its been a while

Its been almost a month since my last post and a lot has happened since then. I realize the chance that anyone will actually read this whole thing is slim because of all the finals coming up so im gonna try my best to keep it short and separate it into to section so you can pick which parts of my life you wanted to be clued in on. but before i begin i want to let everyone know how much i miss you guys and cant wait to be home so we can all party in somersets garage because we all know thats wayyy cooler than chillin in the living rooom :P also sommers car is gone so we can all actually park :P

SCHOOL

I am doing okay in school, nothing amazing and nothing too bad, I HOPE. i only had two finals this quarter and the first one was monday morning at 830 and my last one is tomorrow at 7pm. Chances are im going to have one Pass, one A-, hopefully one B- and most likely a C in Sleep and Dreams. I really need to step up next quarter but its hard when you really dislike what you are taking. Hopefully i do better at picking interesting classes for the spring. Currently i am signed up for 31 units next quarter (which is illegal, 20 is the max) but i am going to start with all those classes for the first week and a half and then ill drop the ones that arent interesting. <<YAY for older girlfriends who are soo much smarter. Other than that i am planning on being back here next fall and im thinking about living with jenna just for fall quarter but that is also up in the air. i realize this is really soon so we still need to think about it and talk through it. but Jenna is going abroad in the winter so i want to spend as much time with her as possible. just in case you are interested i am signed up for:
1. Sociology 1
2. indigenous identity and Diaspora
3. linguistics 1
4. English 90 ( Creative Writing)- you basically leave the class with a solid 20 page story
5. IHUM: rebellious Daughters ( unfortunately i cant drop this one)
6. Gender and Sexuality in Schools
7.American Studies 202 (history of the American Families)

ill let you know what the final schedule ends up looking like. :)

FAMILY

Family is good, i think. I havent really gotten to talk to them much lately but ill be home in less than a moth so ill be able to spend a little time with the family then. I realized a few weeks ago that since i have been up here for winter quarter i havent talked to lehua once and so the past couple weeks ive been trying to get a hold of her. i finally got to talk to her on monday :) which was nice. Duncan keeps going back and forth being single and taken... tiana and duncan are the california version of sommerset and JT except tiana is the idiot :p. Halia has been dealing with the death of her best friend when she was 8 a lot more lately cuz she recently found out it was a murder suicide which is hard to deal with at any age but especially at her age.. as far as i know, mom and dad are both in good heath and still married. :) lol.

LOVE

this section is easy. JENNA!!!!! i love her very much. THINGS are great. not perfect but i like that. just an update: jenna will be in hawaii in april with me and hopefully again in august. im hoping to go to boston next winter break to hang out with her and her faimly, her mom invited me when i told her i had never seen snow. i think they really like me which is nice... except jennas parents arent happy thats shes skipping school to come to hawaii in april.. OOoPS.. anyways we have been only dating for about 6 weeks which is crazy when you think about how quickly everything has been moving. its nuts... but i love her. spring break is going to be hard cuz its 8 days without seeing each other which is the longest we have ever gone but it will make us stronger.

TRAVEL

I have traveled a lot this year. i just got back from Philly and im about to go to DC to hang out with Sommerset!!!! i cant wait its gonna be soo much fun. also i head home in april which you guys already know and then hopefully ill hit up hilo for a bit when i home tis summer. im also going to chicago for nationals :) that will be fun.


SLAM

i was recently in Philly for the national College poetry slam and that was interesting. i have been giving a lot of thought lately to retiring after this years youth nationals. im kinda getting tired of being scores and slam has become more of a job and chore than an actually activity. we'll see. Anyways college nationals is WAYYY to much drama for me and i dont think ill be back there again which makes me believe that adult nationals wont be that fun either. :( oh well i figure something out soon. in case you werent aware the reason ill be home in april is to try out again for the hawaii team to go to Chicago this summer to compete. this is my last year of eligibility and i wnat to go out with a bang :) and then after the summer ill evaluate if i want to continue doing what i have been doing.

HBO

the HBO doc starts april 5th at 11pm but ive already seen the first 5 episodes which were pretty good. im excited to see the rest cuz episode 6 & 7 are semifinals and finals which were definitely my favorite part of the festival :) if you dont have HBO you will be able to watch it online at the youthspeaks website. www.youthspeaks.org happy WATCHING :)

WORK/PLANS FOR THE SUMMER

i worked upwards of 20 hours a week this quarter and ill probably do the same next quarter. as for this summer ill be working for a few non-profits while getting paid by Stanford 12$/hr to basically help out the hawaiian community. this is a project im actually really excited for. ill have to work 40 hours a week but ill have my weekends to go to the beach and my nights to party with my friends. im excited :)


Anyways thats all for now, jenna is studying so i should study too. :)
i love you all and ill see u guys soon!!!!! :P