Snail On A Turtle's Back..

I'm so stoked !
Listen #4 from U.O. is out finally !
I've been waiting for it forever .

HERE it is .

lovealysia

Make It Stop !

So, I've realized that I'm worse than a perfectionist .
I'm so frustrated when I'm not good at something..
For instance : with school they said that if I could type 80 wpm
or more than I could skip the entire module and just move on..
The ENTIRE module, that would take like an entire week off of school
for me . And I know how to type, I can type pretty fast but when I'm
copying words that I'm not saying in my head as I'm typing I'm like
an infant on the computer . And I make a lot of mistakes , I've realized .
My hands are positioned correctly becus I'm constantly reaching for the
backspace button . Gawd, I suck !
So now, I have to do like a million typing tests, the lady that is teaching the
course types 130 wpm, that is so gnarly . I can't even picture what that looks
like.. Oh, and on the test to see if you type 80 wpm or more, guess what I got ?
a 70 ! a... 70 ! What kind of nonsense is that !
Anyways , this is what the typing tests look like.. I feel like I'm in 7th grade in
computer class again . Haha .



lovealysia

Haba Nada !

well, good morning to you .



lovealysia

...Just Watch ,

just skip past the first 50 seconds, cus it's pretty gay in the beginning .



lovealysia

ps. why did I go back to "school" ?
I HATE school .

I Can't Breathe !

Right now, I literally can't breathe .
I woke up this morning and I was sick , so bummed .
This is the third time . I'm so over it . I can't stand
being sick becus then I can't really get anything done
without my sickness lingering on and on, I just have to
rest, and when I rest I think I get even more lazy .
Anyways, I started school a couple days ago, and so
far it's going good, I'm learning things I already know,
for instance the computer aspect . But it's always good
to review these things.. it's just a lot of reading .
I've been out of school for a few years now so I haven't done
this much reading in a while . I'm kind of going stir crazy
when I'm studying becus I wanna be doing something rather
than sitting on the computer reading all day . But it will all
pay off in the end so I'm stickin' to it !

My mom and I go to IKEA like once a month just to go .
We went today cus I wanted to buy a cabinet for my
bedroom but they didn't have the color I wanted so I ended up
pushing this cart around for nothing..
I remember as a kid my favorite thing to do was to ride them .
.........wait, it still is .



I need to get better by tomorrow ! I can't miss service .
Oh please let me get better !
By the way, my C.O. -- Bro Baughman, is one of the most
amazing speakers I've ever heard ! there's three C.O.'s I will
always remember - Bro Nash [Hyde Park, NY] , Gary McKee [Palm Desert, CA]
and Weston Baughman [Pacific Beach, CA] . In his talk tonight, he brought
out something that was actually really hysterical to me .
You always hear people saying "the economy sucks so the end is near.." .
But Bro Baughman said, "when Jehovah acts, it's not going to be gradual,
it's going to be quick and sudden !" so we keep trying to figure it out, but
really nothing is a sign that it's coming .
I hope that made sense.. my brain is kind of clouded right now .

lovealysia

Somewhere In A Field..

I played drums for 6 years, learned crazy complicated beats .
Tried to gain a unique style of drumming, but it's funny
the music I listen to or I should say the music that really
captures my attention isn't what I thought it would be .
For instance, I don't know what it is, but the "steady hi-hat"
beat just gets me every time . That's why I'm lovin' this song
right now .
[Edit : I didn't want the song to play everytime I opened the blog, so you can find it.. HERE .

Also, last night we had round 2 of our Light Painting sesh's .
We went to this field by Devin's house.. 5 girls, 2 camera's,
a tri-pod and some flashlights , and we're solid . It was really
fun, and we came up with some pretty funny stuff .
This is my personal favorite .



ps . paid for my course this morning , and I'll be starting "school"
in a couple days . I'm excited, and tired just thinking about
all the studying I'm gonna be doing for the next few months .

lovealysia

Let Overcast in Skies, Block The Sun ..

so, I can keep you warm .
-Water Paper Water .

Been waiting for an email from a friend in Nicaragua .
It's been about a week or two since I emailed him..
I'm going to start a course pretty soon and I need to know which one he took .
Hopefully , by this summer I will have quit and gotten another job .
Working from home will help me with pioneering a lot .
Also, I don't think I can last at this job, yesterday was just about the worst
day there . I will spare the details. Quite gruesome if you ask me .
It's just so sad when she shows her personality because when her dementia
kicks in, it's hard not to take it personally . But I know I shouldn't anyways .
Now, I will just wait patiently for that email so I can start learning again !

So, after a dramatic day at work, and not being able to move forward with
my new job venture, and being totally stressed out !


...I believe the only thing to do is to keep smiling .


lovealysia

Pinochle Update

We are getting better at Pinochle.

Here's to the completion of our first fully autonomous game!
Next stop, the victory.

chelsfantastic

Domestichels

I set myself on fire at the Regional Building Committee on Saturday.

After we finish making breakfast, we always have a brief meeting to assign lunch duties and cover a point of interest like food sanitation or decorum and presentation. Our meeting for the day was on fire safety. We had a brother come in and set up laptops and speakers, distribute pamphlets, and give a great presentation with all sorts of acronyms like PASS and RACE and ASAP. It was great. After our meeting, I went into the kitchen and set myself on fire.

Okay, in reality, we were making Cheeseburger Soup (?) and I was stirring the giagantic pot (vat, really) to prevent it from burning. I turned to talk to the sister to my left. Her eyes grew wide. "YOU'RE ON FIRE!" she gasped. I looked down. "Heh. I'm on fire." my brain said. My apron had caught fire, and was steadily working it's way towards my pants and flesh.

Now, I don't really get alarmed in these situations, so I wasn't all that concerned, but the sweet sister launched into all the steps we had just learned. "Smother the source!" She used the bottom of my apron to try to smother the flame. When that didn't work, she grabbed a colander and started whacking my stomach with it. I am audibly laughing at this point, but realize taking off the apron and throwing it on the floor is probably the best idea. I do so and the sister does an amazing dance on top of it, trampling the flame to smithereens! What a champion.

After the ordeal had passed, people around us started to gather and act alarmed. "FIRE!" someone yelled. A little late, buckaroo. The only evidence of our little fire safety demonstration was a smoldering apron on the floor and a boiling pot of Cheeseburger Soup.

Well, someone had to be the sacrificial lamb for fire safety day!
I guess I'm not quite domesticated yet.

chelsfantastic

And His Name Was Dan Francis .

So Devin calls me and says that she wants to do something .
Of course, I'm totally down .
We decide on taking some photobooth pics .
That didn't turn out to be the ones we wanted ...
Took them at Corvette Diner, thought they were the
old school ones but they weren't .
Still came out pretty funny tho .
I totally parallel parked on the left side of the street,
which I've never done before and it was hard !
Walked around downtown Hillcrest for a while ,
bookstores , oh did I mention we had milkshakes at the diner ?
Yeah, then Devin didn't finish hers to we gave it to a homeless
man in a togo cup , how thoughtful she is !
His name was Dan Francis .



THEN, I text Zach and asked if he knew where the
Old Rope Bridge is.. he totally did ! I was so stoked
that the first person I asked lead us in the right direction .
We did long exposures, met some annoying teenagers who
wouldn't stop shaking the bridge and did some light painting .
The pictures will be on flickr sometime within the next hour .
Basically, we won at everything we did tonight .
It was pretty amazing .

Hope You Enjoy Them .
lovealysia

Someone Please..

remind me never to go to Palm Springs again !
.....it's 4:18 am and I'm still not in bed .
well, it was fun anyhow .

I think I definitely stayed up past my bedtime .
Super tired .
Hung out with a bunch of old friends .
Went to dinner at Yardhouse then back to
my brothers for some chill time .
The last two people JUST left my brothers .
So now .....we go to bed .
I'm delirious.. yaaaay .

lovealysia

It Is Official, Y'all .

[caption: me on the phone with Chels,
freaking outtttttt ! ;)]

for the very first time, all over again .
I was announced as a regular pioneer tonight !
When the P.O. pulled me aside and gave me the letter,
my heart starting pounding like crazy !
I started like hyper-ventilating and I couldn't comment .
My parents didn't know anything about it , it was pretty
much a surprise to everyone .
When it was announced, my mom punched me and said
"I can't believe you didn't tell us !!" it was just like I planned !
Written in my journal was "SUPPLIES!" in big letters, due to
this joke .

Starting my day tomorrow with Chelsea at 5 am !
Ugh ! We are gonna be dead in the morning..
Esp becus I'm so filled with excitement that I can't calm down .
Gonna try and go to bed right now ,
we shall see if it works .

Today was a good day .

lovealysia

Absent Without Leave

Alysia's gone AWOL!
I have to get me acting the fool on the bongos off the top of the page, so here comes a post.

Can't stop listening to Robert Plant and Allison Krauss' "Please Read The Letter." Written by Page & Plant and was originally going to be a Led Zeppelin song. So nice. So very nice. I think we have radically different, yet complimentary, taste in music.

Got the car washed. The song is Sigur Ros - Untitled 4, which happens to be on my Top Ten Favorite And Most Amazing Soul Stirring and Monumental Songs Of All Time List (TTFAMASSAMSOATL).



chelsfantastic

Bongomania

This should be interesting...
chelsfantastic

Pea - Nah - Call

Actually no... it'd be more like PEE-KNUCKLE .
If you've never heard of the game Pinochle,
fear not, you are totally normal .
It's not a very well known game , however
it is a fun game once you learn all it's ways .
Getting to know those rules is the hard part tho ,
there aren't that many but for some it may take
years to perfect this game . Basically everyone
[or the 4 people playing, two teams]
get dealt 20 cards each, none are left in a pile .
You must play to win each hand . [as in - you throw
down 4 cards and you want to win each round .]
There is trump, runs, marraiges, pinochles ..
and did I mention there are only Aces, Ten's, Kings,
Queen's, and Jack's in that specific order ..

We played tonight .
Chelsea, Mom, Dad and myself .
So fun, two pro's and two not so pro's .
Very balanced.. still good games tho .







I actually wanted to say how wonderful it is to have a
friend that doesn't mind coming over and hanging out
at my house playing cards with my parents .
I'm tired of people who constantly have to be OUT doing
something . I can't keep up with that..
Don't get me wrong, I love to go out and do stuff . Just not
at all times ! So it is nice to have people who share my
feelings on that sort of thing .

lovealysia

Unreal .

As I stand in the Kino's parking lots the light shut off !
Left standing there in the group is none other than
Dan Malloy , Thomas Campbell and his wife Tiffany . [super awesome people!]
Just saw his film : The Present . If you haven't seen it . GO NOW .
It was so good , excitement at all times . Comedy, and good spirits !
Mattson 2, extreme talent as always I presume . It was the second
time I saw them tonight, they played with Ray Barbee .
He just might have the best personality while preforming , has a bright smile on !

Great great show ! I recommend it to anyone.. I'm going again tomorrow !

lovealysia

Ah, To Be Alone At Last .

Sometimes it just feels nice to be home alone .
Like if you don't live by yourself it's nice .
It may be the song and video I'm watching right now
but whatever.. I'm so relaxed as of now .

Went to Claudine and Barak's for dinner,
Jonathan and Gina came too, we played cards .
An arabic game that is MUCH like Pinochle .
Pronouce PEE-KNUCKLE . [.....Chelsea]
I left at around 9, I was just tired and didn't
wanna drive too late..
[Side note - went to go see one of my RV's today
who I study with , and she was on her way out
to go to the doc to find out if she had a concussion .
She was driving home super late from L.A. and fell asleep
behind the wheel . Thankfully, she said she just
hit the guardrail , but her airbag did not deploy
so she hit her head pretty hard on the steering
wheel . So scary that you can fall asleep while
driving . Just glad she's ok !] or you can watch the video here

Any how, I just saw this video thanks to an email
from Heiiidiii ! Very soothing .
I'm ready to fall asleep to it .


or you can watch it here.

lovealysia

A Must Do .

If you haven't tried dancing [while taking pictures of yourselves]
in your bedroom with one of your closest friends .
You must try it ..


This is what we came up with :

Positively O Positive

On today's very special episode of ER: Special Education Unit, Chelsea and Alysia experience first hand the wonder of blood types! Watch as they learn about and demonstrate medical safety practices, communicable diseases, and the importance of critical wound after care.


Remember kids, don't try this at home, even though we did.
And just because it tastes like Type O, doesn't mean it is!
Even though it totally was.

chelsfantastic
lovealysia

Thanks to T-Bone for the cinematography.

why do I always get bored with my hair
and then cut it to look like someone I'm not ?
just wondering .

lovealysia

Okie Dokie Artichokie .

Praise the lawd !
So, 5 of the days a week I work include dinners .
My boss literally eats 3 things .
Lamb chops , Chicken thighs, and Flank Steak .

Tonight tho, TONIGHT she had something different .
Crazy pills dood !
She had artichoke, and these Chinese dumplings .

I almost jumped up and down due to so much excitement .
Needless to say, I get excited over tiny things .
Woo .

lovealysia

Apparently I'm Not Allergic To Bees

I've just had the most amazing afternoon of my life.
I mean it.

At school, I rambled through class and got a parking ticket. A girl in my poetry class asked me what I was reading (I had my reference Bible and Keep Yourself In God's Love book out). She was a Christian and leafed through the book for a bit. Sweet. I will bring her a Bible Teach or YPA book on Thursday. Sweet.

I went for a walk on the beach at Blacks after class. It was an unusual walk. Half way through, I felt a sharp, lingering pain in my left foot. I looked down to see a bee ferociously spinning around, its stinger lodged in my arch. I felt a little odd. I didn't quite know what to do. So I looked around the beach for a bit of help. The only humans nearby were a buck naked man and his fully clothed wife. I hobbled over to them and pointed to my foot. The wife sprang to action, ripped the bee out of my foot and extracted the stinger. Sweet.

Apparently I'm not allergic to bees. Or naked old men.

Then, on the way back, two lifeguards in their truck stopped me.
"Can we ask you a question? We have a bet going on...What are you listening to on your iPod?" They guessed WHAM!, techno, or hip hop.
Little did they know, I was listening to My Book of Bible Stories.
Oh, oh yes.

For the next two hours, we spoke of everything under the sun. Scriptures, theories, prophecies. It was one of the most amazing witnessing experience I've ever had. I don't think I've ever talked to anyone for two hours straight. We talked until the sun started to go down and it began to get cold. Thankfully, they gave me a ride up the hill. So sweet.

It's true, you never feel happier than when you get to talk to someone about Jehovah.
The afternoon could not have been better.
I don't even mind the bee sting.
Sweet.

chelsfantastic

Midnight Swims & Love Feasts

So, Sunday night was a lot of fun. I didn't document the wild (but chaste) dancing that went down, partly because I didn't have my camera and partly because such brilliance could hardly be documented on film. I have to give it up for each dancer on the floor for having entirely unique and unusual moves.

The midnight swim that followed was the whipped cream on a dessert of an evening.
If Alysia would have been there it would have been the cherry on top.
But that's you Alysia, always leaving them wanting more...

As far as I'm concerned we've got two weeks of wanting more ahead of us.
Time to catch up on servico y ejercicios.

C'est si bon, ami?

chelsfantastic
P.S. Look up "Love Feasts" in the Insight book. I like the sound of a Love Feast.

Old T-Shirt = Hot Bikini

We all have old t-shirts we don't really wear anymore but we don't really want to get rid of, either. So why not turn it into a bathing suit?
Pretty darn neat. And it will look stylish with or without a navel ring...heh heh heh.

I'm sorry you had to die for this, old MTV t-shirt.
I probably should learn how to sew before I start tearing things to pieces.

It's not entirely sea worthy yet.
Chelsfantastic.

P.S. One day, when I grow up, I will be as good as Alysia and Co. at snowboarding.

I Love You To Death, But It's Time We Parted Ways .

Today is the day I got my bellybutton pierced .
Not as if I need to make a big deal out of it ,
but today is also the day I will be taking it out .
Fulfilled a childhood want .
Done with it now.. it's cute but I don't need it .
It totally stumbles people anyways .
So it's gone .
Dead and ....Gone !
I really like that song by the way, need to find a solid remix .




lovealysia

Just DANCE !

went to a going away party in Carlsbad last night .
it was fun . we danced it up for a bit .
I haven't danced in so long .. my legs were killin' me .
but anyways, it's kind of funny how you are at
a party, and you're like scoping out the people
you want to talk to , but it never ends up that way .
there were a few unexpected surprises !
good surprises tho , for shore .
good dance too .

ALSO :
Kari is in town .
Party on Saturday night !
we walked around P.B. today .
Shopped a little, went to Yogurtland .
Reminisced .