HAPPY NEW YEAR.................TO YOU AND YOURS.

More in 06.....

Family, friends have had healthy year, and that's the best I could ever hope for. Mom have gotten better and she's planning to travel to London in March. That will be her first time leaving her house in seven years. I have to say that, I for one will be smiling broadly when saying goodbye to 2006. Life is one those things that most of us have to work hard and enjoy the days we have in this earth, and that's what I have done in 06. In 2005, I was little down about the failure of long time relationship and a person I loved most of my adolescent and younger life has and was caming to an end. During the first few months of 2006 I spent asking questions to what I could have done to stop that happening, or what was my part of the failure, but to the grace of God, and the help of friends I came to realize that, 1) Parasitic Relationships should be stopped as soon as you have the feeling it ain't working. 2) You should never sacrifice Your Happiness to try to maintain a failing relationship, and that's what I have done in first few months of 06. Being single has it's goodness, now its not what she wants for XMAS, but what should others give me. Lol....yep I and Me. I'm enjoying it. For sure the rest of 06 has been one to remember. It has been eventful to say the least... People have come and gone in my life. This lady to that one, they all end up kicked to the curb. I have travelled to new and exciting places, meet great people at school, work, work, and more work. I have loved, I have laughed the most I have ever done before.

This year also has been a learning one for me, I'm graduating from undergrad in this coming summer so I've spent a lot of this year thinking about what path I should take, travel to Asia, get the research program that I wanted at HCMC(Which I did), if I want to get involve more in politics, which I'm already am on my beloved party the "Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party" or just remain as volunteer! I have travelled to various places in the South, but not really done the whole backpacking tour that I wanted to do in 06, and is one of the reasons why I'm looking forward to 07 in Asia.

Hope you all had great year, and if not! wishing you the best year ever in your life for this coming year.

Happy Holidays......

There must be an American Holocaust Museum for the Native Americans....

Why don't we have one?

ME AND I.......

Greetings from great state of Minni....

I'm in very good mood today, I have got the research program that I wanted, even though it will be part-time for now. I have been looking forward to this for the last few years, I will be doing some research (Brain and Immune Disorders) for Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, which does research and other work for HCMC. For those of you not from MN, HCMC is the third largest hospital in the Twin Cities, and has the largest emergency department in the state, so I'm feeling great about it. It doesn't pay that well, as I'm still a student. This will be another step forward, which will help me get to my goal in clinical research.

Done with exams and just turned in my time-off sheet from work till Jan 2, 07. School starts again in Jan 16, so I have time to go to Toronto, and also go to Portland and enjoy time with the family. It has been very hot and warm season in MN, We just had our first big snow, if I can ever call it big! in some areas the snow is gone already. Some here are still angry about that, and they say we didn't get enough. Last four months, I have worked over 32 hours a week, while taking five courses, with all upper level, so that have taken so much time and toll on my energy. Thanks to God, my long hours in the library and group meeting have paid-off, done very well. Just got three grades back today and waiting two more in the next few days. 2(A's) and one (B+) so far. Not bad.

No thanks........

Two exams done, two more to go...........This has been very long and crazy.

Now that I have been in school for 3 1/2 years and almost done, I want to go back, back to the wild first two years. Unbelievable what few years do to you! The changes are soo weird. Dream like you'll live forever, live like you'll die tomorrow was my motto. I was new face in large university with little idea the sh*t I was going to walk into. Before I got to the Sh*t, little scenes from my first few months, which sure I know some of you have had equal or same experiences. First, the sign of well lived life is that of mine, I didn't drink much, while all those I know or met on my first year did, had on and off girl-friend from high school who never seemed to be far away from a phone call, and a blink here she was. I didn't smoke and still don't, nor do drugs, very open personality, always in good mood and great social skills......But here is when the sh*t started....Best friend and roomie went to the Army for a year, had large room to myself, new friends, school known for it's late nights, things get bigger and weirder, do this do that, camp here, camp there, people came and went in my dorm-room like it was multiplex cinema, where sleep was relegated to few hours a night, mostly in the early morning.

Fall term was over, winter came and how I hated that winter! In a way I wasn't ready for winter, while spending soo many hours just doing school activity outside wasn't something I really enjoyed. Those of you from Great State of Dylan, may know that Uof M is a very old, and very few underground system to keep us warm in winter time. Ohhhh Now I know what my next question to any one seeking an office around here will be, will you fight to build tunnels in and around the U? Yes! You have my vote.

Friend....whatcha doooooooin?
Dem......Living life.
F.......Your attitude wasn't like this in high school, what happened when u got to college?
Dem..........It ain't me, it's them and them...
F....Who? What's going on?
Dem.....Nothing....oh yeah, bye going to watch a movie.
F....U never used to like movies, what changed?
Dem........Nothing really, girl next door ring earlier "hey wanna come over and watch the matrix?" me, Ok.
F......I don't get it?
Dem........Going movie, is the college code for sex...so when a girl says that, what U supposed to do. Okkkkk.
F......Man U changed...
Dem.....Yeah I know.

Fall started, parties and school work went hand in hand. It seemed all those I was around had a mentality that said, we have to act immature, girls came from left and right. People who had no action or little action back in high school, just let it go. And well they did.....Shuut-out goes out to all the ladies in first floor Melrose....Lol. First year ended as it started, weirness and weirdos every where, and that included me. DFL student outs, religion debates, which had nothing to do with religion, group meetings which ended up as social hour, where getting more phone digits were the norm......Always something interesting going on, ohhhhh how I despise those who were with me in those journeys and haven't left the scene and grown-up a little. Some where in my second year, no idea why! It all changed for me. Nothing I did in my first year gave me any reason to keep it up. One thing, unlike many I know, I always attended my classes......that and college football kept me sane.....nuff said.....

Finals, finals, finals, finals.....One done, three more to go........Nuff Said.

End of year.......I know, I know, few weeks left..

MY END OF THE YEAR SELF EVALUATION.......

• Today I'm one year older........the cake can wait, I gotta hit the books....

• No year in my young life has been so eventfull and joyful than this one.

• I felt that I can be critical of myself at times.

• Ok, I'm told that I have developed a little bit of an ego from sayings of people throughout the past year. I'm not that arrogant, I tell you.

• I'm told, I play hard-to-get, but this happens without even thinking about it or trying. I also my lost my animal insticts back in high school, can never recognize when I’m being flirted with.

• I have seen the hope, the goodness, the badness and all in between with my summer student volunteering to the South. As those of you who read here know, I'm into community service, I can say with joy, that my greatest gift from God is my views on things, feel for OTHERS.

• With age! most of the year, I felt that I'm very self-conscious on many things, and because of this, I spent many irregular amount of time making sure that I present myself in the best possible manner to all people both at work and at school.

• will add more.......