Lens made in Japan

I tried to get into this photo class here at UCI since last quarter and it's been nothing but an uphill battle that has now ended in disappointment. First, it was only restricted to Studio Art majors so I couldn't take it, but I tried during the adjustment period where all restrictions are dropped, but it filled up really fast. Then suddenly there was an open spot on the wait list which had been previously full. So I thought I had somewhat of a better chance to get in. Unfortunately when I showed up for class today, all 15 people registered showed up. So I have to hope that at least 3 people drop the class and I don't want to have to hope people do that so it must not meant to be.

In other news, I am very impressed with the weather because it's...well it's actually So Cal weather finally.

Hope all your classes are going well. I can't believe there are only 10 weeks left to this first year of college.

wildwombat

Let it begin

I must be getting older because my day wasn't that long, yet I was beat after my classes. But alas, Spring Quarter has officially begun and I hope it goes well. My history class seems harder than it should be and my Anthro class is so far everything I expected. All I'm really waiting for is getting into the photo class I want since I'm wait-listed, I hope I get in.

I also got some email about unit assignments and apparently next month we have to decide which school we're going to most likely major in, which kind of took me by surprise. However, after all the revelations over spring break I will be becoming affiliated with the school of humanities. So eventually my mom will understand and until then I'll keep working hard to do well in it.

Oh yeah, take a look at this upcoming movie called Away We Go, looks like a cute Little Miss Sunshine/Juno-ish movie with John Krasinski (Jim from The Office) and Maya Rudolph who was on SNL



I'll probably go see it.


wildwombat

Spring Break

Well spring break is essentially over and even though it was a week, I look back and realize that I actually did a lot of what I was hoping to do.

REAL Mexican food (none of this Chipotle BS, yeah I said it.)
Sushi
Driving my car
Buying and beating Resident Evil 5 (nerd)
SURFING!!!!!! (not very well)
Hanging out with my mom
Hanging out with friends from high school
Visiting Boy's Tennis

Pretty solid spring break. I think the highlight was a smashing friday night which I'm sure I'll tell you about at some point.
It's funny how I always get extremely homesick right before leaving and don't want to leave, even though I really want to get back to Irvine, but I guess that's a sign that I had a good time.

Can't wait to see what Spring Quarter brings.

wildwombat

All I Wanted To Know

All I wanted to know today was that I could still drop in and still bottom turn while I was surfing...and I still can. I think the hardest part was getting out there. I have 0 upper body strength (too much soccer I wager) so getting outside past the break was extremely hard along with dodging incoming surfers. As a result I am adding working out to the agenda of Spring Quarter along with of course doing better in my classes. However I still would label today as a good surf day except it was a little too crowded in the water. C'mon people it's Wednesday, don't you have jobs?! But it still felt good to be out there.

I also took some pictures off Crystal Pier of surfers and further pushed salt into the wound that is my wanting of a new camera because my current camera has too much delay and i end up missing lots of stuff and the focus takes to long, but whatever, time to save money. But I still managed to get some good shots as seen above.

I'd also like to take time to thank you guys for your words of wisdom and support in my last blog. It means a lot and it made me feel a whole lot better. I can't really express what it means to me right now so Thank you.

wildwombat

oh.

oops, i just realized it's been a very long time since I last put something in here. Apologies, but it is spring break after all.
Anyhow, I got some email from UCI about submitting pictures to the yearbook or whatever so I just decided to try and see what happens if I submitted this picture on the left. I figured I'd have a better chance of something getting published in there than in Transworld Surf. I guess this must be some sign of change because I unless it was Valhalla's yearbook, I never had the confidence to submit my work for anyone to see. I don't know. As of lately, I've been trying to gather myself and find out what I'm trying to do. As must as everyone says I have a lot of time, it doesn't seem like it. I'm almost done with my first year of college and I'm still mostly in the dark as to what I want to do. Actually that's not true because I've found a major that somewhat puiqes my interest, but of course my only hang up is the fact that I'm not sure how much my mom will appreciate it.

Here's what I wish I could say to you, Mom:

I'm not going into the sciences or business or pre-med or anything. I can't be a pharmacy tech. I can't be an eye doctor. I can't be an audiologist. I just can't. I won't survive. I won't be happy sitting in those classes wondering if I'm doing this for myself or doing it because I want you to be happy. I don't have it in me to compete against those kids, they're too smart. As a result, I'm moving more towards the Humanties because truth be told, I am way better at creative things than concrete things. I'm way better at writing than I am at chemistry. I am way better at reading than I am at figuring the velocity of an apple traveling through space. I have realized that I told you I was leaning towards Earth and Environmental Science because I knew it satisfied you at least somewhat, but now I don't even think I want to do that. I don't understand why it's so hard for me to tell you what I want to do because it shouldn't be. You, of all people, know me better than anyone, yet I'm more afraid of what you think of me than anyone else. I'm afraid that I might become so consumed by what you're thinking of me that I'm stopping myself from doing what I love. I feel like I'm good at writing. No one has ever told me that I'm really good at biology or that they see me becoming a doctor, however people have told me I've got a knack for writing or taking pictures. I can still perfectly relive that moment when I was a sophomore and I told you I wanted to be a screenwriter and you simply replied "No." I was in the middle of writing a 40 page story and do you want to know what happened? I stopped. That story is still sitting, unfinished, on the computer. Even after my friends asked when they could read more, I stopped. I gave up on myself because I couldn't stand to think of disappointing my mom. And maybe my sister is a factor in why you feel that way. She's an Econ major. How solid of a career. She'll probably end up working with Fortune 500 companies and everything. She's ambitious enough and she'll work hard enough. I'll be working hard too, just in a different way. And maybe when I tell you that I'm moving towards the school of humanities, you question yourself. Maybe you question the way you raised me. Maybe you question if you should have pushed me harder in school to do better. Maybe you question if things would be different if Dad had been there. God knows I have and I still do almost every day. Would he have pushed me harder to do well in school? Would I have gotten into a "good school" like UCLA if he was around? But the fact remains that you have raised me well enough to know what I need to do. I'm going to pursue something in the school of humanities because I'd rather be doing something that makes me happy than struggling to do something in a place I hate. In all my 18 years, I have followed what you have said and done what you told me to do (most of the time) but now I'm going to be disobedient and tell you that I don't care what you think. I'm sorry if it's not what you wanted. I'm sorry if it won't make you happy or proud. But I'm going to be more sorry if I try to do something I don't like just because it will make my mom happy.

That's all.

To quote Dwayne from the movie, Little Miss Sunshine, "You know, you do what you love...and fuck the rest."

Funny how crying can make you feel more human than anything else.
wildwombat

Ricky Gervias and Elmo

Ricky Gervias is the British equivalent to Michael Scott from The Office, which is actually based off the British version. Anyway here he is talking to Elmo



my favorite part is probably "Do you know what necrophilia is?"
more to come later.

wildwombat

That's what I'm talking about!

Finished with finals and it is an absolutely beautiful day. 72 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. Perfect, this is the So Cal I know and love. Just in time for spring break. I can finally go surfing because every other time I've gone home it's been raining, but that is all over now! WOO HOO!!!!

Good luck on the rest of your finals. I didn't mean to rub it in. But at least take a break and enjoy this beautiful day.


wildwombat