The weather was suppose to be warm and sunny. It's cloudy and breezy. I want the sun in my face already...to the point where I might have to turn a fan on and forget about socks. I'll have to remind myself of these words when it's hot and I want the cold back. It's been a long stretch this year with the rain.
I have a sh*tload of cleaning to do. My apartment is a mess. But I don't feel like it. I want to go shopping or to the movies, but I forced myself to come back home. I put some things away and then I decided to come here and blog this nonsense. I'm listening to music. Trying to call my friend and the call is not going through. Read a book in quick sessions. Survey the place. And start all over again. I brought work home with me but I just pushed it to a corner, don't feel like that either. Should go exercise, but I'm too lazy to change into the right clothes.
I need to hit Ikea for some cheap rugs to place under my latest purchase. My new beanbag. I envisioned myself on my midnight blue beanbag with my laptop and some music in the background. That darn thing has been in the box since April 13th. Sometimes I buy crap I don't need. I should have bought a new sofa instead. Oh well, I'm sure I'll love it once I use it.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Class system, really?
Oprah had an interesting show on social classes in America. It makes me uncomfortable to realize I make class distinctions. I didn't think I did, but apparently I do. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is shrinking...have been hearing this for some time now.
Why do I feel bad about my realizations? Because like the panel expert said, it's a taboo subject. We don't talk about this stuff openly. I remember having a conversation regarding dating and standards when I was in school. I expressed my opinion that you marry at your level, or above, but not below. I was called a materialistic snob. I want to believe love conquers all and that a couple can weather anything, but this is not realistic. The divorce rate is ridiculous, and often the tension revolves around money problems.
Class indicators used:
Weight - Used to mean you had money to feed yourself, today being overweight indicates you don't have money to take care of yourself.
Teeth - "If you have money you are going to fix your teeth."
Dialect - If you have one, you are perceived as not educated.
Elite class - Don't know anyone in this category. ;)
Upper class - I know very few in this class.
Middle class - I consider myself middle class...not upper middle class though. Should an event push me out of this class, I would more than likely wind up in the working class aka lower class.
Working class - Majority of my family falls into this category.
Why do I feel bad about my realizations? Because like the panel expert said, it's a taboo subject. We don't talk about this stuff openly. I remember having a conversation regarding dating and standards when I was in school. I expressed my opinion that you marry at your level, or above, but not below. I was called a materialistic snob. I want to believe love conquers all and that a couple can weather anything, but this is not realistic. The divorce rate is ridiculous, and often the tension revolves around money problems.
Class indicators used:
Weight - Used to mean you had money to feed yourself, today being overweight indicates you don't have money to take care of yourself.
Teeth - "If you have money you are going to fix your teeth."
Dialect - If you have one, you are perceived as not educated.
Elite class - Don't know anyone in this category. ;)
Upper class - I know very few in this class.
Middle class - I consider myself middle class...not upper middle class though. Should an event push me out of this class, I would more than likely wind up in the working class aka lower class.
Working class - Majority of my family falls into this category.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Surfers close to Pai'a
Surfers close to Pai'ia, originally uploaded by existencia azul.
One of the Maui images taken on Monday, 4/17/06.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Surprises
It was my first day at work today after my Maui vacation. By the end of the day my friend had been fired. There was no explanation. I'm sad because she made the day fun and she had recently started to become a friend. I'm stressed because I know expectations about my ouput are going to increase A LOT and frankly I do not have all of her skills. I'm upset because I cannot work with the person that is left. We are at a point where we don't even talk to each other unless it is work related. I'm shocked still and have had a headache since I found out. There has been speculation as to the reason. Someone said that it was due to personal emails at work. If this is the case, then I am next. ..this caused me some stress. Imagine if I blogged from work! There would be no doubt about my future and it would not be pretty.
My friend will be okay once the shock wears off. Her skill set is going to get her a job pretty much anywhere she wants. But it still is sad, shocking, upsetting!
Maui was a blast. I took freakin' exercise clothes with me because I was going to exercise in the mornings when I got up. I did the first day (Saturday). That discipline disappeared by Sunday. Oh yeah, and Sunday I turned 32 years old. Freakin' 32 years old, I don't know what 32 is suppose to feel like but i doubt I feel that age. Went to mass on Sunday to give thanks for my life so far but mostly because it was Easter. It was a cool mass, different from what I am used to.
We found one Spanish AM radio station in the whole state of Hawaii while we were lost on some road. They are only on the air from 6 - 10 PM, Monday - Saturday. Spanish speaking population is tiny. Everyone thought we were Filipinas. I guess.
Saturday we went on a road trip to Lahaina. Cute little town. Lots of galleries to enjoy. Reminded me of Santa Monica but more quaint.
Sunday we got up and went to mass at 7:30 AM. Our day was spent floating in the ocean, floating in the pool, soaking in the hot tub, repeated the process. Worked on our tans. Went to a lua. It was very relaxing. As relaxing as it was we were exhausted by the end of the day. notice I used the word floating....that's because we don't know how to swim. Yes, very pathetic, but we still had fun.
Monday we took the road to Hana. There were a bunch of waterfalls along the way. Everything was a luscious green. Exotic plants. Bunch of tourists. It was pretty cool, but we were in the car most of the day. We got lost again trying to find a specific waterfall. We wound up on private property. We got a little scared once the sun started going down and we did not know whether to continue looking for the pool or going back to the condo. We followed our guts and went back to the condo.
Tuesday was another pool, ocean, hot tub day. Loved it. Too bad we did not take our books with us to really work on the tan. ;) Almost ran out of sunscreen by Tuesday. Let's just say we were protected. There was no way in hell we were going to get sunburned. Well, I tan. jejejje My friend burns.
Wednesday was proof that we don't know how to pack. We majorly overpacked and we had to buy another bag just to get our souveniers in place. We were considering shipping them from Maui but the shipping would have cost more than the souveniers. Next time I need to force myself to limit myself to one light carry on. Reality was a 28" pullman, a backpack and a purse! I was only gone for 5 days! Ridiculous. But have to have a choice in what shoes I can wear, as well as tops and shorts. I need choices, plain and simple.
My friend will be okay once the shock wears off. Her skill set is going to get her a job pretty much anywhere she wants. But it still is sad, shocking, upsetting!
Maui was a blast. I took freakin' exercise clothes with me because I was going to exercise in the mornings when I got up. I did the first day (Saturday). That discipline disappeared by Sunday. Oh yeah, and Sunday I turned 32 years old. Freakin' 32 years old, I don't know what 32 is suppose to feel like but i doubt I feel that age. Went to mass on Sunday to give thanks for my life so far but mostly because it was Easter. It was a cool mass, different from what I am used to.
We found one Spanish AM radio station in the whole state of Hawaii while we were lost on some road. They are only on the air from 6 - 10 PM, Monday - Saturday. Spanish speaking population is tiny. Everyone thought we were Filipinas. I guess.
Saturday we went on a road trip to Lahaina. Cute little town. Lots of galleries to enjoy. Reminded me of Santa Monica but more quaint.
Sunday we got up and went to mass at 7:30 AM. Our day was spent floating in the ocean, floating in the pool, soaking in the hot tub, repeated the process. Worked on our tans. Went to a lua. It was very relaxing. As relaxing as it was we were exhausted by the end of the day. notice I used the word floating....that's because we don't know how to swim. Yes, very pathetic, but we still had fun.
Monday we took the road to Hana. There were a bunch of waterfalls along the way. Everything was a luscious green. Exotic plants. Bunch of tourists. It was pretty cool, but we were in the car most of the day. We got lost again trying to find a specific waterfall. We wound up on private property. We got a little scared once the sun started going down and we did not know whether to continue looking for the pool or going back to the condo. We followed our guts and went back to the condo.
Tuesday was another pool, ocean, hot tub day. Loved it. Too bad we did not take our books with us to really work on the tan. ;) Almost ran out of sunscreen by Tuesday. Let's just say we were protected. There was no way in hell we were going to get sunburned. Well, I tan. jejejje My friend burns.
Wednesday was proof that we don't know how to pack. We majorly overpacked and we had to buy another bag just to get our souveniers in place. We were considering shipping them from Maui but the shipping would have cost more than the souveniers. Next time I need to force myself to limit myself to one light carry on. Reality was a 28" pullman, a backpack and a purse! I was only gone for 5 days! Ridiculous. But have to have a choice in what shoes I can wear, as well as tops and shorts. I need choices, plain and simple.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Traveling time is here
I managed to break two computers which left me computer-less at home. That's a good excuse for not updating this thing. One of the machines I had just spent some money on, when I finally got around to hooking it up it fell to the floor and some major damage was caused. The other machine was just old and not worth the pain of doing anything with. So my nerd self is very happy to be finally writing this update from my new 17" screen laptop. I got it yesterday and I've been looking forward to coming home to mess with it.
Here's the downside..somewhat. I want to tinker with this machine, but I will be on a plane to Hawaii tomorrow; specifically, I will be in Maui! It was planned in the last week. I knew I was going to go somewhere and it looked like it was going to be between Puerto Rico or Montreal. My friend said we should take a quick trip to Barcelona, but yours truly does not have a passport...yet. My options were obviously limited.
I have my guidebook, my sandals, island clothing (if you can call it that) and I'm ready. Ill pack tomorrow like always doing things last minute. Wish I could limit myself to a single carry-on, but it's not going to happen. I'll be checking in my bag and it might be a big bag. I'll hate dragging it around, but I like having choices, specially in the shoe department.
I have a new manager at work. Yippeee! It was time because the other one had turned into an I can't stand him situation. My new boss seems really cool and I'm looking forward to working with her after I get back from vacation.
Other than that, things have been good. I'm very blessed and thankful for it. ;)
Here's the downside..somewhat. I want to tinker with this machine, but I will be on a plane to Hawaii tomorrow; specifically, I will be in Maui! It was planned in the last week. I knew I was going to go somewhere and it looked like it was going to be between Puerto Rico or Montreal. My friend said we should take a quick trip to Barcelona, but yours truly does not have a passport...yet. My options were obviously limited.
I have my guidebook, my sandals, island clothing (if you can call it that) and I'm ready. Ill pack tomorrow like always doing things last minute. Wish I could limit myself to a single carry-on, but it's not going to happen. I'll be checking in my bag and it might be a big bag. I'll hate dragging it around, but I like having choices, specially in the shoe department.
I have a new manager at work. Yippeee! It was time because the other one had turned into an I can't stand him situation. My new boss seems really cool and I'm looking forward to working with her after I get back from vacation.
Other than that, things have been good. I'm very blessed and thankful for it. ;)
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