I have no idea what's going on but I feel sick... Everything was fine this morning, did laundry, went to the gym, and I started to get weak, so I laid down and passed out for about an hour, right now I am felling nauseous, my tongue feels numb. I feel like I want to throw up. I really don't want to be sick, whatever this is, I have a test on Monday and I want to get an A on it. I don't even have appetite and if you know me, you know I am always thinking about food, and when the next meal is going to be even if I have just eaten.

We half way there on the summer class. It's going by fast, I am actually really enjoying the class, even if it goes really fast. It's been 4 days since I got back from Lake Tahoe and I am still felling the after mat of the trip, I ate and I drank, like there was no tomorrow, I also smoked about half a pack of cigarettes. I have been felling exhausted almost everyday, since I got back, even going to the gym (Which I really enjoy)has been really challenging, I just don't have the energy to do it. I've gone only once since Monday. I might try to go today. I started to pack some stuff, all the non essential stuff, like books, decorations and things like that. I figure a box a day should be a good way to pack without feeling overwhelmed by it. We are going to give or 30 day notice at the end of the month, so we have the whole month of august to move. As soon as we get the keys, we are going to go in and start painting the inside, white walls are boring. We have already bought the paint. I am going to make sure, I take pictures before and after we paint.
Here I go, I am going to go to the GYM and see how it goes. Hope everybody has a great day.

Summer classes are hard, before you have time really soak in the information you already on the next subject. We have a quiz everyday, and a test on Mondays. Mondays are gnarly because we have the test, and a quiz on the same day. I am at about 80% so far That's a B bordering C. I need to put more time into it, the good thing is there is no more trips or parties coming up, so I can use the weekend to get ready for the test. We should close escrow in the next couple of weeks, so we should be getting the keys to the house hopefully by the 20th. I am excited about the house and moving there. It's a small town, so things move a lot slower there.

We went to a casino in Nevada and I broke the slot machine. I lost $12 dollars and it was really cool to see the Welcome to California sign on the side of the road.
We have reservations for dinner at a fancy place down the street, so that should be fun, and tomorrow we drive back home. It has been really awesome to be here.

walking to the end of the wharf.

North Lake Tahoe is nice. Going over the sierra nevada mountains was awesome. I have a couple of pictures from that. I'll try to post them later. It took us 6 hours to get here.
I had a nice adventure yesterday. I venture into going to the store about 1 to 2 miles away, and I met all kids of people. I was asked if I wanted to partake on a game of croquet. I almost made 20 bucks on a bet with a drunk... I asked some people if I could borrow their lighter (I smoked)and this guy said to me, use this watermelon, is combustible. I told him, if you can light the cigarrete with it I"ll give you some money, if you don't... how about you give me 20 bucks, and amazingly he said OK. So the bet was on, but some of his friends jump on it and convinced him not to bet, so I just walked away. Later I went to watch the fireworks show. Today I am probably going to hang out at the beach at the lake. do some "girl watching" and just take it easy. We have reservation at a restaurant down the street, it is a nice place I went there last night for a couple of beers, and made friends with a very bubbly young female bartender, which offer to give me free drinks if I went to the bar she's going to work today, it's a little far, on the Nevada side, so I am not going to do that. Just hanging out with Wendy will be awesome.

The day finally came. Tomorrow We are leaving for north lake tahoe.



We are stopping in Auburn to drop some paintings off at Wendy's Mom's house. And then off we go to the lake. It's going to take about 4 1/2 hours to get there but it's totally worth it.
We are staying at a lodge with a private beach, so that should be cool.



I am ready for some nice relaxing holiday, other than the driving it should be awesome. I can totally picture myself there, just kicking it, sipping beer, and walking around half naked no shirt, no shoes...


Hopefully I get some study done, I have a test on Monday, and I want to do well.
Hope everybody has a great holiday (4th of July) if you are in the US, and a great weekend for all of you my overseas friends. I'll try to take some pictures, but as you know, if I am having a really good time, i might not take any, as it will kill my fun...

Yesterday was great.
We had a great time at the Monday night wrestling show. I was tired by the end of it, it was 4 hours plus of wrestling. There were two Monday night raw shows, the one that was televised live, and the one that is going to be shown next week. So if anybody wants any spoilers let me know.
It was great to be there. This Morning I was tired as we didn't get home from San jose until after 11 pm. So I didn't go to the gym this morning, instead I sleep in until 6:30 and left for school at 7:45. My brain is all scramabled right now, form all the math thinking I've been doing, so I am going to watch the raw show from last night, maybe I'll see myself on tv. I know for sure that I will as we were right behind from where they were doing most of the recording.
Maybe I'll cap some of it, and show it to you.

Today should be an exciting day. I have a test which I think I am ready for, even thought I didn't study much for it, just a couple of hours this morning. After class it should be mellow for a couple of hours and then... We are going to go watch Monday night Raw in San Jose. It's a double show, so it starts at 5:30 There was a pay per view yesterday so it should be a fun show. I wanted to sell the tickets, but decided to keep them as my sister and all her kids are also going, and that should be fun.

I am both looking forward to today's party and getting a bit worry at the same time. It will be great to see a lot of our friends, play music (piano, sax, guitar), and as I always do sing. On the other hand I have a test on Monday, and I didn't get any study done yesterday as we were shopping for the stuff for the party. Study is out of the question for today, and tomorrow cleaning up after the party is always a shore, plus the hangover I'll probably have is not going to help, so I won't be able to study tomorrow. I feel comfortable with the material for the test, however I know I should try to put in some study time somehow this weekend.
The party is at 3 pm and we never really know when it's going to be over, hopefully not too late. If everybody is gone by 9 pm it will be a great, however I cannot really ask people to leave if they are still here.
With that in mind, if some of you guys on my friends list would like to come to the party let me know. You probably know were we live, but if you don't I can send you a private message as I don't really want to post my address here.
It's always an awesome party, so shit, if I fail the test on Monday it's all good.

The excitement of buying a house is getting to me. I try to not look too excited sometimes, as there were some possible problems with the bank meeting the deadline.It was beyond our control, there was honestly nothing we could do, just wait and hope that the guy at the bank got his shit together and met the deadline. We had a deadline for the 18 for the firm commitment from the bank for the loan, and the bank guy fucked up, so we had to get an extension from the seller which the granted. Yesterday was the deadline again, and we were biting our nails, It was around 2 pm and we were discussing whether to ask for another extension, and risk losing the house if the seller decided not to give us another extension and lose the $5000 we had already sent the escrow company. We were going to take our chances and ask for an extension, and we decided to call the agent that is working with us, and get her input, we had to make a decision quick because if we missed the deadline and if we didn't ask for an extension the deal was off. While on the phone with agent, another called came in, it was the guy from the bank so the agent got put on hold, and we were told that everything was fine and all the paperwork was on order at the bank.
So, now the last thing will be waiting for the closing date. Basically the worst is over, we are going to be getting the keys to the house in a few weeks and that kept me awake last night.

AP Source: Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and DERRIK J. LANG, AP



LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.

The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album "Thriller" — which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" — remains the biggest-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies.

He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves, his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove and tight, military-style jacket were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

As years went by, he became an increasingly freakish figure. His skin became lighter and his nose narrower. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.

In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him. The case took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

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Today is the first day of summer school, and I am feeling a bit nervous. Once I'm in the classroom things will be fine. Six weeks will go by quick, specially since I won't be working on the weekend anymore. Saturday was my last day at Zacharys.

Is time to start thinking about football. No season tickets this year. However I think this is the year the raiders will make a come back. Hope you enjoy the videos below as much as I did. The first video is very entertaining even if you don't like football, the second one is just uplifting and makes me look forward to the season starting and the last video is highlights of the raiders last season. Wendy and I watched a lot of those play live at the stadium.

It's 5:25 in the morning and I feel really tired. I had a hard time sleeping, I had these weird dreams and I kept waking up. Later on during the night, I kept waking up all panicky, thinking that I was late and had to get up. I had the alarm set up so I shouldn't have worry, I had just a lot of anxiety . I am going to be dead by the end of the day. I am pulling a double duty today. I am working at Zacharys at 6:30 and then after that I am going to work at chefworks until 7PM plus travel time. So that's about a 14 1/2 hour day with almost no sleep. I shouldn't complain, making money is always good, I just hate feeling these way. The picture below shows what waits for me, a typical scene, the restaurant is usually full and there is usually a 35 to 45 minute wait to get a table, all those people you see in the picture are waiting to get a table. We open at 7 so I think the picture got taken around 8:30 or 9. Once I'm at zachary's working and I get a table of 20. and I have to make the food and have the order come out at the same time, while keeping taps on all the other orders... flipping pankakes with one hand, while flipping and omelet with the other hand, dropping eggs to be poached, while serving some cereal, getting myself a sip of coffe without overcooking the over easy eggs, while answering a stupid question about what the special of the day is from the wait staff, even though is posted right there in front of them. While I have to drop more home fried potatoes on the flattop so I don't run out, while I have to remake something because the waiter placed the wrong order...I'll be Ok. Speaking of a lot of things I should get ready to go.
Have a great day you all!

I am a supporter of PETA. PETA going after the president for killing a fly, it's just ridiculous. Come on, where do they draw the line. Now that I got that out of the way... Summer school starts next Monday, I am not looking forward to it at all, it will be a long six weeks. We are getting busy at work, so it might be the tourists buying stuff, or maybe the economy is actually getting better. I'll be at chefworks today, and possibly Saturday so come by and say hi, as I might not be there again until Christmas. And as you know I'll be moving to the new house. I'll be working out of the warehouse, and I am not going to tell you where that is unless somebody wants to bring me lunch and a very cold drink.

I will be at6 chefworks today, come by and get some stuff is good for the economy. I have a song stuck on my head since sunday morning when I was listening to Ryan Seacrest american top 40 show.
Here is is, it has a really catchy chorus. Off to work hope everybody has a great day.

Yesterday was an awesome day. My friend Rafa graduated from the university of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) with a degree in physics. He was the only person graduating with a physics degree. I have known him for for almost 20 years. We were room mates for along time, so it was an emotional day for me as well. I did cry a few times as the ceremony was taking place. I am a man, and I feel no shame, I was happy. The ceremony itself was amazing, and it was just awesome to see Rafa graduate.I think that He might go for a phd now. That means I'll have to call him DR after he's done, but I guess that will be OK. I really hope he does. I'll have to dissect his brain, when he comes over next week for the party at my house.

Here are some pictures of the house. We went there today for the inspections and everything went really smoothly.






And what it looks like once you get past the front of the house fence.

I should have taken some pictures of inside. It is awesome on the inside, huge rooms, huge backyard, huge kitchen, huge living room. You cannot really tell how big this is from the front.

I love having a dvr. Something I knew it was going to happen at some point was that I would get confuse and try to rewind something that was not live tv. Well, this morning it happened. I was listening to the radio, and they said something that caught my attention, so I ran to the living room grabbed the remote and pushed the rewind button. Only to realized seconds after that I was listening to the radio. I felt dumb.