Still seeking...

Meh.

2010-10-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

Why do I always do this? Fuckity-fuck fuck FUCK!

Life is still wonderful.

2010-10-10T18:55:00.001-07:00

It's the month of October...and the weather is fucking NUTS. A couple of weeks ago, downtown LA hit a high of 113 degrees. Damn. What's even more insane is the fact that their thermometer broke, so the actual degree could have been higher. Guess we'll never really know. Long Beach on the other hand tied the record at 111. FUCK. I left the Central Valley to escape that type of weather.

Last week, we had a few bouts of thunder/lightning/rain.

And now, it's started to heat back up again. I mean, I'm not complaining. I absolutely love SoCal summers and am glad it's somewhat still here. I think we just need some consistency.

Okay, sorry, done with the weather rant.

So, October. It's been a pleasant month so far. I've made a lot of new friends through solo adventures at Disneyland, we've hired new/amazing people to work in our dept at work, training for the IM is showing some amazing results, and for the last couple of days, all of my lunch break meals at work consists of Vitamix samples from their awesome presentations.

In the next couple of days, I will be going to Six Flags with a good friend. Should be SICK. I love roller coasters and am excited to finally be visiting the amusement park during Halloween time! :)

The week after that...........is going to be absolutely and insanely....ummmm...I'm honestly not too sure if words will be able to describe the weekend of the 22nd-24th.

Shannon(good friend), Phil(her boyfriend), and Lexi(shannon's blonde twin/roommate) will be making their way down here ALLLLLLL the way from Chico (yeah, I know, fucking far) to spend 3 days with me (or, all of us together, I guess?) at the most magical place in the entire universe. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh, should be gooooooooddddd times.

ANNNDDDD to finish it offfffff, the next week will consist of pumpkin carvin/halloweeeeeeeen parties!!! CRUNK!

Oh man...

2010-09-13T21:40:00.000-07:00

Life is great.

Running and cycling every.single.day is kicking my ass, but I feel great.

Going back to my second home next weekend to hike the Dome and stay at the Lake.

It is going to be weird to be in the Valley and not be bouldering. I haven't nearly gone to the climbing gym down here as much as I'd like. Trying to find the balance between work/Ironman training/trying to climb as much as I can/life is hard.

Got some pretty good tailwind on my ride today going south along the bike path on the beach. Since there wasn't anyone around for a good stretch, I wanted to try to break my PR of maxing out at 33mph while sprinting. 35mph baby! That isn't really saying much though, since I did have a pretty narly tailwind.

I.Love.Long Beach.

112 miles

2010-07-08T22:33:00.000-07:00

First day of training for next year's Ironman Tri started today. I decided to go ahead and go on a pretty lengthy bike ride.

I started the day off with making a really poor decision.

Feeling hungry, I toasted some bagels and slathered on some peanut butter. And that's all I ate. Taking with me a couple of powdered electrolytes and other misc items, I take off down PCH. At first, I told myself I'll only do a 60ish mile ride...but that soon changed after I made a new playlist on my iPod. It was then that I told myself I'm going to keep riding as far as I can until that playlist is over, THEN I'll turn around.

Bad idea.

Going south was nice and easy. There was a good tailwind and traffic was pretty light. There were a few times where I'd hit a few downhills and actually ended up passing a few vehicles. Pretty awesome. A bad habit I have while cycling is looking down a lot, either at my tires or computer. I guess that might have happened every time there was a sign telling me I was approaching San Clemente, because I did not realize I had entered that city until I passed it. My iPod finally ended it's playlist when I got to Oceanside and there, I turned around. Upon making the u-turn, the very first thing I noticed was the headwind. Good god, that headwind was horrible.

Riding into the headwind wasn't as bad, except that my stomach started rumbling consistently at about mile 70 and on. At about mile 83, my speed slowed down from an average of 22mph to 10-11mph. It was then that I had realized my body didn't have enough calories to burn off anymore. I looked at my computer, which told me I had burned off easily over 2,000 calories already...and we all know that a couple of bagels with peanut butter does not equal 2k cals.

I was losing it.

I started swerving in and out of the bike lane. I accidentally ran a red light in front of a cop (again, had my stupid head down)...and got off with a ticket for wearing my headphones instead of a $400 ticket for running the red light. The headwind seemed to be getting stronger and stronger with each mile. I felt like I could collapse at any moment. It was bad. Really bad. A few cyclists had passed me and as hard as I tried to yell at them to see if they had any spare clifbars, I couldn't even muster up the strength to get a peep out. I eventually made it to Wholefoods (my employer) which, thank goodness, is right off of PCH. There, I grabbed 5 clifbars, 2 bananas, some coconut water, a nice sandwich and got my grub on.

It was glorious.

I think I'll start my day off with some steak and potatoes next time.

Crash

2010-07-01T19:58:00.000-07:00

Took a gnarly spill on my bike the other day. This is one of those incidences that tells me I should wear my helmet more often...

I hate it...

2010-06-20T21:33:00.000-07:00

...when I write a new song, only to hear an almost exact version of it made popular by someone else already. And I swear these are songs that I've never heard before in my entire life.

Maybe I'm just not being original enough.

I'm confused

2010-06-10T09:21:00.000-07:00

Blast. Can you pencil me in, when you can?

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The other day, the cutest little girl with the most gorgeous blue eyes came up to me while at work and tugged on my pants. I looked down, smiled and asked how I could help her. She said, "I want Acai..." and turned away as if she was embarrassed or nervous. I looked around to see if any of her parents had put her up to this, but saw no one in the general vicinity.

So, I walk her over to where we have our Acai juice and pointed out the different flavors we had. She pointed to the Blueberry/Pomegranate one and asked if I could give it to her. By the way, she was again, completely adorable. She had a yellow ribbon in her hair to match her yellow shoes and a white summer dress. What happened next completely took me by surprise.

I handed her the juice, thinking she was probably going to take it and meet up with her parents somewhere else in the store.

Nope.

She opened that bottle up, took a couple of fat chugs, closed the lid and handed it back to me...

.........

I want to adopt her.

Yesssss.

2010-06-03T22:49:00.000-07:00

I need to stop being such an adrenaline junky. I'm honestly going to get myself killed.

I was drafting a city bus on my bike down 4th street for about 4 blocks going 28mph. My front tire was no more than 2 feet away from the rear bumper.

A part of me tells me I should never do that again.

But the other part of me wants to seek out that rush again.

And again.

And AGAIN! Such an incredible feeling.

Wow.

2009-05-01T23:11:00.001-07:00

I've visited the Valley SO much this year, it's been awesome. Went on Thursday for a short day trip and ended up flashing some sweet and easy problems. Tendon Gives(V4) seemed really really soft to me. Flashed that one and thought it was more V0/V1. Ament Arete Sit Start version seemed soft also(V7). Didn't bother with the stand start(also V4). All in all, I didn't want to climb too much, seeing how my fingers were already destroyed and I had friends who didn't boulder at all.

Another Valley trip.

2009-04-04T11:37:00.001-07:00

Wow, it's been way too long since I've last updated.

This weekend, today actually, I'm heading off with Hillary on a 3 day climbing trip to Yosemite again. These past couple of days have been a blur, especially since I daydream a lot about certain projects that I'd love to complete. It's going to be an exciting weekend seeing how we'll have a big group joining us. I'm looking forward to hanging out with new people and to hopefully get some good beta on some hard problems.

A few I'm looking to climb this weekend are:
Midnight Lightning(it's been wayyyyy too long since I've touched it)
Dogwood(I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN!)
6 Degrees
Drive On
Scissors for Lefty
And maybe the Force. As much as I've climbed Thriller, I'm surprised I haven't even bothered to try the Force. We'll see what goes down this weekend and I'll be sure to update with pictures as soon as I get back.

3 day climbing trip this weekend!!!

2008-12-03T09:48:00.000-08:00

Yep, from Friday night to Monday afternoon Jeff, Laurel and I will be in the Valley climbing our butts off!!!!

Rock Band!!!!

2008-11-28T23:10:00.000-08:00

My family and I kick butt at Rock Band!

Thanksgiving was wonderful. Lot's of traditional Thanksgiving food along with ethnic Cambodian food...which I missed oh so much!!!

Apple Butter!!!

2008-11-19T20:49:00.001-08:00

Brittney in the backround cleaning the jars.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WEEKEND!!! Gonna go climbing on Fresno Dome with Jeff, Joel and Bill!!! WOOO!!!

These glasses...holy cow!

2008-11-18T20:44:00.001-08:00

I stepped out of the accommo truck tonight as I parked it to end the day of worked up looked up at the night sky. I could not help but say "HOLY $#!&!" Literally. I have not seen the night sky like that in my entire life. I mean, I've seen it plenty of times the past summers and Common Fire seasons I've worked up here. But I didn't realize my vision was THAT bad to be missing out on SOOOOOO much!!!!!!!!

I am going to make some tea, grab a blanket and spend a good amount of time on my roof tonight. Yes I will.

Bouldering/Climbing

2008-11-14T18:45:00.001-08:00

Jeff scoping out the face of the infamous Calvin Crest boulder.

We're both going climbing tomorrow in Fresno again. I'm pumped. Laurel will be there to join us again, along with Travis Feaver.

The weather has been ridiculously beautiful and amazing up here! It's the middle of Nov. and we're seeing clear skies with temps around mid 70's. HOW CRAZY IS THAT??! Well, I'm looking forward to the rest of this semester. I think I might visit the Valley(Yosemite) on Monday and Tuesday, seeing how those are both my days off next week. Probably camp and climb my butt off till my fingers become raw.

Phil and Heidi also got married last weekend! WOO! Congrats to you both! I love you guys and look forward to continuing to be a part of your lives! :)

I love dancing. And food. Weddings are wonderful. I almost cried at this one...but held back because I had the responsiblity of doing sound stuff and didn't want to mess anything up.

:)

OH!!#!@ I got glasses too!!! I feel like I see everything in HD TV mode now! It's so awesome!

Lovely.

2008-11-04T23:52:00.001-08:00

Taken this past Sunday after turnover.

Taken tonight

It was really dark earlier today, as I stated in the post before. It's cleared up now and the stars are out...but it's freezing. I talked to Tony to see if curtains could help us save money. Towels just might do that job. :) I take back my summer comment...somewhat. I guess the gloomy weather lately has taken somewhat of a toll on me. I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning, I feel like it's going to be really clear and sunny and beautiful!!

I'm also going to the eye doctor(not sure what the specific term for that is) tomorrow morning before work. It's exciting to see how bad my eyesight really is. And I'm stoked to use all this special equipment to test my eyesight! WOO!!

I...am...sleeeeeppppyyyy.

Wow.

2008-11-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

It's dark.

That's all.

It's 6 and it's cloudy.

Dark.

And cold and wet.

:( I want the summer season to come back.

Weekend.

2008-11-03T08:11:00.000-08:00

Halloween was pretty freaking awesome. I'll stop there :)

The next day Jeff, Andrea and I went down to Fresno to climb at the old climbing gym I used to work at, Yosemite Fitness. Travis joined us later that day, along with Laural, who I haven't seen in almost a year. The day started out well, Travis arrived before we did and was already warming up on some problems. Laural slept in and didn't come till 12. I jumped on a some SWEEET V3's and 4's to warm up on. I spent most of the day working on a crimpy V8 that did a number on me. I tore some skin off of some fingers that shed some blood, kept my shoes on too long and couldn't lock in any heel hooks 'cause the inside heel was too sweaty...Travis, Jeff and Andrea mostly toproped and climbed some routes using the autobelay. It was cool to see them getting on stuff that was challenging for their level of climbing.

Laural and I spent alot of time together helping each other out on some hard routes. It was so great to climb with her again after so long. Up until Sat. I had always talked to Jeff about how great of a climber Laural is. I don't think he really believed me until we watched her climb...out of the corner of my eye, I could see Jeff's jaw drop to the ground...he was floored. After about a good 6 hours of hard climbing, well at least 6 hours for me haha...we decided to end the day with a trip to Teazers(equivelent of Starbucks, but with tea).

Greg stopped by, which was great, except when you put him and Jeff in a room together, madness occurs! Good madness though, they're really goofy and funny. I probably drank way too much tea that night, but the sugar helped me share lots of great stories and keep the energy alive. Overall, great weekend.

Today is my day off and I'm contemplating whether I should stay here and relax or go down to Fresno to visit my uncle.

Hmm...

Picture time!

2008-10-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

Jeff warming up on a sweet lieback.

Mary at the base of Yosemite Falls.

Overlooking the pool at the base of the fall.

I love this view.

The leaves are turning!!!

Destruction at Curry Village

Dining Hall roof is being redone!

I love my room.

Taken on the way to the Vermont Competition

So...the weather isn't looking too good. It's cloudy and the chance of rain I heard is above 50 percent. Which means the plans for climbing this weekend just might go down the drain. I thought of the idea of going down to Fresno to climb at my old gym, but we'll see if that changes...it's all up to the weather :)

Weekend in Santa Cruz/LA!

2008-10-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

Hanging out at Emily's house before we hit the HUGE waves.

The water was pretty cold too.

And I got caught in a rip tide.

No more competing...

2008-10-26T21:43:00.000-07:00

I decided sometime last week that I wouldn't be competing anymore. It's just costing me so much to go compete every other weekend. The cost for gas, entry fee's and food, would total almost half an entire paycheck. Oh well, at least I can say that at one point in the competition, I was ranked 1st in the nation :).

On a different note, I really really enjoy learning new songs on the guitar.

Like...I really like it.

Jeff and I have also gone to another boulder I forgot existed. We're working on this super hard slab project with death crimps and horrible feet. I'm looking forward to getting the first ascent though. Not saying that Jeff can't, it's just he's having a hard time sticking the crimps, which are actually my forte...and vital to getting past the crux moves.

OHH! And myself, Jeff, Joel and hopefully Sarah and Graham from Summit Adventures will be joining us next weekend to do some climbing on Fresno Dome! I'm thinking of calling some more people from Emerald Cove to come along so it could be one big party! Ooooo this is so exciting! There's also a sweeeet boulder project I'm working on at the Willow Creek area. Can't really do too much or get too high on it since it's pretty mossy. I'll definitely have to do some cleaning and brushing to get it prep for it's first ascent.

Yay for climbing!

What a great day off.

2008-10-22T21:14:00.000-07:00

Watched two movies, ran into town to drop off Marcus for his class...

Hung out and caught up with Ann which was great!!

Had sushi with the White's and Ann.

Took lots of pictures of the leaves turning color.

:)

Oh yeah, took a trip to the hospital too!

I love...

2008-10-21T17:20:00.000-07:00

...laughing!

I haven't laughed as much as I have been these past few days in such a long time.

Just in case...

2008-10-18T20:50:00.001-07:00

So I didn't go to a comp today and won't next Saturday either...which is a huge bummer and might move me down in rankings drastically.

I thought it'd just be sweet if I posted the rankings on here just in case I never see them like this again this season.

ANNNDD I went climbing in Yosemite today with Jeff Wilson and Travis Feaver...I injured my forearm which put me out of commission for the entire day. IT SUCKED!! I only got one climb in! I don't even know how I injured it! :( I hope it heals before the 1st of Nov...it hurts really bad.

Climbing update

2008-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:00

As of today, I found out that I am ranked 1st in the state for the Adult category and 3rd in the nation! Not much words can describe how I feel right now. The above picture is of me warming up on a sweet V3 from my first comp.

Everyday I have the blues.

2008-10-03T21:16:00.000-07:00

Kudos to anyone that can name the artist of the song titled above! No cheating either please(ie. using Google)

As of right now, I'm in the computer room with Mary to my right looking at some random blog, James on my left playing my newly strung electric Hohner and I'm here typing this as you read!

AND it's raining outside! Or maybe just sprinkling.

But Fall is near...or is it already here?

Okay, I'll promise I'll write something productive next time. Goodnight!

Oh, by the way...

2008-10-02T21:34:00.001-07:00

I also just found out that I am ranked 3rd in the state.

I'm going to have such a hard time sleeping tonight. Holy cow.

Strawberry Swing... :)

2008-10-02T18:08:00.000-07:00

4th place! I placed 4th! WOW!

I did not expect to do that well at my very first comp, especially with the condition my fingers were in! I am DEFINITELY excited to compete in future comps. I feel strong, I am confident and am SOOO STOKED! HA!

Hope.

2008-09-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

OHHHH man I had a weird dream last night involving lots of dancing, chips and dips, awkward slow dance moments, songs I haven't heard of since I was in jr. high....boys seperated on one side and girls on the other...

Wait, just kidding, it was real!

Hahaha, I got a kick out of that one!

2 days.

I'm not ready.

Wow!

2008-09-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

Holy crap it's been too long since I've last updated this thing! I would use summer as my excuse, but it looked like posts came to a halt at the beginning of April. Now that I'm here and back, I will try my best to keep this updated, for the sake of those who wish to know how life is going here at camp.

Well, to start out, I'll be heading to Fremont this weekend with Jeff Wilson to compete in the first ABS 10 Bouldering comp. of the season!!!! WOOO!!! I'm really excited and nervous at the same time. I'm also really glad that Jeff is here to keep me mentally and physically stable. He's been working me out very hard these past few nights in preparation for the competition.

I'll keep you guys updated as to how I do, where my future comps. will be just in case you'd like to stop by and be my personal cheerleaders(which I would really really love and appreciate by the way! haha) and what not. Wish me luck! And stay posted, I'm so stoked to start posting on here again!

CTC and French Toast

2008-04-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

Geoff embracing the Cinnamon Toast Crunch as a proud father would embrace his son...or daughter.

Geoff and I look forward to Thursday morning breakfast every week. Why? Because we get a combination of both CTC AND French Toast!! It's just a bunch of toast madness in a single morning! To top it off, there's also sausages included. Yum! Thank you kitchen!

I want more sushi now...

Lingo.

2008-03-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

I felt compelled to ask everyone up here if I sound funny when I talk. Well, not sound funny, but if have a weird accent. Before I begin, let me share a short story...

When I was in..4th or 5th grade, I remember receiving an award that had to do with me speaking English very very well. At first, I was confused because there were alot of other students who spoke as well as I did. But! I then found out that the award was for students who weren't caucasian! And what made it even more amazing was the fact that I was the only student that got the award, which meant a big awards ceremony with lots of old people that looked important, music and FOOD! That's all...a very random and not so great story.

SO! For some odd reason, I've been getting playing back this memory in my head daily...and one morning during turnover, I asked Caitlin if I talk funny. I now realize that I say the most random things whenever I talk to Caitlin, which then results to lots of laughter and me having to explain myself. She tells me that I do have a funny accent, but not an asian one. I asked her to elaborate some more and she, with short bursts of giggles in between every other word tells me that I talk in question marks. Like..." I ate sushi today? And I probably ate too much?"

Notice the bolded "shi" and "too". She also pointed out that whenever I talk in my question marks or just overall, I tend to exaggerate words or parts of words and say them in a higher pitch than my regular speaking voice.

Am I even making any sense? I can't tell you. But you can tell me! :)

I got attacked by a squirrel today. Holy cow, that's definitely a story I need to save for another post. I really enjoy having stare offs with squirrels. I've never beaten a squirrel at a stare off, partly because I feel as if they're going to pounce on me and rip me to shreds.

Yeah, a tiny squirrel, ripping me to shreds. It can happen.

Burn Piles

2008-03-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

This week is Spring Break for the kids down in the valley, which means no Outdoor Ed and lots of stuff to burn for us :). It gets pretty exhausting to tell you the truth. During my lunch break, I walked into the dining hall, looked out the huge window, saw the pool and couldn't help but jump in.

It was freezing.

But SOOOOO refreshing! The heat from the burn piles seemed to have consumed my entire body and I felt as if I was on fire, until my body hit that ridiculously fridged water. I was tempted to keep my clothes on, including my shoes, but took all but my boxers off. I jumped in a total of three times, two of those were after I had eaten lunch. One of the times Tony saw, which wasn't akward for me, but I don't know how he feels about seeing me in nothing but my boxers, jumping into a body of water that can kill me in minutes. haha.

I got my haircut tonight. I like it alot. I have a fauxhawk now. Is that how you spell it? I always want to pronounce it "foxhawk".

Tomorrow is my day off and I have a huge desire and urge to jog/run all the way down to the 41 and back. And, my jumprope has done me good since I've gotten it. I forgot what a GREAT workout you can get by jumproping for just half an hour. I love it!

This week has reminded me alot of the interim period after summer is over, before Common Fire starts. No guests are here, small amount of staff members on the mountain(a few are on vacation...or will be) there's not really a set daily schedule(just 8 to 5) and...it's quiet.

Wait, I'm lying. Belle barks all the time, at nothing.

Nothing.

And...

2008-03-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

...it's snowing really really hard. I don't think I'll be able to do most of my to do list for this weekend if the weather stays consistent. I can only limit myself to a few indoor activities, like playing my guitar(which I already did, I taught Ann some worship songs) laundry...lots and lots of it, reading, blogging(hah!) engaging in conversations, napping(which I really don't want to do), eating...and I'm running out of things to do. Help me.

I want to go snow shoeing, but it's literally storming right now. It's coming down like there's no tomorrow.

I feel like I'm making excuses for some reason. I really just need to shut up and be quiet.

Weekend off...

2008-03-14T21:31:00.000-07:00

I have a few ideas about what I want to do, but truthfully, I don't think it'll be enough to make it a productive/relaxing weekend off. Not that I want my entire weekend to be this carefully, planned out mess that would disappoint me if I didn't fufill any of them...but I want to at least have an idea of what I want to do. I don't think I'm making any sense, to you and myself.

I've started cleaning the pool 2 days ago. I first found out my love for pool maintenence my first summer on staff on the Event's team. I love keeping it clean and clear, free of bugs, leaves and grass blades floating aimlessly on top of the water. I enjoy putting DH into the filters and rinsing out the pumps. There's this sense of peace that overcomes me whenever I dive to the bottom to retrieve pieces of tiles that have fallen off of the pool walls. I'm weird, I know. That's basically one of the things I'm going to do my entire weekend to pass time, cleaning the pool. Not that any of us will be able to swim in it soon since it's still so darn cold...and will be up until like, the second week of June. I just want to maintain it and not have to cringe whenever I pass by and see this huge nastiness of black stuff and gross algae. Anyways, people have been telling me "Hey, if you really enjoy it, go for it! I wouldn't do it, but since you are...go you." hahaha. I love the simple things in life.

My home smells good. My home being Calvin Crest. I was walking along the AIM trail and naturally took in a huge, deep breath through my nose and couldn't help but thank the Lord for CLEAN air. Living in Bakersfield for 6 years and Fresno for 4 months has done quite a deal to my lungs. I miss Long Beach.

I had a really good conversation with Janice tonight.

A fine day off...

2008-03-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

My day off was pretty relaxing and productive at the same time. I showered, played on my drumset, traversed on the bouldering wall, did some archery, made mac and cheese with chopped up hot links(delicious!!!), bought a new sweater, ate some gummi bears, rollerbladed up and down CC road(INTENSE!!!!!!!hahahah)...andddd yeah...that was some of the things I did today.

I'm really bummed that I didn't get my package today. I bought a jumprope a while ago and it was suppose to come in on Friday but didn't. I've been really looking forward to doing a new cardiovascular excerise besides running and jumping jacks. But...I'll just have to wait till tomorrow, hopefully.

Oh...man.

2008-02-23T12:52:00.001-08:00

Look at those faces. These two will be our(Event's team '08)fearless leaders for this summer. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot wait! hahahaha I am just overcome with so many different emotions right now...I can hardly believe it.

Hummus

2008-02-19T19:28:00.000-08:00

I love it, that's all I have to say.

LOVE IT!!!!!

Boo yes, Grandma!

2008-02-19T16:07:00.000-08:00

Geoff White and I went out to get some sushi last night.

It...was... SPLENDID! Not only do I LOVE sushi, but it was also a great time to talk and catch up with Geoff. Dinner was filled with laughter, great stories, reminiscing about past camp experiences, and myself having to ask for the menu again because the first round didn't quite fill me up...

For the past week or so, the weather has been so beautiful and most of the snow has already begun melting away. I'm afraid that we might be getting some more snow again soon though. It's been overcast all day and a slight fog has settled in, which I hope doesn't stay for long. I really enjoy working in a t-shirt and jeans because I feel like my body is limited to certain movements when it's cold and I have to dress like this:

Lost and Found can be helpful when the weather gets bad up here! I'll never get cold again!!

I want the sun to come back. I want it to melt away all the snow so I can visit my favorite boulder. It's yearning for me to climb it, I can hear it calling my name, asking for me to chalk up my hands and smear my shoes against it's edges. The other day Chris asked me whether I prefer sport climbing over bouldering. I had to give it alot of thought, but came up with the conclusion that I like bouldering more because it costs less. With sport climbing or trad climbing, you'd have to invest in quickdraws, cams, ropes, caribiners, a harness...ect. While with bouldering, all you really need are the shoes, chalkbag, and a crashpad. But, I guess that's why you make friends with people who have equipment for sport climbing, so you can borrow them!!!

What the fuck?!

2008-01-25T18:11:00.000-08:00

Okay, so what the hell is wrong with people these days? I can't trust anyone, I can't be myself anymore because I'm a fake, a liar, a person who "fronts" about believing in God, I lead people to hell, my personality is just a load of shit.

"What the fuck" is all I can say and will say.

And I highly believe that cussing is a sin towards man, so if you are offended...there's a little box with an X in it at the top righthand corner of your screen that you can click.

-Peter Khoy

It's about time.

2008-01-14T21:14:00.000-08:00

I happened to stumble upon a draft of a post I was going to post up in may of '07 that went something like this...

"It's been a while...

Okay, maybe it's been too long since I've last posted...that's horrible. I'm sorry I mentioned that I would probably update this thing daily/weekly and completely failed at it.

But now that I'm here, I might as well talk about how life has been since my last post!

As I last stated, I attended CSUBakersfield and mentioned that I was already in love with college and CSUB, though classes had only been in session for only 3 days. Well...that's definitely changed alot. As the school year progressed, my feelings for CSUB as a whole changed from me being completely in love with it, to dreading attending another freaking day of class. My experience hasn't been the best and it goes to show that CSUB is not for me."

I can't really remember why I didn't finish the rest of the blog, but I do know that I'm not surprised that I picked such a subject to talk about. It made sense to me, to post a blog about how my school year has been since my last post, at the end of May...during finals and what not.

I also wish that my mind wouldn't constantly wander so much so that I could concentrate on writing this blog!!!! GAHH!

Ok, this always happens and I hate it because I feel as if I wouldn't be able to type from my heart with my mind on something else. I want to talk about how my first year of college went, but all I can think about is how much I want to rock climb...or how much I wish the snow would melt and be gone for a while just to make my job and things so much easier around here.

Oh yeah, I'm doing Common Fire now, which would explain the snow...and...stuff. I'm also on the accommodations team :).

Alright, I feel as if I should just update everyone on what's been happening in my life since my last post and up till now...

-After I finished my first year of college, I went back to Calvin Crest during the summer to work on the Sherwood team
-The Lord put a heavy desire into my heart to move to Fresno after the summer was over
-I struggled with the fact that finding a roomate might be difficult since I don't really know anyone that lives in Fresno
-One of my teammates told me that her boyfriend(who lives in Fresno and was also working on staff that same summer) had been praying for a roomate for such a long time!
-We talked, prayed...and found an apt. within a week...pretty sweet!
-Summer was extremely hard, but such an amazing and wonderful and blessing experience!
-Fresno was sweet, apt. was nice...I got a job at a Rock climbing gym, got held up at gunpoint, lived off of noodles and taquito's and mac and cheese...LOT'S of it.
-Ummm, the Lord put another huge desire to serve and work at Calvin Crest and do Common Fire...

And now I'm here!

Okay, I'm going to end this here, but for those that happen to stumble upon this and are curious enough to read what I write...please keep me accountable if I don't post on here much....pleasee!!!

Alright. :)

-Peter Khoy

School

2006-09-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

I remember in past years, before I got to the stage in life where I would start applying for colleges, when I used to make fun of CSUB out the butt. I told myself that I would never go to either Bakersfield College(community college) or CSUB just because, well, they were in Bakersfield. When I first came to this city the summer before my 8th grade year, I felt like there could be no place worse than Bakersfield. I was a city boy with a restless body that wanted to be active. I grew up in Long Beach and I was used to surfing at Huntington and Redondo Beach every morning. I was never exposed to triple digit weather nor have I ever sweat so much while standing in a stationary position IN THE SHADE ever in my entire life, even though I did nothing that caused my body to be physically active.

It was hard. For the first few years, I hated this city. Not really hate, but I told myself I could not live here for the rest of my life nor would I ever plan on doing so. But now that I've grown up and matured alot more, I've learned to love this city and the few things it has to offer. "I've accepted it as home" is something I can say without feeling ashamed anymore. What I also don't feel ashamed about is the fact that I attend CSUBakersfield.

CSUB may not have the biggest campus, the most students attending...or whatever, but who cares? We go to college to what? Connect with other students, find a community of people that share the same or similar intrests, get a college degree, live in the dorms, learn life long skills and much more right? I used to think that CSUB would never offer something like that, but APU would, or Whitworth, Cal Poly, UCSD, CSUF...ect. But I've grown up and realized that going to different colleges doesn't make an EXTREME difference. Unless God specifically led you there and said clearly He want's you to attend that school. But all in all, each college is going to offer each and everyone of us, no matter which college we attend, the same things. Well, not everything will be the same, but alot of the ideas and concept of college will be similar.

What I'm trying to say is that I've learned that staying in town for college isn't as bad as I thought it'd be, especially in a city like Bakersfield. I'll have my chances in the future to go to different colleges/schools out of the city when the time comes (ie. Juilliard).

CSUB isn't bad at all. In fact, I love it already, though it's only been 3 day's since I've started school...:)

First blog

2006-09-13T01:01:00.000-07:00

I'm planning on making this THE blog that I update everyday or at least every other day. I've had past blogs, mainly xanga, that I used to be consistent with. But a few events in life caused me to either not care about posting anymore or I just...got bored with it. Well, life has changed dramatically since then and I am now a full time college student, so expect to see alot of posts coming along your way.