World Cup- nope

My team is GONE! Goodbye Netherlands. I can't believe we lost again! At least it wasn't to the Portugese again! Next time. Orange unite!

adventures

i depart tonight for New Zealand. 14 hour flight! Pray my luggage stays with me this time. I had some difficulty with my Phoenix to San Fransisco flight and had a 5 1/2 hour delay in the desert. Katy, thank you so much for waiting so long to pick me up! Anyways, this morning I finally got my luggage from that friday flight, just in time to leave again! but m mom taught me well, i packed all my california clothes in my backpack just in case. Turns out it came in handy! Be sure to check my NZ blog at www.aliciainnewzealand.blogspot.com for updates while I am abroad!

I may not have internet for a week, so happy birthday Randy and Brad! I value your friendships so much!

i could have danced all night...

Tonight I was able to see the Broadway Revival of My Fair Lady! It was one of the musicals my mother and i would watch when I was younger. The others were The Music Man and the Sound of Music. I paid my $10 (yay for student pricing!) and took my seat. As i looked through my playbill I noticed a familiar name from my survey of musical theater class. Mrs. Higgins (Henry Higgins mother) was to be played by Marni Nixon!!!

In case you don't know who that is...it is this woman!

Sister Sophia from The Sound of Music. The one singing about how perhaps Maria isn't a problem after all but a "A will-o'-the wisp!" She also was the voice of Maria in West Side Story and sung for Aubrey Hepburn's part in the original My Fair Lady film! She has other credits, such as, Grandmother Fa in Disney's Mulan and the voice of Deborah Kerr in The King and I. At the age of 78, she was still a joy to watch on stage.

I'm really glad I went to the theater tonight!

Abee and the Screaming Monkey

Tejas..the sightseeing that matters

I hadn't written about my Texas trip yet...but it was good!

(sorry mom...you are in the back of dad's cripple pic, but it's hard to see!)

to whom it may concern...

I really like minigolf and visiting friends!

Goodbye Cruel World!!!

Today I lose an amazing roommate and friend. Alissa showed me a little bit more on how to accept love from others and aided in God's breaking down my pride through finances. She listened when I needed to tell things I couldn't share with others and allowed the occasional rant. We laughed at the same spots in movies and ate our body weight in Popsicles. I've never rocked out in cars so much or seen her car swaying in the wind. We walked to class together and took Costco trips primarily for the free samples. We sat indecisive for long periods of time and sat avoiding homework on our laptops for even longer periods of time!

Alissa...thanks for being there for me this semester! Hopefully I'll get to see you and the Cubbies in Chicago soon! Drive safe and ticketless!!!

what an amazing day!

This was my day.

• wake up
• go to church
• lunch
• help Maggie move in
• swim for hours with friends
• play baseball with a boofie board in the pool as a bat
• shower
• pizza
• hours of Mexican Train dominoes
• cake and coke floats
• 27 dresses
• *smiling*

So glad summer is officially here!

no substitute

There is just nothing like the smell of rain. No replacement whatsoever. There are a lot of things i miss living in Arizona. I miss water being around and lakes to sit by. I miss sitting on a dock reading or writing in my journal. But one of the things I miss most is the smell and feel of rain.

I'm sitting in my sister's house with the windows up letting in the cool breeze the rain has supplied. I am embracing this sensation as long as I can before I start heading back out west in the morning.

I think Abee likes it as much as I do.

I see the fire in your eyes...and I hope for the world that it never dies...

Well, I'm now in Austin. My time in North Texas was really made precious by the time I spent with my parents, grandma, and 5 amazing friends i got to chat with individually and catch up with. (Kayla, I'm sad it didn't work out for us!) Anyways, for those asking, my dad's knee surgery ewnt well, but I ended up staying an extra day in town nonetheless.



Now I'm in Austin with my sister and brother-in-law. We saw an AMAZING rendition of Much Ado About Nothing at Zilker Park. It is pretty much my favorite free outdoor theater ever! I saw West Side Story here a few years ago which began my huge Musical Theater interest. Well, that and a good friend I met in college who did high school musical theater. I still feel as if I'm on Arizona time!



Happy memorial day...and thanks to all of you serving or who have served. Erik, thanks for your sacrifice bro. You deserved the purple heart and I'm praying for a swift recovery and delayed time away from the line!

Congrats Neil & Sara!!!

Goodbye Junior Year!

This is the Nav Year end video I made for our Navigators at ASU. Enjoy! It is divided into three parts for uploading purposes.

one more day of finals...

i am an art major, but I'd rather have a real degree! Nevertheless, I love this song!

Laying in bed with lights off for almost three hours until now and still no sleep

self diagnosis :: Delayed sleep phase syndrome

this has been going on for at least a month! I've tried nyquil, reading, waking up ridiculously early the next day so as to 'fool' my body to sleep early the next night..all sorts of things and no luck! I'm getting tired of this! I want my zzzzz's! at normal times! not 5am-3pm!

what happens at asu?

I am now a wallbanger! (racquetball player!)

Soo..today i sold this book back...




And was able to buy this!!!

Can today get any better? I submit that it can not!!!

SInce When Did I Become Nocturnal?

I feel like life right now is being lived on the border. Much like our boat race the other week. I'm at the edge of sanity with finals looming in the next week and a half as well as working at keeping my scholarship once again. I've been sleeping a lot lately. Too much I feel like.

I haven't found something out here is Arizona to do to relax. No special place by Grapevine lake to sit or no hilltop in Heiloo with an amazing view of the stars. Tonight I tried driving around, bike riding, going to the dollar theater...and yet no luck. I feel like I have no place out here to call my own. I would really like to find one here before my time is up!

Twenty dollars for 30 allergy pills?!?

This morning I was a little scatter-brained as I woke up and got ready for class. This was in large part due to the fact I woke up only ten minutes before my bus! But I made it! I swiped my sun devil bus pass and began to take off my backpack to sit down. I must've been moving slower than normal due to my drowsiness, but as the bus driver took off with a jerk, I remained with my arms tangled in my backpack. Trying to grasp what was happening I lost balance and began to fall. I pulled the back off and tried to regain balance, but it was too late. I fell halfway onto some other student/stranger's lap and quickly moved back into my seat apologizing! We both laughed about it and put our ipods back into our ears.
So ends the tale of my crazy bus ride.

LEATHERHEADS

THIS IS AN AMAZING FUN, CLEAN FILM! A MUST-SEE! AND JOHN KRAZINSKI KNOWN AS "JIM" FROM THE OFFICE IS IN IT. FIVE STARS!!!

-ALICIA D. GARCIA

did you know Xena is in Spider-man about 55 min. in as a "punk rock girl?"

The other day, my roommate told me a story about

racquetball

it is the only sport where you can be staring at the ball an hit it on the back of your head simultaneously! And man do i LOVE it! I got to play Ultimate last night for the first time in a while too! But racquetball!!! I want to buy my own racket now!!! but that can wait until i have money!