Arnold Schwarzenegger is the man!! He gave the bomb of a speech tonight! I was quite proud of him, our country, and to be a republican after I listened to his speech. Yay Arnold! Something exciting happened to me today, I got my very first jury duty summons. I've always wanted to go to jury duty, and now my dream is finally coming true! Yippie! That's pretty much it for now. Work totally sucked today, but I'm home now so that makes me happy. :o)

Funny story! So, a couple of days ago, Tani, Michael and I decided to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We hopped in the XTerra and took our little expedition. When we got there, there weren't many people there. That was good, because I hate it when people are all crowding around all of the animals so you can't see them. It was so cool to see all of the jellyfish and the octopus! It was like a dream! So we were walking around the shark exhibit, and we turn a corner. Who do we see? Screech from Saved By the Bell!!!!! It was so random. I almost peed me pants, Tani just started cracking up, and Michael threw his hands up in the air and exclaimed,"Humminy ho hum!" Screech just stood there with this smirk on his face. We all started talking about how much we loved his old show and how we wish they could bring it back, then Michael told him about his idea to have a Saved by the Bell old folks home series. You know like all the real cast when their like 90? Screech didn't seem to excited about it.
So we asked him if he would go to Bubba Gump's with us, just for kicks. And he did!!!!!!!!!! It was so crazy! I felt like a movie star the whole time we were there, everyone kept looking at us funny. They were probably just sad that they weren't having lunch with an awesome guy like Screech. He was pretty funny too. He kept cracking all of these weird seagull jokes, but they were kind of funny. He even paid for all of our meals! It's not over yet kids..... after we were all finished eating, and Screech was finished with his seagul jokes, he asked us if we wanted to go out with him later that night. We were all down for it, but we kind of had to start heading back home. So then he says,"What if I came there and hung out at some clubs by where you guys live?" We were all totally stoked! We didn't get to do it that night, but sometime next week Screech, or Dustin as we now call him cause we're chums with him, is going to meet us in Santa Barbara and we're going to hang out! What a random life!

Happy hour is upon me. I have turned over a new leaf in life, I'm 21 years old. You heard it here first, I'm a 21 year old U.S. citizen. (I don't know why I added that part, I guess I have Olympic fever). I must say, it has been pretty interesting being introduced to the drinking world and all. I'm feeling new feelings, meeting new peeps, and I can get into any place I want. It's awesome! A bunch of people are over at my house right now, it's cool. We're watching the Olympics. Anywho, I got some flippin' awesome gifts today.... some beautiful dishes and silverwear, some food, a truth or dare dartboard, a Route 66 boardgame, and..... are you ready for this one.... a refrigerator!!!!!!!! I am totally serious, I can now have the comforts of a kitchen in my very own bedroom. I even have stuff to put in it, compliments of Austen. Stuff only people 21 and over can have in their possesion, if you catch my drift. And a bunch of people called and told me happy birthday, that was totally bomb too. Yay! I love birthdays! I love presents, and I love friends!!! Happy Birthday to me, thanks for making it so special everyone. I love you guys so much!

Changes. That's the word of the year I guess. I once thought of myself as someone who needs a lot of space, someone who likes to be alone rather than with people. Now- I'm sure, that's not me. Don't get me wrong, I need alone time, but I need people too. So- I think it's safe now to say- Humboldt is out. Sacramento is in. Lord willing, everything will work out smoothly, and in the Spring- half of our college group will be moving to Sac. Melissa, Crystal and I plan on moving in together. I'm very excited about that. And David, Kyle, and maybe Vinny are going to be there too! I'm excited about making new friends, and getting my degree and all, but I'm excited about still being able to be around the oldies. And having an apartment with 2 of my good friends, now that's just awesome! We can go out together to the clubs, we could go hiking, and river rafting, snowboarding, it's going to be so much fun. We could even share each other's clothes. Yay! Anywho, that's what's going on with life. Good times, mysterious times, changing times.....

I'm back in beautiful California! Yippie! My sister and I left Nevada at 6am- we arrived in Santa Maria at 9pm. Needless to say, we made a lot of stops. :o) When I got home, I was beat.. in so many ways. I'm not going to write about it on my blog but you guys should go to Austen's blog to read a VERY funny story about when I got home last night. The link is: http://www.arh1.blogspot.com. Good times... I had a good day at work today! I got to work with a girl my age that I really like and have fun with. It was very nice. Then, after work, I was going to hang out with Melissa (which I did) so I went to meet her at the Billiards. Kyle, JD, Billy, Melinda and some other people were there. It was fun. And after that, everyone went to the new happening place in the 805- Pappy's. Now I'm at home, I plan to stay up for a couple more hours because I got 14 lovely hours of beauty sleep last night. I must say, I'm looking extra hot today. :o) So I'm not really tired right now, because I haven't even been up for 12 hours yet. Let me tell you, it feels great! I'm thinking about getting a little refigerator for my room. That would be so awesome! I could have midnight snacks whenever I wanted, and not even have to get out of bed to get them.
Last night, I had a dream that I was trying to land a plane. It was random. And I couldn't land it because there was too much weight, so I threw a package of baby back ribs out the window and everyone on the plane started yelling at me. How dumb, they would have died if I didn't get rid of the ribs. Oh well, you can't please everyone I guess. Anywho, I'm gonna go see what I can do for 2 more hours. Live long and prosper!

Hello my friends! I miss all of you right now. I am in Winnemucca Nevada right now, it's so flippin' hot! Why am I here? Soley to visit my mom and sister. That's the only thing worth while to see here. No joke. Never again will I say, "There's nothing to do in Santa Maria." I'm glad this trip has been able to make me appreciate good ol' SM, and make me thankful that I like in California. Man, I love it! Everytime I've left it (California) I've missed it and wanted to go back.
Anywho, I'm coming home tomorrow. My sister and I are leaving at 6:00am. Good times. Some exciting happenings in my life: I am getting trained in the Pharmacy at Costco. I'm not sorting pills or anything- I've just been at the register, getting people's prescriptions for them and stuff. It's a nice change. I like getting new challenges every once in a while- because I get bored easily. So this pharmacy thing is just what I needed, at the exact time I needed it. Yay God!
Well guys, have a good day!

Mother of pearl, I might go to a Sting concert!!! That's right, Sting, my endless love. :o) I haven't decided if I'm gonna go yet, or who I'm gonna go with, so if you like sting and you want to go- it's on September 28th or 29th at 7pm in Hollywood. The tickets are $105.00 each- but it's Sting so that's really not that much... So if you're in- call me. Seriously- I'm not joking around here.
I'm going to Winemucca, Nevada next weekend, to visit my mom and sister. It's going to be good times. My sister Jessica is going with me- I foresee a very exciting road trip full of fun truth or dare times.
Summer school is over!!! Yay!! I got a "B" in Psychology and a "B" in Health- yippie! 3 more units and I am good to go. How random.
On a more serious note, I don't know why I feel like writing about this on my blog, but I do. I ate dinner at my dad's tonight and he was drunk- as usual. I just didn't feel sorry for him anymore though, is that bad? He started talking to me, slurring words and all, and then he started crying and said something about how he lives his life, or about how long he's going to live. Something rose inside of me and I just said,"It's because you're always drinking, you need to stop drinking. You're going to kill 30 years off of your life- you're going to kill yourself." He just shook his head. When I got in my car to leave, I just sighed, and talked to God. I can't wait to have my own family. I can't wait to be the first Loux or Henley, or whatever, to start a family by God's standards- honoring, serving Him- trusting Him. Sometimes I get so irriatated with the way all of this has turned out- my family and all. But I'm thankful for it/them because it has only fueled my desire to do a better job at it- and basically do everything the exact opposite. Oh well- I know everyone has crap in their lives, it sucks. Props to all of you guys for sticking it out, because sometimes life just sucks- and thanks for being my friends.
So- if you wanna go to Sting (I know you guys do) let me know!