James Flores

Happy Friday!

I'm sure I've had the same post title of "Happy Friday" on more than one occasion... The reason why I say it now is because I was in the elevator, minding my own business and one of the staff who cleans our floor told me "Happy Friday". I was like yes...Happy Friday. It's OK because I realize that you can sleep in and stuff and look forward to the weekend, if you don't have any homeworks. After class today, Todor and I are going to get tickets for the football game between CU and Kansas. I'm really looking forward to seeing a real match live. I just hope that they don't run out of tickets. If I do go, expect to see many pictures. So check up soon.

Costco Rulz!

Last weekend, Todor and I visited Costco again. This time we didn't leave empty handed. I came out with bulk lots of chewing gum and Todor bought the entire store...not really, though he got 2 jackets, 2 JACKETS!!! Who buys 2 jackets in one day? Aside from that he also got some gloves. As per usual, we didn't pass by the chance of visiting Best Buy again. I got a voltage converter so I can use my speakers back when I get home. Todor got stuck playing Guitar Hero...

I told you he got stuck

It was raining that day, it makes everything twice as difficult

Woohoo snow!

As I was walking out of the Engineering Building this morning, I was amazed to see snow on the mountains! The Fall/Winter season is finally coming. I was really starting to get sick of all the hot weather until the weekend that had just passed. If I manage to get a clear picture of the view I will post it here. Stay cold Boulder!

100 Things I Learned From High School Musical

Taken and cited from the Facebook group, 100 Things I learned From High School Musical.

1) High school cafeterias are vast and spacious -- leaving plenty of room to spontaniously break into song and dance -- and are in no way packed, crowded or uncomfortable
2) It's completely acceptable for the female drama teacher to walk into the guys locker room where her young male students are showering.
3) A white, 5-foot-9 junior is the best high school basketball player in the state of New Mexico.
4) Creme brulee is a creamy custard that is totally satisfying
5) There's only one fat person at East High School
6) All Troy could remember was pink jelly
7) In school hallways they put up really big posters of the most popular guy in school so that obsessed girls can sing to it
It's okay to practice incest if you're acting
9) Students at East High are allowed to work with chemicals unsupervised.
10) Troy's shower head is very impressed
11) Everyone has a secret, and they have practiced to tell everyone in perfect harmony... while dancing.
12) That girl is named Gabriella, and she is very nice.
13) Kelsi has a magic piano: it not only plays piano but it plays guitar, drums and bass too
14) Lucas is NOT gay... even though he dances, sings, hangs out with his girly sister, wears pink hats, and stares at sweaty basketball players because Disney does not promote homosexuality
15) The hottest gossip is that the new girl and baskeball captain are auditioning for a musical, and that is in no way a euphemism for having sex.
16) In high school, you only have class once a day and it's only about 10 minutes long. For the rest of the day you can sing, dance, play basketball, make/foil plans, and hide out in secret gardens as much as you want.
17) While alone in her bedroom, they sing. No sex? Really?
18) No one in the ENTIRE school has ever told Sharpay to shut the fuck up. How is that possible?
19) Gabriella and Troy are 'breaking free'. They are also soaring, flying, and there isn't a star in heaven that they can't reach.
20) You can name a kid in the 21st century "Sharpay"
21) Detention is only 15 minutes long... and a boy named Chad will need you to help him countdown the minutes, as he sadly cannot count that high.
22) It's always good to get extra credit...for college.
23) No one cusses at East High
23) Gabriella can't have people staring her... she really can't.
25) Parents do not teach their children that it's okay to be yourself, only pop songs can do that.
26) Singing and dancing in the hallways is outstandingly normal
27) Playing the cello is very similar to operating a saw.
28) No emos, cutters, or illegal janitors.
29) Gabriella feels AND looks like a girl.
30) Having opera stars' pictures in your refrigerator helps you lose weight.
31) Kelsi can teach you every note, pitch, and word to a song just by singing the first two lines for you.
32) People are doing stuff, stuff that isn't their stuff.
33) The second equation should read 16 over pi.
34) Troy doesn't know that "scared" means the same thing as "afraid"
35) There is only ONE Gabriella Montez on the entire World Wide Web.
36) Ain't nothin wrong with a basketball playing brother who likes to bake.
37) If you're the new kid in school, no one is allowed to look at you
38) If you audition for a school play, you send the entire school into pandemonium
39) Chad can make Troy say things.
40) The jazz square is a crowd favorite. EVERYONE loves a jazz square.
41) Even though you've only sung to your showerhead you will know how to sing harmony in karaoke.
42) Mountain lions are cute, but you don't pet them.
43) Some high schools only have 5 adults on campus. That's how they get away with dancing in the halls.
44) Troy is not just a guy.
45) Apparently the winter musical only requires two cast members.
46) When you're in love with a stranger, you can memorize lyrics at the drop of a hat
47) Corbin Bleu is pretty much white.
48) If you're a stressed jock, you need only to go to the school gardens and sing... nobody will find you or pick on you.
49) It's hard to believe, that I couldn't see, you were always right beside me!
50) Ryan really wants to meet Ashton Kutcher
51) No one said anything about leotards.
52) If you love a girl enough, breaking and entering into her room is not considered a problem.
53) No one on the basketball team is good at math.
54) Ladders can appear out of nowhere.
55) Chad tried to tell him, he REALLY tried.
56) Sharpay is allowed to have a pink locker while everyone else is stuck with an ugly beige one.
57) Troy rides the bus to school even though his dad works there
58) You can bet, there's nothing but net, when Zeke is in the zone and on a roll.
59) If you're gay, you dont know what g-o-d-r-a-m-a-c-l-u-b-! spells
60) If you're heart has been broken by the most popular guy in school, your locker can open automatically - no combination necessary.
61) Where's Gabby's dad!?!
62) Warning bells can be easily mistaken for cell phones.
63) Yes, Troy, you ARE going left.
64) You can have a laptop and a webcam pointing at a person ready to record them and they would NEVER notice
65) It's better to hear it from Mrs. Darbus now than from your friends later
66) You can go to Kelsi's house for breakfast and she has a piano.
67) By taking off your lab coat, the red ribbon in your hair can turn pink.
68) Only fat girls like to pop, lock and drop it.
69) You are allowed to cover your microphone with tacky sequins as long as youre the most popular girl in school
70) All stage fright can be cured by the saying “Like kindergarten”
71) What the heck are those two doing in a tree?!
72) You WILL stick to the status quo or everyone will sing to you until everyone else confesses
73) Gabriella loves pi.
74) Troy's watch is imaginary, but he looks at it anyways and always knows what the time is.
75) Cheerleaders speak a different language than other human beings.
76) Students in high school don't need backpacks... or books for that matter
77) No one finds it weird that you're singing a sexual song to your brother/sister
78) It takes Gabriella's mom and Troy's dad forever to walk to an auditorium.
79) Throwing basketballs at trees is apparently great for stress relief
80) If you climb up to a chicks balcony that hates you and start singing to her, she will fall back in love with you.
81) People keep outfits in their lockers just in case someone spills nachos on them
82) The pregnant teacher stands corrected.
83) If you wear pink and have blonde hair, you are automatically a malevolent popular girl.
84) All fathers with sons in sports are oblivious to their sons's other needs and desires.
85) Teachers from different departments always hate each other.
86) Chad has some pretty awesome shirts.
87) Troy is very slow (Come on! Not even ONE kiss?)
88) If you make good cookies, people fall in love with you.
89) A high school can produce 17 musicals in a span of two years
90) It is possible for the random girl you met at a ski lodge at New Year's to coincidentally move to your school and become your girlfriend
91) Singing absolves a person of any bad thing they've done.
92) An entire school's network can be crippled by the push of a bottom (Taylor must be a really good hacker.)
93) Chili cheese fries and milk are a substantial meal.
94) Interperative dancing is a sign that there is something mentally wrong with you and must see a counselor
95) All practical rules of time and space are lost when Troy and Gabriella hide.
96) The very best way to condemn your friend for singing is to break out into a song yourself
97) If you take your hat off and reveal luscious locks of brown hair you're instantly beautiful.
98) Gabriella always plans ahead thats how she's able instantneously change into a semi formal dress and heels for a basketball game.
99) You dont mind linking arms with the school bitch that you hate as long as its the final dance number of the movie.
100) When the entire East High School student body is decked out in red and white, Troy and Gabriella always seem to be in blue. Until the finale when they finally catch on.

40 Things High School Musical 2 can teach us

Taken and cited from the facebook group 40 Things High School Musical 2 can teach us.

1. If you wish to show your inability or dislike for dancing, it's perfectly reasonable to break out in a dance number.

2. College? It's not important, as long as you can hang out with your friends.

3. If your love is strong enough, fireworks will go off, and lanterns will fly away as you and your boyfriend kiss.

4.Playing sports is a hint that it's time
to break into song.

5.Don't worry about being rude/mean in the end things will work out for you.

6.School spirit is a must. Especially during the summer.

7. Your friends are not human and should always be addressed by the name of their school mascot.

8. Yes! You can paint your locker pink!Screw the school board.

9. You can be a chef, lifeguard, or golf assistant...no experience needed!

10. A guy can never wear too much bronzer.

11. Lakes are the equilivant of mirrors. They can show your reflection perfectly!

12. It is possible to memorize a 3 minute song over the course of 2 minutes...and sing it perfectly.

13.It doesn't matter that you're not a staff member. You can still attend any and all staff events.

14.The phrase "more moves than an octopus in a wrestling match" is something that can be used in everyday conversation

15. There are two bells that get you out of school. The first one tells you to start singing and dancing, the second announces you should stop.

16.Even though its the last day of school, its ok to leave stuff in the locker for the summer.

17.If your family is "saving pennies" for your college education and gives you a junky truck to drive, it is normal for their kitchen to have granite counter tops and a $7,000 fridge.

18. Pianos can float now. Go ahead, try it.

19. It's perfectly acceptable for a guy to wear girl's capris.

20. If you're upset, just run through a golf course, jumping and spinning, while singing "Bet on it"...you won't fall at any point, and no one will stop and think "what the hell?" .

21.You can send telepathic messages to your mom to tell her to pick you up just as you're finishing your breakup song with your boyfriend.

22.A resort can be highly successful when there are more employees than guests.

23."And she stepped on the ball" is actually quite funny. You just need to put it into context.

24.One family can apparently control an entire city, including all educational institutions in the area.

25. It's good manners to refer to your mother as a "backstabber"

26.Turkey imported from Maine is much better than any other turkey. In fact, it's fabulous.

27.Apparently, it is now possible to hire an entire high school to be the staff at an upscale country club.

28.Iced tea from England is blue.

29.Water Bug is a cute funny romantic pet name.

30.Being a teenage paparazzi at school and taking multiple pictures of the same two people is not weird or creepy in any way

31.It is okay to try to grope your girlfriend if she's leaving you, even though you guys have never kissed before.

32.When your girlfriend tells you that your shoes don't match your tie, you must do a stupid looking surfer move to see if she's right, you can't just look down

33.When you frolic with your girlfriend in the golf course, you get in trouble. When you frolic by yourself and sing, nothing happens.

34.It IS possible to have any object in the world come in pink & engraved with your initials. That is, if you are Sharpay Evans.

35.If you are the basketball star of your school, you can get yourself, as well as the rest of the school, summer jobs.

36. Lava Springs apparently had no employees, since they had to hire a whole new staff.

37.Don't change your friends, change your dreams.

38.Corbin Bleu switched shampoos. Because his hair obviously did not have as much shine, bounce, or body as it did in HSM 1.

39. Even though Chad danced in "Get your head in the game", "Status Quo" and "What time is it", he apparantly does not dance.

40. "What team?" "Wildcats!"
"GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!"
Can fix any problem.

Stuck in San Francisco

So this morning I got a call from my auntie telling me that they had stayed overnight in San Francisco. Apparently stupid United Airlines delayed their flight in Denver so they missed the connecting flight back to Australia!

They are currently on standby for a possible flight back tonight at 10:55 PM local time depending on seat availability. Otherwise, they have a guaranteed flight at 10:55 PM local time tomorrow (Saturday!). Everything is kind of messed up right now because now they will have to re-schedule a flight from Sydney -> Albury.

I hope things get sorted out soon and I will keep everyone posted.