ILWT (in love with texting)

Texting texting texting… Where do I even begin? Ever since I was fourteen years old I have been obsessed with texting. My friends all know I’m a big texter. Although I love texting it has gotten me in my share of troubles. Such as getting in trouble in high school for texting during class, family members getting mad at me for texting while their talking, texting while having dinner, and the most memorable texting too much. When I was a junior in high school my uncle decided to request my phone records because my bill was $500. Once he received the records there were no words that could explain his rage after finding out I had received 30,000 text messages in one month alone. I know it seems a little extreme, it even surprised me but that’s what happened.


Pesonally I prefer texting rather than talking on the phone because it allows you to do other things. If you’re on the phone you have to be listening and holding the phone. On the contrary if you’re texting and you get busy or someone annoys you, you can simply take a while to reply or stop completely. In other words thank heavens for texting!

Guilty As Charged.

     I will admit that for me reality TV is an extremely guilty pleasure. Ever since I can remember I have been obsessed with reality TV, even when it was obvious that there wasn't much reality to it at all. The first reality show I remember I started watching and fell in love with was The Hills. Although one of my friends always made fun of me for watching it I couldn't stop once I was hooked. After five seasons I knew The Hills was mostly fake and it was a horrible show, but I still could not stop watching it. Sure enough every Tuesday at ten I would make sure I was home to watch the next episode. If I missed any of the episodes I would be online the following morning watching the latest episode.Now The Hills has finally ended and I am thankful for that. If it weren’t over yet I would probably still be obsessed. Unfortunately I have found a new show to replace The hills. This show is Keeping Up With The Kardashians. In this show a family is followed around in their hectic rich lives.


Personally I don’t think reality TV shows harm our society, but I do think they can harm people individually. Reality shows can turn into an escape for people from their own lives. They might even help people realize that their life isn’t as bad as they actually think. It can also make them realize that in life everyone has problems, even the people we believe to be flawless. The way in which I think they can harm people is that these shows can become an obsession in a bad way. Either people stop doing what they’re suppose to do just to be able to watch these shows, or take obsession for the stars of these shows to the next level. The stars themselves might be in danger with stalkers doing anything they can to get close to them. All this arises more problems like courts having to be attended for restraining orders.

Although I have said I don’t believe reality TV harms our society I do believe it affects it. It affects it in the way it can change people and in that it helps our economy. Like everything else on TV reality shows have a purpose to get high views and ratings. The more popular a show is the more money a corporation can make off of it by selling merchandise. Our economy needs any help it can get but are we willing to help it at the cost of people’s safety and their privacy? In my opinion no one is forced to be on a reality TV show, therefore the stars know what they are getting themselves into.

Reality TV also affects my life, not only by taking up my time, but also by cheering me up on a bad day. The main thing that catches my attention so I can get hooked on a reality TV show is comedy. For me comedy is a big part of my life and if there is a funny person on a reality TV show you can bet I’ll watch it.

Chicken Nuggets In Disguise!

For me the most memorable occasion I have as a child dealing with fast food would have to be eating it after church. Mostly everyone knows children can get restless after sitting and standing for an hour during mass. My grandmother avoided having to hear my sister’s and my whining by promising that if we were quiet we would get McDonalds after church. Sure enough she would keep her word, after most Sunday’s our patience would be rewarded with chicken mcnuggets. Another instance when I can remember eating fast food as a child is when my mom would pick up my sister an I from school, which was very rare. After picking us up she would take us to a very small hamburger place in Santa Barbara, called Chubbies, since it was our favorite. Fast food also worked as cheering up food for me. After going to the doctor’s office and being poked and examined my mom would also take me to Jack in the Box to make my day a little better. Once I think about it I can say fast food use to be a treat for me and not at all part of daily life. It did not play a big role in my childhood since I never thought about it much. On the occasions in which I did go out to eat fast food at such a place like McDonalds, I remember I would always get chicken mcnuggets and fries. Mostly every place I went out to eat it was between chicken nuggets or cheeseburgers.




As you grow up you are suppose to get wiser and have a larger capacity to understand the things others tell you. In this sense I feel that instead of learning and moving forward I have back tracked from my childhood. Fast food now makes a much larger part of my daily life. Although I know it is very unhealthy it has just become part of a weekly routine. I now love fast food because it is less of a hassle to go through a drive thru than actually stay at home and cook myself something to eat. Yes this makes me sound lazy but then again in today’s world who puts themselves through eating at home every single day. I am now trying to stay away or at least cut down from all the burgers, pizza, chicken nuggets, and fries but sometimes I go out to eat without thinking about it. I would say I use to eat fast food every single day at least once a day but now I eat fast food two to three times a week. To me fast food makes me feel sluggish after consuming it which makes it not worth eating it at all. The only advantage to fast food I guess can be found in the title itself. It brings you no nutritional value but it gives you the gift of saving you time that can be better used in other ways. Throughout all these years fast food has crept into my life more and more but I hope to put an end to it soon.

All About Me!

      Well where do I start? I guess I'll start by saying my name is Fabiola Zavala and I was born in Santa Barbara, Ca. I was born on August 7, 1991 at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. A weird fact about me is when I was born I was born the color purple because I was born late. My family is quite small and made up of my mom, Ana, my dad, Jose, and my sister, Milagros. I am the baby of my family which made growing up a lot easier and very fun. I lived in Santa Barbara until the age of ten and since then I have lived in Oxnard. Growing up in Santa Barbara I can say was a big difference than living here by a distinct difference in people and environment. At the beginning I thought moving to Oxnard was a curse but now I absolutely love it.
       As for my present I am currently attending Oxnard College and am on the right path to transfer to USC in the Fall of 2011. Right now I enjoy going to the beach as I always have and hanging out with my friends in my spare time. I do not currently have a job but I am looking to start working very soon. My personality is very laid back and I would say my worst quality is procrastination. Although I always get my work done I will admit I tend to procrastinate. I feel that to get something done right I have to be under the pressure of time for it to come out in the best way possible. In a sense my procrastinating is both a curse and a gift.
       In the future I hope to transfer to USC and enter in their five year architecture program. Once I complete this program I will recieve my Bachelors of Science Degree and be ready to start a professional career in architecture. I have decided to be an architect since the third grade and since then there has been little doubt in my mind that I should be anything other than that. My dream job is to design roller coasters since it ties the two things I love most. These two things are my love for roller coasters and architecture. Finally I would also like to learn to surf since it would give me more time to spend at the beach and I can enjoy Southern California's beautiful weather.