today sucked, but at least i wasn't alone. 

that's all. but really that's everything, isn't it?

New Do

i need a new haircut. any ideas?

sometimes i think this stuff is getting out of control.

The Chillest Weekend of All Time

And I loved it. 

One of the co-founders of SPACES said something last year that really stuck with me.  I'm pretty sure he willingly dedicated all his spare time and energy to SPACES, but he said he had started to go to the gym as something he did that was completely for himself because it only benefitted him and "you can't lift weights for the world". Amen to that... referring to doing something for yourself, not for the gym because i don't do that. haha! 

In other news, I accidently washed my new black jeans with my white tee's. hooray for everything that was once white turning a light shade of gray! I rock at being domestic. 

Mr. President

I've lived in the United States for almost 20 years and for the first time I can say with confidence that I am proud to be an American. 

It is very easy to be critical of this country. Growing up in the liberal Bay Area with George W. Bush as President for almost half my life, pretty much all I heard were criticisms over his policies and people losing faith in the government all-together. It often made it hard to see why anyone would immigrate to this country in the first place. I had a moment today after I voted that made me want to start singing the national anthem or something. I am an immigrant and my vote counts exactly the same as people who were born here. A lot of people take this right for granted. What they don't realize is that in many other countries immigrants are not granted the same voice. 

Most of all, I used my vote to support a candidate who absolutely inspires me to continue to dare to dream for a better tomorrow. 

As for prop 8: the ballots are still being counted and its not looking too good. All I have to say is that, well, as disappointing as it is, progress takes time. 

Just some random thoughts

TONIGHT WILL MAKE HISTORY.

I'm beside myself in anticipation for the election results... like i seriously cannot concentrate on anything else besides the news.

I'm really proud of my roommates for making themselves apart of this election.

Today as i tried to write my take home midterm (due tomorrow. yay!) i discovered the hard way that Benadryl makes you drowsy = FML big time. 

Win or lose, I am an Obama supporter. This country needs someone who dares to dream so "radically" and who understands the needs of the middle class...... but i hope he wins. haha

"Those Who Cannot Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It"

The arguments for prop 8 make me sick and in doing my research for nov. 4th i am so overcome with frustration over this single issue. i can't even turn on the radio or watch tv without a commercial on prop 8. i'm probably only perpetuating this frustration even further by writing this, but its clear that in California the big issue is not over which presidential candidate will win the election. After all, California is a famously democratic state (knock on wood). Rather, the big debate is over the issue of gay marriages. 

Denying rights to any group based on gender, creed, race, or sexuality is unconstitutional. How can we be a land "with liberty and justice for all" if not everyone is granted equal rights. Think about it. We've been in this position before, you've heard it year after year since you were in first grade. What most people forget about history is the fact that its taught to us so that we don't repeat the same mistakes, but think about what's happening today. Its the 21st century and we're still marginalizing groups of people who go against the "norm," whatever that is.. 

I mean, lets take a look at some obvious cases throughout history where groups have been marginalized:

1. The Pilgrims faced religious persecution in England and founded this land so that they would have freedom. 

2. What did Susan B. Anthony fight for? Equal recognition for women to be apart of the democratic system. 

3. Let me bring this a little closer to home. Anti-miscegenation laws existed until the late 1800s to prohibit people of color (yes, including Filipinos) from marrying white people because they believed colored people to be beneath them, unworthy of equal rights. (Mmmhmm, that means if this act had not been deemed unconstitutional, there is no way John & Kate would have ever even had their 8 that we are all addicted to because they would never have been allowed to be together anyway.) So until fairly recently, colored people like me (and maybe you) were denied the right to marry freely. How is that any different than denying people rights based on their sexuality?

The struggle of underrepresented communities is a reoccurring theme in the history of the United States, but our ability to overcome them has always been a source of pride for this Nation. If Prop 8 passes, it will only be an example of how we have failed to learn from our mistakes of the past. Despite what political propaganda is littering mass media today, I do not believe that Prop 8 has anything to do with religion, education, children, or whatever else they are saying. I'm voting NO on Proposition 8 because I believe this country is SUPPOSED to stand for justice, freedom, and equality for all.

On Appreciation

This is my day in list form because i'm too tired to construct full sentences:

• 7am: wake up = five hours of sleep
• 8:15: took kids to school. more of a rush then usual.
• 9am: the beginning of my 12 hour work day
• 2pm: break to pick up kids from school
• 3pm: take tita marilou grocery shopping + mc donalds + dealing with my nephew's tantrums
• 4pm: come back to campus, eat three cold, stale french fries (the only food i ate for the day)
• 5pm: Go to the beginning of kp core practicum
• 5:30-7:30 (one hour more than asked. the fools. ): Global seminars info session 
  
• 7:30 haul ass to PC because i'm half an hour late for my meeting
• 7:38-9:30: core board
• 9:30: a reminder of why i do it <3

sometimes i get too caught up in everything to stop and show how much i appreciate the people around me. note to self: this most definitely needs to be fixed.