HAWAII 2010

ok ok ok i finally broke down and decided to post a blog about what I actually did without my mom telling me over and over and over ... and over that i should do a blog post... I am sure she has been screaming in hr head that i should haha

well here i go.. we went to hawaii like a week ago.. we left on a tuesday night and got back monday night tuesday morning. the plane ride there was kinda well.. weird haha i have never flown with little kids an when i do fly its mostly just me but this trip i flew with most of my family... we were passing around a baby that just had a lot of energy which isnt something you really want to be with when you travel... no offense monica..when we landed it was late at night and everyone was getting tired and grumpy. so we all practically ran to our rooms and quickally went to sleep ... the beds were so comfortable .. the next day was a relax day .. most of us went to the pool and just laid back... the next day i went snorkling with my uncles aunt and grandma and my two cousins. i had gotten so red at the end of the day. I also went swimming in the resort pool later that day. then the next day we roamed the resort a little and did something else but i dont really remember , then the next day i went kayaking and snorkeling and then then the next day i went to visit a volcano which took the entire day but it was awsome!! and then after that i dont really remember what i did nothing really big but i do know that i didnt want to ever leave the island.. i wanted to be there forever... teh weather was perfect to me. when everyone else was complaining that it was humid or hot or cold .. i was in shorts a t-shirt and sandals. but its not like i need to be in them like i didnt need to wear shorts because it was steaming hot or i wasnt stuck in pants because it was freezing cold .. i could have worn pants and shoes or even a light sweater . and the houses were so beautiful and everynow and then i would see a dog and instinct was to say lets take it home after i said that i remembered that we were on an island and that would be very hard to do... she laughed at me and said sure.

its to hot!

this is a complaining post since my brain is dead and I cant think straight so an educated conversation with me at this time would be a waste of your intelligence... woohoo I spelt all that right, didnt think I would haha .

well as most know I live in the desert. well not THE desert, more like a valley , and not THE valley. but it is a valley. and well were I live it get pretty hot. I mean REALLY hot. The heat starts early like april-ish. While I was in school for most of april and still wearing sweaters and pants[ thats all that I own at this time because I went shopping only for winter and spring in bay area but never thought about what I was going to wear in the summer, didnt think I was going to be home in the summer either] [ok i forgot where i was going with this] anyways I think I was rambling on about how hot it is and all lim have are warm bay area clothes, but because I am a native of san diego, I can survive the bay area a little more then a native of the valley. so my clothes are kinda similar to everyone elses but I have just one more layer.

ok moving on! ....... never mind I think this post wont be much of a good read but more of a random thought post... i think I may have a lot of those since I am really random and I have lost my notebook where I write all my random thoughts down so now they are stuck in my head clogging up everything, it sucked when I was in school I always made sure to bring my notebook and set it next to me during lectures and kept it with me when I did my homework so I dont end up focusing to much on the randomness and can get it out and then move one. but lately I have been trying new notebooks but nothing seems right about it like the notebook I had lost was the only one I could write in. [man all this right and write is making think quite a bit].... wow i suck at typing when i am tired ... i might have to go through this in the moring to try to figure out some of the words that didnt get fully processed through my brain.

mmka

i will try again later.

good night i know its early but I didnt get much sleep last night and I didnt get in a nap and i had to babysit so I couldnt take a power nap, or I would have two very upset babies pulling at me to swing them or feed them or they might have even broken my glasses. my little cousin has this thing about wearing things that others were wearing like bracelets necklaces, glasses, sunglasses, shoes. anything really. and today she kept going for my new sunglasses.

I dont know why I even open my blinds at night I get scared to look out the window thinking something is going to jump in front of my window so I dont look at it but I cant have my back to it since I am afraid for the same reason some one is going to jump up break in and scare me.

I keep looking at my wall and all the magizine pages that I really like are on my wall they give me inspiration to my style and what I draw or make or even write about. well lately I have been noticing more and more all the headbands in all the pictures I was thinking, well more of ask my mom to make me all the clothes headbands since the last time I was infront of a sewing machine I wanted to chuck it out the window and then run it over several times with the truck but i didnt. I kept myself undercontrol and just kept it to a low screaming at the machine type deal, everyone down my street now knows that I dont sew.

well anyways... its hot. I am tired and I just realized that if i put all the change I have inmy room together and the check in my wallet and the cash hidden all over my room [my dog growls in his sleep i really hope he isnt dream about me they say you shouldnt wake people up if they are having and intense dream or sleep walking or something like that well is it the same for dogs. I wont try it. I might go find a long stick and poke him but i dont want him to rabid on me if he was having one of those dreams that he was hunting or something and he thinks I am his prey and then eats me ew I wonder if dogs taste food like we do, like if we eat a chicken we know its chicken but we also know if its bad tasting chicken or really good lemon chicken that I will actually get to eat instead of the dog eating all the leftovers in the pan when we turn our backs for a little while. .... if someone actually reads to this point and I mean reads every word then they must be more bored then I am ... mmka bed time. I will have to finish later

New everything

so my goal before i go to bed tonight is to completely redo my blog , twitter , etsy and facebook.

I have been lacking in the focus i need to keep up with the world and my profiles and lately they have been looking really sorry so I have decided that enough is enough, i need to get my act together and take my mind off the vacation it has been. on my body to. i have been getting a little chunky and since its hot outside i have been using that excuse long enough. I have my moms exercise dvds of the P90x. If my mom can do it so can I.

so here are my major goals that I will be updating you about-

-fitness

-etsy

-and this BLOG!

ok wish me luck!

here comes a new make over of everything that is mine on the internet

Starting over!

I have been procastinating post a blog in a long time because, I have been starting my new etsy and been trying to raise up money for a car so I can drive to my own school. Also my personality has been changing I have been changing my hobbies my general likes and my patience. I am learning that every one changes even me and sometimes it could be good or it can be horrible, or in some cases just plain annoying. I am growing up and growing down, I am so reluctent to completely grow up I still like to antagonize and I like to be immature but then again I like the fact that I am gaining more control. there are some days that I am the same as my three year old cousin that is known to be a trouble maker. well anyways I have been stalling is because I have no idea what I am doing anymore. I have random ideas every now and then, but none that have been full proof enough to post about.

any ways I have been thinking that I should start a completly new blog and start over completely with all new everything. but again the ideas arent good enough. well anyways I thought I was going to have nice post but as soon as I started typing I started getting frustrated and blank. so in order to not chuck my computer at the wall I am going to try another day

End of the School year update

Well its been awhile once again

Finally register for all my classes for fall 2010. I am excited to say that most of my classes next year [ the ones i got considering all the classes I need conflicted with each other] are going to be fun I will be in the Simulator building, working in the Steam simulator, over the course of this year we have been learning about different types of ships and well like every sailor out there they have there favorite and mine is Steam Ships. They can be quite

dangerous but so interesting. I have learned to like diesel ships but living and working on one and spending all your time with it can be quite frustrating when its run and operated by

students, everything has a problem and there are alarms going off more then a usual ship, but its all worth it, best learning experience I could pay for.

I have had fun in most of my classes. Like anywhere else there will always be some teacher you dont like or even the whole class, and well mine in marine survival, yes its a very vital class, cant move up with out it or cant even go out to sea with out but I just cant stand the teacher. but oh well the class is over now.

I will not be going on cruise this year because I want to raise up some money and take some classes over the summer and get everything straighten out before starting my second year of college. this just mean that next year I wont be home for summer at all till probably my senior year. which I will be a 5th year senior, because of my late change over. well thats it for the school year now just preparing for my long summer.

well this was last semester. this is what happens when you spend 3 weeks trying to remember the combination then just get tired of it and brake it open in the worst way possiblehappy holidays haha my friend Kristie standing in a puddlefriend jackie hiding from the upperclassmanthe golden bear, with bad picture of me .
my army of little metal dudesbrasing workhiding from homework... it still found meagain in the bilge
when i was in crew last semester

New Semester.

ok yeah I realized that the last time I posted something was like the second week into my first semester of college. so why not let the next post be the same but for the second semester. Well I started this semester kind of hectic... like all my classes were messed up and they still have me as my old major. I am now a Marine Engineer Technology major instead of a Global Studies. yeah I know big change but I am loving my classes and I get to live on the ship this semester. Sadly I havent been taking pictures, I havent taken any pictures since I left home. I just dont have the time to get a camera and take the pictures I want to but I can promise you that I will take pictures over the summer for the cruise. well I am not that interesting anymore or I am still brain dead that I cant get anything out so I will make an empty promise again to write another post soon. with details of what my summer will be like since I wont have internet during summer and the rest of a semester that will be filled with me causing chaos.

TATA- Stephanie

New Life. New adventures, also New worries

So as most know I am in college already. I love here at Cal Maritime. When I got here I was extremely nervous but once I got acquainted with the girls and well of course most of the guys, this school being 85% guys and living in the coed floor. My classes here are so wonderful. I am taking Ocean Politics, Environmental Law, Macroeconomics, Lib, Spanish, and I am on the crew team. Crew for the people that don't know is the speed rowing team. I am stroke seat. so the seat that controls the speed of the boat and the person everyone has to stay in stroke with. I am also going to run for Environmental Officer. I hope that goes successful.

I live close to frisco so every chance I get I go into the city and wonder the city getting to know the city I want to live in. It is so beautiful and serene My school is actual on the bay since we have the TSGB - Training Ship Golden Bear.

Since this is an academy we were uniforms I finally got my full short khaki, still waiting on my khaki long and my salt and peppers and my blues jacket, and my work uniform[even though I am a global and not an engineer I still need to wear them] but I have learned that after making persistent phone calls and visits and finally talking to the top of the chain person things get done faster. When I lived back at home I used to take advantage of my mom being able to get these kind of things done for me, so I never realized that just like my mom I can be just as tenacious about getting people to do there job [except for att] .

I maybe at an academy but I am still the most colorful person you can find on campus, also the person that speaks her mind fast and loudly. I am hoping by my senior year that I can get the highest rank with out joining the coast guard or the other services here and hoping to be commander of the corp. I have high hopes that I know will be hard to get to but I know I can get to them. This is the challenge I have been waiting for.

The things that you learn here can't be taught anywhere else. It not just the classes its the people. It knowing your shipmate, protecting them, helping them, and never letting them down. Its going through hell week together and having the one thing in common and that is the hatred of khaki haha joking around but it is true. I may want my uniform but that's because I don't want to look like the freshman still wearing o week uniform. So that's all I have time for I will try to update as much as possible.

My important info

I am in Division 3

Don't have a squad number we just say Tapans Squad

My major is Global Studies and Maritime Affairs

Minor in Marine Bio

If you want my address email me at giglekimy@yahoo.com-check this one once a week

or sdickerman@csum.edu- check this one twice a day

for those who don't know my school is locate in Vallejo CA. In the bay area the major city close by is San Francisco.

Roommate is a Vegetarian so I have been less meat then I usually eat which wasn't much to begin with.

I am addicted to cookies and Reese cups. I will take people watch if they give me a bag of Reese cups or really good cookies.

and my worries are - rain when we have water practice, falling up the stairs again, falling off my very high bed, all nighters and getting in a fight with the people above us because he loves to tap dance or something while we are studying or trying to sleep, hurting my knee again and most of all getting food poisoning again from the mess deck.

Peace