John's World

An Uncle Once Again

2005-10-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

As of Monday the 24th, I am an uncle once again. My sister gave birth to a baby girl named Evelyn Hope Peterman. I have yet to hear anything other than both my sister and the baby are both doing well. I will update as soon as I hear more. If you want to see pictures they are located on Randys Flickr account located here. I would also just like to say congradulations to them and that I cant wait to see them this christmas.

Beccas Clothing

2005-10-23T10:28:00.000-07:00

I you have not heard yet Becca has a site with her custom made logos on clothing, with the help of Randy Peterman. This is done through a site called CafePress. She only has one logo on several different kinds of shirts, but more will come in time. If you are interested then take a look. Her page is located here.

I am back

2005-10-12T13:46:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been a while since my last post...ok, a Very long time ;) and many things have happened since then. I guess I will start with the fact that Becca has now been home for about a month and a half now. She seemed to have a great time in Shanghai and wants to go back, she misses it a lot. She is now in her third week of school and she says it feels like the end of quarter rush already. This is her last year so her classes are going to be getting harder and harder. As far as me and school, we have decided to seperate for a little while. I started school at UW Bothell, but was becoming very stressed and too many things were just going on and I decided that I need a break. I am not sure when I will be going back, but I am not going to take more than a year off. I did manage to get an Apple laptop though. It is great, a little confusing on how to do things at times, but I am happy with it. That is about it for school, just the same old thing.

As many of you know, or at least everyone that reads this blog, Nate and Amy have moved up here with us. They have been here for about a month and a half now. It is a little , or I should say very cramped, but it is ok. Things seem to be going well. They have both found jobs. Nate is going to be working at The Home Depot, but he is not happy about his hours. He is going to work from 9pm to 5am and he is starting on Saturday. Amy is going to be working at the Gap, but is unsure when she is going to start. But Becca is happy because she will be able to get discounts.

On a completly different note, we went to see Corpse Bride and it was another great Tim Burton movie.

Becca has left the country

2005-07-06T13:21:00.000-07:00

I dropped Becca off at the airport today at about 9:00am. Right now she should be on her way to Portland. She will hopefully leave their on time and then be headed to Tokyo where she will have about an hour lay over until she makes her final leg of the trip to Shanghai. If all goes well she will arrive in Shanghai at about 8:30pm their time, that is 5:30am my time. They are 15 hours ahead of us. I really hope this is a better flight than last year, however she has already had a 50min delay here in Seattle. Anyway now I am alone with nothing to do. I am sure the house will be spotless in the next few days simply out of boredom. I will miss her very much and am already looking forward to being with her again.

Three Day Weekend!

2005-07-03T04:21:00.000-07:00

Finally after working 6 days I get a day off and not only that it is a three day weekend. I will be continuing to stock next week, which means that I will have to be to work by 4am. They seem to like me, so I might become a stocker permanently if they can get the approval for another permanent person. I like it because the day goes by fast because you are so busy. The mornings suck, but it is nice getting off early so you can enjoy the day. The three days off works out well because Becca leaves in three days, so we will have more time to spend together.

Early Bird

2005-06-30T17:44:00.000-07:00

Starting today and through Sunday I have to get up at 3:30am to get to work at 5am. I am going to be helping out with the stocking in the morning and then help out the front end, my usual job, when they open at 10am. This is only for this week, but I am going to get about 45 hours rather than the 40 I was scheduled for. I think that this is a great shift because I get off at 1:30pm so I have lots of time to do stuff. However I do have to go to bed earlier to make up for it.

Alki Beach

2005-06-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures we took at Alki Beach:

Space Needle from Alki

Seattle Skyline

Me and Becca at Alki

The New Cat

2005-06-28T09:58:00.000-07:00

We went to my Parents house this weekend and They had a new cat. HEre are some of the pictures we took of him.

Kitties in the Hood

Kitties on my Back

Kitty and Becca

I'm Back, at Last

2005-06-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while since my last post, so sue me :) School is out now so I will have much more free time to post. Speaking of school, I managed to do very well this quarter. Grades are as follows:
Technical Writing 231: 4.0
Anthropology 202: 3.8
Creative Writing: 3.6
Music 113: 3.5
So my final GPA for my Associates degree, which I received this quarter, is 3.14. It is not the best, but considering I worked full/part time and took a full load each quarter I think it is good. I am now trying to get into the University of Washington Bothell.

Becca is about ready to go to Shanghai; she is just waiting for her visa, which is making me a little nervous. She leaves here on the 6th of July and will not return until the 3rd of September. I am not sure what I will do: post, program, video games. Let’s just say I will be a little bored. Nate and Amy (Becca’s brother and no not sister, but his new wife) might be moving up here soon. I was hoping it would be in July, but it is not looking like it will happen until August or September.

I am now working at Costco, UPS was not giving me enough hours or pay for the work I did, and it is ok. They give me a few more hours, but the pay is better. Not much else to say about that.

I am trying my best to go to my dads this summer, but money is tight with Becca’s trip, so buying a plane ticket is tougher than I thought it would be. I figured I could get one for about $200, but the lowest I could find was $350. Anyway I will find a way to make it because I told everyone that I would come. Costco is also being stupid about letting me off. In the interview I told them I was going for a week, and they said it should be fine, but that week happened to be inventory week and no one can get time off. So in the end they are only giving me the weekend and the following two days to go. Needless to say I was not happy.

Anyway other than that everything is going well, I graduated, Becca is going to Shanghai and I am working at Costco. That about sums it up.

Registration

2005-02-22T13:23:00.000-08:00

I have registered for my finally classes at NSCC. I will be taking a online creative writing class, a technical writing class, a history class (The Pacific History), and a ceramics class. This is for a total of 18 credits. It will be a busy quarter, but no science or math classes this time, just a lot of writing, so I am happy about that.

Painting

2005-02-22T13:17:00.000-08:00

This weekend Becca and I went to my parent’s house to paint. I have decided that if I ever build my own house I will either never have vaulted ceilings 15 - 25 feet high or I will be having someone else paint for me. Despite the tall ceilings, I did really enjoy painting. It is the one part of construction that I did not mind. I think because it was indoors and warm. Their house is really coming along. I forgot to get the new pictures, but I give it a couple more months at it will be finished finally.

A New Year - Going Fast

2005-02-06T13:40:00.000-08:00

Already a week into February and before you know it, it will be Christmas again. Once again many moons have passed since my last post, but school has me on my toes.

This quarter I am taking the last of my science classes: Physics 202, Programming II and Statistics. Physics is very confusing. We are doing stuff on electricity, circuits and what not. Basically I am lost, but I will make it through I am sure. Programming is not so much hard, not that it is easy either, but time consuming. I spend probably about 15 to 20 hours a week on homework. However it is my favorite class because once I complete an assignment I can actually see something that I created, even if it is a little cheesy. As for my statistics class it is pretty easy, but a lot of memorization, not so much math is involved.

As for work it is going ok. I was employee of the month again, but I think it is a joke. For all the work that I put out they gave me a sweater and $20 to a grocery store. They used to give $40 to a restaurant, but I guess with the significant increase in profits last year they had to make some cut backs. I also hope to quit by September when I get my financial aid and live off of that.

In the summer I will probably get a second job while Becca is gone to keep me busy. I am also going to go to my dads in Indiana for about a week in July. I have not been there in about 4 years, so I am very excited to go. I think Jessica, Randy and Abby will be there as well, so it should be fun. It looks like next quarter will be my last quarter until I graduate with an AS degree. I am pretty happy to be done with it because it has taken me three years to get there.

I think I am going to start and work towards being a vegetarian. I am slowly cutting out meat. For my first step I am cutting out red meat. I am also only going to eat meat for one meal a day. I just think that there are so many other resources for meat alternatives.

Anyway, that is just a bout everything that has happened in the last month or so. I am going to try and post more, but no guarantees because of school and work.

The Sickness

2004-12-31T07:36:00.000-08:00

Well it has been many years since I have been sick, but the time has come. It started about Tuesday night I was feeling a little bit achy. Then Wednesday Morning came and I was gone. I was running a fever. I ended up having to take the day off work, which I have not called in sick in many years. By That night Becca started getting the symptoms. So we were off to the store and picked up some NightQuil and DayQuil. The NightQuil worked until about 1:00am then I had to get up before I hacked up a lung and take some more. The next morning I was feeling a little better, but Becca was feeling much worse. By the time I had to head off to work I was doing pretty well, but about half way through the work day I was back to the coughing and gross yellow stuff draining from my nose. Anyway I am felling a little better today. Becca is still asleep so I hope she will be felling better as well. Today we are heading down to Vancouver to see my mom and Clair for the weekend, sorry Clair I don't think I will be capable to work on the house this time:( I will have some pictures of Christmas posted soon, I hope.

Christmas

2004-12-31T07:23:00.000-08:00

Another Christmas has passed. Becca's parents and sister came up and we crammed as much as we could into one weekend. On Friday we went to the museum of flight, drove downtown and of course went to the Bamboo Garden. I wish I had my camera for the museum because it was really cool. However, we do have a membership now because it was the same price as just buying the tickets. Saturday we exchanged gifts at about 10:00am. Becca cooked most of the dinner and I cooked the turkey, with a little help from Mona (Becca's mom). It was a very good meal, everything turned out very good and for the most part everything finished at about the same time. Then on Sunday we went to Pikes Place Market, took a ferry ride and went to see The Polar Express in 3D at the IMAX. We had a very full and good Christmas this year. By the way the Polar Express was a very good movie.

nothing

2004-12-30T18:04:00.000-08:00

Lego Church

2004-12-22T09:15:00.000-08:00

Becca's grandma sent us these pictures. I am not sure where she got them but they are very cool. I would love to have that many legos. There are a couple more pictures on my photo album at zoto.com

Lego Church2

Grades Are In

2004-12-21T09:20:00.000-08:00

One of my worst quarters ever! My grades are as follows: Calculus II - 2.2(C+), Physics 201 - 2.7(B-), Programming - 3.4(B+). Like I said one of my worst quarters, but I did pass all of my classes. I just hope next quarter will be better. Right now my GPA is at 3.14, I wanted to get a 3.5 when I graduate, but now I will be happy to get a 3.0.

It's Over!

2004-12-17T08:37:00.000-08:00

Finals are over and just in time. I have been getting very burnt out in my classes and starting not to care. I know that sounds bad, but fall quarter finals are the worst because those weeks are right in the middle of peak season at work and not time off is allowed. However I made it through. I think that this quarter was the worst in terms of grades. I will be lucky to pull off a C in my math and physics classes, but I should still get a B in programming. As for next quarter I do not think I am going to take calculus III, from what it looks like I will not need it if I go to UW-Bothell, which I most likely will. Instead I am taking Statistics, from what I hear another difficult class. I only have two more quarters until I get my Associates degree. It seems as if I have been working forever on it. Anyway it is now time for a little relaxation. This weekend we are going to rent a couple of video games and just play them all weekend, or until we get bored of them.

As for Christmas, Becca’s parents are going to come up for a few days. I am not sure what we are going to do yet, but we will find something fun. It should be a good time, we haven’t seen them for a while. Nate and Amy (Nate's girlfriend not his sister) wanted to come up but they needed to stay with her parents instead this year. Hopefully they will make it up soon.

Another Week

2004-12-02T06:37:00.000-08:00

Sorry, another long gap between posts. I have just been so busy and tired from school and work. Anyway Thanksgiving has come and gone, boy how the time fly’s.

This Thanksgiving we went to Vancouver, no not BC, to see my mom and Clair. We left Thursday morning because I had the privilege of working the day before. My mom made a very tasty typical meal and we stuffed ourselves silly. Becca of course had a Tofurky meal. From what she says they are pretty good. A little while after the meal we went up to my parent’s property to see the house and boy has a lot changed since I was there last. I will post a lot of new pictures of it soon on zoto.com.

On Friday I went with Clair to the house and help put some very big and very heavy windows in. They were the big front ones. Clair had two carpenters doing most of the work, which was ok with me because I was pretty tired. However as we were installing the windows we noticed some of the framing was bowed on the windows themselves, so there was about six that we could not put in.
We left on Saturday because we still had a lot of homework to do, not that we did a whole lot.

As for school, I am really starting to stress out about passing my Physics class. I have very little time to study and my grades are showing it. With peak season here I am going to have a lot less time to study. What is worse is that no one is aloud to take time off in December so finals are not going to be easy to study for. Speaking of finals they are starting a week from Monday. Where has the Quarter gone?
Last night was a pretty late night. I was working on a program until about 2am and here I am now writing this at 6am. Who needs that much sleep anyway? I would like to post some of my programs for everyone to see, but I am just not sure how and don't have much time to investigate it. Maybe on my Christmas break I will.

Work is going ok. I just received my 50 cent raise for being there for a year, and two weeks paid vacation. I can't believe it has been that long. However, like I mentioned it is peak season now and the volume is just pouring in. This last Monday we handled over 106,000 packages, typically we handle about 40,000 - 50,000.

That is about all for now because have to go to school and learn more stuff. I hope that I did not complain to much I am just starting to really get burned out. I will be very happy to be done with school and just work full-time.

By the way, I hope that everyone enjoyed there Thanksgiving!

The Accident

2004-11-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

After I got home from school Becca and I went to the store for some groceries and all was well until we headed home.
The traffic was a little heavy in the U-District and as I pulled into the turn lane to make a left, a man came out of nowhere and hit the side of our car. He ran from an alleyway, across two lanes and then into us. We did not even see him coming. I got out of the car and rushed, heart pounding and freaking out a little that I hit someone, to see if he was ok.
He was on the ground trying to get up. At this time about five other people were out there and half of them were calling 911. Everyone was asking if he was ok, but he insisted he was fine and did not want to call the police. However his head was bleeding, his hand was purple from hitting and cracking our wind shield, and he broke our passenger side mirror. I could only have been going about 15mph at most so I am thinking he must have been running very fast.
Anyway the cops were there in about 2 minutes, I was very surprised at there speed. However, when the guy saw the cops coming he took off. The police took our info, said we were not at fault, filed a report and left. We were both shook up a little, Becca a little more than me. So the lesson here is to not run across two lanes of busy traffic if you don't want to get hit. So that was our fun day.
I am just thankful that was all that happened, because if he had actually gotten in front of us and ran into the side of us he would probably have been hurt a lot more.

What an 'Incredible' Movie

2004-11-07T16:22:00.000-08:00

We went to see the movie "The Incredibles" last night at the Cinerama. I love the Cinerama, it has a huge screen. This was a great movie, not the best Pixar move but still really good. I would have to recommend this movie to anyone. It was funny, action packed, and with the graphics they have now it is almost as if it real people, well a little anyway. Becca will have more to say about this later. She has a much better way of expressing things, so check out her blog.

New Pics ( Abby and Clair )

2004-11-04T11:19:00.000-08:00

I posted two new pictures of Abby and one of Clair that Randy took. Sorry Randy I stole you pictures ;) I am too lazy to take any of my own :)

The pictures are on zoto.com and are listed under Newest Additions.

Another Late Night

2004-11-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

I was up again until about 2:30am trying desperately to finish a math take-home test that was due that morning at 8:00am and a program that I just could not get completed. I am anticipating many of these late nights due to my work schedule and amount of things I have to do. I am getting so burnt out and want a long break from everything. I guess there is only 4 more weeks until Christmas break (I can't believe it is that close).

I was so tired this morning that when I was driving to school I stopped at a 4-way stop and waited for the light to turn green, funny thing was there was no light. I think I waited a good minute before realizing this. Luckily no one was behind me.

By the way if someone knows an easy way to create a Java applet and get it on the web I would love to know. I would like to post the programs that I create in my class onto the web.

A Day of Mourning :(

2004-11-03T15:22:00.000-08:00

It is official Americans have re-elected pure evil. A man that not only lies, but also won't admit to his mistakes. Just take a good look at him and you can just see the evil in him. I can't even stand to watch him anymore because he makes me so angry. I know a lot of the people that look at this blog are supporters of that person and I hope I do not offend anyone, but I have to get my frustration out. I am just wondering that when in the next 4 years will he go to war with another country to kill more Americans for bad reasons and when will he re-institute the draft. (The actual draft, not the well-known "Backdoor Draft".) Well that is all I will say about this. I know I am not the most politically knowledgeable person, but I do think that Americans will be regretting their decisions 4 years from now.

The Visit

2004-10-31T13:38:00.000-08:00

My mom, Jessica and Abby came to visit me and Becca yesterday. We had a good time, even if Abby thought I was a big scary man. We went to the Bamboo Garden for dinner, but it was not as good as usual. I was a little disappointed. Although in my opinion, bad food there is still better than most other places. We then decided to go to the Pacific Science Center. It was pretty cool. Everything is hands on and the place is pretty big. We forgot to bring our camera so we did not get any pictures, which was a bummer. They had to get back home fairly soon after that, but we had a good time. Abby has grown so much since we last saw her. Before you know it she will be a teenager.

Who Needs Sleep

2004-10-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

Well I'm never gonna get it. My homework the past few days has been keeping me up rather late. I am soo tired now that I am having trouble keeping awake in my morning classes. I get to bed from about 12am to about 2am and I get up at 6am. I need sleep!

Congratulations Becca!

2004-10-28T06:25:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to congratulate Becca on her recognition of a short story that she wrote called Pitch Black. She sent it in to a Writers Digest, a magazine she reads, contest about six months or so ago. She received honorable mentions from the contest. She was very excited seeing as there was about 1800 entries and only 100 winners, including the people that got honorable mentions. She is a very talented writer and may be the next, insert a popular author here. So Congratulations Becca!! By the way you can see her name and her ranking at the Writers Digest site.

What a Month

2004-10-25T06:25:00.000-07:00

Ok so it has been a while since I have written anything, but I have been extremely busy. First off school is giving me a beating. My math and physics classes are much harder than I had anticipated. I am so lost in them that I have had to hire a tutor once a week. My programming class is fun and easy however :)

Becca is doing well in her classes, which is no surprise. She is still keeping up her A average. Her classes have also gotten harder, but she is very devoted to studying and getting good grades.

We also just returned from Fallon, NV. We went to see Becca's family and to celebrate her grandparent’s 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations again! We both enjoyed seeing them and the rest of the family. I did have to skip my first physics test, but I can do a make-up assignment for it, so I should be fine.

As far as my work goes, I just became a sorter which pays an extra dollar an hour. They were so desperate for sorters that about four of us started without even knowing half of the sort. It is a little easier work, but a little more stressful because you have to know where everything goes. Other than that not much else is happening, just school and work and nothing else. Jessica, Randy and Abby are going to Vancouver to see my parents and I think that Jessica, Abby and my mom will come up to Seattle for a day to see us. I think that Randy will be staying with Clair to work on the house. It will be nice to see them. By the way for those of you that do not know that is my sister, brother in-law and niece. That is all for now and I will try to write more, but no promises with how busy we are.

First Day of School

2004-09-27T23:32:00.000-07:00

Well today was my first day of school and I can already see it is going to a tough quarter. My Calculus class is going to be my hardest I think. I have a lot of catching up to do because I can't remember a lot of stuff from the spring quarter. Luckily I have the same teacher so I know how he tests and grades. The bad thing about this teacher is always late, never gets test back in a timely matter, and has a very monotone voice. On the other hand my Programming class should not be too bad. I am retaking it from spring quarter so I can get a better handle on it. This is a new teacher, but he seems like he will be good. Last but not least my Physics class will also be tough since I am in the engineering series and have never taken any Physics before. I am sure I will do ok in all my classes, but it is not going to be easy. That is all for now I will try to keep you posted on how I am doing in school.

Finally A New Post

2004-09-24T10:16:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a long time since I posted anything. It has just been so busy and I have been so tired that I have not had time to post anything. Anyway, Becca made it back from China ok. She arrived here at about 5:00pm on the 14th. It took here a couple of days to recover from the jet lag. She has also set up an account on Zoto.com and has put pictures of her trip there.

I got home from helping Clair with the house on the 12th so that I could get our house a cleaned up a little. Not much was accomplished though because I was so worn out from working on the house. (I have also put a few more pictures on my photo album if you want to see them.)But since then we have just about got our little apartment looking like a place that is actually inhabitable. All we have left is the bedroom. It seems that is where all of the miscellaneous stuff has ended up.

Last week we went down to my parent’s house again to help on the house and we will be going again tomorrow, but this trip will be the last for a while and we will be returning on Sunday. We are both about to start school again on Monday, well Becca starts on Wednesday, and I am not looking forward to it. I am taking Calculus II, Physics 201 (the Engineering series), and Computer programming. It is going to be a tough year. But by the end of the year I should have my associates degree if all goes well.

UPS has not been the greatest to go back to, but it is still ok. The supervisors have been switched around and let’s just say I miss my old one. I have been going back and forth about putting in my letter to become a supervisor, but I am not sure if I want to do that yet. Once you become a supervisor you can't go back and you are no longer part of the union. This isn’t so bad because the benefits are pretty much the same. Anyway that has been what has been going on with us for the past weeks.

By the way I just need to complain a little more about my old computer. I tried to do a restore on it because I was having all kinds of trouble installing new hardware and having old ones die. And to get rid of all the Pirated copies of music and other stuff because I have come to the conclusion that it is better to pay for things even if you don't have the money than to steal them, even if they are way over priced. Well when I tried to do the restore it seemed to go well until I started to get all kinds of errors when windows starts and once I got through those I could not connect to the internet. Seeing as how I have been using XP I am not used to Windows 98 I tried to install XP and more errors came up in the middle of that. So in the end I can't even get by computer to boot up now. I hope you all enjoyed my frustration I just had to get it out before I throw my computer out the window.

A Day Off

2004-09-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

What a relief! A day off. We have worked for about 2+ weeks (about 9 hours a day) without a day off. It has been fun working on the house with Clair but a day off was much needed. I will not be doing that much today though. Maybe go to the new Costco with my parents, but that is aobut it. As for the house we have got all of the interior walls up for the down stairs and have started the floor joist started for the second floor. I have posted more pictures on my photo album. Leave me a comment if anyone likes the photos album or not.

As for Becca, she is doing well and I have posted a new post from her on her Blog so check it out and find out how she is doing.

Updates

2004-09-02T06:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since my last post, but I have been very tired. We have been working everyday since I got here and I am about ready for a day off. By the end of Saterday we should have all of the outside walls up (except the front I don.t know when or how they are going up) and the inside downstairs walls up.

Becca is doing well, just a little home sick. She has changed her ticket, so she will be coming home on the 14th not the 17th. She has had a lot more time to do shopping than she thought she would have. I have added a new post for her, but it is a few days old.

that is about all for now, by the way I have added new pictures to my photo album

No Rain :)

2004-08-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

Finally a day without rain. We have just about finished one of the walls on the house. All it needs now is sheeting on it and we will stand it up. I have posted a picture in my photos. I hope that in the next few days we will have a few walls up. Clair has hired a framer, so things should start to pick up. That is all for now.

Another Day

2004-08-26T19:19:00.000-07:00

Well I think that the rain is starting to go away. We were able to complete the flooring and start laying out the house today. I should have some pictures of the first wall tomorrow. I have posted something on Becca's blog that she sent me. That is all for now Lets pray that the rain has gone for now so we can get in a good full day of work.

More Rain and Pictures

2004-08-24T20:44:00.000-07:00

So much rain so little time. I guess that is what we get for living in Washington. We almost got rained out again, but we stuck with it today and it was well worth it. We got almost half of the flooring down. I posted new pictures on my photo album. Becca has not been able to post anything to her blog yet due to some internet issues, but she will be emailing me and I will be posting them. So keep checking back to her site for new posts.

New Photo Album

2004-08-23T21:25:00.000-07:00

I have created a Photo Album on zoto.com. Click Here to see what I have. It is not much, but I will post more soon ( Mostly of the house being built ). I will no longer be posting images to my bogger, but I will let you all know when I have new pictures. Enjoy!

Rained Out

2004-08-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

Well today was a little unproductive due to the rain. We had to call it quits at about noon because it was poring and we were soaked. It is supposed to rain for the next few days, but hopefully we will be able to get more done. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

2004-08-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

House with Floor Joists

Clair in the Rain

Me in the Rain

So much for Relaxation

2004-08-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

So for my relaxation day here is what I did:

1) Replaced the brakes on my parent’s car.
2) Mowed, weedeated, hosed down the driveway.
3) Went and picked up a boat with my parents Explorer.

I did manage to keep busy and it was not that bad. Just a lot of mindless work to keep my mind off of Becca being gone. By the way I hope you are having a good time today Becca :)

Becca's Flight

2004-08-21T08:54:00.000-07:00

Well Becca made it safely to China. She called me from her hotel when she got in at about 4:00am my time and 7:00pm her time. And she had a rough flight. To start with they did not have her Vegetarian food that she pre ordered, so she did not eat the whole way. They lost her luggage, so she had to buy some new clothes. And the taxi driver ripped her off. Needles to say she was not very happy when she called, I am sure things will turn around and she is to. I am not sure when she will update her Blog to let you know more details but I will let you know when she does.

Nothing happening for me today I am just going to relax and get prepared for the next three weeks of working on the house. We are just about ready to put the flooring on.

Farwell to Becca

2004-08-20T18:30:00.000-07:00

Becca has left the country. Her plane left at about 8:10am today. She is flying to Vegas, then to San Francisco, and then to China. She should arrive at about 5:00pm on the 21st (Beijing time). I am already missing her and she just left. I left right after taking her to the airport and made it to Vancouver at about 10:00am. Now that I am a bachelor for the next four weeks I decided I can eat whatever I want, so I stopped at Jack in the Box and got a hamburger for breakfast. While at a stop light I decided I eat way to fast seeing as how I was two bites away from being done with the burger before the light turned green and I just started eating it when I came to a stop. Needless to say I was not feeling good on the last part of the trip. So much for eating what ever I want :( Anyway I hope that you are having a good time Becca (even though you are not there yet) and I can't wait to here from you.

So Much Going On

2004-08-19T22:12:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I last posted anything. Things have been just too busy. Here is a run down on what has happened in the last week or so:

Last week we went to Vancouver and I help on the House as usual. It was fun and we are now ready for the flooring. I hope to have pictures up soon.

We Got all of our stuff into the apartment. The stuff is in, however only the essentials are unpacked and I am not sure where to put the things that don't fit.

We did some last minute shopping for Becca’s trip to China.

Becca set up a Blog and will hopefully be updating it every few days. Here is the Link www.chinabecca.blogspot.com

I will be leaving tomorrow for three weeks in Vancouver to work on the house while Becca is away.

Well that is about the sum of what we have been doing. I should now have some more time to update this so check back for more info soon :)

Finished Packing

2004-08-13T09:33:00.000-07:00

We finally finished packing and are ready to move. I just don’t know how we are going to fit all of our stuff in the new apartment. But we will manage I am sure. Today will be our last weekend trip to Vancouver for a while. On Monday My mother is going to come and help us move our stuff and clean our apartment. Hopefully we will be able to get it all done in two days. All of this packing and going to work is really starting to get to me, I will be very glad when it is over.

2004-08-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

Ok so here they are. I finally got the pictures to post. There will be more next week and hopefully the floor will be down.

Nice View

Working hard or hardly working?

Vancouver

2004-08-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

Another trip to Vancouver. We left at about 10:00pm on Friday, after I got off work. I knew we would get tired so we headed to Starbucks land what a lifesaver. Becca only got a half-decaf and was talking the whole way there. I was happy though, because she kept me awake and we had a nice long chat which we don't have time for very often.

Me and Clair worked on the house both Saturday and Sunday. We got a lot accomplished, but not as much as we had hoped. We kind of ran out of material. Next week will be the busy weekend because we will be doing the flooring.

Becca and my mom pretty much just hung out all weekend. They went to Portland and of course Becca went to Powell’s (One of her favorite places).

Today we are off to look at the apartment that we should be moving into in the next two weeks. I am very excited about moving, not so much the moving part, but the new place. Anyways I took got some pictures of the house, but I can't seem to get the pictures posted so I will as soon as I can.

On the Move

2004-08-05T22:25:00.000-07:00

We are moving once again, but not far. We found out on the 4th that there was an opening in the on campus married housing. It is much cheaper and closer to UW. Our apartment that we are in now was very nice to let us out of our lease to get the new apartment. We had just signed a new lease about a week ago and I did not think that they would let us out of it. Anyway now we have to pack and move out by the 20th before me and Becca both leave for our trips. It will be tough, especially since we are going down to Vancouver to help with the house every weekend, but I think we can do it. The new apartment that we will be moving into is on the first floor, comes with all utilities paid, free satellite (Although I think that might be a distraction), free Ethernet and phone service. The only problem is that there is no washer and dryer in the apartment, but there is one onsite. Anyway that is our fun for the next few weeks, and once again we are on our way down to Vancouver after I get off work tomorrow at about 10:00pm. Wish us luck! And I hope you like all the links ;)

Building a House

2004-08-02T21:36:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a busy one. We went down to Vancouver (notice I said down, so that would imply Washington not B.C.) on Saturday via Amtrak. I was very surprised by the Amtrak. It was clean fast and much better than the greyhound. It even had an on track movie. We arrived at about 10:30am and by about 12:00pm Clair and I were off to start on the house. We spent about 4 hours there and it did not seem like we got much accomplished, however neither of us have done construction in quit some time. At about 6:00pm we headed back home and went to this really good Mongolian grill place for a late birthday dinner.

The next morning we left for the house around 7:00am and stayed until about 6:00pm. We accomplished a lot more that day. By the end of the day we had all of the exterior pony walls (I think that is how you spell it like the animal "pony") done and some drain pipes for the gutters.

We drove back home today and arrived here in Seattle at about 1:30pm. At 4:00pm I had to leave to work at UPS. But the day is almost over and I am looking forward to next weekend where I get to go and help with the house again. I will try to get some pictures of it next time.

Happy Birthday to Me!

2004-07-28T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yes today is my birthday, well in about five minutes it will be just another day, but for now it is my birthday, however only for another five minutes, not four minutes just five, it could be three, but obviously that is too little and of course six or seven is out of the question, don't even think about it lasting ten because that is insane.

Anyway I had to work today but it was not too bad. Becca had a small little party for the two of us when I got home. She made some Riblets (vegan of course) and mashed potatoes, put up some streamers and balloons, and made a cake. It was small but fun and tasty.

We are going to go to Vancouver this weekend and I am going to help Clair work on their house. He has also graciously agreed to loan us their extra car until Becca gets back from China. Of course I said I would come down every weekend to help him on the house until Becca leaves. Then I will be there for three weeks helping. We are going to take the Amtrak down there and will take the car home.

Well I need to go to bed because it is 12:05am and it is no longer my Birthday.

The Bourne Supremacy

2004-07-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

I am not the best film critic, but here it goes. The Bourne Supremacy was not quite as good as the first, but it was still very good. The action scenes were better, but the story was not as good. The filming at the beginning of the movie was a little sporadic, but I seemed to get used to it. Overall this movie was well worth seeing in the theater and I really enjoyed it.

I think I am Melting

2004-07-23T13:53:00.000-07:00

It has become VERY hot here in Seattle. Right now it is only 85 degrees and it will reach about 95 degrees today. I know some of you are probably laughing at that and thinking that it would be nice to be that hot. However, we here in Seattle do not like the sun. What makes things worse is that we live on the 6th floor and have no air conditioning. All we have is a small fan. Becca just checked the thermometer in the house and it is 93 degrees in here. We have the lights out and are afraid to watch any T.V. because it might put out too much heat. Anyways enough complaining for now I have to go to work soon. By 6:00pm my clothes will be completely soaked with sweat in the 100+ degree trucks. I drink tons of water there yet never have to go to the bathroom because I sweat it all out.

If anyone has any tricks to keep the house cool let us know :)

The Bite of Seattle

2004-07-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

So we went to the Bite of Seattle today. I think it was more about a half a pound of Seattle because there were tons of people there. It was still fun though. There were performers on five different stages, all kinds of different ethnic foods at reasonable prices, and some arts and crafts. It was a fun experience, but way to many people there, especially by the food stands. We got a whole coconut, that was not as good as the fresh ones from Hawaii. We also tried some fried bananas, much better than the ones we tried in Nicaragua. All in all we had a good time there.

Becca's Back

2004-07-16T08:42:00.000-07:00

For the past few weeks Becca's back has been giving her some grief. She is going to set up another appointment to see the doctor today. She has also been going to a massage therapist once a week, but it does not seem to be helping. Hopefully the doctor will be able to figure out something to help because she is in a lot of pain. So please everybody keep her in your thoughts.

Trip for me

2004-07-16T08:33:00.000-07:00

I have decided to go down to Vancouver to help Clair and my mom on building their new house. I will be going while Becca is in China. So I took three weeks off of UPS and will leave on August 20th, the same day as Becca. I think that they are just now pouring the concrete for the foundation. So I am not sure if they will still be working on the framing, but whatever it is it will be a nice change from UPS. I think that this time I will be taking the Amtrak to get down there due to my last experience on the Greyhound.

As for Becca's trip to China, we sent off to get her passport changed and to get a visa. After we get that back there is not much left to do to get ready, except buy some clothes and miscellaneous stuff.

Bamboo Garden

2004-07-12T08:27:00.000-07:00

In addition to seeing Spiderman 2 we went t to eat at the Bamboo Garden, to celebrate our 5 anniversary a little late. I do not think I can say this enough, but this is the best Chinese food I have ever eaten and it is completely vegan. I do not know how they do it but it is wonderful. I think it is better than the real thing. If you are ever up in Seattle you will have to try it.

Spiderman 2

2004-07-12T08:21:00.000-07:00

We saw Spiderman 2 this weekend and I had high hopes for this movie. Well the movie came through. The effects and story line were both great. I want to start reading the comic books now to see how close the movies are to them. I would highly recommend seeing this movie in the theater if you have a chance.

Quotes of the Week

2004-07-08T08:49:00.000-07:00

"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." ----- Robert Frost

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." ----- Mark Twain

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." ----- E. B. White

"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity." ----- Publilius Syrus

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail." -----Fran Lebowitz

"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words." ----- Anna Sewell

4th of July Weekend

2004-07-06T09:02:00.000-07:00

I was not able to post anything this weekend because for some reason my parents computer would not stay connected to the internet when I tried to publish a post. So here is what happened over the weekend:

Saturday :
We got up at 5:00am this morning, after going to bed at 1:00am last night, so that we could catch the greyhound bus. First let me say that I thought that the greyhound would be a nice and relaxing way to travel since we do not have a car. Well I was wrong. We had to get to the station an hour early to get our tickets, which was not too bad. But then we got on the bus. As we got on we noticed that the seats were packed together like sardines and that were left out for a few days. Luckily we were the first stop so we got a seat together. However someone on the bus had something emitting from their body that was like rotten eggs. Other than that the bus ride went ok with the 6 stops and 4 1/2 hrs to get to Vancouver.

Once we got into Vancouver my parents picked us up and took us out to lunch, which was really fun. Then we went to their house and saw Hunter, who we have been missing very badly. We then took a trip up to their property, with the dogs. While there Clair put me to work climbing trees and stringing a line across part of their property. He also brought his new toy, a chainsaw. So I had my first experience cutting down a tree. It was fun until Clair was cutting one down and it started to fall the wrong way and I jumped into a blackberry bush by mistake to avoid it (it ended up going the right direction though). After a couple of hours there we went back to their house and played some games, drank margaritas, and had some BB-Q.

Sunday Fourth of July :
Today was another fun day. We got up and hung around the house for a bit and then decided to go play some miniature golf. The course was fun and a little challenging. Needless to say Clair the golfer won both rounds. The sun was out that day and most of us got a little burned due to not seeing the sun much. We then went home and played some Uno Attack, this game can take quite some time to finish. Becca and I made nachos, which is our cheap student meal, that were very good if I do say so myself. As for fireworks we did not want to go to Fort Vancouver because it gets so crowded that you can't breath. So we decided to look and see if we could see them from somewhere else. We found a really nice spot on the Oregon side of the Columbia and it had a really nice view. The only problem was that is was very windy and cold, but fun none the less. We went home after the 40min fireworks and played with some of our own. That was about it for the 4th.

Monday :
Today Clair and I got up early to go up to the property because they were going to break ground today. It was really neat to see how the guy started to level out the property and to see how powerful a bulldozer is. There were many rocks in the way, but that did not seem to matter. We only got to stay for a little while because we had to get back to catch the greyhound home. I have to say that the trip home was worse than the trip there. This time we were not the first stop, so there was very limited seating. We had the privilege to sit next to the stinky toilet. There was also a lady that liked to talk really loud in her cell phone and yell at her kids. There was another guy in front of us that could not sit still and had to have his seat fully reclined back. That did not help me study for a sort test I have on Tuesday for work. This trip took about 45min longer than the last due to traffic. While on the bus we found out that there was an express bus we could have taken. That did not make us feel good. But we made it home at last and went to bed very early, after we took a shower from being on the bus.

All in all the trip was well worth it and we had a lot of fun seeing my parents and I hope everyone else had a wonderful 4th as well.

Also while Becca is in China I am going to try and go to help Clair work on the house, if I can get the time off.

One step closer to China

2004-07-02T15:14:00.000-07:00

Becca is now a little closer to going to China this summer. We have bought the tickets and I think that we found a pretty good deal. She will be leaving on August 20th and will be returning on the 17th of September. The flight, including layovers, is about 16 hours. Now we just have to work her passport and visa. I think that she is going to have a great time there and she of course is very excited. I still don't know what I will be doing over that time, most likely watch a lot of movies.

Quotes of the Week

2004-06-27T09:42:00.000-07:00

"There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?" -----Woody Allen

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ----- Herm Albright

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness." ----- Josh Billings

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." ----- Chinese Proverb

The Puget Sound

2004-06-27T09:36:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures from me and Beccas trip on the ferry for our anniversary.

Seattle

Sunset 2

Sunset

Not many posts

2004-06-25T09:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I have not been posting much lately, but to be honest our lives are rather boring. All I have been doing for the last week is going to work and looking for another part time job. I do have to say that my work has been rather brutal. It seems that I am the last to leave each day. Yesterday I had to unload this truck that was full of boxes that were about 4ft X 6ft X 4in and they were all about 60 lbs. Let me just say they were a pain in the butt. This was at the end of the night and the last trailer on. That’s work for you though. Becca has a job for the next couple of day’s just making photocopies, so by the time I get home she is in bed and I am still sleeping when she wakes up. Other than that we have not had the time to do much of anything.

Tomorrow is our 5th wedding anniversary. I think that we are just going to go on a ferry ride to celebrate due to our funds being a little tight now, but it will still be a lot of fun. We are also going to see one of our friends and their new baby boy. That should also be very fun.

Grades

2004-06-23T12:59:00.000-07:00

Well I received my grades for this last Quarter and I was rather surprised at what I got. Here they are:

Chinese: 3.4
Calc. I: 2.7

The Calculus class is not the best score, but a lot better than I thought.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-21T22:32:00.000-07:00

I have been slacking on my quotes so here is a few to catch up:

"One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." ----- Agatha Christie

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." ----- Mahatma Gandhi

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. ----- Chinese Proverb

Time on my hands

2004-06-21T22:24:00.000-07:00

Now that school is out I have too much time on my hands. I really hope I can find another job soon; otherwise I am liable to go crazy. Well not really I do actually enjoy the time. However this weekend I kept on thinking I had studying to do, but there was none at least not of too much importance now. The only studying I am going to do is to learn the zip codes for UPS so I can become a sorter and make a dollar an hour more. I am also going to try and keep up on my Chinese and review my math for next quarter. Other than that I am free!! for now at least.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-18T08:17:00.000-07:00

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." ----- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home." ----- Bill Cosby

Schools Out!!

2004-06-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

School is over and what a relief. The bad news is I am not sure that I did too well on my finals. It is so nice to not have anything, but work, to worry about now. Also I am looking for another part time job.

Becca is also not going to school over the summer because she wants to go to China, through her school, this summer for about 3 weeks. So she had to choose between school or China because her financial aid would only cover one. She is still not sure if she will be able to go, but we are trying our best to scrap together money because this would be a great experience for her. In the mean time she is looking for a summer job to help pay for it.

As far as grades go here is what Becca received, she did very well:
Chinese - 3.9
History of Modern Ethics - 3.7
Ethics - 4.0

By the way the Ethics class was a 400 level class and she got the best grade in the class. I am very proud of her. As for me, I won't get my grades until next week.

The End is Near, for Finals

2004-06-15T21:27:00.000-07:00

It is the day before finals and I don't think I will be able to fit any more information in my head. I took the day off today in order to study and I have been at it all day, give or take a couple breaks. I still don't think I am nearly ready for either of my tests, mainly because I think I slacked off too much this quarter. But I will do my best and I have vowed to try harder next quarter (Fall Quarter).

Now I am watching Last Comic Standing to try and relax a little so that I can study some more. This is a very funny show. I watched last year and I really enjoyed it. That is all for now, back to the studying.

Movie Review: Harry Potter

2004-06-15T21:21:00.000-07:00

This was a highly imaginative and very entertaining movie. Becca and I both really enjoyed it. Seeing it on the IMAX made it that much better. J.K. Rowling has a great imagination; I only wonder how they are going to keep the same kid playing Harry potter after the 90 movies are made. Despite the bad reviews I heard that it got, I thought it was very good.

Harry Potter

2004-06-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

On Friday I had the day off and we decided to go see a movie. Harry Potter was playing at the IMAX, which sounded like fun so we decided to go there. The show started at 7:30pm, so we got the bus schedule to get there. As the bus was turning on to the free-way we noticed the traffic was completely stopped. By the time we got downtown we had missed the movie. We were bummed, but decided to go see something else, however nothing good was playing or worth paying $20 for. We decided to try and see Harry Potter yesterday. Well we made it down there, even with bad traffic, but they were sold out. We were determined to see this movie so I bought tickets for today yesterday and now we just have to make it there in time. We are leaving a couple hours early just to be sure. Anyways I am not sure if we were meant to see this movie or not, but we are going to do everything we can to see it and it better be worth it.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

"Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives." -----William Dement

"To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease."
----- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

Quote of the Day

2004-06-11T06:46:00.000-07:00

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

----- Mahatma Gandhi

Two quotes today to make up for yesterday.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-09T06:38:00.000-07:00

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." ----- Henry David Thoreau

Deathe to the Computer!!

2004-06-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

Now not only do I not have a CD-ROM drive, but my networking card has gone out. So we are down to one computer with the internet and it is a wireless one (sometimes in sometimes out). And to top it off the router itself is being testy, so I need to see if Comcast will send me a new one. From what I hear the stuff I need is not too expensive, but it is just a pain in the butt especially at finals time. Anyway, sorry about the rant, but I just needed to complain.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-08T06:28:00.000-07:00

"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." ----- Oscar Wilde,"Lady Windemere's Fan"

Day Off

2004-06-07T23:51:00.000-07:00

Today was a pretty good day. I did not have to go to work, so instead of doing homework we spent the day with Becca’s friend Justin. We ended up on a ferry ride to, well I can't remember. Anyway other than being a little cold it was awesome. The view was really cool from all sides and the sunset was remarkable. I just wish we had brought our camera so I could have posted some pictures. We will most likely be going on it again over the summer because it only cost about $5 a person both ways if you don't get off.

Before the fairy ride we went to the film festival here that was showing Hero, a Chinese movie. We had already seen it on DVD because we knew someone that had bought it from china, before Miramax bought the rights and stopped producing it until it has gone to the big screen. The cinematography in it is spectacular, the plot was awesome and the fight scenes were some of the best. In some ways it was better than Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I would highly recommend this movie to be watched on the big screen especially if you liked Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

That was pretty much our day today. We did go play some pool with one of Justin’s friends and go to Pikes Place as well. All in all it was a fun day and a much needed break from school.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-07T06:49:00.000-07:00

"One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in." ---- Wayne Gretzky

Note: If anyone has any quotes they really like let me know and I will try and post them, also let me know if I can post your name with them.

Last Week of Class

2004-06-07T06:41:00.000-07:00

It is the last week of class and it is going to be busy. In my Chinese class we are going to try and get through one more lesson in this last week. Usually it takes about 1 1/2 weeks to finish one, so there is going to be a lot to do. I am hoping that there will only be one more test in my math class, but I am not sure since we have already started the last lesson. On the other hand it would be nice to have two more tests so that I can bring up my grade, because I did very badly on the last test. I am hoping that UPS will not need me much this week so they will call me and tell me I don't need to come in. That way I can concentrate on my school.

Today is John's Day Off

2004-06-06T16:29:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, it's Becca and I'll be doing the posting today since John Michael's busy with his Chinese. I also should be busy - I have a final paper due tomorrow in my History of Modern Ethics class - but at this point I don't think there's any possible way that I could be any less interested in Immanuel Kant. I think my brain's already on summer break. So now I'm stalling.

I'm finding myself lately speaking more and more like a philosophy major ("No, John, that doesn't necessarily imply that..." and "This doesn't provide a necessary and sufficient condition..."). I feel sorry for John; he couldn't win an argument if he wanted to because he doesn't have a clue what I'm saying. Sometimes I wonder if I do.

In other news: Ronald Reagan passed away (today? yesterday?); Justin's in town but I have yet to see him; my last final's on Wednesday and I'm not even remotely prepared (only two more years of school yay); John and I are both itching for a little time to recooperate, to take back our mental and physical health. The end of the quarter is so stressful, and the week after finals is such a letdown that all we do is like sleep for a week straight. I'm so excited about my extended nap that I'm having difficulty focusing on the task at hand!

Zai jian!

Becca

Quote of the Day

2004-06-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

"You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'" ---- George Bernard Shaw

Quote of the Day

2004-06-05T10:51:00.000-07:00

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." ----- Henry Ford

Quote of the Day

2004-06-03T06:38:00.000-07:00

"The ideals that have lighted my way have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth." ----- Albert Einstein

Finals

2004-06-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

Well finals are here again. With only two weeks to go (including finals week and for Becca only one week) tests are coming at me from every direction. I have a math test today, which I don't think I am ready for at all and in Chinese I will have a Quiz any day now. Next week is going to be the killer, because in each class we are trying to rush through the last chapters. I am sure I will make it, but if there are no posts for a couple of days then you know why.

Quote of the Day

2004-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated." ----- Mahatma Gandhi

Quote of the Day

2004-06-01T06:32:00.000-07:00

"The man who has no imagination has no wings." ----- Muhammad Ali

Event Etiquette

2004-05-31T16:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we went down to the Space Needle to see the Folk life Festival, which was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. As we were walking through we saw 3 people playing the violin and cello, so we stopped and watched because they were very good. As we were watching two people walked right up in front of us blocking our view. They did not say "excuse me" or "Can you see ok." They just squeezed in around us. So people please, remember to think about other people and have some etiquette at events. Especially when Becca is in a grumpy mode and she is trying to listing to a string quartet. I can't be held responsible for her actions.

Quote of the Day

2004-05-31T09:37:00.000-07:00

"Do one thing everyday that scares you" ----- Eleanor Roosevelt

Challenge to all math nerds( If any even look at my site)

2004-05-30T16:59:00.001-07:00

f(x)=x^(2/3) * (x-5)
a) Find the Domain
b) Find f prime of x
c) Find the intervals where it is increasing and decreasing
d) Find the local min and max values
e) Find f double prime of x
f) Find the intervals where it is concave up and down
g) Find the inflection pints or critical points
h) Sketch a graph

Where are the functions undefined and where do they equal zero?

Have fun! If anyone really wants to know the answer I will post it :)

This is what I am working on now.

Math, Math and more Math

2004-05-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

I think this Calc. Class is going to kill me. I am so lost that no one will ever find me. I am sure that I will make it through, but I have a test on Wednesday and I am still stuck on the 2nd section. It looks like it will be nothing but Math for the next few days. Sorry Chinese class, but I have no choice. Anyways I just had to take a break from studying because my mind was turning into a well blended milkshake. Now back to the fun! This better be worth it :)

Quote of the Day

2004-05-30T08:22:00.000-07:00

"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." ----- Aesop

I think I am Crazy

2004-05-29T23:08:00.000-07:00

For some odd reason I just can't stop playing the Banana Phone Song. It is so stupid yet I am drawn to it. I think I have listened to it 5 times today. Just call me a loon :p

The Haircut

2004-05-29T16:59:00.000-07:00

Wo hen shuai ( I am handsome :) )

I finally got my haircut today, which was well past due(one too many curls). I went to a place called the Greenwood academy. It is a training salon that seems to be highly reputable. I was lucky and got someone whose first day of cutting a real persons hair was today. She did a fairly good job, even though her teacher did a lot of it and it took about an hour. She did happen to cut herself though. The cut was nice( the hair cut not her cut), however the style was like something from the mid-80's. But it was only $10.00, so I guess I can't complain. Becca went their a few weeks ago and got someone that had been doing it for a little longer and she really liked it, so for the price we will most likely be going back.

Quote of the Day

2004-05-29T08:33:00.000-07:00

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow, Learn as if you were to live forever" ----- Mahatma Gandhi

Banana Phone

2004-05-28T19:58:00.000-07:00

Click Me Please It is worth it

Quote of the Day

2004-05-28T19:52:00.000-07:00

"Wheresoever you go, go with all of your heart." ----- Confucius

The New and Improved Seattle Library

2004-05-28T19:10:00.000-07:00

What a Library! The grand opening of the new Seattle Central Library was last Sunday, but it was too crowded to go. So we went today and it is huge! It has 5 floors with everything from a kid's room to a coffee shop (Starbucks of course) and a gift shop. From what I hear it is being noticed internationally. The inside was very open with awesome decorations. Anyways I just could not believe it was a library from the outside. Cool stuff I think.

Inside the Library

Seattle Library

Nap Time

2004-05-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

I have recently discovered that the library at school is a great place to nap. I have about 2 hours between my classes and am usually very tired, so I put on my headphones, listen to a Chinese CD and take an hour of sleep. I just hope I am not one those people that snore or talk in their sleep. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

Another day of school

2004-05-27T18:03:00.000-07:00

Well today was pretty much just another day at school. My math (calc. I) is much harder than anticipated. In my previous math classes it did not seem like you hade to really think about the problem, you just knew it or you didn't. Now it takes a lot of brainpower. For example, it takes my teacher about 1 hour to explain two problems. Yet it takes me 2 hours two do one. So far I have received a 90% and a 83% on tests in that class, so I guess I must understand something.

Chinese is going well. I have a much harder teacher this quarter, but that is good. It seems like I am learning a lot more now. Becca is doing very well in her Chinese class. She gets A's on all of her assignments and tests. I get really jealous sometimes at how good she is at it, but she does work very hard and earns what she gets.

I get a five-day weekend this week because UPS is on the slower part of the season and they asked if I wanted a couple days of this week. I accepted with much joy because I need to catch up with my homework. Not much is planed for us this weekend just schoolwork for now. I did find out some bad news about school this summer. The school I go to for some reason does not offer financial aid over the summer so I do not think I will be able to go. It may be good because I might be able to get a second job for the summer and catch up on some bills. Or I might just take one class. I am just not sure.

Well I hope you all enjoyed this and look for a new post tomorrow.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ---- Mahatma Gandhi