M0ViNG T0 L.A. 0R SAN DiEG0??

AFTER THiS SEMESTER 0F SCH00L, ME AND My BESTFRiEND ERiKA DECiDED WE WANT T0 GET 0UT 0F 0XNARD. i FEEL LiKE i AM GETTING T0 DiSTRACTED AND S0 D0ES SHE. SHE iS CURRENTLy G0iNG T0 AVEiDA BEAUTy SCH00L iN WEST H0LLyW00D BUT SHE DRiVES UP THERE EVERyDAy AND WANTS T0 M0VE UP THERE T0 AV0ID THE DRiVE. i W0ULD L0VE T0 LiVE iN L.A AND i CAN G0 T0 SANTA M0NiCA CC S0 iM ALL F0R iT, BUT AT THE SAME TiME i L0VE SAN DiEG0 AND W0ULD RATHER LiVE THERE BECAUSE AFTER My TW0 yEARS 0F GENERAL ED i CAN G0 T0 UCSD. ERiKA CAN TRANSFER T0 THE AVEiDA iN S.D AND SHE ALS0 W0ULDN'T MiND LiViNG THERE. THE HARD PART iS MAKiNG THE DECiSi0N.. THiS iS BECAUSE WE STiLL WANT T0 SEE 0UR FRiENDS AND 0UR FAMiLiES S0 WE ASKED 0URSELVES.. iS SAN DiEG0 T0 FAR? iS L.A T00 CL0SE? WHERE W0ULD WE FEEL M0RE C0MF0RTABLE? WHAT W0ULD BE CHEAPER AND EASiER? WE BEGAN L00KING F0R APARMENTS AND WE N0TiCED WE LiKED A L0T M0RE APARTMENTS iN L.A. THEN WE DiD iN S.D. WE ALS0 TALKED T0 0UR FRiENDS AND FAMiLy, M0ST 0F THEM D0NT AGREE WiTH US M0ViNG BUT A L0T 0F THEM SAiD L.A. CAUSE iTS N0T T00 FAR F0R THEM T0 ViSiT. WHiCH iS TRUE.

WE STiLL HAVENT MADE A DECiSi0N.. BUT i THiNK WE ARE LEANiNG M0RE T0 M0ViNG T0 L.A.

My FiRST TATT00..

F0R LiKE SiX M0NTHS N0W i HAVE STRUGGLED 0N DECiDiNG WHAT i WANTED T0 GET AS My FiRST TATT00. i WANTED T0 GET S0METHiNG MEANiNGFUL yET CUTE AND SiMPLE. AT FiRST I WANTED T0 GET MY WH0LE SiDE D0NE BUT i WAS T0LD i CANT D0 THAT BECAUSE 0F M0DELiNG. i WAS S0 DETERMiNED T0 GET 0NE S0 i TH0UGHT 0KAyy... iLL NEED T0 GET S0METHiNG SMALL AND S0MEWHERE i CAN C0VER iT.

i TH0UGHT MAyBE i CAN GET A HEART, FL0WER, A STAR 0R S0ME S0RT 0F DESiGN BUT i JUST TH0UGHT EVERy0NE HAS 0NE 0F TH0SE AND i NEVER F0UND 0NE i LiKED EN0UGH T0 TATT00 0N My B0Dy. THEN i TH0UGHT MAyBE LiKE A W0RD 0R S0METHiNG LiKE THAT.. BUUUUUT i TH0UGHT THAT WAS T000 SiMPLE AND B0RiNG. i REALLy C0ULDNT THiNK 0F ANyTHiNG.

THEN i TH0UGHT 0KAy.. WHAT iF i GET A MEANiNGFUL W0RD BUT iN DiFFERENT WRiTTiNG AND LANGUAGE. i THEN L00KED UP DiFFERENT WRiTiNGS i W0ULD LiKE BUT THEN REALiZED, WHAT D0ES THiS LANGUAGE AND WRiTiNG MEAN T0 ME?

THAT iS WHEN i DECiDED T0 GET A LANGUAGE 0F My ETHNICiTy.. WELL i AM MEXiCAN, iTALiAN, GERMAN, SPANiSH, AND PUERT0 RiCAN. AND MEXICANS, SPANiARDS, AND PUERT0 RiCANS ALL SPEAK SPANISH S0 ALL i HAD T0 CH0SE FR0M WAS THAT, iTALIAN AND GERMAN.

THiNKiNG AB0UT iT, i DECIDED i LiKED H0W THE iTALiAN LANGUAGE WAS SP0KE BETTER THEN ANyTHiNG ELSE. i THEN CH0SE A W0RD, DREAMER, CAUSE i L0VE T0 DREAM AND i BELiEVE THAT THEy REALLy D0 C0ME TRUE. iN iTALiAN DREAMER iS SAiD, S0GNAT0RE.

THAT WEEK ME AND BESTFRIEND WENT T0 JiMMyS TATT00 SH0P AND i G0T My TATT00 0N THE SIDE 0F My WRiST REALLy SMALL S0 iTS N0T T00 MUCH. i HAVE HAD My TATT00 F0R A WEEK AND FiVE DAyS N0W.. AND i L0VE iT:]

M0T0RCyCLE 0R CAR?

My M0M GAVE ME THiS LECTURE THE 0THER DAy AB0UT H0W i NEED T0 START FiNDiNG AN0THER WAy AR0UND 0R i NEED T0 GET My LiCENSE T0 DRiVE MySELF AR0UND. yES i AM EiGHTEEN AND STiLL D0NT HAVE A LICENSE, BUT i KN0W H0W T0 DRiVE.. ACTUALLy iM A REALLy G00D DRiVER! S0 i WAS THiNKiNG AB0UT ALL THiS AND i HAVE BEEN WANTiNG A M0T0RCYLCE F0R A REALLy L0NG TiME JUST NEVER G0T SERi0US AB0UT iT AND THEy ARENT EXPENSiVE AT ALL S0 i TH0UGHT iT W0ULD BE A G00D IDEA T0 GET 0NE. yEAH THEy ARE DANGER0US AND i CAN 0NLy FiT ME AND AN0THER PERS0N BUT iF i NEED A CAR i CAN JUST USE My M0MS. PLUS THEy ARE A L0T M0RE FUN AND A L0T CHEAPER 0N GAS. i T0LD My M0M My iDEA AND SHE FREAKED.. S0 DiD EVERy0NE ELSE BUT i REALLy WANT 0NE. i EVEN HAVE iT ALL PLANNED 0UT. i WANT A KAWASAKi NiNJA 250 [ iTS A BEGiNNERS BiKE] S0 i W0NT KiLL MySELF AND i WANT iT ALL BLACK WiTH THE OUTLiNiNG 0F THE RIMS BURGUNDy.. S0 WHAT D0 y0U GUyS THiNK SH0ULD i GET THE M0T0RCyLCE 0R STICK T0 GETTING My LiCENSE AND THE CAR??