IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ONE

it's cold, i'm getting a cold, and my socks smell bad. lucky for me my cranberry juice has 130% vitamin c.


17 days more before my love rescues me from the mean castle.

SPRING 2005 CLASS SCHEDULE

just registered for my classes for next semester today at 2pm. don't be jealous. here's what my schedule looks like:


ANTH 302 Biological Basis of Sex Differ 4units
1:00PM 2:50PM Tues, Thurs Enstam, Karin L

ANTH 318 Human Dev: Sex & Life Cycle 3units
8:00AM 9:15AM Tues, Thurs Enstam, Karin L

PSY 410 Child Development 4units
10:00AM 11:50AM Tues, Thurs Velasquez-Andrade, Elisa R

PSY 490 Psychology Seminar 4units
8:00AM 11:40AM Wed Hess, Maria

BACK WITH THREE MORE WEEKS TO GO

i hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. we had four all together. three, three days in a row beginning thursday and ending on saturday. whew, got through them all without having to buy bigger pants.

i made it back up here to school, and in good time, considering the last couple of times riding the train. anyways, 17 or 18 more days to go till my love comes and rescues me from the mean evil castle.

i'm sad. wendy won't be back till tomorrow. :(

8 'O CLOCK BREAK AND VACATION

so, she let us out early tonight, which was very kind indeed. we got our quizzes back, got the review for the final, but then she said she wants us to have a relaxing weekend without studying for the final. she says we'll have plenty of time to study later. we talked about older adulthood and she said to ask our grandparents, "hey, did you have premarital sex?" hahaha! i wonder if anyone's going to ask that question.

well, so i walked back from class with my friend erin, who's also in my social psy class. we have a grand ol' time talking smack about other people in our class (social psy). ahh... it reminds me back to the days when julie, josh, and i would sit on the couch in the library and make up mean evil haikus about our students we couldn't stand and then share them with vira... yep, those were the good ol' days indeed...

i have to wake up extremely early (6am) tomorrow morning since i'm leaving early to see my love so we can head on down to porterville... wish me luck riding the train...

1 HR. LESS THAN A DAY.

so, i woke up kinda early this morning for not having my 8am class. i got dressed, checked my mail, and since i had a blue claim ticket for my CDRs i ordered from ebay, i walked to the post office. well, on my way to the post office, i was reading the housing bulletin and what did i find? i found my box number as one of the winning numbers. so, after picking up my package from the post office, i swung by the housing offices (which is right there close by) and told them i had a winning box number. after showing them some ID, i got to choose either a ssu seatshirt or one of three mystery bags. well, since it's been pretty cold lately and seeing as i could never afford an ssu sweatshirt from the bookstore, i chose the sweatshirt, regular price $36.99. so see, it pays to read the housing bulletin. and they even have nice prizes, not something dinky, like a pencil. :P

so, after this, by now my hands were all full. so i made my way up to my anthro prof's office and spent about an hour in there showing her my powerpoint presentation. so mostly it was her giving me ideas and suggestions of what to do to focus more on the forensic aspects, tying it to what we've learned in the class. but now i feel better about it and that i'm heading in the right direction. i just needed a little guidance... and a lot of explaining...

so, yeah, since i was in there for an hour, i missed saying bye to wendy. :'( now i won't see her for a whole week... but at least she gets to see her favorite band everclear while she's at home...

made it through one of my two classes this week. only one to go tonight. hopefully it goes well...


latest teachings... just as i should not be riding amtrak anymore, i should not go to ameci's anymore. every time i go, i have to wait a super long time...

song lyric/quote of the moment... "...I'm gonna walk up to her and I'm gonna talk to her tonight..." -Somebody's Baby

BACK FOR A DAY BUT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE TRAVELING FOR ME FOR A WHILE...

yeah, so my train was delayed again tonight. an hour and 45 minutes. not as bad as last time, but still... bad enough. especially since it was freezing cold outside. well, so i asked the train conductor why the train was delayed and all he said was because they were waiting for the 718 train to go by. wow, big help that was. there's no way that there was a 1 hour 45 minute delay waiting for the 718 train, which actually got there around the time it was supposed to just a little after 7pm. anyways, so i asked a guy why the train was delayed and he said that they hit some debris near stockton and that it ruined something on the bottom of the train so they had to pull off and fix it and they were delayed about 30 minutes. well, this put them off schedule, so they had to wait for a train to pass and then had to wait for another train, probably the 718 train, to pass. so yeah, maybe i shouldn't do anymore traveling for a while. especially since on top of that, i just barely made the amtrak bus on thursday... thank god i made it there just in time. i don't know what i would've done...

anyways, this weekend was fun. lots of good stuff--talent show and thanksgiving dinner at church, spongebob movie with my love, holiday spice pepsi that tastes just like pepsi itself, hearing from alex, uncle rusty's granddaughter's birthday party, and spending time with my love...

so, i'll be leaving again on wednesday morning, so wish me luck on my trip...

GUEST SPEAKER, LUNCH WITH YAEL, STUDY STUDY STUDY FOR THAT QUIZ

today we had guest speaker ripan malhi, Ph.D. come talk to us about mtDNA and his company trace genetics. visit the site for more information.

since my comp class was cancelled today (YAY!), wendy and i met yael at the shangri-la restaurant across the street. they have himalayan food and we got the curry lunch special. it wasn't even spicy. well, unless you ask wendy. she'll say it was spicy...

now i have to study some more for my quiz tonight.


latest teachings... In Social Psy today:
Question: What is Clairol Nice 'N Easy?
Guys: Personal lubricant

song lyric/quote of the moment... "tell me you like me. you don't have to mean it."

BIG UGLY UNDERWEAR

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

ALL DAY GROCERY SHOPPING

so, wendy and i went grocery shopping today. i don't think we can go grocery shopping for anything less than a day. hehe. anyways, got some food though. there should be no starving going on around here for the next day or two. i even got me some stuff to make tacos. anyone wanna come join me for dinner?

HORRORSCOPE SAYS:

Feel free to act a bit more selfish than you would normally, amy. Make sure you take care of yourself before you go spending all your resources on trying to save the entire world. Matters of the heart are especially important to you today. You will find that love comes easily and quickly when you open yourself up to all the possibilities. Expand and extend yourself outwards to the people around you.


hey, this one's not too bad... ;)

CHINESE BUFFET

so, wendy and i went to a new chinese buffet tonight for dinner. we ate and ate and ate some more. i think i ate too much food. the rice and the chow mein was really good and i had seconds on ice cream. ;)

WHY MY TRAIN WAS DELAYED

Woman dies as train hits pickup

Witness says victim drove past crossing arm, into path of Amtrak train in Fresno.

By Pablo Lopez / The Fresno Bee

(Updated Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 6:31 AM)


The wreckage of a Ford F-250 four-door pickup that was struck by a northbound Amtrak train at Palm and Dakota avenues in central Fresno rests in a vacant lot, about 50 yards from the point of impact, Monday afternoon. The female driver of the pickup died at the scene of the collision.
Kurt Hegre / The Fresno Bee


A woman was killed Monday afternoon when the pickup she was driving collided with an Amtrak train at Dakota and Palm avenues in central Fresno.

The woman, traveling north on Palm Avenue in a Ford F-250 four-door pickup, ignored warning lights and bells and drove around the train's crossing arm, California Highway Patrol officer Jose Acosta said.

The northbound Amtrak train sounded its horn before it entered the intersection, Acosta said.

Unable to stop, the train slammed into the truck, pushing it through the crossing arm and warning lights on the west side of Palm Avenue.

The mangled pickup ended up in a dirt lot about 50 yards from the point of impact. The crossing arm and warning light pole were nearby.

"It looked like a ball off a bat," said Stephen Taylor, 54, of Fresno, who witnessed the collision.

Taylor, traveling south on Palm Avenue, waited behind the crossing arm as warning lights and bells chimed the pending arrival of the train. He said he also heard the train's horn.

He then noticed the northbound pickup moving slowly around the crossing arm.

"The train was going fast and she was going slow, as if she timed it," he said. The train tore apart the truck's undercarriage, Taylor said.

The victim died at the scene, Acosta said.

The train stopped a quarter mile north of the intersection.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said no one on the train was injured and the train remained operational.

The northbound train's final destination was Oakland. A new crew took over for the crew that witnessed the traumatic crash, Magliari said.

That train, as well as a southbound Amtrak train headed to Fresno and then to Bakersfield, was delayed temporarily to allow a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway crew to inspect the tracks at the collision site.

Traffic on Palm Avenue was re-routed away from the tracks until the intersection was cleared of debris and the tracks were inspected.


The reporter can be reached at plopez@fresnobee.com or (559) 441-6434.

MY LOVE'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

well, as y'all know, since you read my previous posts, it's my love's birthday today and was his birthday weekend this past weekend. i didn't get to go see him until friday, but that's cause i went on my field trip to the coroner's office and didn't want to chance making the bus on time. so, i went on friday and we went to wendy's after he picked me up. good ol' wendy's. they have the best chili. ;) my love had to work on friday night, so i got to go with uncle rusty and pat to dinner at sizzler and then we picked up fran to go to the 2004 sound explosion concert at church. they were also having a lock-in for the kids and the lady had asked me if i was staying for that. uncle rusty told her that i couldn't stay because i needed to get back home when kevin got off work. ;) uncle rusty provided us with ear plugs. haha. i've been needing some. now i have some cool bright orange ones. so, the concert was good, a little long, but good. we got back the same time kevin got home from work. he was supposed to get off at 10, but didn't get out of there until about a quarter to 11. poor love. he had a long day at work. not only was a guy trying to help him and making it harder for him, but there's a girl that won't leave him alone. poor, poor love.

saturday i had my love install my airport card. meanwhile, colleen came by and uncle rusty had started to put out his birthday stuff. my love got in the shower and meanwhile pat and fran got there. when he got out, he went straight back into his bedroom, so he didn't know what was going on. so after della and her daughters got there, colleen had me bring him out and we all told him happy birthday and has his party with food, cake, and presents. he even got to blow out his candles three times. wendy got there and we were glad that she was able to make it. my love had to go to work at 4, and so wendy and i went to kohl's, and it was my first time there. i bought a travel sequence game for my love and a blankie to leave there so i don't have to take mine back and forth any more. wendy and i stopped by longs to say hi to my love and he was out gathering carts. then, we went back and ate and drank egg nog before she had to leave. after wendy left, i scanned photos and waited for my love to get home.

sunday uncle rusty woke us up for church and we went and picked up colleen and went to church. she wouldn't let anyone shake her hand "because it's flu season!" and it was funny because the pastor coughed on his hand and tried to wipe it on her on purpose. fran had saved my love a seat (after telling him she would at his party) and she even saved me one too (even though she joked that she would save me one on the other side of the church). it was funny cause when we first walked in, we saw her shooing away these girls who tried to sit there. after church, uncle rusty, colleen, my love, and i went to eat at this mexican restaurant called celia's and guess who my love saw when he was coming back from the bathroom?? yep, that girl from his work that he's having problems with. and she even gave him a hug. ewwww! well, so that ruined his meal to begin with, but then the food wasn't all that good and we decided we wouldn't go back there again. we stopped by foster's freeze cause colleen wanted an ice cream and there was a funny sign inside that read "no eating or chewing gum in the front unless you have bad breath." we wanted to get a picture of it, but it was too far away. we got a good laugh outta it though. later we met uncle rusty and pat for a double date at the movies to see the incredibles. it was a pretty good movie. it had some really funny parts in it. afterward, my love and i went to get a bite to eat at the lone tree drive in, a chinese food restaurant uncle rusty and colleen had told us about.

today we slept in and like i said, my love skipped out on class so we could stay in bed and cuddle. we watched some episodes of chobits, and i made us fried egg sandwiches, since my love had craved them earlier. then, we left the house early so we could get some in-n-out before i had to leave, and then yeah, the train was delayed 2 hours and we had to sit out at the train station and wait that whole time...

so yeah, i'm glad i was able to spend time with my love on his birthday and i'm glad i got to spend his birthday weekend with him. i love my love. he's my special special and i love him very much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!!!

TRAIN DELAYED: 2 HOURS

so, i was already worried that i had missed my train, but when half an hour passed by, i knew it should have been there by then. my love called amtrak and didn't have much luck. when the 718 came by an hour after my train should've been there, he asked the conductors if the 715 had gone by. the conductor said they had not passed it and that it was delayed because of some vehicle collision? well, i took that to mean that it had hit a car. as they were leaving, the conductor had his head out the train and said to call amtrak, which my love tried again. this time he got the right information and the recording said the train was delayed 2 hours 15 minutes and the estimated time of arrival would be 7:50pm. okay, so that didn't really match up with the 2 hours and 15 minutes behind schedule, since the train was scheduled to arrive in antioch at 6:01pm, but hey, i wasn't going to complain if it would get there sooner. i talked to mom on the phone and she said she heard that the train had hit a car near fresno and had been delayed. she had said that some lady had tried to go around the train things that go down when there's a train coming, but didn't make it and the train hit her and killed her. so... we waited and waited and then a little after 8pm, my love called back and was told the train was about 5 minutes away and actually should be arriving in under 5 minutes. well, it finally got there and i made my way to martinez. but then because we had to take the later bus, we had to wait for the other train to get there. meanwhile, the next train (717) came and wasn't too far behind the one i came on. so we waited in the station some, waited outside some, and then finally we got to board the bus and be taken to our destinations. it was 10:30 when i finally arrived in rohnert park in front of the ihop where wendy picked me up and brought me back.

so, wendy says i shouldn't do any more traveling, at least nowhere where i couldn't walk to.

i'm just glad i wasn't on the train when it hit that car.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LOVE!!!

yep, that's right, today is my love's birthday. he's 22 and catching up to me.

on saturday, uncle rusty threw him a surprise party and there was pizza, spinach dip, deviled eggs, and pat went all out and made egg salad, coconut fruit salad, and the best carmels ever! colleen made a homemade cake and even decorated it. my love's other gf, fran was there and she told me to look away while she gave him a hug. wendy even surprised my love and came all the way from school. it was too bad that my love had to go to work at 4. :(

sunday we went to the movies with uncle rusty and pat and saw the incredibles. uncle rusty made the comment, "you went on a double date with people older than your parents."

today my love and i slept in. he ditched class so we could stay at home and cuddle. we even got to watch some episodes of chobits... then, we got to spend a couple more hours together than usual because my train was delayed for two hours...ummmmmmm... yeah.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!!

i hope you had the best birthday weekend ever!!!

-your love ;)

CORONER'S OFFICE FIELD TRIP

so, it was worth staying another day for. i'm glad i went. not only did we get the talk, but we got to go underground and tour the facilities. we even got toe tags. ;)

fun fun fun.

i'm still excited.


oh, and i forgot... purple balloon.

WENDYS WITH WENDY

wendy wendy wendy, wendy wendy wendy, wendy took me to wendy's to get a bite to eat... (sung happily)

2 sc 4 hc. ;)

CONCESSION

all i have to say is that my sister julie will be thrilled.

MY LOVE AS SPONGEBOB?

my love submitted his picture in the spongebob look-alike contest. you can go see it here. doesn't he carry a slight resemblance to spongebob?

MEAT FOR DINNER AGAIN, FUN EMAILING, CAT AND MOUSE, FINISHED PAPER, AND REMINISCING ABOUT THE OL' DAYS

so, i had chicken for dinner tonight. yep, good ol' chicken breast marinated in teriyaki sauce, rice-a-roni, and corn. my favorite... boy was it a good dinner. dang, now i'm hungry again!

so, i had fun emailing mona back and forth tonight. we must've sent each other five or six emails tonight. boy was that fun. ;)

my love went to bed early tonight. i even talked to him before 9. can you believe it? my love going to bed before 9?

the kitty is so cute. i let her play with my mouse.

finally finished my paper, so i think i'm going to get ready for bed.

i think i'll sleep in my clothes so when i wake up in the morning i'm already dressed. yep, those were the good ol' days when i would sleep over at my friends' house and they'd wake me up 15 minutes before school and i swear to you, i only had time to put my shoes on before we were out the door. i had to brush my teeth at school.

good night y'all.