hMmM... tony wants me 2 update cuz it's been a while. plus i dont wanna start studying 4 the econ quiz yet. i've been meaning to put up some pictures 4 the viewing pleasure of all, but i havent gotten around to shrinking em, and tony hates it when i leave em big. soOo...if u wanna see some, go to Tony's Xanga, and if u wanna see more, just IM me and i can send em over and show u. o yea, and eprop him so he'll b happy.

so what's there to say? my workload has been OK lately. i'm doing pretty well in all my classes, i think. but then the big push hasnt come yet. it's hard 2 say until after i've taken an exam in all my classes. next week: 2 exams, 1 quiz, 1 final essay due. so yea, next week looks to be pretty tough. esp. the chem exam, cuz i havent been doing too hot on that stuff. i've been slacking on some stuff, and working my ass off on others. i dunno what's up w/ that. not very fair. man, if i do bad in multivariate, i'm gonna b pissed. every1 keeps telling me it's ez and stuff, but *sigh*. this is me, i always tend to mess up on the ez stuff. plus i've been slacking something MAJOR on this. darn. plus i'm not getting perfect grades on my chem hw and quizzes. i did better on that stuff last semester. i hope i do good on the tests. on the bright side, i'm proud to report i currently have a perfect score in programming. course, it's only 95/1000 points that we are yet to earn...but hey that's ok. it's a good start. *pat on the back*. hope i can keep it up!

K, that's all to report about academics. umm...what else? o yea! i finished verbal training 4 the SATs. that's kinda kool. umm...the 1st test i'll prolly teach for is the may 1, cuz the april test one doesnt work into my schedule. i prolly wont b able to teach on campus cuz those spots are all full, but yea. it's all good. i plan on doing some random saturday proctoring jobs for some quick money. 8 bucks an hour for proctoring. oOoo, next week i'll go "observe" classes, and that's also 8 bucks an hour. teaching is 12 bucks an hour, for all those that dont know. and after u teach like 2 classes, if u get good feedback and your kids do good, u get like a 50 cent raise. then like every 3 classes u do they review u for a raise. the cap is 22 bucks. and there's a lot of chances for random extra money, i dont need to go into details. i'm sure u're not THAT interested. wow, i'm really lucky to get this job. it works out quite well. it's really flexible, pays well, etc. so if yall are interested, u guys should try 2 do it. the only down side is that they train once a year, so...since i just finished training, u prolly cant try till next year. i hope to cross train into math next year, yup yup. haha i'm sure u're REALLY interested about learning about all this eh? heheh sorri, i'm babbling. but ppl are asking, so i'll just put it here so they wont bother me.

hey! i've been working out every school day for the past 4 weeks, so go me! and i'm 2/7 of the way there in the fitness challenge. i feel myself getting physically stronger, which is kool. i MIGHT b able to do ONE pushup soon. that goes out 2 every1 who has ever seen my attempt at doing ONE pushup and collapsing on the floor while the observer collapses in a fit of laughter. o, but i'm not controlling my treats to myself, so i keep eating a lot of bad stuff. altho i still eat my healthy stuff. *sigh* i cant control my sweet tooth. HORRIBLE!!!

o yes, shoutouts to patrick and ann! patrick got me a HARRY POTTER(no, NOT hairy potface) shirt 4 christmas plus a touching letter :), and ann sent me a way kool postcard of stanford. it's so pretty there! o yea, and shoutout to my sister for sending me the goggles and other goodies. going skiing w/ ASA this saturday! woohoo! and my last msg to people is a huge HIIIII to all my family members that read this, cuz i know they all do. this includes parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. :)

so that pretty much summarizes my life so far. nothing interesting really. o yea, i had dinner w/ my cousin kenny last week. that was nice. we shall do it again. ;) course, then frank and chris USED the poor boy. HMPH. tsk tsk. bad! o yea, and i talked 2 jessKa on the phone a few times over the past weeks. it's been nice, and i miss my chickadee(note how i didnt use baby). she's so funni. we were talking about how every1 has intelligent conversations except 4 her. hehehe. i dunno, i think it's true tho. every1 is @ a raised level. back @ home ppl made fun of me for reading us news. here, that's practically normal. ppl read wall street journal and ny times like it's nothing. then there's ann who talks about the current situation in iraq(that's what u get), so yea. college is definitely a higher level. altho i think that we still act like children. i think i could prolly still pass 4 a high schooler.

nope, i've got nothing clever to say. see ya later alligator. in a while, crocodile!