Just a quick update as I sit bored out of my mind in Humanities.
Today, Monday, I have the pleasure of being visited by two of Santa Clara's finest, Deanna and Jason [ooh, Gina, are you jealous?] They are coming down from school - they're out the entire week - and will be arriving here in good ole Fresburg at about 3pm. We are just going to hang out at the dorms, go out to dinner [I wouldn't subject them to the horrors of the RDH] and then play some Catchphrase. They will then be spending the night here. Tuesday I have classes from 9:30 to 3pm [If I go to them...] so I don't know what it is they are going to do. Explore the streets of Fresno, perhaps? Regardless, after I'm done with classes and packing, we should be leaving Fresno at 4ish. We are then heading back to the Bay Area, stopping for a quick look at Santa Clara to see the living space of Deanna and Jason. So, we'll probably be in Hayward at about 8:30 - 9ish. Anyone up for some galavanting to Albertson's. Gina? A little Greg Collins oggling sound good?
Wednesday, I'm taking the kids to school and hanging out there because I have to do some observation for my Intro to Teaching class. Then I'll probably take the kids out to lunch - they get out of school at 12:30 - somewhere cheap as there are 4 of them. After that, I may work on my many papers/portfolios that I have due the week I go back to school. Thursday will be spent at Ammie and Papa's with the family. Friday I have to work from 7am to 4pm. I have to work on Saturday, too, but I don't know when. Saturday night there's a Solemite show in Pacifica. You up for it, Gina? I'll drive - I have my car back, by the by.
Alright, I'll see you guys soon.
That's all folks.

Whoa. This weekened was crazy. First off, let me apologize for not having posted in a long time. I'm sure you are all deeply saddened. Regardless, have I got a story to tell. Unfortunately, I do not want to type epic long stories right now, so, you'll have to wait 'till perhaps when I'm in my Humanities class bored out of my mind.
For now, you can saver this morsel of information: I went to the American Idol 2 auditions this weekend in Pasadena with Cody. I slept on the cement for 2 nights. It was freezing at night and hot during the day. I was around people who would either (a) sing alllllll the damn day - practicing for their audition, (b) smoke atleast a pack a day, or more, (c) sound horribly like the Chipmunks, or (d) a combination of the above. It was horrid at times, but really fun at other times. If nothing else, it was an experience that I can add to my list [of experiences, that is.] I also met a whole lotta interesting people.
Cody had to do a pre-audition in order to even get a wristband to have a formal audition. This occured Monday at 10am [we got to the Rose Bowl Saturday @ 6:30pm mind you.] He got a wristband and a little call slip saying come back tomorrow at 8am in Hollywood for a formal audition. We found out later that out of the 4,000 people that had to do the pre-auditions, only 350 got wristbands. Pretty impressive. Yesterday was his call back and the judge said he was good, but didn't give him a 2nd call back [which would have been an audition in front of the celebrity judges - whereas this one was in front of a producer.] He's back in Fresno, now. All in all, a pretty cool experience for the both of us, save for the fact that my back is still hurting and that my nipples could cut glass for a weekend straight because it was so damn cold.
GOOD TIMES.

Oh, I almost forgot. Cody was on Access Hollywood, too. He's was in the background of one of the reporter's report things. I have it on tape if anyone cares. Also, tomorrow is the Yellowcard/Starting Line show. I'm excited!!

Wow! Okay, I'm back! I'd like to apologize for being a complete idiot and forgetting what my user ID and password were to get into this blog, which is why I haven't blogged in approximately a million years. But i'm back now, and I promise this time I'll keep my bit updated.

So today is veteran's day and i'm at UCSC being good and catching up on all my homework. I'm kinda bummed because it sounds like I missed a buttload of fun this weekend...I miss everyone a lot.

Did I tell you about the Porter Run? I can't remember, but the gist of it is that when the first rainstorm comes at night, everyone goes out running naked in the rain. Will post appropriately censored pictures ASAP. It was quite liberating...its funny too how one doesn't even noticed the nakedness when everyone around you is naked and running around.

As you all know I am The Wuss when it comes to suspenseful/scary movies. My housemates dragged me to see "The Ring" last night, and though I had to cover my eyes a lot, I will admit that it was a very well put together movie...I couldn't sleep last night, but I'm glad I saw the movie...I highly recommend it.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Yes, yes. I AM too good for Random-osity. Ha! never.
Right now, I'm in my Natural Science class. Instead of listening to a boring ass lecture, I'm posting here. Dr. Hall - my prof - would be oh so proud. Hey, atleast I'm awake.
Anyway, this weekend was really fun. As Gina mentioned below, I came home, bringing my friends from Fresno, David and Cody, in tow. We arrived around 4ish on Friday. I could tell Hayward was going to be an eye-opener for the boys when they asked me if I knew the kid walking down the street. You see, in Coarsegold, where David is from, he knows everyone who is walking around anywhere. We hung out at my house, unpacked, met the family for a while and then went to Long's. Anto did some entertaining with his "When the fuck you coming back to work, Katie?" Gina and Jake met us at Long's and then it was off to Los Compadres for dinner. After dinner, we headed back to the cars which happened to be parked in Kasper's parking lot. Some old lady ran out and started yelling at us for parking on private property and David and Cody got a taste of Bay Area life. We then went to the homecoming game at Moreau. For the curious, they lost 47 to 7....good show. It was crappy weather-wise so we didn't stay for very long. However, it was nice to see a lot of people. I think I saw more camp folks then old school friends. But I did get to see Jeff and James and Deanna, of course. We decided to leave around 8:30 because it was raining pretty badly and we wanted to get to cover. Deanna came with us and we went to the Radisson Hotel, where Noelley and Shara were hosting a party for their USF friends and apparently, me and my friends. So, Gina, Jake, Cody, David, Deanna, and I all were the Sober Bunch at the party. Noelley was fun; she hung out with us for the majority of the party, which made up for the fact that she was a little tipsy. By the by, Noelley - if you read this, Cody and David think you're fun. Shara, however, didn't really hang out with us that much, so I didn't get to see her as much as I'd like. Maybe next time. We left the hotel around 10:30 when some USF girl came in saying, "Hey, we gotta clean up because the po-po are coming." We went back home and chilled like villians.

Saturday, the boys and I woke up and went to Buger King for breakfast. Classy, I know. We met Gina and Jake at BART and then went off to Berkeley. BART was exciting apparently, and David is proud of the fact that he stood in between the BART cars. They got a great view of the ghettos of the Bay Area from the BART train. We got off at the Berkeley station. Stopped at an ATM so David and Cody could get some $$. David, country boy that he is, freaking left the money in the ATM becasue he thought when the ATM read, "Out of Paper" it meant "Out of Money", when, in reality, it was just not printing receipts. He had to go back and get it after Cody enlightened him. We went to the campus and went to visit David's friends, Sarah and Brie. [Who, by the way, live on completely different sides of the campus, and at an uphill incline.] Brie came with us to go to San Francisco. So we made our way back to BART.
San Francisco was fun. We didn't get even half as much done as we wanted to. We only got as far as Union Square. The first store we hit was FAO Schwartz - very exciting. But the boys got new underwear and clothes from the 7 story Macy's and HUGE Old Navy. We went to Virgin Megastore and ate pizza at Blondies. Surprisingly, there was good weather, a little bit of showers, but nothing more. We left SF at 5ish and took Brie back home to UC Berkeley. Then we all went back to the good ol' Haystack.
My family and the boys went out to dinner at Max's. My family really likes them both and that makes me happy. We were tired so we went back home and watched a movie. David and Cody got tired, and consequently, got mean and vulgar, respectively. Deanna came over to visit for a while and then we all went to bed.
Sunday, I woke up earlier than the boys and attempted to be domestic. My valiant efforts resulted in burnt blueberry pancakes and a burn on my hand. I'd make an awesome housewife. Then, Cody, David, Ellie, and I went to Ammie and Papa's to visit for awhile. We got a bunch of movies and some snacks and then headed back home. I packed while the boys went to go get Amanda from the BART station. 45 minutes later, they returned without Amanda because apparently, she found another ride home. We packed up the car, said goodbye the family, filled up the tank, and got some lunch at Togo's. We were on the road by 3 and pack home - Fresno - by 6. We unpacked and then went to dinner. Then things were back to normal, same old Fresno State life.

I had a really good time and I apologize for the day by day, boring ass report of what I did. The boys had fun and think that my friends are really nice and fun to hang out with. Most of all, I'm just glad that my Hayward people got to meet them. It's kinda like a bizarre type of Show 'n Tell. I just want everyone to see the awesome people that I have the pleasure of hanging out with every day at school. [On a side note: I printed out the list of "I Might Love You If You..." things and gave it to Cody and David. They then checked off all the things that they do/did, and it was actually really surprising. They both only had about 10 each that they couldn't check off - and they were things like, named Hayden, etc. Incidently, I love them both.]

Alright, class is over, gotta go. Thanks for a spectacular weekend.