Saturday, November 15, 2003

What an eventful day! Action House is moving myself, Billy, and possibly Pastor Manny into apartments not more than 5 minutes away from the Dream Center. We'll be staying in a 3 bedroom apartment. But, to get the ball rolling, we had to got to the "Villa Mariposia" (the apartment complex) to tour and fill out an application. It's not an ordinary apartment building. It's low income housing. Don't get me wrong, the apartments are really nice. They have a fully kitchen with stove, microwave, refrig etc. The catch is that while you are staying in the complex you have to goto meetings on money management and meet with a "case worker" every three or so months. Now, the case worker isn't a social worker, they are just supposed to meet with you and ask you about your goals to help you achieve them. It is, more or less, a complex for people who want to get back on their feet. It's not dangerous, however. They do have an application process which includes a background check, credit check and interview. It has a security guard and you can not just walk in the front door, you must be let in by the person you are visiting. Anyway, it's cool. We arrived at the apartments at 8:00 am sharp. We didn't get in however until around 9. So, we stood in the freezing morning weather for about an hour. The good news is that we got an interview that same day. More good news is that the guy who interviewed us used to be a pastor and the other people who interviewed us have heard of the Dream Center. Enough of that. My dad has been kind enough to buy me two concert tickets to see SIMON AND GARFUNKLE AT THE STAPLES CENTER!! AHHHH! I'm going to explode! I'm going this Tuesday with my friend Justin from back home. It was a really unexpected and awesome surprise. Thanks Dad. Tonight we had another Tao know Do class. I've been doing them for almost a month now. One of the interns here is a black belt and has agreed to give us lessons. There are on average around six to seven people in the class. My right hip muscle is starting to... Well hurt. After doing a seven kick combination you start to get a little sore. So, I took a nice hot bath after class tonight and feel much better. Is it bad that my leg twitches uncontrollably when I put weight on it? Oh well. -BRiAN

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