success.

after being crippled for just about 2 months (since may 9, 2008), i finally went running yesterday. i was playing football and severely sprained my left ankle and possibly even tore some ligaments. i was on crutches for almost a month, and even got to ride a wheelchair for a weekend. so its been a pretty tough past couple of months, having to deal with all the soreness and the hassle of only having one good leg to walk on (this sounds pretty trivial, when compared to people who have permanent disabilities, and in no way is my experience nearly as close as to what they go through) which kind of reminds me of that saved by the bell episode where zach has interests in this chick in a wheelchair.....anyway, so i ran about a mile at the park with mari, with the help of my bionic ankle(brace) which i purchased from eastbay, and i felt pretty good afterwards. my ankle is still sore, but its not more than the usual soreness, but it just felt good to actually do something good for my body....its been a while since ive done that.....now if i could only drag my butt to the gym....

i love lamp.

i have another dental appointment today after work. i hope i dont need a root canal, because if there is one thing i fear, its root canals. ive never had one so i dont know what its like, but i have yet to hear a positive story about root canals.

on monday, mari and i went to frys and bought a new samsung 40 inch lcd tv. that shit is bananas. i love it more than anything in the world, even mari. haha. the only thing is, it stays in mari's room, but at least now, i have more incentive to stay/sleep at mari's house. hahaha.

have a nice day. love always, nitroburst.

happy st. patty's day

my parents ordered the pacquiao fight this weekend and we invited the family (mari's parents, iris' parents, and the talaveras) to come watch it with us. everyone brought something so there was so much food. but it was fun to be around everyone and the kids, since its rare that we all get together. pacquiao won, but i think he should have finished off marquez when he had the chance, and what was up with that one judge who scored the fight in favor of marquez? id like to know what fight he was watching, because it wasnt even close.

im in the market for a new tv, and we went to the north island and 32nd st on sunday to go look for one . ended up not finding one, but i will stop by frys today after work to see if i can pick one up there.

i think im starting to develop carpal tunnel syndrome....i think i should see the doctor. and start using my left hand more.

mission accomplished

mari and i went to visit my god-daughter kaleigh yesterday after work. i taught her to say a new word. i taught her how to say the word "snack." except when she says "snack," it sounds exactly like "shit."

success.

tricia

my sister, who is finishing up her last semester at cal, sent me an email yesterday, which is pretty unusual since i hardly hear from her because she is pretty busy. she told me that the older brother of one her best friends died unexpectedly in a motorcycle accident yesterday. her friend told her that she really didnt talk to her brother before he died.

she told my brother and i, "my whole conversation with her made me think of you both. i can't imagine what she's going through. and i can't imagine what my life would be like without either of you...or mom and dad. i always tell mom and dad that i love them after i talk to them...but since i don't really talk to you guys over the phone, i just wanted to say 'i love you' to both of you."

dirty weekend

went to dnb's last night with mari. we met up with joel cuz he came straight from work. surprisingly, dnb's was not packed with AZN's last night, which is pretty rare for a thursday night. on a regular, half of mira mesa is there and the morse high class of 1997 is holding an event in the ballroom. we ran into a guy that we went to high school with(ron) and he works there. he hooked it up with some free games so that was cool.

weekend outlook:

• downtown tonight
• practice sat. morning.
• daryl/crystal's baby shower @ 3pm
• mari's dad's b-day dinner @ 630pm
• *karaoke w/ michelle, fred, joel, and co.
• church/marriage seminar on sunday

the shaft

so mari's dad just got a new porsche last night, and i got to drive it for a little bit. never in my life did i think that i would get to sit in, let alone drive a porsche. it was a pretty fun drive, we took it to 100 mph in 4th gear down olympic parkway, which is pretty stupid, but it was fuckin fun. im glad that her dad got the car, and he deserves it, but it was sorta bittersweet for mari. this all stems back to when mari graduated this past spring. basically, mari's dad bought mona a mercedes benz at around the same time as mari's graduation. they ended up giving mari a pretty decent sum of money. but in mari's eyes, it should have been the other way around (her parents should have gotten her the car) since she busted her butt trying to finish school, she was graduating, and mona was still unsure of when she would be finishing school. this really upset mari, and for a while she was pretty angry at her parents and at mona. i guess this is also part of the deal of being a twin, there's always gonna be some sort of jealousy/rivalry. mari and mona's relationship is not the usual relationship twins have. im sure that they love each other to death, but sometimes these two love to butt heads and get under each other's skin, and im sure the whole car situation didnt help things either. here's what the car situation is like in their family: dad: new porsche, mom: new benz, mona: new benz, mari: old toyota 4runner. so if you cant tell me who got the short end of that stick, then i dont know what to tell you. of course, i may be a little biased since she is my fiancee. sorry if it sounds superficial and shallow by complaining about a stupid car, but it is what it is.