Lanyard Making

After watching Jonathan stringing together probably a million lanyards this last month, tonight he invited me to his little lanyard making seminar after mass and I got hooked.  We even went to eat at TGIF's afterwards and I was still pathetically weaving together one of these blasted things.  Oh well, I guess it was bound to happen sometime!

Today my parents drove up to Divine Word to deliver birds for a sending off activity they do before the kids come back to Saint Boniface.  Meanwhile I headed to Jonathan's house for some bun bo hue which was really good, and then we headed to Saint Callistus at 3pm for choir practice.  It felt good playing guitar again and messing around with Andrew over chord theory.  Tweena and Quang were wonderful as usual and mass went by quickly.  Father Ben predicted a comeback for the Saints and they did come back from 3 down to 16 up to win the Super Bowl.  This year football wasn't too important to me, I like basketball and tennis a whole lot better.  Still, I'm proud the Saints won their first one over a team that already has a title.  I will continue to weave my wonderful black and white lanyard for hours until sleep hits and it's back to school tomorrow =[ Good night team!

-Kev

Alpha Omega, Popeyes, Genki Living Crepes, and Apples to Apples

The day started out with breakfast at the Omelet House with Johnathan.  I had biscuits and eggs draped in gravy which was absolutely delicious, and not to mention at a cheap price too!  Saved By The Bell was on TV and it was bringing back lots of memories, like Zack Morris hitting on Kelly reminds me of my high school years...Anyways, we went to retreat leader training which was short and sweet.  Afterwards, Jonathan, Cammie, Claudia, Trang, and I went up to Riverside to make sweaters; some were for Jonathan's frat, and three were for a special AO Project me and Cammie came up with separately but combined to make it even better.  You'll see next week!  I saw Clementine there which was random, and then after leaving realized I forgot my Members Only jacket!  I'm so dumb, but they found it and are holding it for me thank goodness.

We traveled all the way back to Popeye's in Westminster, despite Cammie and Trang's commitment to the Weight Watcher's program.  On the way we saw an elephant with two tusks on the mountain somewhere on the 60 I think.  Later we chilled at Jonathan's house after dropping off Trang at church, then decided to eat crepes at Genki Living's!  Nutella, bananas, and vanilla ice cream was in everyone's stomachs as we went back to Jonathan's to play Apples to Apples.  We picked it up from my house after a brief tour of my house, my mom's garden of orchids, and the many embarrassing pictures of my youth.  We wrapped up the night with talks about psychology and faith, as well as a game of Sequence, more than 12 hours of fun!

Now I'm home chilling, my throat's still tickly but it's okay.  I'm looking forward to playing music at mass tomorrow so I guess I'll see you all then!

-Kev

Rained Out Again

I was way looking forward to tennis with Johnny and Randy today...too bad it rained out!  I was really upset, but at least I got breakfast with Johnny.  After a good talk, I followed him to UCI where we shot pool.  It was a lot of fun and somehow, Vince found us and hung out with us some more.  After sitting in on Johnny's political science class, meeting his friend Josephine and playing on his laptop hardcore, we headed back.  I went to work to visit the kids and man they were so excited to see me I melted inside with all the hugs =]  An amazing thing in this world is the power of children.  I love them and it was an amazing moment to hear my name and be mushed in hugs by them.  Later, I had dinner with Johnathan at Bubba Gumps but Claudia wasn't working =[  its okay, they went off to party while I went home to rest and play with Dayna.  Retreat training tomorrow!  Good night now :D

-Kev

School is Getting Old Fast

Seriously, I am over school already.  I just don't enjoy all the annoying things about going to class:  from spending a ridiculous amount of time finding parking, walking across the entire campus to get to class from the parking lot, listening to arrogant, outspoken professors, and leaving when it's dark outside (only on Thursdays).  I probably am complaining a little too much I guess I'm just tired from the accumulation of stress school gives me.  Anyways, the day started okay with some morning tennis with Johnny.  I found out I can kinda serve, but the old men cut our time short.  Oh well tomorrow I'm supposed to play with him again and also with Randy, an old friend.  Definitely looking forward to the weekend! Good night world.

-Kev

Tennis with the Boys!

I went to Modern China today and as class ended and I walked back out, I saw Ana, a mutual friend of mine and Minh's so I called Minh to see what was up, only to see Jenny driving out of the carpool lot!  I'm glad that Saint Callistus people are in my life now =]  Anyways, I go home and take a long nap awaiting Johnny to play tennis with me after school was over for him at UCI.  Even as we were warming up the arm felt loose and we ended up having a good tennis day, at least I did.  We played King of the Court and I got juggernaut hot!  Vince came out which made things even better and reminded me again how lucky I am and proud I am to be able to say I am a part of the Saint Callistus Community.  It's like everyday that goes by I get closer and closer with these people and with God.  It didn't stop there, my friend Kris decided to make one and I am glad that even though he's far away in the Philippines I can still keep up with his life until he makes it back home!  Looking forward to it man!  Now I'm working on my senior portfolio for History, meaning it's almost all over!  After that I'm knocking out, maybe more tennis tomorrow at 8am puahah!  Good night world.

-Kevin

Pool and Popeye's Tuesday Special!

I went to class today and had lunch by myself in the patio area :(  like a loner!  It's okay though, I experienced a good lecture in both Civil War and in Genocide classes.  After class I headed to UCI to shoot pool with Vince at it's "happy hour".  A dollar an hour is pretty freaking good!  That school is SO full of Asians I definitely regret not giving UCI a fair chance puahaha.  I bought 8 pieces of Popeye's on the way home and now I am thoroughly stuffed and bloated =[  It's okay, now I'm listening to Sara Bareilles's Gravity, what an amazing song you should check it out.  School early tomorrow =[ so good night all!

-Kev

Post-Retreat Monday

I AM SO TIRED AND SLEEPY ALL THE TIME!  I guess it's because I'm trying to make up for hours and hours of lost sleep, not that it was for good reason since leaders were just hanging out and goofing around into the early hours of the morning.  Well it was worth it, and I had a lot of fun, it's just always hard adjusting back to being home and going to school!  Anyways, I spent the whole day sleeping until the afternoon.  I ran a few errands for my parents and visited Co Hang for a while.  We talked a lot about ghosts and their role in nature and the Christian faith.  There's so much unknown about the paranormal that there can't really be definitive facts about it I believe.  Maybe some day, some day soon...I went home to play tennis with Barry and his brother.  We had a funny conversation about Vietnam, butt plugs, motorcyles, and Roger Federer.  Then they let me borrow their buzzer so I could buzz my fro finally.  I have a little separation anxiety but oh well what's done is done, I was really getting annoyed with how long the hair was and I wanted it to grow again so it could get to the really good length!  Now I'm just resting until tomorrow, back to school.

-Kevin