The Red Balloon

Rediscovering this world with the realization of an adult but the nuances of a child carrying a brand-new red balloon as it trails behind them in playful glee.

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Living the life of an excentric elfen artist in a world of logic and numbers.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

A long Trek


So i'm in Tempe, Arizona for the Texas Tech Bowl against Minnesota.

I got on the bus at 5:30 in the evening and didn't arive here until 5:00 in the evening. Shoot me...i know.
So we finally got to Tempe after a lay over in San Antonio, and a beautiful breakfast at El Paso (pretty sunrise), and a stop in Tuscon. There was an Its-a-Grinde there in Tuscon and it was my little ray of hope. It made me happy. It really got me through the rest of the trip. When we finally arived in Tempe, Patrick and his fiance were waiting for me there. It was awsome seeing them. It was more fun hanging out with them. The band had a rehursal at 6 so we had a quick recovery in the hotel then we were off to Tempe High for a rehursal on a field with no yard lines. That was scary. The entire band really didn't know what to do, on top of that it rained. Yes, it rained int the desert. weird i know.

After rehursal we went back to the hotel and Patrick took Tyler and I out for a late night dinner. It was fun hanging out with everybody. we laughed alot. finally, after all of that Tyler and I watched TV for alittle while longer then i kicked him out and i took a shower and am about to go to bed. Oh how i'm tired but all of my roommates are snorring and are about 50 lbs larger than i am....this should be interesing...shoot me again.

Anywhos...off to bed! *huggles*

-Reijn

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Counting down to...what?


i went to a party at Tan's place. It was fun. we hung out, sang, played music, talked. It was a fun time. I took Read with me since Joey decided that he was not going to show up. We drove to the party, and partied, left, went back to his place for awhile then i went home. At his place, i picked up my computer and we talked for alittle while. It was nice. Its nice to have a friend here in houston who is like me. We are both liberal for our households, so its nice to have someone you can confide in. We are planning to hang out some more tomorrow.

Oh right! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. opps...totally forgot. I guess i have to actually break down and say: Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas my dear and devoted readers!
*huggles*

-Reijn

Friday, December 22, 2006

Skies are Blue


Well, i am back in Sugar Land for the holidays. I don't know if this is a good thing but i'm here none-the-less. I spent two days in Austin before comming down to Houston. Derek took be down to a park near his house. We walked amongst the trees and sat over the lake. It was beautiful and very romantic. Clear sky with beautiful stars, a quiet lake, slight breaze, and a a forest behind us, made the entire night magical.

The day after, we hung out with one of Derek's friend from high school. We played around at Guitar Center and then we went to a restraunt called The Flire Bowl. We had real Asian food. We hadn't had asian food in so long. Lubbock doesn't have any good oriental food. Now, there is a Phillipino Restraunt that we haven't tried...its in a hole in the wall but it looks good. So, from Austin we went to Houston.

As soon as we arived in houston we went to a church band party. It was so nice to see everybody from church again. We all sang and played and just enjoyed everybody's company. It was wonderful. The next day, Derek and I just hung out around the house not really doing anything. That evening we went to a "party"...more like a get-together with several of my highschool buddies. The ones that i cared about, went for icecream with derek and me. We all chatted and had a wonderful time. I got to see Alfrado off before he goes back to Mexico then on to England. I may see him one more time before he leaves, but we'll see what happens. Every night Derek and i stayed up watching Adult Swim together. It was nice just spending time with him in houston just chilling. The next day, Derek and I went out to a movie. We saw Erigon, and we didn't like it very much. He liked it more than i did. I felt like it was the classic fantasy formula. *shrugs* We also hit up Chipotle for lunch. That night, we went to the Nakanichi's restraunt that they own in Houston. It was wonderful. Dad just ordered stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. I have never seen so much food! EVER. I stuffed myself completely. I'm still full from that meal. Absolutely amazing. It was for making the Dean's List. I managed to pull a 3.5 for this semester, and made the dean's list. It was wonderful. After waddling to the car, Derek and i crashed. We were so full, we hadn't eatten that well in ages. I was able to convince Derek to stay in Houston one more day. That day was spent, just chilling for the most part. We did go out with the Counterpart girls for dinner. He said that he liked them. Which was good. Many people that i have dated really didn't like them, but what can you say? Oh well.

Derek left yesterday, and made it back to Austin. The traffic was horrific. It had been raining for the past couple of days, and yesterday was no exception. That and everybody was trying to get shopping in for the holidays. Sugar Land amazes me every time i come home, its so busy and the drivers suck. Mom and i went shopping. I needed a new pair of jeans...badly.

Well, all in all, i'm home. Mandy is great. Tessie is the usual hedghog that she is. Dad is getting fat and is testy with me all the time, and mom always worries. Peter is a prick like always...thats my baby brother for you! I love him to pieces.

Tonight i am going to Tan's party with Read. Joey isn't showing up...its probally for the better.

I hope to hang out with Amanda sometime soon. So we'll see.

*huggles* all.

-Reijn

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Lubbock in My Rear View Mirror


i'm done! And i'm outta here! I may be able to pull that 3.5 average...then the Dean's List! Either way, i'm headed out of Lubbock...on to Austin....then Houston! TTYL!

-Reijn

Monday, December 11, 2006

Finishing Up


So i am almost finished with everything. I have one more final left. Its Art History Survey II and its going to kick my ass...but oh well. I just took my Design II exam and turned in my last project. It turned out pretty cool. I made nymph houses out of wood. Once i get a picture i will post it on here. My prof is going to make professional images of our last projects. I can't wait because it will look cool. I got a CD of images of all my projects and they look professional! I feel like a real artist for once...with professional work! *blushes* its almost comical.

So i'm really tired. I really don't know why. I have been getting alot of sleep lately. It may be the fact that i've been drinking alot of caffene to keep me going. I don't know. Either way, i'm tired...and i'm so ready to just chill, and get this semester over with. I need to call Aaron Brothers and inform them of my situation. Oh, i can't wait to read my creative writing instructor's responces to my fictional short story. I want to know about my Art History paper too...i guess i'll find that out on wednesday. *sighs* its the end of the semester! Its so obvious! *laughs*

Good luck to all of you that are going though finals...and those who are not! Lucky!

-Reijn

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Yahoo's Experts


Stopping Shopping at Christmas
Posted by Patrick Moore
on Thu, Dec 07, 2006, 1:48 am PST

In my experience, shopping and gift giving ruin Christmas. Not only do they cause incredible stress, the nicely wrapped present is often given to make up for not using The Principles during the rest of the year. If I have treated people with compassion, been honest, and taken responsibility for my own actions, I feel little need to cap-off the year with some shiny bauble. My actions should be evidence enough of my regard for you.

This also works the other way. Many of the people who love me are generous to a fault. While I am grateful for their gifts, I don't need a single one of them. In so many ways throughout the year, these people have supported, encouraged, and accepted me. Do I really need a watch or a sweater as further evidence of their love?

Perhaps some of you remember the O. Henry Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi." In it, a poor husband and wife desperately want to give one another gifts at Christmas to demonstrate their love. The wife wants to give her husband an expensive fob chain to accessorize his prize possession - a gold watch that had belonged to his father and grandfather. To buy the chain, she cuts off and sells her beautiful long hair. On Christmas Eve, when she presents her husband with the gift, he reveals that he has sold the watch to buy her a set of jeweled, tortoise shell combs for her spectacular hair. Both hair and watch are gone, making the gifts all the more poignant.

The supposed lesson of the story is that the true gift that the couple gave one another was love. But the story always seemed deeply sad to me because it supposes that two people who adore one another are so insecure in their love that they have to prove it in the form of material objects.

I wonder how many poor but good people believe themselves to be failures during Christmas because they cannot afford extravagant gifts. On the other hand, I suspect many people who receive spectacular presents don't really enjoy them as much as they would like.

The material world crumbles into ruin. Objects - large and small, treasured and insignificant - break and are lost. Anything that can be held disappears. This, I think, is the sadness that I feel about gifts. No matter how thoughtful or precious those gifts are they can never compare to the love I give and receive.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Bowling




Date: Friday, December 29
Site: Sun Devil Stadium (56,000)
Kick-Off: 6:00 p.m. MST (8:00 p.m. EST)
Television: NFL Network


Texas Tech recieved the Insight Bowl bid against Minnesota. We are headed to Arizona. Crazy. I will be leaving Houston on the 26th and be comming back to h-town on the 31st. Its a week. And i'm not happy about it. The Houston kids are going to be on a bus for about 24 hours. Not fun at all. I really am not looking forward to a 24 hour bus ride. I hate bus rides to begin with. It doesn't help that it will be a stuffed bus full of kids, it gets worse...these kids won't get a wink of sleep etc. until we hit Arizona. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I'm going to see if i can get a rechargeable battery so i can hook up my laptop and work on it....or something. Bleh bleh bleh. I'm not happy, though it will be fun. Its looking like i won't be able to work this winter at all just because i will be working for 2 weeks at the most. Bleh, it sucks...horribly.

That and i'm tired as hell. I think i'm going to 86 homework today...and hit it hard tomorrow. Yeah, that sounds good.

-Reijn