So, finally Harry the cable man comes today. He came early in the morning before I went to class and hooked me up some cable. I had to wake up really early, because he said he was coming at 8:30, but he showed up around 7:30. I am not a morning person at all. I’m so excited, because I am also getting High Speed Internet, but I have to go to Best Buy first and get some modem router thing. It has been really crazy; I have been without Internet since the day I moved. I think that by tomorrow I’ll be hooked up with Internet as well. I can’t wait to go home, chill and watch some TV; I’m so excited, I can’t wait.

I am going to continue my previous story on this post. Ok, so I get back home around seven in the morning, and I my parents are awake, so I go and say hi. My mom was busy getting ready for work, and I offered to open up the store for her; I needed something to keep me busy. She agreed on my offer, and off I went to open up her store, it was nine at the time I got to the store. I stayed there until around noon, my Mom got their eventually, but by noon I was so tired that I couldn’t drive back home. I felt really dizzy, probably from the lack of sleep. So I called my Dad and told him to come get me and drive me back home.

Last week was amazing. On Wednesday I flew to Aruba, and I got there around seven in the evening, and just laidback at home for a bit. I left the house around one in the morning to go out. I picked up a couple friends and we went to this club called Karma until that closed. At Karma I saw some more of my friends, and after it close we drove over to a beach and just chilled there; it was awesome. By the time we left the beach, the sun was already rising. Then I thought why not just stay awake, there’s no point in going to sleep since I wanted to visit my old school, so I stayed up and went back home around seven in the morning. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit tired, but not that much.

Finally, Halloween is coming up and I am really excited about it. I am going home for the weekend as well so I can celebrate it with my friends; and by celebrate I mean going to all the parties. Yeah, and I might also go home a couple days before like I posted earlier, because of paperwork that needs to get done. I can’t express how excited I am to go back home to visit. It will be a blast. Another reason why I am going home is so I can bring my dog over. I am moribund without her. I miss her so much. She is a female Chihuahua named Gia. I cannot wait to see her reactions when she sees me. Dang, I’m talking like she’s a person. She is to me… lol!

Ok, so today Harry the cable man was supposed to pass by the apartment and hook my cable and my internet up, but unfortunately he couldn’t. He called me and told me he was sick, which for some reason I think is bull! I was looking forward to it too, because right now I don’t have internet, and it sucks. I have been feeling great the last couple of days. I went to the movies twice this past week, and I watched “The Prestige,” and “Marie Antoinette.” They were both great movies, I liked them.

P.S. I have no idea where confluence would have been relevant in this entry, so I just decided to write the definition of it down below.

Confluence: a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

This morning when I stepped out of my really amazing apartment, I noticed how chilly the climate was. It was really fresh and breezy; I think it was nice. The past couple of days have been really hot and humid, so that is what I was normally expecting of today until I stepped outside. It was so nice out. My parents are still here, they are leaving tomorrow. There is also a chance that I might be leaving with them, because there is some paperwork that I need to get done back home. I’m not sure yet whether I am going with them. It’ll be nice to go back home for a bit though, even if it’s for paperwork. I wonder how my influx will affect my friends.

All the paperwork for my car is done, even the high-priced insurance. I never knew insurance was so expensive. I mean seriously, I won’t say how much it is, but I think it’s stupid; I know it probably isn’t, but I think it is. Just because I am a teenager the price of insurance goes up. There are so many factors that make up an insurance cost, the car, the driver, and so on. Do they actually think that we party that much, drink that much and all that jazz? Seriously? Anyways… that is all that I wanted to say, that insurance is really expensive! I do not think it should be that pricey.

P.S. I think that insurance companies need to apply ergonomics to their businesses so that their workers can feel better, because that lady that helped us out at the insurance place looked very sick and bored.

Another thing my parents came to check out for me was a car. So we went around a couple dealerships to check some out. Now, for a couple years my Dad promised me a certain car that I got to like over time and that I got obsessed with, but he is not getting me it. The reason he is not getting me the car I want is because I’m also getting an apartment; I understand when he puts it that way. So after so many discussions I finally decide on a reasonably priced car, and we agree on getting it. So we go to the dealership and do all the paperwork which take forever. Now, all I have to do is wait until the wire-transfer clears and then I’ll be able to get my car.

P.S. We had to use the word pontificate in this post, but I didn’t think it was possible, so I just decided to do this instead.

Pontificate: The office or term of office of a pontiff (n.).

It has been a while since my last post. The past week has been really arduous, I was so busy; my parents finally came. My Dad got here first, and then my Mom arrived a couple days later. I have been telling how I hate the dorm rooms, and how I can’t stand living in them; I was even offered a single which I turned down. The dorm lifestyle is just not my thing. My parents are here to get me an apartment. During the past weeks I was assiduously checking out apartments. When my parents got here we checked some out and I finally decided on the one I liked. I wasn’t sure if they were going to get me the one I picked but they did, and I’m really happy they did. They’re the best.

I have thought a lot for my idea on my research topic, but I still have not figured out what I want to do. Right now I am leaning towards cosmetic surgery in teenagers as an idea, but I am not sure. I think that this will be a good idea, because people nowadays need to understand the hardships that come with being a teenager and the pressure to fit it. With the pressure of fitting in comes the pressure to act or look a certain way. Teenagers nowadays are not going to the gym nor eating nutrional food, they are simply giving it all to lie on the operating table. Of course, with the media displaying perfect images, these kids seem to think that this is the way they need to look in order to be accepted. I want to research something along the lines of cosmetic surgery and why it has become part of our culture.

I am so excited, my Dad will be coming this Monday and I can't wait. He is coming to get me a car, I hope. I am also really excited about visiting Aruba for Halloween. It is going to be the best, the people there really go all out with this celebration, everyone dresses up, everyone parties, and everyone stays up all night. I am going to be leaving on Friday the 27th and coming back on Sunday the 29th; it kind of sucks, because the visit is really short. I am probably going to want to stay, because I am going to see all my friends and I am pretty sure that I am going to have a blast.

On Wednesday, the 18th of October I have my written and driving test for my Florida Driver’s License, and I am a bit nervous. Tomorrow I have a driving practice, and a written review for the test; I only hope I do well. Coming from a small island with just two-lane roads I find it a bit nerve-wracking to drive in a place where there are like 5 lanes on each side, but everyone is telling me that it is no big deal. I only hope that everyone is right as well. The visage of my face is going to be so funny when I get behind that wheel. Wish me luck with that too!

Okay, so today I get my Intro to Fashion Test, and while I thought that this time I was going to do better than my last test; I was wrong. On my last test I got a grade of 68, and on this test I got a 64; that is not good. I seriously thought that I was going to do better, but I guess not. I’m fortuitous in some ways though, because other people got much worse grades than what I got. My next test is on Halloween, I am going to try my best to raise my grades. Wish me luck!

Yesterday I had a test in my Intro to Fashion Business class, and I seriously think that I did not so well. I studied a bit for it, but Ms. Dandeo uses many words that don't appear in our book or in our review sheet. I know they are probably there, but it is so hard. I think that this is my hardest class, and I thought it was going to be easy. It definitely is not. I got a grade of 64 on my last test, and that is with some studying done, so I have no clue what I am going to get on this one.

On this post I will be talking about a show that I saw while in Orlando. The show takes place every night around eight at Disney’s MGM Studios. It’s called Fantasmic! The show features Mickey Mouse fighting all of the Disney villains; it actually portrays Mickey as indomitable. It is quite a spectacle. There are water jets, fountains, fireworks, pyrotechnics; all I can say is that this show is amazing. I have never seen anything like it, and I have already seen it twice as well. I don’t think I could ever get sick of it.

Indomitable\in-DOM-ih-tuh-buhl\, adjective: Incapable of being subdued or overcome; unconquerable.

Up to this point I think I have been really keeping up with the posts, even though we are all a bit behind. I never thought this would work out, but so far I think I have been doing well. I have about 14 or 15 posts right now, and I need 45 posts by the end of the semester in December. The posts really give you an opportunity to express yourself and to say what's on your mind. It is similar to a diary I guess. Sometimes it gets kind of tricky though, because there are times where you don’t know what you can write about.

Alejandra just gave me the Driver's License Handbook that I need to study from, and it seems really long, even with the highlighted parts. Now, I feel kind of nervous, but whatever; I'm going to do whatever it takes to get a car. I hope my dad buys me the car I want, not the car he thinks is right for me, because parents are like that. One thing I forgot to mention earlier when writing about my trip to Orlando was that I lost one of my hats at Disney. It was a white Ed Hardy hat. That was kind of sad. I hate when I lose things, I’m sure everyone does as well. It sucks.

In about a week and a half my dad will be coming to Boca to visit me, and get me a car; hopefully. So this week I have to go to the DMV and set up an appointment to get my Driver's License here. Alejandra is lending me her books so I can study. She passed the test a couple of weeks ago, so she's going to help me study for it.
She told me not to worry, because it won’t be as hard as I am assuming it to be. I only hope she is right, because I really want a car. I can’t live without one.

This past weekend was a blast. I went to Orlando to see my family and had a really good time. We went to most of the parks such as Disney's Magic Kingdom, MGM, and Universal Studios. We spent quite some on my niece though, so I didn't get to go to most of the rides that I wanted to. She is 9 years old and she kind of wanted to do most of the kiddie rides, so we had to go with her to most of them. We also had the best meals, the food was really good. Overall, I had a really good time. It was fun seeing some of my family again. Now I feel homesick!