SMELLS LIKE KAKA

karen. kaks. 19 years old. only child. filipina. san jose. bay area. graduate of silver creek HS c/o 2003. loves sleep and food. easily annoyed. lazy. goof. weird. student at deanza college. guitar.

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SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DAY...

before our 9:30am classes, me, jd, justine, dio, and theresa chilled in the L-quad. justine mentioned about not wanting to go to accounting, and i was freakin hungry...and the next thing you know, all of us decide to cut 2 of our classes and go to IHOP for some breakfast.

ate there..got sorta jipped. after, we dropped dio and theresa back on campus for their 11:30am class, while me, stine, and jd headed to valley fair.

my plan was to go back to de anza for my 12:30 math class. justine and jd didn't have class at that time..so they were just gonna drop me. we went around the mall..got samples from the food court..spent a whole bunch of time at GAP looking at the BEAUTIFUL picture of MICHAEL VARTAN (and analyzing it)..and the next thing you knew..it was 12:15pm!

it would take us about 8 minutes to get to the car from where we were...and would take an additional 12-15 minutes to get back onto campus. i knew i wouldn't have made it on time..so i just decided to skip that class. BOYYY, i felt sooo bad about that.

so basically..the only class that us 3 went to was our 1:30pm class (which me and jd have together). and surprise surprise, we had a QUIZ in that class. me, jd, and justine cut our 1:30pm class on monday..so me and jd had nooooo idea we had that quiz. i'm POSITIVE we bombed it.

argh...me no feel good. it's only the 2nd week of school and already i've cut all my classes once. gahhhhhhhh!

no more cutting for me...not until week 8. errrrrrr.

after school..jd and i went to albertsons since i needed bread for my sandwiches. we ended up leaving with white castle burgers...albertsons fries...chocolate chip walnut cookies...and albertsons orange soda (since all other sodas were freakin 1.89!) cooked our food..and watched some episodes of the 2nd season of IN LIVING COLOR. ahh..food..laughter..great company...who could ask for more?

HEY GUYS..REMEMBER ME?

it's been a while since i wrote in this thing..so i think now would be a perfect time to update you guys about my boring life as well as my unsignificant thoughts and opinions.

school has been going swell. not just "well"..but "swell". lots of reading..but i don't get much of that done. when i try to do some reading..i end up falling asleep and waking up around 7am going, "damn..i did it again". i WOULD have more time to read, but i end up going to jd's house after school..and i SOO can't do hw there. too many distractions. ok..just one--video games.

cotillion practice are swell as well. hah. i rhymed. last practice i spent time trying to spin a pillow on my finger. JEFF got a pillow and AMAZINGLY spinned it on his finger..which looked SOOO COOL. me and RACH TRIED to do it. it's was soo funnny. everyone either one of us spinned the pillow for 2 full rotations, we would call the other person to get their attention and show off our "so-called talent" (ie. "KAKAKA!! KAKA!!"...or "RACHELLLLL!!!!!!!!") we failed..but we got MORE PRACTICES to percect it.

i've been listening to MY JASON MRAZ a lot lately. he's been on about 3 tv shows in the past 2 weeks..his cd ALMOST never leaves my cd player in my car (i change when i have passengers in my car..cause i know they're probably sick of it)...his dvd is in my dvd player. i can never get sick of his beautiful voice. he holds so much talent. his songwriting...his guitar skills...his vocals..his philosophies..oh man..i can go on and on about him. "mr. sexuality". he's SOO BEAUTIFUL..i'll leave it at that. (and i say that now even though i know i'm probably gonna end up writing about him in another post)

i need to start proof-reading my posts. i know i have soo many grammar/spelling errors..but i'm too lazy to go back and read it. i need to change this habit. here's a comment from rachel from my geustbook:

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Name: rachel
Sent: 7.12 pm - tue 21 sep 2004

"i SOOO was ready to math" -(k)ARE(n). hahah. you're the only person i know that would use "math" as a verb. cuz, MATH is a verb there in your room, there in your room, there in your room... GEEZ that was so lame. i give up. have fun at school. (=

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i meant "i SOO was ready to DO math". haha. leaving one word out TOTALLY changes the sentence. i'm horrible.

BOY I'M POOPED!
first say of school today started off with a COLD morning and a SLEPPY karen. woke up at 6:50am and stayed in bed for a good 20 mins. jd came to my house..headed to dio's and carpooled to school. me, jd, dio, justine. yabs texted me with up-to-date traffic reports...and a warning about parking at school.

parking was a BITCH!!! took us about 30 mins...thanks to theresa. we have our "secret spot" to park on campus. hope it's gonna stay a secret.

TONS of people go to de anza now. it wasn't this bad compared to last year. saw lots of friends and familiar faces. it's pretty packed. classes went good. i'm loving them all.

it's very interesting going to school with jd..let alone having a class with him. he talks to me too much, and is quite disturbing. the teacher is talking, and i'm trying to listen..but NOOOO..JD just has to whisper something to me. and while i'm taking notes, he says to me, "i'll copy it from you later", then has the decency to take a NAP!

hahahh..i'm just kidding. he did do all that stuff, but i'm just over exagerating. hahah. it's pretty fun. justine took this art history class during the summer, and she gave it good reviews. from the looks of it, i'll be having fun.

accounting: class with justine. teacher seems OK, but has bad hearing..right stinny?

macroeconomics: funnnn teacher. made a new friend in that class

finite math: don't know anyone in that class. no familiar faces. teacher did a review on LINEAR EQUATIONS. SOOO EASY, but i was bored. sooo much easier that calculus.

art history: teacher seems cool. class is very cool. me and jd already spotted the "teacher's pet". i held my pee in for about 2 1/2 hours today. it was HORRIBLE! i didn't want to leave class because we were doing little discussions and slides. after class, i jetted to the nearest bathroom and boyyyyyyyyyyyy..i was soooooooo relieved! the longest time i've ever sat on the toilet. haha. i think i broke my record.

HAHHAA. too much information huh? haha. get used to it. =P

the day doesn't end there.

after school, me, jd, and justine headed to MICHAELS. saw krystle there...which was hella random. stine didn't see what she wanted, but I, on the other hand, saw a CUTEEEEE little canvas tote bag. it was only $1.99. with my trusty webcam...i give you my TOTE BAG!

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it's smaller than it may appear. headed back to stine's house and assembled her bookcase. once again, KAREN CARPENTER was in action. i just lovee building furniture. while me and justine were building it, jd was knocked out on her bed.

we struggled with tough screws, hammering nails with the end of a screwdriver, and a few knicks on the wood, but we did it. well..mainly I did it. ok ok...i didn't do all the work. justine screwed in 2 screws. =]

haha..i love you justine! remember!! kaREN and juSTINEEY REN AND STINEEY! and hey, just because i kicked you out of my house when we were young (i swear i DON'T REMEMBER!!!) doesn't mean i don't love you!

the night didn't end there. went to oakridge with my my "2nd family" and jd. haven't been to that mall in a while. me, rach, and jd talked about that VERY PRETTTTTY girl at OLD NAVY. ahh..so pretty. walked around the mall. parents treated us out to dinner. big thanks...all i had to eat today was a ham&cheese sandwich i made for myself..and chips and dip that i ate at justine's house.

LONG ASS DAY. i don't have to worry about not being able to fall asleep tonight. just gotta play a round of pool...clean my room a bit..then BAM, i'm off to sleep.

sorry folks about the long post. i haven't done this in a while...just ramble and ramble and ramble about my day. well..i do do that, but not to this extent. ehhh.. i don't know.

CAN'T DO HW YET! math book was SOLD OUT... argh! i SOOO was ready to math. i think the quarter's gonna be good. pretty LONGGG...but good. BRING IT ON!

IT'S OFFICIAL!

after weeks of asking to get a vacation from work in december, and getting turned down, my mom's work finally granted it to her.

you know what that means-- we're going to the PHILIPPINES!!! =D

the last time i went to the philippines was when i was 13 turning 14 (i actually had my birthday there). my parents decided to stay home, so i just went along with my family. about 6 weeks without my parents. talk about FREEDOM!

last christmas, the whole family was talking about how we're going to spend the next christmas (2004) in the philippines. my mom recently asked her work for a vacation. they turned her down and said that there were no vacations from december 15 - january 15. that meant no vacation for mom.

with this next trip, the family was pressuring me to go to the philippines, even if my parents weren't able to go. i WOULD be cool with it, if it WASN'T for the fact that we were going during the holidays. i'd deal with not seeing my friends during christmas time, but i can't deal with the thousands of miles separating me and my parents on christmas day.

another scenario would be for my mom alone to visit the philippines in november (because vacations are allowed at that time), and for my dad and i to go to the philippines in december without her. i didn't like that idea, and would take no for an answer.

today, my mom talked to some high official about her vacation, and got approved. i'm soooo happy...especially for my mom. she REALLY wanted to go on this trip. it's been a little more than 7 years since she's seen her brother and sisters living in the philippines. i know she misses them dearly.

so yes folks, i'll be gone december 17 (or 18) through jan 2. i start school the following day (the 3rd). JET LAG.

my head hurts, and i feel like throwing up..but i'm happy.

WEBCAM SETUP COMPLETED

as you can see, my webcam is setup already. i will bore my readers with my ugly face, items found around my room, and maybe even some of friends at my house. this is giving me motivation to actually update pictures.

last week, me, jd, william, and chato went to SIX FLAGS. it just so happened it was the anniversary of september 11. the rides there were extremely short..and the rides themselves were good...much better than great america. we had our fun. watched the SHOUKA show...went on a water ride where i got the most wet. jd has pictures. maybe i'll upload them.

here's my last pic. it's of my desk area. very messy if i do say so myself.

THE GREEN WAS GETTING TO ME
i finally did something productive with this site and changed the layout. yeah, this may look new to you, but it was the first layout i used for my site..with a few changes. this'll do for now. plain and simple black and white.

i haven't set up my webcam on my comp since i had no place to put it. i'm planning on installing it, so expect new pics.

i'm debating on whether or not i'm should put up a chatter box. stupid porn people put entries which redirect people to kinkyshit.net. i know if i addn one...no one is gonna write in it..since not many people know my page...and it's going to look lonely. ehh..we'll see.

school starts on monday. YAY. added up my book total and it's the highest amount i've had to pay so far. $350 ish. AHH. i hate it. but i can't wait for school to start...i just feel like doing hw. call me crazy. i bet after the first week..i'll be taking that statement back.

THIS GOES GO TO A SPECIAL GIRL OUT THERE..
i hope this makes up the fact that you aren't under my links and i forgot to add you. i'm so sorry. of all people i forget..i'm sorry. you're the one that leaves me messages in my guestbook which light up my day. i love you. thanks for all those laughs that one day at practice...kai songs..attempting to do that "singing" thing...that tree. man...those were SOOO "knee-slappers".

GO VISIT RACHEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we will go to six flags..go to the shouka show and see the picture of the "old six-flags man" and it will remind us of the commercial with the venga boys song and the "one arm dance"..and we WILL break out in laughter. MARK MY WORD!!!! WAHHHHH-CHA!!!!!!!!!

CHATO BIRTHDAY DINNER
little chato is growing up...aww!! jd's younger bro turned 15 on tuesday. wednesday night, we went out to dinner to celebrate. it was me, jd, his mom, chato and william.

SUPER BUFFET at on saratoga. wide selection...good chow mein! they had "philidelphia sushi". i thought i'd try it out, and when i ate it, i noticed it tasted different. i guess cause it had freaking CREAM CHEESE in it. hahha. it was ok.

william is a true engineer. he got a huge crab claw, started breaking it apart to see how the claw works...ahh..can't really describe it. hahha..PLANTAINS...from mexico...marilyn manson's ribs...william concentration working on the crab (with that tongue)..oh man..it was funny. auntie gave me some cute 14K gold stud earrings. they're really small, and she said she can't use them because her holes are too big, and they slip right through. hahahh.

ended the night with halo and fuzion frenzy. woohoo. haven't done that in a while.

ps. PICK UP YOUR SALSA, or ELSE It's GONNNA ROT!!!!!!

OH YEAH... i updated the archives and links sections. added a whole bunch of pages. ENJOY!

MAN..i SHOULDN'T BE MAKING ANY PROMISES AT ALL
i've said, "i promise to update pictures" since before last summer. sorry folks, even though you guys might not even be disapointed.

been playing a lot of pool on yahoo lately. man...me and yahoo games. i swear, it's an addiction. i've spent countless of nights playing pool with either randy or random people. randy beats me all the time, but that's why i play others...so i can get better and HOPEFULLY beat him at least once. same goes for you too jeff.

when i woke up friday morning, i went to the kitchen table was was reading the newspaper. front page was a HUGE article on the massacre in russia. it's so sad. just reading it was getting to me...and later when i turned the channel to CNN, i almost teared when they showed the footage. mothers crying for their children...dead bodies of children..man..

MUSHROOM GALOREEEE!!! lately..i've been eating tons of stuffed mushrooms. justine and rachel came over to visit me and we had somewhat of a mushroom fest. cooked had fettucine with a mushroom alfredo sauce...crab stuffed mushrooms...and banana berry smoothies that could have turned out better. ahh...i need to stop with all this eating.

it's been sooo FREAKING HOTTTTTTTTTT LATELY!!!!!! ahhhhh!!!

went to FRYS with chato and jd earlier today. chato bought a freakin crazy asss tower case. it's amazzzzzzing. i never seen anyone with that kinda case..or even KNEW they existed. it has headlights...a grill..and 3 fans. oh yeah..it also has a digital tempurature screen. CHECK IT OUT