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Thursday, July 31, 2003
well since I will not have the time or a means to post this now...I will post it a day in advance:

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY STEPH

yep thats right, steph and I have been together for one year officially now...well tomorrow, but you know what I mean. we are going out to dinner tomorrow, steph is going to spoil me since I have been spoiling her for the past 4 weeks or so. I am looking forward to tomorrow, and I might have a trick or two up my sleeve, but you will just have to wait and see what I can do. And if you dont have a clue about what I am talking about dont feel too worried, I think I am the only person who knows what I am talking about at this point.

I would type about work, but it is the same thing day in and day out, it does not really matter. I dont think I could do this sort of thing for the rest of my life, it sooo boring. but at least this year is better than last year. I get to run the machine now that I am not working with lupe. I work with domingo and we switch off which is great. Other times I work with the only asian guy KT, and we switch off there too. Domingo has taught me everything about the machine...well not everything, but he has teached (I know that is bad grammar, I felt that would catch stephs attention...right now that guy who wrote those grammar books in rolling over in his grave...) me a lot of things that I did not know before. Lupe never bothered to teach me anything, but domingo goes out of his way to show me things and answer my questions to the best of his abilities. well thats about it for now, I have to clean the house up for this weekend. My grandparents are coming out for their burfday celebration...and my cousin bryan is driving them out....so fun will be had by all...ok me go now...leightz




Monday, July 21, 2003
today was not a very good day...not because it was bad or anything, but just because it was not good...and if you dont understand that statement you do not really know me too well...aaaaanyway KT and I had to fill 30 gallon drums with paint today, boy was that a pain. each drum when full weighs about 380 pounds, and is not very mobile. and we had to get em off the pallets weigh em..then put them back on the pallet, which is a lot easier said than done. we finished about 99.9% of what had to be done, but then the bell to go home rang...and I was off like kobe's pants...we had a couple minor spills today, I got shot in the face with paint...all in all not a good day...the weekend on the other had was good. Friday steph, kelly, sara, hollie and I went to the hollywood bowl along with Narumi and a bunch of other students. It was really good, they played clips of the Blue Planet and had the symphony play the music to it live, sometimes you would forget there was a live symphony playing and then you would stop watching the jumbotron and there they were. on saturday I drove steph to ontario mills then out to my house. it was a long drive, but not as long as I expected. We also saw Pirates of the *mumbles* yeah you know the movie, but I dont know the spelling, hey I did not get into college on a spelling scholarship thats for damn sure. anyway the movie was really good, and I would reccommend that you go out and see it. sunday I drove steph to downtown disney, I did not really feel like driving, but I did because thats what good boyfriends do...well until they get so fed up with all the idiots on the road that they despise driving, then it is okay for the girlfriend to drive...or if the boyfriend does not have a car, its okay in that case too. but I digress, we walked around downtown disney for a while, and we went to build a bear (I dont know the fancy spelling for that, but you know the place.) it was crowded as hell, with all these screaming children...I dont really like big crowds in the first place, in fact sometimes when I am in a big crowd I think about putting my arms parallel to the ground and spinning in circles as fast as I can slapping people...but then harsh reality comes back and there I am in the crowd...but I digress once again...anyway the one thing that I hate more than a crowd of people is a crowd of children, so we built our bear and then left. I promised steph that I would get her a fairy bear and a flower bear for our anniversary, and I did. after that horrific place was well behind us we went to the disney store so steph could pick up something for her mom and also get a stitch pin. then it was off to rainforest cafe...it was some really good food. then after that we went to the mall so I could get some shorts...oh yeah and we also went to frys...I picked up a 264 cd binder for tamo and I for 25 bucks each...what a deal...I mean there were some that were double the price for the same exact thing...iono...ok well I think thats about it, I am sure if I left anything out you can read stephs blog for more info...my dad wants to go online and I still have to read sb email...leightz




Tuesday, July 15, 2003
well I have not done anything important and/or fun in since the weekend, and I am sure that you have read stephs blog about things concerning that. Been bored at work, its the same as last year. well not exactly the same, I have been able to use the canning machine a bit more this time since I am not working with that sob lupe and that has made things more bareable. I cant type too much, my hand is kinda hurthing since I smashed it into the corner of the metal canning machine today and it hurts me to type. today was not a really good day. I had to do quarts, they are not that heavy, only about 2 and a half pounds, I pick them up three at a time, but there are sooooo many of them. 4500 quarts...432 per pallet, thats a lot of walking back and forth...then I dropped my lunch which made me sad since it was the curry and some beef my mommy made...and I hit my hand as I mentioned before..ugh...the only thing that makes working worth it is still 3 days away...and that is really far away. But at least I get to see steph, but I dont know if I can do any driving this weekend since the truck has a busted line that cant be replaced until at earliest friday, but thats the best case scenario...oh well, my hand hurts and I think it is almost eat time...leightz




Saturday, July 05, 2003
well I have not posted in a very long time...like almost a month. and the truth is its because the internet is painfully slow. I had to go from T1 to 56k freshman year, now I have to go from DSL to 56k...I am not coping very well with the loss. Anyway, I'll give you a basic run down of what I have been doing, not doing, and what I have been breaking and so forth. I will put it in handy little sections so you can keep track of what the hell is going on.

Week after I came back from school
I went camping with my cousins. I am sure that you have already read this all on stephs blog, but if you want a james twist you may read further. I thought it was really fun. it was like old times when I used to go camping with the chagollas. everyone was there this time, and in fact bryan finally went, the last time he went was four years ago. So any way we went to San Clemente, it was not a good as Carlsbad, but fun nonetheless. There are a few reasons why I like Carlsbad more than San Clemente, but the biggest difference is the fact that you have to walk pretty far to the beach, and that was a pain in the ass...literally. and Carlsbad is a bit more private so you dont feel worried about making a fool of yourself, not that that stopped me in san clemente, I was just sayin. Anyway, I went boarding most of the time I was there, I really enjoy it, especailly with matthew and bryan...and steve, but thats not like old times, but fun still. I think steph had fun too, she seemed to enjoy hanging out with my cousins. I dont know if she is used to the krause/chagolla family get togethers yet, but I think she still has fun, it's always a spectacal when our families get together. anyway, back to camping...there was one problem with the camping trip though, the weather. stupid weather, I think we had a total of 45 min of sun the whole time we were there. the rest of the time it was cloudy and/or rainy. and of course the rain leaked into the tent soaking steph and my sleeping bag. Oh, and I had somewhat an adventure when I came accross a skunk late at night. I first head him rustling around in the dirty dishes we had laying around when steph and I were heading to the tent. so steph and I quickly ran to our tent. Later that night I really had to pee, since I had not gone since the skunk was walking around. So I slowly opened the tent and the coast was clear so I bolted to the bathrooms. however on the way back the coast was not so clear. He was in the campsite next to us sniffing around. And when my light hit him he kinda perked up, so I ran to the tent opened it up and dove inside, it was pretty intense. And that pretty much sums up the camping trip

Week after camping
My mom and dad decided to take this week off, not for fun and games though, but for working on the house...not little prissy work, but back breaking labor. We had to tear our old planters made of wood, move a bunch of dirt and what not. Just believe me when I say it was back breaking. We started work early...and then stopped working really late. it was a pain and I was all sore and sun burnt. We did not do much this week except do work, so that is why this weeks summary is so sort, but what can I say, working sucks. the only thing constuctive that came out of this week was the fact that I set up a lan between my mom and dads comp and my own. So now my bros and I play starcrcaft and warcraft a lot, and fun is had by all...except for the losers...well thats pretty much it...now onto

First week of work
Well it was exactly like last year...move paint from the machine to the trays, then to the pallets. Yeah it sucks, but at the end of the week when I am 300 bucks richer I get over it, until the next week that is, when I hate it all over again...until I 300 bucks richer...you get it, its a vicious cycle. all the guys at work noticed that I gained some weight over the school year, I tell you they are worse than a bunch of women, and yet 98% of them are guys. and the thing is that most of them are fatter than I am so they really have no grounds to talk. whatever, I dealt with it in middle school, I think I can deal with it again. while I was moving paint this week I was thinking...yeah I know thats dangerous since I can barely walk and chew gum at the same time, but I was doing it. And I came to realize that I move over 10 tons of paint a day on average. well except for thursday when I moved 15 tons. But on average I move about 2,000 gallons of paint a day each weighing about 10 pounds so thats 20,000 pounds or 10 tons. Yeah, I did not think it was that much until I actually figured it out, but it is a pretty beefy number.

Fourth of July, and other misc items
well the fourth of july was pretty fun, we went over to this resturant where you cook your food at your table. I dont know how to spell the name of the place, so we will just leave it at that. after that we went over to my uncles house and I set his computer up for internet access. then after that kevin and mikey decided to stay at his place and light fireworks there. we did not buy many fireworks since they are a tad illegal in Moreno Valley, but my mom and dad pitched in 20 bucks and I put in 7, and we got a lot of buy one get one free dealies. We lit half of them off yesterday, and we are going to do the rest of them today. My mom and dad made andy and I wait until kevin and mikey showed up, even though andy and I protested...and in fact I am still quite bitter about waiting since they chose to stay with my uncle and light fireworks, why should they get double....anyway, all the fireworks were pretty good despite being buy one get one free.

other items that I did not mention include:
I am actually a B- average student in college. I got decent grades this quarter, but I was not too happy about them all. I got a B in bio because of that damn final
I got new glasses. The doc says that I need to start wearing them more when I read or else I am going to become nearsighted.
I am getting carpal tunnel in my right hand according to my physical so I need to go out and get a new mouse pad with that gel thingy. so all of you who use the computer a lot and use that mouse a lot *coughtamororycough* should watch out for carpal tunnel.

and thats about it for now, hopefully I will be able to blog a bit more in the future, but this 56k kinda gets on my nerves sometimes so we will have to see.