dont think in a box. think more like a circle.

so what did i do yesterday? lemme see. i actually began to clean my room. i know.. i havent really done much to that room since i started packing for the pi.. so thats what.. six months? i havent slept on my storage box.. i mean.. my bed.. since.. . . . . um. yeah. a while. anyway. well i cleaned.. then people started rollin in around 7 ish to my casa for the usual party for de 'ol neighborhood. so pretty much we ate. chilled. watched romeo&juliet. bless that movie. i remember the days when id recite the whole film. just give me a scene. i swear. knowing everything about that movie helped me pass freshman english back in the day. anyhooters. right before romeo&juliet were about do die.. oh.. did i give away the ending? just kidding.. the ball was starting to drop. me and chawgee were just reminiscing about things from back in the day.. we were like.. man. its 2003! we watched the ball drop.. drank our champagne and sparkling grape juice.. and i sent text messages to some california people. did i say text message? yes i did. that means.. i got my cell phone back. yeeah!! anyway. i was joking vernon because he is such an easy drunk. auntie annie was puking up. that was cute. i never saw her nor ever pictured her like that! then like ten minutes after the ball dropped.. and we finished the remainder of r&j... chris m and ray stopped by. we played the game of life. man. that game rocks. my salary sucked.. then i stole it from ray. but i still lost... i came in second place. damn you chawgee! jp. we played some mario party 4 then ray and chris peaced out and then pearl and sarah peaced out too with mario party4.. damn. so me chawgee justin and my brother just watched sex in the city until i dont know. it was like 430am when all the aunties decided to peace out from their mahjong game. i must give props to faye&will for playing mahjong for that long. so then yeah. i plopped into bed around 5a. what a wonderful new years.

::: posted by charlene at 8:30:00 PM

12.30.2002 :::

so i was going through my archives and i noticed that i never had a section where i wished myself happy bday on my actual bday.. so.. in the lieu of that.. i shall celebrate my belated bday now..

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lastnight was.. eh. quite the night? at six i went over to the O's house for an alumni meeting out in the boondocks of kellam area. man that guy lives far. on the way there.. i saw alex jimeno accompanied by someone i couldnt recognize in the passenger seat due to the darkness.. damn winter solstice.. anyway. we talked a tidbit when we were at the stoplight b/c we knew we both were going to the same place.. it was fun. i like seeing people i know on the road. anyway. booked it to obis because i was already late.. alex asked to race. i was said "hail naw." and we parted ways. realization >> i tend to drive fast. anyway. got there around six thirty. parked in front of jians bebe celica and went into obis humble abode. there.. i saw O(duh) alex c. meldel. jian. kimdos. and jaime m. it was a good reunion with my alumni. later we were accompanied by jon e. anna b. alex j. jp e.(who was the mysterious passenger from earlier) and arnie&coleen(theyre getting married!! tear of joy..)

anyway. we watched the tfc tapes because not many of the alumni saw it. man. vangie made O sound like he had a terminal illness.. "for as long as his life shall take him.." that was great. man. i hate seeing myself on tv. its so.. ack! anyway. talked about the agenda.. so much to accomplish.. then we took a break. jimeno made me a mug of green tea. shredded wheat? bless his soul. got back to the meeting.. and got to business.. theres so much to do!! anyway. kinda underground at the moment.. getting things straight before going public.. its set in stone im going to ecasu in february. ill bring some people. we'll do a show.

later.. we listened to the cd. then we all had a vision.. we should create a **********. shh.. its underground below the underground stuff.. man. we'll be revolutionary.. the first in this area.. seriously.. its possible! we're doing it. man. i cant wait. it needs to be done. its about time for it to be done.. we're meeting next week about all that is underground.

when i got home.. chawgee left me my xmas gift in my computer room. she got me the game of life and lilo&stitch plushes. bless her soul. i heart you! anyway. called up my neighbor camacho and played life. i lost one.. i won one.. it was ghetto though.. it didnt even come with a spinner stopper thingy! and i have to rebuild it everytime? what the eff is that? its ok. its the new version.. updated jobs.. etc. but i still heart chawgee for getting it for me!

then yeah>> got really shook up. i mean.. what do i have to do with it? how the effing crazy was i involved? i dont even know whats going on. out of nowhere.. caught me off guard and all.. it ruined my night. do you know that? it ruined my otherwise really good day. im ok.. but not really? now im all worried...

ray called up. comforted me. i was that shook up. didnt tell him details. he got things off my mind. bless his heart. went to sleep around 630a. damn daytime minutes.

::: posted by charlene at 12:40:00 PM

12.29.2002 :::

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its a beautiful day in the neighborhood.. yep. so i spent another day with da 'ol hood crew lastnight. which is always some good stuff.

did i announce yet? i better knock on wood.. if i get into vcuarts then im going to live with faye g. she was talking to my dad about where i wanted to go when it was j-chawgee's bday and he mentioned that i wanted to go to vcu. so her eyes lit up and was like "really?" and told my dad that she was in need of a roommate. she has an apartment up there and my dad agreed that if i decide to go (if i get in.. pray for me!) then he'll pay the other half of the rent. so.. if i get accepted.. im gonna be in an apartment. its ten minutes away from campus.. which is not bad.. wait.. then theres traffic.. but i dont care. im going to have my own room.. own bathroom.. and it will be clean b/c ill be living with faye. good stuff you all. the only thing im worried about is what alex jimeno told me about >> getting too lazy by living in an apartment. he told me that since i wont be in a dorm.. i wouldnt really have that other motivation to head to class.. id get lazy.. and 'yall know me. im a freakin lazy bum. new years resolution>> try to reduce bum-ness.

in other news.. going back to lastnight. well we took pictures as a crew for xmas. it was fun. all of us were there for the first time in a while... well minus like my parents (who came in later) and mike and valerie because she was sick.. but here was the roster >> justin charlene andrew me sarah pearl april vanessa nick errvin jhon abel faye grace and vlad. thats almost seventeen years people of knowing each other people.. jenna was in the pic with us too.. i cant forget her. she's a new recruit to the hood. it was funny.. none of the uncles or aunties knew how to work a digital camara. it was sad.. but it was ok.. moving on. later.. everyone ate and the guys started playing video games. then we were all kicked out when all the aunties and uncles wanted to karaoke and dance. so thats when all the "older kids" started heading out to the club to watch billy's band play and to get justin drunk for the first time. so they headed out.. some decided to go home.. so the rest of us.. which was me.. my brother.. jhon and francis went upstairs and played video games.. well.. they did. i watched. they played vice city. fun fun game. i looked at old yearbooks then i fell asleep as usual. woke up around 2 am and thats when we decided to go home. funfilled night with the old crew.

::: posted by charlene at 2:15:00 PM