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Friday, 13 April 2007

  • Scattered thoughts...

    It's already the middle of April.... This year's flown by so fast, it's incredible to think that Summer's just around the corner.

    Recently, my parents purchased a home in Irvine.  It's definitely an awesome pad for single people to live in.  I bought some furniture and my friend Jared moved into one of the rooms.  I'm excited to have him here and for my buddy Saejoon to move in August.  There are definitely some perks to living here but a plethora of cons come w/ the place. For example it sucks is having to always deal with the little things my parents tell me to do.... find a gardner, put all the utilities under my name, deposit rent into their account, keep a record and all of the receipts from the bank, write up a contract to have roomates sign, figure out the sprinkler timer...etc.  If there's one thing I dread, it's dealing with them.  Honestly, I would rather not live here....  the place is further away from work, further away from my friends, far away from a freeway that I actually use, I have to deal with the things I listed before, and if I don't follow through accordingly to what my parents want, I'm categorized as a slacker and irresponsible in in my dealings.  Sadly, I feel like I'm always on-call.  When I fail to pick up the phone when they call, the next time I answer the phone, I'm greeted with the fatal, "why don't you pick up your calls?"  I love my parents, but I hate feeling I'm under "lock down", especially with this burden of being in charge of renting out their home.

    I must say, it's definitely refreshing to get that off my chest. 

    Brunettes are better...

    You know what, I'd have to agree w/ that statement.  C'mon now...  Prime example: Gwen Stefani's "Cool" music video.  She's always been a beautiful blonde, but she's drop dead gorgeous with her dark brown hair.  I can think of 2 chix in my ward (which will remain anonymous) who are totally check out material now that they've dyed their hair brown.  On the flip side, I know of a girl that had very nice brown hair and has since frosted her hair with blonde and a mix of other colors...  She's pretty either way, but I can honestly say she was more attractive previously.

    Bro's & their relationships...

    so my 2 best friends out here have started to kick it up a notch w/ their dating lives.  One's dating this girl exclusively, while the other is making good progress with meeting the one that fits his "criteria."  I'm very happy for them.  One is dating a chic that I totally approve of.  She's nice, she's considerate, she's got pretty eyes and she's totally cool to chill w/.  The weird thing is being the "single one" of the group after all those years being the guy who was consumed in relationships.  I'll admit that I'm a little scared that I may find myself having to find a new posse to chill w/, but it's all for a good cause.

    Powderpuff Football...

    We're  having another powderpuff game w/ the Tustin/Irvine Branches combined.  I've been having powderpuff withdrawls for some time, but luckily because of the great demand for powderpuff football, I get to help coach our team again.   It's very rewarding and exciting to coach a team and watch them progress.  It's also great to make new friends and connect w/ people I would otherwise never chill w/.  We definitely have an awesome group and I feel privileged to be a part of it.

Thursday, 22 February 2007

  • Looking back at the many different things I've done and have gone through since graduating at BYU I have to say that I'm the happiest I've been.  I would attribute that to a few things:

    1. A sense of direction...  I remember having a sick feeling my senior year in college because I felt like I was about to embark into the huge world of the unknown.  Even though I studied marketing, I knew inside that it wasn't what I wanted to do and I figured I'd find something and half-heartedly stick to it.  Now after a bit of stints in various career paths, I've decided that being a firefighter is my life's calling.  With becoming a firefighter as the primary objective, I've set goals for myself and have a schedule layed out in front of me.

    2. Making progression towards my goals...  Even though my life is the busiest it's ever been, it has also attributed to my overall happiness.  Right now, I work as an EMT working 3 or 4 24 hour shifts a week, taking 3 Fire Technology courses, taking 2 Master's of Public Administration courses, and am designated as a substitute teacher for 3 school districts.  Having the goal of becoming a firefighter/paramedic requires me to work as an EMT for a period of time prior to being admitted to paramedic school, I plan to obtain my Associate's in Fire Science Technology after this semester, and completing graduate school has been a lifelong goal of mine so why not do it when I'm offered a full scholarship and still enjoy the freedoms of single life?

    3.  Having a circle of wonderful people...  There's been a recent shift in the mobile phone industry.  T-Mobile calls it the Fav Five.  As I weighed in the costs and benefits of switching to this plan, I thought about the people who I call and text message the most in my life.  The top of this list would be my parents.  I talk to them pretty much every other day.  It is very fulfilling to know that I have a very close relationship with my parents and knowing how much they love me has significantly added to my personal satisfaction of life.  I have some awesome friends out here in Orange County.  One roomate I've known since 3rd grade while the other since high school.  It's pretty cool when you know people so well, everything seems like an "inside joke".  I'm also very close to the bishopric of my ward.  I work closely with them every Sunday and it's awesome to be a part of their social circle.

    4. Dedicating my life to serving others...  Working as an EMT has given me great insight about life and I love what I do.  Because this occupation requires complete focus during each incident, I am able to escape all my personal worries, complaints, stresses, and problems; and completely dedicate all of my energy, attention, and focus on others.   The only other time I've been able to forget about myself and focus the majority of my faculties on others was as a full-time missionary which I would account for as two of the happiest years of my life.  It's the intense level selflessness that I love living off of.

Saturday, 11 November 2006

  • dem whack brothas

    So whutz up w/ peeple who are always wanting to know what's going on w/ ur life, always wanna tag along and when they have something goin on it's like, "dude, im gonna kick it w/ my buddies"...  "I'm not sure if I'm gonna kick it w/ them, but I'll let u know if I decide not to"...  what the heck? so I'm like plan B...  I'm always up to invite my boys to chill w/ my friends, but I guess it's not the case for them...  What?  Have I become so much of a loser that I become a social liability now?  Do you think that I LIKE having to introduce you to all my friends and have to make sure you're not bored when I graciously invite YOU to kick it w/ my friends?  Kinda bugs the crap out of me, but I guess that's why I have always had a whole bunch of friends, cuz when I hav "wealth" I share it.

    Another thing that's madd whack...

    So you get somethin' planned and all you've got left to do is call peeps who you and your posse have decided to invite.  Then you get the interview:  who's all coming?  what are y'alls doing?  where are you going?  is so-and-so gonna be there?  WTF peeplz!  So I have to pass the interview to be privileged enough to be graced by your presence?  I seriously have better thingz to do than to try to impress your lazy, non-creative butts who sit there and wait for people to invite you something they're nice enough to host.  There's a term for guys who do what you do.... C-blox!

    If there's one thing I've grown tired of, it would be stupid people who never lift a finger and be the ones who take the initiative plan something out... 
  • big game 2morrow

    Our beautiful "Murdering Mermaids" will take the field tomorrow against last year's powderpuff football champions of Huntington Beach.  Recently, I've had the opportunity to help coach our ward's powderpuff football team and it's been a lot of fun.  Some of theze gurlz are str8 ballers...  Last wkds practice took the cake.  We had our guys "scrimmage" against these chix....  The gurlies didn't have a prayer against us, but they were so determined, some stayed for over 3 and a half hours because they were having so much fun.  I hafta admit a few of these chix are attractive...  one especially stood out when she mentioned on Saturday, "I can play football all day, I can't think of anything better to do."  This chic had already caught my eye, but I about fainted when I hurd that!  It'll be exciting to see them play tomorrow and it's actually kinda sad that there won't be practices for our a team anymore.

    I can't believe how much has been going on as of late....  on top of coaching powderpuff football, I've been going to weekly firefighter meetings, taking my fire tech classes, passing and then registering as a certified EMT, applying to an MPA program, taking physical ability tests for firefighting, taking written exams for several fire departments, and working as a substitute teacher.  Timez have been good tho...  I enjoy staying busy and it's extra nice to kick it during my free time whenever I can. 


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