movies seen so far this summer
The Italian Job

Finding Nemo

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

more to come as the summer goes by...

so tonight i watched Charlie's Angels with Ellen Mae who i went to high school with, and now we go to ucsd together. we've been friends since i was a sophomore and she was a freshman (maybe longer), but we never really hung out til tonight. i had a lot of fun chillin w/ her...and we had a good time catching up with each other. i even introduced her to the 2 story Target store @ mission, and she got to experience the cart escalator (yep, she was amazed). i'm glad we got the chance to hang out with each other. i hope we do it again sometime soon. catching up with old friends is always nice. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messsages =)

lazy summer
nothing's really been going on...just been chilin w/ random peeps over the last week. saw The Italian Job on saturday, and Finding Nemo on tuesday. chilled with Chris, Steph, and Armando at mando, steph, dave, and mikey's pad in mira mesa last night til 5 this morning. we were just talking about random things...always fun. i've also started working out @ rimac...trying to get in shape for the summer...it's a value too, for $25 for the whole summer...i'm gonna take advantage of that place this summer. other than that, i've just been chillin, restin, and relaxin...nothing too strenuous. my 22nd birthday is coming up in a lil over 2 weeks...hmm what to do? stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

1st week of summer
so far my 1st week off has been pretty eventful and uneventful. there have been graduations and parties, and random trips to disneyland and pasadena. twas quite fun...but these past 3 days have been pretty quiet and full of nothing. wanna see pics of what i've done? click here or below the picture on the side. right now i'm bored...kinda miss having people around, since most of em went home...oh well, i'll manage. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

on another note...June 15, 2003
Happy 39th birthday to my brother Eric...I know you're not around to celebrate it with the rest of us...but I know you're up there looking down at us as we celebrate your day for you 0=)

class of 2003
congratulations to all the graduates who graduated today, and in the last month from college and high school. hard to believe that i was supposed to be graduating today/this year...but instead i chose to stay for 5 years. it feels a lil bit weird, considering that ~1/2 of the people i entered college with have now graduated, while i'm still hangin around waiting another year to get my degree. in a way it feel good cuz i'm taking my time, and not rushing (too much) to get done...but in another way, it feels bad...well not really bad...just awkward knowing that i am one of the oldest undergraduates @ ucsd and that while many of the people i entered with are continuing on with their lives, i will be spending another year in classrooms at ucsd as an undergraduate. eh...i'll get over it...just 1 more year til i'm out. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

I'M DONE!!!
have i mentioned that i'm done...no more school, lots of chill time ahead of me. i finished finals yesterday at 4:45pm with adolescent psychology being my last one. i came home, took a short nap, went out for a couple of hours, then came back home and passed out for over 10 hours. damn it felt good to sleep, after spending all those long hours at CLICS. although i spent all that time studying, im not so sure how i did on all of my finals. i'm actually afraid that all the hard work spent studying may have been all for nothing. i dunno, just a feeling i guess...i hope that's all it is, a feeling...not reality. ah well, my 4th year at UCSD is officially over, and u know what that means....1 more year til im outta here!!! the agenda for this summer? big bum jeff! and then summer bridge one more time...this time as an ATC. i figured that its time for me to take on the position at summer bridge that i've always wanted...well since i went through the program myself. look out 1st years, i'm gonna be transitioning u to ucsd *evil laugh*...ah well, it's not like i haven't been doing that for the past 3 years now. ok...enough bloggin im gonna go out and enjoy my summer. congrats to all u graduates out there, i'm proud of u...i'm next! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

interesting...
i just caught Kristina reading my blog while studying here at clics...and i didnt tell her to read it!!! instead of studying, she chose to read MY blog! wow...people do actually read my blog! i feel especial! my brain hurts!!! ok...i should study more, before i dont want to anymore...too late!!! I DONT WANNA STUDY ANYMORE!!! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages

fried brain anyone?
for the past 3 nights, i have been pulling all-nighters @ CLICS, a library here @ ucsd. right now, as i speak, im coming to u live from clics after spending another nice night with my books, notebooks, and laptop. the only reason why i leave is because the parking ticket guy starts ticketing at 8am in the area that im parked at, and i dont wanna move my car and walk back here. on this day, i have been here @ CLICS since 6pm yesterday. this set of finals are the worst set of finals that i have ever been through here at ucsd. (note...it took me 7 times to correctly type ucsd in that last sentence...thats how fried my brain is). all this time studying, and im not sure how ready i am for my finals...so many things to know, not too much time to do em in. not to mention the fact that Professor Espiritu is hogging all our time by giving us a paper and a final. i just cant wait til 6:01 pm thurs evening, cuz thats when i'll be done!!! parking guy is coming soon...i think im gonna go home, and catch a few hours of sleep, before repeating the process i've been going through since saturday. FINALS BEGIN TOMORROW!!! *insert sinister music here* stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages >=/

let's try this again
i blogged something yesterday, but it didn't get published. but yeah...i'm gonna die a horribly slow painful death over the next week. finals are next week, and i got a paper due on monday for ethnic studies 183, my social psyc and ethnic studies 183 (yeah i know, i have a final and a paper for this class) finals on wednesday, and my cog sci and adolescent psyc finals on thursday. that translates into 4 finals in a 30 hour time span. yep...i'm gonna die. i just cant wait til 6pm next thursday...then i'll be DONE!!! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =/

i'm baaaaack
for now...this past week has been really busy. first of all, it was memorial day weekend last weekend. and u would think i went out and went crazy since it was unofficial "first weekend of summer". nope...i was pretty much busy working on 2 projects...1 for cog sci, and the other for ethnic studies, and kinda sorta visiting friends. nothing too wild, and nothing too exciting...just a regular weekend, as if it were deep in the middle of winter. professors who assign projects that are due the day after memorial day weekend are evil. i take that back, my ethnic studies professor is cool (Yen Espiritu...for those of u who know who she is)...my cog sci professor is just plain ol weird. he fricken sounds like barney the dinosaur! if u were to tagalong to my cog sci class, sit down, close your eyes, listen and imagine a purple dinosaur in the middle of the classroom, you'd swear u were listening to barney! in addition to those 2 projects, i also had a paper due today for my social psychology class. but i got that done on tues night/weds morning, so i could go out last night...which i did. i went out w/ Sharon and few of her friends to PB Bar and Grill, but it was pretty dead there, so we went to Margarita Rocks. i'd have to admit, that it was a better experience than i had the last time i went there. so that's been my week up to now. tomorrow is KP's semiformal @ the Bristol Hotel in downtown SD...i'm going with sharon...i think we'll have some fun. saturday is the APSA some long name thing that Victor made up so he could make his event sound cool sports day...and sunday is APSA's graduation banquet @ North Island Navy Base. somewhere in the weekend, i gotta start my finals studying process, since next week is 10th week and the week after that is finals week, then comes graduation (i'll have mine next year), and then SUMMER!!!!!!!!! i can't wait til summer comes...this quarter/year needs to end now. i really need a break from school, and summer is my chance to get away from UCSD, since i'm not taking summer school...and summer bridge doesnt start til late july...so the first half of my summer, i'm gonna be a bum. okey dokey, this blog is getting long...so imma go now and veg a little bit, maybe go to sleep soon. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

a return to blogging
i'm back...did u miss me? i dont feel like writing a long entry on what's happened since eric's passing. i just thought i would come back to say that i'm still alive, and so is my blog...so don't stop visiting. perhaps i'll update some more a little later...im just too lazy to write anything very long tonight. maybe this weekend while i'm procrastinating doing the 494882317 things that i gotta do this weekend. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

hell week
that term is no joke. this week was definitely hell week. why does life have to be so unfair?
Eric died yesterday @ 558pm...he was 38

here's to you Eric...thank you for being an important part of my life big brother.



RIP
Eric Christopher Davis Green
June 15, 1964-May 7, 2003

i cant do pcc anymore...heading to vegas tomorrow for the funeral. dunno when i'll be back. stay tuned =(

random bits
here's a quickie...
-posting right now in the APSA office, waiting for class to begin in an hour. =)
-running for APSA president for next year against Ian and Cat Yap =l
-was up til 5:30 this morning so i could finish my midterm and 4 weeks of journal entries for ethnic studies 183 >=O
-pcc is this weekend...this is hell week...come out to support =D
UCSD Mandeville Theater
may 9-10, 2003
doors open @ 6, show starts @ 7
free tickets @ pcctickets2003@yahoo.com
-worried about my brother...trying to stay optimistic about his condition =/
-family bickering as a result of the past, and triggered by my brother's stroke is really getting to me =(
-stressin bout school...didnt do too well on my psyc 104 midterm or paper...still got time to improve =(
-mother's day this sunday...wont see my mom =(
-mom's bday next thursday...going to vegas following saturday to visit her and my brother =)
-psyc 180 midterm next thursday =/
-sungod festival next friday =)
-gotta think of an art project for ethnic studies 183 =/
-trying to remain positive about everything...but it's hard =/

sorry for the short sentences...didnt feel like going into detail about every single aspect in my life. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =/

these past few weeks
have been really trying times for me. lotsa things have been going on that has been concerning me and my family. the thing with my brother has really been a major thing in my family (see april 14th...yeah i finally wrote something there). my brother is conscious now, and is aware of what's going on around him, a major improvement since i was there to visit him. my dad is actually there right now visiting him. i wanted to come...but i have too many things that need to be done here. yeah, as i mentioned in the april 14th blog...i feel bad that im worrying about my stuff here, while my brother is fighting to stay alive and facing disability...but i do have him in my thoughts as i do my stuff, and i know that he wants me to take care of my business. like me, he hates pity. dont worry, i will be visiting him in a couple of weeks...as soon as PCC is over, and most of my midterms are done.

in addition to my personal struggles, i have also been actively involved with the students first! stuff that's been happening at UCSD. serious injustices has been happening regarding that...(confused? see the other blog of april 14). all this stuff has really been stressful on not only me...but also the hundreds of supporters of students first, and the candidates themselves. i really hope this issue gets resolved soon, cuz this is really emotionally draining for all involved. =/

ok...onto the fun stuff. i went to the ERC semiformal @ sea world this past friday Jill Perez. it was a lot of fun...my first ucsd college semiformal (not KP or APSA type semiformal). we had a lot of fun together...good times i tell ya. last night, a bunch of us went to E. St Alley in downtown SD to celebrate Mylene's 22nd birthday. fun was had by all. while i'm on the subject...Happy birthday to ya Mylene...yeah it's a day belated...but u get the idea. i hope u had fun. ok...i'm getting tired of typing...so i'm gonna end this now. stay tuned..we'll be back after these messages =)

coming to you live from...
my bed...yup...i finally got a laptop...a lovely Dell inspiron 5100. i came home, and it was waiting for me on my bed. yay...i have a new toy...well actually 2 new toys. i got myself a digicam last week...i'll be posting pics that i took with it over the weekend soon. i'll also give an update on what's been going on soon enough...i promise! too many things going on. but now i should go to sleep...i got class in like 6 hours. maybe i'll update in class, since i dont really pay attention in there that much (yes it is boring and the professor sounds like Barney the dinosaur) and i'll have my new laptop in there to play with, complete with an internal wireless internet card...so u know i'll be abusing the wireless network at ucsd =þ stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

laggin
i know i am...i've just been busy with a lot of stuff...add to that my laziness...and there u have it, no blogging for me. dont worry...i will update this thing and fill in the blank under my last blog...lots of news to update, just not right now..maybe this weekend. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =þ

some messed up stuff
DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED AT UCSD

April 11, 2003 - The voice of the student body at the University of California, San Diego was silenced today when an elections committee of seven members voted 4 to 3 to reverse the decision of approximately 3000 student voters in a process rife with procedural inconsistencies, clear conflicts of interest, and egregious disregard for the integrity of the elections.

The Students First! slate, a coalition of 15 candidates representing a diverse variety of student groups at UCSD, was disqualified this evening immediately before the announcement of the election results. Election results showed that the students at UCSD had voted 11 of the 15 Students First! candidates into office. However, the Associated Students elections committee invalidated all votes for Students First! candidates when it decided to disqualify the entire slate.

Prior to the elections, many groups and individuals on campus worked against Students First!, which swept the AS elections in the previous year. One member who lost in a race for a vice presidency to Students First! in the 2002 elections sat on this year's elections committee. Two other members on the elections committee this year had supported the Action slate which lost to Students First! in the same election. The California Review, the Conservative Union, the Freedom Alliance, and the Marksmanship Club, which ran an unsuccessful conservative slate that lost to Students First! in the 2002 elections, created candidates and student organizations intended to confuse and defraud voters.

Throughout the elections process, Students First! was subjected to harassment, spying, and defamation. Fake Students First! flyers, using stolen logos, accused the coalition of hating white students, Greeks, the military, and of being un-American. Student First! candidates were subjected to racial slurs, called communists and fascists, and followed around campus.

Despite these difficult conditions, 11 of 15 Students First! candidates won their offices by vote, only to be disqualified by four members of the AS elections committee. Never in the entire history of UCSD has an elections committee disqualified an entire slate.

There are no hanging chads here, but there is a small group of politically biased individuals who ignored all laws, procedures, and reason to overturn an election. UCSD's 2003 AS elections were not about candidates or issues, but about libel and voter fraud. Is this democracy at work, or has it been subverted? Is this Florida and Palm Beach right here in Southern California?

Do not let the student voice be silenced. Do not let democracy be betrayed.

Educate yourself and take action now. This could happen anywhere; it is time to organize.

this really pissed me off...and it should piss you off too, cuz it could happen to you too. i dont usually use my blog to publicize movements and stuff...but this is something that i'm heavily involved with and feel strongly about. my voice was silenced and invalidated by 4 people, and this is not right. this is not a case of the people who i voted for losing through valid voting...its a matter of these people winning through popular vote, but losing by being disqualified. if u wanna know how u can help, or get more info...email me or instant message me. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages >=O

so what happened?
ok...i am writing this on 4/28, a good 2 weeks after i originally posted this entry. i never filled this day in cuz i didnt really feel like thinking too much about what's been going on...too much on my mind, and it's kinda overwhelming. so what did happen to cause me to not feel like updating this thing in awhile u might ask? well...my brother Eric had a stroke on monday morning april 7. he was driving to pick up his wife from work at 4am, and it just hit. luckily for him, he was able to feel it coming on, and was able to pull off to the side of the road. he was also able to call his mother (yeah...we dont have the same mother) to come to his rescue. Katherine (his wife) called me later on that morning to tell me what had happened. i let my dad know what happened, and things got put into motion. since my dad couldnt get away from work for a day or so, i was able to get my stuff in order at school before we headed off to Las Vegas (where he lives) on wednesday. it was tough seeing him hooked up to all the life support machines, and seeing the staples in his head from where they performed surgery to relieve pressure in his head. i really wanted him to open his eyes while i was there, but it didnt happen. the doctors have given us a good prognosis on his condition, and outlook...but we're still worried, cuz that has to do with his brain. anything trauma to the head could cause complications. well...im just happy that he's still alive...the rest will come in due time. i really felt bad when we had to leave his bedside after 2 days. i felt really selfish for leaving...but i really needed to take care of business back here in san diego. i really wanted to stay longer...but i also had to maintain my commitments at school, and to the rest of the PCC cast. i know in my heart that my brother would want me to take care of my business, cuz thats the type of brother that he is...he's always been supportive of what ive been doing. katherine reassured me that everything is ok...and it's alright for me to leave. but i still couldnt (and still cant help) but to think that i was abandoning him. it's really tough to be the rope in the tug o war of life. on one side, my brother who is clinging onto life....on the other side are school, and other people who are counting on me to be there to pull my weight in PCC, and other aspects of things that i'm involved in.

just by typing this out, ive realized that there are a lot of things i need to vocalize with someone, but every time i try to talk to somebody about it, something holds me back from saying everything that needs to be said. i guess it's because i dont want anybody to pity me...something i learned to hate around the time that my parents got divorced. i think the person who knows the most about me is my best friend Chie, but she doesnt know whats been happening to me lately...mainly cuz we've both been busy with our lives to really talk to each other...i really miss her =/ i dunno...i just need someone to talk to...but i just dont know how to say everything. we'll see how things go. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =/

cough cough
school started this week and i'm coughing up a lung or 2...so i'll update more when i stop coughing. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =/

Las Vegas
so Aldrin won the contest, since he was the only one who correctly guessed where i was for these last few days...hell, he was the only one who even guessed. congrats aldrin, u have just won a lifetime supply of dryer lint! but yeah...i was in vegas for the last 3 days, i would give more details as to what i did while i was there, but i'm too lazy to type it all out. but i will say that the clubs in vegas are soooooooooooooooooo much better than the clubs here in daygo...i highly recommend them. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)