In Memory of Lacy (2005-2008)

So today I was looking for my cat Lacy in my garage. She was a shy cat and usually hid behind boxes. So I went behind my grandpa's truck and saw her lying on the ground. I was surprised because she usually runs away when I get close to her. I was right next to her and she didn't move, so I knew something was wrong. I nudged her with my foot but the body was lifeless. I yelled to my dad, "I found Lacy dead in the garage." My dad quicky came out and saw that she was dead. So my dad put on gloves and picked her up and burried her next to where my grandparent's dog was burried. She was almost three years old and we have no idea how she unexpectedly died. We think she ate something poisoness or something like that because our other cat is doing just fine and she has been in the garage longer than Lacy. Well its been almost a month since we moved up here and we have already lost 2 cats out of 3. I hope nothing happens to our other cat Daisy.

Grass Valley

Well I haven't updated my blogspot in a long time (probably because its really hard using dial-up intenet at my grandma's house), but I think now since I'm back in Manteca it should be cool. I decided to write about the new place I'm living at since a lot of people don't know much about it.

I live in a small called Wiemar with my grandparents. We are trying to sell our house in Manteca, but since the market sucks right now, we can't buy a new house in Grass Valley. My grandma just recently had surgery and my grandpa has like six different illnesses so my mom pretty much takes care of them during the day. I come home every thursday night and go back up every saturday night.

My parents moved away from Manteca for two reasons: because God called my dad to pastor a church up there and because my grandparents needed someone to take care of them.

My church is very different. Most of the people are senior adults. There is not a single soul in that church between the age of 29-45. There is only a handful of young people. The people there are really friendly and I like them a lot but I really hope our church attracts a much younger audience because it is hard to relate to older people. I have a few good friends. There are two girls named Janae and Katie who I hang out with while I'm there most of the time. The facility is really nice and has a youth room that has a ping pong table and a super nintendo!

I go to college at the Sierra College campus in Grass Valley. I have four classes monday through thursday (two classes a day). On mondays and wednesday I start at 8 and get out at 10:50. On tuesdays and thursdays I start at 9:30 and get out at 12:20The school is the complete opposite of Delta. Everyone is white. I have one guy that's asian in my history class but other than that all my classmates are white. The school is also very small compared to Delta. There is probably less people at that school than there was at my high school. The teachers are cool though and its really not that bad.

Most of the time I'm either at school, church or at home. Because Grass Valley is a 30 mintue drive from Weimar, and my dad is my ride, I have to wait after school everyday until like 6 and do homework. It sucks, but on somedays my mom picks me up or I can take a car and drive home.

The thing that I really miss is all my friends back home. Because I live Wiemar, away from all my friends in Manteca and a few in Grass Valley I get really lonely. I spend a lot of time playing guitar and watching tv. I really love my grandma a lot and I try to talk to her a lot. But I'm hoping it gets better as time goes on.

M.I.A.

When I moved up to my grandparents house, my family took two of our three cats up there with us(one of them got away). My grandparents live out on top of a hill in the mountains where there is no fences and no boundries. One of them is an orange, black and white cat named Sydney. I have had Sydney since we adopted her 8 years ago. She has always been one of my favorite cats because she used to always sleep on my bed and because I have had her longer than any of my other cats. So when we got to our grandparents house, we left the cats in the garage so they wouldn't run away. After two days, we decided to let them outside and explore their surroundings so they would get used to their new home. Sydney sniffed around her new home exploring the area. Our other cat Daisy did the same thing. We then left and went back to whatever we were doing. Later that night, we didn't see any sign of the cats and we started to wonder if they were okay. The next day passed and we didn't see any of them. We were like, "I hope the didn't run back away back towards Manteca." Then the next day came, and there was Daisy, back meowing and begging for food. Sydeny was still missing though. Its been 4 days and we don't know where Sydney is. I'm hoping to God she is okay and will come back home. The worse part is just not knowing.

Gone

Well this is my last day in Manteca. I'm starting school on monday and am going to start living up in with my grandparents during the week. I'm going to miss all you guys. Thanks, for always being there for me and being a big part of my life. I'll be back in Manteca all day on Fridays and during the day on Saturday unitl my house sells in case any of you guys want to hang out. I won't be able to check myspace on anything because my grandparents don't have a computer but you can always text me at (209)986-8607. Well have fun with whatever you guys are doing and don't do anything stupid. Later

Shake N' Bake!!

Whenever I hang out with my good friends, instead of giving hi-fives, I give them a fist pound and say "shake and bake." I stole this from Talladega Nights. In the movie, Ricky Bobby and Cal Norton Jr. are childhood friends who grow up their whole lives and race together in Nascar. Whenever they greet each other or just want to express their friendship they pound fists and say, "shake and bake." When me and my friends David, Jake and Eric went to Disneyland for our high school graduation trip, we watched Talladega Nights on the bus ride. With the movie fresh in our mind, we started to yell "shake and bake" and pound fists while we were riding the awesome rides. It was a fun night. The day I graduated high school (which was a week later from the disneyland trip) I got a new cell phone. After the graduation ceremony me, David, Jake and Eric went to the sober grad party at boomers. While we were waiting for the go-carts, I was playing around with my new phone. Because we kept doing the shake and bake thing, I put that as my cell phone banner. Everytime I open my phone, it reads "shake and bake." Because I saw the phrase so much, I started to say, "shake and bake" whenever I pounded fists and greeted my friends. So if you ever see me give you a "shake and bake," that means we're tight!

Ryan's Rockin' Tunes Vol. 2

Tomorrow is sad day in the Rindels home. My brother Ryan is leaving to go back to California Baptist College (CBU) in Riverside. He will be missed. The next time we will see each other is sometime in March. Last time he left, I made him a mix cd filled with his favorite songs and called it, "Ryan's Rockin' Tunes." So as a gift to him, I made him another mix cd called, "Ryan's Rockin' Tunes Vol. 2." My brother never buys or gets new music unlike me, so he always takes my ipod and listens to all the songs I have loaded on there. So I know he will appreciate having some music to listen to on his long drive home. A lot of songs on Ryan's Rockin Tunes Vol. 2 contain many songs that are not necessarily singles but are still good anyway. Ryan's Rockin' Tunes Vol. 2 contains the following songs:

1. Apathetic Way to Be - Relient K
2. Sarah Yellin' - 3 Doors Down
3. In Bloom - Nirvana
4. Hangnail - Nickelback
5. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. Papercut - Linkin Park
7. Consequence - Incubus
8. Flat on the Floor - Nickelback
9. Signs - Creed
10. Ode - Creed
11. Sick Cycle Carousel - Lifehouse
12. Hollywood - Nickelback
13. Move Along - The All-American Rejects
14. Let My Love Open the Door - Audio Adrenaline
15. Fade - Staind
16. Imperfection - Skillet
17. Good Times Gone - Nickelback
18. Storm - Lifehouse

A Prescription from Dr. Mario

For the past three years, me and my sister have always played a super nintendo game together called Dr. Mario. The game is simple. Basically, all you do is stack colored pills on the corresponding viruses. A horizontal or verticle row of 4 segments of the same color kills a virus. To win, you must kill all of your viruses, or cause your opponent stack all the pills to the top of the screen. I borrowed the game from my friend David when I was in 8th grade because the cartridge had tetris on it which I loved. One night my sister, her boyfriend Chris and me were all playing tetris. We did not know how to play Dr. Mario so Chris showed us how fun and easy it was. Instantly we became hooked. Me and my sister spent late summer nights battling each other to the end. Because Michelle was busy most of the time with all her extra curricular activities, the late night Dr. Mario sessions was the only time I had to spend with her. We would often have long conversations about life and how we felt while playing the game. We learned a lot about each other and became closer than we had even been. Eventually, she went away to college and we rarely talked to each other. But whenever she would come home, we would always pop the game in and stay up till 2am trying to kill as many viruses as possible. While Dr. Mario may just be a meaningless game, it has had a helped me and my sister become closer than ever.