migblog

and as such, for the last entry of the year of 2002, i look back with some weird feeling in my head (after a wonderful, exhilarating day at magic mountain and riding batman: the ride twice -- best ride ever!) and small pang in my heart. all in all, it's been a good year. i think i've changed a lot, and despite some things not being for the better themselves, i think i've found myself on new ground, trying to find my footing and securing myself with new experiences.

january. the beginning of the end of senior year. you could feel it in the atmosphere when everyone started talking about just waiting for those damned college applications to come pouring in. unfortunately for the rest of us, they would only torment us until they came in the mail two months afterwards.

february. so. well. short and sweet like a honey-dipped dwarf. february went by way too fast, and we were trying to figure out how the whole literary magazine thing would start.

march. oh my goodness, would you look at that... new york university, ucla, uc irvine, uc san diego, and hell, even usc all wanted me to go to their school. but the big one came last and definitely not least: berkeley came into the picture, and man, am i ever glad i chose that path.

april. yeah going to hawaii and winning "most outstanding corps style drum major" at the invitiational! that was one of the most fun times i've had anywhere ever. the island was beautiful, and the fanta they served at the mcdonald's was fanta-stic. (badum-ch!)

may. so love found me in deep shit. this month made me wonder the most until i realized what the fuck i was doing to some of the people with whom i was closest. sorry and i love you to all those people i hurt in the process.

june. and high school ends... so fast, so seemingly trivial, high school. no more calculus tests, no more english essays, no more history and governement lessons. no more literary society meetings at borders, no mnore band banquets, no more hanging out at the outdoor stage until all hours of the late afternoon. no more casino fridays, no more drum major uniform, no more nhs shirts, no more disneyland every other week, no more ap tests. no more high school.

july. lull, lull, visit berkeley for orientation purposes. why am i not surprised at the wonder this school is offering me? so many options, so many things to do here at cal. best experiences of my life, until i realized that i would have to leave anaheim in about three weeks after that. threee weeks, and my life would change forever.

august. bittersweet goodbyes and new hellos, ftp davis, move-in day at TH, meeting my roommates (and thank god i have cool roommates!), and getting the berkeley culture shock. it was quite a rush, i might add.

september. getting into the groove of things. great feeling to have met so many friends here at cal, especially with the band. saw some old high school folk as well, and man, september just fuggin kicked ass.

october. the beginning of midterms. would not see light of day until mid-november.

november. thank goodness for no more midterms, and thank goodness that we got the axe and we won big game!! i love this university. and then my life went to shambles after receiving more than one harrowing email after another. things were not looking good back in anaheim, but things kept happening that prevented me from doing anything about it.

december. weirdest feeling ever. i miss all the cal folks, and i have a strange urge to see all my high school friends too. and now, waiting for grades to come in and approximately less than three hours than the coming of the next year (which i hope is prosperous to everyone), i hope that the next semester would be blessed with as much fun and good times i had this past four months, especially.

i love you all, and may you have a prosperous new beginning to a wonderful end of the year. take care, and i'll see you when i do.

posted by Open Source Food @ 9:25 PM