The Chronicles of John Trammell

This morning was the first day of the Santa Ana Winds that hits southern California every year which means a high fire danger.  Well, there were already two wildfires in the area, one by my school, which is still buring, and another one on Highway 38 AKA the back way to the mountains.  Since all of the rain that we here in California got stuff grew and died which means we might have lots of fires.  I just hope it will not turn out the same as the 2003 October Fires.  That was just way too bad.

I have been bored, Which doesn't happen much. I have a laptop computer but I want a better system when I start going to college and really getting into lots of other stuff.  I was looking into building my own computer.  The only this that is an issue is the money.  I might use up my Birthday money and Christmas money to start working on building a computer.  I have to be crazy to think about building my own computer but I guess in a few years when I get a job I can build my own computer.

Yesterday was a very busy but fun and beautiful day.  I am a State Ambassador for 4-H and we were meeting at UC San Diego, which is the location for a conference we are planning in August.  OMG, That campus is so effing beautiful.  I fell in love with it right away.  Now I know where I want to go to college after Crafton Hills.  WOW.  I love it sooooo much.  After the meeting We drove around La Jolla, which is north of San Diego.  It was beautiful with all the cliffs and the beaches below.  After I said good bye to my friends at the airport my dad and I drove up the coast duing the sunset and that was a sign.  We stoped in San Clemente to eat at this pizza place called Sonny's.  Every time we are down there we eat there.  There pizza is one of the best I have ever had.  It was great.  After that we drove home and got home arounf 11:00.  Today once again I am back here at home sitting infront of the computer and later doing homework.  Not that much fun.

Right now I am just sitting here thinking why am I here in front of a computer.  I should be out having fun.  It is a friday.  Have fun with your friends or go out to do something that you love.  I wish there was a way that I can get out.  Most of the time my friends don't do anything on the weekends and when they do I can't go because my parents say I can't or I have something else to do.  Some day when I get a car I will go over and have fun with my friends.  Even if it means I have to drive two hours to get to where they are.  I want to get out of this house and go to the places I love like the beach, or to starbucks even, lol.  Monday when I come back to school I hear people talk about where they when on the weekend.  The only place I find my self on weekends is flying to Sacramento and going UC Davis for 4-H stuff.  Someday I will be free to leave when I want to but for now I must sit here and be a loser.

For many years in the past I have wanted to find the perfect girl for me.  With me traveling and meeting many people I have fell in love with two different individuals.  The only thing is that they live over 300 miles away from me and there is no chance of me getting with one of them because they are already taken.  It has been a long time to search for the right one's and now that I found them there in no way.  With me turning 18 this december it will be illigel for me to be with these two sepecil people.  Every day when I am bored I go back to the passed when I was with either two of them having fun.  The bad thing was I didn't do anything with them like telling them how I feel when I was with them and now it is possible I wont see either ones for 5 to 20 years.  So for now I stay silent until the day comes where I will be able to be with one of them or find someone else.

Last night starting around 6:30 was the first wave of Thunder Storms in Southern California.  It has been 6 years since our last Thunder Storm.  I was outside BBQing when it started.  It was so beautiful I stayed outside to look for one hour.  Then at 2:00 am I woke to the entire house shaking to a lighting bult that hit real close to the house.  From then to 5:30 I was up looking out of my window towads Redland, California Where the best Mother Nature Light Show took place that I have ever seen in California.  The next day sucked because it was very humid and yucky.  I wish we can have more storms like that.  It really has been 6 years since the last one.  Who know how long it will be until the next one.

It has been about one year since my last photoshoot with photography.  I sit here some times and think when am I going to get back out into the world and continue taking my best photographs.  Someday, "when I get a car", I will be able to travel around this world to capture what is left of this beautiful Planet that God has created for our enjoyment.  But for now I am stuck here with nothing to do but homework, 4-H work, and go to School.

For those of you that don’t know I travel to UC Davis right outside of  Sacramento  for many 4-H business.   This weekend I am here for the  California  4-H Computer Corps meeting and I was ok.    Yesterday we worked all day on our projects and had some fun.    At the end of the day we went to eat at Applebee’s which was fun.   I think some of the group had a little too much to drink ;).    Then we went back to the state office where we played network games and went to sleep at 2:00 in the morning.    Today the only thing that we are going to be doing is selection the new members of the team and also saying goodbye to the one that are leaving.  

This week was the first week of school.  Everything was just about the same.  I am going to love my Digital Art Class.  Most of the things that we are going to do I have done already which will be nice.  Working on Photoshop is great because I can learn more advanced stuff and work on things like that here at home.  One new thing is that they will be teaching Flash this year which is a animation program.  There are just a handful of people who know the last time I tried to do flash in Omaha, Nebraska with the National Technology Team in 4-H.  LOL.  That was funny.  But this time I hope it will be better.  The only thing I don't like about the class is that I have to use a MAC.  EWWW.  I hate macs.  O well, I will live.  Other then that, everything seems to be cool.  Everyday this week I have been on the bus it has been late to school and my Chemistry Teacher is going to get a little mad if that doesn't change.  We are paying $200.00 for the bus, I hope this changes because I ca

Well, the first day of school was not that great.  First I got to school 20 mins. late because my bus was late,  Since we are paying $200.00 for the busses this better not happen again.  Then I got home 30 mins. after they said I would be home.  That makes me mad also.  30 mins is alot of time when you have homework to do.  Other then that it was ok, just a little boring hearing the same thing from all six teachers all day.  And what sucks is that I had homework from all but one class.  0 What!!!, 06!!! YEAH!!! 

Today was when I took my first small step into a larger world of technology.  I began to really learn ArcGIS.  This is a program ,that cost $1,500, built by a world wide company, which the headquaters is in Redlands on New York Street, to build maps on the computer.  I will be working with this technology in a 4-H project.  I will be working with the National Park Service and other orginizations to map weeds that are growing at a fast pace to Joshua Tree National Park.  This weed is a threat because of a fire danger.  Once a fire happens in the desert it can take 15 years for all of the native plants to grow back due to the lack of water.  A fire will turn that part of the desert into a waste land.  I will continue on learning all these technologies on the computer.  This is not a easy technology, I am right now learning a technology that you would learn at a college level and you have to get a masters into to really get good at this technology.  If I continue on with this learning I w

What sucks is that school is only 5 days away.  Here are the classes I will be taking this year. Per 1: Chemistry A- Toth Per 2: Algebra II- Porter Per 3: AVID- Baily Per 4: Economics- Beaumont Per 5: English-Brand Per 6: Digital Art-Valentine Well, it looks like this year is not going to be a great year.  I can't wait for Digital Art Class because I love working on Graphic Arts and I would love to learn more.

You know, many people ask me how can I work all day long on the computer.  Well most of the time I love working on the computer.  But some days I will be sitting here thinking why am I here, why can't I just leave the house and have some fun.  I wish I had that type of freedom to leave and have fun with my friends.  I just can't because my parents just think I have better things to do then have fun.  Someday when I get a car I will be able to leave the house more and have more freedom and fun with my friends.  School is coming around and it looks like there will be no more fun for the summer which sucks.  But I will live on and someday I will have fun with my friends that I go to school with.