Knock, knock ...

Yes, I want to know who's there. :) Is anyone reading this blog? Would be good to know so I know whether or not to keep it up. Mostly all I'm seeing are icky ad posts. :p
Thanks!

Hangin' with Coach Carter

Seen the movie? This is the real Coach Carter ... and I ... :) today. I worked at his local paper in the sports dept. when he benched all of his players due to academics (which is what the movie focuses on).














And this weeks "O.J.'s Radical Act of Randomness"?!! :

I got one of his players (the one in the movie who dated one of the girls--cannot remember her name) to sign autographs for a few minutes using my big floofy pink feather puff pen (bottom middle). Cool! And he was quite amused, especially when one of the little feathers came drifting down onto the page he was writing on: "Feathers ..." he smiled with a chuckle in his eyes.

Olivia Needs ...

Call it "the biggest exam of the century is over and I need some goof time before I begin studying again," but I decided to take the advice of my friend Nicole and type "Olivia needs" in Google to see what happens (apparently, I need love!). AND, the top eight are! :

1) Olivia needs knee high socks, the cable knit type for winter.
2) Olivia needs is to call attention to herself--or to get involved with anyone.
3) Olivia needs to marry in order to meet the terms of her grandfather's will, and Drew needs the timber on Olivia's land in order to supply his sawmill.
4) Olivia needs to know about Neil being there, Brad calls Olivia.
5) Olivia needs to completely put Noah to rest in order to fully love Carl.
6) Olivia needs money while staying with John-Boy.
7) Olivia needs your prayers more than ever now. ...
8) Olivia needs to learn her alphabet and identify colors beyond red next. Have we had enough of Olivia?

Nope, I'm still here! hehe :) This was fun ... Buts, I gotsago study now. :p :) Bye.

Hangin' At Cal

What with fun stories from my sister and actually hanging out, I am beginning to be immersed into the Cal swim culture. As the photographer of AquaticTimes.com (the online paper my parents own) and Bottomline Aquatic's (Cal coach Mike Bottom's business) Olypian Clinic, I got to hang out again at Cal with the swimmers and staff (L-R, Dash Rothberg, gold medalist at the Maccabean Games, Cal Assoc. Head Coach and Olympian Mike Bottom, volunteer for Cal Men's Team Holly Johnson (my sister), Olympic medalist Bart Kizierowski, mua, my brother Jonathan and his water polo teammate Tony). What is super exciting, too, is that my sister who volunteer coaches at Cal was also asked by Bottom to help coach the Olypian clinic. Got some groovy photos of that! My premise is that, despite homework, your life can still be FUN and ADVENTUROUS!! :) And, then Christmas vacation roles around!

Garden Party

I finally figured out how to publish my own photos on here (yippee!). Uncamera-click-ready, I'm looking a little dazed, but Carrie looks fab, so I'll sacrifice my image. ;) I still have yet to blog about my very fun and girlie b-day garden party back in August. Full of laughs, fun and food we made friends act like they were putting on makeup, impersonate Looney Tune characters, fess up to owning some verrryyy interesting items and tell random secrets about themselves. All that while eating amazing food (some of us trying sushi together for the first time--woo, strong!) and doning what women do best, chat, chat, chat. :) It was very beautiful with dainty flowers, bunt cake and lots of china and crystal. We were supposed to enjoy tea, but, i'twas a bit hot that day. Oh, well, we had a lovely time looking at each other's beautiful tea cups anyway. :)

To the left is one of my absolutely lovely friends from Virginia, Carrie (who just moved to NorCal! Woooo!)--I am SO super excited she got to be there. Thanks to all of you who helped this day become a very special memory. *hugs* XOXO Ya'll are FAB-ulous!

I Got My Ears Pierced!

For two weeks now I have been admiring the diamond-like daisies ("the most friendly flower") in my ears. Twenty-seven years old and never been pierced. Guess the threat of infections scared me off--but not anymore! Too many stinkin' cute earrings to grace my look. :) When learning that these were my first piercings, someone yesterday asked me, "Where've you been?!" Guess I've just taken one more step into truly living ... ;)

Home Cookin'!

Back home on break. Break also from my mini-fridge and limited food supply. Food variety and mama's home cooking! Puts a whole new spark to life. :) Anyway, you need to go check out my new MySpace page (my teenage brother told me it was the hip things to do and ... all my friends are doing it...!): http://myspace.com/cabeachblonde . It's not all html beautified or anything yet, but maybe soon. Going to go check out beautiful appartments today (can we say "senioritis!"?). And, to answer the questions of those east coast chics and gents who check out my MySpace pg. ... good question, Sunshine: no, I did not go to Virginia this year (can we say, "college budget!"?)--that photo was taken last year. Well, have a merry day and good night!

Do Ya Really Gotta Use #2 Pencils??

All growing up, whenever there was a scantron (now they're called something else ...)test to take, my administator or professor has always said that we HAD to use a #2 pencil. Is this just a scam by the #2 pencil people to sell their pencils? Do the #2 pencil people make the test sheets? Or, WILL YOU REALLY MESS UP THE EXAM IF YOU DON'T USE A #2 PENCIL???