Another busy week at school is coming to a close early for me. Tomorrow Joshua and I leave for Manchester Beach for the weekend. We’re meeting up with the rest of his family who has already been there since Tuesday. Their web site claims they have wi-fi so I’m hoping to upload pictures while I’m there. I’m pretty excited about going camping again. I just have so many things to get done before I leave!

In other news, I’ve decided to finally give ProActiv a try. Ever since I heard about I’ve been hesitant to try it because the key ingredient used is Benzoyl Peroxide. My experiences with this ingredient have resulted in an allergic reaction every single time. First I tried an on-the-spot acne treatment from Neutrogena; it had 10% BP in it and caused me to get red and flaky wherever I put it. Then I tried a cleanser by Clean & Clear that also had 10% BP; I used it on my face, neck and chest and got the worst rash ever! That was when I became aware BP was not the ingredient for me to be using. I accidentally used Patricia Wexler’s on-the-spot treatment, which I thought had Salicylic Acid in it when it too had 10% BP. I was surprised because this is the only acne product in her line that uses BP.

I’ve been using the Wexler line since October hoping my acne would really start to improve after a few months usage; however it has barely been worth the price I’ve been paying. The only product that has proven it really does work has been the RareMinerals Blemish Therapy, and that’s because I use it twice a day.

I took a quiz on Neutrogena’s web site for a new acne skin care line called skin iD. You go through a free evaluation to determine which products you should use. Amongst the questions I had to pick all the different acne products I’ve tried. The sad (and frustrating) part is I picked all but one of the brands listed (the one being ProActiv). So yeah, I can definitely say I’ve tried pretty much everything! Not to mention I’ve tried oral antibiotics, birth control pills (still on it and it has improved some), Differin Gel, Retin-A cream, drugstore-priced products, and Sephora/BBW-priced products. High-price, low-price, over-the-counter, prescription, I’ve done it all! Glory be the day when I’m done with it.

Wow. A lot of ranting on acne. Now excuse me while I go shower!

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The Friday Five ~
1. What was the last thing you purchased from a vending machine?
I’m thinking a Twix bar. That’s the only thing I’d get out of the vending machine at work.

2. What was the last thing you made copies of on a photocopier?
Not sure but probably to make copies of something for my grandparents.

3. When did you last use a pay telephone?
Oh man probably when I was in middle school like a decade ago!

4. How often do you visit an automatic teller machine?
Not as much as I used to.

5. Which of your daily tasks would you most like to see automated?
An automated food dispenser, kinda like what they have on Star Trek. “Computer… Animal Style Fries from In-n-Out!”

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Well… well… okay. Another week of summer school down and only four more to go. This past week has been the hardest so far since I got sick with a nasty nasty cold over the weekend. Tuesday was my worst day and soon after I came home from class I was so whipped I couldn’t do a darn thing; even watching TV required way too much effort. I stayed home Wednesday where I literally spent all day in bed doing math homework. Yesterday I felt 90% better much to my relief since not only did I have another test, but I had an appointment with a personal trainer at the gym. And today I went over to grandma’s to make some money so I needed energy for that.

I have to say our school has made it a pain in the rear to obtain a daily parking pass. Due to me being sick and bad air quality (thank you California fires!) I drove to school instead of riding my bike. For some reason I thought parking only cost $1 a day, but much to my surprise it cost $3. Luckily I had $2 in cash and $1 in quarters. On Tuesday, when I decided to drive, the machine to get my pass decided it didn’t like cash, so I had to go to the nearby market and get change. When I came back to school on Thursday I came prepared with $3 in quarters; however the machine decided today was a cash day and instead ate up my quarters. Luckily I still had my pass from Tuesday so I left it there hoping the campus cops wouldn’t give my car a second glance. When I came out to my car 4 hours later… no parking ticket so YAY!

Other than being insanely busy with school, nothing too exciting to report on. I cannot wait until I am done and enjoy what little summer vacay I have left.

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A few weeks ago I watched an episode of Rachel Ray where she had Ricki Lake and celebrity nutritionist Christine Avanti talk about weight loss. Christine recommended three different supplements, which I have recently began trying in addition to my extra 500mg of Vitamin-C, Garlic, Vitamin B-12, and Echinacea (every other week).

I don’t know if I picked something up from school or my immune system couldn’t handle the heavy load or it’s because I’m flooding my body with vitamins. Whatever it is, I’ve had the sniffles throughout the week and into this weekend causing me to feel like poo today. Add hot weather and its enough to make me miserable.

Today I also got a little too much sun despite using sunscreen. I got major burns on my back, shoulders, and knees. Needless to say I am not feeling too great. Still, I did enjoy Joshua’s family reunion - the source of the sun, haha. The party was at one of his uncle’s houses by the river and since they have private access to the river, I spent most of my time there where it was cool.

I’m home now nursing the burn with aloe and taking meds for the “cold” or whatever it is I have. I’m just hoping I’ll feel better come Monday.

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The Friday Five ~
1. What’s too spicy for your tastes?
Chili peppers! Sometimes just using a tiny bit of the crushed flakes can be a kicker for me.

2. What’s too sweet for your tastes?
Imagine the typical birthday cake the bakery section of the grocery store sells. You know, the only that has more frosting than cake? Yeah, way too sweet!

3. What’s too salty for your tastes?
Soy Sauce. I barely ever use it. Even the low sodium soy sauces are still too salty.

4. What’s too bitter for your tastes?
Haha last time I was at Joshua’s house his parents had me try some beer they got from a friend. Man, it was nasty bitterness!

5. What’s too sour for your tastes?
Lemon/lime juice. But then again, who has that stuff straight up?

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Man I cannot tell you how happy I am that this first week of summer school is over. Monday through Thursday it has been the same routine: I wake up 6am, get my coffee, try to wake up, start washing my hair/face at 6:30am, leave the house at 7:30am, ride my bike to school, deal with stupid people who can’t stay to the right, sit in class from 8am tile 11:45am, ride bike home, eat lunch, try to do math homework ALL DAY LONG, try to whip something up for dinner, do more math homework, take a shower, and go to bed around 10pm.

My teacher warned us on the first day that by taking a math class this crammed into 6 weeks we’d probably have no life. He’s right. I was only able to go to the gym once this week, but that’s mainly due to the fact my mom and sis have been visiting all week. Still, I had to blow off two sections of math homework yesterday just so I could do some shopping. The nice part is we have the whole time we’re in class to turn in the homework, so if for some reason I missed a section or two I can do it during class.

I will have to say that cramming math in like this has been good for me so far. I ready a study tip in my textbook saying continually working is a great way to study. Considering I haven’t had a break from doing math at all this week, I felt very good going into our first test yesterday. Plus a lot of the material we’ve covered so far has been review from my class last semester. I’m just hoping that I really do good in this class, especially since this is the last math class I have to take to qualify me for the math that meets my General Ed requirements. If all goes well this year, I’ll be transferring to a new university next year! Here’s hoping!

As I said earlier, I skipped two sections of math homework so I could do some shopping yesterday. I went up to the shopping center where Old Navy is and went in there to find that the last of the bad management team is gone. Apparently a LOT has changed since I quit, in a good way though thanks to the new President. I’ve been butting heads about doing work with my grandma, so I’ve been seriously thinking about just working Saturdays at Old Navy again. The GM wasn’t in, but she’s in today so on my way up I’m thinking I might stop in and see what can happen. Funny enough, I had a dream last night that I came in and she said no. I hope that dream doesn’t come true!

Today I’m having lunch with my grandparents and then heading back up to my hometown once more for the weekend. This time I’m hitching a ride up with my mom and sis instead of waiting for Joshua to come home after work and go up then. This will give me a chance to relax and possibly go swimming. Yay!

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I was in class when the clock turned 10am to mark the official Download Day of Firefox 3. I downloaded it as soon as I came home, and I have to say I love what I see so far. Mainly I love how fast it is. As much as I like Flock I think Firefox 3 is whooping its butt speed-wise!

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