Unproductive

I didn't go to work today... very unproductive. I just slept and then did a bit of modeling. The family came home so I lost my "modeling appettite" and went to the my parents room to watch TV, eat ice cream, read the new issue of FSM (F*cking Sex Magazine a.k.a. Fine Scale Modeler) and browse for model reviews (I like multitasking).

I should have gone to work. I thought I would get to talk with Michelle Cherie but stupid baka Mark picked his dad's phone instead of his. I realized this too late to discove that she called me and left a message. I called her but she was on her way to some birthday party =/. She asked me to call her tomorrow when i get home from work tho. At least, I have something to look forward to.

I am tired of this infatuation thing. I wish she liked me back but I feel that i am not enough. As I said, she is just a nice and not necessarily showing "signs" of liking me but I am just a big sucker for niceness and sweetness. I wish I was gay.

I take that back.

Must be the Inferiority Complex kicking in.

The family picture last Wedneday. It wasn't very bad. I even got to work on time. I called them two hours before my shift to say I will be an hour late but I made it just fine. I still hate it when my family plans things without my knowledge.

Fun Family Day

My family pisses me off sometimes! They keep making plans without letting me know far enough in advance and then expect me to just easily comply. Today is my parents 25th Anniversary so my mom planned to go to church. I was still gettingready when she tells me that we are going to St. Ann's instead of St. Philip's (only 5 minutes away and this is where we they ALWAYS want to go). They are leaving soI would just ahve to drive there myself (St. Ann's is 20-25 minutes away). I get mad because they did not tell me ealier so I could have made necessaery adjustments to my schedule. This is the first today. The first is the scheduled "picture taking" for today. Weeks ago, Mam told me it would be in the morning so it would not conflict with my work. Then last night, they told me they moved it to 4:30 PM (i go to work at 5). they say that I should just call in and be late for an hour. It is just frustrating when they do these things and get mad at me when I tell them they should not do these kinds of things.

I want to move out, ASAP.

Anyway, i saw Constatine twice (two days ago and last night with Aiza). It was well-made but i think it is stupid. The writer obviously did not care to check his facts against the "proper" sources about the Catholic beliefs (on suicide, mortal sins, heaven, hell, etc, etc) but just tried to dramaticize and molest Catholic dogma (plus the old good and evil balance). Yes, I know, i know, it is fiction but even the basic facts were twisted or served half-baked to present a hollywood commercialized comics-based movie.

I assembled mostly the Tamiya 7.7 mm Artillery gun yesterday. I lost a small axle thing last night, tho, so I spent about 30 minutes kneeling on the floor and trying to eel the texture on the parts-eating carpet. I found it after deciding to sweep the floor clean with a good ol' broom. It was 3 AM then so i called it a night after gluing it in.

Hobby Lobby Lovin Day

Today, I went to Hobby Lobbies in the district (chronological order: Carollton, Grapevine, then Lewisville) to check out sale plastic scale models of planes and armor. I can't believe what deals I got today, once again from untagged discotinued items. From Carollton, I purchased a Tamiya Fairey Swordfish for seven bucks! Yes, only for a measly siete dolyares, I got a kit that has an MSRP of $68.00!!! The manager dude did not know how much it was and it was not in his list so he gave me a price of $13.99 plus half off. Not only that, he also gave me a Promodeler Ju-88 night fighter for the same price (I think the original price was around twenty bucks) because the instructions were missing. It was a fair deal, I would say. I believe a have the same kit somewhere in my stash. If not, a simple email to Revell-Monogram could easily solve the problem. These are my best deals as of yet, alot better than the Accurate Minitatures B-25B and the Tamiya F-84G I bought a while ago.

Anyway, I proceeded to the other branches to seek out similar deals without any other success. I was hoping of getting nother Amtech P-40K because I read somewhere that they are supposed to be sold at $24.99 but I bought one from the Grapevine branch two days ago for only $15.99 (plus 50% off). I was hoping to grab three: save one or two for my building pleasure and sell one off to ebay. But alas, they finally tagged them properly so it was too late for that, owell. I just bought a 1/35 Tamiya Panther from Carollton and Tamiya Walker Bulldog & Academy M60A1 with Dozer Blade from Lewisville branch. I was splurging today!

Hmmmmmm.... I also went to work. it was fine. I got assigned to Ready-to-Wear (RTW... Which are actually just the women's section) and the Jewelry keys. I was supposed to be training this new guy Matt but we got split up (He was assigned off to Men's and Boy's). Fortunately, tho, I got Naomi (another new team member) to help me out in RTW. Erica W. was also cool with helping me out with the tonnes of foreign from the fitting rooms. She is so sweet.

I think Jacob Lopez (one of the LOD: Leader on Duty, tonight) is getting mad at me because I keep giving him false estimations on when I can finish RTW. It's not like I meant to "deceive" him or anything, I just was just very optimistic about our zone but we just didn't cut it. I suck in guesstimating.

I called Michelle today. He flight to Maryland didn't go thru for some weird reason (she wasn't on the flight list). I feel sorry for her but the selfish part of my brain was glad because there would be a a chance that I would see her again in church tomorrow. SHUT UP, selfish-part-of-brain! Anyway, I texted her after getting off work and then tried to call her up after her reply but she did not answer. I guess she was asleep.

I just finished emailing Katter. Gosh, I miss that girl. She said she did not have net connection at home and the library computers were down so she didn't have a chance to email me. Poor Kot. Poor me. owell. She will be going home soon so I will get to talk to her then.

Don't go gently into the good night

I didn't get to hang out with her again. But I did finally finished the paintjob Mama's Pinewood derby car, after several recoatings, nevertheless. It looks sharp: Hot red with two longitudinal silver trim and blue windshield tint. Cooooul.

Mama made me buy graphite lubricant for the pinewood car. I found out that Hobby Lobby has one of their 1/2 model sales. I ened up buying a Monogram Recon Panther.

Me and my sister went to eat at Saltwater Willy's then saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This sure is a Willy-filled day. It was fun laughing with my sister in the restaurant, writing filipino comments on the comment card like "mahusay na serbisyo!" and "kulang sa vetsin."

The movie was pretty good. They modernized the songs and dance scenes and I would say i still prefer the older musical interpretation. This newer version made alot more sense, tho.

I asked Michelle W. to come but she said she goes off work at 9:30 so she can't. I wish I could hang out with her before she goes to Maryland for the weekend...

I calculated my gas mileage. 27. 76 mpg. Better than my first fill-up. Gert just keeps surprising me :).

WOOT!! Carmen just told me she got my gift. It is two days after her b-day but owell. It's the thought that counts ;)

Toodle Doo

Once again, It took me some time to update this Blog. It's pretty weird cuz I left the msgs on a bad note when I had a fight with Katter. Well, I admit that it is quite embarrassing how they seem to be so drama queen but I won't be deleting then.

Ever since, then I had made up with her, had another the biggest fight, ignored her, got ignored by her and we made up and haven't fought ever since. Katter can be such a sweetie but as I said in her friendster testimonial, her teeth can be sharp and lethal. She left to go to Denver, Colorado a couple weeks back and has not sent me any email or msgs whatsoever.

Since then, the academics had several highs and lows. we finished out Marsian Rver project and had two eventful trips to Houston (one for a research field trip in NASA and another for the TSGC presentation). However, I had brushes with Jade which is giving me second thoughts about doing it next week. She is just not the most people friendly woman out there.

Also, I sufffered failures in tests and I eventually got a D in Hullender's class (Modelling and Simulation... I don't like Hullender as a professor). As usual, i was a bit down but I guess it will just be easier for when I retake it (I don't have to but I want to).

I bought a customized Dell Inspiron 6000 and It is freakin sweet *Peter's giggle*. I had been playing games on it. I beat Metal Gear Solid 2 (cool games)and played Silent Hill 2, Neighbors from Hell and Codename Panzers (awesome game) but now, family uses it more than I usually leave it in the living room.

I went back to work at the Flower Mound SuperTarget.


I also had brushes with Minh which was kinda a high point and a low point but it did not work out as I saw it, eventually. Now I get it why girls hate it so much when guys hate committment. At least when a girl tell me she's having the problem, I could say "been there, done that." My conversation with Minh gave me alot of things to shoot for to gain freedom from my parents. My first step was getting a car which I got the fiffth of July. A Desert Sand 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer which I named Gert (for Gertrude because Kat suggested) but now I am thinking of naming it Michelle after my umm.... sister...

I also joined St. Ann's College Life two Sundays ago and met several friends already. That day, I got invited by Michelle, Monica and Bridget to see a movie or sumthin. We ended up taking a walk at Gaylord Texan which was quite impressive. It was tonnes of fun. Last night, me, Monica, Michelle and Michelle's mom wemt a played a round at Putt Putt. I didn't do very well at first but significantly improved towards the end so I ended up getting second place. Monica got the first. I got to keep the score card because it is my first putt putt experience EVER. After that, I got to hang out with Michelle and Monica later that night. We were supposed to see a movie and fry bananas but my mom didn't allow me so we ended up just lookin at pics and talking. Michelle said she likes my handwriting. Michelle is so sweet, nice and cute. I left at around.... 1 AM or so.

Today, I send Carmen her birthday gift (which is also today. The delay was caused by her delays of giving me her address and other things such as sleeping alot in the mornings when I am not at work. Also, I got my two lower wisdom teeth removed. It was very cool expecially how FAST I fell asleep after seeing the dentist inject me the drugs. I love science. I am currently recovering but my ice pack nauseates me when it is on my throat. I wish I could recover soon so i could hang out with Michelle by building Gundam models.