The Beach.

SO today was fun, me and Raquel went to La Jolla Shores beach to get some tanning done (not that I need it) and we decided to take some pictures =] We decided to pull a "LIZ" and take some "art" pictures haha. AS IF.

My art/facebook picture lol

Doesn't it look like she's nude? haha

Fun day. =]

9/23/09 Dream

So today's dream was not scary, just weird. My roommate Adrienne said she heard me laughing in my sleep in the middle of the night, creepy or what? The dream...

In my dream I was at a huge indoor swap meet type place. It was me, my mom, and my aunt from my mom's side. We were all just looking around at the clothes. We turn the corner and there was a stand that sold nothing but coats. I saw a beautiful dark blue coat with detailed brass buttons. I looked through all of them to find my size and it wasn't there, so I was really sad. We continued to walk through the swap meet, and there was different sections of ethnic candy, Japanese candy on one side and Mexican on another. It was then that my aunt said something really funny that I can't remember ( and this is probably when Adrienne heard me laughing in my sleep). This is all I can remember of this dream.

I did have another dream last night. It was pretty simple, I dreamed that this guy who I think is realllllly cute took me out on a date in downtown La Jolla. It was a great date =P haha. That's it for last night... I'm also thinking about doing an analysis of my dreams, I have a dream book =]. I'll probably do an analysis for my dreams on a weekly basis. Until tomorrow...

Scary Shiz

So here is my first dream entry. Last night night I had one of the scariest dreams I have EVER had. After I woke up I thought about the dream for about an hour, trying to calm down.

The dream....

In my dream I am pregnant, and the father is a guy I knew in high school. I am freaked out that I'm pregnant but I know I have to tell my parents. I know they are going to freak out, but they are the most loving and supportive parents I could ask for, so I know that everything will be okay. I am just disappointed in myself because the same thing ( in real life) happened to my sister, she got pregnant and dropped out of college. Anyway, so I gather the courage to tell my parents, and when I tell them, of course they flip out but my Dad snaps. He doesn't get mad or upset, he's completely rational. And for a while it seemed like he was debating with himself. Then he tells me its okay, and that he is just going to kill me so he will always remember me as his little angel, and he can forget about this horrible thing I did.

Meanwhile I'm like so shocked I'm completely confused. My mom on the other hand doesn't disagree and just goes along with me Dad.

That night there was supposed to be a party that was being thrown by the father of my baby (and he didn't know he got me pregnant, and I wasn't planning on telling him). My Dad said I could go to the party to tell everyone goodbye.

I get to the party and I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do, because I know my Dad is serious and he's going to kill me. Not only is he going to kill me but I overheard him saying he was going to remove the baby from my womb before burying me so he could pretend I was his little angel still.

I was barely at the party 5 minutes when I get a call from my Dad saying he decided the party wasn't a good idea and that he was coming to pick me up. I argue with him and he says I have 5 minutes to hide before he gets there. The party took place at a huge mansion, but I figured my best bet was making a run for it.

I get to the parking lot and drive off, I know I can't go to my friends house, so I figure I should go back to my school in San Diego and stay there.

( a little side note: there are no cars, only motorcycles)

While driving to San Diego I hear my Dad talking, and it turns out hes on the freeway too with my Mom and hes saying that their best bet is to go to San Diego because I'm not dumb enough to stay with a friend. (they don't see me on the freeway) They kind of pass me and I fall behind listening to them hoping they don't see me. Then my Dad looks in his mirror and spots me. I try to exit the freeway but they catch up and my Dad restrains me.

They take me back home and tie me up. At this point I'm sobbing, and pleading for my life, but there is no reasoning with the crazy. Then my Dad goes to get the tools to extract my unborn child, so I try to plea with my Mom.

It turns out she isn't crazy and she is just playing along with my Dad because if she doesn't he'll kill her too, so I beg her to let me go so we can run away. She refuses saying he'll kill her, I keep begging hoping that her love for me will convince her to save me. Turns out she rather save herself than her own daughter. As my Dad is walking back, my room mates alarm goes off and I wake up....saved by the bell.

YAY!

So I'm going to start blogging about my dreams. Recently I've been having movie like dreams. They are SO weird, and so interesting. I think keeping track of them will be fun. I'm going to start sometime soon with a few dreams I had this summer. Maybe I'll get one of those dream books and analyze them too =].

DANCING

So this whole past year I've been wanting to join a dance club. Recently I've seen a few flyers for "Rueda Salsa". Heres some history on the dancing. Anyone want to be my partner? lol.

Rueda de Casino (from an article in Hoofers Anonymous)

During the late 1950's in Cuba, there was a popular dance -- some might call it a "dance craze!" -- that was done in the streets and in the clubs, and in people's homes. It was called Casino Rueda, or Rueda de Casino, or simplyRueda. Rueda means "wheel". Casino refers to the kinds of turns and breaks you might normally see in ordinary partner Salsa dancing.

"Swing Your Partner Round and Round..." If the first few words of this notorious dance command ring a bell, then open your ears, as you may start to hear phrases like "dame una" (give me one), "dame dos con vuelta" (give me two with a turn), and "exhíbela" (show her off)... the list is endless. Rueda de Casino is Country and Western square dancing SALSA STYLE! If you like dancing Salsa, then imagine the sensation of doing so not with one person but with an entire group. Picture this... you step out to your favorite Latin nightclub. Later in the evening, the floor opens as couples gather in a circle. You know the moves, the names, the signals. You grab a partner and you're about to enter into the most incredible Salsa experience. Rueda de Casino was originally danced in the 1950's to the Cha cha beat in members-only clubs in Cuba known as casinos deportivos. These casinos sponsored dances with live orchestras where dancers would get together and create new styles. It was in these casinos that "la rueda" was born. Unfortunately, the Castro regime stifled a lot of popular cultural activities, forcing them underground. Rueda de Casino eventually resurfaced in people's living rooms, on the street, at clubs and parties. It was first introduced to Miami in the early 90's and is rapidly making its way across the United States.

Rueda de Casino, in its truest form, is an art of communication that requires dancers be alert and quick. A leader calls out or signals the dancers to a short combination of intricate steps followed by commands such as "adios", "enchufa", or "dame..." which are patterns that lead dancers to a change of partners. There are reportedly more than 150 moves, each with a name that often has a double entendre or some cross-cultural humor buried in it. Each pattern also comes with a hand signal or gesture which are well needed in large circles and/or loud night clubs. It's incredible to watch but certainly much more so to participate. Everyone in the wheel, including followers, keep their eyes peeled to the caller. When the dancers are on in "la rueda" it is intoxicating and addictive

The form of the Rueda -- passing partners in a wheel -- hints at its early, colonial origins, which were probably a "mezcla", a blend of French Court Dances (brought to Cuba by Haitians) and the indigenous Afro-Cuban dance movements. With Cuban emigration to the US -- with an especially large influx into Miami -- the Cuban culture, music and dance blossomed here, and, along with Mambo, Cha cha, and Salsa, Rueda has reemerged. Recently,Rueda has sprung up in Los Angeles and here in San Francisco (a dance group from L.A., led by Tomas Montero, performed Rueda at last year's SF Carnival Parade!)

Rueda, Cuba

Hip hop covers are always better.

Today on the radio I heard The Fray do a cover of Kanye's Heartless, and its waayyy better. 

I like the lyrics, but it kind of sounds like the guy is a bastard. 

lol Here's the youtube link to listen to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgnFKNvmV7o

Ambigrams

So I just read the book Angels and Demons, and I'm totally fascinated with ambigrams. I decided to google ambigram, lauren and see if one was made of my name and there was! Isn't it cool?

A new discovery.

So the other day I discovered this band and I love their music. Here is some lyrics from one of their songs. 
The band is called The Script, and the lyrics are from their song Breakeven.


Her best days will be some of my worst 
She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
 While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
 'Cause when a heart breaks  No  It don't break even 
Even 
No  
What am I gunna do when the best part of me was always you
And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're okay
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces  
They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise word's gonna stop the bleeding 
'Cause she's moved on while I'm still grieving 
And when a heart breaks  No  It don't break even


I like this song because its honest. 

My non-life

Stress and boredom seethe

Tension turns to apathy

The battle begins...

Another Haiku.... I know I need a life.

FML

I am soooo disgusted right now. Just a warning, this blog is just going to be me venting about my life, so reading it will probably not entertain you. This is more for me to relieve some of my frustration. Anyway, so let me tell you a little bit about my day.

My horrific day actually started last night when I came home from a long days work and began to get a horrible headache. Now I have been getting bad headaches for the past week for no known reason and sleep usually rids me of them. Anyway, so last night I get a headache so bad it makes me nauseous, so I go to bed to sleep it off.

This morning I wake up to get ready for my 11 o'clock class and I feel like absolute crap, so I'm like whatever I'll just sleep in and wake up for my doctors appointment at 3. Later I wake up at 2 feeling better and get ready and go to my doctors appointment. 

My doctors appointment goes well, accept for the 25 dollar copay and the 40 dollar medication I have to pay for. As I'm leaving the hospital I see a coffee stand, and at the moment a cold coffee sounds great. The drink was 3.85 so I proceed to pay with my atm card when the guy tells me cash only. This sucks because I know I only have a few bucks on me, but luckily I have 4 dollars. After I pay, and I'm walking to my car I realize I still have to pay for parking and I have no money on me. I pray that they take atm.....and of course they don't.

Luckily the guy working the pay booth was nice enough to let me go. As I'm driving back towards my school I realize I left my medication at the coffee stand, so I have to go BACK. With more luck, my medication was still there, and I had to explain to the parking attendant that I didn't park because I left my medication at the coffee stand, so again they let me go.  

This was the bad part of my morning (well afternoon technically). So now as I check my gmail account (which I haven't checked in over a month) I see an email from someone named Katharina, and her email was a ucsd account, and in her email she was talking about making a meeting time with me. After reading this I am totally confused, I didn't know who she was or what meeting she was talking about. 

Since I don't know who she is but I know she is from ucsd I decide to look her up at the ucsd website. I find her and it says that she is an assistant professor for the ucsd music department. This still doesn't ring any bells. I am currently part of ucsd's music department but I have never met a Katharina or anything, so I go back to my gmail account and look up the email history I have with her. 

It turns out I emailed her in the beginning of February. 

What Happened was that when I was looking at what classes I wanted to take for spring quarter I came across a music composition class that I wanted to take, but in order to take it I had to have taken prerequisites for it, so I emailed her saying that I already had knowledge about music composition and had written some pieces and that I was hoping that was enough to enter the class. And it turns out that she was willing to let me in if we scheduled a meeting and I showed her some of my work. 

Too bad I just read the email and she sent me these emails in February and spring quarter has already started. Not only am I rude for never responding, but I missed a great opportunity to get into a great class. FML.

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Never in my life have I...
been hang gliding.

The one person who can drive me nuts is...
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High school...
is over =]

When Im nervous...
I get shy.

The last time I cried was...
last week :'[

If I were to get married right now my wedding would be...
in a pretty church with high ceilings.

My hair is...
brown with highlights

When I was 7...
I LOVED life. =P

Last Christmas...
was fun. I love my family.

I should be...
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When I look down I see...
the table I'm at...?

The craziest recent event was...
finals...

If I were a character on Friends Id be...
Ross, because I'm lame lol

By this time, next year...
I will be finishing my second year of college WOO.

My current gripe is...
isn't gripe a verb?

I have a hard time understanding..
song lyrics... so I make up my own. haha

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You know I like you when...
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If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be...
my dad.

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and study! lol

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to change someone's life for the better.

If you visited the place I was born...
you would be in Southern California.

I plan to visit...
Italy in 2011 because I'm going to study abroad!

If you spend the night at my house...
you'll have to wear earplugs because of my roomates.

Id stop my wedding if...
I found out my fiance lied to me about something unforgivable.

The world could do without...
advertising.

Id rather lick the belly of a cockroach than...
eat something that is still alive.

Most recent thing Ive bought myself...
seasons 1-5 of one tree hill...I know I'm lame.

Most recent thing someone else bought me...
is a disney movie.

My favorite blonde is...
Chase Crawford at the moment.

My favorite brunette is...
Milo Ventimiglia at the moment.

My favorite redhead is..
Seth Green. He is hella funny.

My middle name is..
Briana.

This morning I...
took a shower and went to class.

The animals I would like to see flying besides birds are...
... ??

Im eating....
nothing at the moment.

Last night I was...
reading Ella Enchanted. lol

Theres this guy I know who...
is freakin HOTT.

I dont know…
how to draw.

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Bon Qui Qui.... girl I will CUT you.

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going to class. =]

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Branded for Life

I've never really had a burning desire for a tattoo. Tattoos really aren't popular among my family. A few years ago my sister decided to get a tattoo, well no one really knew about her decision until she came home with a bandage on her foot. She had gotten a hibiscus flower. My mother threw an unexpected fit, and raved on how she always told us how she hated tattoos (she never did). Well I didn't think much of it until recently. For the past year or so I've been thinking about tattoos and how I feel about them. Honestly I don't think its fair to generalize and say tattoos are good or bad, tacky, or cool. And honestly I don't really care what other people think about them either. I have just been trying to figure what one would mean to me and I have come to a conclusion. For the kind of person I am, I would have to wholeheartedly believe and love in the symbol to allow myself to be branded with something permanently (well mostly permanent seeing as how there is surgery and what not). If I were to get a tattoo it would be a symbol of my undying belief in something. I have few undying beliefs and most of them relate to my faith. I am not religious per se, but I do believe in God. I also believe that God has plans for everyone, yet he gives freedom of choice. I think the tree of life is perfect for a tattoo, and I'm going to get it because I'll love it forever, and it will always be a reminder. This is a picture of what I'm going to get.

The Journey

Full of confusion

The path is laid before you

Destiny Awaits...

Thought I'd write a haiku at 5 in the morning =]