040610/structuralism

Showed this spoken word to my Race, Ethnicity, and Power class today, as part of our class discussion on the police and industrial prison system. Looking around the classroom while this played, I could tell they loved it. Especially the professor. This class is the only good thing about my Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On another note, I fear that my first year of college education has led me to become a very radical thinker. The type that stands on the street corner in her turban, flowing dress, and tribal necklaces, megaphone in one hand, fliers in the other, preaching to passers-by about "the system."

But then again, I think it's not so bad. Has anyone seen Erykah Badu's new music video for "Window Seat?" It gets you thinking.

040410/spring break pt.2

Adventures in Santa Clara

Fail on my part for not taking pictures the night Em and I arrived. Most definitely an eventful night, to say the least. To sum it up, food, then Kristel's dance practice, then Barkada meeting, then more dance practice, then more food. And eventually, sleep.

I learned that "jesus" is a vietnamese word. HAHA.

LOVELOVELOVE.

040210/tayoy mga pinoy

I miss FHS, the delving into the stories and the past, the gaining of knowledge, the comprehension of a way of life, and the mixing of individuals. The roots. Sometimes I wish it had gone down a little differently.

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040110/spring break pt.1

Finally got around to uploading some pictures; these were from the Berkeley trip on my first day of Spring Break.

Went and took a picture in front of an EPIC mural for me and Paolo's Raza Experience class. And I mean EPIC. If you think 3D movies are cool, try a 3D mural. EPIC.

Then we headed over to Fenton's for some epic ice cream. I forgot what the other flavors were called, due to their ridiculously long names, but the one I chose was mint cookie. Yum.

I don't think there is any need to comment about the last picture. HAHA.

More to come...

032010/yesss

I'm tired and grimy and my room is messy, but I honestly can't complain. Yay friends! The birthday surprises were more than enough this year, so I'm happy. Next year, roller derby, cause Chris and Arnold in that video made me jealous ;)

I took a bunch of pictures with my fisheye so I'm hoping I didn't fuck up and overexpose the film when I first put it in the camera. I can't wait to see how those pictures turned out.

Anyway, it's the first day of Spring. And instead of going out, my near future consists of essay writing and project doing. Go midterms!

030210/a good chuckle

haha, for some reason, this made my day :)
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020810/almost lucid

The other night, I had a dream that Kristel and I were living in this huge, ten-story sharehome in Vancouver. She was training to be in the winter olympics and I was her head coach. Her event was downhill figure/speed skating. We worked hard, and everyone in the sharehome was rooting for us. They even threw us a party the night before the event. But for some reason I was nervous, and after her event the next day, there were rumors that we cheated.

Last night, I had a dream that Hershey had followed me to school because she was sick of staying at home all day.

I seem to only remember my dreams when my life is a flurry of...well, shit that needs to be done.

020610/more random pictures and an update

Ryan & Hershey on the couch and a whimsical ice cream place somewhere in the Mission.

Currently still in AAS limbo. Aileen and the other TAs promised me a spot in the class once someone else drops, but at this point I doubt someone will. Regardless, I think I still want to keep trying.

What gets me the most is that if I hadn't actually crashed the class this past week, I would never have known what it was about and it wouldn't bother me as much that I wasn't in the class. But now that I've seen the class in action and I know what it's all about, I'm sad that I won't be apart of it. I would seriously take this class even if I didn't get any credits for it, but I guess life has other plans for me.