The World of Joel

How time just flies by when you look forward to something. Thus is the case with this upcoming Europe trip which this time tomorrow I will be boarding a plane headed to Europe. I wouldn’t imagine our first day in London posting anything but plan on every other day updates from there on out. I will do my best with pictures as well, it just depends on time. As of right now I am 92% packed and Jenn is 99.9% packed so we are good to go in that regards. I have all my gadgets ready to go, Nintendo DS, PSP, Mac Book, a Book (yes a book), iPhone, and a pack of DVD’s. What more could you really ask for?

Plus there are actually some pretty decent movies on the plane, Semi-Pro, 21, Be Kind Rewind, Definitley Maybe, and The Bank Job all movies I have not seen before and should keep me occupied. The big hopeful is that I sleep on the plane to get adjusted to London/Europe time as quick as possible. Well there may be a pre-flight post, but if not the next time I post I will be in London! See you when I am over the pond!

Jenn is officially packed. I cannot believe that she managed to fit all that she managed to fit but she did it. Jenn is bringing a rather small suitcase, especially for this legnth of trip, however she is packed and ready to go as you can see below us.

I on the other hand just got my packing rolled, and now awaiting Jenn’s approval. I am not one to dress myself, I have 0 style, and really 0 desire to figure out what matches, which is why I have Jenn who does a much better job on that end then I could ever do.

Can you believe it is only 2 days away from departure at LAX? This time in two days we will be at LAX eating dinner awaiting our flight. Ten hours later in London. How crazy is that? Check back tomorrow for a deeper look into the packing and preparation for our big Europe 2008 Trip.

As many of you know next Wednesday, July 2nd I am leaving for London. So many of you may be wondering what sort of updates you can expect from next week and for the three weeks I am gone. Well my goal is to at least do posts every other day and then post at all the At Sea days on the cruise. That is of course just a goal and could change quite quickly depending on how the trip goes and how much it is costing to get online. Next week I will be showing some of the things that Jenn and I have done to get prepared for this trip, and boy has it been plentiful. By the way I should mention that this coming Sunday, Jenn and I along with my brother Jake and sister Amy are going to Raging Waters. I have never been before, so I am actually really looking forward to it. Anyways not much else to post on yet, next week begins a very big 3-4 weeks!

For those with a keen eye, you may have noticed that my link to my Europe Trip page has changed from Europe Trip 2006 to Europe Trip 2008. That is because Jenn and I are heading back over the pond, this time for three weeks going through London and Europe and enjoying every minute of it. The trip started as a 12 day cruise through the Mediterranean, but Jenn and I decided that if we are making a trip over there we better get the most out of it, and thus added the first 7 days of London and Paris. Jenn and I have both been to London and love it, so we are spending a day seeing anything we may have missed, and then heading to Paris where Jenn has been once and this will be my first time. From Paris we head to Rome for a day their and our Cruise departs and concludes in Rome. For the full itinerary you can head over to the Europe Trip 2008 page, right now it is a pretty brief itinerary, however as we get closer we will have more details and updates on the trip and our plans. It really should be the trip to remember.

Well my Maui trip is wrapping up, you know its wrapping up when I am working from my room this morning get myself as caught as possible on all my different ventures. However its 9:35 Hawaiian time here in the morning, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and I am finishing up packing to head home to LAX this afternoon. I will be posting pictures sometime this week, however I get in at 11pm tonight and have class tomorrow at 9am, so this will be a long day coming up! But make sure you keep an eye out, I have over 250 pictures taken here in Maui, and I am sure I will post a few for your viewing pleasure! Well Aloha and I will talk to you all very soon!

Don’t you love the Wordpress Timestamp? I know I sure do! As this article posts I will be over the Pacific Ocean flying over to the beautiful Maui for a week stay at the beautiful Grand Wailea. I have never stayed at the Grand Wailea but have been to Maui a few times and each time it has been great. Nothing like some good old R&R. And you might be wondering, well what are we going to do without World of Joel for a week? Well no worries, I have some interesting blog posts, thanks to Time Stamp, that will be posting daily while I am gone! So you will have all of that to enjoy while I am sitting on the beach drinking some Mai Tai’s and just relaxing. I will try to put some pictures up on Saturday when I have a Fantasy Football draft I will be participating in online! So I will be gone from Today Wednesday the 29th to September 4th. Aloha Everyone, see you when I get back!

Most of you probably didn’t even know I was gone but on Saturday morning I made a quick trip to Tucson for my great grandma’s 90th Birthday party. I flew out of Ontario International Airport at about 6:30am and made into to Tucson at 7:45am. I went with my brother Jake and my girlfriend Jenn out to Tucson and let me just say the trip was smooth. We went on Express Jet (www.xjet.com) and I have to say I was impressed. The planes were on time, small, cozy, and for the most part very nice. They served food, which for an hour flight is pretty unheard of these days. Having spent much time in Tucson it was nice to visit and the party was nice. We made it back last night at around 4pm (twenty minutes ahead of schedule) and now we are already back to the daily grind.

Well we got back last night from Indian Wells where we had a few days of fun in the sun. The tournament itself has undergone a few changes some for the good and others not so much. Whatever the case is the whole experience was a lot of fun and lets just say I got a nice deal of sun which is always a good thing. Anyways let’s talk about some upcoming things that we are going to be going through here in the World of Joel.

First off I have two weeks left in my first quarter here at UCI and let me just say I have learned a lot about taking classes here at UCI and I know that this is just not one of those schools that I can just make my way through. This quarter has been the most stressful and frustrating quarters I have experienced and I am just going to go at the Spring Quarter with as much diligence and determination that I can possibly give the quarter.

Movie-Stop.net is continuing to go forward with more and more hits each and everyday. We have brought a new writer to the realm. He is a guy who I have worked with on past projects including my Radio Show, he is Kaleb Schwecke and will hopefully help continue to add content on the website and take us to the next level. Speaking of Movie-Stop we are continuing to go in the right direction I feel with more and more content and news that is updated daily. Any comments or recommendations would be appreciated.

Each year since I have known Jenn (this being my 4th trip) we have gone with her parents to Indian Wells down to the Pacific Life Open. We are going from today Thurs the 8th to either Saturday or Sunday. It is going to be a scorcher down there with temperatures well up into the high 90’s and maybe reaching the triple digits. That’s Indian Wells for you! Should be a great time and I will be back with more from that and Movie-Stop.net updates on Sunday! Take care everyone.

Well I am back! After an extremely relaxing and fun vacation with Jenn and her parents to Phoenix where we saw a few movies and just relaxed. It was a much needed time of rest and let me tell you it went by much to fast. However it was a great way to bring in 2007 and now I am back here in Riverside and about to go back to the daily grind of work and school.

I start UCI on Friday the 5th, and lucky me Jenn is going to go with me and help me make sure I get through my first day alright. I have to say that I am a bit nervous about what to expect and if I am going to be able to handle the course load at UCI in comparison to Cal State San Bernardino. I have a lot of things I have to get taken care of to make this transition to UCI sucessful and most of that I need to get done by the end of the month.

It now being 2007 I have launched a new page for WorldofJoel.com which are my movie reviews. I will still do some written reviews for some of the movies I have a passion for, but for all the movies I watch (which are a lot), I have created a completley independent and easy to access page that tells you what I think of all the movies I have recently seen. Find the page to right right or by clicking here.

I want to just wish everyone all the best in 2007. May you all have a very blessed and healthy 2007!

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7 NLT