7:55am, tomorrow.

..and my 1st semester classes are

1. Probability & Statistics -Veltri
2. Civics 1 -Gallegos
3. Magical Realism Lit -Kuehl
4. Marine Bio (yr. long course) -Van Alyea
5. Religious Themes in Lit & Film -Harrison
6. Digital Photography & Design (yr. long course) -Little

So my classes are pretty much cake 1st semester. I really wish I could switch trig and stats 'cause I don't wanna deal with trig during the 2nd semester of my senior year. I'll see what I can do.. but chances are i'm not gonna switch 'em anyway.

And for the record SH, school hasn't even started and I hate this new schedule/rotation you got us on.

-Mel

Capital F - Front.

If you want to set yourself apart from others -do it. But for the sake of everyone looking in on you, do it with some class. I'm tired of bitches trying to be something better than everyone else. Talkin' about this way ain't it for me, that way don't suit me -hey, fine by me. My question to you is wth are you gonna do about it. Yeah, I wanna be different. But I don't put shit on blast telling people I'm gonna be. Forgive me if i'm being a little harsh, but there's nothing that irks me more then someone thinking they're better than everyone else and then speaks on it in the most indirect manner possible. The way I see it, people want results. Results results results! Show people you're different, don't talk about it.

-Mel

Boom muthafucka

If you haven't figured yet, I like to dance. Ynoe, before high school I never used to, but now I do. It's like my favorite thing to do haha it's wierd. I became drawn to something so foreign and new to me. I never even liked dancing and out of the blue I wanted to do it. It was so wierd. To be honest I thought it was hella cool. And it is! But in the beggining I was a little vague in my understanding, and the way I thought dancing was cool was exactly how I think a person playing the piano is cool. I didn't know anything about it. There's a lot I didn't know about it. Actually, I take that back.. I didn't know squat about dancing.

Movement's a give-in. But I learned that it's deeper than that, way deeper. I've learned that there's a difference between dancing and performing. I've learned and am still learning that there are certain ways to control how you move. "Move with a purpose/ walk with a purpose". I've learned that everything given to you is just guidelines and that you could do whatever the fuck you want with it. Sky's the limit. I've met and even danced with/amongst amazing dancers and they've done nothing but inspire me. Thanks to my teachers i've learned to discipline myself. Specifically, I've learned from Patrick Cruz that you gotta want it. You have to. Call me selfish or self-obsorbed but i've worked my ass to learn and understand what I do. The funny thing about that is that I still have a lot to learn. I'm okay with that and i'm open to it all. If I knew everything there is to know about dancing i'd probably be bored by now. But I don't, and that's what keeps me wanting it more. I've learned that you can't settle for shit as a dancer. What I mean by that is.. you can't just rest on your laurels nor can't you just sit back. There's always room for improvement, always. I've said this before but it's an on-going learning experience. To me, dancing is all about improving and moving forward as a dancer. And I think i've convinced myself that that's the reason why I enjoy it as much as I do. I'm in the studio to learn, to grow, and to have fun. Simple but complicated.

Auditions today was crazy. But I did well, despite my whack ass freestyle LOL! For those looking in on my group, forgive me and forget that even happened hahahaha! I'm ready for APT 09-10. Let's do this :-]

-Mel

Santa Cruz

Took a trip to Santa Cruz with my six and the homies yesterday. The whole day was hella fun! We need more trips like these, guys. The big time reason being that it's our senior year. Graduation is far, I know I know. But if junior year went by that fast (and you all know I'm fuckin right) how do you think senior year's gonna be? I know for a fact I'm gonna have senioritis .. and a lot of it. But aye, everyone would agree that the wanna-be delerium (sp) on the boardwalk was THE SHIT. I still wish I had the balls to record J. Manalo LMFAOROLFLMFAOROLF. No joke, you had me dyin. And as far as submerging ourselves UNVOLUNTARILY into that water; that was hella fun too. Next time bring your damn bathing suits. PROPS TO J. DEL ROSARIO FOR PLANNING!

-Mel

P.S. Reminder to everyone that Aug20th is I. Espino's 17th. Don't say happy birthday to her.

Goodbye SAC, Hello $F

From July 27th-today I took a mini vacay to Sac with my favorite Sac residents: 'Ashbash', Auntie B, Uncle Mel, and little Phoenix and Jayden. On the real.. best week this whole summer. They showed me a goodass time. First off, after my arrival we THEN took a mini-mini vacay to LA. And no, we didn't hit up Disneyland. It was tight though, we did a lot of sight seeing, mall browsing, hit up popular streets, Hollywood was pretty tight. I was pretty stoked to see the rest of LA 'cause all I really have ever seen is Disneyland -_- We left Monday night after eating at bombass Pink's. For the clueless --it's this legendary ass hotdog joint complete with long lines fadayz. I thought it was worth it though! And I don't even like hotdogs.. We finally got back to Sac at 6am.

That's when my stay in Sac really began. Honestly, shit was off the hook up there. Including the weather! Ash showed me a good time. Their hospitality was on point! The highlight of my whole stay was definately the party Ash threw on Friday O_O CRACKIN. If someone were to throw a party like she did down here, it would've been shut down by 10 ATLEAST. You already know it's a party when the speakers are blown out the next morning, people yak, somone passes out on the side of your house, and of course, when the boyz roll in at 2am. Haha this week.. I loved it. I got so used to living with Ash that coming home to basically nothing is booooring.

I don't regret leaving SF for a week. I remember feeling regret to the point where I didn't wanna go up anymore 'cause I wanted to dance. But now that I really did go up and experience everything I did up there... so worth it. Back to reality though. One more week of Summer Intensive then auditions on Saturday. Juiced!

-Mel