Thanks Mom... and YES I am being sarcastic.

Well, I got a haircut. I am no longer Mexican, I am now this girl. Fantastic.

I am counting the days for my bangs to grow back so I can look like myself again.

But until then, consider me a HERMIT.

I'll see you in a few....months.

Pretty Dang Busy...

Well I haven't posted in awhile and I know you are all very, very SAD about that, so let me tell you why: I have been extremely busy. How you ask? How is a person with no job and no school even remotely busy?! One word. SLEEP. I am busy because of sleep. I don't know if you people are aware, but sleep takes up a huge chunk of time. Sure, 7-8 hours is recommended nightly, but I am a high achiever. I like to get at LEAST 10 hours, if not more. Why settle, right? Now when you think of people who are not working or going to school, before you judge them, remember: They might be busy.

Are we KIDDING?!

Well, it's finals week. The one week a semester every college student can agree on something- life is not beautiful. However, this semester I made a resolution: I would not be stressed during finals week. To accomplish this I studied my butt off during the rest of the semester so my grades wouldn't be held ransom by a final test. I thought it was a brilliant idea. Sure, I had more work during the semester, but at least I wouldn't be freaking out for a week straight like the rest of my classmates....FALSE. My brain hates me. It knows I have nothing riding on these upcoming finals but it INSISTS on being stressed. In fact, just to remind me about how stressed I am supposed to be, it has given me the great gift of an EYE TWITCH. Other things could cause a "going-on-8-day" eye twitch you say? Ok, sure. To get rid of the eye twich I have: eaten every thing I can get my hands on that contains potassium, worn my glasses (I look like a fool), and even have massaged my eye/face until they hurt. Still twitching. Therefore I have concluded it is my brains fault. Not to mention it added a second gift 2 days ago- the loss of hearing in my left ear. Lovely. How can you have a stuffed up ear when you have no other symptoms of any kind of sickness? RIDICULOUS. Finals week, why do you make my neurotic brain hate me?

Kill me...

Please.

Happy Birthday!

As I have mentioned before, my birthday was awesome. I thought is was going to be a little depressing because not only was I getting older, but I hasn't with my family. But it wasn't depressing at all! Jeri, Staci, Ryan and the children had me over for an amazing dinner and had ballons and a candy lei waiting for my arrival. After a delicious meal they brought out my FAVORITE pie, strawberry cheese from Ted's Bakery pictured below, with candles for me to blow out. It was the perfect birthday!

21st Birthday, now let's go PARTY.

For Donna

This is for you Mom- evidence that I do in fact participate in school activites. In all honesty, you would have DIED watching this. Here is the backgroud: Every year the clubs put on a program called Songfest. It is held in the CAC, where all big events take place. I was invited to sing with the Tahitian Club about an hour before the program started. I had never heard the song before, but decided what the heck, I will sing. Well, you can guess how it went. Did I mention the song was in TAHITIAN?! And that it was performed in front of the ENTIRE UNIVERSITY?! What was I thinking....But I got involved in school activities and that is what counts, right? RIGHT? Don't worry Mom, no one knows my last name.... PS- Lucky for you, Lazel got the whole thing on my Flip!

The whole club. I don't know why the picture is so small...

Me and Kelsey. She was really feeling it. Me, not so much.

They were all laughing at me...Jk, but I was nervous.

Nowadays we all laugh about Lo's first experience at Songfest.

For the Love of 21...

Ok, as most of you know I turned the big 2-1 last week. Crazy, I know. Usually the 21st birthday is a time for celebration. For me, not so much. The following is a tribute to what most 21 year olds are doing and then what the 21 year old Lo is doing. Enjoy.

21, the official drinking age!

Ah, to be a college graduate!

Gambling=Awesome



People look forward to turning 21 so they can legally do all those things. This is what I am doing....

As close to Black Jack as I will ever get.

Studying, not even close to graduation.

Calm down people, it is most DEFINITELY virgin.

Yep. Jobless.

So that is a brief peek into the life of Lo as a 21 year old. Feel better about yourself?

Pearl Harbor

Since about 8th grade I have been intrigued with studying Pearl Harbor. I have dreamed of going there since I finished reading my first book on the subject. November 17th that dream came true! Jeri and I took an adventure into the city and ended up at Pearl Harbor! It was a great experience. The atmosphere there is somber yet proud. You can't learn about Pearl Harbor without feeling pride for our wonderful, blessed country. Right now there is construction going on to improve the facilities, but it is still cool to check out. I hope to go back one day when everything is open and running again, but this experience will hold me over for awhile. It was a great, fulfilling day. Thanks Jeri!

This is the flag that continuously waves over the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

Me at the "Lost at Sea" memorial. It had plaques commemorating all of the submarines that were lost at sea during WWII, and I must say, there were quite a few. I was surprised. If you look over my sholder you can see the USS Arizona Memorial.

Me in front of the USS Bowfin

One of the many memorials that dot the coast of the former Battleship Row. These platforms mark where all of our ships were hit and/or sunk.

Part of the sunken USS Arizona that sticks out of the water. It is crazy to think this has been here since 1941.

More of the USS Arizona inshrined underneath the water. To this day, there is still oil that leaks from this sunken ship. You can see it if you look closely at the picture.

USS Arizona platform memorial

This part of the USS Arizona memorial was installed in 1984. It lists all 1177 names of the men who were lost in the surprise attack.

The entrance to the memorial. After you watch a brief video on the attack of Pearl Harbor you board a boat and take about a 5 minute ride to this entrance.