Goodbye Waves & Driveways.

valgal @ 2005-07-07T12:07:00

2005-07-07T19:06:11Z

hi loves. this is a weird entry for me to make.
The use of this journal as of now is being discontinued.
I can't give you details here, other than one of the reasons was that my journal was hacked into. and I obviously got it back thanks to the help of some computer geniuses. But out of safety and a few other reasons, this journal will only exist for archiving purposes.
love you guys. you know where to find me.
.val_chan

valgal @ 2005-07-06T21:57:00

2005-07-07T05:00:46Z

You are so cute. I am so cute. Lets hug.

valgal @ 2005-07-05T01:09:00

2005-07-05T08:22:17Z

Tonight was exactly what I needed.
Tumbleweed Park for the 3rd year in a row.
Every year it seems to get better
this year won by a landslide.

Brandon won the hoolah hoop contest! He won me a light-up pacifier :)

seeeeee?

gorgeous.

No one there could even handle how cool the Eric Ross and the Val were.

:)

We grew dinosaurs in a cup.
we had an adventure with a dog named Princess
Eric Jenna and I predicted the color of the fireworks
and eventually just fell silent and watched.
I put my camera down, looked at the people around me, closed my eyes, and smiled.

Happy 3 years, Ali.

valgal @ 2005-07-02T18:01:00

2005-07-03T01:43:54Z

So I tend to do these entries during the summer or over the breaks.
June came and went too quickly. and already for us Chandler kids, Summer's half over.
here was my
I grew really close to people this month and they came to mean the world to me

my ladies

and of course my boys

I had my first Falcon Adventure. It was so much fun! I got the opportunity to hang out with Michelle, get to know Danny better (who's amazing!) and just be a part of that fun group

Then my trip to Mexico with my family. It was great getting to spend time with my cousins, and of course Megan :)

The first night back from Mexico was so simple yet so fun. Brit was so sweet to me. I LOVED the Coffee Cricket and the music. it was nice returning to East Mesa and not just to visit old friends. David and I had some really good talks that evening, and I think that's the best time I've had with him in a long time.

iji was such a huge part of June. Though Freeji was by far the most amazing because of the people, the set, the dancing, and hanging out afterwards, each show was so much fun and I loved making shirts with my lovelies

The first Hoo Hah Tuesday!

Girls night. my ladies. My loves :)

June.

Bring it on, July ;)

valgal @ 2005-07-01T00:05:00

2005-07-01T07:03:52Z

Girls night was super amazing
ladies, I love you.
I was bored so I made icons.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
hah. i'm so lame.
if you wanna use one just comment and tell me :)

too lazy to do a filter, but if you're not any of these ladies just skip this entry. hah.

2005-06-29T17:35:59Z

Ladies, (Brit, Jenna, Michelle, Megan)
Girls night is tonight.
Here's what I'm thinking:
around six or seven, I pick you guys up and we go out to dinner
(Brit, do you think you'll be at Zach's so you and Miche will be pretty much in the same area?)
Then we go shopping for a bit (Mall, Ulta, Ross, whatever we feel up to)
Then we buy icecream stuff at the gorcery store and make banana splits or something and come back to my house or go to a park and play with sidewalk chalk and be girls.
sound good? any other ideas let me know. I'll be babysitting all day but I will have my phone, plus I should be online.
Let me know if you can/can't go and I'll be calling all of you :) :) :)

valgal @ 2005-06-27T14:04:00

2005-06-27T21:02:36Z

a lot has happened and there's so much to say but just nothing is as important as this...

JENNA GOT INTO INTERLOCHEN!!!!!

I'm so happy for her......:)

valgal @ 2005-06-26T08:58:00

2005-06-26T15:59:58Z

Miche put these in her journal a while back and they make me happy

valgal @ 2005-06-26T03:12:00

2005-06-26T10:15:14Z

So I've stayed up past three tonight watching Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, Kodocha, and Fooly Cooly.
yay

I babysat tonight. My Zacheri and Brit came and kept me company. I had fun. they made me laugh a lot and I liked our group hug

tomorrow I'm doing a photoshoot for this one lady who wants nice pictures of her daughter
i'm nervous

jenna tomorrow :) :) :)

i'd say the hardest part about getting new friends for me is a lot of them either misread my need for closeness (lots of hugs) or it makes them uncomfortable.
I think someone should volunteer to be my cuddlebug.

love&peace.

valgal @ 2005-06-25T14:38:00

2005-06-25T21:38:07Z

I re-did my journal for the first time in months. Still love the hellogoodbye. just wanted a change.
Its a Tribute to anime couple Ranma and Akane accompanied with lyrics to Goodbye Waves and Driveways by the Rocket Summer that represent how they always bicker but really love eachother. Anyways, I made the background and i think it came out really pretty :) so check it out.

valgal @ 2005-06-24T23:59:00

2005-06-25T07:11:31Z

Do I need to justify why I hang out with them? I just love them lots and they make me feel loved too. theyre excellent kids.
and thats that. so dont try to read into it too much.
you're all excellent kids too :)

Anyways. Today, my good mood was completely brought down and I ended up really bummed so I blew $20 at Atomic Comics on Kodocha and Ah! My Goddess Manga and a Nehi Peach soda. It did actually make me feel better. weird.
then babysitting.

Then I picked up Megan and we stopped in at Neckbeard's to see iji play. Then we kidnapped Brit :) :) :) and got BLT pizza from the California Pizza Kitchen and took it back to my house where we watched Love Hina and Fushigi Yuugi. Then we had girl talk in my room and that was nice. I don't get that too much sicne I have so many guy friends. heh.

Next we met back up with everyone at IHOP. Megan and I only stuck around for about 10 minutes but we laughed so much in that time.

tommorrow's Chandler's last night without a Jenna. She comes back Sunday :)

valgal @ 2005-06-24T08:43:00

2005-06-24T15:52:08Z

I'm in such an unbelievably good mood!
Tonight I'm having an adventure with Megan and Travis and hopefully Eric
My mom's gone for the weekend (love her to death, but its nice when shes gone jsut for a few days because I get later curfews and dont have chores)
Jenna comes back Sunday!!
I have a date with Jason Smith on Monday :)

Ah yes. I'm a happy little Val.

valgal @ 2005-06-24T00:29:00

2005-06-24T07:40:04Z

Tonight was delightful. I picked up Megan, Luke, and Travis and we met up with Brit and Zach at Floridino's. Zach picked up Doug and Nate, then we went in search of an adventure but were run out by security guards in cars and helicoptors and trucks. It was pretty intense.
then we randomly elected to end the driving adventure and save gas money, so my car
went back to Luke's while jamming to the new Backstreet Boys CD. Zach followed so we thought it'd be funny if I pulled into his space in the garage. So I did and then ran into the house as Luke proceeded to lock every door. we started watching Reno 911 when I realized I'd left my phone in the car so Luke went to go get it for me, when we heard him start laughing.

Zach Burba, you are a genius.

My friends are amazing and I'd be one sad kiddo without them.
tonight was excellent.

valgal @ 2005-06-23T13:32:00

2005-06-23T21:14:43Z

this is probably one of the nerdiest entries I will ever write
but if you think anime is nerdy, don't let that scare you away. take this as an opportunity to open your mind and become addicted like me! haha
In all seriousness, I've had a lot of people tell me they've never seen anime before and have asked whats good and what they should watch.
So, here's my top ten reccommendations if you wanna expand outside the typical Sailor Moon and Pokemon in America.

Inuyasha's an excellent place to start. The dub definately does the original justice, so no subtitles for you lazy kids who don't like reading. The plot revolves around Kagome, a highschooler who falls into a well and is transported to an ancient time. She joins with Inuyasha, a half-demon to collect shards of a powerful jewel. (Inuyasha wants the jewel to turn him into a full demon while Kagome wants to stop it from falling into the wrong hands). They meet with plenty of interesting characters, my personal favorite being Miroku, a lecherous and perverted monk who's favorite pick up line includes asking a pretty girl to bear him a son.
There's romance and cutsie characters along with plenty of battle scenes and dark villians, so this series is good for both guys and girls to watch (we call that shounen/shoujo anime series).

Ranma 1/2 is also by Rumiko Takahashi (same creator ask Inuyasha). But if you're looking for a series with a good storyline, go somewhere else. While Inuyasha's series has a point, Ranma 1/2 doesn't. The main character, Ranma, falls into a cursed spring and now everytime he comes into contact with cold water, he turns into a girl, while hot water turns him back. (His girl transformations result in some unneccesary nudity at times...) Other characters end up with similar curses such as a panda, a cat, a goose, and a pig. The show is very funny with plenty of quirky characters such as Ukyo who's choice of weapon is a giant spatula, Shampoo the cutsie girl from the amazon, the cunning, blackmailing, money-obsessed Nabiki, and Ryoga the lost boy who cant even turn a corner without losing all sense of direction. Ranma is quite the ladies man, and ends up with about four fiancees who constantly fight over him. The series is extremely long and made up of random side plots and stange forms of matial arts battles, so if you don't have patience for watching a series from beginning to end, this is a great one to pick up and just watch an episode of two.

Speaking of Ladies Men, lets get to Tenchi Muyo. Tenchi Universe. Tenchi In Tokyo. all of these are different seasons of the series about a boy who ends up with seven girls from outer space in his home such as Ayeka the princess of the Planet Jurai, a Space Pirate wanted galaxy-wide named Ryoko, two Galaxy police Officers Mihoshi and Kiyone, little princess Sasami with her Cabbit (cat/Rabbit) Ryo-Ohki, and a mad scientist named Washu. I would say this is more girl orientied or Shoujo, though there are parts of the series that are more shounen and have pretty intesne battle scenes. Though i'd say half the fun of the series is rooting for your favorite female to win Tenchi's heart, and laughing at the hilarity of what fools they all make of themselves in the process.

A little less obvious of a ladies man is Keitaro from Love Hina (he's in my lj icon!) First off, I would ABSOLUTELY NOT reccommend this series to a first timer to anime, seeing as the series has a lot of nudity and can get extremely perverted. Love Hina is another very random series, but does have a point hiding behind all the chaos. Plus, the perversion just adds to the hilarity of the series.
Keitaro is your basic loser, living at home and failing his prep school trying to get into a top University to fulfill a childhood promise to a girl that he'd meet her there one day. yet, he cant even remember the girl's name or face. He ends up getting a job as manager of an all-girls dormitory where he gets picked on and beat up all the time. There's the shy Shinobu, violent Naru, sly and alcoholic Kitsune, hyperactive Kaolla, kendo master Matoko, and extremely ditzy Mitsune. The series follows the storyline of figuring out who Keitaro's promised girl is as he keeps trying to get into Tokyo University, falling in love and having others fall in love with him along the way. Very much a Shoujo anime, though guys would definiately find the perversion funny and entertaining as well.

So lets get the other Shoujo anime series out of the way. Ah! My Goddess has a storyline that gets right the the point, especially being that its only six episodes and one full length movie long. So this is another good one for those not wanting anything long. Keiichi accidently dials the goddess hotline and reaches the gorgeous goddess Belldandy, who agrees to grant him one wish. He wishes for a beautiful girlfriend just like her. She stays with him and the fall in t=love, thus provoking the arrival of her sisters Urd and Skuld who attempt to bring Belldandy back. Veery very cute series...extremely Shoujo seeing as all of the plot revolves around romance. So unless youre a male with hopless romantic characterists, I'd advice leaving this one for the ladies ;)

This is one of my absolute favorite series. Its a very long one, 72 episodes plus two movies, but so good. the character development is amazing, and the series caused me to cry at least at three different points. Also very shoujo and cutsie, but with clever humor and battles scenes to keep the guys at least halfway interested. Sakura is the cardcaptor who must capture and then convert all 52 cards of the clow. Her best friend Tomoyo (who loves Sakura maybe even a little too much...) follows her around with a video camera as her guardian beast of the clow (in the form of a stuffed animal), Kero aids her however he can. She's joined by Syaoran Li and his fiancee/cousin Meling Li to help capture the cards. Love, sillyness, fighting...everything. too much to cover. just....a great series.
NOTE: if you have seen American version Cardcaptors, you havent seen this series. its genius only exisits in the original, uncut, subtitled japanese version.

This is a difficult one to stomach. Not only have I only seen it because I buy bootleg copies (its not released in America) but the subtitles require quick reading being that the main character is dangerously hyper and is constantly breaking out into songs or rants all over the place. the plot is extremely stange. Sana is a child actor who's manager is her boyfriend (she calls him her pimp) at the beginning of the series. Her classroom has been overrun by the boys of the class and their leader, Hayama, leaving the teacher in tears every day as the boys toss around waterballoons filled with ink and just stir up trouble.
The series has many plots, but revolves mostly around Sana and Hayama's rivalry, taming of Hayama, and the friendship that grows out of rivalry as she finds out his problems at home and such
The series can be annoying at times, but is HILARIOUS and does have its deep moments.

Time for some Shounen anime. I'm a terrible person to write up a plot for this series because its been so long since I've seen it. Basically, Spike's group are a bunch of Space Cowboys who take on tons of interesting missions. The series can be funny, but is far from light hearted, dealing with death, separation, and inspiring outlooks on life. If you think anime is nerdy or silly, watch this series. You'll change your mind.

Another one of my favorites. Also shounen, but girls can definately enjoy this as well seeing as how Vash is a silly guy that just makes ya smile, and even crack up at times. Vash the Stampede has the reputaton of being a humanoid Typhoon, or some heartless man who tears through town destroying them to the ground. When in reality, he's never killed a single person. his motto is love and peace, and he touches those who come into contact with him such as the twisted traveling preist Wolfwood, and the insurance girls trailing Vash, Meryl and Millie. This series also gets less light hearted towards the end and definately made me bawl. the messages in the series are amazing, especially when learning about Vash's painful past.
I HIGHLY reccommend this series to anyone.

This is the series I'm watching right now, sicne I never finished it when I first watched it back in teh seventh grade. Its about two best friends who get transported to an ancient time through a book and become separted. one becomes the Preistess of Suzaku, the other of Seiryuu. In their seperation, they are turned against one another. Miaka sets out to gather her warriors, the Suzaku Seven, to summon Suzaku and wish herself back to her world as well as make this write with her ex-best friend Yui before she can summon Seiryuu. The show is for the most part light hearted and absolutely hilarious, though not a good series for a first timer to anime being that it does deal with rape, suicide, and depression. The characters in this series as well are just amazing, my favorite being Chichiri, the cheeful monk who hides his pain and scarred face behind a smiling mask. Another being Tasuki, a smart-alec and goofy bandit.

So there you have it. My top anime reccommendations. The best part? I have all of those series under my own roof!
Anyone wanna throw together an anime party? Im serious, popcorn, pizza, spaghetti...ramen? lots of things. My house. Anime. For hours. All of you are invited. now who wants to come?

valgal @ 2005-06-23T11:24:00

2005-06-23T18:34:07Z

I think its silly when it get to the point that I type an entry about my day and it bothers me that I don't have pictures to post with it

yesterday I did some community service with Dylan and then he helped me babysit. We watched A LOT of Inuyasha and Love Hina Again. it was quite the anime marathon.

Then I picked up Luke, Nate, Travis, and Michelle and brought them back to my house where Eric and Megan got dropped off. It was kinda cute when David and T sped off without saying hi because i was like 4 minutes late back. anyways.
We ordered Pizza and watched Harry Potter 2. Travis and Eric got pretty bored and went outside to go look for my turtle.
(I think its funny how Travis was asking me how I knew Tama (my turtle) wasn't a water turtle, and this morning we found him swimming like the best fish in the world in our pool. amaaaaazing!)

The evening was pretty chill. All of those kids are so hilarious and sweet and make me happy.
I hope everyone who came had fun :)

valgal @ 2005-06-21T21:03:00

2005-06-22T04:04:59Z

Today was a lot of fun.
Thank you Luke, Travis, Nate, and Eric for the awesome afternoon :) I have so much fun with you guys.
anyways.

NATE!

LUKE!

ERIC!

TRAVIS!

I spent a lot of time on that last one and am very pleased with how it came out :)
so tell me what you think!
and definately take a sec to check out the Pegasi!
http://www.myspace.com/thepegasi

oh and Miche, wanna come over tomorrow evening to watch Harry Potter???

valgal @ 2005-06-21T00:51:00

2005-06-21T08:00:13Z

picture update

(I love this one. even though I look drunk...just look at Miche's smile<3)

I was simply in love with everyone there. It was crazy, I could walk anywhere in that room full of people and feel comfortable with whoever. so many of my friends were there. and i loved it

iji's set was so freaking good

Eric!

Brit! I love this picture. she's so gorgeous :)

Ryan!

Travis!

yeah. That's my best friend. :)

Then IHOP!

mmhmm. Janet's asian. :D I like it.

as I told Tanya, tonight was so refreshing. I had the best time I've had in a group all summer so far.

oh yeah and
Amber where'd ya dissappear to? I was glad to see you, but just you and i need to hang out. I need some one on one time with you, pretty lady :)

(ps i got my harry potter book back.
)
hehehe<33333

valgal @ 2005-06-19T22:18:00

2005-06-20T05:17:51Z

Tonight I went to church with David
Then went back to his house and hung out for a bit
then i went tos top by Zach's to see if he was home and wish his dad a happy father's day (I now know he's out of town)
and I was stupid and put my Harry Potter Book on top of the car and ended up driving off. i got all the way home when i realized this. drove all the way back to retrace my steps. even David, Doug, Jenni Bills, and Christianne came to help me look for it. Doug was awesome and walked really far looking but no luck. So then Christianne was awesome and said i could use her employee discount at Barnes and Noble's so we went there and I just bought the paperback version and reserved book 6 while I was there.
it ended up being kind of an adventure. I liked it.
I like them.

one week till Jenna comes back<3

Freehee tomorrow. who's going/needs rides?

valgal @ 2005-06-19T00:11:00

2005-06-19T07:14:40Z

First off I just wanna say, Zach- tonight wasnt your fault at all. it was my decicion not to go and you weren't ditching me at all. lets just hang out soon ok?

Anyways. tonight was the first evening in weeks that I didn't drive home crying or walk in the door feeling somewhat empty.
No, in fact this evening was quite simple, but so fulfilling. and I knew it would be.
so thanks, Michelle :)

I made us spaghetti and we watched Harry Potter. we talked a lot. I love how we can tell eachother so much. She just makes me smile so much, and I feel so comfortable around her. I like how I would just get excited talking to her, even over little things like when I told her I couldnt wait for her to meet Jenna and how much she'd love her.
I dunno. She just made my evening exactly what I've been looking for. exactly what my summer's been lacking.

Ali and Dylan - your visit meant the world to me this morning. I'm so sorry we couldn't hang out tonight. but we'll make up for it at Freehee.

valgal @ 2005-06-18T13:07:00

2005-06-18T20:04:33Z

Nascar Dads.
Tonight.
You know you wanna go.
I mean, I am.

valgal @ 2005-06-17T21:12:00

2005-06-18T04:19:11Z

I had a terrible day.
...My friends don't understand me.
...One thinks I hate her when thats so far from the truth
...another had almost no reaction when I told him how much his friendship meant to me, even when it was hard for me to say
...Even after plans falling through last night, I didn't get the call that I was waiting for to see another who means the world to me. He's always so busy now though...
...I got accused of leaving work 20 minutes early last night, when it was really only 5, and may be fired and am definately being written up
...Mom took me to see the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which I would usually enjoy but I just bawled through it since I was in such a sensitive mood
...I'm sitting here alone because I don't want to bring anyone down
I miss those I love so dearly loving me back. You know, picking up the phone saying they want to see me. Driving out to see me. something....

Then I see her face. Even on a computer screen.

and I know everything's gonna be ok. I know she misses me too. And she'll be back soon.
and she reminds me how much love there still is, even if everyone doesn't always show it.

updateupdateupdate

2005-06-16T19:02:04Z

sorry last one I promise

this one's closeby AND free
you have no excuse to not be there
plus its freaking neckbeards

valgal @ 2005-06-16T11:58:00

2005-06-16T18:58:38Z

HAHAHAHAH
okok, so about a month ago, Ryan Weddle and my Jenna came into my work on a slow day and got pictures taken.
And so much artistic hilarity ensued. Including underwater adventures, ryan drowning, beachballs attacking, jenna the queen of the bunnies, ryan the supermodel, and a bed or roses.

yeeeessss
Oh goodness. we are awesome.

valgal @ 2005-06-16T11:34:00

2005-06-16T18:48:26Z

First, we had all made shirts of our favorite iji song

Brit got the honorary shirt. hehe

Saw lots of wonderful people including Ryan and his new ladyyyyyyy

iji

featuring Brit!

iji waves goodbye

Then Brodie!!!

Thank you to everyone who came. Its been over a year sicne I hung out with Brittany outside of school. And it was so much fun :)
The text that Amber sent
the hugs from Zach's parents, and the conversation with his dad
the smile on Brit's face
dancing with Doug and being a goof with Nate and Eric
Talking to Brodie and his overwhelming friendliness
Brittany's rambling in the car
Zach telling me he always loved seeing me and the great hugs

all those things just make the silly little sad moments seem so petty, don't they?

Oh, and Michie
you're my favorite :)

valgal @ 2005-06-15T17:34:00

2005-06-16T00:30:59Z

I had literally 8 people bail on me for the iji show
thats cute
some of you guys are legit, so dont worry about it if thats you
but yeah. im pretty disappointed. and kinda upset
their loss i guess

Ladies who are coming, we're gonna have a blast 8)