March 24th, 2011
Today, I spent the entire day with Earle, and basically lived a day in his life subsequently (aside from going to class with him, which I did three days ago). I went to work with him the morning at Personal Strategies and found out what he did basically for a living: nothing. But he’s switching jobs soon for the Garden Grove Unified School District, which is a step towards the right direction I feel. Afterwards we went to Chick Fil-A for lunch. It was a surprisingly really tall building, but the food was good, as usual (I’ve only been twice). We went to his house to jailbreak my itouch, rest for a bit, and subsequently alternate taking naps on the bed. When that was done, his parents generously provided KFC for Dinner. Yum, more chicken. In between Brandon would tell us juicy stories of his gossip with girls, which provided for minutes of countless entertainment. (GOSSIP YAY)!
The socializing began when Earle and I went to pick up Eva and Chris to go Bowling (@ AMF Valley View Lanes). We met up with Thiep, Theresa, and Tim there and ultimately split into two groups (eva, chris, and thiep in one lane, and me, Earle, Theresa, and Tim in another). I got third place and didn’t do too well bowling. I started off well but then ended poorly, so I decided to not use the scores as my picture of the day. Instead, I used one that exemplifies very clearly my bowling technique, kicking in the air really hard, and throwing the ball as hard as I can aiming for the pins. This method proved to be quite effective. Afterwards, we all went to Chai For Tea to both drink Tea (me breaking lent again trying their almond tea), Chris and Eva got Yogurt World instead, and the rest of us sat around talking about Presidents, History, and lots of other random things. The night ended as Earle dropped all of us off.
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| On March 24th, 1989, The Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot oil tanker, ran aground on a reef and ripped holes in its hull, spilling crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The Tanker spilled over 200,000 Barrels of Oil or more than 11 million gallons of crude oil leaving a Five Mile Slick making it one of the largest and most devastating environmental disasters at sea. After 3 months when environmentalists and biologists did a study it was found that nearly 250,000 seabirds,3,000 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and up to 22 killer whales died as a result of the spill, and the fish stocks in the area were also devastated due to the oil . OUCH 🙁 |
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| Elizabeth Taylor, who died last night in Los Angeles at the age of 79, will be remembered as the greatest, and sadly the last, star of Hollywood’s classic era. In a career that spanned all but the first few years of her life, Taylor embodied the glamour of the movies while compiling a collection of performances that allowed her to prosper beyond the celebrity bubble she helped generate. The actress, who passed away from complications caused by congestive heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles, lived a wild, sometimes unbelievable life, with her eight marriages (to seven men) overshadowing her two Academy Awards. But she outlasted the punchlines, and her self-aware wit – “the problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues,” she once noted – gave away to a graceful final era. As was often the case, she handled matters on her own terms. RIP! |
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