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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
2:06 pm	starting again. Well its been 4 years since I last wrote in this... As for now..I'm currently in love with my girfreind vanessa of one year...I'm still coaching basketball..and just a couple months ago I became a district champion with my oasis team.. one of the proudest moments of my life!.. aside from that I'm working at discovery at the orchards as a property manager.. and it is a easy job and I get to work my hours when eveer I want....ok I think that's about all the catching up u need for now... As for this weekend...it has been relaxing...just last night me and vanessa went swiming for the first time in our relationship.. it was nice cause its summer and the water feels warm too...we talked a lot in the pool ..a lot about our past and a lil bit about our ex's... wich is sometimes good to do that...for the most part we try to not bring up our ex's as a way of moving foward...(at least that how I see it).. but its sometimes good to get a better view of her backround and what she's been threw...so that was nice to do that...she is amazing...I stare at her all the time... she's honestly the most gorgeous girl I have ever seen... I tell her that...and everyone I talk to never fails to mention how pretty my gf is... she smiles when she hears that but honetly I don't think she agrees with them..not that she thinks she's ugly...she just doesn't think she's a pretty as everyone makes her out to be.. (but she is).. My life with her has had its bad moments...like every relationship does...but what I think is so kool..is that we have overcome those bad moments and moved on...we do everything together.. and what's so kool is we never get sick of each other.. we will be moving in together soon and I am really looking foward to it... life has always been really laid back with vanessa...we both went threw our "young party / go out and drink" stages...and we are both always perfectly happy staying in relaxing and watching a movie...we love to do nothing together....I love sleeping next to her....oh man do I take the BEST naps when I'm with her...she's so comferble and she alwats mell good.. :) so I love that our relationship is very low key yet its exactly how we both like it.. were already like an old married couple....I love her very much and I'm greatful for her.. This morning we go up early cause I play in a basketball league..and it was a forfit...so we ended up just playing against each other.. but hey at least we got to play... speaking of basketball....I'm trying to start my own buisness.. its a one of kind place ...its ultimately my dream...to do what I love to do...be my own boss...and own the buisnes...unfortunately the economy is so bad...starting a buisness is the last thing banks wanna help u do....so for now it will have to be put on hold.. but in the mean time..I have made business cards and been handing them out for doing private trianing with basketball...and get paid $10 an hour per kid...and I'm lucky I have the energy and motivation to do this now...and I know I'm sitting on a gold mine here... Anways well right now vanessa is on her computer doing homework for an online math class that she's taking and I have noclue how to help her..wich sucks I wish I could be more help to help her get a better grade...I'm just clueless when it comes to math...but today she be a really lazy day...not much planned...actually never really have anything planned stuff just always comes up.. :) wich I don't mind.. I think were gonna take angelina out swiming later...but that's vall for now I hope to be writting in this more to record my life.. Ttyl (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 9th, 2006
8:50 pm	ok so its about time i write in this thing again... i know its been a couple of months and alot has happened....i will just highllight some of it first of all back in july i went to Autralia to visit my brother for 3 weeks....and that was a trip of a life time....i had been there when we played in the olympics...but this time it was al liesure time for me.....i basically just got to hang out with my brother and do what he did.....i met his g/f and her family...(so kool)...and odly enough i met a girl who i wish i could of met sooner.....cause by the time i really got to know her...it was time for me to leave.....i swear im cursed when it come to that....lol but that whole experience was just amazing............ ---and recently i was just named that new freshman girls coach at Sandra Day O'conner high school.....wich is a huge deal for me.....after 11 years at the 7th and 8th grade level i have finally been given the chance to move up to the next level......so im definatly excited about that............. ---and the lastest news was that my brother came home early and suprised all of us....i came home one day from work and there he was in my room (scared the crap out of me)...and he said...""clean this shit up!!""...so he is here with his girl freind and his teamate....its their first trip anywhere outside of Australia...    ---and work is of course always the same.....however i did have some thoughts about my future with my job this weekend....my dad called me and offered me a job....a computer drawing job...and dont get me wrong it sounds like a great job....but all my dad kept talking about is the money.....money...money....money.....thats all he kept saying to me......he kept saying i need to look into my future....and basically told me that if im at the same place where i am now....that i am a failure.....and if you know me...i NEVER get mad......but when he said that to me.....i FLIPPED my lid......never b4 have i ever been so insulted......and i screamed at him telling him....that i would much rather be happy with my job than make alot of money.....its not worth it.....i mean look at my dad......ya he makes loads of money....but he comes home to an HUGE EMPTY house everynight......and thats no way to live.....not at all.....so needless to say i was very disturbed to have a phone call like that with my dad....who is someone who is supposed to be supporting me....not trying to take me down every chance he gets..........am i right???? ...good lord why is money so important???...its not like its a rare thing??? everyone has it.....so whats the big deal???? no happiness on the other hand....not alot of people can fully 100% say that they are happy with their lives......but i am one of those people.....and if you dont like it.....then kiss my ass..... :) (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
12:03 am	ITs been over a month since i wrote in this so bare with me theres a lot i have to write... ---First of all my brother.....man oh man....what can i say...he has finally made it to the big time.....he came out on the front page of an australian news paper about 2 weeks ago and it was just awsome....and the fact that he credited me so much to his success was just beyond words for me...i have shown that article to just about everyone....he has since sent pictures for the first time of different things....some of them are with his g/f krystal...he seems to be very happy with her...wich is all i need to know to accept her...she seems perfect for monchie.....his team is also tied for first place.....monchie also calls me every friday night to get ready for the game....its like his ritual he does b4 every game and i am honnored that he thought to call me..... ---second....work is going good...as always...it seems that the day litterally fly by....one day its monday and the next its friday....its crazy....but i guess thats a good thing....and on monday is the graduation ceremony, for my kids...thats should be pretty cute...im gonna miss alot of those kids...and some i wont miss so much...lol....j/k....but whats neat is that when they talk about school when they are at home with their family...they always mention.."Mr.Jaime"....as if i am the whole reason why i am there.....its what i hear from our parents and it is the most humbling thing to me to hear something like that....and last week we had a teachers meeting that was themed to the 1920's....that was pretty cool....i have to admit that my outfit was freakin awsome....it was perfect..all the way down to the shoes.....and durring that meeting they called me up to the front...and acknoleged me for being me....and that they just wanted to say thank you for putting up with everyone and for being with the person that i am.....they gave me a autographed PHX Coyotes jersey and a certificate....it was really neat and i was just speachless...cause im not doing my job any different than any of the other teachers...and i dont want to be favored just b/c im a man.....but it was humbling to a great extent... ---third....basketball is going great...and im teaching the girls new things about basketball and hopefully it will help them with other things that will do when they are on their school teams......as for me...im still playing ball every chance i get and i must admit that i am holding my ground quite well.....well enough that people tell me that i could hang in the NBA....and im just like..."i dunno about all that"...im just a hard worker and a competitor in every sense of the word....especially when it comes to basketball....im getting to the point now where is the ball doesnt touch my hands...then nothing happens.....im getting to the point now where i make things happen...wether its scoring or finding someone who will score...but people cant keep up with me so they just foul me since they cant keep up.....wich pisses me off.... ----anyways and last is of course about the love life....and that it is on life support.....i dunno how many times iv given up...but listen to this....(this is different)...last weekend i went out on a date with a girl and it was going good....but when we started talking about our selves and what we like to do and all the stuff....she didnt believe anything that i had to say about myself.....CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT???....she said...""Theres no one guy that posseses all those personality traits""...and im like are you kidding me???.....apearently she thought i was lieing to her.....she thought i was trying to be a player or something and that i was trying to make up stuff about me so that she would be into me.....but the thing was i wasnt lieing and now she looks like an idiot......i dont mean to be rude or disrespectfull....but come one now....thats just rediculous....NOW IV HEARD EVERYTHING!!!......so once again the report on the love life is no report at all......what else is new?... so thats it for now.....everything else is going good...Toni comes home in about a month and it will be nice to see her.....but other than that...thats pretty much my life in a nut shell.... ttyl (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
12:37 am	once again...it has been a long time since i wrote in this....infact i think this has been the longest that i havent written in my journal....so theres a lot to explain and i guess theres alot on my mind too.....and if you dont want to read it then go do something else.... ---ok so last i wrote was the day after my brother left to Australia....i wrote that when i was down cause i missed him....and its been over a month now and i am doing much better.....and i guess im doing good cause hes doing good....altho i dont hear much from him....when i do hear from him its all good news.....wich couldnt be more awsome cause its his life long dream, and he has worked so hard to get there....so im happy for him....as for me?....well its a good thing that i am busy...cause it takes my mind off of missing him....i do go and play ball at the park where me and him used to play....we practicly grew up playing ball there together.....and i play with him on my mind....i want to make sure that everything i do ...i do it to represent him....and now i hear good news....just the othere day my mom told me that monchie has decided to come home durring the off season....wich means he comes home at the end of august and will be home for 6 months and then back down under for 6 months....so thats cool... :) ---well in other news...work is going just fine and it amazes me how my job makes time fly by so fast....its already april and were getting ready for our preschool graduation soon....and boy am i gonna miss my kids when they move up to Kindergarden.,....these kids are just so awsome...i know that when i have to say good bye to them that i will probly cry a lil bit.....cause think about it...i spend more time with these kids than most of their parents do...and they learn so much from me...and look up to me so much...and more important we have SO MUCH FUN together....im gonna miss the fact that these kids make me laugh on a daily basis....and you cant find a job like that anywhere else....so thats work... :) ----Basketball is going good...and my club team is comming along VERY well....im so proud of those girls....and i dont think they know how honnored i am that they have basically "Chosen" me to be their coach....b/c this is a club team and it is their choice to be there....and the fact that they show up to be taught by me is very touching and heart warming....i know the girls look up to me alot and for that i am forever greatfull.....being able to help make them into better basketball players is something that i truly pride myslef in doing...as i told them last week...""I dont make them better.....THEY make themselves better""...cause its not like im holding a gun to their heads to be there....their the ones that want to get better and their the ones that have to work hard....and that fact that they have chosen me to help them gett better is just amazing to me......so to all my girls...you have come a long way....and yet WE have a long way to go..... :) ---and yes im still single....i basically have to say that every time there is a family party...everyone always wants to know "who im seeing"..or if i have a g/f....wich is hard for me to say everytime we have a family party.....infact it hurts a lil to say that.....cause now its getting to the point that some of my family members are wondering if im gay....and not that theres anything wrong with being gay....im juts not gay....and the fact that they get that impression b/c they dont see me with a girl kinda hurts.......cause they look at me like somethings wrong with me when i tell them im stilll single....im sorry but its not like i can go to the coner store and get a g/f....its just not that easy for me...for some guys it is...it is just the hardest thing in the world to get a girl to give me a chance to see the person that i am.....all i want is a chance....thats it!!...thats all i ask....for the life of me i cant understand why girls dont take risks....i mean what is one date gonna hurt??...think about it.....and if it doesnt work out..then ok...it doesnt work out....but at least you took a chance and found out that it wasnt gonna work......cause think about it...if you never took a chance to find out what type of person a guy was then how do you know whethere your sole mate past right by you at the store??...how do you know that the guy who hit on you at the bar wasnt the guy you could possibly marry??.....you dont know that unless you give him a chance.....but it "seems" that none of the girls around here wanna take the time to find the right one....their all in a hurry to find someone they just stick with "Mr.right now"...instead of looking for "Mr.Right"!!....im sorry but thats why i hate talking about my love life cause its so dam frustrating.....and it might not be as frustrating if there was a lil hope for me......but i mean dam theres not even a glimps of hope....i mean throw me a fricken bone here......gees...why does fate have to be so crewl to me when it comes to that???.....its like theres a trade off in my life...i have a great job...i coach basketball wich i love to do...my life is full of good times...and good people....and life is good and fun....but i have no one to share it with......ya thats awsome that my life is so good and im greatful for everything i have...but after a while doing it all by yourself tends to get old......... anyways enough of that :) anyways i guess i should just give some shout outs... -toni, thanks for not getting me something when you sang the national anthem at yankee stadium....its not like im a yankee fan or anything....dork.. --monchie....im holdning down the king of the court status...no need to worry about that... -- to my homie G...you know who you are....i pray for you....and hope that soon you can stand on your own 2 feet with out having to say "i dont know"... :) just looking out for you....since im your "guy freind"...(uhhg i hate that)...lol :) ---and i guess thats it for now...and if you dont like it, then kiss my ass....lol Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 9th, 2006
9:56 pm	OK WOW....it has been a long time since i worte in this ( but what else is new ).. ---well i must start off by saying that my brother left to play professional basketball in Australia....playing pro basketball is something that he has been wanting to do all his life.....so im very proud of him....but when we took him to the aiport...i knew i was gonna cry to see him leave....but i didnt know how much... and when i hugged him....it all came out....i mean i straight balled....i havent cried like that since i was a lil kid....but it really didnt hit me till i hugged him...and what hit me even harder was that he gave me his olympic gold medal.....thats the one thing that he cherishes the most........and he gave it to me as a keep sake.....i just couldnt believe that he gave it to me.....and as i hgueed him i told him that he had been wanting this all his life and its finally here....and he kept saying...."""im gonna do it jaime...im gonna do it"""well we dropped him off at 7pm...and i didnt stop crying till i fell asleep....infact i took the next day off from work..........and even alot of the day after i was still crying.....i mean this was a guy who i had shared a room with for 20 years...we hung out with the same people...had the same freinds....played ball together....and talked trash to all my life....and i guess i really didnt think about how much i would miss him.......and it was hard at first....and everytime i looked at the gold medal he gave me i just fell apart.... --but i must say that i needed that day off from work...cause i would of been thinkging about it all day long......and what was kool was that all the ladies at work were all worried about me and felt for me....Ms. Josie made me a cookie that was the size of a dinner plate....and just today Gigi got me a clock....and i looked at her and asked ""whats wrong with our clock we have now?""...and she said we will hang this new one next to the one we have only it will display Australia time.....and i was so touched by that....i mean simple lil things like that just made my day.........and it ment alot to me.....and i dont think that there will be anything i can do to ever repay those ladies at work......they mean so much to me........... ----anyways on to something else.....well my basketball team is.... ohh how should i put it??....well lets just say their progress is slow but still moving foward....i mean i know they know how to play but when the game comes around everything goes right out the window.......so its frustrating to me to see them play like we have never had practice b4.........but we shall see ...im not giving up on them.....cause i know they want to get better....and im their only opportunity to get better.....but were 2-1 right now...and ill take that....... --Toni comes home tomorow!!!!...ya shes here for spring break..wich is kool cause she'll be able to see 2 of my oasis games.....but it should be pretty fun to spend some time with her...but it will be a lil odd not having monchie here......but i think we will do just fine.... ---oh!! and i think my mom decided to sell me monchies Jeep....oh man would that be sweet.................. ok well i guess thats it for now..........check you later ...bye (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 19th, 2006
11:26 pm	So its been over a week since i wrote in this and i guess everything im going to write will explain why...lol ---well first of all....the 8th grade hillcrest team got 5th in the state tournament....it was pretty neat to take a talented team like that against the best that arizona has to offer....so congrats to them,.. --and i also started my oasis team ...oddly enough we have a scrimmage game tomorow and we will be playing on 6 days of practice...but the team that i have selected is a good group of girls and altho they are not all that familiar with the game of basketball they have tremendous athletic ability....so i litterally get to start from the ground up...so i hope everything goes well for their sake...infact we have our first regular game on wednesday....fast i know... --ok well and as for work it is going good.....valenties day came and went....but i was sick and so it wasnt the greatest day.... --i also got a kool new phone....its the new samsung power slide....its pretty kool...its got a camera,...video...and even an mp3 player....and at work i take lil videos and pictures of my kids and its just too funny....infact when my phone rings its not a song or a ring tone....its one of my kids in my class saying ""MR. JAIME PICK UP THE PHONE, YOUR PHONES RINGING""...lol....funniest thing.... ---so now i go to work in the morning....from work to practice at oasis from 3-5...then practice with some of the hillcrest girls for like an hour after that...then try to get everything else i need to do done b4 i get home...not that im complaining...its just a full day :) but at least i get to do what i love to do.... --i took this 3 day weekend to dedicate it to doing nothing....i havent been feeling well and i lost my voice...so i thought i would stay in and do nothing for once...lol.. --well i guess thats it for now.... ---------------------------------------------Jaime (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
6:46 pm	I got back from ElPaso Tuesday night about 9:30....I must say that even tho it was a trip for my aunts funneral it was a good trip....i got to see family that i hadnt seen in like 10 years....i cant believe how many lil kids are running around...but of course its always good to see family and hang out....it was also the last time that they all were probly gonna see monchie...cause he leaves to Ausltralia soon so they were all sending their blessing with him and wishing him good luck.....I even gave a toast to him (along with one to my aunt Martha) over dinner as all 40 of us from azrizona sat down to eat at a mexican food restaraunt.....it was a 6 hour drive back to Phx...i drove a lil bit of the way but mostly slept the other half....it was a good trip and im glad i went.... on other news it was back to work on wednesday and everything was good right where it left off...the kids missed me you could tell....i can honestly say i wasnt mad about going back to work...infact i missed it.....we got our class pictures back...so if you want to see a pic of my class just ask me cause i have in my wallet.... I also started my tryouts for my basketball team at Oasis...and its looking rusty...but then again its always looking rusty...lol...at least untill i get a chance to coach them....then its a different story..lol....but its looking ok so far............. And a huge congratulations to the 8th grade girls Hillcrest basketball team....they won their first game in the state tourney...it was a close and good game .....i hope and pray that something happens that allows for me to coach them b4 the season is over......i shall let fate decide..... anyways i guess thats it for now... (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
8:19 pm	ya know its funny at my job we have the same routine but EVERYDAY is different....its different becuase of the kids in my class...i mean you never know what is gonna happen or what they are gonna say.....Its funny how last week i got that lil certificate from the front office saying what a good job im doing...and then this week was a lil bit of the proof ...but only it was comming from the kids......Ya know i dont really think about the fat that to the kids i am their hero....cause with some of them i am the only male figure they have gotten close with since they have been alive....and alot more times....I spend more time with them than their parents do....so to me i dont really realise how much of an impact i make.....this past week i took my class outside of our playground to play on a grass field..just to do something different...and while i was out on the field playing with my kids i didnt realise that all the kids from the other 2 classes that we on the playground were at the fense watching me and what i was doing with my kids....you would think that they were the popiratzy...they can scream my name for hours on end if i didnt respond to them....and they wont stop trying to get my attention untill i turn to them and smile and say.."What?"...lol....but i can see that since i am the only guy there that they want my attention...cause some of them never get any attention from a male figure....some dont have a dad...or some dont have an older brother....so in a sense they look at me as if i was their hero....and to me its touching, and i am just so greatfull for the opportunity to get the chance to do what i do......even tho i dont have the highest paying job in the world...it is worth much more to me to be a positive influence on these kids.....i never thought that it would be a factor....but looking back on the past year...every day is something different and every day is another day to keep my kids's hopes up...... I like to think the same way when im coaching my girls....i take such great pride in the fact that i am teaching them something that they will remember for the rest of their lives.....and in the same sense with my class....even with some of the girls i coach....i am the closest thing to an older brother that they will ever have.....and i have always thought of the girls that i coach as lil sisters....and i want the best for them.....this past weekend i was at the 8th grade teams tournament.....and saw them win the consalation championship...im so proud of them...i know and they know that they can do so much better.....they just need to be guided in the right direction....some of these girls that im coaching will one day be playing college basketball.....and when they are, i want them to remember everything that i have tought them....and thats all i ask of all the girls who have ever played for me....all i ask is that you remeber what i have taught you and that i hope you had a good time while on my team....cause if they didnt have fun and they didnt learn anything.. then not only did i not do my job as a coach...they might as well not of even been on my team...but im definatly excited to get started with the 2 new teams i will be coaching soon.... on another note...this past week my aunt martha passed away....she is my dads second oldest sibling.....she died from cancer and i think it was the 4th time she had it...so she survived cancer three time in her life....i would have to say that, that is something to honnor....she is a strong lady...seems to run in the family....but i will be out of town tomorow and tuesday to go to her funneral in ElPaso... anyways with other things....Toni got her Tattoo....(wich i designed)..lol...good for you sis.... and yours truly won the Porras World series of poker....the trophy now belongs to me....along with $340...not bad for 4 hours of poker...lol....so that was my week and weekend... !!!!shout out to my 8th grade girls for winnging their tourney.... !!!!shout out to Jordan, Natasha, and Keegan for finishing their first year of high school ball..dont worry it will get better... !!!!and i guess i should send a shout out to anyone who reads this..lol...sorry for writting so much...but i guess thats what its here for...lol... anyways...im out....................... (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 29th, 2006
4:54 pm	This past week was pretty kool.... -I think it was wednesday i came into work and found a "Certificate of Acheivement" in my mail box....and it states- """I Noticed at the end of lunch, class 211 standing in line. Mr.Jaime spoke out about withdrawl of the privilege to play outside. "Why?", he asked the kids. One little child said, "Because we messed up." Jaime made the kids turn around to look at the way the lunch area was messed up with food on the floor. Jaime asked the kids, "Who's going to clean that up?"....One child replied, "Teamwork!!", and that child Immediately stepped out of line and began picking up stuuf off the floor. Right away all the other kids began saying, "Teamwork". As they ALL moved back onto the lunch area and picked up bits of food off the floor. !!CONGRATS, Jaime on being able to inspire such spontaneous teamwork in your class!!! The school's reputation of excellence is in your hands and you have done a great job!!"""" When i read that i was totally moved....to me it was just something i was doing to teach the kids about folowing the rules...i had no idea that someone was watching me work with my class...but it touched me in a way that nothing else can....it was written by one of our front office ladies....Things like that are what i consider "Life's Receipts"...i believe that they are lil things telling me that i am doing what i was ment to do on this earth .....so that was nice...later that afternoon i took it straight to my mom, and gave it to her.....since i get to see things like that on a daily basis, she however, does not......so i gave it to her cause i know it warms her heart to see that her son is doing well......cause she has done so much for me....putting a smile on her face is the least i can do... ----anyways this past weekend my moms side of the family had a lil going away BBQ for my brother up at the family ranch in presscott....and it was a suprise to him....He didn't want a going away party....he didnt think he would be able to handle saying goodbye to everyone... i didnt get to go.....i had a game to coach with the 8th grade hillcrest team and i also had practice....i would of cancled practice but since the playoffs are on monday i couldnt afford to do that to my team....but my moms said that it went well...and that alot of my aunts were crying because they are just so happy and proud of my brother....lol...and rightfully so..... So soon i will be the only sibbling here in AZ....my sister is at Westpoint in NY...and my brother will be in Brisbaine, Australia next month..lol....Infact one of the moms of the girls that i coach sarcasticly told my mom at a game,..""Man you just have a bunch of slackers in your family"...lol....but im glad that we are all doing what we want to do...and that we are all happy with our lives.... Last night i took my mom out to dinner since i havent really spent any time with her...so we went to chilis and got a chance to talk.....wich was nice....then when i got home i made a lil slideshow as a going away thing for my brother.....its pretty kool...so i was up till like 1am last night doing that..... Oh! so get this.......This past basketball season i havent been getting paid due to something at the board at the district...something about how our paper work wasnt handled correctly...so i dint even know whether i was gonna be getting paid or not....but i didnt really mind...its not like i really needed the money....and then outta no where i got a check in the mail for $550....talk about a twist of fate....i swear.....money is always there for me when ever i need it.....even last summer...i got a check in the mail from the insurance company because they said they "over charged me"....how often does that happen????!!!.....but i firmly belive that money will always be there for me ....i believe in Karma....and thats exactly what i think it is....Faith, Trust, and Love.....those 3 things is all you need to have inorder to survive.................. -Jaime (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
5:31 pm	Ya know whats weird is that last weekend was a 3 day weekend for me....so this past was supposed to be a short week right??....well it sure didnt seem like it, thats for sure....my team had games last week and we lost both of them.....we played against higland lakes on tuesday and we didnt really play well at all....not like i expected them to play...cause we did well against that team last time and this time was a lil different.....im not sure what it is but it feels like theres some sort of dispute or frutration between some of the girls on the team.....but its no appearent infront of me...but i just got that feeling like something is going on that i dont know about...i dont know what it is...but i hope for their sake that it doesnt get any worse.....on wednesday we played against sonoran trails and it was a much better game...we played a very good game against a very good team...and even tho we didnt come out with the win...my girls played very well.....the plyoffs are comming up and these last couple of practices i will be pushing the girls to make them realise how much is at stake now that our season is comming to an end...so im excited for that.... --anyways on another note....work is going good....same ol stuff...well i shouldnt say that cause every day is a new experience for me.....i swear working there i have learned the importance of a womans purse....starbucks....chocolate...and to compliment a girls on her shoes...lol....i mean i work with 60 women how would i not pick that stuff up??...lol... this past week i went to shoot and run with my brother in the gym and man did he kick my ass....im mean he was just putting me through drills that was testing my physical limits...wich was good i need that as an athlete.....i need to be pushes...every athlete does.....but he is just so dedicated to making himself better...i mean he litterally goes psyco on just running sprints....yelling and screaming and getting pumped up....its insane....but nessasary....especially for where hes going... ----so its sunday afternoon and i didnt really do anything all this weekend....i just wanted to relax since last week seemd so long.... --last night i went out with the old roomates to a lil party and it was kool....we just chilled....its funny how its been over three years and everyone is still amazed that i dont drink.....i just dont see what the big deal is...lol....but suprisingly i get alot of respect for it.... well i guess thats all for now........catch ya later............................ (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
7:01 pm	Its been about two weeks since i last wrote in this...and it has been going pretty good.....this past week my team played a game that went into over time....we won by 3....ironicly enough it was a team that beat us by 3 with our first loss..... well last tuesday my brother went Organ to meet up with the owner of the team that he will be playing for in autralia.....he came home and was just so over joyed with his trip.....well turns out my brother is going to be a big hit in australia....and they are actually using him to promote the team....it will be a big deal that there is an american on the team.....plus he told my brother that he would probly be starting....wich was big news to my brother...i mean think about....going from here straight to starting in the pros.....sheesh.....but it is just so kool to hear him talk about it....hes just so happy and so pumped....i couldnt be more happy for him....i mean this is a kid who use to dribble a ball to school, back in like 3rd grade....this is his life long dream...and to see something like this come true for someone who deserves it like my brother is just amazing... so we did a toats to him last night when were out to eat....he leaves as soon as he gets his visa to travel... well im glad that this weekend is a 3 day weekend...but its not really free time for me tho as i am always busy....and i dont realise how busy i am untill my mom asks how my day went...then i think about all the stuff i did....and then realise its why im so tired all the time... a HAPPY BITRTHDAY shout out to my sister....yesterday she turned 20...wow....now were all out of our teen years,....and it was like yesterday she was dressing up and reading to her dolls...lol....oh no wait!...that was my brother...lol j/k... These past couple of weeks i have come to the sad realization that its getting harder to find a girl my age who doesnt have a kid already or isnt already divorced...its crazy how everyone has rushed off and got a husband and got kids...i can tell you how many single moms i meet....now i dont have a problem dating someone who has a kid...but its just sad that their rushing into a life that they really dont want.................some people are suprised that im not married yet....and i look at them and say ...youd be suprised how often i hear that...lol....but i just dont see the hurry.. anyways thats it for now.... (Comment on this)
Monday, January 2nd, 2006
10:39 pm	Ok so today was supposed to be the day i went to the Fiesta Bowl to watch my sister sing the national anthem with the westpoint glee club....but this is how it went.. so this morning i went into work and told them i would be leaving at 10 to go to the game and they knew why i was going....so me and my mom picked up my aunt debbie on our way to down town tempe.....we got up to the will call counter to get our tickets and they couldnt find them......so we called Toni and she was inside the stadium getting ready....she came out to meet us out front with a person from the Fiesta Bowl commitee.....and they check and still they could not find out tickets.....Finally we came to the realization that we were not going to be able to get in......Toni looked heart broken...she told us that she was sorry and we told her that we would just watch it on tv from a local bar.....as she walked back into the stadium i could see tears come down her face....i knew she wanted us to be there and i know she was just as bummed as we were that we didnt get to see it....and them what was worse was that they didnt show it on TV....so i was pretty upset by then...so upset i actually ordered a beer and actually drank the whole thing....cray huh?....but Toni i know it wasnt your fault....and i would cuss out who ever was at fault....lol... --anyways tonight was the last night i was going to see toni....i saw her at my moms as she was packing...and as i said goodbye to her it made me realize how proud i am of her and how much fun we had together while she was here...(tearing up just writing this)....But she came to my school and sang for the whole school....she sang on christmas eve and blew aways all of my dads side of the family....she also sang christmas day twice to my moms side of the family....and im truly greatful for the time we had on our trip to disneyland.....it was great to get the chance to laugh with my brother and sister....it was just like it was when we were kids....it was like toni had been with us all along.....but i know no one can make her laugh the way me and monchie do.....she was laughing so much while she was here she lost her voice....lol....it was too funny....i was also honnored to have her sing the national anthem at my Hillcrest game...that was something that i will never forget....Thank you Toni.......it was nice to have you home.....and im glad to see that you are still the same lil sister i grew up with.....I love you, and it was nice having you around these past couple of weeks...... thats all for now............. Current Mood: Very Proud :) (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
10:25 pm	ok the last time i wrote in this i was talking about how my sister was in town and was going to sing the national anthem at my game at hillcrest....that was a couple of weeks ago....she did amazing... earlier that day she had come to my preschool and came to not only visit my class but to sing for the whole school......she sang O'Holy Night...and Breath of Heaven by amy grant......she sang beautifully... anyways much more to write about.... --i hope everyone had a good chirstmas......i had a good one...we spent christmas eve with my dads side of the family....my sister sang for everyone there and they blew them away..i dont think anyone knew she could sing that well....she made alot of my aunts cry...lol....but christmas day my mom, my sister. my brother and i all went up to my grandmas house....(the family ranch up in mayor)....my sister hadnt been there since she left to westpoint and wanted to go see it....it was nice...my mom hadnt been there much either and you could tell she was a lil emotional cause i think shes only been there a couple of times since her mom and dad past away.....but man she can hide her emotions better than anyone i know....just went up there for a lil while..and came back to see some of my moms side of the family....and i spent the rest of the day at my uncle ricks....we got into playing poker and so i was there for a while...... --anyways the next morning we left to California at 7 in the morning....we drove over there and went straight to Knots barry farm....wich was kool....we did pretty much everything there...and went to go get something to eat....then we stayed with a family freind who was very nice and hospitable... --so on tuesday we spent the whole day at DisneyLand....it had changed ALOT since i was last there.....but we got there about 8am...and i didnt realize that we would have to stand in line for hours at a time just to get on a ride.....i mean we spent an hour waiting in line at the haunted mansion....2 hours at space mountain, 2 hours at the inidana jones ride.....it was just insane...my feet were killing me at the end of the day.....but thank god my brother was there in line with us....oh man....was he was our entertainment while we were waiting in line......he was just being so dumb....hes just shamless and making my sister and me laugh.....its so much fun when me my brother and my sister are together...we laugh so much....and we laughed a lot at disneyland....i guess we were making up for all the time my sister has been gone....but anyways we were there all day and stayed till the fireworks at 9pm.....wich was really good...id never seen a fireworks show that actually lit up the whole sky...it was pretty kool how it all went with music too........and of course b4 we left my brother had to get a picture of him trying to take the sword from the stone...we have a pic of him when he was 4 years old and when he was like 14....and now hes 21....its funny...how he tryied every time we went there..... so we got back to the house and went straight to bed.... woke up and hit the road back home..... when i got home i started to pack the rest of the stuff i had in my room to get ready to move in with RJ and Alicia... wich brings us to today....i woke up and had practice this morning...and then went home and started packing up my car...and i was totally moved in this afternoon....tonight is the first night im away from my house... *********** Ok ....so the past 3 years iv been in my house living every single guys dream......the past 3 years have been amazing....and will probly be the best time of my life....theres countless memories ive made with the guys there...and i am just so thankfull that i got the chance to do that....cause alot of people my age are married with kids...some are even divorced.....and i think WOW....i mean they will never get a chance to live a life that i have lived...i have had the time of my life and its sad that its all over now......of course i will still be in contact with all my roomates.....as we all move on to do different things.....--so to all my roomates i will miss living with you, and i will miss all the fun we had making fun of eachother and cussing eachother out just for the fun of it....i thank you for making the past thre years the greatest of my life.......i dont think any of us will ever forget it......... so to everyone who lived there, Cole-Nick-Kyler-Nick-Jon-Pat-Wade-Jeff.......Fuck you! :) (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 18th, 2005
9:27 am	Ok so i think its been about 2 weeks since i wrote in this....and let me tell you the past couple of weeks have been pretty busy to say the least.. --well as for me team they are doing quite well....this past week we had to play our first three games,three days in a row....our first game went pretty good...we played a team that was just about as good as us....and it was an intense game, we were ahead the whole time and eneded up winning by one point....so i was glad to see the girls handle the pressure of an intense situation like that especially on our first game.....our second game was a very good game too ...we lost by 3 but i know that we were better than the other team....but they were just making all their(lucky)shots...but we were a much better team and we should of won easily by 10 if not more....our third game was somewhat unfair....we played a team that came into the game knowing that they were going to win.....their whole starting 5 was all club players and even had a girl on the team who was taller than i was....and the coach didnt even start the starting 5 cause i guess he just asuumed that they were going to win so it wouldnt hurt to put the bench players in first...and well we went into half time down 23-0....the second half is when we made a lil come back....but the other team kept the score up by cherry picking on us...(basically just grabbing the rebound and tossing it down court to someone who would run up to it and score)...no offense involved there.....but my girls didnt give up and i think we will have more of a shot next time.. this week we have 2 games... monday should be a pretty good game and on tuesday we play against another club team...wich i think is good for the girls cause they need to play aginst people who are bigger, faster, stronger, i tell them that all the time....im also looking foward to tusdays game cause my sister toni is home from westpoint (USMA) and she will be singing the national anthem at our game...and it will be the first time shes ever sang at one of my games.....she has normally been at all of my games...but she has not seen me coach in about 2 years since shes been at westpoint.... but it is good to have her home...shes the sister that i always remebered.....she hasnt changed one bit....we went out for dinner on friday night..and laughed it up with my mom...and last night me and her went to a party,... i know how much she misses partying with me cause we always have fun... --anyways other than my sister being home and coaching basketball games....well i still have a lot to pack b4 we move out....and i may not be on the comptuer as much as i am now cause i wont have a computer in my room....but my cousin does have one and i will be on when i can.......... anyways if i dont write back again...happy hollidays to everyone ttyl....... OH!!!!!---and dont for get to watch my sister sing the national anthem at the fiesta bowl this year...-jan.2nd.... (Comment on this)
Friday, December 2nd, 2005
9:58 pm	So this week went by real fast..i can belive its friday night already...gees... --anyways tuesday something happened at work that kinda offended me...well not kinda affended me....it pissed me off.....anyways so (monday) there was a couple who came through the school to kinda take a tour cause they were thinking about putting their 4 year old in one of our two four year old classes....they came into the room and just watched a lil bit on what we were doing and so forth....now i didnt think nothing of it cause we have people comming through the school all the time to check it out.......anyways the next day (tuesday) the same couple came back and filled out the paper work to get thier kid signed up for Mrs. Blossers class...(wich is the only other 4 year old class next to mine)....and on the paper work it stated "our son is not to interact with any male at anytime"......they should of just written my name down cause im the only male on that whole campus.....i mean theres 63 women and me........infact they wanted us to change our schedule so that i would spend as little time as possible at the school, while he was there....(even tho he is in the next door class)....wich was really offensive to me...i mean these people were judging me based on the 2 minutes that they saw me in my room...and all i was doing was coloring with the kids......so my second thought was ...well mabye the boy was like molested by a male or something and has some sort of reason why a male should not be around....but no.. that wasnt the case at all....she just didnt want a "male" interacting with her kid........and the funny thing that father didnt even know that she had written that, and he thought it was absurd........but my bosses stayed firm on my behalf....infact they were a lil affended that they asked us to change our schedules b/c of one lil boy....and basically what my bosses told her was that if she didnt like it, then she can go somewhere else.........wich was pretty heart warming that the school would stand behind me like that....i guess its a lil different scenerio since i am the only guy..... -- so that was something that shook me a lil bit and made me realize again how specially my situation is with the kids...... ----AND SO ON ANOTHER NOTE.....tonight..(friday) was a scrimmage game for the 8th grade team, and wow.......well first of all they played a really good team......but then again they were not prepared at all........and they ended up losing by like 40 points.....it sucked cause i know that they could of been more prepared......but at the same time every team needs a kick in the but every now and then to show them that everything isnt peachy and that you need to work even harder...and that practice is NEVER OVER.....cause theres ALWAYS room for inproovement..........as for my team...well they are very well prepared.....and i am fully confident in ALL of them...I belive in them....but im not sure if they belive in themselves.....so im trying hard to push them and make them realize what they are capable of............. anyways wish me the best...................ttyl................jaime (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
7:22 pm	Well i hope everyone had a good thanksgiving weekend...i know mine was pretty darn good to say the least...heres how it went.. --well wednesday after work i went up north with my brother and my cousin RJ and his girlfreind alicia....we headed up to my grandparents old house (cause they are now deceised) so it is like the family ranch....it was the plan to get up early on thursday morning and go hunting -cause it was the last day of the hunt....but i was way too tired and wasnt going to pass up the opportunity to get some well needed sleep..... --RJ and my brother left b4 sunrise on thursday ....they went further up north for the hunt.....well as luck would have it they came across a huge elk in wich RJ shot and brought home....it was a monster bull...no one in the family had killed one that big in a LONG time...we just couldnt belive how big it was....(props to RJ)... anyways later after we were all done skining the elk and all that good stuff. we were ready to sit down for thanksgiving dinner.....I said prayer...and i was more than wiling to do it....and i must say that i did a dam good prayer....got everyone to tear up (as usuall)... it was a good feast....we played poker afterwards... --friday i did wake up early to go shopping with alicia...i saw on the news how packed the stores were down in PHX...but when we arrived at the prescott mall it was like a normal day at the mall...not packed or crouded at all.....so we did some shopping and i ended up spending $120 on myself....but who cares....then i bought brakefast, and we headed home....once i got home i was pretty beat....and ya you guessed it...i went to bed....and woke up about 10:30....just in time to grab something to eat and go back to sleep..... --saturday i slept as long as i could and to be very honest i spent most of the day sleeping wich was great...i dont even remeber what i did...cause i think i was sleeping the whole time....you have no idea how busy i am and how much im on the go....im not only physically tired im tired from stress of a busy life and you would be suprised on how much it wears on you..... --sunday we woke up late and went to breakfast in mayor b/c it was my uncle Ricks birthday...so the whole clan went....there was probly 12 of us or so....it was kool...we sat around and reminised about things that happened when we were really little....and laughed about it.....after that we went back and packed up to go home....we were headed home by noon.....and man the whole weekend it was cold...but it was so bad cause it was windy too.....to it was good to come home..,..and when i got home i realised that the temperature had changed dramticly....it was cold at home too.....melissa came over cause i hadnt seen her in like 5 days... --monday it was back to work...and i cant say that i dreaded it b/c i love my job...and back to practice...and i introduced to the team the "motion"....and to be very honest they took to it pretty well....im interested to see how well it will work in a game......anyways later on that night was hard cause my relationship with melissa ended....and i dont need to say anything more cause the details is our buisness....yes it was short but we both had fun while it lasted...... anyways thats pretty much the past week...im feeling a lil sick but i think its only cause of my alergies acting up due to the change in the wether...my voice is a lil out of it.....anyways im sorry i dont update this more often, and im sorry that i worte so much....but its not like im holding a gun to your head and making you read it....lol... --oh and toni we cant wait for you to come home....im glad you had a good time with mom in NYC.....EHHH Current Mood: not enough hours in the day (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
5:30 pm	Well this week has gone by fast.. I guess thats cause there was only 3 days of work this week....so today is wednesday and I am headin up north to the family ranch in prescott.....and i will be there till sunday afternoon... my mom is in new york with my sister and im sure they are having a great time together....my mom needed to see my sister.....and im sure my sister misses home.....so i cant wait for her to come home and see my new class and probly bring her to practice to see my team practice......it will be nice to have her home.... well there isnt a whole bunch goin on...and i dont know what my roomates have planned.... its weird how there are 5 of us living here and the only time we are all together is late at night or out together at the bar on weekends..(late at night)...lol....so im not sure on what they are doing....im sure i will miss out on alot...(cause i usually do when im out of town)....cause theres always a party or something halarious happend.....something always happens here.......(you should here the stories)...lol.. anyways as for my team they are doing awsome and i hope they all know that i mean it when i say that to them....i am just so excited to get our season underway.....they all work so hard...........i know it will pay off..and appearently my reputation proceeds me....i have already heard that people have a new found respect for our program b/c of me.....thats just amazing that word spreads like that.......i guess thats a good thing, cause now others team will already be afraid b4 we even step on the court...........not to mention that my girls are gonna dominate.....my faith that is with them is tremendous... ok well im off for the weekend....hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving... (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
8:55 pm	OK...so it has been over a month now since i wrote in this so bare with me as i have alot to write... So in the past month my life has changed in more than one way... --Ok so i started coaching on the first week on november....and i can honestly say i was more nervous than the girls who were trying out....now it has been a couple of weeks now and the girls are already for their first game....we have made tremendous improovement from the first week,....and i feel bad for the girls that i coached last year cause my team is 10 times further along then they are...i feel that i have a good team that i am coaching and im trying to make then see how hard work is supposed to pay off...and since its only the begining...i dont think they see that yet.....but i am pushing them and the improovement is showing.....our fist game is the first week of december sometime....so im really stoked to see how this team will do against other teams..... --and the big news that almost everyone is talking about is that i am off the market...i have found someone who i am comfertable with, and we have a good time too...im greatfull for melissa because im happy with her....and at first i tried not to get all excited about her b/c whenever i do that i always set myself up to be let down.....but i am taking it one day at a time and i am doing my best to make sure that nothing is taken for granted....cause wether its going to work out or not im still greatfull for the oportunity to be with someone like her....... --anyways work is still the same and its just awsome......me and Gigi seem to be sharing a brain....we make each other laugh so much and i have such a good time working with her.....the kids have come a long way....since they are in the "Big Kid Class" now....and my male presence has seemd to take more shape with this group more so than the group i had last year......when want to get their attention...i yell out ""10 HUT"".....and the say it back and sallute me as if they were soldiers....once they have done that it all goes silent cause they know i have something to say to them....it is something i have adapted, and i think i am the only one there that could pull off something like that off....... --and well the word is that we will be moving out at the begging of january...thats not set in stone...but i guess thats the latest news...so im trying to figure out whats going to happen with my living situation....so wish me luck.... man i swear...i am so busy i hardly have time to do simple things like laundry....evern on the weekends when im supposed to have time of....NO,..thats not the case for me ...im just always doing something and it sucks....my body is not going to hold up and i know i will be getting sick soon....im just on the move too much...i mean i leave my house at 6 in the morning and i sometime dont get back home till like 9...wich gives me just enough time to take a shower and hop into bed and try to get as much sleep in as possible......sheesh......and now that the holiday season is comming up...and coaching and work...and spending time with melissa (not that thats a hassle)...its just a busy life....but its something that i am chosing to do....no one is making me do this i am chosing to do all that....its just that there arent enough hours in the day....lol... anyways i guess thats it for now....if i left anything out of you want to know more about something leave me a message on here and let me know....or you can kiss my ass...lol...j/k...lol............... Current Mood: 24 hours just isnt enough (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, October 10th, 2005
11:38 pm	-So its monday, the second week of october, and it is finally starting to cool down here in AZ. The wether today was just awsome, i spent alot of time outside playing with my kids on the play ground. I try to make sure they run around a lil bit while they are out there so they can sleep when their nap comes around.. --well my hair is on the comback lil by lil it is slowly starting to grow back, in the past week i have had some people who i know jump to a conclusion and say something about the way i look, or that i look like a thug...then when they find out why i shaved my head they look like a total idiot, wich is halrious to me cause there whole attitude changes...and to me jumping to conclusions is one of my biggest pet peeves (and i only have a few), but it happens all the time... people just jump to a conclusion or an opinion based on what they see or what they hear....they do it with out knowing all the facts first, wich makes me mad cause most of the people who do this to me are people who have no idea what type of person i am....so the fact that they jugde me based on what they see is rediculous....wich is why i love prooving people wrong...(or being the underdog so-to-speak)..i know i have to do that every year when i am coaching....i have to proove myself to all the parents of the girls i am coaching...they see me as some kid who is coaching their daughters, and when they begin to realise that i am here to do a job and that i know my craft very well and take it seriously they begin to have a different view of me....but getting peoples respcet hasnt been a tough job for me in the past and i cant see myself being anyone else but me so i dont think it will change anyways.....but on the other hand if i dont "impress you" or gain your respect then thats ok...cause its not like my life is gonna be that much worse cause one person doesnt respct me or see things the way i do...so i dont even spend time dwelling on those things,... -so i start coaching my hillcrest team here pretty soon tryouts are at the end of the month and i gotta say im really excited to start this season...the weird thing about it is that i have no clue who is trying out for my team...i have no clue what kind of talent there is....so i get the opportunity to truly start from scratch, and build a team from the ground up...and i look at that as a challenge...... - and the past week or so i have been sleeping like theres no tomorrow...i find myself waking up from a 5 hour nap, and i wasnt even aware that i fell alseep.....this past weekend i slept for 15 hours straight..woke up tooke a shower got something to eat and took a nap....how crazy is that?...and today i fell alseep watching the yankee game and i woke up like 5 hours later...and the funny thing is my phone will be ringing right next to my head and i wont even flinch....i can sleep through just about anything...wich is great....but i cant comprehend how or why im sleeping so much...(not that im complaining)...but then again i have been really busy and i guess im just catching up on sleep....and the fact that im being pulled in like 8 different directions might have something to do with it.... anyways its late and im gonna hit the sack.............. yankees lost----dissapointing Current Mood: "will stay awake for money" (Comment on this)
Friday, September 30th, 2005
7:54 pm	-Wednesday afternoon i shaved my head...i wrote about why i did it in my last entry and to be very honest i didnt realize what a big deal it would be.... well first of all it made maureen cry...she sent out a massive email talking about how touched she was that me and my brother shaved our heads in her honnor...i wish i could put my picture on this but unfortunatly this website wont let me do that....and actually i dont really look as bad as i thought i would look....its the third day of having no hair and im still getting used to it.....infact one of the lil boys in my class saw me with no hair and got all botherd because he thought that i was a different person, and his parents were trying to explain to him that i just looked different...but the rest of the kids in the class have adjusted to it pretty good...they all want to rub my head...lol...and i had open house last night and all the parents came in to see the class and talk to us teachers.....and the respones i was getting about my head was pretty kool....they were all amazed at how i was willing to do something like that for a freind...but all in all it was well worth it... --i swear with this job i have it seems like the weeks just fly by...its already october....gees....but my job is still keeping me on my toes...not only is it a different day with the kids...but Gigi (my co-teacher) in my room is just to funny...and makes the job so much more fun to be there...we have too much fun at that job.. --anyways i just woke up from a nap and its friday night...so lets see how much hell we can raise tonight........... -GO YANKS (Comment on this)