First Week of Class

Well, it has started. Woo hoo! I'm taking COM 140 and GEN 105 for eight weeks. One of the syllabus was 21 pages and the other one was 31. Wow! I did my first disscussion questions for COM 140 early this morning. Now I will sign on to see what classmates have said.

University of Phoenix, Here I Come!

Hey, Meg! Next week I'm going to start back to school at University of Phoenix! I'm so happy and can't wait! I will start the online workshop on Wednesday so I can get to know how the e-campus works. I'm going to take A.A. in Psychology! Woo hoo! ^_^

My Epiphany

I wrote this yesterday as my status at facebook:

"[My name went here] had an epiphany about 7 hours ago. She realized her whole life has pointed towards a type of career: counseling children. She loves studying about mind and children development. She enjoys children and making them feel comfortable and safe. She wants children to trust her as an extra "Auntie". She wants to help children mentally so they can be the best they can in society. Maybe she should look into college classes."

And so I'm sitting here reading about elementary school counselors. I'm trying to find someone who is doing this as a career already so I can ask them questions about it. That's why I signed on here at xanga. No luck so far. Maybe I'll find someone at twitter. I don't even have an account there! Hmm...

Dear Journal (Wrote In Doodle Pad)

Wrote the following in doodle pad on Wednesday, September 23:

Dear Journal,

Journal? Hmm...is that what this doodle pad has turned into? I was suppose to be "doodling" in it and not necessarily "writing" in it. Or at least learn some scriptures by writing and reading from it.

Well, I think a patient came in (I'm at work) so...toodles! ^_^

[wrote name]

P.S. no patient! I'll continue. I got a chance to scrapbook before going to work today (yay!) ^_^ I miss doing that. I miss the creative side of me. Where did she go? I have the unction of going home and playing on my guitar! I can do a mini concert of one (sing to Armando, my four month old again). Hmm...maybe I'll write this on my xanga for Meg's benefit! (Hee, hee!) I stopped writing journals because no one reads them. I like an audience (if
just one person) to my writings, now. It use to not be like that. I use to thrive peacefully alone. But now, I need some kind of connection with a breathing body. May it even be a squirrel! (Ha, ha!)

I'm listening to KLOVE at work. It's a Christian station on FM. Eight point something. Sounds all rock to me! I grew up listening to Christian songs with a rock beat but to hear it now sounds weird, ya know? Note to self: write brother-in-law back! I've been reading instead--which is good. Yay! I'm reading books again! Melanie is slowly coming back! Woot! (do people still say that? *Blushes*

Well, I'll stop writing now. But one more thing: my bus (81) never came! I was 15 mins late to work but still on time to work. I had to rush to eat my lunch before it was 2 o'clock. Whew! What a rush! [end]

Maison Ikkoku, Have You Heard It?

Hey, Meg! Have you ever heard of Maison Ikkoku? It's a series (for mature eyes only) that my husband and I found while we were still dating. It was at the library. We use to watch it together until we reached the last episode that was available at the library. We only saw up to volume 2, disk 3. I found it on the Internet so I will watch what I haven't seen later on. I just finish watching the last episode that I had seen so I can go on to the next one. Here's the very first episode (English dubbed):

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/anime/watch/v18363937rcy5FMSp

If that link doesn't work, try this one:

http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/Maison+Ikkoku+01+english+dubbed#watch%3Dv18363937rcy5FMSp

Here's a synopsis from Amazon.com:

Rumiko Takahashi followed her first success, the sci-fi farce Urusei Yatsura ("Those Obnoxious Aliens," 1981), with Maison Ikkoku (1986), a romantic comedy inspired by a shabby apartment building she once lived near. "Ronin" (a student wannabe) Godai finally succeeds in getting into college, which he's been trying to do since he arrived at the threadbare Tokyo boarding house. When the lovely widow Kyoko becomes the manager, Godai is instantly smitten, but the course of love never runs smoothly for Takahashi's characters. In addition to competing with dashing tennis coach Mitaka and Kyoko's memories of her late husband, Godai has to contend with the embarrassing stunts of the other tenants: hard-drinking Mrs. Ichinose and her son Kentaro, the prying Mr. Yotsuya, and Akemi, a waitress given to scanty lingerie. Not that Godai needs help to make a fool of himself: he's almost as maladroit as Ataru, but unlike the hero of Urusei, he has a genuinely kind heart. When a friend from school gets him drunk in episode #8, Godai proclaims his love for Kyoko--waking the entire neighborhood. He can't remember what he did the next morning, and jumps to the erroneous conclusion that he performed a striptease. When he tries to laugh off his actions, he infuriates Kyoko. No sooner does one comic crisis get resolved then another arises, but the characters' occasional moments of honest sentiment give Maison Ikkoku a warm appeal. (Rated 13 and older: risqué humor, brief nudity, alcohol and tobacco use, slapstick violence) --Charles Solomon