I'm getting treatment for scoliosis (Because of those damn books, this school system is trying to kill my back!). Anyway, yeah... so I don't quite know what to write... I had something "deep" to write a few minutes ago but it sortof... vanished. Ummm... THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY!!!

It's Friday night,
and the moon is bright
Gonna have some fun,
show you how it's done...
T-G-I-F!!

Hahaha... I used to watch TGIF a lot, what happened to it!? Oh well, now I still have a whole weekend of stuff to do. I have to take care of CSF and FACE and of coarse, "MO". I don't want to do any work tonight though. Where can I go? Everybody's at the football game... but I don't have a ride or anything... I can walk! But I'm kindof tired and I'll probably get there too late. Hmmm... I can walk to the Bazaar in Olde Towne Monrovia but again, I'm too tired. Awwww... when can I get to drive!??? I need a car! or at least, a private taxi or something.... oh I do have one... David... lol, J/K
Alright, whatevers, I'll just go out for a short walk, drink a cappuccino, and then read a book or something... A tout a l'heure!

~Benjamin 9/20/2002 07:47:00 PM

~ jeudi, septembre 19, 2002 ~

There's a new blog in town... hahaha... Fatima!!! Congratulations!!!

~Benjamin 9/19/2002 09:46:00 PM

I just came back from the luau dance and I am tired... Okay okay, i wasn't even dancing, i was selling iced* beverages of mixed variety. Absolutely wonderful! Well, my back hurts and I dunno why... maybe it's because I didn't sit down for 4 hours. :(
Anyway, oh my goodness, Amber is such a wonderful salesperson!!! She's an expert and I recommend her to be the official Yearbook Director of Promotions & Sales. I'm sorry that some people were confined to the other side of the fence. How tragic. Sonja! You'll get your "RE"venge...
Anyway, Viviana & Elizabeth!!! How did La Vida Nueva do? Thank you soo much for the wonderful beverage... it was really good! I mean, not as good as ours but... lol, I'm just kidding... to tell the truth, I liked yours better than our concoctions... thank yous!
Leadership!!! Sooo much DRAMA.
Awww goodness.... Sameea!!! I'm sorry, I didn't get to say goodbye after the dance. I saw you dancing though and I hope you were having fun! I'll talk to you later... btw, don't I owe you a dance?
Thanks also to all who signed the official yearbook ballon... yes, I'm making it official. That event, the first fundraising event for yearbook, whether or not it was successful or lame, will always be a memory to me... I cherish the times I spend with you all and so may the balloon be a physical remembrance, in addition to the memory in my mind and in my heart.

~Benjamin 9/19/2002 09:20:00 PM

~ mercredi, septembre 18, 2002 ~

When something goes wrong, why blame God? I mean, do you ever hear of blaming satan? If all good things come from God and since He is sinless, how can we say that bad things happening to us are because of Him? Why do we never blame the devil? If seemingly bad happenings are really from God, then they must not be bad because God is Good. Perhaps it's our own humanly perceptions that make them seem soo terrible. His will is not always understood by the cognitions of man. So why is it G~d-damnit and not devil-damnit?

~Benjamin 9/18/2002 10:57:00 PM

I asked a small toddler today if he was left handed or right handed... He said "Wha do yoo meen? i hav 2 hands!" hehaha

~Benjamin 9/18/2002 06:59:00 PM

Goodness darndit!!! Awwww... Huntington Gardens doesn't allow picnics. Oh well... I think I want to visit their tearoom for a cup or two, or three...

~Benjamin 9/18/2002 06:46:00 PM

~ mardi, septembre 17, 2002 ~

Maybe I ought to lighten up on my club memberships... but they are soo much fun!!! I mean...

CSF: I'm the treasurer, YAY!!! I love that Federation. I mean, firstly, it doesn't have one of those cheesy names (It's not a "club", it's a "federation", haha, second, it's such an honor to be in it, thirdly, you get to wear one of those golden saches at graduation, and fourthly, well... I dunno about fourthly, but I just love that club!!!
FACE: I'm Secretary for the "Filipino-Asian Cultural Exchange" YEAH!!! Headed by my dear friend Victoria!!!, this club is a resurrected one and I am soo happy to be a part of it... oooh, I have sooo many plans for this club!
KEY CLUB: It looks as though this one is really gonna be a blast! The officers are all wonderful and I look foreward to staying in this club for the year... haha (I was in it off and onn throughout my high school term.) and having fun fun fun...!!!
INTERACT: Well, I was in this once but I was an unofficial member so I don't think it counts but it seems really really fun so I am a signed-up candidate for it again!
LA VIDA NUEVA: I was tricked into this club... hahaha... well it seems very nice... I went to the first meeting... goodness, I'm the only non-hispanic in that club... I stood up to introduced myself and all eyes just lifted and fell on me...hahaha... well, it's okay, I do like it so far...
INTERNATIONAL CLUB: I'm sooo excited about this one!!! They don't have officers yet and I am sooooo interested... I love the name and for sure, I am going to be in it this year!!!
HISTORY CLUB: Well, I missed the first meeting, I was in it for a semester and I liked it a lot... even though nobody else seemed to like it... but I hope that I can still remain in that club- It was fun, it really was.
MYSTERY ORGANIZATION: YES!!! Well it isn't really called that, but Fatima and I are going to start a new group but it isn't just any other ordinary organization! The name won't be publicized until furthur notice. I hope it to be a success but with the CSF president, and the ASB Club Commissioner by my side, I'm sure this one will be successful.

~Benjamin 9/17/2002 06:08:00 PM

Goodness!!! What if I don't get accepted into UC Davis? There was mass hysteria today after the counselors scared everybody half to death... I really wasn't affected by it but with everybody telling me that I'm sure to get into UC Davis, I'm thinking, "What if I am too confident about going and if I find out I don't get in, I'll be devastated!!!" I mean, it's like a foreshadow to hear eveybody say, "Benz... you have nothing to worry about, I'm sure you'll get in." It might be like one of those horror suspense films where things won't go as I hope. I mean, I gotta get into UCD because they're the only UC that offers my major! That or USC but I really don't think I'm good enough to be a Trojan. But it would be a dream... If I get to be an Aggie (UCD's mascot), that would be wonderful!!! Haha... eithre way I'm a horse. Anyway, I really hope to get in... I visited Davis and I love that campus... except in the summer when It's really hot but that's okay because I can always go down to Berkeley or something where it's cooler and I can hang out with my cousins and yeah... but I digress... anyway, I really, really hope I get into UCD!!! I just wanted to write that in my blog and tell the world... hopefully this will foreshadow my acceptance...

~Benjamin 9/17/2002 05:45:00 PM

~ lundi, septembre 16, 2002 ~

THE POPE-MOBILE IS A MERCEDES BENZ !!! lol

~Benjamin 9/16/2002 11:22:00 PM

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~Benjamin 9/16/2002 11:11:00 PM

I've been reading blogs again and... well yes, I read blogs everyday or whenever I can.... and I keep up to date on "Am I Just Another Teenager?" and "Who Are You?" "To Thine Own Self Be True", and of coarse, "Living in My Pretend World"... Right now I want to focus particularly on the lattre. Sameea!!! I wish i could go online to speak with you but I am having trouble connecting and I don't know if you're online!!! I wish i could call you but I don't have your telephone number!!! All I can do is offer you my sympathies and my hopes that you will feel bettre soon. Now I know we haven't talked to each other lately and I am sooo sorry for that... I don't want to lose knowing you better and having more memories of you... and I would hate to see you go... please don't run away... we'll all miss you!!! Please stay strong for all of us, your friends, for yourself, for God. I mean, you do have the right to be angry and upset... I would be too... but stay strong ... This hellish realm that you're going through... keep going, and soon you will find your way out...

~Benjamin 9/16/2002 10:50:00 PM

Wow... Guess who I saw today? Genevive!!! Remember her? Class of 2002? haha... well anyways, she wants to shout out and say hi to Daryl, and Ingrid, and Edwin, and Ernesto and all of us who were at the top of Video Productions Class last year! She says hey, what's up and she wishes you all a very good year!

~Benjamin 9/16/2002 10:24:00 PM

"Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?"
-Edgar Allan Poe (1827)

~Benjamin 9/16/2002 07:30:00 PM

En memoire de Floy Catabas (1932-2002)