So yea.
Dealing w/ more boredom, reading more random webcomics.
Came across a really funny comic in my opinion. If you had that much power, you'd do the same thing right?

Finger puppets, good fun.

I am the bastard child of mankind and technology. I take pride in my balance of intelligence and physical strength. I have capabilites neither common to the average human, nor implementable in the average machine. I am good with my hands, as well as my head. Spotting me in a crowd isn't hard, I'm the one with the quick wit and the light spirit. Still can't find me? Look for the robotic arm. What's your superpower?

Eh, I got bored. Think that screams "Reggie"?

What stupid online quiz are you?

*sigh*
Yup. I can say things right now but it's pretty pointless.

Anyways...
B-day in one week. Just in case you were wondering.
The following is an addendum to my wishlist:
-SDSU gear. Just realized I have none. Were the first things I charged on my credit card, got stolen/lost when I moved out of my dorm.
-More wearable letters. It's on my ol' list, I just want to re-emphasize my want for them.
-Shot glasses to add to my collection.
-$$$. Be nice to pay off my credit cards a bit.
- Food is nice. Been needing to stock up on IBC cream soda for awhile. Cookies an' Cream is my favorite ice cream, 'specially from Rite Aid. Mmmm... Ice cream. Digressing, gonna stop.
-A Darius Miles Jersey. 21's one of my favorite numbers. He's one of my favorite players. An it's got blue. Bonus.

Anything else? Not sure.
How's life everyone?
Popcorn Chicken, good fun.

ROBERT HORRY LOOKS LIKE WILL SMITH!!!
He's my favorite Laker.
Again, Lakers in 6.

Got another anti-couple comic, good fun.

Other basketball players that rank on my top three list:
-Darius Miles [LA Clippers]
-Baron Davis [Hornets] Bruin. Yup.

"Attention travelers: You are not required to give money to solicitors."
LAX, good fun.
Sorta sad that the departure area looks ALOT better than the arrivals area. Maybe it was because it was the international flights area. All I know is, all the money an' work has gone into the upper levels. Looks like two different worlds. Upper-class status, an' lower class status.
Pretty easy to spot who the Filipinos are. They're the ones w/ the LBC packaging boxes i.e. balik bayang.

Parents're back. Brought w/ them the hope of more food to restock our house with, souveniers, sunburns, an' the best thing: some sort of sickness. Father's gonna go visit the doctor tomorrow.

Hmmm....
Still slightly sick, got formals tomorrow, wouldn't be surprised if I was still sick goin' into summer school.

Meaningful post coming up?
BAH!
Be happy that I'm actually starting to post on a consistent basis. =P

Phillipine Airlines
Flight: PR 102
Manilla to LA
Arrival time 7:45pm.

Parents're coming back tomorrow. Know what that means?
FOOD!!!
Yes. It'll be good to have them back. Just wish that I took better advantage of them bein' away. Hmm... just realized I have to spend tomorrow cleaning up the house. Anybody out there want to spend some quality bonding time w/ me?

Rhetorical questions, good fun.
$.30 chicken wings from Callahans, also good fun.
Chicken from Albertsons an' a bunch oreos from a loved one when you've barely got food in the house, even more good fun.

Ideally, it's a long day of productivity for me tomorrow. Wish me luck. An' somebody please be kind enough to make sure I'm still not in SD county after 5pm. Otherwise, my parents'll be stuck at the LAX waiting for me.
Not good fun.

Lakers in 6.

That's my prediction. Want to say 5 but 6 games'll make life more interesting.
Sacramento fans, good fun.
Went an' gave Kobe food poisoning.
"Look! It's Kobe Bryant. Quick, spit in his food or something."

Parents.... Phillipines....
no food....
stomach growling....
vision fading....
pack of mini oreos

*munch munch*

...strength returning...
sentences becoming more complete

So yea, sorta realizing that we should've rationed out the food we had at the beginning a lil' better.
That, and my older brother would've messed up any attempts to do so.
Took my bottle of champagne w/ him when he left our house this weekend. Also bought some food an' didn't bother to offer any of it to us. A nice contrast to how when I leave food in the refrigerator he goes an' eats it w/o askin or a second thought.
Thinkin' my lil' brother's the only one that deserves appreciation at the moment.

solar-powered flashlights, good fun.

Some people have told me I should post more often.....
These people need to get to know me better.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Please direct them to howslife14@aol.com
Apparently some bastard already took howslife@aol.com, howslife@yahoo.com, an' howslife@hotmail.com.
Who wants to help me flood them w/ junk mail for no reason at all? Just kidding folks. It's good to know that there are other people interested in the welfare of your life.

Boonevile

San Marcos, CA

You know.
That one place w/ the Cal State.
Two drive-thru starbucks.
A big 21 screen Edwards Cinema.
Restaraunt row. Fine dining that doesn't discriminate.
Many furniture stores.
A boba place.
A filipino depot an' a filipino fast food place.
An' cows. Lots of cows. The new high school they're building there's gettin' built on what used to be the ol' dairy. Next to even more cows.
Some of my teachers in high school used to complain 'bout having to avoid cows while driving to school.
Those were the days huh?

Spent many years growing up in San Marcos. A good 13-14 years.
It's amazing to see how many things change over that span of time. We were one of the first five families to move into Paloma. I remember when we first moved into our house, it was surrounded by nothing but hills w/ dirt. The only thing we could do for fun was eat an' go bowling. Saw more wildlife running around (roadrunners an' coyotes, no ACME products). Had no parks to play in. Wore my shorts really high.

[Ed. note: My neighborhood's called Paloma, NOT Santa Fe hills. Don't care what the new home developers think. I moved into Paloma]

*sigh*

Got alot of childhood memories.

Sorta completely forgot what the point was to this post. Oh well, too lazy to come up w/ a post that makes more sense.
Need to worry 'bout finals too.

_______, good fun. Think you've got something that merits bein' added to my list of good fun? Send it my way.

Been awhile since I posted.
Also been awhile since I spent "forever and a day" working on one. =P

Yup.

Happy belated mother's day to everyone out there.
Mine's still over in the homelands.
Need to learn how to cook quality filipino food.
Luckily, Booneville's got a place that does that for me. =)
Just wish that they served lechon (roasted pig) more often.

Cingular, good fun.

Did I ever mention that I have the coolest lil' sis in the world?
Made her list, which means more traffic.
A special "how's life?" to all the new peeps that accidentally clicked on this link.

Speaking of "life", YOU are a plagiarist. =P
Just had to get that out of the way.
Been trying to figure out a design for a nifty "how's life?" bumper sticker recently.
Anybody wanna save me the trouble?

For those that care, yes. I am sick again. But I am starting to get better.
...
It's not like I get sick that often.

Why is it that I'm sick "everytime I talk to you"?
Well, to answer that question I have decided to not even bother to think 'bout answering that question right now. =)
The ghetto nyquil's startin' to kick in now. Parents went an' took my mini-pharmacy w/ them to the Phillipines.
Man.
Need more tylenol, alcohol, an' cash people. Pretty sure I'll feel better if I can get my hands on those.
*HINT HINT* *WINK WINK*

Finals, good fun.

Guess I spoke too soon re: The Lakers.
YOU and your "bad feelings".
Well, I've referred to YOU twice in one day. Quite an accomplishment. Wondering if I should link you...

Naw.
Too lazy. 'Sides. Most of my traffic comes from YOU anyways. I think. =P

So yea.
Apparently I'm most like Fozzie. I don't make THAT MANY lame jokes do I?
Was hoping to be more like the dog who plays piano or maybe the swedish chef, or maybe even one of the cranky ol' men in the balcony that hekkle everyone (I hate bein' sick).

I trust that someone out there 'll be kind enough to take care of me if I start to get out of hand right?

'Nother long meaningful post in the horizon. Plus a couple light ones like why I get sick so much.

Nyquil shots, good fun.

Yesterday we had elections for our cabinet for the 2002-2003 academic year. I was nominated for VP (declined), Treasurer, Pledge Educator (Pledge Dad), Brotherhood Chair, an'd Rush Chair (declined last week, then decided to run again yesterday).

Now standing before you is the Rush Chair.
Really got used to multiple positions.
Was hoping to have either pledge dad or treasurer for next year. Lucked out. It's coo though. The brhos elected're highly qualified for the job an'll probably do a great job.

*sigh*

Never really hit me how much I wanted one of those positions 'til I got home yesterday.
I like keeping busy.
Probably gonna go insane w/ all the freetime I'll have next semester. Yes people, I'll have a job.
But yea. would've liked one of those positions. Keep myself active in my fraternity. Also because I don't see myself bein' active in the spring semester. Got alot of things to take care of an' the spring semester'll be focused on academics. Can't do that if I have to worry 'bout the fraternity an' have myself volunteering for every position. Wished I mentioned this fact to my brhos. Might've changed things.
Oh well, it's in the past.

Lakers in the process of sweeping the Spurs.
I'll be back later.
For now, take care, stay out of jail, and all that other good stuff.

Moldy croissants, good fun.

So yea. Listening to Frank Sinatra and friends playlist right now. Usually that means I'm in a kickback, chill mode thinkin' alot.

*sigh*
Want to know what I'm thinkin' 'bout? K, think I saw some of you nudge in response....

"Reggie's such a sweet guy."
"This is the nicest guy you'll ever have a chance to meet."
"Nice guys finish last."

Can you guess what topic I'm 'bout to venture into?

One part Dad's training on the conduct of a gentleman + a childhood w/ disney = Reggie
I guess I'm a genuinely nice guy. Everybody's been telling me that since the beginning of time. To be honest w/ you though, I'm getting tired of bein' the "nice guy".
The "nice guy" that places you as top priority on his list. The "nice guy" willing to listen an' offer advice everytime you call him up. The "nice guy" who changes his schedule around to take care of you while you're sick because no one else will. The "nice guy" who's taking care of you after a long night of drinking. The "nice guy" that'll loan you money w/o a second thought. The "nice guy" that takes the entire workload on himself so you don't have to.
Always courteous, always accommodating. The "nice guy" that takes in a great deal of S*IT from other people. the "nice guy" that's constantly bein exploited an' taken advantage of. The "nice guy" that, for the most part of his life, has never received respect.

RESPECT

I never really noticed 'til this semester how important that word is to me. Been reflecting w/ Frank for the past few hrs. 'bout the past few days an' the rest of my life. For the most part of my life I have never received respect.
In elementary school: no. because I was the nerdy kid that actually wanted to learn.
In middle school: no. quiet, loners don't get respect.
High school? I worked the pizza cart for half of lunch, was heavily involved w/ the arts, an' for the most part: lost in my own world. So, no.
How 'bout thru acting? A good 10 yrs. of my life devoted to that art. Doesn't mean jack s*it to the people that run auditions. An' most people brush it off w/ a "that's coo" because they don't really know anything 'bout it. Not much respect there.
Singing? 7 some-odd years working on that. Calling me a future member of a "boy band" does not give me respect.
As far as performances go: laughing an' pointing an' throwin crap at me while I'm performing is not showin' me respect either.

How 'bout college? You'd think that bein' a mature adult attending college that you'd receive respect right? Not really. I've been part of a RESPECTABLE fraternity for the past 2 years an' have received nothing but crap from many people.
Why?
If you're goin' to have a grudge against myself or my brhos at least have the common decency to hold your comments to yourself or for a private setting. Look around at where you are before you start anything. Your immature antics affect more than yourself you realize that right? And if you still insist on talking, tell it to our faces.
Some say that it's just words.

Words huh?
Is that how much devotion, time, and love you put into your organization?
Your "words" cause disrespect to our fraternity. A fraternity where every single one of us is willing to do anything. We wear our letters w/ pride because we know that they stand for something. That there's an actual purpose to our fraternity. We will not just kickback an' have you disregard all our achievements and all of our hard work. The constant public disrespect is something we're all fed up with. Is it really that hard to hold your toungue? What the hell do you think you are accomplishing? You'd think that if you're old enough to drink, you'd be old enough to think.

The "nice guy". Am I goin' to stop bein' one? No. Why should I add one more jackass, dips*it to our world's population?

I've been told that my lovelife is complicated.

Really?
A three year relationship w/ my first g/f that ended on a really bad point. Four to five some-odd years enjoying the single life after that.

Not too complicated right?
Eh. The complicated part's when life decides to offer me a chance to change my single status.

"When it rains, it pours."

That's what a good friend tells me when he looks at my past situations. I guess it works. Life never introduces one potential interest to me. You know, the one that stops the whole world for me, makes my knees weak, makes my heart skips a beat, gives me a hard-on, all that good stuff.
No. Life is a very interesting entity that likes to use me as it's personal plaything. Always multiple interests directed towards me. Like Prom my Junior year in high school where I decided not to go because no one wanted me to take them an' I wanted to save up some cash to go skydiving. Stupid me, supposedly there were 7 ladies that wanted me to go w/ them that night. Great that I hear 'bout that AFTER prom was over. Up that number to 10 for my senior year.

So how come Reggie was still single entering college? I've got a bunch excuses. But it all boils down to me runnin' away an' hiding in a corner not wanting to deal w/ relationships. I also didn't want to cause pain to the others by deciding on one. Figured I'd rather deal w/ it.
Fast forward to this year. Spring Semester. Life decides to stir up a storm again. This time I ended up changing my single status an' am now happily involved in a realtionship. Just don't tell my parents. =P [Future post]

What's the point of this post? Well, after making my decision I've found that there's now alot of hostility an' resentment bein' given to me because of my choice. The following is what I've told a couple people so far. If you feel that you find yourself lying under this category please choose the words that best fit for your situation.

I'm glad that you've decided to tell me how you're feeling regarding my choice while you're [drunk/high/over the phone where we can't talk face to face/behind my back while you're walking away from me/via e-mail] because I truly like to have everything out in the open when it deals w/ me. Now I'm hoping the reason you're telling me this while you're [drunk/high/over the phone where we can't talk face to face/behind my back while you're walking away from me/via e-mail] is because you were too polite to tell me in person. I understand that you're probably telling me this out of the great deal of [love/care] you have towards your [friend/sister/niece/cousin/daughter/co-worker] and I respect that. Your [friend/sister/niece/cousin/daughter/co-worker] is a genuinely great person that will eventually make some lucky person happy for the rest of their lives. That person is not me though. If the world were diffrent, or things went the other way, maybe that wouldn't be true. But it is. Unless you want me seein' both your [friend/sister/niece/cousin/daughter/co-worker] an' my loved one at the same time. I wouldn't like to see that happen an' I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to see that happen. I've caused enough pain, which is why you're holdin' such a strong grudge against me. I don't want to cause more because I never intended to in the first place. If you don't think I feel bad. I do. I only wish the best of things for her. This is just the way things work out I guess. If feeling anger towards me an' leavin' me threatening e-mails, giving me dirty glares, and/or constantly reminding me of how great a person your [friend/sister/niece/cousin/daughter/co-worker] is an' how much I'm missin' out on makes you feel better than please continue to do so. I've said what I've wanted to say.

[Ed. Note: Wish there was a spell check feature for this]

So yea. Scented candles, good fun.

For your enjoyment, some light reading. A copy an' paste deal from an e-mail I received from a good friend.

The word "HELLO" means:
H = How are you?
E = Everything all right?
L = Like to hear from you
L = Love to see you soon!
O = Obviously, I miss you.
So, HELLO!
It has made me smile every time I say hello since then.
So send this message to the people you care about and say HELLO to them!

Hey everyone! "HELLO" an' "How's life?"

So yea. I asked my younger brother Ryan to wash my big ol' bear blankie for me today an' good golly he did it. Never really do appreciate my brothers. 'Specially Ryan. This house would probably go to hell if it was just me taking care of it. Wonder if he's been watering the plants on a regular basis. Well, at least our bird's still alive.

Did I mention that my parents're back in the homeland (Phillipines) an' we've got the house to ourself yet? Can you say "house party"? Only if you want to add "disowned" to that.

Hell week, good fun.